Boys of Summer was from a Heartbreaker?

I’ve always found the song The Boys of Summer by Don Henley to be a great song, but it also felt like a guilty pleasure. It shouldn’t – there should be no such thing as a guilty pleasure, but that’s how it felt.

Still from video of Mike Campbell smiling and wearing a had and sunglasses, holding a Broadcaster guitar in front of some guitar amps.

I learned today from a YouTube clip that the music for The Boys of Summer was written written by Mike Campbell from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Now I can feel like I knew it was cool all along.

If the original is pure 80s, this cover of The Boys of Summer by The Ataris is pure 2000s.

 

One thought on “Boys of Summer was from a Heartbreaker?

  1. Nice one!

    Killer guitar intro. Mike Campbell created a seemingly infinite catalog of iconic guitar riffs. 👋🏻

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

To respond on your own website, enter the URL of your response which should contain a link to this post's permalink URL. Your response will then appear (possibly after moderation) on this page. Want to update or remove your response? Update or delete your post and re-enter your post's URL again. (Find out more about Webmentions.)