{"id":14477,"date":"2017-10-20T16:42:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T15:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=14477"},"modified":"2017-10-20T16:42:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T15:42:57","slug":"5-songs-through-the-eyes-of-tom-petty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/5-songs-through-the-eyes-of-tom-petty\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Songs Through the Eyes of Tom Petty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Words: Bernadette Galbraith | Subbing: Joanne Clark<\/h6>\n<h3>Today would have been Tom Petty&#8217;s 67th birthday. While many artists have covered him, Petty himself found inspiration through a wide variety of performers and we look at five songs through his eyes.<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n1. Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nFleetwood Mac\u2019s <em>Oh Well<\/em> was released in 1969, in the day\u2019s before Stevie Nicks brought her mystical presence to the band and Peter Green was still a core member. Since then, <em>Oh Well<\/em> has been covered by many artists, including Led Zeppelin\u2019s Jimmy Page through to the trio sister act, Haim. You can hear Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers version on The Live Anthology album from 2009.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oh Well   Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/735dXdC7i9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<strong><strong>Shout by The Isley Brothers<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Scottish powerhouse singer Lulu was propelled into the spotlight with her version of <em>Shout<\/em>, at just 15 years old, it was originally written and recorded by The Isley Brothers in 1959. It wasn\u2019t until 1985 that the world got to purchase Tom Petty\u2019s own version though in the form of a collection of live songs called, Pack Up the Plantation: Live!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"tom petty &amp; the heartbreakers - shout\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2iwJYhBRHk?start=114&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. I Fought the Law by The Crickets\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1978 Tom Petty added his name to the many rebels of punk-rock that have covered <em>I Fought the Law<\/em>, including The Clash and Green Day. It stands as no surprise that Petty wanted to put his own print on The Crickets original though, as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame crowned it one of the 500 \u201cSongs That Shaped Rock\u201d in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4PwFh0Jq2O8\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4PwFh0Jq2O8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leading the way for the third instalment in the James Bond series was the title song <em>Goldfinger<\/em> and so began the tradition of Bond songs. Written by Anthony Newley but performed by Shirley Bassey, this brassy number brought her only US Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit. Petty contributed a solely instrumental version from his 1997 San Francisco show, onto his Live Anthology album.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tom Petty- Goldfinger (Live)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TUqeZRe5ZEY?start=50&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. I Got A Woman by Ray Charles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Running off the success from his leading role in the biopic <em>Ray<\/em>, Jamie Foxx collaborated with Kanye West on his track <em>Gold Digger<\/em>, which samples <em>I Got A Woman<\/em>. Prior to West putting his own spin on it, Petty covered the blues track, which featured on his 2003 album, Bad Girl Boogie. It seems that wasn\u2019t the only Ray Charles song he was a fan of either, occasionally incorporating <em>Hit the Road Jack<\/em> into live performances of his single, <em>Breakdown<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RlLsAl77HcQ\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RlLsAl77HcQ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words: Bernadette Galbraith | Subbing: Joanne Clark Today would have been Tom Petty&#8217;s 67th birthday. 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