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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
Those Jim Ladd interviews are fun but such fluff. He is far too up their butts to do a genuine interview. Total nonsense and fluff. Listen to the interview with Iovine. He has no reason to make something up. He got along so good with Tom and SDMHA sadly affected their relationship in a negative way. Jimmy apologized and admits he handled the situation wrong. I don't think Tom Petty is going to admit any of this to Jim Ladd. It was Jimmy that went looking for this single not Tom. Tom was not offering any of his songs. It was Jimmy that went to get it from Tom.
Its all water under the bridge now but the puffery on those Jim Ladd interviews is funny. But what do you expect? Honesty? No. Everyone just gets along and everything is done on purpose and everything is wonderful 
The logic is not there for Iovine to make up a lie how much Tom was pissed at him. |
I remember Tom saying that as soon as he heard Stevie sing it he knew was a hit.