@@manofconstantsorrowthat's how she gets paid bro so that she can do this for a living and bring us amazing videos like this one. Why would you just assume she is rich? Not too mention even if she is rich she should do these for free? You have a very odd view of how things are supposed to work.
@@clintdickerson887 Don't be ridiculous. She doesn't need additional money to make these videos. Besides, I was just curious and didn't mean anything bad. If she's wealthy, good for her.
to quote quagmire: "you know there's lots of things you expect in war. Carnage, sleepless nights,... but what they don't prepare you for is the incessant use of Fortunate Son."
@@MrBurns0922 I believe there was a scene in Jarhead where Jake Gyllenhaal yells at a couple of Hueys with blaring speakers playing this song that "this is the wrong war" and why they can't even have "their own music".
Though a antiwar song "The song speaks more to the unfairness of class than war itself," Fogerty said. "It's the old saying about rich men making war and poor men having to fight them." It goes along with the same theme as lyrics of Black Sabbath War Pigs "Politicians hide themselves away, They only started the war, Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor, yeah.
Good point. Also thinking about System of a Down BYOB, with the "Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?". All great and meaningful songs.
@@metalmark1214 I disagree. It's just a hodgepodge of images of middle Americans with no perspective on US society other than some of them aren't from priviledge.
@@fraymond3 Its a protest song about both real and perceived inequity for draft exemption. If you were wealthy you had options like becoming a professional college student (college deferment), influencing or bribing draft boards, paying doctors to exaggerate medical conditions that would make you ineligible for service, or even paying a fee to the government to get a permanent deferral. All things that poor and middle class people could not pull off.
My Dad went to Vietnam twice, as a helicopter pilot. This song always reminds me of a paraphrased quote he used, talking about those who served: "We the unwilling; sent by the unknowing; to do the unthinkable; and kill the unfortunate; all for the ungrateful; in a land far, far away." A song about the unfairness of life, indeed.
Your dad could tell some good stories. Those huey operators were very courageous, their gunners equally courageous flying cardboard boxes into battles and rescues that very few could do or even comprehend. I loved those guys when needing back up and evac, they were there for us. No offense to your dad, but us grunts thought you had to be insane to do that job. Lol in a nice way. God bless your dad. If he never got PTSD it is a miracle to his strength and determination to keep on trucking.
I'm know the quote your Dad paraphrased, I once saw it stenciled onto a wall, of a building, a group of aircraft mechanics worked out of when I served in the military. Thank your Dad for his service for me. I did 4 tours into a war zone myself. Here is the original quote: “We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.” ― Konstantin Josef Jireček
Great, but I miss the "uncaring". The US high politics did not care about the lives of their soldiers or of the civilians far away - they were no voters and no sponsors. It seems there were promising peace talks going on in the time of the election, and then Nixon told the South Vietnamese generals "When you admit to a peace, Lyndon B Johnson will win with this success. But when you withhold it, I will win, and I promise you that I will take care you get WAY better conditions for the treaty". 4 more years of war, tens of thousands of deaths, all so that someone got elected. And by the way, in the times of Jimmy Carter the Iranians had lost their motivation why they hold the people hostage in the US embassy, and were about to set them free. That event would again have been a big boost for Jimmy Carter to win the election. Enter Ronald Reagan. He went to the Iranians and told them "When you hold back the release of the hostages until after the election, then I promise you will get the spare parts for your US weapons (e.g. for the F-14 Tomcats) you so desparately need. How is it?" So the Iranians waited untis the day AFTER the election - that Reagan had won. And then Reagan organized a clandestine operation so that is not obvious that the US makes deals with official arch-enemies. When it came out, it was called the "Iran-Contra-affair". But to cover up his involvement, Reagan called for the help of an attorney with the name Bill Barr. He was tasked with the investigation, and instead of publishing the full report, he insisted on releasing a "summary" he had written himself. Which we now know hid all the REALLY interesting parts, the BIG names. And funnily, when decades later it was about the involvement of Russia in the US 2016 election, it was AGAIN Bill Barr that was tasked with the handling, and he AGAIN refused to publish the report, only released a self-written summary.
I just saw Fogerty live last night. I never imagined that the world would ever get to see Fogerty play CCR again. After decades of having being robbed of his own music, he finally got it back and with his two sons delivered an amazing show.
Yep, simple mechanics, not stopped by a computer glitch or software update. You dads not hoarding a piece of junk, he's holding on to the perfect ride for the oncoming zombie apocalypse! 😜
That's one of the most sought-after body styles of GM trucks. Your Dad is right to keep it and drive it. Just because a vehicle is old is not a reason to discard it! It's paid off, will run forever, and considering where you grew up, it should have very little rust.
With the caveat that it's in good working order. That truck is probably worth 10x it's original price now, or more, depending on originality and condition.
No "fortunate son" here; served in Vietnam in 67-68. Came home to CCR playing all the great tunes and that helped me in transition back to civilian life. It's that strange time when you lost 2+ years in absence away from family and loved ones. You are out of synch with them and strangely missing the comradery of the friends you left back in the war. No one cares or understands unless you have lived it. Thanks for being a great reviewer of awesome songs.
My husband still feels guilty for having to serve stateside, while his friends from high school were in harms way, getting shot at. Finally, a few years ago at a Memorial Day service the officer giving the talk said that the soldiers that didn't go overseas were doing the job that they were told to do, just like the the guys that were sent. There is no shame. That finally helped. It's one of the few times I saw him cry. Thank you sir, for serving.
Remember the videos for many of these older songs came much later. The anger was much more palpable just listening to the song on its own. The video builds up the nostalgia.
Plus the video uses all the tricks to evoke fake nostalgia-artificial sepia tone and seeking out 'rustic looking' people and places and then framing them exactly the way it's been done in all the Americana photographs of old barns and etc.
I was a little taken aback that she said she was surprised at a video like that being made in those days. It's pretty obvious the video was made decades after the song. I don't mind the video too much, seems to work, but I don't even know who made it or when, but it wasn't made until 20 years after the song, minimum.
@@gussnarp More like 50 years, I think. My understanding is that this video was made as a 50th anniversary thing, and only came out within the last decade.
My brother in law almost never talked about his time in Vietnam. The time he told me the most started with this song on the radio. He was a poor kid from rural America that just wanted to get a job and marry his girl but he had no choice. Twenty years later he was still asking why that war had to happen, "I wasn't protecting the sanctity of our country like dad did, just bleeding and dying so somebody can make a lot of money". Never saw him react that strongly to any other song.
I just turned 70. So I remember hearing this song for the first time on an AM radio. I had a cousin in the war and didn’t know if I supported the war or not but we prayed for my cousin to get home alive. It was a tumultuous time.
Yes it was. and like me (I am 70)... you missed the draft by one year. I remember my grand mother crying that I might get drafted. 2 years later I tried to enlist in the Air Force but... I have asthma
I turn 70 next week. A guy a couple of years older who lived down the street didn't make it back from Viet Nam, he was in a garage band and they played at his wake.
A true rock voice. Powerful, gritty, emotional. The music has endured for more than five decades because it is timeless. We still listen to Mozart. We still listen to Ella Fitzgerald, and we still listen to Creedence. Great music knows no limitations, it lives on forever.
I was in high school and college in California when the Vietnam War was in full swing. Trying not to get drafted, I joined the US Navy. Too many of my friends that were in the Army/Marines didn’t make back to the states alive. I am 76 years old and lived through this tumultuous time. This was our reality. We lived life to the fullest. (The mantra was sex, drugs and rock and roll). We listened to and liked all genres of music. Rock and roll, folk, Motown, blues, surf, psychedelic, etc. it was a huge part of our culture during this time. Muscle cars and micro buses were the thing. “You had to be there” Thank you for sharing your insight to music. JD
My repeat song is 'Have You Seen the Rain' and 'Looking Out My Back Door'. CCR the group I listened to the most in the late 70's. I have no memories of the 70's anymore but I'll always remember the songs.
