Class politics, anti-war message, killer riffs and John Fogerty flat out saying "no". Rocked me to the ground the first time I heard it. Just freakin' brill!
I did not have to serve in Vietnam (medically disqualified), but i will always remember talking to some of the guys that did go. I will always remember when one guy said to me "I am no longer surprised at what one human being can do to another". Many came back with mental scars that could never be healed.
My brother n law is a Vietnam vet. You can’t wake him up without him attacking you. He had to kill children cuz the Vietnam Cong had (Kong) children approach US troops w grenades. A soldier couldn’t take the chance.
Just your typical anti-war, eat the rich, rockin’ 2 minute radio song. Always loved it. Yes, it’s too short but, I really never noticed that till today.
The reason why the beginning sounded familiar is because you've probably heard it in many movies w/ any kind of military theme to it. One right off the top of my head that I can name is Good Morning Vietnam starring Robin Williams.
Pretty damn concise. We no longer have a draft, but the make-up of our rank & file soldiers is still from the same lower socia-economic class for the most part. Still an applicable song today.
Thanks Daniel, I like this song a lot so I was happy to find this on my feed this morning. This song is about those who were fortunate enough to avoid the draft and taxes because they had friends and family in high places.
The news footage from Vietnam broadcast during the late '60's to early '70's was instrumental in changing american public opinion about that war. Your comment about not wanting to see media exploiting the war or artists making political statements about it left me speechless. All wars are political, politicians declare them started and politicians negotiate the 'peace' treaties at the end. I will always want to know what our government is doing in my countries name.
CCR has a great catalog. "Fortunate Son" hit a nerve when it was released. "Born on the Bayou" which opened their second album is well worth a listen. The album "Cosmo's Factory" is a classic as well. The band Clutch does a truly kick-ass cover of "Fortunate Son".
My husband was in Vietnam 1969, and watching the war every night on the nightly news was horrific. Many in my situation lived in constant fear of seeing an official military car pull up in front of our house. They were there to tell you your husband, son, or brother had been killed. It happened far too often.
Absolutely it did. My father as well as my husband were war veterans and when my father was posted overseas in an area of conflict when I was a child my worry for his safety was a stressful and a heart wrenching part of being in a military family. Many times those who wait for loved ones return are overlooked by society at large and some don't realize that the family are serving in their own way. I understand your fear, I appreciate and thank you for expressing your experience.
I was also class of '69. I was living with my grandmother and was medevaced to Japan where I was able to call home. I told my grandmother I would be home a little early. That's all I told her. She asked if I was all right and I told her I was fine. I learned later that she "knew" something was wrong. Young and dumb, it took me years and having children of my own to understand the stress our loved ones endured.
@@757optim You're Welcome and Thank You for you're service as well. My husband was in Vietnam in 1969 as well. He didn't wait to be drafted but inlisted right after he graduated from high school. My father served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and made a career out of the Army also serving in Korea and Vietnam.
Yeah, I think broadcasting the horrors of war is ultimately a good thing. Citizens need to know real war and the slaughter of people isn't like a fun video game. It is a tragedy which should be avoided whenever possible.
Back then it was newspapers, radio, and TV. Newspapers and radio were old school. TV multimedia was still coming of age. The TV networks had to fight to be able to broadcast raw combat footage. Still pictures and pundits on the radio didn't have the impact that combat footage did. This is where public opinion against the Vietnam war really started to turn. War is horrible. To stop them you have to stare down the reality. They want to hide them now.
The song might be familiar because it was used in Forrest Gump and probably other movies. The media at that time was very different than today. The news was more honest reporting. The footage of the war in Vietnam brought the horror of war into our living rooms for the first time (not some romanticized movie version). I'm sure this coverage helped drive the anti-war movement. CCR cranked out a massive amount of great music in a couple of years.
Singles in the 60s and early 70s had to be around 2 1/2 minutes to get radio and tv play. There were often longer versions on the albums and during live shows
CCR tunes i'd recommend: "Lodi" slower paced, hard-on-your-luck masterpiece. "Proud Mary" mid-paced, pretty upbeat "Travellin' Band" fast-paced, just fun "Someday Never Comes" slower paced, lyrics can gut-punch you a little later in life.
Love your reactions. You have probably heard this song as it has been in many movies about the Vietnam era. Another great CCR song is “Long as I Can See the Light” (and it’s actually over 3 min long). Rock on 🌺✌️
Thanks for getting back to CCR, Daniel! Please add to your list their song "Someday Never Comes" and then plan to get around to it "some day"! Cheers!!
