If you actively dislike Creedence Clearwater Revival, then I can never respect anything you have to say about anything.

For years my dad maintained that CCR were the greatest rock and rollers ever and I laughed at him. Now I've been learned.

I actively really fucking love the woodstock version of "I put a spell on you."

This is meant as the ultimate compliment, not something to appall CCR lovers: I thought the key to why Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger" was so great was that it had CCR all over it, especially "Born on the Bayou."

I actively really fucking love the woodstock version of "I put a spell on you."

― billstevejim, Friday, February 18, 2011 10:49 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the woodstock movie is so bizarre in retrospect, really gave everyone a warped view of the show

is there footage of CCR there, or were they not filmed? they're not in the movie, right?

not in the movie as far as i know, or at least the regular cut that they showed on PBS when i was a kid...dylan, the band, tim hardin, mountain, the grateful dead lots of others performed as well and weren't in

i think albert goldman had a dispute with the filmmakers and pulled all his artists, which was part of the omissions

huh wiki says incredible string band and johnny and edgar winter too

i actively dislike them, for real. i think i am allergic to john fogerty

dylan didn't pla woodstock - i think they begged him to, though.
& yeah, ISB are sort of notorious for bombing miserably at woodstock.

i only dislike eric clapton/cream more

CCR's Woodstock performances are youtube-linked upthread. They performed and went over very well but it was Fogerty's decision to not be included in the film, which really irritated the other bandmembers (similar to his insistence on them never doing encores). Their performance was not included in the theatrical release of the film, nor was it included on the record, or in subsequent reissues of the film in other formats.

(above from memory based on the book Up Around the Bend: An Oral History of Creedence Clearwater Revival)

oh -- see those youtubes now. cool.

Some of their performances are included in the bonus features on the latest DVD edition of Woodstock. They're on the cd box as well, tho I think it's not all the same songs.

Never really got into these dudes until recently, thanks to my boss playing them relentlessly. I could've really used a "everything but the greatest hits" collection to start with, but I've bought most of their albums for less than $15 all together. And they rule, and I'm dumb for missing out.

Finally ordered the box set yesterday after years of neglecting my CCR needs

^ Rockin' the Rickenbacker in that clip! I've noticed this trend in old music clips where once the guitar solo starts they suddenly pan to something totally boring, like the vibrating drum head or the bassist smiling. It's like it never occurred to them to show the goddam solo.

But man, Fogerty's voice ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCXspr3QoEs

Boy, "(Wish I Could) Hideaway" and "Pagan Baby" are bringin' it this morning.

Pendulum is underrated!

"Pagan Baby" does indeed rule hard. I can't recall other Pendulum tracks beyond "Have You Ever Seen The Rain/Hey Tonight."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99LN5idhOzE

Oh yeah, and "Molina!" I love the Tex-Mex keys and sax in this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJmHemzbCc&feature=related

https://www.facebook.com/quierocreedence/

Drawing heavily from a much vilified era of American rock, circa 1969-1974, Howlin Rain reek of early Grateful Dead, Allman Bros, CCR, Crazy Horse...
― Marmotdeth (marmotwolof), Friday, June 2, 2006 1:18 AM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

<3

Music critics and their uncanny ability to universalize personal taste pt 1

The surviving Jeffrey Lebowski to thread.

https://www.facebook.com/quierocreedence/

― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, August 8, 2016 3:23 AM (2 days ago)

<3

I need to read the biographies.
Mark Prindle was talking about what I think was a Fogerty memoir a few weeks back that sounded like it should be pretty revelatory.
& there's a thick tome written by somebody else I think, I'm picturing it as being about the same size as the expanded Timeless flight not sure why.

& the lps are pretty necessary. I'd say particularly Bayou Country but that might be subjective.
& I do enjoy the 1st lp which I don't think everybody does.
& the live sets I have are pretty great, would love some more earlier ones though.I think I mainly have from '69

Was just listening to these guys yesterday, and tweeted that I've read horror novels a lot less scary than the lyrics to "Lodi."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIfQNB5WXmY

I do enjoy the 1st lp which I don't think everybody does

Skipping the first one means you don't get their "I Put a Spell On You" and "Ninety-Nine and a Half Just Won't Do" (two of Fogerty's best vocals), the long version of "Susie Q," and "Walk on the Water," one of the great lost psych-garage songs that I am amazed more bands (or any besides Richard Hell, afaict) don't cover.

I know I had the first LP years ago, but I had no recollection of "Walk on the Water" until I just listened now. Great song!

Yeah Walk on the Water is my favourite track off the 1st album. It's a good record, not quite in the same league as Green River or Cosmo's Factory but it's probably my 3rd favourite CCR LP.

all the lps are great

well Mardi Gras isn't so great

the oral history of CCR is p good

Thanks for the rec. I ordered it through interlibrary loan.

it's p short and compiled from a lot of different sources - everybody's bitterness comes through loud and clear though lol

I like most of the songs on Mardi Gras, I just wish John would have sung them all.

which is the oral history?

& is Bad Moon Rising by Hank Bordowitz any good?

http://www.alibris.com/Up-Around-the-Bend-The-Oral-History-of-Creedence-Clearwater-Revival-Craig-Werner/book/6948496

The Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame is built with lumber harvested exclusively from John Fogerty's sideburns.
― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Sunday, June 4, 2006 6:39 PM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha

Just heard "Fortunate Son" in the wild for the first time in a long time, and wept a little. What a fucking nailbomb of a song.

"And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more!"

The CCR Live at Woodstock 2LP is fucking great. The rhythm section is incredible: about 8-9 minutes into Keep on Chooglin', after the 3 minute harmonica solo is followed by a destructive guitar solo, with Doug Clifford just in motorik lockstep for 5 minutes, my wife said, "I feel like I am getting run over by a train."

1:groove is relentless & formidable
2:could be 2 x as long & still great
3:no matter how loud you turn this up, it could still go 1 louder if poss:

― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:36 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Don't know if this is the same performance, but pretty incredible:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azt-0StLZOk

That album looks great. Has a cover of one of my all-time favorite Wilson Pickett jams, “Ninety-Nine and a Half ( Just Won’t Do).” Looking forward to listening.

Hey, instrumental break on “Born On The Bayou” sounds like “Lady Godiva’s Operation.”

They are definitely bumping up against some of VU and the Dead's wilder moments.

It really is great.