A name change and a defiant attitude characterized John Cougar Mellencamp‘s 1983 album Uh-huh, along with the hit songs that emerged from it. In one of those hits, “Authority Song,” Mellencamp plays the underdog in a battle with the bigwigs. But in real life, he was winning that battle in a big way with his […]
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