Good reaction, Daniel. About TV coverage of war, though...If it had not been for the TV coverage of the Viet Nam war, the movement would not have been able to turn the tide of public opinion against that war, which ultimately led to American withdrawal. You'll notice you did not see regular TV coverage of the war in Afghanistan, right? That's one big reason that it lasted for 20 years.
A big part of the reason the public turned against the war was that the American people could see the effects of that war every night on the news, and while the Pentagon was dispensing happy talk, the images Americans saw showed it was an unwinnable quagmire. The Pentagon failed to learn a lot of lessons between Vietnam and Afghanistan about occupying people who didn't want them there, but they certainly learned how to control the "free" press. They put reporters into "pools" and made them travel with selected units, and they forced those reporters to run every image they were going to send back through the Pentagon for approval. One of the biggest reasons we had two generations of Americans getting blown up for no good reason is because the military wouldn't let people see the real costs and lack of progress.
It was actually a good thing to have the media covering this horrible war. It opened our eyes to what was truly happening and what so many of our friends and brothers were going through. They should never have been there but I recognize and cry for their sacrifices.
Howdy from Siberia, Daniel! CCR was the very first American rock band, which I really liked back in school and which I still listen to for many years. They are a legend forever. Thanks for your reaction to this good stuff! Peace! ✌🙂🇷🇺🇺🇸
I remember watching the news from Vietnam every night on the news. It was in the news, because it was news. I surly don't think you are advocating for censorship. I remember seeing the body bags all lined up, and the body count every night. Back then people wanted to know about the goings on over there. From a RUclips comment, "If someone says it's raining outside, and another person says it's dry, it's not the journalist's job to show both sides. It's the journalist's job to go outside and find out what's right." There is a famous Walter Cronkite broadcast where he is advocating for the U.S. to get out of Vietnam. In effect declare a stalemate. Which at the time was not such a universally controversial idea. But it was the first time an anchorman declared U.S. war over. He gave that speech after the debacle of the Tet Offensive, and actually went over to Vietnam to access the situation for himself. Up until then the prevailing opinion was the Viet Cong were on their last legs, this would be over soon. After Tet people were stunned to find out that was not the case. There is a myth that has existed ever since then that Johnson saw that and turned to an advisor and said, If I've lost Walter Cronkite, I've lost the war, or I've lost middle America. I didn't use quotes because there had never been any proof he said it. At the time of the broadcast Johnson was in Austin Texas at the then, governor of Texas John Connally's birthday party. And after the broadcast Johnson remained hawkish on the war.
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Other good CCR songs are Cotton Fields (very short) and Someday Never Comes. Jambalaya is good too as are Have you ever seen the rain. Don't look Now. And Bad Moon Rising.
The news media wasn’t what it is today. News was *not* as politically tainted as it is today. Journalists went to Viet Nam, some were killed or wounded, just to tell the story of what was going on. There was real investigative journalism. There was little political commentary by the journalists. The US military learned their lesson in Viet Nam. They’ve greatly controlled the journalistic narrative in most conflicts since that time. Investigative journalism has died in the mainstream media because it’s too expensive (and for some political motives.) So we trusted the news back then. They had honestly reported and shown us the horror of the suppression of blacks during the Civil Rights movement. Now they were pretty honestly showing us the horror of war. And the reasons for the US to prop up a corrupt South Vietnamese government and spend money and lives to keep them in power didn’t make a lot of sense to many of us.
Daniel: Quite a few songs were recorded in about a 2 minute length to make it more marketable for radio play. Large radio stations wanted more and more time for advertisements. I'm not sure of the year that longer songs started to come into play. Soon artists would have their "short version" for radio and their "longer" versions [if they had one] would go on their albums. Both short and long.
So cool, thanks Daniel. If you want some more emotional meaning, please check out (I Wish I Could) Hideaway, and It's Just a Thought from the album Pendulum. Absolute beauty.
9:22 I commented on another video you reacted to that Billy Joel has a song as a tribute to Vietnam vets called "Goodnight Saigon". It's great to see live because he brings actual Vietnam Veterans onstage to sing the chorus. Bone chilling.
Goodnight Saigon and Leningrad were two Joel songs that always gave me chills. The official video from Billy Joel's RUclips mixes Vietnam footage with the 1982 "Live From Long Island" concert version (which is a fantastic show to see). That's the one I'd check out.
