First Time Watching Creedence Clearwater Revival "Fortunate Son"

[@coreydean6540]

This song came out in 1969. Only the middle class and poor fight in wars, the upper class have the fortunate sons.

[@sabina1118]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@markallen4637]

That was the case until they abolished the college exemptions which was in the last years of the war.

[@mbsnyderc]

No the upper classes go in as officers.

[@Cedarlick]

​@@mbsnydercOfficers weren't generally drafted, and an upper class kid had a much better chance of finding an exemption, for example hiring a doctor to find bone spurs.

[@norwolf4765]

You have that right, most of my friends were drafted to Viet Nam!

[@gregleblanc9357]

Go ahead down that Rabbit hole. They have a TON of Huge hits. "Have you ever seen the rain", "Born on the Bayou". "Bad Moon Rising", "Up around the bend", "Suzie-Q", "Who'll Stop the Rain", "Run through the Jungle", "Cotton Fields". "The Midnight Special", the list goes on and on. All of those mentioned are all really amazing tunes. Just do it!! I Insist!!!

[@darthmal]

Don't forget my favorite - "Green River."

[@gregleblanc9357]

@@darthmal my bad. Another excellent hit for sure

[@sgtcrab2569]

As a vietnam era vet (65-68 MPC E 5 Sgt) This was an anthem!

[@patpeacock8150]

The song is about poor boys going to Vietnam and rich and senators son staying home.

[@helloweener2007]

They had bone spurs!

[@Dreyno]

⁠@@helloweener2007The best bone spurs.

[@Bacopa68]

One of the Senator's Sons referred to in this song was Al Gore Jr. But at least Al Gore enlisted before the song came out and his daddy was at least an opponent of the war.

[@patpeacock8150]

@@Bacopa68 people like bonespure trump

[@TerryFlynn-sd1ho]

I'm 66 and a musician and Fortunate Son was my Favorite CCR Tune. Great Vocals!

[@M_ondo]

CCR is an iconic band. John Fogerty is one of the greatest singers ever. I've been a huge fan since the start in 68. Many very good songs. Around the Bend, Travelin Band, Born on the Bayou, Proud Mary , Bad Moon Rising and more. John is still performing at this moment. Best of success with yr channel.

[@dlmullins9054]

I grew up listening to CCR. They were always under-rated back then but were my favorite band back in the sixties and seventies, when this was made... Still are. Thanks.. subscribed.

[@edwardhubschman3610]

You’ve just reacted to one of the greatest American rock bands in history. Dominated the charts at the end of the 60’s into the early 70’s. Broke up about ‘74. Lead singer, lead guitarist and songwriter, John Fogarty, rock royalty to say the least, has been a solo act since. The band’s and his solo catalogues are vast and epic. You must leap down their rabbit holes!

[@sabina1118]

Thanks for your comment! I get why they have made such a mark!

[@swinetrek]

Were together as CCR from '68 to 72 but had been together since 1959 in junior high school. It's FOGERTY not Fogarty.

[@kurtschulten5369]

The group sucks out loud and John Fogarty is a total phony. Even his own brother and former band member hates his guts.

[@dagmar.6954]

Great song! CCR has always been one of my favorites. John Fogerty has one of the most unique & recognizable voices around. They don't have a bad song! Huge list of hits! "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", "Proud Mary", "I Put A Spell On You", "Born On The Bayou", "Green River", "Have You Ever Seen The Rain", "Down On The Corner", "The Midnight Special", "Susie Q", "Travelin' Band", "Run Through The Jungle", "Sweet Hitchhiker", "Bad Moon Rising" etc.

[@jmweed1861]

CCR is Considered one of the Greatest American Rock Groups in History. Even though were all from Berkley, California they played Southern Blues... You can noy go wrong with Any CCR song. Susie Q, I Put a Spell On You, Porterville, Proud Mary, Born on a Bayou, Bad Moon Rising, Lodi, Green River, Commotion, Tombstone Shadow, Down on the Courner, Fortunate Son, Cotton Fields, Midnight Special, I Heard it Though the Grapevine, Looking Out My Backdoor, Who'll Stop the Rain, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Run Though the Jungle, Up Around the Bend, It Came Out of the Sky, Long as I Can See the Light, Some Day Never Comes, Sweet Hitchhiker, .......Cross Tie Walker, Ramble Tamble, and so many more. STILL Have All my CCR Albums, 8 track tapes, and 45s i bought in the 60s and 70s if CCR (Creedance Clearwater Revival, Bayou Country, Green River, Willie and the Poorboys, Cosmos Factory, Pendulum, Marti Grass)

[@smithpauld1501]

An anthem from my college years

[@rantman4521]

They have so many great songs. The ones that have stayed with me over the years are Born On The Bayou and Green River.

