John Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb (REACTION) with my wife

[@spacecoffee3215]

He is so right! Grew up in 80's in Texas. I played outside from morning until sundown. Drank water from the hose. Oh, and the sleep after a long day playing in the sprinklers. I slept so deeply, and yet, excited about waking up the the next day. And this song, "Cherry Bomb" was always playing on the radio all the time.

[@realmcaz]

It's crazy to think that it's almost time where he can sing "17 has turned 75"! Time is flying on by...

[@christopherhuot2826]

One of my favorites by John 😅😊 He's like a slice of Americana 😊

[@Vee1music-lover]

I was pregnant with my oldest child when this song came out. We were driving to the hospital and this song came on the radio and I suddenly was groovin’!😂 What an incredible time to grow up in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s! Music was about pure, raw talent! 😎✌🏻 And yeah he was and still is a handsome guy and he’s got some moves! Btw it’s “sport” not smoke!

[@kenklue467]

The diversity of music in the 60's and 70's was amazing. From Simon and Garfunkel to Led Zeppelin to John Mellencamp.

[@hokiedoo]

I was born in 1963 I had the pleasure of growing up with music in the best time of music!...Andre you hit the nail on the head how often to you ever see kids playing outside anymore 🤦‍♂️

[@descendantoffools9767]

Yep, left the house in the morning to play with friends and didn't get back until the street lights were coming on.

[@hokiedoo]

@@descendantoffools9767 Yep,I grew up in the best neighborhood's,no video games cell phone didn't exist or personal PC's,our personal playground was the street we grew up on and the wood's behind my parents home 🥰

[@tootz1950]

Today's kids will look back with nostalgia on spending all waking hours staring at their phone. Thank God I'm old.

[@benjaminbrowardONEOG]

I'm 61, and recently, a friend of mine asked if I had an answer to one of his grandchildren questions. The question was, "What is the best thing about being a teenager in the seventies?" and my answer was no distractions. Life was simple 😌.

[@tuffymoon3702]

I was born in 63. Growing up we had 1 TV and us kids WERE the remote control and the ones who went outside to turn the antenna if one of the 3 or 4 stations was a little fuzzy! Much of the time was spent outside playing with our siblings, and friends. Headphones was on my granddaughters school supply list and she is just in kindergarten. It saddens me that they are put in front of screens at such a young age. How do you learn to socialize if you're constantly alone with a screen!

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Wow, that's sad 😔

[@davidcohen4536]

Not only a reflection of him growing up in the rural Midwest but also a social commentary on “interracial relationships”

[@danoliver2817]

MOST LIKELY, MY FAVORITE JOHN COUGAR/MELLENCAMP SONG..... EXCELLENT CREATION!!

[@steveallen8131]

Wash your mouth out. Minutes to Memories!! ))

[@davidgehoski1306]

He started out as John Cougar. He still lives in Indiana and is a very good painter. He is a huge supporter of Farmers.

[@blindriv3r]

Well the record company made him take the moniker Cougar I think, Mellencamp being not 'memorable' or familiar enough..then a while he was Cougar Mellencamp and then finally just his real name

[@flubblert]

A song just about everyone can relate to. His best in my opinion

[@RGlinick]

Just stopped by to say we watch ur reactions and it’s nice to see two people who love and respect each other. John is famous for singing about the good ole days of just being a good ole country boy. Thx

[@steveallen8131]

Love me some Mellencamp and great choice.

[@jimmymcintyre7944]

My favorite by him.

[@ColetteMalette1]

Little Pink Houses🎉 is a great one too🎉

[@timbeatty8411]

My favorite song by John. I'm going to see him in 3 weeks.

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Woo hoo! Have fun 😊💚

[@leannmiller7153]

@timbeatty8411 that’s great! He’s playing 30 miles from me this weekend at The Gorge Amphitheater in WA. The Outlaw tour with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan? Is that the concert you’re seeing? I’m really wanted to go, but at our age, we can no longer handle all the walking at the outdoor venue. It is a fantastic concert venue though! Have a great time !

[@timbeatty8411]

@@leannmiller7153 have fun and danced all night. I wish I could like I used to.

[@timbeatty8411]

@@MerchantOfAlba thank you I will. I am going to see John with Willie nelson, Robert plant, and Bob Dylan. It doesn't suck.

[@leannmiller7153]

@@timbeatty8411 what a dream lineup!

[@Coolrockndad]

My favorite Mellencamp tune by far.

