Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin’ Out My Back door | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@threwthelookingglass7194]

i.. listen and do this all the time ,. its a windoor

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[@ThatCodeBlue]

I keep a fun budget every month. Do you have any Patreon spots left?

[@aldoneira416]

Please check out “Marooned” by Pink Floyd

[@robertsaul234]

John Fogerty wrote a song that has a similar vibe called " Almost Saturday Night"

[@fscottgray9784]

CCR had many high energy songs that endure through time.

[@brianroberts2402]

Ice skating on the pond at Mitchell Park in Milwaukee while CCR played on the speakers. Young freedom!

[@tammybrennan2040]

Brian Roberts I skated around around a Mitchell park too, in Michigan 👍

[@jckdnls9292]

No doubt... Always put u in a good mood

[@katherinea2836]

@@brianroberts2402 Are talking about the sunken gardens (gone now) or the lagoon? My dad helped build the Domes.

[@brianroberts2402]

@@katherinea2836 The lagoon. Rowboats in the summer and skating in the winter. Pity your Dad's work is corroding and needs help.

[@edwardmontelongo808]

Growing up listening to this music. We really didn't think much about it Back then and now I listen to to it and I say to my self, man we had the best music ever !

[@timcarr6401]

We took a lot of wonderful music for granted back then.

[@vickiconley3638]

Yes the best!

[@zacharylewis7702]

Yes I'm glad i can time travel on KZbin. Contemporary music does not have the same soul.

[@gary2kr1]

"Bother me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow" even when I was a little kid I loved that line when my dad played this in the car.

[@PinksHammer]

My favorite thing about this song is that John Fogerty wrote it for his kid.

[@cudwieser3952]

True. It's one of those happy nonsence songs you can just chill to and remember the innocent moments of times past. On a power with Yellow Submarine.

[@marvinisaacs63]

The line "Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?" is a reference to cooking heroin before shooting up. Still think it is a song for his kid?

[@PinksHammer]

@@marvinisaacs63 he said it himself in an interview.

[@cudwieser3952]

@@PinksHammer Ditto. Add to that CCR has no history of drug use. Many a band at the time certainly had stories to tell, but no one from CCR has ever cited a past using anything stronger than beer.

[@bostonvair]

Aaron Hislop is right. People often mistakenly think the bizarre imagery in this song is drug-related, but it was written for his son Josh who was 3 at the time. Taken in that light, it makes a lot more sense. Fogerty was describing things to his son that he was seeing outside in the back yard to cheer him up.

[@lovinmytunes05]

My dad had a sheet music stand and sheet music that he would set up at the foot of his bed, and play guitar while singing this song. When we went to my sister's Christmas choral concert in '95, there was a sing-a-long and people around us were enamored by his singing. He passed 6 months afterwards. Love you, dad.

[@greg20711]

Do you request songs from Jamel?

[@wheresatari668]

That is a fantastic memory, my friend. Good times:D

[@EJSmith-dk3yg]

You will always have those great memories of him, with you. May he R.I.P.

[@lovinmytunes05]

Lots of love to you all. Stay safe

[@lovinmytunes05]

@warren3427 thank you for reaching out. Stay safe and healthy

[@JoeD0403]

These reactions are always so positive. What a personality. If you’re reading this and not subscribed.. why not? This is the place to get cheered up, and the music choices are outstanding 👍

[@gps9715]

I don't say stuff like this often. But Jamel is a special guy. He's just a good human. Seems rare these days, but at least he can inspire us here on YT.

[@tammybrennan2040]

Galen Solomon it’s great listening to awesome music especially during crazy times 👍

[@otisdylan9532]

Amen.

[@ellamills4323]

He just makes me smile!

[@gregorybeavins738]

Jamel, the line,”look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn”always gets to me😀

[@Hobodeluxe960]

tambourines and elephants are playing in the band, won't you take a ride on a FLYING SPOON?

[@ToofKilla]

Doo doo doo.

[@jocgo]

Fir a long time I thought the lyric was Happy Preachers dancing on the lawn. Be a lot funnier.

