WHAT A VOICE!| FIRST TIME HEARING John Mellencamp - Pink Houses REACTION

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WHAT A VOICE!| FIRST TIME HEARING John Mellencamp - Pink Houses REACTION
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  • @abelincoln3287
    @abelincoln32872 жыл бұрын

    I recommend "Crumblin down", "Authority song", Paper in fire" and "Small town"

  • @dawngipe6324

    @dawngipe6324

    2 жыл бұрын

    Paper and Fire has got to be my favorite if I had to pick one...great show too...I've seen him twice

  • @raymondivey7420

    @raymondivey7420

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good songs. Also Scarecrow

  • @ps5392

    @ps5392

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great choices and don’t forget Lonely Old Night!

  • @abelincoln3287

    @abelincoln3287

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ps5392 Good call, it's one of my favorite songs and I completely forgot.

  • @Whitebreadonly

    @Whitebreadonly

    2 жыл бұрын

    Damn you (not really; jk) Abe Lincoln!!! You just beat me to it. I was just about to say Paper in Fire. But yes, Paper in Fire is my favorite song period, not just by Mellencamp. In fact, half (5) of my top 10 favorite songs are by John Mellencamp. Paper in Fire, Cherry Bomb, Hurt So Good, Crumblin Down, and Wild Night. He has so damn many kick ass songs, it’s hard to pick just one or two.

  • @sisterdebmac
    @sisterdebmac2 жыл бұрын

    I always took it as a realistic view of how the "American Dream" ain't what's it's cracked up to be for most of us. John was one of the main guys behind FarmAid. He sticks up for the little guy.

  • @TheToledoTrumpton

    @TheToledoTrumpton

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, the big guys get the riches and the mansions, the high rise jobs, and the vacations in the gulf, and we just get the little pink houses.

  • @sisterdebmac

    @sisterdebmac

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheToledoTrumpton Some of us don 't even get that. Some of us get shoved into crappy little apartments that cost way too much. Or worse, no home at all.

  • @TheToledoTrumpton

    @TheToledoTrumpton

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sisterdebmac Yeah, this was nearly 40 years ago. Sad how things have got worse.

  • @GetSoberWithMe

    @GetSoberWithMe

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yea i agree

  • @BarryGGould

    @BarryGGould

    2 жыл бұрын

    i agree too. i wouldnt mind a little pink house compared to what i currently live in lol

  • @fsdollar4192
    @fsdollar4192 Жыл бұрын

    My favorite John Cougar song of all times ❣️ We were so poor and didn’t even know it.

  • @pibb92
    @pibb922 жыл бұрын

    Amber-- You totally nailed it. A lot of people don't understand or get the cynical side to this song. It is ultimately pretty optimistic, but it addresses some of America's problems too. P.S. I grew up in Southern Indiana about 80 miles away from where he grew up and he got a house just 30 minutes away from where I went to college. He's a Hoosier Legend. I love your guy's channel. I'm Generation X and It's been supercool rediscovering the music of my childhood with you. Thanks bunches!

  • @bexanne99

    @bexanne99

    Жыл бұрын

    I am also from generation x! I grew up on John Mellencamp! My Mom had every album. I am Canadian but find myself relating to him a songs! I’ve been fortunate to see him twice in concert! He was awesome!!

  • @patriciaellis4848

    @patriciaellis4848

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes rediscovering the music of my childhood has been wonderful...like reconnecting with an old friend.

  • @oakhillfound847
    @oakhillfound8472 жыл бұрын

    In many ways most of the songs on the album Scarecrow are very much a similar to what is now called Americana music. Too country to be folk but too folk to be country. The song Rain on the Scarecrow talks about the death of farming which is close to John's heart.

  • @loadedorygun

    @loadedorygun

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was a really brave record for him to make, not least because the label wanted more hurts so good.

  • @chrisa4695
    @chrisa46952 жыл бұрын

    He is a great American story teller. He is known for expressing the point of view of small town Midwesterners. But he is in fact telling American or even human stories. Most of us have been in love, had our hearts broken, struggled to make ends meet, or mistrusted authority or the government and some point in our lives. Almost anyone can relate to his music.

  • @wreckingKREW1
    @wreckingKREW12 жыл бұрын

    You can't truly love anything or anyone without being able to pick out their or it's faults in an honest way and try to help them improve upon them. And none of that can ever happen without recognizing them and admitting to them. Otherwise you're not in love with something real or tangible,you're in love with a fantasy and living in denial. That's what I get from this song.

