That opening riff is pure gold.

The flip side of CCR's rockin' bangers is "Long As I Can See The Light".

@BlazinRiver1

2 жыл бұрын

Almost every one of CCR's 45s had a hit on both A and B sides.

@BuckForearm

2 жыл бұрын

Love that song.

@amywaldron4703

2 жыл бұрын

Love all CCR, but this is my favorite.

"Who'll Stop the Rain" should be next on the CCR rotation. For those of us who lived in the late 60's, it was our anthem! Another GREAT song by one of the best groups of all time!

@peterbarbera5485

2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s the best song John Fogerty ever wrote, so I agree!

@tommathews3964

2 жыл бұрын

I’m with you on that recommendation! One of the absolute best! Their list is lengthy though!

@jamesdignanmusic2765

2 жыл бұрын

Also their other great "rain" song, "Have you ever seen the rain?".

@SteveA308

2 жыл бұрын

Always covered by Bruce at stadium shows when it rained :)

@heathermackinnon9527

2 жыл бұрын

After LODI, yes.

"Suzie Q" "Commotion" "Who'll Stop the Rain" "Lodi" "Travellin' Band" "Long As I Can See the Light" and still more and don't forget "Proud Mary". I love this band, it was one my father and I had in common. Cheers!

@blanewilliams5960

2 жыл бұрын

"Someday Never Comes" makes me think of my father, and my son.

@mikenichols3965

2 жыл бұрын

THESE FOR SURE!❤

@user-gt2uf8cq9y

2 жыл бұрын

They still haven't done Proud Mary? Good Lord, the perfect song awaits. Also, "Lodi".

@blanewilliams5960

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-gt2uf8cq9y No, and they have done Tina Turner's cover 2 times!!! Lodi was my father's favorite, great song.

@frankbarnwell____

2 жыл бұрын

Suzy Q, is idk. Great swamp rock... born on the bayou... love it

During the pandemic John started a KZread channel called "Fogarty's Factory" with his 2 sons and his daughter and did a lot of CCR and his solo stuff with them.

@Mr.56Goldtop

2 жыл бұрын

And did you notice that his background is closely based on the Comos Factory album cover photo?

@vernhoke7730

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.56Goldtop I've been a fan of CCR, and John Fogarty, since the sixties.

You just can’t do better than CCR for a rockin’ time. Was just listening to them in the car coming home and then you guys drop this video. Keep up the good work lads👍

It’s incredible to think that they produced all these hits in a period of about 3 years. They’re probably the most productive hit machine ever!

That guitar sound that starts this song off is one of the greatest and it is unique!

When that Fogerty voice drops...gets me evertime, just an amazing artist.

Cosmo's Factory is one of the best albums from the early 1970's era. This song took me back to my high school days. 🤘✌️

@demonhoopa

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@jiordone8563

2 жыл бұрын

1st Album I ever bought. I remember riding my bike to the record store with my paper route money and buying Cosmos Factory.

Man, does this brick back great memories. This record was released the year my friends and I all turned 16. There was nothing better than getting your drivers license, installing an 8 track player and a set of speakers in your parent’s (or if you were really lucky, your own) car, and feeling the freedom of driving down the road with your buddies. Everyone I knew had a CCR tape and we all played it LOUD.

CCR's "Chronicle" is one of the all-time greatest "greatest hits" albums. Spent much of the 80s cruising around Georgia in my Jeep with CCR's Chronicle blasting from the cassette player lol

@gregscupholm9111

2 жыл бұрын

Chronicle- 20 hits strong!

@AJfanboy1

2 жыл бұрын

I've had Chronicle and Cosmos Factory in my vinyl album collection for years, but just recently purchased "Bayou Country", "Green River", "Willy And The Poor Boys" and their "Creedence Clearwater Revival" albums to make it 6 of their Top 10 albums from just about any list there is. Too bad my kids will probably sell all my albums for $1 a piece at yard sales after I'm gone. 😟

@robland6804

2 жыл бұрын

​@@AJfanboy1 Brutal but true -- as you get older, the "value" of your possessions seems to drain away before your very eyes.

@hilarywilliams1909

2 жыл бұрын

Add Chronicle: Volume Two and you have a gold mine.

@bobbyhulll8737

2 жыл бұрын

Chronicle one and two !

This song among others like “ Going Up The County “ by Canned Heat ‘68 were part of the Hippie “ back to the land” movement. Woodstock was ‘69 and “Up Around The Bend” is 1970. Many songs fed into this living off the land idea.

@Martin.Wilson

2 жыл бұрын

Another such a group from Canada was Lighthouse, the Canadian equivalent of Chicago. Their song Take It Slow was a great back to the land song. This group was amazing...definitely give this one a listen. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYqXu6utksXfqNY.html

@Mr.56Goldtop

2 жыл бұрын

@@sgholt That came many years later. But yes.

