“I thought he’d wreck it” — Tom Petty doubts Axl Rose at the 1989 VMAs, until one sky-high harmony turns Free Fallin’ into a once-in-a-lifetime TV moment. “I thought he’d wreck it.” Tom Petty was terrified Axl Rose’s “shriek” would ruin the raw beauty of “Free Fallin’” at the 1989 VMAs. But when the bad boy of rock hit a soaring high harmony, Petty’s doubt turned into a “holy shit” moment of history. Discover the duet that stunned the world….
In 1989, under the blinding lights of the MTV stage at the MTV Video Music Awards, rock purist Tom Petty prepared to perform his aching, […]
