1981 Rock DUET Was Legend's BIGGEST HIT--But He Was BANNED From Putting on Album!-Professor of Rock
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Breaking free from an established band is never easy. Especially when it's one of the most iconic, commercially successful bands of all time. But today’s artist Stevie Nicks had had enough of her bandmates and the continuous flow of drama within their Fleetwood Mac. So she took the plunge into a solo career. However, writing a hit record as a solo artist was harder than she thought. And when her producer Jimmy Iovine told her she didn’t have a hit single after writing a whole album, her career was almost over before it started. So in a last-minute Plan-B maneuver, they brought in a ringer… an iconic musician Tom Petty along with his backing band the Heartbreakers to save the day… Using one of their rejected tracks called Stop Dragging My Heart Around, they slapped her voice over the top of it and turned it into a duet. But would this last-ditch effort work? Or would this solo songstress crash and burn with this throwaway track? also, Stevie wanted to be in the band, the Heartbreakers… See what Tom Petty told her. The story is coming up… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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We’ve got a great episode today including an interview with a legendary guitarist and producer on one of the best rock duets ever put to record. It’s time for another episode of our show Dos: the greatest duets of the rock era. It’s been a long time since we’ve done one of these. It’s overdue really. So we’re hitting it hard and dialing it back to the summer of 1981 with the biggest Hot 100 hit for two iconic outfits… Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Stevie Nicks. The track? Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.
And as a bonus, we’re giving you the story straight from the source, from the lips of Heartbreaker Mike Campbell himself… whom I had the privilege of interviewing a little while back.
But let’s get things started with Stevie. As the 70s came to a close, the intra-band drama in Fleetwood Mac reached new heights during the prolonged recording sessions of Tusk. We’ve covered all that in detail before so we won’t get into the details here. But let’s just say the band was ready to implode. During this time of high contention, rumors began to swirl that Stevie was ready to ditch the band to go solo. And it made sense. Nicks’ contributions to Fleetwood Mac had been extremely successful, penning some of the Mac’s most iconic tracks from Rhiannon to Dreams to Sara.
Out of the extremely talented lineup of Fleetwood Mac’s five-part ensemble, the money was on Stevie for the biggest breakout solo career. And as the calendar flipped over to the 80s, it seemed like the time was right. Stevie launched into the recording of her solo debut Bella Donna in the fall of 1980. And sessions would carry on into the spring of 1981. For the creation of Bella Donna, Stevie would be assisted by an eclectic mix of more than 20 guest musicians...
Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST Duet of the rock era?
Close my eyes forever. Ozzy,Lita
Crystal Gayle/Eddie Rabbit - Just You And I
Patti Austin/James Ingram - Baby Come To Me
Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Islands In The Stream.
I am choosing this one because it helped keep The BeeGees career going.
Motörhead and Girlschool "Please Don’t Touch", early 80s.
You're The One That I Want - Newton-John & Travolta
The scene with Stevie Nicks twirling a baton on the field with the USC Marching Band while recording their part for "Tusk", is such an iconic part of rock and roll history...
There's a certain magic to Nicks and Petty's vocals together. I wish they had collaborated more on their songs.
Agreed. I would like to have heard more as well. What's your favorite Petty song?
I agree about the magic, however sometimes less is more.
They did- I Will Run To You and Insider
Don't Come Around Here No More @@ProfessorofRock
@@ProfessorofRockCrawling Back to You
A few years ago, I saw an interview with Stevie Nicks, where she said that her solo career WASN’T about leaving, and that she DIDN’T leave,Fleetwood Mac. It was about needing a larger creative outlet for her songwriting, and that she discussed it with the band and had their blessing to pursue a solo career, alongside her career with Fleetwood Mac. I promise, I heard the words come straight from Stevie, herself.
Certainly, her solo material wasn't mostly the same kind of stuff she did with the Mac.
That makes a lot of sense, considering she was still in Fleetwood Mac when they recorded Tango in the Night.
Didn't Christine McVee come out with a solo album around the same time?
@@Topgunphoto Yes, or a little later. Lindsey guested on it.
You are correct.
