This is the first "Lodi" reaction video I've come across. I grew up in Lodi, CA, and this song has always had a special place in my heart since it's my hometown, and I grew up listening to CCR. They are, absolutely, one of my favorite bands. In fact, after I left Lodi for a few years upon graduating from college, I moved back to Lodi where I have lived ever since. I guess you could say I'm still "stuck in Lodi, again."
I was born and raised in Stockton which is next to Lodi. In the 80s it was nothing but a few local businesses and a lot of farmhouses. It's really changed into a pleasant little town. I was a Census worker for the 2020 Census assigned to find homeless encampments and I searched the entire town and only found 2 places, about 10 homeless total (and they all had cars or trailers). Meanwhile in Stockton, thousands of homeless.
Awesome reaction. I grew up going to neighbor's in all directions and listening to bands outside in the evening. I sit on my porch and sing every evening. I think my neighbors believe I'm the crazy singing lady!
Finally, somebody reacts to Lodi. It's always been one of my favorite CCR tunes. Definitely, a small town, country vibe. Your absolutely right about that.
As a musician, that has played in front of people drunk so many times, this is one of my favorite Creedence songs. I've performed at live many times. But overall I just love the feeling of it and great observation about his voice. One thing that I hardly ever see anybody first react to is their song Hideaway. It's so soulful and impactful and powerful. And his voice goes back and forth from really raspy to just really gentle and wistful. It's such a beautiful song with some dark undertones.
Reactors rarely play anything but their hits. But it's not their fault of course. It's what people suggest who don't know anything about their extended catalog. The first album and Pendulum are filled with more obscure songs which are not less than their hits. Hideaway is one of them, so is Walk On The water, Gloomy, and Penthouse Pauper is another one. All great songs, but people just don't know them.
When I was a very young boy in the mid '70s we would go down to the basement and listen to music just about every night as I recall. My dad was really into stereo and having the best speakers and equipment. He had a set of Macintosh, receiver, tuner, and I believe he had a teac reel to reel and a teac cassette player. We also had a nice record player. The two groups that I remember listening to the most were creedence Clearwater revival and The Beatles. And when I was at that age I didn't know who I liked more, but I loved both of those groups so much. Rubber soul was our favorite album by the Beatles back then, we all agreed. I recall listening to Born on the bayou, that record we had, but when the newer record came out with Hey tonight and Molina, I couldn't believe how good they were. They were just fantastic, especially John Fogerty. Our favorite musicians where John Fogerty and John Lennon, they were the two in our household that we consider the greatest. It was such a great time back then
When my friends and I were kids, we’d listen to this song and laugh and laugh at the line “stuck in Lodi again” because we thought it was “suckin’ an old dry onion.”
@@bryanknutson1666 I recently met my sister there at the park with the large pond. We had burgers from the drive-in across the street. I can't imagine what it was like growing up there. Being on Hwy 99 you get a lot of traffic of people always going somewhere else, either north or south. But, for a lot of those who do go to Lodi, go there because of this song. What is that like?
After all these years I still sing "oh lord, stuck in Lodi again" when driving through on the 99. It's just for fun, as small central valley towns go, it was never that bad but a musician from the Bay Area wouldn't want to get stuck there back in the day.
I was a truck driver for a minute, riding with a trainer up and down the east coast when I told him, this ain't for me, wanna go home. He dropped me off at a truck stop in Lodi Ohio. I know it's not the Lodi he was singing about, but I was stuck in Lodi, all day. But, I still love this tune. Yeah. Peace
I fueled up in Lodi, OH at least 30 times during my 11 years as a long haul trucker... The only place I was stuck was Des Moines after I broke my thumb and three fingers playing bumper truck bouncing my rig off the foot high curbs on an interstate offramp during an ice storm. I had to wait 28 hours for the next bus taking me anywhere but Chicago or Omaha... lol
Without a doubt, my favourite song from Creedence. "If I only had a dollar for every song I've sung and every time I had to play while people sat ther drunk"... Man, I would be rich...
Reminds me of my pops sooo bad, oh how I wish I could go back in time to be a kid again running around the house while him, my aunts and uncles play cards and quarters listen to CCR
From arlo to zydeco these guys just absorbed everything musical they grew up with and the whole southern rock genre came from those influences . Lucky for us !
