The opening of this song was filmed at my grandma's house in austin indiana. The scene with the black gentleman sitting on the porch, he was sitting in her rocking chair. My grandmother never learned how to read and if you notice the bible in the window is upside down. I65 was built right through town in the 50's and literally cut the road her house is on in half. My grandma passed away on jan 1st 2019 at the age of 90. Oh how i miss the 1980's. They are great memories.
Mellencamp talks about how he saw a Black man sitting on that porch and how the highway running through it was the inspiration for the song. He had a black cat on his lap and he waved back at Mellencamp and that was how he ended up writing that song. I wonder, was the gentleman in the video the same man? But in any event, that highway cut through the Black part of town just like so many of our highways did, and a lot of people don't understand what that means. It means that we didn't care about disrupting the Black neighborhoods. It meant that some of us were even happy to do it. We need to reckon with this. This music is "heartland music" and that includes our Black heartland residents. I can't help noticing how many of the commenters identify themselves as Black, which is likely because the average white listener of this music is probably clueless as to who is a resident of the heartland. Then they tell us they like this song too, or they love this artist too. I hope everyone who reads that thinks about it. "Flyover Country" and "Real America" isn't just the white people like me.
This song is about the American dream being broken. Middle class working all their lives to barely get by. Poor black man living in his pink house.. "you know he thinks he's got it so good", "those ol crazy dreams just kind of came and went" corporate greed America has broken the middle class. Mellencamp always tells it like it is.
I agree as someone who grew up poor and now has the kind of life I always dreamed of through hard work and sacrifice. Or as my beautiful wife and I say, she is assailant manager of a fast food joint and I am a simple truck driver so we aren't wealthy by any means 6 kids and no government assistance. Capitalism...
I'm a 62-year-old Black man, raised in Cali... and this music is the soundtrack of my early adulthood. Worked a blue-collar job, and attended college in the evenings (toward a BA degree). Although I grew up on the West coast, the music of the Heartland always strikes deep in my soul. I just love this song.
do you think that White should be capitalized same as Black when we're talking about races which we shouldn't be talking about at all anyway just being better respect and loving each other as ourselves
@@jonathanbaker9153 exactly. We used to all be Americans. I'm 43. I remember this song when it was released and it was a different country with a different attitude. This song is about us as we should be
As a trucker(black/white/spanish mixed and raised in a small town)of 31 yrs having driven all over this great country of ours, I bring this song up on my XM/Sirius radio every time I have to go off the interstate and travel thru the great small towns of America. There is no better feeling of going thru small towns in the middle of the night where there is peace and no one out but the owls and people in the day when friendly small town folks wave hello with this song playing in the background. Thank u JCM for this song. Love small towns.
"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."
Was working with his blood family in Nashville with Justice industries. His name was Christian and myself admire all your songs 🎵 ❤ in which they inspire me too write poetry and song lyrics. Thank you for being who you are God bless you and all mankind your family friend and brother in time Terry.
John Mellencamp was born and raised in Seymour, Indiana. Where he still lives now. My cousin's went to school with him. They were all damn good friends.
100% agreed... John Mellencamp _IS_ Classic American Rock. Tom Petty, Felix Cavaliere, Bob Grill, Woodie Gutherie, Tom Johnston, John Fogerty, Paul Simon, Jim Croche & Billy Joel (in no particular order) are a small handful that defined classic guitar rock & have made the everlasting impression on all of us. Esp those of who, thanks to them, grew up wanting to be guitarists & eventually became them. Their music is the gift that keeps right on giving, everyday. And no doubt strongly influenced us to be better people 💜❤ Ok ok, Billy Joel is a pianist, not a guitarist. But so what :) Tom Johnston/ the Doobie Bros., Take Me In Your Arms, 1973 m.th-cam.com/video/MCJHHoYm5zE/w-d-xo.html Jim Croche, I've Got A Name, 1973 m.th-cam.com/video/cadvn16N188/w-d-xo.html
@@magnificentmuttley154 "Guitar rock". Rock is guitar music by definition, so writing something like "guitar rock" is a pleonasm. Guys you mentioned are not the most important for the developement of rock music. Woody Guthrie, Paul Simon and Billy Joel have very, very little to do with rock. Classic rock music was defined by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Mickey Baker, Johnny Burnette with Paul Burlison, Duane Eddy, The Ventures, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Sonics, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Ten Years After, The Allman Brothers.
@@piotrb8434 You have a much stricter view of what Rock 'n Roll is than I do. My opinion of what popular music qualifies to be called Rock isn't restricted to textbook definition. And my viewpoint isn't unique since Rock is a large umbrella that covers many flavors & styles outside of "guitar rock," pleonasm & all There are hundreds of thousands like me who experienced Pop & differing flavors of R&R firsthand, throughout the 60's, 70s, & 80s, with it's many alterations & changes. We were there! We understand that the range of "Rock" sub-catagories are not restricted only to popular music that uses electric guitar. Whether Jazz or Big Band styles that emphasize the use of brasswinds; Rock-fusion where an all-acoustic orchestra is simply accompanied by a handful of Rock instruments; & Soft Rock that uses a more sophisticated blend of rhythum & melody than these There are Rock songs that range from being dominated by use of electric guitar(s), through to merely using a single rhythum guitar, faintly in the background. And there are so-called "Rock" songs where the lead instrument is a piano & little if any guitar accompanies it (Elton John, Ferranté & Tiecher, Dr John, John Anderson, Todd Rundgren, 10CC, Pablo Cruise) but such music is still referred to as "Rock" of some flavor Again, at the risk of offending your formally-trained view in the matter, my opinion of what is called "Rock" & what goes by another name isn't based upon the rigid definitions of a professor who wrote a textbook on 20th Century Music. My opinion is based on 40+ years of listening to ths e broad spectrum of American radio; some of it mainstream, but much of it not So, I can see that we won't see eye-to-eye, & I won't waste your time arguing about it. Please allow me to bid you sincere thanks for contributing your thoughts today, nevertheless✌💜
Hang in there. I lost my mom and dad each at the age of sixty (2007 & 2011). I truly believe they're still here (and we're still there). Here's a simple tribute: th-cam.com/video/82eDMbSG590/w-d-xo.html
I'm a Black 59 year old Woman and I met my Husband in 1982 and he introduced me to Mellencamp music and this song right here I Love it, got a message to it!
