This song makes me feel so nostalgic. And it sums up a lot of what my life is. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' music has been there for me through the good and the bad. I don't know what I'd do without it.
I just about had a breakdown after hearing of Tom's death.!Iirc, I think I initially heard of him in Trouser Press not long after his debut came out on Shelter Records. I ended up picking that LP up on a whim before it had received any airplay in the U.S. and I think I played "American Girl" about 50 times that day because I loved the Byrdsy tinge to it. I was hooked after that, of course. I only saw him live once, at the Santa Monica Civic with David Johansen opening on the You're Gonna Get it tour. It was a great gig and I had excellent seats to boot! Arguably even more so than with Springsteen, Petty was America's best post-Dylan and post-Joni Mitchell singer/songwriter and, at a time when pop music is just overthought and dumbed down manufactured crap, losing a qiant like Petty at such a young age is downright tragic. He definitely elevated the art form and for that we music fans will always be grateful.
This song gets better and better the older I get - the meaning shape shifts over time - a classic. Seems about America the country now - not just some young girl - America is the young girl....and the dream has always been a myth - always just out of reach as a country. thanks Mr. Petty.
+teej petty said stan's drums and voice at shows was the best in the world.... the problem with stan was his life-of-the-party-type-egoist-jerk persona. (can we all say david lee roth) petty just out-grew that scene.
According the Zanes, Stan also asked for a bigger cut of the pie (maybe not directly) and Tom didn’t like that...just another one of the reasons why Tom parted ways with him, it seems.
Mike Campbell is so underrated as a top guitar player. He’s definitely in my top three. Jacksonville Florida’s own. Ribault High school’s finest. Andt they’ve produced some fine Americans. Primary in the sports world but Mike Campbell is the best. I aspire to be him and his level of greatness.
Yes, sir. Today really sucks. It's hard to believe how much you can feel the loss of a person you never met. But yet you've known him your whole life because you grew up hearing his music.
Totally sucks. I was there with my husband at this show in the front. What a show and so wish the recordings back then were better because this show was so crazy good! RIP Tom Petty. You were the best of the best.
Notice the beat is off on purpose. I heard it's a challenge to sing, or play together that way, but it sounds fantastic. I think Stevie Nicks or Fleetwood had a song that was off beat like this, too, and it was a hit. I can't think of the name of it at the moment. Just a brilliant song!
Tom Petty has the most Beautiful Sexy Eyes ever !!! Just look at his long silky hair. So much energy with a positive message to all of us in the lyrics of his many songs (gifts) he has given to us. Any man would have loved to walk in his shoes, but too many are not worthy. Any negative comments are out of envy. Ignore them as Petty has done. He had a Heart of Gold & gave that to us. A Beautiful Man Indeed ! We love him so much, RIP Tom, You Are Missed So Much 😚😔
A lot of musicians at his level play to gratify themselves. Tom Petty was trying to share an experience with us. I'm wrong a lot, but the best music is honest, and this man had that. A true artist. A communicater. A guy that could make everyone feel like he wrote a song just for them. Not a hint of pretentiousness, but totally aware he was special and like us at the same time. He believed in music. He made that so obvious. When a celebrity passes it usually doesnt effect me, but this guy took you on a trip with every song...made you feel like everything would work out...rappers, doctors, punk rock kids, anybody could get lost in a Tom Petty song. He's a guy that i truly believe if he never made a dime off music would have continued to make it. "The ability to master music is to be able to do anything you want and then not do it." - Chopain (probably spelled that name wrong). We all had access to the same words...but he could take a sentence and say something everyone felt but just couldnt find the words. Truly special. Glad I got to share a planet with this guy for a little bit.
