John Mellencamp - Pink Houses (Official Music Video)
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Official music video for "Pink Houses" by John Mellencamp.
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Music video by John Mellencamp performing Pink Houses. (C) 1983 John Mellencamp under exclusive license to the Island Def Jam Music Group
The opening of this song was filmed at my grandma's house in austin indiana. The scene with the black gentleman sitting on the porch, he was sitting in her rocking chair. My grandmother never learned how to read and if you notice the bible in the window is upside down. I65 was built right through town in the 50's and literally cut the road her house is on in half. My grandma passed away on jan 1st 2019 at the age of 90. Oh how i miss the 1980's. They are great memories.
💝💝
From Italy
Mellencamp talks about how he saw a Black man sitting on that porch and how the highway running through it was the inspiration for the song. He had a black cat on his lap and he waved back at Mellencamp and that was how he ended up writing that song. I wonder, was the gentleman in the video the same man? But in any event, that highway cut through the Black part of town just like so many of our highways did, and a lot of people don't understand what that means. It means that we didn't care about disrupting the Black neighborhoods. It meant that some of us were even happy to do it. We need to reckon with this. This music is "heartland music" and that includes our Black heartland residents. I can't help noticing how many of the commenters identify themselves as Black, which is likely because the average white listener of this music is probably clueless as to who is a resident of the heartland. Then they tell us they like this song too, or they love this artist too. I hope everyone who reads that thinks about it. "Flyover Country" and "Real America" isn't just the white people like me.
It’s sad how many of the people from the older generations from that area can’t read or write
Wat a cool reminiscent memory to have especially with this song nice bro 👍may ur grandma rest in peace.
I am a black woman raised in Buffalo NY and Alabama and grew up listening to 80s rock. I love John Mellencamp❤.
Well said.
Greetings in 2024 ,Monterrey N.L,México 🤟
❤
I am from Buffalo too. Hello
Rochester,NY in the house lol
I'm a black woman soon to be 51 years old in a couple of weeks. I remember being a kid in the 80s and loving this man and his music. I still do!
looks like he made a difference in your life. he made one in mine!
@@jefferybragg3148 He sure did
Great minds think alike 😉 😌
I'm a 61 y.o. white woman...I was in my early 20's living in outer city limits of Houston TX. My 2 kids were 2 and 5
Thanks I'm worried about playing thanks I was worried about playing this due to this new society even though I played it from last umteen years
I'm a Canadian and every time I hear this tune it reminds me how much I respect and love my American friends and neighbors.
God bless you.
We love you too! 🇺🇸💛
Right back at you buddy I live in Portland Oregon and it's folks like you that make the world a good place and John will keep us all going
Thank you.. Great to hear something positive
💖 God Bless yous 🙏 Our Neighbors 😊
You folks up in Canada might be the only ones left to hold democracy together the way things are going down here! Much respect to Canada!
I'm a 62-year-old Black man, raised in Cali... and this music is the soundtrack of my early adulthood. Worked a blue-collar job, and attended college in the evenings (toward a BA degree). Although I grew up on the West coast, the music of the Heartland always strikes deep in my soul. I just love this song.
do you think that White should be capitalized same as Black when we're talking about races which we shouldn't be talking about at all anyway just being better respect and loving each other as ourselves
@@jukeboxxx. If we're gonna love each other, I think we'll have to drop focusing on Capitalization.....doncha think?
This is an old song. Which many wont get. The OP was just saying. What happens today is not what The OP was saying.
@@jonathanbaker9153 exactly. We used to all be Americans. I'm 43. I remember this song when it was released and it was a different country with a different attitude. This song is about us as we should be
It's great to be an American.
This song is about the American dream being broken. Middle class working all their lives to barely get by. Poor black man living in his pink house.. "you know he thinks he's got it so good", "those ol crazy dreams just kind of came and went" corporate greed America has broken the middle class. Mellencamp always tells it like it is.
And he made a lot of money off this song.
wat is the majority religion are these uber-greedy corporate 1% who own half the wealth with satanicworship & now🎼🎵Free Fallin'🎶-TomPettyRIP 🎵🎼
❤🏝️💋
I agree as someone who grew up poor and now has the kind of life I always dreamed of through hard work and sacrifice. Or as my beautiful wife and I say, she is assailant manager of a fast food joint and I am a simple truck driver so we aren't wealthy by any means 6 kids and no government assistance. Capitalism...
You have to own capital to be a capitalist
Facts
🎶🎤I’m a black girl from a black town and I’m one of his biggest fans. I love you John cougar Mellancamp 🥰
And may you always be just as loved.🥰💕😎
Using irrelevant reference is the pinnacle of a segregationist which is the biggest cause to continuing racial barriers.
You're a girl, from a town.
@@crashmacduff7378 That boy...well... first of all...gotta explain where she's coming from....your Lost in your own racial word!
Good for you Nikki!! Music knows no color
you go girl. Good taste.
This song and Born in the USA prove how much many people just hear the chorus and don't understand the lyrics, but you tried to teach them something anyway. ❤
Ppl don’t get it!
It's actually more interesting than that. People do hear the lyrics, they just don't interpret them in the condescending way they were intended to
Rockin in the Free World is another.