[@axandio]

Down to earth and wonderful Sabina, youthful spirit discovering the greats of yesteryear and realizing how relevant today even.

[@Festvangelist]

So many great songs from CCR in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Born on the Bayou. Proud Mary, Heard it Through the Grapevine, I Put a Spell on You, Run Through the Jungle, Green River on and on.

[@wilfriedmatusch9293]

Classic as an Australian Vietnam Veteran this song is part big the Vietnam soundtrack of my life

[@jeffreybennett8893]

Rabbit Hole.

[@williamlovett619]

An awesome band

[@kurtschulten5369]

They have always sucked out loud.

[@timofeegraaay8165]

I am old quite frankly but had three older brothers and one younger than me. The three older were draft age for the war in Vietnam in the late 60’s and early 70’s. This song and many others by American bands of the time were protests against that non win war that cost the souls of over 58,000 Americans and believe it ruined the lives of many who survived and came back. That included one of my brothers. CCR is a very good band out of the Bay Area of California near San Francisco and Oakland/Alemeda but they also had a really good ability to create songs that are strongly influenced and inspired by the Deep South of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Memphis, Tennessee sound. The Beatles are really just in a stratosphere of their own, perhaps no band will ever accomplish what those four guys from Liverpool did. Try Bad Moon Rising by CCR, a big favorite of many who serve in Nam. God rest their souls for those departed and look over those still with us. Many still wake up in the middle of the night sweating and in a panic 😱 because of what they witnessed there and did there. My brother was US Army infantry officer who then moved to Air Cavalry. War is a terrible thing and it just never leaves one, it can only be dealt with.

[@eisikater1584]

I live in Bavaria, Southern Germany, Bavaria being a very conservative and religious state (Catholics prevail), and yet as young people, we were free as free can be. I first heard this song in the mid-1980s when a friend copied me a cassette and I immediately loved it. Two or three years later, I stumbled over the record "Willy and the Poor Boys" at a record store, remembered CCR and simply HAD TO buy it, and "Down on the Corner" became my favorite song for a while. Over the years, I had almost forgotten them, but today is my lucky day because KZbin made me stumble upon you and your channel. Thanks for awakening sweet memories, I'd give you a hug if I could. Hope you're doing fine.

[@brianboye8025]

Talk about gripping the listeners with the first chords. And that video is a heartwarming time capsule. I love us.

[@richardphelps2289]

There is a lot of music from this era. Used in advertising a lot of times to appeal to baby boomers who grew up in this era. It reminds me of my youth. Not long ago I was puttering around in my garage. I still have my old stereo system. It's a Marantz and yeah it still rocks. My grandson wandered in from the pool and said Papa play one of those big CD's. He was talking about my album collection. So I grabbed one out of the middle. It was Mountain the Flowers of Evil album. I looked to see what I picked and thought to myself yeah that will do. I picked out one of my favorites from that record and played the song Mississippi Queen. I cranked up the volume just because. As soon as the song started his jaw dropped and he screamed in delight "YOU'VE GOT THE BEER SONG". Apparently it was used in a beer commercial. From now on we call it the Beer Song. Just like you hear CCR and a lot of other groups from that era just shows how great music and musicians were then. There are a lot of great rabbit holes to explore.

[@billweedmark6915]

I'm remember listening to it when I was in country and it really resonated with us out in the fire bases.

[@dedcowbowee]

Great reaction, I love this band!💗

[@sabina1118]

Thanks 😃🫶

[@snowcrest7863]

I’m going to see John Fogerty (CCR) at Red Rocks Amphitheater, Colorado, USA August 26th, 2024. 50+ years later and he still sounds excellent!