My alltime favorite CCR song! Just unreal. That is from one of the few bands or artists that do not have ANY fast forward/Skip songs. You put them on and press play and just let it flip when it's done. This to me is their best. Loved sharing it with you.
The little map showing the bay area is where I grew up , most of my family from when the immigrated landed in California and never left, my grandparents owned a hotel in the next town over from Lodi, in Ione, the area is full of ranches, cattle, farms, and hot summers, windy winters, and not much to do but hang out with friends and listen to music.
I had the pleasure to see John Fogerty live almost 20 years ago. He was crazy good! And I remember him switching guitars for pretty much every song lol. I grew up with CCR, I love them.
I lived in Lodi as a kid (aged 2-12) and loved it. Great weather and we played baseball basically year-round...now...if you're stuck in Stockton, just a stone's throw south...that's real trouble...
CCR is one of my three favorite bands. Fogerty is the greatest singer songwriter of my generation. You simply can not sit still listening to a CCR song.
All I wanted to do growing up in Mexico's City in the late 60's early 70's was to visit California, you know, San Francisco. Oakland, Lodi, ..., well, I did it!!! Loved this band.
Hello from Lodi, California! It's not a bad place today. Not as small as it used to be. At the time of the song, it was still pretty much a sundown town (you don't normally associate those with California, but they were there) with a lot of wine money. Today it's still flush with wine money, but it's more diverse. They still do everything they can to stay separate from nearby Stockton, for better or worse. Every time a crime happens, the old timers grumble about either the homeless or "the Stockton element." It's a weird, but neat, place.
Just love this song so much ! .. Along with "Looking Out My Back Door", this is my favourite CCR song .. It's low key and laid back in style, but the lyrics make an impact .. Very under-rated for sure.
Sweet! I grew up a few hours drive south of Lodi and my dad used to recite the chorus to this song when I was a kid back when. That video was definitely shot in California, but maybe not in Northern California where Lodi is located. There's too much desert in that video. Maybe that reflects the recent droughts, but the countryside around Lodi was comparatively lush back when this song was new.
@@donaldwhite1928 Cool. My father was born in Hanford, but his family moved to Fresno after the war. To my knowledge I'm not related to your acquaintance. But there might have been a schism in my father's family 100 years ago, but what few stories I've heard of it were vague on details.
@@idemandabetterfuture For Lodi, yes, but the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains are about a half hour drive to the East up and down Highway 99. The vineyards suggest the footage might be from the Paso Robles area maybe.
There's a Lodi in Jersey, too. Not the one he's singing about, but it's a factory, industrial town that you would not want to be stuck in. Thanks for the reaction.
When Lodi came out in 1969 I was 13. One day while in the shower, the words and tune for a song came to me. I had never even thought of writing a song before! I was ecstatic! Turned out, the tune was basically Lodi, and the words were were an unconscious, horrible rip-off of "Happy Together". ⭐Fame, you are so fleeting! ⭐ P.S. I just remembered the words! "The sun is shining, the birds are singing and you and I are together. We'll be happy For the rest of our lives, Cuz you and I are together." Yes, Bob Dylan is envious . . .
I was stuck in Lodi more than once. Actually was trying to open the door to my room at the Lodi Motor Inn right when the Loma Prieta earthquake of '89 hit. Despite being that far away the shaking was quite unnerving.
I had JUST got off of that double-deck highway that collapsed. In meetings at Alameda. Was staying at the Holiday Inn right there where the bridge from S.F. makes landfall on the Oakland side. At first I didn't realize how close I came until I saw the shipping containers on the news and I realized had been stopped right there to turn left at the hotel. Booked the first flight east in the AM.
I was probably around 8 yrs. old, my oldest brother got his 1st turntable for graduation. All us kids sat and listened to Creedence, Beatles, Stones, etc. This song always reminds me of that day. Funny, the things you remember. I'm 60 now. Still love Creedence!
Another in what seemed at the time an unending stream of cool, accessible American rock classics from a great band and one of the great writers in the tradition, John Fogerty.
Actually a true story that John ran out of gas in his vehicle in Lodi CA. Wrote Proud Mary and more, great guitarist, produced most very very talented. My favorite band yet since the start in 68 with Suzie Q.
