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Twice in the past week, I have unexpectedly run into performances by John Mellencamp, a surprise that was nice the first time (when he performed "Pink Houses" at Shea Stadium, as seen above through someone's T-shirt) and somewhat disorienting the second; yesterday morning Mellencamp played a free concert that aired during breaks in CBS' The Early Show. The concert began soundchecking at 5:20 a.m.—gotta get ready for the few East Coast viewers that The Early Show still has, after all—and the sound quality was so pristine, I actually thought the music was coming from the hotel room next door to mine. (Which I suppose says something about the sort of equipment CBS can afford.) And his band sounded good! It just would have sounded a lot more pleasant if it hadn't been, you know, six in the morning. Anyway, at this point I'm awaiting a knock at my door, one that will announce the former Johnny Cougar to show up on my doorstep and hand me a pamphlet about why authority always wins before breaking into song. [YouTube]
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When I was young, we lived in Illinois on the Indiana border. I was honestly convinced that crossing the state line would result in running into either Larry Bird or John Mellencamp.
Considering this taping took place in Chicago - it very well COULD have been coming from the hotel room next to you!!!
@TheRunningboard7: Dude, I grew up in Indianapolis and went to Indiana University. On the road between Point A and Point U, you pass one of Larry Bird's auto dealerships. And the first "tourist-y" thing I did when I got to Bloomington was to drive by John Mellencamp's house.
So I totes relate.
I've driven through Indiana a couple of times. Sweet merciful Jeebus, there's a lot of corn in that state. It was like, "Corn ... corn ... corn ... corn ... corn ... Hey, that's the town where John Mellencamp lives! ... corn ... corn ... corn ... "
@Chris N.: Again, living at the point which merges corn-choked IL with corn-choked IN, I was told moving to the Kansas City area would be a flat, corn-choked void. It's like a hilly, visual paradise up in this, all things compared.
@Rob Murphy: You'd think Larry Bird was the mayor of Terre Haute, or even visits more than once every 5 years, the way he's treated there.
Little bastard.
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