“Hurt so good”, “Small town”, “Pink houses”…..the list goes on…..check out some of his newer stuff too 👍

@carokat1111

2 жыл бұрын

"Lonely 'ol night" is a good one too.

@grahambamford9073

2 жыл бұрын

Love hurt so good great song.

@Sportsref13

2 жыл бұрын

I was lucky and able to attend the MTV Pink House contest party.. got to watch a sneak preview of the movie "Streets of Fire" lots of great times that night

@juliansandoval9927

2 жыл бұрын

Pink houses for sure that song gets to me all the time

Back in the 80s when farmers were losing their farms to the banks he started Farm aid to help them. He grew up in Indiana and never left. He still lives there. A real hometown boy making it big. He has sooooo many amazing songs. Yry paper and fire, we aint even done with the night, pink houses. And there are 100s more. ✌❤

@nebelungpixie9373

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I just posted similar, talking about this being the source of his and Meg Ryan’s issues. She’s all about the limelight. He ain’t.

@vickilloyd7472

2 жыл бұрын

Willie Nelson, John mellencamp and Neil Young came together to start farm aid.

@maureencurran5625

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The Scarecrow album was all about the farmers. Great great songs. I saw him live on the tour for that album. AMAZING!!! This guy is the real deal. Down to earth, great songwriter, singer, and dancer!!!

@HandleTakenlol

2 жыл бұрын

Rain on the Scarecrow

@donnagonatas3155

2 жыл бұрын

@@blakerh well i don't know him personally.. He just did a great thing for the farmers among other artists.

Hi guys, you asked what the line "back when a smoke was a smoke" meant. He meant a cigarette, not marijuana or crack or any other drug. Meaning that life was innocent. Life was really like that, it was so much more innocent back in the day. Holding hands and dancing close, lyrics about love and tenderness. Music reflects society and when you listen to the old music, you see the values and the feelings of people that lived back then. It makes me sad sometime when I reflect on the lyrics of many of the songs today. Often superficial, and disrespectful to women, they are often just violent words being yelled out into the crowds, or sad poignant songs that reflects a kind of helpless loneliness that just rips your heart out. I try to keep an open mind and listen to all kind of music. But what I have found is that What you listen to greatly effects how you feel. When you listen to positive music, you find that the world seems a little more hopeful.

@dreamweaver8913

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing, but looked up the lyrics and it's actually "back when a sport was a sport". I couldn't believe it! I always heard it like you did, lol. Shocked me to see it on a few different lyrics sites.

@TheRealSweetcherryo

2 жыл бұрын

@@dreamweaver8913 I knew he wasn't saying 'smoke' but it needed to be and that is how I sang it....

@mokumboi19

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's saying sport, not smoke.

@donnagonatas3155

2 жыл бұрын

So well said. And i 100% agree with you. I swear thats why young girls today have no respect for themselves. Thats what they are hearing. And young men listen to violence in the lyrics. Holding hands DID mean to much when growing up in the 60s& 70s.✌❤

@donnagonatas3155

2 жыл бұрын

@@dreamweaver8913 omg really??????

I'm an 62 yr old daydreamer rmembering good times like this, When holding hands meant something baby. It's all gone. That's a harpsichord, we all learned to play them briefly in grade school believe it or not. Funny I put the "Holding meant something baby" up in my remarks before you even mentioned it My favorite line !

"The Authority Song" "Lonely Old Night" "Little Pink Houses" "Ain't even done with the Night" "Wild Night" "Paper in Fire". Mellencamp has a ton of great stuff.

@bsanderfer

2 жыл бұрын

Also "Hurts So good," "Hand to Hold On To," "Crumblin' Down," "Play Guitar," "Small Town," "I Need a Lover," etc. He has had soooooo many hits.

@karenkat1111

2 жыл бұрын

Another great one 'Ain't even done with the night'!