They say here in Gainesville it's in part about a U. of Florida college girl who lost or never got the guy she wanted and committed suicide by jumping off her sorority balcony on the second floor down onto Highway 441 (called 13th St. in town) to her death. Another version has her living in a dorm on 441, taking substances to make her high, thinking she could fly, and jumping out to fly only to fall many stories down onto US 441. Think about the 'macho' it must have taken to title a song "An American Girl". Could be cuz TP wrote the song on a July 4th. Totally cool, this group is and was and always will be awesome, held together by TP himself, who lived and grew up in a little house 10 minutes from me........................
IT IS A GREAT VERSION!Si JUST LIKE SHARING SOME MUSIC. TAKING A BREAK BEFORE BED. STILL LOTS TO DO. ENJOY YOUR MARDI GRAS. I'M NOT GOING THIS YEAR. I WANT TO JUST TO MUCH TO GET DONE AND THIS COLD. SHARE PLEASE. THANKS...KARRIE ANN
Long after dark was 1981, as Jimmy Ivine put it, is was the head above water album after Damn the Torpedos, Hard Promises was 1983, and Southern Accents/Pack Up The Plantation was 1985, followed by Let Me Up (Ive had enough) in 1987.
I did too! That was in the Meadowlands in NJ. He was amazing! Loved his breakdown on stage, his jumping down from the speakers and his crawling around with his guitar on his back. Always gave the best performances. I will never forget him....
i heard this song for the first time while working at a restaurant the other day. i loved it as soon as it started. i had to listen to the whole thing!
My room mate used to buy tons of albums and one day I found this first Petty album in the pile and put it on. Hooked ever since and this song and Luna were the main ones that did it. RIP Tom, you fought the Good Fight.
OMG! How fucking good is that!!!!! We were all so lucky to have him.He's gone, but we can still be in awe and enjoy the music he made. His music keeps him alive forever.
Was lucky to have seen Petty in person ....sorry to hear his Dance is Done and His music Stopped....but i'm going on Proud to say I'll Dance a few for Tom until I get on the other side too....Cheers Everyone...don't Be Sad ...Be GLAD we got to enjoy The Heartbreakers
I saw Tom several times in my life and was never disappointed, he can get a crowd going and sing with him no matter where. God Bless you Tom for the memories, your amongst a lot of your old friends now so jam on up there.
@BlackLabelSocietyLP Actually, a good friend of mine, her daughter is deaf and she is a HUGE Tom Petty fan. She actually sang Free Fallin' for a video contest and won front row seat tickets this tour. Thank heavens for cochlear implants... So, lets just say 27 people are stupid... :D
1981 June 10 th The Last Time I Saw JENNY MAXWELL alive my BLUE HAWAII TOM PETTY TROUT fishing Strawberry creek TOMBOY Laurel Canyon MOM we Went to HANA Sushi BOBBY STYLES place My state beach UCLA Rose Bowl MVP 1966 HERO with The Duke Kirk Snyder my Beverly High SURF coach state beach and Lovely Marta Hersh my Del Mar Surf girl we Drank Primo beers and hotsakis canyonlocalfilmscom Mimi Chen peace love and Sunday mornings Aspen ski girl RULES
haha @ the comment below.. but yes.... tom petty is amazing ( my user name is my own haha).. ii first heard this song in the beginning of FAST TiMES !!
Tom Petty is now in critical condition after going into cardiac arrest in his Malibu home. They released a report earlier today stating that he had died, later retracting the statement and saying he lives. I am frazzled right now, and pray to God he makes it!
