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* LastDanceWithMaryJane: The music video for Tom Petty's "Music/MaryJanesLastDance" tells the story of a mortician who takes home the corpse of a Young Woman (played by Creator/KimBasinger), and has a relatively lovely romantic evening with her. The song's chorus features the line, "Last dance with Mary Jane."



* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: The Music Video for "Mary Jane's Last Dance," the former {{Trope Namer|s}}.

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* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: Former TropeNamer. The Music Video music video for "Mary Jane's Last Dance," Tom Petty's "Music/MaryJanesLastDance" tells the former {{Trope Namer|s}}.story of a mortician who takes home the corpse of a Young Woman (played by Creator/KimBasinger), and has a relatively lovely romantic evening with her. The song's chorus features the line, "Last dance with Mary Jane", which was the old trope name.
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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on the bands {{Cover Version}} of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. early 1990s.

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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on the bands a {{Cover Version}} of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. early 1990s.
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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on the bands {{CoverVersion}} of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. early 1990s.

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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on the bands {{CoverVersion}} {{Cover Version}} of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. early 1990s.
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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on the bands [[CoverVersion]] of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. early 1990s.

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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on the bands [[CoverVersion]] {{CoverVersion}} of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. early 1990s.
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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead covering The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. early 1990s.

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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead covering on the bands [[CoverVersion]] of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. early 1990s.
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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on a [[Cover Version]] of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. 1991.

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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on a [[Cover Version]] of covering The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. 1991.early 1990s.
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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on a Music/cover of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. 1991.

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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on a Music/cover [[Cover Version]] of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. 1991.
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** Then drummer Stan Lynch sang lead on a Music/cover of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in concert c. 1991.
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** Mike Campbell contributes an extremely rare lead vocal on "I Don't Want to Fight", off 2010's ''Echo''.
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* TakeThat: "Zombie Zoo" is one to Goth culture.
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* CoolOldGuy: Tom and the rest of the Heartbreakers were still able to put on amazing live shows even in their sixties.
** Taken up to eleven when he recounted a story about how his son was complaining about his schoolwork. Petty said he knew that he needed to say that it was necessary, that his son needed to focus on his education, etc. But he looked over his son's schoolwork and couldn't help thinking "''he's right. This is bullshit''". Both parents and students could well relate...
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* {{Irony}}: The video for "Don't Come Around Here No More" was nominated for, and won, the Best Visual Effects award at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards, despite technically only containing one shot (Tom's Mad Hatter swallowing Alice) which would be considered visual effects (the rest of the video was done with camera tricks and practical effects).
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* FakeOutFadeOut: "A Mind with a Heart of Its Own" falls silent for a few second, but then the music plays for about another 40 seconds.

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Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Gainesville, Florida. He was the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a member of Mudcrutch. He was also a member of the {{supergroup}} Music/TheTravelingWilburys, under the pseudonym of Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. He recorded a number of hit singles, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. Likewise, his music, most notably his hits, have become increasingly popular among younger fans as he hosted sold-out shows in his recent tour dates.

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Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Gainesville, Florida.UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}. He was the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a member of Mudcrutch. He was also a member of the {{supergroup}} Music/TheTravelingWilburys, under the pseudonym of Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. He recorded a number of hit singles, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. Likewise, his music, most notably his hits, have become increasingly popular among younger fans as he hosted sold-out shows in his recent tour dates.



* TitleOnlyChorus: "Free Fallin'."
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** On the CD version of ''Full Moon Fever'', Petty put a hidden track in the spot between what was the last track of Side A, and the first track of Side B:
--->''Hello, CD listeners. We've come to the point in this album where those listening on cassette, or record, will have to stand up, or sit down, and turn over the record, or tape. In fairness to those listeners, we'll now take a few seconds before we begin side two.''\\

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** On the CD version of ''Full Moon Fever'', Petty put a hidden track HiddenTrack in the spot between what was the last track of Side A, and the first track of Side B:
--->''Hello, --->''[[MediumAwareness Hello, CD listeners. listeners.]] We've come to the point in this album where those listening on cassette, or record, will have to stand up, or sit down, and turn over the record, or tape. In fairness to those listeners, we'll now take a few seconds before we begin side two.''\\
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* BreakUpSong: "Don't Come Around Here No More" has the singer just completely sick of their ex and trying to drive in that it's ''over.''


