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On this day in 1982, John Cougar released the album “American Fool”!!

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Jack And Diane - John Mellencamp - 1982

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John Mellencamp - The Kid Inside (MainMan, 1983) - Art direction and photograph by James J.C. Andrews

John looked so handsome as a young lad, not gonna lie.

This album was recorded in 1977 and intended to be a direct sequel to Chestnut Street Incident, but it was shelved after MCA dropped Mellencamp following said album's failure, and control of the masters reverted to his former manager Tony DeFries. When Mellencamp finally hit mainstream success in 1982 with American Fool, DeFries decided to capitalize by putting this album out in January 1983, to the confusion of fans. Mellencamp did not authorize the release and has largely disowned it. Luckily, it did not sabatoge the release of Uh-huh later that year.

Unlike Chestnut Street Incident, this album was penned entirely by Mellencamp. Sadly, it's just as shitty.

Image courtesy of Discogs.

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Tuesday Tunes 143: Fools For April?

I played a set of fool and stupid songs several months back, to ‘celebrate’ my own stupidity in falling victim to a scammer, but I collected a long list of fool songs which I couldn’t fit into that post so I thought I’d play some more, as a rather belated recognition that last Saturday was April Fools Day – I hope everyone came through unscathed! As usual, I’m taking a few liberties to fit songs…

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Best Songs Ever 951-960

Counting down the top 1000 songs according to me.I’m identifying ten songs once a week until we get to number 1.All you have to do is click onto each video to hear the music and enjoy the songs. #960 – Edge Of Thorns (1993)by Savatage (2/2) #959 – It Don’t Come Easy (1973)by Ringo Starr (1/1) #958 – Space Oddity (1969)by David Bowie (2/3) #957 – All The Young Dudes (1972)by Mott The Hoople…

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Jack And Diane - John Mellencamp

Song 4

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Friday Records

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Take that mellencamp 😁

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(stumbling in, covered in claw marks and blood) have you thought about jack marston today

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Hurts So Good - John Cougar - 1982

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You say that's alright, hold tight

Well, I don't even know if I'm doin' this right

Well alright, hold tight

We can stay out all day, we can run around all night

Well all night, all night

Well, it's time to go home

And I ain't even done with the night

John Mellencamp - Nothin' Matters and What if it Did (Riva, 1980) - Design by Dawn Patrol, Photograph by Michael Curtis

Actress Edith Massey, best known for her collaborations with filmmaker John Waters, portrays the woman on these covers. She also appears in the music video for "This Time".

Both "This Time" and "Ain't Even Done with the Night" peaked at No. 27 and No. 17 on the Hot 100, respectively, inching John closer to mainstream success.

Images courtesy of Discogs.

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