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Question: What is your favorite album closer song?
Weakest Moments - 2 (5.4%)
Cheap Shot - 0 (0%)
Rooty Toot Toot - 4 (10.8%)
JM's Question - 4 (10.8%)
Taxi Dancer - 2 (5.4%)
Again Tonight - 4 (10.8%)
Golden Gates - 2 (5.4%)
To The River - 3 (8.1%)
The Breakout - 1 (2.7%)
In Our Lives - 3 (8.1%)
Days of Farewell - 0 (0%)
Heaven Is A Lonely Place - 2 (5.4%)
Life Is Hard - 2 (5.4%)
The Kind of Fella I Am - 1 (2.7%)
A Brand New Song - 7 (18.9%)
To Washington - 0 (0%)
Clumsy Old World - 0 (0%)
Total Voters: 37

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dreamweaver
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« on: August 08, 2010, 01:09:58 pm »

Share your thoughts on John's closing songs. 
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WildNight
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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2010, 03:48:36 pm »

In Our Lives - One of the more underrated mellencamp songs
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2010, 09:22:56 am »

To the River - Human Wheels.  Very sad and dark album and this song just hits home.  It's Life.  The words are so true.
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« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2010, 01:05:24 pm »

Golden Gates is one of John's best songs, I can't imagine how many times I have listened to this song.
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2010, 01:26:34 pm »

I always thought Rooty Toot Toot was a great way to end that album. With the common thread of the average Joe having a tough time throughout TLJ, he finally gets a "break" Having the good time just hanging with his girl then the state trooper shows up to ruin the fun. But the trooper lets him go. I always thought that was a great way of saying things will work themselves out. A little bit of hope at the end of a "dark" album.
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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2010, 12:00:07 pm »

JM´s Question...what kind of world do we live in?
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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2011, 09:25:07 am »

Rooty toot toot....she had it made in the shade/like a ball through a hoop!!
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« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2011, 08:39:45 pm »

A Brand New Song is definitely one of my favorite songs.




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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2011, 04:29:32 pm »

why is "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A." not included in the list?
I think that the orignal vinyl album songlist of "Scarecrow" is how it was planned, and here R.O.C.K. is the last song. "The Kind Of Fella I Am" was a nice b-side to "Lonely Ol´Night", before the cd version made it the album closer.

as an album is not a plastic or download thing for me, but a record with an a and b side, there is just no better last song than "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.".
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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2011, 09:37:29 am »

Rodeo Clown!
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