![]() That happened in 1991, 4 albums after Uh-Huh. Meaning (to me) that wealthy people can go on vacations to wherever they want without a care in the world (and no thought for those who don't have the means), but working class people can't do that, their 'thrills' cost them big-time - either in the form of bills for vacations and other things they can't afford (loans, credit card debt, etc. Taste that pink venom Get em, get em, get em Straight to ya dome like woah, woah, woah Straight to ya dome like ah, ah, ah Verse 2: Lisa, Jennie Black paint and ammo, got bodies like Rambo. The Meaning Behind The Song: Signs by Five Man Electrical Band Ain’t that America Home of the free, yeah Little pink houses for you and me. The meaning runs on so many different levels. ![]() My spidy-sense was acting up at this statement though: "Mellencamp released Uh-Huh, his seventh studio album and the first in which he had dropped the ill-advised, manager-imposed “Cougar” from his name, in the fall of 1983." Pink Houses is the state-of-our-union anthem that John Mellencamp likes to boast about. Grey areas can be good for music and art in general. ‘Pink Houses’ was John’s most misunderstood song, he was inspired to write this song when he saw a black man holding a black cat on his front lawn cool and calm: The man was sitting on his front lawn in front of a pink house in one of those shitty, cheap lawn chairs. I do like the chorus myself, but with the wry knowledge that it isn't what you think it is the first time you hear it. That usually leads to more sales, and given that this was a single, that was one of the goals. Regarding changing the chorus, anytime you use America/US/USA/United States (or similar verbiage) in the title or chorus of a song you're going to get a heightened reaction, for better or worse. Little pink houses for you and me Oh, yeah, for you and me Ey Verse 3 Well, theres a young man in a t-shirt Listen to a rock n roll station Hes got greasy hair, greasy smile He says. Hearts that were made to break Tears through a white lace veil Pink funeral Bridge Somewhere underneath the boughs Youll get away, get away somehow Far from here All around (All around) The. That's not always a bad thing, but it does lend itself to misinterpretation. But there are plenty of songs where the music and the words don't send the same message. The point about the video above and its feel good ending is a good one.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |