I second this. Especially love Run Through the Jungle, Lodi, and Green River. How about the Woodstock version of I Put A Spell On You. And while we are listening to I Put a Spell on You, how about listening to Screaming Jay Hawkins who did the original. You have to watch the video with Screaming Jay though, he is a showman.
This was the first CCR song I ever heard, it was played on my grandparent's jukebox in their bar. They had a restaurant/bar near the Edwards Air Force Base. The pilots had good taste in music. I was just coming into my teenage years and CCR was the sound track of my teen years.
Born on the Bayou - CCR, Black Water- Doobie Brothers, and When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin. All paint a picture of the Mississippi delta, its beauty and its danger.
Amazing voice, as you said. I'm sure a few of their songs you could learn on guitar. So many great songs, a couple being Looking Out My Back Door and Bad Moon Rising.
"Clouds of mystery pouring confusion on the ground." That line caught me umpety-ump years ago when I first heard it and I remain its captive to this day. I too used to think the song was too short but I've come to realize its brevity makes a point.. Please do learn it - maybe play it for us sometime?
I saw this comment the other day and didn't think a lot of it until I saw the news this morning. I hope you are doing well and the rain has not caused any damage or loss otherwise for you. It looks like other islands are really hurting or dams potentially breaking. Stay safe Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
Fogerty, the lead singer of CCR, did a blues song called, “I Got A Spell on You”. You may have already critiqued the different versions. They had so many hits.
Can't remember if you've already done "Fortunate Son" by CCR; another (more carefree) tune is "Hey, tonight" or "Down on the Corner". This is - to me - the strenght of CCR: short pop-rock songs that are pretty spot on :-) "Lodi" is also great.
CCR and the Band are indeed similar in some ways. Both are for me proto- Americana. Similar feel although the Band are perhaps more complex musically. Quite a few CCR songs not too tricky on the guitar. Try Bad Moon Rising and Lodi.
Learn it on the guitar?!! Hey, a man after my own heart! :) As to the sad/nice feelings... Music brings us together through shared emotions & memories even when the people, details and locations differ. May you find your own piece (or is that, peace?) through "our" music (Yours & Mine). :)
John Fogerty guitarist singer songwriter producer extraordinaire! Phenomenal! Check out Fortune Son, Up Around The Bend or Born on The Bayou or Sweet Hitch hiker. Pretty much ANY Creedence song is awesome. 🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦🇨🇦
CCR definitely had a certain feeling about them. Their sound will immediately take the listener back to a very specific time in our country, and bring up a lot of issues. A great rock and roll band. Thanks for the reaction.
I really enjoyed your reaction. I have loved CCR since 1970 when I first heard them. Living in Louisiana, I thought for years that they were a "local band"! California?
@@rebeccasimantov5476 CCR is the pride of El Cerrito, CA. A small town across the bay from San Francisco, near Berkeley: the epicenter of antiwar movement in America! 👏💪
John Fogerty still rocks non-stop. Political opinion during the war, that took my generation, and the previous one into the obliteration of human rights, both here, and there. Fine reaction, Daniel. The hope for our future is Yours! Walk a good walk.
Love CCR, my Father had a couple 8-tracks and we would listen to them whenever we were driving around. You ask what other song by them. all of them are good. My Fathers favorite was "Lodi" I will also suggest "Born on the Bayou" "Commotion" "Sweet Hitch Hiker" "Suzie Q" "Who'll Stop the Rain" "Travelin' Band" "Long As I Can See the Light" and I can keep going...All Good. I bet there are a few you could play. Good job and thanks Daniel. Peace.
:) It's a good thing that I never had a job interpreting song lyrics for a living. I had no idea this was about Vietnam. I thought is was just about hard times. :)
CCR were a great band and John Fogerty went on to make a lot of great music as a solo artist. I enjoy your reactions. I'm 68 and I got to see CCR. Keep up the good work and rock on.
A number of songs use rain as a metaphor for a natural form of karmic retribution, or simply cause and effect : Dylan's " A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall ", the Beatles " Rain". In that case, the way to stop the rain would be to use it as a blind man uses his cane to tell him when to change course. We would stop the rain by not causing any more of it.
Hey Daniel, I would recommend watching the concert film ‘Woodstock’ & then watch Ang Lee’s film ‘Taking Woodstock’. It’s a behind the scenes look at the event.
