This was my mothers favorite song. She just recently passed from cancer. I like to play this when i wake up because i can see her dancing and smiling in my mind everytime it plays 💟
My Mama's too! She passed two years ago from cancer. I play this and I can hear her sing. Bless you and I'm so sorry, here's to our Mama's, may they dance together in heaven.
Yes that was the good old days when things were much more simple we didn't have cell phones God I wish we had them but we didn't we certainly wouldn't have gotten as much trouble things would have been so much easier but that's the way technology is but I do love my music and I do remember growing up in the 80s that was back when I was
A black lady here still grooving to “The Cougar” over 30 years later. I saw him in concert back in ‘86, I was 18! I loved how the crowd was so diverse! He is beyond talented, he played damn near every instrument.
@John Mellencamp wow, you're actually here, commenting. I just subbed your channel. I'm not too familiar with your music but like this song, and a couple others from your hit list. Great to learn that you're an accomplished musician too. (I wish my high school experience would've been more like this song)
Mellancamp is the soundtrack to my youth. I just love that dude. Thank you for being a poet. The Black community truly loves John. He was reaching out to us when it wasn't fashionable. Trying to bring everyone together.
Much respect for John Mellancamp, In my youth he was teaching me not to be like the people that surrounded me. I regret that there was a time that I did not treat my brothers and sisters like equals, but I am so glad I am better than that now.
Makes me think of my wife and I ....an interracial couple back in the 80's ...we dealt with some ignorance but are still going strong ...married 27 years this year
Thank God for Mellencamp for having the balls to make a video like this in 1987. The world is a better place for songs like this and an artist like this. Amazing.
I was arrested for Marijuana for the first time back in 1987.. those were good times.. I went to court and beat the case on a technicality.. walked out of court.. got into my car a free man.. and this song was playing on the radio.. and I have been jamming this song ever since!
Small town, Check it out, big Daddy, it's all a winning streak..! If the world is to be ruled by feelings, what feeling should rule the world..? 😇 🍺❤🤙 👉😷💉 🌳🍏🐍 🌎 🔮 🤲 🎖 🇳🇱🇺🇲🇷🇺 💰 🦇 🕳 📈🖱📉
Do u remember those days was the days of rod Stewart and mellincamp what was ur favorite Stewart sing mine was is down town train second strong #2 was hot legs lol
As a Nigerian, I kept wondering myself as years went by why I was so addicted to John Cougar Mellencamp's music. Can't precisely say why. But I love his style, his simple down-to-earth lyrics. They wash me over with sweet nostalgia.
I'd be honored if some John Cougar Mellencamp fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne on my YT channel (tap on my photo go there) in tribute to the great musical summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Thanks and keep on rocking.
@@CatEyedGoddess I was born at the beginning for gen x,1966,and I remember listening to this song on MTV and the radio ,with my friends ,at the apartment on the beach, having the most carefree times of life,late 80s gen x was the best
A Black girl from inner city here, but I bet I can sing every one of his songs, as well as all of early 80s artists. Good music is for all! I just love it! 😍❤
Don't matter what color you are a girl rock on I grew up on Marvin Gaye on cklw in Detroit on Motown music I'm a white boy from a small town in the country Marvin's great don't matter what color musics music it joins us all together down in the soul
65 yr. old man grew up in Evansville, Ind. been in AZ. since 84, had to find work back then! my family my life my memories, born in a small town, I can breath in a small town! When I think of John and his songs I think of my home. Thank you.
I am also 65 and grew up in Evansville, graduated Reitz HS in '77. I'm still in Indiana, just outside of Bloomington. Grew up listening to Mellencamp, still remember when "I need a Lover" first hit the airwaves. Great times.
You're very lucky. I'm in my 70s,but my love &dance partner isn't in this world anymore- it's been 20 years-- I dance by myself and REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES! Thank heaven for musiç😊r
I dated a girl for 4 years, lived in many different places together, each home we’d turn this on and dance around the house together. Even though we’re on different paths in life now, it’s one of my favourite memories, I’ll always love you B.
I'm 61 and still love his music. Your only as young as you feel. Don't you think. Tina I have 4 kids and 10 grandkids and 2 greatgrandkids. . And been married 27 and half years. But I still rock out with my babies. Teaching them what music is all about. And I love it.
Heard this song when I was a senior in high school and that line 17 has turned 35always stuck to me. I’m 50 now and yeah I’m still saying yeah yeah yeah
Same here.. I'm 58yrs and have grandchildren. When they get into my truck, they put on their own today's music and must say I just can't get into it. Maybe a few here and there but no.. As soon as they're gone I go back to my Classic Rock from the 70's. The best decade in music and will always listen to it.
My favorite Mellancamp song ever! Makes you realize you need to enjoy the little things and make memories. Don't spend your life working. Enjoy life while you have it ❤
I'm 73 living outside of Birmingham UK and this song makes me smile because of the girls I lost my mates came first !! Stupid !!!!!! But we had great times. It's great to have life love friends and memories. God Bless America Thanks John!!!!!
My BFF and I would dance, oftentimes badly, whenever we heard this song. She died in 2009, but, to this day, I'll dance in her honour. RIP my sweet Bonita. ❤
As a vanilla guy that couldn't carry a tune if it were in a bag, I love this song. Love his background talent on all albums bc it just adds to his overall vibe - reminds me of a day when we were more solid as a country.
A feel good song and I hope now that I’m 57 my kids will chill As they reach their 30’s and realize that pop Listened to music that was good for the soul and it allowed us to reflect on our years growing up... holding hands instead of having your hands held up because of you doing wrong. We settled things with our fist instead of a gun and we got over it. You went to a club to have fun and enjoy , not for drugs and looking for trouble. We listened to music that was good for the soul, not to motivate us to do wrong!!!!and left with a smile on our face!
I just moved from the big city and set my family up in the country, my kids are growing like weeds and experiencing real rural life... My son just met his first love. When i see them together I think of this song. I'm so happy for him ❤
Such a beautiful song, a priceless era gone, past, never coming back. I look at today society and it just is so sad. For me, the 70s that I grew up in it was an amazing time in history. I looked back at the richness of that era today and I feel blessed to have those memories
His music reminds me of my dear friends I had growing up; going to local parties, places, laughing, doing silly things while adulthood stretched out before us. None of us knew these fun, simple times would make such warm memories. Young people are open-minded and inclusive; we watched our friends do their own thing, and loved them regardless and they, us.
