ALWAYS AMAZING!| Creedence Clearwater Revival - Someday Never Comes REACTION

[@Jessica_Roth]

THANK YOU! This isn't a hugely famous song, as it's their last single, and the last song on their last album (which had problems), but it's beautiful. John Fogerty was going through a divorce, his brother Tom had quit the band, and he was feuding with the rhythm section as the group was about to break up. And so he wrote this wonderful reflective jewel. And exit CCR. Thank you for all you gave us.

[@rousefire]

CCR's Sweet Hitchhiker is a rocker.

[@piedmontish]

Yessss!!!

[@ericanderson8886]

Really love the lyrics in this one. CCR def one of the best bands to ever come out of America.

[@karenmatthews1751]

so it was disappointing Fogherty left

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@shyman99 Creedence was just getting into super-sophisticated writing and playing here. If only, IF ONLY they had expanded the band instead of imploding and doing this album. With the add of a new guitarist and maybe keys player, the seventh album might've been a double-header of amazing music.

[@StupidMoniker]

This is my favorite CCR song. So soulful. So touching. It's about how we are told that we will understand later, but that understanding never happens. You don't get over not understanding what is happening between your parents, your father leaving you, your father not being around when you are born and growing up, your father leaving you just like his father left him. Being told to be a man doesn't fix those things, it just tells us to repress our feelings because we just aren't mature enough (but those are lies we are told or tell ourselves).

[@thra-x1855]

my dad was never there and i only realized how badly that messed me up when i got much older. People, talk to your kids about life and be real about it, you have no idea how much of a difference it makes.

[@Chris.Davis.2]

Jon Fogarty's voice is one in One hundred thousand. Gold!

[@martinogold]

too right!!!

[@alicesmith7020]

Amber, I think you would enjoy " As Long as I Can See the Light." It has something special in it just for you. You'll know it when you hear it.

[@johnsexton2200]

Love CCR! Other great songs of theirs are Who'll Stop the Rain, Lodi, Proud Mary, Midnight Special, Long As I Can See the Light, and Cotton Fields.

[@davidclayton579]

Can't forget Tina Turner's cover of Proud Mary.

[@babybanchie7607]

All good but Cotton Fields is my favorite CCR song ever since I was little. I do hope they do that one eventually.

[@Hobodeluxe960]

This is my fav of theirs. So deep. The realization that you will never understand it all and that's okay, no one does.

[@surlechapeau]

Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Sweet Hitch Hiker" and "Travelin' Band" !!!

[@mikemaricle9941]

It Came Out Of The Sky

[@alanbrown3963]

Absolutely one of my favorite CCR songs. The message is so clear and poignant. He ends up telling his son the same thing his dad told him. "Someday you'll understand" but "someday never comes"....some things you will never understand.

[@Russ-gy7tx]

“J” and Amber, I’m so glad you reacted to this song, please react to “Patches” by Clarence Carter released in 1970.

[@LeeFred78]

From 6:39 to the end of the song....one of my favorite fade outs of any song I've listed to over the years. So insightful to me and yet melancholy.

[@petegallegos827]

This song was about how he had to grow up without his dad. Then his own son had to grow up without him. Such a sad situation that many families have been though. God have mercy on us!!

[@slicksterrick]

Mr John Fogerty inducted my dad's band Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My dad was the drummer of the blue caps, Dickie Harrell years later John was at Virginia Beach Amphitheater when he was in concert the band went backstage and made him honorary member of the blue caps he was very gracious, classy, he was an old soul, a great guy!

[@howardhales6325]

You can't go wrong with Creedence. Pick any of their songs and you'll have a winner. I love all of them.

[@bethcrumpton476]

This song cuts pretty deep for those of us who, for one reason or another, had an absent father. It does for me, anyway.

[@johnnybmean74]

Or a distant dad. Which in turn led me to be distant with him later on.

[@bofusnco]

I seen John the other night (Fri. Nice 15) here in San Bernardino CA. THE Celebration Tour. Sounded great, running all over the stage. And sounded MORE Southern than before...

[@pjmurphy920]

Fogerty wrote Someday Never Comes and other songs of CCR that are awesome-- Suzie Q, Who'll Stop the Rain, Lookin' Out My Back Door, I Put a Spell on You and Have You Ever Seen the Rain. John Fogerty of CCR wrote all of those songs except for Suzie Q and I Put a Spell on You. Fogerty also wrote Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou. One of rock's geniuses. Thank you for this reaction!!

