Tom Petty

從 Tom Petty 的作品可以學到很多作歌的方法. 

動機清楚, 簡單, 很煽動群眾, 
樂器不會太表現, 很襯托歌詞. 

<American girl> 是很好的開場歌.

歌詞:

Well she was an american girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, an d if she had to die
Tryin' she had one little promise
She was gonna keep

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an american girl

It was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
She could the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' in the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it's so painful
Something that's so close
And still so far out of reach

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night

She was an american girl

冠軍曲:

〈The Waiting〉
〈You Got Lucky〉
〈Jammin' Me〉
〈Free Fallin'〉
〈I Won't Back Down〉
〈Runnin' Down A Dream〉
〈Learning To Fly〉
〈Out In The Cold >
〈Mary Jane's Last Dance〉
〈You Don't Know How It Feels〉

跟 StevieNicks (Fleetwood Mac的主唱) 合作的〈Stop Draggin' My Heart Around〉

我記得分享過 The Travelling Willburys 的歌, 很注重旋律性和歌詞.

他也是混用了滿多樂風, 歌詞切中當時美國人心.