Tom Petty: A Retrospective, Vol. 2: The Best Of The Rest

As promised, in continued tribute to the long and memorable career of Tom Petty, here's "The Best of the Rest" of his music. These songs may not have topped the charts (at least here in the United States), but most artists would be more than happy to count these tunes among their "Greatest Hits." Once again, these are in chronological order from oldest to most recent. Also included are several "bonus" tracks you're sure to enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  “Breakdown”  (And The Heartbreakers)

2)  “American Girl”  (And The Heartbreakers)

3)  “Anything That’s Rock ’n’ Roll”  (And The Heartbreakers)

4)  “I Need To Know”  (And The Heartbreakers)

5)  “Listen To Her Heart”  (And The Heartbreakers)

6)  “Here Comes My Girl”  (And The Heartbreakers)

7)  “Letting You Go”  (And The Heartbreakers)

8)  “Insider”  (And The Heartbreakers ft. Stevie Nicks)

9)  “Straight Into Darkness”  (And The Heartbreakers)

10)  “Love Is A Long Road”  (And The Heartbreakers)

11)  “She’s My Baby”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

12)  “Inside Out”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

13)  “Wilbury Twist”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

14)  “King’s Highway”  (And The Heartbreakers)

15)  “Too Good To Be True”  (And The Heartbreakers)

16)  “Room At The Top”

17)  “Swingin’’”  (And The Heartbreakers)

18)  “Have Love Will Travel”  (And The Heartbreakers)

19)  “Saving Grace”

20)  “Don’t Pull Me Over”  (And The Heartbreakers)

21)  “Jefferson Jericho Blues”  (And The Heartbreakers)

22)  “Something Good Coming”  (And The Heartbreakers)

23)  “Good Enough”  (And The Heartbreakers)

24)  “I Should Have Known It”  (And The Heartbreakers)

25)  “U Get Me High”  (And The Heartbreakers)

MUDCRUTCH was Tom Petty’s original band, but the group was disbanded by their record label after only recording a few demos. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers formed shortly thereafter with three members of Mudcrutch joining the new band. Thirty-plus years later, most of the original lineup, including Petty, re-formed the band and finally recorded a couple of albums. In fact, Mudcrutch’s second release in 2016 was Petty’s last recorded work. Here’s a small sampling of the band’s output.

1)  “Scare Easy”

2)  “Lover Of The Bayou”

3)  “I Forgive It All”

BONUS TRACK:  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  “Christmas All Over Again”  (The holiday season wouldn’t be complete without hearing this song at least three dozen times while out shopping or channel-surfing through those all-Christmas-all-the-time radio stations.)

Tom Petty: A Retrospective, Vol. 1: All The Hits

Like many rock music enthusiasts, I was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Tom Petty. I've been a fan for easily over twenty years now. In memory of Tom and his legendary musical career, here's a chronological retrospective of all his biggest hits, both with The Heartbreakers and as a solo artist...as well as a few big tunes from his side projects. Volume 2 (coming soon to a music blog near you!) will cover "the best of the rest" of Petty's lesser-known songs, including more of his side-project output. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  “Don’t Do Me Like That”  (And The Heartbreakers)

2)  “Refugee”  (And The Heartbreakers)

3)  “The Waiting”  (And The Heartbreakers)

4)  “A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me)”  (And The Heartbreakers)

5)  “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”  (Duet with Stevie Nicks)

6)  “You Got Lucky”  (And The Heartbreakers)

7)  “Change Of Heart”  (And The Heartbreakers)

8)  “Don’t Come Around Here No More”  (And The Heartbreakers)

9)  “Make It Better (Forget About Me)”  (And The Heartbreakers)

10)  “Rebels”  (And The Heartbreakers)

11)  “Jammin’ Me”  (And The Heartbreakers)

12)  “Handle With Care”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

13)  “End Of The Line”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

14)  “I Won’t Back Down”  (And The Heartbreakers)