@@nryle yeah, that's pretty much what I said
OR we’ve lived long enough to hear the lyrics, know exactly what they mean, but choose to enjoy the music for what it is!
I'm a Black 59 year old Woman and I met my Husband in 1982 and he introduced me to Mellencamp music and this song right here I Love it, got a message to it!
Hello
How're you doing today,
Comment like this are priceless,
Thank You
It's a pleasure meeting you here ❤
I can dig it!
Ye right. OK sure we believe you. And I'm a yellow submarine
Music is universal ❤ it knows no colors. Much love to you ❤
1749 clear skies and smooth sailing
I grew up on F highway in Missouri for awhile in a little pink 2 room house as a child. I slept in the bottom drawer of a dresser in my parents room. My two older brothers slept in the living/ kitchen area on a fold out love seat. We had no running water and a outhouse. And I thought life was glorious. When I got a little older and we moved back to Illinois. We moved to a house that was rented to us by a very generous Mexican family and I got promoted to sleeping on a shelf in the closet. Life was good in the 70's. We were dirt poor and I was happy. One year for Christmas I got an orange, teddy bear, hoolahoop and one knew outfit. I was so gracious and happy. When I look back through the family photo albums everyone was happy. People were real and spent quality time together. I remember the first time I ate a prime cut of beef. I was 11 years old my grandfather bought me that steak. People today are not appriative of the blessings they have.
You remember all! That's a good part!
many blessing upon you
😅
The best time I can go to the solution for this is to get a hold of the feeling lost by technology to much information technology simple but cannot keep up
I was born in 1952. We grew up poor and rich. Poor moneywise, rich every other way. Pure fun.
I'm a 64 years women and we do need this kind of music BACK
No chance...he's the Only one. Cougar 👍🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
Do you still get wet from this kind of music, lol
im a 64 years man and i agree totally but, alas, i dont see it happenin.
AMEN
I totally agree .... So soothing to the soul.
As a trucker(black/white/spanish mixed and raised in a small town)of 31 yrs having driven all over this great country of ours, I bring this song up on my XM/Sirius radio every time I have to go off the interstate and travel thru the great small towns of America. There is no better feeling of going thru small towns in the middle of the night where there is peace and no one out but the owls and people in the day when friendly small town folks wave hello with this song playing in the background. Thank u JCM for this song. Love small towns.
You are so right brother 👍🏽
"It's really an anti-American song," Mellencamp told Rolling Stone about "Pink Houses." "The American dream had pretty much proven itself as not working anymore. It was another way for me to sneak something in."
Best of us
I grew up in the small town this video was shot in.
Was working with his blood family in Nashville with Justice industries. His name was Christian and myself admire all your songs 🎵 ❤ in which they inspire me too write poetry and song lyrics. Thank you for being who you are God bless you and all mankind your family friend and brother in time Terry.
When I was deployed, I heard this song. I brought tears to my eyes, it was a taste of home for me. I love my country and would do it all over again.
Thank you sir! My son just became a marine.
The Ron Paul Liberty Report.
Thank you for your service!
Love that thought! Hero
Bless you. If people think the USA is so bad, just think what would happen if Communist China was the most powerful country on earth. We have much to be thankful for.
John Mellencamp is a true gift for classic Rock
100% agreed... John Mellencamp _IS_ Classic American Rock. Tom Petty, Felix Cavaliere, Bob Grill, Woodie Gutherie, Tom Johnston, John Fogerty, Paul Simon, Jim Croche & Billy Joel (in no particular order) are a small handful that defined classic guitar rock & have made the everlasting impression on all of us. Esp those of who, thanks to them, grew up wanting to be guitarists & eventually became them. Their music is the gift that keeps right on giving, everyday. And no doubt strongly influenced us to be better people 💜❤
Ok ok, Billy Joel is a pianist, not a guitarist. But so what :)
Tom Johnston/ the Doobie Bros., Take Me In Your Arms, 1973
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Jim Croche, I've Got A Name, 1973
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There is no question that this works
@@magnificentmuttley154 "Guitar rock". Rock is guitar music by definition, so writing something like "guitar rock" is a pleonasm. Guys you mentioned are not the most important for the developement of rock music. Woody Guthrie, Paul Simon and Billy Joel have very, very little to do with rock. Classic rock music was defined by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Mickey Baker, Johnny Burnette with Paul Burlison, Duane Eddy, The Ventures, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Sonics, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Ten Years After, The Allman Brothers.
