This is one of the best posts I ever read on here. Couldn't possibly agree more with you

I agree with you. I love all of his music  and that includes NBTT. I just love his rock sound, whenever I hear Warmer Place to Sleep and Lovin Mother Fo Ya my blood starts to cook. I just miss that side of him when he conquered the world with that fuck you type of attitude.

I just feel that mellencamp as he got older stop looking at himself as a rock artist and did what was close to his heart. Which i own every one of his albums and love that music btw. But the bottom line is he has forgotten what made him famous and what made him stand out. It wasn't No Better than this or even Bid Daddy. It was American Fool and Uh-Huh. So with all due to respect Mr. Mellencamp, stop looking at the glass as half fool and write a rocking fucking album. People wanna hear Hurts so Good and Crumblin Down. Don't reject the people that made you famous. It always surprises me how people on here dismiss American Fool. If not for that album we wouldn't be here discussing him.

You got your eye on the cheerleader queen
You're walkin' her home from school
You know that she's only seventeen
She's gonna make you a fool
You know you can't touch this stuff
Without money or a brand new car
Let me give you some good advice young man
You better learn to play guitar!!!

Hell yea dude. great shit right there, he can write some rocking stuff and this is as true as his deep emotional stuff. I say bring back old style rocking mellencamp.

Would anyone but me be very excited if Mellencamp made an album in the same rocking style as Uh-Huh. I believe this is his most rocking and coolest album. I have them all and never heard a Mellencamp record I didn't like but I truly miss the rock side of him.

Typical Uh-Huh Tour setlist:

Heartbreak Hotel
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Pretty Ballerina
Ya Ya
Jack and Diane
Crumblin' Down
Hand To Hold On To
Authority Song
I Need A Lover
Play Guitar
Pink Houses
Golden Gates
Shoot Out The Lights
Serious Business
Hurts So Good
Jackie O

Typical Scarecrow Tour Setlist:

Grandma's Theme (recorded intro)
Small Town
Jack and Diane
Minutes to Memories
Lonely Ol' Night
Rain on the Scarecrow
Between a Laugh and a Tear
Hand To Hold Onto
Rumbleseat
I Need a Lover
Golden Gates
Ain't Even Done With the Night (acoustic)
Crumblin' Down
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
Play Guitar
Hurts So Good
Authority Song
Face of the Nation
Pink Houses
Mickey's Monkey > Turn on Your Lovelight
Cold Sweat
Mony Mony
Nobody But Me > You Can't Sit Down > Land of 1000 Dances
Proud Mary

Encore:
Under the Boardwalk

Thank you very much, i always wanted to know those setlists. You know if he ever played Warmer Place to Sleep.

Best Mellencamp album ever? My vote goes to Uh-Huh

Does anyone know what Mellencamp's setlist consisted of during the Uh-Huh and Scarecrow tours? I'd love to know this, plus did anyone see those tours?

Could someone please let me know how to post a new topic? my question is has mellencamp ever performed Warmer Place To Sleep live? andwhat was his setlist durin the uh-huh tour?

I Love John Mellencamp because he writes songs that relate and inspire me as a writer. I also think he is one of the only genuine musicians and people on this earth. His music has gotten me through some really tough times that include losing my grandmother to cancer, a terrible breakup with a girl, and family issues. I wish you pure happiness Mr. Mellencamp and your kids and Elaine. Let's respect his privacy and not intervene in his personal life with our assumptions. Thank you for all of your music and knowledge.

Thank you very much.

I am 21 years old from central, pennsylvania and mellencamp has been an extreme influence in my life, his music an not going hollywood has made him my number one idol. Within the past year i bought all of his albums and even got the chance to see him live when i was 15, the show was great, he played with john fogerty. i love how he can mature as a songwriter and write lyrics just as great as he did when he first started out. For the record, Nothin Matters and What if it Did is a great album. The song M.G Wherever she may be holds a special place in my heart. My favorite album is Uh Huh followed closely by Scarecrow, Whenever We Wanted, an The Lonesome Jubilee. I just hope mellencamp gets the chance t see this and know how much his music has touched me life. Thank you Sir. I have written two books titled All of Satan's Men and South Side of Sanity and your music was an inspiration behind me writing.