John Cougar Mellencamp Lyrics
John Cougar Mellencamp Lyrics
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From the Album Plain Spoken (2014) (buy at amazon.com)
Troubled Man
Sometimes There's God
The Isolation Of Mister
The Company Of Cowards
Tears In Vain
The Brass Ring
Freedom Of Speech
Blue Charlotte
The Courtesy Of Kings
Lawless Times
Sometimes There's God
The Isolation Of Mister
The Company Of Cowards
Tears In Vain
The Brass Ring
Freedom Of Speech
Blue Charlotte
The Courtesy Of Kings
Lawless Times
From the Album No Better Than This (2010) (buy at amazon.com)
Save Some Time To Dream
The West End
Right Behind Me
A Graceful Fall
No Better Than This
Thinking About You
Coming Down The Road
No One Cares About Me
Love At First Sight
Don't Forget About Me
Each Day Of Sorrow
Easter Eve
Clumsy Ol' World
From the Album Life, Death, Love And Freedom (2008) (buy at amazon.com)
Longest Days
My Sweet Love
If I Die Sudden
Troubled Land
Young Without Lovers
John Cockers
Don't Need This Body
A Ride Back Home
Without A Shot
Jena
Mean
County Fair
For The Children
A Brand New Song
From the Album Freedom's Road (2007) (buy at amazon.com)
Someday
Ghost Towns Along The Highway
The Americans
Forgiveness
Freedom's Road
Jim Crow
Our Country
Rural Route
My Aeroplane
Heaven Is A Lonely Place
From the Album Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits (2004) (buy at amazon.com)
Walk Tall
Pink Houses
Lonely Ol' Night
Jackie Brown
Rain On The Scarecrow
Love And Happiness
Check It Out
Peaceful World
Paper In Fire
Your Life Is Now
Human Wheels
When Jesus Left Birmingham
Authority Song
What If I Came Knocking
Crumblin' Down
Small Town
R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock)
Cherry Bomb
Pop Singer
Thank You
Martha Say
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
Hand To Hold On To
I Need A Lover
Hurts So Good
Get A Leg Up
Wild Night
Dance Naked
Teardrops Will Fall
Ain't Even Done With The Night
Just Another Day
Jack And Diane
Rumbleseat
I'm Not Running Anymore
Again Tonight
This Time
Now More Than Ever
From the Album Trouble No More (2003) (buy at amazon.com)
Stones In My Passway
Death Letter
Baltimore Oriole
Teardrops Will Fall
Diamond Joe
The End Of The World
Down In The Bottom
Lafayette
Joliet Bound
John The Revelator
To Washington
From the Album Cuttin' Heads (2001) (buy at amazon.com)
Cuttin' Heads
Peaceful World
Deep Blue Heart
Crazy Island
Just Like You
The Same Way I Do
Women Seem
Worn Out Nervous Condition
Shy
In Our Lives
From the Album Rough Harvest (1999) (buy at amazon.com)
Love And Happiness
In My Time Of Dying
Between A Laugh And A Tear
Human Wheels
Rain On The Scarecrow
Farewell Angelina
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
Jackie Brown
When Jesus Left Birmingham
The Full Catastrophe
Minutes To Memories
Under The Boardwalk
From the Album John Mellencamp (1998) (buy at amazon.com)
Fruit Trader
Your Life Is Now
Positively Crazy
I'm Not Running Anymore
It All Comes True
Eden Is Burning
Where The World Began
Miss Missy
Chance Meeting At The Trantula
Break Me Off Some
Summer Of Love
Days Of Farewell
From the Album The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 (1997) (buy at amazon.com)
I Need A Lover
Ain't Even Done With The Night
Hurts So Good
Jack And Diane
Crumblin' Down
Pink Houses
Authority Song
Lonely Ol' Night
Small Town
R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock)
Paper In Fire
Cherry Bomb
Check It Out
Without Expression
From the Album Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996) (buy at amazon.com)
Overture
Jerry
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
Just Another Day
This May Not Be The End Of The World
Emotional Love
Mr. Bellows
The Full Catastrophe
Circling Around The Moon
Jackamo Road
Life Is Hard
From the Album Dance Naked (1994) (buy at amazon.com)
Dance Naked
Brothers
When Margaret Comes To Town
Wild Night
L.U.V.