When I turned 18 in 1972 my mother came with me to the draft office ( much to my embarrassment) to officially register for the draft. I'll never forget that she told the officer at the desk that he should know that I was her son and that she was my mother! Love you Mom. RIP
Were you inducted? Did you serve? Did your Mom have to drop you off at zero dark 30 at the induction center thinking it might be the last time she would ever see you again? Mine did. If not consider, yourself a “Fortunate Son”.
This is a song about how the sons of wealthy and "connected" people seemed to never get drafted during the Vietnam War. Also, John Fogerty is the composer, guitarist and vocalist, basically a genius.
Yeah and it's a big deal. We aren't having many wars these days, at least directly. I would like to see a law that if the US has a war or military action that the ones who are first to go are the sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters of our politicians who make those decisions. Maybe some of the politicians too if they're young enough to serve.
@@sdgakatbk We aren't having many wars these days???!!! We have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001 until 2021. I am not a fan of the draft, but one thing a draft does is keep citizens aware when our country is at war.
My dad‘s recon helicopter got shot down in Vietnam. He shattered every bone in both legs and laid their for three days not wanting to call out for help when he heard voices because he didn’t know if it was friend or foe. PTSD, all of his life. He was 18 years old at the time.😢
I'm so sorry for your loss and that he went thru that. My heart goes out to him and you. My grandpa was drafted in ww2, captured and held prisoner in Germany for 18 months. He survived but it haunted him all his life.
My dad was 20 when he took the whole contents of a claymore mine through his body in South Vietnam. 1968. 708 ball bearings. He survived and retired completely from the army last month! Glory to the warriors.
@VainerCactus0 he was so close to it that it just stripped most of the meat off his legs thankfully. He still has patches where its just skin with not a lot behind it. There's a whole chapter written about him in a book called voices from Vietnam and the chapter is called super magnetic man due to the amount of metal in him. Lol
@VainerCactus0 He was in a hospital bed for months with his hands tied to his sides so he wouldn't rip his legs apart any more with the pain which is where he met my mum who worked there as well. 6 months after getting out he was the captain of the army rugby team. Ended his career as the Colonel of the Regiment ( Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) So he never let it get in his way. Let's just say I grew up without balloons at birthdays though as Infantry are trained to instantly attack in the direction of attack/threat... and after being in front of a claymore he was certainly on edge with bangs...ie balloons popping. 🎈
I love that you’re reacting to this song! This is a song of my dad’s generation. He served as a Marine in Vietnam, and then came home to be a police officer for 36 years. I Joined the Navy just in time to serve in Desert Storm as an EOD tech. This song is an anthem to all that have served, but particularly those that served as a result of the draft.
K. Before you talk your dad into selling that BEAUTIFUL truck, please consider having it restored for him... please. If you do, it will be yours one day, a tangible piece of your past and dad. As for "feeling at home", many of John's songs convey that very feeling. I'm old enough to remember when they were "new", and they still stir me to this day! Thank you for this continuing journey through the music of our lives, Elizabeth!
The video is great and it is authorized by CCR as the official video, but it was made almost 50 years after the song was originally released. I still love that CCR supports this as their official video and the depth of Americana it explores and showcases especially for a 2 minute song.
Thanks. I was watching this and thinking that while some of the images look like the 1970s (yes, a time I remember), some of the images seem very much more recent.
If I may suggest another contender: Bob Seger System, 2+2 (th-cam.com/video/jpjAbZhtMgE/w-d-xo.html). As our host here often recommends, use headphones--I'd known the song for a while, but really tracking how they moved the sound around was another revelation. Note that video I've linked is, like the CCR video being considered here, not contemporary with the song's original release (though in this case, the incorporated footage is).
These blokes are legends. I am totally hooked on their 11 minute rendition of I Heard It Through The Grapevine. Oh my lord is it incredible. I'm so glad it's 11 minutes long because you just want more and more.
Just went to see John Fogerty in concert November 2023 near the end of his tour…he’s still got a powerful voice and in his late 70’s can still rock’n’roll on stage! He sang all the favorites!!🤘
Lord knows how many movies this song has been used in. Plus, you can't really hear this song without thinking of Vietnam. Whenever this song comes on the radio, I always turn it up.
I really dig the way he uses baseball as an allegory for life, all we need is a coach who believes in us and will give us a chanee. Put me in coaxh, I'm ready to play...
Important to note that this video was an update for the rerelease in 2018. The original song was released in 1969. So much of the imagery in the video has been updated 50 years later. As others mentioned this was originally very much a Vietnam War protest song, yet the updated video has no references to it.
How do you know one of the older guy anit a veteran. What makes this video great it’s shows American s who will get the draft letter this is the real America. Just what this OIF vet thinks
I’d repeat “Long as I can see the light” by CCR all day long, and probably have at times in my life, it really exposes more of that Soul in JF’s voice and the way he performs
Yes! And from a vocal perspective Fogerty has these vocal bits after the lines that really make the song unique. Great message as well as a great Sax solo that he does too.
Elizabeth, you are so genuine. That really came through this time; thank you so much for just being true to you and sharing that with the world. I'm older and have heard this song played in the background of life for over 40 years, but today is the first time it brought me to tears. Powerful song, powerful voice, powerful visuals, we are the 99%, we are the working class. We just want to be left alone. Why can't they respect that? That breaks my heart.
You nailed it perfectly as I am from this generation and can relate to every word. This song, along with Grand Funk Railroad's "Closer to Home" became anthems for us. In 1969 the Vietnam war was raging and the streets here in America were filled with protesting kids, who could not yet vote until 1971 when the voting age dropped to 18 from 21, but were being drafted to fight a civil war in Vietnam that we should have never been involved in (Thanks LBJ ... ). Elizabeth your analysis of music have become a staple of my life and I always look forward to every new video you post. From the bottom of my heart I thank you. 🤍
You nailed it on this one. CCR connected with their audience so well that 50 years later people are still feeling that connection. John Fogerty is a master songwriter/singer/musician.
Fogerty is in a class all his own. This song is so purely American in all the best ways. Like the video, it evokes images of America, while also being very much a protest song about wealth and privilege inequality.
This is a great song. I'm Canadian and lived in the States for 5 years and I can tell you with the kindest intentions and no sarcasm whatsoever that this song is the purest distillation of Americana. Interestingly, CCR was roundly criticised at the time for the way they presented themselves. They were a few guys from Southern California who were passing themselves off as southerners including elements of the Bayou and the Mississippi River in their lyrics. Fogerty's twang in his wonderful singing style added to this package. For non-Americans, the sound of the band is just American. For those within America, it has a particular regional style to it that is decidedly rural and southern.
I just saw John Fogerty in concert recently and let me tell you, having been to hundreds of concerts(mostly metal, rock, hard rock), I have never felt the way I felt at the Fogerty show. I can't even articulate what it was. Maybe being such an American icon or just that he wrote and sang these songs that are embedded in American pop culture, but I felt such a swell of pride that I've never experienced at a show before. I had seen the Rolling Stones weeks before, and while I was in absolute awe, it wasn't the same feeling I got with Fogerty. 🔥🔥💙💙 Needless to say he was phenomenal!
