{"podcast":{"title":"The Tom Petty Project","slug":"the-tom-petty-project-4474114","podcast_index_feed_id":4474114,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/60f9d3117dd5480012f98d37","website_url":"http://www.tompettyproject.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60f9d3117dd5480012f98d37/1783006516417-559dacc5-02ee-4f0d-b84c-4e790a325d52.jpeg","author":"Kevin Brown","episode_count":293,"summary":"This is the weekly podcast that digs into the entire Tom Petty catalog song by song, album by album and includes conversations with musicians, fans, and people connected with Tom along the way. Follow me on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcasting Network: https://bonelesspodcasting.com Wirtten, produced, and performed by Kevin Brown for 8NINETY8 Productions. (This podcast is in no way affiliated with the Tom Petty estate.) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T18:23:53.480224+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tom-petty-project-4474114"},"episode":{"title":"Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll (Revisited)","slug":"anything-that-s-rock-n-roll-revisited","published_at":"2026-04-08T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tom-petty-project-4474114/anything-that-s-rock-n-roll-revisited","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tom-petty-project-4474114","url":"https://tompettyproject.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/60f9d3117dd5480012f98d37/e/69d5f9b4e257f11e0352fdf3/media.mp3","summary":"“Some friends of mine and me stayed up all through the night, Rockin' pretty steady 'til the sky went light And didn't go to bed, Didn't go to work. I picked up the telephone, Told the boss he was a jerk”. Come on. You don’t find better rock n roll lyrics than those. They come from a guy who’s done the time. Worked crummy jobs, worked crummy bars playing to uninteresting punters who want to see the strippers. He’s lived this life and the way he’s singing about it, it’s real. Sure, it’s also a pastiche at the same time, but it’s one rooted in reality for him. It’s Chuck Berry with more distortion. It’s Buddy Holly with even more swagger. It’s a song that Elvis couldn’t have ever sung because he was too pretty - but a 26 year old Tom Petty with a chip on his shoulder right next to his guitar strap, challenging the audience and jack-in-a-boxing his way around the stage? Well it just works doesn’t it! Mike Campbell’s simple rockabilly solo just steps all that pent up energy and ambition and fires it all upwards into the night sky, letting it rain down sonically on you. It’s all about the attitude and it's all about the hedonistic intent. Song : https://youtu.be/diFd917grI8 REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE Anything That's Rock n Roll (Live in Boston, '78): https://youtu.be/kR8LMqn8_68 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…","meta_description":"“Some friends of mine and me stayed up all through the night, Rockin' pretty steady 'til the sky went light And didn't go to bed, Didn't go to work. I pic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1559,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tom-petty-project-4474114/episodes/anything-that-s-rock-n-roll-revisited/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tom-petty-project-4474114/anything-that-s-rock-n-roll-revisited.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}