WHAT A VOICE!| FIRST TIME HEARING John Mellencamp - Pink Houses REACTION

WHAT A VOICE!| FIRST TIME HEARING John Mellencamp - Pink Houses REACTION
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[@abelincoln3287]

I recommend "Crumblin down", "Authority song", Paper in fire" and "Small town"

[@dawngipe6324]

Paper and Fire has got to be my favorite if I had to pick one...great show too...I've seen him twice

[@raymondivey7420]

Good songs. Also Scarecrow

[@ps5392]

Great choices and don’t forget Lonely Old Night!

[@abelincoln3287]

@@ps5392 Good call, it's one of my favorite songs and I completely forgot.

[@Whitebreadonly]

Damn you (not really; jk) Abe Lincoln!!! You just beat me to it. I was just about to say Paper in Fire. But yes, Paper in Fire is my favorite song period, not just by Mellencamp. In fact, half (5) of my top 10 favorite songs are by John Mellencamp. Paper in Fire, Cherry Bomb, Hurt So Good, Crumblin Down, and Wild Night. He has so damn many kick ass songs, it’s hard to pick just one or two.

[@sisterdebmac]

I always took it as a realistic view of how the "American Dream" ain't what's it's cracked up to be for most of us. John was one of the main guys behind FarmAid. He sticks up for the little guy.

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

Yeah, the big guys get the riches and the mansions, the high rise jobs, and the vacations in the gulf, and we just get the little pink houses.

[@sisterdebmac]

@@TheToledoTrumpton Some of us don 't even get that. Some of us get shoved into crappy little apartments that cost way too much. Or worse, no home at all.

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

@@sisterdebmac Yeah, this was nearly 40 years ago. Sad how things have got worse.

[@GetSoberWithMe]

Yea i agree

[@BarryGGould]

i agree too. i wouldnt mind a little pink house compared to what i currently live in lol

[@cchapman7101]

It is about when you put all the grandeur and hype that we get and give for being Americans, the fact is we often overlook the poor and disabled and those who cant help themselves. So most of us settle for little Pink Houses. Which means a shack or something so humble.

[@fsdollar4192]

My favorite John Cougar song of all times ❣️ We were so poor and didn’t even know it.

[@chrisa4695]

He is a great American story teller. He is known for expressing the point of view of small town Midwesterners. But he is in fact telling American or even human stories. Most of us have been in love, had our hearts broken, struggled to make ends meet, or mistrusted authority or the government and some point in our lives. Almost anyone can relate to his music.

[@ealanmontgomery2304]

Joh Mellancamp always make you think about America- for better and worse. And during the time these songs were written in the 80's, a lot of rural America was in economic crisis as factories shit down and moved offshore. Check out "Small Town" or even "Blood on the Scarecrow". Its Americana rock, but I think he's got a lot of soul too. He protests, but he's also really proud if his roots and it shows in his music.

[@wreckingKREW1]

You can't truly love anything or anyone without being able to pick out their or it's faults in an honest way and try to help them improve upon them. And none of that can ever happen without recognizing them and admitting to them. Otherwise you're not in love with something real or tangible,you're in love with a fantasy and living in denial. That's what I get from this song.

[@juliewhite7469]

Great insight 👍

[@oakhillfound847]

In many ways most of the songs on the album Scarecrow are very much a similar to what is now called Americana music. Too country to be folk but too folk to be country. The song Rain on the Scarecrow talks about the death of farming which is close to John's heart.

[@loadedorygun]

It was a really brave record for him to make, not least because the label wanted more hurts so good.

[@redchick5278]

John Mellencamp is one of the best singer/storytellers of all time!

[@pibb92]

Amber-- You totally nailed it. A lot of people don't understand or get the cynical side to this song. It is ultimately pretty optimistic, but it addresses some of America's problems too. P.S. I grew up in Southern Indiana about 80 miles away from where he grew up and he got a house just 30 minutes away from where I went to college. He's a Hoosier Legend. I love your guy's channel. I'm Generation X and It's been supercool rediscovering the music of my childhood with you. Thanks bunches!

