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Tom Petty — Don't Come Around Here No More
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Mystery Guest
(somewhere else)
Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 16:53
 

sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 16:52
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
This is not a very good song, but I like it anyway.
 
Exactly

perikleshokie
(Raleigh,NC)
Posted: Apr 17, 2010 - 04:50
 
Nov poster

I think that the spelling on this one is about right.

 maritza19 wrote:
Exactly the song us progressives in DC are singing today as the TeaBaggers invade Capitol Hill with their misspelled and racist signs... You read our minds, Bill!
 



Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 17, 2010 - 04:46
 
maritza19 wrote:
Exactly the song us progressives in DC are singing today as the TeaBaggers invade Capitol Hill with their misspelled and racist signs... You read our minds, Bill!
Misdirection, excellent. Ignorance and racism are convenient labels to slap on people you can't engage in honest discussion. Entirely untrue when applied to the group you slur, but it does take the focus off of the issues. Is it possible people are expressing displeasure by constitutionally protected means in the best spirit of the country? It may be worthwhile to greater understanding for all of us if you were to reduce your vitriol and increase your dialog. These are not sports teams. We all choose to live here, we all must choose how - together.


Barman
(Milan, Italy)
Posted: Apr 17, 2010 - 04:41
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
This is not a very good song, but I like it anyway.
 
{#Frown}

maritza19
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 14:32
 
Exactly the song us progressives in DC are singing today as the TeaBaggers invade Capitol Hill with their misspelled and racist signs... You read our minds, Bill!

wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 14:31
 
 chasech5 wrote:
This is, I can say without a doubt, the only major song by Tom Petty that I care for. Good production, innovative use of orchestral and Indian instrumentation. Slow, but driving incessantly towards the drum kit breakaway at the end. Very nice.

 
I am on the same page - the Non-Tom vocal I like . . .


sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 14:31
 
This is not a very good song, but I like it anyway.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 13:53
 
 romeotuma wrote:


love it...
 
Yes, you are right!


RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 13:46
 
 vandal wrote:

. . . great video, but the song has worn on me to the point where I have to mute it the first picosecond it comes on. . .

 
picosecond....let's see, that would be a trillionth of a second?  Damn, you're fast!  {#Mrgreen}

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 13:46
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:
I wonder what the demo for this song sounded like.
 

Ditto!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 13:44
 


love it...



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 - 19:01
 


This is a fantastic song... remember it well...



kgish
(Lost in the Netherlands)
Posted: Oct 10, 2009 - 06:55
 
Always liked Petty alot.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 18:28
 


This song is soooo good for the ears...



peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 12:30
 
I wonder what the demo for this song sounded like.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 12:28
 


great song...  love it...



linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 12:28
 
Love Stevie Nicks in the background there.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 12:27
 

. . . great video, but the song has worn on me to the point where I have to mute it the first picosecond it comes on. . .


FlamingLotus
(South Austin, baby!)
Posted: May 12, 2008 - 08:25
 
Takes me back to that trippy ol' video! :)
lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: May 12, 2008 - 08:20
 
Brilliant!!!!
EssexTex
(Austin TX)
Posted: May 12, 2008 - 08:20
 
Love it...
aragon
(West Lafayette)
Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 20:08
 
That's right...this song is from the time when MTV was supposed to play videos.


nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Mar 10, 2008 - 08:48
 
DigitalJer wrote:
This should get you in the right direction: (click here)
and (click here)

His current drummer, Steve Ferrone, is the guy who played drums so well for Average White Band in the 70s (circa Cut the Cake). Pocket drummers are money.
Moak
(Reading, PA)
Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 11:51
 
DigitalJer wrote:


This should get you in the right direction: (click here)
and (click here)


I'm much obliged, my kind friend to the north...
DigitalJer
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 10:30
 
Moak wrote:
An epic.

Lookin' for a photo or two of those background singers...anybody?...


This should get you in the right direction: (click here)
and (click here)
Moak
(Reading, PA)
Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 10:28
 
An epic.

Lookin' for a photo or two of those background singers...anybody?...
musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 10:27
 
mnuisance wrote:
Always liked this. Thought the video that accompanied it was pretty stoopid, though.