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* DownerEnding: "Into the Great Wide Open" is about a young man moving to LA to start a music career and ''almost'' succeeding at getting something going, but in the end all that happens is his ego gets inflated and he starts living beyond his means. When his music career stalls, the song does too: We have no idea what exactly happens next, but it probably isn't any good for him.


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* TheEndingChangesEverything: While the tone of "Into The Great Wide Open" is often rather sarcastic, the song ''does'' detail a young nobody's rise to musical fame and success... until he hits the brick wall of 'Your music isn't good enough' and his career grinds to a halt and the final lines of the song are the chorus seemingly mocking him for having no idea where to go from here.
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWJXDG2i0A Free Fallin']]''

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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWJXDG2i0A ''[[https://youtu.be/1lWJXDG2i0A Free Fallin']]''



* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ Learning to Fly]]''
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA I Won't Back Down]]''
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdiFZw6jMjs The Waiting]]''

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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ ''[[https://youtu.be/s5BJXwNeKsQ Learning to Fly]]''
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA ''[[https://youtu.be/nvlTJrNJ5lA I Won't Back Down]]''
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdiFZw6jMjs ''[[https://youtu.be/DdiFZw6jMjs The Waiting]]''



* AudienceParticipationSong: "Breakdown." He didn't even need to sing it live during his later years, he just gave the cue and let the audience do the work. On the ''Pack Up the Plantation - Live'' album, recorded in 1985, after the audience belts out an excellent rendition of the first verse and the chorus, he quips: "You people are gonna put me out of a job." On "Learning to Fly" he often got the audience to sing the chorus while he sang counterpoint lines between them as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p_f7Df2-oM here.]]

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* AudienceParticipationSong: "Breakdown." He didn't even need to sing it live during his later years, he just gave the cue and let the audience do the work. On the ''Pack Up the Plantation - Live'' album, recorded in 1985, after the audience belts out an excellent rendition of the first verse and the chorus, he quips: "You people are gonna put me out of a job." On "Learning to Fly" he often got the audience to sing the chorus while he sang counterpoint lines between them as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p_f7Df2-oM [[https://youtu.be/4p_f7Df2-oM here.]]



* BookEnds: "American Girl" is the final song of both the band's debut album and of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4kmZpXGqlw the last concert before Tom's untimely death]].

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* BookEnds: "American Girl" is the final song of both the band's debut album and of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4kmZpXGqlw [[https://youtu.be/f4kmZpXGqlw the last concert before Tom's untimely death]].

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\\''Thank you. Here's side two.''

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''Thank
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* SpokenWordInMusic: at the start of the album version of "Even The Losers", a woman can be heard saying "It's just the normal noises in here!". This was Mike Campbell's wife Marcie, as accidentally captured on one of his home demo recordings - Mike complained about the sound of a washing machine interrupting his recording, and this was her response.

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** On the CD version of ''Full Moon Fever'', Petty put a hidden track in the spot between what was the last track of Side A, and the first track of Side B:
--->''Hello, CD listeners. We've come to the point in this album where those listening on cassette, or record, will have to stand up, or sit down, and turn over the record, or tape. In fairness to those listeners, we'll now take a few seconds before we begin side two.''\\
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\\''Thank you. Here's side two.''
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the start of the album version of "Even The Losers", a woman can be heard saying "It's just the normal noises in here!". This was Mike Campbell's wife Marcie, as accidentally captured on one of his home demo recordings - Mike complained about the sound of a washing machine interrupting his recording, and this was her response.

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