Hurts So Good - John Mellencamp | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION!

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[@clementsfamily7002]

"Rain on the Scarecrow" from his 1985 album Scarecrow. That entire album is a masterpiece.

[@kbusby4824]

Yes, saw him on that tour in Champaign, Illinois. Great concert!!

[@joealvarez8733]

Facts

[@landriver1]

Facts

[@scotthennen9280]

Could not agree more! The Scarecrow album is on my top 5 albums all-time.

[@benviljoen7907]

Can't go wrong with Rain on the Scarecrow, guys.

[@lisaknasiak4711]

Record company made him record under the name John Cougar. He slowly took his own name back. John Cougar -- John Cougar Mellencamp -- John Mellencamp.

[@viclagina347]

It was Johnny Cougar even worse

[@viclagina347]

That's back when the record companies OWNED your ass

[@moniphil]

I think he hated the name John Cougar.

[@originalhgc]

It was John Cougar in '82, so that's how I would label the artist for this song. I saw him open for Jethro Tull and The Who in Sept 82 in Boulder.

[@gavinsheridan4680]

“At first I thought, is Johnny Cougar any sillier than The Beatles? Then I remembered I’m not The Beatles.” - J. Mellencamp

[@markthompson7983]

I was always a fan of "Crumblin' Down", "The Authority Song", and "Lonely Ol' Night"

[@aliciazambri4237]

Yes, all of this!!!

[@Ginny-t7y]

More from John, "Cherry Bomb", "Paper in Fire" , "Authority Song" etc.

[@maceomaceo11]

I Need A Lover (That Won't Drive Me Crazy), from when he was Johnny Cougar, will always be my favorite. Flat out banger. Long version, you know the drill.

[@tracy8508]

It’s the best of his songs.

[@NathanWind99]

We are all dying to hear your reaction to the intro of I Need A Lover

[@bwheeler1970VB]

Check out “The Authority Song”

[@stevenmix3723]

"Crumblin' Down" next for a personal favorite. He was born Mellencamp, and labels suck for making a guy change his name. But he won it back in the end, by being a superstar.

[@timoteo950]

I was going to request the same song.

[@joejohnson1094]

I Need A Lover has to be next. Bangin instrumentals. Bangin vocals. Just bangin

[@davidteller7681]

Gotta be long version with guitar intro!

[@charlesshonat8295]

Perhaps the greatest, not just the longest, intro of all time!

[@tracy8508]

It’s his best song.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

John Cougar Mellencamp "Paper In Fire" 🔥 Nuff Said.

[@jeffrogers2180]

Don't underestimate the power of the heartland.. John is a big deal. "He has scored fourteen Top 20 hits in the United States. In addition, he holds the record for the most songs by a solo artist to hit number one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with seven. Mellencamp has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning one. He has sold over 60 million albums worldwide, with 30 million in the US."

[@curtisgunnarson1768]

“Rain on the Scarecrow “

[@trouty42]

"Cherry Bomb" & "Paper and Fire" are two super cool rock songs period.

[@tomjohnson2543]

To be finished with his earlier stuff, "Ain't Even Done With The Night" is a must. Later, listen to "Cherry Bomb" and "Paper and Fire".

[@thomaswest7746]

Paper and Fire

[@rbf7099]

If you ever have the opportunity to see John Mellencamp perform, do not miss out. He puts on one hell of a show live. As for more of his music, I recommend Cherry Bomb and The Authority Song.

[@MrsScootsey]

Yea, seen him like 4 times. Great in concert.

[@alvillanueva2525]

When he's not angrily walking off the stage.

[@denisemay6807]

There’s a song that’s so 80’s. Only thing is they played it to death on the radio until you didn’t want to hear it anymore.

[@robertfindley921]

John has a good voice and his music is always good, but sometimes his lyrics can be rambling. But not in this one. Good song. But yes, overplayed.

[@robmcgrath5202]

Definitely overplayed back then but understably so.

[@John_Locke_108]

Yup.

[@loosilu]

Still one of the best workout songs of all time.