Gets me too Joeann. I just turned 49 two days ago and this song just took me back to that awkward and skinny kid that couldn't seem to do anything right, unless it was on the banks of the river somewhere. Ahhh, there he was at peace and there is where he found himself and there, on those muddy banks, is where he would learn about love and life and how precious and sometimes painful they are. He would eventually find himself many miles away from this beautiful and sacred place but every two or three years he returns and breathes in those old memories and it is this song playing on an old radio somewhere in the background as he tells his young son of the adventures he and this old muddy river shared together when he was a boy. Life is good.
i guess our generation will look back at the 80's the way our parents looked at the 50's & 60's in 2019 you start to realize that a simpler time was a better time
No you will just think it was. Just like the kids of today will look at the 2020's with nostalgia. It's the time when you were a kid regardless iof when it was and what was happening in the world at large.
oh sweet girl I wish I believed that. But I fear my grandchildren and all children of these times will look back at dreadful changes and unprecedented suffering globally . And I can’t think of any music today that is uplifting the youth -the kind of music that gives hope, common vision and unity of hearts . What music will they feel united them when young in 2021? Sorry to be such a downer, and bless you for such hopeful thoughts anyway! 🙏💞🌟☮️
@@francie2915 Don't start with me. People are nostalgic for the early 2000's, 9/11 notwithstanding. I don't think anyone would have though people would be nostalgic for three Great Depression either.
Not only is his music timeless..I hear he's a real down to earth man..still living in his small town in Indiana..I believe..heard stories from friends on how he would go to the neighborhood McDonald's and just be in town..respect to him and the people who just let him live..I guess that's why Prince never left Minneapolis..I heard he did the same..to all my 80s babies..ROCK ON!!..real music sees no color..salute..
My beautiful wife 50th Birthday today. This is our song and I lovingly have a turn with her on the dancefloor of our favorite Hometown bar tonight. Peace and love.....
This song always reminds me of my Dad.. the 1st time I stayed with him for the weekend I got dropped off by my mum and uncle.. this song was on the radio. My dad's been gone for 21 years now but can still remember that day when I hear this song like it was yesterday. ❤❤❤
17 turns 51 dam i miss the days of my Youth setting joking with MY friends and listening for Cougar on the weekly countdown with Dick Clark Thinking about goin out the Lane to have a little fun. Thanks for the memories John!!!
I remember well, the year 1984 I just turned 18. Surfboard in one hand, radio in the other, and skateboard under My feet, jamming,play guitar by John cougar himself. I'm 54 years old, and still rocken with mr.cougar.
Well I lived on the outskirts of town In an eight room farmhouse, baby When my brothers and friends were around There was always somethin' doin' Had me a couple of real nice girlfriends Stopped by to see me every once in a while When I think back about those days All I can do is sit and smile That's when a sport was a sport And groovin' was groovin' And dancin' meant everything We were young and we were improvin' Laughin' laughin' with our friends Holding hands meant somethin' baby Outside the club "Cherry Bomb" Our hearts were really pumpin' Say yeah, yeah, yeah Say yeah, yeah, yeah The winter days they last forever And the weekends went by so quick Went ridin' around this little country town We were goin' nuts, girl, out in the sticks One night me with my big mouth A couple guys had to put me in my place When I see those guys these days We just laugh and say do you remember when That's when a sport was a sport And groovin' was groovin' And dancin' meant everything We were young and we were improvin' Laughin' laughin' with our friends Holding hands meant somethin' baby Outside the club "Cherry Bomb" Our hearts were really pumpin' Say yeah, yeah, yeah Say yeah, yeah, yeah Say yeah, yeah, yeah Say yeah, yeah, yeah Seventeen has turned thirty-five I'm surprised that we're still livin' If we've done any wrong I hope that we're forgiven Got a few kids of my own And some days I still don't know what to do I hope that they're not laughin' too loud When they hear me talkin' Like this to you That's when a sport was a sport And groovin' was groovin' And dancin' meant everything We were young and we were improvin' Laughin', laughin' with our friends Holding hands meant so much baby Outside the club "Cherry Bomb" Our hearts were really pumpin' Say yeah, yeah, yeah Say yeah, yeah, yeah
i'm listening to this on the year anniversary of my aunts sudden unexpected passing. i remember all the events i went to where she loved this song and dancing to it. i'll see her again but boy do the tears flow. i hear it on the radio at work, and in the car from time to time and think of her :)
Art can touch people in powerful ways. This Artist and this song did that for me when I was a young Black kid living in small town America. It reaffirmed my desires and goals.
@John Mellencamp John cared enough to share his feelings on society way back in the 1980s, and that message really mattered to a lot of people but was especially powerful to the African American community. It was uplifting.
1987...I met my husband the year this song first came out. I loved it then, love it more now. Upbeat, nostalgic, I especially love the fiddle. The lyrics, music and the video are so perfectly matched. Never having seen the video until now, it's amazing how it's exactly what I envisioned when I first heard this song. "Dancin' meant everything...holdin' hands meant somethin' baby..."went ridin' around this little country town, we were goin' nuts, girl, out in the sticks". I grew up in a little country town, "in the sticks", so these lyrics resonate for me. I'm so thankful that I my childhood was in a "hick town" rather than "the city". Lots of open farmland, streams, fields, fresh air, horses, cows, chickens, clean, easy living. Every time I listen to this song, I end up with tears of joy, running down my cheeks, just like back in 1987. Thanks, JCM!
How this is not on the streaming music services is crazy!!! Wonderful song of coming of age. On, such great memories for a gentler time. Now that I am way past that age, I still love this song. The backup singers are great as are the lyrics; listen closely. So sweet. Turn it up!