@alfredgalan6077

2 жыл бұрын

Yeppers those are definitely must listen to songs you guys rock !!!! I don’t know if you guys feel it when you listen to his music but I feel like I got a big of good ole American cherverolet , apple pie, Midwest vibe makes me proud to be an American 🇺🇸

@chrismeegan1971

2 жыл бұрын

@@bsanderfer My dad was so into Mellencamp and every time I hear Hand to Hold on To - that one always hit home with him

@Fritzi_A

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite is Rain On the Scarecrow

“Rain On The Scarecrow”, is a good JCM listen.

@grannysgonerabid7425

2 жыл бұрын

SCARECROW is one of the most underrated albums of the 80s.

@jenniferrafferty5905

2 жыл бұрын

💯 love that song.

@keithsullivan5815

2 жыл бұрын

Scarecrow is a must, great story about real problems in America at the time

@thomasfinnell5418

2 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite, plus Paper in fire.

@Fritzi_A

2 жыл бұрын

That's my favourite song by him

The Autoharp brings back a lot of childhood memories, an old elementary school teacher of mine played it in class and had the class sing songs......John is a true Storyteller !!

@hitman142002

2 жыл бұрын

WOW...my own grade school music teacher played one too!! Mrs Gross (later Mrs Mahan) taught me love many different kinds of music

@floydshaw3960

Жыл бұрын

Was in several elementary school in the 60's

@debibailey2968

Жыл бұрын

Same memories of that for me too!! ❤️

@kilroy1976

Жыл бұрын

Ditto.

@jeffcamp481

Жыл бұрын

So did my elementary music teacher, a part of our youth shared by many of us!

In addition to being a damn fine musician and surrounding himself with even more others, he insisted on making social progress with his videos. The interracial couple was still something that raised eyebrows - but it advanced the cause of an enlightened society. I wish we still had musical acts that were autonomous enough to make these kind of influential statements.

Mellencamp can rock. I always looked at him as like an "Americana" artist. Songs about growing up in the midwest and life as a young American. Loved everything he did.

@rileyandmike

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great description

@cesarnarro6013

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely fits in the "Americana" umbrella

@RCSmith-rf7vj

2 жыл бұрын

Play Guitar is my favorite Mellencamp song.

@beaubradley2171

2 жыл бұрын

@@blakerh he openly admits that he’s pretty tough to get along with, I mean, his nickname ‘Little Bastard’ pretty much sums it up. You called him a fraud in an earlier comment and actually he’s about as far from a fraud as anyone can be. He is who he is and owns it.

He was the definition of middle America sound and proud of his indiana farm town sounds. You must do "Authority Song" or "Hurts so good"!

@jenncrossfield5202

2 жыл бұрын

Essential songs! Agree!

Forgot to mention... I saw John Cougar Mellencamp live at Farm Aid in 1987 as a 10 year old girl. Little did I know I'd still be loving his music in my 40's!!! Great music is timeless.

A lot of his music has almost a Zydeco groove to it. Autoharp, squeeze box, and fiddle, for sure. JCM is amazing.

@Dragonsinger71

Жыл бұрын

Actually that squeezebox sound is a melodica. It's a reed instrument that's blown into but has keys like the squeeze box. Jon Batiste used to make use of one often when he was bandleader for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Cherry Bomb was one of his best songs, in my opinion. Another great one was Rain on the Scarecrow, about the hard times of the farmers. John and Willie Nelson and some other artists would put on a benefit concert every year to help out the farmers.❤️

@Alewifes_Husband

2 жыл бұрын

Farm Aid!!

@markvanderstelt8999

2 жыл бұрын

love rain on the ScareCrow

@sandymyers5002

2 жыл бұрын

I was at the first Farm Aid! My Uncle and Aunt took me. It was AMAZING!!!!

@rongray9879

2 жыл бұрын

Rain on a scarecrow!!!

@v.j.3029

2 жыл бұрын

Cherry Bomb is actually my favorite song of his. It's got such a melancholic vibe to it. 80's artists had a great knack at creating different sounds that will immerse you into a certain mood.

When he emerged on the scene, the record company told him the John Mellencamp wouldn't "sell", so they made change change it to John Cougar! He hated it and as he got more successful he introduced his own name back and went by John Cougar Mellencamp and then he dropped the Cougar altogether!