Stevie's and Tom's voices play off each other beautifully, a smoky/sultry fusion.
Yes indeed! Thanks for watching!
Is it wrong that I read that “slutty” and ascribed it to Tom…?? 😂
The perfect combination.
A nice bluesy rock duet. You wouldn''t necessarily think those two voices would mesh as well as they did, but this was a classic.
Amen!
@@ProfessorofRock I once heard that Tom was quite upset the day that they made their music video for this tune. Stevie was constantly running off to the bathroom and doing coke. Then she kept screwing up, forgetting the lyrics, and kept breaking out laughing about it. A short music video that should have only taken about two hours, turned into a 10 hour event. After that Tom said "Never again will I ever work with Stevie Nicks" Tom said he still loved her, but he just wasn't ever going to work with her again after that. "Mike" knows this to be true but he's to much of a class act to bring that up.
They sound like they were meant for each other.
Saw Stevie sing this with Billy Joel this year, they blew it away even at their age and in the rain.
Another great duet, Elton John and Kiki Dee with Don't go Breaking my Heart. First #1 for both of them in the UK in 76.
So cool!
I saw Stevie and Billy Joel in Pheonix last month.
Saw them at Foxborough in MA. Oct cold and drizzly, but were unreal. @@kathryngutierrez5967
yeh nice i friend of mine and i bounced around going just didnt work out probably biggest show in the area last we always wanted see ol billy stevie nice bonus elton kiki i have the original 45 single on rocket records with the original sleeve and logo just for novelty
Where did you see them?
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" was clearly a match made in heaven!
One of the best duets ever! Timeless.
Agreed!
The Honorary Heartbreaker badge is a fantastic classy move. RIP Tom Petty.
Petty and Nicks killed it.
❤
Tom Petty.
Don Henley.
Both helped Stevie on that first album.
Thanks Professor!
Another great start to the week.
Leather and Lace is also a phenomenal duet.
Let's not forget "Leather an lace" with Don Henley another classic too.
All outstanding musicians. RIP Tom Petty...you are missed. As far as Stevie Nicks...priceless. Remember buying Bella Donna...something I seldom did..and ironically a decade after I bought Tapestry...another classic. Classics are worth it! ❤
Great memories!
Two albums you gotta hear all the way through.
I remember when Tom died. I was talking to buddy of mine and neither of us were big fans of Tom Petty. Then we both did some reflection on him and we both realized his iconic status and what he gave the world of music. Turns out in the end my friend and I were bigger fans than we even knew. The world lost a great one in October of 2017.
This was one of the few songs I would have to stop all homework to focus on when it came on MTV. I was always mesmerized by their performance, even though it was a simple video compared to all of the other videos on at the time.
She lured you in with her presence.
We were all in love with Stevie Nicks in the early 80s... :-)
Amen.
I know!
Still are my friend😎
I certainly don't, never could stand her annoying voice. Couldn't stand listening to her talk. Christine was the real talent
@@neolahoodrat3157 Great... When we double date I get Stevie and you get Christime. WINNER
I got to see Tom Petty back then. At that time, I only thought that I was only going to see Tom and at intermission they came back out and said that they had a very special guest. Miss Stevie Nicks. It was the Levi concert series. Awesome show!
That’s a pleasant surprise!
One of my all time favorite duets. Their voices blend so perfectly.
I agree.
My late uncle worked in the Record Plant during the FM years. Stevie was a magical fairy auntie to this little girl sitting on the corner chair watching the magic happen… when Belladonna game out, I was a young teenager and feel in love with her all over again. To hear her and Tom sing a duet was to be in the presence of to musical masters who took me to another space. All of there duets are ethereal and perfection. 🕊️🔮🎩
Stop Dragging My Heart Around is one of the best duets. It is the perfect song for late night driving on a lonely road.
This music and all the rest. It's the history of my life. I never take for granted the impact and the emotion I feel when I hear these songs of my life. And then you go and take us all deeper and I feel like I was there. Props to Stevie, Tom and the band and well. Props to you too professor.. ✌️
Thanks for watching!