Bless you. If people think the USA is so bad, just think what would happen if Communist China was the most powerful country on earth. We have much to be thankful for.
This song and Born in the USA prove how much many people just hear the chorus and don't understand the lyrics, but you tried to teach them something anyway. ❤
Im a 51 year old woman from Bedford, Indiana, down the road from Seymore, where John is from. Ive loved his music since i was 7 years old! His recent interview with Bill Maher brought me back again.
I've never set foot in the USA, but John Mellencamp's songs always makes me long to go over and see so many of the towns, the people, the land that he describes so vividly. Few songwriters have the ability to capture the sound and personality of a country better than him.
@chriskendall3979 This song has personal meaning for me cause I was born in a small town and grew up in a small town. If you truly want to see some of the places and people described in Pink Houses, they exist, but are not in the news or anything. If you can get here, there are many to look at and talk to.
I grew up on F highway in Missouri for awhile in a little pink 2 room house as a child. I slept in the bottom drawer of a dresser in my parents room. My two older brothers slept in the living/ kitchen area on a fold out love seat. We had no running water and a outhouse. And I thought life was glorious. When I got a little older and we moved back to Illinois. We moved to a house that was rented to us by a very generous Mexican family and I got promoted to sleeping on a shelf in the closet. Life was good in the 70's. We were dirt poor and I was happy. One year for Christmas I got an orange, teddy bear, hoolahoop and one knew outfit. I was so gracious and happy. When I look back through the family photo albums everyone was happy. People were real and spent quality time together. I remember the first time I ate a prime cut of beef. I was 11 years old my grandfather bought me that steak. People today are not appriative of the blessings they have.
The best time I can go to the solution for this is to get a hold of the feeling lost by technology to much information technology simple but cannot keep up
@scott michaels yea, and sure u hear his music on classic rock stations, but he's never mentioned in same breath as others. He should be. Pure, no-bullshit good old American rock and roll.
Wow, this song never gets old. But if you love John like I do, you should hear David Young’s newest single “If I Can Live Thru This” th-cam.com/video/TadCx0lCIfg/w-d-xo.html It’s been awhile that I’ve been this excited about an artist!
I am a thirty one year old man who lives in Paterson, NJ and I love the way John Mellencamp devotes and honors his fans and audience pertaining to his music.
I am a 68- year- old man, and I have been listening to John Mellencamp forever. I really like the video Little Pink Houses. I could listen to that song all day and never get tired of listening to it. Keep up the great singing John.
You couldn't pull it off. The first verse would be "well there's an African American man, with an African American cat, living in an African American neighborhood."
I'd be honored if some fans of early 80s classics would give a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE by John Cougar Mellencamp and ALLENTOWN by Billy Joel on my YT channel in tribute to the great musical year of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
I love ❤️ this song,John Mellencamp is just a straight slice of middle America,and he just makes music 🎶 🎵 that people can actually relate to and enjoy,his music 🎶 🎵 always has meaning to it🎉🎉
How can you not love this man when you hear this song? When I heard that he helped start Farm Aid, it only reinforced it more. God bless you, Mr. Mellencamp!! You’re an American treasure. ✌🏼💖
You clearly don't understand the meaning behind the song. John said in an interview that it is extremely anti-America, claiming the American dream is dead and the country is crumbling. "Ain't that America for you and me" is sarcastic.
He's always been a huge ahole in reality though, so anyone who knows or met him probably has quite a few reasons for not loving this man. Also, his music is hugely overrated, he has like 2.5 decent songs and the rest are filler trash. Nostalgia is a hell of a drig though, helps with willfully ignoring the facts that don't agree with the rest of the story.
I liked this song when it first came out in the early 80's but I was just a kid then. Just listened to it today, Jan 20th, 2021.........and today I loved this song.
I'd be honored if some early 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE by John Cougar Mellencamp and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne on my YT channel in tribute to the Great American Summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and keep on rocking.
52 here & we were building mini bikes & sneaking smokes from our parents when this came out. Every time I hear this I can smell the gas & smoke. Fun times for a kid.
A quien no le va gustar si es buenisimo desde niña te admiro y ahora soy abuela y te sigo admirando mucho mas que antes .. Bueno...hoy en dia (2018) ya no hay buena musica que vivan los 80s
This song was filmed in a small town in Indiana near where I lived as a kid. John mellencamp raffeled off a house in a small town down the road. Whoever won he paid for the house but had to keep the house pink for at least one year.. it was so awesome.
