While it's true that the song was about that, John Fogerty was missing a key part when he wrote those lyrics: The only men of fighting age that didn't go to war were either in college (automatic deferment) or had injuries. Either that or they skipped out across into Canada (literally dodging the draft). Yes, some wealthy families paid to get doctors to falsify medical records, but for the most part the wealthy young men simply didn't go because they were in school at the time.
@@jpcrafton69 Phil Ochs added to the sentiment in his Draft Dodger Rag - "but I ain't no fool I'm a-going to school and a-workin' in a defense plant", insinuating that those who went to college often did so to avoid the draft, rather than primarily going to get an education. Meanwhile, the rich kids went to college as a matter of course with their parents getting them in using privilege (privilege, by the way, comes from the Latin for "Private Law") Good thing that kind of thing doesn't happen anymore, right?
@@jpcrafton69 I'm Puertorican, the irony of that is that over here, going to college with student aid, actually means you had to go. A looooot of young puertoricans had to go just because they were students.
"Fortunate Son" was a protest song about the sons of the poor going to fight in Viet Nam, whereas the more fortunate (Senators son, Millionaires son) got draft deferments.
@@TallicaMan1986 Except BYOB was made decades after the draft was over. They DON'T send the poor anymore. They only send those that volunteer, and they pay those volunteers quite well, when the benefits are included. I know this first-hand. Those officers? ALL of them are college-educated and ALL of them are immediately middle-class on their way to being upper-class. System of a Down might actually think that what was done in their home country must be done over here. I can't imagine they would know better yet still sing that part.
Basically this song is an anti-war song. He's basically being sarcastic the entire song about every lyric since he's being drafted for a war rich people made that they'll never fight in.
We had the draft during the Vietnam war. They didn’t ask you to serve. They told you (drafted you) and if you refused, it was prison or run to Canada. Rich, connected guys could evade combat- like George W. Bush who used pull to get into the Texas Air National Guard. Great song!
John Fogerty was drafted into the military during Vietnam, and he was able to get into the National Guard, but he was angered when he saw politicians and millionaires sons avoiding the draft.
My father and cousins all enlisted into the armed forces because being from poor families being taken in the draft was inevitable. Growing up I never knew he was a Vietnam veteran because he and our cousins never talked about it.
my dad was in the the Army when the war started , He said he would go so his brother didn't have to go. He achieved many medals and he stayed in for 22 years. I am crying right now he was my hero and I lost him in 2018. When he died part of my heart was in the hole. I am very proud of him I am the first one in the family that went the police job.@@kendallthompson7852
I had two uncles that were drafted into the Vietnam War. My dad was almost drafted himself. Luckily, at the time he was in college and his number wasn’t picked.
I appreciate your comment, but not sure Vietnam was a rich man's war. The US was trying to keep democracy in South Vietnam, and China & Russia were trying to root it out... more a result of the broader Cold War. Democracy vs Communism; USA vs Russia; Rocky vs Drago.😁 Much different than the recent wars in the middle east, which can be strongly argued as rich mans' wars due to the lucrative oil industry in that region.
B Meach Apparently not. Credence Clearwater Revival saw it. If you came from a family of means, you could be super patriotic, but claim “bone spurs” to get out of fighting. If you lacked means, you were going off to war, and likely die. This isn’t new.
@@jakek201 True, like Kaepernick protesting police brutality is patriotic, but that is not at all what most of the people who say that mean when they say it.
CCR is legendary and so underrated. The amount of hits they have, how short their time as a group was, and the fact that their music is still played on the radio and still relevant, all of it is astounding
@6:44 "Rummage sale" two thoughts: "Rich people pretend like they came from nothing, and now pay some egregious tax on something they created." "Rich people don't want to pay their fair share, so they pretend like they've never made any money. "
I was 14 yo in 69 when this song was released. I saw many of my friend’s brothers drafted and sent off to Vietnam, and attended one funeral for one who was killed. That really and deeply freaked my shit out and left me scared nearly to death about getting drafted. Fortunately for myself I didn’t turn 18 until 73, after ‘the man’ was no longer drafting kids. I recall getting my draft card in the mail and even though I knew the draft was over it caused me enormous anxiety and worry until we were out of Vietnam. Vietnam and the draft overshadowed everything in my teenage years such that I will never forget it. This song was a staple in my music collection during high school. Back in those days it was the poor and unconnected that had to go. Since 67 or 68 college deferments were ended so unless you were white, wealthy, well connected, or just plain lucky as hell with a high draft number, your short term future was going to include life in a war time military. You’all have only known an all volunteer military and now we have a President who was a “fortunate son,” and avoided serving in every way possible for a white, wealthy, and well connected family who did everything possible, and those possibilities were intentional, to leave the others to suffer the consequences. The President’s attitude about service and sacrifice is just nauseating.
I was married at 17 to a Regular Army kid! ( Yeah, he was 19) he came home the second time with PTSD, and we got divorced before he killed me o the kids! Anyone think war is healthy for anyone?
@@skycaptainshell1 It was released in 1970, The war was officially ended in March 1973, US involvement ended in May 1975, 68-71 were the heights of the war protest. I was in SEA (Thailand) 74-75 courtesy of the USAF.
@@KennethWGardner My mistake, I had the release date wrong. However, according to the wiki: The song's title and lyrics, as well as the year it was released (1970), have led many to assume that the song is about the Vietnam War. The fact that previous Creedence Clearwater Revival songs such as "Fortunate Son" were protests of the Vietnam War added to this belief.[1] However, in a 2016 interview, Fogerty explained that the song is actually about the proliferation of guns in the United States. The thing I wanted to talk about was gun control and the proliferation of guns... I remember reading around that time that there was one gun for every man, woman and child in America, which I found staggering. So somewhere in the song, I think I said, '200 million guns are loaded.' Not that anyone else has the answer, but I did not have the answer to the question; I just had the question. I just thought it was disturbing that it was such a jungle for our citizens just to walk around in our own country at least having to be aware that there are so many private guns owned by some responsible and maybe many irresponsible people.[2]
This song is a perfect example of why you want to know what’s going on when a certain song is dropped/made. The draft is no longer an issue like it was back during the Vietnam War. Context is everything.