[@bexanne99]

I am also from generation x! I grew up on John Mellencamp! My Mom had every album. I am Canadian but find myself relating to him a songs! I’ve been fortunate to see him twice in concert! He was awesome!!

[@patriciaellis4848]

Yes rediscovering the music of my childhood has been wonderful...like reconnecting with an old friend.

[@rebeccapaton9812]

Mellancamp epitomizes the voice of the Midwest. One of the greatest story tellers of our generation. Please check out "Rain on the Scarecrow" that talks about the plight of the American farmer in the 80's-90's.

[@scottmoreland1775]

This song is both tongue and cheek,pointing out the utter inequality that exists between the haves and the have nots in the USA, and that the current way of doing things, does not really give people freedom, but rather imprisons them in the lot they are living. The American dream is not accessible for most, even though they are all encouraged to chase it, and are seen as failures if the don’t achieve it. On the other hand there is an overwhelming hope to the song. That we can be the change necessary for the American dream to be real and attainable again

[@Kim-dm4yb]

Perfectly stated!

[@NativeNYerChicHK]

He’s a country boy but a genius folksie storytelling singer ♥️

[@kevinf8323]

Absolutely John Mellencamp's best song. Who would have guessed lots of people now would want that little pink house. Way better than a tiny house today!

[@tammyclay62]

My favorite

[@josephtorres110]

DIVERSITY !!! That's his message... how beautiful America is !

[@coreldrawhow-totips3868]

There's dignity in the struggle of the common man the John weaves into a tapestry of song.

[@haps4273]

John Mellencamp's choices are endless. Small Town is a song that brings out similar emotions as this one. One song of his that not too many people comment on is "Now More Than Ever" from 1991. The lyrics are appropriate now more than ever with all of the craziness throughout the world today. Now more than ever, the world needs love...

[@tonyginnetti5828]

Let me say that I thoroughly enjoy viewing your reaction videos and appreciate how you take in the songs you react to, both lyrically and musically! John Cougar Mellencamp is from Seymour, IN and if I'm not mistaken, recorded most of his most popular hits in his home/garage studio in Bloomington, IN. A Midwesterner, this song hits home much more to anyone FROM the midwest (I'm from Columbus, OH and currently live in MN)............you both actually hit the meaning of this song simply by your comments! Even in a nation with problems and issues (more these days than ever before), so many of us are good people and Americans are still proud to be Americans amidst whatever turmoil is happening around them! "Ain't That America, Home Of The Free - Little Pink Houses For You And Me!" This is one of my personal favorite pop/rock songs ever!

[@patriciaellis4848]

OH

[@carlaweems72]

One of Mellencamp's best videos/songs TO ME.. I LOVE THIS VIDEO.. powerful images.. and Mellencamp is such an effen cool rocker.. and he's effen so goodlooking.. DAMN fine song to react to..

[@lyriasfaves]

Rain on the Scarecrow has always been my favorite.

[@davidhutchinson5233]

Damn right. The plight of our American small farmers cannot be overstated.

[@callmechristian3900]

John melloncamp is one of my all time favorites

[@smburden]

This is my favorite song by John Mellencamp. Thanks for reacting - not many have!

[@tjtampa214]

J. Mellencamp 💜 Nothin' but love for ya, baby! ✌️

[@Renkk17]

John Cougar - Crumblin Down ( Some good dance moves in there!)

[@vincechampion3031]

I was feet away from him when I saw him in concert. Amazing performance

[@markvanderstelt8999]

yes i remember he tossed you his Guitar

[@cassandracampbell3424]

I remember when this song came out on MTV. They were giving away a pink house in a contest. Those were the days!

[@Markov73]

I remember that as if it was yesterday. Truly good times growing up with such classic music as John Cougar Mellencamp!

[@tammyclay62]

I remember that.

[@speed10009]

"It's really an anti-American song," Mellencamp told Rolling Stone about "Pink Houses." "The American dream had pretty much proven itself as not working anymore. It was another way for me to sneak something in." Inspiration for this song came when Mellencamp was driving on Interstate 65 in Indianapolis.

[@Kim-dm4yb]

And this was from the 80s and sadly it resonates even more today. He spot on! I grew up w JM songs and absolutely love him! He is a great storyteller and stands up for the working man and the most vulnerable!

