![]() The guitars are bright and full of life, the melodies are equally grounded, yet soaring and just before it hits the four minute mark, it’s out and on to better things. “The Waiting” is such a quintessential Tom Petty song, though. But this list is capped off by “The Waiting” off of Petty’s 1981 album Hard Promises, which had the unenviable task of following up Damn The Torpedoes. This top spot could be occupied by at least five Petty songs, if not eight or nine. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – The Waiting (Official Music Video) Music video by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers performing The Waiting. It’s a pretty good song for inciting acts of defiance and protest. You wouldn’t blame him if he did, though. Did Gore take the words to heart and on that night, pledge to fight for climate change? Hard to say. Petty performed the song at a private concert for the loser of the 2000 Presidential Election, Al Gore, on the night he gave his concession speech. Bush during this first presidential run, but Petty quickly put an end to that. Petty is laying it all out there and the defiance is the stuff rebellious dreams are made of. ![]() But that’s part of what makes it so damn good. There’s not a lot of mystery to the song very little subtext. (C) 1989 Geffen Records #TomPetty #IWontBackDown #Remastered #Vevo #Rock #OfficialMusicVideo #TomPettyAndTheHeartbreakers T05:11:28.000Z Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – I Won't Back Down (Official Music Video) REMASTERED IN HD! Music video by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers performing I Won't Back Down. Purposely omitted are “American Girl,” “Free Fallin'” and “You Don’t Know How It Feels.” Those three are a given and rightfully belong on any Petty list out there. ![]() ![]() The following list isn’t necessarily a best of list it’s more of a list of Petty songs I feel are his most essential. So when news first broke Monday that he had gone to the hospital, it was only natural to fire up your preferred streaming service and plunge head first into your favorite Petty songs. He has so many songs that he’s one of only a handful of musicians with his own station on SiriusXM and really the only one (besides Elvis Presley) who is able to fill large blocks of time with only studio material. Petty’s catalog is massive, full of over three decades worth of material. There is a bittersweet side that’s there when one of our favorite musicians pass and it’s that we’re able to console ourselves by deep-diving into their catalog. He and his band would tour forever, somehow outlasting all of us. Petty felt like he was on that Bruce Springsteen level. But beyond that, it’s not as if he had shown any signs of slowing down. According to reports, Petty had suffered a brief bout of laryngitis and bronchitis back in August and was forced to cancel a few shows. We were on the verge of losing another one of our heroes, another rock legend gone. Of course moments later, that news was refuted.īut Twitter jokes about Petty telling death he won’t back down aside, it was clear that our time with Petty was nearing the end. A short time later news started to spread that he had passed. He was rushed to the hospital Monday afternoon, which in itself was cause for concern. Easily one of rock music’s greatest songwriters, Petty passed away Monday night at the age of 66. ![]() I woke up this morning and the news that was news, then wasn’t news, but then a different kind of news was confirmed: Tom Petty had died. Tom Petty passed away Monday at the age of 66 ![]()
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