POLLIN' on the river — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (ILM artist poll #62) RESULTS THREAD

http://i.imgur.com/9FVI3zz.jpg

21 ballots in total, with 16 albums ballots. I'll do the album countdown tonight & then start unrolling ILX's top 40 CCR songs tomorrow morning. 40-26 on Monday, 25-11 on Tuesday, with the top 10 rolling out on Wednesday. Huge thanks to everybody who voted! But you don't need a ballot just to hang around. People on this poll thread are happy to give.

First of all,

http://i.imgur.com/LXzNzJy.jpg

5. 20 pts, 9 votes
Pendulum (1970)
http://i.imgur.com/jESxU8r.jpg

Didn't do an albums ballot, but had Pendulum on while I did my tracks ballot, and the bottom half became littered with its album cuts.

yeah Pendulum is deep cuts paradise, kind of gives a glimpse of what CCR could've been in the '70s if they stuck together and became more of an AOR band than a singles factory

I didn't do an albums ballot either, but 3 tracks from Pendulum were on my tracks ballot.

Damn, guys. This is why I like this place. Pendulum was the surprise for me.

tbf Pendulum at #5 means that it only placed above two of their albums, one of them being the dreaded Mardi Gras

True. I'd be curious to find out if Mardi Gras got any votes when there were only 5 slots on anyone's ballot.

Pendulum my number three pick!

I love Tom's creepy staredown on the cover.

4. 26 pts, 13 votes, 1 1st place vote
Bayou Country (1969)
http://i.imgur.com/zr4mUjC.jpg

3. 49 pts, 15 votes, 1 1st place vote)
Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
http://i.imgur.com/FWgUYMd.jpg

2. 50 pts, 15 votes, 2 1st place votes
Green River (1969)
http://i.imgur.com/hKaZYex.jpg

1. 72 pts, 16 votes, 11 1st place votes
Cosmo's Factory (1970)
http://i.imgur.com/x4BXVFB.jpg

Whoa at the blowout. Cosmo's Factory was almost my #1 as well, but went with Green River at the last second.

pourin' one out for the excellent debut

Wow yeah, I had the s/t as my #3, shame it didn't make it.

Happy with the top two though!

40. I Put A Spell On You – 58 points | 4 votes
https://youtu.be/VhFt-SVqVuI

Screamin' Jay version rules too, but this is the definitive imo.

39. Graveyard Train – 62 points | 3 votes
https://youtu.be/dwv6-TXizJQ

Monomaniacal + nightmarish that track.

Is there any other artist poll where 3 of the top 5 albums were released in the same year? I'm thinking probably not.

https://igcdn-photos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t51.2885-15/11325374_1103543149662821_1509620712_n.jpg
i figure this photo of my kid this weekend should be in this thread...

hell yeah!

awesome

ominous blues tunes are ruling the bottom rungs of the top 40..

38. Tombstone Shadow – 74 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/rxglgqFJ6Lc

Is there any other artist poll where 3 of the top 5 albums were released in the same year? I'm thinking probably not.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, June 15, 2015 11:16 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

probably not in pop music, maybe jazz. or rap, if we're counting, say, Gucci Mane mixtapes.

Fairport Convention maybe?

good call

coulda sworn Liege & Lief was 1970 but Discogs sez '69

I had Pendulum at #2 and Green River at #1

Taking Sides: Creedence's '69 vs. Fairport's '69

37. Call It Pretending – 76 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/cjS3EnMLf60

Fantastic photo, Tyler.

Is there any other artist poll where 3 of the top 5 albums were released in the same year? I'm thinking probably not.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat),

Husker Du.

I think Call It Pretending is my favorite discovery from this poll. very Grass Roots-y

Husker Du.

New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig, ...?

oh, calendar year. I was being elastic and was gonna include Zen Arcade. Their productivity was remarkable too.

and the A-side:

36. Porterville – 88 points | 4 votes
https://youtu.be/ys2x4p2yp2o

Bringing It All Back Home/Highway 61/Blonde on Blonde are separated by 14 months--very close.

"Call It Pretending" sounds sort of Motownish to me once you take away the vocal.

oh, calendar year. I was being elastic and was gonna include Zen Arcade. Their productivity was remarkable too.

Who do you think you are, Tiger Woods?

http://i.imgur.com/AFhR5NP.jpg

am I black or white
am I straight or gay

did you win four consecutively or did you win four in the same year.

how can there be time for good conversation when you're pondering that kind of perpetual motion.

35. It's Just A Thought – 94 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/Bdai_1LlSA0

^^^ love the organ on this one

I voted for it.

me too

34. Cross-Tie Walker – 100 points | 6 votes
https://youtu.be/4caGt1ARqBg

First one I voted for to place!

33. Bootleg – 104 points | 4 votes
https://youtu.be/cevHrrCz2F4

And another!

(I promise I won't do this for every one)

I won't either, but another!

32. Feelin' Blue – 110 points | 6 votes
https://youtu.be/VqHLLgVUFrI

31. Penthouse Pauper – 132 points | 6 votes
https://youtu.be/K1WvSMkAzVI

Drums are so perfect on "Feelin' Blue"...for that matter, they're perfect on every CCR song.

And few bands had as consistently brilliant a drum sound throughout their recorded oeuvre as Creedence did.

is there a spotify list for the poll results?

sorry i didn't search for it before posting that

not yet!

i only know the basics of CCR but my parents used to call them Los Creedence bc apparently that's what they were called when my mom lived (with her parents) in Mexico
seems like good times summer tunes, i could use that

unfortunately some of their tracks aren't available on Spotify :(

rats. i don't even like spotify but i thought it was more polite/reasonable than asking someone to ysi

here's a youtube playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3xVLuskm2qfHNNITTl-lsGYEJiE7XjB_

thanks!

30. Sweet Hitch-Hiker – 134 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/jEj3OilpsIs

Jesus, that album is terrible though.

Talking of albums, I realized today that the first CCR albums I heard were the 1st and Pendulum! My brother was given them or borrowed them or something from a guy in his school or the guy's big brother or something. Gatefold photo in Pendulum is awesome btw.

