Creedence Clearwateer Revival?

[Newguy562]

Yeah, I LOVE Sweet Hitchiker!

If Jon would have sung and played on Stu and Doug's tracks, the material might have come off about as well as most of Pendulum. In fact, if this had been the case, I doubt anyone would have even noticed it was Doug or Stu's songs.

yes that's true but serious stu's voice is annoying as f*** lol

[Heysaboda]

hey it's tough being as young as i am cuz the music out now is all trash but ........

hey someone told me on another thread that dubstep is pretty cool.......... 

 

[Newguy562]

hey it's tough being as young as i am cuz the music out now is all trash but ........

hey someone told me on another thread that dubstep is pretty cool.......... 

 

cool? maybe to my homies but i hate it! lol let me school you on some ccr though!! haha

[rn57]

"Lodi" and "Someday Never Comes" would be my faves but I like a lot of CCR.

[Lonely Summer]

Yeah, I LOVE Sweet Hitchiker!

If Jon would have sung and played on Stu and Doug's tracks, the material might have come off about as well as most of Pendulum. In fact, if this had been the case, I doubt anyone would have even noticed it was Doug or Stu's songs.

yes that's true but serious stu's voice is annoying as f*** lol

Stu should never have been a lead singer. Doug, on the other hand, had a pretty nice voice. He even made one solo record after CCR split.

[Newguy562]

Yeah, I LOVE Sweet Hitchiker!

If Jon would have sung and played on Stu and Doug's tracks, the material might have come off about as well as most of Pendulum. In fact, if this had been the case, I doubt anyone would have even noticed it was Doug or Stu's songs.

yes that's true but serious stu's voice is annoying as f*** lol

Stu should never have been a lead singer. Doug, on the other hand, had a pretty nice voice. He even made one solo record after CCR split.

everyone in the band has a better voice than stu's scruffy ass voice lol..but i did enjoy his songs as well except for "take it like a friend" lol

[Mike's Beard]

Here is why I consider JC to be a prick.

He banned all the other CCR members from the studio once they had recorded their basic backing tracks.
He refused to allow other members album space for their own songs (despite the many covers that were used to pad out already shortish records.
He refused to give co-credit on several songs that Tom insisted he had contributed to.
He refused to take a new royalty deal in the early 70's that would have made him and his bandmates millionaires, because he was convinced his record bosses would undeservedly earn too much from it.
He lost the bulk of the band's earning's on a dodgy tax deal.
He refused to perform encores whilst in CCR.
He would try his best to block any of CCR's songs being used in soundtracks or on rock compilations, despite knowing that he was depriving the other guys from making some much needed money.
He attempted to sue Doug & Stu for touring as CCR tribute "Creedence Clearwater Revisited".
He refused to perform with Doug & Stu when they were inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame, preferring instead to jam on the night with Robbie Robertson and Bruce Springsteen, ( but not before he had made nasty remarks, backstage about his recently deceased brother in the presence of Tom's son!)
When Tom was on his deathbed from AIDS, his dying wish was for the four of them to play again in his living room. John- despite agreeing to do so, never turned up on the day without offering even an explanation or an apology as to why. Tom's widow said that he was heartbroken by it.

So as much as I love John's music, as a human being he's a piece of sh**.
 

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

No, I thought it was Mike who's a piece of sh*t for asking about a lyric!

I'm confused.....

[Aum Bop Diddit]

Generally speaking, there is usually another version of the story.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

You'd think so, and I've searched for it, but Forgerty doesn't seem concerned with necessarily dismissing anyone's claims. He just seems to like to diss the other guys and leave it at that.

BUT

... here's an interview that's a bit more revealing. Jon admits much of what others have claimed but also adds some things that make the story more shaded for sure:

http://riverising.tripod.com/john-interviews/rollingstone3.html

[Lonely Summer]

John can be quite effusive in his praise of the musicians he admires, but yeah, he didn't treat his bandmates in CCR with much respect. I'd like to think that if Tom were still alive, he and John would have reconciled by now. Doesn't always work out that way, though. The Davies brothers still hate each other, and the Bachman brothers aren't exactly friends, either.

[Melt Away]

Good hits band. I love the song Effigy. Too bad they weren't smarter with their contracts early on.

[Rocker]

John Fogerty will publish his memoirs in 2014

http://johnfogerty.com/news/109431

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

John Fogerty will publish his memoirs in 2014

http://johnfogerty.com/news/109431

Lawyers: start your engines! 

[Lonely Summer]

Depends on what kind of tone he takes this time around. Back in the days of Blue Moon Swamp, he couldn't say one good thing about his former bandmates. More recently he has had praise for them as musicians, particularly his brother Tom.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Really?

Where? I'd love to see this.

[Rocker]

Really?

Where? I'd love to see this.

Well, it came as far as that he wasn't even as much against the reunion topic as before.



I spoke with you last year, and you said that you weren't completely opposed to the idea of a Creedence reunion. Do you still feel that way?

I was asked that in an interview last year, and I just gave an honest answer. It wasn't anything I had actually premeditated or thought ahead of time. I just know that when the interviewer asked me, I sort of realized I didn't have that reaction that I used to have all the time.  And so I quite innocently said, "Yeah I guess it's a possibility," you know – in other words, I guess I've grown or moved or mellowed, whatever it is. I've always hoped that that would happen so you're not walking around with your brain going ag 90 mph working on some thing 40 years in the past that's not gonna change anyway.

So I blurted out whatever I blurted out. Yeah, I still feel the same way. I have since seen a couple of things that the other two guys from the old band have said in the press. [Creedence bassist Stu Cook said,  "Leopards don't change their spots. This is just an image-polishing exercise by John."]  Oh well. I guess they're still mad. That doesn't change how I feel. It kind of isn't affecting me anymore.

What's important is this wonderful life I have in front of me right here. I even have grandchildren. When you're looking at the world that way, worrying over if somebody knocked over a saltshaker 47 years ago, that's kind of stupid. So that's kind of where I'm at.


Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-john-fogerty-on-all-star-duets-lp-unlikely-creedence-reunion-20120504#ixzz2CrlQsZhW

[Lonely Summer]

It's ridiculous that Stu and Doug prefer touring the US with their Creedence tribute group instead of doing the real thing. Obviously, Tom is gone, but they could use someone else on rhythm guitar or just go as a trio as they did in '71 and '72. Oh well. Was watching John's 2008 Soundstage show again a few nights ago, nice to see that he played most of the Revival album plus some lesser played CCR tunes like Ramble Tamble and Bootleg.

[Rocker]

It's ridiculous that Stu and Doug prefer touring the US with their Creedence tribute group instead of doing the real thing.

That reminds me of something....