One of my deceased wife’s favorites, I loved it too every time I hear it brings back memories we had been together since we where teens married for 34 years she died with a rare type ob cancer only 36 cases in the United States so everything doctors did was research only lived 9 months I miss that woman so bad my our daughter looks just like her mom hard to bad the tears ever now & then
I absolutely LOVE the brown and white couple dancing and being in love. Might not mean much to some, but it wasnt highly accepted even when this song was wrote, but it reminds me of my family...especially my brown aunt and white uncle (my moms family is brown). Anyways....high school sweethearts and still married in their 70s!! They had haters, but nothing stopped them from being in love like this and are still very much in love to this day ❤️. Color doesn't define love ♡♡♡
@@Nightmareman3 "My old man worked 20 years on the line And they let him go Now everywhere he goes out looking for work They just tell him that he's too old" John and Bruce are REALISTS. They subtly attacked Reagan and his administration because they SLOWLY destroyed the BLUE COLLAR, UNION, WORKING CLASS... they grew up with. 40 years since trickle down economics began... (and before this pandemic) the unemployment rate may have been low... BUT THOSE WAGES NEVER PROPERLY ROSE.
The best. What terrific memories. We saw him live at least 8ntimes. My husband and i are now in our seventies. Best times. You could go see the best live performers like mellencamp and not spend $800 for 1 ticket
Mellencamp's best album by far along with Scarecrow. I played this song at my wedding for all my 200 friends to dance to! AND WE DID.......SUPERB SONG JOHN.....THANK YOU PAL!!
John Mellencamp is arguably the most important roots rocker of his generation. John has made fiddles, hammer dulcimers, Autoharps and accordions lead rock instruments on a par with electric guitar, bass and drums, and he also brought what he calls 'a raw Appalachian' lyrical outlook to his songs. Mellencamp's best music is rock 'n roll stripped of all escapism, and it looks directly at the messiness of life as it's actually lived. In his music, mortality, anxiety, acts of God, questions of romance and brotherhood, and crises of conscience all collide and demand hard decisions. This is rock music that tells the truth on both its composer and the culture he's observing
*4:29* This was my grandfather, Daniel 'Danny' Linne, as a teen living in Indiana, a mutual friend of Mellencamp. In this snippet, he is seen living life and having fun. He was a cool grandpa, who had some quirks and made not so great choices in life, but to me, he was still the coolest. He had a devious sense of humor and loved to joke. Overall, we loved each other; we had a pretty decent relationship for him being my only grandfather. He passed away rather quickly, too soon. I love this video-this song will always remind me of him and how much each of us should value life for what it is. Also, in honor of Veteran's Day, Thank you for your service, Grampese! (TM 3 SS NAVY '63-67 Vietnam)
james hall Nice trolling attempt,James. 10/10. We both know war is too complex to blame soldiers for everything.Fortunately for you, I am educated, and quite secure in my love and respect for American soldiers. Have a lovely day.
james hall You're state of thinking is so elementary..I'm sorry, I simply cannot argue with someone incapable of reasoning and the realization that there are too many aspects to war that there was and never will be one to blame or one cause to pinpoint. Sorry.
james hall Also, say what you will, my grandfather was a valiant soldier and grandfather,so nothing you can do will change my opinion, and you will continue to make yourself and your information look unjustifiable and full of nonsense.
james hall I don't understand what a commonly known fact has to do with disrespecting my public dedication to someone I held close to my heart. You're making yourself look worse and worse,so I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish..
Born in 1986 n have heard alot of music, searching high n low, n always love john cougar. Melloncamp n have come to think for years now, this is my favorite track by him, such a feel good song
Love his home-movie style videos. Growing up in America was wonderful, great memories, didn't realize how good we had it. People were much more in tune with each other and had more in common. Kinder too. I miss that. Think I appreciate it more now that 17 has turned 35 : )
17 has turned 58!!! Oh how I have always loved this song!! I love all his music but this song just hits my heart. There are many who don't realize what a great artist this man is. Thank you John for all the personal songs of your small town!!
I won tickets on the radio to a 12 people private showing at WBCN in Boston about 23 years ago. My brother and I are huge Mellencamp fans. I took him with me. It was just us 2 and 10 other people along with John. We went into a very small room in the radio station and just talked for about 1/2 hour. Then we all went into the studio and went on the radio live with John. He sang Pink Houses, Small Town and Cherry Bomb. I even got a little hug in. One of the best times of my life. Saw him several times in concert too. Love him!!!
This song I believe is John Mellencamp's greatest song. It has a power that moves me to dance and moves me to tears in equal spades. It really is one of the most gorgeous songs of the 80s from a wonderful artist who was so inclusive of all races back when it wasn't so hip
Nowadays it's 17 turned 54!This great song was a favourite of mine in the later 80s not to mention the lp it was on!This man was at his best in the 80s - in my humble opinion,lovely to hear again!
Listening/singing/playing/loving/dancing to this song at the beginning of my 28th year of teaching high school! Still pumps true for all of us! For my younger days in Smalltown, NM it was the Lota' Burger instead of the Cherry Bomb. That's when a sport was a sport . . . .yeah, yeah, yeah . . . .I'm surprised that we're still living. . . . We were young and we were improving . . .
Brings me back to my youth in the 80s. Saw John in concert in Montreal with a pretty blonde girlfriend. Oh, I when I think back to those day, all I can do is smile...
Hadn't heard this song for a while, but that line often passes through my head. There's something so Christian about it: "Me with my big mouth. A couple guys had to put me in my place. When l see those guys these days . ." Beautiful lyrics. Stay humble. Love the Lord. Accept your penance. Reconcile.
This song literally makes me, a 63 year old man, grew up in Indiana, cry. It’s my past life. I lived it. It’s gone. Only in memories.
All good memories I hope🇺🇲✌️
I also grew up in southern Indiana, I'm almost 60..
Looking back on memories life with so much better in our days.. 🙏🇺🇲✌️
Jeff, I get it!! We grew up at the same time. Nothing can replace the 70's and 80's music...nothing! It was CHERRY BOMB!😅
I’m 60yo and just heard this song for the first time in years and it brought tears to my eyes. The 80’s don’t seem that long ago
I'm 32 been watching this video for about 20 years I would love to grow up in your guys generation no cell phones no social media
AI suggested this..?
Is AI catching on or desperately digging deep..?
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When musicians had true talent. Damn i miss real music.
Same
Ditto
You have Taylor Swift what are you complaining about hahah . Lol she's useful as a tit on a bull
Why do you miss real music? It’s not like the music isn’t available anymore. You can literally listen to it anytime you want.