P.S. I went to the same high school as the guys in CCR (El Cerrito HS, a few miles north of Berkeley), in the late '60's (yes, I'm ancient). I still live about a mile from ECHS.
The "tax man" line refers to the rich people having things, but when the tax man came around to make sure they are paying enough taxes on their possessions they hide all their expensive items and the house looks bare. (Ask your elders about the taxman coming around during war times)
john krats well excuse me.....i don’t understand.....doesn’t seem fair to me. however,; i wasn’t really passing a judgement one way or the other i was rather just not understanding the unfairness of the world that those born poor go off to fight and those born rich stay cozy at home. that’s all
@J K Wait, are you serious? If you're poor, your life is worth less by your logic? Money giving you extra commodities like a bigger house, better car or possibility to travel the world etc. is understandable. But being able to avoid something that's clearly supposed to be random via money is clearly not ethical. We're talking about being forced to go to a war and kill other people or get killed in the process, if they paint it as "serving your country", why should your social status exclude you in any way? To me it sounds similar as saying that rich people should be able to escape justice for their crimes.
When I was in high school one of our history teachers was in a band and when we were learning about the Vietnam war they put on a concert for us playing all the songs from the 70’s about the war and this was one of them. That was an awesome day at school. I loved being the only one of the students singing along to all the songs because my daddy raised me on classic rock.
You should listen to "House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals, incredibly soulful singing in that song and would probably be the oldest song you have listened to on here.
Actually, something interesting that I stumbled across recently; turns out that the Animals changed one word of the lyrics - in the trad lyrics the singer is a woman, which changes the story somewhat...
CCR was singing (largely) about the plight of the blue collar kid fighting the wars of the while collar father; while, the white collar kid skates off to college. CCR was kind of "counter-revolutionary" in that regard; they were blue collar and a little bit older than their music (superstar) contemporaries.
This song is about how poor kids have to go off and fight wars, while the "fortunate " ones, the rich kids, don't have to. It's an anti Vietnam song. Rich kids have privlage
If you want an example of a rich kid who used privilege to avoid the Vietnam draft, look no further than your current Prez. And to rub salt into the wounds, he has the audacity to ridicule the less fortunate sons who did serve, such as John McCain, or Humayun Khan (a muslim American who died in Iraq).
@@MrSwanley you're preaching to the choir, Trump is a draft dodging bum, and yes his daddy got him out of the draft. Although I wouldn't include John McCain as one of the poor kids, his father and grandfather were admirals in the Navy, but he was a hero and 10 times the man Trump is
@@deanhinson4095 college in Oxford? Yes sunshine, that's a legitimate referral from the war. Do you think YOU could get in to Oxford??? I doubt it...Trump is a piece of shit who lies constantly just like he did about his bone spurs. Wake up princess
Way back in the day, A "fortunate son" was one who could buy himself out of going to war. The people who had to work for a living back then werent as fortunate. Edit: also, most patriotic people back then were the ones who didnt have to go to war. So the character in the song aint so patriotic because hes being forced to go to war.
john fogerty was in Vietnam and served his time there. I think he has every right to talk about the cowards whose family bought them out of military service. shall we mention bone spurs
Way back in the days? Are you sure ? I think its still actual. Thats one of the flaws of the Democracy.Some wealthy folks still buy them selfs from dirty situations like a war. Every time when i heard someone say how democracy is awesome and flawless i just laugh at their naivity. There is no perfect system all systems have some good thing and some bad things.Nothing is flawless thats only utopia in the dreams.
@@dariusissobel5470 I think you're misinterpreting democracy. In a democracy everyone has an equal say. When someone rich avoid their tax liabilities or avoid the war draft etc, due to their wealth, that isn't a democracy! One vote, one person, everyone is equal. It doesn't matter what your background or wealth is, everyone is the same. Anyone who used anything to impact that is against democracy (like the fascist tangerine who uses to be your leader).
Someone hit the nail on the head when they mentioned the draft! If you were from a rich family or one of the elite, you weren’t going to war unless you wanted to. That’s why this song expresses his feelings about the fortunate son. The video to this song which shows our men and women fighting is something to watch. Will never forget!😢
Mine too. Was listening to an Alabama album around the age of 11 (maybe) and they did a cover of it. I was singing it one day and my mom said that’s a CCR song, she had the Chronicles album and I’ve been hooked every since. I have the Green River album still that I found at the local flea market when I was in my teens
This song is one of the best songs ever, sound wise and lyrically, it is timeless. The things the preach in this still totally true even now. And the composition never gets old.
This song is about rich kids getting out of the draft. It was written during the Vietnam War. This is crucial context you all are missing in your analysis.
This was the very late 1960's. The anti Vietnam movement was strong And many were trying to keep their sons out of the war. The rich were able to do that. The rest were not
I've been a casual fan of @Lost in Vegas for most of a year, but decide to dive in to their channel recently. This is one my favorite vids so far. Here's why... I've sometimes wondered why I have a very strong connection to the blues. Listening to a couple guys from my generation/age, but (maybe very) different musical influence paths, react to the power of Fogerty's voice (both lyrical and as a guitarist) made me realize Fogerty was there to prime my path. BTW, Lodi is my favorite CCR tune. Give that a separate listen if you haven't.
