John Mellencamp
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I told him, I just stood up and I said, motherfucker, you're an old man.
What do you know about rock music?
And of course I got dropped immediately.
I was on MCA and I got dropped immediately.
But there were a couple of people at MCA who believed in what I was doing.
And so they helped me along.
And then I got introduced to Rod Stewart's manager.
And I moved to England for two years, made a record and
lived with the whole band on Chelsea, in Chelsea.
And punk was just starting.
I mean, you know, The Clash and the Sex Pistols, I mean, they were brand new bands.
And there I am with an acoustic guitar going, I need a lover that won't drive me.
It's like... However, that song became number one in Australia.
And so Australia was ahead of us with televising rock bands.
And they had a whole bunch of rock shows.
And I had the number one record, album, and single in Australia.
And couldn't fill up a bar in Bloomington.