“Tons of acoustic guitars on it, layered really thick, strumming away. “‘Learning to Fly’ was a Jeff Lynne production,” says Mike Campbell. “It’s that band 30 years later,” Petty said. “I said, ‘Listen, I think we have something here, but we’re going to have to get excited about it.’” Eventually, he brought them around, and it became one of their best late-period anthems, delivered with the fire of late-Seventies Heartbreakers and the feel and nuance of men who’ve been playing together for decades. “Silence,” he said, recalling their initial response.

Amazingly, when Petty first played the song for his bandmates, they weren’t impressed.

“We hadn’t made a straight hard-rockin’ record, from beginning to end, in a long time.” The album recalled the tough, hungry intensity of the Heartbreakers’ debut and You’re Gonna Get It!, especially its gut-punch opening track, “American Dream Plan B.” The growling guitar riff is one of their hardest ever, and the lyric mixes resigned wit and up-against-the-wall defiance: “I’m half lit/I can’t dance for shit/But I see what I want/I go after it,” Petty sings. Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers – Later this year Jeff Gentner/ Getty Images This feature-length documentary follows Tom Petty’s development and creation of the 1994 album “Wildflowers.” Along with interviews from Rick Rubin, Mike Campbell.“I knew I wanted to do a rock & roll record,” Petty told Rolling Stone of 2014’s Hypnotic Eye. Below, check out the newest content coming to YouTube Originals later this year. Also announced was the third installment of the MrBeast competition series The Creator Games, the new YouTube Kids program Tab Time, and the global celebration event Dear Earth, among others. The Tom Petty documentary The Making of Wildflowers will debut on the video-sharing site after premiering at SXSW earlier this year. The new lineup of YouTube exclusives features something for everyone, including award-winning documentaries, series, and specials, ranging from climate change specials to competition series and children’s programming.

During its 2021 TCA Summer Press Tour panel on September 23, YouTube Originals announced new original content and series coming this fall.

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