John Mellencamp - Pink Houses (Official Music Video)

[@furgulley8077]

The opening of this song was filmed at my grandma's house in austin indiana. The scene with the black gentleman sitting on the porch, he was sitting in her rocking chair. My grandmother never learned how to read and if you notice the bible in the window is upside down. I65 was built right through town in the 50's and literally cut the road her house is on in half. My grandma passed away on jan 1st 2019 at the age of 90. Oh how i miss the 1980's. They are great memories.

[@selenapozzoli4267]

💝💝

[@selenapozzoli4267]

From Italy

[@jenniferloftus2363]

Mellencamp talks about how he saw a Black man sitting on that porch and how the highway running through it was the inspiration for the song. He had a black cat on his lap and he waved back at Mellencamp and that was how he ended up writing that song. I wonder, was the gentleman in the video the same man? But in any event, that highway cut through the Black part of town just like so many of our highways did, and a lot of people don't understand what that means. It means that we didn't care about disrupting the Black neighborhoods. It meant that some of us were even happy to do it. We need to reckon with this. This music is "heartland music" and that includes our Black heartland residents. I can't help noticing how many of the commenters identify themselves as Black, which is likely because the average white listener of this music is probably clueless as to who is a resident of the heartland. Then they tell us they like this song too, or they love this artist too. I hope everyone who reads that thinks about it. "Flyover Country" and "Real America" isn't just the white people like me.

[@atomic_guy3528]

It’s sad how many of the people from the older generations from that area can’t read or write

[@papabear3488]

Wat a cool reminiscent memory to have especially with this song nice bro 👍may ur grandma rest in peace.

[@cindiexoxoxo3773]

2022. People need to listen to this song so they can get back to what’s really important.

[@Sarah-sm3nn]

I am a black woman raised in Buffalo NY and Alabama and grew up listening to 80s rock. I love John Mellencamp❤.

[@mctavish23]

Well said.

[@juammanuelortizrodriguez5527]

Greetings in 2024 ,Monterrey N.L,México 🤟

[@annmariedavis9643]

❤

[@conniedecarolis3173]

I am from Buffalo too. Hello

[@Mallyumansky]

Rochester,NY in the house lol

[@lorigipson1696]

I'm a Black 59 year old Woman and I met my Husband in 1982 and he introduced me to Mellencamp music and this song right here I Love it, got a message to it!

[@JohnMellencamp-vw4fm]

Hello How're you doing today, Comment like this are priceless, Thank You It's a pleasure meeting you here ❤

[@madmax8949]

I can dig it!

[@mrjoerich1165]

Ye right. OK sure we believe you. And I'm a yellow submarine

[@piscesempress1978]

Music is universal ❤ it knows no colors. Much love to you ❤

[@CyndiP1111]

1749 clear skies and smooth sailing

[@sactiger2817]

I'm a 62-year-old Black man, raised in Cali... and this music is the soundtrack of my early adulthood. Worked a blue-collar job, and attended college in the evenings (toward a BA degree). Although I grew up on the West coast, the music of the Heartland always strikes deep in my soul. I just love this song.

[@darkheartlightsoul]

do you think that White should be capitalized same as Black when we're talking about races which we shouldn't be talking about at all anyway just being better respect and loving each other as ourselves

[@jimbeam7160]

@@jukeboxxx. If we're gonna love each other, I think we'll have to drop focusing on Capitalization.....doncha think?

[@jonathanbaker9153]

This is an old song. Which many wont get. The OP was just saying. What happens today is not what The OP was saying.

[@markbudinsky6273]

@@jonathanbaker9153 exactly. We used to all be Americans. I'm 43. I remember this song when it was released and it was a different country with a different attitude. This song is about us as we should be

[@richardjackson7660]

It's great to be an American.

[@Heyoudummy]

Im a 51 year old woman from Bedford, Indiana, down the road from Seymore, where John is from. Ive loved his music since i was 7 years old! His recent interview with Bill Maher brought me back again.

[@nicskene7584]

This song is about the American dream being broken. Middle class working all their lives to barely get by. Poor black man living in his pink house.. "you know he thinks he's got it so good", "those ol crazy dreams just kind of came and went" corporate greed America has broken the middle class. Mellencamp always tells it like it is.

[@KevinSmith-hm5pj]

And he made a lot of money off this song.

[@gracebgray]

wat is the majority religion are these uber-greedy corporate 1% who own half the wealth with satanicworship & now🎼🎵Free Fallin'🎶-TomPettyRIP 🎵🎼 ❤🏝️💋

[@markcrider4574]

I agree as someone who grew up poor and now has the kind of life I always dreamed of through hard work and sacrifice. Or as my beautiful wife and I say, she is assailant manager of a fast food joint and I am a simple truck driver so we aren't wealthy by any means 6 kids and no government assistance. Capitalism...

