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His style has unpretentious, candid [[working class]], small-town themes. "I was born in a small town," for example, rose to #1 on the pop charts in the 1980s. | His style has unpretentious, candid [[working class]], small-town themes. "I was born in a small town," for example, rose to #1 on the pop charts in the 1980s. | ||
| − | "Jack and Diane" was another hit by Mellencamp, resonating with simple truths. | + | "Jack and Diane" was another hit by Mellencamp, resonating with simple truths (though the song talks about premarital sex, and implies that Jack talked Diane into an abortion). |
Mellencamp put [[Jesus]] into his lyrics, as in this verse from his "Small Town": "taught to fear Jesus in a small town." | Mellencamp put [[Jesus]] into his lyrics, as in this verse from his "Small Town": "taught to fear Jesus in a small town." | ||
Revision as of 18:56, September 20, 2021
John Cougar Mellencamp is a successful, Hall of Fame rock singer whose work sold 27 million albums.[1]
His style has unpretentious, candid working class, small-town themes. "I was born in a small town," for example, rose to #1 on the pop charts in the 1980s.
"Jack and Diane" was another hit by Mellencamp, resonating with simple truths (though the song talks about premarital sex, and implies that Jack talked Diane into an abortion).
Mellencamp put Jesus into his lyrics, as in this verse from his "Small Town": "taught to fear Jesus in a small town."
Undeniably his most powerful song is "Pink Houses", a pointed criticism of income inequality, the opioid crisis, and Reaganomics.