"John Mellencamp: No "Pink Houses" for NOM".
^ "Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles".Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. ^ "John Mellencamp art exhibit set to open in DeLand".^ Classic Tracks: John Cougar Mellencamp's “Pink Houses” Archived at the Wayback Machine.^ a b Pink Houses: John Mellencamp : Rolling Stone.Mellencamp's views on same sex-marriage and equal rights for people of all sexual orientations are at odds with NOM's stated agenda" and requesting that NOM "find music from a source more in harmony with your views than Mr. At Mellencamp's instruction, his publicist sent a cease and desist letter to NOM stating "that Mr. In 2010, "Pink Houses" was used by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) at events opposing same-sex marriage. Little pink houses for you and me There's a young man in a t-shirt Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station He's got greasy hair, greasy smile He says, 'Lord this must be my destination.' 'Cause they told me when I was younger 'Boy you're gonna be president. In January 2009, Mellencamp played "Pink Houses" at We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. Mellencamp contacted the McCain campaign pointing out Mellencamp's support for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and questioning McCain's use of his music in response, the McCain campaign ceased using Mellencamp's songs. "Pink Houses" along with "Our Country" was played by Senator John McCain at political events for his 2008 presidential campaign. The song was also used at events for Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign. In 2004, the song was played at events for Senator John Edwards' presidential campaign. Ironically, the song came to be used in political advertisements and campaign rallies, especially by conservatives. The repeating line in the chorus of "Ain’t that America" was meant to be sarcastic and cynical. Mellencamp had intended Pink Houses to be a lesson on race, class and survival in America. At an October 2014 press conference, he stated: "A long time ago, I wrote a song called 'Pink Houses.' Now when I hear that song, all I can think is: 'Why didn't I do a better job on the last verse?' If I had written it today, the last verse would've had more meaning." Charts Chart (1983–1984) And he looks at her and says, 'Hey darlin, I can remember when. Mellencamp has stated many times since the release of "Pink Houses" that he is unhappy with the song's final verse. Hes got an interstate runnin through his front yard. "He waved, and I waved back," Mellencamp said in an interview with Rolling Stone. There was an old black man sitting outside his little pink shotgun house with his cat in his arms, completely unperturbed by the traffic speeding along the highway in his front yard. I know it.Recorded in a farmhouse in Brownstown, Indiana, the song was inspired when Mellencamp was driving along an overpass on the way home to Bloomington, Indiana, from the Indianapolis airport. The Pink House then is a stoic symbol that hard times are gonna be with us always-but we Americans just have to keep going to make America better. As his Meowing Cat voice gets angrier and sadder, Johnny Rebel just cries in Sad and Enraged Indiana Tears. The Indiana Hoosier Kitty Cat is angry and enraged!-Meow!-Mellencamp rages "Ain't That America for You and Me!"-as if things will never change! What's most shocking is the hopelessness on the sad rocker. In angry heartland classic rocker Pink Houses, Mellencamp angrily writes about inequality-how the American people don't have it so good after all. To Paraphrase his Midwest Guitar Friend Madonna, Nobody's Perfect. Even with Obama in Office, America will Never Be a more perfect union! John Mellencamp understands this fact better than anyone in Rock.
LYRICS TO PINK HOUSES FULL
What was one was the truth-it's no anything but! America is full of hypocrisy and lies. The ideas that our founders espoused are now old-fashioned. My InterpretationAs we celebrate Independence Day, I think America has to be reexamined and reevaluated.
Little pink houses babe for you and me, ooo yeah ooo yeah Little pink houses for you and me, ooo, ooo yeahĪin't that America, hey we're something to see babyĪin't that America, oh the home of the free, 'Cause the simple man baby pays the thrills, Little pink houses, for you and me, oh baby for you and me He says: "Lord, this must be my destination"īut just like everything else, those old crazy dreams Little pink houses for you and me, oh for you and me Oh but ain't that America, for you and meĪin't that America, we're something to see babyĪin't that America, home of the free, yeah "Hey darling, I can remember when you could stop a clock" He's got an interstate running' through his front yardĪnd there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning' up evening slop
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