Just the first few beats of this song give me goosebumps and take me back decades… SO glad I grew up when I did. I wouldn’t change a thing. Great music and great times! 🎶 💃🏻
I don't think the song has anything to do with it! I believe, it has to do with his background singers in their pink outfits! I love John Mellencamp Cherry bomb is one of my favorite songs from him! Also his latest song with Bruce Springsteen wasted days!
@@winros thanks for your response maybe you're right I never thought about it that way I mean the ridiculous pink outfits my favorite John Mellencamp song crumbling down or check it out he has so many good ones
@@georgemathie8123 you know he cannot dance he's even said that even in the video Cherry bomb and which is one of my favorite songs by him! I will check out the video! You want to go even cringier David Bowie Mick Jagger dancing in the streets! David Bowie is the only celebrity or famous person when he died that I actually cried! On the age of 13 to the age of what I am now 61 I just adored him!!! ✌️✌️
Hey John Mellencamp made alot of good music everyone has a voice just because you might not like his political voice doesn't mean you get to cut down his fantastic music everyone has a right to their opinion don't take away from their accomplishments
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I hear ya… went to concerts however they were all his !!! Lmao from “ a small town” LINY the best of times for many many yrs !! If we could only go back !! God bless
It's too bad he fought authority and decided to lick their boots. Notice the pink suits. Today he's pushing his Deem cat things during concerts. I have a feeling he was P -diddied along with so many others.
He dances like a White Boy in the Eighties, and... I LOVE that about him!!! One of my ALL time favorite singers!!! He is so raw and real, and true to himself!!! A Living Legend; and am so GLAD that I had the privilege of growing up with his music, voice, and dance moves!!!
Love it!! Im 56 i love this song!!!!! I love romance!!! I love every thing about relationdhips/ the good and the bad!!! and all the wonderful things and emotions AND everything else that goes with it!! Being in love is the most wonderful thing in the world to me!!!!!!!
Yes it’s lip synced. The entire performance was his way of protesting because they wouldn’t allow him to perform live. Did you notice the over the top outfits, the funky dancing, the air saxophone
Lol. Its a live vocal. He has a couple minor flubs during it that are hard to miss. Still great. Yes, obviously a backing track, but same dance skit from original video.
The $3.85 minimum wage wasn't so good. I made $22k when I graduated college 1986. Not so hot. That's about 3mos pay now but compared to minimum wage growth I might not really be better off.
@Kevin Prima Don't know about you but I was paying over $1 a gallon for a car that got unknown low mileage. Sure, My McDonalds was less than $5 and a good dinner was less than $10.
Dude 507 we had a recession that had people living in their cars ,thank you trickle down reaganomics. People always forget the bad parts when looking backwards.
My God, he was such a baby then. I’ve been following him since that album (Nothing Matters and What If it Did”) came out and never been disappointed, from John Cougar to John Cougar Mellencamp to John Mellencamp. He’s been outside the box and always true to himself and his roots.
And, his last hits were maybe better than anything he did before? That's what really surprised me about songs like: "I saw you first" and "Keywest Intermizzo" and "Your life is now". Then he did a great video "Let it all Hang Out" with that great dancer chick.
Love him or hate him, hes the real deal. As far as I know, hes never ben a sell-out until he went and foolishly endorsed Bloomberg for POTUS. Love Johns music, have several of his albums.
I still get a kick out of his dance moves on this video. Every time I hear this song I can picture this video in my head. Such a simpler time. Back when people weren’t shooting one another during rush hour.
The homicide rate actually peaked the year this came out, at 10.4 per 100,000, the highest it has ever been since at least 1950. The rate is far lower today, around 6 per 100,000.
I remember seeing John Mellencamp in Hamilton back in 1987 I think it was. Great show and great voice. Every time I listen to his CD's I am filled with great memories and he and his voice will always be there. An amazing voice and stage presence. What a great time to be alive.
I just watched the video of him singing this song at Farm Aid 2021. Crazy it's been 40 years. I have to say his voice held up better than a lot of others his age.
I remember all he did for farmers when almost no one else was paying attention. Didn't impact our farm, we were too small, but #respect the man anyway. He made a colossal effort 👌
@@WonHungLoNHard You bet!!! That's because that boy grew up in southeastern Indiana!!! Farms all around.....he knew their plight first hand!!! Have several relatives and friends who grew up with John!!! Great person giving back to his hometown, Seymour, Indiana!!!!!