@@piotrb8434 You have a much stricter view of what Rock 'n Roll is than I do. My opinion of what popular music qualifies to be called Rock isn't restricted to textbook definition. And my viewpoint isn't unique since Rock is a large umbrella that covers many flavors & styles outside of "guitar rock," pleonasm & all
There are hundreds of thousands like me who experienced Pop & differing flavors of R&R firsthand, throughout the 60's, 70s, & 80s, with it's many alterations & changes. We were there! We understand that the range of "Rock" sub-catagories are not restricted only to popular music that uses electric guitar. Whether Jazz or Big Band styles that emphasize the use of brasswinds; Rock-fusion where an all-acoustic orchestra is simply accompanied by a handful of Rock instruments; & Soft Rock that uses a more sophisticated blend of rhythum & melody than these
There are Rock songs that range from being dominated by use of electric guitar(s), through to merely using a single rhythum guitar, faintly in the background. And there are so-called "Rock" songs where the lead instrument is a piano & little if any guitar accompanies it (Elton John, Ferranté & Tiecher, Dr John, John Anderson, Todd Rundgren, 10CC, Pablo Cruise) but such music is still referred to as "Rock" of some flavor
Again, at the risk of offending your formally-trained view in the matter, my opinion of what is called "Rock" & what goes by another name isn't based upon the rigid definitions of a professor who wrote a textbook on 20th Century Music. My opinion is based on 40+ years of listening to ths
e broad spectrum of American radio; some of it mainstream, but much of it not
So, I can see that we won't see eye-to-eye, & I won't waste your time arguing about it. Please allow me to bid you sincere thanks for contributing your thoughts today, nevertheless✌💜
Right on. I fought authority...
"Little pink houses for you and me.". One thing I miss about growing up in the 80s is taking road trips through America with my family.
my dad's favourite song, he's in heaven now and I will never stop playing it, I love you dad forever ❤️
Your dad had excellent taste. May he RIP.
De lo mejor dela decada los 80😊
Hang in there. I lost my mom and dad each at the age of sixty (2007 & 2011). I truly believe they're still here (and we're still there). Here's a simple tribute: ua-cam.com/video/82eDMbSG590/v-deo.html
To all those Americans and people of good will everywhere, I love you all
one of the most underrated musicians of my generation
@scott michaels yea, and sure u hear his music on classic rock stations, but he's never mentioned in same breath as others. He should be. Pure, no-bullshit good old American rock and roll.
Some really great songs.
You are so right as John is right up there with the best of his generation such as Springsteen and Seger!!
I heard some guy called him the ''discount Springsteen'' or smthin. lmao
Wow, this song never gets old. But if you love John like I do, you should hear David Young’s newest single “If I Can Live Thru This” ua-cam.com/video/TadCx0lCIfg/v-deo.html It’s been awhile that I’ve been this excited about an artist!
This sure is not the same America as it was back then. Thank God I'm not young now.
I'll be 60 soon but we worked hard, played hard now our bodies are letting us know. Great 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I've never set foot in the USA, but John Mellencamp's songs always makes me long to go over and see so many of the towns, the people, the land that he describes so vividly. Few songwriters have the ability to capture the sound and personality of a country better than him.
Hello 👋 how are you doing, I hope the virus is not affecting you?
His descriptions are amazing, but don't forget, the song is about how hard it is to live in America. The land of opportunity and inequity.
the america in this video is dead.
A lot of his songs (this one included) are critical of the USA and many of its policiesm
@chriskendall3979 This song has personal meaning for me cause I was born in a small town and grew up in a small town. If you truly want to see some of the places and people described in Pink Houses, they exist, but are not in the news or anything. If you can get here, there are many to look at and talk to.
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them
Just copy and paste this everywhere
@@joeschmo5988 Ok, I’ll get to work on that 😁
@@bleep77 seems you already have
Everything. Was all good!
Yup
I'm drinking in memory of my friend, Lynn Johnson, who loved this song. R.I.P. My friend
dvg1985 ... sorry to hear that. May God comfort your 💓
Aww, tha'ts sad ,but also happy. Peace , love and blessings to you ,friend. All are one.
It,s always awesome to Rember a great friend who is gone but not forever gotten peace to YOU FROM ME TO YOU
Rip may God comfort you in the time of hurt.
Cheers to your friend
2022. People need to listen to this song so they can get back to what’s really important.
I am a 68- year- old man, and I have been listening to John Mellencamp forever. I really like the video Little Pink Houses. I could listen to that song all day and never get tired of listening to it. Keep up the great singing John.
I am sure you like me would rank the Uh huh album at the top of any all-time list,
We need this kind of music back fast!!
You couldn't pull it off. The first verse would be "well there's an African American man, with an African American cat, living in an African American neighborhood."
couldn't have said it any better
I briefly read this as: We need this kind of music black fast!!
yes
Hell yeahs
Im a 51 year old woman from Bedford, Indiana, down the road from Seymore, where John is from. Ive loved his music since i was 7 years old! His recent interview with Bill Maher brought me back again.
How can you not love this man when you hear this song? When I heard that he helped start Farm Aid, it only reinforced it more. God bless you, Mr. Mellencamp!! You’re an American treasure. ✌🏼💖
Well said. Totally agree.
You clearly don't understand the meaning behind the song. John said in an interview that it is extremely anti-America, claiming the American dream is dead and the country is crumbling. "Ain't that America for you and me" is sarcastic.
Well said ❤
He's always been a huge ahole in reality though, so anyone who knows or met him probably has quite a few reasons for not loving this man. Also, his music is hugely overrated, he has like 2.5 decent songs and the rest are filler trash. Nostalgia is a hell of a drig though, helps with willfully ignoring the facts that don't agree with the rest of the story.
@zwalters4135 Mellencamp is so bipolar between speaking with hyperbole and with basics. He's even stated that the song is a critique of the American Dream, and questioning if it's actually a singular and concrete thing. No 2 "Pink Houses" are the same, and no 2 peoplehave the same 'American Dream'.
