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Greatest Rock'n'Roll band ever imo. They had the authenticity in sound, the great original material and Fogerty's voice was just unbelievable (not to mention his gift for producing and arranging). I'm not a fan of his voice's sound nowadays though. I like the Beach Boys' "Cottonfields" better but I can dig CCR's. My favorite album might be "Pendulum" although it showed a step into a new sound that was not as primitive as their sound until that point. "Cosmo's factory" could be their most impressive album in terms of hits and classics, though their version of Presley's version of "My baby left me" just sucks in comparison imo.

Fogerty has some very good stuff in his solo carreer but imo nothing could really compete on an eye-to-eye level with his recordings with CCR.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbr0qOizAVY

I listen to Creedence Clearwater Revival like 5 days a week. They really rock! And John Fogerty's an excellent singer imo! As for the music, mostly I love:
- Green River (title track, Cross-Tie Walker, Commotion, Broken Spoke Shuffle),
- the eponymous LP (my favourite tracks - Susie Q, 99 & A Half, Gloomy, Walking on the Water) and
- Mardi Gras (it's an extremely overlooked record, there are many good songs, specially I'll mention Sail Away, Take It Like a Friend & Tearin' Up the Country).
 
Concerning Cotton Fields I equally like both versions - either by The Beach Boys or CCR.
 

John's songs on Mardi-Gras feel like a sneak preview of his Blue Ridge Rangers album. Doug Clifford is actually a good singer, but Stu Cook? Bleah!  :o Pendulum is a very underrated album, and the kickoff track, Pagan Baby, is one I always have to crank up LOUD! Some great interplay there between John on guitar, Stu on bass, and Doug on drums.

stu is a horrible singer i must admit ..the worst song on there is take it like a friend smh lol

What the hell was John's problem?

I was in 8th and 9th grade when Creedence was at its peak, and I was listening mostly to AM Top 40.  What an incredible run of singles they had in a time still wonderful for that, some of them double sided.  To hear "Up Around the Bend" or "Proud Mary" for the first time, and then have it be a soundtrack for the golden days...wasn't that a time?  Or "Bad Moon Risin' ", or "Suzie Q', or "Sweet Hitchhiker", or "Run through the Jungle", or....

you are so lucky :) i was born decades and decades after the broke up i barely started listening to them about 2 weeks ago but i love their whole body of work..i never listen to the radio so all this amazing music is brand new to me!

And you're lucky you're not 56 years old!

I try not to be a 60s/70s chauvinist, but there's no denying that it was a special time for music.  I like that (Little) Steven Van Zandt refers to that general time period as a "Renaissance" (for him roughly from the Beats to the early 70s -- I'd add probably a lot from the mid to late 70s but that's a quibble).  But to turn on the radio back in the day and hear CCR, the Beatles, the Stones, Motown, Stax, James Brown, and oh yeah the Beach Boys, all with new records out...yeah baby!

I have Tom's first solo album and it's damn good. He has a good voice and some of the songs could have easily beefed up Cosmo's Factory or Willie N The Poor Boys in place of some of those goofy covers. What the hell was John's problem?

I don't know if I'd even say John was the MOST talented one. I think it's more of a case that he worked his way into the position he did early on and held it with an iron fist. Yes, he's an amazingly talented songwriter/singer/guitarist, and sure, that puts him ahead of Doug and Stu (as if being THE tightest and most groovin (for white guys) rhythm section in rock history is anything to scoff at) but as for Tom: it could have almost been 50/50 John and Tom songwriting/singing-wise and history might not know the difference.

I don't like to be dismissive of others' opinions, we're all entitled and I certainly trudge with the minority often -- but I struggle with this one!  :)  Tom Fogerty certainly had talent and was a good musician and perhaps wrote a couple of good songs.  Probably he was hampered in the band dynamic with his brother and could have contributed more. And absolutely Cook and Clifford are one of the great rhythm sections. But John Fogerty is one of the greatest writer/performers of the classic rock era.  Asking him to include more of the other members is the same as expecting Jagger/Richards to give Bill Wyman more space.  You understand their frustration, but the greatness of the legacy is tied to their vision and yes ego.

I have heard John Fogerty called a "prick" a lot.  Wonder if any of the folks using that word actually met him.  It may have been just as frustrating for him to keep the level of the music high in the face of others' less talented opinions.

Just MY opinion!  :)
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I've never called Fogerty a prick, and for the most part I think the situation with Creedence was just as much a case of guys who simply played with each other too long. We got to remember they'd been playing since teenagers and sh*t happens. But all I was ever really saying was that Tom could have been given a space for a song or two on most Creedence albums in place of some of the (IMO inferior) covers they did. Wouldn't be going out of the way on John's part or compromising the band's integrity. "Joyful Resurrection" on Cosmo's Factory in place of "Before You Accuse Me" perhaps. Not a big huge deal. As for Doug and Stu: they weren't asking to be able to bring their own songs in. They just wanted smarter business decisions and to be able to sing the background vocals on the records as they did live. John put the stop to such an idea. If one thinks this makes him a prick, that's their right as a person with an opinion.

Yeah, and apparently his conditions were: he'd only contribute what 3 songs(?) and either Stu and Doug filled up the rest of the album or there would be no album and no more band....

Doug and Stu should have just quit and formed a band with Tom!

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.

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..........  :lol

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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.

John Fogerty will publish his memoirs in 2014

http://johnfogerty.com/news/109431

Really?

Where? I'd love to see this.

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