@@mvunit3 yes, they had some great ones, much like The Marshall Tucker Band did, Southern Rock is always Special, I would also LOVE them to do Ram Jams Black Betty!
Today is the first time I ever heard it. Interesting hearing Fogerty doing clean vocals. He absolutely nails the quick notes in the "someday never comes" chorus. Sad vibe to the song, as surely intended, reminiscent of Cats in the Cradle, which is also a great song. Thanks much for the recommendation.
The depth of the song come from a real place. John fogerty is a veteran so a lot of his inspiration comes from his direct experiences in war. Llisten to run through the jungle! Another classic!
The silver spoon/millionaire lyrics are deeper than you interpreted. It is about people who are rich. But, when the "tax man" comes they put on like they are poor (house looks like a rummage sale) to avoid paying their share of taxes.
I have always been a CCR fan. I was raised on this kind of music. And when you guys asked what movies you'd heard this song in, the first two I thought of were Forrest Gump and Live Free or Die Hard. I absolutely love watching your reaction videos. You two have quickly become my favorite reactors.
SONG IS IN ABOUT EVERY VIETNAM MOVIE, WHEN HE SAYS IT AINT ME HES SAYING HE DOES NOT HAVE WEALTHY PARENTS THAT CAN GET HIM OUTTA OF GOING TO VIETNAM. HES NOT THE FORTUNATE ONE.
In high school, the Vietnam War draft was televised in our school's lunch room. That's how some of the senior boys found out they would be going to Vietnam. Pounding a wall, crying, excused from class for the rest of the day.
You two crack me up.. This 59 year old Grandmother loves watching peoples faces when they hear music from the 60's and 70's we had some of the greatest music to this day..
CCR tracks you need to react to: Who'll Stop the Rain Run Through the Jungle Lodi Green River Have You Ever Seen the Rain Up Around the Bend Born on the Bayou Commotion
This brings me back. My oldest brother joined at 17, became a recon marine in 67. My father an air force officer signed for him. After being wounded twice the 2nd time losing the use of his arm. My father told me and my other brothers that we will never join the military. My brother took me to protest and I remember being tear-gassed at 9 years old running away through the campus. I look at the Iraq war and it tells me, nothing has changed. This song is still true today.
Dear Ryan and George, I was a young boy when this song came out in the 1960s. The verse where he says the house looks like a rummage sale is his telling the people that the rich hide their money. And that the poorest sent to war. How much should we give? People in power say more more more. Thank you both for your very insightful reactions. Your work is deeply appreciated. On an unrelated subject, would you consider doing nothing compares to you which is a Prince songthat Chris Cornell covered in a beautiful acoustic version that would bring tears to your eyes in a very good way. Also at that session he didn't song which I believe is called almost forgot my broken heart 💔 is acoustic work was amazing my my friends. With respect always, Brant 😊 😊
Or any other actually classic Rock, and not just "Classic American Rock". They did do Fleetwood and all, but most of these aren't all that classic. Kansas, Journey? lol
This song as written during the Vietnam war he's also talking about how some people were saved from the draft because of their wealth. Which is why he is saying that he's not a fortune son.
Every rock enthusiast should own a copy of one of the many "CCR's Greatest Hits" collections out there. John Fogerty is an American treasure, and he's somehow STILL out there performing to this day. This is one of the very few bands that I had in common with my parents growing up. 💯
This song is about the rich paying to avoid their sons being drafted into the Vietnam War. Senator's sons were fortunate. Many others were not.
While it's true that the song was about that, John Fogerty was missing a key part when he wrote those lyrics: The only men of fighting age that didn't go to war were either in college (automatic deferment) or had injuries. Either that or they skipped out across into Canada (literally dodging the draft). Yes, some wealthy families paid to get doctors to falsify medical records, but for the most part the wealthy young men simply didn't go because they were in school at the time.
@@jpcrafton69 Phil Ochs added to the sentiment in his Draft Dodger Rag - "but I ain't no fool I'm a-going to school and a-workin' in a defense plant", insinuating that those who went to college often did so to avoid the draft, rather than primarily going to get an education.
Meanwhile, the rich kids went to college as a matter of course with their parents getting them in using privilege (privilege, by the way, comes from the Latin for "Private Law")
Good thing that kind of thing doesn't happen anymore, right?
@@jpcrafton69 AKA Cadet Bone Spurs.
@@jpcrafton69 Or they had bone spurs...
@@jpcrafton69 I'm Puertorican, the irony of that is that over here, going to college with student aid, actually means you had to go. A looooot of young puertoricans had to go just because they were students.
"Fortunate Son" was a protest song about the sons of the poor going to fight in Viet Nam, whereas the more fortunate (Senators son, Millionaires son) got draft deferments.
Ding, ding, ding!
Ole bone spurs
yes, i was just going to write this for them...it was all about protesting Vietnam War.....i am glad these youngsters are paying more attention....
System of a Down - BYOB
"WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SEND THE POOR!?"
@@TallicaMan1986 Except BYOB was made decades after the draft was over. They DON'T send the poor anymore. They only send those that volunteer, and they pay those volunteers quite well, when the benefits are included. I know this first-hand. Those officers? ALL of them are college-educated and ALL of them are immediately middle-class on their way to being upper-class.
System of a Down might actually think that what was done in their home country must be done over here. I can't imagine they would know better yet still sing that part.
Watching people discover a band that they've heard so much from, but never knew who they were is fun to watch
its the whole reason im subscribed. Its so satisfying
Exactly!!
What movie was this in???? Every movie about the Vietnam war ever...haha
Shithole war inspired some great music
Predator baby!!!
Why does everybody knows this..
Came here to make this exact comment!