I think it's terribleness is oversestimated given what came before. but yeah the non-Fogerty stuff is totally forgettable.

xp

er not given, "because of"

there's only like 2 songs from Green River that aren't on Spotify, nothing else really major from their studio discography is missing

Mardi Gras wasn't so terrible that I couldn't stand to listen to it twice when I was prepping for this thread, but I doubt I'll ever feel the need to hear it again, and I certainly didn't vote for anything from it.

there's only like 2 songs from Green River that aren't on Spotify, nothing else really major from their studio discography is missing

one of those is "Cross-Tie Walker"

that seems so weird to me, do they have different rights/publishing or something?

29. The Midnight Special – 142 points | 7 votes
https://youtu.be/RAO0vvMrBd4

outrageous, this deserved top 20 imo

so...does anyone know if Fogerty still has lots of dough despite the law suits and countersuit?

Still like its appearance in Twilight Zone: The Movie.

Ha, just thought of that.
https://youtu.be/ngvbQoJ5Mzo

I assume Fogerty has always had some kind of cash flow...more than once, he went 10 years without putting any records out (or touring).

(xxp)

I imagine he's the sort of guy with a dirt floor; he just keeps on chooglin'.

he's doing allright

that seems to be a parody site

28. Walk On The Water – 158 points | 7 votes
https://youtu.be/POkbsgdj1ig

that seems to be a parody site

joeks bruv

He also owns several restaurants (the “Fat Fogerty Burger” chain) in Washington, a Football Team (the “Berkeley Angels”), has launched his own brand of Vodka (Pure Wonderfogerty - US), and is tackling the juniors market with a top-selling perfume (With Love from John) and a fashion line called “John Fogerty Seduction”.

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/richest-rock-lead-singers-world/

#47 -- less $ than Glenn Frey, more than Roger Daltrey.

fashion line called “John Fogerty Seduction”.

flannel shirts with armpit rings and garlic fragrance

celebritynetworth.com is a parody of researched facts

28. Travelin' Band – 198 points | 8 votes
https://youtu.be/T3j134k5Vq8

gah make that

27. Travelin' Band – 198 points | 8 votes
https://youtu.be/T3j134k5Vq8

thought we were gonna have to call the state militia on ya.

The song was inspired, both musically and for Fogerty's vocal delivery, by 1950s rock n' roll songs, particularly those by Little Richard. In October 1972, the company that held the publishing rights to Richard’s "Good Golly, Miss Molly" felt that "Travelin' Band" bore enough similarities to warrant a plagiarism lawsuit that was later settled out of court.

IIRC, "Settled out of court" was actually Saul Zaentz buying out the company that owned "GGMM", which is kind of a baller move.

ha, didn't know that part of the story

that would be Specialty Records iirc

A friend of mine always misheard the opening line as "seven-daddy-seven called my daughter a scout."

Zaentz is such a shitbag

oh he's dead! cool.

last entry for today, and the first with a first place vote!

26. Commotion – 198 points | 7 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/K0SHX04elGc

xp we could probably do a whole thread on misheard Fogerty lyrics, half the time I have no idea what he's singing

xp TOO LOW

OTM, I think that was my #3?

It was my #3 as well. hi-five!

top five. One of the best B-sides ever. They're the one band that make me think, "Damn, what IS a b-side when the song's this good?"

I had no idea "Commotion" was a B side, I just thought it was a minor charting single. Turns out both are true. It got a lot of airplay on my favorite top 40 station when I was a kid.

Mom owned the "Green River" single.

"Travelin' Band" is #2 on my ballot, i'm genuinely appalled at how low it is

'Commotion' is great but 'Walk on the Water' was my #2, I really love the portentous side of Creedence.

man the ending of "Commotion" just roars. CCR had this sturdiness to their hard rocking moments that i feel like very few other bands besides Zep had developed by the end of the '60s.

25-11 today!

25. Pagan Baby – 200 points | 10 votes
https://youtu.be/Ko6S-Q_qNWE

my #2

by which I mean - too low! Does the Ramble Tamble thing but in reverse, and with a better groove

24. Suzie Q – 208 points | 10 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/stHR7uVnwoM

this kept moving up the list as I made my ballot, such a jam

My #1 ... Fogerty described it as the template for the whole CCR sound:

"I knew I needed to work on arranging the band so that the band would sound like Creedence Clearwater Revival, would sound professional, mysterious and also have their own definition. The song I chose was 'Susie Q.' I decided not to write the song myself. I decided to pick something that existed because it'd just be easier. I'd be less self-conscious about doing things."

Also interesting as their take on SF ballroom psych and as a deliberate effort to get on underground FM:

"I told the other guys that the quickest way we could get on the radio, therefore get more exposure and get this thing going was to specifically go in and record an arrangement of 'Susie Q' that could be played on KMPX. It's been said that what we were doing seemed very far removed from the rest of San Francisco, but that's not quite true. 'Suzie Q' was designed to fit right in. The eight-minute opus. Feedback like 'East-West.'"

23. Keep On Chooglin' – 218 points | 9 votes
https://youtu.be/eB8CMN-jX_g

Now that is far too low.

22. Someday Never Comes – 220 points | 12 votes
https://youtu.be/eB8CMN-jX_g

sorry, that video should be:
https://youtu.be/sVmSL9bN7R8

I'm not crazy about "Someday Never Comes" but it's a perfectly titled epitaph.

21. Hey Tonight – 262 points | 12 votes
https://youtu.be/mBchRnXpm_o

"Someday Never Comes" is one of the songs that really opened up for me when I was digging into all the albums to make up my ballot. I'd never really paid attention to it before ('cause, you know, it's on Pendulum) but wow, it's pretty great. I could absolutely hear the Minutemen adding it to their list of CCR covers.

It's not on Pendulum, it's on Mardi Gras, so even less likely to pay attention to it

man, you people really like Pendulum, idgi

20. Don't Look Now – 336 points | 13 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/s1yrrHGXLB8

top 5 for me

This song has so much meaning for me in these times. A communist administration is trying to fundamentally transorm the United States into something it was never ment to be. You don't have to work anymore, we'll give you a check, you don't have to pray anymore, we are going to do away with God. CCR may not have forseen the happenings of today when they made this song, but I'm calling this a warning to all who would allow the powers that be to take care of you. This kind of thinking, if widespread among the populace, will surely result in disaster, ruin, and mass death and murder.

Uhhhhhhhhhh

x-post Thanks, Rush.

