這首歌是搖滾界另一經典傳奇 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 在2002年發行的專輯主打歌，算是籍由電台的經營方式針砭流行樂壇一些空泛現象，歌詞的涵義甚至引起一些地區性的電台拒絕播放這首歌。也有人說歌詞裡的DJ真有其人，不過我一直無法證實這點（如果真的是美國某電台DJ，就算知道名字我想我還是不知道他老兄到底是何許人也）。
歌詞本身其實沒有特別去指責某些人，只是很單純地描述一位自有定見，不管高層的商業考量而隨心所欲地播放他想放的歌，說他想說的話的酷DJ。與其說佩服那些有話直說的人，羨慕應該要來得貼切些，希望有一天我也能做到那樣的隨心所欲、敢於直言，對於認定的事堅持到底。
不過第一次聽這首歌時並未特別注意歌詞的意思，只是單純喜歡它輕快的曲調和Tom Petty慵懶隨意的聲音，雖然聽得出來有點年紀，但他的歌聲並未因此而扣分，反而自有一種灑脫的特質。後來在Youtube 上找到在錄音室錄這首歌的影片，也許是表情的關係吧，Tom Petty的聲音在影片裡聽起來更有吸引力。年近半百的五個人在過程中流露出的默契也賦予這首歌強烈的生命力，雖然不是樂團最初的組合，但彼此間眼神的交流與互動看起來依然相當完美和諧，不必說話也能心領神會。此外樂器彈奏的部份也非常精采，功力之強差不多閉著眼睛都能表演了，有幾個地方指法看來頗不容易，雖然對我而言每個音都很難……總之，很敬佩這幾位大叔，希望他們保持嚼土豆的精神繼續創作更多好作品！
The Last DJ, by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Well you can't turn him into a company man You can't turn him into a whore And the boys upstairs just don't understand anymore Well the top brass don't like him talking so much, And he won't play what they say to play And he don't want to change what don't need to change There goes the last DJ Who plays what he wants to play And says what he wants to say, hey hey hey... And there goes your freedom of choice There goes the last human voice There goes the last DJ Well some folks say they're gonna hang him so high 'Cause you just can't do what he did There're some things you just can't put in the minds of those kids As we celebrate mediocrity all the boys upstairs want to see How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free There goes the last DJ Who plays what he wants to play And says what he wants to say, hey hey hey... And there goes your freedom of choice There goes the last human voice And there goes the last DJ Well he got him a station down in Mexico And sometimes it'll kind of come in And I'll bust a move and remember how it was back then And there goes the last DJ Who plays what he wants to play And says what he wants to say, hey hey hey... And there goes your freedom of choice There goes the last human voice. And there goes the last DJ
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