John Mellencamp, an American treasure ❤
Undoubtedly!!
For sure
I saw him singing 🎶
This song gives me hope in this pandemic.
We will bounce back.
He hates our Country....find you a better song
@@ampatriot The whole world hates your country since you voted for a psycho
I totally agree .... It's a classic song... That helps our country..... feel strong.
This virus will out live itself unlike the social media who will section anyone who doesn't agree to getting an award for being the very bestest at doing nothing just philosophising
This to shall pass, this song got me through hard times in the late 80’s, I was young and it seemed I’d never get where I was going....but I did...I met John, pumped his gas at a full service Shell station, he had did a show in Louisville and was on his way home to Indiana- I moved to Indiana myself years later-- I can tell you he is very down to earth and a hard working person- peace! We are in this together
One of the greatest songs ever written.
I'd be honored if some fans of early 80s classics would give a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE by John Cougar Mellencamp and ALLENTOWN by Billy Joel on my YT channel in tribute to the great musical year of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
Nothing like fishing in my backyard with this song in the early evening before the sun drops.
+Mark Batarina I'll go ya one better; Early one late spring morning, sun rising over the horizon, Watching the country wake up, knowing that with this song and mindset in your head all day, it's gonna be a great day.
Now that's a true AMERICAN to bad where I live its all work and trading which is also like America too
+Mark Batarina I GOT YA BEAT.........PLAYING THIS SONG JUST WHEN IM FIRING UP Y CRACK PIPE AFTER ROBBING A LIQUOR STORE AND HAVING SEX WITH MY GRANDMA
+Mark Batarina and a right after Pink Houses a little Freebird. A perfect day.
Mark Batarina god bless america
I am a thirty one year old man who lives in Paterson, NJ and I love the way John Mellencamp devotes and honors his fans and audience pertaining to his music.
I will never stop loving this song.
I'd be honored if some early 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE by John Cougar Mellencamp and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne on my YT channel in tribute to the Great American Summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and keep on rocking.
To bad he didn't really listen to what he was singing.
Me neither
Nice self promotion
Just like everything... those old crazy dreams just kinda came and went
Definitely one of the most passionate, honest and hard-working musicians of our time. Much love for this guy... He keeps it real.
Agree
Him and Springsteen; two American legends.
I liked this song when it first came out in the early 80's but I was just a kid then. Just listened to it today, Jan 20th, 2021.........and today I loved this song.
What has changed ?
@@debbiecraddock7204 The Country, and not for the better.
Late 80s still love it...this is music..not like todays
Everything .
No simplicity any more
Yeah. This dude was the man
Who still listening to this in 2024
Mr. Anderson.
Me.
I Fing😊😊 do and play it on my acoustic guitar also
Never stopped. 71 yr old woman headed to Mellencamp in concert in a couple of weeks ! This man and his words and music - my soundtrack !
EVERYDAY😉😉THE 1980s
This makes me wish we all could get along and live in America in peace ✌️ and harmony........USA 🇺🇸💯
Army Angler Amen :)
If only everyone was honest would be a great start 😁
Army Angler hahaha and sing along with your great president
fools
FUCK YES/
Nothing more midwest than Johnny Mellencamp music
Iv'e been listening to John Mellencamp since I was 9 years old n now Im 47 years old and still ROCK'N to it; never to old for awesome music.
I'm not too far ahead of you I'm 48 as of October
I may be 35, but I grew up loving this kind of music
52 here & we were building mini bikes & sneaking smokes from our parents when this came out.
Every time I hear this I can smell the gas & smoke. Fun times for a kid.
I'm 52, I've been rockin' to his music since the very first album
Well I'm 58 and this is my kynda music
An absolute masterpiece of music and storytelling ❤
Masterpiece???
This song was filmed in a small town in Indiana near where I lived as a kid. John mellencamp raffeled off a house in a small town down the road. Whoever won he paid for the house but had to keep the house pink for at least one year.. it was so awesome.
It's not pink anymore
@Matthew Stuckwisch i lived in seymour 20yrs ago. Miss it
"We're gonna paint that mother PINK!" :) (was 16 when this song came out)
@@Land-Shark I remember him uttering that on MTV as well. ;)
I would have kept it pink.
i miss these old school videos, relaxing and beautiful.
A quien no le va gustar si es buenisimo desde niña te admiro y ahora soy abuela y te sigo admirando mucho mas que antes ..
Bueno...hoy en dia (2018) ya no hay buena musica que vivan los 80s
Kick'n It, Fun Hunh !
Ya mean when music channels actually plaid music??? What a concept!
Played this 30 times while traveling through Indiana, what a wonderful state!
one of the most underrated musicians of my generation
30 times means the time traveled across Rhode Island from east to west
Sure, most of three new generations that have come into existence since dont remember John Mellencamp. But during the 80's- - are you kidding?! He was all over Rock Radio, mix stations, & MTV. And I remember he was still played regularly on Classic Rock & all-80's stations well into the 90's... So no worries, man! Thats hundreds of millions of people across three living generations at the time who listened to J.M., many of which- - like you & me- - who STILL listen to him often 💜❤
How old are you ? 🤣
Great song and yes love me some JCM when driving around the Hoosier state! Great American rock n roll perfect for anywhere really
Someonejustsaid-Itwaslikepurging,sooomuchtalent,work,message-...