"Bad Moon Risin" "Lookin Out My Backdoor" "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" "Heard It Through The Grapevine" All awesome CCR tunes to consider. They had so many
“Someday Never Comes” Also one warning for anyone wanting to read through the lyrics on Lookin Out My Back Door, iirc the song is about doing a whole lot of acid in your backyard to relax, so the lyrics are… uh… interesting
Thanks for reacting to this iconic song. I actually think the 60's and 70's had many positive social changes that we have unfortunately backtracked against. It seems the evolution of man is non-linear. One of the ultimate antiwar songs of the Vietnam era was the very powerful 'Eve Of Destruction' by Barry McGuire. It isn't on a loop but I do revisit it. It reached number one on the charts. The lyrics are remarkable and his voice is perfect for that song. The one that is a video montage (10M views, usually first on page) of the political and military climate is more profound than the video of him on a stage.
Miss Elizabeth, I SO appreciate your commentary, analysis, and critiques. You are objective as to genre, style, and tone. I was to be a singer until my vocal coach kept me as a tenor and , well, it did not work out. But music is still a huge part of who I am. I love what what you do, have seen your performances (3 times) and, WOW! My roots are bluegrass and country, but played jazz trumpet. So I am kind of all over the map too. Keep it up! Superb!
Love seeing Fogerty getting some love - he and CCR loom large in the soundtrack of my life. Thank you for stretching out and exploring myriad genres! Back in my college days I showed up to my first day of work on September 22, 1985 as a stagehand/security guard at the first Farm Aid. At a bathroom break, I saw B.B. King and his band descending the backstage ramp after a blistering set (it’s on the TH-cam!!) and being the punk kid I am and not knowing any better, I went up to B.B. King and got to shake his hand and tell him how blown away I was to see him change his own broken guitar string while he was singing(!) and suddenly John Fogerty walks up beside me! What?!? So now freshman me is backstage chatting with two absolute legends thinking this college thing is pretty darn cool.. when out of nowhere Johnny Cash joined in our conversation!!! Surreal! I finally had to leave and get back to “work” and a woman had stopped to take a picture of the man in black…but there were several people in her way. It was Rickie Lee Jones!!! I figured with my security shirt on I could clear a path so she could get a photo.. and wound up kind of introducing Rickie Lee Jones to Johnny Cash! She went to take her picture…but she was out of film! So a passing photographer was flagged down to grab a picture. She and Johnny Cash chatted for a few minutes.. long enough for the photographer to disappear again in the crowd. Rickie Lee is on the shorter side and was unable to find the photographer and asked if I could help. I gestured to where he was near a tent talking with Tom Petty! Crazy first day of work!
“You know, there’s lots of things you expect in war, carnage, the sleepless nights, but what they don’t prepare you for is the incessant use of fortunate son.”
Elizabeth brings such joy and enthusiasm to her reactions, which keeps me coming back for more! She invariably points out something I’d missed after listening to this song countless times: the way that John Fogerty adds that little something to the end of his notes…love that!
Fogarty is the master of killer hooks, killer lyrics and short short songs. He makes his point and doesn't waste your time in doing it. Just the opening few bars is enough to set up a movie scene as being in the late 60s, especially in conjunction with Vietnam, you don't need the lyrics. This is an ICONIC song of Americana. And ALL of his songs are. And there is so many to enjoy. I wish the band could have held together.
The vocals are usually included when it's used in a movie because it's an anti-war song. It's often used in war movies for that reason. I say "anti-war," but it's actually more about war disproportionately affects the lower classes. It's like that lyric in System of a Down's "B.Y.O.B.", which you reacted to: "Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?"
As I wrote on the premier announcement yesterday, I grew up near the origin point of CCR in the greater SF - Sacramento Corridor of Northern California. I was 18 when this song came out and up for the draft. I KNEW WHAT THIS SONG WAS ABOUT.
Midnight special is the one that brings back so many memories for me. It was my Father's favorite song, he spoke about it all the time. Great video, thank you for sharing.
Hi, I've been a big fan for the last couple of years, just want to say thanks Elizabeth for all the reactions. Your approach is really pro, wich makes us stay, but we also come for the emotions and you really know the deal. You build community, blessings
The guitar tone in this hits me every time. The whole vibe of this song is laid back - but pissed. I never get sick of it and it makes me want to get up and get something done. I also enjoy getting to know you and the metal head husband. Very interesting to hear about your being home schooled for a bit, I was too. Definitely one of the best reaction channels on here. Lost In Vegas will always be my OGs being the first reaction channel I’ve seen - but to hear a talented opera vocalist analyze metal (and just about anything) and have that educated and artistic reaction to voices - this is a whole different genre of reaction channels. Really a whole other level entirely, actually - I never heard another reaction channel scientifically analyze Will Ramos’ vocalizers.
His guitar tones were always first-rate. He used a transistor amp at a time when guitarists didn’t think transistors could yield a good tone. A lot of modern tech is just trying to get those tones from the past.
Kustom. Don’t know much about them. (I may have posted this before - I don’t see it, might have forgotten to hit the send.) Saw him on TV once introducing the amp, said he’d used it at Woodstock.
For many songs, John used guitars tuned down to D which gave him a darker, almost ominous tone. If you watch the old CCR footage, when John used his Rickenbacker, it was in standard tuning to E, when he used his black Gibson Les Paul, it was tuned down to D.
It's amazing, really amazing, that all of CCRs songs, their terrific, tight, 3 minute, made-for-radio songs, were successful, especially given that, at the same time, psychedelia was in full bloom. There was a lot of musical experimentation, sitars and 15 minute long songs. CCR was like a breath of fresh air in those times.
Real, raw, rock and roll just never goes out of style. I know kids who like these songs. It has that raw and authentic quality that's missing from today's processed music.
Little known fact: the UH-1 Iroquois "huey" helicopter used in vietnam had auditory camouflage, it did not produce rotor noise only "fortunate son" by CCR
Elizabeth I grew up during this era and have both good and mad memories of life at that time. as always, thank you for helping us to add another dimension to the music we have grown up listening to and identifying with.
I used to drive a truck exactly like that chevy, green with white top. This song is usually the first song people think of when thinking of Vietnam era music. Of course there was a lot of music during that time. But this captures it best. The Pontiac Fiero tells me that the video was shot sometime after 1983. I'm also willing to bet John Fogerty had nothing to do with the video being made, as the record label held a firm grip on all of CCR's work, and even didn't allow John to record without lawsuits, claiming they owned the sound of his voice too. Fogerty was stuck in that litigation hell for 5 decades. He won.Thank goodness. Ah, copyright of 2018, so perhaps he did have something to do with the video being made.
There's an old movie from the 60s called Billy Jack and it has a theme song called "ONE TIN SOLDIER" by COVEN. You really really REALLY need to hear this song. Not just you, but all of your listeners as well.
The original, by The Original Caste, came out around '68. That's the one I heard in high school, and affected me the most. Another song, Tin Soldier, by the Small Faces, really deserves a listen, different song, but Steve Marriot's vocals, really take it to another level !
When I was a small child my dad used to play CCR in the car. The band still associates to car trips in my mind and is the best listened in a car, specially when doing a long trip. Love it.
Hahaha! Best of CCR was one of my road trip cassettes n cds! Other one was Bellamy Brothers. Should of heard my 5 year old belting out Redneck Girl traveling down hwy 395!! Ah, memories ❤
It’s finally here!!!! This is the only time I’ve ever set a notification for a video. This can come out soon enough. I can already hear Dale in his #3 coming around turn 3 and the Apache helos coming in behind. Merica
@@LolTollhurst isn’t that kind of the beauty of music. It’s transformative in the ears of the listener. A song with lyrics clearly aimed to promote an anti war message. Yet is a recognized national symbol for Merica.
It’s the Tenacity of those who served vs those that swerved. Some who opposed the draft still honored their oath; while even fewer came home to tell about it.
Sadly they really didn't which is why they disappeared so quick. Most of it was post production by John. He reworked or replayed the majorit of the work the band did. He knew they had one shot and wanted it to be on point.