They still have talent lol WTF. They’re just also idiots as well very often.
This was my mothers favorite song. She just recently passed from cancer. I like to play this when i wake up because i can see her dancing and smiling in my mind everytime it plays 💟
THAT'S GREAT RACH. PRAYERS WITH U. #FUCKCANCER.
Great song to remind you of her, This was the last vinyl I ever purchased. It was the right sounds for the time. Nostalgia.
Love this song
The girl
My Mama's too! She passed two years ago from cancer. I play this and I can hear her sing. Bless you and I'm so sorry, here's to our Mama's, may they dance together in heaven.
Who’s listening in 2024 appreciating and missing the 80s
Take me back......
I would love to go back! Everything was simple & beautiful back then. Not like the crazy shit we have now!
I would love to go back to a simple, fun-loving time. Not this crazy shit that is going on! 80's was the best!!
@@Butterfly-tg3oz 100% agree
Yes that was the good old days when things were much more simple we didn't have cell phones God I wish we had them but we didn't we certainly wouldn't have gotten as much trouble things would have been so much easier but that's the way technology is but I do love my music and I do remember growing up in the 80s that was back when I was
A black lady here still grooving to “The Cougar” over 30 years later. I saw him in concert back in ‘86, I was 18! I loved how the crowd was so diverse! He is beyond talented, he played damn near every instrument.
Love it. Hi from NZ - over Australia way. Lol.
@John Mellencamp wow, you're actually here, commenting. I just subbed your channel. I'm not too familiar with your music but like this song, and a couple others from your hit list. Great to learn that you're an accomplished musician too.
(I wish my high school experience would've been more like this song)
43 and this is relaxing house music, nostalgia on 1000
Omg I'm 37.. 8 don't know how I know this song. But I love it 😭😭😭.I'm more than sure my parents don't listen to this.
I turned 18 in 86 as well, I love John and love you too! Cheers to you and yours!
Mellancamp is the soundtrack to my youth. I just love that dude. Thank you for being a poet. The Black community truly loves John. He was reaching out to us when it wasn't fashionable. Trying to bring everyone together.
Yes😘😘🌹✔
Leave it to tha Professor now ...
Much respect for John Mellancamp, In my youth he was teaching me not to be like the people that surrounded me. I regret that there was a time that I did not treat my brothers and sisters like equals, but I am so glad I am better than that now.
@@MrStSomewhereYou should be so proud of yourself for becoming a more caring person. That's what the world needs more of.
@@RoughRider757 Thank you for that, I really appreciate it.
Makes me think of my wife and I ....an interracial couple back in the 80's ...we dealt with some ignorance but are still going strong ...married 27 years this year
Carlos G I got sent to the principal’s office for acting like John Mellencamp while this black boy and white girl was dancing
Carlos G 👊🏿🖤
Carlos G Yaaasss! So happy to read that
Congrats
Carlos G when did you get out of prison?
Thank God for Mellencamp for having the balls to make a video like this in 1987. The world is a better place for songs like this and an artist like this. Amazing.
Amen
Agreed
I was arrested for Marijuana for the first time back in 1987.. those were good times..
I went to court and beat the case on a technicality.. walked out of court.. got into my car a free man.. and this song was playing on the radio.. and I have been jamming this song ever since!
We got along better in 1987 than we do now.
I've heard he's tried to put an interracial couple on a vídeo since "Jack & Diane".
"17 has turned 35.."that line gets me everytime.Classic song.
Anything by John Mellencamp is GREAT! Cherry Bomb is my favorite.
Everything
Everything he has done kicks a** and rocks
Small town, Check it out, big Daddy, it's all a winning streak..!
If the world is to be ruled by feelings, what feeling should rule the world..?
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Do u remember those days was the days of rod Stewart and mellincamp what was ur favorite Stewart sing mine was is down town train second strong #2 was hot legs lol
Mine too, I also love those lines 😉
One of the coolest songs ever written. That groove is just timeless.
John Mellencamp sang his heart out and had that beautiful story telling.
David, you called it. What happened to the world that loved this kind of music?
Yes!
ABSOLUTELY
Thats when a smoke was a smoke
As a Nigerian, I kept wondering myself as years went by why I was so addicted to John Cougar Mellencamp's music. Can't precisely say why. But I love his style, his simple down-to-earth lyrics. They wash me over with sweet nostalgia.
Welcome my Nigerian brother to the world of John Mellencamp and his great music!
James taylr up on the roof
@S Loveless: Know what you mean. Time were much simpler, sweeter, and dreamlike lol
Because it’s soulful and good music 💙
Thats so lovely Felix.
Loved Mellencamp since I was a young woman in the late 1970s, 62 years old and can stop singing and tapping my foot to his music. Soulful.
Agree 100% But three was lot of great John Mellencamp all, though the 80s.. Hope you enjoyed those times also.
Me too! So cool 😎
I'm 63... Feeling the same!! 💘
Same!! Love every song he ever wrote ❤
I absolutely agree. 62 yrs. Young. also n gets me up n dancing.
That beat!! That violin!!! Those lyrics!!! This is music!!!
That harmonic 🎶🎶🎶🥰❤💃💃💃💃
Yes bro!!! 🙌🏻
Beautiful! Just Beautiful!
I love Lisa Germano (violin player)
110%….LOVE THAT VIOLIN & THIS UPLIFTING SONG❣️🇨🇦
"holding hands meant something baby" That lines is true and gets me every time. Holding hands was such a beautiful feeling!✌️
Very true
I'd be honored if some John Cougar Mellencamp fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne on my YT channel (tap on my photo go there) in tribute to the great musical summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Thanks and keep on rocking.
Just to know you were with a friend. Love
GOT THAT RIGHT!!!
So true! Way better than everything, anything, any time, all the time, anywhere. Holding hands. I remember.
I'm 52 now and this song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it
Oh to reminisce about your youth!! Innocence, freedom, and a long future ahead.
So true! I'm 62 and still li
Me Too I just rediscovered this song.
I’m was born the last year for the Xer generation 1979. MTV was apart of childhood. This song and video is very nostalgic for me.
