Everybody in my church loves this song...

 

 milleronic wrote: 
All the bubbas in my family love this song!

Needed this, the last set was putting me to sleep.

Petty is often good for what ails ya!

Always will love the Byrds-influenced Rickenbacker sound, no matter how many times I hear this great song!!  

No doubt Petty's roots are in the Byrds. however, this is  a classic.

 Bat wrote: 
When early Dylan comes on some may say "Hey, that's Roger McGuinn", or "Hey, that's Tom Petty" - depending on their ages.

Turn it up, way up!!!

 lovemydog wrote: 
Many creepy lines in "Silence of the Lambs." Had a classmate in monetary theory who sounded exactly like Buffalo Bob when he talks to the Senator's daughter, imprisoned in his basement: "It has to put the lotion in the basket." 

There have been sequels and prequels to that movie, and Anthony Hopkins has cashed in by taking on other urbane-psychopath roles, but SotL was an instant classic. 

 haljordan wrote: 
hahaha!! Just thinking 'bout that scene

 Bat wrote: 
If they're idiots.

DO NOT HELP HIM GET THAT SOFA INTO THE VAN!!!

It's a bicentennial song.

Heh. Tom Petty told Michelle Bachmann to quit using this song.

 fatcatjb wrote: 
When Roger McGuinn comes on they also say "hey, that's Tom Petty".

Sweet sweet memories. Whew!
I wish I could go back. 

Nicely put, fatcatjb.

when Tom Petty goes on, one always knows just who the heck it is. I discovered Mudcrutch/Crystal River on RP. When I play it for people, they know immediately who it is..."hey, that's Tom Petty"

in such a crowded market, it's great to have your very own deal 

I was at a Tom Petty show one time and my wife was working at the venue.  She worked for the box office and had a desk on the concourse where she would answer questions and help people with problems with their tickets or their seats.  I had seen Tom a bunch of times by then so I spent most of the show hanging out with her.  Early in the show a woman came to the desk.  She was in her 40s and was bawling her eyes out.  "I can't see Tom Petty from my seat!!"  I told her I had seen Tom up close and she was better off just listening.

This song is timeless, an American classic.

 redeyespy wrote: 

showing my youth here, but hearing this song always reminds me of its use in the Scrubs episode "My American Girl" in which Elliot undergoes a Grease-style makeover in the end

I don't hate TP...but I am amazed how popular he is. I think he's very mediocre. Greatly mediocre in every way... h8rhater wrote: 

  raelic wrote: 
"gods green earth", "bewilderment", "major chord ploddery", "verve", and "a hippopotamus trampling on an orchid".  The d-baggery is strong in this one.  You go... tool.

 Pharlap wrote: 
"Was she a big fat person?" 

 gormeister wrote: 
Agree. I don't think he's ever topped this. It's a song that I have to sing along to no matter where I am. Even sitting here at my cube with others listening

Pharlap wrote:

You cite its definitive cinematic use, though I liked how it played during the first day of school montage in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, too.