[@paulcrafft1250]

@@jocgo I could swear his lips were synced to "preachers", too. Look again . . .

[@sallybannister6224]

Please God. We can have those days back soon. 🙏🏻🙏🏾, laughing with friends hanging out. Listening to great music. Without having to wear a face nappy (diaper to you guys across the pond!!) 😷Thanks to Jamel, at least we still have him and his great music and joy spreading! 💕❤️

[@suekundrath6532]

This song reminds me of my late dad, who passed away in 2012. He always loved this song!! 😢

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Yeah, my dad loved this one too, and I remember us listening to it together on the radio and him telling me what a great song it was .. Great memory.

[@kellykruger6098]

If every neighborhood had a neighbor like you the world would be in a much better place thank you for being you

[@tonyt550]

My son (15 years old)and I got to see The White stripes in Atlanta in 2009 ...front row seats .It was his first concert.The next day had front row seats for John Fogerty .Raining like crazy.. outdoor concert Fogerty comes out and starts singing "Someone told long ago,theres a calm before the storm...The crowd went crazy !!! Fogerty leaves the stage after like 1 1/2 or 2 hours 20 minute break and Tom Petty comes out for 2 hours .. My son got to be 15 feet fom Jack White ,John Fogerty and Tom Petty ...Life is great !!!

[@steelergirl9197]

And your son has the memories for a lifetime! So cool, love it.

[@tcanfield]

Saw John’s band a few years ago on TV and was impressed with how he’s still going strong. His son is a force to be reckoned with too, up there sharing the stage with him - the young man is fantastic on the guitar !

[@kbusby4824]

John Fogerty still sounds great today. His children are following in his footsteps, all great musicians. He is a national treasure.

[@rickknox1118]

I think it was inspired by him coming off the road in time for his kid's birthday party.

[@Calinicus72]

You would think it’s about an acid trip. Watch Mr. Video’s reaction to this song.

[@ronnywestberry9503]

yea he said he was on the porch and watching the kids play and all the different toys on the lawn

[@gizzy2403]

I think he was hallucinating on th back porch, @ least thats what I've always heard

[@trevorhaskell2976]

sounds more like a heroin binge locking the front door and taking a ride on the flying spoon and then imagining everything he’s talking about

[@frankie-3598]

You really seem to look at the music through the same lense as a lot of us did back in the day.

[@JaneDoe-nr5bx]

This is one of my favorite songs. Such a happy feel. ♥️

[@bunnybachman]

I love the part "listening to Buck Owens".

[@JStarStar00]

On your dime-store Victrola.

[@samantharowan2956]

I wonder how many people have even heard of Buck Owens? I grew up listening to him and watching him on Hee Haw

[@wolfpack9958]

The Bakersfield beat!!!

[@Lafever1883]

@@samantharowan2956 Being from Tennessee I will always remember Buck pickin and grinning with Roy Clark and having a big ole time on Hee Haw. Also my Granny loved playing Streets Of Bakersfield all the time.

[@rk3689]

Takes me back to being a kid watching Hee Haw with my folks. Those were good times.

[@joannaflanagan2006]

Such a great song. I’ve loved CCR since my dad introduced me to their music when I was a kid (in the 80’s). But also this song now always makes me think of The Big Lebowski.

[@amyheltonwalker]

His voice is just awesome!

[@claudiosanchez6310]

Green River by them!

[@PizzardofWoz152]

Man, what a great feel good song, nothing but smiles!

[@Fairygrl_TW]

They were my style, that laid back jam session style of music. Outdoor concerts sittin on a blanket in a field just jammin away. Thanks for the memories...Peace

[@WhodatLucy]

My parents loved CCR proud mary to jitterbug to of all things.. every time I hear that song I kinda get teary eyed.. parents from 40’s era jitterbugging to rock roll song ha

[@gabrieldoria2365]

Listen to this band before every patrol with my team at our gun truck. God I miss them boys. I would be smiling just like them too

[@carollandrum9223]

I can't tell you how many times I skated to this song at Greenbriar Skating Rink in Atlanta! This was one of the most popular songs of the time and was great to skate to.