This was my number 1 song. I always thought it was about paying attention to the people who do the work we won't, such as taking the coal from the mines and making our shoes.

no don't you see

lol

quote from youtube comments, I assume

lol Euler

http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858528933/

It's a pity that Fogerty is so hard to understand much of the time because when his lyrics do shine through, like on Don't Look Now, they're incredible.

quote from youtube comments, I assume

Phew, thought Euler had lost it there for a moment!

Fogerty is definitely one of music's most committed lefties, although his music is conservative.

It is unforgivable that Don't Look Now couldn't make it to either version of Chronicle.

Who takes the prayer from the schools? Who takes the guns from the homes? Who will lead us to a place of tyranny, socialism and death? Don't look now, it's Barack Obama

LOL

Don't Look Now is on Vol. 2!

"Bootleg" was the most notable Chronicle series omission, no?

Don't Look Now is on Vol. 2!

OMG you are right.

19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain? – 352 points | 14 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/g4flAZEgtjs

I'm glad the correct CCR Rain song finished on top.

Have You Ever Seen the Rain is a classic. It's a tad overplayed so I didn't rate it so highly on my ballot but I don't change the station when it comes on.

It's insane that "Don't Look Now" is just over two minutes.

I don't like his voice much on "...the Rain."

18. Down On The Corner– 366 points | 15 votes
https://youtu.be/vrMvblpZFq0

Down On The Corner is one of the few CCR songs I feel like I've heard too much.

it was one of my favorites as a youngun (when I thought the lyric was "howdy in the street"). I should have bumped it up a few slots on my ballot.

would agree but it's a lotta fun to sing around the house and make up lyrics for it so I gave it a few points

er xp

Yeah, this song's always fun to hear.

"Down on the Corner" is such a relentless earworm for me that I can't appreciate it any more

It's possibly the best lead bass riff in rock music

I never liked it that much, and now that it's being used in ads for Walgreen's drugstores I actively dislike it.

it's one of those songs that when it plays and i see people guilelessly getting down to it, or if i am among them, something cracks in my brain and i start crying
pity to learn it's in a walgreen's ad :(

17. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – 370 points | 13 votes
https://youtu.be/rBOFA5JZQzs

such a jam. best cymbal playing ever.

Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 01:39
Misterfixit wrote:
This song is perfect for smoking Cannibus Sativia and having lengthy, diverse sexual activities.

The way he sings "heard" is one of my favorite things in all of music.

he hoid somethin!

xxp I like to think this comment is from the same guy who commented on Don't Look Now

I hate that the vinyl version of Chronicle cuts this down to like 3 minutes or something.

I never liked it that much, and now that it's being used in ads for Walgreen's drugstores I actively dislike it.

p confident Fogerty would never willingly consent to this and yup:

This version of the song is a rearrangement by Matt Downs of Dogwalk Music.

my understanding is that Fantasy owns the publishing rights - so they can license covers of CCR stuff - but performance rights are a different issue and I assume Fogerty has some control over that

16. It Came Out Of The Sky – 390 points | 14 votes
https://youtu.be/hUncZ6nTz2U

heard it through the grapevine TOO LOW

damn another boss tune. the album tracks on Willy are the best

my #2, perfect vocal/guitar tone, perfect mix, funny lyrics, scorching solos

perfect tempo & rhythm too

It's a damn shame that It Came Out of the Sky didn't feature prominently in some "An American Werewolf in London"-style cult flick about aliens.

Stephen King Creepshow segment would work

My discovery of the poll. Had it pretty high on my ballot, and certainly the highest of all of the songs I didn't know before blitzing through their discography these last few weeks.

15. Long As I Can See The Light – 402 points | 16 votes | 2 1st place votes
https://youtu.be/Lb3ppp_RoT0

I'm biased because it syncs up so well with my own radio timeline, but I think "Someday Never Comes" is brilliant. "Grapevine" I don't like at all--but I'm not big on the original, either.

"Grapevine" I don't like at all--but I'm not big on the original, either.

w..wh..whaaaaaa...???

I'd like to hear from the #1 voters on that one!

I know I'm on another planet there, I've just never liked it--CCR's least of all. (Dave Marsh had Marvin Gaye's as the greatest single ever in his 1001 book.)

xp

The CCR song I hold closest for an odd reason is "Long As I Can See the Light," because I had a dream one night as I was drifting off to sleep that it was written/sung from the perspective of a man who had just died and wasn't sure yet what this death thing was all about. I don't know if that was Fogerty's intention (probably not), but I love that halfway lucid reading of the song.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:28 PM (2 weeks ago)

ok cool thanks!

Long As I Can See The Light has one of my favorite vocals of any song.

That too.

he pronounces "heard" like Lou Reed would: I HOID IT THRU THE GRAPEVIIINE

14. Effigy – 410 points | 15 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/LGEENWVlu0c

This song is a monster.

This was the big surprise of the poll for me -- basically I just knew Chronicle and a couple others, but Effigy jumped to top-3 for me.

for me for me formefor

13. Sinister Purpose – http://i.imgur.com/6cndxn8.gif420 pointshttp://i.imgur.com/6cndxn8.gif | 14 votes
https://youtu.be/4Pfyb4cdaiU

lol

Good song that I discovered soon enough for poll purposes.

^ me too!

12. Proud Mary – 436 points | 14 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/5hid10EgMXE

^ the ultimate TOO LOW

EFFIGY my #1 the most monstrous

Sinister Porpoise also real high

one morning after I was driving onto a military base to buy discounted liquor and I heard "smoked a lotta Jane down in New Orleans" and it was so clear and righteous

Good song that I discovered soon enough for poll purposes.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, June 16, 2015 3:57 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ me too!

― example (crüt), Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:01 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I hate to say I first discovered Sinister Purpose via a cover (either by Pavement or by Malkmus solo, idr). I mean, I had the Green River album before then, but I'd never really noticed it until that cover.

Not all that surprised by the relatively low ranking of "Proud Mary," as I sensed a bit of a backlash against it in the earlier thread. Me, I had it somewhere in my top 10, but I haven't listened to enough classic rock radio in recent years to ever risk getting sick of it.

I should've voted it (Proud Mary) higher up my ballot, even though I knew there was no risk of it not appearing, but I felt I needed to boost some others. It really is one of the cornerstone CCR songs, though.

yeah I knew it would place high and don't really care about it (overexposure) so didn't vote for it

IKE AND TINA...NICE AND EASY...NICE AND ROUGH

11. Run Through The Jungle – 444 points | 16 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/xd3N37xCS_4

that's it for today! top 10 tomorrow!