[@subsubsubsub5413]

Perfection...he accomplished a lot with this song

[@julieholbrook5302]

Saw him live at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1988. INCREDIBLE live!

[@davidpost428]

I used to go to Summerfst in the seventies - great musicians at their venues there!

[@tammyclay62]

I saw him in Nashville and he was great. He opened up for John Foggerdy, and he was great too. I'm glad that I got to that concert.

[@athos1974]

My favorite Mellencamp's song is "Rain on the Scarecrow" 🔥

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Head East "Never Been Any Reason" A True Rock Classic.

[@Wa1kerBros4Ever]

The song is about "The Great American Dream" and that is what it is .... a dream. The reality for a lot of people is not living in nice Pink Houses but struggling to survive in poverty.

[@jefferyparker4277]

Really and truly, one of the handful of songs I would call my favorite.

[@georgianajones2346]

Rain on the Scarecrow is a really great and powerful one to listen to as well.

[@kelleewolfe2834]

John Cougar is a national treasure..❤

[@shawnguinup6971]

White black or Brown when you were born with nothing like our grandparents were. When you achieve a home doesn't matter where it is it meant something. Nowadays everything's just taken for granted. Heaven in depth conversation with the older people in your house about what it was like when they were children. It'll be very eye opening to how easy we have it these days. And we owe it to our grandparents and their parents and their parents. Who had the hardest lives I could ever imagine.

[@lisanelson6073]

John Mellencamp is an Indiana boy. I’m born and raised and still live in Indiana. This video looks like it was made here at home. His songs are so relatable to just about everyone!

[@jerellbond6228]

What I always took from this video is he's showing the good and the bad but he shows in the end that America is still great and they are all just having a good time singing and dancing

[@chrisgilbert9076]

I love the darkness and maybe even despair? that is in the undertone of this song... "he's got an interstate running through his front yard", " the simple man pays the bills...". A changing world, dying traditions, the heartland being left behind. Many layers to Mellencamp's songs. Check out "Rain on the Scarecrow" for a bleaker view of things. Still musical and touching, but exploring the loss and change to the world of farming.

[@blancahoward4477]

Love John M great songs thank you for bringing back great memories

[@pagemeredith4532]

I had his Uh - Huh album that had this song on it. "The thrills, the bills, the pills that kill", is the the lyric. I played that album to death, love that album a lot of great hits. I think some of his music refers to the Farm - Aid cause in the mid - 80's.

[@007smithson]

His intent, I believe is to spotlight the people and places, good and bad, that is America. A general cross section of who and what America is. 🇺🇸

[@mikegames3464]

Greatest songwriter ever. Greatest rock song ever written

[@td4244]

John Mellencamp is hands down one of the greatest song writers of all time. This man could make a song and create a political message that most people could agree with. He was so in tune with his self in his music. The guy truly revolutionized the sound of rock and roll music but no one could copy him or make music that sounded like his. He spoke within his limits and within his experience which is what really made him special. You could listen to anyone else talk about world peace or the stop of wars but John Mellencamp spoke from his own real world experience and how he viewed the world from his own lens but within reality. He’s truly a relic and in my opinion is under appreciated in music. He would also write songs that were in reality of the average American and something we could actually relate with that weren’t based on sappy and sad lyrics.

[@cindyphifer970]

Love his music and this is my favorite. Blood on the Scarecrow is a great song by him about farmers troubles

[@angelariebli4843]

One of the all time great songs about our country. It's good, it's bad, it's dirty, and it's triumphant.

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

John was churning out the hits in the eighties! John had that midwestern, Indiana boy next door vibe! Check out hits, The Wall and R.O.C.K. In The USA! John, like Bruce Springsteen, sang proudly about the USA but the told the truth about the good and bad aspects in such a magnificent way! John was a big activist in the eighties for the farming crises. A lot of farmers, especially in the Midwest were losing their farms and many were friends and family of his! He, Willie Nelson, and other artists formed Farm Aide to assist farmers!!❤️❤️

[@lisas6450]

First, I love you guys! I remember when this song first came out. I always thought that it's about being proud to be an American. From the first verse, the old man with the interstate in the front yard is Happy! He has a home and a woman he loves; i.e. "I remember when you could stop a clock" he's telling her how beautiful she still is. Some of us might not have much but we are happy and grateful that we live in the home of the free. That's my take on it anyway! 😃🥰

[@Ryan.usa73]

Be happy that although you're poor you're lucky to be American, while the rich get richer off the backs of your cheap labor. And don't expect affordable Healthcare because that's for the commies.

