You'll be belting out the lyrics by the end of the song as it has become a #ScottCounty favorite local ballad. As of today, it has over 3.3 million views on #YouTube alone. This song fits perfect with the Slide Show I put together The United States is a beautiful place, with many attractions Here you see America's Land. Pink houses represent the deceiving facade of all American Dreams as well as the.
for all Ive ever wanted - Ive still got my little pink house, and someone who loves me. If you want to watch the music video on Mellencamp's official YouTube page, click on the link below. The lyrics of this song stand to depict the stereotypical American Dream. For everywhere Ive been, for all Ive got. Now, ain't that America? If you know of any other people or local filming sites in the music video, please post below. The music video which was a hit on #MTV, is full of covered bridges, fields of corn, back roads, trucks, trains, motorcycles, average everyday citizens, buffalo, and horses. Pink Houses became a Top 10 hit in 1984 and was named by #RollingStones as #439 of their 500 Best Songs of all time. Craig worked for 60 years for the Morgan family as their personal horse trainer and groundskeeper. The second man in the green shirt tipping his hat to the camera is Floyd "Fat" Craig (1913-1996). During the song's bridge, two Scott Countians are shown riding horses and lassoing cattle: the first is John Morgan - owner of Morgan Foods and Morgan Farms where part of the video was filmed. A few other local sites are included in the video: Morgan Farms just east of Austin on State Road 256 and Jackson Heights Mobile Home Park on North Boatman Road which was bedecked with American flags to play up the patriotic lyrics. Although the house is now white, it's unmistakeable when it's viewed in comparison to the music video.
The pink house that is the key focal point of the video still stands today at 530 West York Road in Austin (it is a private residence and not open for tours). Goodin (1941-2013) had a brief cameo in the video in the closing scene dancing shirtless and waving his hat in front of Bedel's Store in Uniontown #Indiana which stood 8 miles north of #Austin on US Highway 31 and State Road 250. About 300 people turned out that day to catch a glimpse of Mellencamp and get his autograph.
It was taken on September 15th and shows Mellencamp with his crew along with then Austin Police Chief John Adams and then Austin Town Board Member Harvey Goodin. Today's #tbt picture is from the Septem"The Scott County Journal" newspaper. When it came time for filming the 1983 music video from his seventh album entitled "Uh-Huh", one of locations he chose was Austin - just 18 miles from his native #Seymour. Pink Houses LyricistJohn Mellencamp Theres a black man with a black cat Livin in a black neighborhood Hes got an interstate runnin through his front. Mellencamp, who had already achieved star status at the time, was going by the name John Cougar Mellencamp. And don’t worry, you don’t need perfect lyrics to use this tool. Just type the few lyrics you know, and then after you’re finished entering, our tool helps identify potential song matches. It debuted at number-two on the Billboard 200 and was number-one in Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, United Kingdom, etc. Find song by partial lyrics tool can now help you figure it out and solve your earworm, it’s just as simpleno artist name required. But one of his songs has ties to Scott County and is today's #ThrowBackThursday feature: Pink Houses. Funhouse is the fifth studio album by Pnk. Mellencamp, a native of neighboring Jackson County gave us great #American music heartland ballads such as "Jack & Diane", "Hurts So Good", "R.O.C.K. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).Scott County Heritage Center & Museum - When most southern Indiana #Hoosiers think of #music, they think of one of their own: John Mellencamp. Get the embed code John Cougar Mellencamp - Uh-Huh! Album Lyrics1.Pink Houses2.Pink Houses (Bonus Track)3.Play GuitarJohn Cougar Mellencamp Lyrics provided by
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