[@beckiramsey9561]

Love, love SusieQ❤❤

[@ronreynolds1610]

''Well, I'm here to tell you now each and every mother's son You better learn it fast, you better learn it young 'Cause someday never comes'' ....

[@peterbeth9495]

I first heard this after our first son was born. The lesson of the song has stuck with me ever since. Moms and Dads…when life gets busy remember it’s the time with your kids you’ll remember in the end not the time you spent at work. Teach them by being there so they do the same for their kids…

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

One of my favorite CCR songs. It is also one of a few great songs on the theme of relationship issues involving parenthood being passed down from one generation to the next. "Cats in the Cradle" is of course another one, as is "Younger Generation" by John Sebastian, just after he left the Lovin' Spoonful.

[@sithlordjeffbledsoe651]

Ccr was my pa's fav band and when he passed i went into his garage turned on the cd player and out blasted this song. It broke me. Sonded like my fathers last bit of advice.

[@pooperpants4509]

I know right?.. really deep and personal.

[@tazzatamania]

My step father served in Vietnam for the Australian army, we live in England but he was an Australian citizen in the 1960/70s and he got me into CCR. He said they always reminded him of arriving back at base after going out so there is only positive vibes that i take from them.

[@thundernels]

Love this song! Long as I Can See The Light

[@thomaspugh6052]

Bobby Fuller " I Fought for law" 1966, live version, black and white video with the dancing cowgirls!

[@allendixon7700]

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[@allendixon7700]

You gotta love big balls. BI GBA LLS big balls. I got big balls. She's got big balls. Wake up big balls. I've everybody's got big bottles. But I got the biggest balls of them. All big balls, that's a song. It's a ACDC classic Bigg Boss. Everybody loves big bows

[@griffcrammond6640]

"Well, I'm here to tell you now each and every mother's son. You better learn fast! You better learn young!" Good advice.

[@bobbowman9603]

California has a lot of country in it. Like a 100 miles, North of Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and a lot of country bands came from there.

[@pooperpants4509]

Buc Owens and Dwight Yokum,,,, love those guys.

[@Russ-gy7tx]

And Merle Haggard born just miles north of Bakersfield.

[@bretthardin9239]

dad had it all on real to real and it was part of our sunday morning clean the house soundtrack

[@allendixon7700]

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[@allendixon7700]

ACDC all right. Alright, now I say that he's saying that he's gonna take you. You're the big boss biology p a l l s

[@allendixon7700]

But next to the Bigg Boss, you gotta love. You gotta love squirrelers. I know I love a good squirrel. Or I say they say lock the squirrel or 2 I had a sound called squirrel or squirrel or in a big bowl. That's some good I see daisy music brother

[@allendixon7700]

I got a video Arsenal video out the SpongeBob. Spongebob alright spongebob a c d c in the big bows all together one video

[@mark-be9mq]

One of my favorite CCR songs.

[@anthonyblakely399]

❤Poor "J" he has gone through so much these pass few weeks....that these type of songs are making him emotional today. Amber. My Wonder Woman is holding things together. Hang strong guys. And KEEP THE FAITH!!! 😊

[@pauljeffrey93]

CCR - Hey Tonight is a good one as well!!!

[@tracypearson6315]

I don't think I've heard anything from CCR that I didn't like had a party once and put on greatest hits and that party went on and on

[@alexhaas9653]

CCR. Always great. Always been, always will be. You could react to any of their songs...and you'll find they are all amazing. What a band. Thanks for the reaction.

[@bobbyhamblen2338]

Love this song. Long As I Can See The Light is another great one.

[@patbutler6702]

CCR just keeps bringing good memories. When things are crowding me I know what to listen to. Thanks for the good memories.

[@ParkerAllen2]

I really enjoy it when you review my favorite rock band of all time: Creedence Clearwater Revival. I also enjoy reading other people's comments about their love of this band. I was in high school during the height of the disco era of the late 1970s, and I never had a single friend or acquaintance who shared my enthusiasm for CCR - mostly, I suppose, because they broke up several years earlier and teenagers have a short attention span. All these years later, it's nice to find a few of you kindred spirits on a page like this.