@stevedavis5704

2 жыл бұрын

It’s like Kenny Rogers said about switching from pop to country-You know you have made it when you can tell the label what you’re going to do instead of them telling you what you’re going to do.

@jamessinacore6991

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being the first comment I’ve seen that actually acknowledges and explains this name situation. John HATED the whole “Johnny Cougar” thing. And said that no one ever called him “Johnny” in his life. He was embarrassed by the Cougar thing, but wanted a record contract so bad after so much rejection that he went with it. I was so happy for him when he overcame the name with us talent and fame.

I grew up with “John Cougar”! He didn’t become John Mellancamp for many years. Either name he was someone I listened to over and over!!! His music was so ingrained into my years of growing up. Every song is so great and they each have an special memory to go with them. His music will always be a part of my life! How about a Loverboy song? Working for the weekend, Loving every minute of it are great songs! (So many more)

@anniem169

2 жыл бұрын

He was always John Mellencamp...his first record label renamed him Johnny Cougar and he fought a long legal battle to stop that absolute crap.

@madtypr

2 жыл бұрын

I've known him by 3 names - Johnny Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp, and John Mellencamp.

@larslindstrom2112

10 ай бұрын

@@madtypr Dont forget that he released a handful of albums as "John Cougar" too... ;-)

"17 has turned 35, I'm surprised that we're still livin'"...Always liked that line.

That's an "Auto-Harp" he's playing on the beach. Check out "Pink Houses" , "Paper and Fire", "Rain on the Scarecrow", "R.O.C.K. in the USA". He's got a large catalog, and it's all very good.

@cheryljackson5659

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! An autoharp! Every kid in my grade school back in the 60s anxiously awaited their turn to play that instrument in music class!

As has been stated, John Mellancamp is a true blue American born and bred artist. "Americana" is the sound that's most used with his music. I love this artist because it seems that everything he put out was about the simpler life. Hard work and family is what comes to my mind when I hear him. You just don't find holesome music much anymore and that also what I get from his work. Try ROCK in the USA, Little Pink Houses, The Authority Song, Small Town, The Walls Come Tumbling Down.... you won't be disappointed!

@RLKmedic0315

2 жыл бұрын

Paper in Fire is my favorite by John Mellencamp.

@michaelasay8587

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't he over 70 now??

@tigger7466

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelasay8587 He's exactly 70! 😊

@tigger7466

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed! He has a HUGE impressive list of songs! I especially love "Ain't Even Done With The Night", one that hardly anyone talks about, but is imo, one of his best songs! It came out in 1980 when he was still John Mellencamp. It has this catchy ol skool vibe that I've always loved, and I love how he dances and sings in the video! 🥰

@maverick2242

2 жыл бұрын

I still remember him as a John Cougar Mellencamp, never liked it when he dropped the cougar , dunno why, songs still sic as though….

I’m from John’s hometown; what you see is what you get. I’ve never met him, but his dad and my dad used to golf together. I’ve seen him at least a dozen times, but the best BY FAR was when he showed up at the Bluebird, a local place in Bloomington IN, with JJ Cale and Lou Reed in ‘87. The place held maybe 200 people but I’ve met 5,000 people who were there that night.

This song is so evocative -- "holding hands meant something", "dancing was everything" -- it takes me back to those very things years ago with someone you had a crush on, and at those exact moments in time, you didn't think life could get any better than that.

The Autoharp is often a featured instrument in country music...especially the more traditional songs. It's always cool to see someone use it as part of pop/rock.

@gypsygirl3255

2 жыл бұрын

Mother Maybell Carter was a master.

@michaelkeefe8494

2 жыл бұрын

A staple of elementary school music teachers in my day.

@ryanawilson8549

2 жыл бұрын

I kept wanting to call it a lap harp

@i4long

2 жыл бұрын

Maybell Carter played guitar, Sara Carter played Autoharp and sang lead.

@coy0te9

2 жыл бұрын

@@i4long Maybell played it too.

17 has turned 35, I'm surprised that we're still livin'. If we've done any harm, I hope that we're forgivin'.

