This song is about poor men being drafted into the Vietnam war while the rich men didn’t have to

@joeday4293

4 жыл бұрын

I saw a meme the other day that said "did you know that the engine and exhaust and rotor noise of the UH1 helicopter sounds exactly like "Fortunate Son" by CCR?" 😆

@dr.skulhamr3220

4 жыл бұрын

I wuz one of those, my friend. We had draft boards on a local level so you hoped fervently that none of your enemies were sitting on it. They had the power to send you off to the meat grinder or grant you a free pass. In a way, they had the power of life and death over you.

@ThaddMcNamara

4 жыл бұрын

Dr. Skulhamr THANK YOU for your sacrifice and service!

@ffwr-109

4 жыл бұрын

100% true. But if I’m correct I believe JFK was recruited unless he volunteered.🤔

@dr.skulhamr3220

4 жыл бұрын

@@ffwr-109 JFK was a combat officer.

As a 4 year Vietnam era USN vet, I can testify that this song was our anthem. We sang loud along with this every time it came on the radio. Unforgettable- for those of us fortunate enough to live through that hell.

@maraleehertel6977

4 жыл бұрын

slownoman thank you for your service

@michaelhowell7165

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Paraegg

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. My dad served 2 tours in Nam, Panama and Desert storm.

@davidsabine6942

4 жыл бұрын

The song is about how the privileged rich kids got to stay home and go to collage in the viet nam war but the poor kid had to go to war.

@prodmmr

4 жыл бұрын

God Bless you sir

He is singing about the draft to Vietnam, and how the privileged didnt have to go. Powerful ish man!!

@dawnhash6068

4 жыл бұрын

Yep!! How they would use connections to avoid the draft..

@WooferMcWooferson

4 жыл бұрын

100%

@ajcarter2548

4 жыл бұрын

I was gonna comment explaining it, but you did it best!

@leonardshevlin7260

4 жыл бұрын

No one should have to be in the military. It violates the Constitution.

@loucyphers_nightmare

4 жыл бұрын

@@leonardshevlin7260 : No one does

I love the righteous anger in this song. The words get spit out.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

6 күн бұрын

You are so right.

He’s saying he’s not rich and he’s not in college he doesn’t have connections so he’s off to Vietnam because he’s not the fortunate one

@TheXopony

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@trtlgrdl

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, like our current pres, 'Cadet Bone Spurs'.. he had enough money to NOT have to go. While my father DID have to go.. Same as my grandfather.. etc etc.. lol

@jessiem276

4 жыл бұрын

@@trtlgrdl Some people didn't have to go...because they had flat feet.

@donHooligan

4 жыл бұрын

@@jessiem276 they didn't buy their "medical condition," though.

@ronaldhorsley1600

4 жыл бұрын

@@trtlgrdl my dad was a Vietnam Vet suffered COPD during Obama the VA was terrible the cost of medication alone plus add in drs cost hospital cost it was horrible how obama treated the Vets TRUMP has done more the vets than the passed 4 presidents combined .... so i cal BS on You Because you would know this unless your father died before trump got elected

This hit me directly, I was drafted during Vietnam and I wasn't a fortunate son. Daddy wasn't rich.

@steimystein4368

3 жыл бұрын

I was very lucky. On my 18th birthday I went to the Dean's office in high school to sign up for the draft. He walked me out of his office and showed me a letter on the bulletin board. It said anyone born after April first of that year, no longer had to sign up for the draft. My birthday was April 15.....

@maryannturton9830

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service! I care!

@Nornothor

3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you survived the most stupid war ever... You have all my respect sir. All guys you were there you sacrifice too much for nothing.... I am really sorry for all losses. But I need to say for all loses at both sides. Hail to you soldier. Greetings from Czech Republic.

@eptunes3616

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service.😊

@karenmessina4361

3 жыл бұрын

@@steimystein4368 God bless that guy.

He's talking about how rich men start wars and the poor men are the ones that have to fight them and die in them. Rich kids don't get drafted to fight only poor ones.

@sopcannon

3 жыл бұрын

farenheight 911

@themroc8231

3 жыл бұрын

Rich ones grow bone spurs.

