Tom Petty Song Discussion Thread

[Gregg]

Gregg, tell me why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?

I'm Leavin on a Jet Plane...

I'M BACK Back In The Saddle

[Redbirds Fan]

Gregg has another, then I will be up.

May I leave my pick with someone? Volunteer, anyone?

EDIT: Or Gregg could just pick....

[Gregg]

Gregg has another, then I will be up.

May I leave my pick with someone? Volunteer, anyone?

EDIT: Or Gregg could just pick....

Already did. You are up.

[Fresno Bob]

good pick Gregg, You Got Lucky was my other pick if you had taken "You Don't Know How It Feels"

[Gregg]

good pick Gregg, You Got Lucky was my other pick if you had taken "You Don't Know How It Feels"

Thanks...and I would have taken You Don't Know if you grabbed You Got Lucky.

I also thought Into the Great Wide Open would be there for me in the 4th round. Nice pick.

[Mithrandir]

Those are John Cougar Mellencamp songs.

What does this even mean?

[Erik]

The other song I wanted at 2.02 is still there. I have a feeling Sheep will jank it, though.

[Erik]

When the Wildflowers album came out, Rick Rubin’s organic, minimalist production was a refreshing change from the polished sheen given to Petty’s recent material by Jeff Lynne and Dave Stewart. You Don’t Know How It Feels was the best example of this, especially the unadorned drum sound.

[senorsheep]

The other song I wanted at 2.02 is still there. I have a feeling Sheep will jank it, though.

You're probably safe. I was agonizing over four different songs last night, and I finally thought "Whichever one pops into my head first thing tomorrow morning is the one I'll take." Then I woke up with Change Of Heart in my head instead of those other four. So there it is - another basic, yet terrific classic for team Sheep. Now you can have whichever one you wanted (I'll bet it was on my list of four) and leave my next super secret favorite alone.

[Erik]

You're probably safe. I was agonizing over four different songs last night, and I finally thought "Whichever one pops into my head first thing tomorrow morning is the one I'll take." Then I woke up with Change Of Heart in my head instead of those other four. So there it is - another basic, yet terrific classic for team Sheep. Now you can have whichever one you wanted (I'll bet it was on my list of four) and leave my next super secret favorite alone.

Thanks. I have a super secret favorite too, hope it's not the same one.

[Erik]

TheGaffer says he is out but on his way home, and will pick when he gets home.

[Erik]

I have seen Stop Draggin' My Heart Around performed live twice. Once by Petty and Stevie Nicks, once by My Morning Jacket and Neko Case.

[revo]

My top two picks would have been Don't Do Me Like That and Jammin' Me.

[Erik]

I would have considered You Wreck Me if Listen to Her Heart wasn’t inexplicably still on the board.

It was somewhat of a hit at the time, but I suspect it’s not higher in the pantheon because musically it comes across a bit as Runnin Down a Dream part 2.

It’s the first song we hear in the 4-hour documentary and I presume that’s not coincidental.

[Erik]

Album breakdown:

Damn the Torpedoes 6
Hard Promises 3
Full Moon Fever 3
Into the Great Wide Open 3
Wildflowers 3
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2
You’re Gonna Get It! 2
Long After Dark 2
Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) 2
Southern Accents 1
Other 3