[@skiking226USA]

John Forgerty at the time of this song had a 4 year old, asked his son to use his imagination and tell daddy what he saw on the lawn. And there you have it,

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Just playing guitar and watching my kid dance.

[@webbergj]

My mom was a teenager in the 70s and had this song on 45. She got home from school one day and found my grandpa, a gruff WWII vet, listening to her record in the living room tapping his feet to the music. Good tunes know no generational bounds.

[@827dusty]

This song was for his son I think. He sings about "Looking out his backdoor," and seeing all of the lawn ornaments and pottery animals and Lawn Nomes etc. That must have been some Back yard! I'm sure he had plenty of money from all of his record sales, to be able to make a nice place for his family.

[@Mikey-1990]

I've heard that it was for his son too. John himself said many times thet never did any drugs, and this song is often mistakenly seen as a song about being high.

[@susankeller4170]

This is one of my favorite “Happy Songs”!😊

[@basinstreetdesign5206]

I've been there. For a while I lived in a rooming house populated with amateur musicians. After a while in Dave's room, jammin' with 3 guitars and a banjo, everybody spontaneously stood up, and without a word moved to the front porch and sang John Denvers' Thank God I'm a Country Boy at the top of our lungs. Half the neighbourhood must have heard us.

[@deniloubert5348]

those sound like good times. I have done my share of porch singing and nothing beats it.

[@reeferman42078]

These fellers were LIT in this video!!! Especially that drummer haha this is one of my top all time faves

[@Ralf09]

Dang, love this song. Thanx Jamal

[@stevewalsh4850]

Sir, you make my day every day, I would love to hang with you and spin some albums from my youth in the 60’s and 70’s

[@ToofKilla]

One of my all time favorite songs.

[@dennett73mk]

This song dates back to the 70's, and I remember driving around singing along and feeling so happy. Such a upbeat, joyful number. Even older folks who weren't really into this style of music couldn't help but smiling and swinging to the beat. Awesome!

[@sailor213100]

Those smiles turned into all out war in about 5 or so years after.

[@ParkerAllen2]

True and it's such a shame because there's such a great vibe in so much of their music and in the image they created. Too bad whatever feeling of comradery they may have had early on didn't last.

[@jackndew2]

The internal turmoil in the band was well covered up for most of the early days..... until it wasn't. Older brother Tom's jealousy for John's talent and leadership tore their own relationship apart and ultimately destroyed the band. Even on his death bed, Tom couldn't bring himself to reconcile with his own brother. A very sad sad story indeed.

[@sailor213100]

@@jackndew2 True, but it was the manager Vance I think that took a lot of money, band liked it but not John, and war was everyone piled onto John, even Tom.

[@jackndew2]

@@sailor213100 You're right about Fantasy Record executive Saul Zaentz cheating the band out of their royalty rights. Through a couple of books and a slew of interviews I've read, it came out that Tom had a hand in the coercion, making secret deals behind everyone's back with Zaentz. John is said to have confronted Tom before he died about it and Tom admitted doing the band wrong, but never apologized. To me that's the worst part. But there are a lot of other details that come into play which would make this post longer that it is. But he truth is out there for anyone to take the time to research. It sounds as if you have already started... thanks for your comment.

[@ronaldwilliams3182]

@@jackndew2 wow what are you serious Tom was that scandalous I didn't think it was that serious I mean wow that's a shame family should always come first

[@hellokimmy68]

I was a little kid when this song came out - only about two years old. But I remember dancing around, singing the chorus. My uncle loved CCR and played them all the time. I'd stand at the screen door looking out as I sang and danced. This is just the happiest song and brings back such incredible memories of innocence in childhood.

[@PJ_2761]

Wow,you just brought back great childhood memories,love listening to this album in my living room as a kid. My favorite song on that album is, sweet hitchhiker, you'll love it 😀

[@kathy-t5q]

Same

[@charliecochran3035]

Nobody has ever made more friendly, inviting songs than CCR. Up Around the Bend and Green River are my two favorites.

