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Music Appreciation

Tadams01KC

(51 posts)

1. Title trivia

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:12 PM

Oct 2

You may already know, but the title came from a mis-understood voice accent. Stevie was visiting Tom Petty and wife Jane and Stevie asked how long they’ve been together.
Jane said “ since the age of seventeen”, but Stevie heard her southern drawl as “edge of seventeen”. Stevie thought it was great and came up with the song.

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