One thing about Stevie, she’s happy singing backup, as a duet, in a group or as the lead. She loves writing, making, singing and performing music. True and much loved musician.
It's amazing how wrong a producer can be...to not know a hit song when they hear one...and to understand that Stevie's fan base was massive and wanted to hear every word she sang. She cast a spell over many of us with her style. It was great that she did the duets with other famous singers as well...great music...no matter whose album it was on !
The producer didn’t know squat. Her voice was so magical.
I saw Stevie Nicks at the US festival in 1983.David Bowie,Joe Walsh,U2,Missing Persons,Berlin,Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul.She out rocked everybody in my opinion.And everyone was really good.
@@jamesdyer9765 Blimey! I saw 'Little Steven & the disciples of soul' at Selhust park, which is a football stadium in London, UK. I've never seen or heard of them since! They, Dave Edmunds & Phil Lynott were supporting Status Quo on their farewell world tour. This was their farewell London gig in 84, as they were retiring, Funnily enough, I saw Quo again several years later at the Cornwall Coliseum ....they had changed their minds about retiring!
It’s not that he didn’t think there were any hit singles. He didn’t hear a LEAD single. I kind of agree. I don’t think either Edge of Seventeen or Leather and Lace would’ve been an attention-grabber like Stop Dragging My Heart Around was. By the time Edge was released as a single, she was a solo superstar.
Miss Tom Petty. What a great song writer and unique vocalist. I’d have to agree - Stevie and Tom’s duet is one of the greatest in rock history.
This one hits me hard…you know, I never would put Tom in my top 5 artists…but of all the artists we have lost- Tom hurt the most, and still hurts today- BAD. I saw the Heartbreakers probably a dozen times over the decades…god I love him. His music got to me like no other. I always thought She’s a Woman in Love was about Stevie- but she was in love with Don…
The passing of Tom Petty stung so hard.
The two that hit me hardest were Stevie Ray Vaughn, because he was so young and still had so much more music in him, and Neil Peart, because he didn't get to enjoy a retirement he worked so hard for and so very much deserved. But Tom's passing was so unexpected. I always wanted to see him live, and I thought I'd get a chance some day.
Being an honorary Heartbreaker is quite an honor indeed. They made great music together.
A buddy of mine lives in Butler Beach, just south of St Augustine, FL and it's said that Tom and Bob Dylan used to ride their bikes around the neighborhood, where Tom's beach house is. Definitely miss Tom. It was on my bucketlist to see him...😢
Watching this channel is like getting a Masters education in Rock’n Roll! Best channel on the best music!
My favorite memory of Stop Dragging My Heart Around is when I heard a seven-year old girl singing it in a neighborhood garage band. Seven years old!
It was a perfect duet. I absolutely adore Stevie Nicks whether solo, duetting or with Fleetwood Mac. Losing Tom at such a young age, what can I say.....a really shattering blow, & I miss him. We lost Christine from Mac last year, Lemmie a few years earlier as well as Malcolm young. Our music hero's are fading & sadly, I think we've got some truly heartbreaking losses in the next few years.
Perfect!
It’s sad. I am hoping that Stevie Nicks will still be with us throughout 2024.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Hi lilly, how are you doing? I haven't seen you in the comments for a while! I completely agree with you regarding Stevie Nick. She always seems like such a sweet lady & a real girls girl! I just can't imagine this world with her no longer in it.
@@jo.s7993 Pretty good, how about you?
Stevie is still performing, I’m sure.
I remember when this song was happening, I miss great radio music..The Heartbreakers were one of the most desired studio bands in L.A. and Tom Petty one of the premier song writers of his era. Great Song that has aged brilliantly ✨
"Is this one of the greatest duets of all time?" Yes, yes it is. Have always loved this one.
When I first heard this song on the radio and on television, all those years ago, I thought it was a pretty *decent* song.
However, now, in 2024, I recognize it to be a particularly *good* composition (and performance), especially due to the fact that practically every song on the charts in the past couple of decades is ABSOLUTE
Unfortunately, I was unble to find the Jimmy Fallon recreation here on RUclips, but I found it on another site called "Sapo".
