This need to be in heavier rotation!

Sweet 

 Boz wrote: 
YEP. But I'll add that I would rather not hear this.

 My guess is that Tom Petty is a good networker/salesperson and he knows that his image carries him. 

 h8rhater wrote: 

I disagree, this song is perfect muzak material. Though I only complain because the majority of music here is very good. If it was not, I would not even have as background din and would not care when they play Clear Channel favorites, the fact that I complain the few times they play so oft repeated tunes like this means that I think that RP is better than this most of the time.

cheesy

 ckcotton wrote: 
Too funny!  I was just going to post that this was the first video I have clear memories of watching on MTV way, WAY, back when.
And, no, they don't make "normal" videos anymore, only full production movies cut down to 2.5 minute clips.

A fellow Floridian who has been consistently great over the years. Cheers!

Very, very nice!

 ckcotton wrote: 
...i'm dumbfounded to learn that this recorded in 1976, considering that the video was in heavy rotation when MTV debuted five years later, in 1981...

edit: ...ah, the release date listed above is in error!..this song was recorded and released in 1982, and went into heavy MTV rotation at the same time...

Used to think this was the coolest video on MTV......

Does anyone even make them anymore?

:) 

Still like this better than his new stuff.  I guess I am getting old and resistant to change. 

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Ah... then muzak is what you need.  Sadly, you won't find it here.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
You don't get a vote.

 h8rhater wrote: 

No I'm not, I don't come here to listen to the music. Except as background din at work.

Nice.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
You are in the wrong place... crybaby.  This song fits just fine on RP.  Thanks Bill!

Dear Tom:   The word "good" does not have three syllables.  Thank you, sdn.

Tom Petty by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

oil & pastell on paper, 1983

 crockydile wrote: 
agreed !

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 

I am, it is what I come here to get away from.

 daigoro wrote: 

I say no.

 rjs wrote: 

yes, Long After Dark was released in 1982.
his first album "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers" was Released: November 9, 1976

 Bakaretsu wrote: 
Not sure what that is.

This song never gets old. Great video, too.

 Bakaretsu wrote: 
On noooo, that's a friggin tragedy, but believe me when I tell you, there's still time.

I don't know why some people here get so bent when they hear a song that is actually played on the radio.

It isn't Clear Channel if the station mixes it up and drops in the occasional hit. I say bring it all on! If it's good, play it!

This is an awesome album, way underappreciated, I've let this sucker jam since it came out!  The original release date as shown in the album info is WAY off - it's 1982 or 83, not 1976!