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Certain Songs #1030: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “Walls (Circus)”

October 30, 2017 by Jim Connelly

Album: Songs and Music From She’s The One
Year: 1996

Like most of the other rockers of his generation, Tom Petty had his entire world turned around by The Beatles. So much so that after John Lennon was shot, he had “We love you J.L.” etched on the run-out groove of Hard Promises.

And, of course, unlike most of the other rockers of his generation — except for Linda Eastman, of course — Tom Petty not only became close with one of the Beatles, they co-founded a band together.

Still, for all of that, his music never really felt as derived from The Beatles as it did their contemporaries like The Byrds, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones.

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: She's The One, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Walls (Circus)

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