"Initially it started as a joke", Mellencamp told Torgoff of "Cheap Shot". The "IceMan's" cover of John Cougar Mellencamp's "Ain't Even Done With The Night"....No Copyright Infringement!!!! "Ain't Even Done With The Night" by Freddy Four Fingers Genre House Comment by Freddy Four Fingers. 'This Time' is almost as solid, and 'Wild Angel' does a decent job of channeling Van Morrison.". One accurate version. The Cure's "Lullaby" is based on a recurring nightmare frontman Robert Smith had as a child where he was eaten by a giant spider. How four songs portray Shakespeare's character Ophelia. Recommended by The Wall Street Journal Mellencamp wrote "To M.G. Massey was chosen because, as Mellencamp told Rolling Stone in late 1980, "I was looking for a typical heavy woman to convey a lower-middle-class way of living. strum all strings up and down. A lot of 'em are real horrible. Alle Formate Kindle-Ausgabe From Book 1: There is a hot new detective working the beat in the chilly state of Maine. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about John Cougar* - Ain't Even Done With The Night at Discogs. The woman pictured on the album's cover and seen in the music video for "This Time" is actress Edith Massey, a member of the Dreamlanders troupe who often appeared in the films of John Waters. Only the Chicago Sun-Times, calling Mellencamp a "poet of the real world", weighed in with a rave review, s… When a song describes a wedding, it's rarely something to celebrate - with one big exception. They all laughed . But some are good, like that song ‘Hot Night in a Cold Town.’ That’s how I found that one. Professional quality. F♯m E D F♯m D E. Chorus. You say that s all r A ight, hold t F♯m ight. "Come Dancing" by The Kinks was inspired by the older sister of Ray Davies, who would make guys take her out dancing and spend their money on her, only to send them home frustrated with just a peck on the cheek. He knew the vagaries of young romance and fear of commitment quite well, which certainly qualified him to write this song about a couple deeply in love, with the guy unsure what to do and the girl reassuring him. "Ain't Even Done with the Night" came from his quest to make hit pop songs, and even thought he has shown no affinity for it, the song became one of his most enduring, showing up on playlists decades after it was first released. Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane do a rap intro. Try it free! Many believe Annie Lennox is singing: "Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am I to disagree?". AZLyrics. Steve Cropper, who produced Otis Redding and many other acts at Stax Records, produced the, More songs that mention other musicians in the lyrics. [3] "I'm not a nostalgic person, so it always surprises me that I'm pretty good at writing nostalgic songs,” Mellencamp said in the liner notes to his 2010 box set On the Rural Route 7609. Many reviewers found the sexual songs tasteless and gratuitous; others liked the bright accessibility of "This Time" and "Ain't Even Done with the Night". But 'Ain't Even Done With the Night' is still as good a song as Cougar and/or Mellencamp has ever written, a soulful pop-rock ballad fueled by youthful innocence and an understated hook that couldn't feel less forced. This song came during a transitional period for Mellencamp, after his first hit but before his star turn. "At first they wanted me to take it off the record, and I said ‘No way!’", Mellencamp said. I saw her a couple of years ago, and she said that it was one of the happiest moments in her life that I had taken the time to reflect back and write a song about us as adolescents. ", In a three-star review in July 2005, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette critic Ed Masley wrote: "Mellencamp rounded second as a writer on the charmingly titled "Nothin' Matters and What If It Did," although that's not to say he'd necessarily matured if the juvenile sex jokes that make up all 25 seconds of 'Cry Baby' are any indication. In 1978, ". This record puts him right up there with those other rock & roll wizards, Costello and Springsteen. Listen to Ain't Even Done With The Night by John Mellencamp, 232,418 Shazams, featuring on Classic Rock Essentials, and ’80s Rock Essentials Apple Music playlists. I would recommend that you read that one first and then move on to this one and get ready for a fantastic ride!! Well it s D time to go home. Don't Misunderstand Me. Zach Hanson was just 11 years and 7 months old when "MMMbop" topped the Hot 100 making him the youngest