[@magicbrownie1357]

I grew up in the same home state as John Mellencamp, and this song brings back some of the best memories of what it was like growing up there. Great tune!

[@toriboy25]

One of my favs from him!

[@brandonjones1349]

Another fantastic reaction to John guys! Ty MOA ☘️🇺🇲

[@RitaCarroll-b4t]

I love you two!!

[@smitty60-su2xf]

A great song about growing up and enjoying the simple things in life that we all tend to overlook....great reaction...

[@JoeHicks-ow4rm]

Dominique you did a great job of explaining what it was like to live back in the older days. This was my high school days and everything was so much simpler. No cell phones no computer no video game. Kids spent time with their friends and going to the drive in movies and not sitting in front of a phone screen or computer and TV. I definitely long for those days. The line "fourteen turns to forty five sure rings true."❤❤❤

[@penelopehornswaggle102]

I totally AGREE with you Dominika that its because things were easy and simple. Also, its bad that everyone is always on the internet. John Mellencamp is amazing ❤ This is my favorite by him.

[@ThistleAndSea]

Love John's music. So good! Thanks for sharing this one.

[@roseblake5803]

I was wondering if you two ever dance? You both have great rhythm and I’m pretty sure you could tear up a dance 💃🕺floor…Enjoy your reactions so much thank you 🙏

[@MerchantOfAlba]

We sometimes dance together, but it is not a pretty sight...but we always have a good laugh together 😄💚

[@GBeret83]

Great tune from the Lonesome Jubilee album. For my money, Mellencamp's best album he ever recorded.

[@avlanche7777]

I was a 70’s You guys are great Thanks!❤

[@fgoogle5576]

i was 15 when this song came out, i agree with your dialogue... great reaction

[@deegomez2089]

Mr Mellencamp, known for his dance moves 😉 💚 One of my favorite grooves 🎶🎵

[@tomhuhn7082]

I have been waiting for you to do this one, I knew you would appreciate it!

[@Noelle0026]

I live down the road from John’s hometown-the little town he sings about in this song-Seymour, Indiana! This is one of my favorite songs of his along with Paper in Fire, Little Oink Houses, and Jack and Diane.

[@michiganjfrog366]

I was born in 66 and This song reminds me of my sister's in the 70s and I've always loved this song because it's excellent and the video has so much nostalgia for me 🌊❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I commented before I watch this video and it's not the one I grew up watching... I'm just saying it's not bad but the one I grew up watching is so much better and nostalgic for me

[@mikemiller3069]

My band covered this song in the late 80s/early 90s. Back then, you couldn't just Google the lyrics and we weren't sure if it was "smoke" or "sport" either. I think we used "sport" if memory serves me.

[@Rob-eo5ql]

Lonesome Jubilee is one of the greatest albums ever released imo. Every song on it could’ve been a hit.

[@dalemcmillan7231]

Another Awesome song from John!!!❤❤❤

[@bowtangey6830]

"We were young and we were improving." I, too, felt this, as I would guess most do. It wasn't simply life, but life with hope for my future, for the world's future.

[@williamcabell142]

One of the GREATS! Out side the club cheery bomb! Every town had a Cherry Bomb! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@michaelhamilton1290]

Please do the song 'Check it out'!

[@threekidzmom04]

My husband, newborn and myself moved to Indianapolis in 1982 and John Cougar was "The Man!"

[@alanflor703]

I grew up in the early to mid '70s. My kids grew up 20 years later, just a block from my childhood home. Things really changed in that 20 years. I had lots of friends to play with and we DID, all the time. Then people stopped having multiple children. My kids grew up with just two friends to play with. I think if they could have experienced both their and my childhoods, they would have picked mine as the better. As far as music goes, I always thought "my" era, the '80s was the best but I knew that I was biased. I have since seen young people on KZbin saying the same thing so maybe I'm right!

[@danewilliams3552]

Y'ALL GROOVIN again😎

[@markbruhn3943]

Happy you found John, have seen him several times. First time he opened for Kiss in 1979

[@MichaelKelly-eg6jo]

That's the sign of a good storyteller or songwriter, when they can transcend generations with the same message or feeling.

[@jeffjones6221]

One of my old bandmates and good friend took over on bass for Mellencamp after Toby passed away. I was born in 62...a teen of the 70s. Glorious times!! Now, I'm on the downhill slide to 63...I swear I turned 21 last month 😅😅😅

[@AW11-e4h]

Life is a repeated cycle of getting lost and then finding yourself again ❤

[@bowtangey6830]

When I was growing up we kids did indeed play outside from sunup to sundown (and later sometimes). But without supervision there were times when would occasionally do things that risked our health and lives, even. I shudder to remember some of those.