Its hard to find a bad CCR track! Some of my faves, that arent the super popular ones: Ramble Tamble. Effigy. Run Through The Jungle. Midnight Special. Their version of Bo Diddley’s Before You Accuse Me. Long As I Can See The Light. It Came Out Of The Sky. Their version of Ray Charles’ Night Time Is The Right Time. Keep On Chooglin’.
Took my daughter's to see Fogerty couple years ago....he sounded just like your listening to the record Sad example of a band being together and ending up at each other's throats
This song has been used in a lot of war themed movies and tv shows. You probably heard it in one of them. Pretty sure I heard it in at least one episode of Family Guy and American Dad as well.
"Born On The Bayou", "Run Through The Jungle", "Green River" and "Lodi" are just a few others by this great band that would be perfect for you to react to, in my humble opinion.
One of my favorites by them. You seem to be doing several songs done during or about Vietnam era/war. May I suggest you listen to a painfully beautiful song by Billy Joel called "Goodnight Saigon". Great reaction as always.
Since I was of draft age at the time, "Fortunate Son" was something I knew about as it played on AM and FM "underground" radio back when "The Great Southeast Asia War Game" was on. It's an iconic song about the Poor kids who fight America's wars and the Rich kids who don't. (Then and Now.) These days, "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007) comes to mind, since "Detective John McClane" plays this on the car radio with hacker "Matt Farrell" in custody. ruclips.net/video/BefcIPHuoRI/видео.html
I do remember seeing clips of the war on the nightly news. Usually it announced the status of the conflict and occasionally showed some casualties. Honestly, it still wasn’t as horrific as some shows-real or fiction-that we’re bombarded with every day now on tv. There was only 1 young man in my neighborhood at the time fighting in Vietnam. He volunteered. His parents mailed him movies of us kids trick or treating. He did not come home. It was so hard associating with his parents after that because we were shocked and grief stricken. I understand the protests, but I’ll never understand the bullying and hatred returning veterans faced from people who didn’t have to walk in those young men’s shoes.
You've reacted to the two long jams on Cosmo's Factory, but the rest of that album is a bunch of gems (even the two early rock covers "Ooby Dooby" and "My Baby Left Me" are good, but I'd put them at the bottom of the list), albeit short ones.
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You don't understand how news used to be. News was an FCC requirement and news broadcasts did not worry about ratings AT ALL. You now need a history of broadcasting class to understand how completely different broadcast news was at the time...
Another anti-war song from the 1960s, Edwin Starr's "War". Bruce Springsteen covered it during his Born in the USA Tour in 1984-85. Another anti-war song is the Beatles' "Revolution".
I love CCR, and the same goes for this song, but when it comes to the greatest diatribe of all, that honour surely goes to Dylan's venomous 'Masters Of War'!
Some more protest songs: "Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag," Country Joe and the Fish (Woodstock or regular, either way.) "Monster," Steppenwolf (caaaaaaaaan't remember if you already did it?) "Fun & Games," Barenaked Ladies (More recent, this one's about the 2000s Iraq war, but it's just as brutal and frankly the bridge cuts a lot deeper after January.)
Aye Daniel, another great reaction! This, among others, was an important song for the time. There is one point I have to disagree with you on...Your commentary on politics & the media machine. I think that you’re confusing with what’s happening now to what was actually going on then. My dad worked for CBS News for many years...particularly the Cronkite years. I can’t speak to the politicians, but newscasters/journalists, like Walter Cronkite & Edward R. Murrow, spoke truth to power. They weren’t trying to profit or exploit the horrors of the Vietnam war, but rather, exposing what the current administration “didn’t” want the country, @ large, to see. This was in no shape or form a type of “Hunger Games” scenario. The media, on the whole, weren’t in the business of spreading disinformation...Quite the opposite. In fact, there are some journalists now (ie. NPR, BBC, etc.), who are risking their lives, even dying, in order to get the truth out there. Unfortunately, with so many “news”, & I use that term lightly, outfits out there...bloggers, podcasts, everyone’s got an opinion & people don’t know who to believe anymore. But, during that particular war, there was authentic reporting happening. I suggest that you check out a film called, The Killing Fields. Based on real events, it will inform you as to the integrity that existed in many media outlets. I believe that you will find it enlightening 😉 Keep doing what you’re doing! Stay safe 🖤🌹🖤🧛🏻♀️
Lots of Vietnam vets having PTSD flashbacks 'cuz of scenes of Kabul. That's what's relevant. One class went to war these past 20 years just like one class went to Vietnam, the working class. "I ain't no fortunate son" I was one of those lottery "winners" I joined the U.S. Coast Guard instead.
