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Tom Petty then closes the video with the classic fairy tale ending, sardonically, that "they all lived happily ever after". Petty took the line "a rebel without a clue" from Jim Steinman, who wrote "Rebel Without a Clue" for Bonnie Tyler on her 1986 release Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire.
- "Makin' Some Noise"
- September 9, 1991
- 3:45, 6:41 (music video version)
- Rock
The future was wide open. They moved into a place they both could afford. He found a night club he could work at the door. She had a guitar and she taught him some chords. The sky was the limit. Into the great wide open. Under them skies of blue. Out in the great wide open. A rebel without a clue.
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A song about Eddie Rebel, a fictional rock star who goes from Hollywood to fame and fortune. The chorus repeats the phrase "a rebel without a clue" to describe his attitude and lifestyle.
Jul 2, 1991 · One of Petty’s most vivid story songs chronicling the demise of a guitar-toting “rebel without a clue” who comes to Los Angeles and gets eaten alive by the record industry.
According to the book Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, Petty got the line "rebel without a clue" from the Replacements song "I'll Be You," which goes: A dream too tired to come true Left a rebel without a clue
Dec 22, 2023 · When Petty calls Eddie “a rebel without a clue,” though, the lyric feels like more than a James Dean reference—it’s also a sign that Eddie is in for a rude awakening. The second verse...
