1.  Lonesome Jubilee
2.  Big Daddy
3.  Scarecrow
4.  John Cougar (from '79)
5.  Uh-Huh
6.  Nothin' Matters And What If It Did
7.  Cuttin' Heads
8.  John Mellencamp
9.  Whenever We Wanted
10.  Human Wheels

Don't we all.

I talked to a lady on Facebook who had just gone to her first Mellencamp concert.  She said she was a brand new fan, so she doesn't know anything about his concerts from long ago.  (She must know his older music, though.  No?).  She loved his concert.

But of course we remember, back in the day.

I saw him during the Uh-Huh tour.  One song that I especially remember him playing at the time was Golden Gates.  I suspect he never played it during later tours.  A good song.

The Lonesome Jubilee.

I mean, come on.  Is this a trick question?

1.  Small Town
2.  I Need A Lover
3.  Key West Intermezzo
4.  Crumblin' Down
5.  Hot Dogs And Hamburgers
6.  To Live
7.  Again Tonight
8.  Sugar Marie
9.  Just Another Day
10.  Walk Tall

Plus many more

John’s  first “real” album (John Cougar) was  released the week I graduated from college (June 1979).  That summer and fall I discovered John via his amazing “I Need A Lover” single which got a lot of airplay on Southern California rock stations.  I got the album and was immediately hooked (it is still just about my favorite of all his albums – I especially like Sugar Marie, Night Dancin’, and Taxi Dancer).  The week I started grad school (September 1980) at Berkeley,  John’s next album came out (Nothing Matters and What If It Did).  I played it endlessly, loving every minute of it (including the Peppermint Twist fade in).  I also saw John on Tom Snyder’s late night show that a previous poster alluded to.  I remember Tom asking John after one of his songs “John, you started dancing even before the music started” and John replied “Guess my pants are too tight”.  By the time American Fool came out, I had worn out copies of both of his two previous albums.  I remember taping John’s Lincoln Nebraska concert off the radio in August of 1982 (the one that starts with “30 Days In The Hole”).   I also enjoyed listening to John on the Rockline radio show with Bob Coburn back in those early days. 

Although John’s hits from American Fool made him “big”, I certainly was not surprised by any of his later success because, to me, he was a star from the very beginning.  Uh-Huh, Scarecrow, Lonesome Jubilee, Big Daddy, all of them were truly wonderful.  I really enjoyed the 2 hours that Bob Costas devoted to John on his late night show "Later" circa 1991.  My favorite semi-recent album of his is Cuttin’ Heads.  I have always loved John’s references to Paul Newman movies (Cool Hand Luke and Hud) in his lyrics.  I remember John playing live in Manhattan his new songs from Cuttin’ Heads on NBC’s Today show the week before 9/11.