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Is this Bruce Springsteen now?
It's Mellencamp
Oh yeah. He's the one that sang that Diddy about jack and Diane. In my mind they are from the same generation but that may not even be the case.
Yeah they're both in their early to mid 70s now. Both had music out in the '80s & '90s, and both embraced a blue collar vibe, albeit in different ways.
My favorite Mellencamp song is Authority Song
Oh shit I love that song. I might go through his hits and see if there are more I like. My parents didn't listen to that kind of music and by the mid to late 90s that style seemed old to my kid/preteen ears. I found one Springsteen song I liked over the years, The Ghost of Tom Joad, but never connected with the wider body of work.
Apropos of nothing my thoughts on Mellencamp were always perfectly encapsulated by The Hold Steady's lyric in Stevie Nix "...you remind me of Rod Stewart when he was young You've got passion and you think that you're sexy and all the punks think that you're dumb" but that's just because I was an obnoxious young punk once upon a time. Thanks for the recommendation.
Haha we were all obnoxious young punks at one time. Probably why I love Authority Song so much.
I'm glad you like the rec!