@@CatEyedGoddess I was born at the beginning for gen x,1966,and I remember listening to this song on MTV and the radio ,with my friends ,at the apartment on the beach, having the most carefree times of life,late 80s gen x was the best
yeah but he's kind of a douche
One of the greatest pop songs ever written. Perfect.
Yeah. !!!
"That's when a smoke was a smoke......and groovin' was groovin'"
God Mellencamp was freaking talented
It's actually *When a SPORT was a SPORT. 👍
@@WooBino. That doesn't make any sense at all.... what does that mean?
@@Dippydoo21 Look up the lyric, I had the cassette.
You'd have to ask John what it means.
A Black girl from inner city here, but I bet I can sing every one of his songs, as well as all of early 80s artists. Good music is for all!
I just love it! 😍❤
According to John on this interview you can find on youtube called John Mellencamp 2017 Late-Night Interview ... his great grandma is black.
thedemetskys wow...thanks for letting us know.
Don't matter what color you are a girl rock on I grew up on Marvin Gaye on cklw in Detroit on Motown music I'm a white boy from a small town in the country Marvin's great don't matter what color musics music it joins us all together down in the soul
Love it! Love all music! It is the thread that keeps us human and humble.
Me-2!! How cool is that?!😎🎤🎶🎶🎶👍👏👏👏👏💓
65 yr. old man grew up in Evansville, Ind. been in AZ. since 84, had to find work back then! my family my life my memories, born in a small town, I can breath in a small town! When I think of John and his songs I think of my home. Thank you.
I am also 65 and grew up in Evansville, graduated Reitz HS in '77. I'm still in Indiana, just outside of Bloomington. Grew up listening to Mellencamp, still remember when "I need a Lover" first hit the airwaves. Great times.
Good people Ind. hard workers, enjoy those cold winters, take care. Pink Houses my favorite!
What a bloody tune! No frills no thrills just grooving
That is the perfect way to describe this song. Just grooving
17 has turns 62. I’m surprised I’m still livin. Got some grandkids of my own. And somedays I still don’t know what to do. Lol.
I'm 60 and age somehow creeps up... And loving it ... You're blessed and so am I
Yup! Right there with you man...
Amen! Same here
I’m turning 35 in September
@@greatestever9086 you're still a kid! Enjoy it! If you thought the last 25 years went fast, just wait and see how the next 25 go!
1986, single, and the girls loved to dance to this tune. I HAD HAIR !!! Now in 2024, in my 70s and married to a wonderful lady that danced with me.
You're very lucky. I'm in my 70s,but my love &dance partner isn't in this world anymore- it's been 20 years-- I dance by myself and REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES! Thank heaven for musiç😊r
Who is listening to this song in 2021. Classics never die.
Forever
Who would give this song a thumbs down?
I’ve loved this song from the first time time i heard it on the radio. I’m of the same vintage as John M. 😎🎶✌🏼
meeeeee
Meeeee to!
Saw him play at the Bluebird, Bloomington, back in the day…before he got famous. Good times! 2:34
I dated a girl for 4 years, lived in many different places together, each home we’d turn this on and dance around the house together. Even though we’re on different paths in life now, it’s one of my favourite memories, I’ll always love you B.
What a grown-up way to tell us how much you care for the lady that was once a part of life. Good on you, my friend.
Seventeen has turned 63, got a few grandkids of my own and I still don't know what to do. Still rockin' out to this music !!!!
I'm 61 and still love his music. Your only as young as you feel. Don't you think. Tina I have 4 kids and 10 grandkids and 2 greatgrandkids. . And been married 27 and half years. But I still rock out with my babies. Teaching them what music is all about. And I love it.
Heard this song when I was a senior in high school and that line 17 has turned 35always stuck to me. I’m 50 now and yeah I’m still saying yeah yeah yeah
Same here.. I'm 58yrs and have grandchildren. When they get into my truck, they put on their own today's music and must say I just can't get into it. Maybe a few here and there but no.. As soon as they're gone I go back to my Classic Rock from the 70's. The best decade in music and will always listen to it.
I'm 11 about to be 12 and I love this song!
Tina Dalton alright!!! Very Cool & You R Not Alone!
The 80s were the absolute best times ever. What a time to be a teenager and young adult. Such great times with friends.
54 Now, young mind with older body
Who's listening to this song in 2024. Me
私も！
🙋🏻♀️
Class of 72 checking in
Me listenting too) and not only in 2024. Always! Great song, great artist!
Yes indeed ❤
My favorite Mellancamp song ever! Makes you realize you need to enjoy the little things and make memories. Don't spend your life working. Enjoy life while you have it ❤
Mine too
Your so rite. Enjoy it,
I'm 73 living outside of Birmingham UK and this song makes me smile because of the girls I lost my mates came first !!
Stupid !!!!!!
But we had great times.
It's great to have life love friends and memories.
God Bless America
Thanks John!!!!!
My BFF and I would dance, oftentimes badly, whenever we heard this song.
She died in 2009, but, to this day, I'll dance in her honour.
RIP my sweet Bonita. ❤
RIP Bonita! Remember you WILL see each other again one day my friend!!! Love from Tennessee
That's what I'm doing now. My love passed away,Jan3 2024. We danced all the time and we cooked and danced. My only true love.😢
2024 still going strong and listening to the man 💕
As a vanilla guy that couldn't carry a tune if it were in a bag, I love this song. Love his background talent on all albums bc it just adds to his overall vibe - reminds me of a day when we were more solid as a country.
Amen to that Michael. Simpler times. Here is still hoping and praying we will be united as a nation again...
Never asign to yourself a stereotype.
We will unite!
Van Halen Wants to know : WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE
Me too!!
A feel good song and I hope now that I’m 57 my kids will chill
As they reach their 30’s and realize that pop
Listened to music that was good for the soul and it allowed us to reflect on our years growing up... holding hands instead of having your hands held up because of you doing wrong. We settled things with our fist instead of a gun and we got over it. You went to a club to have fun and enjoy , not for drugs and looking for trouble. We listened to music that was good for the soul, not to motivate us to do wrong!!!!and left with a smile on our face!
Stan Stephenson
So true, great comment. ❤️💃
AMEN-WELL SAID.CHEERS FROM 🇨🇦
One of the most important musical artists of our time and he doesn't receive enough recognition.
My friend went to school with him 😊
John, I simply cannot thank you enough for this song.
