Playback (1995)

Tom Petty Playback DVD

This is sheer pleasure from start to finish, but anything Tom Petty is to me these days. I am a born again obsessed fan at 46. Anyone need a date to a show, I am hot, and man can I dance!! ENJOY!! [...] June 7, 2008

AWESOME!

This DVD is amazing. I love it and I can't get enough of it. A must for any Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fan! November 4, 2007

This is the best music video collection that I bought this year

I was surprised at how good this DVD video collection of Tom Petty turned out to be. You know, some artists have some great songs but really lame videos (Billy Joel, The Police, Rush, INXS, Bruce Springsteen), but then there are some artists who have better videos than their songs (Bjork, Sade, Supertramp, Kate Bush, Abba, Genesis, Weird Al Yankovic). But, this DVD collection from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers really caught me off guard. I enjoy the hell out of every video here. I've even taken to enjoy some songs more now that I've seen the video that compliments the song.

I never realized before how Tom Petty has such a unique sense of humor. I thought he was just another punk rebel when he first started out. But....No! He's quite an influence to all that what MTV came to be. He's quite a genius and definitely has a right to be working with Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison (remember The Traveling Wilbury's?).

I was already interested in the song and video of "Don't Come Round Here No More". But, I was amazed at what else we have here. "Jammin' Me" is an awesome song and video. And then there is "I Won't Back Down" which definitely sounds very George Harrison influenced. And why not? George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Jeff Lynne are all on this song and video. Really Cool! Plus there's "Into the Great Wide Open" which is a video with Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway which makes you think it came from some film. Same goes for Kim Basinger in his video of "Mary Jane's Last Dance".

Too bad there isn't any videos here for "Breakdown", "Don't Do Me Like That", "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Stevie Nicks) or "You Don't Know How it Feels." Tom Petty does have a video here with Stevie Nicks called "Insider." It's kinda okay.

Well, this DVD is definitely a welcomed addition to my music DVD library. I have people to share this with who I know are going to love it. You can party with one. Crank it up!
June 14, 2007

Great Collection of Music Videos

It goes without saying that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were at the forefront of the music video from its emergance as a popular means of getting your record wider exposure to being afforded many accolades and respect for contributions to the medium.

If Tom and the Heartbreakers had a hit video they would have a hit record. This collection begins with the early band orientated performance videos from the Damn The Torpedoes period. The "You Got Lucky" video is very notable in that it was decided to film a little intro before the song started. Not even Michael Jackson did that at the time. By the close of the 80's Tom's videos were not to be missed, they were appealing, well crafted just as the bands songs were. "Don't Come around Here No More" gained wide popular acclaim.

5 videos came from the Full Moon Fever period which no suprise went hand in hand with Tom's resurgance in the late 80's that continued into the 90's where the collection finishes.

"Into the Great Wide Open" features Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway. Petty was offered to make the video into a feature film. It was already was the reply.

The award winning "Mary Jane's Last Dance" featured Kim Basinger providing something different and sinister to the Petty video collection.

This collection stops there, covering only the MCA years. Petty and the band continued to release videos, until recently, as part of Petty's stance as an artist who will not be taken advantage off for financial gain, he has ceased filming these videos for his singles.

It is back to band promo films for Tom and the Heartbreakers. Their history in film is documented best in Playback. April 1, 2007

Great for Tom Petty fans

My son is a big Petty fan and has really enjoyed the Playback set! January 18, 2007

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