@debbiedarwine5783

2 жыл бұрын

Out in the Country by Three Dog Night is one of my favorites.

@mookie7688

2 жыл бұрын

John Prine's "Spanish Pipedream" was the best of the back-to-the-country genre IMO.

@TonyfromBham

2 жыл бұрын

To me, the best thing that came out of that “back to the land” movement was Green Acres, a hilarious TV show that mercilessly makes fun of the whole thing.

I remember a poll being held on BBC radio, asking who was the biggest band in the world when the Beatles had disbanded. CCR won.

@HamiltonRb

2 жыл бұрын

@Joan In Florida The Eagles, Bruce Springsteen, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Doors, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Van Halen +++ It's just personal opinion, there is no right or wrong answer, it's just whatever you like

@bartstarr100

2 жыл бұрын

@Joan In Florida Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

@Himmiefan

2 жыл бұрын

@@HamiltonRb All great!

@mylesteller

2 ай бұрын

CSNY

CCR were like the Energizer Bunny of hit music... they kept going and going and going and going. That opening guitar riff is absolutely iconic in the annals of Rock. I noticed you haven't done "Who'll Stop the Rain" yet. Another classic!!

@kjmorley

2 жыл бұрын

It’s so true. CCR doesn’t really have many “B” side songs.

@jimcarlson6157

2 жыл бұрын

that would be the energizer bunny, Duracell

@flubblert

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimcarlson6157 noted and corrected. Thank you sir!! Getting old is a helluva thing. LOL

@terriemartinez9989

2 жыл бұрын

Sweet Hitch~hiker is a good one..lol

@terriemartinez9989

2 жыл бұрын

@@flubblert I might "grow" old, but I refuse to "get" old..😏 ✌😎❤🇺🇸🤘🎸

John Fogerty is a national treasure. He did a series of song remakes on YT during lockdown playing with his kids and grandkids from his home that were pretty cool 😎

CCR always puts a smile on my face 👍

They were one of the few bands that had a string of A and B side single hits. The Beatles were another to do so, that's good company in my opinion.

Guys the amazing thing is even beyond their greatest hits their "throwaways" are all bangers too. "Cosmo's Factory" would be a great patreon album listen - although at this point you've done most of the songs. (Ramble Tamble is amazing!)

@randyhodges8782

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Ramble Tamble!

@tomh1754

2 жыл бұрын

Ramble Tamble has my vote too great suggestion

@curtcody2308

2 жыл бұрын

Was working in my garage yesterday when Ramble Tamble came on (my iphone was on shuffle mode). I had to stop, grab a beer, crank it to 11 and sit down and just listen. One of my favorite CCR songs of all time.

@creech54

2 жыл бұрын

I push for "Ramble Tamble" every time you do a Creedence song!

@otisdylan9532

2 жыл бұрын

They haven't done "Who'll Stop the Rain" or "Lookin' out My Back Door" yet. Don't think they've done "Travellin' Band" or "Long As I Can See the Light" either. So Cosmos Factory would be a good choice for full album listen.

The opening track off this album (Cosmos Factory), is called Ramble Tamble and definitely worth checking out.

@kennyhuskisson2684

2 жыл бұрын

Ramble Ramble will get you up & going, can't sit still to it, man what a jam!👍✌️

Gotta love this CCR classic! Other CCR songs you should check out are Travelin' Band, Lookin' Out My back Door, Green River, Lodi, Proud Mary and Who'll Stop the Rain (Not be confused with Have You Ever Seen the Rain, which you've done).

A&A, you'll love their "Looking Out My Back Door" and "Travelin’ Band" ! Bangers!! If you haven't done "Proud Mary", that must be next.

@Manageode

2 жыл бұрын

Lookin Out My Back Door is a favorite.

Happy Monday! The opening riff of this song is so cool. As much as I want y’all to hear CCR’s original version of “Proud Mary,” the CCR song I really want y’all to react to next is “Suzie Q.” It’s a bluesy remake of the 1957 song “Susie-Q” by Dale Hawkins. It has a killer drum intro and a dirty guitar riff. Sauce all day long.

@johnnymartin49

2 жыл бұрын

Yyyeeesss, O'Suzie Q baby I love you! 😎

Ramble Ramble from the same album is a jam not to be missed.

Their final album, Mardi Gras has a banger called Sweet Hitchhiker, and a quieter, more melancholy rocker named Someday Never Comes which I suggest you guys check out. Both were big hit singles, and then sadly, CCR was gone.

@Martin.Wilson

2 жыл бұрын

Losing CCR back in the day was like having your big brother move out of the house...weird, sad and you just knew that this was the end of the salad days.