@chrislyne377

3 жыл бұрын

And the poor ones pay for it too

@joshuajackson7596

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@michaelregis9808

3 жыл бұрын

@@themroc8231 Or apparently suffer from asthma

The poor man is the cannon fodder for the rich man's wars.

My father was a Lt in the marine corps in Vietnam. This was his favorite song. Rest In Peace, dad. ❤️

@oldermusiclover

8 ай бұрын

God bless your daddy had an older brother who was there in the Army

It would probably be easier to list the war movies this song is not in, LOL.

@paulmerrin660

4 жыл бұрын

Damn you are right

@TDRSHOW

4 жыл бұрын

Ahahahhaha

@TheRatedOniChannel

4 жыл бұрын

And every single video game about war.

@randomzombie4682

4 жыл бұрын

When I watched kong skull islandI was a little disappointed. Yes the song was good for the theme but I really expected fortunate son coming from the Huey speakers

@leonardmilne8634

4 жыл бұрын

charge of the light brigade?

One of the best war protests songs ever written or performed, John Fogerty was such a genius songwriter and had such a distinctive powerful delivery.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

6 күн бұрын

Very true.

This song is played in EVERY Vietnam Movie ever made...

@barbarapavia5170

3 жыл бұрын

Trump is a fortunate son , the rich get out of going to war and we send our unfortunate sons

@leekey1608

3 жыл бұрын

@@barbarapavia5170 fortunately he has been ending foreign wars and bringing them home. Maybe feeling guilty about being medically exempt.

@DosDonts101

3 жыл бұрын

@@barbarapavia5170 yeah and Pelosi is a "public servant" who's now worth 250 million dollars . . . LOL - how did that happen?

@AngelGonzalez-wn8ws

3 жыл бұрын

Not in full metal jacket

@cheebagardens1759

3 жыл бұрын

For What It Takes- is another Nam song in a bunch of movies.

Forrest Gump when him and Bubba got to their platoon.. This is the song that played as helicopters LEFT..

You'll find this song in almost every movie about the Vietnam war.

@Tampahop

4 жыл бұрын

You'll find this song in almost every game about Vietnam.

@axemanracing6222

4 жыл бұрын

Even in Die Hard 4.0

@melissaward6311

4 жыл бұрын

@@axemanracing6222 es

@vineymartin7120

3 жыл бұрын

Young American men were drafted into the Vietnam war but if you had money or political influence you can dodge the draft like Donald Trump with his bone spurs! The baby boomers who were sent to fight started to protest not wanting to die for their country in a war without any justification other than trying to stop the advance of communism. It was a time of great unrest and a time of change. Sadly when those who did go came home they were treated like it was their fault for going and we’re given no respect. Great Vietnam war protest song like only CCR could do it.

This song was made during the Vietnam War. The song talks about how the less fortunate of Americas men were the ones sent to fight and possibly die in the war. While the Fourunate Sons' of Senators and Millionairs were dodging the draft.

@fabiotabaton314

3 жыл бұрын

About the spur president!? 😎

@AFmedic

Жыл бұрын

The last sentence of your comment , "While the Fortunate Sons' of Senators and Millionairs were dodging the draft." contains an error. There was no need for them to "dodge the draft" because due to their "privileged" position they were either given special deferrals to avoid the military altogether or cushy State-Side jobs as Officers.

This song is about the Golden Rule. "He who has the gold, Rules."

Its about the poor being sent to war and not the rich and powerful

@jasonstrickland9245

4 жыл бұрын

Which was bullshit when you consider that the Vietnam war was nothing but another damn creation by the military industrial complex, in other words another war by the rich and powerful for the rich and powerful.......

@MeanBeanKerosene

4 жыл бұрын

So exactly like now?

@chrislopez44

4 жыл бұрын

Why don't presidents fight the war, why do they always send the poor. -BYOB by System of a Down

@helloweener2007

4 жыл бұрын

It is not the fault of the rich kids that they have bone spurs. ^^

@Iloveyoujesus111

4 жыл бұрын

@@helloweener2007 lol :)

A lot of people who don’t analyse the lyrics think this is a patriotic song. All they hear is “red, white, and blue”. However, it is an anti-war, anti-establishment song about how the poor, through no fault of their own, get screwed over and are forced to fight for the wealthy class.