Nope. My Uncle John did not run out of gas. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ He wrote it , cuz my dad, Tom and the band had been playing many gigs across the central valley. And the story is made up, but sounds like a good story. Like a mini book. Creedence singles were all 2 1/2 minutes to 3 1/2 minutes. But all were like little movies, they told a complete story.. JEFF FOGERTY
@@jefffogertymusic2023 Oh, it appears there was fake news back then also. 😊All due respect you can be anyone making this story up. I'm almost certain I heard John saying that in an interview.
Hey I have been watching you guys since day 1. I'm actually from Lodi, CA! I grew up there. Lodi used to have that small town feel to it, but it is much bigger now. I enjoy watching you and thank you for making my day!
When my daughter was young she used to like “cotton fields” and that was back in the mid 90s. I used to put that on and play it on my guitar and we both would sing it.
I grew up in Oakdale, California about 40 miles from Lodi. We were always driving through it on Hwy 99 going north of Sacramento to visit family. Kind of made the song a little more fun with them singing about the part of California I lived in.
Even if you’re not from where they are from or from Louisiana this just feels like down-home music to anyone who listens to it. Creedence Clearwater revival was a big band of my growing up days.
Last week I declared "Green River" to be my favorite---now it burns because I am loving "Lodi" so frkng much right now. But that is the way I am with music. Lex, I don't know how you do it but you manage to make me laugh more than half the time. And btw, even if I 'see' a song differently, it never feels like you're wrong...if you know what I mean
El Emar are you telling b this song was called Lodi because of it's definition? Yeah there is one definition defines lodi as Idol, someone you look up to. John wrote this song as a reflection on Fogerty's days with The Golliwogs, the bands name prior to Creedence Clearwater Revival. The Golliwogs had struggled for success, playing wherever they could with dilapidated equipment and an often indifferent audience. Lodi CA is a small town that is similar to the small towns the struggling Golliwogs played in.
this song is an all time favorite. it sound kinda jaunty and country funky cool but starts revealing distressing details. what happened to his friends, why did he run out of songs and why does he have to walk out, what happened to the greyhound? It's like some sort of last stand and yet there's this smidgen of hope held out, maybe just not this time around...
This is the first "Lodi" reaction video I've come across. I grew up in Lodi, CA, and this song has always had a special place in my heart since it's my hometown, and I grew up listening to CCR. They are, absolutely, one of my favorite bands.
In fact, after I left Lodi for a few years upon graduating from college, I moved back to Lodi where I have lived ever since. I guess you could say I'm still "stuck in Lodi, again."
Wow, you and I are neighbors so to speak. I live about an 80 minute drive from Lodi.
CCR could do no wrong back then. John Fogerty was one of the great ones.
Is one of the great ones!!! He’s still around, unless I missed something?
I was just bout to say "was great"?? Wtf you mean is Still Great!! A Legend...
Still is Buddy 🙂
Still is.
Still rocking at 77!👍✌️
I was born and raised in Stockton which is next to Lodi. In the 80s it was nothing but a few local businesses and a lot of farmhouses. It's really changed into a pleasant little town. I was a Census worker for the 2020 Census assigned to find homeless encampments and I searched the entire town and only found 2 places, about 10 homeless total (and they all had cars or trailers). Meanwhile in Stockton, thousands of homeless.
Their entire catalog is pretty much fire, but this tune is my favorite by a mile.
Same. It's magic.
😂 I’m that friend. Thanks again guys. And everyone that voted for it finally to win a poll.
hi neighbor...I'm about 20 miles SW of you... I voted for it and I'm kinda' stuck too...lol
After 46 years here I’m no longer stuck. It’s probably till death due we part 😂.
Awesome reaction. I grew up going to neighbor's in all directions and listening to bands outside in the evening. I sit on my porch and sing every evening. I think my neighbors believe I'm the crazy singing lady!
Finally, somebody reacts to Lodi. It's always been one of my favorite CCR tunes. Definitely, a small town, country vibe. Your absolutely right about that.
