John Mellencamp
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So you leave the melody the same, but you put the instruments around them differently.
To make it interesting for you.
Well, and to the audience, because when the chorus comes in, they're going to be singing that chorus.
Because if I play it now... He's trying to push that thing up to your face.
If I play it now, you know, it's just usually me and acoustic guitar.
And it's good because a little ditty and I don't have to sing anymore.
They sing the whole song.
And I might go, oh yeah, and that's it.
And then the audience sings it, which is great.
Well, I was trying to, and I think I did it successfully.
It was a good transition.
I didn't, you know, I could call up somebody and go, hey, it's John Mellencamp.
They wouldn't take my call.
I could call back two seconds later and go, it's John Cougar, and they would take my call.
So I figured this will have to be a slow change.
Elvis Costello tried to do the same thing and didn't work.
What was his real name?