  • @juliewhite7469

    @juliewhite7469

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great insight 👍

  • @rebeccapaton9812
    @rebeccapaton98122 жыл бұрын

    Mellancamp epitomizes the voice of the Midwest. One of the greatest story tellers of our generation. Please check out "Rain on the Scarecrow" that talks about the plight of the American farmer in the 80's-90's.

  • @NativeNYerChicHK
    @NativeNYerChicHK2 жыл бұрын

    He’s a country boy but a genius folksie storytelling singer ♥️

  • @redchick5278
    @redchick52782 жыл бұрын

    John Mellencamp is one of the best singer/storytellers of all time!

  • @kevinf8323
    @kevinf8323 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely John Mellencamp's best song. Who would have guessed lots of people now would want that little pink house. Way better than a tiny house today!

  • @tammyclay62

    @tammyclay62

    11 ай бұрын

    My favorite

  • @ealanmontgomery2304
    @ealanmontgomery23042 жыл бұрын

    Joh Mellancamp always make you think about America- for better and worse. And during the time these songs were written in the 80's, a lot of rural America was in economic crisis as factories shit down and moved offshore. Check out "Small Town" or even "Blood on the Scarecrow". Its Americana rock, but I think he's got a lot of soul too. He protests, but he's also really proud if his roots and it shows in his music.

  • @haps4273
    @haps42732 жыл бұрын

    John Mellencamp's choices are endless. Small Town is a song that brings out similar emotions as this one. One song of his that not too many people comment on is "Now More Than Ever" from 1991. The lyrics are appropriate now more than ever with all of the craziness throughout the world today. Now more than ever, the world needs love...

  • @jlsage4059
    @jlsage40592 жыл бұрын

    “This one has been misconstrued over the years because of the chorus - it sounds very rah-rah. But it’s really an anti-American song,” he told Rolling Stone in the same interview. “The American dream had pretty much proven itself as not working anymore. It was another way for me to sneak something in.” -John Mellencamp

  • @xoxxobob61

    @xoxxobob61

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure how some misconstrued the Lyrics and meaning to this song which by the way is one of my favorites by him. It was pretty clear what he meant and he was basically holding up a mirror to our Society back then even in the midst of Reagan's Presidency and the whole "Shining Hill on a City" optimistic rhetoric at the time.

  • @jlsage4059

    @jlsage4059

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@xoxxobob61 Well, when Republicans played it at their rallies, I’d say they missed the point.

  • @xoxxobob61

    @xoxxobob61

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jlsage4059 Fair enough and agreed!

  • @howardhales6325

    @howardhales6325

    Жыл бұрын

    George H.W. Bush asked to use the song as a campaign slogan. John told him, "I'm glad you like my song, but I think you need to listen to the lyrics again."

  • @Wa1kerBros4Ever
    @Wa1kerBros4Ever3 ай бұрын

    The song is about "The Great American Dream" and that is what it is .... a dream. The reality for a lot of people is not living in nice Pink Houses but struggling to survive in poverty.

  • @tonyginnetti5828
    @tonyginnetti58282 жыл бұрын

    Let me say that I thoroughly enjoy viewing your reaction videos and appreciate how you take in the songs you react to, both lyrically and musically! John Cougar Mellencamp is from Seymour, IN and if I'm not mistaken, recorded most of his most popular hits in his home/garage studio in Bloomington, IN. A Midwesterner, this song hits home much more to anyone FROM the midwest (I'm from Columbus, OH and currently live in MN)............you both actually hit the meaning of this song simply by your comments! Even in a nation with problems and issues (more these days than ever before), so many of us are good people and Americans are still proud to be Americans amidst whatever turmoil is happening around them! "Ain't That America, Home Of The Free - Little Pink Houses For You And Me!" This is one of my personal favorite pop/rock songs ever!

  • @patriciaellis4848

    @patriciaellis4848

    11 ай бұрын

    OH

  • @cassandracampbell3424
    @cassandracampbell34242 жыл бұрын

    I remember when this song came out on MTV. They were giving away a pink house in a contest. Those were the days!

  • @Markov73

    @Markov73

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember that as if it was yesterday. Truly good times growing up with such classic music as John Cougar Mellencamp!

  • @tammyclay62

    @tammyclay62

    11 ай бұрын

    I remember that.