As a musician, that has played in front of people drunk so many times, this is one of my favorite Creedence songs. I've performed at live many times. But overall I just love the feeling of it and great observation about his voice. One thing that I hardly ever see anybody first react to is their song Hideaway. It's so soulful and impactful and powerful. And his voice goes back and forth from really raspy to just really gentle and wistful. It's such a beautiful song with some dark undertones.
Reactors rarely play anything but their hits. But it's not their fault of course. It's what people suggest who don't know anything about their extended catalog. The first album and Pendulum are filled with more obscure songs which are not less than their hits. Hideaway is one of them, so is Walk On The water, Gloomy, and Penthouse Pauper is another one. All great songs, but people just don't know them.
@@stevedotwood oh man I love all of those and Penthouse Pauper has such hilarious swagger, lol.
Having played the Irish Pub in Frankfurt, yes, I do really get the feeling....
When I was a very young boy in the mid '70s we would go down to the basement and listen to music just about every night as I recall. My dad was really into stereo and having the best speakers and equipment. He had a set of Macintosh, receiver, tuner, and I believe he had a teac reel to reel and a teac cassette player. We also had a nice record player. The two groups that I remember listening to the most were creedence Clearwater revival and The Beatles. And when I was at that age I didn't know who I liked more, but I loved both of those groups so much. Rubber soul was our favorite album by the Beatles back then, we all agreed. I recall listening to Born on the bayou, that record we had, but when the newer record came out with Hey tonight and Molina, I couldn't believe how good they were. They were just fantastic, especially John Fogerty. Our favorite musicians where John Fogerty and John Lennon, they were the two in our household that we consider the greatest. It was such a great time back then
One thing you can count on from CCR, and that is that their songs are very melodic and hummable.
Love this tune. I knew all the lyrics at eight years old. I'm 60 now and still know them all and still love this song.
When my friends and I were kids, we’d listen to this song and laugh and laugh at the line “stuck in Lodi again” because we thought it was “suckin’ an old dry onion.”
Used to listen to this when I lived in Lodi , California.
Born and raised there sense 1976
@@bryanknutson1666 I recently met my sister there at the park with the large pond. We had burgers from the drive-in across the street. I can't imagine what it was like growing up there. Being on Hwy 99 you get a lot of traffic of people always going somewhere else, either north or south. But, for a lot of those who do go to Lodi, go there because of this song. What is that like?
@@tchampagne1494 you most likely were at Lodi lake. Eating from the Sno White across the street. Surprisingly excellent tacos there
@@bryanknutson1666 I'm from and stuck in Lodi, New Jersey.....I know where I'm going if I move to California haha
After all these years I still sing "oh lord, stuck in Lodi again" when driving through on the 99. It's just for fun, as small central valley towns go, it was never that bad but a musician from the Bay Area wouldn't want to get stuck there back in the day.
there's a Lodi oHIo too
@@Bekka_Noyb - and one in New Jersey too… but I'm in my house in Lodi CA as I type this ;-)
I was a truck driver for a minute, riding with a trainer up and down the east coast when I told him, this ain't for me, wanna go home. He dropped me off at a truck stop in Lodi Ohio. I know it's not the Lodi he was singing about, but I was stuck in Lodi, all day. But, I still love this tune. Yeah. Peace
I fueled up in Lodi, OH at least 30 times during my 11 years as a long haul trucker... The only place I was stuck was Des Moines after I broke my thumb and three fingers playing bumper truck bouncing my rig off the foot high curbs on an interstate offramp during an ice storm. I had to wait 28 hours for the next bus taking me anywhere but Chicago or Omaha... lol
There are at least a dozen U.S. places (plus one in Canada) named Lodi. This Lodi is in central California.
@@leomarshall4059 and I was stuck in one of them
@@leomarshall4059 Yes, I have been there, when I was a junior in high school performing in one of their parades as part of our JROTC Drill Teams...
Without a doubt, my favourite song from Creedence.
"If I only had a dollar for every song I've sung and every time I had to play while people sat ther drunk"... Man, I would be rich...
Yeah
This is my favorite CCR song too!
And if you've ever been to Lodi, the most boring city in California, you can really feel the pain of a bar band playing there every night.
I drove through Lodi yesterday. It hasn't changed much since this song came out. It is a farm town, south of Sacramento.
