Comments on: Basement Songs: Tom Petty, “Free Fallin’” http://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/ your daily dose of pop culture Thu, 24 May 2012 16:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Basement Songs: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, “The Waiting” | myMusicArea.nethttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-63085 Basement Songs: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, “The Waiting” | myMusicArea.net Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:22:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-63085 [...] of my life’s journey. Petty was with me during my early years of college, including an all night trek across Ohio, accompanying my buddy, Bob, runnin’ down his dream of spending the night with an old sweetheart. [...] [...] of my life’s journey. Petty was with me during my early years of college, including an all night trek across Ohio, accompanying my buddy, Bob, runnin’ down his dream of spending the night with an old sweetheart. [...]

]]> By: Basement Songs: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, “The Waiting” | soundonair.nethttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-63081 Basement Songs: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, “The Waiting” | soundonair.net Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:07:45 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-63081 [...] of my life’s journey. Petty was with me during my early years of college, including an all night trek across Ohio, accompanying my buddy, Bob, runnin’ down his dream of spending the night with an old sweetheart. [...] [...] of my life’s journey. Petty was with me during my early years of college, including an all night trek across Ohio, accompanying my buddy, Bob, runnin’ down his dream of spending the night with an old sweetheart. [...]

]]> By: Basement Songs: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "The Waiting" | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-63061 Basement Songs: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "The Waiting" | Popdose Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:31:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-63061 [...] of my life’s journey. Petty was with me during my early years of college, including an all night trek across Ohio, accompanying my buddy, Bob, runnin’ down his dream of spending the night with an old sweetheart. [...] [...] of my life’s journey. Petty was with me during my early years of college, including an all night trek across Ohio, accompanying my buddy, Bob, runnin’ down his dream of spending the night with an old sweetheart. [...]

]]> By: Tom Petty “Free Fallin’” « Rock God Credhttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-18227 Tom Petty “Free Fallin’” « Rock God Cred Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:12:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-18227 [...] Click here to go to Tom Petty “Free Fallin’” [...] [...] Click here to go to Tom Petty “Free Fallin’” [...]

]]> By: Bike Kinzlehttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-53365 Bike Kinzle Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:16:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-53365 Quite a story. Similar stuff happened to me, only it was an excursion to Pepperdine University from the valley with m y buddy Race, in the middle of the night to see his 6'3" volleyball girlfriend in her dorm. We hadda sneak in which was tuff. It was raining, and Foreigner's 'Juke Box Hero' was playin as we drove thru Las Virgenes pass to get there. No papers to write, but we hadda lotta fun sneakin into Pepperdine, n that song always reminds me of those good times. Thanks Scott . a good read n a good memory Quite a story. Similar stuff happened to me, only it was an excursion to Pepperdine University from the valley with m y buddy Race, in the middle of the night to see his 6'3″ volleyball girlfriend in her dorm. We hadda sneak in which was tuff. It was raining, and Foreigner's 'Juke Box Hero' was playin as we drove thru Las Virgenes pass to get there. No papers to write, but we hadda lotta fun sneakin into Pepperdine, n that song always reminds me of those good times. Thanks Scott . a good read n a good memory

]]> By: Malchushttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-53363 Malchus Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:24:45 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-53363 Hey Mike,<br><br>Being from the Midwest, many of us tend to drop the 'g' in of our sentences. Since I was repeating what Bob said, I figured it was okay to do this since I was dealing with dialogue. As for what I was actually doin(g), I don't think Bob was truly curious about whether I was fucking a melon or heating up some Dinty Moore Stew. He was feeling out if I wanted to go with him on his trip to the mall, to just hang out for a while.<br><br>As for the (many) "thoughtless, pointless words" you bring up, believe it or not, a lot of time and effort (i.e. thought) goes into these Basement Songs posts. It's not easy conveying the feelings the feelings I had 20 years ago and/or the reasons a particular song has special meaning to me (which is the point of the Basement Songs, anyway). However, from the response I receive from other readers, I believe I succeed most times in what I'm trying to do. Otherwise, I don't believe Jeff and Jason would have asked me to join the immensely talented (and loyal) group of writers who contribute to Popdose.<br><br>Was this my best work? Maybe not. But when you do a year's worth of these, some will be better than the others.<br><br>Anyway, thanks for your opinion. And thanks for comparing me to Peter Tosh! That man was a genius! Hey Mike,

Being from the Midwest, many of us tend to drop the 'g' in of our sentences. Since I was repeating what Bob said, I figured it was okay to do this since I was dealing with dialogue. As for what I was actually doin(g), I don't think Bob was truly curious about whether I was fucking a melon or heating up some Dinty Moore Stew. He was feeling out if I wanted to go with him on his trip to the mall, to just hang out for a while.

As for the (many) “thoughtless, pointless words” you bring up, believe it or not, a lot of time and effort (i.e. thought) goes into these Basement Songs posts. It's not easy conveying the feelings the feelings I had 20 years ago and/or the reasons a particular song has special meaning to me (which is the point of the Basement Songs, anyway). However, from the response I receive from other readers, I believe I succeed most times in what I'm trying to do. Otherwise, I don't believe Jeff and Jason would have asked me to join the immensely talented (and loyal) group of writers who contribute to Popdose.

