About this episode
This episode discusses the lyrical economy and storytelling techniques in Tom Petty's songs.
Let’s talk about the lyrics to this one first. Tom goes on to say “You don’t have a lot of room to write a story in a song. So you have to be economical with your lines.” and we’ve remarked on that on so many occasions with Tom’s story songs - he usually gives us brief flashes of narrative before either zooming out, changing the POV or switching to a characters thoughts rather than their actions. This one is a pretty tight, compact three act play though and Tom’s economy works really well. Song : https://youtu.be/OGWiNlHXiYQ ADDITIONAL LINKS Judge Timbers' tutorial: https://youtu.be/PwACALHy878 Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475 All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way. Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve…
People in this episode
Host: Kevin Brown
Topics covered
- lyrics analysis
- storytelling in music
- Tom Petty
- song structure
- music commentary
Keywords
- Tom Petty
- lyrics
- story songs
- music analysis
- songwriting
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Tom Petty Project
Books & works: Conversations with Tom Petty
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