Chords for John Mellencamp - Interview with David Byrne on Sessions
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I'm fascinated by the fact that while you were here in New York in mid 70s, and they decided to go back to
Seymour Bloomington, Indiana
Most people would say you're going back to to there.
That's suicide.
You're not gonna
You got to be right in the center of things
What what in the world made you do that?
You just had to go back?
well when I came here, you know, I
Know it sounds crazy, but I was really
The best way I can explain it and still in and proud of it.
I was really a hillbilly
You know, it was like I didn't fit here
You know, there wasn't anything that I fit into I would see this type of music happening going.
I don't get it
I don't understand it and you know, I was very immature then too.
I mean
Probably a lot more mature than you were at that age
No matter how immature you thought you were.
I was maybe a three or four rungs lower
And I think my early records reflect that you know that I was very immature
I really I would come here and I would see things and I'd go to Los Angeles.
I'd see things and it's go
you know, I
Don't belong here.
I don't I'm [G] not part of this and the other side it was I don't really [Dm] want to be part of this
So many people, you know when we started you could swing a cat and hit a singer-songwriter
I mean there were tons of guys and I would just see the [Em] trappings of
that life of the 70s with the [N] drugs and the clubs and I
Mean I got mad coming over here tonight from my hotel again, you know
It was hard enough work just getting here for me
And then I got to come here and do something once I get here in Indiana.
I get my car
I drive to where I'm at people seem to be a little bit more.
Hey, how you doing?
What's going on a little bit more open not so judgmental
And the thing that all I really disliked about cities was this hip thing that goes on in these cities I
Said it one of my songs.
I never had no weird hair to get my songs over
you know, I just never wanted to be part of any of that stuff and
Consequently at least
For now, you know, it's kind of panned out for me
I mean because who would have thought that you know, if you listen to my first record you would think why did this guy even?
Continue, you know, why did he even go on?
But 25 years later, I think I'm a good songwriter finally after you know, I may be a lot of things but you know
I'm very tenacious and
Diligent and I think that if I come here and when I was in cities, I wasn't tenacious and I wasn't diligent
You know, I I kind of fell into the same crap that everybody else did.
Mm-hmm
So I saw that about myself and I thought oh bad
Seymour Bloomington, Indiana
Most people would say you're going back to to there.
That's suicide.
You're not gonna
You got to be right in the center of things
What what in the world made you do that?
You just had to go back?
well when I came here, you know, I
Know it sounds crazy, but I was really
The best way I can explain it and still in and proud of it.
I was really a hillbilly
You know, it was like I didn't fit here
You know, there wasn't anything that I fit into I would see this type of music happening going.
I don't get it
I don't understand it and you know, I was very immature then too.
I mean
Probably a lot more mature than you were at that age
No matter how immature you thought you were.
I was maybe a three or four rungs lower
And I think my early records reflect that you know that I was very immature
I really I would come here and I would see things and I'd go to Los Angeles.
I'd see things and it's go
you know, I
Don't belong here.
I don't I'm [G] not part of this and the other side it was I don't really [Dm] want to be part of this
So many people, you know when we started you could swing a cat and hit a singer-songwriter
I mean there were tons of guys and I would just see the [Em] trappings of
that life of the 70s with the [N] drugs and the clubs and I
Mean I got mad coming over here tonight from my hotel again, you know
It was hard enough work just getting here for me
And then I got to come here and do something once I get here in Indiana.
I get my car
I drive to where I'm at people seem to be a little bit more.
Hey, how you doing?
What's going on a little bit more open not so judgmental
And the thing that all I really disliked about cities was this hip thing that goes on in these cities I
Said it one of my songs.
I never had no weird hair to get my songs over
you know, I just never wanted to be part of any of that stuff and
Consequently at least
For now, you know, it's kind of panned out for me
I mean because who would have thought that you know, if you listen to my first record you would think why did this guy even?
Continue, you know, why did he even go on?
But 25 years later, I think I'm a good songwriter finally after you know, I may be a lot of things but you know
I'm very tenacious and
Diligent and I think that if I come here and when I was in cities, I wasn't tenacious and I wasn't diligent
You know, I I kind of fell into the same crap that everybody else did.