  • @smburden
    @smburden2 жыл бұрын

    This is my favorite song by John Mellencamp. Thanks for reacting - not many have!

  • @lyriasfaves
    @lyriasfaves2 жыл бұрын

    Rain on the Scarecrow has always been my favorite.

  • @davidhutchinson5233

    @davidhutchinson5233

    2 ай бұрын

    Damn right. The plight of our American small farmers cannot be overstated.

  • @callmechristian3900
    @callmechristian39002 жыл бұрын

    John melloncamp is one of my all time favorites

  • @shawnguinup6971
    @shawnguinup6971 Жыл бұрын

    White black or Brown when you were born with nothing like our grandparents were. When you achieve a home doesn't matter where it is it meant something. Nowadays everything's just taken for granted. Heaven in depth conversation with the older people in your house about what it was like when they were children. It'll be very eye opening to how easy we have it these days. And we owe it to our grandparents and their parents and their parents. Who had the hardest lives I could ever imagine.

  • @athos1974
    @athos19742 жыл бұрын

    My favorite Mellencamp's song is "Rain on the Scarecrow" 🔥

  • @speed10009
    @speed10009 Жыл бұрын

    "It's really an anti-American song," Mellencamp told Rolling Stone about "Pink Houses." "The American dream had pretty much proven itself as not working anymore. It was another way for me to sneak something in." Inspiration for this song came when Mellencamp was driving on Interstate 65 in Indianapolis.

  • @vincechampion3031
    @vincechampion30312 жыл бұрын

    I was feet away from him when I saw him in concert. Amazing performance

  • @markvanderstelt8999

    @markvanderstelt8999

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes i remember he tossed you his Guitar

  • @georgianajones2346
    @georgianajones23462 жыл бұрын

    Rain on the Scarecrow is a really great and powerful one to listen to as well.

  • @loadedorygun
    @loadedorygun2 жыл бұрын

    “There’s a young man in a t shirt, listening to a rock and roll station, he’s got greasy hair, a greasy smile- he says lord this must be my destination.” That’s as good a line as bob dylan ever wrote about this country.

  • @tammyclay62

    @tammyclay62

    11 ай бұрын

    I saw John Melancamp in concert and he was great. I was so impressed. I saw Bob Dylan in concert and I was so disappointed. Bob Dylan sucked. Luckily, Bob opened up for Willy Nelson.

  • @johnthorne4093

    @johnthorne4093

    11 ай бұрын

    Or Springsteen.

  • @RC-jv6ks

    @RC-jv6ks

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@johnthorne4093absolutely 💯

  • @julieholbrook5302
    @julieholbrook53022 жыл бұрын

    Saw him live at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1988. INCREDIBLE live!

  • @davidpost428

    @davidpost428

    2 жыл бұрын

    I used to go to Summerfst in the seventies - great musicians at their venues there!

  • @tammyclay62

    @tammyclay62

    11 ай бұрын

    I saw him in Nashville and he was great. He opened up for John Foggerdy, and he was great too. I'm glad that I got to that concert.

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone83002 жыл бұрын

    Head East "Never Been Any Reason" A True Rock Classic.

  • @pagemeredith4532
    @pagemeredith45322 жыл бұрын

    I had his Uh - Huh album that had this song on it. "The thrills, the bills, the pills that kill", is the the lyric. I played that album to death, love that album a lot of great hits. I think some of his music refers to the Farm - Aid cause in the mid - 80's.

  • @lisanelson6073
    @lisanelson60732 жыл бұрын

    John Mellencamp is an Indiana boy. I’m born and raised and still live in Indiana. This video looks like it was made here at home. His songs are so relatable to just about everyone!

  • @scottmoreland1775
    @scottmoreland177517 күн бұрын

    This song is both tongue and cheek,pointing out the utter inequality that exists between the haves and the have nots in the USA, and that the current way of doing things, does not really give people freedom, but rather imprisons them in the lot they are living. The American dream is not accessible for most, even though they are all encouraged to chase it, and are seen as failures if the don’t achieve it. On the other hand there is an overwhelming hope to the song. That we can be the change necessary for the American dream to be real and attainable again

  • @007smithson
    @007smithson2 жыл бұрын

    His intent, I believe is to spotlight the people and places, good and bad, that is America. A general cross section of who and what America is. 🇺🇸

  • @xanajak
    @xanajak2 жыл бұрын

    John Cougar, who became John Cougar Mellencamp, who returned to his roots as John Mellencamp, was early MTV at its core. His songs are as good today as they were almost 40 years ago. God, 40 years ago ...

