I suppose it's a case of artistic license, and the bit about the "freeway running through the yard" in Reseda is just as accurate as the "all the vampires, walkin' through the Valley, move west down Ventura Boulevard." At least as far as I know. At the time this album came out - and for several years prior - he owned a home in nearby Encino, which was torched by an arsonist in 1987 and later rebuilt. It's freeway-close, but there is no freeway going through anyone's yard there. The 405 runs through Sherman Oaks and Van Nuys, and the 101 goes through Encino and Tarzana, but Reseda is right smack in the middle. At one point, Petty sings, "It's a long day living in Reseda / There's a freeway runnin' through the yard." Sorry Tom, there are no freeways running through Reseda. Speaking of Reseda, as much as I love "Free Fallin'," there's something that's always bugged me about it. In fact, when I was in junior high, I broke my leg at Skatercross, then a skateboard park in Reseda. This and the fact that the song and the clip are mostly set in the San Fernando Valley really hit home for me, since I grew up in the Valley and at one time was extremely into skateboarding. Tom Petty, Free Fallin', the best songs of all time playlist, the greatest songs of all time, the best love songs of all time, old songs about love, cl. Kidd is featured in an interview on Nobleman's Noblemania blog where she reveals that her session on the video's old-school backyard half-pipe led her - much to her father's displeasure - to pursue professional downhill skateboarding.
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