About this episode
In this episode, Kevin Brown shares his favorite Tom Petty lyric and reflects on the personal significance of song lyrics.
The first verse contains one of my all time favourite lyrics. Not just one of my very favourite Tom Petty lyrics, just one of my favourite lyrics full stop. And it’s not a superb piece of word play or a huge emotionally charge line. It’s not a cuttingly brilliant philosophically brilliant observation - we get that later in the song - nor is it a playfully subversive line. It’s this line; “They live in a brick house, painted white and brown.” And specifically the last half of the line; “Painted white and brown.” I know that line probably doesn’t set off the fireworks of your imagination like it does mine, but I know there are others that do the same for you and not for me. One of the most glorious things about this podcast for me is discovering those little sideroads of imagination that you guys share with me from time to time! Song : https://youtu.be/xBZr5nq0Yd0 REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE Demo : https://youtu.be/kQRsDAVy3lU Judge Timbers : https://youtu.be/MKAeM8Cc1o8 Anything That’s Rock n Roll (Old Grey Whistle Test) : https://youtu.be/qJMgWiqoLn4 Anything That’s Rock n Roll (Top of the Pops) : https://youtu.be/y0mYRnPXs2U Jake Thistle Fans…
People in this episode
Host: Kevin Brown
Topics covered
- Tom Petty lyrics
- music analysis
- personal reflections
- songwriting
- lyrical interpretation
Keywords
- Tom Petty
- lyrics
- music commentary
- song analysis
- personal stories
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Judge Timbers, Anything That’s Rock n Roll (Old Grey Whistle Test), Anything That’s Rock n Roll (Top of the Pops), Jake Thistle Fans Forever
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