Straight Into Darkness

<p>"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.”</p><br><p>Today's episode is dedicated to the sublimely brilliant Straight Into Darkness; track two from side two of Long After Dark.</p><br><p>You can listen to the song here: <a href="https://youtu.be/RyPeUV9-po8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/RyPeUV9-po8</a> </p><br><p>Check out the Live Anthology version here: <a href="https://youtu.be/GDzgR8q7yoc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/GDzgR8q7yoc</a> </p><br><p>I mentioned a distinct similarity to King of Pain by The Police, which you can listen to here: <a href="https://youtu.be/tFN5DveQH0o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tFN5DveQH0o</a> </p><br><p>Do follow Megan on social media and go check out her website: <a href="http://www.meganvolpert.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.meganvolpert.com</a> and you can find her book for sale here: <a href="https://bit.ly/3BgUUav" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3BgUUav</a> (OFFER CODE 08STRAIGHT) or here: <a href="https://amzn.to/3L227Q8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3L227Q8</a></p><br><p>If you are able to donate financially to humanitarian aid relief efforts in Ukraine, the Red Cross is coordinating a large-scale effort which you can contribute to by visiting their website here: <a href="https://donate.redcross.ca/page/100227/donate/1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://donate.redcross.ca/page/100227/donate/1</a></p><br><p>The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/deepdivepodn