I'd probably go with the waiting

and Tweeter And The Monkeyman. But this is my all time favorite:

it's hard for me to pick - except in the poll I didn't have to lol.

I have this on red vinyl, 45rpm (B-side to Change of Heart single)

Take away the cool video and it is a great song. Saw him once about 6 years ago, a great and fun show.


Peace

It's always sounded to me like a Eurythmics song featuring Tom Petty, than a Tom Petty song featuring Dave Stewart.

GREAT road trip song!

Thanks, Tom Petty!

so you can vote for it (It has zero votes right now)

(I aim to please)

His music has held up well over the years. Plus, it sounds even better knowing that he was a staunch progressive, at least late in life from what I have read.

(it barely edges Listen to Her Heart and I Won't Back Down)

nevertheless moved me deeply, and I ain’t never forgotten that 3 minutes...

Thanks, dog -

....and everything with the Traveling Wilburys

(I love that band and all their songs)

You probably already know about how Tom Petty became a member of Traveling Wilburys, but some folks might not; so here, in a nutshell, is the story.

(From Wikipedia)
"Starting with a meal shared by George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison, the group came together at Bob Dylan's home studio in Malibu, CA to record an additional track as a B-side of Harrison's "This is Love"
Tom Petty's involvement came by chance, as Harrison left his guitar at Tom Petty's house, and the invitation for Petty to join the session was made when Harrison went to retrieve it.
They enjoyed working together so much that they decided to create a full album together.
'Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1'.
Written by all five men, it was recorded over a 10-day period in May, 1988, and released on October 18.
The album was recorded in the house and garden of Eurythmics member Dave Stewart."

Roy Orbison died of a heart attack on December 6, less than 2 months after Vol.1 was released.

This was a personal anthem when I moved from the midwest to the west coast. Long After Dark is a great album.

A One Story Town

I'm for standin' up, I'm for breakin' free
I don't want fate handed down to me
Yeah I'm for movin' on, try another town
Time ain't changin' nothin', take a look around

Oh, I'm lost in a one story town
Where everything's close to the ground
Yeah the same shit goes down
Nothing turns around
It's a one story town...

Tom Petty was not only a great guitarist; he was a great songwriter as well.

(I really miss him)

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The very cool Post-apocalypse theme of the video for You Got Lucky made me a Tom Petty fan.

Love the part where he blows the dust off the radio and presses the play button to start the song. I was nuts for that video as a kid.

OMG....I'm remembering how much I love his music....

but it's too late now, (because all the options have been chosen by at least one DUer)

"Refugee" is my second-favorite so you did well. Great poll.

Have pulled it up on Google and listened to it several times in the last couple of days. Benmont Tench's keyboard work is an absolute treasure......

And the sound was so good.

She's a Woman in Love (but it's not me).

I didn't even know about that song....great lyrics!

Infortunately (to my ear) the original studio track doesn’t rock nearly as hard as the live performances like the clip above.

DANCIN' ACROSS THE USA

Well the curtain falls too early, so they say
Some will go
Others just stay and stay
Buttercup days are through
You know I always like 'em
But I think it's time that we flew
We went dancin', dancin', dancin' across the USA
On the crazy king's highway
Too much passion
Too much play
We went dancin', dancin', dancin'
Across the USA

(It was on the soundtrack of National Lampoon's Vacation)

(I've only seen that movie about 30 times)

That album is an underrated masterpiece

And the album..
My favorite is the rise and shine wakeup time song. True, sad and pretty down there in the gutter

LOVE this cheesy video

that lovelorn hubby is Charles Rocket, who was fired from SNL for dropping an F-bomb (really?)

he is gone too - they found him in a field with his throat cut - and it was ruled a suicide

too many to choose from.

Asking what is your favorite Beatles song is like asking what is your favorite Bob Dylan song.

But I wanted to do this as a kind of memoriam to a rock & roll legend.

followed by his own death.

And there are many.
Lost Highway.
A Hank Williams song.

It's gotta be Luna from the first album. Saving Grace ain't far behind.

Love that song.

As far as his guitar playing: there are many guitarists who are more technically advanced that Tom Petty but none who's guitar parts fit and move the song as his do. Petty and Campbell are like Lennon and Harrison.

It is a bittersweet song... And moving in its own way. Very underrated song.

(I wish I could have listed more than 10)

And a few of those aren't Heartbreakers songs ... Free Fallin, Running Down a Dream & I Won't Back Down are solo Petty, technically.

Of what's on teh list I picked Mary Jane ... but they're all friggin great songs ...

Not, "What's your favorite song written by Tom Petty?"

Also, don't forget that Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers did covers of other people's songs as well

You have 3 songs 'written by Tom Petty' ... which are not 'Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' songs listed. They're solo Tom Petty.

The question that would best match the set of song options given would have been 'What's your favorite Tom Petty song, with or without The Heartbreakers'

Not a big deal, friend, just pointing it out cause I'm an annoying pedant when it comes to musical trivia

My question should have been "What's your favorite Tom Petty song?"

(We live and we learn)

He is one of my favorite rockers, too. Right up there with Bruce Springsteen and REM. Definitely will be missed.

Nails the consumer nation we are stuck in

Let's roll another joint. You don't know how it feels....

I like most of his music, but "Can't Stop The Sun" was a jaw-dropper...that sort of "I Want You, She's So Heavy" doomsday riff at the end, with Mike Campbell spewing wah-wahed psychedelia...

But this one really puts it on center-stage ... John would definitely appreciate it ... and I gotta admit, I've never heard this track ... is there a better recording of this performance of this song? The whole thing looks like a major/big budget production so I'd think there's a cleaner version out there somewhere ... perhaps of the whole show?

Waiting ... song after song ... for a single track that they actually knew ...

I like it when artists do that ... rewarding the hard-core fans that actually bought the records over the years, rather than just 'knowing the hits'. It's a real treat for that group of people. Kinda like when The Who did Quadrophenia a few years back (which I saw).

And there's a few bands I'd love to see doing a tour like that ... The Cure definitely jumps to mind, for myself. To see them play the setlist from the early 1990's 'Paris' live CD? Sheeeeit ... or maybe Smashing Pumpkins do an all-of 'Gish' and 'Siamese Dream' tour ... and of course REM doing that kinda thing would be a DREAM ... to see the 'Live at the Olympia' set in person I think I could die after ... even though that was late in their career, that was a serious long-time fan appreciation show ... at least we have the CD though.

Or hey ... if the Stones did a Beggars Banquet/Sticky Fingers/Exile on Main Street tour?

I was reading something last night about Stevie Nicks recalling the last time she performed with Tom, which was "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" at Hyde Park. She made an interesting observation about how he had the gift of writing songs that explored the many nuances of relationships while fronting a band that was basically a "gang"...



And if you've read anything about these guys, they were most certainly that.

The Olympic show was not a "Breakdown->Free Fallin'->American Girl" greatest hits set. I'm sure those shows were extremely satisfying for fans who attended them, but this was...as you very astutely put it...a fans set list. It's where Tom and the boys went deep and got mean and if it is still available on DVD, I would highly recommend getting a copy of it.

The Stones actually DID a relatively recent Sticky Fingers show in Los Angeles...the album in its entirety, with the running order of the songs changed.



It was very, very good...but the original album was Mick Taylor's moment in the sun, and Ron Wood is never going to be Mick Taylor. If you can get past that, you may find it worth a listen.

"Ron Wood is never going to be Mick Taylor" ... truer words never spoken ...

Peace, fellow music nerd ...

I love the backbeat on this one. Never heard anything else like it.

Both great, underrated songs. RIP Tom Petty.