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Xstar Apr 26, 2013 - 16:25	On_The_Beach wrote: Damn you, Al Gore! [ Reply ]
On_The_Beach May 15, 2012 - 17:54	badgerv wrote: John COUGAR Mellencamp: "I think the internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb. It's destroyed the music business..." Damn you, Al Gore! [ Reply ]
fredriley Mar 13, 2012 - 04:07	paulmack wrote: Seems to me that you could tolerate the occasional song on RP that might overlap with what you'd hear elsewhere. I avoid local radio altogether - pickings are pretty slim in my neck of the woods - so I don't experience what you do, but still. Anyway, I personally really like this song and haven't heard it in awhile even though I own it. It's an '8' for me. Pickings are non-existent in the UK, where there's no such thing as music FM (other than execrable 'genre' channels such as Smooth which are more full of sh1t than a septic tank), so I'd never get to hear numbers like this without being exposed to them by RP. IMO this is classic rock 'n roll, vaguely reminds me of Bad Company, and the Nottingham jury concurs with your 8. [ Reply ]
h8rhater Feb 10, 2012 - 10:06	Shesdifferent wrote: I agree, I'm not a Mellencamp fan....but I liked this, and I don't mind an occasional off track from a commercial artist thrown into RP. Mellencamp hasn't been "commercial" since the 1980's. Check out what he has done since. It's great stuff. [ Reply ]
bev Feb 10, 2012 - 09:55	So I'm thinking to myself, can that be Mellencamp on guitar on this track? Really? I look it up and I see "David Grissom" and I think, ah ha! That explains it. I do like this song, but especially enjoy the guitar work. Mellencamp has a few true gems tucked into his kit bag. This may be one of them. I rate it an easy "8". Thanks RP, once again, for expanding my musical horizons! [ Reply ]
calypsus_1 Oct 14, 2011 - 17:24	John Mellencamp playlist: Protest Songs "Political songs are songs by the people," says Mellencamp. "I think it was Jefferson who said that if the people do not seriously question the government every 20 years, then democracy is no longer working. That's why protest songs exist." 1. "Vigilante Man" \| Woody Guthrie, 1940 He was writing about the corruptness of people who were supposed to be peacekeepers, dominating the migrant workers and beating them into submission. The strong preying on the weak. Sound familiar? 2. "Strange Fruit" \| Billie Holiday, 1939 The label wouldn't even put it out - they felt a song about lynching was so inflammatory. She may have expressed it poetically, but the message was loud and clear. 3. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" \| Bob Dylan, 1964 Bob always said he wasn't a protest singer, but of course he was. This is the obvious one, but he's got hundreds: "Hattie Carroll" and "Masters of War," on and on. He took what Woody Guthrie did and brought it to another level. 4. "Give Peace a Chance" \| John Lennon, 1969 With Lennon, the message was always so direct. It takes a lot of talent and a lot of courage to do that. 5. "Front Line" \| Stevie Wonder, 1982 This is an amazing song about the Vietnam War, and it was played to death. 6. "What's Going On" \| Marvin Gaye, 1971 Another Vietnam song. It's astonishing, almost unbelievable, that white America actually heard these two. 7. "Compared To What" \| Les McCann and Eddie Harris, 1969 That's a motherfucker. The first time I heard it, 100 years ago, I thought, "How great, being able to speak to a culture about race and equality." 8. "Ohio" \| Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, 1970 Neil wrote this right after the Kent State shootings, and in weeks he had it on the radio. Sometimes you just need to report the news, and that's protest enough. 9. "Folsom Prison Blues" \| Johnny Cash, 1955 A protest song of incarceration and lack of rehabilitation in the prison system at the time - which is even worse today. 10. "Get Up, Stand Up" \| The Wailers, 1973 With Bob Marley, it wasn't only protest songs, but pop records that spoke to millions. rollingstone.com [ Reply ]
Shesdifferent Aug 04, 2011 - 18:13	tphord wrote: Don't usually take Mellencamp very seriously, never heard this one before... not bad. I agree, I'm not a Mellencamp fan....but I liked this, and I don't mind an occasional off track from a commercial artist thrown into RP. [ Reply ]
tphord Mar 31, 2011 - 13:05	Don't usually take Mellencamp very seriously, never heard this one before... not bad. [ Reply ]
paulmack Sep 23, 2010 - 10:27	Droidac wrote: Not a bad song, but I come here to get away from singers/bands like JM. I get plenty of that on my local radio stations when I can't get RP. Seems to me that you could tolerate the occasional song on RP that might overlap with what you'd hear elsewhere. I avoid local radio altogether - pickings are pretty slim in my neck of the woods - so I don't experience what you do, but still. Anyway, I personally really like this song and haven't heard it in awhile even though I own it. It's an '8' for me. [ Reply ]
vandal Sep 23, 2010 - 10:27	lame [ Reply ]
badgerv Sep 23, 2010 - 10:20	John COUGAR Mellencamp: "I think the internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb. It's destroyed the music business..." [ Reply ]
Droidac Sep 23, 2010 - 10:19	Not a bad song, but I come here to get away from singers/bands like JM. I get plenty of that on my local radio stations when I can't get RP. [ Reply ]
sirdroseph Sep 23, 2010 - 10:19	I forgot all about this one, they didn't run this one into the ground. Always like it, pretty good song. [ Reply ]
jomercer Sep 23, 2010 - 10:17	drews wrote: He used to be called john "cougar" mellancamp, so what happened? Before that, he was Johnny (Johnnie?) Cougar. I guess he grew up and wanted to be taken more seriously. [ Reply ]
drews Aug 22, 2010 - 10:01	He used to be called john "cougar" mellancamp, so what happened? [ Reply ]
thelester Aug 22, 2010 - 10:00	Wow, Bill's on a real Mellencamp kick of late. I like it. [ Reply ]
LastChance Jul 21, 2010 - 11:24	I think I like this. [ Reply ]
h8rhater Mar 16, 2010 - 11:35	ckcotton wrote: The album came out almost 19yrs ago That being said, Mellencamp has released many great CDs since Whenever We Wanted and has another one coming out this year. [ Reply ]
ckcotton Mar 16, 2010 - 10:49	starfishNcoffee wrote: Damn, this is John Mellencamp? This sounds good! What happened to him? Cool. I really like the guy. Glad to see that he's still doing good stuff. The album came out almost 19yrs ago [ Reply ]
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