This makes me cry. My boyfriend left and promised he would come back and that we would get married. I'm now 67 and at the end of my life, but I still remember that sweet boy who came back in a body bag.

@donnapirelli6657

2 жыл бұрын

So Grateful for his sacrifice RIP American Hero

@jamielandis4308

2 жыл бұрын

I was a fortunate son; my dad made it back.

@jessicamahoney4610

2 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss, regardless of how long ago.

@guidosarducci

2 жыл бұрын

I had many friends, guys I knew who returned home that way. They were just kids...........

@susanfigueroa872

2 жыл бұрын

My husband and his two buddies went in together and all survived! A little shot up and psychologically in a daze. They're all still alive and in touch. Thank you and his family for his service and sacrifice!! They don't talk about and when they do it's usually around their comrades and other veterans.

Rich and influential people could get their sons out of the draft, or keep them stateside, all the while waving the flag and sending other people's sons to war. That hypocrisy is what the song is about. Such a great song. It is the best music.

@torriezenna653

2 жыл бұрын

Just like Donald Trump with his "bone Spurs"

@LisaCupcake

2 жыл бұрын

@@torriezenna653 And just like Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney (not a president, but tried to be) - who ALL also got deferments. Let's not play the "Orange Man Bad" game. We haven't had a president who served in the military since JFK.

@karenpowell6063

2 жыл бұрын

@@torriezenna653 Bingo

@gregoryhankel7988

2 жыл бұрын

@@torriezenna653 or Obama, Bush, Clinton.... at least Bush flew planes for the National gaurd

@rexkimberley9537

2 жыл бұрын

@@torriezenna653 Don't forget Joe Biden with his four deferments.

As a former Air Force AeroMed during Nam, I can honestly say that I NEVER had to treat a wounded Politician, Big Business CEO, Millionaire son .... because they were all State Side where it was safe. Yup, I was NOT a "Fortunate Son" either.

@copperhopperwarren4788

2 жыл бұрын

Deepest Respect & Thanks to you and all who are or have served.

@awalk56

2 жыл бұрын

Hear, Hear.

@alexakl6445

2 жыл бұрын

I know you speak the truth. My dad was a child of the Depression, from a working clas family - served in WWII and Korea, and was NOT a fortunate son. Thank YOU, sincerely, for your great service.

@jimmazurek5589

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. My older brother was in Nam - US Army. I turned 18 in 73 and the draft was winding down. This song was the anthem of the time.

@debrafischer807

2 жыл бұрын

My husband served in Vietnam in 69…wounded and medivac’d to Japan. He served in the Marines….they were being fired at while they were being air lifted out. Thank you for your service!

I'm born and bred and proud to be English.... But CCR instantly turns me in to a red blooded American..😁🤟😎🙏

@lisarainbow9703

2 жыл бұрын

And conversely, this American listens to The Beatles, and starts searching for crumpets...😁

@rnrweb1968

2 жыл бұрын

Pink Floyd and Zeppelin and I'm crossing over!! ❤

@marysebo4765

2 жыл бұрын

Thats because yall are our cousins from across the pond lol

@maryreilly5092

2 жыл бұрын

@@marysebo4765 Yes, they sure are my ancestors, TOO on my Daddy's side. : )

@poosala8821

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry England will not face any war by themselves. Us red blooded Americans will be right there with you. 20 yr Navy vet.

Thank you for the shout-out to vets. My husband is a 23 year army veteran. Three Purple Hearts. Has psychological and many physical disabilities because of it. They want us to fight against ourselves. Black or white it don’t matter. People in their ivory towers watching us go to war while they’re profiting. We have to band together and see who the real enemy is. ❤️🙏

@willrichardson519

2 жыл бұрын

United we stand divided we fall, are ruled and exploited.

@emilianosintarias7337

2 жыл бұрын

that is the message the vietnamese side were trying to say, ironically. Muhammad Ali too. They and you are 100% correct.

@detroitlady7201

Жыл бұрын

Truer words never said!

@gailmurphypike5538

7 ай бұрын

My husband came home from Iraq damaged terribly.😢 I am trying to love him through it.