[@j.d.stiener4957]

You have to own capital to be a capitalist

[@mmartinez9764]

Facts

[@smithwesson7765]

I'm a Canadian and every time I hear this tune it reminds me how much I respect and love my American friends and neighbors. God bless you.

[@SunflowerChild82]

We love you too! 🇺🇸💛

[@constanceleachman9720]

Right back at you buddy I live in Portland Oregon and it's folks like you that make the world a good place and John will keep us all going

[@cantstopsinging]

Thank you.. Great to hear something positive

[@whitethunder123]

💖 God Bless yous 🙏 Our Neighbors 😊

[@dewainewakeman9506]

You folks up in Canada might be the only ones left to hold democracy together the way things are going down here! Much respect to Canada!

[@karenchandler2921]

I'm a black woman soon to be 51 years old in a couple of weeks. I remember being a kid in the 80s and loving this man and his music. I still do!

[@jefferybragg3148]

looks like he made a difference in your life. he made one in mine!

[@karenchandler2921]

@@jefferybragg3148 He sure did

[@karenchandler2921]

Great minds think alike 😉 😌

[@jeanninem8227]

I'm a 61 y.o. white woman...I was in my early 20's living in outer city limits of Houston TX. My 2 kids were 2 and 5

[@MrEskelton]

Thanks I'm worried about playing thanks I was worried about playing this due to this new society even though I played it from last umteen years

[@aprilcollier4462]

I grew up on F highway in Missouri for awhile in a little pink 2 room house as a child. I slept in the bottom drawer of a dresser in my parents room. My two older brothers slept in the living/ kitchen area on a fold out love seat. We had no running water and a outhouse. And I thought life was glorious. When I got a little older and we moved back to Illinois. We moved to a house that was rented to us by a very generous Mexican family and I got promoted to sleeping on a shelf in the closet. Life was good in the 70's. We were dirt poor and I was happy. One year for Christmas I got an orange, teddy bear, hoolahoop and one knew outfit. I was so gracious and happy. When I look back through the family photo albums everyone was happy. People were real and spent quality time together. I remember the first time I ate a prime cut of beef. I was 11 years old my grandfather bought me that steak. People today are not appriative of the blessings they have.

[@Larry-x5v]

You remember all! That's a good part!

[@MrFelix002]

many blessing upon you

[@Maryandcasey181]

😅

[@Maryandcasey181]

The best time I can go to the solution for this is to get a hold of the feeling lost by technology to much information technology simple but cannot keep up

[@JJJZANESVILLE2]

I was born in 1952. We grew up poor and rich. Poor moneywise, rich every other way. Pure fun.

[@leereeder2293]

John Mellencamp is a true gift for classic Rock

[@magnificentmuttley154]

100% agreed... John Mellencamp _IS_ Classic American Rock. Tom Petty, Felix Cavaliere, Bob Grill, Woodie Gutherie, Tom Johnston, John Fogerty, Paul Simon, Jim Croche & Billy Joel (in no particular order) are a small handful that defined classic guitar rock & have made the everlasting impression on all of us. Esp those of who, thanks to them, grew up wanting to be guitarists & eventually became them. Their music is the gift that keeps right on giving, everyday. And no doubt strongly influenced us to be better people 💜❤ Ok ok, Billy Joel is a pianist, not a guitarist. But so what :) Tom Johnston/ the Doobie Bros., Take Me In Your Arms, 1973 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3SteXuljtJosKc Jim Croche, I've Got A Name, 1973 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLHp6Fna7Nkbpo

[@darrelllewis7651]

There is no question that this works

[@piotrb8434]

@@magnificentmuttley154 "Guitar rock". Rock is guitar music by definition, so writing something like "guitar rock" is a pleonasm. Guys you mentioned are not the most important for the developement of rock music. Woody Guthrie, Paul Simon and Billy Joel have very, very little to do with rock. Classic rock music was defined by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Mickey Baker, Johnny Burnette with Paul Burlison, Duane Eddy, The Ventures, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Sonics, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Ten Years After, The Allman Brothers.

[@magnificentmuttley154]