2019 still rocking to this legend at 42yrs old and will be when I'm 92 if I make it to be that old who is with me and still listening to this legend?????
I actually remember being able to run around all night. When social media was a bon fire after the date where u meet on the levee get big fire going turn radio up and all ur friends talked til day light
Seems kinda weird to think of now huh. No cell phones. Told our parents we would call at certain times - cruising , bonfires : racing to a pay phone to check in. Making up BS on why u were late to call. Lol. Maybe trying to act sober on the call. Loved them 80’s. No shootings - boys fought till someone broke it up. Learned to be a man. Didn’t have twitter telling u how to think - or how toxic your masculinity was. Lol.
Nostalgia has died. Not sure what kind of memories this tech generation will have 40 years from now when they look back. Not sure they will have any real ones.
My very first memory of John Mellencamp was seeing him do this song on American Bandstand, along with the Motown-like choreography. Of course, his management at the time had him using that stupid Johnny Cougar moniker. I've been a fan ever since! So many great tunes, so many great shows! Never went with the tide, never sold out to the latest style or genre. Stayed true to himself and his music!
he was born in Oct 1951 ... if this video was from 1981 he would have been around 29 - 30 years old here .. I know when his first hit and real album came out he was already married and I think he had a child already (I might be wrong) ... I always loved John thought he was a cutie when I was in my teens and early twenties had a poster of him on my wall .. and always thought he did not look his age .. he is awesome live saw him live to many times to count love you John !
Humble? Bullshit, he's wakes up pissed off at the world. I don't know how someone with all that money can be pissed at everything that moves. But a hell of a song writer.
He sound's so great!!! He is in a world of his own!!!! He can still sing great!!!!! Keep it up John we will all be here to listen... 🎶🎶🎶🎶... ❤️❤️👏👏👍👍!!!!
John is a very good dancer. Saw him in Bloomington Indiana (He lives in Bloomington). During the concert he jumped up & went down into a full splits. He not only writes songs and sings but he can also cut a rug.
Can't dance, lol? He's a fantastic dancer with a very unique style. You need to go watch it again with an open mind. His background dancers were the bomb as well.
I have always loved john cogar mellencamp back in the 80s i was in high school and wore one of his buttons every single day,and now at 54,in 2024 I still think he is just swell😮😮
Great performance. I cannot imagine how many times the choreographer had to make his band mates practice both to keep from laughing at themselves and to somewhat synchronize their moves. Gritty real voice of Johnny Cougar. He did stumble on some words but recovered in stride.
Got give him BIG BALLS to come out with the group in PINK and he let er rip in spins and all....in the beginning of the 80's we were just starting to think where are we going! LUCKILY I caught the Cougar Band LIVE with Heart as Backup at the Castle in Charlevoix Michigan that year on a blistering HOT early summer evening and MAN DID WE ROCK! Everytime and I mean EVERYTIME I head over the river (I live on the Canadian Side of the Border in Canada) into the US there's NEVER a time I don't catch myself singing LITTLE PINK HOUSES or all the other tunes from John...it's just so fitting when in the US!
Yes, it was. Bought my lil pink house out on the hwy that I had passed so many times as a child, & as a teen while Little Pink Houses was playing on the radio. It’s scheduled to be torn down early next year, property tax is now more than its worth, unfortunately. Last of its kind in Texas. 😢
I was 14 yrs old in 81. I remember watching Saturday Night Live when a new singer, then called "Johnny Cougar" made one of his earliest TV performances. John slips here at 3:05 with the words. "Well I don't wanna come home …" Instead of "I don't even know if I'm doin this right..." But he recovers nicely. Gotta hand it to anyone who sings live though. Many do not today.
i recently lost my life long bestest friend to a series of strokes in a matter of 2 days she had 12 or more strokes in the hospital and who knows how many before me n her fella forced her to go to the e r! there is a life time of music that we shared over the 4 plus decades that we had each other there side by side through good better and the worst. when john first came on the scene he was john cougar and her n i went to 4 concerts in a 6 week span. mind you we were young teens then! but we hitch hiked to them and we slept in bushes to be out of sight for ppl to not be assholes while we were asleep! we shared so much w/ each other and i miss her so bad in hurts to my soul to not have her here but no matter what i have memories of our crazy ass ways of doing life! i love you sherry and always will!