[@larky368]

Some songs like Roundabout or Green Eyed lady I can listen to a hundred times and still love them. This song is not one of them.

[@sfcub-Bill]

Kenny Aronoff on Drums... NO one does it better! He is a legendary Drummer!

[@samuelgraham1465]

For anyone who doesn’t know, the drummer on this song is Kenny Aronoff and if you listen to the drum fills closely you can hear the hi hat still being played during the fills. This is because John Cougar wanted Kenny to change up the beat he was playing, so Kenny played the whole song open handed (left hand on Hi Hat and not his right hand like normal) and he also kept his left hand on the hi hat for the fills. Anyways still a great song!

[@remohio]

Try Rain on the Scarecrow or I Need a Lover

[@danielh1968]

In the 80s, he was God of Indiana, Mid-West, Rock...MTV gobbled him up....blue jeans boots ripped shirt!!! Ohhh and smoke smoking cigs!!!!!!

[@sunnyday_lemonbars]

do you remember when mtv gave away a pink house in one of their contests?

[@loristone9242]

@@sunnyday_lemonbars I remember that!! Those were the best days of MTV.

[@tallogden1732]

5 Mellencamp songs from now you guys will going "Damn, this guy hits with bangers every single time!" A worthy rabbit hole

[@chrisjaybecker4395]

Mellencamp deserves to be recognized on-par with Springsteen and Bob Seger as the pre-eminent Rock Bards of the Era. Such a deep catalog, and a huge influence on not only Rock Music, but on Country Music as well.

[@leroysiedenburg2139]

This is actually a DEEP rabbit hole to go down! John and Bob Seger are actually the Kings of HEARTLAND ROCK! Just to name a few songs - Ain't even done with the night, Check it out, Authority song, Rain on the scarecrow, Small town, Cherry bomb!!! I could name another dozen songs!!! You should definitely check out more!

[@Jfieri1]

Next I'd go with "Ain't Even Done With The Night" or "Little Pink Houses". Shows his range.

[@joelhahn2501]

They've done Pink Houses.

[@StuartBiliack]

Little Pink Houses is my favorite JM song. Great riff, fantastic, meaningful lyrics, just the right mix of upbeat and serious.

[@Jfieri1]

@@joelhahn2501 Well then I guess It's "Ain't Even Done With The Night", my personal favorite song of his. Probably because it's the song that he did the James Brown impression back in the day.

[@EightPieceBox]

Ain't Even Done with the Night as performed at the American Music Awards. Do it now! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3Srp3eGh7yagJYsi=tdJ-pttN_ZCIt-Nd One of the funniest things I've ever watched. They didn't want his band on stage, so he made them dancers.

[@texasca9753]

​@Jfieri1 It's my favorite, too. That's the song that made me a life-long fan!

[@roboct6]

This is one of those songs that grabs you the first time you hear it and won't let go!

[@aileenturrietta7553]

I have been a fan since '79. With the release of I need a Lover and I listen to any one of his songs daily. I can actually say he helped me raise children. Singing and dancing our way through.Love ,love him.!!

[@zachary8196]

"Small Paradise" On the same album is great too.

[@joemc1960]

"Ain't Even Done with the Night" is a great, great early John(ny) Cougar Mellencamp song.

[@UFOS4]

"Pink Houses" is another great one, a bit deeper in thought.

[@sherryheim5504]

"Sometimes love don't feel like it should, you make it - - hurt so good" great line! Good driving/dancing song.

[@codjh9]

People have suggestted some other great Mellencamp songs below, but I have to add 'Cherry Bomb'. One of my favorites by him.

[@chet530]

You will love this rabbit hole

[@kdavies3105]

Both the Uh-Huh and Scarecrow albums are fantastic...John had really matured lyrically

[@Timmayytoo]

Kenny Aronoff is his longtime drummer, who’s known as a drummer’s drummer. He gives the song a unique feel by switching hands and playing the snare right-handed and hi-hat with his left (most drummers cross their hands to play the other way).

[@dawngipe6324]

I love Paper and Fire...ive seen him 3 times and took my oldest daughter to see him... it was her first concert experience. I think she was 5 then...shes almost 31 now

[@BrianRobbins2]

Listen to Lita ford. Kiss me deadly live. Phenomenal song

[@LouieLouie3]

Love that song!

[@surlechapeau]

A&A, you'll love his "Small Town" and "I Need A Lover" !!! (I Need A Lover is from when he was just going by John Cougar or Johnny Cougar)

[@kathleensaladin2078]

My brother's and sis took mom to his concert and had a blast that man can dance and rock on the stage

[@roberthughes2402]

Next should be Crumblin Down and then The Authority Song. Both are bangers.

[@BelindaRobb-s7s]

"Play Guitar" from the album Uh-Huh

[@jgarcia4721]

He was the king of making rock songs danceable.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Mellemcamp has many classics like this

[@robbiesanford351]

So many GREAT songs! One of our beat songwriters period. Choose from many, Small Town, Pink Houses, Cherry Bomb, Rain on the Scarecrow, Ain't even Done with the Night, Authority song, Crumblin Down, and many more!!!!

[@todvball]

JCM's voice...., the lyrics, and guitar make this song catchy . The song has good "replayability" . Now you've started into a "rabbit hole" Andy & Alex ~ . Next up should be "I Need a Lover" with a kicka** intro . Rock on !!!

[@jenniferkelch7140]

It's just a great fun song. Catchy. You can sing along. Makes you wanna dance. I was in high school when this came out. I never get tired of it.

[@joekennedy4662]

I bought his compilation album, Words and Music (2004), thinking it would be good music to play in the car while l was driving. I was not wrong. The musicianship of his fellow players and the production value on many of his songs is top tier. I've been banging the drum to get you young squires to give John a listen for a while. He's got a large catalog and a couple buckets full of great music. Enjoy. (I'm pretty partial to Small Town.)

[@stephenbrewer5415]

‘Minutes to Memories’ off Scarecrow. A great storytelling song, with a catchy as hell, intense, passionate chorus. Among his all time best tunes.

[@Citizenesse8]

Oh my goodness. Just hearing those opening drum and guitar licks slingshots back to the 80s.

[@northerngurl6178]

1987 on the dance floor at the Big Bop in Toronto 🇨🇦 dancing with some random dude who asked me and this is the song ✌️ still as fresh as it was in 1982, never gets old

[@missosmommy]

Iconic song from the 80s. Always a winner at the school dance as it was in the 1984 hit movie Footloose. Guaranteed banger back in the day for road trips, parties, skating rinks, etc.

[@joshjacobs3906]

Next Mellencamp track should be Authority Song. .....that right there, that's a banger!

[@SunShine-qk4rb]

Fantastic song..I love playing it loud

[@philipsmith5088]

Interestingly, his first charted success came in 1978, with "I Need a Lover" in Australia, where it charted it's highest at No.5. This was his first chart success anywhere in the world. It came as a result of being pushed heavily by Australian rock guru Ian "Molly" Meldrum, on his national weekly music programme, "Countdown", which was watched religiously by pretty much everyone aged under 25 here in Australia. That made his American label sit up and take notice and after that it was upwards and onwards for him. He has always remained a hugely popular act down under.

[@scubasteve4020]

Saw JCM at IU homecoming in '90. He played through a driving rainstorm. One of the best live performers!

[@jefffries3741]

Everyone seems to overlook his first hit "I Need A Lover". with full intro.

[@DrChili44]

John's band in the 80s was SO GREAT. Larry Crane, Mike Wanchic, Toby Myers, and Kenny Freaking Aronoff. You guys HAVE TO hit something from Scarecrow album. Personal faves are "Rain on the Scarecrow" and "Justice and Independence '85". Complete and thorough BANGERS.

[@andydurazo5337]

Gotta give I Need A Lover a listen.