[@donnacorey5682]

Love your comment. I first discovered CCR when I was 13 in 1970. I became completely obsessed with them especially John Fogerty, my first rock star crush. Spent countless hours listening to all their records in my bedroom on my little record player. Was super lucky to see them in concert in 1971 and also John in 1986 on his Centerfield tour. (Was front row center and got to shake his hand!) This song is one of my favorites, and I can never listen to it without shedding a few tears.

[@ashratempel5094]

100 % Fantastic song.

[@helindove2237]

Thanks for reacting to this underrated song! I'm glad my parents never divorced and are still together. Many of my friends had a hard time dealing with their parents' arguments. The lyrics remind me of the song "Cats In The Cradle". Not wanting your children to repeat the same mistakes or not wanting to repeat your father's mistakes, yet the cycle continues. And no matter how smart someone can be, there will always be things you can't understand. I love the outro of this song.

[@allendixon7700]

Everybody loves big, I'll thank you. Somebody needs to react to I. C. They say big balls. I say they say Scott big balls. Oh, no I gotta song like that big balls. So I see daisy does big balls

[@allendixon7700]

I'll tell you what else is good of squirrel. I could use a good squirrel. But I say they say did a few squirrelers and I had a song called a squirrel or I see they say does a squirrel

[@allendixon7700]

But the a c d c big boss big boss everybody loves a big boss

[@allendixon7700]

Are you telling me? Are you telling me that there's some sort of SpongeBob video with AC DC doing the song? Big balls big balls and spongebob and a video?

[@danjmcs]

Great storyteller and a favorite song - Fogerty stated in 2013 that the song is about his parents' and his own divorce: "When I wrote this song, my life was pretty chaotic. I knew my marriage was going to break up. My band was falling apart. I was beginning to sense the darkness that was Fantasy Records. This song was inspired by my parents' divorce when I was a young boy and the effect it had on me. At the time, they told me, "Someday, you'll understand." The truth of this is that you never do and I found myself facing this as a parent. The irony was painful and inescapable."

[@joeyrobison6629]

From 1972, this was their last hit. Such a bittersweet song. What a ride it was from 1968 to 1972!

[@brianhildreth9099]

Deep, deep, song that hits personally.

[@kathysizemore9975]

Can't go wrong with CCR. Always loved their sound. Great reaction!

[@jasonyoumans9504]

Fogarty did finally win against the record compony after more then 20 years. Other musicians revere him for perseverance and showed support and celebrate him for never giving up. They still do.

[@101scetch]

One of my favourite songs by CCR. I absolutely love this band. They did so many songs that just get you in the heart. The song is actually speak to you.

[@Sammylu-greenbeatsred]

If there's one thing that Cali can be proud of is CCR is a California band! That might be all we have these days, some distant memories, but we love CCR. It's extremely insane that the Recording Industry back then got away with so much corruption ruining the lives of so many great artists.

[@beeseewill2407]

John Sang "Someday Never Comes" from the heart.Like he went through it

[@oakland-as-diehard6717]

Took my father in law to a John Fogerty concert 12 yrs ago. He was 60 at the time and he told my now wife that he had tears in his eyes at the show with all the memories of being younger when hearing all the classics and never realizing how great that music was. Later that night I asked him if I could marry his daughter. Thanks John Fogerty for making the answer “ yes “ so much easier. 💯

[@oakland-as-diehard6717]

We used “ joy of my life “ John Fogerty song as my wedding song

[@tomoshiro87]

Love CCR, this is my favorite. In life some questions are never answered.

[@davidrold9770]

One of my favorite CCR songs. Long As I Can See The Light would be great.

[@jrox6091]

This is the last of their releases I believe, and it's a favorite of mine. Sentimental and a great melody. Nice choice. BTW, I live in central Cali and many baby boomers raised in this state are children born to parents from the Midwest or Southern states who relocated here during the Great Depression or the dust bowl. Parents who brought their mannerisms, dialects & vernacular with them. Maybe that was Fogerty's situation. Blessings ❤

[@chuckstrunk236]

This song has brought many a man to tears... trust me on this.

[@stevedavis5704]

This has the hallmark of a great song. I have listened to it for years and it still brings a tear to my eyes every single time.

[@adriannecote5319]

CCR IS ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER. My son’s favorite band at the age of 3. Especially Down on the Corner.