@blindinglights370

4 жыл бұрын

That's right but John Fogerty himself is a patriot. He served in the army and likes the USA. The song is not against the U.S. it is against the war.

@android65mar

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@jclindsay007

4 жыл бұрын

@@blindinglights370 even better, it's cause he was drafted to serve in the army we have this song. He was sitting in his bunk crying about how it wasn't fair, that he was getting sent to fight, when the rich ones would never see the horror they were causing.

@roggie839

4 жыл бұрын

It's the same as Bruce Springsteen's born in the USA

@Scott64a

3 жыл бұрын

Ain't shit changed, except they got everyone hating each other among imaginary differences.

Best anti-war song ever. Fogerty....what is it about his voice. Powerful.

History show’s it’s always “Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight.”

@johnbondola3246

3 жыл бұрын

VVAW had an anti-war Jodi the bellowed out at marches & demonstrations, " we won't fight your wars no more rich man, rich man - it's the working class we're fighting for."

According to every Vietnam War movie, this song is the sound a Huey makes

@CryptoJitsu

4 жыл бұрын

haha.. #truth

@thewriter100

4 жыл бұрын

And also Voodoo Child

@darrylcarden1851

4 жыл бұрын

If you want folks to know your movie is set in the late 60’s, or has to do with the Vietnam War or with hippies... that movie needs some CCR seems to be the formula. 🤘🏻😎

@janetlink9756

4 жыл бұрын

@@thewriter100 ?

@crannbeathadh

4 жыл бұрын

Haha!

This song is about the elites using the poor for cannon fodder.

@justingibson5163

4 жыл бұрын

Yep 100% correct! There is NOBODY out there that wants you or myself dead we haven't done anything to them. But our government and military industrial complex, Cia and other terrorist organizations most certainly have. Time we stop with all the nationalism b.s. and paying their bill!

@MJ-nn1ox

4 жыл бұрын

sounds like what donald trump did.

@googlebotkiller7118

4 жыл бұрын

A story as old as time , when they were arrow fodder.

@justingibson5163

4 жыл бұрын

@llriv They say there is a sucker born every minute, and maniac just waiting in the wings!

@justingibson5163

4 жыл бұрын

@llriv Do not get wrong I'm not anti military and understand they serve a purpose. It's just misused and overused and basically mercenaries for hire. Almost 20 years later we are still fighting the war on " terrorism" for what happened on 9/11 if u are dumb enough to believe that "official story".

Hard to believe that he’s 75 and still singing just like he did 45 years ago.

@frogger1952

3 жыл бұрын

Can you believe it. I'm 68 and I've been listening to John's songs since I was 15.

He's got a great voice and has written a ton of great songs. I've seen some videos where he's singing and playing CCR songs with his sons and daughter.

The most unmistakable voice in Rock n Roll history!

It was a Vietnam War protest song. “There was a draft and the well connected didn’t have to go.”

@chadfarr6263

4 жыл бұрын

Der fuehrer oops.. I mean drumpf for one!

"The house looks like a rummage sale" line is about back in the days when the tax man would come and assess your home and possessions for purpose of taxation. Rich people would dress their homes down to make themselves look poor so they wouldn't have to pay their fair share. Not much changes.

@1perfectpitch

2 жыл бұрын

It''s about tax evasion. Someone that finally gets that part. Thanks.

Best CCR song, and one of my favourite songs, hands down. Thanks for listening!

This was a Vietnam draft era song. The phrase "I ain't no Senator's son" is a reference to the fact that during the Vietnam war congressmen were making sure that their kids didn't get drafted and sent to war.

There is so much raw truth packed in this song!! Probably their most important song. CCR ruled the radio when I grew up. So many popular, singable hits! Then they were gone

So many songs about the Vietnam era. The line that always gets me is from 'Candles in the Wind' by Melanie about soldiers in foxholes. It goes: "We were so close, there was no room. We bled inside each other's wounds." Rare to find lyrics like that nowadays.