CCR were ALWAYS on the Front Foot . Sharp , Strong , To the Point , No Bullshit , got something to say here...... Such a Fantastic Band . SWAMP ROCK . They're unique Genre . John Fogerty's voice is unmistakeable . Unique also .
Well, until the last album at least. That one got dragged along by a couple of good songs because the band was too busy fighting and Fogerty basically told them they could do all the work for a change. Which in some cases was like that time the Beatles let ringo write some songs
She's a delight with infectious enthusiasm. I've heard this song a zillion times and was bored with it. It was so fun to rediscover it's initial power & fun through her.
Reminds me of Jesse Ventura ( ex Seal, ex wrestler, ex governor), he was sent to Viet Nam, when his tour was over he was 20 years old. He asked to go back. He was asked why. His answer was that over there he was treated as a man, back home he couldn't drink or vote (legal age for both was 21). He concluded that the US was sending what they regarded as children to war.
CCR has a special place in my heart. They were a tiny bit before my time, but my dad was in Vietnam and this band was a big part of that war's soundtrack. He even managed to see them in concert once. Because of this, the band became a favorite of mine as well.
I wondered how a song about not having privilege would hit her at home. So the video looks like where she grew up and she relates to that. Now it makes sense.
Famously G W Bush jr stated that this was his favourite song....I guess he didn't see the irony! Such a classic song. Almost perfect. Fogerty is American royalty.
The ironybgot lost on Busch Jr because he, like his father, whobalso grew up wealthy, both served in the military. I'm not defending him because I like him but I'm letting you know that you are wrong in trying to make something ironic that doesn't fit your story. That in itself is ironic.
@@13_13k Fair point, but my comment was more class related rather than a comment on military service. That being said there have been claims from Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe that he received an easier ride and was selected as a pilot ahead of other candidates due to his father's connections.
@@13_13k It wasn't just deferments from service, children of wealth also seemed far more likely to go into the Reserves or National Guard than non-fortunate sons.
This song. This right here is the anthem i grew up with. Me and my friends. A lot of us had fathers who served, uncles, cousins, who served in that war. And all of us are represented there. It was played at every street dance and bar and county fair for decades. Still is.
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! "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.
This song is also about the wealthy weaseling out of paying taxes while the wealthy also whine about 'socialism'. It's also about loudmouthed patriots being a total liability.
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Please do M83 - Midnight city. You will absolutely love it
You really need that money from ads? You seem like a very wealthy person.
Definitely checking this out. Thank you for sharing.
@@manofconstantsorrowthat's how she gets paid bro so that she can do this for a living and bring us amazing videos like this one. Why would you just assume she is rich? Not too mention even if she is rich she should do these for free? You have a very odd view of how things are supposed to work.
@@clintdickerson887 Don't be ridiculous. She doesn't need additional money to make these videos. Besides, I was just curious and didn't mean anything bad. If she's wealthy, good for her.
"It's that song from that movie about Vietnam."
..."Which one?"
"All of them."
I don't think it was in "Platoon". I have to rewatch. 😂
to quote quagmire: "you know there's lots of things you expect in war. Carnage, sleepless nights,... but what they don't prepare you for is the incessant use of Fortunate Son."
@@DJSamsonofficialIt was played at high volume in Iraq when I was there in 2006.
@@MrBurns0922 I believe there was a scene in Jarhead where Jake Gyllenhaal yells at a couple of Hueys with blaring speakers playing this song that "this is the wrong war" and why they can't even have "their own music".
@@MacMov To be fair to those Huey pilots, "their own music" at the time was Nsync and Britney Spears...
Though a antiwar song "The song speaks more to the unfairness of class than war itself," Fogerty said. "It's the old saying about rich men making war and poor men having to fight them." It goes along with the same theme as lyrics of Black Sabbath War Pigs "Politicians hide themselves away, They only started the war, Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor, yeah.
Good point. Also thinking about System of a Down BYOB, with the "Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?". All great and meaningful songs.
Bob Dylan's early song "Masters of War" is similar in theme.
This. I always took it more like this. It wasn't going to war that was the problem. It was rich people getting out of having to go to war.
On point!
Politicians don’t care about the lower or middle class they care about the filthy rich and themselves everyone else is cannon fodder.
Voice : Powerful
Lyrics : Angry
Song : Timeless
Video - On point to the lyrics.
History: overused in LITERALLY every Vietnam movie
@@metalmark1214 I disagree. It's just a hodgepodge of images of middle Americans with no perspective on US society other than some of them aren't from priviledge.
But... Isn't the song about the underprivileged in America albeit regarding war?
@@fraymond3 Its a protest song about both real and perceived inequity for draft exemption. If you were wealthy you had options like becoming a professional college student (college deferment), influencing or bribing draft boards, paying doctors to exaggerate medical conditions that would make you ineligible for service, or even paying a fee to the government to get a permanent deferral. All things that poor and middle class people could not pull off.
My Dad went to Vietnam twice, as a helicopter pilot. This song always reminds me of a paraphrased quote he used, talking about those who served: "We the unwilling; sent by the unknowing; to do the unthinkable; and kill the unfortunate; all for the ungrateful; in a land far, far away." A song about the unfairness of life, indeed.
Your dad could tell some good stories. Those huey operators were very courageous, their gunners equally courageous flying cardboard boxes into battles and rescues that very few could do or even comprehend. I loved those guys when needing back up and evac, they were there for us. No offense to your dad, but us grunts thought you had to be insane to do that job. Lol in a nice way. God bless your dad. If he never got PTSD it is a miracle to his strength and determination to keep on trucking.
What should the people be grateful for? Muderering foreigners far away to expand the empire?
I'm know the quote your Dad paraphrased, I once saw it stenciled onto a wall, of a building, a group of aircraft mechanics worked out of when I served in the military. Thank your Dad for his service for me. I did 4 tours into a war zone myself.
Here is the original quote:
“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”
― Konstantin Josef Jireček
Great, but I miss the "uncaring". The US high politics did not care about the lives of their soldiers or of the civilians far away - they were no voters and no sponsors.
It seems there were promising peace talks going on in the time of the election, and then Nixon told the South Vietnamese generals "When you admit to a peace, Lyndon B Johnson will win with this success. But when you withhold it, I will win, and I promise you that I will take care you get WAY better conditions for the treaty".
4 more years of war, tens of thousands of deaths, all so that someone got elected.
And by the way, in the times of Jimmy Carter the Iranians had lost their motivation why they hold the people hostage in the US embassy, and were about to set them free. That event would again have been a big boost for Jimmy Carter to win the election.
Enter Ronald Reagan. He went to the Iranians and told them "When you hold back the release of the hostages until after the election, then I promise you will get the spare parts for your US weapons (e.g. for the F-14 Tomcats) you so desparately need. How is it?"
So the Iranians waited untis the day AFTER the election - that Reagan had won.
And then Reagan organized a clandestine operation so that is not obvious that the US makes deals with official arch-enemies.
When it came out, it was called the "Iran-Contra-affair".
But to cover up his involvement, Reagan called for the help of an attorney with the name Bill Barr. He was tasked with the investigation,
and instead of publishing the full report, he insisted on releasing a "summary" he had written himself. Which we now know hid all the REALLY interesting parts, the BIG names.
And funnily, when decades later it was about the involvement of Russia in the US 2016 election, it was AGAIN Bill Barr that was tasked with the handling, and he AGAIN refused to publish the report, only released a self-written summary.
Thank you for your his service My uncle was in the Vietnam and Grandpa was in WW2
I just saw Fogerty live last night. I never imagined that the world would ever get to see Fogerty play CCR again. After decades of having being robbed of his own music, he finally got it back and with his two sons delivered an amazing show.
