John Mellencamp - Rain On The Scarecrow (Live at Farm Aid 1985)

[@brucelamberton8819]

It says something when musicians do more to help farmers than the government does.

[@guitarusa3521]

KENNY ARONOFFs DRUMMING IS PHENOMENAL ON TH IS ALBUM...THE BEST IN THE WORLD...NOTHING BEATS HIS ULTRA SHARP SNARE SOUND Reply

[@dathorndike4908]

Legendary drummer Kenny Aronoff killing it behind the kit

[@guitarusa3521]

KENNY...THE BEST DRUMMER IN THE WORLD WITH HIS ULTRA SHARP SNARE

[@rwcrsarrc]

So Rolling Stone ranked Kenny 66th best drummer all time. You're telling me there are 65 better drummers than him? No way that's possible.

[@keefarona176]

He's a badass!

[@katiemoran4301]

@@rwcrsarrc Those RS lists are so bogus...their last list of 200 (or, 100 - I forget) best guitarists of all time was so awful...folks missing who SHOULD have been on there while some others who were listed for what reason?!? I mean, I know some of them I just wasn't familiar with (so couldn't judge their talents appropriately), but given some of the glaring "errors" (and "legit" guitar/music folks similarly commented), I'm willing to bet some of them really shld not have been on there... SOOOOOO, I don't doubt the "error" in rating Aronoff to low down the list...I mean, goodness, the guy's SO WELL RESPECTED...and, FOR A REASON!!! And, just how many Kennedy Center Honors/White House "dos" have I seen him in?!? That sure says something ;-)

[@PatrioticTroll]

I know John was pretty big back then but I still think he was and still is under rated.

[@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295]

This was certainly during his prime

[@petersonlafollette3521]

When he toured back then he was the center of Rock-For-A-Cause all-time greats.

[@54chewbacca]

For sure. Incredible talent

[@Azznbad]

He isn't under rated. He could sell out arenas to this day, but for what ever reason has become, or at least comes off as a brooding, bitter, old rock star, who can not get in front of a mic without beating you over the head with left wing politics. He says that he never did anything that was any good anyway, which makes me want to ask if he can return the money if we were paying for junk. I don't know what his problem is but the few interviews I've seen of him are just of a bad attitude old man. Maybe he is just sick of the industry, but he has never been under rated. He is one of the few I can look past his political message for showing up, and Neil Young is the only other on my list like that. He has acted as if he wants to be forgotten, and the public will honor that desire if that's what you want

[@patriciazupancic3803]

Yes I think 🤔 too!!!

[@vtpmusic7734]

I loved these days!! Best time in my life the 1980s beings 10 years old And living around farms with no cell phones to play on and waste your life away So glad i grew up back in the day Kids today actually really dont even know what they've ever really missed and never will

[@thomaslovett1495]

Lots of Americans do not remember this. But I do. I saw Farm's closing like crazy.

[@jdenino6022]

They still are closing, I live in *The Garden State* (NJ) and there are barely any left. Sad.

[@kathypolomcak7760]

They need to put John mellencamp back on stage the younger generation need to hear this and politicians we all need to stay positive stay strong a lot of the younger generation they work so hard that they don't have time to listen to his songs

[@debbiemathieson2766]

Far out, brilliant, if ever you're feeling hard done by look up this song and appreciate everything you have ❤🎶🤘

[@esteban9115]

No one can play this groove like Kenny Aronoff.

[@jim6820]

No longer playing 4 him. 2 bad.

[@patayers5901]

Checking in from 2020. We are reaping the seeds sown in the early '80's. Family farms auctioned off, steel factories shut down and moved off shore, because as Gordon Gekko said, "Greed is good." -_-

[@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295]

Exactly, the boomers gave it all away to the rich for a few hundred bucks in tax cuts.

[@diannt9583]

@@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295 Not all boomers gave it away. It was bought out by many.

[@jdenino6022]

@@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295 Politicians.

[@thomasconway6843]

Sense of urgency song. Still holds true today. Now, more than ever!

[@Daniel____DiJ]

This song and Bruce's Born in the USA are the most patriotic songs in the American song cannon.. Telling it like it is, not what the politicians would have you believe.

[@larrytxeast8756]

Kenny Aranoff is an outstanding drummer.

[@kathypolomcak7760]

As I sit here this morning I think about all of us farmers it doesn't matter whether you're big or small the American people need us as we need them too and I sure hope the politicians are thinking about this the song hits the nail right on the head if any politician sees this please think about it❤

[@katesgram]

If the farm subsidies would have gone to family farms rather than huge corporations we would still have more family farms. My dad managed to hold onto his until his death-but he also worked in town to be able to do so.

[@jaygee291]

All time favorite by Mellencamp! In my top 5 of any song ever. Loved this since I was a little kid and I’m 49 now. We need Farmers and farms!!

