Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl (Live 1978)

[vinceeeeeeify]

Whoever don't like this sleeps with theiir thumb in their ass

[randawg6]

anyone who doesn't love petty i don't understand, this song is america, pure and simple. and american girls are the best!

[GingerBookNinja]

Artists like him never get old.

[thedork27]

aaah :( So So So Sad. He Couldn't Stay This Young For Me:(

anyway he still rocks! and still looks good!:D<3

[MotorCityKitty79]

How can people watch this and not like it? He sounded friggin' AMAZING even when he was rockin' it live!!! 4 people can suck it....

[anabreal]

Love it!!

[locsaretheshit]

@ImSoProBitch *school, not "skool" buddy

[Lisalikesclassic]

I'd still hit it. Even if Tom is 61 ;) he looks good.

[modernistik]

really fantastic , a classic !

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[buffalobraves9]

3 people prefer american boys.

[Szafira12]

@buffalobraves9 Yes, you're right :)

[davidbaldo]

Tommy napolean dynomite petty

[poisonsox3]

Maddyrocks1999

Same. Nobody knows good music so I grew listening to my parents stuff. Ima couple year older but i get it: ramones Tom petty Jimi Hendrix Joan Jett bob Dylan Johnny cash the doors led Zeppelin the list goes on

[maddyrocks1999]

im 11 marvin gay tom petty joan jett all faves

[dancray]

Goddamnyeah

[bragabass1980]

OMG STROKES!!!!

Guitar = Last Nite

Bass = Someday (02:31)

=/

[dolphin7777777777777]

@bragabass1980 But for now I think that I'll just borrow

All the chords from that song

And all the words from that other song I heard

Yesterday

:P

[StairwayToHevin]

I WISH I WAS THAT MICROPHONE

[PicciProductions]

Ahhhhh 1978....I was just -16.... Wish I could've been around :(

[thewolffebros]

@PicciProductions I was -18 :(

[airsoftloverusp]

ADRIAN YOU KICK SOME SERIOUS FUCKING ASS!

[BetaDeltaCebu]

i don't think JESUS will date american skanks (aka american girls)

[BetaDeltaCebu]

american girls are whores...

they love money more than penis...

that's why they only sleep with rich men, even if he is 80 years old...

which also makes them disgusting, by the way...

[airsoftloverusp]

@BetaDeltaCebu Reallyu here to FUCKING ASHOLE!

[BetaDeltaCebu]

@airsoftloverusp the best way for men to treat AMERICAN GIRLS is to "HUMP AND DUMP" them....

they are sluts anyway, and it won't make a difference on them...

FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, if you value your stuff, money and life, don't give them the privilege of becoming your girlfriend, or worse, wife!

Jesus Christ wasn't afraid in fighting the status quo if he thinks it was EVIL...

MARRIAGE IS AN EVIL INSTITUTION...

AMERICAN GIRLS ARE SHAMELESS CHEATING SKANKS..

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

[airsoftloverusp]

@He would date them because jesus is cool GO DIE

[BetaDeltaCebu]

@airsoftloverusp COOL PEOPLE don't date SKANKS

[BetaDeltaCebu]

@airsoftloverusp i won't be surprised if you like SKANKS....LOSERS don't have a lot of options

[airsoftloverusp]

@BetaDeltaCebu You live in the usa dumbass

[airsoftloverusp]

@BetaDeltaCebu BUT THEY HAVE REALLY NICE BODYS!

[krissgirl85]

One of the BEST song's ever, I love it :)

[SylviasMother1981]

I have such a crush on the Tom Petty in this video :) <3 He's just so kickass and cool I love his music and the way he presents himself on stage :)

[Summerlvr19]

I love this song!!

[mrsunshineshines]

There were so many great bands back in the day, you just couldn't follow all of them. But this song is one of The Great Ones that never gets old...

[Thunderfoot2009]

One of his best yet although a benefit for homeless was being put on in his hometown Gainesville Fl. he refused to join even for one song. A Gainesville High School graduate that got lucky but won't help the community? Mixed feelings about Tom.

[jaybeemack]

When I hear this song I think of Fast Times at Ridgemont High! Great Movie!

[TheSuperMerc]

@jaybeemack me too

[darthmoop]

midnight special !

[paintbokx]

best performance of this song on youtube.

[MrCiaran31]

:-) One of my favourite TP and The Heartbreakers tracks!!! :-D I would really appreciate it if some of you guys and gals checked out my little cover version ;-P It would make my day!!! :-D

[PepperDr94]

There should have been a music video for this lol. Its not too late Tom!!!!!!!!

[Javbuff2008]

I am so happy he doing a tour this year. I am going to one of the concerts, it a must

[DobsonMichael]

does any one know what guitar tom petty is here i have been trying to find out for awhile now and i still can't find anything out about it. info would be very helpful thank you

[mediaman2004]

I think it's a Vox Guitar. Don't think you'll find any of these at Guitar Center. He still plays that guitar on one or two of his songs in concert. He Usually plays the Rickenbacher on this song in concert.

[PeterCRissKISSgod]

It's called a Vox Phantom.

[icm65]

The guitar is a Vox Phantom 12 string.

[nobodyhome8]

The only cover that comes close to this original is Elvis Costello's. Saw him at the Tower Theater in Philly in '86 or so and he did "spin for hits" night. He'd invite a fan onstage and they'd spin for a song, with choices to watch "Moonlighting" on TV, watch him or get into a go-go cage and dance. A really cute girl came up and spun this song. She completely freaked in the cage to it. He almost couldn't do the song, he was so intent on watching her. Maybe the best memory of concert song ever!