[@donstand2195]

CCR Tombstone shadow is one of my favorite songs ever

[@TheCabIe]

I remember hearing something about Creedence Clearwater Revival and for many years, for some reason, I thought it was a name of some music festival. Then I slowly realized it was a band and that I indirectly knew like 5 or more of their songs throughout my life without being able to say the name for any of them. Just an extremely influential band with insane amount of catchy songs.

[@richbrown5209]

Ive heard that hundreds of times Just now understood what he was saying thanks

[@mcbeezee2120]

Tumultuous times when this came out, but nothing compared to what we're going through now.

[@jonboy700]

Its the lyrics that put the icing on the cake to this. It has a powerful message written at the perfect time.

[@williamcabell142]

That’s one of the best Vietnam War songs of all time! 🙏✝️❤️🇺🇸

[@love-vy1ry]

The best anti war song in common, still......

[@haplogan]

Best use of this band's music, is "Bad Moon Rising" in the film "An American Werewolf in London"

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

Wondering what cry would follow if they would change it like this; a British werewolf in Los Angeles or in New York?

[@gromester1092]

Can’t spell classic rock without CCR! 🤘

[@kurtschulten5369]

Don't you mean country western?

[@gromester1092]

@@kurtschulten5369 Classic Rock is an umbrella term that encompasses many rock genres like hard rock, progressive rock, southern rock and many other forms of rock from the 60s, 70s, and 80s

[@kurtschulten5369]

@@gromester1092 Thanks for the unnecessary lesson in music genres that didn't address my comment. Btw, I was there in the beginning. How about you, pup?

[@gromester1092]

@@kurtschulten5369 But you were wrong. CCR is Southern Rock and NOT country western. Country western are artist like Hank Williams, Conway Twitty, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood. Seems like you NEEDED the lesson. I WAS ALSO there in the beginning! You just made an a** out of yourself by assuming my age! You think you’re the ONLY old person in the world?

[@kurtschulten5369]

@@gromester1092 As per a previous comment of mine on this thread, the members of CCR were all from the California Bay Area and they admittedly used fake country accents on their recordings and during their interviews. They are complete phonies and you should be ashamed to include them under the rock 'umbrella'. Additionally, their songs are currently played on country/western stations just as much as classic rock. Do you really want to pull on that thread, you sour old fart?

[@williamvandusen2115]

CCR baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! many songs 60s early 70s very bayou sounding but they were from Cali waco man but they rock the issues of fthe time

[@sabina1118]

🙌🤩

[@kevindohn6776]

C.C.R. have so many great classic songs, I would guess you've heard some of them. Their simple straight ahead bluesy rocky sound have made many of their songs standard repertoire for bar bands from the 60's all the way up to the present.

[@goodehands5388]

Now you've entered into my world!! 🌹

[@dedcowbowee]

I grew up loving all of their songs, singer/guitarist/songwriter of the group John Fogerty is still touring! You should check out "Born On The Bayou"! Please!!!🙏

[@ericzeichert511]

In 1969 we still had a military draft, and theoretically anyone could get an expense paid trip to Viet Nam. However if you had money and/or influence you could find a way out of combat. Then, when these poor "un"fortunate sons got back from not volunteering, many were spat upon and called baby killers. Some things change, and some things remain the same.

[@RogerCaruso-dp6zp]

This brings back so many memories. I still have my Draft card almost went to Vietnam. The ones that I knew who went either came back in a body bag or came back missing limbs. And the rest got treated like you know what. For those who serve thank you and God bless🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@pebblehilllane]