Johnny Cougar takes me back to my teenage years in the 80s! I showed Pops the liner notes to Scarecrow when he was blasting my teenage music and so forth.. He understood.. that was cool and He got it.. very cool... Thank you John for writing music that matters... Tim S. I remember the farm aid days.. My Grampa farmed til he was 90 He retired and dropped dead one month later. He loved what he did..
the guys behind mellencamp are not dancers, it's his friggin band at the time. This came straight from the original video for this tune, it was meant to be campy. Besides, you gotta love his Mitch Ryder sweater and shirt.
I was in my teens when Cougar did his dance here. It was awkward as fuck even by 80’s standards. He improved and donned that Jean jacket and I tell you what that sum bitch owned music for a while!
John is a legend. The Elvis of his day. Still great and makes me feel great to be this old and know, we did not have Justin Beibers, We had John Mellancamp. And I am ok with that.
Darrin Ros it was great back then.I was maybe 16 and had a mustang..A real horse.I grew up rural ranch life but had a radio.Had to buy D cell batteries for it but it kept me in tune with outside world.
This video is one of the most fantastic things I have ever seen. Between how young he looks the pink tuxes the cheesy dance moves the fake sax solo and the crowd that obviously has no idea who he is. It’s 4:40 seconds of musical perfection.
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Thanks to all the artists who can put to music the emotions teenagers feel. This includes old people remembering the past when songs like this are recommended .
I was 13 in 1981. What an amazing decade & era of music to be able to grow up in. The fads, the fashions, the movies, the music, MTV actually played videos back then, & had the original MTV VJ's...Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwood, & "The Prince Of Darkness "J.J. Jackson. JUST ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST ERA/DECADE OF MUSIC & POP CULTURE TO GROW UP IN!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama.
Oh yeah for sure. He’s is on man his label told him nobody would an album with his real name John Meloncamp so they sign him as John Cougar he was a hot hit his next album he was watch this drop John just call it Meloncamp period ! Never looked back lol
It HAD to be the 80's! Where else you gonna see "Johnny Cougar" looking like he's in High School, and flanked by a half dozen guys in PINK tuxedos?? Strange video, indeed, but The Kid had it, way back then. Great moves, Sir Mellencamp. One of the last of the true rockers.
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Just the first few beats of this song give me goosebumps and take me back decades… SO glad I grew up when I did. I wouldn’t change a thing. Great music and great times! 🎶 💃🏻
I agree with you brings back good memories
Same! Blessed!!
I wasn’t born in the 80s but I wish I was, always loved classic rock
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One of his most underrated songs and such a feel good song as well
A magical song and video; humor from the Doctor and a nice James Brown cape routine.
I saw this performance and said to myself, "He's gonna do alright." This remains my favorite Mellencamp song.
I don't think the song has anything to do with it! I believe, it has to do with his background singers in their pink outfits! I love John Mellencamp Cherry bomb is one of my favorite songs from him! Also his latest song with Bruce Springsteen wasted days!
@@winros thanks for your response maybe you're right I never thought about it that way I mean the ridiculous pink outfits my favorite John Mellencamp song crumbling down or check it out he has so many good ones
@@georgemathie8123 you know he cannot dance he's even said that even in the video Cherry bomb and which is one of my favorite songs by him! I will check out the video! You want to go even cringier David Bowie Mick Jagger dancing in the streets! David Bowie is the only celebrity or famous person when he died that I actually cried! On the age of 13 to the age of what I am now 61 I just adored him!!! ✌️✌️
43 years later I wonder if he goes back and watches this video and just smiles?
Nah hes just bitter af now. Cant even perform at a concert without spewing his politics.
For one me brother and sister out there... Lord help us
John made so much great music you act like no other artist stressed who they were backing in politics
Hey John Mellencamp made alot of good music everyone has a voice just because you might not like his political voice doesn't mean you get to cut down his fantastic music everyone has a right to their opinion don't take away from their accomplishments
Who ever thought we'd miss the 80s?
I'm 56 and I still feel like I'm living in the 80's. We had it all in 80's. Just remember "You never know what you have until it's gone FOREVER."
I always do...
My Dad died at 90
He told me you have no idea how 80 years goes
@@davidwright4495Same here, I turn 55 in a little over a week, and I couldn't agree more.
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this brings back good memories. Simpler times, better music. Miss those days.
😪 me too
Yes the best
I Agree! 100%!
Yes, so true. Sigh.
And a time of questionable wardrobe choices.
I've always loved this song. 40 years? Damn time flies
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40 effing years.. I ain't even done yet
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love lasts forever
I remember waking up to this on my alarm clock when I was about 14 or 15 years old. I'm 59 years old now and still love this song.