Just search for "Jimmy Fallon & Stevie Nicks Recreate "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around""
I know? Thank God we have this song.
Two iconic voices come together & magic happens! Too bad they didn't make more
I consider myself extremely fortunate to have seen Tom Petty a few months before he died. He played the New Orleans Jazz Fest and it was amazing. Although, when I saw him, I cried. I was worried. he was looking pretty bad. i could tell he was not himself and that he was fighting a battle. But he still put on a great show.. It is one I'll never forget. I still tear up when I think. about his. death. Forever Heartbroken.
I can't believe Tom, Stevie and everyone they worked with (except Don Henley) went clear past me before I was 7. I don't remember hearing either of their voices before Fleetwood Mac issued *Tango in the Night* in '87. (The following year was when the Travelling Wilburys issued *Travelling Willburys Vol. 1.)* That includes most of the Heartbreakers' biggest hits and Stevie's first 3 solo records. It all came back to me retroactively.
I'm glad to have it at all (as well as this interview footage of Mike).
Thanks Eric!
The Wilburys was a great place to start!
OMG I just can't believe the professor of rock made a video of my fav song EVER! This song changed my life, when I heard Stevie's mesmerizing voice on this track something clicked on my mind and I just had to start listening to her songs, and here I am now, many years later..guess I am Stevie's biggest Brazilian fan, she and Fleetwood Mac are always on my top 5 artists on Spotify. When you announced there was an interview I think I had a mini heart attack just to think it could be an interview with the mighty Stevie Nicks 😂
Another great one, Prof. Greatest Duets would be excellent topic. My personal fave is Head East’s Never Been Any Raisin 😂. There are so many
Great suggestion!
Never Been Any Reason is one of my all time favorite songs of the 70s. Probably because my first date with my husband was at a St. Patrick's Day dance and when I saw him dance to it I went nuts! 😂 We've been married for 45 years March 17, 1979 ☘️
@@ProfessorofRock Agree!
Stop Dragging my Heart Around cause my old band kicked me out what am I supposed to do. Long Live Stevie Nicks RIP Florida native Tom Petty #POR Have a great day everyone, from Tampa Florida...
Rock on Michael!
Tom Petty never wrote a bad song. Stevie either. They were superheroes of rock in this duet. And “Insider” is one of Tom’s most poetic songs: “his quiet world of white and gold.” Masterful lyric.
Hard Promises is 1 of my favorite albums . Insider on most of my playlist. Something Big is good 1 too.
4:29 This reminds me of "Into the Great Wide Open": "His A&R man said 'I don't hear a single...'" That's how the music biz goes, but what a great idea to pair Stevie N w/Tom Petty. Two of my fave artists, such a great duet, their voices perfect together.💔
Stevie's live version of Tom Petty's I Need To Know was a standout during her HBO concert video! It shows what a great fit she and the Heartbreakers could've been!
Always preferred her version, more uptempo and driving
Bella Donna was such a great album. Brings back wonderful memories of my freshman year in college every time I hear a cut.
This duet along with Leather and Lace are true masterpieces. My favorite off the album though is still After the Glitter Fades.
THat's a great song. I agree. Thanks for watching!
Bella Donna I my favourite album ever
After the Glitter Fades is definitely such a gem.
When you look back on the great success of Belladonna, it is hard for me to imagine anyone being concerned that it wouldn't be a hit. However my favorite song from it was Belladonna, which wasn't even a hit. I saw Stevie Nicks on her tour for this album. My favorite album of hers!
Great song. One of the best duets for sure. Embarrassed to say that not until spotify did I really begin to check out Tom Petty at age 50. Fantastic musician.
Thanks!
Better late than never!
A match made in musical heaven tom Petty and Stevie Nicks I just love in stop dragging my heart around how you get both perspectives from the women's from Stevie and the men's from Tom and how they come together in the chorus also I love their other collaborations such as I will run to you from Stevie's 1983 album the wild heart and the beautiful insider from Tom's 1981 classic album hard promises
Agreed! Thanks George!
I wish they recorded an album together.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 totally agree with you on that those 2 were musical kindred spirits who shared something so special and spectacular
Those two duets with Petty and Henley are a couple of my all-time favorite songs
Stevie was a heartbreaker since I can remember!🖖🏼
Honorary!