I saw this band in '71! I feel old, but very GRATEFUL to have been alive during this time! I danced a lot and kept in shape. I love my "Creedence" albums!

Jamel: "where is this song from?" Us in the comments: "yes."

@dashiellrohan981

4 жыл бұрын

Every Vietnam movie, or that tangentially mentions Vietnam.

@larrenramone236

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@MacGuffinExMachina

4 жыл бұрын

lol I know, right. Forrest Gump is def. the first thing that pops up.

@larrenramone236

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about The Waterboy haha

@lowrider4266

4 жыл бұрын

@@MacGuffinExMachina yes. Just watched that 2 days ago.

Remember, there was the draft. The rich and connected got out of serving. It was the poor and working class that fought in Vietnam.

@stephenharper8935

4 жыл бұрын

The current President of The United States of America!

@macmcleod1188

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenharper8935 and even people like Tom Selleck- who spent the war in a "Champayne" troupe in california. At least he served in some capacity unlike John Wayne.

@marklr5716

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenharper8935 General Bone Spurs...

@myles3856

4 жыл бұрын

True

@imhere3901

3 жыл бұрын

The privilege don't go to war. Senator sons don't go to war.

We had some turbulent times in the 60s and 70s, but the music was the thing that got our spirits lifted.

CCR was the soundtrack to my LIFE in 1969ish, not just the movie soundtracks that followed. Current times remind of those times ❣

It’s how “the man” is fortunate, and the common man is not. War protest song.

@williamshiver1823

4 жыл бұрын

John went to Nam,

Lt. Dan : "Gump you stay Here god-dammit, That's An ORDER!!!" Forrest running back into the jungle : "I Gotta Find BUBBA!!!!"

@alexakl6445

4 жыл бұрын

Such great lines from that movie, "Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?" "I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir." lol

@MoonlightNothing

4 жыл бұрын

.

@realitylime4896

4 жыл бұрын

I bet there’s shrimp all in these waters

@JAS-zz3gj

4 жыл бұрын

It says that Vietnam is going to be very different from the United States of America. Except for the beer cans and the barbecue, it was. - Forrest Gump

I love this song because he sings the shit out of it. He feels so much you cant listen without feeling it

CCR was my fathers favorite band and Who"ll stop the rain" is my first musical memory, played it on my fathers funeral. Thnx for this

Jamel: "Where's this song from?" Me: "Pretty much any and all movies that feature the Vietnam War"

@intolerant_left

4 жыл бұрын

And Iraq.. in War Dogs

@midtownkitten483

4 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure it was in Forrest Gump

@usmcrn4418

4 жыл бұрын

I think it was in Hamburger Hill??

It was actually a protest war antiwar song basically saying if you’re rich and you’ve got the money you don’t have to go to war but will send all your poor folk out there to die for us

@mikkj1

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Rich kids had "bone spurs" that prevented them from serving, but not playing tennis, for instance.

@luckymustard

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikkj1 Or golf.

@LA-fz5qw

4 жыл бұрын

mikkj1 very good example

@fwarleader

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikkj1 Total nonsense. Was A-1 with deferment for student. Just more lies his number was high. I served do you are even understand what you are talking about?

@luckymustard

4 жыл бұрын

Not just rich. Senator's son too. Nowadays, all Senator's are rich, but it used to be not as much, not as extreme. But they still had a lot of privilege.

They played this in the Vietnam War documentary HBOs Letters Home from Vietnam...really good documentary. They picked a handful of celebrities to read actual letters written by Soldiers, Marine's, Sailors, and Airmen who were fighting in Vietnam. They read the letters as the documentary played. This song played during one of many scenes showing Marine's and Soldiers fighting in vicious battles with the North Vietnamese.

The rich ones got deferments to go to college. Some of them escaped to Canada. The poor ones went to get killed in VietNam. I was lucky that my brother-in-law was overweight ( he drank a gallon of water before his physical), and the war ended before my brother could be drafted. My Mom's band leader's son died there. RIP, Jay Danderand, Kinnelon NJ.