One of Fogerty's most menacing vocals.

and the source for "The Old Man Down the Road."

Great to see 'Effigy' and especially 'Sinister Purpose' high up - my first Creedence album was Green River and that was the immediate standout.

Love those Fogerty quotes Brad C posted about 'Suzie Q' upthread by the way.

the "Up Around the Bend" oral history of the band is pretty interesting, full of that kind of stuff

Fogerty comes off like a total bro on the one hand, but also prone to weird bandleader-fascist impulses that don't always make sense (like refusing to ever play encores)

Proud Mary was top 5 for me, I can never hear that song too much.

first 1:15 of this:
https://youtu.be/LA4I0Vpyq2I

ugh. i have bad news. WilliamC, I just realized I didn't get your ballot.

did you send it to choogledocs at gmail? if you sent it to my ILX mail, I didn't get it.

Fogerty comes off like a total bro on the one hand, but also prone to weird bandleader-fascist impulses that don't always make sense (like refusing to ever play encores)

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:33 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm totally on board with his encore-refusal. It's such a weird and bullshitty showbiz move.

there's other stuff that's just the one that stuck in my head - I think refusing to allow inclusion in the Woodstock album/movie was also a bone of contention

That was a dumb move, because I almost always forget that CCR even played Woodstock since there's barely any record of it.

as a guy what has never and probly never will vote in no ILM polls, I salute ya'll for your putting "ramble tamble" somewhere in the top 10.

they were a headliner at Woodstock!

I never read the book. Was the Zaentz contract as bad as Fogerty makes it out? Fogerty comes of as very prickly and difficult, but I don't know that much about him. All I do know is he had a hell of a hot streak in 1969 & 1970.

Was the Zaentz contract as bad as Fogerty makes it out?

oh god yes

The Woodstock thing is a real head-scratcher, seeing as the band is on fire in the released footage.

Supposedly, Fogerty had Allen Klein look into it, and even he couldn't get CCR out of their Fantasy contract. Which means Zaentz was some kind of evil genius.

afaict their contract went far beyond the usual skullduggery, yes

Zaentz also Oscar-winning producer.

Crut -- yes, sent it to the right address.

I don't think I had a typo in the address the first time -- I just sent it again

I was the other number one voter for Long As I Can See the Light. It has my favorite vocal performance in the entire Creedence canon.

ah fuck, it got moved to my spam folder for some reason. ugh

what am I supposed to do? start over?

I love the chooglin', rockin' Creedence songs as much as anybody, but I love the way the band goes straight Gospel for Long As I Can See the Light and how well the band pulls it off, with the understated horns, church organ and of course Fogerty's wailing.

the "Up Around the Bend" oral history of the band is pretty interesting, full of that kind of stuff

Thanks, will add this to my reading list.

nah crüt you roll on the river, choogle to #1, maybe for fun at the end show how the top 10 woulda looked, but only if you feel like it

i feel terrible about this.

i'll follow Euler's advice, and redo the top 40 at the end.

sounds fair, what can ye do

Do a note-for-note do-over, like the three CCR guys did without Fogerty.

lol

i'll follow Euler's advice, and redo the top 40 at the end.

works for me -- don't stress over it

Did you vote for "Ramble Tamble"? We should check with "Ramble Tamble."

10. Lookin' Out My Back Door – 504 points | 18 votes
https://youtu.be/Aae_RHRptRg

Songs liek "Lookin' Out My Back Door" are so casual and part of the ether that if I'd learned it was a 19th century border ballad I wouldn't be shocked. As it is, "Back Door" is my favorite bit of hippie mysticism, toughened by its brevity and the sense that Fogerty and the crew were Looney Tunes fans, not acid fans.

it's another favorite from my childhood. my #2.

Whenever I am forced to listen to "children's music," I feel like this song is the ideal they are working toward.

Yep. Should've been on "Sesame Street."

9. Wrote A Song For Everyone – 510 points | 17 votes
https://youtu.be/2TPI_HKOe2I

made my list

I love the slow-down at the end of "Lookin' Out My Back Door" -- so corny, but so right.

I love Lookin' Out My Back Door.

Everyone is right that it resembles the platonic ideal of children's music, but specifically it reminds me of "Down By the Bay"

"Wrote a Song for Everyone" feels like a rare moment of self-reflection from a guy not particularly strong on that skill

"It's Just a Thought'? "Lookin' Out My Back Door"?

"Wrote a song for everyone but I couldn't even talk to you" is a great lyric.

"Wrote a Song for Everyone" kinda feels like a companion piece to "Lodi," to me.

8. Who'll Stop The Rain – 516 points | 17 votes
https://youtu.be/T9MXNbpXQ3g

not many CCR songs are about relationship drama ... I agree WASFE and Lodi go together, they feel more personal than most of the other material

I'm kind of surprised Who'll Stop the Rain made the top ten ... good use of that title and song in the movie based on Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers

Top 10 shaping up nicely.

I love Who'll Stop The Rain. CCR does ballads as well as any classic rock act.

Hideaway isn't gonna show up huh

Doubt it, almost made my ballot.

ditto

love Hideaway, great vocal

7. Green River – 538 points | 15 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/m9gMxcixhAU

too low!

The "Green River" riff is ur-CCR.

the Hollies ripped off the right cut.

6. Bad Moon Rising – 568 points | 18 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/w6iRNVwslM4

can't hear "Bad Moon Rising" without thinking of this:
https://youtu.be/GIuq-9rjQ5w

I enjoy "Wrote a Song for Everyone" as slightly anomalous in their catalogue; a moment of self-awareness that he's looking beyond or back the person right next to him.

the idea that a band could have five songs better than "bad moon rising" seems ludicrous, but here we are.

a recap before we get to the top 5:

40. I Put A Spell On You
39. Graveyard Train
38. Tombstone Shadow
37. Call It Pretending
36. Porterville
35. It's Just A Thought
34. Cross Tie Walker
33. Bootleg
32. Feelin' Blue
31. Penthouse Pauper
30. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
29. The Midnight Special
28. Walk On The Water
27. Travelin' Band
26. Commotion
25. Pagan Baby
24. Suzie Q
23. Keep On Chooglin'
22. Someday Never Comes
21. Hey Tonight
20. Don't Look Now
19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
18. Down On The Corner
17. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
16. It Came Out Of The Sky
15. Long As I Can See The Light
14. Effigy
13. Sinister Purpose
12. Proud Mary
11. Run Through The Jungle
10. Lookin' Out My Back Door
9. Wrote A Song For Everyone
8. Who'll Stop The Rain
7. Green River
6. Bad Moon Rising

Only two first place votes so far as far as I can see - the top five's going to be pretty intense.

wanna thank everybody for avoiding the guessing game up to this point

yes, the guessing game sucks, when people are trying to guess what's coming up around the bend!