He’s been playing CCR songs for well over 20 years
I saw him in Cleveland a little over a week ago. Amazing show.
Saw him last weekend. Blew me away. Sounded great. It was great to hear the CCR songs. He sings so passionately.
❤
Your dads truck is a coveted classic and is worth a ton of money. Its easy and cheap to repair. He is right on for keeping it and driving it!
Yep, simple mechanics, not stopped by a computer glitch or software update. You dads not hoarding a piece of junk, he's holding on to the perfect ride for the oncoming zombie apocalypse! 😜
That's one of the most sought-after body styles of GM trucks. Your Dad is right to keep it and drive it. Just because a vehicle is old is not a reason to discard it! It's paid off, will run forever, and considering where you grew up, it should have very little rust.
I came here to say the same thing. That truck is going up in value.
With the caveat that it's in good working order. That truck is probably worth 10x it's original price now, or more, depending on originality and condition.
It depends on the condition of the frame. Rusted out vehicles are dangerous.
No "fortunate son" here; served in Vietnam in 67-68. Came home to CCR playing all the great tunes and that helped me in transition back to civilian life. It's that strange time when you lost 2+ years in absence away from family and loved ones. You are out of synch with them and strangely missing the comradery of the friends you left back in the war. No one cares or understands unless you have lived it. Thanks for being a great reviewer of awesome songs.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE and I am sorry you had to go to Nam 💔
Thank you for your service, regardless of the reasoning for going. You were just following orders, at the end of the day.
My husband still feels guilty for having to serve stateside, while his friends from high school were in harms way, getting shot at. Finally, a few years ago at a Memorial Day service the officer giving the talk said that the soldiers that didn't go overseas were doing the job that they were told to do, just like the the guys that were sent. There is no shame. That finally helped. It's one of the few times I saw him cry. Thank you sir, for serving.
Thank you for your service sir, and welcome home❤
Thank you for your service. Blessings to you.
Remember the videos for many of these older songs came much later. The anger was much more palpable just listening to the song on its own. The video builds up the nostalgia.
And she ended up reacting to the video, which has nothing to do with the song, instead of the music.
Video has zero to do with the song
Plus the video uses all the tricks to evoke fake nostalgia-artificial sepia tone and seeking out 'rustic looking' people and places and then framing them exactly the way it's been done in all the Americana photographs of old barns and etc.
I was a little taken aback that she said she was surprised at a video like that being made in those days. It's pretty obvious the video was made decades after the song. I don't mind the video too much, seems to work, but I don't even know who made it or when, but it wasn't made until 20 years after the song, minimum.
@@gussnarp More like 50 years, I think. My understanding is that this video was made as a 50th anniversary thing, and only came out within the last decade.
A rare song that hits Elizabeth so strongly that she barely talks about the science of vocals, just how the song makes her feel. That's awesome
It's awesome she talking about mountains and orchards and hippy crap about people connected who knows in what way? Lame
But she's talking mostly about the video
But, she did. She spent a good chunk of time talking about how poignant his vocals and delivery are.
My brother in law almost never talked about his time in Vietnam. The time he told me the most started with this song on the radio. He was a poor kid from rural America that just wanted to get a job and marry his girl but he had no choice. Twenty years later he was still asking why that war had to happen, "I wasn't protecting the sanctity of our country like dad did, just bleeding and dying so somebody can make a lot of money". Never saw him react that strongly to any other song.
As an Aussie I think the quintissential song for Vietnam is "I was only 19" by Redgum. Obviously Fortunate Son and Paint It Black get #2 and #3
I just turned 70. So I remember hearing this song for the first time on an AM radio. I had a cousin in the war and didn’t know if I supported the war or not but we prayed for my cousin to get home alive. It was a tumultuous time.
Same here. Exactly. 75. Remember praying for my cousin in Viet Nam and sending him care packages every month.
Did he make it back?
Yes it was. and like me (I am 70)... you missed the draft by one year. I remember my grand mother crying that I might get drafted. 2 years later I tried to enlist in the Air Force but... I have asthma
@@pots_83 My cousin made it back.
I turn 70 next week. A guy a couple of years older who lived down the street didn't make it back from Viet Nam, he was in a garage band and they played at his wake.
"This song speaks to me..."
You're not alone, it speaks to a lot of people.
And, yet...people still vote for the Party of War...the Democrats.
As a veteran, thus has always been my favorite CCR so😢
*THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!*
Thank you. 💙 ❤
Thank you!
This and "Last Train to Clarksville".
A true rock voice. Powerful, gritty, emotional. The music has endured for more than five decades because it is timeless. We still listen to Mozart. We still listen to Ella Fitzgerald, and we still listen to Creedence. Great music knows no limitations, it lives on forever.
I was in high school and college in California when the Vietnam War was in full swing. Trying not to get drafted, I joined the US Navy. Too many of my friends that were in the Army/Marines didn’t make back to the states alive. I am 76 years old and lived through this tumultuous time. This was our reality.
We lived life to the fullest. (The mantra was sex, drugs and rock and roll). We listened to and liked all genres of music. Rock and roll, folk, Motown, blues, surf, psychedelic, etc. it was a huge part of our culture during this time. Muscle cars and micro buses were the thing. “You had to be there”
Thank you for sharing your insight to music. JD
I know many who joined the Navy to escape the draft... I guess I didn't run fast enough... U.S. Army.
Any Creedence song is useful for any moment in life, it's like a soundtrack for life itself.
_The Dude is still looking for his Creedence tapes._
@@dancarter482 The Dude abides.
Amen, brother. Definitely the soundtrack of my life.
"And when ya ask 'em "how much should we give?", they only answer "More, more, more, more..."
That line is so goddamn powerful.
Laws, don't they help themselves!
Yes! More CCR, the better. Fogerty can evoke such a wide range of emotions with his voice!
Saw John play in the UK last year and he's still belting it out... an absolute force of nature
My repeat song is 'Have You Seen the Rain' and 'Looking Out My Back Door'.
CCR the group I listened to the most in the late 70's. I have no memories of the 70's anymore but I'll always remember the songs.
When I turned 18 in 1972 my mother came with me to the draft office ( much to my embarrassment) to officially register for the draft.
I'll never forget that she told the officer at the desk that he should know that I was her son and that she was my mother! Love you Mom. RIP
Were you inducted? Did you serve? Did your Mom have to drop you off at zero dark 30 at the induction center thinking it might be the last time she would ever see you again? Mine did. If not consider, yourself a “Fortunate Son”.
She's real.
Respect to your mom.
This is a song about how the sons of wealthy and "connected" people seemed to never get drafted during the Vietnam War.
Also, John Fogerty is the composer, guitarist and vocalist, basically a genius.
And he got drafted and refused to fight. Instead he went into the reserves.
@@manwiththeplan67 interesting how they let you do stuff like that. My dad got his draft card and instead volunteered for the navy.
Yeah and it's a big deal. We aren't having many wars these days, at least directly. I would like to see a law that if the US has a war or military action that the ones who are first to go are the sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters of our politicians who make those decisions. Maybe some of the politicians too if they're young enough to serve.
did you say "bone spurs"?
@@sdgakatbk We aren't having many wars these days???!!! We have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001 until 2021. I am not a fan of the draft, but one thing a draft does is keep citizens aware when our country is at war.
My dad‘s recon helicopter got shot down in Vietnam. He shattered every bone in both legs and laid their for three days not wanting to call out for help when he heard voices because he didn’t know if it was friend or foe. PTSD, all of his life. He was 18 years old at the time.😢
I wish I’d been able to tell him Welcome Home. Thank you for sharing.
In tears for your dad right now.
@@eva-w thank you. All is OK. He passed two years ago now.
@@kaydantonio3719 thank you!
