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

Someone (probably not me) needs to make a Keep On Chooglin' megamix a la John Oswald's "Grayfolded", where he patchworked together multiple versions of "Dark Star" into a 2-hour Dead album even the Wire would review.

an 8-hour mega-choogle could be fun to play at a workplace, every single day. "it's one of those things that only makes sense on the third or fourth listen"

unrelated: when my sister was in Grade 1 her teacher was a well-known local guitarist who later quit teaching to run a music shop.

For the school concert he got his class of 6-year olds to sing “Lookin Out My Back Door” while he backed them on guitar & it was the cutest, funniest, greatest (and weirdest) thing i’ve ever seen. It wasnt until many years later that my sister & i realizrd they’d performed a song about dropping acid (allegedly) <3

this has probably been done before but what are the best CCR covers?

Not exactly groundbreaking, but I've always liked this one:

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

I like Pavemwnt's "Lodi."

Ah the Welsh tribute group (in before correction)

Lyrics heavily changed and there are several live versions of this by different line ups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heo6DcbG3wY

What I like about their "middle" albums is that even when playing roots-based music, there was usually a psychedelic vibe underneath the surface that gave everything a very effective tension. Sometimes it would erupt when the song called for it (like the beginning of "Run Through the Jungle") but elsewhere it could give their music a menace or foreboding that was pretty unique to them. The instrumental "Side O' the Road" and "Effigy" (both of which close out Willy and the Poor Boys) come to mind.

Dunno if Hanoi Rocks' CCR cover is truly that great, but they certainly get The Man rockin' in the promo. Also they wear more eyeliner than Creedence ever did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZQjRfQ5BPw

Sleater-Kinney's "Fortunate Son" is nice n punky.

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

Crowded House, of all bands, sometimes did a great "Born on the Bayou" (with the guitarist at the time singing).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUCpCOx3zBk

Where can I listen to Pavement’s cover ?

Bob Seger is full-on stadium rock in this righteous live cover of "Fortunate Son" that was a b-side in 1983.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mog7Kts3kVQ

I heart Dave Alvin's version of "Don't Look Now"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G1ETLNRXEs

xxp I don’t know about “Lodi,” but the final track of the expanded Terror Twilight reissue is a live cover of “Sinister Purpose” (looks like YouTube has some live takes, as well).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvbyGSFX3c8

Dig how at the climax all of her guitar players go up to the lip of the stage, BÖC-style.

I downloaded that Pavement cover of "Lodi" off of Napster, and haven't ever seen it anywhere else.

From an Indian battle of the bands competition Simla Beat in 1970 (which Shadoks reissued in the 2000s), this garagey version of “Sinister Purpose” by Dinosaurs is a fave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts3E2Y4VSdk

“Sinister Purpose” is such a great title in itself

I think my favorite performance in the concert is “night time is the right time” just so joyous and fun

So few ccr songs are about “Romance” so that one stands out a bit as well

“Sinister Purpose” is such a great title in itself

True, better than the original title: "Deadly Dolphin".

Let us now praise Thea Gilmore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J4mPbSBtHQ

Note, that is specifically for Josh in Chicago.

I was actually wondering this morning, has any movie or TV show or whatever done a slow moody cover of a CCR song? is it even possible?

Thea Gilmore's cover was used in I think a zombie heist movie not so long ago?

There is a Rasputina version out there but personally I think it inferior to Gilmore's.

i'm imagining the ukulele cover of lodi set to a volkswagen commercial

♪♪just about a year ago, i set out on the road ♪♪

"dad, i have to tell you something"
"what is it, honey? you can tell me anything"
"i flunked all my college classes. and you're paying for it all"
"it's ok -- i love you no matter what, and i love this vehicle"

♪♪Things got bad and things got worse I guess you will know the tune♪♪

(Army of Thieves was the movie I was thinking of, btw. Anyways it is an exquisitely sparse and tender cover; I urge you to listen to it thoughtfully. If you do not find it moving, you are made of an inert substance and I pity you.)

that crowded house cover is excruciating -- wow

kinda… inverse-meta(?) for pavement to cover “Lodi” (it’s adjacent to the city of Stockton)

If one is to chastise Creedence for not aCkchuAlLy having been born on (or anywhere near) a Louisiana bayou, what should one say about New Zealanders and Australians doing that song?

