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John Mellencamp — Rain on the Scarecrow
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michaelc
Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 16:34
 
Such a fine album in 1984
Cyclehawk
(Athens GA)
Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 14:35
 
Never really cared for the Johnny Couger persona or his earlier albums. This song/album changed my mind and made me a fan.  A solid 8.

Bat
(Austin)
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 07:32
 
A similar song that's worth a listen is "Trouble in the Fields" by Nanci Griffith.  Her live version from "One Fair Summer Evening" with the spoken intro about great aunt and uncle is touching and funny.

justlistening
(So. California)
Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 14:24
 
 romeotuma wrote:


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 
 

romeotuma's hotel room

emmo_radio
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 20:27
 
Always a tear jerker for me. That loss of family, land, identity. Awesome. Timeless. American.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 20:24
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

h8rhater
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 06:00
 
 vandal wrote:

douchebag

 
Hello... knock, knock..  H8rhater!?!? 

That's the whole point.  Trashing folks who get on the board just to insult other people's favorite tunes.  Like this classic from rock legend John Mellencamp, who is now in his 5th decade making great music. 

You can try but you wont find a negative comment on the music coming out of this account.  Just a whole lot of derision heaped upon those who think their pithy commentary is somehow profound or cute. 

I'm just keeping company with folks just like YOU who would post a JPG like the one above, pal.  Or that guy Dave who crawls out from his hovel in Damnville every once in a while to spew spite.  Maybe you should check the mirror.




TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 11:56
 

In my opinion this is the best song that JM ever wrote.  It's heartbreaking, poignant, and makes a strong statement.  10+



bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 23:53
 
Over the years, my appreciation and respect for The Artist Formerly Known As Johnny Cougar has increased incrementally with each listening...

goodgroove
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 15:44
 
nice beats

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:41
 
 h8rhater wrote:

At least I'm not a lawyer with training wheels.  Here's ten cents.  Sue me.

@h8rhater: 
 
douchebag


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:34
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I love this song - love Mellencamp.  Wish someone would submit "Minutes to Memories" - it's got a lot of wisdom in it, and it doesn't get played enough... {#Sunny}
 


Yes, this is a great classic...  love it...

 

dachter1love
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:33
 
I love how everyone is saying "my first tape" or "I had this tape". I had it too. Loved it. I remember leaving it on top of my dad's car as we went to my grandparents' house and finding it still on top of the car when we got there. I was so relieved. :-)

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:31
 
Not a huge Mellencamp fan, but this is a good song. 8

takemehome
Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 14:05
 
Pure american rock

jameyp
(New York via Austin)
Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 14:05
 
10 !!!!!!!!!  great, great song. i never get tired of it :)

h8rhater
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 10:30
 
 OmegaConcern wrote:


Wow.  You're kind of a jackass.  Here's ten bucks.  Go buy a life.  If there's any change, see if you can find a spine on sale.
 
At least I'm not a lawyer with training wheels.  Here's ten cents.  Sue me.


jameyp
(New York via Austin)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 10:25
 
One of my faves!!  Love the song, love the message. {#Motor}

nelsonha
(NOR ยค CAL)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 10:25
 
I'm not really a John Mellencamp fan, however this song is decent.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 10:24
 
One of the best Rock songs ever been recorded in USA in the
past 30 years!

INCREDIBLE!

10!!!!

PS
And a kind of a shame that you Americans give a real patriot (heard the lyrics?)
great singer, great songwriter, great performer unbelievable 6.9 points for this song!
Sometimes I think I am in the "wrong film" here.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 19:14
 
I love this song - love Mellencamp.  Wish someone would submit "Minutes to Memories" - it's got a lot of wisdom in it, and it doesn't get played enough... {#Sunny}

thelester
Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 15:34
 
First cassette I bought (along with Glenn Miller's Pure Gold) in 1986. My school class size began to shrink as families lost their farms and the kids had to move with their parents to area cities. It happened, folks. Glad I got to see JCM at FarmAid a thousand years ago, and in concert at Rosemont, IL. Happy to say our family farm is still in operation, still family owned, and the future looks bright. Best song on the album is one you've probably never heard, Between a Laugh and a Tear. Forget the 80's mix and listen to the words. 

gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 15:25
 
Don't like this type of drumming. Never have, never will. They aren't they only band to do it either, unfortunately.

cindrocks
(colorfulcolorado)
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 00:22
 
 OmegaConcern wrote:
Aaaand, more to the point:

Song's kind of relevant again, no?
 
you betcha! Some of the words mighta changed, but it STILL APPLIES. Classic message, tried and true.


cindrocks
(colorfulcolorado)
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 00:20
 
Couldn't tell the last time I heard this song, but I DISTINCTLY remember this tape being my favorite. Now, that was back in the 80s when I was still idealist and young and proud and HAD A CLUE! What happened? Uh, life perhaps? Well, that never made it right. God Bless JCM! He inspired many musicians to take up the cross and rock it for those of us who feel in-between...