LOVED THIS REACTION!!! AMBER AND JORDAN, YOU GUYS ARE A JOY TO WATCH!!!

JOHN "cougar" Mellancamp is an icon! HE DOES ROCKING BOMBS TOO.

"Hurt So Good" was a JCM radio hit in the early 80's, and I remember playing volleyball with my friends, with this song blaring. Good memories!

@Dooklawz

2 жыл бұрын

seems forever ago but a friend and I endured a scorching Saturday afternoon while attending the then annual Taste Of Chicago. That day the musical entertainment was John Cougar Mellencamp opening for The Beach Boys. Hurts So Good was still pretty new, I think this was '83. Was an awesome show, and after his performance JCM allowed a pretty large group of us to mingle around by the side/back stage area (this was in the outdoor arena) and kind of greet him, get autographs, stuff like that...he was so genuinely cool, down to earth and really appreciative of his fans there...it was a really cool moment. Now, at the other end of the spectrum, once the BB finished their performance they weren't having any of that....no one was allowed to sort of migrate over to where they were post-show. They had like roadies/guards and such telling people nope, can't be back here, ect. Not the BB's fault, just their staff weren't having it....which was disappointing cause I love the Beach Boys as well but no autographs that day. Point to note: they shouldn't have worried about we fans that day as everyone who had kind of mingled around JCM and met him and the like were all well behaved and it was so chill. Was thinking that since the BB had been in this business quite a long time already to this point, perhaps they/their staff and such had already seen enough of what they'd consider 'mob scenes' with fans and just chose to avoid all that. I can understand that though....some people just don't know how to act sometimes. But it was an excellent experience getting to sort of meet and hang out by JCM and his band for just a little while...made us forget that it was like 105 degrees that day. :)

@sundayze

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dooklawz Awesome story!

@barbarachieppo9603

2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

If you’re doing John Mellencamp you’ve got to do “Paper In Fire” (that instument was an autoharp)

@christinadiane4257

2 жыл бұрын

Yes . i 2nd this vote✌😄

@johnhart3870

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that should be next.

@timpeterson1469

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely should be next - awesome video too

@LMmccallL57

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I like watching the girl with the fiddle get into the music. I almost said "violin", but remembered what type of music it is. LOL!

@txheadshots

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites.. up there with Rain on the Scarecrow and Jack & Diane

I love how easily he seems to evoke feeling of innocence and youth through his subtle observations. We can all connect with that. I love your reactions --we're all right there with you. Would love to see more.

One of my favorites by John Mellencamp and he can DANCE too, he was HOT back in his heyday!!! Great songwriter and tough guy who always did it his way! His record company didn't want him to do anything interracial, but he didn't care and did what he wanted too! Gotta Love that!

His early works starting in the 70’s were as the made-up name of John/Johnny Cougar. The name was forced on him. As he became more widely known and respected in early 80’s he added his last name to it as John Cougar Mellencamp. Finally he dumped Cougar altogether and has been John Mellencamp ever since. The line in question is “That’s when a smoke was a smoke” EDIT: read through Correction was pointed out to me as Sport. 👍

@taniaPBear

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's actually sport was a sport

@NOLAgenX

2 жыл бұрын

@@taniaPBear You’re right, lol! All these years I heard smoke. Puts me right there with everyone that thought it was “spoke” 😂

@taniaPBear

2 жыл бұрын

@@NOLAgenX Totally sounds like smoke. I was a bit deflated when I first learned it was sport, just doesn't feel the same, does it?

@NOLAgenX

2 жыл бұрын

@@taniaPBear you’re right, it doesn’t but I’d rather know the actual word. Thanks for the clarification.

@seanellio

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was Sport was a Sport".

I've never heard a bad song from him! This song really tells the American story about growing up.

@MissAstorDancer

Жыл бұрын

yes, it tells the story about a Baby Boomer (he's 2 years older than me) becoming an adult and starting to become aware that we had been sold a bill of goods with the whole "American Dream" thing......and many "learned to love their servitude", just like the guy in the song with a freeway running through his yard, who thinks he's got it so good... It's also about a general "waking up to reality" that happens to most as we become adults, and have adult experiences. Most adults lead lives of quiet desperation, after their "dreams just kinda came and went".