@John Mellencamp John, what an honor to receive a thank you from you! I have been an admirer for....40 years now! Thank you.
Afuckinmen
So romantic and nostalgic
well said 42
This song makes me happy no matter what I'm going thru as soon as I play it
Hello Holly
I just moved from the big city and set my family up in the country, my kids are growing like weeds and experiencing real rural life... My son just met his first love. When i see them together I think of this song. I'm so happy for him ❤
Such a beautiful song, a priceless era gone, past, never coming back. I look at today society and it just is so sad. For me, the 70s that I grew up in it was an amazing time in history. I looked back at the richness of that era today and I feel blessed to have those memories
I'm well, although it's 1:44 a.m. in the morning because I can't sleep so this is what I do I listen to music
The 70's were the best. 🎶🎸
I understand that, children today don't have a clue how to live
His music reminds me of my dear friends I had growing up; going to local parties, places, laughing, doing silly things while adulthood stretched out before us.
None of us knew these fun, simple times would make such warm memories. Young people are open-minded and inclusive; we watched our friends do their own thing, and loved them regardless and they, us.
Me too!! 💘
This is one of my favorite songs. Makes you laugh, smile,and cry at the same time. Always sing it and dance. Brings you back to the day. .
67 and still listening. Still reminiscing and crying, lol
"17 has turned 35.."that line gets me everytime.Classic song.
Gets me too Joeann. I just turned 49 two days ago and this song just took me back to that awkward and skinny kid that couldn't seem to do anything right, unless it was on the banks of the river somewhere. Ahhh, there he was at peace and there is where he found himself and there, on those muddy banks, is where he would learn about love and life and how precious and sometimes painful they are. He would eventually find himself many miles away from this beautiful and sacred place but every two or three years he returns and breathes in those old memories and it is this song playing on an old radio somewhere in the background as he tells his young son of the adventures he and this old muddy river shared together when he was a boy. Life is good.
yes joeann I know the felling I just turned 59 good Lord willing I had a heart attack 26 days before my 59th .
17 has turned 42
Yes and now, it is "35 has turned 65" His birthday was yesterday. Happy birthday @John Mellencamp.
Best line ever!
i guess our generation will look back at the 80's the way our parents looked at the 50's & 60's in 2019 you start to realize that a simpler time was a better time
Some video clip pieces here looked to me like the '50s & '60s of which I could relate.
Hell, we’re starting to look at the 90’s under the same lens
No you will just think it was. Just like the kids of today will look at the 2020's with nostalgia. It's the time when you were a kid regardless iof when it was and what was happening in the world at large.
oh sweet girl I wish I believed that. But I fear my grandchildren and all children of these times will look back at dreadful changes and unprecedented suffering globally . And I can’t think of any music today that is uplifting the youth -the kind of music that gives hope, common vision and unity of hearts . What music will they feel united them when young in 2021? Sorry to be such a downer, and bless you for such hopeful thoughts anyway! 🙏💞🌟☮️
@@francie2915 Don't start with me. People are nostalgic for the early 2000's, 9/11 notwithstanding. I don't think anyone would have though people would be nostalgic for three Great Depression either.
Woke up at 4:30am with this song in my head. Don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve listened to it. Still good after all these years
Every day i wake up, i wake to a different song in my head. Never fails.
Not only is his music timeless..I hear he's a real down to earth man..still living in his small town in Indiana..I believe..heard stories from friends on how he would go to the neighborhood McDonald's and just be in town..respect to him and the people who just let him live..I guess that's why Prince never left Minneapolis..I heard he did the same..to all my 80s babies..ROCK ON!!..real music sees no color..salute..
Yep. From Muncie Indiana. Same place Bob Ross painted happy things
seriously? sees no color? its literally marketed based on age and race onto radio stations that do the same
@@parkjamesshaw3189 Seymour, Indiana. He lives in Bloomington now.
@@joeruiz4010 I stand corrected
As I grow older I appreciate this song and video more. Life keeps rolling
My beautiful wife 50th Birthday today. This is our song and I lovingly have a turn with her on the dancefloor of our favorite Hometown bar tonight. Peace and love.....
Brian Cook
You are Blessed. ❤️❤️
Anything by John Mellencamp is GREAT! Cherry Bomb is my favorite.
catherine draughn-tate Not only do you have taste, you have intellect. God be with you.
Me too
Me too 😊
me too
Scarecrow
Dancing meant everything and holding hands meant something baby wow how true that was back then.
This song always reminds me of my Dad.. the 1st time I stayed with him for the weekend I got dropped off by my mum and uncle.. this song was on the radio. My dad's been gone for 21 years now but can still remember that day when I hear this song like it was yesterday. ❤❤❤
This is my moms favorite song n will always remind me of her. 💜
God bless you Tracy. Wer here for you
HUGS
2020 and still listening ....does this old heart good
The good old days when people were happy and the only "quarantine" you get is when you get grounded.. I miss those days
rebekah mastro ... it sure does ‼️
Yeah, I know what ya mean. I was 19 yrs old when this hit the charts. I still Mellencamp
Yep ditto to that !
Still listening in 2020
This is a great great song. 70 years old now. May God bless him with many more years to grace us with his talent.
17 turns 51 dam i miss the days of my Youth setting joking with MY friends and listening for Cougar on the weekly countdown with Dick Clark
Thinking about goin out the Lane to have a little fun.
Thanks for the memories John!!!
Roxy McDonald is from Prewitt NM
Man I miss being a kid coming home from school Turing on MTV and seeing stuff like this.
I remember well, the year 1984 I just turned 18. Surfboard in one hand, radio in the other, and skateboard under My feet, jamming,play guitar by John cougar himself. I'm 54 years old, and still rocken with mr.cougar.
William Heddy
We are the same age, Happy 55th this year.
Great memories from 1984, not a care in the world.
Now we are living Orwells 1984. ☹️
Memories are wonderful when you get older🎼🎼🎼
17 has turned 70 for John. We're all getting old.
17 has turned 72 for him now. We're not getting any younger and gettin' old ain't for sissies.