THE heartbreaker.
Tom told the story of Stevie wanting to be in the band when he played Hyde Park in 2017. Then introduced her on stage to sing SDMHA. Great moment for us British fans as I think it was the only they ever performed it together outside of North America. It was a given though as she was support that day. I remember a young Stevie fan asking us if she would join Tom on stage and I just said, yep, what song didn’t she play in her set. The young lady just went , oh yeah
What did you think of the show?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 one of the best concerts I ever been to. Stevie was supporting and I’d waited 28 years to see her solo again as she hadn’t toured the UK since ‘89. Then she appears with Tom. The Tom plays Crawling Back To You, my favourite.
@@stephenbrown4211 That’s amazing! So 2017.
I got to see them live in the late 70's and they were way better than I thought they were gonna be!! Kenny Loggins opened the show and he was great. One of the best concerts I've ever seen!!
Thanks Professor!!
😎👍
He had his own duet with her! What was your favorite of all her duets?
@ProfessorofRock Definitely Draggin' My Heart Around!! Liked Leather and Lace with Henley too!!
Where did you see them?
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
Hey lilly!! September '77 at the Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland. Back then Rumours was big and I wasn't gonna go, but I had a friend that got two sets of tickets and his other friend didn't want to go, so me and my ex went. What a show!!! Was a Loggins and Messina fan way back, and I gotta tell ya, he came out and killed it!! He was so good!!! Then Mac came out. I immediately saw why they won a Grammy. They were better live than their records! Seriously, one of the best shows I've ever seen!!!
@@ProfessorofRock - He did! "Whenever I Call You Friend."
*_Another_* well-researched / well documented 'presentation' about a temporary "piece of magic", Adam...👌
R.I.P. Tom Petty ☮ where the duel release of Tom's later association with The Traveling Wilburys, too, was yet further evidence of wonderfully successful _'associative change-ups'...._ And where indeed, Bella Donna VERY Justifiably "went platinum". In fact, in 1990 Bella Donna was certified *quadruple-platinum* for four million copies sold!!!! ❤🤟
I've loved this song since I was 3. I will never get tired of listening to it.
Very cool.
RIP, Tom... a great talent, a great voice and a genuine down-to-Earth nice guy. You are missed.
I'm so glad they did this song togehter! In my opinion it is what made it so great to begin with and glad it got us thinking of Stevie as a solo artist!
One of my favorites, of both artist. Saw Nicks in concert during the Timespace tour. My mother who was a Motown fan, saw my love of that saw and used to sing it with me.
One of the greatest duets but I am really glad that Heartbreakers had a “No Girls Allowed Club” Tom Petty didn’t need any help.
Miss Tom Petty so much. Mojo is such a great album. Something Good Coming is one of my favorite songs of all time
Agreed. I miss him too. Such a legend. What's your favorite song by him?
I love that one.
I just discovered this song two years ago and listened to it constantly. Love it.
This IS 1 of my Favorite songs! I still listen to it all the time.😀👍🏾
Very cool!
Her duets with Henley and Petty were the soundtrack to my playtime with my brand new Empire Strikes Back action figures. Christmas with the radio on playing inside because it was too cold outside.
Ha ha! love it!
That is quite a soundtrack.
I always thought that was the coolest duet music video on MTV, when MTV was true to music videos
Both duets are great. Everything about them is fantastic. Music wouldn't bee the same without them. I'm glad she's had a successful solo career.
Didn't know this was both Tom's and Stevie's biggest hit. It is a great song but I wouldn't have guessed this considering the hits they both have had. Always love how Mike Campbell is so laid back and matter of facty on the huge hits he and Tom made, like a day at the office, lol. How cool would it have been to see Stevie on stage live with the Heartbreakers because Stevie was the ultimate heartbreaker in real life. Fantastic episode and interview professor!!
