Top 5: Tom Petty songs

[DetroitDevil]

some of you suck at following rules

Fuck your rules dipshit.

1. refugee*
2. you got lucky*
3. Breakdown*
4. American girl*
5. The waiting*
6. Dont do me like that*
7. Here comes my girl*

*Top 5's that exclude this song are rejected.

 

[Clayton]

From my 'Top 10, Top 5:'

Tom Petty
Runnin Down a Dream
Refugee
Don't Do Me Like That
Breakdown
You Got Lucky

I think Dayman's pick of 'Crawling Back to You' is probably a better song than You Got Lucky but it depends on my mood. 'Wildflowers' and 'Time to Move On' are both up there, too.

His newest song 'For Real' is worthy of an honorable mention, too.

Throw in 'American Girl' and I have a top 10.

 

[Tidergirl]

One of my favorite concerts. Tough call. No particular order.
Yer so bad
Mj last dance
Into the great wide open
You dont know how it feels
Runnin down a dream

 

[Tidergirl]

One of my favorite concerts. Tough call. No particular order.
Yer so bad
Mj last dance
Into the great wide open
You dont know how it feels
Runnin down a dream

 

[Tidergirl]

One of my favorite concerts. Tough call. No particular order.
Yer so bad
Mj last dance
Into the great wide open
You dont know how it feels
Runnin down a dream

 

[HurricaneDij39]

• The Waiting
• Don't Come Around Here No More
• Love Is a Long Road
• Makin Some Noise
• My Life/Your World

R.I.P.

 

[desert heat]

numero uno

 

[Nosferatu]

I Won't Back Down
Refugee
Free Falling
Mary Jane's Last Dance
You Got Lucky

 

[desert heat]

pretty good duet here, thats not making any lists.

 

[TheDayMan]

the story behind Wildflowers is crazy. He was told to write a hit song to put on his greatest hits album and wrote it. Can you imagine having that kind of talent?

Mary Jane’s Last Dance? Wildflowers is a song on Wildflowers.

 

[TheDayMan]

Learning to Fly
You Don’t Know How it Feels
Something Good Coming
Dreamville
The Last DJ

Think this is one different from the top 10 top 5 thread, it’d probably be a little different every time.

 

[TheDayMan]

Petty and the HBers were a hit machine.

Mike Campbell is a severely underrated guitarist.

Yeah he is. As a guitarist in general, and for his contributions within the band.

 

[Myles]

You do know that's a Byrd's cover, don'tcha?

Spoiler

Written by Gene Clark in 1965.

Yep. I think he made it his own at the time. I didn't even miss McGuinn's voice in it.

 

[RobToxin]

My top five Tom Petty songs are....

all of them.

 

[ill]

Mary Jane’s Last Dance? Wildflowers is a song on Wildflowers.

 

[ill]

Mary Jane’s Last Dance? Wildflowers is a song on Wildflowers.

you're right...I misunderstood this podcast at like the 3 minute mark

 

[knowyourenemy]

the story behind Wildflowers is crazy. He was told to write a hit song to put on his greatest hits album and wrote it. Can you imagine having that kind of talent?

That’s Mary Jane’s Last Dance.

Anyway, top 5 is hard but here goes, in no particular order:

Wildflowers
To Find a Friend
You Don’t Know How It Feels
American Girl
It’s Good to be King

 

[knowyourenemy]

Fuck your rules dipshit.

1. refugee*
2. you got lucky*
3. Breakdown*
4. American girl*
5. The waiting*
6. Dont do me like that*
7. Here comes my girl*

*Top 5's that exclude this song are rejected.

You know - you’re right. I remove American Girl and add either I Won’t Back Down or Runnin Down a Dream.

 

[ill]

That’s Mary Jane’s Last Dance.

Anyway, top 5 is hard but here goes, in no particular order:

Wildflowers
To Find a Friend
You Don’t Know How It Feels
American Girl
It’s Good to be King

you're right...and I knew that but for some reason my brain got corrupted

 

[Pure Steel]

One not mentioned yet which I really like is "Even the Losers"

From Rolling Stone which ranks it #19 of his top 50:



“We smoked cigarettes, and we stared at the moon,” Petty sings over Mike Campbell’s chiming guitar in this penetrating anthem. The song’s writing was something of a magic act. “That’s the weirdest one ever,” Petty said. “I still have a hard time believing that happened, but it did. I had everything but the chorus. … And I was bold enough to say, ‘Let’s cut this thing.’ But I had no idea what I was going to sing when I got to that point. And, boom, divine intervention – it just came out. … I’m not even going to question where that came from.”