John Mellencamp
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Podcast Appearances
Well, those guys, I'm sure, are out of business.
And I have to kind of smile...
about the rock critics because it got to the point where I had such, so many songs on the radio that they couldn't ignore it anymore.
You were undeniable, yeah.
And you know what, that's the word I used to say.
That's the key to success.
That's the word I used to say to the guys and the men.
We have to make the song undeniable.
Because if you give them an inch, they'll find a fucking reason not to do it.
You had four really talented people in that band.
And it showed because some of the songs, hear me out, some of the songs, it was good for my generation because we went from cartoons to
So in a town where I was born lived a man who sailed the seas.
And the guy that produced Martin, the guy that produced the Beatles, up until that point, he made comedy records.
He made comedy records and cartoons.
That's, at least that's my understanding.
And he brought that to them, you know.
And, you know, you have four guys writing songs.