God, it's so painful when something that's so close Is still so far out of reach.
@B0rnles13
7 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah!
@ltcolzodd7579
7 жыл бұрын
That line means so much more today RIP Tom
@bestestinventions7032
6 жыл бұрын
Killerandundertaker wow how did you make your name text like that, i'd like to learn, thanks!
@melissagerber7231
6 жыл бұрын
B0rnles13 All Right!
@brooklynboy1000
4 жыл бұрын
Drums sound backwards to me. Then at the end Stan finally wakes up
@brandonnewton8904
8 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever
@AllonsyGaming
8 жыл бұрын
*The best
@jmm1817
3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with you damn what an awesome Melody sure a gift to come up with that what a sensational songwriter he was
@mathewmcdonald3657
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely.
@konisullivan2919
2 жыл бұрын
This band will go down in history as one of the greatest and this song will live on forever thanks to the genius of Tom Pettty .
@stevelee7550
10 жыл бұрын
I can never resist singing along. Petty *earned* my respect.
@DDios-ih9de
7 жыл бұрын
bye Tom...sad to see you left so soon Thanks 4 all.. Sincerely An American Girl
@roxyredcat
11 жыл бұрын
This song makes me feel so nostalgic. And it sums up a lot of what my life is. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' music has been there for me through the good and the bad. I don't know what I'd do without it.
@FlaMan991
Жыл бұрын
Its about a girl who jumped from FSU Beaty Towers... Hwy 441 ... she thought it a great big world
@angiewillsonarte
8 жыл бұрын
This song gets better and better the older I get - the meaning shape shifts over time - a classic. Seems about America the country now - not just some young girl - America is the young girl....and the dream has always been a myth - always just out of reach as a country. thanks Mr. Petty.
@jddelori
7 жыл бұрын
Angie, great post! The hallmark of a great, timeless song = meaningful in different ways as we age.
@johncmiles1
7 жыл бұрын
Angie the dream was never a myth. The myth was the fantasy that you didn't have to do anything to earn it.
@vudu8ball
3 жыл бұрын
Your comment almost brings me to tears.
@ForcesInMotion
Жыл бұрын
@@johncmiles1 You're an idiot.
@johncmiles1
Жыл бұрын
@@ForcesInMotion Your mama licks clit. You see, insults are easy to hurl and they are childish and without value.
@mathewmcdonald3657
3 жыл бұрын
Mike Campbell is so underrated as a top guitar player. He’s definitely in my top three. Jacksonville Florida’s own. Ribault High school’s finest. Andt they’ve produced some fine Americans. Primary in the sports world but Mike Campbell is the best. I aspire to be him and his level of greatness.
@vickigettys8639
7 жыл бұрын
All the ladies at my wedding dancing together to this song. Thank you, Tom. I love you. RIP
@seanfried5583
2 жыл бұрын
One of the all time greatest songs
@miksu2849
7 жыл бұрын
Tom will live forever in our thoughts! :)
@amywaldron2685
7 жыл бұрын
RIP, sir. You will never be forgotten. Thank you for so many years of awesome music. ❤🎵🙌😢
@nancyalis2
10 жыл бұрын
AWESOME! Saw him play this tonight in Raleigh, NC. Yes, I am an American Girl...raised on promises. You can't always get what you want.
@EdelweissM_TheJourney
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom Petty. Condolences to your family, fans, and friends!
@frogdog97
6 жыл бұрын
OMG! How fucking good is that!!!!! We were all so lucky to have him.He's gone, but we can still be in awe and enjoy the music he made. His music keeps him alive forever.
@geetallygee5089
7 ай бұрын
❤💫
@KoreAmBear
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best rock songs ever I just wish they added one more verse to it. The memories and emotions the sing evokes. Long live Tom Petty.
@vickigettys8639
7 жыл бұрын
That, kids, is how it's done.
