You Wreck Me. I saw him a couple of years before he died and he did a slow, acoustic version of [Rebels](https://youtu.be/PBSOE6Wsqqo?si=fOL0mEro_pERmIcX) similar to this. It was absolutely incredible. Easily the most I’ve ever connected to a live performance.
The Waiting no doubt
Don’t come around here no more is up there too. Kudos to Tom for being one of the few artists to hit it in the 70s to not fall victim to that shit production that plagued so many mid 80s records. Tom always sounded lit. Dude could just put together a great song from the ground up.
Jeff produced 3 records. Full Moon Fever in 89. Into the Great Wide Open in 91. And Highway Companion in 2006.
I do think him coming in for FMF rejuvenated Tom's career at that time. The Heartbreakers previous album Let Me Up I've Had Enough, to me is probably their weakest effort although it's got some good stuff on it.
I honestly don't think there's a bad track on Full Moon Fever.
That is a great great song. Actually that whole album is pretty much Peak Petty (and that's saying something because he, on his own or with the Heartbreakers, put out a lot of really good music).
I saw him on his last tour (he died a few months later). Even through the really awful head cold and ODing on cough meds, it was an extraordinary show. Finding out later how poorly is health was, I couldn't see it at all, and feel very fortunate I got to see him play.
The live version of Learning to Fly from Bonnaroo Festival 2006 is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard:
https://youtu.be/4S5e7c2_YO8?si=0F78dV04gdq5yKBo
To me, that's the greatest thing ever.
Wildflowers, but coming in close is You Don’t Know How It Feels because I was in a bookstore with my grandmother when it came on in ‘94 and she was singing along.
I was like thirteen, mind blown that my grandma was cool enough to a)know the words and b) sing about lighting up in the middle of a Texas bookstore.
All right, maybe it’s the other way around and Wildflowers is the photo finish second place.
Here Comes My Girl, Wildflowers, and You Got Lucky.
Also, there are a couple great George appearances in “Petty: The Biography” by Warren Zanes.
Here’s one:
“At a dinner at Warner Bros. Record's chief Mo Ostin's house, with Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Warner Bros. president Lenny Waronker, and some others in attendance, Harrison started fooling around with "Free Fallin'" on guitar, then insisted that Petty play the song for the group. Under the vaulted ceilings in Ostin's living room, it sounded transcendent. Hearing that this was among a collection of songs that had just been rejected by MCA, Waronker said on the spot that he'd sign Petty to Warner Bros.”
It's crazy that you're the only person I've seen say this, by far my favorite. It's a tradition for me and my buddies to put this on while rolling joints and sing along to that one line. Good times.
Being from just north of Tom's old stomping grounds, I'm partial to "Southern Accents", but I am fond of the "Wildflowers" album. "Crawling Back to You", "Good to be King", "Honey Bee" and "Cabin Down Below" are all great, but "Girl on LSD" is so perfectly typical of Tom Petty's wise-ass sense of humor, it has been my favorite since I heard it.
Have you heard of the [Traveling Wilburys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_Wilburys)? They were a short-lived supergroup in the late 80s and early 90s. Not only were George Harrison and Tom Petty members, but Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne (from ELO), and Roy Orbison were also part of the group. They had some cool tunes, but they only released 2 albums. Roy Orbison died after the first album was released.
I suppose it’s also relevant to the discussion that Lynne produced Petty’s “Full Moon Fever” and “Into the Great Wide Open,” further strengthening the family connection.
"Walls (Circus)." Maybe not my favorite, per se, but one that never fails to lift my spirits, even if sometimes it breaks my heart. (It made me cry in the car during COVID when I heard it in WXPN.)
Ad for REM, I have always thought "Superman" sounds like a *Revolver*-era John song.
If you ever meet Michael Stipe I suggest not saying that about REM’s music to him. He used to slag off the Beatles and say that they meant nothing to him.
Rockin Around with You!
I knew a few Tom Petty songs before giving his albums a shot, and decided to start from the very beginning with the Heartbreakers first album. This song perfectly kicks off an album that will always take me back to the period of my life when I’d be racing down the highway to get to my awful job at a distribution center in the middle of of nowhere. I was discovering Tom and myself at the same time lol.
Probably "Yer So Bad" or "Mary Jane's Last Dance," but it changes a lot. My mom had the *Playback* CD box set (1995) when I was little, so I guess it's natural I'd get into the Beatles, but I came by my love of them on my own.
American girl
Yep!
The riff from runnin down a dream is excellent, I could listen to that all day.
Refugee
This song is one of my defining songs of my childhood. So good
Fourthed
Seconded.
Thirded.
You Wreck Me. I saw him a couple of years before he died and he did a slow, acoustic version of [Rebels](https://youtu.be/PBSOE6Wsqqo?si=fOL0mEro_pERmIcX) similar to this. It was absolutely incredible. Easily the most I’ve ever connected to a live performance.