I'm so sorry for your loss and that he went thru that. My heart goes out to him and you. My grandpa was drafted in ww2, captured and held prisoner in Germany for 18 months. He survived but it haunted him all his life.
My dad was 20 when he took the whole contents of a claymore mine through his body in South Vietnam. 1968. 708 ball bearings. He survived and retired completely from the army last month! Glory to the warriors.
Buy your Dad an olive drab green shirt that just says "FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY".
How is that even possible? Did they all just pass through a tiny area? He must have been the luckiest man in the country to survive that.
@VainerCactus0 he was so close to it that it just stripped most of the meat off his legs thankfully. He still has patches where its just skin with not a lot behind it. There's a whole chapter written about him in a book called voices from Vietnam and the chapter is called super magnetic man due to the amount of metal in him. Lol
@@KiwiBurnoutsAndCookouts It must have taken some time to be able to walk again after that, sounds awful.
@VainerCactus0 He was in a hospital bed for months with his hands tied to his sides so he wouldn't rip his legs apart any more with the pain which is where he met my mum who worked there as well. 6 months after getting out he was the captain of the army rugby team. Ended his career as the Colonel of the Regiment ( Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) So he never let it get in his way. Let's just say I grew up without balloons at birthdays though as Infantry are trained to instantly attack in the direction of attack/threat... and after being in front of a claymore he was certainly on edge with bangs...ie balloons popping. 🎈
I love that you’re reacting to this song! This is a song of my dad’s generation. He served as a Marine in Vietnam, and then came home to be a police officer for 36 years.
I Joined the Navy just in time to serve in Desert Storm as an EOD tech. This song is an anthem to all that have served, but particularly those that served as a result of the draft.
K. Before you talk your dad into selling that BEAUTIFUL truck, please consider having it restored for him... please. If you do, it will be yours one day, a tangible piece of your past and dad. As for "feeling at home", many of John's songs convey that very feeling. I'm old enough to remember when they were "new", and they still stir me to this day! Thank you for this continuing journey through the music of our lives, Elizabeth!
This is great advice
The video is great and it is authorized by CCR as the official video, but it was made almost 50 years after the song was originally released. I still love that CCR supports this as their official video and the depth of Americana it explores and showcases especially for a 2 minute song.
Thanks. I was watching this and thinking that while some of the images look like the 1970s (yes, a time I remember), some of the images seem very much more recent.
Not by CCR, maybe now by John after he got his songs back, there is how ever 1 clip from this song from 1969 in good quality
Even in Forrest Gump, when they are coming into Vietnam, they play this song.... It's Glorious!
That's where I first heard this song, when I was like 5.
@@chpman2013 I believe it was also used in Apocalypse Now.
It’s basically in any Vietnam war themed movie ever
Best vietnam protest song ever.... 80's kid here and non US resident, still it hit me hard when i first heard it in my teens.
If I may suggest another contender: Bob Seger System, 2+2 (th-cam.com/video/jpjAbZhtMgE/w-d-xo.html). As our host here often recommends, use headphones--I'd known the song for a while, but really tracking how they moved the sound around was another revelation. Note that video I've linked is, like the CCR video being considered here, not contemporary with the song's original release (though in this case, the incorporated footage is).
Buffalo Springfield's "For What it's Worth" is also a serious contender
These blokes are legends. I am totally hooked on their 11 minute rendition of I Heard It Through The Grapevine. Oh my lord is it incredible. I'm so glad it's 11 minutes long because you just want more and more.
Just went to see John Fogerty in concert November 2023 near the end of his tour…he’s still got a powerful voice and in his late 70’s can still rock’n’roll on stage! He sang all the favorites!!🤘
Lord knows how many movies this song has been used in. Plus, you can't really hear this song without thinking of Vietnam. Whenever this song comes on the radio, I always turn it up.
Fogerty has every emotion in his back pocket. Listen to his solo song 'Centerfield" to hear him pull out pure joy.
I really dig the way he uses baseball as an allegory for life, all we need is a coach who believes in us and will give us a chanee. Put me in coaxh, I'm ready to play...
Lookin’ out my back door too.
First Concert my old man ever took me to was CCR. I so miss the 70's
5:50 that pickup is a classic! Cars are like music, some turns to gold the more old it gets. Youre wrong, dad is a legend.
That truck is so cool and the fact it is still on the road is even more cool
Important to note that this video was an update for the rerelease in 2018. The original song was released in 1969. So much of the imagery in the video has been updated 50 years later. As others mentioned this was originally very much a Vietnam War protest song, yet the updated video has no references to it.
How do you know one of the older guy anit a veteran. What makes this video great it’s shows American s who will get the draft letter this is the real America. Just what this OIF vet thinks
Absolutely not the original video if there was one. If there had been a video it would have reflected way more violence.
I’d repeat “Long as I can see the light” by CCR all day long, and probably have at times in my life, it really exposes more of that Soul in JF’s voice and the way he performs
Yes! And from a vocal perspective Fogerty has these vocal bits after the lines that really make the song unique. Great message as well as a great Sax solo that he does too.
Used to play that up in the mountains when camping. Nothing like hearing J.F. belting out that tune echoing through the trees on the wind. Gold!!
That song and "Who'll stop the Rain".
And Someday Never Comes. Those are my two favorite CCR songs.
@@evahanson7681 on same page here
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? is another great CCR song you should hear
ABSOLUTELY! She should def listen to have you ever seen the rain.
Elizabeth, you are so genuine. That really came through this time; thank you so much for just being true to you and sharing that with the world. I'm older and have heard this song played in the background of life for over 40 years, but today is the first time it brought me to tears. Powerful song, powerful voice, powerful visuals, we are the 99%, we are the working class. We just want to be left alone. Why can't they respect that? That breaks my heart.
You nailed it perfectly as I am from this generation and can relate to every word. This song, along with Grand Funk Railroad's "Closer to Home" became anthems for us. In 1969 the Vietnam war was raging and the streets here in America were filled with protesting kids, who could not yet vote until 1971 when the voting age dropped to 18 from 21, but were being drafted to fight a civil war in Vietnam that we should have never been involved in (Thanks LBJ ... ). Elizabeth your analysis of music have become a staple of my life and I always look forward to every new video you post. From the bottom of my heart I thank you. 🤍
As someone who was drafted, I always loved and lived this song!
You nailed it on this one. CCR connected with their audience so well that 50 years later people are still feeling that connection. John Fogerty is a master songwriter/singer/musician.
Fogerty is in a class all his own. This song is so purely American in all the best ways. Like the video, it evokes images of America, while also being very much a protest song about wealth and privilege inequality.
This is a great song. I'm Canadian and lived in the States for 5 years and I can tell you with the kindest intentions and no sarcasm whatsoever that this song is the purest distillation of Americana. Interestingly, CCR was roundly criticised at the time for the way they presented themselves. They were a few guys from Southern California who were passing themselves off as southerners including elements of the Bayou and the Mississippi River in their lyrics. Fogerty's twang in his wonderful singing style added to this package. For non-Americans, the sound of the band is just American. For those within America, it has a particular regional style to it that is decidedly rural and southern.
The live version of this is SO crazy with the sound of the crowd and how powerful they sound live!
The 1970 live version is just pure PUNK!
I just saw John Fogerty in concert recently and let me tell you, having been to hundreds of concerts(mostly metal, rock, hard rock), I have never felt the way I felt at the Fogerty show. I can't even articulate what it was. Maybe being such an American icon or just that he wrote and sang these songs that are embedded in American pop culture, but I felt such a swell of pride that I've never experienced at a show before. I had seen the Rolling Stones weeks before, and while I was in absolute awe, it wasn't the same feeling I got with Fogerty. 🔥🔥💙💙 Needless to say he was phenomenal!
