![]() You wrote about my life." To me, that's a successful song. I can't tell you how many people have come up to me and said, "I'm Jack and I'm Diane. I think people, particularly in the Midwest, really identified with these characters. But take the race thing out." I took his advice and made Jack a football star. He said, "Maybe if you put some horns on this song and really build the chorus up, then maybe you have a shot. The song was my effort to make a song about that, but of course the record-company guy didn't like it. ![]() ![]() I was playing nightclubs and I was seeing new American couples, mixed-race couples. What is this shit?" "Jack & Diane" was originally about race. Hated them! He said, "We expect you to become the next Neil Diamond. The three songs were "Jack & Diane," "Hurts So Good" and "Hand to Hold On To." He hated them. Finally the president of the company came down and was like, "You're spending money like crazy!" He went nuts. We had spent $300,000, and I had three songs done. in the USA,” and “Cherry Bomb.” He also was a chief sponsor of the first Farm Aid concert, in 1985, which benefited distressed American farmers, and remained active on behalf of similar causes.It was 1980, and I was down in Miami again, making a record. Scarecrow (1985) and The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) were his commercial and artistic high points, exploring the impact of Ronald Reagan’s presidency on Middle America and producing the hits “Small Town,” “R.O.C.K. His lyrics grew more empathic, and his music acquired an incisive crackling power, largely owing to his supertight backing band. Although criticized by some at this stage of his career as a humourless self-important Bruce Springsteen manqué-patronizing his working-class subjects rather than celebrating them-Mellencamp suddenly matured as a songwriter. With two more big hits, “ Hurts So Good” and “ Jack and Diane,” the album American Fool (1982) made Mellencamp a star. Read More John Mellencamp Painting for Sale at the Gallery. His first two albums, released in the late 1970s, disappeared without a trace however, repackaged as a heartland rocker, he had his first hit, “I Need a Lover,” in late 1979. As a teacher, Israel taught middle school art in Avon and served as the Artist in Residence at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum. Growing up in southern Indiana-with which he is strongly identified-Mellencamp began playing in rock bands as a teenager. John Mellencamp, also called Johnny Cougar or John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951, Seymour, Indiana, U.S.), American singer-songwriter who became popular in the 1980s by creating basic, often folk-inflected hard rock and presenting himself as a champion of small-town values. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning. Who Are John Mellencamp’s Children America’s favorite heartland rocker is the proud papa to five children: Michelle, Teddi Jo, Justice, Hud, and Speck Mellencamp.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.
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