Forrest Gump
Basically this song is an anti-war song. He's basically being sarcastic the entire song about every lyric since he's being drafted for a war rich people made that they'll never fight in.
This.
yes, a lot of people aren't getting it... you have to have lived thru those times when it was written
We had the draft during the Vietnam war. They didn’t ask you to serve. They told you (drafted you) and if you refused, it was prison or run to Canada. Rich, connected guys could evade combat- like George W. Bush who used pull to get into the Texas Air National Guard. Great song!
@@billyclifton5710 John Fogerty did escape the war... by
signing up for the Army Reserve on the same day he got his draft notice.
Right on!
John Fogerty was drafted into the military during Vietnam, and he was able to get into the National Guard, but he was angered when he saw politicians and millionaires sons avoiding the draft.
My father and cousins all enlisted into the armed forces because being from poor families being taken in the draft was inevitable. Growing up I never knew he was a Vietnam veteran because he and our cousins never talked about it.
Ty for yr family’s service to protect n keep free all people oppressed no matter what country. Ty forever grateful ❤
my dad was in the the Army when the war started , He said he would go so his brother didn't have to go. He achieved many medals and he stayed in for 22 years. I am crying right now he was my hero and I lost him in 2018. When he died part of my heart was in the hole. I am very proud of him I am the first one in the family that went the police job.@@kendallthompson7852
I had two uncles that were drafted into the Vietnam War. My dad was almost drafted himself. Luckily, at the time he was in college and his number wasn’t picked.
This song epitomizes the axiom, “It’s a rich man’s war, a poor man’s fight”.
Spot on. Never changes
I appreciate your comment, but not sure Vietnam was a rich man's war. The US was trying to keep democracy in South Vietnam, and China & Russia were trying to root it out... more a result of the broader Cold War. Democracy vs Communism; USA vs Russia; Rocky vs Drago.😁 Much different than the recent wars in the middle east, which can be strongly argued as rich mans' wars due to the lucrative oil industry in that region.
B Meach Apparently not. Credence Clearwater Revival saw it. If you came from a family of means, you could be super patriotic, but claim “bone spurs” to get out of fighting.
If you lacked means, you were going off to war, and likely die. This isn’t new.
@@bmeach4940 Not 'democracy vs communism' it was capitalism vs communism. The US would not have even been involved if there was no financial interest.
B Meach the US is not a democracy. It’s an oligarchy
This song is a lot like Born in the USA. People use it as a patriotic song and it's the complete opposite, it's a protest song.
since i was young i always thought this, years later my basically almost mid 20s this song still slap
Thats true, like born in the usa, people assume its about blind patriotism when its a protest song
Born in the USA is the most anti American song I can think of
in a way, it being a protest song makes it a patriotic song, because your in America you can speak freely
@@jakek201 True, like Kaepernick protesting police brutality is patriotic, but that is not at all what most of the people who say that mean when they say it.
I was in Vietnam 1969-70. We loved CCR, and we loved this song. The first rock-n-roll war...
I was ten, and my father made it back...🙏❤️💯🇺🇸
@@amjrpain919 I hope your dad is still above ground. God Bless.
@@perihelion7798 He is not... Thank you for that.
@@amjrpain919 Then he is still alive in your memories - hold on to those.
My father, doesn't speak a lick of English, loves CCR. "Los Creedence" as he calls them. Lol
Pita G. I lol’d
check out the spanish covers album "quiero creedence", it's great
@@DavidPiniella whoa didn't know that existed. Thanks!
Awevoooooo
How can you not!? They're just fantastic.
"What movie was this in?" ANY Vietnam War movie lmao
All of them!!!
Wasn't it in a CoD or Medal of Honor game as well? Everything 'Nam lol
@@greenkorn69 Battlefield Vietnam as well
Vietnam anthem
@@greenkorn69call of duty black ops 1
"I ain't no Millionaire Son, Son" That Right There I will remember that till I die.
This is always the helicopter flying through the jungle, in Vietnam movies, song
Or helicopters dropping off soldiers to any random war zone in almost every war movie ever. Usually a helicopter involved though in any case.
It's the helicopter attack scene in Apocalypse Now ua-cam.com/video/qV4Q-RSQCq0/v-deo.html
Why does everybody knows this..
This song reminds me of the game Battlefield Vietnam
You probably mean Run Through the Jungle?
CCR is legendary and so underrated. The amount of hits they have, how short their time as a group was, and the fact that their music is still played on the radio and still relevant, all of it is astounding
i don't think they are underrated, hey have had plenty of success and fame, they are widely known
"What movie was this in"
Literally every single Vietnam movie.
You weren't there Joe!You didn't hear the songs I heard!
"what movie is this from"
me: "all of them"
Just went to type this when I looked down the page.
Why does everybody knows this..
That's because John Fogerty didn't control the rights to his own catalogue and those who did sold CCR to anyone who wanted it.
Literally any Vietnam movie.
Except Star Wars.
I was going to make a “every Vietnam movie” joke but apparently 300 people beat me to it....
Watching hip hop guys react to the rock I grew up on is one of the best things I've found on UA-cam
"What movie was this in?"
"Yes"
Literally commented the same thing before I saw this
🤣🤣🤣
Dean D aka TheLaughingMann ‘born on the forth of July’ maybe. I’ve heard in in other movies/shows also.
Forest gump
literally every movie that features the Vietnam War XD
The song is talking about the difference between rich and poor dealing with the draft.
@6:44 "Rummage sale" two thoughts:
"Rich people pretend like they came from nothing, and now pay some egregious tax on something they created." "Rich people don't want to pay their fair share, so they pretend like they've never made any money. "
@@imminenthippo603 Two thoughts but only one accurate thought.