  • @joshpayne6239

    @joshpayne6239

    2 жыл бұрын

    Stop saying 40 years out loud! It hurts too much. lol

  • @uncledonnie7556
    @uncledonnie75562 жыл бұрын

    John Mellencamp said that he would never be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because he pissed off so many record executives. You're eligible 25 years after your first album debuts, he's been eligible for a couple decades. Such a shame 😞

  • @lisaseverance6785
    @lisaseverance67852 жыл бұрын

    He wrote songs about the average guy/girl. He has rural roots, growing up on a farm and I can always hear it in his music. He was a big advocate for small farmers and "Scarecrow" was written about the struggle of trying to keep a small farm afloat. He owns a farm himself and still writes and sings. Side note, he very nearly died as a baby from a spinal defect. He survived due to an experimental surgery by a neurosurgeon who he kept in contact with up until the Dr.s death a few years ago.

  • @daveowens9849
    @daveowens98492 жыл бұрын

    John Mellencamp is a proud Hoosier. He donated 1.5 million bucks to help IU build The Mellencamp Pavillion. It's used as an indoor practice facility for not only football, but baseball, softball, soccer, and golf at Indiana University. When the wife and I left the Army in 1990, we attended--and graduated--from IU Bloomington. We remember John Mellencamp used to set up his band and play free concerts at the campus during the summer months. Proud Hoosier!

  • @timothywilliams2252
    @timothywilliams22522 жыл бұрын

    It's a protest song, ala Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land"... It's about the promise of America, how it hasn't come true, but we got the means to fulfill that promise. That's why it seems so bittersweet. Also, I saw in other comments recommending "Paper and Fire"... YES! One of my JCM faves as well 😊

  • @bl18ce99

    @bl18ce99

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nowhere in the lyrics of "This land is your land..." does it allude to the point you made. It gives the virtues of America and the beauty of it. No word is spoken about potential being unfulfilled. The greatest gift ever given to American residents is the ability to own property .

  • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192

    @goldenageofdinosaurs7192

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bl18ce99 Lol, you should look into Woody & his thoughts a little more before you go making that comment. You can Google it, then you won’t look so silly. You also have to be able to understand sarcasm which, judging from your comment, you do not.

  • @timothywilliams2252

    @timothywilliams2252

    2 жыл бұрын

    What artists like John Mellencamp & Woody Guthrie are saying is that, yes, Americans have much reason to celebrate our collective culture. Yet, the work ain't over... Our ideals of liberty & prosperity, and self determination, need constant maintenance, and a constant vigil of both patriotism and scepticism.

  • @jollyrodgers7272

    @jollyrodgers7272

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Life, Liberty and the PURSUIT of Happiness..." Nowhere in our founding documents is anyone guaranteed success or happiness. People 'fail' for any number of reasons - that's life. Even the richest and most successful people die. If you were 'promised' success, you were lied to.

  • @jollyrodgers7272

    @jollyrodgers7272

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Jackj doesn't look silly at all - not like people who get their 'facts' from google and wiki, or the constant use a folk song from the Great Depression as a protest song always and forever in the present tense.

  • @jefferyparker4277
    @jefferyparker42772 жыл бұрын

    Really and truly, one of the handful of songs I would call my favorite.

  • @nicoleb1581
    @nicoleb15812 жыл бұрын

    This song was big on MTV. They used to do really cool contest back then and they had a Little Pink House contest. They gave away a whole damn house… they even gave away a town. Please tell me that I’m not the only one that remembers those contest and sent in your postcards too

  • @chrisgilbert9076
    @chrisgilbert9076 Жыл бұрын

    I love the darkness and maybe even despair? that is in the undertone of this song... "he's got an interstate running through his front yard", " the simple man pays the bills...". A changing world, dying traditions, the heartland being left behind. Many layers to Mellencamp's songs. Check out "Rain on the Scarecrow" for a bleaker view of things. Still musical and touching, but exploring the loss and change to the world of farming.