Forest267
(Milwaukee)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 13:31
 
Good Midwestern rock. Around here (Wisconsin), Mellencamp was huge back in the day...

OmegaConcern
(Sunrise, FL)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 13:31
 
Aaaand, more to the point:

Song's kind of relevant again, no?

tapatia1072
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 13:29
 
Lots of bile here. Why is it that the "working class hero" singers like Springsteen and Mellencamp seem to elicit this kind of emotional reaction from so many people? It's art, people - love it or hate it, feel free to disagree, but for Pete's sake don't go all crazy on each other about your opinions of or reactions to it!


OmegaConcern
(Sunrise, FL)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 13:29
 
 h8rhater wrote:

So you have farm drudgery experience and have been to Indiana.  This bit of trivia about no one important is of no interest.

 

Wow.  You're kind of a jackass.  Here's ten bucks.  Go buy a life.  If there's any change, see if you can find a spine on sale.

kcliss
(Chicago)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 13:28
 
Whatever you think of this and the Oasis song that preceded it, that was a nifty segue. More points for RP.

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 13:26
 
Stockholm, I think it was 1988. A great live show.

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Apr 04, 2010 - 12:49
 
 h8rhater wrote:

???!??

Too bad it didn't miss and smack you right in the EmptyHead.   Maybe it WAS meant for you.
 
Oh look, the little troll man is back. Who's only role in his miserable little life is attacking strangers here that don't like what he likes. You must feel like a real big man behind that keyboard. People like you that feel the need to attack and belittle strangers to build themselves up from the safety and anonymity of the computer have self respect and self worth issues. You really should see a shrink about that if you ever want to have any kind of meaningful life. Must really suck to be you.

And for Mellonhead getting beaned with a bottle. Not surprising it happened, He was yelling at the crowd and calling them not so nice names and riling people up. Apparently someone didn't like it. Just a thought, but people came there to hear his music and not him screaming obscenities at the crowd. He said in a radio interview a few days later he'd never play there again. 



Walrus_Gumbo
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 21:45
 
rdo wrote:

This land did feed a nation, this same land that was confiscated from others without the slightest shred of fair compensation (I'm talking about the native Americans). I grew up de-tassling corn in Iowa and went to Indiana Univeristy in Bloomington, a few minutes from John's home. I have no beef with political songs, but this is too much wrongheadedness.

This is simply awful, in so many ways. Please, please, NEVER play this song again.



Seriously, wouldn't it be easier for you to turn this off the next time, than to declare for others that it never get played again? Your "Dickishness" is showing! {#Grumpy}

h8rhater
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 10:50
 
 rdo wrote:

This land did feed a nation, this same land that was confiscated from others without the slightest shred of fair compensation (I'm talking about the native Americans).   I grew up de-tassling corn in Iowa and went to Indiana Univeristy in Bloomington, a few minutes from John's home.  I have no beef with political songs, but this is too much wrongheadedness.

This is simply awful, in so many ways.  Please, please, NEVER play this song again. 


 
So you have farm drudgery experience and have been to Indiana.  This bit of trivia about no one important is of no interest.


h8rhater
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 10:45
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Not a big MellonHead fan...Got to see him get beaned with a beer bottle at a concert in AZ once when he was being an ass with the crowd..
 
???!??

Too bad it didn't miss and smack you right in the EmptyHead.   Maybe it WAS meant for you.



rjoslyn
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 10:36
 
:P***{}

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 10:35
 

He was in Stockholm 86 or 87, it was a great performance! Love him and his band.{#Dancingbanana_2}



Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 10:34
 
The song that launched a thousand + alt country bands.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 31, 2010 - 09:49
 


We were so much younger then... sigh...



nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 15:28
 
 cutterjudd wrote:


Now, Now............
Obama is Half Honkie and all Donkey........
Now we will get years of  Left Wing Donkey Shit............

