4/21/15 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:00 pm

What is your favorite Tom Petty song?

glennny · Post by **glennny** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:51 pm

The thread says "and the Heartbreakers", the question says "Tom Petty".
The Heartbreakers didn't play on Full Moon Fever.

I like a lot of his songs, tough to choose.
I might say Learning to Fly, but that's because it sounds like an ELO song it's so very Jeff Lynne in its production.

I will listen and get back.

user · Post by **user** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:00 am

I'm leaning toward "Don't Come Around Here No More", with a side dish of "American Girl" and a helping of "Walls".

JonPorobil · Post by **JonPorobil** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:13 am

There are some days when "I Won't Back Down" isn't stuck in my head...

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:04 pm

Definitely "Don't Come Around Here No More", and a good video.
-bill

RangerDenni · Post by **RangerDenni** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:53 pm

Learning to Fly. except I like that line in 'It'll All Work Out' about "eyes so blue they looked like weather..."
*sigh*

rone rivendale · Post by **rone rivendale** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:25 pm

To listen to: Don't Come Around Here No More

To sing: Runnin' Down a Dream

glennny · Post by **glennny** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:38 pm

After reminding myself of all the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers stuff I have to go with :

Don't Do Me Like That

That album Damn the Torpedoes takes me back to childhood, I was 8 in 1980 and that whole album got a lot of listens. Don't Do Me like That has the best interplay of restrained instruments. The band is so tight and it's all so tasteful. For me it's kind of a rock/ pop standard to aspire to.

Lots of great songs over the years, great band too!

irwin · Post by **irwin** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:46 pm

So many great tunes over the years. I'm going to have to go with Breakdown

Albatross · Post by **Albatross** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:34 pm

My only substantive opinion of a Tom Petty song is my boundless hatred for "I Won't Back Down."

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 5:06 pm

Every time I get notified about this topic I get "Last Dance with Mary Jane" stuck in my head all over again.

This is not an endorsement.

Chumpy · Post by **Chumpy** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:29 am

I obsessively listened Damn the Torpedoes and to Here Comes my Girl in particular during some of my mopiest early teen years.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:59 pm

This one was tough. Honorable Mention to "A Face In The Crowd", and "Runnin' Down A Dream". I almost chose "Learning To Fly" as my favorite but in the end, I went with Into The Great Wide Open.

Chumpy · Post by **Chumpy** » Wed May 13, 2015 8:06 pm

I'm going to have to change my favorite. I just now realized it's The Waiting. The waiting is indeed the hardest part. Waiting, waiting waiting.

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