The Biggest Band in America in 2024 is … Creedence Clearwater Revival - CCR are huger than ever right now, without anyone really noticing. What we choogle about when we choogle about Creedence -- By Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone / Yahoo | August 1969 was a very Creedence month. But so were most months back then. Creedence Clearwater Revival, the most popular band in America, were riding the hot streak of all hot streaks, cranking out swamp-rock classics at a crazy pace. John Fogerty and his Northern California crew released their masterpiece Green River in the first week of August, a few months after their masterpiece Bayou Country and a couple of months before their October masterpiece Willy and the Poor Boys. Their Top 40 hits that year: “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Fortunate Son,” “Down on the Corner,” and the ultimate summer guitar choogle, “Green River.” CCR banged out five of the all-time greatest rock & roll albums in under two years: Bayou, Green River, Willy in 1969, Cosmo’s Factory and Pendulum in 1970. So it totally makes sense that Creedence were America’s biggest band in the summer of ’69. The weird part is that Creedence are also America’s biggest band in the summer of ’24. CCR are the most awesomely bizarre case of a classic band that’s bigger than ever right now, without anyone really noticing. But their greatest-hits collection Chronicle is riding high on the Billboard 200 every week, always somewhere in the thirties or forties. It’s currently Number 39, right ahead of the new Ariana Grande album. It’s higher than anything by the Beatles or the Stones or Zeppelin or Queen. It’s crazy because there’s no star power involved, no cult of personality, no Freddie Mercury, no Stevie/Lindsey, no backstory or drama or charisma, no biopic or TV placement, and God knows no sex appeal. Just four anonymous flannel dudes and a bunch of perfect guitar songs about rivers. Of all the “classic rockers who stay famous forever” stories, this is the one where there’s nothing but the songs. Of all the fans who bought/streamed/whatevered Chronicle this week, I doubt half could give the leader’s name, or tell you a thing about him. But only a hardcore fan could name the other three. Anyone who can tell Stu Cook from Doug Clifford probably is Stu Cook or Doug Clifford. You couldn’t pick any of these dudes out of a police lineup. There’s no hero worship, no narrative, no stars. There’s no love story, no death story. Only the songs. ---- Thanks to its placement in umpteen Vietnam War movies, Creedence Clearwater’s populist anti-war anthem “Fortunate Son” is already attached to lots of iconic imagery. But the song, originally from Creedence’s 1969 album Willy And The Poor Boys, has never had a music video until today. In honor of CCR’s founding 50 years ago, the band has commissioned an official “Fortunate Son” video by director Ben Fee, who helmed the War On Drugs’ memorable “Nothing To Find” video last year and has also worked with Band Of Horses and Aesop Rock. For “Fortunate Son,” Fee traveled the United States from coast to coast spotlighting the diversity of the “99%.” The song’s pivotal phrase, “It ain’t me,” comes up a lot. (The band is promoting the video with the hashtag #ITAINTME, which I keep reading as “I Taint Me,” for what it’s worth.)

[@JohnLedger-g4i]

CCR were highly politicised band. A lot of their music references the Vietnam war. I believe it was used in Apocalypse Now. The soldiers In Vietnam loved them - the officers tried to ban it !!!! John Fogerty, the lead singer, still tours. There’s a great collaboration with Springsteen. Any CCR is brilliant Sabina !!! Get down that hole and get dirty !!!!!

[@NigelIncubatorJones]

Actually, only Fortunate Son really addresses the war, and it doesn't call Vietnam out explicitly, but is generally applicable across history. Fogerty even commented that "Run Through the Jungle" was about guns in the USA, not Vietnam. But the genius of his songwriting is that the listener can interpret them as they see fit.

[@charlescaruso5058]

Saw John with George Thorogood in Charleston, SC on June 4, 2024. Still awesome.

[@steve4562]

First time listener here. Love your authentic, joyous reaction to what is for my money the best American band ever. More! Lots of great suggestions in the comments here.

[@73ritchierich]

Don't worry about what people say,, you're on your own musical journey. Never to late to start experiencing new music no matter what decade. I enjoy your channel a lot . Much ❤ and take care 😎

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

Creedence Clearwater Revival was a hit machine in the late sixties and early seventies. "Fortunate Son" is their most political song, with "Run Through the Jungle" coming in second. CCR's sound was called "swamp rock." They sounded like they were from Louisiana, especially lead singer John Fogerty, but all the members of the band were from El Cerrito, California, just across the bay from San Francisco. The swamp rock sound was a stylistic choice. Other CCR hits you could react to: - Proud Mary - Bad Moon Rising - Green River - Down on the Corner - Who'll Stop the Rain - Up Around the Bend - Lookin' Out My Back Door - Have You Ever Seen the Rain - I Put a Spell on You - The Midnight Special - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Cotton Fields The last four in this list are covers.

[@ManuelGuajardo-zd7hx]

Hi sabi you looked exceptionally beautiful in this reaction. Much love Wintersun Alex USA ❄️😍❤️

[@sabina1118]

Thank you!

