First Drafts of Rock: "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty (w/ Kevin Bacon)

First Drafts of Rock take a look at the original version of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" - entitled "Free Horses." Lyrics below:
She’s a good girl, loves her mama
Loves horses, and America too
She’s a good girl, crazy ‘bout Elvis
Loves horses, and her boyfriend too.
She loves horses, and she also loves rainbows
She loves flowers, and horses too
She likes football, but she really loves horses
Yeah those horses, she really really loves.
But if there’s one thing, she loves most about horses
It’s that they’re horses, that’s the one thing
So just to be clear, she’s a fan of the horses,
She loves horses, la de da de da.
She digs horses, yeah she’s nuts about horses
She enjoys hor, ses yeah she does
She loves horse hair, horse teeth and horse noses
She loves horseshoes, and horses too.
She likes ponies, but not as much as horses
She likes horses, much much more
She likes unicorns, but she calls ‘em “horny horses”
She loves horses, yeah that’s what she loves.
She doesn’t like goats, and she don’t like llamas,
She don’t care for, them crazy kangaroos,
And I’m a bad boy, cuz I don’t like horses
She loves horses, Ventura Boulevard.
Now I’m free! Free horses!
Now I’m free! Free horses!
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First Drafts of Rock: "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty (w/ Kevin Bacon)
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[@youcare_somuch2433]

That random “Ventura Boulevard” gets me every time

[@bg9881]

That's also my favourite part. So random....

[@chasbodaniels1744]

I’m just disappointed they didn’t fit Reseda in someplace.

[@timothygraham4304]

I don't think it's random, but it is funny. Most people only know the place exists because of the song, and it had to be included by law!

[@metallimatt10]

That was the best part lol

[@DummyYEEEAAHHHHH]

Same ! Me and my buddy at work got stoned on lunch the other day and watched all of them. Now whenever Free Fallin comes on the radio it's forever the horse song....and the Ventura Blvd at the end we started dyin 😂😂😂😂...Kevin Bacon is the man.

[@SixDrums]

Jimmy continuously walking up to Kevin as the chorus is supposed to start is absolutely hilarious. Like just the idea that every time he’s like “ah yeah here it comes here it comes” and then walking back away like “yo is Tom really still talking about horses”

[@karenmcdunn3852]

🤣🤣🤣

[@martinslvsten428]

i lost it when kevin bacon sang: "She loves unicorns, but she calls them horny horses." Wasnt expecting that lmao

[@ML-kk7tr]

That was hilarious, I died laughing 😂😂

[@mylilutfiu7809]

I don't get how Kevin didn't break a smile Jimmy's face is priceless.

[@PapaDayZ]

he's a top actor that's how,this is cake for him

[@easye5653]

It's like Dumb and Dumber, but with Horses! Lol

[@loosie5224]

He don't like horses

[@Monica-vt4mz]

The crazy look Jimmy gives every time they skip his part...priceless

[@SnakeDoctor303]

when he said just to be clear i couldnt stop laughing

[@JesusPulledMeThrough]

Love this show. My fav line: what she likes most about horses, is that they're horses. Too funny!

[@brich2929]

R.I.P. Tom Petty, thanks for the music.

[@slurpies]

"But if there's one thing, she loves most about horses - it's that they're horses that's the one thing."

[@ZLeZx]

Haaaaaaa

[@tassymccormick]

Lyrical gold

[@gregoryhoover5875]

If you close your eyes and listen to Bacon's rendition of Petty, it's F'ing amazing how perfectly he nails him. He must have rehearsed this every day for weeks - at a minimum. The subtle nuances are perfect.

[@hannaj4032]

He kind of looks like him. Kevin was a huge Petty fan, even wrote a tribute to him after he died.

[@EnoVarma]

Kevin does an amazing Tom Petty.

[@standardofexcellence]

very weak compared to me

[@littleluciefurr8413]

robert shelton I'd love to check that out sometime....love a good musician impersonation. And in case that comment was just cheekiness: lulz...it made me chuckle when I read it.

[@joellacount5906]

Does an amazing Jim Carrey doing a tom petty

[@javieruribe4627]

@@standardofexcellence 6n6n6on6n6o

[@javieruribe4627]

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[@garretthamilton664]

Every since I listened to this when fallon put it out and I hear free fallin on the radio, I always feel the urge to sing "free horses!!!" hahaha

[@Martos59]

I love how Jimmy is dying to play the chorus and it just doesn’t get there most of the performance… as others have stated, priceless😆

[@amandalmorrow]

Keven and Jimmy should do an Axle and Slash bit!

