While the “American dream” of home ownership has not diminished the “dream home is fast becoming a “pipe dream”. John Mellencamp: Pink Houses Meaning. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Change ). Giving full consideration to the dream of home ownership, I am convinced that we should not lose that dream, but I am equally convinced that we should approach that dream with other notable tenants of the American dream that relate to wise use of the land, wise use of our natural resources, conservation and stewardship, and American craftsmanship. He writes about the “American experience” and his lyrics describe the everyday kind of challenges of living in America and being part of the “American fabric”. I thought it was interesting, and love sharing it with my friends. "That's how 'Pink Houses' started." song: "Pink Houses", var opts = { document.write('
');var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== 'undefined')c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement("script"),s=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];r.async=!0;r.src="//srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js";r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if("loaded"==r.readyState||"complete"==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; They were low-cost houses (which my parents refered to as the "projects") that were bulit in the late 40s' and early 50s' for all the new growing families most of which were military returning home from the war. I'm sure that there were a lot of pink houses that he became aware of after he started writing the song, but that was just a story that was passed down to me. Oh but ain’t that America for you and me, Ain’t that America we’re something to see baby, Ain’t that America, home of the free, Little pink houses for you and me”. There was an old black man sitting outside his little pink shotgun house with his cat in his arms, completely unperturbed by the traffic speeding along the highway in his front yard. Recorded in a farmhouse in Brownstown, Indiana, the song was inspired when Mellencamp was driving along an overpass on the way home to Bloomington, Indiana from the Indianapolis airport. adunit_id: 100001411, John Cougar Mellencamp is one of my favorite singer/songwriters. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. })(); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Conformity for security, acceptance, status-quo, safety... is a cowards choice! All lyrics provided for educational purposes only."He waved, and I waved back," Mellencamp said in an interview with Rolling Stone. All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. It contains the chorus…” Oh but ain’t that America for you and me, Ain’t that America we’re something to see baby, Ain’t that America, home of the free, Little pink houses for you and me”. div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)) It's slamming selling-out! ( Log Out / (function() { One of my favorite Mellencamp songs is Pink Houses-Ain’t that America. ( Log Out / Song meanings ©2003-2020 lyricinterpretations.com. There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhood He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard You know he thinks that he's got it so good
Tagged: America. Apparently Mellencamp was so struck by the “utter despair” of the man that he wrote the song in tribute. The meaning of these words has been the subject of much debate, but for me the words suggest a reflection, a lament, and a cautionary note that our dream of a little house to call our own may be negatively impacted by progress. }; /* TFP - lyricinterpretations */
Losing part of your home to progress in cases where a new highway is planned or a public project is proposed would certainly be cause for “despair”. Song Released: 1983 Pink Houses Lyrics. I lived in one for the first year of my life from 1954 to 55'. Losing out on the opportunity to build your dream home because of the current financial crises, coupled with the rising cost of energy, health concerns related to certain building materials, and the challenge of balancing cost, comfort, and constructability is equally despairing. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. General CommentThe term "Pink Houses", refers to just that, pink houses. artist: "John Mellencamp", The inspiration for this song, as I understand it, was a tribute to a black man who owned a pink house and lost part of his front yard when Interstate 465 around Indianapolis was built”….He’s got an interstate running through his front yard“. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. ( Log Out / ( Log Out /
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