^this^ You may want to look up the track list for the movir and listen to the originals before watching the film. But yeah, the movie portrays the three day festival pretty well.
Fogerty was so good with lyrics and also had a way to write things that make you happy. CCR had contractural issues and that was the main reason that they did not continue recording. They were fantastic live. I saw them at the Forum in Los Angeles, what a memorable performance!
Five-year plans (for progress/industrialization) were used in the USSR, Communist China and other Socialist states. The New Deal was FDR's response to the Great Depression. So, hearing about and having to choose between the two ideologies (and maybe seeing the shortcomings of both) would be relevant to the people of Vietnam during the War there. It could apply to many other peoples and places, too.
Classic CCR. My favorite by them is Lodi. (a city in California). Ps, other rain songs: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head by BJ Thomas. Rain-Beatles Fire and Rain-James Taylor Tears and Rain-James Blunt Feels Like Rain-John Hiatt Love Reign O’ Er Me-The Who Have You Ever Seen the Rain? -CCR
C.C.R. I think of the Phenomenal vocals of John Fogerty. The Vietnam War, The 60's movement, Woodstock. and the Tragic Bitter in house Band Feuds over Direction and Musical Control, which ended up in Court in a haze of Lawsuits. Which caused John Fogerty to walk away from C.C.R. and caused the Band to Break-Up. What a shame ! Great Music and a Great Band !!
CCR, definitely similar in songwriting style to The Band and their late 60's/early 70's San Francisco peers The Grateful Dead. This album Cosmo's Factory was recorded in Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco and released one month before the Dead went into Wally Heider's to record American Beauty. Look up the studio on Wikipedia and you'll see all the great albums that were recorded there in those years. CCR have so many great songs that I'll just recommend a few from their third album Green River, the first album they recorded at Wally Heider's back in 1969: "Green River," "Lodi," "Bad Moon Rising," and "Wrote a Song for Everyone." Cheers Daniel. Hoping for more reactions to The Band, Grateful Dead, CCR. Crosby Stills & Nash, and Jefferson Airplane down the road.
You say they didn't record much? They recorded a lot but they did change their name and started recording as "CCR", maybe you haven't been searching under that name. Lots of stuff about Vietnam such as Run Through the Jungle, but they're all great.
Hey Daniel. I forgot to mention. If you have never seen it, there is a movie about Woodstock. More like a rock documentary. Alot of actual footage from the summer of love. You can get a feel for what it must have been like.
Thanks for your reaction Daniel! CCR is the greatest rock and roll band of all time to never have a number one hit! Amazing when you think about it and how great and deep their catalogue is! There are many great suggestions of songs put out by others, and you should look at them. When you are done with that please give "Someday Never Comes". It's probably one you should do with your Dad, Deathstroke 8!
This is my Fav. CCR song. I found out it's about their trip to Woodstock. Never know that till recently, but it makes sense. There was a Movie in the mid-70s named Who'll Stop the Rain that of course featured this song, it starred Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld ans Micheal Moriarity. Good movie
I have always thought the rain to be an endless stream of words. But the agent orange raining on the jungle works or a generic rain of doom is probably closer to the mark. I recommend a listen to 'Down on the Corner' It's got a pretty easy catchy tab you might get into.
In the 60s, the Soviet economy was based on "five-year plans" and the Johnson admin promised Americans a "new deal." Both actually were restrictive or a "golden chain."
CCR and The Band both knew how to write "Simple" radio friendly songs with Great lyrics. The Stones in the early 70's were big fans of CCR and changed their sound to be more like them.
I can see see why this group would remind you of The Band. Robbie Robertson was in The Band, and you have jostled my mind, reminded me that even he can sound a little reminiscent of Leonard Cohen at times, like on his song Somewhere Down The Crazy River. Great song (what a mood!) but for a lyrical examination you might prefer some others. Showdown at Big Sky is good. I like the video cuz you can watch some singing on it, but just don't let the Native American imagery totally color your guesses at lyric interpretation. Even tho he is native American from Canada. (It's really hard for me to pick one song off of that album to suggest, because all the songs are so good to me, and different from one another. He has a backup singer on there that is great.oh, and some help from U2 guys, Bono singing, some guitar + shared producer.+ Peter Gabriel. Won Album of the Year.)
