John Mellencamp - Did You Say Such A Thing

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"Did you say such a thing" is a song written by John Mellencamp and released on his 2022 ( on 21 Jan ) album Strictly A One-Eyed Jack. ' Did you say such a thing ' features a guest appearance by Bruce Springsteen on electric guitar and backing vocals.
Strictly A One-Eyed Jack is John Mellencamp's 25th studio album. It features a guest appearance by Bruce Springsteen on three tracks: ' Did you say such a thing ' , ' Wasted Days' and ' a life full of rain '. Springsteen and Mellencamp recorded the three songs together at Belmont Mall Studio (Mellencamp's personal recording studio) in Belmont, IN. On 15 May 2021, during part two of Clive Davis's exclusive and virtual pre-Grammy gala, John Mellencamp revealed that he had teamed up with Springsteen in the studio. "Bruce is singing on the new record and is playing guitar," Mellencamp told Billboard. "I finished the record a week ago today."  
 
 
  

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2024-04-24 Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
 
Bruce Springsteen appears at the second annual American Music Honors, a presentation of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center For American Music at Monmouth University. The 2024 honorees are John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne (inducted by Jon Landau), Mavis Staples (inducted by Darlene Love), and Dion DiMucci (inducted by Steven Van Zandt). Bruce himself inducts Mellencamp.
 
 
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2021-06-09 SiriusXM Studio, New York City
During his From My Home To Yours show on Sirius XM's E Street Radio channel, just before playing John Mellencamp's 'Don't need this body', Springsteen mentioned that he collaborated with his "good friend" Mellencamp. "I've played on a few of Johnny's tracks on his upcoming record," he said. "We had a great time out there in Bloomington, Indiana." The following day, during a phone call with host Jim Rotolo on Sirius XM's E Street Radio channel, Springsteen elaborated more. "I worked on three songs on John Mellencamp's album, and I spent some time in Indiana with him," he told Rotolo. "I love John a lot and he's a great songwriter, and we've actually become very close. And I've had a lot of fun with him. So I sang a little bit on his, his music... he's got a terrific record that I think is coming out in the fall, I think, you know, I'm not exactly sure."
 
 
 
Bruce performed 8 times live with John Mellencamp:
 
 
2024-04-24 Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
Bruce Springsteen appears at the second annual American Music Honors, a presentation of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center For American Music at Monmouth University. The 2024 honorees are John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne (inducted by Jon Landau), Mavis Staples (inducted by Darlene Love), and Dion DiMucci (inducted by Steven Van Zandt). Bruce himself inducts Mellencamp, with the two duetting on Bruce's first ever performance of "Small Town", and returns to close the show with two of his own classics and for an all-performer rendition of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" led by Staples. Brian Williams serves as the evening's host and The Disciples Of Soul act as house band. 
 
 
2024-03-10 New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ
Bruce makes a surprise appearance with John Mellencamp to duet on "Pink Houses".
 
2023-11-06 David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY
Bruce makes an unannounced appearance at the seventeenth annual Stand Up For Heroes Benefit, joining John Mellencamp for the live premiere of "Wasted Days". 
 
2022-11-05 Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Bruce inducts Jimmy Iovine into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. He and John Mellencamp return to close the ceremony with a tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis, backed by the Zac Brown Band and Roy Bittan. 
 
2019-12-09 Beacon Theatre, New York City
At Sting's 30th Anniversary Rainforest Foundation Benefit
 
2009-05-03 Madison Square Garden, New York City
Clearwater Concert in honor of Pete Seeger's 90th birthday
 
2004-10-11 MCI Center, Washington, DC
Finale of the Vote For Change concert series
 
1988-05-26 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA
Bruce makes a guest appearances on stage with John Mellencamp and performs ' Like a Rolling Stone'
  

Lyrics

Did you say such a thing
Did you say such a thing
Word in the papers you've been talking smack about me
Did you say such a thing

I may not amount to much in a lot of ways
But I can't be as bad as the things that you say
Did you say such a thing
Why would you say such a thing
Word out in the papers you've been talking smack about me
Did you say such a thing

What people say about me don't amount to much
I guess some may be true but who can you trust
Did you say such a thing
How come you said such a thing

Whoa!

You say you keep the secret, it's just the people that you tell
Well here's a little secret, you can go straight to hell
Did you say such a thing
Did you say such a thing
Word out on the corner you've been talking shit about me
Did you say such a thing
Now did you say such a thing

I guess I'll see you tomorrow, unless you'd be gone
Never too soon for me, you got your bird seed all wrong
Did you say such a thing
Did you say such a thing
Word in the paper you've been talking smack about me
Did you say such a thing
Did you say such a thing
Did you say such a thing
Why would you say such a thing
Why would you say such a thing
Ah the Lord loves a liar

Why would you say such a thing