Sounds For My Soul (Present Favorites), Pt. III

This is one of those examples where a song holds more value to me than my appreciation of an artist. I think John Mellencamp is a great artist who has written some great songs over time. I enjoy a great many of his songs. However, I’ve never fully connected with him as others have or as I have with other artists. I’ve never religiously followed his music though I’ve really liked most of what I’ve heard. I think I can say the same about Springsteen, in that I know he’s a fantastic artist with some great songs; I’m just not as hardcore a fan as others.

I checked out a DVD from the library several years ago that was the benefit concert that took place in NYC for the city’s firefighters after 9/11. It was a cool concert and, for me, one song stuck out, mostly because I hadn’t heard it before. There walked out Mellencamp, as cool as can be, with a band as cool as can be, and played this killer song, Peaceful World (from his album Cuttin’ Heads).

This is a windows-down, driving-toward-the-sunset song. I love the groove, I love the feel. It’s free, lifting, and other ambiguous terms you can insert here yourself. Cool song. I wish more songs felt this way.

“It’s what you do and not what you say, if you’re not part of the future then get out of the way.”