Posted on 04/16/2024 4:35:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Bruce Springsteen is getting some unfavorable comparisons to John Mellencamp following the latter's meltdown at a recent show. The musician walked off after getting into it with a heckler.
Now, fans are saying Springsteen and Mellencamp are cut from the same cloth. Taking to social media, several critics blasted Mellencamp and also brought Springsteen into the conversation. Critics claim that both Mellencamp and Springsteen are out of touch with the fanbase that once propped them up.
One person wrote, "I have seen JCM five times. Just like Springsteen, these guys used to be in touch with the common man. They are way out of touch now and I will not pay a penny for either of them to spew their rhetoric."
Another labeled Mellencamp to be a Springsteen knockoff. They said the musician had a history of bad behavior. They wrote, "Does anybody really care? He's a bad copy of Springsteen. He's known for his bad temper and for being a jerk. He also doesn't sell music anymore. I don't even believe his last CD even crack the Billboard top 200. The one before that only reached 197. He's selling like 5,000 copies a CD. He's an angry, completely irrelevant artist—no wonder he's pissed."
Another one wanted both Springsteen and Mellencamp to both go, writing, "He needs to go with Springsteen...."
Unfavorable Comparisons Between Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp Another questioned if Springsteen and Mellencamp were ever like the people that supported them. They wrote, "He and Springsteen made their fortunes by being 'just like us' and now I have to wonder if either of them ever really were... I still like their music but it's not the same as when I believed them, ya know?"
Mellencamp blew up at one of his more recent concerts. The musician got angry after a heckler told him to play some music. Mellencamp reportedly was telling a story about his grandmother that got political in nature. Rather than just letting the comment slide, the musician got angry. He shouted back, "What do you think I've been doing you (expletive)."
Mellencamp then continued to yell. "Here's the thing man, you don't know me," he said. "You don't (expletive) know me." He told other concert-goers "find this guy and let me see him after the show." Mellencamp ended up stopping the show on "Jack And Diane." He left the stage for several minutes, but he ultimately returned to finish his set.
I guess the ill-educated, not too bright, but successful, have not embraced the benefits of “shut up and sing/act/dance.
Like every leftist is.
And they both try/claim to be a voice of the working man, and the working man supports Trump.
sadly, they aren’t likely to refund all your money.
I went to school with John. He was a year behind me.’Small Town’ is my life story growing up. My older sister was a close friend of his older brother Joe who was very talented musically. I like his music from the ‘80s’, but he’s always been a dick, pardon my language. He was a druggy and a headcase in HS. He came from a good family, but he was the black sheep if we can still use that term. He’s been a card-carrying leftist his whole adult life. Probably a response to his small town, rural, conservative upbringing.
John Lydon also called out Jimmy Savile decades before his crimes and perversions became public on a BBC program. And the thanks Lydon got was being banned from appearing on the BBC while Jimmy Savile was still allowed over the airwaves.
Well said.
Went to a Peter, Paul and Mary concert a number of years ago. Great concert until after the break. When they came back on stage they started to spew their liberal views. Guess they had forgotten where they were, conservative central Indiana. Half the crowd started blowing and walked out. They probably didn’t care; they had our money. But it ruined a great concert.
So true.
✅ What you said.
“Bodies” is probably the most anti-abortion song ever made.
Draft dodging bastard
I new some Freeper was connected, but I couldn’t remember who. Does that mean you knew George Green?
ome guy made his first radio cut with a song about dairy queen, chilidogs, and getting frisky behind a tree.
that is supposed to be intellectually superior?
True, but he did have a few before that.
The correct term is Black sheep.
A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow
Actually Hurts So Good was his breakout hit. Jack and Dianne was the follow up. The first hit song he wrote was I Need A Lover That Won’t Drive Me Crazy - but it was Pat Benatar that made it a hit. Until then it was just a popular Cougar album cut on the alternative college radio band.
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