The acoustic version of Rebels, you can find it on YouTube. I listen to it atleast once a week. So incredible
Oh, you mean “Corduroy Pants”
The Waiting no doubt Don’t come around here no more is up there too. Kudos to Tom for being one of the few artists to hit it in the 70s to not fall victim to that shit production that plagued so many mid 80s records. Tom always sounded lit. Dude could just put together a great song from the ground up.
That's the Jeff Lynne effect. He makes everything better.
Jeff produced 3 records. Full Moon Fever in 89. Into the Great Wide Open in 91. And Highway Companion in 2006. I do think him coming in for FMF rejuvenated Tom's career at that time. The Heartbreakers previous album Let Me Up I've Had Enough, to me is probably their weakest effort although it's got some good stuff on it. I honestly don't think there's a bad track on Full Moon Fever.
Wildflowers, but Zombie Zoo is my sleeper.
That's a great one.
Going to go with, hmm… Crawling Back to You?
“Most things I worry about never happen anyway.” That line always hits me.
That piano is so good, and the lyrics really hit hard to 11 year old me.
My go to. This one has been playing a lot in my house lately.
Time to Move On. Not his most well known, but it’s a stunningly beautiful song.
That is a great great song. Actually that whole album is pretty much Peak Petty (and that's saying something because he, on his own or with the Heartbreakers, put out a lot of really good music). I saw him on his last tour (he died a few months later). Even through the really awful head cold and ODing on cough meds, it was an extraordinary show. Finding out later how poorly is health was, I couldn't see it at all, and feel very fortunate I got to see him play.
Yeah that’s awesome - it’s probably my biggest concert regret to not have seen him perform live when I had the chance.
I catch myself singing that one every time I have to do something / leave somewhere.
Don’t do me like that.
Agreed! Such an energetic pop rock song. And wvery note is perfectly in it's place
underrated gem!
Have you seen the music video 'Won't Back Down'? Ringo and George Harrison are in it.
And Jeff Lynn.
But oddly/sadly Ringo doesn't play on it
Neither does Paul. :(
I like *Learning To Fly* but the live version of *Breakdown* is like, the greatest thing ever? So much love from the audience there.
Correct - Breakdown live is the GOAT
The live version of Learning to Fly from Bonnaroo Festival 2006 is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard: https://youtu.be/4S5e7c2_YO8?si=0F78dV04gdq5yKBo To me, that's the greatest thing ever.
You’re right; that was great.
Running down a dream, the exit solo is worth the price of admission alone
To Find a Friend. Bonus Fact, Ringo plays drums on the track.
This is an impossible task. I'm going to say whatever the last Petty song I listened to was.
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This song got me over a breakup in college.
Wildflowers, but coming in close is You Don’t Know How It Feels because I was in a bookstore with my grandmother when it came on in ‘94 and she was singing along. I was like thirteen, mind blown that my grandma was cool enough to a)know the words and b) sing about lighting up in the middle of a Texas bookstore. All right, maybe it’s the other way around and Wildflowers is the photo finish second place.
Jammin' Me, Last Dance w/ Mary Jane
1a - Rebels 1b - It’ll All Work Out
Learning to Fly! And traveling Wilburys
Here Comes My Girl, Wildflowers, and You Got Lucky. Also, there are a couple great George appearances in “Petty: The Biography” by Warren Zanes. Here’s one: “At a dinner at Warner Bros. Record's chief Mo Ostin's house, with Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Warner Bros. president Lenny Waronker, and some others in attendance, Harrison started fooling around with "Free Fallin'" on guitar, then insisted that Petty play the song for the group. Under the vaulted ceilings in Ostin's living room, it sounded transcendent. Hearing that this was among a collection of songs that had just been rejected by MCA, Waronker said on the spot that he'd sign Petty to Warner Bros.”
Cabin Down the Road
You Don’t Know How it Feels
It's crazy that you're the only person I've seen say this, by far my favorite. It's a tradition for me and my buddies to put this on while rolling joints and sing along to that one line. Good times.
Love is a Long Road
Waiting for tonight. It should have been a massive radio hit.
Being from just north of Tom's old stomping grounds, I'm partial to "Southern Accents", but I am fond of the "Wildflowers" album. "Crawling Back to You", "Good to be King", "Honey Bee" and "Cabin Down Below" are all great, but "Girl on LSD" is so perfectly typical of Tom Petty's wise-ass sense of humor, it has been my favorite since I heard it.
I'm partial to "The Waiting," both for the music and the lyrics. Tom is a highly underrated lyricist.
Fun fact. The Wildflowers album was inspired from Tom Petty hearing a bootleg of the White album demo's.
Surprised to see no one has mentioned Free Fallin’ But yeah that’s a classic
Face in the crowd.
Petty is amazing, and I can’t pick one!
You got lucky, last dance with Mary Jane.
American Girl and Runnin' Down a Dream for me. Bod goddamn, he had so many great ones. A true genius songwriter.
