 Genius Meanings
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who'll Stop the Rain
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The song Craig Werner called the “best blues songs written about Vietnam”, “Who’ll Stop The Rain” is one of Creedence’s most popular and well-regarded songs. A rootsy folk rock
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Smokie – Who’ll Stop the Rain
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Long as I remember / The rain been comin' down / Clouds of mystery pourin' / Confusion on the ground / Good men through the ages / Tryin' to find the sun / And I wonder, still I
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Dwight Yoakam – Who'll Stop The Rain
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Long as I remember / The rain been coming down / Clouds of mystery falling / Confusion on the ground / Good men through the ages / Trying to find a sun / And I wonder, still I
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Bruce Springsteen – Who'll Stop The Rain
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Long as I remember / The rain been falling down / Clouds of myst'ry pourin' / Confusion on the ground / Good men through the ages / They try to find the sun / But I wonder, still I
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Stereophonics – Who’ll Stop the Rain?
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As long as I remember, the rains been coming down / Clouds and mystery falling, confusion on the ground / Good men through ages, tried to find the sun / And I wonder, still I
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Rise Against – Who'll Stop The Rain
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As long as I remember the rains been coming down / Clouds of mystery pourin' confusion on the ground / Good men through the ages, tryin' to find the sun / And I wonder, still I
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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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The Go-Betweens – Spring Rain
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“Spring Rain” is the first single from the band’s fourth album Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express. It is written by Robert Forster.
The lyrics are written as an inner
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Bob Dylan – Shelter from the Storm
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Written during a creative period during his separation and divorce with first wife, Sara Dylan.
The title may have been taken from a lyric in Creedence Clearwater Revival’s
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Minutemen – Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
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Cover of the Creedence Clearwater Revival Song.
Creedence was a mutual favorite band of Mike Watt and D. Boon. The Minutemen recorded covers of three different Creedence songs (“
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – My Baby Left Me
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[Verse 1] / Yes, my baby left me, never said a word / Was it something I done, something that she heard? / You know she left me, my baby left me / My baby even left me, never said
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Rolling Stone is one of the leading music magazines today, and their list of the 500 “Greatest Songs” of all time is considered by them to be “the definitive list”. It was
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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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John Fogerty – Proud Mary (Live)
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Left a good job in the city / Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day / And I never lost one minute of sleepin' / Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been / Big wheel keep on
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Ooby Dooby
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[Verse 1] / Hey baby, jump over here / When you do the ooby dooby I got to be there / [Chorus] / Ooby dooby, ooby dooby, ooby dooby, ooby dooby / Ooby dooby ooby dooby ooby dooby
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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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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 – Ramble Tamble
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This song is about the life as a poor man. The title itself probably means moving on and on, having no place to call home, leading a depressive life in poverty.
Notice how the 3-4
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John Fogerty – Travelin’ Band (Live)
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737 coming out of the sky / Oh, won't you take me down to Memphis / On a midnight ride? / I wanna move / Playing in a traveling band, yeah / Well, I'm flying 'cross the land
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Hi-Standard – Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
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Someone told me long ago / There's a calm before the storm / I know / It's been comin' for some time / When it's over, so they say / It'll rain a sunny day / I know / Shinin' down
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