Lol. Right. Good days bk then. Blessings 🙏😊
me too!!
I hear ya… went to concerts however they were all his !!! Lmao from “ a small town” LINY the best of times for many many yrs !! If we could only go back !! God bless
Me too!
It's too bad he fought authority and decided to lick their boots.
Notice the pink suits.
Today he's pushing his Deem cat things during concerts.
I have a feeling he was P -diddied along with so many others.
I love the way he dances and his voice is incredible!
Hello Deborah, How are you doing?
John's dancing is impressive!
Killer voice!
He dances like a White Boy in the Eighties, and...
I LOVE that about him!!! One of my ALL time favorite singers!!! He is so raw and real, and true to himself!!! A Living Legend; and am so GLAD that I had the privilege of growing up with his music, voice, and dance moves!!!
Nope. He should just stick to singing. LOL! 😸
I'm a Speed metal maniac but this guy is a legend. 40 years of music and never a bad album. Dude never followed a single trend.
gregoryvanhalen he always says he does things HIS way & NEVER kisses anybodys ass!
Yeah.
He didn't follow trends he set them....im not a country guy...but some bands like Mellencamp and petty...Don Henley I really liked
The other rock stars call him Little Bastard! Lol He's respected.
Judging by this video, he almost got hoodwinked by the industry. Lol this is some hokey shit but a great song. Glad he did his own thing after this
Music I grew up with makes me smile
My first true love this was his song to me. We couldn't get enough of each other being 17 . We were never done with the night . Now we are 57 .
Mary Ann Hewko and still can't get enough of each other
Same age as me 80 were the best ever
Love it!! Im 56 i love this song!!!!! I love romance!!! I love every thing about relationdhips/ the good and the bad!!! and all the wonderful things and emotions AND everything else that goes with it!! Being in love is the most wonderful thing in the world to me!!!!!!!
WOW! Great story!
Heck yeah!!!!
Grew up listening to him, still rocking him in 2023,he was so young in this video.always loved John Cougar❤❤
He was 29 or 30 here.
@@rsvihla John Mellancamp, or something like that. An artist first, then an accidental singer. The real American dream of hitting it off in NYC.
I love this song to I I like all his songs. He is great artist.😊
Ain't no lip syncing in that voice, JUST PURE TALENT.
Yes it’s lip synced. The entire performance was his way of protesting because they wouldn’t allow him to perform live. Did you notice the over the top outfits, the funky dancing, the air saxophone
Definitely a live vocal.
Lol. Its a live vocal. He has a couple minor flubs during it that are hard to miss. Still great. Yes, obviously a backing track, but same dance skit from original video.
Definitely not a live vocal.
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Dam What happened to the 80s. Life was so much simpler
The $3.85 minimum wage wasn't so good. I made $22k when I graduated college 1986. Not so hot. That's about 3mos pay now but compared to minimum wage growth I might not really be better off.
Dude 507 💯 sure miss them days !
@Kevin Prima Don't know about you but I was paying over $1 a gallon for a car that got unknown low mileage. Sure, My McDonalds was less than $5 and a good dinner was less than $10.
Dude 507 we had a recession that had people living in their cars ,thank you trickle down reaganomics. People always forget the bad parts when looking backwards.
The media, progressives, socialist, that's what happen. And they say America was never good. F.U.
My God, he was such a baby then. I’ve been following him since that album (Nothing Matters and What If it Did”) came out and never been disappointed, from John Cougar to John Cougar Mellencamp to John Mellencamp. He’s been outside the box and always true to himself and his roots.
And, his last hits were maybe better than anything he did before?
That's what really surprised me about songs like: "I saw you first" and "Keywest Intermizzo" and "Your life is now". Then he did a great video "Let it all Hang Out" with that great dancer chick.
He was 30 years old!
Small Paradise had me hooked
He was Johnny Cougar, first 🙂
@@OhJodi69 his manager did that without telling him
I just feel so happy when I play this song. Never gets old, and boy can this man sing anything and doesn't miss a beat. 🤗🕺🐕
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What do you mean he never misses a beat?!?!!? He flubs lyrics at 3:03.
@@mattditchey8673 but at least it was live, and never lip sync
Lets dance
This song definitely did not get the same airtime on radio as his other hits, but itself definitely was a hit in itself!
One of his best!!
I agree thanks Sirius xm 80s channel for introducing me to this jam
Pretty damn impressed with him singing, dancing full on with zero effects/auto tune almost dry vocals.
Indeed
Cuz johns the frigging man!!