Mm-hmm
So I saw that about myself and I thought oh bad
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I'm fascinated by the fact that while you were here in New York in mid 70s, and they decided to go back to
Seymour Bloomington, Indiana
_ Most people would say you're going back to to there.
That's suicide.
You're not gonna
You got to be right in the center of things
What what in the world made you do that?
You just had to go back?
well when I came here, you know, I
Know it sounds crazy, but I was really
_ _ The best way I can explain it and still in and proud of it.
I was really a hillbilly
You know, it was like I didn't fit here
You know, there wasn't anything that I fit into I would see this type of music happening going.
I don't get it
I don't understand it and you know, I was very immature then too.
I mean
_ Probably a lot more mature than you were at that age
_ No matter how immature you thought you were.
I was maybe a three or four rungs lower
And I think my early records reflect that you know that I was very immature
_ I really I would come here and I would see things and I'd go to Los Angeles.
I'd see things and it's go
you know, _ I
Don't belong here.
I don't I'm [G] not part of this and the other side it was I don't really [Dm] want to be part of this
So many people, you know when we started you could swing a cat and hit a singer-songwriter
I mean there were tons of guys and _ I would just see the [Em] trappings of
_ that life of the 70s with the [N] drugs and the clubs and _ I
Mean I got mad coming over here tonight from my hotel again, you know
It was hard enough work just getting here for me
And then I got to come here and do something once I get here in Indiana.
I get my car
I drive to where I'm at people seem to be a little bit more.
Hey, how you doing?
What's going on a little bit more open not so judgmental
_ And the thing that all I really disliked about cities was this hip thing that goes on in these cities I
Said it one of my songs.
I never had no weird hair to get my songs over
you know, I just never wanted to be part of any of that stuff and
Consequently at least
For now, you know, it's kind of panned out for me
I mean because who would have thought that you know, if you listen to my first record you would think why did this guy even?
Continue, you know, why did he even go on?
_ But 25 years later, I think I'm a good songwriter finally after you know, I may be a lot of things but you know
I'm very tenacious _ and
Diligent and I think that if I come here and when I was in cities, I wasn't tenacious and I wasn't diligent
You know, I I kind of fell into the same crap that everybody else did.
Mm-hmm
So I saw that about myself and I thought oh bad
Seymour Bloomington, Indiana
_ Most people would say you're going back to to there.
That's suicide.
You're not gonna
You got to be right in the center of things
What what in the world made you do that?
You just had to go back?
well when I came here, you know, I
Know it sounds crazy, but I was really
_ _ The best way I can explain it and still in and proud of it.
I was really a hillbilly
You know, it was like I didn't fit here
You know, there wasn't anything that I fit into I would see this type of music happening going.
I don't get it
I don't understand it and you know, I was very immature then too.
I mean
_ Probably a lot more mature than you were at that age
_ No matter how immature you thought you were.
I was maybe a three or four rungs lower
And I think my early records reflect that you know that I was very immature
_ I really I would come here and I would see things and I'd go to Los Angeles.
I'd see things and it's go
you know, _ I
Don't belong here.
I don't I'm [G] not part of this and the other side it was I don't really [Dm] want to be part of this
So many people, you know when we started you could swing a cat and hit a singer-songwriter
I mean there were tons of guys and _ I would just see the [Em] trappings of
_ that life of the 70s with the [N] drugs and the clubs and _ I
Mean I got mad coming over here tonight from my hotel again, you know
It was hard enough work just getting here for me
And then I got to come here and do something once I get here in Indiana.
I get my car
I drive to where I'm at people seem to be a little bit more.
Hey, how you doing?
What's going on a little bit more open not so judgmental
_ And the thing that all I really disliked about cities was this hip thing that goes on in these cities I
Said it one of my songs.
I never had no weird hair to get my songs over
you know, I just never wanted to be part of any of that stuff and
Consequently at least
For now, you know, it's kind of panned out for me
I mean because who would have thought that you know, if you listen to my first record you would think why did this guy even?
Continue, you know, why did he even go on?
_ But 25 years later, I think I'm a good songwriter finally after you know, I may be a lot of things but you know
I'm very tenacious _ and
Diligent and I think that if I come here and when I was in cities, I wasn't tenacious and I wasn't diligent
You know, I I kind of fell into the same crap that everybody else did.
Mm-hmm
So I saw that about myself and I thought oh bad