Music video by John Mellencamp performing Hand To Hold On To. (C) 1982 John Mellencamp under exclusive license to The Island Def Jam Music Group #JohnMellencamp #HandToHoldOnTo #Vevo #Rock #VevoOfficial
I'm sorry to hear about your mom. my mom passed away in September of '15 I loved her to death and she loved John to death! she was definitely the best mom she could have been
My dad passed away two years ago & as I was getting some things out of my steamer trunk I came acrossed a voice recorder of his. I thought that was the best Christmas gift, I will forever have his voice. On one of two tapes this song was playing in the background...priceless!
Pure, simple, straightforward message. True back when this album was released, and still holds up today. Great song, great artist, great album, period.
Songs like this no longer exist. Music today is striving so hard to sound different that it struggles to sound like music. I know there is a generation gap, but today music is just missing music. Just like fashion.. I hope music will come around again.
@@petersonlafollette3521 yeah Bloomington has many quarries. The one from the movie Breaking Away is now filled in. As the current owners didn’t want want people swimming and jumping off the bluffs.
AIN'T seen this video since it's debut (82 or 83) but YEAH! This IS WHY I would sit through so many other "80s garb videos" back when. It was ta FINALLY see, JOHN COUGAR and his band 😏
Mellencamp, arguably, was one of the last relevant artists to break through. MTV, and later, downloading, closed the door behind him. I can't help but wonder if there aren't others like him toiling anonymously.
One of 3 great songs on the album, showing the promise of things to come. He evolved from a pop star into the musical poet of the heartland. He managed this by never straying far from his roots. He's one of the top musicians of his generation.
@@daddylovestopassgaswas about to write the same. All 9 tracks are outstanding. I was 10 when American Fool hit the shelves and had to go back to the record store to see if this was a compilation album of hits. Instead, I bought two previous Cougar entries.
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I remember as a little girl my mom and step dad would always play this CD and now I always crank it when it comes on the radio and people look at me like I'm nuts when I'm around them... hey its good music .
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This is the first song of his that I can remember listening to when I was a kid. This was my mom's favorite song and when she passed away, this was played at her viewing. It's been 11 years, but it seems like yesterday. So many times I wanted to call her and just hear her voice..if y'all are lucky enough to have your parents, call them,visit them, one day, you won't be able to. Be blessed, love to all!
I cannot believe this video has less than a half a million views. And Justin Bieber has millions on all of his videos. Its a damn shame what has happened in this world.
+brandon lee that does not destroy the music industry, it is just change doing things their own way, I don't care for it either, some songs are ok, but every generation has it. remember what they said about Elvis. nothing has changed just generations................ it all started when the first caveman started beating on a log.
Quentin Dugger John grew up 50 miles from there, spent a lot of time in Bloomington and nearby Bedford, Bedford was and is huge for limestone quarrys which have supplied limestone all over the world, Empire State Building for instance. This is just a given. Plus it's well known in these parts..lol
Listen the one and ONLY reason Music from the 80's and on back, will forever Stand the test of time is because back then people actually knew that God was giving them these songs and their TALENT. People of Today is not SMART enough to be STUPID. So don't Worry about all the Dislikes. Do you believe each time Mr. Mellencamp Deposits or Withdraws from his funds. The People that dislikes his music ever crosses his MIND. ( Y'all must not know the real John Mellencamp. He's a Legend.
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❤ loved this back then and still relevant today❤ One of my favorite guys to listen too and now my grandbabies do too! Cant get mo better. John Cougar Mellencamp for Prez!!!😂❤❤❤❤
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Gotta love the way John sings/phrases - you got say 3 beats for a small vocal line, and then he crams in 6 beats value of lyrics inside the 3 beats heh heh
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The best part of this whole song video is that it includes the BAND! and the music video is actually good. I guess not by todays standards. Still enjoy listening to great music!.
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American fool what a classic!!!, memories, memories !!! first time i listened to this song was on my new sony walkmen on the way to Mcklennan straights near Gippsland with my cousin and Uncle, the 80's can't beat them, we killed the bream that trip as well!! thanx JCM.........Legend
That's awesome. i also heard this song around 1994 for the first time... my mom got the cassette tape for me because I already liked Hurts so Good and Jack & Diane. Nowadays I like this better tbh!
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I grew up in the 80s and it was the greatest era. This generation may think we are old but music was real just like John cougar along with fashion, I wore it already and this generation think it's new. Been there, done that!!! Love you John!!!!
My beautiful Mother passed, in 1999 of the worst breast cancer the doctors, said they had ever seen! She tryed everything the doctors suggested! But she left us to soon! !😢👼💜 Will Love Her till i die !👼💗💋
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Saw an interview th as t John did and he said that if this album didn't do good the label was going to drop him. He also said that he had to everything the labels way. Name and all.
American Fool is the fifth studio album by John Mellencamp, released under the stage name John Cougar in 1982. The album was his commercial breakthrough, holding the #1 position on the Billboard album chart for nine weeks. It was one of 1982's best-selling albums.
Huge. HUGE and timeless. Big love from Canada :) - despite American politics, whenever I go to the US, Americans are amazing people, man I think they forget that about themselves sometimes
When I was 16 years old and in high school I had a Monte Carlo SS super sport and one of the coolest guys in school with one of the most beautifulest girl in school we used to ride a round in the middle of the night and play this song and the car I had was totally awesome it was blue with a tag on the front that said blue thunder ! so ride on blue thunder in those hot summer nights I miss it all now I am 40 years old God I miss them days
it's pretty remarkable how many people my music touches.... I think I am very lucky in that way, I think I have you to be the most thankful for 🎹🌹🎹🌹🎹🌹.
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All your comments are amazing. There will never be another John Mellencamp!! He’s gifted artist!! Thankful to of grown up with his music. I Can listen to his music all day.
