I have been a long time fan of Joh Mellencamp's, starting when he came out with Uh Huh! I have always thought of him as what some might say is overlooked next to similar artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young, but he holds his own! And he is still popular as that truck commercial which aired featuring his song can attest to. What do people think of his music and I have not heard his albums which were released under "John Cougar" so I had the question, are they any good at all?
― Dan Landings, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 23:54 (seventeen years ago)
Sorry for the "'" in that post, I'm not sure how that got there!
― Dan Landings, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 23:55 (seventeen years ago)
Chuck Eddy to thread!
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 23:57 (seventeen years ago)
The obvious joke to make is "When I saw this thread title I thought it was talking about a CD single".
I dig his cover of Jimmie Rodgers' "Gambling Barroom Blues" (and so, strangely, does Nick Tosches). Also "Cherry Bomb" for some reason. The rest? Never grabbed me.
― staggerlee, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:34 (seventeen years ago)
he holds his own!
just out of framehttp://www.depauw.edu/photos/PhotoDB_Repository/2008/6/Mellencamp%202008%20CD.jpg
― velko, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:41 (seventeen years ago)
i love john melloncougar!
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:42 (seventeen years ago)
that truck commercial which aired
800 BAJILLION TIMES
I could go my whole life without ever hearing that song again, and I consider myself a J(C)M liker.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:45 (seventeen years ago)
but what a song the first time I heard it! like the best of his old
― Dan Landings, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:47 (seventeen years ago)
old music
I probably said some stuff already on some of these threads:
Best post-"Lonesome Jubilee" John Mellencamp Songs?
John(ny) "Cougar" Mellencamp: C or D?
What is your favorite John Mellencamp song?
TS: Tom Petty vs. John Mellencamp
Check it Out: The John Mellencamp S&D
What is John (Cougar) Mellancamp's best song?
John Cougar's "Jack and Diane"
― xhuxk, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:47 (seventeen years ago)
like the best of his old...music
No, not really. Lame and formulaic from the get go.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:48 (seventeen years ago)
You are a tough critic! I would say it is like the bes tof his old work without being as good as the best of his old work if that makes sense.
― Dan Landings, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:49 (seventeen years ago)
he was way ahead of the whole cougar trend
― velko, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:50 (seventeen years ago)
I have not heard his albums which were released under "John Cougar" so I had the question, are they any good at all?
They're better than the ones he's done since The Lonesome Jubilee. (And the best of them are as good as anything he did with Mellencamp in his name.)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:50 (seventeen years ago)
The last even halfway-inspired album the guy made was 15 years ago: Dance Naked. After the heart attack, the guy's just been coasting.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:53 (seventeen years ago)
Really, Chuck? I like that 3-album run from the early 90s of Whenever We Wanted, Human Wheels & Dance Naked. Not better or worse than any of the JCM albums of the 80s, but they all came so fast and stripped down it seemed like he was kind of in a creative reboot.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 April 2009 00:57 (seventeen years ago)
Nah, never liked those. Kinda summed up what I thought about his past couple decades here, I think:
May have overrated Trouble No More there, actually, but it's the only post-LJ album that even temporarily held my attention all the way through. Here's what I wrote about his crummy album from last year, fwiw:
http://www.blender.com/guide/new/55191/life-death-love-freedom.html
― xhuxk, Thursday, 23 April 2009 01:21 (seventeen years ago)