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Horse Head: -- Underrated "Little Bastard" Songs (part 1)

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"Some girl that  knows the meaning of... hey hit the highway." John Mellencamp The acknowledged  "Little Bastard"... John Mellencamp ...had already recorded five albums prior to his 1982 money shot ... "American Fool" . Most critics, uptil then, had taken a collective turd on ' Camp's earlier output, but the two albums leading up to his Billboard Breakout were not all too shab . (I'm not dipping my toes in water earlier than that!) His self-titled... "John Cougar"   (1979)   and "Nothin' Matters and What If It Did" (1980) ...are not necessarily must-own albums, (although both are in my keeper-collection)...but they're not Mellencrap either. So here are 7 underrated songs well-worth another viz for your cherry-picking pleasure. John Cougar (1979) "Sodom and Gomorah  they run the roadhouse." (" A Little Night Dancin' ") "All those old fools you used to ru