This virus will out live itself unlike the social media who will section anyone who doesn't agree to getting an award for being the very bestest at doing nothing just philosophising
This to shall pass, this song got me through hard times in the late 80’s, I was young and it seemed I’d never get where I was going....but I did...I met John, pumped his gas at a full service Shell station, he had did a show in Louisville and was on his way home to Indiana- I moved to Indiana myself years later-- I can tell you he is very down to earth and a hard working person- peace! We are in this together
“There's a young man in a t-shirt Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station He's got a greasy hair an' a sleasy smile Says "Lord this must be my destination" Oh, 'cause they told me, when I was younger They said boy, you're gonna be president Just like everything else, those old crazy dreams Kinda came and went”
I saw this man in Duluth, MN on April 4th 2024 he does the same antics on stage that he did on the Scarecrow tour at the St Paul, MN civic center in 1986. It was like going back in a time capsule on that night. God bless John Mellencamp.
+Mark Batarina I'll go ya one better; Early one late spring morning, sun rising over the horizon, Watching the country wake up, knowing that with this song and mindset in your head all day, it's gonna be a great day.
Sure, most of three new generations that have come into existence since dont remember John Mellencamp. But during the 80's- - are you kidding?! He was all over Rock Radio, mix stations, & MTV. And I remember he was still played regularly on Classic Rock & all-80's stations well into the 90's... So no worries, man! Thats hundreds of millions of people across three living generations at the time who listened to J.M., many of which- - like you & me- - who STILL listen to him often 💜❤
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Top 5 Fav songs of all time for me .. " Hey Darlin , I remember when you could stop a clock " , just classic and older fans can relate to that line ..So good …..
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Hope about the broken American dream, and how the middle class can and will never be able to climb past the middle class, because the rich simply won't allow it?
It's funny how people think this song is about hope and patriotism. He is basically mocking the life we live. He is talking about the racial divide, and how the middle class are just slaves in our society, breaking their backs to pay the bills for our corrupt government and their stupid decisions..
@@colddekstar screw you, people are just trying to enjoy the song. You don’t need to know the full meaning of the song to enjoy it. The dying American dream is one of the cons. But there is still many pros to our beautiful country 😎🇺🇸
Ahhh … simple plain good old rock and roll songs … got onto John when I was a teen this year I’m gonna be 55 … wish there was music this good now … Thanks John … 🤙🙏❤️🇨🇦
Just started watching Johns videos after watching him and the heckler go at it. But listening to his music again pretty much every day again, I am now in awe of his genius.
Whoever knows great music and memories that carries and Whoever still loves the classics, like this. And him living in indianapolis indiana, sure helps.❤
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My first 8 Track tapes I owned were Jim Croce’s. In the early 1970’s. Time in a Bottle is a top of my list song, Leroy Brown is right up there. 50 years later his songs still resonate
You got that right friend. Everyone is scared to say hi to someone....they might take it as sexual harassment with the politically correctness bullcrap these days. People have become a bunch of wining complainers about everything little thing. I remember when the phone was on the wall and we were not obsessed with it. Took the Carona virus to shut everbody up for 2 seconds.
I'm a patriotic Australian in Australia. I love the patriotism shown by you Americans. The songs Mellencamp has written show his passion for his country, and I love his songs.
Bruce Donnellan hi. bruce whats up. what would you like to say. im watching pinguins and kings how about you .ice hockey ya know.how about you. a reply.
This song is really about the irony of rich and poor people in America. Yeah it's got a patriotic chorus, but the lyrics are dark in a few places "the pills that kill"... crazy dreams about being a poor kid wanting to be president... etc, etc. I love it as an American, but it's got a lot of depth.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 it can be patriotic in a way, because ive always believed that american patriotism lies with the common people not country or government or the powerful and rebelling against authority and standing up to injustice.
Wow. Haven't seen this in years. This was a staple on early MTV. Does anyone remember when MTV ran a sweepstakes based off this song? The winner actually won a pink house somewhere in the mid-west and John Cougar and his band played the backyard party to christen the new house! Haha..what a memory.
I recall! Thanks for bringing that memory back. Mid 80's were the absolute best. And for music, one great album after another. Proud to be an 80's child class of 84
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The opening of this song was filmed at my grandma's house in austin indiana. The scene with the black gentleman sitting on the porch, he was sitting in her rocking chair. My grandmother never learned how to read and if you notice the bible in the window is upside down. I65 was built right through town in the 50's and literally cut the road her house is on in half. My grandma passed away on jan 1st 2019 at the age of 90. Oh how i miss the 1980's. They are great memories.
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Mellencamp talks about how he saw a Black man sitting on that porch and how the highway running through it was the inspiration for the song. He had a black cat on his lap and he waved back at Mellencamp and that was how he ended up writing that song. I wonder, was the gentleman in the video the same man? But in any event, that highway cut through the Black part of town just like so many of our highways did, and a lot of people don't understand what that means. It means that we didn't care about disrupting the Black neighborhoods. It meant that some of us were even happy to do it. We need to reckon with this. This music is "heartland music" and that includes our Black heartland residents. I can't help noticing how many of the commenters identify themselves as Black, which is likely because the average white listener of this music is probably clueless as to who is a resident of the heartland. Then they tell us they like this song too, or they love this artist too. I hope everyone who reads that thinks about it. "Flyover Country" and "Real America" isn't just the white people like me.
It’s sad how many of the people from the older generations from that area can’t read or write
Wat a cool reminiscent memory to have especially with this song nice bro 👍may ur grandma rest in peace.
