The Tom Petty Project7 Feb 2024

Built To Last

The lyrics in Built to Last are unambiguously hopeful and quietly resilience. Perhaps it’s Tom’s last attempt to build a creative buttress around his failing marriage. Perhaps its an equal attempt to put up a wall around a band that had gone through a major friction point and were probably still unsure what direction they would be taking. The lyric feels, in some ways, like a more introspective complement to I Won’t Back Down. The sentiment is the same really, but the perspective and the forcefulness of the emotion is focused inward in this song rather than outward on I Won’t Back Down. That song tells the whole world that they’ll have to fight to beat Tom Petty, this one reassures loved ones of the same. I Won’t Back Down is a warning, We Were Built to Last is a commitment.

Today’s episode covers the final song on side two of "Into The Great Wide Open", "Dark of the Sun".

You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/mjJtzjVz8UE

You can watch the live version from the Take the Highway release here: https://youtu.be/GB0TjInoTfs

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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.

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Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

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