![]() Maybe the little pink house wasn’t such a bad prize. Is the pursuit of happiness really something that makes us happy? Or do we want a deeper contentment? Please help me get 50k sub New song out everyday, subscribe and click the bell to update the latest good songsStream. Where you realize that you can no longer be. ![]() Is that America? Is happiness in the moment really what we want. I think this song is about how there comes a time in your life when you realize youre too old to be a dreamer. Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer There's a black man with a black cat Living in a black neighborhood He's got an interstate running' through his front yard You know, he thinks, he's got it so good And there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning' up evening slop And he looks at her and says: 'Hey darling, I can remember when you could stop a clock' Oh but ain't that. Our quest to be happy now leads to destruction. Here we get a suggestion of what the pursuit of happiness can do: it can kill. It is recommended for beginner to intermediate guitar players. 8 on Billboard charts, and remains a rock radio staple to this day. The last verse, though, is where a really poignant turn is made. Clayton Anderson - Pink Houses (Lyric Video) 16,373 views Clayton Anderson pays homage to fellow Hoosier, John 161 Dislike Share Save Clayton Anderson 4.2K subscribers Comments 7. Pink Houses John Mellencamp Transcribed by:CPDmusic E-mail: The song Pink Houses by John Cougar Mellencamp was written in 1983, reached No. Mellencamp has remarked that he greatly dislikes the last verse of the song: Contentment can be found on a porch by the interstate. It is unsettling because it simultaneously suggests that perhaps hard work doesn’t lead to wealth and happiness while showing us that contentment can be had without the wealth. From that perspective, Mellencamp’s view of American (as presented in “Pink Houses”) unsettles us. The American Dream says that s/he who works hard can gain wealth and happiness. So what does this say about America? That the country is broken down? Or that the country is content living in the less-than-ideal? ![]() So who is right? The listeners who want more for the man, or the man who is happy in a less-than-ideal situation? Mellencamp claims this scene is “America”. But what is clear to us as listeners of the story is not recognized by the man in the story–he thinks he’s got it pretty darn good, with his porch and his pink house and his pretty-wife memories. That’s broken down imagery: an old woman cleaning up slop while a man watches traffic whiz by. It seemed a less than inspiring prize.Įven the song paints little pink houses in a not-so-glamorous shade: It’s hard to imagine, however, some young cat from the coast giving up life there for a random spot in middle America without promise of work or reward (the actual winner came from Seattle… and never occupied the house, surprise, surprise). Here’s the story: In honor of John (Cougar) Mellencamp’s release of “Pink Houses” back in 1984, MTV gave away a house in Bloomington, Indiana.
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