[PageandPlant4Life]

I love when the chick in Silence of the Lambs is listening to this right before Buffalo Bob kidnaps her

[Hollywood7779]

God I love Tom Petty! I grew up with Tom Petty!! God Great memories!!! I love so!

[bijadi123]

classic song one of the all time great performers

[Ergreenthumb]

I <3 this song!! I wish there was a video.

"...And for one desperate moment there

He crept back in her memory

God its so painful

Something that's so close

And still so far out of reach"

[sxcmac]

I was a 16 year old Australian/ American girl exchange student in Whittier California 1972-73 all the way from a small country town in n.s.w. Australia... & raised on promises. And Your country blew my mind...Tom Petty's song is a timeless reminder of the best and worst of Your very Great Country!!

[biggamepaul]

Probably my favorite Tom Petty song.

[Reddelicious88]

dudee this guy is awesome! i saw him on sunday morning last weekend and now i cant get enough!

[bostonbadboy1]

no waves crashing out on 441 nice ryme though tom

[kjgrasp]

he says "cars goin' by on the 441, like waves crashing on the beach" dosen't mention any waves on the 441

[bostonbadboy1]

oops we have a virtual lyric profit, , sry dude what I meant was I used to live on 441 n sheridan in hollywood , and if she could hear cars going by out on 441 like waves crashing on the beach , it must have been quite the accident. or maybe you just have too much time on your hands to analyse peoples comments hmmm.

[ykaiilah]

Uhh, its a simile, pretty straight forward. I like this song so much because of its lyrics. I lived on the beach in the Marina Del Rey and yes I can appreciate the comparison of the cars to waves.The whole piece shows good writing and imagery. Something that lacks a whole lot these days in pop music.

[kjgrasp]

bit of both i'd say :)

[ykaiilah]

Its a simile.

[axeman7000]

He could hear the cars roll by out on 441 LIKE the waves crashing on the beach.

Get it? The cars sounding like waves to him. 441 is in Gainesville Florida, where Tom grew up. And, no, I'm not a virtual lyric profit either, just someone who pays attention to lyrics.

[ykaiilah]

I guess some people don't understand what a simile is, even when it hits them like a tidal wave crashing onto the rocks. LOL!!

[axeman7000]

right on.

[axeman7000]

I looked this up...

Petty says that he wrote the song while living in California:

"I don't remember exactly. I was living in an apartment where I was right by the freeway. And the cars would go by. In Encino, near Leon Russell's house. And I remember thinking that that sounded like the ocean to me. That was my ocean. My Malibu. Where I heard the waves crash, but it was just the cars going by. I think that must have inspired the lyric."

With respect to listeners..

The Axeman

[vitocorleon007]

He looks like Napoleon Dynamite!!!!

[slymommy]

Tom Petty is the king!

[setta91]

Boy do I love this song. Petty's unquestionably one of the best singers in the world. =D = ) =P

[dentpopcan]

what kind of guitar is that? tom has, i know it looks like a bo diddley but its not.

[trohrer1]

Looks like a Vox Phantom XII.

[tenenbaummark]

tom petty looks so high in this video

[johnnyman100]

probably was

[angelwings11261]

tell me why i have searched for the raido version of aremican girl an all they have on here is the live version

[Thegoodmusic56]

Because Tom gives the most Kick-Ass live perfomances ever. Buy the album if you want the radio version, but his lives shows are the best

[oevilone]

Happy Birthday Tom!

[YoHuckleberry]

Their original bass player looks like Freddie Mercury here.

[kingtice]

do you notice that singers now never look like this. everyone today has to be cute just think of the talent we would have missed out on if everyone had to be pretty .back then and think of the talent we are missing out on today and don,t even know it.the cute guy or girl never has to try as hard therefore not quite as talented.mabey someone will get a clue one of these days but i doubt it.

[oevilone]

i always thought tom petty was cute!! AND talented! :-)

[puffinstuffsmum]

By the fuck he's weird looking, great song though.

[Mannimarco419]

he is rather lanky

hes just so TALENTED

[avrillavigne189]

lanky in a GOOD way! i think hes cute! XD

[avrillavigne189]

u a MEANYYYY! i think hes cute! XD

[Ergreenthumb]

1978, I was only five....what a GREAT song!!

[valeriasd11993]

the best song ive ever heard in my life :) <3

[micheelvis]

me to really

[BKDocHoliday]

i didnt realize they have been around this long. awesome band.

[knims10]

Resemble Jon Heder?

[mrsghostrider]

this is a year before i wuz born...i LOVE this! its soooo great. one of my fave songs eva. saw tom petty live n it wuz amazing! xoxo

[angiekat29]

Great song! Thanks.

[ant04224]

shit, I wasnt even born yet, and this is one of my favorite songs

[Zooroonies]

he looks extremly tired in this video. i like this song though. if you've seen the movie silence of the lambs then you have heard this song lol.

[mousecuit]

lol, how many us of have heard this song while driving at night and quickly turned the radio off, thanks to that movie!

[37Dodo]

Though It's not "live"...

[buffalobraves9]

Are you blind?

[danceofthegoblins]

I love their early stuff. Great video: thanks for posting it!

[gringo557]

Nice! I miss those good old days!