CCR was the band that had the most #2 songs on the top 100. Never had a #1 and that’s a shock. They were only around for about 4 or 5 years but the songs are timeless.

talking about how the people who send you to war never go themselves.

@ashleypauly5446

4 жыл бұрын

Yep! To quote Black Sabbath: Politicians hide themselves away, they only started the war.

@darleneshriver3270

4 жыл бұрын

Should be trump theme song!

@myles3856

4 жыл бұрын

True

@alexm8859

3 жыл бұрын

@@darleneshriver3270 no lol Trump was a draft dodger

@Shawney-jf6kc

3 жыл бұрын

Ya’ll can’t fight over evil politicians. One together against all of them.

This was a 60 and 70s band. It’s about the Vietnam war draft and how some didn’t go because they were a senators son, wealth of millionaire, etc. those not a ‘fortunate son’ had to go. The fear, anxiety and rage is clearly in the heart of the unfortunates. One of the best groups ever to grace our ears with their strong voices and poignant music.

@Shawney-jf6kc

3 жыл бұрын

People don’t care to believe what you say. I do.

I grew up in the 60s and 70s. This is one of the Vietnam War Protest songs. There are plenty out there, all with a message and all good. The fortunate son is one of the rich kids that didn't have to go.

I grew up listening to CCR thanks to my dad, he just passed a month ago, I love 70s music cause of him ❤

@itsgummyybear

4 жыл бұрын

April Haywood my condolences ❤️

@aprilhaywood3306

4 жыл бұрын

@@itsgummyybear Thank you.

It was protesting the draft during the Vietnam War. And the fact that alot of the politicians that supported going to war, would turn around and get their son's deferments to keep them from having to go fight in that war.

@helloweener2007

4 жыл бұрын

Donnie would have done great in the war. He would taken out the Vietcong on its own and it would have been the greatest war ever. Unfortunately he has bone spurs, so he could not go. ;)

@adelevaught4739

3 жыл бұрын

Or you know .bone spurs.

The lead singer, John Fogerty is still around and occasionally records. One of his last hits that I remember was called "Centerfield". John has a very distinctive voice and I believe he penned most if not all the songs CCR did.

If a movie takes place during the Vietnam era, this song is in it. It's a law, I think.

As a Vietnam Vet, this is one of the best (and accurate) protest songs. The Senators & Rich people sons get into the National Guard guaranteeing they would not be sent to Nam. The Big Military Brass's sons would get cushy stateside duty. The ONLY action the National Guard saw was killing innocent students at Kent State. Needless to say - I wasn't a "Fortunate Son!"

@Nursebakr

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. And, welcome home.

@anthonybright6080

Жыл бұрын

Sorry man. My dad was so poor he actually volunteered. It's regular meals. He was caught in a house fire the weekend before he left for basic and was burned so badly that they wouldn't take him.

@youtubeisgoodfda

Жыл бұрын

Welcome Home.

I think this song is about how it's rarely the rich and powerful people's kids who get sent off to wars.

@Zeldarw104

4 жыл бұрын

Well said!!💯

I love the fact that years later, John Fogerdy said, Living in the US and given all the Freedom that he benefits from Because of those that have gone Before nd Fought and those that Still do that Yes, he is VERY Fortunate,

@nubreed13

3 жыл бұрын

He has also said that protesting for peoples rights is extremely patriotic. Dont forget he was drafted into the Vietnam war too. He wasnt fortunate enough to dodge the draft

@daisyduck5428

3 жыл бұрын

@@nubreed13 you are fortunate enough to live in the Country that everyone from every country wants so badly to come to, And the people in your country, Thanks you So Very Much, for your service to her, and Didn't run to Canada or elsewhere to hide. Many like me, Thank you So Much and owe you a debt of gratitude that we could never repay, those like you are very much the Pride of our Country

I was 14 when this song made the top of the charts. I’m 66. Nothing’s changed. God help us even though we don’t deserve it.