[@eric_day84]

This is a great song, I'm glad to see you guys get to this one. I always took the meaning lyrics as here's a guy who was most likely in a long-term relationship that recently ended because it just simply fizzled out, which often happens, because the excitement they had at the beginning was no longer there at the end which caused them to split. And people just simply change over time as well. And here comes a girl, who's clearly a little younger than him, that reignites those feelings he had when he was younger. Those feelings of excitement that you get at the beginning of a relationship when you're getting to know that person and all the fun you have in the process. Sometimes people get stuck in rut of the same old things everyday and they forget to live. That's what I've always took away from the lyrics.

[@landreaulover]

This was the song that blew him up. Then he followed it with 'Jack and Diane', and the rest is history.

[@geoffreybonham3802]

A lot of ways you could go with Mellencamp next. I’d say Rain On the Scarecrow, Paper In Fire, or Cherry Bomb could all be great next steps. Something tells me you guys will appreciate his catalog.

[@valelavidavivir5842]

My wife and I were at the dentist, both being seen at the same time. It still makes us laugh when we hear this. It seemed way tooo "appropriate" with a drill in your mouth. Hurting in order to stop the hurting. I don't suppose he was thinking of dental surgery when he wrote it... but we always do when we hear it 🙂

[@benviljoen7907]

"What if I came knockin'" from Human Wheels. Damn superb!

[@Grovesgeo]

Saw him 1 1/2 years ago - still had a great voice, and his band was tight and loud

[@williamscoggin1509]

Great summertime music, heck, great anytime music!!! 🇺🇸 🌞

[@tylerhackner9731]

I thank my parents for playing these songs and introducing me to the classics

[@MrDeadstu]

"Paper in Fire" from 1987 is a banger btw - he started with the stage name John Cougar, later brought in his real last name, Mellencamp. Eventually he dropped the Cougar and now known as John Cougar Mellencamp.

[@scruffyroses2796]

Saw him in 1980 when he was John Cougar & the Zone. Amazing!

[@jjalanj7318]

Saw him about the same time. He was opening for Kiss on the Dynasty tour lol

[@robertcleveland95]

Deep rabbit hole guys. Great Americana Rock and Roll.

[@GratefulZen]

With all his hits and a crack band, his live shows were a joyous celebration of heartland rock and roll.

[@unkeymoo]

Very first person I ever saw in concert since he was the opening act of the very first concert I ever went to. At that time he was called Johnny Cougar and opened for Heart! I'd say it was a pretty damn good show for my first time.

[@susanaltman5134]

He released music as Johnny Cougar, then John Cougar Mellencamp, and finally John Mellencamp.

[@SRGots]

Summer 1982. You couldn't escape this song. Amazingly enough, it never reached #1 on the Hot 100 even though it was in the Top 10 for 17 weeks. It was blocked by Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.

[@ErikaSMHS]

Thundering Hearts is righteous

[@lilamuzik3385]

" Cherry Bomb" is my favorite.

[@ellenjones7819]

His real name is John Mellencamp. Early in his career, he was told he wouldn't be successful unless he changed his last name, hence the name Cougar. Some of his early albums will have John Cougar or John Cougar Mellencamp. He just uses Mellencamp now.

[@kathybwell]

John is one of my favorite artists, love his vocals 😍 you can always understand what he’s singing. Next JM song, Small Town.

[@susanfinn3699]

Songs backstory: “I literally dreamt up that song in the shower in my house in Bloomington,” Mellencamp wrote in the liner notes of The Best That I Could Do (1978-1988). “I was still dripping wet when I got dressed, walked out of my bedroom, and said to my old songwriting friend George Green, ‘Hey! I just thought of a great chorus.’” With the spark lit, the two immediately pounced on the idea. “We thought of it as like a Shel Silverstein thing-it was really just a joke,” Mellencamp said in the same 1982 interview with The L.A. Herald-Examiner that the opening quote from this article came from. he explained that he and Green “exchanged lines back and forth between each other, and laughed about it at the time. Then I went and picked up the guitar, and within seconds, I had those chords.”

[@EightPieceBox]

John Mellencamp belongs in the Great American Songbook. His importance is underestimated.

