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“Pink Houses” is a song written and sung by John Cougar Mellencamp. It was released on the 1983 album Uh-Huh on Riva Records. It reached #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1984. “Pink Houses” was ranked #439 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Recorded in a farmhouse in Brownstown, Indiana, the song was inspired when Mellencamp was driving along an overpass on the way home to Bloomington, Indiana from the Indianapolis airport. There was an old black man sitting outside his little pink shotgun house with his cat in his arms, completely unperturbed by the traffic speeding along the highway in his front yard. “He waved, and I waved back,” Mellencamp said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “That’s how ‘Pink Houses’ started.”
Recorded in a farmhouse in Brownstown, Indiana, the song was inspired when Mellencamp was driving along an overpass on the way home to Bloomington, Indiana from the Indianapolis airport. There was an old black man sitting outside his little pink shotgun house with his cat in his arms, completely unperturbed by the traffic speeding along the highway in his front yard. “He waved, and I waved back,” Mellencamp said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “That’s how ‘Pink Houses’ started.”
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maddog0 wrote:
OLD COUGARS GREAT
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ohh1972 wrote:
Such a hymn. Seems rather removed now.
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wildtony40 wrote:
great cd.
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
Play ball
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kemp678 wrote:
....Home of the free, yeah!
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r-iman wrote:
Aint that America.....................
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brooking1404 wrote:
Great to see John in London in July . Aint that America !!
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lottadogs wrote:
I like it
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jwileya wrote:
know every word..good song!
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Oldvets2 wrote:
i 2 live in a small town but aint that america
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rockmetalrules wrote:
timeless
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RustyChile wrote:
Fur yew an' mee Bybeeee!
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AneezMom wrote:
Classic!
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cadaver11 wrote:
<333
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JOEDOG1369 wrote:
JOHN COUGER
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rdl82 wrote:
he thinks he's got it so good.
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BadassDuke wrote:
What do they no! no! no!
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benhurtyou wrote:
the best
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crapisi wrote:
home of the free??? is that really true man??? any remarks on this comment. shout me if you want to talk about whats free in this fucked up world we live in. jack.
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crapisi wrote:
rock-n-roll bro.
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