@philvigil6128

2 жыл бұрын

62. Remember as a freshman wondering if we were gonna pull out or were we gonna get drafted too.

In the Movie FOREST GUMP he talks about LIEUTENANT DAN -- Every man in his family from his father to his fathers father Fought AND DIED in war.

@Pulpgimp

4 жыл бұрын

But my boy Dan broke the tradition and survived, living happily ever after with his robot legs and hot Asian wife😃

@Peterkr10

4 жыл бұрын

Lieutenant Dan, you got legs!

When they brought the POWs back, I would watch every new items I could. I wrote the date of the announcement when the Vietnam "Conflict" was over in the bottom of a drawer in my chest of drawers. I would always watch the evening news, though I was barely 13 and keep a watch for the nightly report of : MIAs, KIAs, Wounded, and presumed captured. I guess it was the way I mourned for our guys. Keeping vigilant. It did affect me and made a mark on my soul, even though I was a little girl.

@fighthypocrites7036

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I know it's 2 years later, but your post hit home. I'm a little younger than you but my memories of body counts on the nightly news are a very vivid memory for me. The fact that you kept that vigil is beyond any positive adjective I can think of. All of them aren't enough. So I'll give you high praise for 70s kids. Cool. Very cool.

Great song for are vets thank u for all your service putting your life on the line for us.

YO!!! Great connection between disposable heroes and this song! Very next level connection that you will find in various themes throughout all music types! My heart swells with pride at witnessing the birth of this new level of musical awareness! Good on ya my man👍

Jamel, they released 6 albums in 2 years, then split. They tried to revive a few years later, but it was all over. So many hits in such a short burst

@markjensen2762

3 жыл бұрын

CCR one of the greats. Drop the mic!

Next up: CCR "Lookn out my Backdoor" I REALLY relate to(watching all the happy creatures dance on the lawn)😉🤙🦄🦒🐘🦝🐼🐧🐦🦎🐢

@apathy9990

4 жыл бұрын

mike johnson FINALLY someone besides me requesting an obvious CCR fun time

@mikejohnson-dl7vt

4 жыл бұрын

@@apathy9990 he has his own posts on "Fogerty Factory" playn with family during "lockdown" hope you sub+enjoy "Down on the Corner" in ACOUSTIC(+ others)kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJipx9iOetfZppc.html

@bbb462cid

4 жыл бұрын

Best CCR tune, hands down.

@apathy9990

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Blutarsky agreed

@apathy9990

4 жыл бұрын

mike johnson I will check it out I’m old nothing on my channel but an AWESOME public playlist still in progress as my stroke head and neck radiation addled brain can remember check it out and sub please if you approve.

Creedance was classic big music festival music, thousands of people, lots of beer and smoke and just getting your motor going. Favorite band of the Hells Angels. They would take 200 riders out into the woods somewhere and bring this huge sound system and generators and play it 24/7.

Awesome reaction! Thanks Jamel! What a testament to who we all are, we are not fortunate sons, we keep this country moving along. God bless those who gave all to help us preserve out way of life. You rock brother!

Here we go and before you even ask it was an every movie ever made about Vietnam......lol

@jasonthayer1309

4 жыл бұрын

Almost like there's an unwritten law.

One More from CCR please!: "Midnight Special"

@angelscribbles2525

4 жыл бұрын

@Bill McKay Holy crap that used to scare me as a kid! Epic movie!

@angelscribbles2525

4 жыл бұрын

@Bill McKay wow...i didn't know about a new reboot. I have all the originals on DVD so I'm gonna have to check out this new one. Twilight Zone and Tales From The Dark Side used to scare me so much but so addictive at the same time.

@metheus108

4 жыл бұрын

@Bill McKay My parents decided to take me and my brother to that movie when it came out, we were both under 10. Lets just say my parents didnt really think too much about the movies they brought us to. That airplane scene had me freaking out every time I looked out a dark window for years!

@angelscribbles2525

4 жыл бұрын

@Bill McKay another one that used to scare the crap out of me as a kid! Both 1 & 2! "The Raft" episode still pops in my head every time I go to the lake. I actually own several original Tales from the Crypt and The Vault of Horror comics.

