Feel A Whole Lot Better - Tom Petty 

I’ve always thought there were a lot similarities between TP and the Byrds. Great cover of a classic by Tom, Mike and the band.

yeah....just having a REWIND and was thinking same thing....great song ...sad story behind the writer... stay well BIRDMAN

​@@thomasfisher5742 starting with Rickenbakers

I listen to The Byrds every day. Gene Clark was so special, and is greatly missed. Oh, the songs he could have written if he were still with us.

I've read several accounts of how Mike Campbell & Tom spent a considerable amount of time on determining how they should play this song. They listened to the original Byrd's song numerous times and worked out the guitar parts, and the guitars they wanted to use. Tom was clearly a musical prodigy in many ways and he is missed greatly. RIP Tom.....

John R Well put!😥

The thing is Tom that I, for one reason, "discovered" Petty only two years ago. Is that not idiotic? I'm hooked, what a bunch of good musicians, damn it!!

Well said, you speak for a lot of people.

I wrote this song the day he died. I saw him 11 times, and Tom and The Heartbreakers were my biggest musical influences ever. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EMmo-wr-a6g.html

Word.

Petty does a great job covering my favorite Byrd tune.

Jeff.....amazing cover AND Tom gave the song a little extra space after the verses

Petty's whole career has been a tribute to the Byrds.

@@gerrydooley951 the byrds influenced him clearly. I never thought of that before reading your response. Thanks.

In his last public appearance apart from the 40th anniversary tour, receiving an award from Musicares he commented that the people whom he revered came into his life, in his words, showed up, and the 1st one through the door was Roger McGuinn of the Byrds. I remember McGwinn interviewed in the Peter Bogdanovich bio Runnnin Down a Dream given a copy of early Heartbreakers and saying, when did I write this? Answer; you didn't write this. … I know but when did I write this? Later on there is priceless footage of Tom having a truth attack confronting 2 'suits' who were trying to fit Roger Mcguinn into some weirdly inappropriate box and Tom going ballistic .. leading to the collaboration between the two men, King of the Hill that was their reaction to the story of John Philips of the Mamas and Papas. My heart breaks when I think of how many people miss Tom. In my opinion an excellent cover can go one of two ways; either you put the 1st version aside, put your heart and soul into your own version and leave it behind or 2. you manage to absolutely capture the spirit of version one and of course here Tom does both. Most comments about his music are moving personal testaments or great observations; only one (pretty good for the internet) thoroughly annoyed me when someone or other wrote that Tom was a miniature Dylan. What rock was the writer living under??? Never mind. Also loved cover for John Sebastian's Oh, The Stories we could Tell, Hank Williams' The Lost Highway, where he deliberately did adopt the same sound and van Morrison's Your Mystic Eyes which I saw live and he OWNED that song it still gives me shivers.

My favorite Petty tune

He did it justice for sure!

Agreed. 👍

I like this cover, but no one was like Gene Clark. He was one of a kind. There was NO ONE bette. There will never be another.

Nothing snd no one is as good as Gene Clark was. There was no other. Anything else is a cheap imitstion

Oh this song is so sixties.... I love it ...and I love this version

@@heavnnnsent In Heaven God is even tappin' his sandals...

@@richardschaefer4807 First thing I'm gonna do when I get there is get lots of concert tickets.

He had McGuinn play the Ric 12-string & do backing vox on it...

@@NashvilleDennis Where did you get that info from?

@@Rickytwelvestring one of the music mag's back in the day, when it first came out, methinks...

Tom Petty did this serious justice

Jonathan Vernot just what I was thinking.

Gino and Tom is playing this song together now, with some help from George

I have been listening to Genes music for 6 months solid now and it just keeps getting better

Check out Linda Ronstadt's "It Won't Matter Anymore", that's a helpful song too!

I'm with ya.

I love both versions and love both of them equally

And The Beatles.

powergirl901 Right, it was on the Byrds’ first album “Mr. Tambourine Man”. IFAWLB is one of my faves!

+1..... f

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Nobody was as good as Gene Clark. Petty just sped up Gene's early demise.

@@christineparker8020 I don't think I agree; surely Gene Clark would have been glad of the royalties coming in.

Damn it . Tom bless you.

kmslegal h

RIP Uncle Cherokee

Rip

kmslegal Gene Clark is/was one of the most under-estimated talents in music in my humble opinion.

Pat Smith , with you on that ! 😎 A great singer and songwriter: Gene Clark. ❤️

Love the comment re the little fat bloke , you must be a true Byrds fan !!

@@MrPhilfridge “Yosemite Sam” is what Joni Mitchell called The Croz…

@@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796 That would seem like a term of endearment to me . Gobshite is more appropriate !

@@MrPhilfridge Funny! ;-0

took the words out of mouth....

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yeah you tell em roger.....just figured this one out for our local open mic jam nite at players pizza penn valley calif....there's also a great tutorial on you tube....and yes it's in a.....bless you for all you have done for music over the years...@@ByrdsLeaderMcGuinn

Rattlesnake Hearts Franz! 🐍🖤✨

A. Like many Beatles songs. Ticket to Ride, If I Needed Someone, which was ripped from BYRDS Bells of Rhymney

@@ByrdsLeaderMcGuinn omg--this is actually Roger--hahah! Well g'day, Roger, and thank you for your gifts! ~~A new subscriber, from Boston.

I still have an unused ticket for the at Cynthia Woods here in the Houston/Woodlands. I am sick that I didn't go. There was another concert Saturday night and didn't want to do two in a row. Stupid stupid.

Yup......

like no other sound in the universe...

One of the best sounds of all ....

Nothin else like it

Best. Analogy. Ever.

For me, it's the outstanding lyrical quality; so different from the swaggering rock and roll of its age. He will "probably" feel a whole lot better. "The reason why? Well, I can't say..." All of the uncertainty embedded in those lines. Gene Clark was a fine fine lyricist.

@@patricias5122 Very interesting insights on this tune....Rock on, Tom!