[@iMann_iFail]

How Kevin kept it together throughout that song, with Jimmy beside him. That’s talent!

[@averageuser557]

We all had that one kid in our class that loved horses

[@madelinechapstick]

This could be their theme song forever.

[@raykupal]

Jackie Gehringer better than goats

[@vadalee6301]

Jackie Gehringer I am that kid!

[@alexislockhart3694]

Jackie Gehringer true

[@starwarsmaster5561]

Jackie Gehringer I did in jr high

[@pauldouglas2577]

Hilarious how you see Fallon stepping up and then fading off the microphone with the funny look on his face every time.

[@AlainBruno]

Jimmy's face is priceless.

[@jay-vc9ot]

he is so funny

[@andreeaabro]

I think he would make a cool rock star!

[@fuzzballzz36]

He's hilarious, and accurate! Having been in bands I know how the character feels. "Arrrggh....he-missed-the-chorus!"

[@MrPiper99]

You don't even get the joke.

[@danielmoorefield4891]

@@andreeaabro He was almost famous you know.

[@genie602]

Jimmy and Kevin are good musicians and both can sing... it'd be great to hear them too a serious cover of something they could pull off

[@awill891]

She loves horses, Ventura Blvd.

[@crazysingingchick]

My favorite part 😂😂😂

[@philipevans8704]

Lol. I’m a bad boy, cause I don’t like horses.

[@christophermayer6415]

Best part is when he goes into Ventura blvd like nothing happen lol

[@mattrick1984]

That's what got me 😂😂😂

[@johnsmith-wc8gs]

jimmy is so good at rockn'roll costumes. he always looks the part to a T

[@loriallenbaugh35]

Everyone in the band deserves credit for not cracking up. Also for their musical talent.

[@sologamimg]

They aren't actually playing.

[@tonyab1972]

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@easye5653]

They also did the Beatles and another one, i forget. Just too Funny!!

[@99jarjarbinks]

This is so kick-ass! Free Fallin' is one of my favorite songs, and to think if this was actually what Tom Petty originally had in mind. lol And Kevin Bacon rockin' that guitar and singing out?! Hell yeah! And Jimmy Fallon always rocks it when he sings.

[@jessicaluffman375]

I just love Kevin Bacon! And Tom Petty too! Absolutely great!

[@mathmusic1490]

Kevin even has down the way TP sometimes sings thru the side of his mouth. I'm in TP's boyhood home, Gainesville, FL! GO TP! Yer a rock star forever now!

[@ndgv2]

friggin bacon.. he does a great petty. also, horses.

[@janatimmons7115]

Listening to the radio today and the original version comes on the radio! Wasn’t sure what it was but what made it familiar is when he Tom Petty sang the lyrics she likes horses!!! I love the original version BUT....the only version stuck in my mind is THIS ONE!!!! Original will never be the same!! 🤣🤣

[@cookdenmark]

So funny and so much talent. Fallon always makes me smile!!!

[@cocoono11]

They should have said "Yeah I breeeeeed... Breeeeeed horrrrrsssses!"

[@JonasaurusRex]

Genius!

[@nathanielpizano]

They do say that I swear lol

[@nathanielpizano]

Least the background singers sound like that’s what they are saying

[@telmolicious]

Coco Ono but why would he breed horses when he is a bad boy thats doesnt like horses? 😂😂😂

[@chelsealong5191]

@@telmolicious Maybe he is resentful because he doesn't like horses but now he has to breed them because of her; so he's writing this song to vent.

[@sllk2914]

I'm a bad boy... cause I don't like horses 😂😂😂 I died 🤣🤣🤣

[@tassymccormick]

After listening closely, I think the girl in the song indeed loves horses. 🐎

[@1401minstrel]

Hilarious, and I like the authenticity of the Rickenbacker.

[@tucci007da]

I really love the authenticity of all the band gear, an actual Hammond B3 that is above and beyond spoofing; and Fallon with the Gibson double neck, is looking like Jimmy Page LOL. Great job!

[@ineedanewname9595944]

I have only watched 1 minute of this, and I cannot believe I missed this somehow!!! Kevon Bacon!!! Ha!!!!!!! Love it!!!!!

[@_SliK_]

I don't get how Kevin didn't break a smile

[@dawgsfan1196]

RedHotSlap I would've been laughing the whole time

[@chasbodaniels1744]

KB is an actor .. he's probably very good at staying in character.