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yes. The top 5 are pretty obvious but spolers are bad form.

Rude Awakening #1

I left "Bad Moon Rising" off my ballot because I find the disparity between the doomy lyrics and the jaunty music too jarring ... the apocalypse is not supposed to sound like "Down on the Corner"

Eye Of The Zombie #1

Still can't believe "Run Through the Jungle" wasn't top 10. That song gives me chills.

I forgot to vote for "Run Through the Jungle"! good call

"Run Through the Jungle" is the best scary CCR track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcTG2z8CgmY

5. Born On The Bayou – 576 points | 19 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/6EsbeTriWSM

Genius

Every track in this top 5 will be worthy of #1, but there's one in particular I'd like to see take it.

I had forgotten how bad Eye of The Zombie is. That killed any moementum he had after Centerfield.

4. Lodi – 594 points | 17 votes
https://youtu.be/KGn41x20KdQ

I love the imagined alternative reality -- "Somewhere I lost connections/Ran out of songs to play" -- like somewhere out there is another John Fogerty who didn't get it together.

great key change in "Lodi"

"Lodi" is definitely about an alternative future -- Fogerty fearing that "Suzie Q" might be their only hit -- but it's also about the eight or nine years they played together before becoming CCR

the line every time I've had to play while people sat there drunk gets me every time

3. Up Around The Bend – 608 points | 17 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/Cp90FcEQvcA

Aww, that was my hopeful #1. Obligatory TOO LOW comment.

"Lodi" is so good that not even Pavement fucked it up.

Out all day...the top 2 are my top 2; unusual. I'm A-OK in either order.

Check that--"Up Around the Bend" was my #2. So I had the top 3--very unusual.

any love for Centerfield? I've never listened to it.

iirc it's good, though iirc the singles are the best songs.

The title track affirmed that I wanted nothing to do with baseball.

"Rock and Roll Girls" is a minor classic imo. Even with the requisite '80s cheesy sax.

I'll always love "Centerfield" since it was the perfect song for me as a 5-year-old Braves fan. Tearin' up the tee-ball field.

don't let the "2" fool you...

2. Ramble Tamble – 730 points | 19 votes | 7 1st place votes
https://youtu.be/VZPG1kEMNVg

My #1. Swamp krautrock.

That was my no. 1 too but I don't mind losing out.

So much going on in that song, starts out as funk rock!

the fact that seven ILXors put this as their #1 makes me think it's the real winner here

haha wow only on ILX would that come in at number 2 (I'm not arguing, I had it p high up)

The middle section of RT is such a wonder.

^^ this. Just keeps building and building. And Stu Cook is the song's secret weapon, adding sneering little figures just as it starts to take off.

Also love the little collection of one-off riffs before it goes back into the verse proper.

1. Fortunate Son – 806 points | 20 votes | 1 1st place vote
https://youtu.be/qAEd_U7TEEM

;)

https://youtu.be/40JmEj0_aVM

wait how does that math work out there

I mean 7 first place votes out of 19 and one first place vote out of 20 = waht?

Hmmmmm, the people that like "Ramble Tamble" REALLY like it, the rest are meh, I'll shove it in 23 or thereabouts. That was my Top 3, in different order.

first place vote gets 50 points, so those 7 first place votes only account for 350 of the 730 points.

ah right

forgot we had such short ballots (feel like all the polls I run I get ballots with 100 entries)

Great poll and rollout!

Here's my ballots, lots of strategic votes:

Tracks:
01 Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
02 Lookin’ Out My Back Door
03 Proud Mary
04 Who’ll Stop the Rain
05 Bad Moon Rising
06 Wrote a Song for Everyone
07 Effigy
08 Suzy Q
09 Porterville
10 Fortunate Son
11 Ramble Tamble
12 Long As I Can See the Light
13 Walk on the Water
14 Keep on Chooglin’
15 Lodi
16 (Wish I Could) Hideaway
17 I Heard it Through the Grapevine
18 Graveyard Train
19 Sailor’s Lament
20 I Put A Spell on You
21 Down on the Corner
22 Born on the Bayou
23 Run Through the Jungle
24 The Midnight Special
25 Rude Awakening, No. 2

Albums:

01 Cosmo's Factory
02 Willy & the Poor Boys
03 Pendulum
04 Creedence Clearwater Revival
05 Green River

My ranked ballot

Long As I Can See the Light
Up Around the Bend
Commotion
Hey Tonight
Lookin' Out My Back Door
Effigy
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Down on the Corner
Fortunate Son
Sweet Hitch-Hiker
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Ramble Tamble
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
It's Just a Thought
Lodi
Green River
Bad Moon Rising
Born on the Bayou
Who'll Stop the Rain
Sinister Purpose
Susie Q
Someday Never Comes
Proud Mary
I Put a Spell on You
Pagan Baby

Green River
Cosmo's Factory
Willy & The Poor Boys
Pendulum
Bayou Country

Have no idea what I was thinking that day, as I didn't include Run Through the Jungle!

Thanks for the poll. Drew the line underneath my very favourites, hence the odd number.

1. “Ramble Tamble”
2. “Up Around the Bend”
3. “Fortunate Son”
4. “Bad Moon Rising”
5. “Sweet Hitch-Hiker”
6. “Who’ll Stop the Rain”
7. “Call It Pretending”
8. “Someday Never Comes”
9. “Born on the Bayou”
10. “Hey Tonight”
11. “Lookin’ Out My Back Door”

My ballot:

1. Run Through the Jungle
2. Bad Moon Rising
3. Born on the Bayou
4. Green River
5. Susie Q
6. Lodi
7. It Came Out of the Sky
8. Fortunate Son
9. Travelin’ Band
10. Don’t Look Now
11. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
12. Midnight Special
13. Wrote a Song for Everyone
14. Hey Tonight
15. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
16. Someday Never Comes
17. Cotton Fields
18. Who’ll Stop the Rain
19. Lookin’ Out My Back Door
20. Tombstone Shadow
21. Ramble Tamble
22. Sinister Purpose
23. Keep On Chooglin’
24. Before You Accuse Me
25. Pagan Baby

Ever since ILx introduced me to the concept of chooglin', I see all their catalog through the lesn of choogle. Choogle Through the Jungle, Bad Moon Chooglin', Chooglin' Band, Chooglin' Out My Back Door, Choogled it Through the Grapevine.