Lodi is a nice little town with nice people
@@mzinns Thank you for this, I haven't spent any time there, I live in Sacramento, and it is nice to know the best places to visit.
I passed through Lodi driving from Vancouver to Tulsa.
It’s changed a lot! It’s definitely grown since I was a kid. Grew up there in the 80s n 90s
Yeah you don't know Lodi then.
The way she described the song is the way I want to describe her. She is so adorable and has a real “sizzle fry” thing going on.
My dad would whistle off key and tap his fingers on the steering wheel off beat. But he loved CCR. I thought he was lame....Miss you Dad!
Reminds me of my pops sooo bad, oh how I wish I could go back in time to be a kid again running around the house while him, my aunts and uncles play cards and quarters listen to CCR
Probably my favorite CCR tune...it’s got this melancholy feeling to it but also feels hopeful
From arlo to zydeco these guys just absorbed everything musical they grew up with and the whole southern rock genre came from those influences . Lucky for us !
My alltime favorite CCR song! Just unreal. That is from one of the few bands or artists that do not have ANY fast forward/Skip songs. You put them on and press play and just let it flip when it's done. This to me is their best. Loved sharing it with you.
The little map showing the bay area is where I grew up , most of my family from when the immigrated landed in California and never left, my grandparents owned a hotel in the next town over from Lodi, in Ione, the area is full of ranches, cattle, farms, and hot summers, windy winters, and not much to do but hang out with friends and listen to music.
One of my favorite CCR songs. I listened to them all, seems to be what was always on the 8-track in the 55 Chev when McIlhaney was driving....
I had the pleasure to see John Fogerty live almost 20 years ago. He was crazy good! And I remember him switching guitars for pretty much every song lol. I grew up with CCR, I love them.
I lived in Lodi as a kid (aged 2-12) and loved it. Great weather and we played baseball basically year-round...now...if you're stuck in Stockton, just a stone's throw south...that's real trouble...
CCR is one of my three favorite bands. Fogerty is the greatest singer songwriter of my generation. You simply can not sit still listening to a CCR song.
All I wanted to do growing up in Mexico's City in the late 60's early 70's was to visit California, you know, San Francisco. Oakland, Lodi, ..., well, I did it!!! Loved this band.
Hello from Lodi, California! It's not a bad place today. Not as small as it used to be. At the time of the song, it was still pretty much a sundown town (you don't normally associate those with California, but they were there) with a lot of wine money. Today it's still flush with wine money, but it's more diverse. They still do everything they can to stay separate from nearby Stockton, for better or worse. Every time a crime happens, the old timers grumble about either the homeless or "the Stockton element." It's a weird, but neat, place.
Thank you❤️ Brings back memories of my first band 1970, and CCR tunes were loved by all👍❤️ They were an amazing band to see live!
Classic CCR, I miss real music like this . Keep rocking guys :)
Brad & Lex you'll love their "Proud Mary","Up Around The Bend"& "Sweet Hitch-Hiker"!!!
Just love this song so much ! .. Along with "Looking Out My Back Door", this is my favourite CCR song .. It's low key and laid back in style, but the lyrics make an impact .. Very under-rated for sure.
Yes it's my favourite too - Lodi, Looking Out My Back Door and Down On The Corner in that order.
@@sjng68 Very close to mine .. I've got "Lodi" and "Looking Out My Back Door" at joint Number 1, with "Bad Moon Rising" at Number 3 .. Cheers, Wayne
They always had a place In my heart like I was born for It ! So perfect !!
CCR will never get old to me I have loved them forever
Sweet! I grew up a few hours drive south of Lodi and my dad used to recite the chorus to this song when I was a kid back when. That video was definitely shot in California, but maybe not in Northern California where Lodi is located. There's too much desert in that video. Maybe that reflects the recent droughts, but the countryside around Lodi was comparatively lush back when this song was new.
I new a guy with your name in Hanford California
@@donaldwhite1928 Cool. My father was born in Hanford, but his family moved to Fresno after the war. To my knowledge I'm not related to your acquaintance. But there might have been a schism in my father's family 100 years ago, but what few stories I've heard of it were vague on details.
Way too many hills in that video!
@@idemandabetterfuture For Lodi, yes, but the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains are about a half hour drive to the East up and down Highway 99. The vineyards suggest the footage might be from the Paso Robles area maybe.