[@robrobertson4619]

Someone in the comments mentioned John Fogerty’s solo work, post CCR. I agree with their suggestion of “Sugar Sugar”. sweet song and unmistakable Fogerty pipes! 😁

[@mikemiller3069]

One of my bands used to cover this in the 90s. To me, the father tells the son that, "some day you'll understand" as a way to placate the child. But the child grew up to know that "some day never comes". In other words, you will never reach that understanding that you were promised would come.

[@valdirdeandradepereira6087]

Without a doubt CCR is one of the best bands in the world! I'm also a fan of them. Fogert's voice and the sound they made is fantastic! I was born in 1977 and I really like music from the 60s/70s-- could it be because I must have lived at that time in a past life, or when the music is good it is timeless? I don't know... and I would like to suggest a song I discovered these days-- Elusive Butterfly, with Bob Lind. Hugs from Brazil!

[@danielbritton8588]

I bought this 45 back when. CCR was my favorite band during the early 70's. My best friend bought "My Maria" at that same time. That day is cemented into my memory.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Despite how fun CCR is to party and dance to, they have four or five songs that I can think of right off the top of my head that to me are profoundly sad. This song was written at a time where a lot of young men were going off to kill and be killed in vietnam. But the genius of it is that it can relate to any situation who are the father figure is largely absent. It starts when he's a little kid and at the receiving end of that, and then he collects dust and then suddenly he's barely of age and he has a kid himself right as he's going off to be away. Either going off to war and possibly dying or just going off and doing whatever his thing is. And the cycle repeats. Others that are along this line which I think are some of their most powerful songs: Hideaway (Wish I Could) Feelin' Blue Long As I Can See the Light Effigy Lodi, although that one is more up-tempo. But having played on small low-budget tours and having the van breakdown and wondering how you're going to get your money for the next gig, and maybe you get there and they don't pay you because they just blatantly break the contract because they know that they can and you don't have any other options, that sort of thing and then you always love playing in front of people but you end up in playing in front of really drunk people when you're really upset about things❤ and that song deals with that.

[@Jim-i5g]

No truer words No matter how much you think that Someday you'll understand. the fact remains that no matter how much you try that someday never comes😢

[@davidjohnston1971]

Look at the history of the settling of the central valleys in California, Okies and other migrant workers traveling there for what little work was available. This gave rise to the California country sound, Buck Owens, Dright Yoakum along with '60's-70's bands like CCR.

[@dalejestes8166]

You have to do "hay tonight" it will rock your socks off, "Travlin band' will do the same thing..also RambleTamble and oobie Doobie are great bangers

[@debbiechang5781]

You can never go wrong with Creedence Clearwater Revival! 🌺✌️

[@CarolinaCharles777]

Thanks y'all for reacting to this one. From what I understand, it's somewhat autobiographical. I also highly recommend Long As I Can See The Light...might be his best vocals!

[@FreethoughtsOnline]

I remember having the Album Chronicle, and to me it was this song that stood out.

[@orrivanswaeyestaert1991]

My fav CCR will always be As long as I can see the light

[@jonmartin6451]

Funny note: the song Green River was written about a creek in Monticello/Winters foothills named Putah Creek, it fills the upper part of lake Berryessa and comes out of Monticello Dam, it was a place they enjoyed visiting.

[@mikemartin8747]

not commercially a hit, but one of my favorite CCR songs. cool to see someone react to it.

[@dneff306]

CCR put out so many hits in such a short time!

[@Divhreaza]

CCR has done so much amazing stuff but this is definitely one of my favorites. And I agree with some others here that you should definitely check out "Long As I Can See the LIght". I also think you'd appreciate "Who'll Stop the Rain", "Walk on the Water", and "Sweet Hitchhiker".

[@jaewok5G]

this is my favorite ccr song for the melancholy

[@t.r.1708]

Thx! Californians are people from every state and nation! Every western movie worth a cornroll comes from here! Did you know we have mountains and horses here in beautiful California?! We got southern Baptists, southern fried, Southern California, you name it we got it!

[@jrox6091]

True! And central California is known as the Bible belt of the state due to the dust bowl migrants.

[@karenstacymayne4156]

This is my absolute favorite CCR song!

[@cathybuchanan1747]

I've been a CCR fan since the 70s, but I had never heard this song until it showed up in the soundtrack to Sons of Anarchy. It's one of my favorites now.

[@donstand2195]

Tombstone shadow is one that shows John's skills playing and singing

[@mkmstillstackin]

Great song! Fogarty's voice is just incredible. Thanks for this.

