John Mellencamp
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I said, Albie, can I borrow that machine?
He goes, yeah, because we're not going to be in the studio for a week.
So we were doing a song called Jack and Diane that just was not working out because the drummer kept speeding up.
And when you're trying to keep it simple, stupid, simple is hard.
Because if you make a little mistake, it's a big mistake now because there's not a bunch of shit covering up your mistake.
So I called up Mick Ronson.
He was the guitar player for David Bowie.
Anyway, Mick was a great guy.
He was Bowie's guitar player when Bowie was great, when he had Ziggy Stardust and all that stuff.
And Ronson was an English guy, and he'd call me Johnny all the time.
And he said, Johnny, maybe you should put those baby rattles on there.
He goes, you know, that drum machine thing that makes that noise, just to keep time.
And I said, okay, we'll try it.