@@mikecaetano True, but he wasn't singing about being stuck in Paso Robles, or even stuck up on Mt Diablo.
My favorite CCR Song.
There's a Lodi in Jersey, too. Not the one he's singing about, but it's a factory, industrial town that you would not want to be stuck in.
Thanks for the reaction.
Fave CCR song, puts it all into perspective.
My favorite CCR song!
I can never get enough of this song! Doesn't get old or played out
My favorite CCR tune!!!!!!🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙😎😎😎😎😎😎🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨
SO glad you got to this one. This is my hands-down favorite CCR tune.
Been waiting for this one. 'Green River' is a perfect album 🤘💙
CCR Legends! Love that sound! They are different! John's voice is just so ahhh!! Great reaction! Thanks 🎶💕🎶
When Lodi came out in 1969 I was 13. One day while in the shower, the words and tune for a song came to me. I had never even thought of writing a song before! I was ecstatic! Turned out, the tune was basically Lodi, and the words were were an unconscious, horrible rip-off of "Happy Together". ⭐Fame, you are so fleeting! ⭐
P.S. I just remembered the words!
"The sun is shining,
the birds are singing
and you and I are together.
We'll be happy
For the rest of our lives,
Cuz you and I are together."
Yes, Bob Dylan is envious . . .
I’ve been stuck in Lodi a few times too
I could listen to CCR all night long
I was stuck in Lodi more than once. Actually was trying to open the door to my room at the Lodi Motor Inn right when the Loma Prieta earthquake of '89 hit. Despite being that far away the shaking was quite unnerving.
I had JUST got off of that double-deck highway that collapsed. In meetings at Alameda. Was staying at the Holiday Inn right there where the bridge from S.F. makes landfall on the Oakland side. At first I didn't realize how close I came until I saw the shipping containers on the news and I realized had been stopped right there to turn left at the hotel. Booked the first flight east in the AM.
Yeah in 89 we had some ghetto motels 😂. Come back now. We built a Hampton bay
@@bryanknutson1666 😂🤣😭
I was living in Stockton at that time and, yea, that was a scary one.
thumbs up for great reaction to a song I voted for... I'm a musician who never did play in Lodi, but I wanted to... right in my back yard actually...
I was probably around 8 yrs. old, my oldest brother got his 1st turntable for graduation. All us kids sat and listened to Creedence, Beatles, Stones, etc. This song always reminds me of that day. Funny, the things you remember. I'm 60 now. Still love Creedence!
CCR always reminds me of my grandmother she loved CCR one of her favorite band
My favorite CCR song and I’m so glad y’all reacted to it
You guys are on another roll playing songs I love. This is probably my favorite by CCR.
I love Lex's interpretations of music. She makes me smile every time I watch one of your videos. Brad, you are blessed indeed.
Another in what seemed at the time an unending stream of cool, accessible American rock classics from a great band and one of the great writers in the tradition, John Fogerty.
I am regularly stunned by how intuitive Lex is about all things musical.
I’m glad you know that Lodi is a town. For years I thought they sang “low dive” again. But I could relate so no problem.
I so love this song, always one of my favorites since I was a kid.
Actually a true story that John ran out of gas in his vehicle in Lodi CA. Wrote Proud Mary and more, great guitarist, produced most very very talented. My favorite band yet since the start in 68 with Suzie Q.
Nope. My Uncle John did not run out of gas. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ He wrote it , cuz my dad, Tom and the band had been playing many gigs across the central valley. And the story is made up, but sounds like a good story. Like a mini book. Creedence singles were all 2 1/2 minutes to 3 1/2 minutes. But all were like little movies, they told a complete story.. JEFF FOGERTY
@@jefffogertymusic2023 Oh, it appears there was fake news back then also. 😊All due respect you can be anyone making this story up. I'm almost certain I heard John saying that in an interview.
Absolutely love this song , at the tops for me , CCR is like my fav, I grew up with them in the 60s and 70s
Theres this flow and rhythm in CCR i've never heard before or after. It enters your body man.
Some great songs recently guys. This number has a definite country sound to it.
Origins of Country Rock maybe?
I love you guys ! I got stuck in Lodi back in the 80"s for a few years.
