"He didn't tap a foot or move his head or anything. He listened to it all the way through and I thought he hated it": when an Eagle, Heartbreaker, Roger Linn and an Oberheim OB-X combined forces for a pop masterpiece – the Boys Of Summer story
Tom Petty rejected Mike Campbell's synth and drum machine demo, Don Henley didn't make that mistake… but the 1984 hit had other obstacles to overcome
https://www.musicradar.com/news/mike-campbell-don-henley-boys-of-summer-tom-petty