I am a black woman raised in Buffalo NY and Alabama and grew up listening to 80s rock. I love John Mellencamp❤.
Well said.
Greetings in 2024 ,Monterrey N.L,México 🤟
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I am from Buffalo too. Hello
Rochester,NY in the house lol
I'm a Canadian and every time I hear this tune it reminds me how much I respect and love my American friends and neighbors.
God bless you.
We love you too! 🇺🇸💛
Right back at you buddy I live in Portland Oregon and it's folks like you that make the world a good place and John will keep us all going
Thank you.. Great to hear something positive
💖 God Bless yous 🙏 Our Neighbors 😊
You folks up in Canada might be the only ones left to hold democracy together the way things are going down here! Much respect to Canada!
This song is about the American dream being broken. Middle class working all their lives to barely get by. Poor black man living in his pink house.. "you know he thinks he's got it so good", "those ol crazy dreams just kind of came and went" corporate greed America has broken the middle class. Mellencamp always tells it like it is.
And he made a lot of money off this song.
wat is the majority religion are these uber-greedy corporate 1% who own half the wealth with satanicworship & now🎼🎵Free Fallin'🎶-TomPettyRIP 🎵🎼
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I agree as someone who grew up poor and now has the kind of life I always dreamed of through hard work and sacrifice. Or as my beautiful wife and I say, she is assailant manager of a fast food joint and I am a simple truck driver so we aren't wealthy by any means 6 kids and no government assistance. Capitalism...
You have to own capital to be a capitalist
Facts
I'm a 62-year-old Black man, raised in Cali... and this music is the soundtrack of my early adulthood. Worked a blue-collar job, and attended college in the evenings (toward a BA degree). Although I grew up on the West coast, the music of the Heartland always strikes deep in my soul. I just love this song.
do you think that White should be capitalized same as Black when we're talking about races which we shouldn't be talking about at all anyway just being better respect and loving each other as ourselves
@@jukeboxxx. If we're gonna love each other, I think we'll have to drop focusing on Capitalization.....doncha think?
This is an old song. Which many wont get. The OP was just saying. What happens today is not what The OP was saying.
@@jonathanbaker9153 exactly. We used to all be Americans. I'm 43. I remember this song when it was released and it was a different country with a different attitude. This song is about us as we should be
It's great to be an American.
"Little pink houses for you and me.". One thing I miss about growing up in the 80s is taking road trips through America with my family.
As a trucker(black/white/spanish mixed and raised in a small town)of 31 yrs having driven all over this great country of ours, I bring this song up on my XM/Sirius radio every time I have to go off the interstate and travel thru the great small towns of America. There is no better feeling of going thru small towns in the middle of the night where there is peace and no one out but the owls and people in the day when friendly small town folks wave hello with this song playing in the background. Thank u JCM for this song. Love small towns.
You are so right brother 👍🏽
"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."
Best of us
I grew up in the small town this video was shot in.
Was working with his blood family in Nashville with Justice industries. His name was Christian and myself admire all your songs 🎵 ❤ in which they inspire me too write poetry and song lyrics. Thank you for being who you are God bless you and all mankind your family friend and brother in time Terry.
My hometown Austin , Indiana this was filmed in. ✨💖✨ Thankyou John. 🍃🕊️🌿✨
John Mellencamp was born and raised in Seymour, Indiana. Where he still lives now. My cousin's went to school with him. They were all damn good friends.
@@charityneanover113 , That's cool . I was born in Seymour as well.
John Mellencamp is a true gift for classic Rock
100% agreed... John Mellencamp _IS_ Classic American Rock. Tom Petty, Felix Cavaliere, Bob Grill, Woodie Gutherie, Tom Johnston, John Fogerty, Paul Simon, Jim Croche & Billy Joel (in no particular order) are a small handful that defined classic guitar rock & have made the everlasting impression on all of us. Esp those of who, thanks to them, grew up wanting to be guitarists & eventually became them. Their music is the gift that keeps right on giving, everyday. And no doubt strongly influenced us to be better people 💜❤
Ok ok, Billy Joel is a pianist, not a guitarist. But so what :)
Tom Johnston/ the Doobie Bros., Take Me In Your Arms, 1973
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Jim Croche, I've Got A Name, 1973
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There is no question that this works
@@magnificentmuttley154 "Guitar rock". Rock is guitar music by definition, so writing something like "guitar rock" is a pleonasm. Guys you mentioned are not the most important for the developement of rock music. Woody Guthrie, Paul Simon and Billy Joel have very, very little to do with rock. Classic rock music was defined by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Mickey Baker, Johnny Burnette with Paul Burlison, Duane Eddy, The Ventures, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Sonics, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Ten Years After, The Allman Brothers.