Lex I never get tired of your smile. ☺
Listening to Lex describing how she experiences sounds is always very interesting.
Absolutely love Lodi, 1 of my favs
Like everyone else said, not sure why but I love this song, it just feels right
As a very young Aussie I heard this song and it stuck in me right through me years, Bless you both 🙏
Was born and raised in Lodi. Haven't been back in 20 years. Seeing the Lodi arch brings back memories.
You two are so fun! Love your reactions You two are the proof that opposites attract ❤️
What a great observation about John's voice.
Lex has the greatest analysis. Love it!!!
My favorite CCR song! What a great band!
You guys should react to more Creedence Clearwater Revival…
"I Put a Spell On You", "Susie Q", "Proud Mary", "Run Through the Jungle"
🎸🤘
add my vote for all of these.
One of my favorite CCR songs. Very overlooked by classic rock radio
Hey I have been watching you guys since day 1. I'm actually from Lodi, CA! I grew up there. Lodi used to have that small town feel to it, but it is much bigger now. I enjoy watching you and thank you for making my day!
Long as I can see the light..The night time is the right time
I love this song; it's the "again" that gets me. Life is tough in the music business.
MORE CREEDENCE. RAMBLE TAMBLE IS AWESOME AND HIDEAWAY ONE OF MY FAVES TOO. YOU ALL FUN TO WATCH
Great. I REALLY LOVE WATCHING LEX'S REACTION TO CCR. BRAD ALSO. BUT SHE NEVER STOPS SMILING. IT'S AWESOME. PEACE.
When my daughter was young she used to like “cotton fields” and that was back in the mid 90s. I used to put that on and play it on my guitar and we both would sing it.
I love this song, thank you for reacting to this awesome song. You don't hear theses song like this much theses days, pity 💖🙏🏾✝️💯...
My absolute favorite song from CCR! Thanks for this reaction. 🙂
I used to think the lyric was "stuck in old dyin again"! Internet took the mystery out of everything.
Former Lodi resident here 👌
My favorite CCR song. My dad had the "Bad Moon Rising" 45 but I always flipped it over to play the B-side "Lodi".
I grew up in Oakdale, California about 40 miles from Lodi. We were always driving through it on Hwy 99 going north of Sacramento to visit family. Kind of made the song a little more fun with them singing about the part of California I lived in.
Even if you’re not from where they are from or from Louisiana this just feels like down-home music to anyone who listens to it. Creedence Clearwater revival was a big band of my growing up days.
Thanks for reacting to this song you should do more CCR.
Last week I declared "Green River" to be my favorite---now it burns because I am loving "Lodi" so frkng much right now. But that is the way I am with music. Lex, I don't know how you do it but you manage to make me laugh more than half the time. And btw, even if I 'see' a song differently, it never feels like you're wrong...if you know what I mean
Luv your reactions. CCR rules.
Doug Clifford is a very underrated drummer.
It's really beautiful is the right description.
Creedence, awright👍
When John Fogerty wrote this song he had never actually visited Lodi. John used Lodi for the song because it had "the coolest sounding name.
💯 correct sir.
Look up lodi in the dictionary and ya might learn something b
El Emar are you telling b this song was called Lodi because of it's definition? Yeah there is one definition defines lodi as Idol, someone you look up to. John wrote this song as a reflection on Fogerty's days with The Golliwogs, the bands name prior to Creedence Clearwater Revival. The Golliwogs had struggled for success, playing wherever they could with dilapidated equipment and an often indifferent audience. Lodi CA is a small town that is similar to the small towns the struggling Golliwogs played in.
Get em. Love it
as far as I know the town they were "stuck in" was actually Stockton ,CA.....right next to Lodi...they used Lodi because it sounds better..#209
Awesome! From Lodi, CA here!
Hey Brad, Lex just keeps revealing her talents! Great reaction!
My favorite! Thank you.
You guys have good taste in music. I bet hanging with your couch gang would be a blast.
this song is an all time favorite. it sound kinda jaunty and country funky cool but starts revealing distressing details. what happened to his friends, why did he run out of songs and why does he have to walk out, what happened to the greyhound? It's like some sort of last stand and yet there's this smidgen of hope held out, maybe just not this time around...