That song really tapped into the pulse of American youth. The circumstances around the draft and the war and the Bomb were exploited by the right and left establishment. Waves of protests and cultural shifts ensued.
Enjoyed your analysis. Your Hunger Games reference isn't weird in my opinion. I had similar thoughts when I started reading The Hunger Games and immediately thought of all the horrifying images every day on the evening news throughout my childhood. Why? Good question. Wish I had the answer. I know it had a deep psychological effect on me and instilled a deep sense of empathy for others.
It wasnt as politicize on the news, the news finally showed sons being brought home in body bags, it depicted the truth about war as it should. If our men and women are sent to die we as a nation owe it to them to witness the horrors
Your reference to Hunger Games was not really that far off. To boost "morale" they showed the body counts of both the "enemy" and our own troupes every day - as well as many, many battles during the war. The horror of that war was on every TV station every day and everyone saw it. The bodies being loaded on choppers, indiscriminate carpet bombing, whole villages being wiped out, burned children running from the fighting - yes, they showed it all. Every newspaper, every magazine, all had horrid pictures. It was disgusting. It was like watching a fake war movie - but knowing it was real - and you were going to be drafted to go if you were to poor.
I don't think showing people what was going on in Vietnam was done in an exploitative way. I think it was done more to show what was really happening. The government consistently misled the public about how the war was going. Even when McNamara (secretary of defense) thought the war was unwinnable - he tried to maintain there was a way to victory. News departments at the major networks had more independence back then and did not have to engage in the ratings war. One of the ways our society has turned for the worse is when Network executives with little concern for journalism- got more say over what was news and how to cover it. See comment by TruColors.
The article was referring to people seeing image's of the war on the tv news. Everything wasn't censored then like it is now. That was before we went full 100% fascist like now.
This is true. They learned quickly not to let the media have full access, to report the truth. It's probably why the Afghan war was allowed to continue for 20 years. You weren't seeing it on your TV screen every night.
Class politics, anti-war message, killer riffs and John Fogerty flat out saying "no". Rocked me to the ground the first time I heard it. Just freakin' brill!
Timeless lyrics. Times never change.
I did not have to serve in Vietnam (medically disqualified), but i will always remember talking to some of the guys that did go. I will always remember when one guy said to me "I am no longer surprised at what one human being can do to another". Many came back with mental scars that could never be healed.
My brother n law is a Vietnam vet. You can’t wake him up without him attacking you. He had to kill children cuz the Vietnam Cong had (Kong) children approach US troops w grenades. A soldier couldn’t take the chance.
This song is literally in EVERY movie about Vietnam made….. and it’s always awesome.
The Vietnam war inspired so many great songs including CCR"s Fortunate Son.
This song was a favorite of my late husband, a Vietnam War Veteran. He loved CCR.
"Long As I Can See The Light" great song, different pace...of course, tremendous vocals
Just your typical anti-war, eat the rich, rockin’ 2 minute radio song. Always loved it. Yes, it’s too short but, I really never noticed that till today.
yes how care of the wars..
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Sorry, I don’t quite get your meaning.
The reason why the beginning sounded familiar is because you've probably heard it in many movies w/ any kind of military theme to it. One right off the top of my head that I can name is Good Morning Vietnam starring Robin Williams.
Wasn't it in Forrest Gump too? Can't recall. But yea agree this song used a lot in movies.
@@stevemd6488 Yep it was. I think it was in the first Predator movie, too. But I'll need to research to confirm.
@@stevemd6488 Check this out. Top 7 Movies with Fortunate Son. ruclips.net/video/B4wg_Y98Vss/видео.html
Pretty damn concise. We no longer have a draft, but the make-up of our rank & file soldiers is still from the same lower socia-economic class for the most part. Still an applicable song today.
Thanks Daniel, I like this song a lot so I was happy to find this on my feed this morning. This song is about those who were fortunate enough to avoid the draft and taxes because they had friends and family in high places.
The news footage from Vietnam broadcast during the late '60's to early '70's was instrumental in changing american public opinion about that war. Your comment about not wanting to see media exploiting the war or artists making political statements about it left me speechless. All wars are political, politicians declare them started and politicians negotiate the 'peace' treaties at the end. I will always want to know what our government is doing in my countries name.