[@ronreynolds1610]

yes ..parents told kids to get out of the house !! no helmets , drinking out of a hose, rock fights ,walking the fence and much worse ...lol

[@ed6720]

"17 has turned 35" 35 has now turned 65 and we're still groovin, just much slower :) Love the reaction, those kids are your folks and grannies and grandpa now, it feels like only yesterday. Have a wonderful day you two, go out and make a memory.

[@MerchantOfAlba]

😊 thank you

[@griffcrammond6640]

Mid-West rock....a fiddle, accordion, guitar, drums and autoharp.

[@davidgehoski1306]

Pink Houses or Life is short even on its longest days are my favorites.

[@dougieyou]

Yes indeed I love his moves as well, great song and reaction. You should try "When Jesus Left Birmingham" it's a real groove and a banger.

[@correctlyrics]

Why aren't ppl recommending "Pink Houses"? Is it because it was played so much back in the day that ppl are tired of it? Aside from being a great song, it really shows rural America and everyday ppl.

[@WooBino.]

its next. (live)

[@thomasmcdonough6642]

The good old days

[@keithcarper8809]

When I was young, I thought of the year 2000, a new century. I wondered if I would see it. I would be in my 40s. 😟 ☮💙👴

[@jeffwarren4938]

John is a huge IU basketball fan..Bobby Knight was the coach and they played REAL basketball before shot clocks, three point shots, etc...

[@robertmoraga1501]

Andre and Domenica, you are both correct. It’s true that each generation looks back on a simpler time when they get old, and in a sense, it always was. But to Andre’s point, us baby boomers were the last kids to grow up without computers and the internet. They were game changers. So, in a very real sense, we’ve lost a certain innocence in our youth we will never recover. But at least we’ll always have ice cream.

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Love ice cream 🍦

[@loriloucks3738]

True that Andre. Do you ever see kids outside anymore just playing street hockey, riding bikes, do they still sell skipping ropes, we used to find the best rock to play hopscotch with, and boy you better be home when the street light came on.

[@dougieyou]

I couldn't have said it any better.

[@custardflan]

This was my teenage post high school years .

[@dannycarter573]

Hey great reaction love this song!! Got a song for ya , “ the guess who” song is “ these eyes”, it’s a song from the 70s , band is from Canada! You will enjoy this song! Ty

[@meldonbrindley7093]

A longing to be young, carefree, and falling in love for the first time.

[@joecrone9862]

'73 to '83 , way cool back then.

[@jjh5374]

Such a great song. One that you can relate to regardless of which era you grew up in. Cherry Bomb can mean something as simple as the literal “firecracker”, or something more, a loss of innocence or virginity. BTW, once again, Mellencamp made a conscious choice to show a black man dancing with a white woman in the video, depicted in an era where that was risqué. Good on him, always trying to show that he rejected bigotry.

[@KenBlair-jp5nz]

Being a teen from the sixties and embracing the hippie life with long hair and jeans and tie dye shirts , the adults in my life thought I was an idiot and weird just as adults today say the same thing about the teens of today . Life to me at that age was scary and not more simple .It was filled with the Vietnam war and the threat of nuclear destruction . Racism and misogyny was rampant .Life to us back then was just as screwed up and crazy as people think today .

[@bowtangey6830]

My son (who is now 35!) pointed out that his generation, due to technology, had music from the beginnings of recordings at their fingertips. He convinced me that it is definitely better now in that regard. 🎼🎵🎶🎵

[@gregj1295]

When your young you think about Living. When you get old you think about dying.so just keep thinking young.

[@georgewardius3773]

Please react to the video of John Mellencamp - "Wild Night" feat. Me'shell Ndegecello, you will love it ! Enjoy watching you guys, thanx

[@UKcanuck55]

'100 kids on the street' was my youth.

[@lotusladylotus6159]

Great reaction. If you'd like to hear another of John's hit songs, check out 'Pink Houses' (a great fun track with a deep message about American culture).

[@leonardshevlin7260]

Jonathan Richman is someone you need to discover. "That Summer Feeling" shares the theme of how we remember our younger days. His first band -- The Modern Lovers -- were very influential. [acolytes of Lou Reed and his Velvet Underground]

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Thank you 😊

[@leonardshevlin7260]

Divorce lawyers liked the video.