@@piotrb8434 You have a much stricter view of what Rock 'n Roll is than I do. My opinion of what popular music qualifies to be called Rock isn't restricted to textbook definition. And my viewpoint isn't unique since Rock is a large umbrella that covers many flavors & styles outside of "guitar rock," pleonasm & all There are hundreds of thousands like me who experienced Pop & differing flavors of R&R firsthand, throughout the 60's, 70s, & 80s, with it's many alterations & changes. We were there! We understand that the range of "Rock" sub-catagories are not restricted only to popular music that uses electric guitar. Whether Jazz or Big Band styles that emphasize the use of brasswinds; Rock-fusion where an all-acoustic orchestra is simply accompanied by a handful of Rock instruments; & Soft Rock that uses a more sophisticated blend of rhythum & melody than these There are Rock songs that range from being dominated by use of electric guitar(s), through to merely using a single rhythum guitar, faintly in the background. And there are so-called "Rock" songs where the lead instrument is a piano & little if any guitar accompanies it (Elton John, Ferranté & Tiecher, Dr John, John Anderson, Todd Rundgren, 10CC, Pablo Cruise) but such music is still referred to as "Rock" of some flavor Again, at the risk of offending your formally-trained view in the matter, my opinion of what is called "Rock" & what goes by another name isn't based upon the rigid definitions of a professor who wrote a textbook on 20th Century Music. My opinion is based on 40+ years of listening to ths e broad spectrum of American radio; some of it mainstream, but much of it not So, I can see that we won't see eye-to-eye, & I won't waste your time arguing about it. Please allow me to bid you sincere thanks for contributing your thoughts today, nevertheless✌💜

[@marylouobrien1841]

Right on. I fought authority...

[@GeorgeGoode-vk2zc]

Every Year is a good Year to listen to Mr John Mellencamp! 2024 also...

[@downtownusmc]

When I was deployed, I heard this song. I brought tears to my eyes, it was a taste of home for me. I love my country and would do it all over again.

[@cy3969]

Thank you sir! My son just became a marine.

[@davidkidd2644]

The Ron Paul Liberty Report.

[@ryanm7249]

Thank you for your service!

[@tracypajari2540]

Love that thought! Hero

[@skbuydens7717]

Bless you. If people think the USA is so bad, just think what would happen if Communist China was the most powerful country on earth. We have much to be thankful for.

[@johnraymond-pz9bo]

To all those Americans and people of good will everywhere, I love you all

[@davidboden6311]

my dad's favourite song, he's in heaven now and I will never stop playing it, I love you dad forever ❤️

[@mctavish23]

Your dad had excellent taste. May he RIP.

[@PolCarozzi]

De lo mejor dela decada los 80😊

[@JustBGuz]

Hang in there. I lost my mom and dad each at the age of sixty (2007 & 2011). I truly believe they're still here (and we're still there). Here's a simple tribute: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmPIdYCYiKxob5I

[@Shawn-mw6ip]

John Mellencamp, an American treasure ❤

[@lolaizaguirre]

Undoubtedly!!

[@nicidevine6670]

For sure

[@virginia7890]

I saw him singing 🎶

[@firefox71]

This song and Born in the USA prove how much many people just hear the chorus and don't understand the lyrics, but you tried to teach them something anyway. ❤

[@coolj3092]

Ppl don’t get it!

[@nryle]

It's actually more interesting than that. People do hear the lyrics, they just don't interpret them in the condescending way they were intended to

[@nativeunderground]

Rockin in the Free World is another.

[@firefox71]

@@nryle yeah, that's pretty much what I said

[@shannonnichols3415]

OR we’ve lived long enough to hear the lyrics, know exactly what they mean, but choose to enjoy the music for what it is!

[@kimnixon5357]

We need this kind of music back fast!!

[@habyss]

You couldn't pull it off. The first verse would be "well there's an African American man, with an African American cat, living in an African American neighborhood."

[@mikeforbes1521]

couldn't have said it any better

[@TheFunkhouser]

I briefly read this as: We need this kind of music black fast!!

[@BigAlWillis]

yes

[@mikeforbes1521]

Hell yeahs

[@MatthewPhillips-lb6xu]

"Little pink houses for you and me.". One thing I miss about growing up in the 80s is taking road trips through America with my family.

[@chriskendall3979]

I've never set foot in the USA, but John Mellencamp's songs always makes me long to go over and see so many of the towns, the people, the land that he describes so vividly. Few songwriters have the ability to capture the sound and personality of a country better than him.

[@frankhonest8799]

Hello 👋 how are you doing, I hope the virus is not affecting you?

[@jacksonwegelin5845]

His descriptions are amazing, but don't forget, the song is about how hard it is to live in America. The land of opportunity and inequity.

[@kaveh-w-]

the america in this video is dead.

[@philliesfan1971]

A lot of his songs (this one included) are critical of the USA and many of its policiesm

[@ItsMe-gw4kb]

@chriskendall3979 This song has personal meaning for me cause I was born in a small town and grew up in a small town. If you truly want to see some of the places and people described in Pink Houses, they exist, but are not in the news or anything. If you can get here, there are many to look at and talk to.

[@bleep77]

There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them

[@joeschmo5988]

Just copy and paste this everywhere

[@bleep77]

@@joeschmo5988 Ok, I’ll get to work on that 😁

[@joeschmo5988]

@@bleep77 seems you already have

[@tracypajari2764]

Everything. Was all good!

[@tracypajari2764]

Yup

[@carytoutges6744]

I am a 68- year- old man, and I have been listening to John Mellencamp forever. I really like the video Little Pink Houses. I could listen to that song all day and never get tired of listening to it. Keep up the great singing John.

