This is why I don't like Mellencamp. Most people who listen to his music don't know what the songs are saying. That wipes out any redeeming social value they might have. He uses poor people as props.
This is why I don't like Mellencamp. Most people who listen to his music don't know what the songs are saying. That wipes out any redeeming social value they might have. He uses poor people as props.
@UnpopularPoet He expressed reluctance to object to Bush's use of "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." at a campaign event, telling Rolling Stone that despite his opposition to Bush's political positions, "I don't see any sense in being silly about it. It's entertainment. It's a song.
@UnpopularPoet He expressed reluctance to object to Bush's use of "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." at a campaign event, telling Rolling Stone that despite his opposition to Bush's political positions, "I don't see any sense in being silly about it. It's entertainment. It's a song.
@UnpopularPoet Ooh... Steve. I like what you said about using poor people as props. I think there was a lot of that going on in the mid-80s, both in the media and in politics. Everybody talked about helping farmers and went around posing on farms and in small towns, but nobody really did anything concrete to change things.
@UnpopularPoet Ooh... Steve. I like what you said about using poor people as props. I think there was a lot of that going on in the mid-80s, both in the media and in politics. Everybody talked about helping farmers and went around posing on farms and in small towns, but nobody really did anything concrete to change things.
Ronald Reagan asked to use this as a campaign song in '84...Mellencamp said no one in hell.
I think Reagan should have read the verses.
You're absolutely right.
You're absolutely right.
This is why I don't like Mellencamp. Most people who listen to his music don't know what the songs are saying. That wipes out any redeeming social value they might have. He uses poor people as props.
This is why I don't like Mellencamp. Most people who listen to his music don't know what the songs are saying. That wipes out any redeeming social value they might have. He uses poor people as props.
@UnpopularPoet He expressed reluctance to object to Bush's use of "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." at a campaign event, telling Rolling Stone that despite his opposition to Bush's political positions, "I don't see any sense in being silly about it. It's entertainment. It's a song.
@UnpopularPoet He expressed reluctance to object to Bush's use of "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." at a campaign event, telling Rolling Stone that despite his opposition to Bush's political positions, "I don't see any sense in being silly about it. It's entertainment. It's a song.
@UnpopularPoet Ooh... Steve. I like what you said about using poor people as props. I think there was a lot of that going on in the mid-80s, both in the media and in politics. Everybody talked about helping farmers and went around posing on farms and in small towns, but nobody really did anything concrete to change things.
@UnpopularPoet Ooh... Steve. I like what you said about using poor people as props. I think there was a lot of that going on in the mid-80s, both in the media and in politics. Everybody talked about helping farmers and went around posing on farms and in small towns, but nobody really did anything concrete to change things.