group member to co-write and perform a US #1 single. John J Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, actor, and film director.He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation.Mellencamp rose to fame in the 1980s while "honing an almost startlingly plainspoken … No, I ain't even done with the night No, no, ain't even Ain't even done with the night No, no, ain't even done with the night No, I ain't even done with the night Submit Corrections. Nothin' Matters and What If It Did is John Mellencamp's fourth studio album, under his pseudonym of John Cougar. John Lennon, Paul Simon and Lynyrd Skynyrd are some of the artists who have written revenge songs. Who can [E] make it all come true [F#m] Well I?m … John Cougar Mellencamp performs Ain't Even Done With The Night on Solid Gold 2/14/1981. Ain’t Even Done With the Night Lyrics – John Cougar. "It's like there is a nostalgic part of me that I won't admit to myself. INTRO. Ain't even done with the night Hold tight Well, I don't even know If I'm doin' this right Well, all right, hold tight We can stay out all day We can run around all night Well, all night, all night Well, it's time to go home And I ain't even done with the night. . Bridge. 2013-09-26T22:01:45Z Comment by EL. I didn't mean it to be that serious. The Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" came top of a 2013 Spotify poll to find out which songs music fans most commonly hear people singing incorrectly. I decided never to try to write a formula song like that again. "[1], A remastered version of Nothin' Matters and What If It Did was released on Mercury/Island/UMe on March 29, 2005; it includes one bonus track, "Latest Game", which, according to the liner notes, was taken from the sessions for Mellencamp's 1982 album American Fool.[2]. He told Billboard magazine in 2001: “I wanted to write something that was soulful and had an R&B feel to it, and being a young guy I thought we should get Mr. Stax Soul himself (Cropper) to produce the record. Love that "club downstairs" vibe. Ain't Even Done With The Night Tab by John Mellencamp with free online tab player. Watch the video for Ain't Even Done With The Night from John Mellencamp's Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. "I wrote it at home and went into the studio and said to the band, 'How do you think the record company would feel about this song?' That song even has a drum part we lifted straight off an old Motown record.” [4], According to Holmes, "Cheap Shot" nearly didn't make it onto the album. CAPO 2 INTRO strum all strings up and down A (x0220x) D/A (x0020x) VERSE A Well our hearts beat like thunder D/A I don’t know why they don't explode A You got your hands in my back pockets D/A And Sam Cooke’s singin’ on the radio PRE-CHORUS: F#m D You say that I’m the boy E Who can make it all come true F#m D Well I’m telling’ ya that I don’t know E If I know what to do … In 1983 he started using "John Cougar Mellencamp," then in 1990 just John Mellencamp. Modern Recording and Music rated the performance as "wimpy", and the recording "obtuse": "It seems that Cougar, not unlike the month of March, had started out like a Cougar and now he's gone out like a goat." Well our hearts beat like thunder I don’t know why they don’t explode You got your hands in my back pockets and Sam Cooke’s singin’ on the radio. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 as the album's second single, and "This Time", which peaked at No. I've gotta say I hate it when people write the whole plot when they review books-it makes me think 'well,I don't have to read that one then', so I don't want to do that. But I wrote the song in 1977 in Germany, and it's about my first girlfriend. We could D stay out all day, we could run arou E nd all night. You say that I’m the boy Who can make it all come true Well I’m tellin ya that I don’t even know If I know what to do. Ain't Even Done With the Night John Mellencamp. ", "Hot Night in a Cold Town,” the only song on the album that Mellencamp didn’t write, was written by Geoffrey Cushing-Murray and Richard Littlefield. Shears does very little promotion, which has kept him secluded from the spotlight. Ain't Even Done With The Night. Only the Chicago Sun-Times, calling Mellencamp a "poet of the real world", weighed in with a rave review, saying: "Spirit, spark and not a little smartalecky sass—these are the essential ingredients of John Cougar's music . Well alri A ght, hold t F♯m ight. And I a E int even done with the night. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs. What changed when Cyndi Lauper had a hit with his song? Stage urinals, flute devices, and the real Aqualung in this Fact or Fiction. . yeah that makes sense thanks for the listen man. And I aint even done with the night. Ain't Even Done With The Night | Kevay, Keara | ISBN: 9781463662189 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. Complete your John Cougar* collection. Do you know who they wrote them about? PRE-CHORUS: [F#m] You say that I [D]?m the boy. If that makes any sense... 2013-09-26T14:30:19Z. J. John Mellencamp Lyrics. Reviews of Nothin' Matters were mixed. . Aint Even Done With The Night – John Mellencamp. "Talk To Ya Later" proved the power of MTV when sales of Tubes albums picked up in markets like Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the network was available. CAPO 2. On the albums I've got this post office box and people send tapes all the time. Mickey Mantle and John Madden both appear in the video for "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" by Paul Simon. ! All tracks are written by John Mellencamp, except where noted. Mellencamp explained in Tim Holmes' 1986 biography how he discovered the song: "Man, I get a lot more demo tapes than you’ve ever seen in your life. I’ve gotten tapes with guys just singing, you know, ‘OOOHHHH’ with no music or nothin’ on it. ", In his 1986 biography on Mellencamp, author Martin Torgoff called "Tonight" "a funky, high-stepping ditty about the joyous lubricity a blue-collar worker feels for his woman during the day that could very well have been one of [Mellencamp's] hottest songs had it not been for one X-rated line, involving a part of the female anatomy being applied to the fellow's face, that kept it off the radio." Produced by soul pioneer Steve Cropper, the album includes the Top 40 hits "Ain't Even Done with the Night", which reached No. Schau das Video für Ain't Even Done With The Night von John Mellencamp's Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits kostenlos und sieh dir Coverbilder, Songtexte und ähnliche Künstler an. A (x0220x) D/A (x0020x) VERSE [A] Well our hearts beat like thunder [D/A] I don?t know why they don't explode [A] You got your hands in my back pockets [D/A] And Sam Cooke?s singin? The album is certified Platinum by the RIAA. Sing Ain't Even Done With The Night by John Mellencamp with lyrics on KaraFun. Well all A night, all F♯m night. She was really kind. Women think he’s perfect, but he does have one flaw—he isn’t human. Writer(s): John Mellencamp. Many reviewers found the sexual songs tasteless and gratuitous; others liked the bright accessibility of "This Time" and "Ain't Even Done with the Night". Not much, really. When Lou Bellua transfers to the Maine State Police, he isn’t doing it for the pay. Ain't Even Done With The Night (3 Book Series) von Keara Kevay. ", Of the Top 40 hit "This Time", Mellencamp told Torgoff: "The first time I heard it on the radio, I almost puked. Lyrics to Ain't Even Done with the Night by John Cougar from the Nothin' Matters and What If It Did album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more! ", Reviews of Nothin' Matters were mixed. Well I D don t even know if I m doin E this right. ", “Ain’t Even Done with the Night,” the album’s most popular song, was Mellencamp’s attempt to write a soul song. How to play “Aint Even Done With The N…” Font −1 +1 album: "Nothin' Matters And What If It Did" (1980) Hot Night In A Cold Town . 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Mellencamp told Torgoff of writing that line, "We'd all been in a bad mood because we were in the studio so long, and everybody was tired of cutting that song, so I threw that line in there to liven things up. This is book two-Ain't Even Done With The Night being the first book. Modern Recording and Music rated the performance as "wimpy", and the recording "obtuse": "It seems that Cougar, not unlike the month of March, had started out like a Cougar and now he's gone out like a goat." This song falls smack in the middle of the "John Cougar" years - the name he used from 1979-1983; before that he was "Johnny Cougar." I had watched a Bette Davis film, and I always thought this girl acted like and in a funny way looked like Bette Davis, even when were kids. on the radio. John Mellencamp got married at 18 and had his first child a short time later. . (Wherever She May Be)" in remembrance of his high school girlfriend, whose name was Margie (aka M.G.). 27 as the album's lead single. 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