Guest Blogger: Joe H.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are from a small town in southern Florida. Tom petty uses this stuff in his songs such as, failings, compromises and existential emptiness that underlie the American dream as it staggers, violent and overfed. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers play mostly rock music with a little hint of pop. Two songs that I like by Tom Petty are “Free Fallin” and “Runnin’ Down a dream”. The song Free Fallin’ is a song about heart breaking. In the song he talks about the girl as being a “good girl” and how she loves everything even her boy friend. But her boyfriend is a “bad boy” and breaks her heart. In the song “Runnin’ down a dream” the song is about a person chasing their dream. In the song it talks about how it get worse as you chase your dream. I do agree with the critic on this topic. Tom petty does have his strong and weak points but overall he leads a great band. There are many bands such as the strokes used tom petty’s songs for influence. Tom Petty and the heartbreakers are a pretty is a really good band if you’re into classic rock. I think that spending $10 for a CD is well worth it or if you don’t like all the songs you can just by it from iTunes.