@@piotrb8434 You have a much stricter view of what Rock 'n Roll is than I do. My opinion of what popular music qualifies to be called Rock isn't restricted to textbook definition. And my viewpoint isn't unique since Rock is a large umbrella that covers many flavors & styles outside of "guitar rock," pleonasm & all
There are hundreds of thousands like me who experienced Pop & differing flavors of R&R firsthand, throughout the 60's, 70s, & 80s, with it's many alterations & changes. We were there! We understand that the range of "Rock" sub-catagories are not restricted only to popular music that uses electric guitar. Whether Jazz or Big Band styles that emphasize the use of brasswinds; Rock-fusion where an all-acoustic orchestra is simply accompanied by a handful of Rock instruments; & Soft Rock that uses a more sophisticated blend of rhythum & melody than these
There are Rock songs that range from being dominated by use of electric guitar(s), through to merely using a single rhythum guitar, faintly in the background. And there are so-called "Rock" songs where the lead instrument is a piano & little if any guitar accompanies it (Elton John, Ferranté & Tiecher, Dr John, John Anderson, Todd Rundgren, 10CC, Pablo Cruise) but such music is still referred to as "Rock" of some flavor
Again, at the risk of offending your formally-trained view in the matter, my opinion of what is called "Rock" & what goes by another name isn't based upon the rigid definitions of a professor who wrote a textbook on 20th Century Music. My opinion is based on 40+ years of listening to ths
e broad spectrum of American radio; some of it mainstream, but much of it not
So, I can see that we won't see eye-to-eye, & I won't waste your time arguing about it. Please allow me to bid you sincere thanks for contributing your thoughts today, nevertheless✌💜
Right on. I fought authority...
I'm a black woman soon to be 51 years old in a couple of weeks. I remember being a kid in the 80s and loving this man and his music. I still do!
looks like he made a difference in your life. he made one in mine!
@@jefferybragg3148 He sure did
Great minds think alike 😉 😌
I'm a 61 y.o. white woman...I was in my early 20's living in outer city limits of Houston TX. My 2 kids were 2 and 5
Thanks I'm worried about playing thanks I was worried about playing this due to this new society even though I played it from last umteen years
my dad's favourite song, he's in heaven now and I will never stop playing it, I love you dad forever ❤️
Your dad had excellent taste. May he RIP.
De lo mejor dela decada los 80😊
Hang in there. I lost my mom and dad each at the age of sixty (2007 & 2011). I truly believe they're still here (and we're still there). Here's a simple tribute: th-cam.com/video/82eDMbSG590/w-d-xo.html
I'm a Black 59 year old Woman and I met my Husband in 1982 and he introduced me to Mellencamp music and this song right here I Love it, got a message to it!
Hello
How're you doing today,
Comment like this are priceless,
Thank You
It's a pleasure meeting you here ❤
I can dig it!
Ye right. OK sure we believe you. And I'm a yellow submarine
Music is universal ❤ it knows no colors. Much love to you ❤
1749 clear skies and smooth sailing
When I was deployed, I heard this song. I brought tears to my eyes, it was a taste of home for me. I love my country and would do it all over again.
Thank you sir! My son just became a marine.
The Ron Paul Liberty Report.
Thank you for your service!
Love that thought! Hero
Bless you. If people think the USA is so bad, just think what would happen if Communist China was the most powerful country on earth. We have much to be thankful for.
John Mellencamp, an American treasure ❤
Undoubtedly!!
For sure
I saw him singing 🎶
This song and Born in the USA prove how much many people just hear the chorus and don't understand the lyrics, but you tried to teach them something anyway. ❤
Ppl don’t get it!
It's actually more interesting than that. People do hear the lyrics, they just don't interpret them in the condescending way they were intended to
Rockin in the Free World is another.
@@nryle yeah, that's pretty much what I said
OR we’ve lived long enough to hear the lyrics, know exactly what they mean, but choose to enjoy the music for what it is!
Im a 51 year old woman from Bedford, Indiana, down the road from Seymore, where John is from. Ive loved his music since i was 7 years old! His recent interview with Bill Maher brought me back again.
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them
Just copy and paste this everywhere
@@joeschmo5988 Ok, I’ll get to work on that 😁
@@bleep77 seems you already have
Everything. Was all good!
Yup
To all those Americans and people of good will everywhere, I love you all
I've never set foot in the USA, but John Mellencamp's songs always makes me long to go over and see so many of the towns, the people, the land that he describes so vividly. Few songwriters have the ability to capture the sound and personality of a country better than him.
Hello 👋 how are you doing, I hope the virus is not affecting you?
His descriptions are amazing, but don't forget, the song is about how hard it is to live in America. The land of opportunity and inequity.
the america in this video is dead.
A lot of his songs (this one included) are critical of the USA and many of its policiesm
@chriskendall3979 This song has personal meaning for me cause I was born in a small town and grew up in a small town. If you truly want to see some of the places and people described in Pink Houses, they exist, but are not in the news or anything. If you can get here, there are many to look at and talk to.
I grew up on F highway in Missouri for awhile in a little pink 2 room house as a child. I slept in the bottom drawer of a dresser in my parents room. My two older brothers slept in the living/ kitchen area on a fold out love seat. We had no running water and a outhouse. And I thought life was glorious. When I got a little older and we moved back to Illinois. We moved to a house that was rented to us by a very generous Mexican family and I got promoted to sleeping on a shelf in the closet. Life was good in the 70's. We were dirt poor and I was happy. One year for Christmas I got an orange, teddy bear, hoolahoop and one knew outfit. I was so gracious and happy. When I look back through the family photo albums everyone was happy. People were real and spent quality time together. I remember the first time I ate a prime cut of beef. I was 11 years old my grandfather bought me that steak. People today are not appriative of the blessings they have.
You remember all! That's a good part!
many blessing upon you
😅
The best time I can go to the solution for this is to get a hold of the feeling lost by technology to much information technology simple but cannot keep up
I was born in 1952. We grew up poor and rich. Poor moneywise, rich every other way. Pure fun.
one of the most underrated musicians of my generation
@scott michaels yea, and sure u hear his music on classic rock stations, but he's never mentioned in same breath as others. He should be. Pure, no-bullshit good old American rock and roll.
