{"id":1087,"date":"2012-07-19T15:36:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2012-07-19T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T19:36:08","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-133-academy-days-damn-the-torpedoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/07\/19\/my-musical-evolution-part-133-academy-days-damn-the-torpedoes\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 133 Academy Days Damn The Torpedoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tom<\/a>My cousin Jamie hadDamn The Torpedoesand I was really into it for a while. There was something really addicting about it.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

I was disappointed with his transformation during the Traveling Wilbury’s<\/em> thing. He stood too close to Bob Dylan for too long and ended up sounding just like him which is unfortunate.<\/p>\n

It seems odd to me that for most people Tom Petty means Free Falling <\/em>or\u00a0 Mary Jane’s Last Dance.\u00a0 <\/em>For me,\u00a0 Damn The Torpedoes<\/em> 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?<\/p>\n

Sorry Tom, love this album\u00a0I didn’t mean to do you like that.<\/p>\n

Refugee<\/em>
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