![]() ![]() McCain immediately stopped using both “Pink Houses” and “Our Country” at his events. We just wrote a letter that said, ‘You guys might want to rethink about using this song,’ and they quit using it.” He added, “We didn’t tell him not to use it. In Dongducheon, South Korea, north of Seoul, women forced to work as prostitutes to American soldiers in the decades after the Korean War were confined in this building when they were discovered to. Maybe you guys should rethink using the song.’” C Little pink houses for you and me G G C G G F C G Theres a young man in a t-shirt Listenin to a rockin rollin station Hes got greasy hair, greasy smile He says, 'Lord this must be my destination. Bob said, ‘You know, McCain’s using your song.’ I said ‘Well, he can use it if he wants to, but you probably ought to write him a letter and say, ‘You know, not only that you guys are using it, but so is Barack Obama, so is John Edwards, so is Hillary Clinton, and you should understand that Mellencamp is very liberal, and do you really think that it’s pushing your agenda in the right direction? I mean, you’re just really falling in line with all the other liberal candidates. As Indianapolis Monthly explains, most listeners including the campaign teams of politicians both Republican and Democrat heard the word 'America' and decided it was an ersatz anthem. G G And there's a woman, in the kitchen, cleaning up the evening slop F And he looks at 'er and says C G Hey Darlin' I remember when you could, stop a clock Chorus C G But ain't that America, for. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Pink Houses John Mellencamp Uh-HUH 1983 John Mellencamp, under exclusive license to The Island Def Jam Music Group Released on. “What happened was that I called up my publicity guy. As is often the case with popular songs, politicians began using 'Pink Houses' at their campaign rallies. ![]() As he remembered it, in a 2009 interview with NPR, Mellencamp called up his rep Bob Merlis. First, Ronald Reagan used the song in his 1984 reelection stops, and secondly, in 2008, Republican Senator John McCain used it for many of his political rallies and events. The song’s meaning has long been misinterpreted.
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