The chorus is When A Sport Was A Sport and Groovin' Was Groovin'. The female singer is Crystal Taliefero, she has sung with many an artist.

In his early career, he was known and recorded as John Cougar, and his stuff was a lot more rock! Try things like "Tumblin Down" or "Hurts So Good!" Love your videos and they always make me smile!

John is his own genre. Very original and campy. Listen to John Mellencamp with Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Wild Night it's really who he is.

@karenkat1111

2 жыл бұрын

Love his version of 'Wild Night'!!!!

@matthewdrake4385

2 жыл бұрын

The original by Van Morrison is pretty good too

Lyrics - That's when a sport was a sport And groovin' was groovin' And dancin' meant everything We were young, and we were improvin'

When he was young he used the name John Cougar and later he transitioned to John Cougar Mellencamp then later he dropped the Cougar. His hits are Ain't even done with the night, I need a lover, Jack and Diane, Hurts so good, Scarecrow, the authority song, Little Pink Houses and more. One of the greats he also along with Willie Nelson was influential in the start up of Farm Aid. He never let the limelight suck him in he stayed true to his roots and hometown. He should be celebrated for being humble and never forgetting the people who were there for him in the beginning. Love and respect this man so much

Great lyrics ”We were young and we were improving”. I miss feeling those days too.

That's when a smoke was a smoke. Love him. Another good one is Little Pink Houses !

@groovydjs

2 жыл бұрын

Sport

@mitchellbeston1033

2 жыл бұрын

@@groovydjs Yep its sport. I owned this album when it first came out in 1987 and the lyrics were on the album cover.

@patriciapappas4087

2 жыл бұрын

Learn something new every day.👍

@cindys5426

2 жыл бұрын

Thought it was a smoke all this time. 😳😁

John Cougar Mellencap! Yay!!! There are numerous hits to choose, I think “Hurts So Good” is perfect. It’s upbeat, fun, and a BANGER! 🤩

John Cougar…then John Cougar Mellencamp…then finally his given name John Mellencamp. No matter which name, he rocks & has soooo many great tunes👍🏼

There so much to John Mellancamp very smart artist , musician, dancer and down to earth . Love him .

My favorite John Mellancamp song is “Ain’t even done with the night” it was off of an earlier album before he really hit big but the arrangement of the song shows that attention to the small details in the music that are so prevalent throughout his 80’s repertoire.

@brianpollock7700

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with this comment.

@DJHolte

2 жыл бұрын

Great choice! Another really early one of his is "I Need A Lover" -- which was more famously covered by Pat Benatar.

@mokumboi19

2 жыл бұрын

@@DJHolte Hmm. John's version made it up to #25 on the Billboard charts, while Pat's never made the top 100. Honestly, I totally forgot she covered it. His version is an absolute classic.

@deegomez2089

2 жыл бұрын

And Hurts So Good

@maryannturton9830

2 жыл бұрын

Yes,best song!

Little Pink Houses is a great tune of his!

First saw, then, John 'Cougar" (Mellancamp) as an opening act for the Kinks. After the concert EVERYBODY was just talking about the energy, the sound, the dancing of John Cougar.

I live in the town in Indiana that John is from. My husband went to school with him. Actually broke his nose in gym class. The video PINK HOUSES 🏠 was filmed just down the road where I live now. Most of his videos are filmed in JACKSON CO were I live. 👍❤️‍🔥

"Ain't Even Done With The Night" is a great song by John Cougar

@karenkat1111

2 жыл бұрын

My absolute favorite song by him!!! Yes!

An Indiana guy. Cougar was a name his record company wanted him to have. I’ve seen him so many times I can’t even count. Major rabbit hole authority song, I need a lover, r o c k in the USA, crumblin down, lonely o’ night. He’s still hot at 71

Mellencamp and I grew up in the same America. His lyrics remind me of my teens and early 20s. Such a great time to be young. Everyone should experience that!

