Tom Petty Tells Conan Exactly What He Thinks About the Backstreet Boys and It’s Perfectly Tom Petty

A 1999 Late Night with Conan O’Brien clip featuring Tom Petty has resurfaced, and it’s easy to see why. Petty covers his custom tour bus, his vintage guitar collection, and his unfiltered take on the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC with the kind of dry, plainspoken honesty that made him one of the most quotable people in rock, and the whole thing ends with a surprise exchange of footwear on stage that you genuinely have to see to believe.