@jmm1817
3 жыл бұрын
Tom Petty one of the very best. Love the camaraderie when he nudges Mike at 3:08
@josephnell8811
7 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace to one of the greatest to ever do it. never slow down, never grow old
@daustin8888
2 жыл бұрын
Great song. I'll give it 14 out of 10
@lucasfamily4670
7 жыл бұрын
A lot of musicians at his level play to gratify themselves. Tom Petty was trying to share an experience with us. I'm wrong a lot, but the best music is honest, and this man had that. A true artist. A communicater. A guy that could make everyone feel like he wrote a song just for them. Not a hint of pretentiousness, but totally aware he was special and like us at the same time. He believed in music. He made that so obvious. When a celebrity passes it usually doesnt effect me, but this guy took you on a trip with every song...made you feel like everything would work out...rappers, doctors, punk rock kids, anybody could get lost in a Tom Petty song. He's a guy that i truly believe if he never made a dime off music would have continued to make it. "The ability to master music is to be able to do anything you want and then not do it." - Chopain (probably spelled that name wrong). We all had access to the same words...but he could take a sentence and say something everyone felt but just couldnt find the words. Truly special. Glad I got to share a planet with this guy for a little bit.
@supbrahimhammer.421
4 жыл бұрын
Lucas Sams omg, you really pointed that out for me
@stevieframe
4 жыл бұрын
What he said.
@winning7grams
7 жыл бұрын
RIP, you we're one of the greats..
@zachbdude
15 жыл бұрын
i heard this song for the first time while working at a restaurant the other day. i loved it as soon as it started. i had to listen to the whole thing!
@susanmccaleb7117
6 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest band of all times!!!!!!!
@sylviabrightwell4785
7 жыл бұрын
Tom Petty leaving us ...end of an era ! RIP. You leave us but your music will rock on !
@TheJuicydestiny
5 жыл бұрын
Such a talented man, so handsome ❤...my favorite song of his..RIP 😪
@Boo13Hiss
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom. You knew how to rock ♥
@zayamoore4962
9 жыл бұрын
I saw Tom Petty that year. He opened for Bob Dylan at the Tacoma Dome near Seattle, Washington. Nice.
@kaohsiung99
8 жыл бұрын
+Zaya Moore I thought they were more like co-headliners....
@gibsterzz
7 жыл бұрын
one of my favorite songs, makes me so happy. rest in paradise, tom
@petergreen3122
6 жыл бұрын
A unique voice together with a spellbinding voice....
@johnschaferii8988
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom, you'll forever be in our hearts!
@brake31
12 жыл бұрын
Amorica from Spain!!!! Tom Petty is the best.....
@texasbelle8849
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom Petty. This is my all time favorite. XO 🌈❤️
@WXVA9
4 жыл бұрын
You know, I clicked this because of the balls involved in putting "best version" in the title and was not disappointed.
@kimberlyhurst
Жыл бұрын
He touched so many people with his music, a gift to the world, we all are a little better for having had him to play the music that touches us all. He made things a little more tolerable when things aren't so good and made us happy when they were.
@carolfidler5505
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Tom sings amazing,looks amazing, he is always smiling when he is singing. Never seen an artist like him.
@mguyton1912
7 жыл бұрын
A TRUE MUSICAL LEGEND HAS DIED, R.I.P. TOM PETTY
@BobShanky
7 жыл бұрын
Man, today sucks. R.I.P.
@grampus5252
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, it does. R.I.P.
@jandvadams
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, sir. Today really sucks. It's hard to believe how much you can feel the loss of a person you never met. But yet you've known him your whole life because you grew up hearing his music.
@w00zyhead
7 жыл бұрын
worse day of 2017.
@kimroberts6838
7 жыл бұрын
Totally sucks. I was there with my husband at this show in the front. What a show and so wish the recordings back then were better because this show was so crazy good! RIP Tom Petty. You were the best of the best.
@robzilla730
7 жыл бұрын
Last 2 years have sucked. My past is dying.
@mrrmc2
7 жыл бұрын
thanks for the music Tom.
@johnosullivan1201
7 жыл бұрын
I saw Tom several times in my life and was never disappointed, he can get a crowd going and sing with him no matter where. God Bless you Tom for the memories, your amongst a lot of your old friends now so jam on up there.
@jimredwine7759
7 жыл бұрын
As my buddy John said over 30 years ago as we were "digging" in his Jeep back home in Florida; "the greatest rock n roll song ever." I won't agree or disagree. Top 5 for sure.
@dbeckley43
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom thanks for the music...taken too soon
@progfr0g
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the magic moments Mr Petty. And the fantastic gig you played here back in the 80's in Wellington New Zealand. A true American Boy
@natashag4210
6 ай бұрын
This song was played at the CNE TORONTO the day after my mothers funeral in 2023 and it will forever be my crutch for healing❤
@Morrisonlk28
7 жыл бұрын
Great song R.I.P Tom.