 
Hope you get centuries of it, served on your Mom's best china, you fascist bigot.



perikleshokie
(Raleigh,NC)
Posted: Nov 01, 2009 - 06:12
 
Dude, why so much hate and paranoia?  After all...... it is just John Cougar......

 That_SOB wrote:

 Humm lets see, conservatives can predict what liberals will say about a song like this (and a million others)
and liberals can predict what conservatives will say about a song like this (and a million others) so,
why do the conservatives feel the compulsive need to dump their predictable thumbs down on songs
liberals have been singing for the last 100 years ?  Contrary ? Ornery ? Insecure ? Belligerent ? Looking for a fight ?  —  So why not go listen to Limbaugh, Beck, or O'Really, that way you will be where you should be, and with low blood pressure as you won't need to pump blood to your brain when listening to one of your own.  I'm damned tired of conservative slams on liberal music on sites where liberal music is played !  I grew up with this music and love it. I don't go to conservative radio sites to pitch a bitch and moan about conservative music like Ted (the dead) Nugent and ...... well...... perhaps some gangsta hip-hop ?
 I don't go to conservative sites EVER....
As the conservatives used to say to liberals in the 70's, as a liberal,  I say this to you now
                             ——->>>>   "America, Love it or Leave It !"  <<<<————

 Better yet move to Texas —secede —-elect bush president—-sit around with your AR15's, sing church songs, and boogie down with "The Hammer" your very own, Tom DeLay.  

 



DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Nov 01, 2009 - 06:11
 
Not a big MellonHead fan...Got to see him get beaned with a beer bottle at a concert in AZ once when he was being an ass with the crowd..

MannAudioltd
(Worcester England)
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 04:48
 
Pink Houses surely his best

'kin cool in his Cuban Heels

That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 17:02
 

 Humm lets see, conservatives can predict what liberals will say about a song like this (and a million others)
and liberals can predict what conservatives will say about a song like this (and a million others) so,
why do the conservatives feel the compulsive need to dump their predictable thumbs down on songs
liberals have been singing for the last 100 years ?  Contrary ? Ornery ? Insecure ? Belligerent ? Looking for a fight ?  —  So why not go listen to Limbaugh, Beck, or O'Really, that way you will be where you should be, and with low blood pressure as you won't need to pump blood to your brain when listening to one of your own.  I'm damned tired of conservative slams on liberal music on sites where liberal music is played !  I grew up with this music and love it. I don't go to conservative radio sites to pitch a bitch and moan about conservative music like Ted (the dead) Nugent and ...... well...... perhaps some gangsta hip-hop ?
 I don't go to conservative sites EVER....
As the conservatives used to say to liberals in the 70's, as a liberal,  I say this to you now
                             ——->>>>   "America, Love it or Leave It !"  <<<<————

 Better yet move to Texas —secede —-elect bush president—-sit around with your AR15's, sing church songs, and boogie down with "The Hammer" your very own, Tom DeLay.  


VicF
Posted: Jul 29, 2009 - 15:07
 
rdo:  See "Hotdogs and Hamburgers" for some of Mellencamp's ideas about our treatment of native Americans.  His writing is...  down to earth, but he is sensitive to the issue.


hamer12string
(Orlando, FL)
Posted: Jul 29, 2009 - 15:02
 
Meh.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jul 26, 2009 - 13:18
 

This land did feed a nation, this same land that was confiscated from others without the slightest shred of fair compensation (I'm talking about the native Americans).   I grew up de-tassling corn in Iowa and went to Indiana Univeristy in Bloomington, a few minutes from John's home.  I have no beef with political songs, but this is too much wrongheadedness.

This is simply awful, in so many ways.  Please, please, NEVER play this song again. 



Bazooka
(Mountain View, CA USA)
Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 20:47
 
He may have a future.

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 18:38
 
what philbertr said

philbertr wrote:


You have GOT to be kidding.
 
 david1045 wrote:The guitar solo is not bad, but the song has not stood the test of time in the way that Pink Houses and Love and Happiness have. It sounds kind of 80s and not cool 80s...but kind of lame 80s.


mystercy
(Sacramento)
Posted: Apr 25, 2009 - 09:30
 
I realize this represents a large contigent of of beliefs, but its crass and and short sited. Its fantasy at its worse.