She would have fit right in Petty’s band.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 definitely, I love her voice
Banger!!!❤❤❤
Pun intended? Stevie is still amazing. Dedicated to her art. I've heard she refused repairing surgery on her nose because she didn't want to jeopardize her singing voice. One thing for sure, alone or teamed up with most anybody woman sings great. 🎶🎵🎶😎
amen
I was just playing this song the other day, as well as the Wildflowers album. Great video. One of my favorite collaborations. Such a perfect mix of voice styles. Petty's rough voice with hers
Rock on!
@@ProfessorofRock :)
They have so much chemistry together in that video.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Sure do. Wish they did a few more together ::)
Got to see Stevie twice (once with the Mac, the second time solo, with Chris Isaak opening). Got to see Tom and the 'Breakers about ten years ago...still stings about his passing.
So cool!
Where at?
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 for Stevie it was Oklahoma City (Paycom Center for the Mac show, Zoo Amphitheater for her solo one).
For Tom Petty, it was BOK Center in Tulsa, ZZ Top opening (second time I saw them). Rush played there about a week earlier, and if I knew then what I know now, I would have caught them too.
@@williamsanders2439 Wow! That Rush concert would have been a great experience.
Thank you for this. Stevie Nicks is one of my favorites. Oddly, it was in the last couple decades I discovered her even though she was part of the music scene as I grew up in the 80's.
What a great song! Its in several of my playlists and its one of those that I'm always compelled to sing along with. It was one of those songs that strongly reminds me of hanging out at the skating rink and just grooving on the floor. I wasn't a great dancer, but skating I could do and I just loved to lose myself in the music like this.😊
Rock on!
It’s a song that keeps it slow.
I heard this on the Tom Petty doc by Peter Bogdanovich. Stevie also got the name Edge of 17 from Tom’s wife at the time. Her thick southern accent made age sound like edge. Stevie liked that.
Yep! That's so cool.
OH! I get it. Age of 17.
Was just watching your hit songs redux featuring this song last night where you said you’d do a video on it. What a coincidence I’d see this the very next day. Great video as always
No way! Cool!
THE best R&R duet ever done.
Fantastic duet. But I did also love
Edge of Seventeen
Great song!
I adapted my RUclips screen name to Stop Dragon My Heart Around for a certain political page where its members are part of the Dragon Squad. It's gotten me a lot of good attention. Also, this was the first song I heard last night when I turned on my music to fall asleep to. The song is so iconic and so are both Nicks and Petty.
Very cool!
It’s a good song to fall asleep to.
Aside from Landslide, "Stop Dragging my Heart Around" was the only other song I like Stevie's vocals on. It fits the song and compliments Tom perfectly.
Love this song. Miss Petty. I watch King of the Hill and he did the voice of Lucky.
That's right!
I forgot about that!
Hey Prof! Another one I hope you'll cover is the duet Stevie had done with Don Henley, 'Leather and Lace'. I know it wasn't a big hit, but to hear those two together is just heavenly!
We miss Tom Petty! There will never be another like him!
Love this song. It brings back fond memories of that time.
It reminds me of the first time a boy ever broke my heart 💔💔💔
That is one of the best duets ever I don’t have the playback box that by Tom Petty I should check that out and hear the demo of stop dragging my heart around. what an awesome duet that is with Stevie Nicks and the lead great Tom Petty what magic that they created it’s a great duet it’s too bad that Stevie Nicks was not in the Heartbreakers she would’ve been a great addition to it all girls should be in rock bands whether male or female really. because women can rock just as hard as men.
That was a great year for Tom Petty. What huge loss to us when he died. I still have my original Bella Donna and Hard Promises albums. Both are great albums. Mike,Campbell is a very underrated guitarist. I have always been a huge fan of his.
Can’t wait to watch this one. Would love to see you do a best covers episode.
Coming soon!
@@ProfessorofRockYes!!!
Hi Adam. My first stereo I got in either 79 or 80, had an 8 track player in it. I had Rumors on 8-track. Back then, in Miami, the evangelicals went nuts over Stevie calling her a "Witch and Satanic" we were encouraged to burn her records by the crazies. I love Stevie. I have all of her records in my I tunes today. Bella Donna, The Wild Heart and Trouble in Shangri La are a few of my favorites, along with all her work with Fleetwood Mac. I have that entire collection as well.