[@starman2337]

"This don't look like work." That ain't working', that's the way you do it. Money for nothin' and your chicks for free.

[@TracyfromNC]

Great reference

[@erikolson4056]

They just installed microwave ovens. Custom kitchens.....Deliveryyyyyyyyyy

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@erikolson4056 The most Creedence-sounding Straits song ever!

[@kathleenrobertson5182]

So many summer nights spent around the fire, listening to CCR. Great memories! Thank you for the reminder.

[@robertcherman]

One of the earliest songs in my memory, heard this a lot when I was a kid.

[@LizAnne1980]

Saw them in concert. So much fun! Everyone sang along. PS I didn’t realize before how this does sound like Buck Owen’ guitar.

[@tmr626]

Other notable CCR songs for you newbies are: 1) Proud Mary 2) Green River 3) Run Through The Jungle 4) Who'll Stop The Rain (Great song!).

[@thomasmcintosh390]

Fun song. A sort of tribute to Buck Owens. A fine Country artist and proponent of what became known as the "Bakersfield Sound".

[@switchflow5405]

CCR "Long as i can see the light" & "Wrote a song for everyone" Great reaction 😎✌

[@sandie13rez]

Today is my 69th b-day & this song, along with other CCR songs, brings back so many great memories. I'm still young at heart & Love this channel!! Thank you for the cool tunes & reactions Jamel!! You're such a cool & smooth dude.

[@beckydrogowski7479]

Great reaction Jamal! Staying in the CCR lane, I'd love to see you check out, "Long As I Can See The Light" and "Someday Never Comes". Two great, underrated tracks from CCR. Lots of deep meaning to the lyrics! Deep cuts they used to call them, off past albums, from decades ago.

[@Dulcimerist]

"Pagan Baby" and "Effigy" as well!

[@CuzKatieSaysSo]

Dang! I bet it's been a decade since I heard this. This was fun. Thanks, Jamel!

[@ginahollingsworth5907]

As a kid who grew up watching Hee Haw, my favorite part is "listening to Buck Owens". ❤

[@kellylaflash1016]

Me too 🙂

[@missymurphy9996]

Me too!

[@Excitable67]

One of my favorite songs from when I was a kid. Such a fun song!

[@supasoulproductions]

Long As I Can See the Light, Travelin' Band, Run Through the Jungle, Commotion, Up Around the Bend... You still got plenty of great Creedence on tap, Jamel. And, in particular, there is one Fogerty solo song called 'Zanz Can't Dance' that you will probably want to research before you hear it. It's all about John's feelings regarding former manager/record Exec Saul Zaentz.(sample lyric: 'Zanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money. Watch him or he'll rob you blind.') Enjoying it, keep 'em coming!

[@MichaelTScott-wb4di]

Run Through the Jungle... Just fantastically gritty.

[@amandawilliams5219]

I just found your channel. Your willingness to listen to any kind of music and give your honest reaction is so refreshing. And wonderful!! I've been binge watching your videos and liking every.single.one.

[@otisdylan9532]

As many CCR songs as you've reacted to, there are still some great ones left to do. "Proud Mary", "Who'll Stop the Rain", "Up Around the Bend", and "Green River" are all among CCR's best songs.

[@jenniferday1967]

grew up listening to this with my folks. Still a song and band my father loves.

[@ZacCostilla]

Jamel, as soon as they hit the first break, and you was like “what are they doing”, I thought to myself “wait u til the slow down!” Too bad the band didn’t stay this happy. The rhythm guitarist was Tom Folgerty, John (the singer and lead guitarist’s) brother. The fighting got so bad they wouldn’t talk to each other and didn’t get to reconcile before Tom died.

[@AliciaMoore-Morada]

One of my favorites. When my brother and I would be doing homework and this song would come on, we'd run out to our front porch with the radio and dance. Good memories!