I don't care what color we are ..we all deserve to live .
Me too
❤❤❤❤
Great song from a great musician! “I remember when we could stop a clock!” God please don’t remove Your Hand off of this land just yet!
He won’t. We’re not done, yet! 💛🙏🏻
"stop a PLOW"
I'm afraid he's slowly lifting his hand off of the Holy land
It'sbecause...wedontalwaysknowwhy...&doinggoodthebestyoucanisalwaysworthit---inside,weknowit'scontrivedbythegovernmentsomewhatanyway--stillnoexcusetohatethem...
Amen 🙏!!!
I'm from Indiana like john it's good to hear a Hoosier got famous and he is good at it
Sara Shuck how old R u now I'm 51 if I may ask
Sara Shuck I got two Community's u should come join the fun they R all bout fine cars,trucks and Mudding come join the fun
Sara Shuck come join the fun
Back in the day he was John Cougar Mellencamp. Kind of a big deal for us here in Nebraska during high school. Still like his music. I was a senior when this song come out.
Huskerliving He is from the same state as me Indiana I'm from Indianapolis He is from Gary
Does anyone remember when this song came out and MTV gave away a Pink House with a party and John Cougar was the guest
Jesus I completely forgot about that and your comment just sent all the memories of that rushing back!
"We're gonna PAINT THE MOTHER PINK!"
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@@worldvue Thank you so much! Oh the memories the ol days Thank you thank you
@@magicman322 Haha great memory of the good ol days
The 80s were the best times to be a teenager and young adult.
I saw this man in Duluth, MN on April 4th 2024 he does the same antics on stage that he did on the Scarecrow tour at the St Paul, MN civic center in 1986. It was like going back in a time capsule on that night. God bless John Mellencamp.
This song still gives me hope in 2021! It will never get old listening to this American classic.
Keep the faith. We got this.
Hope about the broken American dream, and how the middle class can and will never be able to climb past the middle class, because the rich simply won't allow it?
It's funny how people think this song is about hope and patriotism. He is basically mocking the life we live. He is talking about the racial divide, and how the middle class are just slaves in our society, breaking their backs to pay the bills for our corrupt government and their stupid decisions..
@@jgringo5516 great, now try to talk to the remaining 99% of the population, or perhaps the 20% that live in poverty
@@colddekstar screw you, people are just trying to enjoy the song. You don’t need to know the full meaning of the song to enjoy it. The dying American dream is one of the cons. But there is still many pros to our beautiful country 😎🇺🇸
Love this song GREAT 80s music
Listen to the words. He is saying America has it's faults, but it's still great place to be.
Yes, very true.
He's saying that the American dream is a lie. It's called irony.
How’s Your America now? .... xo Canada
@@makeupjunkie15 Pretty much the same as Canada, actually. Just a lot bigger.
@@makeupjunkie15 apparently good enough for Canadians to come here for health care instead of that free shit you are supposedly getting......how do you like us now FUCKSTICK???
The most underrated musician in history.
One of the best songs ever, feel it in your body.
💪
oh yeah...one of the best songs to dance to....
This song tells a sad story
No hablo inglés pero me encanta la música norteamericana, cómo él Country,Johnn Cougar,John Fogerty, Kenny Rogers y muchos más, pura vida desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷 saludos.
He say's; "I dont speak English, but love north American music; John Cougar,John Fogerty, Kenny Rogers very much and regards from here in the simple life of Costa Rica." Best I can do
@@petratical Yeah, that's pretty much it. It's very basic Spanish.
Hello, I don't speak Spanish but I want to tell you that I love you and I'm sending you lots of love. ♥️♥️♥️
(The following is long please read the whole thing and scroll all the way down to the end I believe you'll be happy you did. ♥️♥️♥️)
I would like to tell you about my youngest brother who is Latino ♥️ Latinx. He is so loving and kind to everyone always he has never ever ever said an unkind word to me ever not even one time and I believe in my heart that he's never ever ever ever said an unkind word to anyone ever in his entire life. He is an amazing humanitarian. ♥️
(What I wrote is long it may take you a full minute to read - I believe it is well worth reading an extra few moments to hear about my little brother, Matt or Matty♥️Bear as I so affectionately call him. He was adopted from Columbia, South America. He was found just a couple hours old in a shoebox swaddled in newspapers on a busy street corner by a kind policeman that took him to an orphanage. He was born with a birth defect known as a cleft lip and palate so that is why I believe his mother who I believe wanted to keep him more than anything made this agonizing, heart-wrenching decision that she made. I also believe that she stood watch close by to make sure that he was safe and was found by someone who could bring him some more so he could get nourishment and cared for. We adopted him when he was 8 and 1/2 months old. OMG my heart's smile and lit up more than anything when I laid eyes upon him that first time when my daddy got off the plane my daddy flew down to Columbia, South America. My family is from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA.