Nice outfits
Love him or hate him, hes the real deal. As far as I know, hes never ben a sell-out until he went and foolishly endorsed Bloomberg for POTUS. Love Johns music, have several of his albums.
I actually thought he was lip synching until I heard him laugh while doing his James Brown impression.
I was young again for a few moments. how great is that. I aint sure I am doing this right
And now my knees hurt again!
Ain't even done... Go John
I’m never done w the night
I totally get what you mean! I love this song!
I get what you mean! I just went back in time! Love this song!
Love those days. We all felt young and thought we would be that way forever...the music is still #1
Not me…always looking for new sounds, new Artists. Too boring to only like a small segment of music
4 sure!
This is sooo special to me because of my Scott O. Love ya even though you're gone and in heaven. I love you
Definitely don't hear this song on the radio nearly enough :( timeless classic.
Maybe John's best video. Best of his early songs.
IKR!!
you can thank I-Heart radio for that
I agree
I still get a kick out of his dance moves on this video.
Every time I hear this song I can picture this video in my head.
Such a simpler time. Back when people weren’t shooting one another during rush hour.
The homicide rate actually peaked the year this came out, at 10.4 per 100,000, the highest it has ever been since at least 1950. The rate is far lower today, around 6 per 100,000.
Simpler times?
Yup JCM got some STEPS!!
I love John he's great
Love the song, miss 1981 too!
If I could turn back time
Me 2
Same here, great music
yep
I do too
I remember seeing John Mellencamp in Hamilton back in 1987 I think it was. Great show and great voice. Every time I listen to his CD's I am filled with great memories and he and his voice will always be there. An amazing voice and stage presence. What a great time to be alive.
Yes, Copps 87, great show.
I just watched the video of him singing this song at Farm Aid 2021. Crazy it's been 40 years. I have to say his voice held up better than a lot of others his age.
I remember all he did for farmers when almost no one else was paying attention.
Didn't impact our farm, we were too small, but #respect the man anyway. He made a colossal effort 👌
@@WonHungLoNHard You bet!!! That's because that boy grew up in southeastern Indiana!!! Farms all around.....he knew their plight first hand!!! Have several relatives and friends who grew up with John!!! Great person giving back to his hometown, Seymour, Indiana!!!!!
criminally underappreciated song
Well said.
Still my favorite of so many greats!
I play it at Gigs.
This song is so beautiful. I feel like I could listen to it forever. It was made in an era of unforgettable music!
One of my all time favorites of John's, definitely takes you back
Thats back when you actually had to be able to sing to be a musician. He is one of the few that sound as good live as they do on the radio
Oh the memories.Thanks John!
This was an amazing time in my life, oh the 80s and being a teen . If it seems corny to you , you need to turn it up louder like we did !
You're totally right
Jon was another product of the SUPER 70S!!
2019 still rocking to this legend at 42yrs old and will be when I'm 92 if I make it to be that old who is with me and still listening to this legend?????
Hey baby doll come over well go buy that cd
44 years old & loveeee this song!
Love this song. I can listen to it over and over.
No professional dancers, no lip-syncing. just him and the guys in his band. I think this is awesome!
Errr..band?
@@MikaelLewisify Yeah, those are all his band members. Or were at least.
@@abubaseet weird
@@MikaelLewisify Wow, what a profound observation.
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I actually remember being able to run around all night. When social media was a bon fire after the date where u meet on the levee get big fire going turn radio up and all ur friends talked til day light
Seems kinda weird to think of now huh. No cell phones. Told our parents we would call at certain times - cruising , bonfires : racing to a pay phone to check in. Making up BS on why u were late to call. Lol. Maybe trying to act sober on the call. Loved them 80’s. No shootings - boys fought till someone broke it up. Learned to be a man. Didn’t have twitter telling u how to think - or how toxic your masculinity was. Lol.
For me it was drag racing and bon fires in the desert, Mellencamp and springsteen before he turned into a snowflake
Amen brotha. That was magical.
Nostalgia has died. Not sure what kind of memories this tech generation will have 40 years from now when they look back. Not sure they will have any real ones.
Bullshit memory none of that ever happened
He has alot of soul, very talented.
I remember seeing this back then and I thought to myself, this guy is gonna make it big! He's got that special something special.
Amazing vocal performance!!! I LOVE this!!!
Man, I haven't heard this song in a long time. I just played it 5x in a row. Still want to hear it again. This dude rocks.
