Straight Into Darkness

"Tom tells Paul Zollo that “Sometimes it takes a lot of work. Sometimes the songs won’t reveal themselves to you until you find the right sound and the right recording of it. And this one was like that. You couldn’t really get everybody grooving the same way until we went over to the piano, and then everybody instinctually found what to play. But that’s part of working with a group.”Today's episode is dedicated to the sublimely brilliant Straight Into Darkness; track two from side two of Long After Dark.You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/RyPeUV9-po8Check out the Live Anthology version here: https://youtu.be/GDzgR8q7yocI mentioned a distinct similarity to King of Pain by The Police, which you can listen to here: https://youtu.be/tFN5DveQH0oDo follow Megan on social media and go check out her website: http://www.meganvolpert.com and you can find her book for sale here: https://bit.ly/3BgUUav (OFFER CODE 08STRAIGHT) or here: https://amzn.to/3L227Q8Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyprojectListen: https://pod.link/1580769475All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.comA 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 BrownExecutive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve UrsellSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.