I've seen him a couple of times as well, I couldn't agree more, it goes above and beyond anything else. 🙌
"Bad Moon Risin"
"Lookin Out My Backdoor"
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain"
"Heard It Through The Grapevine"
All awesome CCR tunes to consider. They had so many
She did Grapevine already
@@djbeema CCR's? I'll have to search it out. Thanks!
“Someday Never Comes”
Also one warning for anyone wanting to read through the lyrics on Lookin Out My Back Door, iirc the song is about doing a whole lot of acid in your backyard to relax, so the lyrics are… uh… interesting
Cotton Fields
Run through the Jungle.
"Run through the Jungle" would be my suggestion as a follow up - the pure audible fear in that one..
200 million guns a-loaded
Satan cries, "Take aim!"
One of the few songs sung from the soldiers point of view, I believe.
My favorite CCR song
A song inspired by how many weapons there is in America, great tune.
Also my favorite CCR song. I highly recommend that to be your next deep dive of this band.
Thanks for reacting to this iconic song. I actually think the 60's and 70's had many positive social changes that we have unfortunately backtracked against. It seems the evolution of man is non-linear. One of the ultimate antiwar songs of the Vietnam era was the very powerful 'Eve Of Destruction' by Barry McGuire. It isn't on a loop but I do revisit it. It reached number one on the charts. The lyrics are remarkable and his voice is perfect for that song. The one that is a video montage (10M views, usually first on page) of the political and military climate is more profound than the video of him on a stage.
Miss Elizabeth, I SO appreciate your commentary, analysis, and critiques. You are objective as to genre, style, and tone. I was to be a singer until my vocal coach kept me as a tenor and , well, it did not work out. But music is still a huge part of who I am. I love what what you do, have seen your performances (3 times) and, WOW! My roots are bluegrass and country, but played jazz trumpet. So I am kind of all over the map too. Keep it up! Superb!
Love seeing Fogerty getting some love - he and CCR loom large in the soundtrack of my life. Thank you for stretching out and exploring myriad genres!
Back in my college days I showed up to my first day of work on September 22, 1985 as a stagehand/security guard at the first Farm Aid. At a bathroom break, I saw B.B. King and his band descending the backstage ramp after a blistering set (it’s on the TH-cam!!) and being the punk kid I am and not knowing any better, I went up to B.B. King and got to shake his hand and tell him how blown away I was to see him change his own broken guitar string while he was singing(!) and suddenly John Fogerty walks up beside me! What?!? So now freshman me is backstage chatting with two absolute legends thinking this college thing is pretty darn cool.. when out of nowhere Johnny Cash joined in our conversation!!! Surreal! I finally had to leave and get back to “work” and a woman had stopped to take a picture of the man in black…but there were several people in her way. It was Rickie Lee Jones!!! I figured with my security shirt on I could clear a path so she could get a photo.. and wound up kind of introducing Rickie Lee Jones to Johnny Cash! She went to take her picture…but she was out of film! So a passing photographer was flagged down to grab a picture. She and Johnny Cash chatted for a few minutes.. long enough for the photographer to disappear again in the crowd. Rickie Lee is on the shorter side and was unable to find the photographer and asked if I could help. I gestured to where he was near a tent talking with Tom Petty! Crazy first day of work!
Fantastic song, still as true today as ever.
Except we don’t have a draft any more. For the time being, anyway.
@@Congruesome i was thinking along the more general lines that some people can get away with almost anything, because they are rich.
@@stevenporter8740 True dat.
@@Congruesomeno draft, just an economic “draft”.
I always loved CCR. I was in high school when they became popular and I got to see them three times in concert by my senior year!
“You know, there’s lots of things you expect in war, carnage, the sleepless nights, but what they don’t prepare you for is the incessant use of fortunate son.”
LOL!
Elizabeth brings such joy and enthusiasm to her reactions, which keeps me coming back for more! She invariably points out something I’d missed after listening to this song countless times: the way that John Fogerty adds that little something to the end of his notes…love that!
Fogarty is the master of killer hooks, killer lyrics and short short songs. He makes his point and doesn't waste your time in doing it. Just the opening few bars is enough to set up a movie scene as being in the late 60s, especially in conjunction with Vietnam, you don't need the lyrics. This is an ICONIC song of Americana. And ALL of his songs are. And there is so many to enjoy. I wish the band could have held together.
His vocal power on Travelin Band would drop her jaw to the floor
The vocals are usually included when it's used in a movie because it's an anti-war song. It's often used in war movies for that reason. I say "anti-war," but it's actually more about war disproportionately affects the lower classes. It's like that lyric in System of a Down's "B.Y.O.B.", which you reacted to: "Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?"
USUALLY because was only used in Forrest Gump and everybody else seems to think it's in ten movies or something.
Yeah. Very familiar to a Black Sabbath lyrics in War Pigs. Probably was an influence.
Simply the most distinctive voice and styling in rock.
Fogerty's voice is a force of nature. Absolutely one of the best 👌
As I wrote on the premier announcement yesterday, I grew up near the origin point of CCR in the greater SF - Sacramento Corridor of Northern California. I was 18 when this song came out and up for the draft. I KNEW WHAT THIS SONG WAS ABOUT.
Midnight special is the one that brings back so many memories for me. It was my Father's favorite song, he spoke about it all the time. Great video, thank you for sharing.
Mine too. We sang it at his wake.
I’d call you fortunate. Growing up in the country, a parent with skills she could pass on, and the talent to use them. An orchard!
Hi, I've been a big fan for the last couple of years, just want to say thanks Elizabeth for all the reactions. Your approach is really pro, wich makes us stay, but we also come for the emotions and you really know the deal. You build community, blessings
Rolling Stone just announced that CCR are the most popular band of 2024. John was so happy and grateful for that.
The guitar tone in this hits me every time. The whole vibe of this song is laid back - but pissed. I never get sick of it and it makes me want to get up and get something done.
I also enjoy getting to know you and the metal head husband. Very interesting to hear about your being home schooled for a bit, I was too. Definitely one of the best reaction channels on here. Lost In Vegas will always be my OGs being the first reaction channel I’ve seen - but to hear a talented opera vocalist analyze metal (and just about anything) and have that educated and artistic reaction to voices - this is a whole different genre of reaction channels. Really a whole other level entirely, actually - I never heard another reaction channel scientifically analyze Will Ramos’ vocalizers.
His guitar tones were always first-rate. He used a transistor amp at a time when guitarists didn’t think transistors could yield a good tone. A lot of modern tech is just trying to get those tones from the past.
@@jonathanroberts8981 that’s cool - and useful. What kind of amp was this?
He used Kustoms. I don’t know too much about them.
Kustom. Don’t know much about them. (I may have posted this before - I don’t see it, might have forgotten to hit the send.) Saw him on TV once introducing the amp, said he’d used it at Woodstock.
For many songs, John used guitars tuned down to D which gave him a darker, almost ominous tone. If you watch the old CCR footage, when John used his Rickenbacker, it was in standard tuning to E, when he used his black Gibson Les Paul, it was tuned down to D.
It's amazing, really amazing, that all of CCRs songs, their terrific, tight, 3 minute, made-for-radio songs, were successful, especially given that, at the same time, psychedelia was in full bloom. There was a lot of musical experimentation, sitars and 15 minute long songs. CCR was like a breath of fresh air in those times.
Real, raw, rock and roll just never goes out of style. I know kids who like these songs. It has that raw and authentic quality that's missing from today's processed music.
Little known fact: the UH-1 Iroquois "huey" helicopter used in vietnam had auditory camouflage, it did not produce rotor noise only "fortunate son" by CCR
You've been watching too many movies.
Optionally, it could play Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner.