John Fogerty had some great solo work. "Centerfield", "The Old Man Down The Road" are good starting points.
This and Run Through The Jungle are my fave CCR songs. Check out the latter if you haven’t already.
CCR has a great catalog. "Fortunate Son" hit a nerve when it was released. "Born on the Bayou" which opened their second album is well worth a listen. The album "Cosmo's Factory" is a classic as well. The band Clutch does a truly kick-ass cover of "Fortunate Son".
My husband was in Vietnam 1969, and watching the war every night on the nightly news was horrific. Many in my situation lived in constant fear of seeing an official military car pull up in front of our house. They were there to tell you your husband, son, or brother had been killed. It happened far too often.
Absolutely it did. My father as well as my husband were war veterans and when my father was posted overseas in an area of conflict when I was a child my worry for his safety was a stressful and a heart wrenching part of being in a military family. Many times those who wait for loved ones return are overlooked by society at large and some don't realize that the family are serving in their own way. I understand your fear, I appreciate and thank you for expressing your experience.
I was also class of '69. I was living with my grandmother and was medevaced to Japan where I was able to call home. I told my grandmother I would be home a little early. That's all I told her. She asked if I was all right and I told her I was fine. I learned later that she "knew" something was wrong. Young and dumb, it took me years and having children of my own to understand the stress our loved ones endured.
@@melissakhalar1842 As a vet, I thank you for your service.
@@757optim You're Welcome and Thank You for you're service as well. My husband was in Vietnam in 1969 as well. He didn't wait to be drafted but inlisted right after he graduated from high school. My father served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and made a career out of the Army also serving in Korea and Vietnam.
@@melissakhalar1842 I was RA also. I salute your family's service.
Who'll Stop the Rain.........and............. Long as I can see the Light......................2 more classics.
It's quality over quantity. CCR gets it done in two minutes with this classic.
The message was simple and honest. There was no need to have an opus to express the feeling and message.
the news media did broadcast it. it actually showed people here what was really going on and made many people question why we were there.
Yeah, I think broadcasting the horrors of war is ultimately a good thing. Citizens need to know real war and the slaughter of people isn't like a fun video game. It is a tragedy which should be avoided whenever possible.
Back then it was newspapers, radio, and TV. Newspapers and radio were old school. TV multimedia was still coming of age. The TV networks had to fight to be able to broadcast raw combat footage. Still pictures and pundits on the radio didn't have the impact that combat footage did. This is where public opinion against the Vietnam war really started to turn. War is horrible. To stop them you have to stare down the reality. They want to hide them now.
Ain't no senator's son. Ain't no millionaire's son. But others weren't as fortunate. John Fogerty sang that to the point. Great guitar in there.
The song might be familiar because it was used in Forrest Gump and probably other movies. The media at that time was very different than today. The news was more honest reporting. The footage of the war in Vietnam brought the horror of war into our living rooms for the first time (not some romanticized movie version). I'm sure this coverage helped drive the anti-war movement. CCR cranked out a massive amount of great music in a couple of years.
Singles in the 60s and early 70s had to be around 2 1/2 minutes to get radio and tv play. There were often longer versions on the albums and during live shows
CCR tunes i'd recommend:
"Lodi" slower paced, hard-on-your-luck masterpiece.
"Proud Mary" mid-paced, pretty upbeat
"Travellin' Band" fast-paced, just fun
"Someday Never Comes" slower paced, lyrics can gut-punch you a little later in life.
Lodi is my favorite of their songs.
And "Long as I can see the light" too :)
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The Vietnam war was our first war that was broadcast into America's living rooms every evening.
Love your reactions. You have probably heard this song as it has been in many movies about the Vietnam era. Another great CCR song is “Long as I Can See the Light” (and it’s actually over 3 min long). Rock on 🌺✌️
Awesome song! B side of Down On The Corner. Creedence has a lot of double sided hit singles from the amazing genius of John Fogerty. ♥️🎼🎵🎶🇨🇦
John does more with 2 minutes than most artists do with 10.
Two minutes but on point.
Thanks for getting back to CCR, Daniel! Please add to your list their song "Someday Never Comes" and then plan to get around to it "some day"! Cheers!!
Good reaction, Daniel. About TV coverage of war, though...If it had not been for the TV coverage of the Viet Nam war, the movement would not have been able to turn the tide of public opinion against that war, which ultimately led to American withdrawal. You'll notice you did not see regular TV coverage of the war in Afghanistan, right? That's one big reason that it lasted for 20 years.
