Favorite John Mellencamp song

[mac56]

Poll question: Favorite John Mellencamp song

In honor of this thread.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x775784

[alvis]

1. Wild Night

Meshell Ndegeocello is great on bass.

[SnohoDem]

2. Between a Laugh and a Tear

Rickie Lee Jones singing backup.

[GOPisEvil]

3. How about "Check It Out"

A million young poets
Screamin' out their words
To a world full of people
Just livin' to be heard
Future generations
Ridin' on the highways that we built
I hope they have a better understanding

Check it out
Goin' to work on Monday
Check it out
Got yourself a family
Check it out
All utility bills have been paid
You can't tell your best buddy that you love him
So check it out
Where does our time go
Check it out
Got a brand new house in escrow
Check it out
Sleepin' with your back to your loved one
This is all that we've learned about happiness

Check it out
Forgot to say hello to my neighbors
Check it out
Sometimes I question my own behavior
Check it out
Talkin' about the girls that we've seen on the sly
Just to tell our souls we're still the young lions
So check it out
Gettin' too drunk on Saturdays
Check it out
Playin' football with the kids on Sundays
Check it out
Soarin' with the eagles all week long
And this is all that we've learned about living
This is all that we've learned about living

A million young poets
Screamin' out their words
Maybe someday
Those words will be heard
By future generations
Ridin' on the highways that we built
Maybe they'll have a better understanding
Check it out
Hope they'll have a better understanding
Check it out
Maybe they'll have a better understanding
Check it out
Maybe they'll have a better understanding
Check it out
Hope they have a better understanding
Check it out.....

[mac56]

4. That's my favorite Mellencamp album.

"The Lonesome Jubilee"

[NashVegas]

5. That's My Fave Too

If only for the fiddle run.

[Bossy Monkey]

10. What he said n/t

[UdoKier]

6. Cherry Bomb

Seventeen has turned thirty-five
I'm surprised that we're still livin'
If we've done any wrong
I hope that we're forgiven
Got a few kids of my own
And some days I still don't know what to do
I hope that they're not laughing too loud
When they hear me talkin'
Like this to you

This is me and most people I know in a nutshell. I liked the song back then (and I was about 17 or 18 then), but I never thought 17 could turrn to 35 so damn quick.

Cheers to John Cougar Melonhead! A great rocker and always a good democrat for social justice.

[Baja Margie]

7. I love

John Mellancamp.

[DemVIctory]

8. The Authority Song

Well they think they're so cute when they got you in that condition
I think its a total disgrace!

[mac56]

13. Growin' up leads to growin' old and then to dyin'

And dyin' to me don't sound like all that much fun!

[Bossy Monkey]

9. For comparison purposes, my previous poll on Mellencamp

won by Pink Houses since I refused to put Jack and Diane on:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1315717

[noonwitch]

11. It's a Lonely Old Night

Is that the title? I really like that song.

[Parche]

12. mellencookie

NONE, he doesnt have a good song


But at least he is on our side