Some really great songs.
You are so right as John is right up there with the best of his generation such as Springsteen and Seger!!
I heard some guy called him the ''discount Springsteen'' or smthin. lmao
Wow, this song never gets old. But if you love John like I do, you should hear David Young’s newest single “If I Can Live Thru This” th-cam.com/video/TadCx0lCIfg/w-d-xo.html It’s been awhile that I’ve been this excited about an artist!
🎶🎤I’m a black girl from a black town and I’m one of his biggest fans. I love you John cougar Mellancamp 🥰
And may you always be just as loved.🥰💕😎
Using irrelevant reference is the pinnacle of a segregationist which is the biggest cause to continuing racial barriers.
You're a girl, from a town.
@@crashmacduff7378 That boy...well... first of all...gotta explain where she's coming from....your Lost in your own racial word!
Good for you Nikki!! Music knows no color
you go girl. Good taste.
I am a thirty one year old man who lives in Paterson, NJ and I love the way John Mellencamp devotes and honors his fans and audience pertaining to his music.
I am a 68- year- old man, and I have been listening to John Mellencamp forever. I really like the video Little Pink Houses. I could listen to that song all day and never get tired of listening to it. Keep up the great singing John.
I am sure you like me would rank the Uh huh album at the top of any all-time list,
We need this kind of music back fast!!
You couldn't pull it off. The first verse would be "well there's an African American man, with an African American cat, living in an African American neighborhood."
couldn't have said it any better
I briefly read this as: We need this kind of music black fast!!
yes
Hell yeahs
One of the greatest songs ever written.
I'd be honored if some fans of early 80s classics would give a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE by John Cougar Mellencamp and ALLENTOWN by Billy Joel on my YT channel in tribute to the great musical year of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
2022. People need to listen to this song so they can get back to what’s really important.
This sure is not the same America as it was back then. Thank God I'm not young now.
I'm a 64 years women and we do need this kind of music BACK
No chance...he's the Only one. Cougar 👍🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
Do you still get wet from this kind of music, lol
im a 64 years man and i agree totally but, alas, i dont see it happenin.
AMEN
I totally agree .... So soothing to the soul.
Nothing more midwest than Johnny Mellencamp music
I love ❤️ this song,John Mellencamp is just a straight slice of middle America,and he just makes music 🎶 🎵 that people can actually relate to and enjoy,his music 🎶 🎵 always has meaning to it🎉🎉
How can you not love this man when you hear this song? When I heard that he helped start Farm Aid, it only reinforced it more. God bless you, Mr. Mellencamp!! You’re an American treasure. ✌🏼💖
Well said. Totally agree.
You clearly don't understand the meaning behind the song. John said in an interview that it is extremely anti-America, claiming the American dream is dead and the country is crumbling. "Ain't that America for you and me" is sarcastic.
Well said ❤
He's always been a huge ahole in reality though, so anyone who knows or met him probably has quite a few reasons for not loving this man. Also, his music is hugely overrated, he has like 2.5 decent songs and the rest are filler trash. Nostalgia is a hell of a drig though, helps with willfully ignoring the facts that don't agree with the rest of the story.
Definitely one of the most passionate, honest and hard-working musicians of our time. Much love for this guy... He keeps it real.
Agree
Him and Springsteen; two American legends.
I liked this song when it first came out in the early 80's but I was just a kid then. Just listened to it today, Jan 20th, 2021.........and today I loved this song.
What has changed ?
@@debbiecraddock7204 The Country, and not for the better.
Late 80s still love it...this is music..not like todays
Everything .
No simplicity any more
Yeah. This dude was the man
The most underrated musician in history.
What a beautiful song!
I'm drinking in memory of my friend, Lynn Johnson, who loved this song. R.I.P. My friend
dvg1985 ... sorry to hear that. May God comfort your 💓
Aww, tha'ts sad ,but also happy. Peace , love and blessings to you ,friend. All are one.
It,s always awesome to Rember a great friend who is gone but not forever gotten peace to YOU FROM ME TO YOU
Rip may God comfort you in the time of hurt.
Cheers to your friend
I will never stop loving this song.
I'd be honored if some early 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE by John Cougar Mellencamp and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne on my YT channel in tribute to the Great American Summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and keep on rocking.
To bad he didn't really listen to what he was singing.
Me neither
Nice self promotion
Just like everything... those old crazy dreams just kinda came and went
Me, Me, Me!!
Fabulous song, fabulous Musician, one the greatest in my generation!!
Oh what child hood memories of the 80 s
Iv'e been listening to John Mellencamp since I was 9 years old n now Im 47 years old and still ROCK'N to it; never to old for awesome music.
I'm not too far ahead of you I'm 48 as of October
I may be 35, but I grew up loving this kind of music
52 here & we were building mini bikes & sneaking smokes from our parents when this came out.
Every time I hear this I can smell the gas & smoke. Fun times for a kid.
I'm 52, I've been rockin' to his music since the very first album
Well I'm 58 and this is my kynda music
i miss these old school videos, relaxing and beautiful.
A quien no le va gustar si es buenisimo desde niña te admiro y ahora soy abuela y te sigo admirando mucho mas que antes ..
Bueno...hoy en dia (2018) ya no hay buena musica que vivan los 80s
Kick'n It, Fun Hunh !
Ya mean when music channels actually plaid music??? What a concept!
A ballad with all of the meaning of people and their lives.
True.