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A big part of the reason the public turned against the war was that the American people could see the effects of that war every night on the news, and while the Pentagon was dispensing happy talk, the images Americans saw showed it was an unwinnable quagmire.
The Pentagon failed to learn a lot of lessons between Vietnam and Afghanistan about occupying people who didn't want them there, but they certainly learned how to control the "free" press. They put reporters into "pools" and made them travel with selected units, and they forced those reporters to run every image they were going to send back through the Pentagon for approval.
One of the biggest reasons we had two generations of Americans getting blown up for no good reason is because the military wouldn't let people see the real costs and lack of progress.
Love how you manage these journeys. Pick up a nugget or two frequently and love when you have the aha moments learning what I already know... Thanks!
The classic movie “Forrest Gump” used this song perfectly.
It was actually a good thing to have the media covering this horrible war. It opened our eyes to what was truly happening and what so many of our friends and brothers were going through. They should never have been there but I recognize and cry for their sacrifices.
Howdy from Siberia, Daniel! CCR was the very first American rock band, which I really liked back in school and which I still listen to for many years. They are a legend forever. Thanks for your reaction to this good stuff! Peace! ✌🙂🇷🇺🇺🇸
Thanks for the reaction CCR and John Fogerty have many great songs. One of my favorites is Down on the Corner
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I remember watching the news from Vietnam every night on the news. It was in the news, because it was news. I surly don't think you are advocating for censorship. I remember seeing the body bags all lined up, and the body count every night. Back then people wanted to know about the goings on over there.
From a RUclips comment,
"If someone says it's raining outside, and another person says it's dry, it's not the journalist's job to show both sides. It's the journalist's job to go outside and find out what's right."
There is a famous Walter Cronkite broadcast where he is advocating for the U.S. to get out of Vietnam. In effect declare a stalemate. Which at the time was not such a universally controversial idea. But it was the first time an anchorman declared U.S. war over.
He gave that speech after the debacle of the Tet Offensive, and actually went over to Vietnam to access the situation for himself.
Up until then the prevailing opinion was the Viet Cong were on their last legs, this would be over soon. After Tet people were stunned to find out that was not the case.
There is a myth that has existed ever since then that Johnson saw that and turned to an advisor and said, If I've lost Walter Cronkite, I've lost the war, or I've lost middle America. I didn't use quotes because there had never been any proof he said it.
At the time of the broadcast Johnson was in Austin Texas at the then, governor of Texas John Connally's birthday party.
And after the broadcast Johnson remained hawkish on the war.
We had the draft, and didn't see many politician's sons in Viet Nam. Also, songs normally had to be shorter to get air time.
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Fogerty rhymes with yogurty. lol. Good song, never fails to bring the feels.
He said in 2 mins what most bands couldn't say in 5 mins.
Other good CCR songs are Cotton Fields (very short) and Someday Never Comes. Jambalaya is good too as are Have you ever seen the rain. Don't look Now. And Bad Moon Rising.
The news media wasn’t what it is today. News was *not* as politically tainted as it is today. Journalists went to Viet Nam, some were killed or wounded, just to tell the story of what was going on. There was real investigative journalism. There was little political commentary by the journalists. The US military learned their lesson in Viet Nam. They’ve greatly controlled the journalistic narrative in most conflicts since that time. Investigative journalism has died in the mainstream media because it’s too expensive (and for some political motives.) So we trusted the news back then. They had honestly reported and shown us the horror of the suppression of blacks during the Civil Rights movement. Now they were pretty honestly showing us the horror of war. And the reasons for the US to prop up a corrupt South Vietnamese government and spend money and lives to keep them in power didn’t make a lot of sense to many of us.
Daniel: Quite a few songs were recorded in about a 2 minute length to make it more marketable for radio play. Large radio stations wanted more and more time for advertisements. I'm not sure of the year that longer songs started to come into play. Soon artists would have their "short version" for radio and their "longer" versions [if they had one] would go on their albums. Both short and long.
Bob Seger does a great cover of this, live in concert.
So good & iconic. This song is probably in every Vietnam movie ever made.
So cool, thanks Daniel. If you want some more emotional meaning, please check out (I Wish I Could) Hideaway, and It's Just a Thought from the album Pendulum. Absolute beauty.
You should react to Phil Ochs, I'm Not Fighting Anymore. The live video shows how shock they are to the words of the song. Thank you.
For me...fav US song ever.
This is my dad (a Marine veteran)'s favorite band 😊. It reminds me of like Forrest Gump's war segment/other war movies.