[@skovner]

I've been reading "The Grapes of Wrath" and this song just fits as background music

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

Love John for his honesty, songwriting and his great band back in the day. Saw them live on his birthday in 82.

[@Spaceman1968]

This band was so tight!!

[@ET13Productions]

I'm 13 and man I love this music better than and rap or hip hop good job John #rocknrollwillsurvive

[@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052]

ET13 Productions well you’re 15 now and good day from Texas , found Stevie Ray Vaughn yet????🎶🎶

[@cabotbluegill]

you had to be born into agriculture then have it taken away to fully understand what is said here you can never fully leave it behind

[@jasaggio]

this song is "heavy" man....I mean, yes, the meaning but the fricken back beat and the pulse...just real heavy goodness

[@edlopez.troubadouramps]

Yes... this song is quite dark and heavy... could easily Be a Alice In Chains or Pearl Jam song.... or something from Load

[@mb8kr]

Such a great way to play drums.

[@16918Cmh]

You have to live in a rural area with many farms to really understand this song. The small farmers in America are treated like shit. We will all see the error of our ways when they are gone.

[@Azznbad]

Any kind of Mom and Pop business has to take care if business or they will be run over and left in the dust, and in that regard farming isn't any different than any other business. My family has been in farming and trucking. If you think family farming is tough try getting a couple of trucks and staying in the black. Farmers were wanting help from the government but truckers just want the government to leave them alone and quit passing new regs every year, particularly with fuel @ $5.00. It doesn't matter if you own a hardware store, a truck, a tractor, or own a small construction company, large companies want your customers. Farmers just happened to catch the attention of a few big musicians. Truckers, and other family businesses not so much.

[@middlefingermotionpictures4772]

I guess it was appropriate to draw attention away from the subject at hand?

[@joeysn7hvn]

I live in a city and heard him loud and clear ..Knew people out who moved out there - Bad country, Bad , now lay down , give me paw ,and die ..But hope

[@jdenino6022]

I live in NJ and all the farms are being sold off to build warehouses and homes. 😢

[@glorymoore7658]

Man we were young back then! I've seen John 6 times over the years and he has always been fantastic! Loved you then, love you now!

[@sixsentsoldiers]

Kenny Arnoff. What a drummer.

[@kathypolomcak7760]

The 80s where the best

[@senhorradio3783]

Wore the groves off this song back in the day and my hair still stands on end as those drums fade up in the intro.

[@Azznbad]

There wasn't a bad track on the entire album. He came out and played the entire album from start to finish, and announced they were taking a ten minute break and would finish the concert. First full three hour show I had ever seen by one band. He now tells us he never did anything good. He got old and grumpy.

[@LaylaSims]

Rain on the Scarecrow (Lyrics and Music by George M. Green and John Mellencamp) Scarecrow on a wooden cross blackbird in the barn Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm I grew up like my daddy did my grandpa cleared this land When I was five I walked the fence while grandpa held my hand Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow This land fed a nation this land made me proud And son I'm just sorry theres no legacy for you now Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow The crops we grew last summer weren't enough to pay the loans Couldn't buy the seed to plant this spring and the farmers bank foreclosed Called my old friend schepman up to auction off the land He said john its just my job and I hope you understand Hey calling it your job ol hoss sure dont make it right But if you want me to Ill say a prayer for your soul tonight And grandmas on the front porch swing with a Bible in her hand Sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land When you take away a mans dignity he cant work his fields and cows There'll be blood on the scarecrow blood on the plow Blood on the scarecrow blood on the plow Well there's ninety-seven crosses planted in the courthouse yard Ninety-seven families who lost ninety-seven farms I think about my grandpa and my neighbors and my name and some nights I feel like dying like that scarecrow in the rain Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow This land fed a nation this land made me so proud And son I'm just sorry they're just memories for you now Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow Songwriters: George Green / George Michael Green / John Mellencamp Rain on the Scarecrow lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

[@LutherAmosHouse]

One of the first cassettes my dad let me have was Mellecamp's "Scarecrow"

[@TheDADX13]

how could you not love this ?

[@mikeproulx3116]

Lots of passion here

[@briandavidson1946]

The FARMER!! IM DEAD WITHOUT THEM. I WOULD HAVE DIED OF STARVATION.

[@rubenfelan6372]

So thankful he was part of my youth soundtrack. kick ass Johnny Cougar!

[@darinjames3313]

Hoosier Magic.....he can 🔥 it up......and make it hurt so good.......The Heartland Man!

[@timkjazz]

Great music!

[@richardlugo7009]

i really dig this album...have this on cassete longtime ago..helluva fuckingood!!i should say..not this shit happening today its all noise n nonesense..

[@jeffandersen7397]

takes a 5 minute break, smokes a whole pack of Marlboro Reds, only exhaling once, returns to the stage, sings his ass off.