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The backup dancers are all I can watch. Amazing. It’s like my 6yo daughter picked the clothes and choreography.
reminds me of hot for teacher video by van halen
Your daughter must have impeccable taste!
That was his band. On the liner notes of the LP they were called "The Zone".
Emma Sedaris---- The 80's were a different time and different people. You wouldn't understand.
if that's all you can watch then they did their job right
My very first memory of John Mellencamp was seeing him do this song on American Bandstand, along with the Motown-like choreography. Of course, his management at the time had him using that stupid Johnny Cougar moniker.
I've been a fan ever since! So many great tunes, so many great shows! Never went with the tide, never sold out to the latest style or genre. Stayed true to himself and his music!
THE best song, and THE best video, ever!!! OMG 81 was a good year....
81 was an awesome class of 81❤
He looked like a kid here . Wow
looks quit young!
He looks really young, wow!
It's from his first real album.
Ostara StarSeed I don't remember him looking that young maybe cause I was
he was born in Oct 1951 ... if this video was from 1981 he would have been around 29 - 30 years old here .. I know when his first hit and real album came out he was already married and I think he had a child already (I might be wrong) ... I always loved John thought he was a cutie when I was in my teens and early twenties had a poster of him on my wall .. and always thought he did not look his age .. he is awesome live saw him live to many times to count love you John !
i bet john knew some good come ons and some cool lines
i bet ur right!!
I’m 63 and I can’t believe I’m just hearing or noticing how great this song is
what rock were you hiding under the last 40 + years
This is a great song never get tired of hearing it
An American original love this guy so talented and still humble.
..Humble, I don't know about..talented...yes, beyond measure...
I have seen so many bad interviews. Let’s just say he is a great artist.
Humble? Bullshit, he's wakes up pissed off at the world. I don't know how someone with all that money can be pissed at everything that moves. But a hell of a song writer.
My goodness He is absolutely gorgeous in this video...
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Damn u aint seen me yet lol lmao!$!
You look damn good yourself
He is, we all get older, but he sure didn’t age well. Most men age really well, but John unfortunately wasn’t one of them.
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This is the first song I every heard by John Mellencamp. God do I Iove it still.
He really has a very strong voice and I love ❤ this! Thank you
Who's still jamming to this in 2020?
me
Oh Yeah!!!!
Jerry Lai I am!
Watchin it right now...mar.6th.2020
@@andrewegers7458 Great video!
This is my favorite John cougar song. Much love 2019
Still finding old gems like this one ❤️ "and I even done with the night!" Can't wait to use this line 😉
He sound's so great!!! He is in a world of his own!!!! He can still sing great!!!!! Keep it up John we will all be here to listen... 🎶🎶🎶🎶... ❤️❤️👏👏👍👍!!!!
Geez, "Johnny Cougar" literally looks like he's twelve years old here.
and then that gravelly voice fills the air....amazing
This is before Dianne got a hold of him outside the tasty freeze
Cougar*
@@IAmNotFamousAnymore: Ah yes, I've heard about you guys on the internet......
A simple mistake on my part. Fixed.
The best part is he’s 30 here
John (I cant dance) Cougar. Loved the 80’s wish I could relive it all.
John is a very good dancer. Saw him in Bloomington Indiana (He lives in Bloomington). During the concert he jumped up & went down into a full splits. He not only writes songs and sings but he can also cut a rug.
Omg 😃😃 he was a horrible dancer 😭🤣🤣 which was a shame, but made him more sexy
@@janaskibo871 I think he can dance. I was surprised
Can't dance, lol? He's a fantastic dancer with a very unique style. You need to go watch it again with an open mind. His background dancers were the bomb as well.
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Oh the memories....thanks, John.
A lot of JCM's songs were the soundtrack for our lives in the 80s.
This is the best John Cougar song !!
Agreed
Ditto
I think "I Need A Lover" is fantastic but this one's my favorite.
The song is awesome, I do not get the dudes in pink!? What did I miss,!?
Nah. You need to check out his John cougar self titled lp and nothin matters and what if it did lp. Those tunes are way better
Just stumbled across this beauty. Song has always been one of my favorites. Video is fun and odd at the same time.
Video doesn't match this song the way I had it in my head.. song great -- pink tuxes ????
He's so young here. Aww. Always one of my fav songs of his.
I have always loved john cogar mellencamp back in the 80s i was in high school and wore one of his buttons every single day,and now at 54,in 2024 I still think he is just swell😮😮
Well our hearts beat like thunder I don't know why they don't explode........ . what a line. Love it
Ain't that the truth!
