Conference marvin::uk_music

    
    
    	I'll second the recommendation for "The Lonesome Jubilee", in
    	fact I can't think of a better album I bought in '87. Got it
    	on the strength of the first single "Like Paper in Fire" and
    	wasn't disappointed. It's nice to hear such good songs as
    	"Down and Out, here in Paradise" which also have a 'message'.
    
    	I too would like tips on some of his earlier stuff.
    
    	Doug.
    

    
    I have 2 others of his, "Uh-huh" and "American Fool", which are
    great.  He is more "down-to-earth"/regular guy than Bruce.  He
    hails from Indiana farm country where he still lives and does a
    lot to promote the plight of the farmers.
    
    His concerts are more like parties with a sense of everybody 
    getting involved, instead of him performing for us, if that makes
    sense at all.  I've seen him three times in four and a half years,
    I like him that much.  Some of his songs that I like particularly
    are "Jack & Diane", "Hurts so Good", and "Pink Houses".
    
    I'd recommend him to anyone.
                  
    Sue (who has her amp back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and stayed up late
    listening to stuff)

    
    re..0
    
    ; For a number of years I had deliberately avoided this guy,

    
    
    I know I know ( hangs his head in shame ) . I suppose I must be
    mellowing with old age .
    
    Now if only everyone would make an effort to listen to something
    they thought they wouldn't like ..... then it would be agreed
    that the Smiths were the greatest band of this decade.  Yeah !!
    
    Oh , Back to the base note  .'The Lonesome Jubilee' is a fine fine 
    piece of driving music. It just seems to speed-up at all the right 
    points in the road, and its got great dashboard slapping ,hollering
    along and shades-on-and-arm-out-the-window pieces. 
                                        
    _Stuart_.

    re .4

    ; its got great dashboard slapping ,hollering
    ; along and shades-on-and-arm-out-the-window pieces.                  
      
    I like that!.  Now, if you like this so much, try to get hold of
    the older albums that I mentioned previously.  I like them much
    better than "Lonesome Jubilee".
    
    Sue  

    
    They're on the list 
    

    
    I guess Jack and Diane is my fave.  This guy's been around for years
    though ... not quite as long as Bob Seeger perhaps!!
    
    David.
    

    
    	For me 'Scarecrow' is the best of all his albums although 'Jubilee'
    	does come close. I also have a strong liking for 'The Authority
    	Song'.
         incidentally, when I first bought 'Scarecrow' I was playing
    	a tape of it in the car on the way to a gig, a comment from
    	one of my mates was 'Hey this is great, its like the thinking
    	mans Bruce Springsteen..' !!!
    			couldn't have put it better myself.
    
    
    			Be seeing you
    					Graham 

    Has anyone else heard what I think is his new single, "Under 
    the Boardwalk"?  (Who did it originally, the Drifters?)
    
    It's great!
    
    Sue

re: -1

>    Has anyone else heard what I think is his new single, "Under 
>    the Boardwalk"?  (Who did it originally, the Drifters?)

Hmmm. Over here in the States, this was a B-side of a single about 3-4
years ago. Did it just come out there?
    
>    It's great!

Yes, it is! (And yes, it was originally The Drifters)

Alan S.

    re.10
    >Hmmm. Over here in the States, this was a B-side of a single about 3-4
years ago. Did it just come out there?

    Alan, I'm in the US!  
    
    I've seen JCM four times and never heard him do the song until this 
    past June at Great Woods.  I thought it may be his new single because 
    I heard it on the radio for the first time last week, and twice since 
    then.
    
    Sue       

    re:  last few
    
    It's the flip side of the "ROCK IN THE U.S.A." single.
    
    and I like it too.  I've come to appreciate JCM a lot more
    as we both get older.
    
    -Dan Hall

    re.12
    >  I've come to appreciate JCM a lot more as we both get older.
    
    I hear ya! "Seventeen has turned thirty-five..." 
    
    Sue
                       
    

    
    only started listening to him recently and I think he's
    great....especially 'Cherry bomb' and 'Pink Houses'.....
    
    I would love to see the guy in action 
    
    Wallsie

    re.14
    > I would love to see the guy in action 

    I don't know if he's ever toured in the UK...anyone know?
    
    I've seen him five times, most recently 6/19 at Great Woods,
    and he's fantastic.  Gets everybody up and moving, his concerts
    are like a big party, with each song better that the previous.
    
    You get the feeling that he's *genuinely* enjoying himself.  I
    will *never* tire of him.

    The then John Cougar toured the UK in the late 70's to universal
    apathy.

    
    JCM played the Hamersmith Odeon this February. It was the best concert
    I've seen in years. The whole place was up and rockin'. He did some
    great covers in the set to.
    
    		- That's the sound of the men 
    		  working on the chain gang
    
    		- Gloria
    
    		- Like a rolling stone
                              
    Your gonna have to see him Wallsie.
    

    
     Can someone put out a list of his albums? I have only recently
    started listening to his stuff, and have become a partial fan. If
    I can hear more, I may become a total fan.
    
    TGW.

John Cougar (Mellancamp)
------------------------
The Early Years (may not be released in the UK - this is just songs from
                 his first two albums that were total stiffs years ago)
John Cougar
Nothin' Matters, And What If It Did
American Fool
Uh-Huh
Scarecrow
Lonesome Jubliee

That's pretty much off the top of my head, so I may have missed an early
one. Also, I don't know if all of these were released in the UK (although
I imagine they were).

Alan S.

    
    His latest is expected out May 9.  The album will be called
    Big Daddy and the single being played now is Pop Singer.