@angelscribbles2525

4 жыл бұрын

@Bill McKay just watched it again for the first time in years. Yep...still creepy AF.

Love your show you’re playing my history. Greatest music era of all time. Rock, Soul, R&B, Country Rock

Thank you for Reaction..LOVE this song and C.C.R.

When he asked what war movies this song had been in, I literally couldn't think of a single Vietnam movie WITHOUT this song, and even many movies set after Vietnam use it as a callback, because soldiers and vets LOVE this song, and will sing it for hours. Without getting too analytical, the song is about how elites send other men's sons to do their dirty work, but how the sons of elites either get off or come home as heroes no matter what. When we sing it, we don't mean we aren't proud to be soldiers, but that we've had to go through preliminary hell just to go through even more hell, and maybe we'll be heroes ourselves, or at least make it home. All gave some, some gave all 🇺🇸

The rich and powerful stayed home during Vietnam , but the “unfortunate” ones were drafted

Phew, I read a few comments..your listeners said it perfectly. 👍🏻 so... I’m just gonna say, great reaction .. and bless CCR for singing a truth😉

Great song period / protest song - thanks for playing it!🎤🎸🎸🎸🥁

Poor men die for the rich man’s gold. Vietnam War and the draft.

@jensmaas555

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Earle Rich mens war

it was written ABOUT the vietnam war, and the draft -- and the fact that rich kids could get out of service by complaining about "bone spurs," while others were just cannonfodder.

@SouthernArtist77

4 жыл бұрын

Kim Irvin Exactly correct.

@josephstrazzulla6310

4 жыл бұрын

Also the national guard was a way for rich men and politicians to get their sons out of going to Vietnam by having them serve state side in the guard, a-la G.W.Bush. Spots available for the privileged only.

@dagnabbit6187

4 жыл бұрын

Kim Irvin LOL but Medal Of Freedom recipient Rush Limbaugh was growing a tail.

@largemouthhunter5014

4 жыл бұрын

Trump 2020

@kimbunchalastnames5357

4 жыл бұрын

@@dagnabbit6187 SHOOK, lol

Wealth and power are inherited. This song will be timeless because of its message; and because its a fucking banger.

Forrest Gump is probably the most obvious movie that plays a bunch of badass 70s Vietnam era tunes \,,/

I remember singing this as an anti-draft song during the Vietnam War. It brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.

This was my late teens, just pivotal.

Yessss CCR ❤ my dad bought me up listening to these, now my 18 year old daughter l9ves them too 😊

Straight to the point. You got it bud. Thanks again!

The point of the song is that all these people don't have to go to war because they are privileged enough to not to have to.

CCR is easier to say, and most folks know who you're talking about.

@ktcarl

4 жыл бұрын

Cross Canadian Ragweed?

@BRLaue

4 жыл бұрын

Or just ‘Creedence’

@leekrd

4 жыл бұрын

Yes until Cross Canadian Ragweed came around. Check them out!

@sibkiss2009

4 жыл бұрын

We always said We open up the stereo “ lookin fo yo Creedence”

@t.g.9782

4 жыл бұрын

some people only know them as ccr and not even know what it stands for ..fun fact the singer was sued in court for copyrighting himself after goin solo . he had to show the jury on the stand with his guitar

Good Morning Vietnam. Robin Williams always comes to mind when I hear this song. I’ve heard this song since I was a kid though. In my 40s now.

These guys all grew up in El Cerito CA just a couple miles away from Berkeley. These songs came at the height of the protests in Berkeley in the late 60’s & early 70’s.

"Bad Moon Rising" , "Sweet Hitchhiker" , "Tombstone Shadow".

@luckymustard

4 жыл бұрын

He's already done Bad Moon Rising. drive.google.com/open?id=1Iyl6t3_uLUZRWzLqcvHkgjiCOJQdOJhiYgF2XkQmPEI I've love for him to do Midnight Special.

@donnachristian9567

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Gureghian Toombstone Shadow!! And Sweet Hitchhiker! Yess!

