until I watched an old movie last night called "Dementia 13", produced by Roger Corman and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. I heard a line that sounded very familiar and checked with Wikipedia. Sure enough, here's what it had to say about the song "American Girl":
The opening lines, "Well she was an American Girl, Raised on promises" may have been influenced by a similar line from Francis Ford Coppola's directorial debut, "Dementia 13", a 1963 horror flick set in Ireland in which the character Louise Haloran, played by Luana Anders, has the line, "The mood around this place isn't good for her. Especially an American girl. You can tell she's been raised on promises."
Small world, eh? Thought it was interesting enough to run by you TP fans.
Re: I didn't know that ...
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:57 pm
by jps
Great! That gives me a new band name idea for my band:
Tom Eddy & The Demented 13.
Tom Eddy is our drummer.
Re: I didn't know that ...
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:30 pm
by JakeK
I never knew this. Thanks for sharing, Kira!
"American Girl" is one of my top favorite Petty songs.
Re: I didn't know that ...
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:14 am
by whojamfan
kiramdear wrote:until I watched an old movie last night called "Dementia 13", produced by Roger Corman and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. I heard a line that sounded very familiar and checked with Wikipedia. Sure enough, here's what it had to say about the song "American Girl":
The opening lines, "Well she was an American Girl, Raised on promises" may have been influenced by a similar line from Francis Ford Coppola's directorial debut, "Dementia 13", a 1963 horror flick set in Ireland in which the character Louise Haloran, played by Luana Anders, has the line, "The mood around this place isn't good for her. Especially an American girl. You can tell she's been raised on promises."
Small world, eh? Thought it was interesting enough to run by you TP fans.
Thought it was interesting enough to run by you TP fans. 