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It's hard for babies with a cleft lip and palette to be able to even drink milk with the cleft lip and palate. I think maybe 1% of the children that need surgery for it actually get it in that poor beautiful country. ♥️
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At the orphanage, the nuns always smiled upon him because he was always full of smiles and had those beautiful eyes with long eyelashes. He also had beautiful curls in his hair. Such a beautiful baby! 😊♥️🦋
I believe God sent him as a beautiful gift to our family. Where he was born there was and still is extreme poverty with many people living in cardboard shacks.
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Matt♥️Nelson is Executive♥️Director of a non-profit Latin X organization in Oakland, California. He has been working for social justice and equality, his whole life. He is awesome 👍 He is the bomb diggity! 🌹😽🌹
Que pasa mi amigos en Espanol! Vaya Con Dios . Mucha Besos!
@@jasonandjessicaproductions2877 hola 👋 bienvenidos de Virginia. Costa Rica 🇨🇷 rs un hermoso pais
Music of today can't compare to music from the past ❤❤❤ God Speed Dad God Bless America.
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it's addictive listening to these song, Unfortunately, artist today have no inspiration and no talent for music🎶 Is this your favorite song from John?
There's you, & there are those of us who understood from Day One what John is saying about an imperfect system & an imperfect People living in this Land. We've been listening ever since Pink Houses & Jack & Diane first hit radio & MTV in 1983, when we were children. The message has always been unmistakable & crystal-clear, ever since. And we're STILL listening...
The only other singer-songwriters who come to my mind who are this honest, THIS earth-shatteringly profound are Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croche, Tom Johnston, Tom Petty, & Woody Gutherie
Thank You very much for contributing 💜❤
Tom Johnston/ the Doobie Bros., Take Me In Your Arms, 1973
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Jim Croche, I've Got A Name, 1973
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@@derekkess4906 what a dumbass comment, you just don’t bother to look for it
Im 17 and id give anything to be from this era at least you knew who was male and female still unlike today
80s was true freedom
@@nelms78 then George Bush and Donald Trump came along and destroyed all..... *WELL AIN'T AMERICA RE HEE HEE HEE SUMTHIN TUH SEE*
I love ❤️ this song,John Mellencamp is just a straight slice of middle America,and he just makes music 🎶 🎵 that people can actually relate to and enjoy,his music 🎶 🎵 always has meaning to it🎉🎉
God bless our Friends in the other parts of our pacific - Love from New Zealand :)
TheFunkhouser hi "neighbour" from Australia
God bless you to brother.
My family and I were traveling to Atlanta from Wisconsin and on the way we stopped in his home town to get a bite to eat at Denny's. I asked the waitress, does John Mellencamp ever come her to eat and she said yes all the time, so I asked her where is his favorite place to sit and she said your in it. I almost fell on the floor!
What else was she gonna say. You felt like a million dollars and left her a tip.
Very cool...I bet everything in the world was good for you that day.
Spectacular story! You just made my week. Thank you for sharing that 💜❤
Wow. Haven't seen this in years. This was a staple on early MTV. Does anyone remember when MTV ran a sweepstakes based off this song? The winner actually won a pink house somewhere in the mid-west and John Cougar and his band played the backyard party to christen the new house! Haha..what a memory.
I remember it.
Only in America
I recall! Thanks for bringing that memory back. Mid 80's were the absolute best. And for music, one great album after another. Proud to be an 80's child class of 84
You've got a good memory! I'd forgotten about the contest but I remember clearly that MTV played this video a lot.
Yeah, I believe that house turned out to be on top of a toxic waste dump or something.... Ain't that America, indeed!
Every Year is a good Year to listen to Mr John Mellencamp! 2024 also...
Most people argue that this is actually an anti-American song. In a way it is, but it mostly isn't. John comes from the heartland of America, I think he's proud to be American but what this video shows is that America is not perfect, when they show the drug dealer, the trash on the train tracks, one can pick up many negative signs. BUT the Buffalo, the horse riders etc are positive aspects of America so I still see this as a patriotic song and love posting it to Facebook on July 4th.
Great analysis.. I used to live in Indiana when this song was "new'-ish... I always thought of it as a "positive" influential song../// The old "america" is dying.... good ..bad or ugly... it is no longer the world i grew up in... Don S...age 52....now livin in new england.....
i think its just an unabashed and fair look at a country that he loves deeply. he sees both the good and the bad.
Maybe I am getting it confused with Born In The USA by Bruce who was actually invited by Reagan (?) to play it at the white house....
Lola Flores did you hear how bad they slandered him for not paying taxes the first ten years of his career. He didn't know anything about paying taxes but who does just starting out in life. What rhetoric. They absolutely slandered Bruce springsteen for his song about Vietnam. I personally think it is one of his best sings along with glory days. People hear what they want to hear. They have no clue. Getting back to a cold beer and good music have a great day.
your top comment was spot on girl. u got it right
Top 5 Fav songs of all time for me .. " Hey Darlin , I remember when you could stop a clock " , just classic and older fans can relate to that line ..So good …..
Yeah too bad the country has become such a disgrace from the good ole days of wholesome, hard-working people that cared for one another. This song always brings me back to those times. JC has so many songs that depict the good.ole 🇺🇸
A ballad with all of the meaning of people and their lives.
True.
God I miss the America I grew up in.
Vote Red
I know what you mean..I miss it very much..
