John Mellencamp
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, and now I'm looking forward to it.
Because I have not played I Need a Lover in 25 years on stage.
Yeah, it's a brand new song.
I'm going to be playing it in a way that nobody's ever imagined.
Wait till if you come.
Wait till you hear Jack and Diane.
I have jammed it up and it's a soul song now.
There's a term for it, smash.
Anyway, we turned it into a soul song.
I mean, what would it be like if Jack and Diane was a soul song?
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.