Morning Daniel. Need to give a listen to c.c.r. Sweet Hitchhike, Fortunate Son. Their version of Heard it thru the grapevine, boss moon risen, looking out my back door. So many great songs by them.
I think what Daniel is identifying is what's called, these days, Americana. The Band, The Grateful Dead and others telling stories of life in America, real or fictional. The Weight, Brown-Eyed Woman, etc.
CCR had a ton of good songs in a short career but John Fogerty had a good solo career (biggest hit was Centerfield) and finally got back to playing CCR live. Check out Fogerty's Premonition live CD or videos. Born On The Bayou, Suzie Q, Premonition, Fortunate Son, Proud Mary, and Centerfield all knock it out of the park (pun intended)....
Did a group Theological Reflection on the song as part of an Education for Ministry group. Your comment about it being a song for the ages caused me to offer a few thoughts; 1. Clouds of mysery pouring, confusion on the ground, Good men thru the ages, trying to find the sun (Son), 2. Caught up in the fable, watched the tower (of Babel?) grow. 5 year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains. 3. Still the rain kept pouring, falling on my ears. And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?
Between CCR and his own solo stuff, you'll find many fun John Fogerty songs to play on guitar. He is a pro at adding super catchy guitar riffs to some basic chords that you can hum all day. Some great CCR songs are "Looking Out My Back Door" "Fortunate Son" "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" So much of his music has been in movies that people know more of his songs than they think they do. I bet there's tons of people into baseball over the past few decades that know "Centerfield" without knowing it's from a JF solo album.
As CCR grew as a band and Fogerty grew more confident in his writing, they moved away from jams in favor of diamonds like this: Proud Mary, Have You Ever Seen The Rain?, Lodi, Green Rivers, dozens more.
So far, looking through the comments, I haven't seen a mention of "Porterville". But, hey ho, if you don't choose to do it, I don't care, I don't care......;-)
To learn more about Woodstock, watch the movie "Woodstock" and listen to the double album "Woodstock." As they say in the movie and in the double album "Three days of fun and music and nothing but fun and music."
CCR always has a feel for the times. The peace movement, the war, demonstrations and anti-goverment mindset were heavy them and their peers during these years. Raining indicates a heaviness in the air. At least for me. Yes, today we see very similar unease in the countryside, but not nearly as it was then. Thanks for the tune.
You could definitely play their song Proud Mary on your guitar. The second verse may be about their recording contract which was one of the main reasons for their breakup
When CCR put out 45’s they were usually short for Radio but the B side was just as good as the A side. On their albums they Jammed a little though. John Fogerty got into a dispute with his label and couldn’t even perform his own songs he wrote and recorded for years.
Check out the whole album. I put a spell on You performed at Woodstock. You could also check out Screaming Jay Hawkins who wrote I put a Spell on You. And while on Woodstock check out Joe Cocker's performances.
It's not about Vietnam. But Fogerty was smart enough to write lyrics that were open to multiple interpretations. So if you want to imagine it has something to do with Vietnam, you can. But it's a much more generally applicable song than that. By the way, 5-year plans were economic plans of the Soviet Union, and the New Deal was FDR's economic plan to get out of the Depression in the 1930s. That they are/were wrapped in golden chains is left to the hearer to think about.
This was about Vietnam, Fortunate Son was about Vietnam. Fogerty was pissed off continuously because of being drafted, so he would know. Pretty much any song from '67 to '75 has something about Vietnam if it mentions war. It permeated everything. So really, if you want to imagine this doesn't have anything to do with Vietnam, you can. But it does.
You're right that the undertones of Vietnam influenced everyone to an extent. It may have entered his thoughts, but this song is much more generally applicable than that. The song itself never explicitly mentions war. The word 'war' does not appear. It's all metaphor and imagery, open to interpretation, which is its strength.
Their long version of "Heard It Through the Grapevine" is fantastic. Fortunate Son is another.
John Fogerty could pack so much meaning into a three minute song. One of Americas best groups.
Proud mary, down on the corner, have you ever seen the rain, looking out my back door. All good songs.
