Posted on 04/16/2024 4:35:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Dittoes to Johnny Rotten.
Southern man don’t need him around anyhow
Thank you! And bless his heart.
Time for a photo shoot with Mellencamp looking away wistfully, hands in his pockets, leaning against an old pickup truck, in front of a diner where he would never eat.
Damn, Crusty, but that’s funny! And true.
Just like Springsteen, these guys used to be in touch with the common man.
Puh-leeze....that working-class, common man shtick was Springsteen’s bread & butter early. It was a marketing fabrication.
In his own words:
“Bruce Springsteen has a confession to make. “I made it all up,” he tells the audience in his new Netflix special Springsteen on Broadway. “Bruce Springsteen” the persona — all gritty working-class authenticity — is a creation. “I’ve never held an honest job in my entire life!” he says. “I’ve never done any hard labor. I’ve never worked 9 to 5. I’ve never worked five days a week. Until right now.”
The working class act doesn’t work after you become an elitist.
All these people stay in their echo chambers to the point they believe everyone thinks like them. When they encounter someone who doesn’t, they cannot abide it. They don’t know how to respond because they have never been asked to justify their beliefs. It’s a cult.
No! No! Don't stop! Punish me harder!
He should retire and start a cantaloupe farm...call it John Cougar’s Melon Camp.
George Green does not ring a bell. Even though John and I are just a month apart in age we were in different classes. He wasn’t really anything special in HS. He was in concert choir, not advanced choir. He was a wrestler and ran track. Average student and a head case. Spent his fair share of time in the principal’s office.
I actually knew John’s brother Joe better. He was a close friend of my older sister. Was at the house a lot. Really nice guy with a beautiful singing voice. Had the lead in all the school musicals. I believe he was on Broadway for a while and then opened up a dinner theater in the Cincinnati area if memory serves me right.
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