Creedence Clearwater Revival - 'Fortunate Son' Reaction! Rich Make w@rs, Poor Men Fight Them!
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"Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival was released in 1969, this iconic protest song became an anthem of the Vietnam War era, resonating with its powerful lyrics and electrifying rock sound. Written by John Fogerty, "Fortunate Son" critiques the inequality and class privilege that exempted the wealthy from the draft, making it a timeless reflection on social justice.
If you were a son of a rich man or politician, you wouldn’t be drafted to fight in Vietnam.
Just ask bone spurs
@@TheRetroManRandySavagewhat exactly do the rich parents of kids who decided to go anyway have to be ashamed of? They're the ones who raised those kids who made that decision
@TexasMagnolia I'm 63, and most of the presidents in my early life served in wars. John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan served in the reserves, George H. W. Bush. Off the top of my head. No argument that wealth and power saved a lot of men and their sons from war. But military service is very common in our government. According to the military times, there are 97 veterans in our current congress (both house and senate).
@@judyforce524Just look at Dementia Lying Joe. TRUMP 2024 🗽 🇺🇸
@TheRetroManRandySavage
If the son still went, it wasn't the parents raising them that the boys decided to go. Sounds like going was in direct opposition to their parents values that " money can buy anything."
I'm not a Fortunate Son Viet Nam Vet 68-69
Thank you for your service!
@@thisisitreactions You’re welcome my man
Thank you, sir. ❤️
thank you for your service. my Dad spent a little over a year there starting 68.
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John Fogerty is one of the most important american songwriters ever...
And one of the best rock voices.
John served in the army before Creedence.
Vietnam vets got such a raw deal when they came home, they were treated like criminals. Those boys turned men didn’t ask to go over there.
When my dad came home from his second tour in Vietnam (he was a Naval Aviator for 27 years), my mom and I picked him up at the San Francisco airport. As we walked through the airport (dad in his dress white uniform) he was yelled at and spit upon. He walked, with his head held high, mom on one arm and me on the other. He didn't respond, and I was never more proud of him. RIP dad. My hero.
@@danacasey8543 yes he is a hero
If the politicians don't send our kids to be slaughtered for no reason, there wouldn't have been that outrage against the war.
We never declared war in Vietnam, it was called a "police action", remember?
Look up the bay of Tonkin.
All wars are politician's wars.
It is patriotic to love your fellow countrymen enough to not want them to have to go to war. Happy bday, America.
True. But, if there is war, and your countrymen are dying, it's your patriotic duty to go help them, to fight alongside them.
I had left the army one year before the start of the Afghan war.
But, when I seen my brother's dying, instead of marching the streets carrying placards (with lame and worthless platitudes written on them) pretending that I'm making a difference, I decided to don my uniform one more time and go help them.
But hey, that's just me.🤷♂️
@@TheRetroManRandySavage Respectfully disagree. When the government knows that a war can't be won and yet continue to send our young men and women to fight, then it is our duty to tell the government "hell no" and then fight to get those Americans back home. Johnson and McNamara knew that the war in Nam could not be won in late '67. At that time, the US had lost a little less than 21,000 men. By the time the war was finally over, the US had lost an additional 37,000 men and women. Both my father and brother are veterans. My brother died at the age of 68 from various cancers probably from being exposed to Agent Orange in '69 and '70. Peace out.
@@williamstlouis3368 Good for you, fella.
You could be a Conscientious objector, sitting idly by while your brethren are dying on the battle field, but my conscience wouldn't allow it.
And hey, I'm as anti war as the next guy, but a coward I ain't.
I'm now middle aged, with a bad heart, neurological disorder, and an autoimmune disease.
But, you better believe, if my country were to go to war with Russia tomorrow, I wouldn't stand by while our kids are dying on the frontlines.
Actions speak louder than words, that's my motto.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage You missed the main point of my comment. The war could not be won yet the government kept sending men and women to Nam. Over 30,000 men died because our country would not follow the truth.
Well that's entirely situational cuz sometimes it is and sometimes it is not
In 2020 Private Bonespurs played this at a Rally and John Fogerty Ordered a Cease and demanded he Never use it again! 😂Perfect!