Yes, now days unfortunately its like are hearts beat like a murmur.. I don’t know why they don’t implode.😂
He's in a class of his own
Time really does fly by… love this song!!
Fell in love with hus music after watching this in 1981. Thank you Mr. Mellencamp!
Great performance. I cannot imagine how many times the choreographer had to make his band mates practice both to keep from laughing at themselves and to somewhat synchronize their moves. Gritty real voice of Johnny Cougar. He did stumble on some words but recovered in stride.
Excellent, start to finish, and they were enjoying every note. Almost performance art.
Is that his backup band? I always assumed they were just dancers brought in for the show. Actually, they're not bad as dancers too.
He DID stumble, but recovered gracefully.
Much rather see that than a lip-sync...any day of the week!
Yeah but that's a great reminder that he sang it live, and not a lip sync!
Lip sync is hideous...don't know why it's ever a thing.
How have I never seen this before? I mean, pink tuxedos? Retro 60’s schoolboy? And this is all before the whole Jack & Diane era? Amazing.
Juliane Cartaino I believe Jack & Diane were 1970's circa & this was early 80's
Chesapeake Bay My bad. He's had so many hits, I get them confused.
Love his loafers!
You forgot to mention the James Brown cape routine.
I heard it in 19 ts 80
Got give him BIG BALLS to come out with the group in PINK and he let er rip in spins and all....in the beginning of the 80's we were just starting to think where are we going! LUCKILY I caught the Cougar Band LIVE with Heart as Backup at the Castle in Charlevoix Michigan that year on a blistering HOT early summer evening and MAN DID WE ROCK!
Everytime and I mean EVERYTIME I head over the river (I live on the Canadian Side of the Border in Canada) into the US there's NEVER a time I don't catch myself singing LITTLE PINK HOUSES or all the other tunes from John...it's just so fitting when in the US!
Yes, it was. Bought my lil pink house out on the hwy that I had passed so many times as a child, & as a teen while Little Pink Houses was playing on the radio. It’s scheduled to be torn down early next year, property tax is now more than its worth, unfortunately. Last of its kind in Texas. 😢
Some voices will never be forgotten like Elvis. John has a unique sound and it too will never be forgotten.
40 years on haven't heard this in decades brilliant classic stumbled on this and made my day.
I was 14 yrs old in 81. I remember watching Saturday Night Live when a new singer, then called "Johnny Cougar" made one of his earliest TV performances. John slips here at 3:05 with the words. "Well I don't wanna come home …" Instead of "I don't even know if I'm doin this right..." But he recovers nicely. Gotta hand it to anyone who sings live though. Many do not today.
At the height of his fame from "Hill Street Blues", Daniel J. Travanti hosted that 1981 SNL episode.B.W.
I think he did it exactly how he wanted to. It sounds cool.
@Shelley Garman ...His dancing??? L.O.L.
John is one of the best! Thanks for all the great year’s of music John! Ready for more!
i recently lost my life long bestest friend to a series of strokes in a matter of 2 days she had 12 or more strokes in the hospital and who knows how many before me n her fella forced her to go to the e r! there is a life time of music that we shared over the 4 plus decades that we had each other there side by side through good better and the worst. when john first came on the scene he was john cougar and her n i went to 4 concerts in a 6 week span. mind you we were young teens then! but we hitch hiked to them and we slept in bushes to be out of sight for ppl to not be assholes while we were asleep! we shared so much w/ each other and i miss her so bad in hurts to my soul to not have her here but no matter what i have memories of our crazy ass ways of doing life! i love you sherry and always will!
Little pink tuxes for you and me.
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Nerdie McSweatervest good one 😂
Love John cougar! Let the haters hate! It's what they do
Wendell Russell Fuck them!!!
I Love John's music too!!! 70's and 80's
Johnny Cougar takes me back to my teenage years in the 80s! I showed Pops the liner notes to Scarecrow when he was blasting my teenage music and so forth.. He understood.. that was cool and He got it.. very cool... Thank you John for writing music that matters... Tim S. I remember the farm aid days.. My Grampa farmed til he was 90 He retired and dropped dead one month later. He loved what he did..
One of my favorite songs from him, so LOVE it!
the guys behind mellencamp are not dancers, it's his friggin band at the time. This came straight from the original video for this tune, it was meant to be campy. Besides, you gotta love his Mitch Ryder sweater and shirt.
thanks captain obvious
I was in my teens when Cougar did his dance here. It was awkward as fuck even by 80’s standards. He improved and donned that Jean jacket and I tell you what that sum bitch owned music for a while!
