Oh, HELL YEAH! The structure, the jangling guitar, the echoes in the chorus.

And, it is NO SURPRISE. Here's what Dave Grohl said about Tom Petty a couple of years ago:

"We all grew up listening to Tom Petty and I always loved him. I thought he's just an American kid who played rock and roll music and he's always made classic quality albums, great songwriter, great lyricist, and a good example for people who do what we do, y'know, he's someone to look up to and he's the right kind of guy. If you want to follow anybody's example, you want to look at Petty because he's always had integrity and doesn't take anybody's s--t. HE'S GREAT." (punctuation and a couple of the words are iffy - he was on a roll)

Grohl said this just before jamming with T.P. and the Heartbreakers at AmsterJam, in '06. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGf1mLne_RM&feature=fvw

So, yeah.

(BTW, a bonus Grohl interview. Listen to this great long-form interview on "Fresh Air". Near the beginning, he has a great discussion about his voice and his screaming. I had heard the previous interview with a speech expert talking about the proper way to "scream", and this interview with Grohl was AWESOME! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17845229 )
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