Tom I just heard you singing....my God if we had got together many moons ago back then. ...I would have been in a few cat fights. " That's My Tom Cat, what are you lookin at.,.you better stay away from my guy or I will knock your ass out" !!!! LoL. I'm serious :). I am for real.... Mary Poppins. Jk. I was Mary Poppins in a play in kinder garten. And I tried to jump off my roof on Rockledge in Pleasant Grove..I lived next door to the Parigis. They had a picture of Cher...you know Sonny and Cher Bono...and Chaz is doing great! They had a garage band next door..I met JoJo. The Taylors Jack Taylor would sneak in and play with his daughter Michelle...bit Wayne played me It's a beautiful day and I would listen to the whole album while he used me as a prop...said he had sex with me butt didn't. He had pretty blue eyes and dark skin. He looked like a native Indian. Lori Rnright and I were best friends in school. JoJo must have been younger than me or attended another school I dunno. But I would crae l in Frank rules lap and say. No I'm not tired I just need to rest my eyes in his rocking chair . They drank bud beer. Monica and Kathy and John Lamb knew Mark caccuzo they worked together at a glass cutting company. Butt Marilyn rule. Franks wife taught me how to twist. I'm not Dana York. And I have s scar on my hand where I got hit at 3:33 pm by a truck which bono from U 2 writes a song about. On Americana when I lived in Apts close to where I am now...Butt I learned how to twist like Marilyn and when Tom Petty with brown eyes was battling cancer...oh I made him laugh....pamala. We broke up once he said she took my rings. My babies. Pam Harty
Turkiyede bu adami benden baska bilen varmi acaba? 12 yasimdayken adi tom olan birini ararken bu sanmistim yanlislikla 1 sene araliksiz dinlemistim heralde 😀
As my buddy John said over 30 years ago as we were "digging" in his Jeep back home in Florida; "the greatest rock n roll song ever." I won't agree or disagree. Top 5 for sure.
BEFORE teenybop? Just want to remind you guys of Tommy Roe, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Archies, and the Ohio Express. And don't forget the Monkees. That covers both bubblegum and teenybop. The best teenybop band IMHO was The Bay City Rollers. They could really rock! All those bands came before Tom Petty. Teenbop music nowadays can't hold a candle to these teenybop and bubblegum classics! But, I love Tom Petty!
He touched so many people with his music, a gift to the world, we all are a little better for having had him to play the music that touches us all. He made things a little more tolerable when things aren't so good and made us happy when they were.
Sure David, but i think you missed my point. I said I can think of some, but I was really interested to get your recommendations on current acts that can be as classic songwriters/performers as people like Tom Petty? If you share your suggestions, I'll share some of mine.
Tom I don't know why this fan Liam is tripping out and does not believe me. You are what. Very close to my house. Damn I don't get it? Oh well I love u people just misunderstand me that's all. Love Pamala
Lism no comment. Nuff said OK find someone else to talk to I have his bloddy phone number I know and streamline with all kinds of musicians. You don't want a come to Jesus meeting. You are getting on Tim and my nerves. I was told rumors about him. He lives very close to me now. He always said he would come back for me get a life and her onver it
I have watched his videos everday since 10/02/2017. He is very high in this one. Just because I have seen them all and many over and over. I see the pattern of the times he was and wasn't. I seriously love this band and am definately obsessed. It is good but he has sang it better. He's sweating from being high just another sign.
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God, it's so painful when something that's so close Is still so far out of reach.
Oh yeah!
That line means so much more today RIP Tom
Killerandundertaker wow how did you make your name text like that, i'd like to learn, thanks!
B0rnles13 All Right!
Drums sound backwards to me. Then at the end Stan finally wakes up
bye Tom...sad to see you left so soon
Thanks 4 all..
Sincerely
An American Girl
I can never resist singing along. Petty *earned* my respect.
This band will go down in history as one of the greatest and this song will live on forever thanks to the genius of Tom Pettty .
This song makes me feel so nostalgic. And it sums up a lot of what my life is. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' music has been there for me through the good and the bad. I don't know what I'd do without it.
Its about a girl who jumped from FSU Beaty Towers... Hwy 441 ... she thought it a great big world
One of the best songs ever
*The best
I totally agree with you damn what an awesome Melody sure a gift to come up with that what a sensational songwriter he was
Definitely.
That, kids, is how it's done.
