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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lodi
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“Lodi” is the B-side of the popular CCR hit “Bad Moon Rising”. The song’s name comes from the city of Lodi – a small, agricultural based town in the northern part of California’s
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
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“Have You Ever Seen the Rain” was released as a single in 1971 from the album Pendulum (1970) by roots rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song charted highest in Canada
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – I Love Creedence
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A modern tale of isolation and loneliness, that is punctuated by the idea that Creedence is surrounded by the world, but he is not a part of it. There isn’t an admission of love
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
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As one of the most famous protest songs of the Vietnam War era, “Fortunate Son” revives this timeless message with the snarl and swagger of the 1960s righteous rock and roll.
As
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John De Sohn – Creedence
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And off we go now into the clouds / Over warm and southern skies / Cruising over America / Floating as the wind blows / And we land in the days of the old / We are poets in the
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
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CCR frontman John Fogerty explains the origins and recording of the hit, which would go on to be covered by Tina Turner, Solomon Burke and many others:
Back in the fall of 1967
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Commotion
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John, who grew up as a country boy, doesn’t understand how people live in the cities. In his view, they are in a constant rush, talking nonsense all the time, frowning at things
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
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Creedence Clearwater Revival have a sense of impending doom on their 1969 hit “Bad Moon Rising.” The song was the lead single from Creedence Clearwater Revival’s third studio album
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Effigy
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“Effigy” is the closing track of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s fourth studio album, Willy and The Poorboys, recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, in 1969.
This
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Travelin' Band
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Drumming is very similar to Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Suzie Q
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“Susie Q” is the third track of the album “Creedence Clearwater Revival”, published as debut album in 1968 by the homonym band.
“Susie Q” is a song published originally by the
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Born on the Bayou
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[Intro] / [Verse 1] / Now, when I was just a little boy / Standin' to my Daddy's knee / My papa said, "Son, don't let the man get you / An' do what he done to me." / Because he'll
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Midnight Special
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[Verse 1] / Well, you wake up in the mornin' / You hear the work bell ring / And they march you to the table / You see the same old thing / Ain't no food upon the table / And no
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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“I Heard It Through The Grapevine” is an extended cover of a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966 and recorded by various artists under
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Keep on Chooglin’
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[Chorus] / Keep on chooglin' / Keep on chooglin' / Keep on chooglin' / Chooglin', chooglin' / [Verse 1] / Maybe you don't understand it / But if you're a natural man / You got to
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Feelin' Blue
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[Verse 1] / Hey, look over yonder out in the rain / Soaking wet fever in my brain / Now, I ain't certain which way to go / But I got to move, sure / [Chorus] / Feeling blue, blue
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
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This song is based on a vacation Fogerty took. In a 2012 Rolling Stone interview, Fogerty said:
What really happened is that I used a setting like New Orleans, but I would
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Up Around the Bend
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Just another John Fogerty classic “city life will drive you loony so I’d rather be out in the boonies” themed song.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bootleg
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[Chorus] / Bootleg, bootleg / Bootleg, howl / Bootleg, bootleg / Bootleg, howl / [Verse 1] / Take you a glass of water / Make it against the law / See how good the water tastes
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Walk on the Water
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[Verse] / Late last night, I went for a walk / Down by the river near my home / Couldn't believe, with my own eyes / And I swear I'll never leave my home again / I saw a man
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Someday Never Comes
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This song is about the cyclical nature of abandonment. Just as the narrator’s father leaves him at an early age, the narrator ends up abandoning his own son while he is still young
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Hey Tonight
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[Verse 1] / Hey, Tonight / Going to be tonight / Don't you know I'm flying / Tonight, tonight / Hey, come on / Going to chase tomorrow / Tonight, tonight / [Chorus] / Going to get
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin' Out My Back Door
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John Fogerty’s ode to a situation many often find themselves in – having a circus appear in your backyard. Fogerty has admitted that he and the band largely eschewed drugs (outside
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Molina
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[Chorus] / Molina, where are you goin' to? / Molina, where are you goin' to? / [Verse 1] / She's daughter to the mayor / Messin' with the sheriff / Drivin' in the blue car / She
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Before You Accuse Me
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This song is about his girlfriend leaving him, likely cheating on him. He can’t cope with her being gone.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – It Came Out of the Sky
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[Verse 1] / Woah, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline / Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't believe what he seen / He laid on the ground and shook, a-
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Sinister Purpose
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[Verse 1] / When the sky is gray / And the moon is hate / I'll be down to get you / Roots of earth will shake / [Hook] / Sinister purpose / Knocking at your door / Come and take my
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Long as I Can See the Light
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[Verse 1] / Put a candle in the window / But I feel I've got to move / Though I'm going, going, I'll be coming home soon / Long as I can see the light / [Verse 2] / Pack my bag and
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