Though my punning heart really enjoys the coinage "CCRowded House."

I wonder if CCR ever covered Bo Diddley live. I don't think they did on record. That's a perfect match. "Tombstone hand and a graveyard mind/Just 22 and I don't mind dyin'"--I can hear that in Fogerty's voice. "Tombstone Shadow" could have been inspired by Dylan's "Tombstone Blues," or both could have been inspired by Diddley.

Diddley and the Poor Boys

seriously can someone give me an overview of what bonus tracks are out there, on which reissues? I need them.

CCR covered "Before You Accuse Me" on Cosmo's Factory.

... I was about to say.

Geez, I know that well...but never knew it was Bo Diddley.

Tbf, it's not the most characteristic Bo Diddley song.

Tangentially, I find it interesting that "Midnight Special" was already old when Lead Belly got to it.

(xpost) Was thinking the same thing: doesn't have the Diddley beat, not on Bo Diddley's Golden Decade, Bo Diddley's 16 All-Time Greatest Hits, or even The Chess Box. I always thought it was an old blues song.

Wow, that's weird. It's on Got My Own Bag of Tricks (sort of his 'Great 24') and his Chess 50th comp, in addition to featuring on his first album.

Bo Diddley's Golden Decade is the one I've had for a long time; Bo Diddley's 16 All-Time Greatest Hits was his first compilation, I think. I notice Got My Own Bag of Tricks came out in '72--maybe including "Before You Accuse Me" was something of a selling point so close to Cosmo's Factory.

seriously can someone give me an overview of what bonus tracks are out there, on which reissues? I need them.

thank you!

https://www.billboard.com/pro/john-fogerty-buys-control-publishing-creedence-clearwater-revival-catalog/

hell yeah!!!

good article (when you see a subsection titled "keep on chooglin" you know the author is on the level). i knew of some of his struggles with the record companies but didn't know the depth of the treachery.

In addition to taking his artist royalties for decades, in 1985, Zaentz sued Fogerty for $144 million, alleging the artist’s then current hit, “The Old Man Down the Road,” ripped off CCR’s “Run Through the Jungle.” Even though Fogerty had written both songs, Zaentz claimed Fogerty was now plagiarizing a song Zaentz owned. After Fogerty won, his effort to be reimbursed for his $1.3 million in legal fees went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1993.

For years, Fogerty refused to play CCR songs live, unable to stomach Zaentz making money off his performances, but he softened his stance in 1987 with a little prodding from Bob Dylan. While at revered North Hollywood, Calif., club the Palomino, Fogerty, Dylan and George Harrison joined headliner Taj Mahal on stage. “The crowd started asking for ‘Proud Mary,’” Fogerty recalls. “Bob looked at me and said, ‘John, if you don’t do ‘Proud Mary,’ everybody’s gonna think it’s a Tina Turner song,’” referencing Ike & Tina Turner’s 1971 cover. “It’s Bob Dylan, for crying out loud. In my mind, I was still committed that I wasn’t going to do those songs, but I decided I guess I can give that up for three minutes.” Later that year, Fogerty began incorporating CCR songs back into his set.

man, Zaentz brings great shame to the letter Z

keep on boining

Yeah, this is great news. I've been reading Fogerty's autobiography, and it's tragic how much this one terrible decision to sign that contract with Zaentz messed up his life. Glad he finally is seeing a happy ending.

This is wonderful

wow that is excellent news

so, to be clear (cuz I don't know how it works), Fogerty's never earned a dime in royalties or publishing until now?