[@jeffpeterson2012]

John said something in an interview that I felt he doesn't see what others do about his music and career. He said that he hasn't written a song that he feels proud of and he loathed being a Rockstar and performing his songs live. But he loses sight that in a decade where bands were writing about girls and cars John wrote songs that showed the World the plight of the family farmer. How a small town may not have all the glitz and glitter but it does have people who have honor and dignity and insightful things to say. John was the person who told the stories of so many and left a legacy of his hometown and family that will be forever there. He should appreciate what he's done for farmers. Not look back so illicit and negative. It's a shame...

[@yusufsofyan087]

i was first person who buy album n liked it ,,{ in a small town- canjur 1985 or 86 } when my freind heard , they liked n it was the beginning i driven car with john mellencamp music

[@tooltimze]

And look at where we are now as a nation.....2022

[@classiccarsclassicrock9433]

The best.

[@garyl4827]

I was there !

[@jonrichmond1098]

He's a badass!!!!!

[@bkmayor]

Incredible John!

[@darrellcooling7670]

Mellencamp show Nov 16, 1985 Maple Leaf Gardens. Amazing show, saw Lawrence Taylor break Joe Theisman's leg on a TV in the private box next to us. Definitely in my top 5 shows. Band was on fire, amazing energy in the building.

[@keithdykes5173]

True rocker

[@simeonbrown4520]

Sadly still happen today 😞

[@TheDADX13]

pure

[@karmaguitars]

Damn straight.

[@ricci777]

Who else is here just to watch Kenny? The anger in this song is from the drums as much as John!

[@bcm1621]

Always loved this song, farmers grow and feed and governments starve and destroy.

[@lisatoles2705]

Here in 2022, a Farmless Farmer.

[@donfrederick01964]

cool song and what he doing

[@tompaulcampbell]

I bought some garlic recently and when I got home realized it was from China! I live in California!!!

[@taffykins2745]

smh 😞

[@davidhutchinson5233]

Farmers should be given grants and subsidies, not high cost loans. If this nation can give BILLIONS to Big Agra, Big Pharma, Big Oil, the defense industry and don't forget the bailouts, we can damn sure invest in our independent farmers who help feed this nation. Something is VERY f'd up in this country.

[@lastdaysguitar]

The 3 thumbs down work for Monsanto.

[@LaylaSims]

Well, now there's 4, but who's counting. LoL

[@yeahright302]

@@LaylaSims yup 10 losers now

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

People forget what this event was all about. Wake up and smell the real dream America.

[@derekfromtexas7621]

Kenny! The best.

[@geraldlawson5749]

Hollis Brown into Country Death Song ending with Rain on the Scarcrow...

[@mikeseaquest9246]

I’ll tell you what… neiler was out for blood this night.. and goddam this my favourite Johnny cougar song…

[@fabmusicman4]

Asi es creo que es el mismo que tocó en premonition de John Fogerty

[@emmanuelgoldstein4371]

Kenny Aronoff on drums

[@mingo5212]

search: Some farmer singing scarecrow. Done with life

[@devinthierault]

Kenny really drums hard doesn't he

[@spasticatadisco9571]

Always wondered why Springsteen never did Farm Aid maybe he was touring

[@jonvisser1509]

Come on French Edmond? Is that the lyric?

[@dandennison1395]

Who will feed us now , China?

[@roccity8187]

Now here in Oregon it’s the business model. Mom and dad pass and the land goes up for sale, only to be raped of all its timber and to stack as many cheaply built townhouses as possible on it. Suburbia keeps spreading and devouring land like a damn forest fire... In the smaller town I grew up in, most of the original family names have all sold and can’t afford to live here. The future seems to be a very cold and lonely world...

[@graysonparker5762]

Grand Maw's on the front porch . . .

[@RoverrolloverRuff]

You think i cant grow my own food?

[@RoverrolloverRuff]

You be civil

[@douglusk1627]

love Mellencamp personally I rate his contemporaries thus... 1) Petty 2) Melloncamp 3) Springsteen (Sorry Bruce you are very sanctimonious - so you get a downgrade)

[@christopherallen9580]

how about bob seger?

[@mikeseaquest9246]

Hey hey my my buries this

[@RichardMcConte-lw4go]

Ho Ni Scuzi IT Was just the Job

[@soldierofjesuschrist6303]

10 people need to become scarecrows..

[@laudarevsonhunt]

calling it your job ol hoss sure don't make it right

[@RoverrolloverRuff]

Government made it that way

[@johnrolfing3955]

If all his songs were this good, he'd go down as one of the greats. Otherwise, an also-ran.

[@davidleary7393]

He IS one of the greats.

[@sbaker3232]

cover crops

[@mikeglasgow6656]

I didnt know PETE TOWNSEND PLAYED DRUMS ..

[@mikestevenson576]

Didn't he have anything more relevant to the event?

[@Bella-bz7fq]

WELL,,,WHAT ARE WE. 🇺🇸 GOINA DO,2022????🇺🇸

[@simeonbrown4520]

Sadly still happen today 😞