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John Mellencamp Tells Fans 'Shut the - Up' or He'll End Show[Criticized the U.S.]
Ultimate Classic Rock ^ | May 26, 2023 | Bryan Rolli

Posted on 05/28/2023 4:28:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

Refund please!


61 posted on 05/28/2023 6:54:37 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Sicon

I think about half the senior class at my high school went to that concert.

The opening act was The Babys with John Waite. Of course they played “Midnight Rendezvous,” along with other well-known songs of theirs.


62 posted on 05/28/2023 7:09:09 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Fledermaus

“Mediocre musician, commie jerk”

Mellencamp music reminded me of a ‘70s version of ‘60s bubblegum music something like Tommy Roe or the Archies only with an edge.


63 posted on 05/28/2023 7:14:55 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: TangoLimaSierra

“I count that as one of the worst songs ever written.”

Ditto. I enjoy a number of his songs, but that one is nails on a chalkboard to me


64 posted on 05/28/2023 7:20:06 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: nickcarraway

Ooh yeah, life goes on...


65 posted on 05/28/2023 7:31:35 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: dfwgator

Had a girlfriend in College who said about Springsteen’s “The River”, he’s singing about us (she was from a small town near Pittsburgh). I said, “No he’s mocking you.” Probably cost me some good times.


66 posted on 05/28/2023 7:38:38 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: nickcarraway

Did he offer their money back?


67 posted on 05/28/2023 7:57:56 PM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: nickcarraway

Mellencamp copied his entire shtick from Meat Loaf. Listen to the end of “You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth” from the 1977 LP Bat Out of Hell and hear the style Mellencamp would appropriate.


68 posted on 05/28/2023 8:17:04 PM PDT by montag813
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To: nickcarraway

When he said he would shut down his “performance,” the crowd, in unison, should have shouted “You promise, a**hole?”


69 posted on 05/28/2023 8:19:00 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

“Suckin’ on a chilli dog outside the tastie freeze”. Cringeworthy. Might be a euphemism but still, yuck.


70 posted on 05/28/2023 8:33:28 PM PDT by Johnny Wumbo
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To: nickcarraway

Ok I have a great idea for a movie scene.

Some asshat singer says this/something like this, and either

1. The entire audience decides to just get up and leaves them standing in an empty auditorium

2. The entire audience decides to just get up and leave, except for one person, who sits there after everyomes gone, and says “just play the effing music”

3. The entire crowd just shouts them down saying “play the music” and the asshat storms off, to thunderous crowd applause.


71 posted on 05/28/2023 8:42:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

A John Cougar show?


72 posted on 05/28/2023 9:13:48 PM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: nickcarraway

The dancing monkey has an attitude; how cute.


73 posted on 05/29/2023 1:37:41 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: nickcarraway

WTH would PAY to see this jerk.


74 posted on 05/29/2023 3:13:34 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

I did when stationed at Ft. Knox in 1986. He rode up onstage on a Harley he clearly didn’t know how to handle. I mentioned it later to one of my Sergeants, who replied, “it’s a prop, he’a trying to sell something he ain’t. He’s fake.” Wisdom across the years...


75 posted on 05/29/2023 8:03:11 AM PDT by Thunder 6
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Entertainment industry nitwit, John P**** 'Karen' Mellencamp is a washed up has-been. He doesn't deserve any more of your money.

76 posted on 05/29/2023 9:04:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
I said, “No he’s mocking you.” Probably cost me some good times.

You did the right thing.

77 posted on 05/29/2023 9:06:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
Terrible music, sophomoric lyrics, pathetic, deficient.

An embarrassment.

Very pleased with himself.

78 posted on 05/29/2023 10:38:37 AM PDT by caddie (We must all become Trump, starting now!)
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To: nickcarraway

Melonhead ? I saw this mofo get booed off the stage, almost 50 years ago.

He’s a ahole, always has been.


79 posted on 05/29/2023 10:45:31 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: nickcarraway

Shut up and sing. We don’t want to hear your sanctimonious hypocritical slop.


80 posted on 05/29/2023 10:47:17 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood)
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