Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Nic Apostoleris talks Echo
Season 12 Episode 9
Today’s episode is a very focused conversation I had with my pal and previous guest Nic Apostoleries. When we chatted way back in 2022, Nic told me t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Won't Last Long
Season 12 Episode 8
I’d said in the closing to last week’s episode that I get a strong connection between this song and the Jeff Lynne era of Tom’s work. So, close your …
1 year, 5 months ago
Echo
Season 12 Episode 7
This is a very grown up song and as we discussed on Wildflowers, it’s a song that wouldn’t resonate as much with a person in their teens or early twe…
1 year, 5 months ago
Accused of Love
Season 12 Episode 6
In Conversations with Tom Petty, author Paul Zollo tells Tom that he finds the song has “kind of a British, early Beatles sound” to which to Tom repl…
1 year, 5 months ago
Swingin'
Season 12 Episode 5
Lyrically, we get this short story, in typical Tom fashion where he’s just giving us the outlines and parts of a narrative. We start out standing by …
1 year, 6 months ago
Lonesome Sundown
Season 12 Episode 4
I love the line “She’s a sweet young thing. Brings me dreams in a box she made for me”. That’s a very Petty-esque little piece of imagery that he thr…
1 year, 6 months ago
Free Girl Now
Season 12 Episode 3
The song is a powerful push back against an abusive relationship on behalf of the woman Tom loved. The way the lyrics are organized, with the verses …
1 year, 6 months ago
Counting on You
Season 12 Episode 2
Sonically, you could definitely hear this one sitting happily on Mojo. But I also sometimes feel that this is the most Wildflowers-sounding of all th…
1 year, 6 months ago
Room at the Top
Season 12 Episode 1
I, along with I’m sure many of you Pettyheads, consider this one of Tom’s finest works. It’s an absolute masterpiece in songwriting, lyrical precisi…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Same Sad Echo
Season 12
Like Songs and Music for She’s The One, somewhere around half of the songs on Echo were never played live. Tom tells Paul Zollo “I was kind of glad t…
1 year, 7 months ago