You have to hear the Thunderclap Newman version to get a feel for the staccato piano in it. Also, Petty leaves out the lines, "Hand out the arms and ammo, we're going to blast our way through here." Although violent in its imagery, this lyric more accurately reflects the 60s, with Vietnam, the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK; the violence found in anti-war groups like the Weather Underground, Dewey Canyon III, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the Black Panthers.
You have to hear the Thunderclap Newman version to get a feel for the staccato piano in it. Also, Petty leaves out the lines, "Hand out the arms and ammo, we're going to blast our way through here." Although violent in its imagery, this lyric more accurately reflects the 60s, with Vietnam, the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK; the violence found in anti-war groups like the Weather Underground, Dewey Canyon III, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the Black Panthers.