So do I
LYRICS:
There's a black man with a black cat
Living in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate running' through his front yard
You know, he thinks, he's got it so good
And there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning' up evening slop
And he looks at her and says:
"Hey darling, I can remember when you could stop a clock"
Oh but ain't that America, for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses for you and me, oh for you and me
Well there's a young man in a T-shirt
Listenin' to a rock 'n' roll station
He's got a greasy hair, greasy smile
He says: "Lord, this must be my destination"
'Cause they told me, when I was younger
Sayin' "Boy, you're gonna be president"
But just like everything else, those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went
Oh but ain't that America, for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses, for you and me, oh baby for you and me
Well there's people and more people
What do they know, know, know
Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico
Ooo yeah
And there's winners, and there's losers
But they ain't no big deal
'Cause the simple man baby pays the thrills,
The bills and the pills that kill
Oh but ain't that America, for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses for you and me, ooo, ooo yeah
Ain't that America, for you and me
Ain't that America, hey we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, oh the home of the free,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Little pink houses babe for you and me, ooo yeah ooo yeah
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Well, there's a Black man, with a black cat. Living in a black neighborhood.
He's got an interstate running' through his front yard. You know, he thinks he's got it so good. And there's a woman in the kitchen, cleaning' up evening slop and he looks at her and says:
"Hey darling, I can remember when you could stop a clock."
Oh, but ain't that America, for you and me. Ain't that America, we're something to see baby. Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah.
Little pink houses for you and me, oh, for you and me...
Well there's a young man, in a T-shirt, listenin' to a rock 'n' roll station. He's got a greasy hair, greasy smile, he says: "Lord, this must be my destination". 'Cause they told me, when I was younger, sayin' "Boy, you're gonna be president".
But just like everything else, those old crazy dreams, just kinda came and went.
Oh, but ain't that America, for you and me.
Ain't that America, we're something to see baby.
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah!
Little pink houses, for you and me, oh baby for you and me.
Well there's people and more people.
What do they know, know, know?
Go to work in some high rise and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico.
Ooo yeah.
And there's winners, and there's losers...
But they ain't no big deal...
'Cause the simple man baby pays the thrills, the bills and the pills that kill.
Oh but ain't that America, for you and me.
Ain't that America, we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah.
Little pink houses for you and me, ooo, ooo yeah.
Ain't that America, for you and me.
Ain't that America, hey we're something to see baby.
Ain't that America, oh the home of the free...
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Little pink houses baby, for you and me, ooo yeah!
Ooo yeaha!
Thanks for posting!
Could of swore it was starve a fly
Holy crap. All this time I though it went like The bills that care.
The lyrics embold the melody. Thanks John cougar.
Played this 30 times while traveling through Indiana, what a wonderful state!
I actually live in Seymour, they put up a mural for him not too long ago. Not so small town anymore though.
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As a Cuban American that I'm of the late 60's when I came here This song mean a lot to me. Because now I know what is real America that is was back then. had great real Americans friends to. I consider myself now an all American guy. As Handicap person that I'm the first thing I did when I can to America was to get me real Americans Friends so I could learn English Fast and I did. But not only the I learn English fast I was in my Americans friends House a lot learn the real American Culture of the 60's and 70's. Now I feel we loosing it all. Had a Friend of mine that had Muscular Distrhopy or MD like they call it he was my Best friend I help him a lot I even took Turn with another Friend in Middle School High School He couldn't even moves anymore one Night I call his house on Hot summer Night to See how my Friend Eddie was doing just to learn that he was gone no more this News hit me like Bricks in my Heart loosing a Great American friend that was like Brother to me. I even gave him a Cassette Deck Tape Recorder for his Birthday. I'm telling you all this Story that is real to the bone. That no matter where we come from we most pull together at be one people Under God. And this one of the Reason that I love John Mellecamp song so much Are int that America Baby. I wish it was like it was before or better. There other songs that like to like Cherry Bump, Small town, Hurt so Good which a fun video to what and I bet he had a great time Filming it to. Jack and Diane. I will ways l love John Mellecamp Songs along with other Artist of my Era. but I feel so so Sad that American isn't was it was in the late 60's 70's even 80's anymore I pray Everyday that we go back to the way we were. God bless you everyone that is reading this Story of mine. Long live John Mellecamp he is a truly all American Treasure for sure
american rock n' roll at it's very best. this one put johnny mellencampon the short list of great american songs.
To the likes of Livin' in the USA; Jimi's Star Spangled Banner; An American Trilogy - and yes, I am going to include Ritchie Valens' La Bamba...
From Indiana heard that great song loved it so much built Pink brick house thanks John 😊 👍
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I'm a patriotic Australian in Australia. I love the patriotism shown by you Americans.
The songs Mellencamp has written show his passion for his country, and I love his songs.
I'm pretty sure that you're not really getting the song.
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This song is really about the irony of rich and poor people in America. Yeah it's got a patriotic chorus, but the lyrics are dark in a few places "the pills that kill"... crazy dreams about being a poor kid wanting to be president... etc, etc. I love it as an American, but it's got a lot of depth.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 it can be patriotic in a way, because ive always believed that american patriotism lies with the common people not country or government or the powerful and rebelling against authority and standing up to injustice.
