![]() “I remember when the radio meant something. ![]() Like, what are you afraid of? No record has ever been made that was more pro-radio, you know. Now, in 2002 to have a song banned that doesn’t have a dirty word, doesn’t advocate violence - it’s fascinating, you know. I mean, nothing could have complimented me more than to hear they just banned it at such-and-such a station because it’s anti-radio. But I was elated when my song was banned. “I don’t really give a flying fuck about any of it. “It’s really about vanishing personal freedoms.” “ The Last DJ is a story about morals more than the music business,” he says. Music is only the beginning of what’s pissing him off these days. But Petty is not just biting the hand that feeds him. The title track has kicked up considerable controversy, with some radio stations seeing the song as a slap in the face and banning it. That same spirit is alive and well on Petty’s latest album, The Last DJ, which takes a hard look at the lack of moral grounding in the music business. Petty withheld the tapes and threatened to retitle his record $8.98 in protest. For instance, in 1982 Petty recorded Hard Promises with the Heartbreakers, only to find that his then-record company had plans to use his name to initiate a new, higher $9.98 list price for albums. Tom Petty’s determined, sometimes defiant attitude has collided with the music business throughout the years. The man who told the world “I Won’t Back Down,” “Don’t Do Me Like That” and “Don’t Come Around Here No More” doesn’t need any assertiveness-training course.
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