[@PapaDayZ]

very good actor that's how

[@Craighetfield2024]

He's a musician and you gotta follow the lyrics in key no matter how silky

[@mintos2089]

Because he likes horses too

[@ejoshcoron]

lol Bacon's face is so sincere

[@jennaverhoff6153]

_She loves horses..._ *Ventura Boulevard*

[@GenXstacker]

I know. It's so stupid it's actually funny. This skit started out lame and got progressively hilarious.

[@melissagerber7231]

Freeeeeeeee, Free horses!

[@fouried96]

I love when he sneaks in Ventura Boulevard😂😂

[@fuzzballzz36]

I love this! I can't seem to stop watching it.

[@luxuryballer8291]

I love how you can tell how smart people are by the part of the song they start laughing at. That one lady realized it was a parody right away but most of the audience seemed to not get it until like the third "horses".

[@skyej51]

It’s a thing they do. Everyone knows jimmy fallon does parodies. I mean like they are an audience in his show lol.

[@tallulah2]

I can't stop watching this video.

[@evamohlin1693]

Shit, I laughed so I cried! T.P must have done the same. Horses, horses, horses...Ventura Boulevad. Wonderful. I love Kevin as well.

[@johnmuirsgrand5335]

I love anything and everything Kevin Bacon does! 💜

[@jasonmellone8902]

The kid I worked with played this on his guitar for senior citizens and they loved it. It was hilarious.

[@FacheChanteDeux]

Kevin Bacon is now one degree closer to Tom and Jeff!

[@ginaweith9475]

These are always so perfect and spot on.

[@joynylen7488]

Jimmy, keep these type of videos going on your show. they are so much fun to watch. Kevin Bacon is amazing with his voice and so are you! You do the BEST Bruce Springsteen. :)

[@neugey]

It's been a sad week, I needed the laugh. And this is a lot funnier if like me you had a girlfriend who had horses.

[@patriciafoster3347]

I hope Tom liked this....I’m sure he did. Jimmy makes me laugh to tears....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@debbymabalcon2789]

Fricken hilarious LOVE it👋😅👍🤗

[@TheiRawler]

R.I.P. Tom Petty, great song!

[@SThompsonRAMM_1203]

So, nobody’s gonna mention how great Jimmy looks as Mike Campbell?

[@rustysmittyful]

I was really glad they revisited this bit. This is even better than the first one!

[@stacked322]

I laugh every time Jimmy Fallon walks up to the microphone and slowly walks away

[@JasonWarfe]

We need this bit more than just a few times every couple of years!!!!

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

as if I didn't love Kevin Bacon enough, this is great. He does a spot-on Tom Petty!

[@sondra2774]

It's not the lyrics, It's the music ♡ R.I.P. Tom Petty's

[@joeyglusky4774]

🎶She’s a good girl, loves her mama Loves Jesus and America too She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis Loves horses and her boyfriend too…🎶

[@NZYOGAGIRLLarissa]

First Drafts is my new happy 😊 😃

[@jennymk01]

I love Tom Petty so much, he is my biggest hero. Rest In Peace my friend.

[@mallorycarll6280]

For those who don't know: Jimmy Fallon is supposed to be Mike Campbell. Jacksonville born but he eventually found his way to Gainesville too. He's been Tom Petty's lead guitarist almost since the beginning, and he also co-wrote music with Tom throughout their careers. He wrote the music to "Refugee" and Tom was the lyricist. He's one of the original Heartbreakers.

[@Smooth0vibrations]

no he is supposed to be JEFF LYNNE, the guy they showed at the beginnign with the massive curly hair? Look at a picture of Mike Cambell and then Jeff Lynne and you tell me who he looks more like. PS. Jeff Lynne produced Free Fallin that's why he s there making weird faces at the "first horses draft"

[@Smooth0vibrations]

"for those who don't know" lol... you don't know! all is well though now you do, at least you knew mike cambell :)

[@maddys.a.3000]

Courson If he were Jeff Lynne, his hair would be shorter and brown, he would’ve had a beard and sunglasses (sunglasses, at least, are kinda Jeff’s trademark). The hair and outfit is much more appropriate for Mike Campbell.

[@sungreen5465]

Check out the SNL performance of Free Fallin from 1989. Fallon is playing Mike Campbell here.

[@peggy7875]

I think he looks more like Mike Campbell

[@buddyrevell5885]

"She loves hooorses. Ventura Boulevard." LOLZ

[@hartleyzoo]

My Mom had horses growing up two blocks from Ventura Blvd. 70 years ago, when Encino was a Walnut Orchard.