@laurarominger2073

7 ай бұрын

@@gailmurphypike5538 Bless you. My husband too. I was not in his life when he served and when he came home (severely damaged psychologically and physically). So I can’t imagine what that’s like. I’ve only been here in the last 9 years as his caregiver. He had a heart attack last year and it kinda scared him straight. He’s lost weight, takes his medicine, etc (diebetes too - had his toe amputated last year). I am so proud of him serving yet so possed at the powers that be that fund both sides and have no skin in the game.

This song has been in almost every movie made about Vietnam. CCR is Southern Swamp Rock at it's best. Great reaction!

@rafehr1378

2 жыл бұрын

The best part is that CCR is from California. Check out the tune, Porterville.

@tumunu

2 жыл бұрын

@@rafehr1378 An upscale town, too. El Cerrito. I remember Vietnam and this is my *very* favorite song of theirs!

@regularsizeruss3874

2 жыл бұрын

From deep in the bayous of Northern California! Lol!

@luvlgs1

Жыл бұрын

@@regularsizeruss3874 i had an uncle who worked with these guys at PG & E

I was 10, when my 18 yr old brother got drafted. He was able to come back alive! However, He was never the same! He had a heart of gold. But what he saw, mentally screwed him up. He became an alcoholic until he passed away in 2018! God Bless all the young men who had to go to a war that was never going to be won!

@dashasl2582

2 ай бұрын

I am so sorry for what your brother, you and your family have had to endure. May your brother RIP. Awful senseless war.

@greg2976

2 ай бұрын

@@dashasl2582 Thank you!❤

The fortunate have no actual human skin in the game. If their children had to do the actual fighting, there would be fewer wars and conflicts. Love y'all. Great music as always. Peace.

@willrichardson519

2 жыл бұрын

Robert Heinlein recommended the first to be drafted should be those who voted to go to war in a referendum.

@MisterWondrous

2 жыл бұрын

@@willrichardson519 Exactly. I agree. Tx!

@rnrweb1968

2 жыл бұрын

This!! The painful truth 💔

@nonconsensualopinion

2 жыл бұрын

Once I heard that some group of individuals (I can't remember if political party, political action group, etc) that was very against war in general were heavily in favor of the draft. At first that seemed strange to me but then it was explained that they believed that a draft meant that a greater number of citizens could be brought into a war and they would therefore vote to avoid conflict when possible. That seemed sensible. A draft or mandatory conscription can actually cause a nation to engage in fewer wars. More skin in the game as you said.

This song embodies the anger at the Vietman draft. My cousin went in as one person. He came back unrecognizable. Died of an overdose 5 years later. But rich guys all got out of it. Including the ex-idiot in charge Corporal BONE Spurs. RIP TO ALL WHO DIED OR WERE MENTALLY AFFECTED BY THAT PEACE KEEPING MISSION. NEVER WAS AN ACTUAL WAR. 😡🤬🙏✌🌻🌻

@ShelbyFarrow

3 ай бұрын

Not all privileged guys got out of it. Remember Senator John McCain who spent five years at the Hanoi Hilton? With a father who was a full Navy admiral he could have had it easy but chose not to.

Y'all got no idea how much that song meant at the time. Watching your friends..your brothers as their number came up in the draft. Watching the body counts on the nightly news. Wondering who would or wouldn't come home. Y'all not lived nothin like that...where the gov't took them and used them like disposable tools. That song was a f...n anthem then!

One of the greatest songs ever! John Fogerty/CCR never disappoint. I'm listening since the start in 68. Some other great songs are Up around the Bend, Sweet Hitchhiker, Traveling Band and rest of their well known hits. Very much appreciate both of you reacting to this great meaningful song!!

@cathyfox5602

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both! Guess we're getting up there lol

@theresaalexander4142

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. From the start. And I'm still thrilled to hear them.

I remember buying this 45 along with the Iron Butterfly-In A Gadda- Da-Vida album for my brother for Christmas before he left in the service.

@susanjohnston8267

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love a bit of Iron Butterfly in the Gadda on the lawn on a summers day, with a gin in hand. Pisses the neighbours off mind you when you have got it going full tilt.

@guidosarducci

2 жыл бұрын

@@susanjohnston8267 👏👏😅😅😅🖖

@emilianosintarias7337

2 жыл бұрын

respect

For those of us who stared down the existential barrel of the draft and the prospect of killing or being killed thousands of miles from home in a war we didn't understand or if we did, we opposed, CCR has captured our anger perfectly. CCR's "Run though the Jungle "or "Have you ever seen the Rain?" are two other anti-war songs. Recommendations for more anti-Vietnam War songs: Black Sabbath's "War Pigs", Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter," and Cream's "White Room." Remember and pray for our veterans and MIAs. They always gave "more, more, more!" Thanks!

