It tells from the singer's viewpoint about his greedy sister being lucky enough to marry a yuppie, then got divorced and took the yuppie for all he was worth in the proceedings and is now a swinger dating another singer while her ex-husband is unable to find a new partner, is possibly bankrupt and is contemplating suicide ("head in the oven"). In both verses, the singing brother of the sister cannot decide which is worse but is sure what happened to his ex-brother in law won't ever happen to him because the singer has "you to save me" and that "in a world gone mad, yer so bad".
Music videoedit
In the music video for this song, the sister and yuppie (played by Charles Rocket) are shown at their wedding reception with Petty as the photographer, then dissolves to two sheriffdeputies hauling the resisting husband out of their marital house while he tries unsuccessfully to take as many possessions that he can to his car that he drives off in and dissolves to a National Enquirer-type newspaper with a front-page article about it in bold print block letters called "CHEATING HUSBAND'S HEAD EXPLODES", then later dissolves to a bar where the wife, apparently a singer herself, is laughing and flirting with the band's drummer, who later goes home with her to the former yuppie couple's luxurious spacious house. The expelled husband, after driving down the freeway, checks into a cheap motel across town where he opens a metal briefcase revealing a blow up doll that he is inflating as his new artificial "companion". A construction scene appears with a new house being built and a construction worker wearing a T-shirt that says "DIE YUPPIE SCUM" while sumo-like men are shown dancing on the house's construction site, each carrying a 12-inch LaserDisc in their hands. The video later dissolves to the ex-husband driving in his convertible with his blow-up doll next to him in the front seat, trying to keep it seated in heavy traffic, and ends by showing him walking down the street carrying the doll in public. The video was directed by Julien Temple, who directed Rocket in Earth Girls Are Easy.
Receptionedit
"Yer So Bad" was named one of Petty's 50 best songs by Rolling Stone magazine, calling it "Petty at his most caustically hilarious".[4]
this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reli. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Yer So Bad news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed September 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Yer So Bad is a song co written and recorded by Tom Petty It was released in 1990 as the fifth single from his first solo album Full Moon Fever Yer So Bad Single by Tom Pettyfrom the album Full Moon FeverB side A Mind With a Heart of Its Own ReleasedApril 23 1990GenreFolk 1 rockabilly 2 skiffle 3 Length3 05LabelMCASongwriter s Tom Petty Jeff LynneProducer s Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Mike CampbellTom Petty singles chronology A Face in the Crowd 1990 Yer So Bad 1990 Learning to Fly 1991 Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Reception 3 1 Charts 4 References 5 External linksContent editIt tells from the singer s viewpoint about his greedy sister being lucky enough to marry a yuppie then got divorced and took the yuppie for all he was worth in the proceedings and is now a swinger dating another singer while her ex husband is unable to find a new partner is possibly bankrupt and is contemplating suicide head in the oven In both verses the singing brother of the sister cannot decide which is worse but is sure what happened to his ex brother in law won t ever happen to him because the singer has you to save me and that in a world gone mad yer so bad Music video editIn the music video for this song the sister and yuppie played by Charles Rocket are shown at their wedding reception with Petty as the photographer then dissolves to two sheriff deputies hauling the resisting husband out of their marital house while he tries unsuccessfully to take as many possessions that he can to his car that he drives off in and dissolves to a National Enquirer type newspaper with a front page article about it in bold print block letters called CHEATING HUSBAND S HEAD EXPLODES then later dissolves to a bar where the wife apparently a singer herself is laughing and flirting with the band s drummer who later goes home with her to the former yuppie couple s luxurious spacious house The expelled husband after driving down the freeway checks into a cheap motel across town where he opens a metal briefcase revealing a blow up doll that he is inflating as his new artificial companion A construction scene appears with a new house being built and a construction worker wearing a T shirt that says DIE YUPPIE SCUM while sumo like men are shown dancing on the house s construction site each carrying a 12 inch LaserDisc in their hands The video later dissolves to the ex husband driving in his convertible with his blow up doll next to him in the front seat trying to keep it seated in heavy traffic and ends by showing him walking down the street carrying the doll in public The video was directed by Julien Temple who directed Rocket in Earth Girls Are Easy Reception edit Yer So Bad was named one of Petty s 50 best songs by Rolling Stone magazine calling it Petty at his most caustically hilarious 4 Charts edit Chart 1990 PeakpositionCanadian RPM Top Singles 44US Billboard Album Rock Tracks 5References edit Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty Classic Rock Review April 29 2014 Retrieved March 27 2021 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Full Moon Fever Tom Petty Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic Retrieved March 27 2021 Greenwald Matthew Yer So Bad Tom Petty Song Info AllMusic Retrieved March 27 2021 Tom Petty s 50 Greatest Songs Rolling Stone October 2 2017 Retrieved April 7 2020 External links editYer So Bad music video at YouTube nbsp This 1990s rock song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yer So Bad amp oldid 1195832425, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