[@ericlee2931]

I am sure you like me would rank the Uh huh album at the top of any all-time list,

[@YvetteArby]

How can you not love this man when you hear this song? When I heard that he helped start Farm Aid, it only reinforced it more. God bless you, Mr. Mellencamp!! You’re an American treasure. ✌🏼💖

[@mctavish23]

Well said. Totally agree.

[@zwalters4135]

You clearly don't understand the meaning behind the song. John said in an interview that it is extremely anti-America, claiming the American dream is dead and the country is crumbling. "Ain't that America for you and me" is sarcastic.

[@nicidevine6670]

Well said ❤

[@davido5058]

He's always been a huge ahole in reality though, so anyone who knows or met him probably has quite a few reasons for not loving this man. Also, his music is hugely overrated, he has like 2.5 decent songs and the rest are filler trash. Nostalgia is a hell of a drig though, helps with willfully ignoring the facts that don't agree with the rest of the story.

[@joeruiz4010]

​@zwalters4135 Mellencamp is so bipolar between speaking with hyperbole and with basics. He's even stated that the song is a critique of the American Dream, and questioning if it's actually a singular and concrete thing. No 2 "Pink Houses" are the same, and no 2 peoplehave the same 'American Dream'.

[@trevorgordier3938]

Ahhh … simple plain good old rock and roll songs … got onto John when I was a teen this year I’m gonna be 55 … wish there was music this good now … Thanks John … 🤙🙏❤️🇨🇦

[@nikkiisrael530]

🎶🎤I’m a black girl from a black town and I’m one of his biggest fans. I love you John cougar Mellancamp 🥰

[@crashmacduff7378]

And may you always be just as loved.🥰💕😎

[@Arsopu]

Using irrelevant reference is the pinnacle of a segregationist which is the biggest cause to continuing racial barriers. You're a girl, from a town.

[@scottbryant767]

@@crashmacduff7378 That boy...well... first of all...gotta explain where she's coming from....your Lost in your own racial word!

[@reyesflores141]

Good for you Nikki!! Music knows no color

[@darthmauljr]

you go girl. Good taste.

[@garrison0532082]

one of the most underrated musicians of my generation

[@garrison0532082]

@scott michaels yea, and sure u hear his music on classic rock stations, but he's never mentioned in same breath as others. He should be. Pure, no-bullshit good old American rock and roll.

[@westm3931]

Some really great songs.

[@jerilane4420]

You are so right as John is right up there with the best of his generation such as Springsteen and Seger!!

[@zackzallie8735]

I heard some guy called him the ''discount Springsteen'' or smthin. lmao

[@roseantonio7146]

Wow, this song never gets old. But if you love John like I do, you should hear David Young’s newest single “If I Can Live Thru This” kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipLHdKtmoah8nMk It’s been awhile that I’ve been this excited about an artist!

[@sammiework4218]

I am a thirty one year old man who lives in Paterson, NJ and I love the way John Mellencamp devotes and honors his fans and audience pertaining to his music.

[@dlzastera]

I saw this man in Duluth, MN on April 4th 2024 he does the same antics on stage that he did on the Scarecrow tour at the St Paul, MN civic center in 1986. It was like going back in a time capsule on that night. God bless John Mellencamp.

[@anndaigle4084]

I'm a 64 years women and we do need this kind of music BACK

[@micahhardman3183]

No chance...he's the Only one. Cougar 👍🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺

[@damiencharnoski7428]

Do you still get wet from this kind of music, lol

[@mikepetrie5851]

im a 64 years man and i agree totally but, alas, i dont see it happenin.

[@Soulcommander]

AMEN

[@ericklein5927]

I totally agree .... So soothing to the soul.

[@buffalobraves9]

One of the greatest songs ever written.

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some fans of early 80s classics would give a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE by John Cougar Mellencamp and ALLENTOWN by Billy Joel on my YT channel in tribute to the great musical year of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.

[@jaymewhitehall9103]

Nothing more midwest than Johnny Mellencamp music

[@kevingiblin4122]

One of the best songwriters America has ever had❤🎉😮😮😅

[@melloyellow5598]

Definitely one of the most passionate, honest and hard-working musicians of our time. Much love for this guy... He keeps it real.

[@mctavish23]

Agree

[@kobold7763]

Him and Springsteen; two American legends.

[@Cantst10]

An absolute masterpiece of music and storytelling ❤

[@sleepySUCKS-kf8th]

Masterpiece???

[@valeriebudd753]

Iv'e been listening to John Mellencamp since I was 9 years old n now Im 47 years old and still ROCK'N to it; never to old for awesome music.

