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Big Weekend

April 15, 2026 · 26 min

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The first verse contains one of my all time favourite lyrics. Not just one of my very favourite Tom Petty lyrics, just one of my favourite lyrics full stop. And it’s not a superb piece of word play or a huge emotionally charge line. It’s not a cuttingly brilliant philosophically brilliant observation - we get that later in the song - nor is it a playfully subversive line. It’s this line; “They live in a brick house, painted white and brown.” And specifically the last half of the line; “Painted white and brown.” I know that line probably doesn’t set off the fireworks of your imagination like it does mine, but I know there are others that do the same for you and not for me. One of the most glorious things about this podcast for me is discovering those little sideroads of imagination that you guys share with me from time to time!


Song : https://youtu.be/xBZr5nq0Yd0


REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE

Demo : https://youtu.be/kQRsDAVy3lU 

Judge Timbers : https://youtu.be/MKAeM8Cc1o8  

Anything That’s Rock n Roll (Old Grey Whistle Test) : https://youtu.be/qJMgWiqoLn4 

Anything That’s Rock n Roll (Top of the Pops) : https://youtu.be/y0mYRnPXs2U 

Jake Thistle Fans Forever : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DQkHfK9mz/


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All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com


A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.


The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.


Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

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