[@tobiassabot5851]

I highly recommend "Paper in fire." You get your steel guitar, your fiddle, your banjo, your accordion, your horns all in a Southern rock storytelling song.

[@jrwalker591]

One of the best songs ever... Peace!!!

[@deloisgrant8410]

Thanks guys, this song makes me so happy because it reminds of my grandmother's little pink house in Thomasville,Ga. that 's no longer standing, but when it was there it was the most wonderful place for me as a child to visit every summer.

[@jbsskid]

❤️❤️❤️❤️he tells stories I love that about him , and love the clapping in the background ❣️

[@timothywilliams2252]

It's a protest song, ala Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land"... It's about the promise of America, how it hasn't come true, but we got the means to fulfill that promise. That's why it seems so bittersweet. Also, I saw in other comments recommending "Paper and Fire"... YES! One of my JCM faves as well 😊

[@bl18ce99]

Nowhere in the lyrics of "This land is your land..." does it allude to the point you made. It gives the virtues of America and the beauty of it. No word is spoken about potential being unfulfilled. The greatest gift ever given to American residents is the ability to own property .

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

@@bl18ce99 Lol, you should look into Woody & his thoughts a little more before you go making that comment. You can Google it, then you won’t look so silly. You also have to be able to understand sarcasm which, judging from your comment, you do not.

[@timothywilliams2252]

What artists like John Mellencamp & Woody Guthrie are saying is that, yes, Americans have much reason to celebrate our collective culture. Yet, the work ain't over... Our ideals of liberty & prosperity, and self determination, need constant maintenance, and a constant vigil of both patriotism and scepticism.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

"Life, Liberty and the PURSUIT of Happiness..." Nowhere in our founding documents is anyone guaranteed success or happiness. People 'fail' for any number of reasons - that's life. Even the richest and most successful people die. If you were 'promised' success, you were lied to.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Jackj doesn't look silly at all - not like people who get their 'facts' from google and wiki, or the constant use a folk song from the Great Depression as a protest song always and forever in the present tense.

[@toddpatrick8254]

This is the best lap dance song ever made. 😂 Love some Mellencamp! 👌

[@tallmn1957]

"Darlin', I can remember when you could stop a clock." Yeah, I wish I had written that.

[@xanajak]

John Cougar, who became John Cougar Mellencamp, who returned to his roots as John Mellencamp, was early MTV at its core. His songs are as good today as they were almost 40 years ago. God, 40 years ago ...

[@joshpayne6239]

Stop saying 40 years out loud! It hurts too much. lol

[@jlsage4059]

“This one has been misconstrued over the years because of the chorus - it sounds very rah-rah. But it’s really an anti-American song,” he told Rolling Stone in the same interview. “The American dream had pretty much proven itself as not working anymore. It was another way for me to sneak something in.” -John Mellencamp

[@xoxxobob61]

I'm not sure how some misconstrued the Lyrics and meaning to this song which by the way is one of my favorites by him. It was pretty clear what he meant and he was basically holding up a mirror to our Society back then even in the midst of Reagan's Presidency and the whole "Shining Hill on a City" optimistic rhetoric at the time.

[@jlsage4059]

@@xoxxobob61 Well, when Republicans played it at their rallies, I’d say they missed the point.

[@xoxxobob61]

@@jlsage4059 Fair enough and agreed!

[@howardhales6325]

George H.W. Bush asked to use the song as a campaign slogan. John told him, "I'm glad you like my song, but I think you need to listen to the lyrics again."

[@berthayoungblood]

Ain't Even Done With The Night ! That is a John Cougar must see.. hopeless romantic 50's and 60's vibe of a song and video

[@bigjay123]

'WILD NIGHT' he has a guest Bass player, she rocks. & 'Aint even done with the night'.

