John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Moderators: Shirley, Sabo, brian, rass, DaveInSeattle
John Mellencamp appreciation thread
The time has clearly come.
What’s his best single and why is it Cherry Bomb?
Also, it look me way to long to realize that the Counting Crows were clearly aping his thing on Omaha if not at least half of the rest of August and Everything After.
What’s his best single and why is it Cherry Bomb?
Also, it look me way to long to realize that the Counting Crows were clearly aping his thing on Omaha if not at least half of the rest of August and Everything After.
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
I Need a Lover and Paper In Fire are also top notch.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
As a teenager I liked Lonesome Jubilee the most of his work to date, but other tracks of his I liked was Authority Song, Rumbleseat and Lonely Ol’ Night.
Noli Timere Messorem
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Not a fan of his cover of Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World.
Noli Timere Messorem
- govmentchedda
- The Dude
- Posts: 12744
- Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:36 pm
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
So many good ones, but I agree Cherry Bomb is my favorite as well. That bridge and chorus with the honkytonk beat and the harmonica? Fucking great.
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
- govmentchedda
- The Dude
- Posts: 12744
- Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:36 pm
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
So many of his earlier ones are just happily etched onto my 6-10 year old brain. Pink Houses, Jack and Diane, Hurts so Good, R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A., were ubiquitous in the early-mid 80's.
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Babysitter boyfriend music. Hey kid. This is asteroids. Don't come back. I didn't. But I could still hear the music.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Outside of Jack & Diane, I never liked his stuff. Something about him always bugged me.
Totally Kafkaesque
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Get a Leg Up is a great song, too.
"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - sybian
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Not sure if I’ve said it here before, but if you ever want to piss off a hardcore Springsteen fan, make a Mellencamp comp.
- Steve of phpBB
- The Dude
- Posts: 8500
- Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:44 am
- Location: Feeling gravity's pull
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Little Pink Houses and Small Town always annoyed me, but I ended up liking just about everything else he did that I heard, going back to his John Cougar days.
I seem to recall liking Rain on the Scarecrow the best, though I haven't heard that song in decades.
I was basically the same age as Jack and Diane.
I seem to recall liking Rain on the Scarecrow the best, though I haven't heard that song in decades.
I was basically the same age as Jack and Diane.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Every so often I think of this strip (among others, Bloom County was big for young rass) and your comment inspired me to Google it again and this time I found it!!!
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
And now that this thread has gotten a little traction, time for a Mellencamp-related hot take:
Even though she’s only got the second-best head of hair in the Cherry Bomb video, the fiddle player is *still* the gold standard for hot fiddle players.
Even though she’s only got the second-best head of hair in the Cherry Bomb video, the fiddle player is *still* the gold standard for hot fiddle players.
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
I hadn’t thought of that song in a long, long time. That LP, ‘Whenever We Wanted” also had the track, ‘Love and Happiness’, which is not a cover of Al Green’s song.
Noli Timere Messorem
- DaveInSeattle
- The Dude
- Posts: 8487
- Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:51 am
- Location: Seattle, WA
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Lisa Germano. She's still out there making music.
Best Melloncamp song? My favorite is Paper In Fire. His cover of Wild Night is pretty good too.
Saw him in '92(?) when I was living in Bloomington. He played at Memorial Stadium, on Little 500 weekend, so it was a big deal. A guy I knew had an in with someone in the ticket office, and got me a ticket in the first 20 rows. Really fun show. His drummer, Kenny Aronoff, was amazing. As was Germano.
One of the opening acts: Billy Ray Cyrus.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
- A_B
- The Dude
- Posts: 23428
- Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:36 am
- Location: Getting them boards like a wolf in the chicken pen.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Amanda Shires called to tell you that you couldn't be more wrong.
You know what you need? A lyrical sucker punch to the face.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Figured that was what was gonna make the take hot around here
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
- govmentchedda
- The Dude
- Posts: 12744
- Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:36 pm
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Different generations and all, but Shires is the goat.
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
What is a society without RULES?
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
That pic isn’t helping your argument.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
God I hate her voice.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God
- bapo!
- The Big Lebowski
- Posts: 1729
- Joined: Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:47 pm
- Location: in the 'high danger' areas
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Mellencamp was one of my first favorite singers/musicians/bands. After a brief fling with Styx, Mellencamp and Duran Duran shared top billing for a few years. I grew up surrounded by farms, so maybe I enjoyed the imagery in his songs.
My first concert was Mellencamp at the Civic Arena on Thanksgiving Night 1985. That's pretty much a perfect night for an 11-year-old country boy. (I just did some digging, hoping to find a bootleg from that night. No luck. I did find a couple of other shows from that tour, but I want the Pittsburgh concert. Might listen to the other ones anyway.)
My first concert was Mellencamp at the Civic Arena on Thanksgiving Night 1985. That's pretty much a perfect night for an 11-year-old country boy. (I just did some digging, hoping to find a bootleg from that night. No luck. I did find a couple of other shows from that tour, but I want the Pittsburgh concert. Might listen to the other ones anyway.)
- govmentchedda
- The Dude
- Posts: 12744
- Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:36 pm
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
A fucking great one as well. This whole thread reminds me of one time in college when a group of guys that I'm still friends with was loading up for a drive from Tampa to Tallahassee. I put in Springsteen's greatest hits, with the caveat, "I don't know if you guys will like this..." Pretty sure we all sang a lot of the words.
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Good to see you, bapo! !bapo! wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:28 pm Mellencamp was one of my first favorite singers/musicians/bands. After a brief fling with Styx, Mellencamp and Duran Duran shared top billing for a few years. I grew up surrounded by farms, so maybe I enjoyed the imagery in his songs.
My first concert was Mellencamp at the Civic Arena on Thanksgiving Night 1985. That's pretty much a perfect night for an 11-year-old country boy. (I just did some digging, hoping to find a bootleg from that night. No luck. I did find a couple of other shows from that tour, but I want the Pittsburgh concert. Might listen to the other ones anyway.)
"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - sybian
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
(he cheats by dropping "chili" a couple of times, which...?)
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Though his cover of Van Morrison's Wild Night was really good IMHO, and the video with Me'Shell Ndegeocello may be the first time I ever saw a woman of color play the guitar.
How do you all get your death notices since I left?
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
I think I get this. How I felt when Organized Konfusion or Grand Puba mentioned Poughkeepsie in a song, you felt when Mellencamp mentioned "wheat".
- Steve of phpBB
- The Dude
- Posts: 8500
- Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:44 am
- Location: Feeling gravity's pull
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Oh yes. Especially attending college in Champaign Illinois.
We went to the first Farm Aid there in 1985, which he helped organize.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
- govmentchedda
- The Dude
- Posts: 12744
- Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:36 pm
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
Oh the pride I felt when My Neck, My Back by Thug Missus Khia made it nationwide.
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
- The Sybian
- The Dude
- Posts: 18952
- Joined: Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:36 am
- Location: Working in the Crap Part of Jersey
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
You identify with her crack?govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:22 amOh the pride I felt when My Neck, My Back by Thug Missus Khia made it nationwide.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
-Pruitt
Re: John Mellencamp appreciation thread
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.