One of the best songwriters America has ever had❤🎉😮😮😅
This song was filmed in a small town in Indiana near where I lived as a kid. John mellencamp raffeled off a house in a small town down the road. Whoever won he paid for the house but had to keep the house pink for at least one year.. it was so awesome.
It's not pink anymore
@Matthew Stuckwisch i lived in seymour 20yrs ago. Miss it
"We're gonna paint that mother PINK!" :) (was 16 when this song came out)
@@Land-Shark I remember him uttering that on MTV as well. ;)
I would have kept it pink.
This song gives me hope in this pandemic.
We will bounce back.
He hates our Country....find you a better song
@@ampatriot The whole world hates your country since you voted for a psycho
I totally agree .... It's a classic song... That helps our country..... feel strong.
This virus will out live itself unlike the social media who will section anyone who doesn't agree to getting an award for being the very bestest at doing nothing just philosophising
This to shall pass, this song got me through hard times in the late 80’s, I was young and it seemed I’d never get where I was going....but I did...I met John, pumped his gas at a full service Shell station, he had did a show in Louisville and was on his way home to Indiana- I moved to Indiana myself years later-- I can tell you he is very down to earth and a hard working person- peace! We are in this together
“Pink Houses” is a very evocative song, reminding me of my vacation last summer in Piedmont, SD.
“There's a young man in a t-shirt
Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station
He's got a greasy hair an' a sleasy smile
Says "Lord this must be my destination"
Oh, 'cause they told me, when I was younger
They said boy, you're gonna be president
Just like everything else, those old crazy dreams
Kinda came and went”
I saw this man in Duluth, MN on April 4th 2024 he does the same antics on stage that he did on the Scarecrow tour at the St Paul, MN civic center in 1986. It was like going back in a time capsule on that night. God bless John Mellencamp.
Me and my grandma would watch this video on MTV when it came out way back then. Good memories
Nothing like fishing in my backyard with this song in the early evening before the sun drops.
+Mark Batarina I'll go ya one better; Early one late spring morning, sun rising over the horizon, Watching the country wake up, knowing that with this song and mindset in your head all day, it's gonna be a great day.
Now that's a true AMERICAN to bad where I live its all work and trading which is also like America too
+Mark Batarina I GOT YA BEAT.........PLAYING THIS SONG JUST WHEN IM FIRING UP Y CRACK PIPE AFTER ROBBING A LIQUOR STORE AND HAVING SEX WITH MY GRANDMA
+Mark Batarina and a right after Pink Houses a little Freebird. A perfect day.
Mark Batarina god bless america
I remember hearing these songs growing up! I can enjoy them today!❤😅
Still love to jam to this, great song.❤❤
Played this 30 times while traveling through Indiana, what a wonderful state!
one of the most underrated musicians of my generation
30 times means the time traveled across Rhode Island from east to west
Sure, most of three new generations that have come into existence since dont remember John Mellencamp. But during the 80's- - are you kidding?! He was all over Rock Radio, mix stations, & MTV. And I remember he was still played regularly on Classic Rock & all-80's stations well into the 90's... So no worries, man! Thats hundreds of millions of people across three living generations at the time who listened to J.M., many of which- - like you & me- - who STILL listen to him often 💜❤
How old are you ? 🤣
Great song and yes love me some JCM when driving around the Hoosier state! Great American rock n roll perfect for anywhere really
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From Indiana heard that great song loved it so much built Pink brick house thanks John 😊 👍
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This song ALWAYS brings me home.
This song spells HOME. Midwestern born and raised.
Top 5 Fav songs of all time for me .. " Hey Darlin , I remember when you could stop a clock " , just classic and older fans can relate to that line ..So good …..
One of his best songs!!!! Truth about America in all his songs!!!!! Good song writer 👍
The 80s were the best times to be a teenager and young adult.
I love Jhon Mellencamp songs still listening I'm from Louisiana ❤
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John Mellencamp greatest dancer of all time
This song still gives me hope in 2021! It will never get old listening to this American classic.
Keep the faith. We got this.
Hope about the broken American dream, and how the middle class can and will never be able to climb past the middle class, because the rich simply won't allow it?
It's funny how people think this song is about hope and patriotism. He is basically mocking the life we live. He is talking about the racial divide, and how the middle class are just slaves in our society, breaking their backs to pay the bills for our corrupt government and their stupid decisions..
@@jgringo5516 great, now try to talk to the remaining 99% of the population, or perhaps the 20% that live in poverty
@@colddekstar screw you, people are just trying to enjoy the song. You don’t need to know the full meaning of the song to enjoy it. The dying American dream is one of the cons. But there is still many pros to our beautiful country 😎🇺🇸
Ahhh … simple plain good old rock and roll songs … got onto John when I was a teen this year I’m gonna be 55 … wish there was music this good now … Thanks John … 🤙🙏❤️🇨🇦
I was 23 when this came on the radio, doesn't seem that long ago, great song, he had a bunch of great songs like this one.
The classics never go out of style
One of the best songs ever, feel it in your body.
💪
oh yeah...one of the best songs to dance to....
Just started watching Johns videos after watching him and the heckler go at it. But listening to his music again pretty much every day again, I am now in awe of his genius.
One of the great story tellers of the ‘80s
I’m very lucky to of been a teenager in this time
The soundtrack of my youth
Home of the free !
Absolutely.
Great song from a great musician! “I remember when we could stop a clock!” God please don’t remove Your Hand off of this land just yet!