[@lynnjensen150]

Fortunate Son is very much a war protest song. Specifically the Vietnam War. The lyrics are basically about the Draft. The US Army didn't have enough recruits back then so they drafted young men to be soldiers. Every year they would have a lottery. Each day of the year was given a lottery number. If your 18th birthday was number 1 in the draft lottery list you were at the top of the list to be drafted. If your birthday was 365 you were safe. Bear in mind if you were drafted into the Army infantry you were going to the Nam. And might not come back alive. Now there were lots of ways around this and exceptions. Some legal some not. If you were a college student with good grades then you were basically safe from being drafted. If not and your father was rich he could make a huge donation to a congressman and get a safe desk job for his son or avoid his son serving all together. Thus the title, "Fortunate Son". The song is more about the uneducated poor than the middle class. If you had enough money to be in college and had good grades you were unlikely to be drafted. If you were not in college you were also safe if your rich dad made arrangements. Everyone back then called the band CCR to the point where lots of people forgot what the letters stood for. A very good companion song by CCR is "Run Through the Jungle"

[@Dreyno]

You forgot about getting a doctor who had an office in your dad’s building to write a letter claimjnh you had bone spurs after you’ve already had 5 draft deferments.

[@lynnjensen150]

@@Dreyno Ya there must have been a 1000 different ways young men avoided the draft back then. it is estimated that between 50,000 and 100,00 young men moved to Canada or Sweden to avoid being drafted. They simply lived in Canada or Sweden until the war was over. It was a big deal back then. Several US presidents offered these draft dodgers amnesty if they returned to the US. So they returned home to America alive. Lots of draftees didn't return alive. The whole war thing was just pretty ugly back then.

[@Dreyno]

@@lynnjensen150 I don’t know if I would’ve been brave enough to go if I was around then. I’d like to think so. But if I wasn’t, I sure as sh1t wouldn’t be belittling those that did go.

[@steverobillard3241]

You may have it if you watched rhe movie "Forrest Gump" which featured Tom Hanks. It was used in the part when he goes to the Vietnam War.

[@sabina1118]

Yes I have!! Wonderful Movie btw ❤️

[@steverobillard3241]

You need to do a reaction to "Heard It Through the Grapevine" *extended version, by this group. It's awesome!@@sabina1118

[@mannygee005]

@@sabina1118 I was going to mention this movie as well. Basically this song is synonymous with American history from that time. And yes you will recognize more of their songs 😊

[@boffo63]

I like how your comments are done during the song.

[@justitia257]

Simply Amazing..gorgeous Sabina 🌹

[@wesalker3479]

If you watch a lot of movies, you have DEFINITELY heard a few of their songs. . . . . especially any movies about Vietnam.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

CCR ...defining southern swamp rock from the 1960s the voice and guitar 🎸 of John Fogarty. Though none of them were actually from the swamps they just grew into it .. Yes you should take a skinny dip in the musical Bayou ... tremendous energy and definitive soundtrack to an age and generations since. 😎🧙🏻‍♂️

[@TomTomson81]

The song was also played in Die Hard 4

[@carnivoroussoupspoon]

The Beatles are not just A legend, they are the legend, none of the other rock bands would be here without them, and im not even really a full blown Beatles fan, but you got to give props where props are due

[@VinE83656]

The singer John Fogerty is still active today. I think he is close to 80 years old if I am not mistaken. I saw him live about 10 years ago and he sounded great. CCR a lot of hits. Who’ll Stop the Rain, Bad Moon Rising, Proud Mary are just a few coming to mind.

[@BradYaateeh.]

Creedence was my favorite band growing up. They were a force, sadly could stay together long. Rock blues is my take of their music. Whether you do a video or not you should listen to their version of The Midnight Special. Love your takes in your videos,I am hooked on your channel.

[@yellowbeardjamesgibson9297]

This Song featured in one of the Die Hard movies with Bruce wills is indeed A Classic Yet here is Another suggestion for You called ( Midnight Special ). Back to the Twilight Zone 😄

[@inspectre27]

My name's Forrest, Forrest Gump. 😅

[@yellowbeardjamesgibson9297]

@@inspectre27 Another Fantastic Movie 🎥 with CCR in it !!! 🤗😎🌞🏝️🇺🇲

[@richardcampbell2261]

You probably have heard "Proud Mary" which is probably a Fixture at wedding receptions. You can pick any song from them and it will turn out to be a monster hit. That's how great this band was.

