I’m watching Peter Bogdanovich’s four hour documentary Running Down a Dream about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers right this very second. Tom Petty is one of those artists that I have always loved. Even at the point in my life when I thought I was too cool to like him, I liked him.
For some odd reason this is my favorite part of the movie (aside from the Traveling Wilburys shit):
Right after this, Eddie Vedder says something really cool about how music has the power to make you remember exactly how you felt when you were fifteen and heard a song for the first time.
I was probably about fifteen when I heard this great cover of “Breakdown” by Engine Kid. And even though I don’t think I’ve listened to this song in a decade, I can tell you exactly where I was when I first heard it. No bullshit.
mp3: Engine Kid – Breakdown