[@jackgilchrist]

John Fogerty (the singer) has a KZbin channel, and he's still hanging with friends and family and jamming.

[@lrsrosebud]

Yep, discovered it when I was furloughed last spring. Made being off work for two months bearable...some great videos and jam sessions!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@lrsrosebud Fogerty's daughter was a hoot on the drums for "Tombstone Shadow"!

[@leslieryan6300]

great song. I always think of the Big Lebowski movie when i hear this song

[@Dulcimerist]

The Dude abides!

[@deborahcornell171]

Still waiting for you to do "Green River", one of their very best & most danceable. And I don't think you've done "Run Through the Jungle", important song during the Vietnam era.💙

[@dannytapp7259]

Another of my childhood favorites that I've never seen a video of , right on my man 🤘

[@sallyvandevoorde9575]

Good driving music

[@GeorgeBratcherIII]

I remember being 2 years old in 1970, a year before my brother was born, and I knew who "Buck Owens" was on Hee-Haw and hearing this song a lot. One of the earliest songs I can recall from my childhood. I can't help but remember Elizabethtoen, KY and living between farms with my Mom in her trailer on an acre of land between them & she had just married my step-Father the year before being a widow.

[@MichaelTScott-wb4di]

John Fogerty was/is this band. One if the great American songwriters and still sounds the same!

[@deniloubert5348]

Sitting around on a porch making music with a bunch of friends. You just can't beat that feeling. Most certainly something I am looking forward to doing again after this darn pandemic. This video so reminds me of a simpler life back in those days as I think I was around their same age at the time. We were all so young back then!

[@susancobb901]

Every CCR song makes you want to get up and dance and sing.

[@Lady_LC]

Soooo glad you did this one, one of my favourites from them. Can't help but feel joy listening to it 🥰

[@cindyloomis-torvi3396]

I’m from MI, grew up in a 90-100 yr old house we added onto. Worst thing about the house: no porch.

[@dorothyannford8448]

I just love your reaction channel. You truly appreciate all music. You have great energy!

[@tonyperez3920]

"Memories and Elephants are playing in the band.", they weren't all smiling when John left for a solo career that's for sure.

[@stephanietip]

I don't remember the first time hearing this song.Its been a long time.I freaking love it

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

That footage did look like a jam session...😁😁

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

That was the Creedence rehearsal spot on 1470 5th Street

[@elisabethbauer7427]

Since the 70s my favourite band and this is my good mood song letting me dancing and singing by doing the house chores ...

[@andrewptob]

You gotta watch the video of The Band playing Up on Cripple Creek at Big Pink

[@sherylhenley1931]

I loved the 70's music scene so much. So many singers/songwriters. Most everyone played at least one instrument. The crowd I hung out with fished, camped and sang together-about 20 of us. Two singer/songwriters in the group. Everyone knew and sang their songs, brought their instruments to play along. Had a repertoire of about 30 songs. Never tried to be published-just did it for the joy of it. I always brought my guitar and harmonica. Best present I ever got, they wrote a song about friendship for my birthday. Wonderful memories-sure miss those days and that creative atmosphere of joy.

[@bbb462cid]

Easily my fave CCR song!

[@MySherry10]

MY older brother had thier albums and my grandmother loved them .loved his voice and my favorite Have you Ever seen the Rain. and As Long as I can see the Light C-C-R is just talent

[@johnboydTx]

Great song😎💞✌

[@bryanbeck6673]

Cosmos Factory is top notch. I remember as a kid my dad playing that album over and over. Love this stuff!

[@RayHicks-uz3qj]

Id like to see a reaction to John Fogarty song Centerfield Ccr and opening week of baseball.

[@christelheadington1136]

Was just thinking, it's that time of year.

[@lisaannbarriner9633]

One of my favorite CCR songs since I was around 7 or 8.

[@bobk9572]

Born On The Bayou next!

[@donlowe105]

Every time I check out your stuff I've never heard something I didn't hear growing up as a kid, love the music

[@BeardOfRiker]

“I wouldn’t hold out much hope for the tape deck.” “Or the Credence.”