[@luvutons411]

😂😂 Couldn't be any more true...👍

[@cobygoyen9998]

Maybe you would like to try the music video of John's 'Paper In Fire', it is just people getting together to enjoy music. Go and enjoy.

[@Noelle0026]

Love that song and the video!

[@GranpaMike]

Another great song by JM. I'm an old man, mostly grew up in small town Kansas in the '60s and '70s. I look at this generation and it saddens me to my core. They lack the ability for rational, critical thinking. Morality and ethics are not a part of who they are. When your only comfort is knowing you won't be around to witness the full devastation that Gen Z and Gen A will inflict upon the world, it's a bad day. Those of us who grew up in better times look around today and know that we were blessed. Thank You, Father.

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Agree with your wise words 💚

[@GranpaMike]

@@MerchantOfAlba Thank you. When you're ready for a JM song that will lift your spirits and make you want to dance, do check out "KEY WEST INTERMEZZO (I SAW YOU FIRST)" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ2wgYytfLx_mas . His cover of "WILD NIGHT" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5-zgYWHmrmrirs is also amazing. Love the channel, hope you keep doing it as long as it brings you joy.

[@TripletDad3]

Growing up in the 70s was better because we didn't have the internet. We had to get out and talk to our friends, and we learned how to deal with each other. We made lifelong friends and we still get together on a regular basis. There's something different about having friends that know the real you and can tell you when you are wrong without offending you.

[@ellerootz6702]

JCM! Tha man

[@davidjudd951]

We can forget to appreciate the present as a result of longing for the past. Enjoy today, because years from now, this day will also be romanticized.

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Yes, well said 😁💚

[@WooBino.]

Hi Guys, It's SPORT I don't know why the closed caption used the word SMOKE. When a SPORT was a SPORT. 😎😎🗽🗽👍👍

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Thank you 😊

[@Ellenred5257]

Anyone fans of his album Cutting Heads. I like Peaceful World and Cutting Heads

[@keithetherington4824]

Please react to the song, Check It Out by John Mellencamp.

[@penelopehornswaggle102]

Your friends change because of life changes. People move, they have kids and it's a busy time and hard to get together as much or at all.😢

[@BladeObssession]

I'll take the 80s any day over current times

[@katwade6904]

Saddest Melloncamp song is Jackie Brown

[@ToddSauve]

Yes, a wonderfully nostalgic song that fits into everyone's heart just right. What a good band John had, and radio would play these songs. Not to overly complain but this day and age's music just sucks in comparison. 🎸🎸🎸💖💖💖

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Agreed 👍

[@bruceday-v1b]

Amaricana

[@contramaestr]

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[@williamcabell142]

Sorry my Dear, but there is a GIANT difference between the 50’s/60’s/70’s…and yes the 80’s…the 90’s were there, but That’s when it went actually to Hell! 🙏✝️❤️🇺🇸

[@tootz1950]

He's talking about a cigarette, not pot. I grew up in that time and if I walked home from my girlfriends (I'm female) and it was two miles I was not afraid. Sometimes there were boys in the streets running, running after a ball. Today they are running, after someone to beat or rob. How will they remember that when they are older and think of the innocence of youth?

[@WooBino.]

It's SPORT.

[@custardflan]

Were the beneficiaries of free range parenting. Now that means playing video games or watching YouyTbe videos

[@hankhaney3785]

..one of his "flops", yawn !

[@mikemiller3069]

I don't know if you have them in Romania or not, but a "cherry bomb" in the US, is a very powerful firecracker. Many people have blown their fingers off with them.

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Nope, we never heard of them.

[@philipsharp8250]

Everyone looks back to when they were young, but combine that with growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, and I'm afraid it's off the scale. There will never be a time like it ever again. It also was a time when you could do and say what you wanted to, so no, your assessment is totally wrong.

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Thank you for explaining 😊

[@Coolrockndad]

"A smoke was a smoke" >> Meaning not marijuana but a regular cigarette. IMO neither are good for you.

[@WooBino.]

lyrics are sport. 🙂

[@Coolrockndad]

@@WooBino. It's slept "smoke" not sport.

[@WooBino.]

@@Coolrockndad Sport is on tha album lyrics

[@BringItMAGA]

Never cared for Melencamp.

[@michaelmaguire9119]

I believe when he says that's when a smoke was a smoke. He was referring to the first smoke 🚬 was a cigarette he was talking about and the second smoke referring to Marijuana / pot / weed.

[@WooBino.]

It's sport on the album sleeve.