  • @lisas6450
    @lisas64502 жыл бұрын

    First, I love you guys! I remember when this song first came out. I always thought that it's about being proud to be an American. From the first verse, the old man with the interstate in the front yard is Happy! He has a home and a woman he loves; i.e. "I remember when you could stop a clock" he's telling her how beautiful she still is. Some of us might not have much but we are happy and grateful that we live in the home of the free. That's my take on it anyway! 😃🥰

  • @Ryan.usa73

    @Ryan.usa73

    2 жыл бұрын

    Be happy that although you're poor you're lucky to be American, while the rich get richer off the backs of your cheap labor. And don't expect affordable Healthcare because that's for the commies.

  • @tobiassabot5851
    @tobiassabot58512 жыл бұрын

    I highly recommend "Paper in fire." You get your steel guitar, your fiddle, your banjo, your accordion, your horns all in a Southern rock storytelling song.

  • @deloisgrant8410
    @deloisgrant8410 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks guys, this song makes me so happy because it reminds of my grandmother's little pink house in Thomasville,Ga. that 's no longer standing, but when it was there it was the most wonderful place for me as a child to visit every summer.

  • @angelariebli4843
    @angelariebli48432 жыл бұрын

    One of the all time great songs about our country. It's good, it's bad, it's dirty, and it's triumphant.

  • @cindyphifer970
    @cindyphifer9702 жыл бұрын

    Love his music and this is my favorite. Blood on the Scarecrow is a great song by him about farmers troubles

  • @TonyPucci11
    @TonyPucci112 жыл бұрын

    Ronald Reagan asked to use this song in his 1984 re-election campaign (if I’m remembering correctly), and John said, “No. I think you’ve missed the point of the song.” It was either this song, or Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”…or maybe it was both.

  • @RadioReprised
    @RadioReprised11 ай бұрын

    John Cougar and the Zone....actually opened for KISS around 79 in Anaheim Convention Center. We boooo'd him off the stage at first but then started liking it!

  • @toddpatrick8254
    @toddpatrick82542 жыл бұрын

    This is the best lap dance song ever made. 😂 Love some Mellencamp! 👌

  • @Nana_Reads
    @Nana_Reads2 жыл бұрын

    My favorite is still his first hit Ain’t even done with the night….. fell in love with his music at 13 and still a fan

  • @bryanm7953
    @bryanm79532 жыл бұрын

    WHITE LION/ When the Children Cry

  • @tinamakaneole8866
    @tinamakaneole88662 жыл бұрын

    Southern Indiana, my friends and I 16 years old, watched Johnny Cougar sing at the Bluebird in Bloomington, before he got famous.❤️❤️

  • @cherylbrown3366

    @cherylbrown3366

    2 жыл бұрын

    Back in Hoosier land in the early 80s and watching Bobby Knight coach some basketball. Fun times

  • @tinamakaneole8866

    @tinamakaneole8866

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cherylbrown3366 yes! And Axl Rose up in Lafayette, fun times indeed.😎

  • @cherylbrown3366

    @cherylbrown3366

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Tina Makaneole Dam I miss those days. My sister actually interviewed him for the IU school paper before he made it big.

  • @tinamakaneole8866

    @tinamakaneole8866

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cherylbrown3366 wow, now that’s special. I’ve always loved the guy.

  • @johnharding7650
    @johnharding76502 жыл бұрын

    I think this is my favorite Mellancamp song. He was Americana.

  • @td4244
    @td42442 жыл бұрын

    John Mellencamp is hands down one of the greatest song writers of all time. This man could make a song and create a political message that most people could agree with. He was so in tune with his self in his music. The guy truly revolutionized the sound of rock and roll music but no one could copy him or make music that sounded like his. He spoke within his limits and within his experience which is what really made him special. You could listen to anyone else talk about world peace or the stop of wars but John Mellencamp spoke from his own real world experience and how he viewed the world from his own lens but within reality. He’s truly a relic and in my opinion is under appreciated in music. He would also write songs that were in reality of the average American and something we could actually relate with that weren’t based on sappy and sad lyrics.

  • @whereyougoiwillgorving4492
    @whereyougoiwillgorving44922 жыл бұрын

    MTV had a Pink Houses Sweepstakes when this song was released in early 80s. The winner won a Pink House along with a house warming party with John Cougar as the entertainment !!

  • @blakerh

    @blakerh

    2 жыл бұрын

    I live in Bloomington IN and see JCM occasionally. He isn't the nicest guy but I still enjoy his music. I remember when MTV gave away the house. His concerts are aways a fun time.