And ironically the only President in recent history to NOT get the US involved in a major conflict/war. Hate him as much as you like he doesn’t like war.
Sure he would be good with Private Asthma using it?
Love it!
The one US president that didn’t start a new war and wanted to pull out of one
@@AliS-pu8rz Biden.
Can never go wrong with any CCR songs.
Fax
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You got that right.
It should be very patriotic to question your country without persecution that's what America is about 🇺🇸
John Fogerty was drafted into the Vietnam war in ‘66, and instead he joined the army reserves.
I believe he said he wrote this and other songs while in the reserves.
Smart move.
Check out Run Through the Jungle by them
I love that one, as well as so many of their pieces.
Bone Spur excuse for a fortunate son. John Fogerty served. He pitched a fit when one of his songs played at a "rally" Songs were shorter in the radio days. As a veteran myself it really made me feel some kind a way when he said he like soldiers that didn't get captured.
One of the greatest bands ever imo
Hey,as a white dude from 72 who grew up with all these tunes, I really appreciate you guys and your openness to the music you listen to with us and your honest reactions. You're all great all around dudes and it comes across. Thanks for the hang
CCR music is blues-based, or black music.
@@DJ-bj8kuCaptain Obvious much? They made music with all the ingredients in the kitchen. Please kick back and enjoy.
Some people who obviously never listened to this song thought it was a conservative anthem.
So many of their songs are less than a few minutes long. However, they are one of the best bands to exist. Their music flowed through the air of this country like butter. They created so many pieces that are now timeless. Thank you for sharing.
Born on the Bayou, Run through the jungle, Green River...just a few of their best❤
Heard it the grapevine
Try "Bad Moon Rising", "Down On te Corner" and "Centerfield"
Centerfield is not CCR, it was one of Fogerty's song on his solo album.
I joined ' cause I had no direction and no clue what to do with my life. While I didn't make a career of it, it had a huge impact on me. I learned responsibility, accountability, and how to work as part of a team. And, despite the fact that some people may be incompetant and higher in rank, sometimes you just have to grit your teeth, .keep moving forward, and accept the fact that some things are beyond your control. You have a job to do, and you do it to the best of your ability.
Incompetent people in charge are everywhere. The military helps to teach yo how to deal with them in your private life.
War is horrible and being in combat does change a person. It is an experience, good or bad.
Fortunate son like Donald Trump, Dodged the draft with bone spurs, But still played tennis in golf all the time. I can’t believe any veteran would vote for him, but they do.
Me either
Yeah, Spanky doesn't give a crap about our true heroes. Remember what he said about John McCain!!?
Guys weren't allowed in for flat feet but you could do what ever you wanted in your personal life.
This band is so iconic and fogertys voice is a dead give away🤘❤️
My daughter was enlisted at the age of 17 during most of the 20 year Afghanistan war. She was deployed to the Middle East more times than I can remember. She retired after a 20 year stint in the USAF Intel ISR Agency. Meaning she had retired and getting a pension at the age of 37. She was retired before me!!!
And she has had more of her life sucked out of her!
there were a lot of boys drafted into the Vietnam war. Then people treated them terrible. I would be angry too!! My brother was in Vietnam and my friends brother died there.
John actually was drafted during the Vietnam War but he was never deployed to Nam.Back in the 60s when he was drafted,boys were sent over there at 18 and couldn't even vote yet.In 1971 voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years old.
Run Through The Jungle is another classic CCR song about war.
For a long time,Vietnam wasn't called a war,it was a conflict and so the older veterans who were in a "War" sort of dissed the boys going to Nam and coming back wanting the same rights the other veterans were entitled to.
Prior to CCR, John Fogerty served in the Army before he received his draft notice. Because John enlisted, he served as a reservist for 2 years as a clerk and discharged in 1968. John noticed all recruits were from middle to poor income families while a few from rich families.
Born in 59, just missed Vietnam, it was my generations wars. I never had to experience whst a lot of my friends did, but this was an anthem for those years.
Thank you, gentlemen, for the insightful, caring, and respectful treatment of a lot of old timers like me experiences.
