I don’t think I’ve ever watched a SuperBowl halftime but I did want to see Tom Petty. I’ve read mixed reviews but I gotta say Ernie and I were WAY happy watching and hearing him. Mike Campbell looked cool as always (Ernie just rolled his eyes and said that Campbell was definitely a Cynthia-type….I do love my husband).
I thought he looked great and sounded great…at least I feel some TENSION in his music. LIke I need more tension…..and speaking of tension….I love Todd Snider’s song Vinyl Records….. When he says ‘piles and piles and piles of Tom Petty’ I stop and think and say YES…..
Vinyl Records
By Todd Snider
(verse)
C F C
I've got a dusty old pile of vinyl records sittin' on my floor
C C/B Amin D7 G
I've played each one of 'em over and over a dozen times or more
F C C/B A7
All I've got is a beat up chair a mattress a fork and another to spare
D7 G C
And that dusty old pile of records on my floor
(chorus)
F
I got Willie, Waylon and Woody Guthrie
C
Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett and Bobby Gentry
D7
Jerry Jeff, Bob Dylan, Donnie Fritts,
G
The Dead, The Doors, Patsy Cline, John Prine and more
F C
I got Jackson Browne, Townes Van Zandt, Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd
A7
Harry Chapin, Guy Clark and Van Halen
D7 G
I got Rita, Kris, Keith Sykes and Country Joe when he was singin' with the Fish you know
F C A7 D7
I got Emmylou, U2 and Arlo, James Taylor, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Mojo Nixon,
G
Hendrix, Haggard and a whole lot more
F C G C F C F C FC
In that dusty old pile of vinyl records I got sittin' on my floor
(verse)
C F C
One time in San Francisco I was standin' in an airport line
C C/B Amin D7 G
In one bag I had all my clothes the other was all them ol' records of mine
F
The lady said I could only bring one bag
C A7
I had two, Oh what a drag
D7 G C
I had to jump on the plane and leave all my clothes behind
(chorus2)
F
But I got Willie, Waylon and Woody Guthrie
C
Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett and Bobby Gentry
D7
Jerry Jeff, Bob Dylan, Donnie Fritts,
G
The Dead, The Doors, Patsy Cline, John Prine and more
F C
I got Jackson Browne, Townes Van Zandt, Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd
A7
Harry Chapin, Guy Clark and Van Halen
D7 G
I got Rita, Kris, Keith Sykes and Country Joe when he was singin' with the Fish you know
F C A7 D7
I got Emmylou, U2 and Arlo, James Taylor, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Mojo Nixon,
G
Hendrix, Haggard and a whole lot more
(chorus3)
F
I got all of Booker T's, Tom T. Hall's,
C A7
Bobby Bare, Belafonte and the New York Dolls,
D7 G
Billy Joe, Jimmy Croce, Kiss, Crosby Stills and Nash,
John, June and Roseanne Cash
F
I got Forbert, Fromholtz, Stevie Ray,
C A7
T-Birds, Yardbirds, Sam and Dave,
D7
And as some of y'all mighta guessed already
G G G
I got piles and piles and piles of Tom Petty
F C G C F C F CFC
In that dusty old pile of vinyl records I got sittin' on my floor
I thought the band came off well, too. My niece was watching the game with us, and before halftime she said she was worried about the fact that Tom Petty was performing. We asked why and she said, “Because he’s, you know, OLD.” Yep. I was so relieved that he looked and sounded good, and that the crowd seemed very into it.