#JOHN MELLENCAMP CONCERTS 2022 MOVIE#

He did not play Hurts So Good, Rockin in the USA and I need a Lover. Again, not enough music and too much talking. Not true! Males and females can not share a cell. Cougar said that his friend was beat up by two females who he shared a cell with. He talked about his friend being arrested in ABQ in the 80's. He talked about his dear friend who had been rocking with him for 45 years. I would agree with him on that but I questioned it because if you are playing your music instead of talking about Black Lives Matter and other views, you would not hear that loud drunk fan. The first 30 minutes was non energetic and in that 30 minutes he played only 'Small Town'Īt some point, either at the beginning or between songs, Cougar talks about fans who can be drunk and loud and there is no place for it because he wants everyone to hear the music and not hear the loud drunk fan. Not my thing watching an intro for 30 minutes. The audio was low and it was hard to hear over the late arrivals. From 8:00 to 8:30pm, we all had to sit through an intro about his life. We felt that it was very hot inside the Kiva, therefore, we were a bit uncomfortable. The concert was sold out, and it appeared that most people were our age or above 50 yoa for the most part. (No political views, just songs)Ĭougar played at the Kiva Auditorium, which is inside the Convention Center. We saw Segar a few months ago and he was very good. Cougar and Segar were bucket lists for us as far as seeing old rockers. We are both 57 and we enjoyed listening to his music during HS and college. My wife and I saw John Cougar in Albuquerque on April 30th, 2019. He had me, and lost me right at the very beginning for the rest of the show. It was sad, it was maddening, and I am just plain pissed. God knows we have our issues, but I just felt ashamed to even be living here. Then, he actually shit all over the town I live in, Portland, Oregon.

When he started admonishing the crowd for cheering loudly, it was so unnecessary. Finally, he came out and sang songs that I had no idea about. But it was boring and an absolute buzzkill. I totally get where Mellencamp was going and that Brando and Newman were his idols etc etc.

The audience was actually booing by about the fourth one.

#JOHN MELLENCAMP CONCERTS 2022 MOVIE#

The whole movie opening thing got old real fast. We had an amazing meal, and walked across the street to Keller Auditorium. Oh, the acoustics also sucked.Īs an '80s graduate from high school, I was so excited to revisit my youth with John Cougar Mellencamp songs. Lastly, I'm willing to chalk up his forgetting his own lyrics several times to his age, but I also can't rule out his being liquored up as a contributing factor. That way you'll also miss the other lecture about the audience not knowing about verse and chorus. If you need another, do it during his acoustic 'Jack & Diane' and listen to the much better radio version on the way home. If you do go, and need to get a drink, do it right before 'Eyes of Portland', unless you like hearing disturbingly judgmental (and likely made up) stories about the homeless and mentally ill. Sure, he sang his big hits, but he's lucky his band carried him, otherwise they'd have been a bust. His storytelling left a lot to be desired and he came across as a sanctimonious d**k. You could feel the excitement leave the venue. Mellencamp's show started out OK, but then after his fourth song he lectured the audience to stop screaming so loudly, 'You're not at a bar, ' he said.

Bono - Stories of Surrender Book Tour (Until May 8, 2023).

John mellencamp concerts 2022