Born in '68 and have loved CCR since I first heard them as a kid. They were everywhere back in the 70s. Still have all my 45 records of them.
Oh Suzie Q!!
My first 8 track tape was CCR
It was a theme song for the US troops in the Nam.
2weeks ago friend calls me up says want to go see a concert George Thorogood she said we’re leaving in an hour so we got ready and we left here George Thorogood was opening up for John Fogerty!!!!! Let me tell you it was absolutely amazing!!!! John Fogerty had is sons playing in the band!!! His wife back stage how it say she helped him get the rights to his music back!!! You could feel the good vibe and how happy this man was!!! They played every CCR , sure he was the main song writer !!! Wow I’m telling you go down the rabbit hole of this band!!! Your gonna love it!!!!❤😂
A fortunate son is one with a rich or influential father who kept them out of the Vietnam war.
They created “ Swamp Rock”. Check out “ Born On the Bayou”- a fantastic groove. ❤
You heard Fortunate Son in Forrest Gump.
CCR has so many great tunes!!
What a great rabbit hole to go down. CCR was kind of called swamp rock. Some great tunes- Looking out My Back Door, Proud Mary, Run Through the Jungle, Green River, And of course, Bad Moon Rising. This was featured in Forrest Gump.
And amazingly they were from California and not Louisiana as many people assumed
one of the great anti-war songs
Amen. Go down a CCR rabbit hole and you will not be disappointed. This is one of the most important protest songs ever.
CCR is one of the Greatest American Bands ❤❤❤you will love all there songs❤❤❤
This is in 100% of Vietnam movies, from what I can tell.
This song is truly patriotic in that the patriot wants his country to be always better and better. Pointing out how is called protest and criticism. (And that requires education and backbone which means we're doomed in my country.)
To continue the theme of anti-war songs, Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane, and Wooden Ships by Crosby, Stills, and Nash (their version is simply amazing). Tons more, but those two should open up some serious music rabbit holes.
@@chezloreseekers5975 Good calls re songs
The thing about being deployed in any conflict is that it's often this little slice of time that is fraught with life/death shit. The rest of the time is mind numbing boredom while you are trapped away from home. You spend all this time thinking of everyone you left behind. As a result you get a lot closer with your unit and your squad, they ARE your family when you are away.
John Fogerty is still touring, wish he'd play closer to me!
I'm a VN vet. I have mixed emotions about the war, but no reservations about CCR. John was a true musical great in our era. We are the "fortunate sons", because John is back out on tour. God bless JC and God bless America.
(I've spent time on every base OlliwoodDDA mentioned, but Langley). : )
Thank you for your service most definitely. I was 12-13 yo during this war. Even as a Vietnam protester, I knew what you were up against because someone handed me a book called Johnny Get Your Gun. I was shocked what it was about. I cried desperately. It opened my eyes. I have since lost the book. But a movie was made. Never saw it. Then this year 2024, (I'm 70) my son had a Metallica video on called "One" about this book and infused in it is the movie. It is so moving. I've come full circle with that time. Again thank you for your service and to many others.
Perfect song for this day! 🎵 💥
When John Fogerty came back from Vietnam, he wrote Run Through The Jungle and this song among others. He witnessed how the government used the system to send the poor and a disproportionate number of blacks to war. His music was a major mouthpiece for this and is relevant today. Thank you for sharing! 😽🎶
Just said the exact same thing, that it's too short! I remember when this song came out, but still didn't remember it being this short! 👀😂 Thank you all.
My oldest brother was DRAFTED into the Army! By the grace of God, he wound up in Germany, instead of Vietnam. My stepfather spent 1 & 1/2 YEARS over there. When he came back, one thing he hated, was a hearing a helicopter. Many many mothers lost their 18 year old sons.
We owe it to them to NEVER forget what they did and went through even as we cannot understand what it was, but only, have a glimmer. My best to you and your family.
@@raulcastro925 You are absolutely right! And I thank you.
@@marthayoung2308 May the good Lord keep you and yours safe. In His Name I ask.
