John Mellencamp
👤 Speaker
1985
total appearances
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The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
And it was a prototype of a drum machine.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
That's how new it was.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
And it was the only one.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
They gave them the VGs to try it out and see how they liked it.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
And so we got it all together and we took the drum machine out.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
But it sounded great with the drum machine.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
So I said, fuck it, we'll just leave the drum machine in.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
And it worked because nobody had ever heard that sound.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
And the record company didn't like that?
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
They hated that fucking sound.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
But that song was so good.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
Well, you know, and it's surprising to me that to this day, how many people still love that song?
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
It's a fucking great song.
The Joe Rogan Experience
#2438 - John Mellancamp
You know, and every time... What year was that?