@PstScrpt Monte just wanted to feel like he was a somebody worth listening to for a second.
It wasn't really inspired by any one event.
The most important statement to me was in the first paragraph.
"When the band plays Hail to the Chief, they POINT THE CANNON AT YOU. "
Cannon fodder...
"What movie was this in?"
All the movies. It's in ALL the movies.
Every Vietnam War movie ever!
All Along the Watchtower is the other song, in All The Movies!
Came here to post this.
I said the exact same thing. ALL of them.
My mind immediately goes to 'Live Free or Die Hard' when I hear this song.
CCR is the band that everyone has heard without knowing they've heard CCR. Sad but true.
Eric Puse that is so true!! Never thought of it like that. I’m thankful I was raised on CCR!!
Yup & the Steve Miller band is another one
Tina Harnden naw fam kansas wins that prize
America is known for that, way more than CCR, which is a classic band that everyone knows.
Sad but True is Metallica
I was 14 yo in 69 when this song was released. I saw many of my friend’s brothers drafted and sent off to Vietnam, and attended one funeral for one who was killed. That really and deeply freaked my shit out and left me scared nearly to death about getting drafted. Fortunately for myself I didn’t turn 18 until 73, after ‘the man’ was no longer drafting kids. I recall getting my draft card in the mail and even though I knew the draft was over it caused me enormous anxiety and worry until we were out of Vietnam. Vietnam and the draft overshadowed everything in my teenage years such that I will never forget it. This song was a staple in my music collection during high school.
Back in those days it was the poor and unconnected that had to go. Since 67 or 68 college deferments were ended so unless you were white, wealthy, well connected, or just plain lucky as hell with a high draft number, your short term future was going to include life in a war time military. You’all have only known an all volunteer military and now we have a President who was a “fortunate son,” and avoided serving in every way possible for a white, wealthy, and well connected family who did everything possible, and those possibilities were intentional, to leave the others to suffer the consequences. The President’s attitude about service and sacrifice is just nauseating.
It was sickening when that orange turd said, his personal vietnam was STDs. He was born with a silverspoon in his mouth.
"Unless you were white?" Are you serious?
I was married at 17 to a Regular Army kid! ( Yeah, he was 19) he came home the second time with PTSD, and we got divorced before he killed me o the kids! Anyone think war is healthy for anyone?
That white line is bs. White kids made up the majority of the drafted. Being rich and connected helped. Nothing about being white.
@@brettcorman3170gotta love revisionism
"Running through the Jungle" is truly an iconic song about the war.
It's "Run Through the Jungle" not Running
I used to think so, but then I looked up when it was released.
@@skycaptainshell1 It was released in 1970, The war was officially ended in March 1973, US involvement ended in May 1975, 68-71 were the heights of the war protest. I was in SEA (Thailand) 74-75 courtesy of the USAF.
run through the jungle was about gun proliferation and street violence
@@KennethWGardner My mistake, I had the release date wrong. However, according to the wiki:
The song's title and lyrics, as well as the year it was released (1970), have led many to assume that the song is about the Vietnam War. The fact that previous Creedence Clearwater Revival songs such as "Fortunate Son" were protests of the Vietnam War added to this belief.[1]
However, in a 2016 interview, Fogerty explained that the song is actually about the proliferation of guns in the United States.
The thing I wanted to talk about was gun control and the proliferation of guns... I remember reading around that time that there was one gun for every man, woman and child in America, which I found staggering. So somewhere in the song, I think I said, '200 million guns are loaded.' Not that anyone else has the answer, but I did not have the answer to the question; I just had the question. I just thought it was disturbing that it was such a jungle for our citizens just to walk around in our own country at least having to be aware that there are so many private guns owned by some responsible and maybe many irresponsible people.[2]
“What movie was this in?” Um, every Vietnam war movie ever.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops
And a few hundred more non-Vietnam movies as well
Can you name one? Forrest Gump doesn't count
Rolling Rock the last Die Hard Movie, end credits
Also Die Hard 4.0
This song is a perfect example of why you want to know what’s going on when a certain song is dropped/made. The draft is no longer an issue like it was back during the Vietnam War. Context is everything.
My ex did two tours in Nam so I better not be lectured for shit I say here! Because I KNOW THE TRUTH
John Fogerty was one the absolute best rock vocalists of his era... I love C.C.R.!!!
He is still a great singer!
i'd argue of all time! ;) the IDEAL blues rock rasp voice
Top-level front man...
Have You Ever Seen the Rain.....just damn.......yeah that dude can sing. Oh and Traveling Band? Dayum
His "cover" with the Foo Fighters is the most amazing thing I've ever heard
I grew up in Lodi, California. Every time I hear CCRs “Stuck in Lodi Again” it makes me smile.
Dude, I lived in Galt for awhile. Good to see someone who understands the area.
Dying laffin'--Low-dee! Of course it's perfectly understandable that the guys wouldn't know how to pronounce "Lodi". Hey from the East Bay Area!
P.S. I went to the same high school as the guys in CCR (El Cerrito HS, a few miles north of Berkeley), in the late '60's (yes, I'm ancient). I still live about a mile from ECHS.
6falconsue that’s the same neighborhood Metallica’s from too!!