Was this my best work? Maybe not. But when you do a year's worth of these, some will be better than the others.

Anyway, thanks for your opinion. And thanks for comparing me to Peter Tosh! That man was a genius!

]]> By: Bobhttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-53364 Bob Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:48:20 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-53364 I had walked in on Scott fucking melons so many times I had become immune to it at this point... I had walked in on Scott fucking melons so many times I had become immune to it at this point…

]]> By: Bike Kinzlehttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-40121 Bike Kinzle Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:16:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-40121 Quite a story. Similar stuff happened to me, only it was an excursion to Pepperdine University from the valley with m y buddy Race, in the middle of the night to see his 6'3" volleyball girlfriend in her dorm. We hadda sneak in which was tuff. It was raining, and Foreigner's 'Juke Box Hero' was playin as we drove thru Las Virgenes pass to get there. No papers to write, but we hadda lotta fun sneakin into Pepperdine, n that song always reminds me of those good times. Thanks Scott . a good read n a good memory Quite a story. Similar stuff happened to me, only it was an excursion to Pepperdine University from the valley with m y buddy Race, in the middle of the night to see his 6'3″ volleyball girlfriend in her dorm. We hadda sneak in which was tuff. It was raining, and Foreigner's 'Juke Box Hero' was playin as we drove thru Las Virgenes pass to get there. No papers to write, but we hadda lotta fun sneakin into Pepperdine, n that song always reminds me of those good times. Thanks Scott . a good read n a good memory

]]> By: Malchushttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-40120 Malchus Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:24:45 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-40120 Hey Mike,<br><br>Being from the Midwest, many of us tend to drop the 'g' in of our sentences. Since I was repeating what Bob said, I figured it was okay to do this since I was dealing with dialogue. As for what I was actually doin(g), I don't think Bob was truly curious about whether I was fucking a melon or heating up some Dinty Moore Stew. He was feeling out if I wanted to go with him on his trip to the mall, to just hang out for a while.<br><br>As for the (many) "thoughtless, pointless words" you bring up, believe it or not, a lot of time and effort (i.e. thought) goes into these Basement Songs posts. It's not easy conveying the feelings the feelings I had 20 years ago and/or the reasons a particular song has special meaning to me (which is the point of the Basement Songs, anyway). However, from the response I receive from other readers, I believe I succeed most times in what I'm trying to do. Otherwise, I don't believe Jeff and Jason would have asked me to join the immensely talented (and loyal) group of writers who contribute to Popdose.<br><br>Was this my best work? Maybe not. But when you do a year's worth of these, some will be better than the others.<br><br>Anyway, thanks for your opinion. And thanks for comparing me to Peter Tosh! That man was a genius! Hey Mike,

Being from the Midwest, many of us tend to drop the 'g' in of our sentences. Since I was repeating what Bob said, I figured it was okay to do this since I was dealing with dialogue. As for what I was actually doin(g), I don't think Bob was truly curious about whether I was fucking a melon or heating up some Dinty Moore Stew. He was feeling out if I wanted to go with him on his trip to the mall, to just hang out for a while.

As for the (many) “thoughtless, pointless words” you bring up, believe it or not, a lot of time and effort (i.e. thought) goes into these Basement Songs posts. It's not easy conveying the feelings the feelings I had 20 years ago and/or the reasons a particular song has special meaning to me (which is the point of the Basement Songs, anyway). However, from the response I receive from other readers, I believe I succeed most times in what I'm trying to do. Otherwise, I don't believe Jeff and Jason would have asked me to join the immensely talented (and loyal) group of writers who contribute to Popdose.

Was this my best work? Maybe not. But when you do a year's worth of these, some will be better than the others.

Anyway, thanks for your opinion. And thanks for comparing me to Peter Tosh! That man was a genius!

]]> By: Bike Kinzlehttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-tom-petty-free-fallin/comment-page-1/#comment-10409 Bike Kinzle Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:16:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10746#comment-10409 Quite a story. Similar stuff happened to me, only it was an excursion to Pepperdine University from the valley with m y buddy Race, in the middle of the night to see his 6'3" volleyball girlfriend in her dorm. We hadda sneak in which was tuff. It was raining, and Foreigner's 'Juke Box Hero' was playin as we drove thru Las Virgenes pass to get there. No papers to write, but we hadda lotta fun sneakin into Pepperdine, n that song always reminds me of those good times. Thanks Scott . a good read n a good memory Quite a story. Similar stuff happened to me, only it was an excursion to Pepperdine University from the valley with m y buddy Race, in the middle of the night to see his 6'3″ volleyball girlfriend in her dorm. We hadda sneak in which was tuff. It was raining, and Foreigner's 'Juke Box Hero' was playin as we drove thru Las Virgenes pass to get there. No papers to write, but we hadda lotta fun sneakin into Pepperdine, n that song always reminds me of those good times. Thanks Scott . a good read n a good memory

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