My fav song of this band. 😊
" long as I can see the light " got a killer sax Solo We Are Legion ✌️♥️
Your smiling, bobbing head pretty well sums up Creedence music! 🙂
Hey Daniel! More CCR:. Have You Ever Seen The Rain. Run Through The Jungle, Lookin Out My Back Door, Lodi, Green Rivet, just so many
I second this. Especially love Run Through the Jungle, Lodi, and Green River. How about the Woodstock version of I Put A Spell On You. And while we are listening to I Put a Spell on You, how about listening to Screaming Jay Hawkins who did the original. You have to watch the video with Screaming Jay though, he is a showman.
I forgot to mention the congratulations on the 3 million views. obviously it's because of the great product you are producing.
This was the first song from CCR that caught my attention and my favorite CCR song.
This was the first CCR song I ever heard, it was played on my grandparent's jukebox in their bar. They had a restaurant/bar near the Edwards Air Force Base. The pilots had good taste in music. I was just coming into my teenage years and CCR was the sound track of my teen years.
14:41 "There was mud, acid and B.O. You didn't miss much." ~ Billy Joel
CCR is magic. Definitely get good feel vibes from this music
CCR songs and licks are great a addition for any guitarist. "Fortunate Son", "Suzie Q", "Green River".
Born on the Bayou - CCR, Black Water- Doobie Brothers, and When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin. All paint a picture of the Mississippi delta, its beauty and its danger.
Amazing voice, as you said. I'm sure a few of their songs you could learn on guitar. So many great songs, a couple being Looking Out My Back Door and Bad Moon Rising.
CCR is the pride of El Cerrito CA, a small town across the bay from San Francisco, next to Berkeley the epicenter of anti-Vietnam war movement! 👏👍💪🤙🤗
CCR-Long As I Can See the Light and Have You Ever Seen the Rain.
You might also like the CCR songs "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" and "Proud Mary" and "Fortunate Son" and "Down on the Corner."
His voice always gives me chills
The Band and Creedence are both steeped in American roots music. That gives their music a timeless feel.
"Clouds of mystery pouring confusion on the ground." That line caught me umpety-ump years ago when I first heard it and I remain its captive to this day. I too used to think the song was too short but I've come to realize its brevity makes a point.. Please do learn it - maybe play it for us sometime?
If you saw the weather in Kauai right now, you'd ask who was gonna stop the rain. Good to see you doing CCR.
I saw this comment the other day and didn't think a lot of it until I saw the news this morning. I hope you are doing well and the rain has not caused any damage or loss otherwise for you. It looks like other islands are really hurting or dams potentially breaking. Stay safe Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
Morning Daniel. Great song to start my Sunday
Please listen to Proud Mary and looking out my back door
Have a great day
Fogerty, the lead singer of CCR, did a blues song called, “I Got A Spell on You”. You may have already critiqued the different versions. They had so many hits.
I Put a Spell on You.
And it's a cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins (but sounds nothing like the original).
Can't remember if you've already done "Fortunate Son" by CCR; another (more carefree) tune is "Hey, tonight" or "Down on the Corner". This is - to me - the strenght of CCR: short pop-rock songs that are pretty spot on :-)
"Lodi" is also great.
CCR and the Band are indeed similar in some ways. Both are for me proto- Americana. Similar feel although the Band are perhaps more complex musically. Quite a few CCR songs not too tricky on the guitar. Try Bad Moon Rising and Lodi.
Love that a band formed in Toronto with 4 of 5 of its members being from Canada is "proto-American."
@@paulprendergast3184 Americana - which their music certainly is
Run Through The Jungle is a Great one.
Don’t know if you’ve reacted to it yet, but “Born on the. Bayou” is a must listen.
The full version!
@@bodaciouscowboy Absolutely !!
Their best!
One of my favorites of theirs.
"Bad Moon Rising" is excellent.
Learn it on the guitar?!! Hey, a man after my own heart! :) As to the sad/nice feelings... Music brings us together through shared emotions & memories even when the people, details and locations differ. May you find your own piece (or is that, peace?) through "our" music (Yours & Mine). :)
John Fogerty guitarist singer songwriter producer extraordinaire! Phenomenal! Check out Fortune Son, Up Around The Bend or Born on The Bayou or Sweet Hitch hiker. Pretty much ANY Creedence song is awesome. 🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦🇨🇦
CCR definitely had a certain feeling about them. Their sound will immediately take the listener back to a very specific time in our country, and bring up a lot of issues. A great rock and roll band. Thanks for the reaction.