[@johndonovan758]

Well done with the Steven Tyler connection! I never thought of that.

[@harriotteworthington3147]

Next: Authority Song!!! Such a great anthem for an angst-driven teen.. I fight authority, authority always wins Well, I fight authority, authority always wins I've been doing it since I was a young kid I come out grinnin' Well, I fight authority, authority always wins….

[@kellyjeanborchelt2414]

Adore him. I had that photo from the album cover hanging up in my cubicle at work in 1982. :)

[@seanellio]

When John Mellencamp first got started, the label made him use the name "John Cougar" because they felt his real name wouldn't sell many records. When he became successful, he phased the name out. I highly recommend you listen to ""I Need a Lover". Pat Benatar had a pretty sizable hit with it, but the 5 minute intrumental intro before John starts singing is crazy. Then John just knocks it out of the park.

[@MusicLover-dt7ic]

First time he appeared on tv in that FFA jacket was the moment I realized it was him the night at the pool hall who the guy was that came up to me and asked me where the stage was...I was in FFA at the time....Lived 50 miles from Seymour, still do...Love his music, The Rain On The Scarecrow is still my favorite album.

[@oceanbluebandflorida]

Soooo many great hits by him This was his breakout mtv song then Jack & Diane blew up!!! BUT his first semi hits a year or two earlier were “I Need a Lover who won’t drive me crazy” Very cool!!! Then a slower one was Ain’t even done with the Night

[@joelhahn2501]

Other Mellencamp (he hates the "Cougar" name his label stuck on him) you need to hear: * Authority Song * Cherry Bomb * Crumblin' Down * I Need A Lover * Lonely Ol' Night * Paper In Fire * Rain on the Scarecrow * R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. * Small Town * Wild Night [Acoustic Remix] (duet with Meshell Ndegeocello) And once you've gone through those, there's more where that came from!

[@thomasoconnell2150]

I just saw him last night at the outlaw music festival here in St. Louis. He was fantastic

[@denisetowe895]

Ha this one always filled up the dance floor!

[@coopm3087]

Paper in fire and The Authority song are great too

[@joelmastrobattisto422]

I love the line you’re not as green as you are young, great description

[@jomama2757]

Hurt So Good came out before Jack and Diane, and I tend to prefer it. My favorite one by him though is Cherry Bomb, which is slower and more of a ballad. Love the addition of the violin in it and seeing him play the zither, which my grandmother used to play. BTW, he was first referred to as John Cougar. He added his last name Mellencamp later in his career.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

An excellent musician as well as spokesperson for the Midwest. Some excellent picks - Rain on the Scarecrow, the Authority Song, Pink Houses, Justice and Independence, Small Town.

[@alzero.albert]

Paper in Fire and Cherry Bomb are excellent.

[@TimKCSportsFan]

Crumblin' down, I Need a Lover, Pink Houses, Ain't Even Done With the Night, and R.O.C.K. in the USA are all damn good and must reactions by you lads.

[@owlcu]

As a drummer I find it odd when people react to the lyrics more than the music. The drummer, Kenny Aronoff, said in an interview that while rehearsing this song with Mellencamp he decided on a whim to ride the hi hat with his left (weaker) hand rather than his right. The sound had a sloppy, slightly out-of-control sound that John liked, so they kept it and that's what we're hearing. To me, that is far more interesting than anything the song is about.

[@jbellinger99]

"What if I Came knockin'" is a great Mellenamp song.

[@markruehrmund45]

"Paper in fire" and "I need a woman that won't drive me crazy", are a couple of my favs. Also he redid an old Van Morrison song "Wild Nights" that has a killer bass line played by Meshell Ndegeocello

[@athos1974]

"Rain on the Scarecrow" Killer drums on the song

[@spacecardinal]

Saw him a couple of times, what a fun concert! He was so good!

[@jeremyyarbrough6459]

Can't go wrong with Mellencamp

[@karenj3611]

I was really hoping you would have made “Paper in Fire” the next Mellencamp song. I think you will really like it