Refugee

Tom Petty at his best, and probably one of the greatest rock songs of all time. I don't know if I was feeling kicked around some upon waking this morning, but it couldn't have been all that bad.

Petty (in his heyday) created straight-up rock, pulled from a mold cast by Dylan, the Byrds, the Stones. Most bands thereafter used the same mold, but pulled out chintzy plastic. There's a way in which I feel like I "shouldn't" like Tom Petty and the "heartland" rock he pumps out. But I dig him. R.J.'s review of Petty's 1979 album Damn The Torpedoes captures this quandary of tastes nicely.

Artist: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Year: 1979
Rating: Hot!