@@raulcastro925 May He do the same for YOU and YOURS.❤ Thank you ever so much.
This song is 55 years old. Damn. Still rocks and still actually relevant today. CCR had a lot of good songs they put out in between fights between the fogerty brothers. Lol. Head on down into that rabbit hole. You'll be glad you did. God, country, and corps doesn't really mean a whole lot when the lead starts flying. You fight for your ass and your buddies beside you. Happy Birthday America. Keep on rocking in the free world !!
There a great, weird song called Alice's Restaraunt. It goes to OlllWooDDA point about avoiding the Vietnam draft.
@@cmoplay1 actually saw Arlo Guthrie when I was around 16…some venue in Chicago.
FYI, bone spurs don't really get you out unless your daddy is filthy rich - "I ain't no millionaire's son". My brother had a bullet lodged right next to his spine that was so close the doctors were afraid to try to take it out (he was 12 a the time he got shot) - 6 years latter, the army had no problem taking him, even though if that bullet had moved, from too much exertion or muscle strain, it could paralyze him. They didn't give a shit, I guess they figured he would just end up with more bullets in him anyway. He came out 2 years later with 2 Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star- they still don't give a shit.
Another CCR song relating to the Vietnam war is "Run through the jungle". You should do this one too. And, by the way, you can do many more CCR, you can't go wrong.
I beg you to keep listening to them. ❤
it Always amazed me that thwere only together a short time....but had So many hits! i never heard a CCR song i didn't love.
1960s AM radio stations didn’t like songs longer than 3 minutes. That’s why some terrific songs never got AM play time or were edited down. Sky Pilot by the Animals is about 7 minutes but it was edited way down to get AM play. CCR gets in your soul! Thanks! Love your channel. Blessings from South Africa.
Thanks, I ❤ this song. My dad was in Vietnam, De Nang in 1969. I was a baby, I don't remember it, but he is still my hero. He was awarded Bronze Star for his work locating a POW camp, but he never talks about it.
Thank you for your father's service.
@@suekelley4466 I will tell him. Thank you
Great song!! My parents had four daughters and my dad was always ranting against the Viet Nam war. He would always say if he had sons he would be sending them to Canada to escape the draft. Go Dad!
A good song for this Independence Day. Our children should not end up fighting in Ukraine.🤨
A good reason we have to help finance them.
Or anywhere else.
Much respect to your parents for making that kind of sacrifice for you both in using it to facilitate a better life. Thankful that their roll of the dice didn't result in being a soldier at war.
Best Vietnam movie is Apocalypse Now...
@@klipkultur3680 It is a great movie but it's not really a Vietnam movie. It uses the Vietnam war a a backdrop to adapt Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" which was set much earlier. It's a study of the descent into madness in a chaotic dark world. The movie is not meant to accurately depict the Vietnam war.
@@XtheMystic244 Still the best...
John’s voice is a backwoods howl.
My favorite band of all time. Please do more CCR.
Lol, " the helicopter," scene. Im crying over here. Thats exactly the scene. Lol lol. Love this song. The video shows, " all the every day common person," who suffer for the country.
CCR was one hell of a band with a unique sound, and loaded with talent . They were only together for less than 3 years but released hit after hit in that short length of time. Most of their songs were written by band members. Proud Mary is a CCR original. Deep rabbit hole, enjoy
Y'all probably know this song from the documentary ''Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam'' (1987, HBO), if not, I highly recommend this excellent doc! Btw, just buy that greatest hits album ''Chronicle'', one of the greatest compilation albums ever released (there's also a vol.2).
Love CCR! Their original songs are 🔥. They also do great covers. I Put A Spell On You(long version) is my favorite cover of that song! Also, Heard It Through The Grapevine is another favorite cover. Delve into CCR. You won’t be sorry!
Great channel. Love your reactions! ☮️❤️😎
CCR song "Run Through the Jungle " a song about being in the fighting on the ground in Vietnam.
Rickenbacker guitars are known for the unique Chime sound to their pickups. John Fogarty is playing one on this song. The early Beatles songs featured them as well. One of the best examples of the use of a "Ric" is the Byrds classic "Turn, Turn, Turn". Many 60's bands featured this classic instrument. Once you're familiar with the sound, you'll hear it in a song and say there it is! They're playing a Rickenbacker! Thanks for keeping it up. Bring it on.