Thanks for sharing.
Saw Tom Petty about 2 months before he passed away. One of my favorite memories. My daughter and I seeing him live.
song with 2 of the best voices in rock and both in their prime when they did it, that's rock man! but the song is just so good, bluesy and moody in all the right ways and the 2 voices work perfectly together
there's something about Tom Petty that everything he touched was gold or just a little ahead of the curve, I say that cus some of the later stuff, maybe i needed to grow up more or something but past Wildflowers I lost interest but a little before he died I gave his whole run a second chance and found I liked a lot of the later stuff more after time passed, it proves some artists content ages like fine wine...you might not be ready for it when it's new but give it time and you find it more agreeable later on, I've found this to be true even in movies, star trek TMP I initially hated, saw it 2 years ago for the first time in 20 years and loved it!
I have Full Moon Fever on CD!
Wow! What a heart warming interview. Two performers who always warmed my heart when I was in a tough situation. Thanks 🙂
Still to this day one of my all time favorite songs and videos.
Back in the summer of 1983, I was getting ready for HIGH SCHOOL! It was that weird time in everyone’s lives. You just finished junior/middle school and about to start that moment of “adulthood”…HIGH SCHOOL! I was SO ready for it. But I was in my own little world. I was listening to classic rock radio ALL THE TIME. I became VERY familiar with Tom Petty’s music and of course, I could recognize Stevie Nick’s trade mark growl. I LOVED Stop Dragging my Heart Around!! GREAT SONG!! I liked her other duets, but THIS SONG was just… perfection. I tell people that I live my life with a soundtrack and this effect has followed my life since I can remember. I can hear a song and it will take me to a specific moment in my life; dragging up all the highs and lows I’d been living in. This song takes me back to my neighborhood back then and just riding around the neighborhood on my bike and all my friends in the neighborhood and the hi jinx we would get into…LOL (nothing arrestable, but we’d get into some sh*t cuz we were young and stupid. LMAO cuz that’s what we did, it was our job!).
One of the best songs ever written with the best singers, definitely on my Top of the Top next to Comfortably Numb, Lola, My Sharona, Eyes without a face, For your eyes only, Because the night, You're so vain, Winter Melody, Sweetest Hangover and many more. I also love the duet between Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand, but this is better.
Tom is god-tier, and Stevie is Legendary. The pairing is as close to heaven as many will get in this lifetime.
I agree!
Hallelujah!
We lost a great artist when we lost a Tom Petty he was a fantastic artist and Stevie Nicks is one of the best in the world all of her songs that I’ve heard like edge of 17 leather and lace which was fantastic. And I’m glad Stevie Nicks overcame her addiction to drugs one of my favorite episodes was VH1 Stevie Nicks behind the music I missed that show and Joel is like it.
Interestingly enough, it was 40 years ago that Fleetwood Mac recorded "Tusk" in Dodger Stadium with the USC Trojan Marching Band. Nice bit of timing!
Or at least that is what the "all knowing" Google says. :)
4:38 I must have heard that song on the radio when I was in high school 100's of times. And Rhiannon.
One of my favorite songs...
Tom petty was the man , what a good guy he was as well , a true icon.
I also liked her duet with Don Henley - leather and lace
Crazy, seems like the opposite of a throw away song. I love it.
Love the Ultravox "Vienna" CD in the background!
I am a big Fleetwood Mac fan, and I love Stevie's solo work as well...I am very much not a Tom Petty fan, but I love this song...Also, IMO Tust was one of FM greatest recording, and my favorite
Keep rocking 🤘🤘🤘🤘.. Another great story music Wise 🎶🎶🎶
I always enjoy the interviews every time as well P.O.R..
Thanks again for always getting the straight facts about each and every song
When You can as well You do a great job all together..
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i recall this song being new and listening to it on those little foam covered headphones. Sounded great back then and still does now.
Can't picture that song not being a duet now.
I dont remember using TV Guide....not because I wasn't around then but because we went the cheap route and used the listings from the Newspaper or other free options.
Great duet
Great song! Great show! Liked it three times!