As a quote that I heard from a highly noted war correspondent, " When the government screws up, the soldiers pay the price" So true

Rich kids never get sent to war shout out to all Vets

My daddy was there when I was born in "69", he got to meet me for a few hours a couple times but always had to go right back. I saw him a few times after that but military was his life until I was 8 or so and then he wasn't in a place to get to know me. I turned out to be a daddy's girl by nature and even though it made it hard and sad for me, I loved him and therefore the military more then anything else and was so proud of the years spent and awards collected by my father. He started calling me late at night in my forties (and yes drunk because the memories were hard to chase off} and for the first time told me of how much he loved me and was sorry for not being there, but he passed before we could get to know each other or for me to tell him that I wasn't angry with him. I already knew that he loved me because I felt it without seeing or talking to him and knew that his love for this country was so great that he felt it a personal obligation to protect it for me and everybody's brat (army brat). He was a man torn, but a good man. Sry so long, this kinda crap gets to me. lol

Yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes They send you down to war And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" They only answer, "More, more, more"

Both my father and uncle served in Viet Nam. My uncle died in his 60's from liver failure and cancer in his back and heart. The effects of Agent Orange.

John Fogarty has one of the most soulful rock voices. Great talent. This was very popular with Vietnam Vets and all vets.

@Amen.22

2 жыл бұрын

John Fogarty was the lead guitar player. They were looking for a lead singer, but couldn't find one that they liked so John decided that he would be the lead guitar player and the lead singer. The rest is history.

This is THE anti-Vietnam War song...and one of my favorite CCR songs.

Back then, a boy's draft number was everything. When I was a freshman in high school, a TV was rolled into the cafeteria so the students could watch the numbers being called in real time. I remember a few senior boys running and pounding walls because of their numbers.

The companion song to this is CCR's Run Through the Jungle.

The lead singer and guitar player of CCR. is John Fogerty served in the United States Army and a Vietnam Veteran.was in country in 1967 to 68 I believe it was at this time.

@swinetrek

2 жыл бұрын

John never went to Vietnam.

@jmweed1861

2 жыл бұрын

John served in the Army Reserve and was never sent to Vietnam. Drummer Doug Clifford was in the United States Coast Guard... While on a 6 month Traing, John Basically wrote the whole first album....Creedance Clearwater Revival in his head...

@jefffogertymusic2023

2 жыл бұрын

No. My Uncle John NEVER went to Vietnam or any other war... The band, Uncle John, my dad Tom Fogerty, Doug and Stu were very much against the war and how all the " privileged kids " got out of being sent over l

One of the best anti-war pop songs of all time. And many people at the time did not even realize it.

For me this song has always encapsulated the Viet Nam War.

A college roomate of mine was named Al, but nobody ever called him that. We all called him "happy", or "hap" for short, because that is just what he was - happy. All the time, smiling, joking, having fun. loving life. After graduation he married his long time sweetheart. Then he got drafted. They made him a helicopter pilot. His first mission was an ambush, and now his name is on the long black wall in D.C. along with 50,000 others.

My brother in law was drafted a few months after graduating high school. My sister and he secretly married just before he left for Nam and she began planning a formal wedding to take place on his first leave. Two weeks out of training he was in the jungle overseas and caught a deadly sniper's bullet ? My sister was destroyed along with him. She carried unresolved grief for the rest of her shortened life. Devastating results for thousands of families as a result of that conflict.

And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" They only answer, "More, more, more"

John Fogerty, on Fortunate Son. "It's the old saying about rich men making war and poor men having to fight them." The thoughts behind this song - it was a lot of anger. So it was the Vietnam War going on... Now I was drafted and they're making me fight, and no one has actually defined why. So this was all boiling inside of me and I sat down on the edge of my bed and out came "It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son!" You know, it took about 20 minutes to write the song. "Fortunate Son" wasn't really inspired by any one event. Julie Nixon was dating David Eisenhower. You'd hear about the son of this senator or that congressman who was given a deferment from the military or a choice position in the military. They seemed privileged and whether they liked it or not, these people were symbolic in the sense that they weren't being touched by what their parents were doing. They weren't being affected like the rest of us.