Another awesome CCR song to check out is "Porterville"
I really enjoyed your reaction. I have loved CCR since 1970 when I first heard them. Living in Louisiana, I thought for years that they were a "local band"! California?
I'm from Australia and they definitely have a southern US feel... I recall being shocked when I found out they were from California!
@@rebeccasimantov5476 CCR is the pride of El Cerrito, CA. A small town across the bay from San Francisco, near Berkeley: the epicenter of antiwar movement in America! 👏💪
John Fogerty still rocks non-stop. Political opinion
during the war, that took my generation, and the previous
one into the obliteration of human rights, both here, and there.
Fine reaction, Daniel.
The hope for our future is
Yours! Walk a good walk.
There is a 1978 movie with the same title that also uses it as the theme song, starring Nick Nolte.
Love CCR, my Father had a couple 8-tracks and we would listen to them whenever we were driving around. You ask what other song by them. all of them are good. My Fathers favorite was "Lodi" I will also suggest "Born on the Bayou" "Commotion" "Sweet Hitch Hiker" "Suzie Q" "Who'll Stop the Rain"
"Travelin' Band" "Long As I Can See the Light" and I can keep going...All Good. I bet there are a few you could play. Good job and thanks Daniel. Peace.
I meant " Have You Ever Seen the Rain" LOL
Good choice for CCR song 2
:) It's a good thing that I never had a job interpreting song lyrics for a living. I had no idea this was about Vietnam. I thought is was just about hard times. :)
CCR were a great band and John Fogerty went on to make a lot of great music as a solo artist. I enjoy your reactions. I'm 68 and I got to see CCR. Keep up the good work and rock on.
I'm not sure if you've done it, but Down on the Corner is one of the happiest songs I ever heard. It was a big hit in 1969.
Born on the Bayou, Up Around the Bend, Down on the Corner, It Came out of the Sky, Fortunate Son, Looking' Out my Back Door - fun song!
A number of songs use rain as a metaphor for a natural form of karmic retribution, or simply cause and effect : Dylan's " A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall ", the Beatles " Rain". In that case, the way to stop the rain would be to use it as a blind man uses his cane to tell him when to change course. We would stop the rain by not causing any more of it.
Hey Daniel, I would recommend watching the concert film ‘Woodstock’ & then watch Ang Lee’s film ‘Taking Woodstock’. It’s a behind the scenes look at the event.
^this^
You may want to look up the track list for the movir and listen to the originals before watching the film. But yeah, the movie portrays the three day festival pretty well.
"I Got A Spell on You" live is awesome.
Fogerty was so good with lyrics and also had a way to write things that make you happy. CCR had contractural issues and that was the main reason that they did not continue recording. They were fantastic live. I saw them at the Forum in Los Angeles, what a memorable performance!
Five-year plans (for progress/industrialization) were used in the USSR, Communist China and other Socialist states. The New Deal was FDR's response to the Great Depression. So, hearing about and having to choose between the two ideologies (and maybe seeing the shortcomings of both) would be relevant to the people of Vietnam during the War there. It could apply to many other peoples and places, too.
Daniel, you can't pick a bad CCR song!! There aren't any!!
Leslie West of Mountain said CCR was the most impressive group he saw at Woodstock, playing hit after hit.
Roger Daltrey off the "Who" said the best group at Woodstock he saw was Creedence.
The Band
The second verse is about the American democratic experience in general.
Classic CCR. My favorite by them is Lodi. (a city in California).
Ps, other rain songs:
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head by BJ Thomas.
Rain-Beatles
Fire and Rain-James Taylor
Tears and Rain-James Blunt
Feels Like Rain-John Hiatt
Love Reign O’ Er Me-The Who
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? -CCR
C.C.R. I think of the Phenomenal vocals of John Fogerty. The Vietnam War, The 60's movement, Woodstock. and the Tragic Bitter in house Band Feuds over Direction and Musical Control, which ended up in Court in a haze of Lawsuits. Which caused John Fogerty to walk away from C.C.R. and caused the Band to Break-Up. What a shame ! Great Music and a Great Band !!
Don't forget John Fogerty solo stuff.
CCR had a war. It did not end well.
