"Pauper" means poor man, basically. "Penthouse Pauper" is an oxymoron in that one usually associates penthouses with the wealthy. I'm a casual CCR fan, so I am not as familiar with their album cuts as I am with the Beatles. Always fun to see what makes which list by Sutter, and hearing his reasoning for his decisions. Fun video!
I agree with your choices with one big exception. I love "Ramble Tamble". It totally rocks ! I hate to say it, but my removal from Cosmo's Factory would have to be the 11 minute "I Heard It Thru The Grapevine".
Interesting choices but I have always loved "Penthouse Pauper." It's clever, with its string of boasts and then the confession at the end, with that great final line: "I can be most anything--when you got nothing it's all the same." I often think of this song as a marker of how pop music culture has changed. Hip-hop has made boasting a standard lyrical theme in pop music. But back when Penthouse Pauper was released, things were different--the boasting had to be undercut at the end with the truth.
"Pauper" means poor man, basically. "Penthouse Pauper" is an oxymoron in that one usually associates penthouses with the wealthy. I'm a casual CCR fan, so I am not as familiar with their album cuts as I am with the Beatles. Always fun to see what makes which list by Sutter, and hearing his reasoning for his decisions. Fun video!
Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying, since I'm clearly too lazy to research it myself, LOL.
I agree with your choices with one big exception. I love "Ramble Tamble". It totally rocks ! I hate to say it, but my removal from Cosmo's Factory would have to be the 11 minute "I Heard It Thru The Grapevine".
I hear ya on "I Heard It."
I love that..."Oh, I know this one"..."ehhhhh." LOL! I think John improved his songwriting very quickly...thank goodness!
Interesting choices but I have always loved "Penthouse Pauper." It's clever, with its string of boasts and then the confession at the end, with that great final line: "I can be most anything--when you got nothing it's all the same." I often think of this song as a marker of how pop music culture has changed. Hip-hop has made boasting a standard lyrical theme in pop music. But back when Penthouse Pauper was released, things were different--the boasting had to be undercut at the end with the truth.
ccr is good but for me after a while the songs start to sound kinda the same.
the reason you don't like some ccr songs is because your mind has been controlled by Elvis.
Haha! He definitely listens to more CCR than Elvis, but Elvis does seem to have control of some people's minds, so there may be some truth to this.
@@KnowYourMusicShow because Elvis is, and always was, the great white hope for white America.