I just about had a breakdown after hearing of Tom's death.!Iirc, I think I initially heard of him in Trouser Press not long after his debut came out on Shelter Records. I ended up picking that LP up on a whim before it had received any airplay in the U.S. and I think I played "American Girl" about 50 times that day because I loved the Byrdsy tinge to it. I was hooked after that, of course.
I only saw him live once, at the Santa Monica Civic with David Johansen opening on the You're Gonna Get it tour. It was a great gig and I had excellent seats to boot!
Arguably even more so than with Springsteen, Petty was America's best post-Dylan and post-Joni Mitchell singer/songwriter and, at a time when pop music is just overthought and dumbed down manufactured crap, losing a qiant like Petty at such a young age is downright tragic. He definitely elevated the art form and for that we music fans will always be grateful.
I nearly fell apart too when I learned what happened. He was still alive but unconscious at the time and I had all my fingers crossed for him.
This song gets better and better the older I get - the meaning shape shifts over time - a classic. Seems about America the country now - not just some young girl - America is the young girl....and the dream has always been a myth - always just out of reach as a country. thanks Mr. Petty.
Angie, great post! The hallmark of a great, timeless song = meaningful in different ways as we age.
Angie the dream was never a myth. The myth was the fantasy that you didn't have to do anything to earn it.
Your comment almost brings me to tears.
@@johncmiles1 You're an idiot.
@@ForcesInMotion Your mama licks clit. You see, insults are easy to hurl and they are childish and without value.
RIP, sir. You will never be forgotten. Thank you for so many years of awesome music. ❤🎵🙌😢
i cant figure what part of stan lynch;s drumming tom wasnt partial too . sheer class .doesnt sound like the heart breakers without him.
+teej
petty said stan's drums and voice at shows was the best in the world....
the problem with stan was his life-of-the-party-type-egoist-jerk persona.
(can we all say david lee roth)
petty just out-grew that scene.
+teej he loved Stan's live play, not the studio versions.
According the Zanes, Stan also asked for a bigger cut of the pie (maybe not directly) and Tom didn’t like that...just another one of the reasons why Tom parted ways with him, it seems.
Tom will live forever in our thoughts! :)
RIP Tom Petty. Condolences to your family, fans, and friends!
I saw Tom Petty that year. He opened for Bob Dylan at the Tacoma Dome near Seattle, Washington. Nice.
+Zaya Moore I thought they were more like co-headliners....
Mike Campbell is so underrated as a top guitar player. He’s definitely in my top three. Jacksonville Florida’s own. Ribault High school’s finest. Andt they’ve produced some fine Americans. Primary in the sports world but Mike Campbell is the best. I aspire to be him and his level of greatness.
This video wants me to ask a great big fat person to help me move a couch into a van.
Ha I remember that movie!
Copacetic ...your comment made me LOL 😂...that was great!
Man, today sucks. R.I.P.
Yes, it does. R.I.P.
Yes, sir. Today really sucks. It's hard to believe how much you can feel the loss of a person you never met. But yet you've known him your whole life because you grew up hearing his music.
worse day of 2017.
Totally sucks. I was there with my husband at this show in the front. What a show and so wish the recordings back then were better because this show was so crazy good! RIP Tom Petty. You were the best of the best.
Last 2 years have sucked. My past is dying.
Rest in Peace to one of the greatest to ever do it.
never slow down, never grow old
Notice the beat is off on purpose. I heard it's a challenge to sing, or play together that way, but it sounds fantastic. I think Stevie Nicks or Fleetwood had a song that was off beat like this, too, and it was a hit. I can't think of the name of it at the moment. Just a brilliant song!
One of the best rock songs ever I just wish they added one more verse to it. The memories and emotions the sing evokes. Long live Tom Petty.
RIP, you we're one of the greats..
All the ladies at my wedding dancing together to this song. Thank you, Tom. I love you. RIP
One of the all time greatest songs
RIP Tom. You knew how to rock ♥
what screwed up day , RIP TOM , get well Las Vegas
Tom Petty one of the very best.