[@courtneyj.palmer9591]

when he said just to be clear i couldnt stop laughing We all had that one kid in our class that loved horses friggin bacon.. he does a great petty. also, horses.

[@brianmarlowe2011]

gotta love Jimmy and Kevin I knew I couldn't miss it tonight.

[@Monica-vt4mz]

I wish they had put more emphasis on horses.

[@joesdi]

🤣🤣🤣

[@langerguitarboy]

me trying to write a song

[@h2odivr]

Thanks Jimmy and Kevin. Loved it. I think many won't get the humor. That's their problem. Keep it up.

[@jodivanslee3818]

well it was before tom passed so i am sure he was hysterical over this

[@optimisticzebra8498]

I love Petty too much for this!

[@en4cer235]

well that's gonna be stuck in my head for the next few days

[@jennymk01]

This really made my day. I love Tom so much

[@despadea]

love this song 💖

[@aef6259]

I like to listen to this on my way to the hamburger stand.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

I’ve heard they use something other than beef in their hamburgers.

[@efthalps]

free fallin is such a classic

[@tonyagonzalez8409]

LMAO ,I can't believe he sang horney horses !!!😄😆😅🤣😂

[@theponykid]

What could be hotter than Kevin Bacon? Kevin Bacon singing about us crazy horse women

[@ElizabethT45]

Chorus! "Free horses, now I'm free horses, yeah I'm free horses now I"m free horses" -bahahaha!!!

[@mz6544]

I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more horses! 🐎

[@elim5310]

Tom Petty 😢😢😢 Great Kevin Bacon and Jimmy 👍

[@ErNawwCleorrr]

Every time I hear the song “free fallin” I switch the words to “free ballin” I so wish they’d have done that too lol

[@SuperDave21]

Awesome... I never knew this was the actual first draft...! Well done Jimmy & Kevin... lol...

[@NoBody-kv3yd]

I never thought I could love Kevin Bacon more... Then this

[@lenardmasamoc6167]

Kevin is a good good good actor He didn't smile on this hahahaha. He's in character

[@hwallisch]

Loved it! Good job Kevin Bacon!

[@samadhi5757]

My husband says this had to be written about me... hahahahaa Horses, ponies, horses, all of them!

[@RebeccaMooreFrey]

I LOVE THESE SILLY COMBOS, GOOD TO SEE MASTER BACON GROOVIN W MR. FALLON

[@johnedwardcabrera4559]

This was Great. There was so much laughter in the background. 😍

[@johnedwardcabrera4559]

They had Fun horsing around. 🐎🐴🏇

[@rfitz9620]

I love the subtle John Mayer in the background.

[@tf51d]

The one thing they could have added that would be funny, is after they finally sang the first chorus, Kevin broke out in another verse, while Jimmy went to continue the chorus.

[@falpal714c5]

Jimmy's voice is my favourite ❤️

[@dabryabby6597]

Yes, pal. He can sing too.

[@vindo3558]

Kevin Bacon you are blessed 🙏 with a talent

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

This was magical!

[@Davidblaine18]

RIP TOM PETTY!!!!!!

[@davidyoung8875]

just brilliant

[@amberts180]

I'm seriously ashamed of how funny I found that! Thanks for posting

[@Rawkinghorseranch]

I LOVE THIS AND HORSES!

[@AmberlaMaderia]

I think it's really brilliant to have write the lyrics in the information box :)

[@thegeordieweatherman8460]

TREMENDOUS!!

[@sparky5860]

Awesome ☮️

[@iristempy]

Lyrics : She’s a good girl, loves her mama Loves horses, and America too She’s a good girl, crazy ‘bout Elvis Loves horses, and her boyfriend too. She loves horses, and she also loves rainbows She loves flowers, and horses too She likes football, but she really loves horses Yeah those horses, she really really loves. But if there’s one thing, she loves most about horses It’s that they’re horses, that’s the one thing So just to be clear, she’s a fan of the horses, She loves horses, la de da de da. She digs horses, yeah she’s nuts about horses She enjoys hor, ses yeah she does She loves horse hair, horse teeth and horse noses She loves horseshoes, and horses too. She likes ponies, but not as much as horses She likes horses, much much more She likes unicorns, but she calls ‘em “horny horses” She loves horses, yeah that’s what she loves. She doesn’t like goats, and she don’t like llamas, She don’t care for, them crazy kangaroos, And I’m a bad boy, cuz I don’t like horses She loves horses, Ventura Boulevard. Now I’m free! Free horses! Now I’m free! Free horses!