John Mellencamp: Five Favorite Songs

Lonely Ol' Night
Cherry Bomb
Last Chance
Key West Intermezzo
Jackie Brown

 

Good to see somebody else list Last Chance from Whenever We Wanted. There are several great songs on that underrated album, but that one's my favorite.

 

Check It Out
Ain't Even Done With The Night
Authority Song
Lonely Ol' Night
Jack And Diane

 

YEA MAN Whenever We Wanted is a killer album

 

Jack & Diane
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
Paper In Fire
Cherry Bomb
Pink Houses

 

In no order

Pink Houses
Ain't Even Done With the Night
Authority Song
Hurts So Good
What If I Came Knocking

 

These days & n no real order:

1. Paper In Fire
2. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
3. To Live
4. Human Wheels
5. Hurts So Good

 

In no particular order:

1) Minutes To Memories
2) Theo and Weird Henry
3) Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
4) Fruit Trader
5) What If I Came Knocking

 

that's a decent song but the album its from is imo not s strong as what was before it or after it. its more of a transition album

 

Rural Route
Longest Days
If I Die Sudden
Sometimes There's God
Play Guitar

 

way to many, but here's a stab

hand to hold on to
small town
check it out
mansions in heaven
love and happiness

 

i love it, just not top five.
totally underrated though.

 

Wonder how popular John is outside the states? His songs are as American as The Kinks are English. I love them for that reason but then Australia is practically the 51st state

 

I went to see him play in the Hunter a few years back and when he introduced I Need A Lover he stated that it was originally only a hit in Australia and without it there wouldn't have been a further album or music so..... I think we can safely say that Amarica only has JCM as a result of Australians!

Further more he was on Bowie's (well Tony DeFries's) Mainman label in the 70's which meant he got great coverage in the UK so I think it's safe to say he's big globally

 

1. Authority Song
2. Lonely Ol' Night
3. I Need A Lover
4. Crumblin' Down
5. Rain On The Scarecrow

 

Made number 5 in 1978. Miami made the top 40 in 1979.

 

Scarecrow The Lonesome Jubilee Uh Huh Big Daddy dance naked, nothing better than this, got to be about 50 faves there.

 

The song and album have aged well, at least for me. I remember not being too keen on either one when i first bought the CD back in 90 i think. I found it too low key, from the somewhat mumbled vocals, to the spare arrangements etc...of course that's all part of the reason i like it so much today.

 

Ironically, a friend of mine saw him open for The Kinks in the early 80s

 

Although he's a big fan and admirer of Ray Davies, John's has occasionally spoken about how difficult it was touring with the Kinks,and how Ray and his brother were always fighting, even to the point of spitting at each other, yikes.

 

Crap. I forgot about Lonely Ol Night. Mellencamp was always very sympathetic to his female subjects.

Is Mellencamp the most underrated artists of the last 30 years? If so why?

 

I already posted my 5 but I have to add a sixth song:
What If I Came Knocking

 

he's always been underrated in my opinion

 

Cant stand John Mellencrap. Little Johnny Cougar in the other hand...

Lonely ol Night
Paper in Fire
Scarecrow
Lover
I Saw You First

And many others. Never owned one of his albums though.

 

In order:
1) Minutes to Memories
2) Theo and Weird Henry
3) Crumblin' Down
4) Freedom's Road
5) Just Another Day