Love the camaraderie when he nudges Mike at 3:08
AWESOME! Saw him play this tonight in Raleigh, NC. Yes, I am an American Girl...raised on promises. You can't always get what you want.
Not ugly. Very sexy when he was young
He's a 10 in my book. Seem some guys like to comment on him being ugly. I don't see many females having an issue with his looks. Just sayin' :)
His genius alone makes him a 10 he’s Tom fucking Petty!!!
Tom Petty has the most Beautiful Sexy Eyes ever !!! Just look at his long silky hair.
So much energy with a positive message to all of us in the lyrics of his many songs (gifts) he has given to us. Any man would have loved to walk in his shoes, but too many are not worthy. Any negative comments are out of envy.
Ignore them as Petty has done. He had a Heart of Gold & gave that to us.
A Beautiful Man Indeed ! We love him so much, RIP Tom, You Are Missed So Much 😚😔
A lot of musicians at his level play to gratify themselves. Tom Petty was trying to share an experience with us. I'm wrong a lot, but the best music is honest, and this man had that. A true artist. A communicater. A guy that could make everyone feel like he wrote a song just for them. Not a hint of pretentiousness, but totally aware he was special and like us at the same time. He believed in music. He made that so obvious. When a celebrity passes it usually doesnt effect me, but this guy took you on a trip with every song...made you feel like everything would work out...rappers, doctors, punk rock kids, anybody could get lost in a Tom Petty song. He's a guy that i truly believe if he never made a dime off music would have continued to make it.
"The ability to master music is to be able to do anything you want and then not do it." - Chopain (probably spelled that name wrong).
We all had access to the same words...but he could take a sentence and say something everyone felt but just couldnt find the words. Truly special. Glad I got to share a planet with this guy for a little bit.
Lucas Sams omg, you really pointed that out for me
What he said.
one of my favorite songs, makes me so happy. rest in paradise, tom
They say here in Gainesville it's in part about a U. of Florida college girl who lost or never got the guy she wanted and committed suicide by jumping off her sorority balcony on the second floor down onto Highway 441 (called 13th St. in town) to her death. Another version has her living in a dorm on 441, taking substances to make her high, thinking she could fly, and jumping out to fly only to fall many stories down onto US 441. Think about the 'macho' it must have taken to title a song "An American Girl". Could be cuz TP wrote the song on a July 4th. Totally cool, this group is and was and always will be awesome, held together by TP himself, who lived and grew up in a little house 10 minutes from me........................
Oddly enough this always reminds me of a Canadian girl who played this for me one night long ago..
RIP Tom, you'll forever be in our hearts!
really clear recording. One of the few where you can actually hear the lyrics. Killer ending!
IT IS A GREAT VERSION!Si JUST LIKE SHARING SOME MUSIC. TAKING A BREAK BEFORE BED. STILL LOTS TO DO. ENJOY YOUR MARDI GRAS. I'M NOT GOING THIS YEAR. I WANT TO JUST TO MUCH TO GET DONE AND THIS COLD. SHARE PLEASE. THANKS...KARRIE ANN
Great song ever and ever...........yeahhhh
A unique voice together with a spellbinding voice....
That moment at 3:08 is just great!
1985? This then is a year after I had seen him on the Hard Promises tour with Stevie Nicks. Opening band was Split Enz.
Hard Promises was released 1981, Long After Dark was released in 1982 and Southern Accents was released in 1985.
Thanks, I didn't think I had it exactly right :)
Long after dark was 1981, as Jimmy Ivine put it, is was the head above water album after Damn the Torpedos, Hard Promises was 1983, and Southern Accents/Pack Up The Plantation was 1985, followed by Let Me Up (Ive had enough) in 1987.
I did too! That was in the Meadowlands in NJ. He was amazing! Loved his breakdown on stage, his jumping down from the speakers and his crawling around with his guitar on his back. Always gave the best performances. I will never forget him....
tribute to American girls...great work!!!