Well I lived on the outskirts of town
In an eight room farmhouse, baby
When my brothers and friends were around
There was always somethin' doin'
Had me a couple of real nice girlfriends
Stopped by to see me every once in a while
When I think back about those days
All I can do is sit and smile
That's when a sport was a sport
And groovin' was groovin'
And dancin' meant everything
We were young and we were improvin'
Laughin' laughin' with our friends
Holding hands meant somethin' baby
Outside the club "Cherry Bomb"
Our hearts were really pumpin'
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
The winter days they last forever
And the weekends went by so quick
Went ridin' around this little country town
We were goin' nuts, girl, out in the sticks
One night me with my big mouth
A couple guys had to put me in my place
When I see those guys these days
We just laugh and say do you remember when
That's when a sport was a sport
And groovin' was groovin'
And dancin' meant everything
We were young and we were improvin'
Laughin' laughin' with our friends
Holding hands meant somethin' baby
Outside the club "Cherry Bomb"
Our hearts were really pumpin'
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Seventeen has turned thirty-five
I'm surprised that we're still livin'
If we've done any wrong
I hope that we're forgiven
Got a few kids of my own
And some days I still don't know what to do
I hope that they're not laughin' too loud
When they hear me talkin'
Like this to you
That's when a sport was a sport
And groovin' was groovin'
And dancin' meant everything
We were young and we were improvin'
Laughin', laughin' with our friends
Holding hands meant so much baby
Outside the club "Cherry Bomb"
Our hearts were really pumpin'
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Love all of his songs!! Just turned 50 on July 1st and his songs were such a big part of my teenage years!!❤
spoke was a spoke, Indiana lingo. not sport
@@michaelreidy8100 sport was a sport is official lyric
wrong, he talks about lyric on howard stern , spoke is a midwest term for spoken word, @@cherylkrause4998
Lol I thought he said smoke
i'm listening to this on the year anniversary of my aunts sudden unexpected passing. i remember all the events i went to where she loved this song and dancing to it. i'll see her again but boy do the tears flow. i hear it on the radio at work, and in the car from time to time and think of her :)
Saw Mellencamp perform back in '86... and saw him just last week. Just as good then and now.
I will see him next Friday with good ol' Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan. 3 of the greatest musician, last dinosaurs of the greatest era.
@@minnesotaihighwayman1171 I hope you enjoy.
John is Indiana thru and thru, nostalgic tunes still brings tears to my eyes
I've never been to Indiana but all the people I've met from there are good solid hard working people
ddr
Is he though? His political views don't align with most Indianans, and I mean that as a compliment to John.
@@philliesfan1971 he's Indiana as fuck, all politics aside.
@@philliesfan1971 What's an Indianan? We're Hoosiers!
Art can touch people in powerful ways. This Artist and this song did that for me when I was a young Black kid living in small town America. It reaffirmed my desires and goals.
@John Mellencamp John cared enough to share his feelings on society way back in the 1980s, and that message really mattered to a lot of people but was especially powerful to the African American community. It was uplifting.
I suppose Mellencamp was channeling the 60’s here but he accidentally gave the 80’s one of its signature anthems. 👏👏👏👏🇺🇸
All I can do is sit and smile 🤣, excellent classic and I am old, but not so old that I can't enjoy this meaningful song
@Jimmy Audrey 🔙 Congats you are the winner!
i'm back to the good old days again! say yeah, yeah, yeah!
💯🔥🔥🔥
Same here
Hell yeah ☺️🥰😎
Say yeah yeah yeah
Back to DEEZ 🥜‘s say yeah yeah yeah!
I grew up on this track in my teens in the late eighties .i am almost 50! still grooving to CHERRY BOMB! Love this track to the moon & back.
....and then some.
1987...I met my husband the year this song first came out. I loved it then, love it more now. Upbeat, nostalgic, I especially love the fiddle. The lyrics, music and the video are so perfectly matched. Never having seen the video until now, it's amazing how it's exactly what I envisioned when I first heard this song. "Dancin' meant everything...holdin' hands meant somethin' baby..."went ridin' around this little country town, we were goin' nuts, girl, out in the sticks". I grew up in a little country town, "in the sticks", so these lyrics resonate for me. I'm so thankful that I my childhood was in a "hick town" rather than "the city". Lots of open farmland, streams, fields, fresh air, horses, cows, chickens, clean, easy living. Every time I listen to this song, I end up with tears of joy, running down my cheeks, just like back in 1987. Thanks, JCM!
Love John's music. Brings back great memories. Dancing and singing with my young sons. Today I still dance and sing with my grandchildren.
Went and saw him the other night in Bloomington, he ended the show with this song, sounded great.
Curly Dupree The best show ever I bet
How this is not on the streaming music services is crazy!!! Wonderful song of coming of age. On, such great memories for a gentler time. Now that I am way past that age, I still love this song. The backup singers are great as are the lyrics; listen closely. So sweet. Turn it up!
One of my deceased wife’s favorites, I loved it too every time I hear it brings back memories we had been together since we where teens married for 34 years she died with a rare type ob cancer only 36 cases in the United States so everything doctors did was research only lived 9 months I miss that woman so bad my our daughter looks just like her mom hard to bad the tears ever now & then
I mean how can you not like this song
I've been listening to Mellencamp for over 40 years. I'll keep listening until the end of my life. I love him and his awesome music.
Those 80's albums still sound great. John's body of work is truly outstanding.
I absolutely LOVE the brown and white couple dancing and being in love. Might not mean much to some, but it wasnt highly accepted even when this song was wrote, but it reminds me of my family...especially my brown aunt and white uncle (my moms family is brown). Anyways....high school sweethearts and still married in their 70s!! They had haters, but nothing stopped them from being in love like this and are still very much in love to this day ❤️. Color doesn't define love ♡♡♡
Still listening in 2020. Does my 60 year old heart good
❤️❤️
me too.
Mellencamp and Springsteen spoke to true America. It just doesn’t get any better
They are both leftists. Nothing true or American about them at all.
Nightmare man clearly is a boot licking sheep!
@@Nightmareman3
"My old man worked 20 years on the line
And they let him go
Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
They just tell him that he's too old"
John and Bruce are REALISTS. They subtly attacked Reagan and his administration because they SLOWLY destroyed the BLUE COLLAR, UNION, WORKING CLASS... they grew up with.