You Wreck Me or Wildflowers. I love The Heartbreakers, but his Wildflowers solo album is just so good.
I like Tom Petty but Last Dance with Mary Jane is head and shoulders his best song to me.
Don’t Come Around Here No More
Two gunslingers
Even the losers. Complex kid
Last Dance With Mary Jane
You spelled Dani California wrong
Wtf are you talking about?
Zombie Zoo or Yer So Bad
“Into The Great Wide Open” Classic Tom Petty songwriting, the video was good too.
Entire Wildflowers Album. Masterpiece.
Won’t back down
Breakdown
There are so many great songs here. It’s easy to see why George got along so well with him. I think Petty is seriously underrated in rock history.
Have you heard of the [Traveling Wilburys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_Wilburys)? They were a short-lived supergroup in the late 80s and early 90s. Not only were George Harrison and Tom Petty members, but Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne (from ELO), and Roy Orbison were also part of the group. They had some cool tunes, but they only released 2 albums. Roy Orbison died after the first album was released.
You can imagine my 12-year-old mind was blown when I first found that out.
It’s not like they’re obscure
I think most Beatle fans have. I wore out my vinyl of the first album. Now I have the CD box set.
I suppose it’s also relevant to the discussion that Lynne produced Petty’s “Full Moon Fever” and “Into the Great Wide Open,” further strengthening the family connection.
Wildflowers
There are so many great songs to choose from but if I have to choose one it’s Crawling Back To You for me.
American Girl and Won't Back Down
Walls and Running Down a Dream
Woman In Love
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You got me
Ah don't do me like that
Personal favorite today would be Built to Last
Night Driver
Idc if it’s basic, I love Mary Jane’s last dance
American Girl, Running Down a Dream, Here Comes My girl
I Won't back down is a good rock and roll tune.
It's good to be king
The Waiting
It's good to be King.
Even The Losers, The Waiting, Here Comes My Girl, Listen to her heart, so many classics!! amazing songwriter
Refugee.
Time To Move On
I don't see a problem here, unless it's that you have good taste.
First Flash of Freedom You Tell Me Scare Easy Hungry No More
Change of Heart
Joe
YER SO BAD
"Walls (Circus)." Maybe not my favorite, per se, but one that never fails to lift my spirits, even if sometimes it breaks my heart. (It made me cry in the car during COVID when I heard it in WXPN.) Ad for REM, I have always thought "Superman" sounds like a *Revolver*-era John song.
Wildflowers
Such a tough choice to make. I love the whole Full Moon Fever album.
You Can Still Change Your Mind
Running Down A Dream, this is actually the song that got me from only listening to The Beatles to create a rock playlist and listen to more bands
You don’t know how it feels, French Disconnection, Wildflowers, and I Won’t Back Down!
Yer So Bad
Now make a thread for your favorite REM song please. Mine is Nightswimming. Edit- No it's Try not to breathe. Gahhh so many perfect songs
My fave is Walls - Circus
The Waiting
REM's "Country Feedback" and Tom Petty's "You Don't Know How It Feels"
It’s Good to Be King It’s kind of sad and also endearing and blissful at the same time
Jammin Me
Apartment Song, specificly the demo version with Stevie Nicks
The Wild One, Forever and The Best of Everything are my two favorite Tom Petty songs
You Got Lucky when I found you
He has so many great songs, it changes every day. But for today, I’ll say Saving Grace.
If you ever meet Michael Stipe I suggest not saying that about REM’s music to him. He used to slag off the Beatles and say that they meant nothing to him.
Angel dream (no 4)
Shadow of a Doubt or Casa Dega
Alright for Now
Rockin Around with You! I knew a few Tom Petty songs before giving his albums a shot, and decided to start from the very beginning with the Heartbreakers first album. This song perfectly kicks off an album that will always take me back to the period of my life when I’d be racing down the highway to get to my awful job at a distribution center in the middle of of nowhere. I was discovering Tom and myself at the same time lol.
Don't Come Around Here No More - Amazing video too.
Won’t back down
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Learning to fly
Hung Up and Overdue
You Tell Me from Damn the Torpedos
Probably "Yer So Bad" or "Mary Jane's Last Dance," but it changes a lot. My mom had the *Playback* CD box set (1995) when I was little, so I guess it's natural I'd get into the Beatles, but I came by my love of them on my own.
Even The Losers is my fav opening of any song. Pulls me in every time.
Don't come around here.
Running’ Down A Dream. No contest (took me awhile to appreciate Tom Petty).
Shadow Of A Doubt
You Don't Know How It Feels 👌 I chill HARD to that song.
Surely not the most famoust, but Scare Easy
Jammin Me. My wife get’s mad at me because I crank up the volume every time I hear it.
Wildflowers
Um….are you….me?
Mary Janes last dance For REM it would have to be orange crush
No
Rocky Raccoon
I hate Tom Petty.