Thank you for all the magic moments Mr Petty. And the fantastic gig you played here back in the 80's in Wellington New Zealand. A true American Boy
This is the greatest band of all times!!!!!!!
RIP, Florida Southern Rock legend who kept great friends.. all you need to know about a man.
RIP Tom thanks for the music...taken too soon
Tom Petty leaving us ...end of an era ! RIP. You leave us but your music will rock on !
Four years gone. Still miss the man and his music!
You know, I clicked this because of the balls involved in putting "best version" in the title and was not disappointed.
"It rubs the lotion into its skin"...
the great stan lynch laying it down with that record groove
I can't decide if SOTL made or ruined this song for me lol
Amazing. Tom sings amazing,looks amazing, he is always smiling when he is singing. Never seen an artist like him.
Rest in peace Mr. Petty
Such a talented man, so handsome ❤...my favorite song of his..RIP 😪
aww sad r.i.p but still will keep 🤘💯
RIP Tom Petty. This is my all time favorite. XO 🌈❤️
i heard this song for the first time while working at a restaurant the other day. i loved it as soon as it started. i had to listen to the whole thing!
My room mate used to buy tons of albums and one day I found this first Petty album in the pile and put it on. Hooked ever since and this song and Luna were the main ones that did it. RIP Tom, you fought the Good Fight.
85 was a great fucking year. I miss those times.
ROCK GOD!
The cocaine was flowing then.
U mean the heroin...
Both
It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again lol
taken from us way to soon RIP Tom
RIP Mr Petty :(
RIP, Tom.
good song
OMG! How fucking good is that!!!!! We were all so lucky to have him.He's gone, but we can still be in awe and enjoy the music he made. His music keeps him alive forever.
❤💫
A TRUE MUSICAL LEGEND HAS DIED, R.I.P. TOM PETTY
Was lucky to have seen Petty in person ....sorry to hear his Dance is Done and His music Stopped....but i'm going on Proud to say I'll Dance a few for Tom until I get on the other side too....Cheers Everyone...don't Be Sad ...Be GLAD we got to enjoy The Heartbreakers
I had this played at my wedding - to an English man, in England. I was bopping all around while the English people were a bit......stiff. :D
Sounds awesome!!! LOL!
I saw Tom several times in my life and was never disappointed, he can get a crowd going and sing with him no matter where. God Bless you Tom for the memories, your amongst a lot of your old friends now so jam on up there.
Great song.
I'll give it 14 out of 10
RIP Tom, you will be missed.
GOD BLESS pray for Tom
she loves Jesus & America too..........................:)
@BlackLabelSocietyLP Actually, a good friend of mine, her daughter is deaf and she is a HUGE Tom Petty fan. She actually sang Free Fallin' for a video contest and won front row seat tickets this tour. Thank heavens for cochlear implants... So, lets just say 27 people are stupid... :D
RIP Tom Petty
One of the best songs ever made and I love that when the band looks around at each other they have total trust in each other to just SLAY it.
Reunited with Howie -and Roy , & George
& Elvis...
And John Lennon
Miss you Tom...
Rest in Peace :'(
1981 June 10 th The Last Time I Saw JENNY MAXWELL alive my BLUE HAWAII TOM PETTY TROUT fishing Strawberry creek TOMBOY Laurel Canyon MOM we Went to HANA Sushi BOBBY STYLES place My state beach UCLA Rose Bowl MVP 1966 HERO with The Duke Kirk Snyder my Beverly High SURF coach state beach and Lovely Marta Hersh my Del Mar Surf girl we Drank Primo beers and hotsakis canyonlocalfilmscom Mimi Chen peace love and Sunday mornings Aspen ski girl RULES
Thanks for the wonderful music
haha @ the comment below.. but yes.... tom petty is amazing ( my user name is my own haha).. ii first heard this song in the beginning of FAST TiMES !!
