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from my library



Indiana farm boy became the midwests answer to the boss. Not sure why, but you gotta have a label, and that one somehow seems appropriate. This first as John Cougar Mellancamp (previous efforts were as John Cougar) this was his 7th release and the one that put him on top with 3 top 20 hits, Pick Houses (#8), Authority Song (#15), Crumblin' Down (#9) and the album reaching #9, and netting him his first headlining tour. He also joined with Wille Nelson and Neil Young to farm Farm Aid, an effort to bring notice to the american farmer.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Lovin' Mother Fo Ya

Best Track - Pink Houses

There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard
You know he thinks that he's got it so good
And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up the evenin' slop
And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin', I can remember when
you could stop a clock."

Oh but ain't that America for you and me
Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
Ain't that America home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

There's a young man in a t-shirt
Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station
He's got greasy hair, greasy smile
He says, "Lord this must be my destination."
'Cause they told me when I was younger
"Boy you're gonna be president."
But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went

Oh but ain't that America for you and me
Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
Ain't that America home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

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
Ooh yeah
And ther's winners and there's losers
But they ain't no big deal
'Cause the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,
the pills that kill

Oh but ain't that America for you and me
Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
Ain't that America home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me


1) Crumblin' Down - ** - video
YouTube - John Cougar Mellencamp Crumblin Down Video
2) Pink Houses - *** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q17h75pMQ4
3) Authority Song - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po47SNloMBg
4) Warmer Place To Sleep - **
5) Jackie O - ** - audio
YouTube - John Mellencamp «Jackie O»
6) Play Guitar - *** - audio
YouTube - John Cougar Mellencamp - Play Guitar
7) Serious Business - **
8) Lovin' Mother Fo Ya - *
9) Golden Gates - ** - audio
YouTube - Golden Gates John Cougar Mellencamp

3's - 2
2's - 6
1's - 1

Rating - 2.1