CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - The Midnight Special | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

[@rubroken]

Whatever their singing about, whether it's the bayou, the graveyard train, or prison life, you feel it

[@pommie5093]

One of my favorite CCR tunes, although it is hard to rate them. Brilliant band, John Fogerty is a fricking genius.

[@Noelle0026]

CCR is just plain gold! Love them ❤

[@ptournas]

Interesting side note: The song was a traditional song first recorded in 1929 and becoming more popular with Leadbelly's 1934 and 1936 recordings. In February of 1962 Harry Belafonte released an album called the "Midnight Special"and he hired a relatively unknown musician to play harmonica on the title track, named Bob Dylan. A month after the release of Belafonte's recording, Dylan's first album was released, although the recording of him with Belafonte took place in February of 1961and recording for his own album began in November of 1961. The version from the Belafonte album might be good for a reaction!

[@randyhodges8782]

That grin. Love you, man. CCR forever!🤘

[@cnatview]

You have such an old soul, Shawn. So wish you could have ridden the train along with us old, 60's folks when this music was a part of our daily lives. I am happy that you are finding it now, but it sure would have been fun. Take care and be well. Peace.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Love it! ❤️

[@kallsop2]

One of those songs evervyone sings the chorus at a party. Just a good fun song from my youth.

[@alchemy-oi8xf]

Yes, Shawn, you are definitely gonna be missed! Your reactions are as genuine and heart-felt as CCR's music. And I do agree with you--Creedence put some old school gospel "revival" sound into this one.

[@darlanilsen879]

My favorite CCR song! Thank You!

[@EarthWalker2023]

Absolutely 💯 🔥

[@NigelIncubatorJones]

When CCR did a cover, it was always either as good as, or better than, the original. But when other artists cover CCR songs, they are never as good as CCR's version.

[@miconis123]

As for people covering CCR, Tina Turner knocked Proud Mary out of the part.

[@NigelIncubatorJones]

@@miconis123 That's my canonical example of doing a worse job. Her version is certainly _not_ better than the original. It's good enough on its own for what it is, but her version completely misinterprets the vibe of the song.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Dang man, this was a great reaction to a great song. This always fires me up for some reason. It just knows what it's about man that shows you how to go about your business.

[@shirleybhs9zd6li5i]

Love John Fogerty's voice because it is one of kind & totally organic. They are one of my favorite bands of all time. For me anything they do is golden. Thanks for this pick and reaction. Blessings all.

[@randyhodges8782]

Never heard it before and by the end you're singing along. Yes.

[@pattymckitrick7436]

❤❤yessss, CCR ! I've loved them my whole life. Listened to them as a little kid😊😊

[@steverusso177]

Midnight Special was a train. Later of course a TV music show.

[@miconis123]

The two speed changes feel like a tease

[@sixbladeknife44]

John Fogerty is not only a musical genius/icon, but also a great historian of American music. His autobiography is proof of that, well worth reading.

[@KJ-4321]

Excellent Shawn….. excellent! As ALWAYS! 😀

[@LeciaPurks]

Probably my favorite CCR song. Great reaction

[@dalenikolitch4627]

One of my Favs by CCR😊

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 this is my favorite ccr song.

[@RobGabany1976]

It was my understanding Midnight Special was a train.

[@sheri4539]

My Favorite CCR song. Thank you for this, what a great way to start my day!

[@jodyjackson5475]

Soooo good 😊

[@TheMartins-m2h]

Shawn you have a good musical ear, love your reaction to great musical icons.

[@intothesunset3]

♥♥♥

[@pablomazzeo8540]

great song this one

[@keymack2477]

They never disappoint!! What is amazing is that is the greatest band of all time to never have a number one hit!! To me that says a lot about how much great music there was in the late 60's and early 70's, more than any disrespect to CCR!!

[@JerseyBA62]

its amazing c.c.r. had so many hits n theyre never mentioned with the other top bands.if i remember right.read once that they had more #2 hits than anyone else.they were always missing out #1 by the stones,beatles,etc.coming out with singles at the same time..

[@debsandz]

💜CCR. Great reaction!

[@bjw0515]

CCR did some great covers of songs! Not a bad song in the bunch of them. Thank you for all your reactions, much appreciated.

[@ellendawson691]

Deep dive with "The Circle Will Be Unbroken" by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

[@stevedotwood]

"Gloomy", "Walk On The Water", "The Penthouse Pauper" - often forgotten deep cuts by CCR in my opinion sound even better than their most popular songs which are all over the reactors community. The first two are a bit psychedelic, but still huge CCR vibes. The last one is a blues and has the best lead guitar ad libs I ever heard by Fogerty.

[@sixbladeknife44]

“Sinister Purpose” is another great deep cut.

[@stevedotwood]

@@sixbladeknife44 Absolutely

[@plantfeeder6677]

Shine your ever loving light on us Shawn and checkout Presence of the Lord by Blind Faith...studio version🙏

[@Nyxi_Nyx]

For two of their fastest songs, check out Travelin' Band and It Came Out of the Sky.

[@leticiaserna2924]

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU is another great song by CCR.

[@librarylady13]

LOVE this song!

[@bluesrock1]

This is a traditional arrangement of an old Folk/Blues prison song from the 30s or 40s.

[@kathyrizzi8754]

Love CCR for a loooong time. They were popular their whole career, it’s that sound!👍👏👏👏💙

[@PinkAndGoldGlitter88]

Glad to hear you like CCR. One of their songs you might want to react to is "Keep On Chooglin". Great song. One of my favorites.

[@sharonpate5481]

CCR rules! Every song is 🔥 💙👵🏼☮️

[@csedrivers2850]

This song is such a jam. 😎

[@Code9]

I heard this song sung by a guy in a coffee house several years before CCR recorded it. As I recall, no one knows who wrote it. It goes way back to sometime in the early 1900s. The story is based on the legend of some prison in Texas. Supposedly the prison was close to the tracks of a railroad called the Midnight Special. If the light from the train happened to shine through a prison window onto one of the prisoners as it was coming round the bend, it was a portent that lucky prisoner would soon be set free.

[@JerseyBA62]

should check out anything from john fogertys solo record called centerfield

[@Jonathan-d1b3g]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 OK you guys ,correct me if I'm wrong but I think that the song was used in the Twilight zone movie back in the day

[@davidmooney2512]

Main song on the movie a Twilight Zone the opening watch it, great movie

[@gordonrussell7137]

Written by prisoners, "LET the midnight special shine the light on me." They believed that if the light of this late train coming from Huston hit them, they would soon be free.

[@bobbyj5375]

Suggest..."Just between you and me" Lou Gramm....."Wonder where the lions are" by Bruce Cockburn...."The way I feel" by Robert Plant...."Back on the chain gang" by Pretenders

[@kualua6612]

“You want to see something really scary?!”

[@stanleynykaza9042]

More CCR Please do UP AROUND THE BEND ! next ..... The midnight Special by Leadbelly'

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Shawn - you might consider doing a 1st Time Movie Reaction channel, as I recall you said you were 'movie illiterate' so-to-speak. This cover ALWAYS makes me think of the opening scene to a fun little horror flick called TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (1983) - catch it if you can. Yeah this is an old oldie (LOL) and references a night train and headlight shining thru the cell window of a jail.

[@richardlaw2345]

A Train