John is a true American original - one of the best songwriters and performers from the 80s and 90s. His trilogy of albums starting with Uh-Huh (1983) and then Scarecrow (1985) and culminating with the album this song is from, 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee are three of the best back-to-back-to-back albums in Rock history. This album also features stand out tracks like Paper in Fire and Check it Out. You can't go wrong diving into more John songs!

I always get a chuckle when y’all say a song is innocent. Jack and Dianne gets filthy!! “Dribble off those Bobby Brooks and let me do what I please”. Bobby Brooks was a brand of jeans!! My wife of 41 years wore something similar, “back in the day”!!

The killer backing vocals are performed by Crystal Taliefero. She is very talented, plays numerous instruments and has worked with Springsteen and Billy Joel among many others.

Violins, accordions, wood blocks and cowbells! John has a distinct style and character to his music.

@cuzz63

6 ай бұрын

needs more cowbell.

JOHN COUGAR MELLONCAMP-THE AUTHORITY SONG 👍 🤛🤜 amber & jay are killing it !

One of my top 5 songs is by John Cougar "Ain't even done with the night" I promise you'll love it.

Great pick! “THAT” is an autoharp. My kindergarten teacher used to use it when she played music to us little tykes. A very simple instrument. 🤙

@susandenell3982

2 жыл бұрын

My kindergarten or first grade teacher played it for us, too.

@lewistasso8866

2 жыл бұрын

@@susandenell3982 Me too! Haven't seen one since until the movie "Walk The Line."

@MrRjm145

2 жыл бұрын

Dolly plays one too! Like there is ONE instrument that she doesn’t play!!

@scottNNJ

2 жыл бұрын

Is it? I always thought an autoharp was played laying flat on a table. I don’t remember being able to hold it up against one’s chest while playing it.

@tamifaulkner4103

2 жыл бұрын

We played that in grade school!

You have GOT to see the live concert version of this song, it makes it SO much better!!!

My aunt and uncle are in their late-80's and they still hold hands all the time when they're together. It is special.

John Mellencamp- Ain’t Even Done With The Night. Pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥

"Rain on the Scarecrow" is one of his best songs

This is one of my favorites from JCM . That whole album is great as well as the one that came before it. He was firing on all cylinders back then one great album after another from early 80's into the 90's

I’m so glad you got back to John Mellencamp (Please don’t call him Cougar-he hated that made up record company name). He is one of my all time favorite artists. He has So many hit songs and under-rated material. I have seen him live on many occasions and he never disappoints. John is one of the leaders of Farm Aid (started back in 1985) with Neil Young and Willie Nelson to help support struggling American Farmers. You should check out any of the songs from any of those Farm Aid shows. They’re great and he plays his biggest hits there. John is a very plain, what you see is what you get singer/song writer. Very unpretentious and genuine, and often blunt. He has some interesting interviews. You need to explore him further. His songs have great meaning. RAIN IN THE SCARECROW, JACKIE BROWN, PINK HOUSES, OUR COUNTRY and so many more. Hotdogs and Hamburgers is an obscure but meaningful song you may want to hear.

Have no doubt that John is a Rock & Roller……..he is one of America’s greatest singer/songwriters.

This entire album, Lonesome Jubilee, had this very rural Indiana sound. It's my favorite album of his. The instrument John plays on the beach is called an auto-harp.

Ahh, the Autoharp. We were taught how to play those in music class in Jr. High. We were in the San Francisco Bay Area and back then schools in the area took their music and art classes seriously. Can you imagine 32 kids all trying to play the Autoharp at the same time? As Dr. Hook said at the close of their song The Cover Of The Rolling Stone: "Ahhhh, beautiful."

John was my favorite as a teen I was smitten when “Ain’t even done with the Night” came out and he was my first concert at 15 still love this talented artist.🥰

"I need a lover" that won't drive me crazy....someone who knows the meaning of Hey Hit the Highway! Sorry, you mentioned JCM, and that song and lyrics were bustin.

@gypsyrocker

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah!! That's a great song!