Tracks 1-25:

Suzie Q
Run Through the Jungle
Born on the Bayou
Sinister Purpose
Effigy
Ramble Tamble
It Came Out of the Sky
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Lodi
Proud Mary
Fortunate Son
Graveyard Train
Green River
Penthouse Pauper
Before You Accuse Me
Molina
Lookin’ Out My Back Door
Long As I Can See the Light
(Wish I Could) Hideaway
Cross-Tie Walker
Born to Move
Someday Never Comes
Up Around the Bend
Hey Tonight
Who’ll Stop the Rain

Albums 1-5:

Cosmo's Factory
Green River
Bayou Country
Willy and the Poor Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Slightly interested to see how this changes the results:

1. Fortunate Son
2. Effigy
3. Lodi
4. Bad Moon Rising
5. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
6. Long As I Can See the Light
7. Run Through the Jungle
8. I Put a Spell On You
9. Proud Mary
10. Lookin’ Out My Back Door
11. Up Around the Bend
12. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
13. Down on the Corner
14. Someday Never Comes
15. Travelin Band
16. Who’ll Stop the Rain
17. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
18. Hey Tonight
19. Born on the Bayou
20. Keep On Chooglin’
21. Don’t Look Now
22. Green River
23. Rude Awakening #2
24. Ramble Tamble
25. Suzie Q

1. Ramble Tamble
2. Green River
3. It Came Out of The Sky
4. Don't Look Now
5. Fortunate Son
6. Sinister Purpose
7. I Put A Spell On You
8. Keep On Chooglin
9. Run Through The Jungle
10. Sweet Hitchhiker
11. Effigy
12. Wrote A Song For Everyone
13. Brown Eyed Girl
14. Tombstone Shadow
15. Bootleg
16. Up Around The Bend
17. Lodi
18. Porterville
19. Crosstie Walker
20. Pagan Baby
21. Long As I Can See The Light
22. Someday Never Comes
23. Sailor's Lament
24. Hey Tonight
25. (Wish I Could) Hideaway

songs (ranked):

Ramble Tamble
Travelin’ Band
Down On The Corner
Keep On Chooglin’
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Born To Move
Up Around The Bend
Porterville
Pagan Baby
The Working Man
Midnight Special
It’s Just A Thought
Someday Never Comes
Long As I Can See The Light
Hey Tonight
Ooby Dooby
Lookin’ Out My Back Door
Don’t Look Now
Born On The Bayou
Run Through The Jungle
Gloomy
Bad Moon Rising
Call It Pretending
Suzie Q
Effigy

albums:

Cosmo’s Factory
Willy And The Poor Boys
Pendulum
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bayou Country

One of my pet projects that will never happen is to form a band called Keep On Chooglin', that just plays a lengthy version of Keep On Chooglin' at every show. Album releases? The same. Over and over. Keep On Chooglin', forever.

Tracks

1. Ramble Tamble
2. Up Around the Bend
3. Fortunate Son
4. Born on the Bayou
5. Proud Mary
6. Who'll Stop the Rain
7. Keep On Chooglin'
8. Wrote a Song for Everyone
9. Lodi
10. Bootleg
11. Sinister Purpose
12. Down on the Corner
13. Hey Tonight
14. Bad Moon Rising
15. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
16. Lookin' Out My Back Door
17. Green River
18. Feelin' Blue
19. Travelin' Band
20. Pagan Baby
21. It's Just a Thought
22. Penthouse Pauper
23. Effigy
24. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
25. Long as I Can See the Light

Albums:
1. Bayou Country
2. Cosmo's Factory
3. Green River
4. Willy and the Poorboys
5. Pendulum
6. Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. Mardi Gras

Couldn't really make my mind up about the albums do did it on average points per track calculation.

I think all of my choices placed in the final ballot, haven't checked.

so i was THE only person that didn't vote for "Fortunate Son." nothing against it, i just knew it would do fine and figured if anything else on my ballot had a fighting chance of beating it to #1, i'd help increase those odds (didn't vote for "Proud Mary" with the same reasoning, although obviously it had no chance of #1 in the end).

There's literally no pop song I have more admiration for than "Fortunate Son." I mean above and beyond just how great it sounds. It's such an incredibly smart, merciless analysis of Vietnam specifically, but one that extends in any number of directions from there.

so here's the countdown as listed in this thread:

40. I Put A Spell On You
39. Graveyard Train
38. Tombstone Shadow
37. Call It Pretending
36. Porterville
35. It's Just A Thought
34. Cross Tie Walker
33. Bootleg
32. Feelin' Blue
31. Penthouse Pauper
30. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
29. The Midnight Special
28. Walk On The Water
27. Travelin' Band
26. Commotion
25. Pagan Baby
24. Suzie Q
23. Keep On Chooglin'
22. Someday Never Comes
21. Hey Tonight
20. Don't Look Now
19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
18. Down On The Corner
17. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
16. It Came Out Of The Sky
15. Long As I Can See The Light
14. Effigy
13. Sinister Purpose
12. Proud Mary
11. Run Through The Jungle
10. Lookin' Out My Back Door
9. Wrote A Song For Everyone
8. Who'll Stop The Rain
7. Green River
6. Bad Moon Rising
5. Born On The Bayou
4. Lodi
3. Up Around The Bend
2. Ramble Tamble
1. Fortunate Son

and here is the "real" list, including WmC's ballot:

40. Graveyard Train
39. Tombstone Shadow
38. Call It Pretending
37. Porterville
36. I Put A Spell On You
35. It's Just A Thought
34. Cross Tie Walker
33. Bootleg
32. Feelin' Blue
31. Penthouse Pauper
30. The Midnight Special
29. Walk On The Water
28. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
27. Commotion
26. Pagan Bay
25. Suzie Q
24. Travelin' Band
23. Keep On Chooglin'
22. Someday Never Comes
21. Hey Tonight
20. Don't Look Now
19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
18. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
17. It Came Out Of The Sky
16. Down On The Corner
15. Sinister Purpose
14. Long As I Can See The Light
13. Effigy
12. Proud Mary
11. Run Through The Jungle
10. Wrote A Song For Everyone
9. Lookin' Out My Back Door
8. Who'll Stop The Rain
7. Green River
6. Born On The Bayou
5. Bad Moon Rising
4. Up Around The Bend
3. Lodi
2. Ramble Tamble
1. Fortunate Son

It's the same set of songs in the top 40, but with some shuffling around.