CCR, definitely similar in songwriting style to The Band and their late 60's/early 70's San Francisco peers The Grateful Dead. This album Cosmo's Factory was recorded in Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco and released one month before the Dead went into Wally Heider's to record American Beauty. Look up the studio on Wikipedia and you'll see all the great albums that were recorded there in those years. CCR have so many great songs that I'll just recommend a few from their third album Green River, the first album they recorded at Wally Heider's back in 1969: "Green River," "Lodi," "Bad Moon Rising," and "Wrote a Song for Everyone." Cheers Daniel. Hoping for more reactions to The Band, Grateful Dead, CCR. Crosby Stills & Nash, and Jefferson Airplane down the road.
You say they didn't record much? They recorded a lot but they did change their name and started recording as "CCR", maybe you haven't been searching under that name. Lots of stuff about Vietnam such as Run Through the Jungle, but they're all great.
Hey Daniel. I forgot to mention. If you have never seen it, there is a movie about Woodstock. More like a rock documentary. Alot of actual footage from the summer of love. You can get a feel for what it must have been like.
The "Summer of Love" was in 1967.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Love
The Woodstock festival was in 1969.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock
Thanks for your reaction Daniel! CCR is the greatest rock and roll band of all time to never have a number one hit! Amazing when you think about it and how great and deep their catalogue is! There are many great suggestions of songs put out by others, and you should look at them. When you are done with that please give "Someday Never Comes". It's probably one you should do with your Dad, Deathstroke 8!
This is my Fav. CCR song. I found out it's about their trip to Woodstock. Never know that till recently, but it makes sense. There was a Movie in the mid-70s named Who'll Stop the Rain that of course featured this song, it starred Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld ans Micheal Moriarity. Good movie
I have always thought the rain to be an endless stream of words. But the agent orange raining on the jungle works or a generic rain of doom is probably closer to the mark. I recommend a listen to 'Down on the Corner' It's got a pretty easy catchy tab you might get into.
More woodstock would be good too. :)
Also you can do a CCR Proud Mary versus a Tina Turner's Proud Mary. *remembers playing Proud Mary on the piano most of a lifetime ago.
In the 60s, the Soviet economy was based on "five-year plans" and the Johnson admin promised Americans a "new deal." Both actually were restrictive or a "golden chain."
@@brooklynbridgealias You're correct. Johnson had the "Great Society." My bad - need a second cup of coffee...
The New Deal was implemented by FDR in the 30s as a response to the Great Depression.
The New deal had tangible results that alleviated suffering. Communist central planning usually caused suffering.
CCR and The Band both knew how to write "Simple" radio friendly songs with Great lyrics. The Stones in the early 70's were big fans of CCR and changed their sound to be more like them.
I think this is John's best song ever. Lyrically and musically. Simple songs musically, but so memorable...
I can see see why this group would remind you of The Band. Robbie Robertson was in The Band, and you have jostled my mind, reminded me that even he can sound a little reminiscent of Leonard Cohen at times, like on his song Somewhere Down The Crazy River. Great song (what a mood!) but for a lyrical examination you might prefer some others. Showdown at Big Sky is good. I like the video cuz you can watch some singing on it, but just don't let the Native American imagery totally color your guesses at lyric interpretation. Even tho he is native American from Canada. (It's really hard for me to pick one song off of that album to suggest, because all the songs are so good to me, and different from one another. He has a backup singer on there that is great.oh, and some help from U2 guys, Bono singing, some guitar + shared producer.+ Peter Gabriel. Won Album of the Year.)
Morning Daniel. Need to give a listen to c.c.r. Sweet Hitchhike, Fortunate Son. Their version of Heard it thru the grapevine, boss moon risen, looking out my back door. So many great songs by them.
please try Bad Moon Rising , my favorite CCR song.
Who'll Stop Lorraine!
Not a stretch to compare CCR and the Band, both very rootsy.
I think what Daniel is identifying is what's called, these days, Americana. The Band, The Grateful Dead and others telling stories of life in America, real or fictional. The Weight, Brown-Eyed Woman, etc.
I saw Springsteen cover this in concert. It was amazing.
Even a “bad” CCR song is better than most other bands good stuff.
This is one of two hit song that I know of abour the rain at Woodstock. The other is Melanie's Candles in the Rain.
call them CCR
CCR had a ton of good songs in a short career but John Fogerty had a good solo career (biggest hit was Centerfield) and finally got back to playing CCR live. Check out Fogerty's Premonition live CD or videos. Born On The Bayou, Suzie Q, Premonition, Fortunate Son, Proud Mary, and Centerfield all knock it out of the park (pun intended)....