Just found you guys and like you more because of your reactions. Ya'll get it! My dad was 20 yr military veteran and so was I and I love this song. Most actual veterans seek the peaceful solution first. Vets have seen first hand the horror of war/combat and know it is something to try and avoid. And like this song says the average broke-ass mf (and I am talking about myself here) is the person who usually pays the price on the front lines. That's why I joined the military. I was 19 and broke with a baby and needed a steady check right now. This vet believes war/combat should be the last option. I appreciate ya'lls reaction. Oh and the songs back then had to be less than 3 minutes to be played on AM radio.
My son is Army Airborne. He made a video using this song when he did a video as a "jumpmaster" in a Huey as a tribute to the Vietnam War. Tripped me out. Because "Down
On The Corner" by CCR was one of the very first records I had as a kid.
Songs in those days were under 3 minutes because the radio stations wouldn't play songs that were over 3 minutes long. When FM radio stations emerged longer songs were played
CCR is timeless
Respect for your family's service.
Love that other generations are hearing CCR. Thanks for a good reaction.
Poor guys are always sent to war. Rich kids get to stay home😮
Run through Jungle and Born on the Bayou are bangers too. Great Band!!!
He's standing up for the poor folks who couldn't go to college to avoid the draft. He's identifying with them. This is an antiwar song, but not anti-soldier.
Please do a deeper dive on CCR, but first hit Gimme Shelter by the Rolling stones. Another anti Vietnam war song that I am sure you have heard and also #13 on Rolling stones list (for whaterever thats worth)
We the People song guys!
I never really thought how short the song is, but you’re right. It does seem short. 😊
This Marine Vietnam veteran plays "air" drums every time when listening to this song. Yep, the helicopter scene comes in my mind's eye.
Per his book, John Fogerty actually got drafted. He went to his local army reserve recruiter and the recruiter was cool enough to back date his application. John ended up serving his stint in the Bay Area California.
John Fogerty wrote the song "Fortunate Son" in response to the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War had a deep impact on John Fogerty. Drafted into military service in 1967, he never got deployed to Vietnam but as a stocking clerk at Fort Knox the conflict was close enough for him. Fogerty received his draft notice and found that the only way to avoid the draft was by entering the U.S. Army Reserves along with CCR's drummer, Doug Clifford. [3] He served as a part-time reservist until 1968.
My father and all my uncles served in WWII. When my turn came how could I say no.
Fogerty wrote this and about 20 other hits over 3 or 4 years. Saw him last year and he still rocks. Awesome set list.
CCR IS Legend! Check out Jeff Healey "SEE THE LIGHT" 1988, "AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY", "WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS", "LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER w/ Stevie Ray Vaughn. He was an Insanely talented guitarist from Canada and he was blind. He's up there as one of the greatest guitarist in the world.
They have so many great songs it's sick. I really hope you check out more of their music. You won't be disappointed. Born On the Bayou would be a good one to check out.
Fortunate Son is more about draftees than it is about everyone that volunteered. My dad was a Naval Aviator and served 3 tours in Vietnam being shot at flying missions. Thank God he came home every time and retired after 27 years in the Navy. I do get my back up a little at the words, but that's the beauty of the USA. We can speak our piece and still love our county. For a different perspective on the war, watch the movie "The Green Berets" with John Wayne.
CCR is an astounding group. They kept songs short for AM radio, back in in the day. Generally 1:30-ish. They had so many great songs. Another fabulous one is, "I Put A Spell On You". Enjoy Oh, it made me smile to watch the dude with the hat. He truly enjoyed this.
This band wrote and recorded (first) "Proud Mary" ...
Creedence be the true shiz. OMG OMG OMG. The true shiz. No band. No artist today can even come close to these guys. Not even close.
