7/23/2023 0 Comments Tom petty songs![]() The leading track off 1981’s Hard Promises speaks to anyone who’s ever punched a clock while waiting on something bigger in life. The trick to this song is the simplicity of the lyrics: “Some days are diamonds / Some days are rocks / Some doors are open / Some roads are blocked.” Even with the lines that border on cliché, the song still sound profound thanks to backing vocals by Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham and pumped up by pianist Benmont Tench’s percussive beating.Ī near lullaby off 1999’s Echo, “Room at the Top” manages to work both as a defiant Walden-esque anthem of solitude- “I got a room at the top of the world tonight / And I ain’t comin’ down”- and a melancholic love song-“Yeah like they do in those things on TV, I love you / Please love me, I’m not so bad.” Like many of the Heartbreakers’ tunes, it’s up for interpretation - and like many of the Heartbreakers’ tunes, it works no matter how you chose to interpret it. Oddly enough, the band’s ninth studio album also served as the soundtrack to the 1996 popcorn flick She’s The One. The sad beauty in the chorus of “Echo” makes this one of the band’s best songs, and the verses especially show why Petty’s longevity lasts longer than the whims of pop radio. Petty sings, “Tried so hard to stand alone / Struggled to see past my nose / Always had more dogs than bones/ I could never wear those clothes.”Įven 10 albums into his career, Petty still managed to shine lyrically throughout this 1999 LP. Although The Heartbreakers may not perform it often in concert, it’s an iPod-cranker, built for a self-examining drive alone. Originally released on the Elizabethtown soundtrack in 2005, the song was eventually released on 2006’s Highway Companion. “Honeybee” is one of the band’s sexiest songs, and Petty’s come-hither purr could send shivers down any little honeybee’s spine. The album features all regular band members except for Stan Lynch in fact, drummer Steve Ferrone would eventually join the band. Luckily, it translates live, as every fan can cheer with the band, singing, “How bout a cheer for all those bad girls? / And all those boys that play that rock and roll / They love it like you love Jesus / It does the same thing to their souls.”Īlthough 1994’s Wildflowers was billed as a Petty solo album, it’s really a Heartbreakers’ album, and one of their best, at that. This one happens to be a love song dropped inside a statement album, and among The Heartbreakers’ most heartbreaking tracks. Not every song on 2002’s The Last DJ preached the dangers of corporate greed. Here then are the 15 best songs by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. ![]() We’re sticking to The Heartbreakers canon here, exempting Petty’s work with The Traveling Wilburys and the early Heartbreakers prototype Mudcrutch. Since the band has been touring this year in celebration of their 40th anniversary (and just resumed their massive tour last week), we decided to take a look at some of The Heartbreakers’s best songs. As a unit, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers are a full-on rock machine, cranking out both radio hits and solid full albums, and have long since established themselves as one of the best live bands on the planet. ![]() Tom Petty walks the line between rock poet and complex guitar hero, in the same league as Bob Dylan and Neil Young. ![]() To the uninitiated, he’s too often confused with Southern rock a la Lynyrd Skynyrd by mid-level fans, he’s too written off as pop radio. For a stick-thin, towheaded, Elvis fan from Florida, Thomas Earl Petty is, perhaps, an unexpected rock legend. ![]()
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