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

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?

if so, that's gotta be one of the biggest lost fortunes in music history

no, i think he did retain rights to some revenues, though not nearly as much as he should have gotten. just from the billboard article, it mentions:

One of the first moves Concord made was to reinstate and increase Fogerty’s artist royalties, which Fogerty had relinquished to Zaentz in 1980 to get out of his Fantasy deal and had not received in 25 years.

Fogerty, who had retained his writer’s share of his CCR copyrights, also owns the masters and publishing to his solo material, including such hits as “Centerfield,” “Rockin’ All Over the World,” and “Almost Saturday Night.”

a chooglehead can provide more detail. and i'm not sure how retaining the writer's share of the copyright compares to artist royalties and owning the masters and publishing. it's probably peanuts, but it wouldn't be zero.

Writer and publisher shares are usually 50/50 each; writer royalties legally can't be below 50%.

^^^ so he probably did OK, but had to watch a lot of $ go to his hated nemesis

Yeah, they were sufficiently high that he didn't have to release records or tour for 10 years!

Thanks!

We should have a poll of biggest record executive assholes: Zaentz, Allen Klein, the Bert Berns, who else?