"What is that instrument?" That is an autoharp. It's a very easy-to-play instrument that shows up a lot in folk music, especially from the Appalachian Mountains. Next Stops: John Cougar Mellencamp, "Rain on the Scarecrow" (a more serious side of this artist) Maybelle Carter, "Never on Sunday" (a short autoharp instrumental) Storyville, "What Passes for Love" (Storyville featured John Mellencamp's lead guitarist, and Stevie Ray Vaughan's bassist and drummer)

"Your Life Is Now", "Eden Is Burning", "Hurts So Good", "Aurhority Song".... Gotta do these!!!❤❤❤ John "Cougar" Mellencamp.....

Mellencamp's a local Indiana boy. I've met him a few times. His keyboard/accordian player, John Casella was a good friend who died of a heart attack way too young. Lisa Germano is playing violin. John is playing an autoharp here. He does play some great Rock too.

that's when a sport was a sport and groovin' was groovin' and dancing meant everything we were young and we were improvin'

@dianelindquist9796

2 жыл бұрын

Smoke was a smoke

John Cougar Mellencamp - Pink Houses - Small Town - Hurts so Good - Crumblin Down - Paper and Fire - Authority song - Scarecrow

We saw John 'Cougar' Mellencamp open for Heart in the early 80s in Lakeland Florida. He was excellent, a great showman and performer as well as an amazing story teller.

87, my first high school dance at a new school, all new friends but this song was the vibe! Good music's always linked to a happy memory.

U have to listen to Hurt So Good....that's another great hit by him.....

JM is truly a great and underrated song writer in my book. To see a different side of him you should check out "Rain on the Scarecrow", which is about the plight of the American farmer, or "R.O.C.K. in the USA" which is about the inspiration he got from some of rocks early pioneers.

@TripletDad3

2 жыл бұрын

Both of the songs you suggested are excellent. They should do both of them.

@BrendanAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Both great song forgot R.O.C.K

That was a Zither. Mellencamp exudes Americana, he is from Indiana and string supporter of Farmers and instrumental in getting FarmAid organized in the 80's. His songs deal with rural, Small town America, you can feel it through his music and lyrics. Now you have to listen to both of his albums In the Southern Hemisphere and Lonesome Jubilee

I've always loved John Cougar Mellencamp still listen to his music.

Lonely Old Night will always be my favorite of his.

Give a listen to "Again Tonight" "Authority Song" "Between A Laugh And A Tear" "Rain On The Scarecrow" "Check It Out" "Crumblin' Down" "Dance Naked' "Get A Leg Up" "Hurt So Good" "Jackie Brown" "Paper And Fire" "Justice and Independance" "Down And Out In Paradise" "Key West Intermezzo" "Let It Out All Hang Out" "Lonely Ol' Night" "Pink Houses" 'R.O.C.K. In The USA" "Small Town" "You've Got To Stand For Something" and so many more great songs.

@georgeglasser8220

2 жыл бұрын

Rain on The Sarecrow,blood on the plow.

@karenkat1111

2 жыл бұрын

And 'Wild Night"!!

@crzyoldmn

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, wrote so much I messed up. I'll fix it.

@Brainshave01

2 жыл бұрын

All of these!

@Eric4471066

2 жыл бұрын

Two of my all-time favorite songs by John Mellencamp are Lonely 'Ol Night and his first big hit, I Need A Lover.

Glad you like Mellencamp. He writes some deep and dark stuff too. He had a very, very long run of hits for many years.

❤ 'Check it out' and 'Rain On The Scarecrow' and 'Paper in Fire". John Mellencamp is fantastic. He's a Hoosier as well. Makes me proud.❤

The older I get the more the song rings true (I was 16 when "Jack & Diane" debuted). DH & I often reminisce about all the great times we have spent together (36 years) and with the Army family (friends for over 3 decades) we have. Getting old can be painful in many years, but looking back can be so sweet!

@cesarnarro6013

2 жыл бұрын

If i could go back and be young back in those days when i was, i wouldn't hesitate for a second to do it. If i had the opportunity to be young today....no thanks i'd rather have the memories i made back then !!!