9:22 I commented on another video you reacted to that Billy Joel has a song as a tribute to Vietnam vets called "Goodnight Saigon". It's great to see live because he brings actual Vietnam Veterans onstage to sing the chorus. Bone chilling.
Goodnight Saigon and Leningrad were two Joel songs that always gave me chills. The official video from Billy Joel's RUclips mixes Vietnam footage with the 1982 "Live From Long Island" concert version (which is a fantastic show to see). That's the one I'd check out.
I use to have that concert on VHS...great rendition of that! Leningrad is a great track.
Lodi!
Its hard to find a bad CCR track!
Some of my faves, that arent the super popular ones: Ramble Tamble. Effigy. Run Through The Jungle. Midnight Special. Their version of Bo Diddley’s Before You Accuse Me. Long As I Can See The Light. It Came Out Of The Sky. Their version of Ray Charles’ Night Time Is The Right Time. Keep On Chooglin’.
100%! :)
Took my daughter's to see Fogerty couple years ago....he sounded just like your listening to the record
Sad example of a band being together and ending up at each other's throats
Spot on .....
This song has been used in a lot of war themed movies and tv shows. You probably heard it in one of them. Pretty sure I heard it in at least one episode of Family Guy and American Dad as well.
"Born On The Bayou", "Run Through The Jungle", "Green River" and "Lodi" are just a few others by this great band that would be perfect for you to react to, in my humble opinion.
Sweet hitchhiker and commotion by CCR both bangers.
Great reaction . 😀👍❤️✌️🌼
One of my favorites by them. You seem to be doing several songs done during or about Vietnam era/war. May I suggest you listen to a painfully beautiful song by Billy Joel called "Goodnight Saigon". Great reaction as always.
Next to do by CCR would be, (In no certain order), Born on the Bayou, Green River, Commotion, and Suzy Q......
One of my CCR favourites.
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Since I was of draft age at the time, "Fortunate Son" was something I knew about as it played on AM and FM "underground" radio back when "The Great Southeast Asia War Game" was on. It's an iconic song about the Poor kids who fight America's wars and the Rich kids who don't. (Then and Now.) These days, "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007) comes to mind, since "Detective John McClane" plays this on the car radio with hacker "Matt Farrell" in custody. ruclips.net/video/BefcIPHuoRI/видео.html
I do remember seeing clips of the war on the nightly news. Usually it announced the status of the conflict and occasionally showed some casualties. Honestly, it still wasn’t as horrific as some shows-real or fiction-that we’re bombarded with every day now on tv. There was only 1 young man in my neighborhood at the time fighting in Vietnam. He volunteered. His parents mailed him movies of us kids trick or treating. He did not come home. It was so hard associating with his parents after that because we were shocked and grief stricken. I understand the protests, but I’ll never understand the bullying and hatred returning veterans faced from people who didn’t have to walk in those young men’s shoes.
♥ CCR I sugggest the following CCR songs: Green River, Sweet Hitch hiker, Long As I Can See The Light & Molina
Good job Daniel!
Only 2 minutes but it packs one hell of a punch, doesn't it? IT AIN'T ME!
"Good Golly Miss Molly" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. "And Long As I Can See The Light," by CCR These songs are FIRE!!!!
Heard it through the Grapevine' is incredible too
You got it right kid!
You've reacted to the two long jams on Cosmo's Factory, but the rest of that album is a bunch of gems (even the two early rock covers "Ooby Dooby" and "My Baby Left Me" are good, but I'd put them at the bottom of the list), albeit short ones.
'Down on the Corner' is a good tune. Easy tab too.
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Pat Travers - Snortin Whiskey
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Pat Travers Is This Love
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Pat Travers Band - New Age Music
You don't understand how news used to be. News was an FCC requirement and news broadcasts did not worry about ratings AT ALL. You now need a history of broadcasting class to understand how completely different broadcast news was at the time...
Another anti-war song from the 1960s, Edwin Starr's "War". Bruce Springsteen covered it during his Born in the USA Tour in 1984-85. Another anti-war song is the Beatles' "Revolution".
I'm not a huge Black Sabbath or heavy metal fan in general, but "War Pigs" may be the most pull-no-punches anti-war song of the era.
Sweet hitchhiker is a great ccr tune
Midnight special
Great, great track. Too short but very effective. Brilliant ensemble performance with some pointed anti-war lyrics.
