The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 07, 1986, Page 3, Image 3
Spotlight
Friday, March 7, 1986 A
Review
Mellencar
by PAIHIUK JEAN
Staff writer
John Cougar Mcllcncanip may
have been born in a small town,
but he brought big city rock V
roll to the Coliseum Tuesday
night.
Mellencamp, on a 100-city tour
promoting his Scarecrow album,
was a bolt of Indiana-bred energy
from the moment he took the
stage.
Mellencamp tore into his first
set with "Small Town" and im
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their feet. The set consisted mostly
of tunes from his newest
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dience wasn't too familiar with
the new songs, they danced and
cheered anyway.
Midway into the set, Mellencamp
dipped into political
rhetoric as he spoke about the
plight of American farmers, using
statistics of South Carolina's
iarm troubles and asking the auTP
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or senator. He delivered a stinging
version of
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Scarccrow," which he dedicated
to the farmer.
His second set consisted of
older crowd-pleasing hits and a
parade of '60s tunes that had influenced
his musical style. A
powerful cover of James Brown's
"In a Cold Sweat" helped to cap
off hiolilv enlnrtiin!""
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