I don't see you in the video.. Losser
I disagree. that is definitely Ringo back there !! and he is shakin' like elvis !
Cainen Gray it could be
John is a legend. The Elvis of his day. Still great and makes me feel great to be this old and know, we did not have Justin Beibers, We had John Mellancamp. And I am ok with that.
Elvis of his day hardly but that being said regaurdless of the video a great song
Happy to have grown up in the 80's when people actually played instruments.
Can we not have Biebers and Mellencamp both?
Darrin Ros Elvis?? Phhhfffft
Darrin Ros it was great back then.I was maybe 16 and had a mustang..A real horse.I grew up rural ranch life but had a radio.Had to buy D cell batteries for it but it kept me in tune with outside world.
Boy do I miss those days, great time to grow up
Sure, miss the 80's! John put out a lot of good music!
love this song brings me back to the 80's where I had some of the best memories....
Grace. P Franco 💯👍
Rick Springfield was up there too!
great song, this came out before Hurts so good, and still this song is one of my alltime favorites
Great Song 😍
Good tune, but Small Paradise made me a fan instantly. What a classic song. He never forgot where he came from either, how could u not b a fan?
Love the nod to James Brown and his cape routine 😂
That dude was miming a saxophone! I’ve never seen something so creatively bizarre before! 😆👍🏼
This video is one of the most fantastic things I have ever seen. Between how young he looks the pink tuxes the cheesy dance moves the fake sax solo and the crowd that obviously has no idea who he is. It’s 4:40 seconds of musical perfection.
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LOL, and what's up with the ONE guy wearing a Hat?
The one guy in the black hat is that Maurice Gibb ?
Not to mention the James Brown schtick at the end.
I think there’s a parallel universe I can feel my alternate living in 1981 right now , like a deja vu
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One of my favorites, I bet he put on a hell of a show back then !! Great music
i can remember watching this on TV.
to his credit, he is actually singing this live.
Especially when he messed up the lyrics.
Sounds just like the recording
I just realized that
Sorry, but that's pretty obvious!
They wanted John to wear pink but he refused
Holy crap, he looks like he's 14!
Dance moves of a 14 year old dork.
He does look like he is 14
@@jaxflfreebird can you do a better job and make the money he's making?the shut the hell up!
@@nancyneville8700 But he was such an EMBARRASSING DORK. A DORK!!!!!!
LOL! Maybe 18, but not quite 14.
Thanks to all the artists who can put to music the emotions teenagers feel. This includes old people remembering the past when songs like this are recommended .
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES BY JOHN!!!😊
I was 15 in 81 had the best music growing up those days are complete over
I'm right with you. I was 15 in 1980. I know how you feel.
Also 15 in 81....back when the sun really rose and the air seemed sweet and life was still ahead of us.
I was 16 when this song came out. For a moment, I felt the teenage angst. Life was so much better in the 80's
I was 13 in 1981.
What an amazing decade & era of music to be able to grow up in.
The fads, the fashions, the movies, the music, MTV actually played videos back then, & had the original MTV VJ's...Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwood, & "The Prince Of Darkness "J.J. Jackson.
JUST ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST ERA/DECADE OF MUSIC & POP CULTURE TO GROW UP IN!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
I Was 14!! I ABSOLUTELY 💯Agree With You!! The 80’s Were THE BEST!!🖤 2019!!
is this song timeless or what?
One of the best.
Oh yeah for sure. He’s is on man his label told him nobody would an album with his real name John Meloncamp so they sign him as John Cougar he was a hot hit his next album he was watch this drop John just call it Meloncamp period ! Never looked back lol
yes
I thought this song was from the 90's.....
It's Awesome song!!!!!
i saw him at the el macobo in toronto before he got big.one of the best live shows ive ever seen
This song is perfection - just perfection and is an instant transport
It HAD to be the 80's! Where else you gonna see "Johnny Cougar" looking like he's in High School, and flanked by a half dozen guys in PINK tuxedos?? Strange video, indeed, but The Kid had it, way back then. Great moves, Sir Mellencamp. One of the last of the true rockers.
Love that he’s paying tribute to James Brown with those cape shenanigans at the end!
I thought the Duke of Earl
Yes! 😁
What a badass performance!
John Cougar in his earlier years...what a great talent!!
Wow! Heard the song many times, just never got to see this! Hmm the cool hottie of the 80's💕👍
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