40 years since trickle down economics began... (and before this pandemic) the unemployment rate may have been low... BUT THOSE WAGES NEVER PROPERLY ROSE.
@@FK-GOOGLE .....leftist logic. You guys are the best. Lol.
They are just democrats but full on socialists. I don't have to like a person to acknowledge their talent though.
Missing my Dad... And John Meloncamp was/is his younger version doppelganger... the music takes me back to a better time.
I love ❤️ this song 🎵 ❤️ 💕, it takes me back to my youth when I was young and free and just having fun and enjoying what I wanted to do.
Mellencamp was one of the best things about the 80's. Laughin' laughin; with our friends....
+Jay Jay aint that the truth
***** Agreed...
+Jay Jay what do u mean its gone backwards
living, laughing, with our friends.
he means nothing compares to this stuff ...me thinks
Jesus , I love this guy....makes me feel 20 again....thanx John !!!
This is THE best mellencamp song in my opinion -brings tears every time I hear it.I grew up in the 80s not the 50s, but I TOTALLY get it; THANKS JOHN!
The best. What terrific memories. We saw him live at least 8ntimes. My husband and i are now in our seventies. Best times. You could go see the best live performers like mellencamp and not spend $800 for 1 ticket
Mellencamp's best album by far along with Scarecrow. I played this song at my wedding for all my 200 friends to dance to! AND WE DID.......SUPERB SONG JOHN.....THANK YOU PAL!!
John Mellencamp is arguably the most important roots rocker of his generation. John has made fiddles, hammer dulcimers, Autoharps and accordions lead rock instruments on a par with electric guitar, bass and drums, and he also brought what he calls 'a raw Appalachian' lyrical outlook to his songs. Mellencamp's best music is rock 'n roll stripped of all escapism, and it looks directly at the messiness of life as it's actually lived. In his music, mortality, anxiety, acts of God, questions of romance and brotherhood, and crises of conscience all collide and demand hard decisions. This is rock music that tells the truth on both its composer and the culture he's observing
Hung Grapes
He's still at it. See him in concert. It's worth it.
Have you seen his artwork? Amazing!
You dont like reading the truth, you all are listening to his music, enough said ! ?
Qr
Beautifully said!
*4:29* This was my grandfather, Daniel 'Danny' Linne, as a teen living in Indiana, a mutual friend of Mellencamp. In this snippet, he is seen living life and having fun. He was a cool grandpa, who had some quirks and made not so great choices in life, but to me, he was still the coolest. He had a devious sense of humor and loved to joke. Overall, we loved each other; we had a pretty decent relationship for him being my only grandfather. He passed away rather quickly, too soon. I love this video-this song will always remind me of him and how much each of us should value life for what it is. Also, in honor of Veteran's Day, Thank you for your service, Grampese! (TM 3 SS NAVY '63-67 Vietnam)
Ginger Devlin Um...what?
james hall Nice trolling attempt,James. 10/10. We both know war is too complex to blame soldiers for everything.Fortunately for you, I am educated, and quite secure in my love and respect for American soldiers. Have a lovely day.
james hall You're state of thinking is so elementary..I'm sorry, I simply cannot argue with someone incapable of reasoning and the realization that there are too many aspects to war that there was and never will be one to blame or one cause to pinpoint. Sorry.
james hall Also, say what you will, my grandfather was a valiant soldier and grandfather,so nothing you can do will change my opinion, and you will continue to make yourself and your information look unjustifiable and full of nonsense.
james hall I don't understand what a commonly known fact has to do with disrespecting my public dedication to someone I held close to my heart. You're making yourself look worse and worse,so I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish..
Born in 1986 n have heard alot of music, searching high n low, n always love john cougar. Melloncamp n have come to think for years now, this is my favorite track by him, such a feel good song
John has been in my life 40 yrs. Always..
When I heard this on a juke in small town America it grabbed me just like any other dreamer struggling with socio-economic modern times...
Love his home-movie style videos. Growing up in America was wonderful, great memories, didn't realize how good we had it. People were much more in tune with each other and had more in common. Kinder too. I miss that.
Think I appreciate it more now that 17 has turned 35 : )
17 has turned 58!!! Oh how I have always loved this song!! I love all his music but this song just hits my heart. There are many who don't realize what a great artist this man is. Thank you John for all the personal songs of your small town!!
You were a big influence in my life when I was young now that 57 thank you for the memories.
I won tickets on the radio to a 12 people private showing at WBCN in Boston about 23 years ago. My brother and I are huge Mellencamp fans. I took him with me. It was just us 2 and 10 other people along with John. We went into a very small room in the radio station and just talked for about 1/2 hour. Then we all went into the studio and went on the radio live with John. He sang Pink Houses, Small Town and Cherry Bomb. I even got a little hug in. One of the best times of my life. Saw him several times in concert too. Love him!!!
That must have been the most coolest thing ever in your life I'll bet
This song I believe is John Mellencamp's greatest song. It has a power that moves me to dance and moves me to tears in equal spades. It really is one of the most gorgeous songs of the 80s from a wonderful artist who was so inclusive of all races back when it wasn't so hip
Nowadays it's 17 turned 54!This great song was a favourite of mine in the later 80s not to mention the lp it was on!This man was at his best in the 80s - in my humble opinion,lovely to hear again!
This song is a masterclass in folk-rock
Listening/singing/playing/loving/dancing to this song at the beginning of my 28th year of teaching high school! Still pumps true for all of us! For my younger days in Smalltown, NM it was the Lota' Burger instead of the Cherry Bomb. That's when a sport was a sport . . . .yeah, yeah, yeah . . . .I'm surprised that we're still living. . . . We were young and we were improving . . .
Saw him in concert in Perth Australia in 1988 absolutely brilliant one of the best I've ever been to!!!!💯💯😀😀
Brings me back to my youth in the 80s. Saw John in concert in Montreal with a pretty blonde girlfriend. Oh, I when I think back to those day, all I can do is smile...
Such a dynamic and remarkably marketable voice . Such an ability for love story music . Unmistable .
Hadn't heard this song for a while, but that line often passes through my head. There's something so Christian about it:
"Me with my big mouth. A couple guys had to put me in my place. When l see those guys these days . ."
Beautiful lyrics. Stay humble. Love the Lord. Accept your penance. Reconcile.