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Exnixon t1_j47dmfl wrote

Reply to comment by typhoidtimmy in TIL Creedence Clearwater Revival was only active for four years (1968-1972), with seven studio albums. They still hold the record for most singles (nine) to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 without ever scoring a #1. by Torley_

> It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son

> Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis Pumped a lot of 'pane down in New Orleans But I never saw the good side of the city 'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

> It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields back home

Can't imagine why anyone would think they were southern good old boys from modest roots. What idiots!

I'll say this: when their contemporaries like ZZ Top sang songs about Texas whorehouses, or Lynyrd Skynyrd sang about Alabama, those guys weren't making it up.

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mtcwby t1_j47kcad wrote

I grew up in the 60s and 70s near where Fogarty grew up. A hell of of lot of kids from the area ended up in Vietnam if they didn't go to college for the deferment. My older best friend was drafted at 18 from the same area and was in Vietnam in 65'. Kid across the street from my wife's house served and came back pretty messed up. The bay area wasn't the tech rich place it is now. Lots of assembly line workers lived there.

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typhoidtimmy t1_j47ohhm wrote

Exactly…it was pretty blue collar up until the 90’s tech boom when homes went through the roof.

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typhoidtimmy t1_j47l0ap wrote

I am not saying the guys was an idiot for believing the Southern origins of CCR or anyone who thought that. I am simply saying the members of CCR enjoyed they were good enough to make people think they were born and bred Southern swamp rockers.

Fogarty himself said something to the effect of Since we were in the middle of the progressive psychedelic rock scene, we thought what would be the complete opposite and started playing stripped down raw rock. It resonated and the lyrics could shape around Southern standards and I liked blues like Howling Wolf and classics like Cole Porter, so I just ran with it.

When we saw how much people loved the idea, we went along because hell, we were selling records. We even named our second album Bayou Country to fuel it.

Heck, if you look at their first big hit Proud Mary, Fogarty wrote that it started as a song about a maid for rich people who basically calmly keeps their lives together by doing her job and going home. Stu Cook suggested making the maid become a person working on a Riverboat.

The point is, they liked good music, wrote good music, played good music. They found a niche and rolled with it and did very well so why fuck with it? And it tickled them they were good enough to make people think completely different origins for them.

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Randvek t1_j47lgfv wrote

Next you’ll tell me that Johnny Cash never shot a man just to watch him die or that Steve Miller couldn’t actually fly like an eagle. What a bunch of fakes! Does Cardi B even own leather pajamas?

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Exnixon t1_j47oudr wrote

I don't believe that he shot a man just to watch him die, but if I found out that he actually had a masters in sociology from NYU, yeah, that would be surprising.

Like if NWA made "Straight Outta Compton" after briefly visiting Compton while volunteering with their church group.

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fairlyoblivious t1_j4880ie wrote

Which Lynyrd Skynyrd do you mean? I mean which of the 27 members the band has had? All of them? Do you understand why that's kinda a silly statement to make?

You can't understand why John knew how to craft them lyrics because you've never been to "the salt marshes outside San Francisco" to realize that places where the band grew up like Lodi(which they wrote a song about as well) are farm towns more "southern" than most of the people in Texas live..

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