Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: The Waiting

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: The Waiting
Song released April 20, 1981
Music Video
DVD
B-

We're taking baby steps towards a music video proper.  The band is now on a set and there's a bit of visual wizardry (the paper ripping).  But this feels so restrained compared to something like the J. Geils Band's "Freeze Frame," which came out later that year.  (I doubt I have it on tape but I did just watch it on Youtube.)  Here we have triangles, rope, and a stage carefully painted to look like it's been splattered with paint, as opposed to JGB splattering paint on each other during the video.  Anyway, "The Waiting" is still a good song.