  • @chipdamutt108

    @chipdamutt108

    2 жыл бұрын

    And it was on a landfill or something goofy

  • @mikegames3464
    @mikegames34642 жыл бұрын

    Greatest songwriter ever. Greatest rock song ever written

  • @sherribrock2726
    @sherribrock27262 жыл бұрын

    This song is just about growing up in Middle America. The whole Scarecrow album is just about growing up and living in our great country!

  • @dougmcintosh2466
    @dougmcintosh24662 жыл бұрын

    (Check It Out), (Ain’t Even Done With The Night) and (Rain On The Scarecrow) are some of my favorites by him.

  • @blancahoward4477
    @blancahoward44772 жыл бұрын

    Love John M great songs thank you for bringing back great memories

  • @Noelle0026
    @Noelle00262 жыл бұрын

    I live just down the road from John’s hometown of Seymour, IN. You need to listen to Cherry Bomb or Paper In Fire!

  • @mysteriousmysticalmoments2023
    @mysteriousmysticalmoments20232 жыл бұрын

    Little pink house (now called cookie cutter houses )is the little pink house with white fences in every little small town. He was in between country and rock. I think that made him so big. It has a great beat and rhythm.

  • @mysteriousmysticalmoments2023

    @mysteriousmysticalmoments2023

    2 жыл бұрын

    also my town for instance was a small town and now there is a highway through peoples back yard and things change.

  • @rray848
    @rray8482 жыл бұрын

    John grew up near and currently lives in my wife's hometown of Bloomington, Indiana... Needless to say he is a big favorite of hers. Besides music he has taken up painting. We got to see some of his paintings on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame... they were doing a special exhibition when we visited Cleveland.

  • @froggy5935
    @froggy59352 жыл бұрын

    Mellencamp was in the zone from 1982-1988 with American Fool, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow and Lonesome Jubilee...all top shelf albums.

  • @christopherrichardson5352

    @christopherrichardson5352

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely Froggy. These are my favorite John Mellencamp albums. He had some good songs on other albums, but these four stand out from the rest.

  • @robertcrawford1791
    @robertcrawford179111 ай бұрын

    I have to catch my breath just wrapping my head around someone hearing this for the first time. Not because I’m shocked you’d never heard it, but because my heart remembers hearing it for the first time decades ago and I’m jealous I can’t do it again.

  • @Nuerth
    @Nuerth Жыл бұрын

    John is as he proudly declares in his songs a small town working class middle American from the "Heartland of our country Indiana' he openly proclaims his respect for people who often struggle to survive, but his songs also have subtle jabs at the people upper class who exploit the working class

  • @jbsskid
    @jbsskid2 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️he tells stories I love that about him , and love the clapping in the background ❣️

  • @jamesanderson5268
    @jamesanderson52682 жыл бұрын

    One of the best Mellencamp songs we ever heard we never heard living on the East Coast. We moved back to Illinois when I retired and the following song was played a lot on Classic Rock radio stations. The song is called "Not Even Done With The Night" It's a song about date night for a young couple.

  • @tommiemama
    @tommiemama Жыл бұрын

    One of the best things about many of his songs is that they don’t paint the U.S. as perfect. They point out *some* of the problems and flaws in our country without actually taking away from the overall good feelings about it. We don’t have to be (or pretend to be) blind to the flaws in our country to love it.

  • @marcosmadeiros9553
    @marcosmadeiros95534 ай бұрын

    Omg, his songwriting skills were off the hook!

  • @suzanneprock7286
    @suzanneprock72862 жыл бұрын

    Aint Even Done With The Night and Wild Nights are two of my favorites.

  • @txrojas
    @txrojas2 жыл бұрын

    Must listen to “Rain on the Scarecrow”. That song will give you goosebumps.

  • @MiracleFound
    @MiracleFound2 жыл бұрын

    I see it as just describing life in small town America with no sugar coating.

  • @lindseyholl8821
    @lindseyholl882111 ай бұрын

    I'm from a small town And I met him and Springsteen as they sat together next to us in a small town horse show where their daughters both competed. They were so cool, sitting next to my daddy and I drinking beers and lamenting about being dads of horse kids like me. I've met many celebrities over the years but sitting there making small talk with two of the biggest rock stars in my lifetime talking bout horses and trucks and other cool shit and they were just cool as hell. I've been a fan since I was a tot, but this just made my year as a horse loving kid. I've seen them both since, and even met Springsteen backstage again once where he actually remembered me and my daddy. It was cool.