[@bradjenkins1475]

Oh, you can take my word for it. You really will end up quite happy if you run down that long road of Creedence Clearwater, and their great portfolio or catalog. Each song is as good as the one before it and better than the next 1 coming up. They're one of those groups where everybody has a different song that they consider their favorite. But what's more interesting is, everyone of their songs Is somebody's favorite.

[@chrisruiz612]

Such a treat to spend time with sweet Sabina

[@keithschwartz5723]

Born on the Bayou first,,,and then almost anything else in no particular order. (Cotton Fields, Ever Seen Rain, etc.)

[@NigelIncubatorJones]

Nobody hit the bullseye more consistently than CCR. Their songs are not just bangers, they're timeless. Check out the recent article in Rolling Stone declaring them America's biggest band in 2024 (this despite the fact that they broke up in 1972). Absolutely remarkable. As time marches on and other bands' hits fade into distant memory, CCR's songs remain as fresh as ever. Check out "I Put a Spell on You" and "Born on the Bayou" for more of John's soulful, raspy voice. But in all seriousness, you might as well react to every song they ever did.

[@viktorbalatoni8950]

CCR is a legendary band. Their many songs used in films and commercials so might be you heard already just dont know 😊 A few of their must to hear songs: Proud Mary, Have you ever seen the rain, How stop the rain, Green river, Run trough the jungle, Susie Q, Traveling band, Bad moon rising, Lookin out my back door, Someday never comes, I put a spell on you, Down on the corner, Born on the Bayou...

[@davidcandelaria4411]

CCR was playing on the radio all the time in the 60's when I was growing up

[@podgornik]

Anti-Vietnam War song.

[@jimspetdragons3737]

you may have heard (or should listen to) Bad Moon Rising (there's a fun parody of this song called There's a Bathroom on the Right), Have You Ever Seen the Rain, & Born On the Bayou -at the very least.

[@BC-hm5zf]

I simply don't believe these first time watching vids of songs like this. One of the best known song on the planet.

[@markschattefor6997]

Tour of Duty had many songs from that era ( Vietnam war) in it

[@johnthompson6374]

It's not a music collection without a CCR's greatest hits album. Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits is a good start. Peace/JT

[@Edam-Channel]

The sound is really an electric version of Delta Blues and CCR were sort of one of the first in what is now termed "Southern Rock" .

[@BrunoPadovani-t7g]

Creedence's songs are played in more movies than any other band's.

[@DJ-bj8ku]

John Fogerty’s voice is a backwoods howl.

[@patrickcurran-d4v]

Sabina, get yourself a BIG SHOVEL to dig this hole. A catalog that most only wish they had..Enjoy!!

[@MarkBtvd]

Many good recs already suggested, but I will support the notion that CCR has put a bunch of classics that are well worth your time to review. I definitely recommend making a list and work them into your queue.

[@randallshuck2976]

This was an anthem of us boomers in the states who resented becoming the tip of the spear for Vietnam. When this came out the draft was very local and personal. Draft boards were composed of the wealthy and political powerful of towns across the country. If they did not know you personally or they did and didn't like you then you were selected. I got drafted in 1969. I was not a "fortunate son".

[@skepto-o-punk8286]

That video had to have been made 20+ years after this song was an actual radio hit.

[@SteveCoronado2]

Sabina!!🤘🏻💥🔥🙏🏻😍💕

[@sabina1118]

YEAH! 🚀🤩✌

[@omaramador4669]

@@sabina1118 Good reaction Swamp Southern Rock 🎸 is a very contagious rhythm and the video is vicious also. ❤❤❤ Keep looking and go deep into the rabbit hole

[@bossfan49]

Between July 1968 and April 1972 they released 7 albums. They had a dozen Top 10 hits with many reaching #2. That's a lot of output in a short time.

[@Memorylanemodelcars2]

Looking Out My Back Door Would Be Another Song You Know

[@inspectre27]

My personal fave is Sweet Hitchhiker, or you could try Green River if you want to make the vibe a little mellower.

[@wbj2000]

War Dogs .. is the scene you are describing, where they were in the Iraqi desert, being chased down the highway.

[@billywix7313]

Hi Sabina, we call them CCR in the USA. I hope you travel the CCR rabbit hole. They have many great songs.

