[185JHP]

I like "Pink Houses" myself, although I've read that after Ronald Reagan heard it, liked it, and wanted to use it, he was told by someone that Mellencamp meant it as a mockery - that we have too much inequality, which is why some people live in "Pink Houses" - they don't know any better and/or can't afford any better - doesn't matter, once a song's released, it means what you want it to mean - case in point Dylan's "Masters of War" - I loved it the first time I heard it 'cause to me it isn't "antiwar", it's anti the human filth that trys to stir up wars so they can profit off them. Bob recently stated that that's correct, it's about war profiteering. FReegards

[bleudevil]

Yeah, he appears to feel sorry for the guy who's "got an interstate runnin' through his front yard/thinks he's got it so good." Mellencamp's "Small Town" is more conservative - not politically, but socially. It's about the joys of staying put where everybody knows you and "you can breathe." Huge here in the Hoosierland, of course, but being a nomad, I've never felt the emotional impact that others get from it.

[Torkemada]

Well put on the song "Pink Houses"

"Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd has a very conservative slant and most of their songs seem to have this anyway. "Free Bird" is definitely one. "Tom Sawyer" by Rush does somewhat, though the band is more libertarian who flirted with Randian philosophy.