Another Sunny Day 12/25
Too Much To Think About
The Big Jack
The Breakout
From the Album Human Wheels (1993) (buy at amazon.com)
When Jesus Left Birmingham
Junior
Human Wheels
Beige To Beige
Case 795 (The Family)
Suzanne And The Jewels
Sweet Evening Breeze
What If I Came Knocking
French Shoes
To The River
From the Album Falling From Grace (Soundtrack) (1992) (buy at amazon.com)
It Don't Scare Me None
Nothing's For Free
From the Album Whenever We Wanted (1991) (buy at amazon.com)
Love And Happiness
Now More Than Ever
I Ain't Ever Satisfied
Get A Leg Up
Crazy Ones
Last Chance
They're So Tough
Melting Pot
Whenever We Wanted
Again Tonight
From the Album Big Daddy (1989) (buy at amazon.com)
Big Daddy Of Them All
To Live
Martha Say
Theo And Weird Henry
Jackie Brown
Pop Singer
Void In My Heart
Mansions In Heaven
Sometimes A Great Notion
Country Gentleman
J.M.'s Question
Let It All Hang Out
From the Album The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) (buy at amazon.com)
Paper In Fire
Down And Out In Paradise
Check It Out
The Real Life
Cherry Bomb
We Are The People
Empty Hands
Hard Times For An Honest Man
Hotdogs And Hamburgers
Rooty Toot Toot
From the Album Scarecrow (1985) (buy at amazon.com)
Rain On The Scarecrow
Grandma's Theme
Small Town
Minutes To Memories
Lonely Ol' Night
The Face Of The Nation
Justice And Independence '85
Between A Laugh And A Tear
Rumbleseat
You've Got To Stand For Somethin'
R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock)
The Kind Of Fella I Am
From the Album Uh-Huh (1983) (buy at amazon.com)
Crumblin' Down
Pink Houses
Authority Song
Warmer Place To Sleep
Jackie O
Play Guitar
Serious Business
Lovin' Mother Fo Ya
Golden Gates
From the Album American Fool (1982) (buy at amazon.com)
Hurts So Good
Jack And Diane
Hand To Hold On To
Danger List
Can You Take It
Thundering Hearts
China Girl
Close Enough
Weakest Moments
From the Album Nothin' Matters And What If It Did (1980) (buy at amazon.com)
Hot Night In A Cold Town
Ain't Even Done With The Night
Don't Misunderstand Me
This Time
Make Me Feel
To M.G. (Wherever She May Be)
Wild Angel
Tonight
Cheap Shot
From the Album John Cougar (1979) (buy at amazon.com)
A Little Night Dancin'
Small Paradise
Miami
Great Mid-West
Do You Think That's Fair
I Need A Lover
Welcome To Chinatown
Sugar Marie
Pray For Me
Taxi Dancer
From the Album A Biography (1978) (buy at amazon.com)
Born Reckless
Factory
Night Slumming
Taxi Dancer
Alley Of The Angels
I Need A Lover
High C Cherrie
Let Them Run Your Lives
Goodnight
From the Album The Kid Inside (1977) (buy at amazon.com)
Kid Inside
Take What You Want
Cheap Shot
Sidewalk & Streetlights
R. Gang
American Son
Gearhead
Young Genocides
Too Young To Live
Survive
The Whore
The Man Who Sold The World
From the Album Chestnut Street Incident (1976) (buy at amazon.com)
American Dream
Oh Pretty Woman
Jailhouse Rock
Dream Killing Town
Supergirl
Chestnut Street
Good Girls
Do You Believe In Magic
Twentieth Century Fox
Chestnut Street Revisited
Sad Lady
Hit The Road Jack
I Need Somebody
Other Songs:
It Don't Scare Me None
Nothing's For Free
Rave On
Thank You
Walk Tall
Without Expression
Yours Forever
John Cougar Mellencamp Info:
John Cougar Mellencamp is an American rock singer-songwriter, musician,
painter and occasional actor known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock which emphasizes
traditional instrumentation.
He has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and has amassed 22 Top 40 hits in the United States.
-Wikipedia
Also known as:
Johnny Cougar
John Cougar
John Mellencamp
Born:
October 7, 1951 (age )
Born In:
Seymour, Indiana, United States
Height:
5' 8" (1.72 m)
Spouses:
Priscilla Esterline (m. 197081)
Victoria Granucci (m. 198189)
Elaine Irwin Mellencamp (m. 19922011)
Children::
Michelle from his first marriage to Priscilla Esterline
Daughters Teddi Jo and Justice from his second marriage to Victoria Granucci
Sons Hud and Speck from his marriage to Elaine Irwin
Genres:
Rock, heartland rock, roots rock, folk rock, hard rock, folk
Occupations:
Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments:
Vocals, guitar, harmonica
Years active:
1976present
Associated acts:
Mitch Ryder
James McMurtry
Me'Shell Ndegeocello
Chuck D
India.Arie
Trisha Yearwood
Little Big Town
Joan Baez
Did You Know:
• He holds the record for the most tracks by a solo artist to hit number-one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with seven.
• Mellencamp is one of the founding members of Farm Aid, an organization that raises awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land.
• He is of German and one-sixteenth African-American ancestry
• He was born with spina bifida, for which he had corrective surgery as an infant
• He formed his first band, Crepe Soul, at the age of 14
• He eloped with his pregnant girlfriend Priscilla Esterline at the age of 18 and became a father in December 1970, six months after he graduated from high school.
• His daughter Michelle became a mother at age 19, making Mellencamp a grandfather at the age of 37.
• He dated actress Meg Ryan for over 3 years after his divorce from Elaine Irwin
John Cougar Mellencamp Awards:
2008
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008
2001
Billboard Music Awards Century Award
1988
Edison Award for The Lonesome Jubilee Rock/New Wave (buitenlandse herkomst)
1982
Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Hurts So Good"
John Cougar Mellencamp Quotes:
"Rock'n'roll starts between the legs and goes through the heart, then to the head. As long as it does those three things, it's a great rock song."
"Forget all that macho sh*t, and learn how to play guitar."
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