"Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid)" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - DAMN THE TORPEDOES

[jamesspeculator]

The best lyrics ever about females?

[algonacchick]

I had Damn The Torpedoes on 8 track. Wow, am I old or what? :p Always liked this song.

[wmw2525]

A classic song ... without a shadow of a doubt ! ... Wayne

[Synappzz]

I love Petty!

[veryrandombutterfly]

i hope no modern "star" messes this song up

it's fine the way it is... original

[Downoneburn]

definitely a great tune..

[wainihad]

Try the acoustic version from the Bridge School Benefit- AMAZING Petty solo

[RiotSymphony7]

the people who dislike the song have no soul

[marilynrenee1]

LOVE THIS SONG

[MultiReesy1]

oh this is my new favorite song. i think i used to hear it once in awhile in high school, but it was hardly played on the radio. it's so goooooooooooooood.

[McDaddy1959]

Most back in the day, had the album cos the radio didn't always play the good songs, plus there's no bad song on this album, They would of had to play em all, and thats not how its done. I wish he had made a video of them all.

[HowPettyful]

Sometimes she sings in french...

[igluver15]

I remember TP & the HBs doing this tune on a T.V. show called "Fridays" on ABC in either 1979 or 1980. I remeber Stan Lynch playing a set of conga drums next to his snare drum. He hit the congas with his drum stix! Great song...thanx for the post!

[GreenRiver72]

Now, now guys I was born in 1984 and can recall (despite the mainstream 80s stuff being arguably weak) that FM was legit thru the mini-music renaissance of the early/mid 90s. Since then the wormhole has been deepening :-(. However, I was unfortunately too late for the full LP sides. I bet that was the shit!!

[rustribbonwizz]

One of Petty's obscure and better greats from the early days--thanks for posting!

[pooljunkiee1]

great album

[dirtyharrycarry]

Tom Petty will be remebered as the all time rocker,he still got alot to give out,no shadow of a doubt, Mojo is alright, but damn lets get back to where you came from

[Hefelump1]

Frickin' awesome song!

[ShoeiBoy]

great melody, great lyrics & more hooks than you can count. fantastic.

[wunkers]

Mike Campbell is one of the most underrated guitarists out there. He's amazing.

[igluver15]

@wunkers I totally agree...w/o M. Campbell where would TP be? Great guitarist, musician, songwriter & production whiz!

[Whatupwidat]

This song was one of the songs that inspired me to learn guitar and write my own songs....I bet I'm not alone in that.

[SavoyTruffle13]

I love this song so much. Definitely one of my favorites of theirs..."And when she's dreaming, sometimes she sings in French." Best lyric ever. :)

[dkbsoulman]

I used to listen to this song when I was in High school when it was first played. I loved it then, I love it now, and it still rocks - what great memories in this song!!!

[egemaster66]

this song is soooo great...amen..

[xHolyCrapx]

I, too, wonder why this wasn't played and promoted more by the broadcasting industry. Definitely one of my favorites from Petty. 

[mybrucespringsteen]

great song!

[meeshajunk45]

I love how the bridge runs like a freight train into the chorus. "and she's always been so hard to figure out" That's just simple genuis. I hadn't heard this song in 30 some years but that melody stayed in my head

[inangelshell]

I love the line "And when she's dreamin', sometimes she sings in french". I've got no idea what the heck he is talking about but it sounds just so cool.

[richlp]

@inangelshell "...but in the morning, she don't remember it" always my favorite lines from thousands of awesome TP lines!

[JFinSD2]

This album has got to be one of the top 100 of the past 40 years or so. I don't think there was one weak song on the album

[brseeger1964]

@JFinSD2 I have got to agree with you on that .Not a big group of artist that put out "albums or 8 tracks "(boy those were the days)that the whole album just rocked and you could just listen to it over and over all the way through and then flip it over and do the B side just the same.

[brseeger1964]

@JFinSD2

[foppa123]

great era for rock

[1MartinD28]

memories memories

[LBjim]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PETTY SONG!!!

[jellyjukebox]

Love this one by T.P. really love the live track on the CD from the "Runnin' Down A Dream" DVD. Rockin'

[lumpymichael]

Classic. I am glad in a way this never was a hit because maybe I may have grown tired of it. I love BECAUSE it wasn't overplayed (only by me) :)

[themaxxfan]

Wow...haven't heard this one in YEARS. Great, great tune!