Never expected to see anyone from here in any comment section. Born and raised in Stockton
The "tax man" line refers to the rich people having things, but when the tax man came around to make sure they are paying enough taxes on their possessions they hide all their expensive items and the house looks bare. (Ask your elders about the taxman coming around during war times)
He's talking about how the rich avoid taxes and pay to have their own sons avoid the draft. Serious political commentary, still true today.
do you think it’s true that the rich can pay to avoid the draft.?.-gosh, what a messed up system.....
john krats well excuse me.....i don’t understand.....doesn’t seem fair to me. however,; i wasn’t really passing a judgement one way or the other i was rather just not understanding the unfairness of the world that those born poor go off to fight and those born rich stay cozy at home.
that’s all
john krats i guess i can just not literally understood how they afford to get out of going to war - like who do they pay? that’s all
@J K Wait, are you serious? If you're poor, your life is worth less by your logic? Money giving you extra commodities like a bigger house, better car or possibility to travel the world etc. is understandable. But being able to avoid something that's clearly supposed to be random via money is clearly not ethical.
We're talking about being forced to go to a war and kill other people or get killed in the process, if they paint it as "serving your country", why should your social status exclude you in any way? To me it sounds similar as saying that rich people should be able to escape justice for their crimes.
CCR “Down On the Corner” and “ Born On the Bayou”!!
They should be able to recognize those songs by the title alone!
Or basically any CCR song 🙌🏻
run through the jungle
Midnight Special....
Lodi
When I was in high school one of our history teachers was in a band and when we were learning about the Vietnam war they put on a concert for us playing all the songs from the 70’s about the war and this was one of them. That was an awesome day at school. I loved being the only one of the students singing along to all the songs because my daddy raised me on classic rock.
"Born on the Bayou" is another good one from CCR.
Bad moon rising is really good to
My favorite song to play on bass.
And "Pagan Baby"... "Suzy Q"...
Run through the Jungle. My fave
@@MrFightfan3000 There are no bad Credence songs.
Watching Ryan and George discover great shit is like finding gold.
John Fogerty, man. One of the very greatest voices in rock ever.
Even Live. Check em out live. He sounds great.
This is CCR’s version of “War Pigs”.
Dublin O’Seven and Disposable Heroes
@@Chogra The best song by Metallica imo
No.... “war pigs” was Black Sabbath’s version of this song.
I don't know what that means. But,
--It's certainly better
@PstScrpt Whatever. I'm just saying Fortunate Son is betta than War Pigs. Also I was replying to the op
You should listen to "House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals, incredibly soulful singing in that song and would probably be the oldest song you have listened to on here.
👍👍
Actually, something interesting that I stumbled across recently; turns out that the Animals changed one word of the lyrics - in the trad lyrics the singer is a woman, which changes the story somewhat...
@@eruantien9932 That is true, it was originally about a woman who became a whore basically
And Eric with War would be good to react to also
Hell yeah
CCR was singing (largely) about the plight of the blue collar kid fighting the wars of the while collar father; while, the white collar kid skates off to college. CCR was kind of "counter-revolutionary" in that regard; they were blue collar and a little bit older than their music (superstar) contemporaries.
This song is about how poor kids have to go off and fight wars, while the "fortunate " ones, the rich kids, don't have to. It's an anti Vietnam song. Rich kids have privlage
We had a slave army of the poor. Refusal was not allowed.
If you want an example of a rich kid who used privilege to avoid the Vietnam draft, look no further than your current Prez. And to rub salt into the wounds, he has the audacity to ridicule the less fortunate sons who did serve, such as John McCain, or Humayun Khan (a muslim American who died in Iraq).
@@MrSwanley you're preaching to the choir, Trump is a draft dodging bum, and yes his daddy got him out of the draft. Although I wouldn't include John McCain as one of the poor kids, his father and grandfather were admirals in the Navy, but he was a hero and 10 times the man Trump is
@@johnmurphy1442 John McCain was a piece of shit! Clinton hauled ass to Oxford in England, care to discuss that draft dodging piece of shit?!?!
@@deanhinson4095 college in Oxford? Yes sunshine, that's a legitimate referral from the war. Do you think YOU could get in to Oxford??? I doubt it...Trump is a piece of shit who lies constantly just like he did about his bone spurs. Wake up princess
Way back in the day, A "fortunate son" was one who could buy himself out of going to war.
The people who had to work for a living back then werent as fortunate.
Edit: also, most patriotic people back then were the ones who didnt have to go to war. So the character in the song aint so patriotic because hes being forced to go to war.
Kind of like modern day System of a Down... BYOB. I think they're sending the same message...just different wars
john fogerty was in Vietnam and served his time there. I think he has every right to talk about the cowards whose family bought them out of military service. shall we mention bone spurs
Absolutely !
Way back in the days? Are you sure ? I think its still actual. Thats one of the flaws of the Democracy.Some wealthy folks still buy them selfs from dirty situations like a war. Every time when i heard someone say how democracy is awesome and flawless i just laugh at their naivity. There is no perfect system all systems have some good thing and some bad things.Nothing is flawless thats only utopia in the dreams.
@@dariusissobel5470 I think you're misinterpreting democracy. In a democracy everyone has an equal say. When someone rich avoid their tax liabilities or avoid the war draft etc, due to their wealth, that isn't a democracy! One vote, one person, everyone is equal. It doesn't matter what your background or wealth is, everyone is the same. Anyone who used anything to impact that is against democracy (like the fascist tangerine who uses to be your leader).
Someone hit the nail on the head when they mentioned the draft! If you were from a rich family or one of the elite, you weren’t going to war unless you wanted to. That’s why this song expresses his feelings about the fortunate son. The video to this song which shows our men and women fighting is something to watch. Will never forget!😢
“Green River” is probably my favorite CCR song.
MadSlantedPowers mmmmmhmmmmm
That groove! Swampy and wonderful
Mine too. Was listening to an Alabama album around the age of 11 (maybe) and they did a cover of it. I was singing it one day and my mom said that’s a CCR song, she had the Chronicles album and I’ve been hooked every since. I have the Green River album still that I found at the local flea market when I was in my teens
Same
Same. Hope they react to that
You really need to listen to "Long as I Can See the Light" -- good lord that song will bring you to tears it has so much soul in it.
