Creedence Clearwater Revival vs the Grateful Dead vs the Band

the sad thing is, robertson wasn't an utterly horrible singer - iirc danko in particular was always encouraging him to sing more - it's just that he was obv never going to match the other three.

robbie should have done some of this allegedly non-horrible singing on his solo albums

He sounds decent on "Ain't No More Cane," one of my all-time favorite Band songs.

he's singing lead here -- though it sounds like danko is doubling him for most of it. i like this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIC35OU33Es
but yes, he's basically terrible on his solo recs.

i mean, we could split hairs all day about whether robbie was a horrible or merely passably mediocre singer, but the point of his showboating and trying to upstage the 3 truly remarkable and wonderful singers in his own band remains.

yeah, i mean, if you knew nothing about the band while watching the last waltz, you'd assume he was one of the lead vocalists.

If i knew nothing about the Band while watching the Last Waltz, i'd assume somebody would want to pummel the guy after the concert.

I'm just not that into the vocals on the Band.

softspool otm. Stage Fright gets unfairly maligned as one of the mediocre later Band records and that's just nuts

i mean i get that it doesn't quite have the singularity of BP or the vertigo-inducing highs of s/t but damn it's a great, solid record from start to finish

btw, since i could only find one passing reference to JD McPherson via search, I'll link a vid here. Roots rock fans of John Fogerty (or The Blasters, or maybe The Iguanas) might want to check him out. Great record, super fun live show. (Or maybe you're heard him and don't care?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGn4LncY0g

the band's s/t is one of the best albums by anyone ever

http://24.media.tumblr.com/6e2f850cf1ce6e0b82749abdf9bc1ec8/tumblr_mn9rty3qUR1rvzbdgo1_500.jpg
damn i think ccr just won this poll because of this photo of them at taco bell

A+!!!

Want to see a CCR vs. The Smiths poll, but I'm not going to start it and ILX doesn't need another Smiths poll

is this song a choogle?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSFuutCPjGw

This song is absolutely a choogle.

thank you! i just wanted to make sure i understood what chooglin was and this song has the feel i thought was a choogle.

Fogarty should do a record with Jaki IMHO

Speaking of CCR and Booker T, check out who's checking out the MG's from side-stage here. I believe they're saying, "This song is absolutely a choogle."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbBcXvKvB08

booker t - CCR choogle jamz here: http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=839

I wish those Booker T & CCR jams went anywhere. More noodlin' than chooglin'.

damn, is it not worth checking out?

Yeah, choogle choogles with a purpose. xp

the choogles aren't mindblowing but they're a good time!

I thought chooglin was all about the groove, not the destination.

chooglin' to damascus

boogie-woogie choogle boy

the choogle is in you

let me choogle that for you

I like my choogles to be more exclamatory than aimless.

Choogling is like good krautrock that way. It might take eight or nine minutes to get there, but you're definitely going somewhere. Probably by train if you're choogling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4twvM3mNAuU

^ original nu-metal

Dig, if you will, Rasputina's cover of "Bad Moon Rising."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4J-l8DDH78