I don't have to tell you what an icon John Mellancamp is, his 30 year career in music speaks for itself. He's been a professional musician longer than I have been alive. This is a once-in-a-lifetime show, for sure. Ever since Words & Music came out a few years ago, I haven't really been too long without a JM fix, but my love of Mellancamp started at a very early age with the song Hurts So Good. In the early 80s when this song was released, I, like many young girls was an avid gymnast. My parents were good friends of the owners of the gym where I took lessons and let us use it in the early mornings when no one else was there. My mom and I spent hours and hours at the gym together working out to this song. It's strange really. I don't remember what we actually did in those early mornings, but I definitely remember this song. Fast forward a few years, and my favorites became Authority Song, Jack & Diane, Your Life Is Now and Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First).
Tonight, this show had a totally different feel than the "old time" rock 'n roll you might expect (especially with hits like R.O.C.K. in the USA). The diversity of instruments and how he changed up the tone of some of his hits, was amazing. From an a cappella Cherry Bomb to a new song, Longest Days, that literally brought me to tears, I must see him again and again.
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