[@aaronbourque5494]

One of my favorites.

[@stevehamilton8824]

Fogerty is just an incredible writer and singer. CCR has made a stamp on the music world. Their sound is their own. No one sounds like CCR and Fogerty's voice is one you know as soon as he sings.

[@steppingrazor5520]

El Cerrito. His dad was from Louisiana. I like how you noticed the accent. Whenever I hear Proud Mary I can't help but think nobody from California says working that way. The cover of Willie and The Poorboys was shot 2 doors down from my favorite bay area BBQ joint.

[@royster5649]

Always loved this song thanks for your reactions.

[@tylerhackner9731]

One if my favorite ccr songs

[@tonybarnett1158]

Interesting fact: in 1969 CCR was the #1 band in the world and the first signed to play, "Woodstock." Sadly, not included in the movie.

[@jflago]

And let’s take a minute to be grateful that John Fogarty is still with us and very vibrant!

[@dakota5176]

CCR was my oldest Sister’s favorite group, I had to listen to it constantly..except when my Oldest Brother was around then I had to listen to The Beatles constantly..i was around 9 years old..young hippie I guess. Still listen to both groups. But my favorite group has always been The Bee Gees. That’s how I got hooked on your channel.

[@Fumthingelse]

Like Meatloaf sang - two out of three ain't bad! CCR the best and The Bee Gees were pretty good too!

[@RoadDoug]

One of the very best bands for sure. Thanks

[@gj1234567899999]

My favorite CCR song. Thanks for reacting guys

[@christopherbako]

Ed King. Was from southern California wrote the music for Sweet Home Alabama. He was the main guitar player.

[@misterdoe]

Jay, remember folks got to California from somewhere. Lots of people who left the Midwest and the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl days settled in California.

[@tammycosby4495]

Probably my fave CCR song ever. No matter how old you get or whatever happens, you can never understand things that happened in your past because you can never know everything that lead up to the situation. It took me until my mid-30s to really comprehend that. And in the song, even after he knows he never understood when his own father told him that, he still tells his son the same thing. There’s just some things that happen when we’re young that we’re unable to comprehend and we just have to learn to accept our past and the people involved and know that they did the best they could at the time.

[@JasonJividen-k5q]

This one is very personal to me. My own father used to tell me some day you'll understand. He passed away over 12 years ago, I'm now in my 50s, and I find myself saying these same words to my adult son, knowing full well, "Some Day Never Comes." Truer words were never spoken or sung.

[@Paladin70]

You guys have done a bunch of CCR but only a couple of John’s post-CCR solo works. He has an extensive catalog of his solo stuff and as one who has followed CCR and John solo extensively dating back to 1969, I think he did some of his best work after the breakup. Check out Hot Rod Heart, Rambunctious Boy, Sugar Sugar, Rock And Roll Girls and Big Train From Memphis. He’s done ten albums after CCR so there’s a lot to explore beyond these few. CCR was my very first concert and I’ve seen John at least fifteen times, amazing every time.

[@maryellenazack4466]

1000%

[@TheCubert120]

One of the best CCR songs. Love this one

[@richardkint6531]

Someday Never Comes but it did for CCR. This was their swan song, the end of CCR as we knew them. They officially disbanded in October of 1972. This was their last Billboard Top 40 hit. John went solo and formed the Blue Ridge Rangers. 😎

[@gregorywilcox5949]

when i was young i was told i would understand when i got older but i never did that is the someday that never comes so true i hope you find the answers i never did.

[@KalebStephens-cg4bs]

Thems the backwoods jams y'all!!! Music like this that hits, it hits you for a reason! Embrace who we all are! Truth resonates!!! Shalom!!!

[@gejuje]

Since you loved Oh Darling, with Paul`s amazing screaming, you should check out CCR`s Long As I Can See The Light. Fogerty really is screaming the blues on that one too🙂

[@rickonofrey2240]

It may be the blues in thier music that you relate to Southern music but the blues is very wide spread.

[@KalebStephens-cg4bs]

Spirit is spoken in music! Praise The Most High Yahuah for creating sch amazing people and artists!!! All praises to Yahuah!!! Shalom!!!

[@jdw5678]

A good one from their last album, and their final hit. For a great up-tempo, crunchy hard rocker, check out "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" from the previous year (1971), their next-to-last hit.

[@pattyduke3079]

I'm with Amber. Looking Out My Backdoor is my favorite also.