What is your favorite John Mellencamp song?

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Lonely Ol' Night

kornrulez6969, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:30 (seventeen years ago)

the only one i've ever sung is 'jack and diane'

obvi

mookieproof, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:33 (seventeen years ago)

Too many to count: "Ain't Even Done With the Night," "Authority Song," "Get A Leg Up," "Rain on the Scarecrow," "Rumbleseat," "Paper in Fire"...I can go on. He's got an amazing, solid discography.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:42 (seventeen years ago)

"Ain't Even Done With The Night" seconded, or maybe "Cherry Bomb."

some dude, Saturday, 21 June 2008 01:00 (seventeen years ago)

i like lots of mellencamp, but i'm not sure he ever improved on "hurts so good."

tipsy mothra, Saturday, 21 June 2008 04:56 (seventeen years ago)

(my wife's fave is "jackie brown," it makes her all teary)

tipsy mothra, Saturday, 21 June 2008 04:57 (seventeen years ago)

save for get a leg up, Alfred's list matches mine pretty well. add "i need a lover...", too.

will, Saturday, 21 June 2008 06:08 (seventeen years ago)

"Tumblin' Down", "Minutes to Minutes", "Paper in Fire", "Check It Out"...Big Daddy is a good album start to finish...I like the John Cougar Mellencamp era more than the John Mellecamp or John Cougar eras...

Eazy, Saturday, 21 June 2008 06:14 (seventeen years ago)

t/s: john cougar's "i need a lover" vs. pat benatar's. (i like cougar's better, partly for the extended aor intro, but benatar's rocks good too.)

tipsy mothra, Saturday, 21 June 2008 07:03 (seventeen years ago)

If you find him doing "I Need a Lover" on American Bandstand on YouTube; watch closely: At least some of the time, he's actually mouthing the words "I need a lover who'll sit on my face."

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 21 June 2008 08:10 (seventeen years ago)

Shouts to "Jackie O," "Play Guitar," last cut on The Lonesome Jubilee, "Whenever We Wanted," "Brothers."

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 21 June 2008 08:12 (seventeen years ago)

The double-disc comp released in 2004 is an excellent start.

Some more: "Jackie Brown," "From Minutes To Memories," "Check It Out."

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:48 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

man "Authority Song" is such a jam

Euler, Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:26 (fifteen years ago)

I don't think I can definitively answer this, but it's either on Scarecrow or The Lonesome Jubilee (or maybe it's "Last Chance" from Whenever We Wanted).

Johnny Fever, Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:29 (fifteen years ago)

Question dealt with in far more detail here, btw:

What is John (Cougar) Mellancamp's best song?

xhuxk, Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:31 (fifteen years ago)

^

Perhaps an unpopular choice, but "Last Chance" from Whenever We Wanted is so best.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, April 19, 2004

I'm remarkably consistent.

Johnny Fever, Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:42 (fifteen years ago)


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