[@metallicat1973]

I'm not too far ahead of you I'm 48 as of October

[@geoffwilliams4478]

I may be 35, but I grew up loving this kind of music

[@Doublezzranch]

52 here & we were building mini bikes & sneaking smokes from our parents when this came out. Every time I hear this I can smell the gas & smoke. Fun times for a kid.

[@bradmagnuson6963]

I'm 52, I've been rockin' to his music since the very first album

[@mikestaak7951]

Well I'm 58 and this is my kynda music

[@fozzir]

The most underrated musician in history.

[@christellect]

I will never stop loving this song.

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some early 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE by John Cougar Mellencamp and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne on my YT channel in tribute to the Great American Summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and keep on rocking.

[@mustang8242]

To bad he didn't really listen to what he was singing.

[@raymondcloyd3422]

Me neither

[@thomascusik6109]

Nice self promotion

[@thomascusik6109]

Just like everything... those old crazy dreams just kinda came and went

[@robindew9072]

The 80s were the best times to be a teenager and young adult.

[@dvg1985]

I'm drinking in memory of my friend, Lynn Johnson, who loved this song. R.I.P. My friend

[@thomascusik6109]

dvg1985 ... sorry to hear that. May God comfort your 💓

[@kathrynhunter4053]

Aww, tha'ts sad ,but also happy. Peace , love and blessings to you ,friend. All are one.

[@carlswearengin8226]

It,s always awesome to Rember a great friend who is gone but not forever gotten peace to YOU FROM ME TO YOU

[@jessann3540]

Rip may God comfort you in the time of hurt.

[@kelleym2507]

Cheers to your friend

[@johnknottenbelt2727]

Still a diamond of a song ! Johnny, you hit it on the head !

[@rebeccawagner4167]

I love ❤️ this song,John Mellencamp is just a straight slice of middle America,and he just makes music 🎶 🎵 that people can actually relate to and enjoy,his music 🎶 🎵 always has meaning to it🎉🎉

[@isaaczeitoun7767]

What a beautiful song!

[@GrantKloulubak-bf7bm]

Love this song GREAT 80s music

[@manueldelao9273]

Man I love that song I keep playing I'm playing it especially the video that is American 💯✊

[@robschryver3255]

I liked this song when it first came out in the early 80's but I was just a kid then. Just listened to it today, Jan 20th, 2021.........and today I loved this song.

[@debbiecraddock7204]

What has changed ?

[@RCSkunkWorX]

@@debbiecraddock7204 The Country, and not for the better.

[@stevemdelacruz5602]

Late 80s still love it...this is music..not like todays

[@stevemdelacruz5602]

Everything . No simplicity any more

[@TheBlueprintsOrlando]

Yeah. This dude was the man

[@lilbuni2004]

This song was filmed in a small town in Indiana near where I lived as a kid. John mellencamp raffeled off a house in a small town down the road. Whoever won he paid for the house but had to keep the house pink for at least one year.. it was so awesome.

[@stephanieroll3306]

It's not pink anymore

[@Libdiddy]

@Matthew Stuckwisch i lived in seymour 20yrs ago. Miss it

[@Land-Shark]

"We're gonna paint that mother PINK!" :) (was 16 when this song came out)

[@AndrewGrosman]

@@Land-Shark I remember him uttering that on MTV as well. ;)

[@johnsoho2238]

I would have kept it pink.

[@logiclight]

i miss these old school videos, relaxing and beautiful.

[@xiomararivera7919]

A quien no le va gustar si es buenisimo desde niña te admiro y ahora soy abuela y te sigo admirando mucho mas que antes .. Bueno...hoy en dia (2018) ya no hay buena musica que vivan los 80s

[@toolman2462]

Kick'n It, Fun Hunh !

[@rustymacneil3227]

Ya mean when music channels actually plaid music??? What a concept!

[@terrisparks311]

Still love to jam to this, great song.❤❤

[@tamthanh-gp6on]

Played this 30 times while traveling through Indiana, what a wonderful state! one of the most underrated musicians of my generation

[@mtpc2015]

30 times means the time traveled across Rhode Island from east to west

[@magnificentmuttley154]

Sure, most of three new generations that have come into existence since dont remember John Mellencamp. But during the 80's- - are you kidding?! He was all over Rock Radio, mix stations, & MTV. And I remember he was still played regularly on Classic Rock & all-80's stations well into the 90's... So no worries, man! Thats hundreds of millions of people across three living generations at the time who listened to J.M., many of which- - like you & me- - who STILL listen to him often 💜❤

[@tbehnke1928]

How old are you ? 🤣

[@caveman3096]

Great song and yes love me some JCM when driving around the Hoosier state! Great American rock n roll perfect for anywhere really

[@mollymoore6709]

Someonejustsaid-Itwaslikepurging,sooomuchtalent,work,message-...