@denystull355

2 жыл бұрын

Before Mardi Gras was Pendulum, a very overlooked and forgotten CCR album. There were hits like Hey, Tonight!, Molina, and then some lesser knowns in a similar fashion to Someday Never Comes, listen to It's Just a Thought and you'll know what I mean.

One of the best road trip songs ever! This or "Jessica" should start every roadtrip playlist.

@mylesteller

2 ай бұрын

Dude yes......I'm always on CCR when I hit the highway!!

My favorite banger from CCR is 'Suzie Q'. Very hypnotic and a bit psychedelic. Surprised more folks haven't suggested it.

2 words...."Travelin' Band". Legendary.

You should check out “down on the corner” by them as well

@David-iv6je

2 жыл бұрын

First band I was in covered it. Great song!

Some of us were lucky enough to grow up during greatest music era. And this band is one of the reasons. ❤️🙌🏻🔥😎

If you want something a little bit different from CCR, try Someday Never Comes. It was from their last album before they broke up, and was the only song on it worth listening to, pretty much by design. There is a whole backstory to that album, which I won't bore you with right now, but that song to me shows the growth of John as a songwriter, and is a must hear for fans of CCR.

@wolfetom10

2 жыл бұрын

Thank God that song is on Creedence Chronicle so I don't have to listen the crappy last album to hear it. One of my personal top 10 CCR songs, especially love the sax solo ... so out of box for CCR but so perfect in the context of the song.

@traceyvavrecan6714

2 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite CCR song

@tinareaume7484

2 жыл бұрын

YES! That song made me cry the first time I heard it.

The very long, album version of "Susie Q" is next, and it is killing me that I have to keep waiting for it. It's a cover, but a tremendous one, right in the CCR rock swamp where it belongs.

@BruceColon-BSides

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent song

@Haleyboy007

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@markvanderstelt8999

2 жыл бұрын

a great song and yes the long version.

@lisaarmato6911

2 жыл бұрын

God yes. That song is a masterpiece.

CCR just makes you smile the minute they start.

The guitar and then the drum pickup right at the start of the intro - it's pure, undistilled Creedence. No doubt.

Aged around 19 in 1970, LOVED this song, still do . yay :)

My Dad was born in 1929. He wasn’t much for my generation’s music but he loved Creedence and this was his favorite song by them !

Loved CCR's harder edge tunage. During the time period, this song could be heard at pool halls around the contiguous 50 at any given moment. This is an A+ min. with CCR fans.

@Wordsmyth8

2 жыл бұрын

Not with this fan. A+ is reserved for songs like Green River, Born on the Bayou, Run through the Jungle and Suzie Q.

@danarchuleta1154

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wordsmyth8 Really....well I'll be...lol

@danarchuleta1154

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Wordsmyth8 Peak

@otisdylan9532

2 жыл бұрын

@@danarchuleta1154 I'm with you. It's an A+, one of my very favorite CCR songs.

I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who said they didn’t like CCR! Absolute legends!!

I would even take it one step further and say that CCR is one of those few bands where I literally like every song in their catalog. Literally every song is really good to me. And each of their many many songs has its own distinct personality and feel. And they do have some longer songs as well; I bet you would be blown away by their song Effigy. And then a fantastic party banger that's long and hypnotic with a great groove is Chooglin'.

Cosmos Factory was their biggest selling album, quadruple platinum, it had 6 big hits on it, Up Around The Bend made it to #4, it paved rock & roll into the 70s👍✌️

Perfectly crafted pop songs really are something to be admired. Doesn't get any better than CCR.

‘Ramble Tamble’ from Cosmos Factory absolutely rocks.

CCR's version of I PUT A SPELL ON YOU is a banger! ❤️

One of their best songs. CCR, sooo cool.

“Willy and the Poor Boys” will always be one of my favourite albums ever. Every single cut is fantastic. I need to get my own copy on LP, now that I’m not living with my parents anymore.

@dancapell6643

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Love the song from that album, Effigy! Some great guitar playing!

@CrowTRobot-ni7zu

2 жыл бұрын

@@dancapell6643 I guess if I had to pick a favourite cut from that album, I’d have to go with “Feelin’ Blue.”

@flubblert

2 жыл бұрын

'Willie and the poor boys' .. great song!!

Picking up CCR's "Chronicle Volume 1" is an excellent choice for any beginning listener to CCR or classic rock music from the 60's and 70's in general. You got 20 straight-up bangers one after another. I think of all the greatest hits albums that are out there, it's one of the most essential and one of the best bangs for the buck. However... It doesn't have either Born on the Bayou or Ramble Tamble on it. Those are, to my ears, CCR's 2 best songs. There are several other classics, you'd be missing, as well. Songs like "Cotton Fields," "It Came Out of the Sky," "Wrote A Song For Everyone" and "Effigy." So, while in the short term, "Chronicle Volume 1" is essential, if you're in it for the long haul, you've got to pick up at least 4 albums in "Bayou Country," "Green River," "Willy And The Poor Boys" and "Cosmo's Factory." As consistent as "Chronicle Volume 1" is, so are these 4 albums. 14 of the 20 songs on "Chronicle Volume 1" come from those 4 albums, including 7 from Cosmo's Factory alone.