[@dougmcintosh2466]

(Check It Out), (Ain’t Even Done With The Night) and (Rain On The Scarecrow) are some of my favorites by him.

[@mysteriousmysticalmoments2023]

Little pink house (now called cookie cutter houses )is the little pink house with white fences in every little small town. He was in between country and rock. I think that made him so big. It has a great beat and rhythm.

[@mysteriousmysticalmoments2023]

also my town for instance was a small town and now there is a highway through peoples back yard and things change.

[@lostinwonderart]

By far my favorite all time John Mellencamp song. It’s such a melancholic look at the American dream. I always took it as people have such crushed hopes and tragedies, that sometimes just settling into a little peace is where a lot of us end up. As a side note, you NEED to see the video of him performing it at the Obama inauguration. Like…..need…..to…..see…it

[@lbjohnnyjohn]

MTV had a contest, and the grand prize was a house in Melloncamp's hometown on the condition they paint the house pink.

[@lindahendricks1868]

Love all his songs! There's so many. Another Hoosier here from Southern Indiana. Saw him and his family many many years ago at the Bloomington Mall of all places. About 30 minutes from my hometown. I just say hi. Didn't want to disturb his family outing. We thought it was so cool to see him. Great memory! Thanks guys! Paper in fire is my favorite of his songs and Cherry bomb which you've already reacted too! Watching still from Indiana!

[@davidteller7681]

How about some early 'Cougar', "Ain't Even Done With The Night" or "I Need A Lover" (long version with guitar intro) are excellent

[@mikehoward2340]

Ordinary people together make a place that is very extraordinary...

[@shaner9687]

I think it represents the duality of our country, the good and the bad.

[@Nana_Reads]

My favorite is still his first hit Ain’t even done with the night….. fell in love with his music at 13 and still a fan

[@whereyougoiwillgorving4492]

MTV had a Pink Houses Sweepstakes when this song was released in early 80s. The winner won a Pink House along with a house warming party with John Cougar as the entertainment !!

[@blakerh]

I live in Bloomington IN and see JCM occasionally. He isn't the nicest guy but I still enjoy his music. I remember when MTV gave away the house. His concerts are aways a fun time.

[@chipdamutt108]

And it was on a landfill or something goofy

[@Nuerth]

John is as he proudly declares in his songs a small town working class middle American from the "Heartland of our country Indiana' he openly proclaims his respect for people who often struggle to survive, but his songs also have subtle jabs at the people upper class who exploit the working class

[@singluna888]

I think he described america perfectly. The good and the not so good. I love his music.

[@gpxo11]

R-O-C-K in the USA, Hand To Hold On To and I Saw You first are top notch as well. Pink Houses like Jack and Diane describes small town life in America. To me Mellancamp is like a more accessible and poppier Bruce Springsteen.

[@rray848]

John grew up near and currently lives in my wife's hometown of Bloomington, Indiana... Needless to say he is a big favorite of hers. Besides music he has taken up painting. We got to see some of his paintings on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame... they were doing a special exhibition when we visited Cleveland.

[@midnightmoker]

John has soooo many great hits!!!!!!

[@lisaseverance6785]

He wrote songs about the average guy/girl. He has rural roots, growing up on a farm and I can always hear it in his music. He was a big advocate for small farmers and "Scarecrow" was written about the struggle of trying to keep a small farm afloat. He owns a farm himself and still writes and sings. Side note, he very nearly died as a baby from a spinal defect. He survived due to an experimental surgery by a neurosurgeon who he kept in contact with up until the Dr.s death a few years ago.

[@txrojas]

Must listen to “Rain on the Scarecrow”. That song will give you goosebumps.

[@jamesanderson5268]

One of the best Mellencamp songs we ever heard we never heard living on the East Coast. We moved back to Illinois when I retired and the following song was played a lot on Classic Rock radio stations. The song is called "Not Even Done With The Night" It's a song about date night for a young couple.

[@barryhickman6911]

Love watching Amber rock out to a song she's grooving to! Rock on girl!

[@MiracleFound]

I see it as just describing life in small town America with no sugar coating.