[@BrianMcGeary]

Nussing Lebowski, nussing.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Lebowski gets the doc's finger to this song!

[@severma22]

Oh so young they were. Hubby used to see them live back at the beginning,, bars, fairs, dives. Still love the music.

[@peteyn.y.7960]

Awesome song! ✌️

[@Sotto_]

AAAHHH! YES!!! Love this song. The lyrics are so humorous and amazing. Just a fun, wonderful trip without leaving your chair.

[@kateritter5765]

When this group fell apart, lots of lawsuits, bitterness and broken relationships. John was even sued by them for sounding too much like CCR. Ah, hello, he IS CCR.

[@johndee9719]

This will get blocked soon.

[@Otokichi786]

Yep, and no matter what, "Vanz Kant Danz," eh?

[@Wellch]

@@johndee9719 why? YT hate cCR?

[@hectorsmommy1717]

That is actually wrong. The publishing company, Fantasy Records, had the rights to all CCR songs. They sued him for plagiarism because they believed the music to "Old Man Down the Road" was the same as "Run Through the Jungle" so he infringed on their copyright. It had nothing to do with his sound but the music. John won but Fantasy refused to pay the court costs so John sued them for those. This latter suit went to the Supreme Court and John lost.

[@johndee9719]

@@Wellch Love CCR, the owners of CCR's music are aholes.

[@charleneoconnor2764]

This is a great, fun song! Love your reaction videos, and am so glad you are "learning" different kinds of music...it never gets old!

[@gordonclass1]

CCR, more #2 records than any other group. There was always another record out that kept them from #1. This song was one of them.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Hey, do you want one #1 or five #2?

[@Attercop47]

John Fogerty wrote , Lookin' Out My Backdoor , after watching his Daughter , playing with her Toys , in their Back Yard , Thanks for spreading Goodwill and every thing else that you do here on YT

[@madmann5373]

Due to covid,all I can do is look out my back door.🇨🇦😷

[@ptournas]

Such a great band! They had such a classic rock sound. Clean, simple and powerful. Lots of energy and excellent songwriting.

[@JohnDingus_16]

All their songs are hits, shame they didnt last long tho

[@JohnSmith-be4if]

My all time favorite CCR song, just a happy little foot tappin' ditty.

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

I thought he dropped acid and was tripping on imaginary crazy stuff in his backyard! Lol

[@ottopartz1]

I always heard that it was magic mushrooms.

[@cindyknudson2715]

Neither. People don't require drugs to have an imagination. 🙂

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

@@cindyknudson2715 Nobody said you had to do drugs to have an imagination. But, at this time psychedelic drugs were common and the images described might be the crazy type things you would see on these drugs. So, keep your self righteous condescension to yourself.

[@kerryknight228]

That’s what I was doing back then..😎

[@iainherridge6253]

@@cindyknudson2715you're a prude!

[@hauhuynh6666]

My dad was a huge fan of CCR. I missed him so so much especially when I hear the song “Someday never comes” by this band. If you have more time, please check it out. You’ll love it!

[@mattsalamone8215]

He wrote it for his kid and was influenced by Dr. SUESS book "And to Think It Happenes on Mulberry Street". Too bad the book went out of print due to "Karen Culture".

[@gotham61]

A. The book is called And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street B. What in the hell is Karen Culture? This has nothing to do with white women who like to call the cops on people of color who are just doing normal things. Maybe you meant to say Cancel Culture.

[@vinnygi]

What @gotham61 said. Also, the Dr. Seuss estate themselves pulled the book themselves. There was no protest that led them to do it, or government pressure, they decided that they weren’t comfortable with the racial stereotypes in the books that they dropped.

[@cindyknudson2715]

It's a wonderful book. Imagination.

[@keeramitrokli5486]

Fantastic band with so many great songs and what a voice!

[@janethernandez724]

One of my favorite CCR songs from the CCR, excellent choice for a reaction! Peace! ✌☮