Okay, I am definitely of that first "MTV generation" (I'll never forget in the 80s when we first got cable and how psyched I was to watch MTV).....but I always liked when they ate Alice in Wonderland as a red-inside cake.
Maybe now I'd find it stupid.....but I loved it then.
esotericderek
Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 10:26
 
Every time I hear this song, I remember the MTV video with Alice in Wonderland and Tom as the Mad Hatter. Wonderful memories.
nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Dec 07, 2007 - 01:03
 
stopkidding wrote:
only TP can sing such songs....flamers can continue their rants...who cares

I'm with you friend. Love it.
Paxus
(Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania)
Posted: Dec 07, 2007 - 01:03
 
boy, i really did need this song today. nothing like being fought over... *blah*
rtkmusic
(SoCal)
Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 16:01
 
ahh, there are times when all you need is one note in a solo! like here. and then there's the wah-wah...

knowing the end rocks so hard makes it easier to sit through the blase verse/chorus...
(former member)
(A Sanitary Zoo)
Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 12:25
 
This isn't the standard Tom Petty (Breakdown, American Girl) and so it gets big points in my book for being something so different.
chasech5
(East Lansing, MI)
Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 12:10
 
This is, I can say without a doubt, the only major song by Tom Petty that I care for. Good production, innovative use of orchestral and Indian instrumentation. Slow, but driving incessantly towards the drum kit breakaway at the end. Very nice.

meower
(Philadelphia)
Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 12:08
 
mnuisance wrote:
Always liked this. Thought the video that accompanied it was pretty stoopid, though.


was about to post the same thing and then I thought I'd better see first if anyone had commented on it's dumbness
capandjudy
(Huntington, WV)
Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 14:08
 
Lonestar wrote:
I can't get around the 80's synth drums. Although the backup singers ('stop') are in competition for the most annoying element to this song.

Holy Cow!!! This is from the 1980s? I have been asleep.
Rickvee
(New Orleans)
Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 11:50
 
I didn't like this song back when it was released (probably b/c it was such a departure what with the sitar and all) but it grew on me tremendously over the years. Really dig it now.
Monkeysdad
Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 11:50
 
Wow, this after Norah Jones is like getting out of a hot shower and diving into a cold pool. Good song,...Bad segue.
mnuisance
(Half Moon Bay, CA)
Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 11:48
 
Always liked this. Thought the video that accompanied it was pretty stoopid, though.
buddy0407
(Fredonia)
Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 11:48
 
Wow, there sure are a lot of idiots here.

Awesome song.
bigB_3
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 11:47
 
stopkidding wrote:
only TP can sing such songs....flamers can continue their rants...who cares


Amen!
Lonestar
(St.Catharines, ON)
Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 11:46
 
I can't get around the 80's synth drums. Although the backup singers ('stop') are in competition for the most annoying element to this song.
milehighYinzer
(717 E. Colfax Ave, Denver)
Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 11:46
 
When I saw Petty and Pearl Jam last summer he rocked it out at the end of this song. I mean really rocked it out for an old man.
stopkidding
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 19:05
 
only TP can sing such songs....flamers can continue their rants...who cares
Faterson
(Slovakia)
Posted: Jan 10, 2006 - 13:27
 
AphidA wrote:
This may be one of their "greatest hits" from a sales perspective, but it sure as hell isn't one of their greatest.


It's easily the best Tom Petty song ever. I ain't kidding. Folks perceive things differently. The other "great hits" by Petty seem too trite to me in comparison to this. (And I mean trite in terms of music, not lyrics.)
daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Jan 10, 2006 - 12:43
 
i was sitting here thinking the very same thing.


RobRyan wrote:
When TP is bad he's awful imho - this song is a case in point. I'm really mystified as to why people like it. Boring and droning.

AphidA
(Alexandria, VA)
Posted: Dec 12, 2005 - 12:54
 
This may be one of their "greatest hits" from a sales perspective, but it sure as hell isn't one of their greatest.
Marr
Posted: Sep 30, 2005 - 12:38
 
As usual the numbers tell the tale.
168 ratings with an average of 7.3
Sounds like more people like this TP song then don't. Not that the tyranny of the masses is perfect, but I tend to trust it in matters of taste on RP.
nuggler
Posted: Sep 30, 2005 - 07:43
 
RobRyan wrote:
When TP is bad he's awful imho - this song is a case in point. I'm really mystified as to why people like it. Boring and droning. Oh well, as my brother says, that's why they make chocolate AND vanilla.

Reminds us of those times tripping amongst the daisies maybe...
RobRyan
(Canyon Country, CA)
Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 14:04
 
When TP is bad he's awful imho - this song is a case in point. I'm really mystified as to why people like it. Boring and droning. Oh well, as my brother says, that's why they make chocolate AND vanilla.