[@robertstultz2260]

One of his best songs!!!! Truth about America in all his songs!!!!! Good song writer 👍

[@vickieviresrichie7622]

My hometown Austin , Indiana this was filmed in. ✨💖✨ Thankyou John. 🍃🕊️🌿✨

[@charityneanover113]

John Mellencamp was born and raised in Seymour, Indiana. Where he still lives now. My cousin's went to school with him. They were all damn good friends.

[@vickieviresrichie7622]

@@charityneanover113 , That's cool . I was born in Seymour as well.

[@danielmarquis5258]

Where do I begin for this super Legendary Mega Star? I was introduced to John when he went by “John Cougar” during the American Fool Era. I feel in love with Jack and Diane and Hurts so good as a child in 1982. I have been going through a lot lately. I lost both parents within two months of each other and I cope with the power of music. This past Thursday, John put on a show at the Rock Hall to promote his Exhibit there in Cleveland. As I was listening to Pink Houses live on iHeart Radio, I thought, this was THE BEST live performance (by any Artist) that I have ever heard in my entire life. The song sounded immaculate and clean. What an amazing man. It is on my wish list to meet him someday.

[@elijahisback07]

My great grandmother loved this song. I would play it for her all the time. She recently passed on Memorial Day. Love you ggma❤️

[@stefaniesopczak2117]

From Indiana heard that great song loved it so much built Pink brick house thanks John 😊 👍

[@johnmellencamp1731]

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[@robertroot9031]

Me and my grandma would watch this video on MTV when it came out way back then. Good memories

[@dlvox5222]

Need a little more of this right about now

[@brucedonnellan5564]

I'm a patriotic Australian in Australia. I love the patriotism shown by you Americans. The songs Mellencamp has written show his passion for his country, and I love his songs.

[@JP-ou6ss]

I'm pretty sure that you're not really getting the song.

[@rickruesch177]

Bruce Donnellan hi. bruce whats up. what would you like to say. im watching pinguins and kings how about you .ice hockey ya know.how about you. a reply.

[@JeepersCreepers2013]

This song is really about the irony of rich and poor people in America. Yeah it's got a patriotic chorus, but the lyrics are dark in a few places "the pills that kill"... crazy dreams about being a poor kid wanting to be president... etc, etc. I love it as an American, but it's got a lot of depth.

[@cossaizy6309]

@@JeepersCreepers2013 it can be patriotic in a way, because ive always believed that american patriotism lies with the common people not country or government or the powerful and rebelling against authority and standing up to injustice.

[@jerrymoadj.r.1911]

Ty

[@johngavina1]

This song gives me hope in this pandemic. We will bounce back.

[@ampatriot]

He hates our Country....find you a better song

[@rockinresurrection6542]

@@ampatriot The whole world hates your country since you voted for a psycho

[@mallshopper8948]

I totally agree .... It's a classic song... That helps our country..... feel strong.

[@lesleystorey3917]

This virus will out live itself unlike the social media who will section anyone who doesn't agree to getting an award for being the very bestest at doing nothing just philosophising

[@robbierudolph8599]

This to shall pass, this song got me through hard times in the late 80’s, I was young and it seemed I’d never get where I was going....but I did...I met John, pumped his gas at a full service Shell station, he had did a show in Louisville and was on his way home to Indiana- I moved to Indiana myself years later-- I can tell you he is very down to earth and a hard working person- peace! We are in this together

[@rokkstar5565]

This makes me wish we all could get along and live in America in peace ✌️ and harmony........USA 🇺🇸💯

[@jessatheclassicrockfan6925]

Army Angler Amen :)

[@iamasmurf1122]

If only everyone was honest would be a great start 😁

[@marcosgomes7681]

Army Angler hahaha and sing along with your great president

[@marcosgomes7681]

fools

[@robertbrazeau4986]

FUCK YES/

[@lonwaitman8060]

530 York Rd Austin, IN is the house at the opening of the song.

[@grimman55]

This song tells a sad story

[@joeruiz4010]

Bittersweet but Resilient.

[@sherrieartist101westerfield]

Mad respect. Should be played often, so many just don't understand. Especially now.

[@derekkess4906]

it's addictive listening to these song, Unfortunately, artist today have no inspiration and no talent for music🎶 Is this your favorite song from John?

[@larrybill2661]

Hello Sherrie how are you doing!!

[@lolaizaguirre]

This type of music is to listen to it every day without getting tired. I do it, I enjoy it a lot.

[@mctavish23]

Same here.

[@lolaizaguirre]

​@@mctavish23Thank you Robert greetings and thanks for signing up for my carnal I have nothing 😆

[@ShaniTrahan-g2n]

Happy Birthday John Mellencamp 🥳🎈🎈🎈🎁🎁🎁🎂🍾🥂🎤🎧🎸

[@mikenmelissagowen7773]

My Anthem. Was 13 in 83 so I watched John from the START!!!! STILL LOVE HIM!!!! ROCK ON MELLENCAMP.. GEORGIA BOY IN THE HOUSE

[@purebostonian100proud9]

Unreal how a song can fill your head with such great memories of your childhood now I’m a father of two boys & two girls.