Upvote ×1000
Yesss! My favorite by them
One of the best songs ever.
Agreed. Undeniably one of their absolute best.
That's the one I tried to remember the name of! They definitely need to hear that! :D
You really should do “Paint In Black” from Rolling Stone.
Yes one of my favorite songs of all time!!
Yes!!
It... not in
That song alot like that band..suuuuucks
or Gimme Shelter!
Want some more southern rock, do “Whipping post” by The Allman Brothers next!! 100% PLAYLIST GUARANTEED
cole christensen Agree big time. Any song by them has everything they love.
ABSOLUTELY 🔥🔥🔥
cole christensen yes!!!!!!!!!
I was going to post this too! It’s an amazing song and more importantly it’s guaren-damn-teed to go on their STAYlist
I started to request this one the other day! Hell yes!
This song is one of the best songs ever, sound wise and lyrically, it is timeless. The things the preach in this still totally true even now. And the composition never gets old.
Especially now Z
My dad made me listen to this in the 80’s. And it’s awesome. I still listen to CCR
Them: "What movie was this in?"
Me: "Yes"
That one actually works. Every getting dropped off to a warzone by helicopter scene in every movie ever.
Also yes
This song is about rich kids getting out of the draft. It was written during the Vietnam War. This is crucial context you all are missing in your analysis.
I get a kick out of your reactions. This reminds me of when my friends and I would sit in my room and listen to albums on my stereo. So cool.
you should listen to CCR's rendition of "Heard it Through the Grapevine"
If you do, make sure it's the long version.
or midnight special
@@JoeChewBaca or Susie Q
"Green River". One of my all time favs, slightly less well known.
GTA San Andreas - K-DST radio
John Weisgerber first CCR song I knew, will always be my favorite
Green River and Run Through the Jungle need to be at least 15 minutes long. Theyre both so good.
Ditto! I hope they review Green River next. 🤞
Oh yes!!! Or born in the bayou. Green river is badass!!
John Fogerty said that when he wrote and recorded Fortinuate Son he was mad and that's what brought the passion out of his voice .
John Bogart was in The Army Reservrs, so he did serve during
Vietnam.
Fogerty wrote Proud Mary when he was 17 years old. Tina Turner killed that song tho.
@Jesper Jansen worth it for Ikes "Rollin' Rollin'"
Yeah Bee I think he is saying he dint agree with the Vietnam war
Ike's back vocals and guitar
She killed it but preffer ccrs version
This was the very late 1960's.
The anti Vietnam movement was strong
And many were trying to keep their sons out of the war.
The rich were able to do that.
The rest were not
The rich start wars the poor fights in them.
@@rickyhunt4075 Exactly what they were singing about
@@rickyhunt4075 The rich *profit* from the wars while the poor *die* in them or come back back fucked up beyond repair.
Timeless song. Amazing talent. Great reaction guys.
“I put a spell on you” is PURE FIRE. I promise
CCR was the best band in America. John Doherty is still playing great at age 70
John Wedeward, John Fogerty
That song is incredible
Guys you should peep CCR “As Long As I Can See the Light”
One of their best IMO, very soulful, slower, awesome
Yes! I'm willing to bet some of those requesting other ccr songs haven't listened to it either by hearing what's requested.
Yes, this song and "I Wrote A Song For Everyone" are my favorite slower jams from them.
Yes! Also one of my favorites by them!
This!
I've been a casual fan of @Lost in Vegas for most of a year, but decide to dive in to their channel recently. This is one my favorite vids so far. Here's why...
I've sometimes wondered why I have a very strong connection to the blues. Listening to a couple guys from my generation/age, but (maybe very) different musical influence paths, react to the power of Fogerty's voice (both lyrical and as a guitarist) made me realize Fogerty was there to prime my path.
BTW, Lodi is my favorite CCR tune. Give that a separate listen if you haven't.
Listen to “Green Grass and high tides” by the Outlaws!
Long Version!
Pushing for it as well!
@@mvunit3 Hell of a AMAZING song!
@@cirrus1976 - "Ghost Riders", "You are the show", "There goes another love song" for a 2nd time around and so on.
@@mvunit3 yes, they had some great ones, much like The Marshall Tucker Band did, Southern Rock is always Special, I would also LOVE them to do Ram Jams Black Betty!
A CCR song you haven't heard but should:
Someday Never Comes
Someday Never Comes is easily their best song to me. And they have so many hits.
This is such a good song!
Today is the first time I ever heard it. Interesting hearing Fogerty doing clean vocals. He absolutely nails the quick notes in the "someday never comes" chorus. Sad vibe to the song, as surely intended, reminiscent of Cats in the Cradle, which is also a great song. Thanks much for the recommendation.
Someday Never Comes is some of the realest shit ever put to music.
Personal favorite, that and Up Around the Bend.
You guys are the best. Music and food is how we come together. Just enjoying the whole experience. You both are always fun
The depth of the song come from a real place. John fogerty is a veteran so a lot of his inspiration comes from his direct experiences in war. Llisten to run through the jungle! Another classic!
if a girl doesn't like CCR I wont date her - that's a deal breaker!
😂😂😂
🤭😂😋
If a guy can’t name one CCR song I won’t date him
Well, you have to have some standards.
What if the girl was Beyoncé?
This is my fave video of y’all’s yet. Loved when you cruises through CCR’s catalog trying to find a song you HADN’T heard.
The rummage sale line is about rich people avoiding paying tax and contributing to society like everyone else does.
If you're liking the soulfulness of CCR, try their song "Down On The Corner".
Agree. 100%.
I can almost guarantee they've heard it before. I'm a big fan of Have You Ever Seen The Rain.