@StellaWaldvogel
6 жыл бұрын
My room mate used to buy tons of albums and one day I found this first Petty album in the pile and put it on. Hooked ever since and this song and Luna were the main ones that did it. RIP Tom, you fought the Good Fight.
@unionmike606
7 жыл бұрын
what screwed up day , RIP TOM , get well Las Vegas
@snarlingrabiddog5150
7 жыл бұрын
We miss ya Tom. Rest in Peace. Your music will live on forever. Thank you for all the good times I had while listening over and over to your songs with my friends and girls back in the late 70's and early 80's. I ran into Stan Lynch's drum teacher on a tiny island in the Bahamas and we hung out a lot. He was one of Jimmy Buffet's drummers. I will always be a huge fan and love your music. You did good.
@jumpingjack8273
7 жыл бұрын
RIP, Florida Southern Rock legend who kept great friends.. all you need to know about a man.
@towedarray7217
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever made and I love that when the band looks around at each other they have total trust in each other to just SLAY it.
@blackmorewannabe7866
7 жыл бұрын
I just about had a breakdown after hearing of Tom's death.!Iirc, I think I initially heard of him in Trouser Press not long after his debut came out on Shelter Records. I ended up picking that LP up on a whim before it had received any airplay in the U.S. and I think I played "American Girl" about 50 times that day because I loved the Byrdsy tinge to it. I was hooked after that, of course. I only saw him live once, at the Santa Monica Civic with David Johansen opening on the You're Gonna Get it tour. It was a great gig and I had excellent seats to boot! Arguably even more so than with Springsteen, Petty was America's best post-Dylan and post-Joni Mitchell singer/songwriter and, at a time when pop music is just overthought and dumbed down manufactured crap, losing a qiant like Petty at such a young age is downright tragic. He definitely elevated the art form and for that we music fans will always be grateful.
@bwwestman
5 жыл бұрын
I nearly fell apart too when I learned what happened. He was still alive but unconscious at the time and I had all my fingers crossed for him.
@amazin3265
14 жыл бұрын
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers was my 1st concert when I was 15 or 16.....back around 80-81. In July I am taking my 2 kids, 18 and 15. I absolutely cannot wait!!! Petty still rocks it!!!!!
@maryliljequist1398
5 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get any better than this. Miss you TP
@Nu1SaNc8
7 жыл бұрын
GOD BLESS pray for Tom
@smellrod
7 жыл бұрын
the great stan lynch laying it down with that record groove
@mathewmcdonald3657
3 жыл бұрын
85 was a great fucking year. I miss those times.
@TheStuport
7 жыл бұрын
Was lucky to have seen Petty in person ....sorry to hear his Dance is Done and His music Stopped....but i'm going on Proud to say I'll Dance a few for Tom until I get on the other side too....Cheers Everyone...don't Be Sad ...Be GLAD we got to enjoy The Heartbreakers
@vudu8ball
3 жыл бұрын
really clear recording. One of the few where you can actually hear the lyrics. Killer ending!
@williamthomas1
Жыл бұрын
I love American Girls, smart, witty, fun and down to earth. Hard to find though but when you do, hold on for life.
@BonnieRC
3 жыл бұрын
This was the last song he ever played in concert. May the heavens be good to him
@marceloburone6061
2 жыл бұрын
ds ago I miss Tom. Despite his success, he was the most humble individuual. I saw about 30 of his concerts (California, New York - Beacon, MSG, Jones Beach). I saw him aged but always give him the best he was able to. RIP.
@Prospect.1
2 жыл бұрын
So bittersweet I had so many great times at Homs shows I was in my 20's to 30's hanging out w/my lil sis n her friends at that time we had so much fun an I was the queen bee among them cause of my age an I had a car an a credit card we could go n do whatever we wanted well we spent several nites camping for tickets an and goin to tha shows now my youngens r grown some did well 4 themselves some r gone an me I'm still just kinda waiting around like us American Girls do
@bluegrassreb1
6 жыл бұрын
what a band!!!
@lightmyfir3
15 жыл бұрын
wow what great lyrics, especially the line and for one desperate moment there, he crept back in her memory, that leaves me speechless
@rebeccastern9282
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom Petty. Your music will forever be a part of the soundtrack of my life. You will be truly, greatly missed.