@julieheath9507

2 жыл бұрын

I was 16 as well. Miss those much simpler day’s, crusin down the boulevard in my home town listening to “John cougar” Mellancamp.

@mj95b

2 жыл бұрын

@@cesarnarro6013 I think we had it made. Great music, great friends and we actually went out and DID something rather than having our faces buried in a screen or taking selfish after selfie.

@Golf8802

2 жыл бұрын

@@cesarnarro6013 wow, that is so true. Kind of sad for the future generations.

@Sportsref13

2 жыл бұрын

shimmy off those Bobby Brooks :P

You guys are on fire today! John Cougar Mellencamp has so many songs to choose from

When he first started he went by John Cougar. Then he starting using his real name and went by John Cougar Mellencamp. He finally dropped the name Cougar and went by his birth name. He’s is an outspoken, folksy rock singer who has a huge musical catalog to pick from. Can’t go wrong with any of his tunes. Listen to his song, “Jackie Brown”. Very hard hitting, heart felt song on poverty. 👍

This artist has so many more songs ! Great songs! Pink houses . Small town. And more

John is pure Americana, he's a national treasure.

Rain on a Scarecrow Little Pink Houses Authority Song and this one are my favorite John Cougar Mellencamp songs!

An Indiana boy. He grew up in a small town not far from where I'm living now. All these songs have a special meaning to us small town folks.

I'm actually from the area in Indiana where John Mellencamp is from. Everyone here knows his music, even if we don't realize it for a while. Lots of ties in the communities to people that played in his bands over the years. My uncle even had a picture of them at a bonfire together playing guitar together way back before John became famous.

Another great song from John Cougar Mellencamp to react to is “Authority Song”

It’s basically about when times where more simple - a smoke was a smoke. Holding hands meant something special

@groovydjs

2 жыл бұрын

Sport

@groovydjs

2 жыл бұрын

@Strawberry Shortcake But John is correct and he said that's what the lyrics are. They are printed on the album as well.

@mitchellbeston1033

2 жыл бұрын

Its sport, not smoke. I owned this album when it first came out in 1987 and the lyrics were on the album cover.

His violinist is Lisa Germano, went to high school with her. I remember seeing her with that violin and thinking, why would you pick the violin? lol. Then to find out years later that she played on one of my idols songs! (David Bowie) You guys should check out 'Check It Out' by Mellencamp, Vevo video.

I had to laugh at the thumbnail that said "Cheery Bomb". LOL. How funny that you've done a song called "Cherry Bomb" twice in two weeks. Course, this version is a universe away from The Runaways song. Some other of JCM's songs you should check out are "Hurts So Good", "The Authority Song", R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.", and "I Saw You First". Fun fact - this video was partly shot on the beach at Hilton Head, SC. The instrument he's strumming is called an autoharp, and the line you're asking about is "That's when a sport was a sport."

As said below, he's playing an Autoharp string instrument, I'm 65 and in elementary school our music Teacher would pick someone to have a chance to play it, what a treat it was, strum the strings and push/hold the chord key down. That's when groovin was groovin😉🪗🎶🥁

Great reaction, you really captured the spirit of the song! 😊

I saw John Mellencamp in Vancouver in the mid 80s' and it was the best concert I ever saw.

One of my all time favorite artist,became a fan when I was 8.Seen him live twice,the concerts were amazing.I would also suggest Crumblin Down,Authority Song,Rain On the Scarecrow,Paper In Fire and Check It Out(that one has a live video that really shows how good he is live).John uses a lot of different instruments and sounds,you will never be disappointed.

@karenkat1111

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta add 'Wild Night' and 'Ain't even done with the night'

John's songs always remind me of the small town I lived in for many years. He captures that feeling and life style so well!

John Mellencamp's first album was released with the name John Cougar. The record company required that, but later he reverted back to his real name Mellencamp. That is why you will see him listed as John Cougar Mellencamp.

One of my favorite shows ever was Mellencamp at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Sitting on the hill watching him perform down on the stage with little kids and parents dancing and eating ice cream in the rain.

That's an autoharp he's playing