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22 years later a supreme court decision tore down a poor woman little pink house for a rich developer. John is a clairvoyant. Amazing
alot of the hits singers are clairevoyant.
people listening, but not really hearing....
I love this song and I'm from down under Sydney Australia.
G'day Brendon so i'm i from the Central Coast great song by JM
Welcome to the party!
There's still a few little pink houses out Blacktown way so we can relate. :-)
Hi. Just down the Hume in Moss Vale
Crocodile lover.
"He's got an Interstate running through his front yard. You know he thinks he's got it so good."
Yep the blind man ,
If Norman Rockwell were alive to make a video it would look like this, Classic Americana.
John Doe as far as american storytellers,Bruce the Boss is super,but Mellencamp is supreme!!!!!
Good stuff
This song is not exactly the picture of a perfect America
@@JeepersCreepers2013 exactly, it was to explain America is not perfect but it is still America as far as ideals like freedom. And what is good about America can fix what is bad about America.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 this is not some China or Chicom propaganda song touting the advantages or superiority of a country that is 93% of the same ethnicity (Han).
John Mellencamp was from Indiana. I was born in Ohio. I thought of people from Indiana as hicks. I visited Manhattan with my rock-n-roll friends with our jeans and tee shirts on. They were dressed stylish. That’s when I realized that we were all a bunch of hicks. I was glad to be part of great American rock-n-roll.
I agree with anita blake. John Mellencamp loves this country, but, like most of us, is sick of what's happened to it. He stands up for American farmers, American companies, jobs for Americans - IN America. I just love and respect him, and his music.
Eleanor Rigby and all these ppl are commenting about trump on this song, if they knew what Mellencamp stood for they would stop lol
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One of his best songs!!!! Truth about America in all his songs!!!!! Good song writer 👍
People like me, who aren't into country music, would like to hear a LOT more of this music.
I love that you love John. But this isn't country.
Not country, but it relates to OUR country.@@domri4203
One of the best songwriters America has ever had❤🎉😮😮😅
I was born and raised in Seymour Indiana.. And it's nice to watch his older videos and know where he shot them...
I'd be honored if some Cougar Mellencamp fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne on my YT channel (tap on my photo go there) in tribute to the great musical summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Thanks and keep on rocking.
Trouble is that this video was shot in Inwood California
SCIPIO, INDIANA
SCIPIO,INDIANA
Jami Bowman Will you marry me?
This type of music is to listen to it every day without getting tired. I do it, I enjoy it a lot.
Same here.
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With the state our nation is in these days, this song just brings me to tears.
Yep
I remember hearing these songs growing up! I can enjoy them today!❤😅
Ain't that America
You and Me
Ain't that America
Somethin' to see baby
(Ain't that America)
Home of the free yeah
Little pink houses for you and me
Hoodoo You Love? Hell yeah brother
im batman dude
This could also be Australia but with a few different lyrics. But then it could be anywhere in the western world too. America is in decline and this song talks of that decline. We are not in decline but are still on the up. Hello from 2018 :)
dan hemmerling ,DAMN RIGHT!!!
Free bird
Such a GREAT old tune ...... brings back a lot of good memories from back in the day :)
Big time. My favorite!!!!
Takes me back to better times, we didn't have much when I was growing up and times were tough. But I wouldn't change one thing, with music like this we didn't need anything else. Money can't buy what we had in our hearts
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My great grandmother loved this song. I would play it for her all the time. She recently passed on Memorial Day.
Love you ggma❤️
The classics never go out of style
I’m Canadian and I love this!!! Don’t write them like this anymore.
small world eh... i got relatives named Hill, prob not you but, still cool
Eh? Ain't that a Canada
For you and me.... guy.
Ain't that a Canada
Something to see, buddy.
Ain't that a Canada
Home of the Leafs
Pink back bacon for you and me!
I'm Bavarian and I love this too, cause my Hearts beatn for USA🇺🇸🇺🇸 since I'm a Kid!!! The Marple Leaf COUNTRY🇨🇦 is good-On of the richest Countrys in the world with a beautyfull Nature as far as I know. Nice Greetings from Lower Bavaria-Freestate of the Lion!🦁😁
Thank you John for all your wonderful and truly fabulous music. I’m listening while getting my chemo treatment each and every song make my heart delight in the love you have for us midwestern life.
Sometimes yeah sometimes now
God bless u and hope the best
Good luck to you!!
I was 23 when this came on the radio, doesn't seem that long ago, great song, he had a bunch of great songs like this one.
My boyfriend played this song on the 🎸 the first night WE met and I fell head over heels in love with HIM.
And this is why the songs from the 1980’s will live on..
Unreal how a song can fill your head with such great memories of your childhood now I’m a father of two boys & two girls.
I love Jhon Mellencamp songs still listening I'm from Louisiana ❤
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My hometown Austin , Indiana this was filmed in. ✨💖✨ Thankyou John. 🍃🕊️🌿✨
John Mellencamp was born and raised in Seymour, Indiana. Where he still lives now. My cousin's went to school with him. They were all damn good friends.
@@charityneanover113 , That's cool . I was born in Seymour as well.