I've always liked much of Mellencamp's music. Politically, he's written some good populist songs like "Pink Houses" and done much for causes like "Farm Aid."
But -- his politics aredefinitely mostly of the left-wing, anti-white, hypocritical variety. He has been quoted as saying that all Americans should have to marry someone of a different race. This from a man who at the age of around 45 married a blonde, teenage supermodel. It doesn't get any more hypocritical than that.
I found this from an interview with Mellencamp in the latest issue of Rolling Stone:
Q.: When you were fourteen, you were singing James Brown songs.
A. F--- yeah! I was in a band called Crepe Soul. We were a James Brown jukebox. We had the short pants like James had, the high-waisted jackets and the thick-and-thin socks -- the whole bit. It was 1966 and we played everywhere. . .
Q.: Did you ever meet JB?
A.: I did the Tom Snyder show in 1978. I was just starting out, and we sucked a big dick, and we were on the show with James Brown and Muhammad Ali. Ali was the sweetest guy, but James was angry. I'm not kidding you, he scared me to death. He was having a fit in the hallway, yelling about "goddamn f'in whitey." When I heard him talk, though, I thought, "Yeah, f--- white people!"
Edited by: Don Wassall
But -- his politics aredefinitely mostly of the left-wing, anti-white, hypocritical variety. He has been quoted as saying that all Americans should have to marry someone of a different race. This from a man who at the age of around 45 married a blonde, teenage supermodel. It doesn't get any more hypocritical than that.
I found this from an interview with Mellencamp in the latest issue of Rolling Stone:
Q.: When you were fourteen, you were singing James Brown songs.
A. F--- yeah! I was in a band called Crepe Soul. We were a James Brown jukebox. We had the short pants like James had, the high-waisted jackets and the thick-and-thin socks -- the whole bit. It was 1966 and we played everywhere. . .
Q.: Did you ever meet JB?
A.: I did the Tom Snyder show in 1978. I was just starting out, and we sucked a big dick, and we were on the show with James Brown and Muhammad Ali. Ali was the sweetest guy, but James was angry. I'm not kidding you, he scared me to death. He was having a fit in the hallway, yelling about "goddamn f'in whitey." When I heard him talk, though, I thought, "Yeah, f--- white people!"
Edited by: Don Wassall