[@tammylewis2408]

Always loved John Mellencamp. Love ❤️ this video. One of my favorites.

[@MrGolfpimp42]

Top 5 Fav songs of all time for me .. " Hey Darlin , I remember when you could stop a clock " , just classic and older fans can relate to that line ..So good …..

[@toddshrewsbury204]

This song still gives me hope in 2021! It will never get old listening to this American classic.

[@billhenry]

Keep the faith. We got this.

[@colddekstar]

Hope about the broken American dream, and how the middle class can and will never be able to climb past the middle class, because the rich simply won't allow it?

[@colddekstar]

@@jgringo5516 great, now try to talk to the remaining 99% of the population, or perhaps the 20% that live in poverty

[@WHOOOSHXDOfficial]

@@colddekstar screw you, people are just trying to enjoy the song. You don’t need to know the full meaning of the song to enjoy it. The dying American dream is one of the cons. But there is still many pros to our beautiful country 😎🇺🇸

[@fantasizer8473]

This song is the most archetypal song about America for me - A song about generations, faith, dreams lost and found, it was paramount in shaping the kind of Patriot i was and am.

[@johnwillard5077]

I sure do miss those days!!!!!

[@Walt222]

This sure is not the same America as it was back then. Thank God I'm not young now.

[@kimberlybalogh4395]

I'll be 60 soon but we worked hard, played hard now our bodies are letting us know. Great 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@09marathon]

It’s the same it’s you that has changed

[@seanruml7194]

The classics never go out of style

[@Cityworker89]

One of the great story tellers of the ‘80s I’m very lucky to of been a teenager in this time The soundtrack of my youth Home of the free !

[@mctavish23]

Absolutely.

[@veronicawestley1366]

I'm Canadian n I've listened to John since I was 13 n I still listen to his music. I'm like 55 now n I still love his music 🎶. Love it

[@JohnMellencamp-vw4fm]

Hello Veronica How're you doing Comment like this are priceless Thank you It's a pleasure meeting you ❤

[@mylindacasbarro777]

I remember hearing these songs growing up! I can enjoy them today!❤😅

[@paulwhite6250]

A ballad with all of the meaning of people and their lives.

[@mctavish23]

True.

[@rammerman1726]

Yeah too bad the country has become such a disgrace from the good ole days of wholesome, hard-working people that cared for one another. This song always brings me back to those times. JC has so many songs that depict the good.ole 🇺🇸

[@freedom4mealways]

Truly an all-time Americana classic unleashed by JMC forty years ago. It captured the heart and spirit of the heartland of America back then. This song/video will live on forever in all houses in the U.S.A.

[@vincentharris1711]

One of the best songs ever, feel it in your body.

[@estelarose6811]

💪

[@rickflood8360]

oh yeah...one of the best songs to dance to....

[@ironfae]

This song ALWAYS brings me home.

[@johnshields6852]

I was 23 when this came on the radio, doesn't seem that long ago, great song, he had a bunch of great songs like this one.

[@pamelaweaver5875]

Beautiful, I'm from Union City, Indiana

[@coopdeville377]

Saw John perform in 85 in Bloomington, IN. Best concert of my life. Living in Montana but never forgetting my Indiana roots.

[@charlenethomas6198]

After all these years I still love listening to someone so real and down to earth 💜🌹🥰

[@davidwaterhouse2552]

I am born and bred in Manchester in the North West of England! We know a bit about music (and Football ; I am a Lifelong CITY fan) I was born in 1965, so have seen all the great modern musical movements, and indeed; I am an original 'PuNk rOckeR, and that music has led me to discover so many genres all over the world! I Love John Mellencamps's music so much ! ( I remember when he was Johnny Cougar) Cheers dx

[@davidmckenzie-h9b]

Im 65 from Evansville, Ind. now live Az. John never forgot his roots and neither did I, no California or New York for John, he stayed where he was taught right. No greed or glamor! Just play the music for his home! I always had respect for him for that! Pink houses for you and me!

[@FLIGHTCOMPANY]

Nothing like fishing in my backyard with this song in the early evening before the sun drops.

[@captsparks1]

+Mark Batarina I'll go ya one better; Early one late spring morning, sun rising over the horizon, Watching the country wake up, knowing that with this song and mindset in your head all day, it's gonna be a great day.

[@SimCityEA1989]

Now that's a true AMERICAN to bad where I live its all work and trading which is also like America too

[@spacecatboy2962]

+Mark Batarina I GOT YA BEAT.........PLAYING THIS SONG JUST WHEN IM FIRING UP Y CRACK PIPE AFTER ROBBING A LIQUOR STORE AND HAVING SEX WITH MY GRANDMA

[@delmargp]

+Mark Batarina and a right after Pink Houses a little Freebird. A perfect day.