Raised on liessssss in America! If she has to die, we will stand and protect her until we can't! RIP Tom Petty! We loved you hard!
Tom Petty is now in critical condition after going into cardiac arrest in his Malibu home. They released a report earlier today stating that he had died, later retracting the statement and saying he lives. I am frazzled right now, and pray to God he makes it!
Tom I just heard you singing....my God if we had got together many moons ago back then. ...I would have been in a few cat fights. " That's My Tom Cat, what are you lookin at.,.you better stay away from my guy or I will knock your ass out" !!!! LoL. I'm serious :). I am for real.... Mary Poppins. Jk. I was Mary Poppins in a play in kinder garten. And I tried to jump off my roof on Rockledge in Pleasant Grove..I lived next door to the Parigis. They had a picture of Cher...you know Sonny and Cher Bono...and Chaz is doing great! They had a garage band next door..I met JoJo. The Taylors Jack Taylor would sneak in and play with his daughter Michelle...bit Wayne played me It's a beautiful day and I would listen to the whole album while he used me as a prop...said he had sex with me butt didn't. He had pretty blue eyes and dark skin. He looked like a native Indian. Lori Rnright and I were best friends in school. JoJo must have been younger than me or attended another school I dunno. But I would crae l in Frank rules lap and say. No I'm not tired I just need to rest my eyes in his rocking chair . They drank bud beer. Monica and Kathy and John Lamb knew Mark caccuzo they worked together at a glass cutting company. Butt Marilyn rule. Franks wife taught me how to twist. I'm not Dana York. And I have s scar on my hand where I got hit at 3:33 pm by a truck which bono from U 2 writes a song about. On Americana when I lived in Apts close to where I am now...Butt I learned how to twist like Marilyn and when Tom Petty with brown eyes was battling cancer...oh I made him laugh....pamala. We broke up once he said she took my rings. My babies. Pam Harty
Turkiyede bu adami benden baska bilen varmi acaba? 12 yasimdayken adi tom olan birini ararken bu sanmistim yanlislikla 1 sene araliksiz dinlemistim heralde 😀
the look on Tom's face when he turns to the audience, it's like " yep, we added some HORNS, whadya all think ? "
As my buddy John said over 30 years ago as we were "digging" in his Jeep back home in Florida; "the greatest rock n roll song ever." I won't agree or disagree. Top 5 for sure.
so sad!!! RIP Tom!!! your music will live on forever!!
BEFORE teenybop? Just want to remind you guys of Tommy Roe, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Archies, and the Ohio Express. And don't forget the Monkees. That covers both bubblegum and teenybop. The best teenybop band IMHO was The Bay City Rollers. They could really rock! All those bands came before Tom Petty. Teenbop music nowadays can't hold a candle to these teenybop and bubblegum classics! But, I love Tom Petty!
He touched so many people with his music, a gift to the world, we all are a little better for having had him to play the music that touches us all. He made things a little more tolerable when things aren't so good and made us happy when they were.
Sure David, but i think you missed my point. I said I can think of some, but I was really interested to get your recommendations on current acts that can be as classic songwriters/performers as people like Tom Petty?
If you share your suggestions, I'll share some of mine.
thanks for the music Tom.
Tom I don't know why this fan Liam is tripping out and does not believe me. You are what. Very close to my house. Damn I don't get it? Oh well I love u people just misunderstand me that's all. Love Pamala
Great Song love Tom Petty
Rip
Lism no comment. Nuff said OK find someone else to talk to I have his bloddy phone number I know and streamline with all kinds of musicians. You don't want a come to Jesus meeting. You are getting on Tim and my nerves. I was told rumors about him. He lives very close to me now. He always said he would come back for me get a life and her onver it
I have watched his videos everday since 10/02/2017. He is very high in this one. Just because I have seen them all and many over and over. I see the pattern of the times he was and wasn't. I seriously love this band and am definately obsessed. It is good but he has sang it better. He's sweating from being high just another sign.
RIP :(