[concretebob]

"Blood on the Scarecrow" was the BEST pro-farmer, anti-bank statement ever written. Too bad his politics got in the way.

[SALChamps03]

Actually...It's Rain on the Scarecrow. The lyrics of the chorus are : "Son I'm just sorry there's no legacy for ya now; rain on the scarecrow; blood on the plow; rain on the scarecrow; blood on the plow.

I still like the album Scarecrow for it's music. It has another great song called Minutes to Memories. However, in retrospect, it was just a preview to his whining leftist Bush bashing of today.

If you think about it from a conservative viewpoint, which is how I think about it, nobody has any more right to survive in the farming business than they do in any other business. If you cannot survive, then it's the free market's way of telling you that there are too many farmers, and you need to go do something else for a living. Whether or not your family has been farming for generations is irrelevant. All farm subsidies should cease in my opinion.

[dennisw]

"Blood on the Scarecrow" was the BEST pro-farmer, anti-bank statement ever written.......

One of Mellencamp's finest and I'm not a fan. That tune is scary good with the violin