Tom Petty plays the Super Bowl in 2008. (AP Photo)
Tom Petty rocks. Tom Petty at Christmas is even better.
I first heard “Christmas All Over” on “A Very Special Christmas 2,” and was pulled in by its drum intro.
But my love for Tom Petty goes back way before this. The first memory I have of Petty is the “Alice in Wonderland”-inspired video for “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” which even includes Dave Stewart (who made an appearance on the Audio Files Christmas list last week with the Eurythmics) as the caterpillar!
I was both amazed and disturbed by Alice being turned into a cake at the end.
My parents had a jukebox in their restaurant/bar in Atlanta and one of the first albums I remember that was on the new CD jukebox was “Full Moon Fever” and “Free Fallin'” was my go-to track.
However, there is one Tom Petty song that ranks above all others and might make it into my top 25 favorite songs of all time.
It’s “American Girl,” which also appears in one of my favorite movies–“Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”
Want to know what other Christmas songs I love? Check under the creepy Wham! photo.
Wham! The other outtakes from the “Last Christmas” single are even more disturbing. (Contributed Image)
Dec. 1: Wham!
Dec. 2: Richard Marx
Dec. 3: Gram Rabbit
Dec. 4: Nat King Cole
Dec. 5: Mariah Carey, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots
Dec. 6: Billy Squier
Dec. 7: Run-DMC
Dec. 8: The LeeVees
Dec. 9: John Mellencamp
Dec. 10: Johnny Mathis
Dec. 11: Paul McCartney
Dec. 12: Debbie Gibson
Dec. 13: Band Aid
Dec. 14: Eurythmics
Dec. 15: New Kids on the Block
Dec. 16: The Vandals, No Doubt
Dec. 17: Bryan Adams
Dec. 18: David Bowie and Bing Crosby
Dec. 19: The Kinks
Dec. 20: The Carpenters
Dec. 21: The Waitresses