John Mellencamp 2014 Charlie Rose Interview
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2016
- John and Charlie discuss John's new album "Plain Spoken," what trait all great songwriters have, John's birth defect spina bifida, and much more in this November 2014 interview. The piece concludes with an acoustic performance of "Troubled Man."
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There isn’t another singer songwriter that reinvents himself like John Mellencamp. He is always relevant and current. I have been a huge fan for 40 years.
He never “reinvented” himself. He was always the same, he just took his name back from a record company affectation
When all is said and done, and history is written, John Mellencamp will be known as the finest American singer-songwriter. He's behind Bob Dylan and others in the popular consciousness now, but that will change as future generations discover the profundity of this man's work. I hope they have a better understanding.
Well said
One of my cousins met John Mellencamp back in the mid to late 90's in a Bloomington bar. He liked my cousin's attitude. He played guitar with John Mellencamp in his studio. Cool right?
Saturday night. Out on a country road weaved into the river bottoms of rural Missouri. After working at McDonalds all night. My friend Dave and I get a bottle of tequila, a cup of McD's lemon wedges, and a handful of McD's salt packets. We put on the new cassette he bought at the not-a-super-center Walmart entitled Scarecrow. In his mom's brown cutlass cierra we sang Minutes To Memories and Small Town all night, shooting the booze and dreaming of another world. I, thank goodness, got sober 10 years ago. Dave is still a drunk. I haven't listened to Scarecrow or talked to Dave in 30 years.
John is still so damn suave, cool, a beautiful badass. Love his music, love him.
He is so down to earth and so real. love him!
I have known John ( and have worked for him) for over 30 years.
What you see is what you get. He is a pretty thin book and at the end of the day he would be one of the nicest humans to you.
Thin book?!
yeah, he's a real prick I hear. I feel 4 u Devon,however he may have paid you a gud sum ov monies :)
Lucky you, and I mean that. John's take on the music business and the internet is one of the best I've ever heard from an artist. He doesn't seem the least bit bitter about it; he's just talking in a matter-of-fact way about what happened and how it's hurt intellectual property rights. He's smarter than I might have guessed. I'm going to see him in a few weeks at the Greek and I can't wait.
I b adoptad , so I nawt sur whu mi famly b, cep 4 da 1's dat tuk me n. u shud relly wach yo mout wit aout nowin faktz.!
good deal
Hes a treasure.....great song John.....as usual
John has done incredible things and wrote great songs, a true American patriot.Co-founding Farm Aid alone puts him in a class with very few others. Thank You John.
John is the Real Thing, says what or how he feels, Love ALL his music and him, much respect, 💛💚❤
I love and like this interview.......John is just more then music ....
He looks great here, what a great interview!! I love and admire him so much! Listen to him all the time and have since the 80s.
I was in high school in the 80's. I would listen to his songs all the time. He is one guy I've always wanted to meet .
You couldn't miss his songs in the 80's. He owned FM radio then.
I remember Johnnie Couger and he was amazing ...But John Mellencamp shocked the world and continues to amaze me ..Its all good Indiana boy ..You did good then and you do good now . God bless.
@John Mellencamp Thanks for the heart John and for the many years of music . Looking forward to the next album.
a healthy society needs real revels like John Mellencamp
America needs John's American way right now.
He's the genuine article, what you see is what you get. I love his music, really do
John Mellencamp is the best and probably one of the best music musician songwriter ever. I've loved him since I was 14 and I still think he's the best person ever.
I only started watching interviews of John Mellancamp yesterday and he seems like a very strong willed person but also a very real person,,, nothing or not much hiding layers beneath the surface.
Well I see you are not the real John Mellancamp.
awesome singer just love to listen to him sing john mellencamp.
I love watching you I could watch you all day you are a good bad influence on me
Grew up listening to him, 45 now and he's right, act your age, he grew into himself just fine
Rock on Mellencamp 🎸
great interview, great song and great guitar playing, love it, thanks John
I love John Mellencamp. To me he is the embodiment of what a man should be. He's artistic, he's talented, he's giving, he's honest... We are all richer in our lives for having John with us on the radio.
If you asked his ex wives and Meg Ryan they might have a different opinion about him but he is a straight shooter and has stayed clear of the music industry as much as any rock musician can and has done much for farmers but he seems to have his demons
What a man should be? hardly, unless you think habitual womanizing is what a man should be.
Always will love John melodrama!!!!!!
What a lovely wise man,wish i was a friend of his.
Awesome just AWESOME. And, Amen about the control of the Internet. It should have been regulated.
John is such a beautiful soul.
🌹He'll always be my "sexiest man alive!" 'Insert my beloved, passed away husband's eye rolling! 🙄 He always did that when I spoke of John....lol...First saw John in '79...John looks and always will be fabulous to me! I worked for him in real early 2000's... didn't get to meet him but he sent beautiful snail mail gifts, letter and emails! ❤️
Seen you seven times in Vancouver BC each show was awesome.