I didn't vote (as usual) but if I had I'd've put Effigy and Run Through The Jungle at the top. I love eerie CCR.

1. Commotion
2. It Came Out of the Sky
3. Wrote a Song For Everyone
4. Sinister Purpose
5. Lookin' Out My Back Door
6. Walk on Water
7. Green River
8. Don't Look Now
9. Lodi
10. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
11. Born on the Bayou
12. Tombstone Shadow
13. Fortunate Son
14. Effigy
15. Long As I Can See the Light
16. Who'll Stop the Rain
17. It's Just a Thought
18. Down on the Corner
19. Sailor's Lament
20. Someday Never Comes

1. Fortunate Son
2. I Heard it Through the Grapevine
3. Bad Moon Rising
4. Wrote a Song For Everyone
5. It Came Out of the Sky
6. Up Around the Bend
7. Who'll Stop the Rain
8. Proud Mary
9. Lodi
10. Down on the Corner
11. Cross-Tie Walker
12. The Midnight Special
13. Feelin' Blue
14. Bootleg
15. Lookin' Out My Backdoor
16. Travellin' Band
17. Sailor's Lament
18. Run Through the Jungle
19. Cotton Fields
20. Don't Look Now

my ballot

1. Bad Moon Rising
2. Lookin' Out My Back Door
3. Who'll Stop The Rain
4. Green River
5. Lodi
6. Up Around The Bend
7. Down On The Corner
8. Proud Mary
9. Run Through The Jungle
10. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
11. Long As I Can See The Light
12. Born On The Bayou
13. Don't Look Now
14. Fortunate Son
15. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
16. Sinister Purpose
17. Graveyard Train
18. Travelin' Band
19. Ramble Tamble
20. Commotion
21. Hey Tonight
22. Suzie Q
23. Pagan Baby
24. It Came Out Of The Sky
25. Cotton Fields

Good poll, thanks!

Effigy
Ramble Tamble
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Fortunate Son
Don't Look Now (It Ain't You Or Me)
Bad Moon Rising
It Came Out of the Sky
Sinister Purpose
Lodi
Proud Mary
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Born on the Bayou
Bootleg
Pagan Baby
Up Around The Bend
Lookin' Out My Back Door
Down on the Corner
Fight Fire
Feelin' Blue
Commotion
Walking on the Water
Call It Pretending
Suzie Q
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Porterville

songs:

1. Ramble Tamble
2. Keep on Chooglin'
3. Born on the Bayou
4. Fortunate Son
5. Bad Moon Rising
6. Proud Mary
7. Up Around the Bend
8. Run Through the Jungle
9. Green River
10. Travelin' Band
11. Feelin' Blue
12. Long As I Can See the Light
13. Wrote a Song for Everyone
14. Cross-Tie Walker
15. Down on the Corner
16. The Night Time is the Right Time
17. It Came Out of the Sky
18. Lookin' Out My Back Door
19. Walking on the Water
20. Don't Look Now
21. The Midnight Special
22. Effigy
23. Who'll Stop the Rain
24. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
25. Someday Never Comes

albums:

1. Cosmo's Factory
2. Willy and the Poor Boys
3. Green River
4. Bayou Country
5. Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tracks:
Long As I Can See the Light
Ramble Tamble
Lookin' Out My Back Door
Fortunate Son
Sinister Purpose
Up Around the Bend
Lodi
Who'll Stop the Rain
Wrote a Song for Everyone
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Green River
It Came Out of the Sky
Don't Look Now
Born on the Bayou
Run Through the Jungle
Effigy
Bad Moon Rising
Feelin' Blue
Susie Q
Cotton Fields
Hey Tonight
Down on the Corner
The Midnight Special
Proud Mary
Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Albums:
Cosmo's Factory
Willy and the Poor Boys
Green River
Bayou Country
Pendulum

Tracks:
01. Ramble Tamble
02. Wrote A Song For Everyone
03. Lodi
04. Sinister Purpose
05. Fortunate Son
06. Run Through The Jungle
07. Have You Ever Seen The Rain
08. Effigy
09. Born On The Bayou
10. Bad Moon Rising
11. Someday Never Comes
12. Proud Mary
13. I Heart It Through The Grapevine
14. Long As I Can See The Light
15. Pagan Baby
16. Keep On Chooglin'
17. Walk On The Water

Albums:
01. Cosmo's Factory
02. Green River
03. Chronicle, Vol.1

Cool poll, crüt, thanks for running it, and for multiple years of patience leading up to it.

Thanks for running the pool. It will live forever in the Cotton Fields of my heart.

Here's my ballot:
1
Don’t Look Now
Who’ll Stop The Rain
Up Around The Bend
Proud Mary
Fortunate Son
Long As I Can See The Light
Green River
Lodi
Ramble Tamble
Wrote A Song For Everyone
Hey Tonight
Effigy
Lookin’ Out My Back Door
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Sweet Hitch-Hiker
Someday Never Comes
It Came Out Of The Sky
Born On The Bayou
It’s Just a Thought
Bad Moon Rising
Down On The Corner
Sinister Purpose
Cross Tie Walker
(Wish I Could) Hideaway
Run Through The Jungle
25

question since the youtube list is making me want to listen to things over and over and i can't sit here at the computer forever --
if i have to purchase one item that has
* the most good songs
* the long version of grapevine
* ramble tamble

which CCR product should i purchase? help please i don't want to figure this out if there is an easy answer!!

Well Grapevine + Ramble Tamble are on Cosmo's Factory but there's a lot of compilations too.