One of the few bands that sounds live exactly the same as the studio recordings.........
This song is about nuclear rain!! “Have you ever seen the rain”
Did a group Theological Reflection on the song as part of an Education for Ministry group. Your comment about it being a song for the ages caused me to offer a few thoughts; 1. Clouds of mysery pouring, confusion on the ground, Good men thru the ages, trying to find the sun (Son), 2. Caught up in the fable, watched the tower (of Babel?) grow. 5 year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains. 3. Still the rain kept pouring, falling on my ears. And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?
CCR played late at night or early morning at Woodstock. I was just shy of turning 11 when Woodstock happened so only saw all the stories on the news.
It is easy to play, 3 minor chords, makes this so cool!
Between CCR and his own solo stuff, you'll find many fun John Fogerty songs to play on guitar. He is a pro at adding super catchy guitar riffs to some basic chords that you can hum all day. Some great CCR songs are "Looking Out My Back Door" "Fortunate Son" "Have You Ever Seen The Rain"
So much of his music has been in movies that people know more of his songs than they think they do. I bet there's tons of people into baseball over the past few decades that know "Centerfield" without knowing it's from a JF solo album.
You should react to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Crumbling Castle on KEXP!!
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Love them all, Sambsro, can't go wrong with any ccr
If you are thinking of doing of another Deep Purple reaction Flight Of The Rat is a real jammer. Think you would really enjoy this one. Album version.
John wrote this about the breakup of his band. His autobiography is heartbreaking.
As CCR grew as a band and Fogerty grew more confident in his writing, they moved away from jams in favor of diamonds like this: Proud Mary, Have You Ever Seen The Rain?, Lodi, Green Rivers, dozens more.
So far, looking through the comments, I haven't seen a mention of "Porterville". But, hey ho, if you don't choose to do it, I don't care, I don't care......;-)
I think that ‘feeling’ you get about CCR and The Band might be ‘Americana’ or just a country bayou-ish feel? Such good songs... most too short.
To learn more about Woodstock, watch the movie "Woodstock" and listen to the double album "Woodstock." As they say in the movie and in the double album "Three days of fun and music and nothing but fun and music."
CCR always has a feel for the times. The peace movement, the war, demonstrations and anti-goverment mindset were heavy them and their peers during these years. Raining indicates a heaviness in the air. At least for me. Yes, today we see very similar unease in the countryside, but not nearly as it was then. Thanks for the tune.
You could definitely play their song Proud Mary on your guitar. The second verse may be about their recording contract which was one of the main reasons for their breakup
When CCR put out 45’s they were usually short for Radio but the B side was just as good as the A side. On their albums they Jammed a little though. John Fogerty got into a dispute with his label and couldn’t even perform his own songs he wrote and recorded for years.
Check out the whole album. I put a spell on You performed at Woodstock. You could also check out Screaming Jay Hawkins who wrote I put a Spell on You. And while on Woodstock check out Joe Cocker's performances.
You should listen to Aisha by Death In Vegas.
Who'll stop the rain? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
"Bad Moon Rising" & "Run Through
the Jungle" PLEASE⁉️🔥🤘
you remind me of a 60s 70s FM Radio station one of the cool ones
It's not about Vietnam. But Fogerty was smart enough to write lyrics that were open to multiple interpretations. So if you want to imagine it has something to do with Vietnam, you can. But it's a much more generally applicable song than that. By the way, 5-year plans were economic plans of the Soviet Union, and the New Deal was FDR's economic plan to get out of the Depression in the 1930s. That they are/were wrapped in golden chains is left to the hearer to think about.
This was about Vietnam, Fortunate Son was about Vietnam. Fogerty was pissed off continuously because of being drafted, so he would know. Pretty much any song from '67 to '75 has something about Vietnam if it mentions war. It permeated everything. So really, if you want to imagine this doesn't have anything to do with Vietnam, you can. But it does.
You're right that the undertones of Vietnam influenced everyone to an extent. It may have entered his thoughts, but this song is much more generally applicable than that. The song itself never explicitly mentions war. The word 'war' does not appear. It's all metaphor and imagery, open to interpretation, which is its strength.
Born on the bayou
As long as I can see the light is a great one.
Long as I Can See the Light is a great CCR song.