Sometimes Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones if it was on a TV budget
Or "Run through the Jungle"
My favorite rotor noise was when it sounded like The Animals "We got to get out of this place."
Elizabeth I grew up during this era and have both good and mad memories of life at that time. as always, thank you for helping us to add another dimension to the music we have grown up listening to and identifying with.
Beautiful voice and superb songwriting abilities by Fogerty.
Have you ever seen the rain, would be my next suggestion. That one is always stuck in my head the melody is so good
I'd recommend "Who'll stop the rain?"
The important thing to realise with both of these songs is neither of them is actually about rain.
I used to drive a truck exactly like that chevy, green with white top. This song is usually the first song people think of when thinking of Vietnam era music. Of course there was a lot of music during that time. But this captures it best. The Pontiac Fiero tells me that the video was shot sometime after 1983. I'm also willing to bet John Fogerty had nothing to do with the video being made, as the record label held a firm grip on all of CCR's work, and even didn't allow John to record without lawsuits, claiming they owned the sound of his voice too. Fogerty was stuck in that litigation hell for 5 decades. He won.Thank goodness. Ah, copyright of 2018, so perhaps he did have something to do with the video being made.
There's an old movie from the 60s called Billy Jack and it has a theme song called "ONE TIN SOLDIER" by COVEN. You really really REALLY need to hear this song. Not just you, but all of your listeners as well.
I heard it on the radio many times back when it was released. It's an ok song, but I don't see how it rates a triple "really" rating.
@@keensoundguy6637 personal connection I guess
The original, by The Original Caste, came out around '68. That's the one I heard in high school, and affected me the most. Another song, Tin Soldier, by the Small Faces, really deserves a listen, different song, but Steve Marriot's vocals, really take it to another level !
If she is going to do Coven, which is an idea I can easily get behind, she should start with Wicked Woman from their debut album.
When I was a small child my dad used to play CCR in the car. The band still associates to car trips in my mind and is the best listened in a car, specially when doing a long trip. Love it.
Hahaha! Best of CCR was one of my road trip cassettes n cds! Other one was Bellamy Brothers. Should of heard my 5 year old belting out Redneck Girl traveling down hwy 395!! Ah, memories ❤
Credence Clearwater revival volume 1 and 2. Chronicles greatest hit albums i have on repeat
It’s finally here!!!! This is the only time I’ve ever set a notification for a video. This can come out soon enough. I can already hear Dale in his #3 coming around turn 3 and the Apache helos coming in behind. Merica
Sounds like the message of the song went the same way the helicopters did. Protest songs aren't _blessing_ 'merica
@@LolTollhurst isn’t that kind of the beauty of music. It’s transformative in the ears of the listener.
A song with lyrics clearly aimed to promote an anti war message. Yet is a recognized national symbol for Merica.
Where can I get some of that ‘shine you got a hold of?
It’s the Tenacity of those who served vs those that swerved. Some who opposed the draft still honored their oath; while even fewer came home to tell about it.
Elizabeth - "Run Through the Jungle" would be a great next CCR song to check out.
Beth, you have an incredible ability to put into words the feeling of a song! Love your descriptions and analysis of songs!!
These guys just clicked . They were pure music. Rock. Yes. R&B yes. Blues yes. And a bit of gospel
American music
The whole album is based on Beatles' _Sgt. Pepper,_ believe it or not!
Sadly they really didn't which is why they disappeared so quick. Most of it was post production by John. He reworked or replayed the majorit of the work the band did. He knew they had one shot and wanted it to be on point.
@@AndyViant All Fogerty did was overdub some stuff to the basic band tracks. "Green River" basic track was cut in about five minutes.
CCR were ALWAYS on the Front Foot . Sharp , Strong , To the Point , No Bullshit , got something to say here......
Such a Fantastic Band . SWAMP ROCK . They're unique Genre . John Fogerty's voice is unmistakeable . Unique also .
Well, until the last album at least. That one got dragged along by a couple of good songs because the band was too busy fighting and Fogerty basically told them they could do all the work for a change.
Which in some cases was like that time the Beatles let ringo write some songs
She's a delight with infectious enthusiasm. I've heard this song a zillion times and was bored with it. It was so fun to rediscover it's initial power & fun through her.
This is what I love about her. She’s sometimes allowed me to see even music I didn’t care for in a new light.
@@Saje3D Agree with you both.
CCR's cover of 'Heard It Through The Grapevine' is amazing, and also really long.
The full version not the cut down one.
"Ah huyed it through the grapevine!"
@@PK_Mega_Awesome Full version with a long instrumental set too. It's so amazing.
That song absolutely wrecked me back in the acid days.
I'm 51, born in 72 and this song makes me hurt for days that will not be coming back
Considering this song came out in 1969!
Check out "Long As I Can See The Light" from CCR. It's a bit of a different feel from most of their other hits. More of a sentimental feel.
so many good songs from CCR, May I suggest Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You
the live version at woodstock is incredible!
Also Proud Mary
That’s a banger
While the CCR version is great, everyone should first listen to the original by Screamin' Jay Hawkins as a warmup.
CCR=GOAT
Reminds me of Jesse Ventura ( ex Seal, ex wrestler, ex governor), he was sent to Viet Nam, when his tour was over he was 20 years old. He asked to go back. He was asked why. His answer was that over there he was treated as a man, back home he couldn't drink or vote (legal age for both was 21). He concluded that the US was sending what they regarded as children to war.
Just saw that vid of him today
He was right on that point…but these days Ventura is a straight up loon.
A good man who wisely endorsed Harris for President.
#WereNotGoingBack #TrumpsProject2025
@@sdot5389 ?
Just like every other war, ever.
"Long as I see the Light" - CCR, it will give you goosebumps for sure, a masterpiece ❤
CCR has a special place in my heart. They were a tiny bit before my time, but my dad was in Vietnam and this band was a big part of that war's soundtrack. He even managed to see them in concert once. Because of this, the band became a favorite of mine as well.
I wondered how a song about not having privilege would hit her at home. So the video looks like where she grew up and she relates to that. Now it makes sense.
Famously G W Bush jr stated that this was his favourite song....I guess he didn't see the irony!
Such a classic song. Almost perfect.
Fogerty is American royalty.
Participating in the long tradition of Republicans absolutely missing the point of music they claim to love 😂
Didn't Trump try using this to walk out at a rally? 😂
The ironybgot lost on Busch Jr because he, like his father, whobalso grew up wealthy, both served in the military.
I'm not defending him because I like him but I'm letting you know that you are wrong in trying to make something ironic that doesn't fit your story.
That in itself is ironic.
@@13_13k Fair point, but my comment was more class related rather than a comment on military service. That being said there have been claims from Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe that he received an easier ride and was selected as a pilot ahead of other candidates due to his father's connections.
@@13_13k It wasn't just deferments from service, children of wealth also seemed far more likely to go into the Reserves or National Guard than non-fortunate sons.
@16:00 - The song is from 1969 --this video is from 2018.
This song. This right here is the anthem i grew up with. Me and my friends. A lot of us had fathers who served, uncles, cousins, who served in that war. And all of us are represented there. It was played at every street dance and bar and county fair for decades. Still is.
For years I would listen to all of CCR on repeat. And still do. Chronicles vol. 1 + 2 and Bayou Country
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! "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.
You would love analyzing "I Put a spell on you"...
This song was about anger about the Vietnam war and how the sons of the rich politicians got their sons out of being drafted.
True. This video is completely unrelated and should be ignored,
This song is also about the wealthy weaseling out of paying taxes while the wealthy also whine about 'socialism'. It's also about loudmouthed patriots being a total liability.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver - very true.
Literally one of the best rock songs ever written, there are also some amazing covers of it, most notably Pearl Jam and the almighty Clutch.