![]() So it's an old, old, old saying that I had heard as a child. Showing up at five 'til 7, waiting for the other person, is the courtesy of kings. If I said I would meet you at 7:00 and I showed up at 7:15, that is not the courtesy of kings. Like a father would say to his son, 'Now make sure you show the guy the courtesy of kings.' In other words, be respectful, keep your word. ![]() ![]() On "The Courtesy of Kings," Mellencamp told iHeart radio: "It's a real old American expression that people used to say to each other back in the 1800s. So all I can figure is that Tennessee Williams sent me that thing." I don't know about people who love each other until death do they part. "I really don't know what 'Blue Charlotte' is about", Mellencamp told iHeart Radio in September 2014. "Blue Charlotte" is a folk-based acoustic love song sung from the perspective of a man spending his final days with his dying wife. Mellencamp described "The Isolation of Mister" as "a song about men and how we rationalize and isolate ourselves from our regrets and mistakes." "Sometimes There's God" is described by Mellencamp as, "Not so much a religious song but more about the feeling of inner peace and being able to identify happiness, disappointment without blaming it all on God." The phrase “Sometimes there’s God” was uttered by the character Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, one of Mellencamp’s favorite plays/movies. The older I get the more I realize that if I just get out of the way of these songs and let the songs come to me, they turn out so much better and not insert John Mellencamp". I tried to write it in '91, and then I found that I tried to write it again in 2004, but I was just in my own way, so the song never did make it. Of the lead track "Troubled Man," Mellencamp told SiriusXM radio: "'Troubled Man' is a song that I've been toying with since the early '90s. The 10 songs on Plain Spoken tackle a wide variety of subject matter, with some songs taking on a personal tone, some dealing with society problems in the 21st century, and others serving as character sketches of down and out and troubled people. Burnett, who had produced Mellencamp's previous two studio albums and the soundtrack to his musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, was credited only as "executive producer" in the album's liner notes the album lists no credit for "producer". T Bone Burnett is going to come out to Indiana sometime in early January and we're gonna go into the studio for however long it takes to make a new album. In late 2013, Mellencamp told Rolling Stone magazine: "I've got a notebook with 85 new songs that I've written for my next record. Mellencamp began recording the album in January 2014 at his Belmont Mall Studio in Belmont, Indiana. The album's cover photo was taken by actress Meg Ryan. Plain Spoken marks the first project of Mellencamp's new lifetime recording contract with Republic Records. It was released on Septemby Republic Records. Plain Spoken is the 22nd studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp. Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall
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