Run through the jungle is a great song
I wouldn't mind that Trump used his "heel spurs" to get out of Vietnam five or six times - I understand trying to avoid it - but then to turn around years later and put down John McCain's POW years in VIetnam ("I don't think of a hero as one who got caught") and then calling American soldiers who died in WWII suckers and fools and what was in it for them???? Don't get me started. Anyway, this song is a timeless song as is all of CCR songs are. Love your reactions, gentlemen!
John Fogerty was mighty Pissed off! 🎉🎉🎉
Plus, it burns Trump that McCain and his father and grandfather, all named John McCain has US Naval ship named USS John S. McCain (DDG-56). His father and grandfather were 4 Stars Admirals of US Navy, and they served in WWII.
lol. He never said the “suckers and fools” line. Keep getting your news from legacy media hacks. The TDS is strong with you.
Absolutely agree, Spanky sucks. His bone spurs didn't bother him on the golf course. 😤
@alexakl6445 True, Orange one 's father paid a doctor to say that he bone spurs to avoid draft notice.
Least, McCain served for our country. I know that McCain family has major money too. But like his father and grandfather, McCain enlisted for service. McCain was an aviator (Navy) when he was shot down by North Vietnam. McCain went torture like other POW'S.
Total truth in this song
You gotta check out more by them
His vocals are incredible
Born on the bayou, suzie q, down on the corrner
I think this is the only reaction from you guys that Olli was fully involved in. Good for him. Keep doing what you are doing.
The picture of the fortunate son album. If you notice John Fogerty, he's the singer of the song he's also wearing a military jacket.
There was a lot of. Protest songs during the Vietnam war. My father was a Marine. He went to Vietnam 3 times.I Remember talking to him over a ham? Radio and pray in everyday that he came home safe he did. My life up till 17 was lived on a military base. Military schools, military doctors.
Military housing. He retired in 1973 when we moved off base and I had to go to the first civilian school. It was mine blowing. Never saw any races among the bass. Everybody was green on base.
We lived next door across the street to everybody. Every color we went to the Doctor we saw. Whoever was on duty did making a difference if he was Japanese Chinese Indian Hispanic. He was the Doctor. Same with schools. You never know what the teacher was going to be, didn't Mathe? Housing areas in which you lived. Had to do with your father's rank. If you couldn't get along with your were politely asked to leave and find housing off. Base, which always cost more was boring and convenient for my mother that didn't drive. On base, you had everything you could ride anywhere. You wanted to on base for free on the bus. The commissary would deliver groceries for you if you couldn't get there was movie theaters horses stables swimming pools, Tennis courts, bowling alleys, recreation rooms. In the summer there was crafts where you could do. Ceramic, you could get bowling lessons. Tennis lessons in swimming lessons. I remember my 1st day of high school. I was a junior my home room class. The person sitting in front of me had beautiful long blonde hair. I tapped her on the shoulder to tell her what beautiful hair she had, but when she turned around. She wasn't a she. she was a he and no, he wasn't transgender.
I just never seen anybody with hair like that on base.
Thank your father for his service. I was 12-13 years old during this war. Even as a Vietnam protester, I knew what your father was up against because someone handed me a book called Johnny Get Your Gun. I was shocked what it was about. I cried desperately. It opened my eyes. I have since lost the book. But a movie was made. Never saw it. Then this year 2024, (I'm 70) my son had a Metallica video on called "One" about this book and infused in it is the movie. It is so moving. I've come full circle with that time. Again thank him for his service and to many others.
Fogerty has such a great singing voice.
Creedence was at end of the sixties on top of the world and produced loads of high quality songs. Americana at his best. Around 1970 they were reaching a legendary status with their unique sound. Fortunate Son is great, but many Creedence songs are maybe even better. How unfortunate that to much friction between band members made them stop far to early. They didn't realise how good they were.
During the draft lottery, my husband overheard his parents discussing where (out of the country) they were going to send him if his "number" came up.
I think you would enjoy more from Credence!💕
And don't forget there was the draft back then. Young men were living their lives terrified that they were going to be called up to risk their lives in the jungle in a meaningless war. If your father was rich or powerful they could probably keep you from getting drafting or make sure you never saw combat.
It's about the rich and connected not being drafted while the rest was. My friends served in Vietnam.