[@MeanLaQueefa]

Grew up listening to CCR, dad was in Vietnam. It was in Forrest Gump

[@baramuth71]

Hello Sabina, Emma Kok has a brand new song again in Maastricht and another masterpiece The song is called Dancing on the Stars.

[@tadpethtel8035]

CCR was huge in the late1960's. Althoughthey played together under a different name prior, they ascended in '68 after changing their name to CCR. Their run was short but spectacular. They actually outsold the Beatles in album sales in '69 thru '71. Overall, though, nobody had the success of the Beatles in that Generation(the Beatles were descending during that time from their peak). Perhaps Elvis had a similar level of fame. But for CCR, they were heading for that level, but were derailed, as the band imploded the early seventies, due to infighting amongst the members. Tom and Johnn Fogerty, the brothers who formed the band, left it in '72. With John being the lead vocal and the main songwriter, there was acrimony over control of the music. Who knows how big they could have been, considering that in the 4 years from '69-'72, they had 14 straight charting hits, with 9 making the top ten, and 5 straight top ten (all platinum) albums Their demise, when it came, was partially due to ego, and the unfortunate monopolistic control held by the record companies at that time. As for this song, Fortunate Son was an iconioc protest song of the Vietnam War. It blasts the hipocrisy of conscripting young men, and forcing them to go die in an unjust war while enabling children of the wealthy and powerful to escape this fate. This song, because of the subject matter, is intentionally jarring and not nearly as musically pleasing as many of their songs. Please listen to some of their other hits. There is a long list to pick from, and I'm sure that you will recognize a number of them.

[@DavidDarnold-1980]

Fortunate Son is sort of a dual purpose song. It's considered one of the essential songs protesting the Vietnam War; John Fogerty, the lead singer, lead guitarist, and songwriter for the group, served in the Army himself in the mid 60s. Also, it's a song that makes referenced to those of the wealthy upper class who used money and influence to keep their sons from being drafted or to get them assigned to very save, very cushy assignments in which there was no chance of them seeing combat. Hence, they were the "Fortunate Sons."

[@JohnLedger-g4i]

Try watching their set from Woodstock. Blew everyone away.

[@charleswharmbyiii8401]

You've go a lot to choose from niw. John Fogerty wronte, arranged, sang, and played guitar on virtually all of their songs. Im going to see him live again in two weeks! His voice is epic, still!

[@ivoivanov7407]

The moment you cross the bridge between Duskwood and Stranglethorn Vale...

[@JohandeHakkelaar]

The first punk song ever made… with good lyrics🙏🏻

[@robbnutter4665]

While classic, they are an older band (their hay day was in the 70s). John Fogarty (lead guitar/singer/predominate writer) is still around (maybe). My favorite CCR (their nickname) song is "Ramble Tamble" off of the "Cosmos Factory" album. Not one of their big hits, but it does show off John's guitar playing ability. Most of their music had a southern blues feel. but they were from northern California.

[@Coolrockndad]

Try "Born on the Bayou" by CCR. You will love John Fogerty's voice for sure if you love it here. He's the lead singer and lead guitar player.

[@jasonme3557]

This song is in many films.

[@danrumble74]

❤️

[@sabina1118]

❤️🌸

[@rpredl]

Great protest song.

[@NoneYaBidness762]

Makes me think of Vietnam movies where there are a flight of Huey’s cruising…

[@dondelima3446]

Yes. This song has been redone.

[@ManuelGuajardo-zd7hx]

Your welcome my danish beauty . Wintersun Alex USA ❄️❤️

[@jopes4855]

Watch any vietnam war movie and you have high possibility to hear the song 😁

[@ilearnfilm]

lol forrest gump even

[@JohnLedger-g4i]

John Fogarty still tours and he’s v good still. Did a great collaboration with Springsteen

[@jfred5258]

Best US band, behind the Beach Boys of course ^^

[@yodicaprio]

Next reaction bintang di surga great song n great music video by Peterpan 👍

[@charlyacevedo1775]

80% of CCR songs was a classic hit. Just to start: Proud Mary Bad Moon Rising Up Around The Bend Lodi Green River Looking Out My Back Door Have You Ever Seen The Rain? Who'll Stop The Rain Down On The Corner Bootleg Sweet Hitch-Hiker