@suzie4417

2 жыл бұрын

The rich get richer with war and pull strings to protect their sons from the draft & standing up for their country, the poor get poorer, go off to war and get memories that don’t go away & come home to the same old same old no good paying jobs, no medical care, and many got addicted to free cigarettes when in Vietnam & Cambodia, addicted to heavy drugs & alcohol & hardly trained in any fighting tactics … so many died and didn’t come home … but the rich man’ sons got addicted to whatever they wanted & got a higher education perhaps became politicians who never served or stood up for 🇺🇸 have no honour! Bone spurs was a popular excuse that the rich used 🤥☹️ Vets need all the help they ask for & need respect for what horrors they have gone through 💜. Listen to Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ & ‘Inner City Blues’ for messages of what is happening!

@suzie4417

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Styx. ‘suite madame blue’ a song about Madame America & the messes that need to be cleaned up to save America ! 💜☮️ Another popular protest song against the unnecessary Vietnam War - Country Joe & the Fish singing their Vietnam Song at Woodstock … the crowd knew the words 💜☮️🇨🇦 Honour your Vets ! 💜

A well known and popular song during the Vietnam War. It's about regular guys being called to fight but not the ones who had money. No fortunate one.

The thing about songs back then, and I was privileged to grow up in the 70's and 80's, is that they had meaning behind them, and they made you think, not like most of this pointless CRAP today.

@donnabruhn6907

2 жыл бұрын

Started in the 60's go back and get the history

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

2 жыл бұрын

you can thank Simon Cowell and his bunch of groovy accountants and MTV for that privilege.

@donnabruhn6907

2 жыл бұрын

@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 ?????

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnabruhn6907 okay, Simon Cowell and his bunch of groovy accountants along with MTV decide what you will be listening to. Hope this helps.

@donnabruhn6907

2 жыл бұрын

@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Dude this song is from the 60's, MTV was not around till the 80's. I think Simon Cowell would have been just a kid

"Someday Never Comes" is one of CCR's best.

@tammycosby4495

Жыл бұрын

I came here looking for this comment. Someday Never Comes. The day a person realizes that, something inside them breaks.

The rich and powerful always have and always will send other peoples children off to fight wars.

So many important and entertaining tunes that CCR put together over just a few short years. If you like baseball you might want to react to the solo tune by John Fogerty called Centerfield. You will love it and laugh too!

My uncle spent most of his adult life fighting the government for disability payments due to his time in Vietnam. I remember his ankles would swell and crack open and bleed constantly. I can only imagine the pain he went through in life. At 62 he finally got his disability approved and died 3 years later. It's a shame really.

Clips are from the TV show "Tour of Duty". Used to watch that and "China Beach" every week back in the late 80's, early 90's. Got both series on DVD. I always wanted to be McMurphy from "China Beach", that had a lot to do with why I chose the Army over following my dad's footsteps into the Navy.

I damn near cry every time I hear this song

Brother is a VietNam Vet, Husband too, Son is a 911 Vet. A lot of CCr songs are anti war. Try Barry Macguire, Eve of Destruction, round the same time.

@AFmedic

2 жыл бұрын

I love that song. The lyrics are still appropriate even to day.

@scottowensbyable

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was career Navy, Korea and Vietnam. My son is career Army, Iraq. Every American is a Fortunate Son.

@mikmaqwoman

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottowensbyable No they are not. Sorry to disagree.

@AFmedic

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottowensbyable You DO NOT understand what is meant by "Fortunate Son". The sons of Politicians, Millionaires, etc. either were never drafted or were given cushy Stateside duties and never had to risk their life in Vietnam (or any war). They are the "Fortunate Sons".

My Cousin Died Over There in 1968 !! SP4 Richard Paul Martinez, Thua Thien Provence, 05/19/1968 !! R.I.P. Cuz !!

It ain’t me! I loved this song when it came out and was speaking to my generation. This was what the hypocrisy was all about. Bless you for playing this.

Listen to Billy Joel’s “Goodnight Saigon,” it’ll leave a mark.

This song reminds me of my late husband when I was married for 13 years to a man who proudly served in The Marine Corps and The Army and was sent overseas numerous times and had close death encounters but always came back to his family. But sadly his life ended 2 years ago from cancer but he got the Marine Corps funeral he wanted. I'll always remember him as a war hero.

