11 Replies to “Talking back to 80s music, 25”

1. SarahW says:

   June 7, 2004 at 3:43 am

   …down by the river.

   Didn’t his veins seize up or something? I know his songs congealed the milk on my cornflakes.  Speaking truth to power takes a toll, I guess.

   Let me tell you a ditty ‘bout Jack and Diane
   

   Let me assist you in the head with a frying pan.

2. Russell says:

   June 7, 2004 at 4:05 am

   John Mellencamp: the stupid man’s Bruce Springsteen.

3. Rae says:

   June 7, 2004 at 6:55 am

   Now wait just a minute…I liked John Mellencamp…

4. Phil says:

   June 7, 2004 at 1:28 pm

   Actually, Mellencamp is the smart person’s, um, Lynyrd Skynrd?  Or maybe the smart person’s Eagles.  Springsteen is the stupid person’s Bob Dylan.

5. Russell says:

   June 7, 2004 at 1:46 pm

   You’re way off, Phil.

   1) The Allman Brothers are the smart person’s Lynard Skynard.

   2) A smart person’s Eagles doesn’t exist.

   3) Springsteen is New Jersey’s Bob Dylan

6. charles austin says:

   June 7, 2004 at 1:55 pm

   There’s no accounting for taste and I don’t think smart or dumb has much to do with it, but I’ll always remember him unfondly as Johnny Cougar.  I heard one of his songs on the radio the other day and couldn’t help thinking what utter, simple, pretentious crap it was.

   Anyway, I liked Springsteen until about 1981 or so, when he started believing the things people wrote about him and he tried to become serious and deep with his songwriting. Either that or his muse sudenly died.  Everything through Born to Run was full of life and joy and the joy of life, and then it wasn’t.

   I have trouble connecting Johnny Cougar with Lynryd Skynyrd in any way at all, unless you are talking about what was left of them after the plane crash.  As for Mr. Z, I guess I didn’t take enough drugs to deify Dylan as so many seem to do.

7. mikeski says:

   June 7, 2004 at 2:04 pm

   On the other hand, I need a lover who won’t drive me crazy.

8. Parker says:

   June 7, 2004 at 2:59 pm

   Does she also need to know the meaning of ‘Hey, hit the highway!’?

   If so, I have someone in mind. Bertha Butt.

9. norbizness says:

   June 7, 2004 at 4:23 pm

   No, Johnny Cougar is the boil that broke off of the ass of the bass player from Molly Hatchet and started a solo career.

10. Slartibartfast says:

    June 7, 2004 at 6:39 pm

    I like him.  Dunno about pretension; that involves a lot more telepathic skill than I bring to the game.  I don’t like all of his stuff, maybe just over half.

    I guess pretending to be from Bloomington when you’re really from Seymour is offensive to some, though.

11. w gumboot says:

    June 8, 2004 at 6:55 am

    but I fight…, I fight and always lose. can’t figure out why, maybe i’m just wrong or a loozer

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