15)  “Runnin’ Down A Dream”  (And The Heartbreakers)

16)  “Free Fallin’”

17)  “A Face In The Crowd”

18)  “Yer So Bad”

19)  “Learning To Fly”

20)  “Into The Great Wide Open”  (And The Heartbreakers)

21)  “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”  (And The Heartbreakers)

22)  “You Don’t Know How It Feels”

23)  “You Wreck Me”

24)  “It’s Good To Be King”

25)  “Walls (Circus)”  (And The Heartbreakers)

Songs About "What Happened"

A certain recent presidential candidate just released an entire book on why she didn't get elected. It's called "What Happened." She could have saved herself a lot of time and effort, though, if she'd posted these songs like I just did. Here's actually "What Happened"...according to these tunes, at least. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jessica Mauboy ft. Jay Sean  ~  “What Happened To Us”

2)  Lukas Graham ft. Live Strings & The Rusty Trombones  ~  “What Happened To Perfect”  (True story: I am seriously jealous of this dude's voice. It's uh-MAZING!)

3)  Lena Meyer-Landrut  ~  “What Happened To Me”

4)  The Strokes  ~  “What Ever Happened”

5)  Amanda Ruzza Group  ~  “This Is What Happened"

6)  Forever The Sickest Kids  ~  “What Happened To Emotion?”

7)  Jessi Colter  ~  “What’s Happened To Blue Eyes”

8)  Ezra Henderson  ~  “What Happened”

9)  Emilie & Ogden  ~  “What Happened”

10)  Hoobastank  ~  “What Happened To Us”

11)  Melanie Edwards  ~  “What Happened”

12)  Wyclef Jean ft. Lunch Money Lewis & The Knocks  ~  “What Happened To Love”

13)  Louise Fraser  ~  “What Happened”

14)  Deftones  ~  “What Happened To You”

15)  Algebra Blessett  ~  “What Happened”

16)  The Kolors  ~  “What Happened Last Night”

17)  Brenna Stilwell  ~  “What Happened”

18)  Animal Collective  ~  “What Happened?”

19)  Muddy Magnolias  ~  “Brother, What Happened?"

20)  The Offspring  ~  “What Happened To You?”

21)  Lynsay Ryan  ~  “What Happened To Us”

22)  The Heavy  ~  “What Happened To The Love?”

23)  Erin McKeown  ~  “That’s Just What Happened"

24)  Corey Smith  ~  “What Happened”

25)  Nikki Lickstein  ~  “What Happened Next”

"Naive" Songs

This one goes out to the "Naive" among us, of which I am one in many ways about many things. If you can relate, take a listen. (Even if you can't relate, still listen, you can sympathize.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Grace Wood  ~  “Young Naive & Reckless”

2)  The Kooks  ~  “Naive”

3)  Vonda Shepard  ~  “Naiveté”

4)  Jónsi  ~  “Saint Naive”

5)  Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox ft. Sara Niemietz  ~  “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)”

6) Anberlin  ~  “Naive Orleans”

7)  Mutya Buena  ~  “Naive”

8)  Villagers  ~  “So Naive”

9)  Sequin  ~  “Naive”

10)  Sleeping At Last  ~  “Naive”

11)  Axelle Red  ~  “Naive”

12)  Chris Rice  ~  “Naive”

13)  Izzy Bizu  ~  “Naive Soul”

14)  Micky & The Motorcars  ~  “Naive”

15)  Jamie O’Neal  ~  “Naive”

16)  BYRØN  ~  “So Naive”

17)  Plumb  ~  “Nice, Naive, And Beautiful”

18)  The Mary Onettes  ~  “Naive Dream”

19)  Iman  ~  “Naive”

20)  A Day To Remember  ~  “Naivety”

21)  The xx  ~  “Naive”

22)  Speak Low If You Speak Love  ~  “Naive”

23)  Laura Welsh  ~  “Naive”

24)  Cinemon  ~  “So Naive”

25)  Des’ree  ~  “Innocent & Naive”