Cosmo's Factory! xp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo%27s_Factory

Easiest route may be to just get Chronicle and go to youtube whenever you want to hear the long Grapevine.

ok that sounds good
i already have green river
thank you

i wonder how many people have named their practice spaces "cosmo's factory"

for example: no i need long grapevine in portable format so i can take it to cosmo's factory!

The CD version of Chronicle Vol. 1 has the full version of "Grapevine" but doesn't have "Ramble Tamble," which is on Vol. 2. Honestly getting both Vol. 1 & 2 is never a waste of anyone's money.

that's all I owned for years and felt reasonably satisfied. You basically own 85 percent of their catalog w/those two comps (no "Effigy" though).

CCR are like Al Green: a singles band that recorded great albums w/deep cuts yet you won't feel unsatisfied w/owning the GH.

that makes sense, good to know
i think the greatest hits would lead me to cosmo's factory eventually so i guess maybe i'll just start there since i def already know the hits (although the long version of grapevine was new to me!)

there's a funny bit in "Up Around the Bend" where Fogerty describes listening to their version of Grapevine on the radio and thinking to himself "wtf not ANOTHER chorus!?"

I didn't want to put too many covers on my ballot, but they did amazing covers. In addition to "Grapevine," I'd single out "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" on the debut and especially "Good Golly Miss Molly" on Bayou Country -- even more intense and energetic than Little Richard's version.

Songs:

1. Born On the Bayou
2. Up Around the Bend
3. Lodi
4. Ramble Tamble
5. Fortunate Son
6. Who'll Stop the Rain
7. Pagan Baby
8. Hey Tonight
9. Sinister Purpose
10. Run Through the Jungle
11. Molina
12. Penthouse Pauper
13. Wrote a Song for Everyone
14. Green River
15. Lookin' Out My Back Door
16. Almost Saturday Night (John Fogerty)
17. Someday Never Comes
18. It Came Out of the Sky
19. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
20. Call It Pretending
21. Bad Moon Rising
22. Feelin' Blue
23. Commotion
24. Good Golly Miss Molly
25. Long As I Can See the Light

Albums:

1. Cosmo's Factory
2. Pendulum
3. Willie and the Poor Boys
4. Green River
5. Bayou Country

If I was to do it again, I'd find a way to include "Bootleg" and "Walk On the Water" and I'd move Green River up to #3 on the albums list

Loved the countdown, not knowing much Credence I devoured this up. Thanks all!

Great job. Sweet Hitch-hiker is too low but that top 4 can't be improved

Back in court.

http://news.yahoo.com/john-fogerty-sues-former-creedence-bandmates-over-band-235253659.html

I feel bad for these guys and, like, Van Halen and Kiss. you'd think SOMEDAY the acrimony would end but it's just gonna keep going until they're all dead.

that's a long song title

Easy for me to say, but--while I can certainly see going to court over song royalties; CCR is still all over at least a couple of radio formats--if this is just about the other two guys using the CCR name, I'd say let it go. I don't see Fogerty's (John's) legacy or whatever threatened by this at all. And that can't be that much money involved.

he's probably just so pissed that this is STILL happening

Now residing in a dusty bargain bin near you...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B0WHXN6JL.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jJad-9kRL.jpg

I look at that and think, "Sue away."

In all honesty, after seeing recent-ish clips of Fogerty's band, where Kenny Aaronoff plays like he took "ham-fisted" as a compliment, I'd much rather go to a Revisited show.

always thought that Elliott Easton must be really hard up that he's stuck with Cook and Clifford for so many years…or maybe he relates to guys who labored semi-anonymously under an autocrat…

i heard a (recent?) Fogerty live recording on the radio a while back and his voice sounded absolutely shot, almost transformed, it took me a couple minutes to realize it was actually JF and not someone else butchering his songs. so i probably wouldn't go to see him live, but i wouldn't go to a Revisited show either, for different reasons.

Wonder if there's any CCRevisited tribute bands out there. Bet they put on a show.

Last time I saw Fogerty--only time in years--was on Letterman a year or two ago, when his Creedence redo album was out, doing "Someday Never Comes" with a band I didn't recognize. I thought they sounded great, although a ravaged voice, for that particular song, might have been part of what appealed to me.

always thought that Elliott Easton must be really hard up that he's stuck with Cook and Clifford for so many years…

I can't imagine how horrible it must be to play with such a unique and swinging rhythm section night after night.

As unquestionably brilliant as Fogerty was, he wasn't/isn't Creedence (and he seems to think he is). Listening to Kenny Aaronoff's caps-lock butchering of "Ramble Tamble" made me realize that the CCR version is nearly as much Clifford's song as it is Fogerty's.

Hour-long interview with John Fogerty about his autobiography

These fuckin people.

possibly the best american rock group

(xp) Sweet.

Glad someone else likes Rude Awakening #2!

it's a jam

"Effigy" so fucking rules.

23. Keep On Chooglin'

Should have your CCR cards revoked.

My top 10 in no particular order:

Sinister Purpose
Fortunate Son
Effigy
Ramble Tamble
Keep on Chooglin'
Lodi
Born on the Bayou
Long as I Can See the Light
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Someday Never Comes

Then Green River isn't on there which is dumb.

I find it virtually impossible to argue with any of the individual polls here.

Then Green River isn't on there which is dumb.

Isn't it #7?

My top 10 (not in order):

Born on the Bayou
Proud Mary
Keep On Chooglin'
Green River
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Bad Moon Rising
Lodi
Fortunate Son
Effigy
Have You Ever Seen the Rain

23. Keep On Chooglin'

Should have your CCR cards revoked.

That lady from the RAH show must have abstained from voting.

Then Green River isn't on there which is dumb.

Isn't it #7?

I meant it wasn't on my top 10 but should be (along with probably 5 other songs). They were too good.

"Chooglin'" was my #2. If the RAH set had been out when this poll happened, that version of "Chooglin'" would've been my #1.

If I had voted, I might have had "Chameleon" somewhere at the bottom of the ballot, even if it's not typical of their work. Without Fogerty's vocal, you might mistake it for any act in 1970 trying to get on AM radio, but it's very spirited and catchy.

(xp) #7 in mine. Don't hate me, people.

I'm thinking that Pendulum, their supposed attempt to sell themselves as a "serious album band" by late 1970 standards, goes to extremes with their most "bubblegum" material and also their most avant-garde/progressive (or whatever "Rude Awakening #2" is supposed to be). Was this a White Album-style "we can be eclectic too" statement?