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Tom Petty — Runnin' Down A Dream
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unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Apr 28, 2013 - 21:13
 
 MTachyon wrote:
Best drivin' song ever! {#Motor}
 
You ain't kidding.  Probably cost me $200 in speeding tickets.

MTachyon
(Event Horizon)
Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 13:41
 
Best drivin' song ever! {#Motor}

finoufk
(in my bed)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 08:55
 
yeah !   one of my favorite pop/rock song ever.... Tom is really good on that one, with a little help from his friend Jeff Lynne !    {#Bananajam}

h8rhater
Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 05:57
 
 bjsimpson wrote:
Help! Someone has taken over RP and transformed it into a classic rock station!!!!! Please give us back the old RP.
 
Wipe off the tears drama queen.

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza needs remodeling. Still, I Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 20:34
 
Thanks for  the PSD option.  I love this song.

Quasita
(Omaha, NE)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 09:08
 
I love Tom Petty..  and it has very little to do with sharing a birthday and a love for the greener things in life ;)  I haven't heard a song by him yet that I can't appreciate.  This is definitely one of my nostalgic favorites!

kiwicolorado
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 12:22
 
Outstanding ! Powerful and evocative - memories from an amazing road trip around the Western US  climbing, skiing and mountain biking in 1989. Speaks to the idea of the open road and limitless possibilities. 

flyboy
(Sarah Palin's Hometown)
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 14:53
 
GTA San Andreas

Mosay
(England)
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 14:50
 
Fantastic segue to this from I Wanna Live by the Ramones. Gave me shivers

linzie
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 17:48
 
Yes, the song does finish quite nicely....yes.

bjsimpson
(State College, PA)
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 17:46
 
Help! Someone has taken over RP and transformed it into a <gasp> classic rock station!!!!! Please give us back the old RP.

Sbed
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 17:45
 
My god, this is so much fun, just loving it !

Thanks again RP !

bolly328
(Woerden)
Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 02:30
 
What about Radar love

 ajlept wrote:
On my "Driving Tunes" playlist. Goes good with "Let It Roll" - Little Feat, "Runnin' with the Devil" - Van Halen, "Hitchin' A Ride" - Boston, etc. Oh yeah, can't forget "Take It Easy" by the Eagles.
 



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 22, 2012 - 12:05
 
 coyotexxx2 wrote:


1989 now qualifies as a golden oldy?  My lord I am getting old.  I like this song more now than I did then. 
 

There are songs that are only a year or two old that are golden oldies. It is called Runnin' Into the Ground.{#Frustrated}

kcar
Posted: May 14, 2012 - 08:21
 
 Nerubo wrote:
This is a really great song.  

It's also hard to listen to while driving. The lyrics ("I put the pedal down to make some time") and the fast paced-guitar combine to make it very hard to go the speed limit. Not that I would ever break the speed limit...

 
One of my all-time fave guitar solos. Would kill to play like that at will. 

schtan
(culver city CA)
Posted: May 14, 2012 - 08:20
 
Ha ... After wheel in the sky I cranked the grace mondo even higher ...
She can't take any more captain ...

coyotexxx2
(Enjoying Paradise)
Posted: May 14, 2012 - 08:19
 
 McGrego wrote:
I like Tom Petty but been there, done that.  I don't really want to listen to golden oldies.  I was hoping as a new listener this thread of music would be left to the millions of stations playing mainstream moldy oldies.
 

1989 now qualifies as a golden oldy?  My lord I am getting old.  I like this song more now than I did then. 

McGrego
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 14:01
 
I like Tom Petty but been there, done that.  I don't really want to listen to golden oldies.  I was hoping as a new listener this thread of music would be left to the millions of stations playing mainstream moldy oldies.

ferwoman
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 03:31
 
Love it!

Netto
(Khimki, Russia)
Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 14:02
 
Good!

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 21:15
 
 Cynaera wrote:

You should burn copies of that - I'd buy one! {#Music}
 
!  I have to share that my sister Nancy suggested the same concept......I guess music is free now   Fortunately RP plays all the good ones

Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 21:00
 
 ajlept wrote:
On my "Driving Tunes" playlist. Goes good with "Let It Roll" - Little Feat, "Runnin' with the Devil" - Van Halen, "Hitchin' A Ride" - Boston, etc. Oh yeah, can't forget "Take It Easy" by the Eagles.
 
You should burn copies of that - I'd buy one! {#Music}

ajlept
(Athens, GA)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 15:20
 
On my "Driving Tunes" playlist. Goes good with "Let It Roll" - Little Feat, "Runnin' with the Devil" - Van Halen, "Hitchin' A Ride" - Boston, etc. Oh yeah, can't forget "Take It Easy" by the Eagles.



curufinwe
(San Francisco, CA)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 15:00
 
Another fine song ruined by being overplayed on broadcast radio.

Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 14:57
 
Another Tom Petty song that makes me drive too fast, sing too loud, and out-stubborn people at four-way stop signs.



ScottN
(Vacationing in Gaza)
Posted: Aug 11, 2011 - 17:36
 
 finoufk wrote:

Would this song be as great without the litte help from tim's friend : jeff lynne (from ELO) ?


 
One more Petty Classic song.   I agree that Jeff Lynne should just take his millions and retire.


MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 14:28
 
this is also the most FUN song of Tom's vast catalog to PLAY...  {#Bananajam}


Snoopy2
(A Snoopy Lovin' House)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 14:27
 
Never gets old

Nerubo
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 14:26
 
This is a really great song.  

It's also hard to listen to while driving. The lyrics ("I put the pedal down to make some time") and the fast paced-guitar combine to make it very hard to go the speed limit. Not that I would ever break the speed limit...


finoufk
(Bordeaux - france)
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 08:49
 

Would this song be as great without the litte help from tim's friend : jeff lynne (from ELO) ?



dwlangham
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 08:48
 
An example of Petty's ability to build a song out of spare parts that runs better than most stuff from more polished writers and players. I sometimes wonder if he gets the credit he deserves (or if possibly I just sold him short with my praise for this song?).



olivertwist
(Atlanta GA)
Posted: Jun 09, 2011 - 17:11
 
One of the best road tunes ever! And it works at home, too. I have this turned WAY UP!

kurtster
(sometimes the statue and sometimes the pigeon)
Posted: Jun 05, 2011 - 12:51
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
Clear Channel extraordinaire. {#Sleep}
 
Friends don't let friends listen to Clear Channel ...

{#Wave}


slivers
(Vancouver, Canada)
Posted: May 04, 2011 - 22:57
 
So many good parties with this song involved.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 11:16
 
 ziggytrix wrote:


Nonsense, this album is some of Petty's finest, and this song was selected as a single from it because it was an anthem.  If you've let ClearChannel ruin this song for you, well then I just feel bad for you. :(

 

Hear, hear.

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 11:14
 
The sketch below is outstanding..I'd buy it.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 11:13
 
Clear Channel extraordinaire. {#Sleep}

Derecho
(A Land Without Traffic Lights)
Posted: Apr 03, 2011 - 07:06
 
Remarkably simple, remarkably effective.

philbertr
(Roch New York)
Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 16:11
 
 Rooney wrote:
Tom is never tiring for me.  When I hear this one, I turn it way up on the car radio and pretend I'm crusing through the Southwest, ala Thelma and Louise.  Works for me...{#Motor}
 
ah...yea.  Me, too.


capandjudy
(Huntington, WV)
Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 12:29
 
 MojoJojo wrote:

Yeah, I don't dislike Mojo (the album), but it seems tepid compared to this classic stuff from Tom & Co.
 
I agree with that although MOJO gets high marks from RP listeners. I thought that I was missing something. 


Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 12:23
 
Other than ''Lets Rock'' what can you say other than a resounding '''9''' {#Bananajam}


Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 08:17
 
Tom is never tiring for me.  When I hear this one, I turn it way up on the car radio and pretend I'm crusing through the Southwest, ala Thelma and Louise.  Works for me...{#Motor}

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Aug 29, 2010 - 10:32
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Tom Petty by ~squallleonhart
Melissa S. ©2009-2010 ~squallleonhart

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GORGEOUS SKETCH!
TYPICAL TOM!
Smiling at you - whoever you are!
LOVELY and PERFECT!


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Aug 29, 2010 - 10:30
 
DCFC, then Petty... - PERFECT!

PS
I none of this many "100-best-guitarists" one can find
Mike Campbell (but often Richards among the top-10 - tzzzz...!)
Always wondered if I was clueless, or if such lists are not worth
the paper they are printed on!
Campbell was and still is a great guitar player!


albatross
Posted: Aug 29, 2010 - 10:30
 
Thanks!

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 10:41
 
 a_genuine_find wrote:
This is great, lately it seemed as though the only TP getting play on RP was MOJO
 
Yeah, I don't dislike Mojo (the album), but it seems tepid compared to this classic stuff from Tom & Co.


a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 10:38
 
This is great, lately it seemed as though the only TP getting play on RP was MOJO

Albert1967
(Leusden, the Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 22, 2010 - 07:01
 
 cohifi wrote:

9 + 1 for Bill = 10!
 
Vert-music.

sqqqrly
(Baboosic Lake, NH)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 09:17
 
 Stingray wrote:


singed: STINGRAY
 
I love grilled stingray (with a side of fish paste, otak-otak) not just singed.    Yum!!!



Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 25, 2010 - 17:55
 
 ziggytrix wrote:


Nonsense, this album is some of Petty's finest, and this song was selected as a single from it because it was an anthem.  If you've let ClearChannel ruin this song for you, well then I just feel bad for you. :(

 

singed: STINGRAY