  • @lindahendricks1868
    @lindahendricks18682 жыл бұрын

    Love all his songs! There's so many. Another Hoosier here from Southern Indiana. Saw him and his family many many years ago at the Bloomington Mall of all places. About 30 minutes from my hometown. I just say hi. Didn't want to disturb his family outing. We thought it was so cool to see him. Great memory! Thanks guys! Paper in fire is my favorite of his songs and Cherry bomb which you've already reacted too! Watching still from Indiana!

  • @davidteller7681
    @davidteller76812 жыл бұрын

    How about some early 'Cougar', "Ain't Even Done With The Night" or "I Need A Lover" (long version with guitar intro) are excellent

  • @tallmn1957
    @tallmn195711 ай бұрын

    "Darlin', I can remember when you could stop a clock." Yeah, I wish I had written that.

  • @Renkk17
    @Renkk172 жыл бұрын

    John Cougar - Crumblin Down ( Some good dance moves in there!)

  • @TigerRogers0660
    @TigerRogers06602 жыл бұрын

    Jay & Amber, my all time fave Mellencamp song. Sensational !!

  • @edwardforster8905
    @edwardforster89052 жыл бұрын

    I have made a personal tradition to play this song and R.O.C.K. in the USA ... EVERY July 4th!!! 🇺🇸 This man is an American staple!! 😃 I Need A Lover, Authority Song, Lonely Ol' Night, Crumblin Down, and Hand To Hold Onto!! As for this song meaning... Amber I believe what you stated is absolutely correct and is a good summary of what John is saying. 😊👍 @RobSquadReactions

  • @halftag15
    @halftag152 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure someone has mentioned this. He used to be John Cougar. He did a song back in the day called "hand to hold on to".

  • @lbjohnnyjohn
    @lbjohnnyjohn2 жыл бұрын

    MTV had a contest, and the grand prize was a house in Melloncamp's hometown on the condition they paint the house pink.

  • @davidmecusker8050
    @davidmecusker80502 жыл бұрын

    I've always liked his tribute to the American Family Farmers..."Rain on the Scarecrow" which I believe he did for Farm-Aid years back.

  • @durv13

    @durv13

    2 жыл бұрын

    sure is a meaningful great song . i can relate it to our aussie farmers also .

  • @junkyardheaven
    @junkyardheaven2 жыл бұрын

    Actually my Mellencamp-favorite this - much thanks to the lyrics. Boy, he hits us hard in those two last verses: Well, there's people and more people What do they know, know, know Go to work in some high rise And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico And there's winners, and there's losers But they ain't no big deal Cause the simple man baby pays the thrills The bills, the pills that kill No go listen to Jason Isbells "Something more than free" Same subject - possibly even better! kzread.info/dash/bejne/nauGsNFscZi8gsY.html&ab_channel=FrontRowBoston

  • @twilarolff8021
    @twilarolff80212 жыл бұрын

    I used to listen to this cassette over and over when I was 15. Haven't at all since. And now this song is weirdly bringing me to tears. What the heck? Lol.

  • @jerellbond6228
    @jerellbond62282 жыл бұрын

    What I always took from this video is he's showing the good and the bad but he shows in the end that America is still great and they are all just having a good time singing and dancing

  • @gpxo11
    @gpxo112 жыл бұрын

    R-O-C-K in the USA, Hand To Hold On To and I Saw You first are top notch as well. Pink Houses like Jack and Diane describes small town life in America. To me Mellancamp is like a more accessible and poppier Bruce Springsteen.

  • @johncole6028
    @johncole60282 жыл бұрын

    I love your channel and I never miss an episode but it’s hard to believe this is the first time y’all have heard some of these songs.

  • @Kitch-hu7tm
    @Kitch-hu7tm2 жыл бұрын

    John "Cougar" Mellencamp tapped into the Rock n Rollers who dabbled in Country and vice versa. He sang about America, both good and bad, and put his money where his mouth was. He went on to host concerts to focus on the farmers, their lands and their hardships.

  • @dilligaf25015
    @dilligaf250152 жыл бұрын

    John Mellencamp is one of the best “protest” singers. If you haven’t already, you should listen to Rain on the Scarecrow. He helped create Farm Aid with Willie Nelson to help the farmers who were losing all their family held farms under Reagan.