I love CCR, and the same goes for this song, but when it comes to the greatest diatribe of all, that honour surely goes to Dylan's venomous 'Masters Of War'!
It was the first war brought live (in a few cases)and in color. Those images gelled a generation to say “No” and ask “Why?”.
Good Golly Miss Molly 🔥🔥🔥
Some more protest songs:
"Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag," Country Joe and the Fish (Woodstock or regular, either way.)
"Monster," Steppenwolf (caaaaaaaaan't remember if you already did it?)
"Fun & Games," Barenaked Ladies (More recent, this one's about the 2000s Iraq war, but it's just as brutal and frankly the bridge cuts a lot deeper after January.)
Aye Daniel, another great reaction! This, among others, was an important song for the time.
There is one point I have to disagree with you on...Your commentary on politics & the media machine. I think that you’re confusing with what’s happening now to what was actually going on then. My dad worked for CBS News for many years...particularly the Cronkite years. I can’t speak to the politicians, but newscasters/journalists, like Walter Cronkite & Edward R. Murrow, spoke truth to power. They weren’t trying to profit or exploit the horrors of the Vietnam war, but rather, exposing what the current administration “didn’t” want the country, @ large, to see. This was in no shape or form a type of “Hunger Games” scenario. The media, on the whole, weren’t in the business of spreading disinformation...Quite the opposite. In fact, there are some journalists now (ie. NPR, BBC, etc.), who are risking their lives, even dying, in order to get the truth out there. Unfortunately, with so many “news”, & I use that term lightly, outfits out there...bloggers, podcasts, everyone’s got an opinion & people don’t know who to believe anymore. But, during that particular war, there was authentic reporting happening. I suggest that you check out a film called, The Killing Fields. Based on real events, it will inform you as to the integrity that existed in many media outlets. I believe that you will find it enlightening 😉
Keep doing what you’re doing!
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That was actually the first CCR song I ever reacted to:)
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Lots of Vietnam vets having PTSD flashbacks 'cuz of scenes of Kabul. That's what's relevant. One class went to war these past 20 years just like one class went to Vietnam, the working class. "I ain't no fortunate son" I was one of those lottery "winners" I joined the U.S. Coast Guard instead.
That song really tapped into the pulse of American youth. The circumstances around the draft and the war and the Bomb were exploited by the right and left establishment. Waves of protests and cultural shifts ensued.
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Enjoyed your analysis. Your Hunger Games reference isn't weird in my opinion. I had similar thoughts when I started reading The Hunger Games and immediately thought of all the horrifying images every day on the evening news throughout my childhood. Why? Good question. Wish I had the answer. I know it had a deep psychological effect on me and instilled a deep sense of empathy for others.
It wasnt as politicize on the news, the news finally showed sons being brought home in body bags, it depicted the truth about war as it should. If our men and women are sent to die we as a nation owe it to them to witness the horrors
Your reference to Hunger Games was not really that far off. To boost "morale" they showed the body counts of both the "enemy" and our own troupes every day - as well as many, many battles during the war. The horror of that war was on every TV station every day and everyone saw it. The bodies being loaded on choppers, indiscriminate carpet bombing, whole villages being wiped out, burned children running from the fighting - yes, they showed it all. Every newspaper, every magazine, all had horrid pictures. It was disgusting. It was like watching a fake war movie - but knowing it was real - and you were going to be drafted to go if you were to poor.
Fo-gerty.
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Listen to Bob Seger's "2 + 2". They wouldn't give me a Conscious Objecter but I won the draft lottery with the number 324.
When you ask them how much do we give?
They only answer is more more more!
The government always want more more more
May have heard this in Forest Gump.
Try "Lodi"
Nobody doesn't like Creedence.
I don't think showing people what was going on in Vietnam was done in an exploitative way. I think it was done more to show what was really happening. The government consistently misled the public about how the war was going. Even when McNamara (secretary of defense) thought the war was unwinnable - he tried to maintain there was a way to victory.
News departments at the major networks had more independence back then and did not have to engage in the ratings war. One of the ways our society has turned for the worse is when Network executives with little concern for journalism- got more say over what was news and how to cover it.
See comment by TruColors.
The article was referring to people seeing image's of the war on the tv news. Everything wasn't censored then like it is now. That was before we went full 100% fascist like now.
This is true. They learned quickly not to let the media have full access, to report the truth. It's probably why the Afghan war was allowed to continue for 20 years. You weren't seeing it on your TV screen every night.
Listen to Masters of War. Bob Dylan.