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Show The Salt LakeTribune ARTS Sunday, August 6, 1995 Music Remains the Message for No-Hype Petty By J.D. Considine ‘THE BALTIMORE SUN Say the phrase ‘rock star,” and what comes to mind is fame and fortune, glamour and glitz, big egos and | splashy pene hanging out at hip nightspots. Asa result, aboutthe only thing most fans really know about him is his music — andthat’s one reason fellow musicians admire him “ I don’t want to be seen as some advocate for dope. It just seemed like something the character in that song would say.”” 0. “I'm a big fan ofhis,” Sheryl Tom ae however, and none of that seems to apply. Where other rock stars are happy to contribute to the cult of personality, Petty Tom Petty Seems almost a cipher. He doesn’t court publicity, rarely gives interviews(he has , declined all requests during his current tour) and is seldom seen the music and the songwriting and stuff. But I've never seen anybody steady seller (sales are well past the 2 million mark) and has so far spun off two typically catchy singles, “You Don’t Know HowIt Feels” and “You Wreck Me.” Interestingly, ‘“‘You Don't Know HowIt Feels” raised some eyebrows, thanks to the couplet “Welllet's get to the point/Let's roll anotherjoint.” But where anotherartist might have turned the controversy into a call for the le- whocan consistently put out good records, have success with them, and notbe in the media eyeall the time. There’s never any big controversy or any big hype around him. He comes out, he puts out something good, he puts out a couple of good videes, and his career’s consistent.” Petty’s current album, “Wildflowers,” illustrates the pattern Crow described. Released late last year, the album has been a galization Polynesian Festival Starts Wednesday in Orem Utah's largest Polynesian cultural celebration will be held Wednesday through Sunday at Utah Valley State College in Orem. The festival will feature traditional Polynesian food, cul- tural demonstrations, an island Polynesian bands, a Miss Teen Polynesia contest, a fashion show and sporting events such asvolleyball and rugby. Fineasi M. Nau, director of Polynesian affairs for the governor's 2office, hopes everyone will feel welcome. “Our culture is impor- marijuana, a Petty took the opposite tack Rather than be seen as advocating druguse, heoffered alternate versions of the song, one of which reverses the word “joint,” so it becomes “‘tnioj,” while the other changes the second line to “let's worked asa ghostwriter for Leon Russell. “The wayit worked was. I would write a songcalled ‘Satisfy Yourself.’ Petty told Flanagan. “Leon would rewrite it as ‘I Wanna Satisfy You’ and I'd get no credit. But I could never feel bad about Leon — it was a great learning experience Of the songs on his new album. Petty seems proudest of the title tune, “Wildflowers.” 32 = S e 4 The festival begins Wednesday, ics as I went. I keptlistening back to it trying to figure out if I stole it from somewhere! I wish they'dall comelike that hit ancther joint” (as in “let's go somewhereelse’’). “I don’t want to be seen as some advocate for dope. ‘‘It just seemed like something the character in that song would say &S 9 O5 Memorial Park %, with a concert in the UVSC amphitheater at 7 p.m. Admission to the concert is $10. Daytimeactivities begin at 11 a.m. on Thursday and Friday, 12:30 p.m. on Satur- INTERNATIONAL Arts & Folk Festival AUGUST10, 11, 12, 1995 Bountiful City Park, 400 No. 200 W. day. For more information, to purchasetickets, or to register to participate in the sporting events, call UVSC at 222-8564. As he told Musician, “That's the only song that ever came complete to me in one spurt. It wasfirst thing in the morning, I just plugged in the guitar and played it, made up the lyr- “ pat CEN», > % our society together,” Nau said All events are open to the public, and daytimeactivities are free. A special Grand Show featuring Polynesian dance, music and a dinner of authentic Polynesian food will be presented nightly for 5. FEATURING DANCERS AND MUSICIANS FROM THE COUNTRIES OF: Albania, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, Latvia, Panama, Turkey, & the USA. SSHbeRUUSAPOELE WAR BR tant to us and it is when we share it with others that we help bring of Tom Pettyand the Heartbreakers play Salt Lake City’s Delta Center Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Pete Droge ill openthe show Tickets are $29.50 and $22.50 at Smith’s Tix and the Delta Center boxoffice. Songwriting is probably Petty’s greatest interest. Before he got a recording contract of his own, he TOMPETTY on using the word “joint” in a song Crow said recently. “For a lot of reasons. 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