He won’t. We’re not done, yet! 💛🙏🏻
"stop a PLOW"
I'm afraid he's slowly lifting his hand off of the Holy land
It'sbecause...wedontalwaysknowwhy...&doinggoodthebestyoucanisalwaysworthit---inside,weknowit'scontrivedbythegovernmentsomewhatanyway--stillnoexcusetohatethem...
Amen 🙏!!!
Unreal how a song can fill your head with such great memories of your childhood now I’m a father of two boys & two girls.
Whoever knows great music and memories that carries and Whoever still loves the classics, like this. And him living in indianapolis indiana, sure helps.❤
Does anyone remember when this song came out and MTV gave away a Pink House with a party and John Cougar was the guest
Jesus I completely forgot about that and your comment just sent all the memories of that rushing back!
"We're gonna PAINT THE MOTHER PINK!"
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@@worldvue Thank you so much! Oh the memories the ol days Thank you thank you
@@magicman322 Haha great memory of the good ol days
This makes me wish we all could get along and live in America in peace ✌️ and harmony........USA 🇺🇸💯
Army Angler Amen :)
If only everyone was honest would be a great start 😁
Army Angler hahaha and sing along with your great president
fools
FUCK YES/
After all these years I still love listening to someone so real and down to earth 💜🌹🥰
My great grandmother loved this song. I would play it for her all the time. She recently passed on Memorial Day.
Love you ggma❤️
Played this 30 times while traveling through Indiana, what a wonderful state!
I actually live in Seymour, they put up a mural for him not too long ago. Not so small town anymore though.
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Hello Amanda how are you doing!!
God bless our Friends in the other parts of our pacific - Love from New Zealand :)
TheFunkhouser hi "neighbour" from Australia
God bless you to brother.
Love this song GREAT 80s music
John cougar mellencamp is my favorite #1. Every song tells a true story about life. Thank you kids today needs to hear .
And this is why the songs from the 1980’s will live on..
I love this song and I'm from down under Sydney Australia.
G'day Brendon so i'm i from the Central Coast great song by JM
Welcome to the party!
There's still a few little pink houses out Blacktown way so we can relate. :-)
Hi. Just down the Hume in Moss Vale
Crocodile lover.
This type of music is to listen to it every day without getting tired. I do it, I enjoy it a lot.
Same here.
@@mctavish23Thank you Robert greetings and thanks for signing up for my carnal I have nothing 😆
My first 8 Track tapes I owned were Jim Croce’s. In the early 1970’s. Time in a Bottle is a top of my list song, Leroy Brown is right up there. 50 years later his songs still resonate
I wanna go back to this time
good riddance
The coug
You got that right friend. Everyone is scared to say hi to someone....they might take it as sexual harassment with the politically correctness bullcrap these days. People have become a bunch of wining complainers about everything little thing. I remember when the phone was on the wall and we were not obsessed with it. Took the Carona virus to shut everbody up for 2 seconds.
Saw John perform in 85 in Bloomington, IN. Best concert of my life. Living in Montana but never forgetting my Indiana roots.
Just another reason the seventies and eighties were the two best decades for music!
All these years later and I still love this song!! My favourite Mellencamp song.
Such a GREAT old tune ...... brings back a lot of good memories from back in the day :)
Big time. My favorite!!!!
I'm a patriotic Australian in Australia. I love the patriotism shown by you Americans.
The songs Mellencamp has written show his passion for his country, and I love his songs.
I'm pretty sure that you're not really getting the song.
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This song is really about the irony of rich and poor people in America. Yeah it's got a patriotic chorus, but the lyrics are dark in a few places "the pills that kill"... crazy dreams about being a poor kid wanting to be president... etc, etc. I love it as an American, but it's got a lot of depth.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 it can be patriotic in a way, because ive always believed that american patriotism lies with the common people not country or government or the powerful and rebelling against authority and standing up to injustice.
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A true musical Genius!!!!
Hold on to those memories. They are precious and cannot be replaced
Mad respect. Should be played often, so many just don't understand. Especially now.
it's addictive listening to these song, Unfortunately, artist today have no inspiration and no talent for music🎶 Is this your favorite song from John?
Hello Sherrie how are you doing!!
My boyfriend played this song on the 🎸 the first night WE met and I fell head over heels in love with HIM.
John is a true musical legend, so many great meaningful songs .He wrote.
Best song he ever wrote, without a doubt.
american rock n' roll at it's very best. this one put johnny mellencampon the short list of great american songs.
To the likes of Livin' in the USA; Jimi's Star Spangled Banner; An American Trilogy - and yes, I am going to include Ritchie Valens' La Bamba...
Wow. Haven't seen this in years. This was a staple on early MTV. Does anyone remember when MTV ran a sweepstakes based off this song? The winner actually won a pink house somewhere in the mid-west and John Cougar and his band played the backyard party to christen the new house! Haha..what a memory.
I remember it.
Only in America
I recall! Thanks for bringing that memory back. Mid 80's were the absolute best. And for music, one great album after another. Proud to be an 80's child class of 84
You've got a good memory! I'd forgotten about the contest but I remember clearly that MTV played this video a lot.
Yeah, I believe that house turned out to be on top of a toxic waste dump or something.... Ain't that America, indeed!
Nothing gets my stereo turned up louder than this song!
My Anthem. Was 13 in 83 so I watched John from the START!!!! STILL LOVE HIM!!!! ROCK ON MELLENCAMP.. GEORGIA BOY IN THE HOUSE
John still has it! Love his songs