![]() ![]() McCain immediately stopped using both “Pink Houses” and “Our Country” at his events. ![]() We just wrote a letter that said, ‘You guys might want to rethink about using this song,’ and they quit using it.” He added, “We didn’t tell him not to use it. Maybe you guys should rethink using the song.’” for all Ive ever wanted - Ive still got my little pink house, and someone who loves me. Bob said, ‘You know, McCain’s using your song.’ I said ‘Well, he can use it if he wants to, but you probably ought to write him a letter and say, ‘You know, not only that you guys are using it, but so is Barack Obama, so is John Edwards, so is Hillary Clinton, and you should understand that Mellencamp is very liberal, and do you really think that it’s pushing your agenda in the right direction? I mean, you’re just really falling in line with all the other liberal candidates. For everywhere Ive been, for all Ive got. “What happened was that I called up my publicity guy. There's a black man with a black catLivin' in a black neighborhood He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard You know he thinks he's got it so good And there's a woman in the kitchen Cleanin' up the evenin' slop And he looks at her and says, 'Hey darlin', I can. With his lyrics, Mellencamp delivers a jab at his country. Find out the real meaning behind the song. As he remembered it, in a 2009 interview with NPR, Mellencamp called up his rep Bob Merlis. John Mellencamp's 'Pink Houses' evokes mid-West imagery of corn fields and calloused hands. First, Ronald Reagan used the song in his 1984 reelection stops, and secondly, in 2008, Republican Senator John McCain used it for many of his political rallies and events. ![]() The song’s meaning has long been misinterpreted. ![]()
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