John Fogherty has an amazing voice. This was a sentiment of a lot of young people during Vietnam. I will say this from experience that flying in a helicopter like that is a trip and I miss it!

Thanks and God bless you veterans from Valley Forge, and beyond!

I graduated high school in 1968 from a largely HIspanic-populated school. The draft was on, so most of the boys from my class were inducted immediately and sent off to Vietnam. It was a war fought by many low-income teenagers, sent to a foreign country for no other reason than American prestige. We lost, big time, and those kids are now retired, homeless and many with PTSD and poisoned by the tactical herbicides used by the Army. Agent Orange, the most well-known, caused permanent damage to many troops, as well as ongoing birth defects and neurological damage to the Vietnamese people to this day. It was a stupid, useless war. The song reflects much of the attitude of those who fought, and those who watched it happen.

CCR has not got a bad song. Try their version of “I put a spell on you” or “long as I can see the light”

@marcyking461

Жыл бұрын

or Proud Mary, or ......

The One of The Best Guitar Band CCR! ! Greetings fromm Europe! Poland!

I love how y'all aren't scared to wind it back and listen to half the song again lol y'all are cool as hell 💯 keep it up

Saying " thank you for your service" is like thank you for getting scammed, assaulted or killed to protect corporate profits you get no part of. I wish people would say something else to veterans . "We got you". "We won't let it happen to your kids" , or "Thanks for surviving" "We're here for you" "You're a real one " all come to mind.

@MySerpentine

2 жыл бұрын

'They won't take back our sons again'

Love to all the amazing soldiers and their families! Thank you 🧡

Love this song! These groups sang for their audience. A very special relationship developed between the artist and listener.

thanks to all you who served in Nam God Bless had a brother who served

John Fogerty's High Pitched Tenor Voice with that edge on it is Incredible.

CCR rocks! ❤❤❤❤❤

Heavy MFing song, Fogerty's voice conveys every ounce of his righteous anger and contempt. CCR coulda been called 'Bangers R Us'. Much love.

My favourite reaction couple. Cheers guys! 👏🎶🎵🙏

I was a Navy medic in Vietnam. My parents were poor. No money for college that would have kept me home. Navy medics were assigned to the Marines.I was lucky. I came home in one piece. Messed up mentally for awhile. A wonderful woman saved me from me killing myself with drugs and booze

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

2 жыл бұрын

nice to know you are ok. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Ypd3zNWzqMepnqw.html

CCW was a popular band amongst the soldiers in Vietnam. I was luckily in junior high at the time, so the lyrics didn't apply to me and my classmates. The Vietnam was over by the time we graduated from high school. We were the "fortunate ones".

Now that I look back...I'm priviledge d to have been born when the greatest greatest music was ever created created

Vietnam 69-70,army infantry, one of our anthems along with We Gotta Get Out of This Place.

You cover this, don’t blame me for what I say. My dad was a WW2 and KOREAN war hero. He went to Vietnam as a civil medic worker, coordinating and setting up hospitals as US was taking over from the French. Was absolutely horrified by what French troops were telling him. He freaking hated it for all incoming soldiers and especially minorities. He was warned by French troops to get the hell out of Vietnam. He called my mother long distance and ORDERED HER TO TELL MY OLDER BROTHER to get out of the Air Force, as he would otherwise die in Vietnam. My father was incredibly patriotic and cared for all the black men being called up for their numbers. It killed him, I truly believe that, he was a patriotic and could handle our country using soldiers as fodder or

That's the great John Fogerty singing. What an iconic singer/songwriter/performer.

Lost my brother Jackie and a bunch of Marines on 1-13-68 . Love you and all the rest. Love you all.

This is the most American Song of all time. It's the greatest Antiwar song also

The words ring true more than ever. As Michael Caine said after his recital of If, wars are instigated by old men, but it is the young who fight and pay with their lives.

Y’all should check out CCR’S version of “Heard it through the grapevine” John Fogherty was an amazing vocalist

Shawn you got the sadness & seriousness of it when you heard the words & saw soldiers carrying their wounded & dead brothers in arms to the chopper.

Y'all know good music! This is a classic that brings us all together. Those are our brothers in those choppers, I watched the real videos during that awful war. Thank you.