[wheatonna]

Might be the best song on a really fine album.

[thatBRITTANYgirl]

I love this song. "She's a complex kid and she's always been so hard to figure out." Haha, yeah, that's me.

[louiseduvee]

Another great one.

[GreenRiver72]

Why the hell have I never heard this song on the radio ... not even for those "lost classics"? Either way Petty rocks.

[kypittack666]

can't agree any better...

[rustribbonwizz]

@GreenRiver72 Used to be occasionally played on certain FM rock stations back when this album was new and popular. You haven't heard it on radio since and NEVER will again! Commercialized FM broadcast is a sickening pile of shit and debris playing what corporate executives "think" the public wants to hear---they ain't got a fuc-ing clue and NEVER will! Definitely one of Petty's early and obscure greats!

[CrashMarket]

@rustribbonwizz My local station has been changing quite a bit due to opinions like ours..I clearly remember the days of lps played in full length after they were released ,but by 1982 the record corps did not like home taping and they convinced the stations not to do it any more.

[rustribbonwizz]

@CrashMarket Yup and FM has never been the same since! '85 was about the cutoff point. I remember back in '67-'68 when FM-FM / stereo was coming to the forefront of broadcasting taking over from the AM monopoly. The so called FM "underground" and college (free-form) rock stations played endlessly great stuff including full LP sides--too bad, all gone now and destroyed forever along with most everything else! The younger population has NO idea how truly great FM was back in the early days!

[diligentsoul11]

@rustribbonwizz Yeah, I lived out in the country in the midwest, and I loved the FM stations (early to mid 70's) I would actually sit out in my folks's car at night, when I could pick up the stations much better!  I'd also sit on my Dad's tractor and listen at night with the tractor radio! I was amazed at how far away the stations were, that I could hear (other states).

[cobraman96]

@GreenRiver72 The radio plays the same ole songs over and over.Do you remember stations that called it album rock when they played cuts from the whole album?

[diligentsoul11]

@cobraman96 I remember! Can you believe I used a shoebox size recorder to record the radio, when they would play the whole album!! I had to sit real quiet in my room and hope no one in the house made noise or interrupted me, or they were in BIG trouble! Man the sound quality had to be awful, but I loved it anyway, as I coudn't afford to "buy" music on my meager allowance in my early teens! Thankfully when this recording came out in 1979, I was 19 and earning more money to buy cassettes!

[IceVikingDeathGrip]

Because radio stations are pressured into playing all the lousy jungle jam shit (usher, etc....) and shit like that. "Real music" like Petty is harder to come by unless.......you get sattellite radio!

[turoniner]

@IceVikingDeathGrip Jungle jam?

[IceVikingDeathGrip]

What's the  ? for? Really?

[turoniner]

@IceVikingDeathGrip Yes...my point is, "are you effing serious?" Your comment just sounded really racist and missed the entire point of what makes music popular. Not to mention the fact that several tracks from Damn The Torpedoes were ubiquitous on the radio. You basically just wanted to express that you don't like the music that black people make, and hence my "?" As in, "are you seriously a real person with that ridiculous comment?"

[IceVikingDeathGrip]

I usually ignore the ultra-weakassed "race card" bullshit that 2 faced phonys like u use, but this one deserves a response. You want racist??? How about the little FAGGOT kanyay west? Did you admonish him? He doesn't make music! It's SHIT! It isn't racist, it's FACT! The same with all the little maggots that run around with their pants around their knees, spitting SHIT about killin cops into the mic's! That isn't music! It's fucking horseshit! FACT! Shove your racecard up ur ass!

[turoniner]

@IceVikingDeathGrip Yowza. You shore did get upset! The thing is, the way you phrased your original point was an unmistakable case of xenophobia, and it's a shame that you feel that way. Granted, humans nearly always naturally feel a tendency toward xenophobia, but you really jumped off the cliff (and posted on youtube) with yours. That's okay that you don't enjoy Kanye West's work, but you still know his name. And you don't need to spit such venom. Just listen to something else. Good luck!

[IceVikingDeathGrip]

Yowza???? ROMFL! Yeah, ok. Go dance to some "puffpunk" or....dourdaddy diddy (or whatever his name is) and have fun :)

[kypittack666]

One of my favorites.