John Mellencamp - Check It Out - LIVE @ Farm Aid 2008

[TheWildswan69]

he is incredible LIVE. this is one of my fave male singer/songwriters. right there with Dylan and Petty. thank you. love this song!

[stones3082]

maestro!!!!! PUMA

[RushRules8595]

Ah crap. I wish I knew this song when I went to this show.

[sasander7]

My thoughts exactly on Kenny Aranoff. A much better drummer that really helped define the Mellencamp sound in the rhythmn section, at least. I read once where he would reverse the placement of the individual drums in his kit in order to develop a unique beat. Very innovative and "frantic". That is missing in this version. JCM's voice is fine. What do you expect for 50 years of cigarettes? It's not like he ever wrote his songs with high Brian Wilson or Jon Anderson notes. He's hittin' em fine.

[znarf541]

I like JCM, but his voice doesn't sound great here. For me his best albums were The Lonesome Jubilee and Big Daddy, classics...

[kezman1974]

@znarf541 It's only natural that his voice will deteriorate over time..... He sounds pretty good to me! It's Probably close to 20 years old.... This song is like a family anthem to me! All time Mellencamp song. One of his best!

[steveeb58]

Unreal ! Love the Lady on Violin ! Great Stuff !

[vintagezigg]

I just witnessed this man singing this song about 3 hours ago. He opened for Bob Dylan, after Wiilie Nelson.The show , the band and He were outstanding. JCM deserves a whole lotta respect, at least as much as Dylan gives him.The Man Rocks ! Rock on Johnny Cougar !

[toimiporsas]

i was there  too, mellencamp really made the show! cheers

[johnwinkel]

21 years prior to this, I saw the greatest concert of my 100 plus concert life....John Live at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. The static electricity from that show should have started fires around the world.

[doctorbeethelawyer]

ya kenny is a great drummer , more defined than this guy but im not a drummer.

[theronmoustakes]

I was here. xD

[corsalemusic]

kenny aronof was the best thing that happened to mellencamp

putting dane clark in was the worst.

[janieusa]

Wish John Mellencamp would come to OHIO!

[amezbaby172]

Great Show! I had two people on the phone but they couldnt hear anything. I want to know what the person on the phone was thinking when they were talking to him!

[riv1961]

It waw a great show. Would you have the part when John asked someone for thier cellphone? Would love to see how that looked on TV. Thanks for putting this up.

[TheXylophoneSalesman]

Yeah, this is "check it out", but still it was good....I liked it better at the concert, lol, but still. It's a bummer that no one has the 08' farm aid Mellencamp performance of the authority song, that was great!

[caseybrown89]

wrong song