Saw him I guess quite a few years ago 1 of many times this time was in Dayton Ohio he said that night that we would never see him doing commercial things not long after that he was the main advertising guy for Ford Trucks!
Yeah, he's a liar. If you watch all of his interviews you will see it. He contradicts himself.
GREAT interview...
Wow Mellencamp is one smart, clear, lucid, straight forward. Still looks and sounds great for a dude in his 60's....And what a career...I was born in Chicago so I can relate to the whole heartland roots thing
John's a tortured soul but then again not really. He's fought the fight we all face. We are all tortured in different ways. He's just who he is. Prick, nice guy, musician, artist, dad, cheater, whatever. That's just life. That's you and me and him. Beatles or stones? What?....the who? Yep.......were all different.
Seriously you people. Need to stop the criticism. Who cares what he looks like. He's a nice man and obviously one of the most underrated talented musician out there.
I'd greatly appreciate it if some Mellencamp fans would check out my unplugged piano & vocal cover version of Jack & Diane, which you can find by clicking on my channel. Thanks and please pardon the self promotion.
Are you related to 'you-know-who?'
Gerry Nightingale lol I wish I'm related to va bunch of villagers and gangster wannabes 😂
shaun cougar aI agree with you.
the BEST thanks John
Love this
I think you're the best singer and performer there is
He’s a wise man.
To nights st. Louis show is out of my travel access, but spending the money on his latest works. Keep writing John, you are the best , and would love to see more of your other art.
Beautiful song JM, we r all troubled but, we keep walking forward hoping someday to meet ourselves along the road!
He did an interview with Bill Moyers in the early 2000's that was fascinating. Insights into American fascism and his love of the German Expressionist painter Max Beckmann. Really opened up my eyes to his intelligence.
Mellancamp... Springsteen Dylan... the 3 greatest singer/songwriters
John is kool AF!
Good man.
And, I Love this Song
I never really appreciated this guy. I listened to Dylan, Prine, Morrison, Springsteen,etc. I have been intensely listening to great artists in music since 1964. When you break it down they're aren't that many. But I think Plain Spoken is one of the top 10 albums on my list. Thanks John. You have grown into one of the truly great artists of our time.
Barry Speight I'm getting a prine,Dylan, Hyatt, Earle vibe kicking here. But.....I know it's just plain ol John. That sidemans guitar is way cool and sounds delicious.
The man is still relevant at 70 years old..John is touring in 2023 and I'm going to go see him because he is an American and entertains people. Heartland rocker who has been true to his Band and Fans..👍🎸✝️☮🇺🇸
Awesome hair!
...WOW....
Don't worry john, you look beautiful in that tee shirt even now.
I love his messages, It is for our protection., and my deep blue heart. Valentines day is just coming up. signed LA Doll
Johnny !!!! 😄
❤
One comments is better that the next!!!
Believe he meant James Brown-not Taylor. I was trying to imagine James Taylor doing splits on stage.
Charlie did get himself in quite a mess, John.
I don't know about you but I miss Charlie Rose -he had an ability to really draw people out at that little table that I have not seen replicated since.
It seems to me that just erasing someone from the world because they said something to upset someone is a tragedy. You just erase them.Forever?
John Tiger Concentrationcamp
Face shield everything that comes for me
Let John talk without interrupting him Charlie.
He aged bad I loved him in the 70s/80s
He looks road weary after long stretch of a tour. 😮
he looks like a great singer to me
He says act your age, but then he dyes his hair brown🤔
Is he still married?
You forgot your passion johnny..went left
"You better learn to play guitar!"
I love amd admire him, but everyone has regrets, and imo he contradicted himself.
He almost died as an infant.
I've seen some big foreheads in my time, but this man's eyes and the top of his hair are in two different zip codes. I mean they have to use smoke signals to communicate with each other. When John sits down to take a shit, his hair gets jet lagged. When he is suggin on chili dawgs, You can see his hair from the other side of the tasty freeze
The more I hear mellencamp talk the more he seems like a conservative. I know that's taboo to be these days.
Yeah...so conservative he supported Bloomberg for president.
He’s very liberal. Don’t know what you’re lookin’ at.
boo
John you haven't acted your age yet! I'm from Indiana, and I grew up listening to his music. But the real fact is John hasn't grown up yet, he still acts immature in many ways. But thats John and some ways it helped him and in others it has bitten him in the butt.
Overkill Maximus How the heck is he immature?
Overkill Maximus You can't even be specific.
You need one specific: Acts like a little high schooler who cheats on his girlfriends. John threw away 3 marriages from not being able to keep his dick in check. That is one that bit him in the butt.
What's going on with that bottom row of teeth? Are they false?
no, real
I can't watch Charlie Rose anymore without more or less knowing or considering his misadventures in private. He was a sexual abuser, right?
As I watch him now, it seems with what I know now that Charlie was self important and sort of melodramatic. PLEASE disagree.
poor ole fella
voice and health ruined by his feeble smoking habit.
sad
Thanks trump for making every man troubled. 😕