[@aneudyulozada8929]

Mark Batarina god bless america

[@JasonWilliams-vd8wt]

Such a GREAT old tune ...... brings back a lot of good memories from back in the day :)

[@WA-nl2rs]

Big time. My favorite!!!!

[@heyitsjustme.680]

This song was my dad's favorite. 3 years today he's been gone. God bless you John Mellencamp for the memories with him.

[@RainbowHorne-k6n]

For a hometown boy u rock your better now than ever keep it up baby now n forever I love you my friend God blessed you with talent

[@geovanniaraya9654]

No hablo inglés pero me encanta la música norteamericana, cómo él Country,Johnn Cougar,John Fogerty, Kenny Rogers y muchos más, pura vida desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷 saludos.

[@petratical]

He say's; "I dont speak English, but love north American music; John Cougar,John Fogerty, Kenny Rogers very much and regards from here in the simple life of Costa Rica." Best I can do

[@briancrawford8751]

@@petratical Yeah, that's pretty much it. It's very basic Spanish.

[@Wubbie5000]

Hello, I don't speak Spanish but I want to tell you that I love you and I'm sending you lots of love. ♥️♥️♥️ (The following is long please read the whole thing and scroll all the way down to the end I believe you'll be happy you did. ♥️♥️♥️) I would like to tell you about my youngest brother who is Latino ♥️ Latinx. He is so loving and kind to everyone always he has never ever ever said an unkind word to me ever not even one time and I believe in my heart that he's never ever ever ever said an unkind word to anyone ever in his entire life. He is an amazing humanitarian. ♥️ (What I wrote is long it may take you a full minute to read - I believe it is well worth reading an extra few moments to hear about my little brother, Matt or Matty♥️Bear as I so affectionately call him. He was adopted from Columbia, South America. He was found just a couple hours old in a shoebox swaddled in newspapers on a busy street corner by a kind policeman that took him to an orphanage. He was born with a birth defect known as a cleft lip and palate so that is why I believe his mother who I believe wanted to keep him more than anything made this agonizing, heart-wrenching decision that she made. I also believe that she stood watch close by to make sure that he was safe and was found by someone who could bring him some more so he could get nourishment and cared for. We adopted him when he was 8 and 1/2 months old. OMG my heart's smile and lit up more than anything when I laid eyes upon him that first time when my daddy got off the plane my daddy flew down to Columbia, South America. My family is from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ It's hard for babies with a cleft lip and palette to be able to even drink milk with the cleft lip and palate. I think maybe 1% of the children that need surgery for it actually get it in that poor beautiful country. ♥️ ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ At the orphanage, the nuns always smiled upon him because he was always full of smiles and had those beautiful eyes with long eyelashes. He also had beautiful curls in his hair. Such a beautiful baby! 😊♥️🦋 I believe God sent him as a beautiful gift to our family. Where he was born there was and still is extreme poverty with many people living in cardboard shacks. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Matt♥️Nelson is Executive♥️Director of a non-profit Latin X organization in Oakland, California. He has been working for social justice and equality, his whole life. He is awesome 👍 He is the bomb diggity! 🌹😽🌹

[@jasonandjessicaproductions2877]

Que pasa mi amigos en Espanol! Vaya Con Dios . Mucha Besos!

[@bekit7131]

@@jasonandjessicaproductions2877 hola 👋 bienvenidos de Virginia. Costa Rica 🇨🇷 rs un hermoso pais

[@Pault58]

My first 8 Track tapes I owned were Jim Croce’s. In the early 1970’s. Time in a Bottle is a top of my list song, Leroy Brown is right up there. 50 years later his songs still resonate

[@cowboyupnow63]

And this is why the songs from the 1980’s will live on..

[@IcanDriveIt]

I was born in ‘92 but I grew up with this music. Makes me long for days I can barely remember

[@Mjackson3225]

John Mellencamp greatest dancer of all time

[@AIJ000]

Me, Me, Me!! Fabulous song, fabulous Musician, one the greatest in my generation!!

[@jodysagataw4656]

I don't care what color we are ..we all deserve to live .

[@CamposFamily-lo1eg]

Me too

[@CamposFamily-lo1eg]

❤❤❤❤

[@donnacunnigham5481]

This reminds me of my late husband I miss him.

[@MrRedneckman100]

Played this 30 times while traveling through Indiana, what a wonderful state!

[@alecgorman430]

I actually live in Seymour, they put up a mural for him not too long ago. Not so small town anymore though.

[@johnmellencamp1731]

Hello Thanks for your comment and supports, your comments and constant support has brought me this far. Keep Supporting ❤️ Please send me a mail via. [e-mail]

[@larrybill2661]

Hello Amanda how are you doing!!