Artist: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Album: You’re Gonna Get It
I love this song for being the epitome of what a rock song should be. It’s based around a great basic riff, and builds up from there. The themes are all classic–how can it get any more pure rock and roll than a couple of guys arguing over a girl? Rhythmically speaking, the lyrics fit the song perfectly. Everything just flows–from the intro, through the verses, the chorus and the solo.
‘Listen To Her Heart’ also demonstrates the perfect sense of timing that Tom Petty has. Like many of his best songs, this one clocks in at just over three minutes. Four minutes might be the cutoff for radio airplay, but they didn’t need it here, and rather than overstay its welcome, the song ends at the right moment.
I might have originally gotten into Tom Petty for just one song–Refugee–but I really came to appreciate his work because of songs like this one. This song is a perfect exemplar of everything that I’ve come to love about Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers–it illustrates exactly how much can be done with just the pure basics.
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