[@edwardforster8905]

I have made a personal tradition to play this song and R.O.C.K. in the USA ... EVERY July 4th!!! 🇺🇸 This man is an American staple!! 😃 I Need A Lover, Authority Song, Lonely Ol' Night, Crumblin Down, and Hand To Hold Onto!! As for this song meaning... Amber I believe what you stated is absolutely correct and is a good summary of what John is saying. 😊👍 @RobSquadReactions

[@froggy5935]

Mellencamp was in the zone from 1982-1988 with American Fool, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow and Lonesome Jubilee...all top shelf albums.

[@christopherrichardson5352]

Absolutely Froggy. These are my favorite John Mellencamp albums. He had some good songs on other albums, but these four stand out from the rest.

[@patriciapappas4087]

What is really cool about this song is he gave away a pink house.

[@adamianosp]

Best song ever from Mellencamp

[@toddricketts9498]

It's AMERICA been listening to John since around 1978 from the same state, always feel a deep connection to his music, love your reviews Thank You

[@bryanm7953]

WHITE LION/ When the Children Cry

[@suzanneprock7286]

Aint Even Done With The Night and Wild Nights are two of my favorites.

[@MyTatem]

He sings about small town America, the place many Americans grew up. I grew up in a place to this day is called a Village. I was surrounded by coal mine shafts and the only high rise was the smoke stacks at the brick yard. The train California Zepher ran on the tracks along side our home and we rode our bikes to the man made lakes that were dug to provide water for steam engines. Those tracks showed everyone there was more beyond our small community and a world yet to be discovered. I moved away, but to this day when I am back home, there is nothing better than driving to my roots ,my beginning.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

One of my fav John Mellencamp songs - despite all the struggles, win or lose, this is America - Nobody is guaranteed success or happiness, rather it's the PURSUIT of Happiness that's listed as essential in The Declaration of Independence. I remember MTV ran a Pink House contest when this was very popular - where Mellencamp would be the House Band at a party when they gave away a pink house in Bloomington, IN (I didn't win). Other favorites; I NEED A LOVER (who won't drive me crazy), AUTHORITY SONG, and CHECK IT OUT.

[@TonyPucci11]

Ronald Reagan asked to use this song in his 1984 re-election campaign (if I’m remembering correctly), and John said, “No. I think you’ve missed the point of the song.” It was either this song, or Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”…or maybe it was both.

[@Mona.555]

Finally!! Some is reacting John Mellencamp! Many great songs. John is a not only a great musician but also lyricist chronicling everyday working people and families.

[@richardbrown8269]

Great song always was always will be.

[@RadioReprised]

John Cougar and the Zone....actually opened for KISS around 79 in Anaheim Convention Center. We boooo'd him off the stage at first but then started liking it!

[@fnjesusfreak]

I think some of John Mellencamp's stuff crossed over. I've seen this on CMT back when they used to show music videos. "Rain on the Scarecrow" went much more unnoticed but is as relevant as it ever was.

[@johncole6028]

I love your channel and I never miss an episode but it’s hard to believe this is the first time y’all have heard some of these songs.

[@seanhouse9238]

AUTHORITY SONG ( vote this up RSR fam!!!)

[@billkacvinsky988]

Saw John Cougar as an opening act for the Kinks. After the concert all everyone talked about was John Cougar.

[@joecrone9862]

Love it!

[@junkyardheaven]

Actually my Mellencamp-favorite this - much thanks to the lyrics. Boy, he hits us hard in those two last verses: Well, there's people and more people What do they know, know, know Go to work in some high rise And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico And there's winners, and there's losers But they ain't no big deal Cause the simple man baby pays the thrills The bills, the pills that kill No go listen to Jason Isbells "Something more than free" Same subject - possibly even better! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oai1f6JpdpqJiMU&ab_channel=FrontRowBoston

[@nicoleb1581]

This song was big on MTV. They used to do really cool contest back then and they had a Little Pink House contest. They gave away a whole damn house… they even gave away a town. Please tell me that I’m not the only one that remembers those contest and sent in your postcards too

[@loramacrae-lopes6293]

Great song by a Mellencamp.