@lynnzabachta4971
6 жыл бұрын
Miss you Tom...
@sallypyszczek7836
Жыл бұрын
God he was beautiful….inside and out….love you Tom petty …. Rest in peace.
@sgt.peppers1867
7 жыл бұрын
Great song ever and ever...........yeahhhh
@lisabrown9057
5 жыл бұрын
Man miss ya Tom. Saw the last concert. You played this. Limped off stage. Almost 25 yrs later. Was still kicking it. All for your fans. Tks
@FisshyJoyce
8 жыл бұрын
tribute to American girls...great work!!!
@johnnyM809
7 жыл бұрын
RIP the great Tom Petty
@earnhardt3613
4 жыл бұрын
Fast times at ridgemont high brought me here i sure do miss them days the U.S.A. is so different now.
@arcanuslosanara2823
Жыл бұрын
You can sense the etheric vibrations of this gorgeous tune.
@AmericanOneP3
14 жыл бұрын
over the years ive loved tom with his bluesey sound...he has a great base that makes me want to move with his music. He's absolutely amazing!
@Excapartist
9 жыл бұрын
I had a dream you disappeared but came back and the Heartbreakers were so Vlad to see you Tom.
@catherinekulowski622
4 жыл бұрын
Lifts me up still.......god bless Tom Petty, his family and band members 😪😥
@44julz44
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom Petty. This was one of many songs I loved! Forever a music legend 🙏🇺🇸❤️
@rclamb04
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the wonderful music
@gregvoloshen3065
6 жыл бұрын
Understated and Underrated until his passing, The Great Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers! R.I.P T.P.
@itsdiane2you11
10 жыл бұрын
I was there for this! Won tickets through KMET or KLOS (can't remember now). I called my boyfriend at work and told him he had to come home so we could go. He came home, I hopped on the back of his bike and we flew from OC to LA through rush hour traffic. It was AWESOME!!!! It was at the Wiltern in L.A.
@JScott-kf3se
6 жыл бұрын
Yes this is one of the best performances of this great song! Saw him in Austin Texas about this year! Will never forget that show!
@waynel8082
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom, you will be missed.
@davidbedeau4549
7 жыл бұрын
good song
@deancaffentzis5666
10 жыл бұрын
Here it is, a blast from the past!
@gunz29
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you tom petty for all the great music you made. God bless you and may you continue playing music in heaven
@esliet
7 жыл бұрын
One of the great songs
@bmwiller44
3 жыл бұрын
how can someone put the thumbs down on this. it is a masterpeice!!! i am 13 almost 14 and i was only 9 when he died. i cant stand new music. i love his music i have a giant poster of his next to my bed. i dont know why i said this but i did have a amazing day.
@patsimitchell2332
4 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy I went to his last concert here in California. I’ll forever miss you Tom Petty 💔
@mt5464
6 жыл бұрын
Great version...Mike Campbell is amazing. Miss Tom a lot - he was one of the best.
@coloroflann
10 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough this always reminds me of a Canadian girl who played this for me one night long ago..
@MorbidReligion
14 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping to go see him this summer as well! It would be a great kick start to a wonderful season.
@skeetskeet85
14 жыл бұрын
This was tha year I was born, and I was raised on Tom Petty ... Petty's tha man! Regardless that I listen 2 rap/hip hop ... I luv Petty n Fleetwood Mac. Petty's comin 2 Milwaukee in June and I already got my tickets ... theyre almost gone! Erry1 here in Wisconsin luvs Petty ...
@bikeluversusie2522
6 жыл бұрын
I have watched his videos everday since 10/02/2017. He is very high in this one. Just because I have seen them all and many over and over. I see the pattern of the times he was and wasn't. I seriously love this band and am definately obsessed. It is good but he has sang it better. He's sweating from being high just another sign.
@MrMarine1982
7 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Mr. Petty
@weatherman15
16 жыл бұрын
That moment at 3:08 is just great!
@juliaelliott2383
9 жыл бұрын
Great Song love Tom Petty
@emmettjarreau720
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr Petty :(
@laughingcat341
7 жыл бұрын
Ok, I must admit, this is the best version-Yeah!
@guitardds
13 жыл бұрын
Tom Petty writes simple music. And it's wonderful.
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