My cousin Jamie hadDamn The Torpedoesand I was really into it for a while. There was something really addicting about it. It was one of those records that I played intensely for a few months then put away. When Tom Petty goit even bigger in the mid-late 80’s I listened but to me this was Tom Petty.
I was disappointed with his transformation during the Traveling Wilbury’s thing. He stood too close to Bob Dylan for too long and ended up sounding just like him which is unfortunate.
It seems odd to me that for most people Tom Petty means Free Falling or Mary Jane’s Last Dance. For me, Damn The Torpedoes is Tom Petty at his finest although I always felt that he looked kind of like a punk on the cover. Don’t know why. Don’t know what a “punk” really looks like. I’m sure he’s a nice enough guy. Maybe it is the look on his face that suggests that the short skinny guitar playing kid is going to in your business. How tall is Tom Petty anyway?
Sorry Tom, love this album I didn’t mean to do you like that.
Refugee
Here Comes My Girl
Even The Losers
Don’t Do Me Like That