I remember hearing this song when I was a kid and singing this song at the top of my lungs. Great stuff!
The silver spoon/millionaire lyrics are deeper than you interpreted.
It is about people who are rich. But, when the "tax man" comes they put on like they are poor (house looks like a rummage sale) to avoid paying their share of taxes.
That makes them smart.
@@NandR and criminals.
@@NandR Actually makes them immoral but whatever
I disagree i believe its about tax fraud and when the tax man comes they take your belongings and auction them off.
Doop Snogg I was quoting a president.
When I was a kid, my dad had "Bad Moon Rising" on his jukebox... I 100% thought that CCR was a black doo-wop group. Fogerty is legendary.
I have always been a CCR fan. I was raised on this kind of music. And when you guys asked what movies you'd heard this song in, the first two I thought of were Forrest Gump and Live Free or Die Hard.
I absolutely love watching your reaction videos. You two have quickly become my favorite reactors.
SONG IS IN ABOUT EVERY VIETNAM MOVIE, WHEN HE SAYS IT AINT ME HES SAYING HE DOES NOT HAVE WEALTHY PARENTS THAT CAN GET HIM OUTTA OF GOING TO VIETNAM. HES NOT THE FORTUNATE ONE.
Please react to the song "The Weight" by "The Band"
Take a load off, Fannie
I’ve been pushing hard for this one, too.
@@writerjohnmcnally I'm on the train with you, bro
The Last Waltz version!
This needs to happen.
In high school, the Vietnam War draft was televised in our school's lunch room. That's how some of the senior boys found out they would be going to Vietnam. Pounding a wall, crying, excused from class for the rest of the day.
damn
Jeezuz. Man. Jeezuz. I can not imagine how horrible that was. My brother was in basic when the war ended.
Y'all should do they're version of "I heard it through the grape vine" SOUL to the max in John Fogerty's voice...
I can't stand that song by anyone other than CCR. Their version is amazing and probably responsible for all the show-jam rock that came after it.
Dudes, it makes me so happy that y'all listened to proud Mary. It's amazing the influence they had in a short of time they were together
You two crack me up.. This 59 year old Grandmother loves watching peoples faces when they hear music from the 60's and 70's we had some of the greatest music to this day..
CCR tracks you need to react to:
Who'll Stop the Rain
Run Through the Jungle
Lodi
Green River
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Up Around the Bend
Born on the Bayou
Commotion
Don't forget their cover of Proud Mary
Travelin' Band
Lookin out my back door
Yo... Susie Q
Sweet hitchhiker
Running through the Jungle if haven't heard that one already.
This brings me back. My oldest brother joined at 17, became a recon marine in 67. My father an
air force officer signed for him. After being wounded twice the 2nd time losing the use of his arm. My father told me and my other brothers that we will never join the military. My brother took me to protest and I remember being tear-gassed at 9 years old running away through the campus. I look at the Iraq war and it tells me, nothing has changed. This song is still true today.
This is CCR’s most iconic protest song. The rich stay home and the rest of us fight the wars. Just an ate up old white guy
"Renegade" - Styx. You wont be disappointed.
You sound like a Steeler's fan.
Jared Russell ugh styx
Its way better than that trend renegade
i love CCR, no one does that genre like they did, god damn legends
I recommend listening to CCR's cover of "I put a spell on you" at some point.
Dear Ryan and George, I was a young boy when this song came out in the 1960s. The verse where he says the house looks like a rummage sale is his telling the people that the rich hide their money. And that the poorest sent to war. How much should we give? People in power say more more more. Thank you both for your very insightful reactions. Your work is deeply appreciated. On an unrelated subject, would you consider doing nothing compares to you which is a Prince songthat Chris Cornell covered in a beautiful acoustic version that would bring tears to your eyes in a very good way. Also at that session he didn't song which I believe is called almost forgot my broken heart 💔 is acoustic work was amazing my my friends. With respect always, Brant 😊 😊
Can I just say you guys are totally awesome? I kneel before you and say "I am not worthy". Love your video's Thank You both so much
This reaction is why I love you guys!
I believe this song is always played with a "TFTTFTTFTFTFTFTFTFTF" sound in the background.
LeRoy Paulsen a chopper flying over some jungle usually. Love CCR!
LOL! Haven't seen a helicopter sound written like that
You mean Hannibal Lecter?
Kris no, it’s the sound of a chopper
@@jebatman756 I know, it's a joke about fava beans and chianti.
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You guys put a smile on my face with your reactions every time. Keep doing it!
:Heard it Through the Grapevine" is another must hear
Hoping Neil Young “rockin in the free world” will be apart of this classic rock marathon. It’s only right!
Or any other actually classic Rock, and not just "Classic American Rock".
They did do Fleetwood and all, but most of these aren't all that classic. Kansas, Journey? lol
Still rocking it.. Saw him on Connan O'Brine. Busted out the strings and went to town. Great.
John Fogerty wrote and sang this tune. He's one badass White dude.
Ocean Hedonist one of the greatest voices in rock history
Also playing the lead guitar. Amazing to see him live.
This song as written during the Vietnam war he's also talking about how some people were saved from the draft because of their wealth. Which is why he is saying that he's not a fortune son.
John Fogerty and CCR are a National Treasure. So many simple but truly amazing songs.
Run Through The Jungle! Youre gonna love it
Gotta love John Foggarty's voice. So iconic.
Every rock enthusiast should own a copy of one of the many "CCR's Greatest Hits" collections out there. John Fogerty is an American treasure, and he's somehow STILL out there performing to this day. This is one of the very few bands that I had in common with my parents growing up. 💯
I can't believe you guys haven't done Lynryd Skynyrd Free Bird