SONG OF THE DAY
“Don’t Come Around Here No More” by Tom Petty (Southern Accents, MCA Records, 1985). Written by Tom Petty & David A. Stewart.
INTERESTING FACTS ( a la wikipedia)
– The song was a collaboration with David A. Stewart of Eurythmics.
– The original inspiration was a romantic encounter that Stewart had with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. On The Howard Stern Show, Stewart explained that the title’s phrase was actually uttered by Stevie. She had broken up with Joe Walsh the night before, and invited Dave Stewart to her place for a party after an early Eurythmics show in L.A. Dave didn’t know who she was at the time, but went anyway. When the party goers all disappeared to a bathroom for a couple of hours to snort cocaine, he decided to go upstairs to bed. He woke up at 5am to find Stevie Nicks in his room trying on Victorian clothing and described the entire scenario as very much reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. Later that morning, she told Joe Walsh, “Don’t come around here no more”.
– The music video is themed around Alice in Wonderland and directed by Jeff Stein. Dave Stewart appears at the beginning, sitting on a mushroom with a hookah water pipe. Tom Petty performed in the video dressed as The Mad Hatter, and actress Wish Foley played Alice. He eats Alice in the end.
My Tom Petty Top 10 List (in no order)
- Breakdown
- Don’t Do Me Like That
- Refugee
- The Waiting
- Don’t Come Around Here No More
- Runnin’ Down A Dream
- Mary Jane’s Last Dance
- You Don’t Know How It Feels
- Christmas All Over Again
- American Girl