  • @gbrjoker

    @gbrjoker

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well that's untrue. 85% of the Department of Agricultures budget goes to welfare. 2nd loans for equipment had record high interest rates. Caused by now the 2nd worse President Carter. 3rd who was in charge of the house Democrats back then

  • @Hexon66

    @Hexon66

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gbrjoker Aww, bless your poor, deluded heart.😞

  • @gbrjoker

    @gbrjoker

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Hexon66 nothing deluded about it just well read. You ought to try it

  • @dilligaf25015

    @dilligaf25015

    2 жыл бұрын

    @dw, some of us actually lived during the fiasco named “Ronnie Rayguns”. His “trickle-down” economics was decried as “voodoo economics “ then and George HW Bush was dead on correct. I AM correct. Reagan obliterated thousands of family farms, setting them ripe for picking by corporations.

  • @gbrjoker

    @gbrjoker

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dilligaf25015 no you are wrong as most liberals are. I was there too. I had a savings account in 81. I was getting 14% on my savings. Now how much do you think interest was on farming equipment loans. All it takes is one or 2 years of bad crops. And a farmer can go under. I didn't see your peanut picker Jimmy Carter do anything about it. And what about your buddy Bill Gates buying up farmlands. Yep crickets. Nice try

  • @fnjesusfreak
    @fnjesusfreak2 жыл бұрын

    I think some of John Mellencamp's stuff crossed over. I've seen this on CMT back when they used to show music videos. "Rain on the Scarecrow" went much more unnoticed but is as relevant as it ever was.

  • @carlaweems72
    @carlaweems72 Жыл бұрын

    One of Mellencamp's best videos/songs TO ME.. I LOVE THIS VIDEO.. powerful images.. and Mellencamp is such an effen cool rocker.. and he's effen so goodlooking.. DAMN fine song to react to..

  • @ericwilliams1031
    @ericwilliams10312 жыл бұрын

    Still missing his early stuff. "Ain't Even Done With The Night" is one of my fav songs ever.

  • @chipdamutt108

    @chipdamutt108

    2 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the love of my life who I lost 6 years ago

  • @Mona.555
    @Mona.5552 жыл бұрын

    Finally!! Some is reacting John Mellencamp! Many great songs. John is a not only a great musician but also lyricist chronicling everyday working people and families.

  • @rodneysisco6364
    @rodneysisco63642 жыл бұрын

    His " Blood on the Scarecrow" is a very touching song about the plight of the farmer . Maybe I'm biased because my grandpa got wiped out in the Depression and lost his whole farm ,thousands of acres .

  • @robrobertson4619
    @robrobertson46192 жыл бұрын

    Minutes To Memories, Small Town, Check It Out, and Jackie Brown. All great John Mellencamp choices to do next.

  • @jomiiller6297
    @jomiiller62972 жыл бұрын

    I own every cd of John Mellencamp love every song of his this is in the top 5 of my favourites

  • @mspfinney
    @mspfinney2 жыл бұрын

    I love this song. I grew up in a little 2 bedroom pink house with a white picket fence. It reminds me of my childhood. 🥰

  • @jackiegoodspeed1849

    @jackiegoodspeed1849

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cool.

  • @joecrone9862
    @joecrone98622 жыл бұрын

    Love it!

  • @tjtampa214
    @tjtampa2142 жыл бұрын

    J. Mellencamp 💜 Nothin' but love for ya, baby! ✌️

  • @GinaGeeILuvu
    @GinaGeeILuvu2 жыл бұрын

    John was churning out the hits in the eighties! John had that midwestern, Indiana boy next door vibe! Check out hits, The Wall and R.O.C.K. In The USA! John, like Bruce Springsteen, sang proudly about the USA but the told the truth about the good and bad aspects in such a magnificent way! John was a big activist in the eighties for the farming crises. A lot of farmers, especially in the Midwest were losing their farms and many were friends and family of his! He, Willie Nelson, and other artists formed Farm Aide to assist farmers!!❤️❤️

  • @troyscruggs7532
    @troyscruggs75322 жыл бұрын

    I am 53 yrs old and I love the fact that y'all listen/react to all type of music, especially 70s, 80s and 90s. It brings me back to my younger days. Y'all are so genuine and down to earth. I especially loved what Amber said about US being an overall a good country trying to better ourselves. I hope more people feels this way. Keep doing what y'all are doing and Bless you and your family.

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