Oh I'm glad you two are finally doing this song

Mixed emotions for me! Great awesome song my favorite group of all time. Tho a feeling of deep sadness 58,000 deaths due to an absolutely senseless war. Nothing was accomplished. RIP to all the poor souls!!!

What a song with a story that hits you in the face. First punk band😊

John Fogarty always brings it! What a talent! What a voice! And those lyrics…..🌺✌️

This song is in nearly every Vietnam War movie because it shows the disparity between who is forced to fight and who gets a clean ride through life

My Uncle was s Gunner in a Hue chopper in Vietnam. Shot down on 3 different occasions and shrapnel in his legs to this day. I respect this man for everything he has done!

486, 000, and not all that came back came all the way back. That war lasted 10yrs but for most who came back it lasted (lasts) a lot longer. What your generation calls PTSD today is a slap in the face to what these men felt (feel) today, for most they never came back. God bless and have mercy upon their souls.

This is a roadhouse, juke joint jam, built for GOOD TIMES!!!!!!!

One all time CLASSIC, with power lyrics - All of CCR getting WAYYY down on it!

Shout out to all those heroes who served!

Thank you for sharing your real reactions. Hopefully this will hekp young people learn and know about this great music.

This was an anthem!

An important and so meaningful tune. I love your enthusiasm!

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth either, my father did 3 tours in Viet Nam and before that 1 in Korea. It was what I knew and so I joined in 1975, I did a tour in Panama, Iraq, Somalia and Egypt. I guess there are those who are born to privilege and those of us who served.

@sarahdixon1943

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and your Dad for your service. We need more people like both of you, especially now.

@emilianosintarias7337

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarahdixon1943 actually, we need more people who refuse to "serve", let the privileged go murder people abroad. Locals should be at home building it up

I served during the Vietnam War as did my brother and 3 cousins. I was fortunate in that I was sent to the aleutians, Antarctica etc. My brother was with the 101st Airborne. Was wounded twice, silver star, bronze star, air medal but came back a different person. I took care of him for the last 20 years of his life. He died in a VA hospital of an overdose they administered to him. The three cousins never came back from the war, they just found the dna of one of them recently in a grave site in Cambodia. My uncle died smile fighting in korea. My father was a marine in the pacific in ww2. We as a family served. We didn't talk about people not serving our country, we just did it because it was expected of us as Americans.

My brother was in Nam. Praised be Jesus Christ he made it home alive. He was a medic and would NEVER talk about what he witnessed!

CCR was my favorite band when I was a young teenager.

This song just stuns everyone. Brings up bad memories. Thanks for your kind comments.

Peak troop strength in Vietnam was 543,482, on 30 April 1969.....RIP my brothers and sisters

Even though it is only slightly more than 2 minutes, it is the greatest protest song ever (for What It’s Worth is a close second.)

i just want to give this 2 ppl a hug. :)

Members of CCR were Vietnam vets then formed CCR and made these great songs definitely coming from a personal perspective of being there with their music ! My dad was there in 1968 -1969 , was a war that really stuck to the American psyche ever since that’s why we don’t have the draft any longer !

@karynmitchell2509

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t we still have Selective Service? Don’t young men still have to register when they turn 18? The government could start the draft whenever they deemed it necessary.

Love Love Love CCR !! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 johnfogertyarmyreserve copy "It's pretty simple: "Fortunate Son" is a protest song written by a Vietnam-era veteran in support of the men who served and against the children of privilege who evaded the draft."

Lots of emotion watching this video.. my big brother went to Viet Nam when he left it was one of the saddest days of my mom and my life… I thank the Lord he came back alive and is still alive today.. but too many gave their lives

When I was a kid and CCR first came out we thought they were from Louisiana because they seemed depict us perfectly.

Yes Senators got thier sons out , I aint no Senators son , I aint no fortune one , great words and great song

One of the best anti draft war songs for Vietnam that was ever made

When asked who I like more the Beatles or the Stones, I reply CCR. You should check their Woodstock performance. Keep on Rocking in the Free World....or what's left of it.

That unmistakable growl could only mean an UNFORGETTABLE listening experience, with or without Creedence. Thanks to you for recognizing his genius.

CCR had the distinction of having TWO songs banned by the military radio: this one, and "Running Through the Jungle."

Run through the jungle......top of their music....

The millionaire's son doesn't get sent off to war.