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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - American Dream Plan
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - American Dream Plan B


Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - American Dream Plan B Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hypnotic Eye
Released: 2014

American Dream Plan B Lyrics


American Dream Plan B
  • This song about a guy who perseveres in fighting for his chance was released as the first single off Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Hypnotic Eye album. Speaking with Rolling Stone, Petty admitted the song was a tough sell, as after playing it for the rest of the band their initial reaction was silence. "I said, 'Listen, I think we have something here, but we're going to have to get excited about it,'" he said.

    Eventually, Petty added laughing, the Heartbreakers admitted they loved the song, but he had to drag the affirmation out of them.
  • The song is laden with fuzz and distortion. Guitarist Mike Campbell told Uncut magazine: "It was Tom's idea to have fuzz bass on that song. He wanted it real spare and just to have this really ugly fuzz bass going on, which we've never really done. That was the inspiration for the whole approach to that."
  • Petty sings here of the vanishing American dream:

    Well, my mama so sad
    Daddy's just mad
    'Cause I ain't gonna have the chance he had
    My success is anybody's guess
    But like a fool, I'm bettin' on happiness

    "It's strange," Petty told The Sun. "The economy crashed because, aside from some very crooked people, you had Americans believing they could live way beyond what they could afford through loans."

    "That wouldn't have happened decades back, so it's part of my thinking," he added. "The guy in this song has decided to dream big, because there's nothing left for him to do. He has nothing."
  • Hypnotic Eye debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. It was Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' first chart-topper and it arrived atop the summit 37 years after they first appeared on the tally in September 1977 with their self-titled debut album.

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    4/14/2016 , , , , ,
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - U Get Me Hig
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - U Get Me High


    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - U Get Me High Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Hypnotic Eye
    Released: 2014

    U Get Me High Lyrics


    U Get Me High
  • Heartbreakers guitarist and Hypnotic Eye co-producer Mike Campbell told Uncut magazine about the song's Byrds-style jangle: "That was a leftover from the Wildflowers era that Tom found a demo for and brought in. It dates back quite a way, so maybe that's why it got some of that jangle in it," he said. "I thought it sounded more like AC/DC! But yeah, Tom and I play guitar a certain way and from 'American Girl' onward, we found a harmonic, drone-y sound, sometimes with open strings – I guess you'd call it a jangle."

    "We love Roger McGuinn, among many other guitar players," Campbell added, "so I love that sound, and it's tended to creep in throughout our career."

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    4/14/2016 , , , , ,
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Playing Dum
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Playing Dumb


    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Playing Dumb Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Hypnotic Eye
    Released: 2014

    Playing Dumb Lyrics


    Playing Dumb
  • Tom Petty takes aim here at the sex abuse scandal within the Catholic church and the controversial financial settlements they eventually made. "If I was in a club, and I found out that there had been generations of people abusing children, and then that club was covering that up, I would quit the club," he told Billboard magazine. "And I wouldn't give them any more money."

    "I just felt that I was being asked to play dumb," Petty added, describing how the song emerged. "That, 'OK, well, they paid some money, so it's all over.' I don't trust that."

    In case you're wondering about Petty's own religious background, he was raised as an unconvinced Southern Baptist.
  • The song was included as a bonus track on the vinyl release of Hypnotic Eye.
  • Other songs that reference child abuse within the Catholic church include:

    "Devil In A Midnight Mass" by Billy Talent.

    "Religion" by Public Image Ltd.

    "Take Off Your Shoes" by Sinead O'Connor.

    "Dear Father" by Black Sabbath.

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    4/09/2016 , , , , ,
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Red Rive
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Red River


    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Red River Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Hypnotic Eye
    Released: 2014

    Red River Lyrics


    Red River
  • This song finds Petty questioning blind faith as he sings of a woman who is into speaking in tongues and also possesses both a rosary and a rabbit's foot. "I'm a big fan of the things Jesus had to say," he told USA Today. "I'm not religious at all and I never heard him say I had to be. But I do hear him saying God is within you."

    "('Red River') is not quite that deep," Petty added. "I was having fun with the idea of this girl trying to find whatever it is she's looking for, and she's not sure what that is."

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    4/09/2016 , , , , ,
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Shadow Peopl
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Shadow People


    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Shadow People Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Hypnotic Eye
    Released: 2014

    Shadow People Lyrics


    Shadow People
  • This song is about the everyday folks all around us who have lost their humanity. Petty explained to Billboard magazine: "It's about what's missing — why is the 'human' missing from humanity? I think the level of caring about other people is disappearing."
  • Petty sings here about the fear and hate that triggers gun violence without taking political sides.

    Well, I ain't on the left and I ain't on the right
    I ain't even sure I got a dog in this fight

    The singer explained to USA Today: "I'm not extremely political. I just look at what makes sense to me. I would think we'd be in the streets demanding that our children be safe in schools. I see friendships end over politics. I've never seen such anger. That's not how it's supposed to work. In a two-party system, ideas are argued and you compromise. You're not supposed to stop the process."

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