@rommix0

4 жыл бұрын

and "Green River"

@tomlorenzen4062

4 жыл бұрын

@IDC About Your Feelings It Came Outa the Sky..rocks

Bob Seger, I'm just saying, you like a good tune with a story.

@darastarscream

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. "Turn The Page," off Live Bullet. One of the best concert recordings ever.

@BoojumFed

4 жыл бұрын

Or Woody Guthrie. 'Miss Pavlichenko' doesn't get nearly the respect it deserves anymore...

@garymatthys3605

4 жыл бұрын

His live cover of this song is awesome.

@bennydawes3847

4 жыл бұрын

Yes night moves, Main Street, turn the page many others.

@tomlorenzen4062

4 жыл бұрын

@@darastarscream A national treasure

CCR and BBKing were the first live band that I had the priveledge to see. I was 15 and have been hooked on rock ever since.

Amen...music said it all.

A few suggestions for future CCR reactions: -Proud Mary -Run Through the Jungle -Someday Never Comes -Long as I Can See the Light -Cotton Fields

Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son! This is a legendary song you gotta give a listen Jamel

@rachelamitrano9094

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes please!

@LetholdusKaspyr

4 жыл бұрын

For real!

@sansde1ty

4 жыл бұрын

😂 great song, just can’t listen to it without thinking of South Park Guitar Queero.

This song brings back so many memories . This song is about rich politicians starting wars and their sons didn’t get drafted . The poor and middle class got drafted . They use to play this song on the morning news everyday while the Vietnam war was going on .

Heard this in '69 in high school. Heard it again in Quang Tri in '72. Speaks for a lot of us.

The theme song of the Vietnam generation! This song is in literally every movie that touches on the Vietnam War. I’m sure you heard it in Forrest Gump and many others. It’s talking about how the common people got drafted but not the fortunate sons like tRump. Now check out Kansas!

Showed Forrest Gump to my kid for the first time just yesterday and when this scene started he said,"hey I know that song!" I'm a proud papa.

@deanna777

4 жыл бұрын

How old is he?

@lowrider4266

4 жыл бұрын

Just watched it too.

@AI-mg3hy

4 жыл бұрын

@@deanna777 he's 11.

@ThaddMcNamara

4 жыл бұрын

Did he get the message of the song?!?

@AI-mg3hy

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThaddMcNamara we've talked about it before, that's probably why he recognized it. This world he's growing up into sure is something. But it's always been that way. I try to show that to him. He had some context for the black panther party scene in the movie since he did a project about Muhammad Ali last year and learned about his stance on the war. We try to imagine what it was like growing up when his grandparents were kids, when the draft was around, when politicians could be openly racist as part of their platform. When the country was sharply divided along cultural lines. Some things have changed, some not as much as it seems.

From the opening notes of this you are in it...magnificent

I listen to this when I'm riding my Huey. A great clip on here of CCR waiting in awe in the wings listening to Booker T and the MGs' 'Time Is Tight'. Go on and treat yourself. You got to do that one!

You really need to do the whole FORREST GUMP SOUNDTRACK!!! It is chocked full of all of these songs!!! Once again PLEASE?

The singer is telling his story. He ain't no actor. He's a Viet Nam vet.

@stonecrazy

4 жыл бұрын

John Fogerty did not go to Vietnam. But it doesn't change the fact that this song is one of the best rock songs of all time.

@YTOG.Anthony

4 жыл бұрын

John Fogerty did not go to Vietnam he was supposed to but said something about money or just didn’t want to die

@chrisfield8593

4 жыл бұрын

John was an army reserve clerk during nam

@belindascott6916

4 жыл бұрын

It's a protest song!

@kinderfett5259

4 жыл бұрын

He was Lucky, he was served a Little bevor the Vietnam war.

Lead singer John Fogerty one of my favorite rockers, he also wrote the mega hit "Proud Mary" and a list of others.

It's talking about the disparity between the classes - the poor man's son goes off to war while the rich man's son gets to dodge the draft, the poor man gets taxed while the rich man hides his money. The ONLY Vietnam War movie that ever had this song on its soundtrack was Forrest Gump. However, it was also used in Live Free or Die Hard and Battleship.