Have you ever owned and listened to a full album of his since Scarecrow? That album, plus The Lonesome Jubilee, Big Daddy, Whenever We Wanted, Dance Naked, Human Wheels, Mr. Wake up.Ģ) That's kind of beside the point though, because Mellencamp, is some good shit. That's some romantic fantasy you have there, man. No musician can sit around waiting for the world to discover them, immune from the demand to sell and be heard. and their success in "top 40" was more incidental."ġ)You actually believe that any one of those acts - the Stones, Springsteen - did not put all of their will and sweat and thought into making it as big as they could? The delusion that these legends sat around 'doing their own thing", above the indignity of trying to make it commercially is incredibly naive - even juvenile. And he rocks with brains AND soul.Īnon says: "Most of the bands you cite were creative and did their own thing. Is that because he sometimes sings about the experience of farmland America? You know why this is signifigant? Because YOU, my snooty friend, keep farting on Mellencamp's worthiness, saying dumb rednecks like his music. Calling me a dumb-a** doesn't make you any brighter, Beavis. It's not that you were "ignoraant" to the song's lyrics, as if you just misheard them. Not being able to discern and recognize the theme and nuance of the message behind a song like Small Town does indicate that you are lacking in intelligence - sorry. Could you tell me what others you would put in that pile? Are you lumping JM in with Spice Girls and Pussycat Dolls? You denounce him for some ancient "sin" of briefly using "Cougar", you lump his music into a scrap pile of "corporate rock". That's the way to make your case against this worthy artist let me talk to the hand. "The rest of the points you make are not worthy of a response." You feel that he's not qualified to be in the RRHOF - fine I just took exception to your glib reasoning as to why that was your opinion. I don't think liking/disliking Mellencamp makes you smart or dumb. Mine was that you misinterpreted JM's song lyrics in Small Town as being preachy Jesus talk and that was where your lack of intelligence was exposed. No, but it looks like there is one between brightness and comprehending a point. "I do not think there is any correlation between intelligence and liking music." Yes - I was intentionally using that word for effect, Einstein I was actually being ironic. "(Ironic that you would refer to me as not too bright and simultaneously use the word 'aint')." I was a little disappointed in the Chevy commercial too, but he's got an entire career's worth of great songwriting to outweigh one questionable sin of commercialism. By your petty defintion a group of 4 men who call themselves "The Beatles" or "The Clash" are sellouts becuase they aren't using their 4 birth certificate names. ![]() So VERY early on in his career JM briefly allowed the insertion of the word "Cougar" - why does this chaffe your nuts so horribly? Why in the world does that hot brand him as a "sellout"? Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Sting, Bono, etc. In any event, he is not good enough in my opinion for the ain and simple. That is, I am sure there are plenty of bright and intelligent people that like his music and plenty of dumb red necks that like it too, the latter of which I am sure is plentiful. I do not think there is any correlation between intelligence and liking music. "I understand why you can't appreciate the talent of Mellencamp and you find him boring - you just ain't that bright." (Ironic that you would refer to me as not too bright and simultaneously use the word 'aint'). Much of his music is top 40 pop material manufactured for the masses ![]() Then even when finding out after the album came out (as he claims) continuing to use "Cougar" along with Mellencamp. Using the name "Cougar" instead of his real name. do that makes you feel justified slinging that cliche "sellout" at him? What the hell does that mean, anyway?"
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