@philly452009

2 жыл бұрын

I believe that Ramble Tamble, Born On The Bayou, and Cotton Fields, are on Chronicle 2

I spent the day yesterday listening to CCR and Mellancamp and every song I kept calling it my "favorite". It was a fun day of "I love this song". Over and over. Great reaction A&A , CCR is "Prime Rib" Alex IMO😊

@ericwilliams1031

2 жыл бұрын

They should do Mellencamp's "Ain't Even Done With The Night" Love that song!

@aileenturrietta7553

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericwilliams1031 I have been asking for a while for JC Mellancamp but their not biting. My very first Song was "I need a Lover". "Ain't even done with the Night" is pure poetry. And it's a journey from there. Love him.

"Where the neons turn to wood" Such a great line that sums up getting away from it all.

I'm a 70 year old Viet Nam vet and i truly enjoy you young lads reacting to my generations music!

Possibly my favourite CCR tune 👊🏼💥

SWEET HITCH HIKER BY CCR ! BANGER!

They've got at least TWO Greatest Hits albums and both are impossible to live without. . !

That CCR hits album you want was indeed everywhere in the 70’s. Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits.

Still waiting for you to hit CCR's "Long As I Can See the Light." Deeeeep blues, and it's on the _Cosmo's Factory_ LP as well.

@okiejohn3925

2 жыл бұрын

As is "Ramble Tamble"... a severely underrated/unknown-by-the-masses tune.

Good ol' American rock n' roll. Always got that rock n' R&B groove. Massive hooks. When John Fogerty recorded Centerfield, his old record co. sued him for sounding too much like himself! (Fortunately, Fogarty won the case) John Fogarty, wrote, produced, played guitar, and sang all the CCR songs. You should do Centerfield - 1985.

@chandravargas3040

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t centerfold that he was sued for, he was sued for his song the old man down the road sounding like run through the jungle

My favorite greatest hits album when I was a teenagers in the early seventies was by Three Dog Night and The Guess Who. Also enjoyed the hell out of those by The Grass Roots, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap and The Association, but these last three aren't quite up there with the first two and CCR.

@MissAstorDancer

2 жыл бұрын

Nice list! Very eclectic!

@karenduell1027

2 жыл бұрын

I agree except for the Grass Roots, they are one of my all time favorites. RIP Rob Grill, one of the most handsome musicians of my generation.

@BROU-bb2uc

2 жыл бұрын

Dude Grass Roots loved them.

CCR was my Dad's all time favorite. Sadly he left us on December 3rd 21. I can't go anywhere in the car without one of their songs coming up. I just smile and say, Daddy let's roll. Thank you so much for this reaction. It's the first CCR I've seen you do. It made my day ❤

Their comp is called CHRONICLE and has all their big hits. A must-have for any collection.

"You can ponder perpetual motion" has always been one of my favourite lyric lines of all time. There's an incredible live version of this on youtube. Up Around the Bend ~ Live in Amsterdam (1971). It just rocks out. The bass is heavier, the guitar raunchier, the solo more powerful. Look for it, you won't be disappointed.

CCR's "Greatest Hits" was my best and smartest album purchase ever. I bought it in the mid 1990s....and was totally educated on their music catalogue. The album is great to give a listen while playing Euchre, too ;) .

That guitar riff was Insane....

CCR takes me back to 1970, when I was 17, driving around Melbourne, Australia, with my best friend and our boyfriends and CCR blasting...They were huge.

Such a great band!! Try Donnie Iris “Ah! Leah!🤘🔥

Some songs just make you wanna go outside (i.e. woods shenanigans). Their "Chronicle" 20-song greatest hits IS exactly what you guessed: amazing.

Nothing better than hearing it on the radio when it was first released 👌

You can`t lose with anything from Creedence. A really great tune from them that is often overlooked is "Run Through The Jungle" - an amazing antiwar tune. Great job guys - really enjoy the show.

@BuckForearm

2 жыл бұрын

I think they actually reviewed that one.

@michaelnorris7353

2 жыл бұрын

@@BuckForearm I must have missed that one.

Man, we just had the best tunes back then. I was about 13 or 14 when this came out, so many bangers growing up.

This is what some call a Workmans Band. Very tight, clean and crisp. No need for filler or gimmicks. I was in second grade, 72', when I first heard this on our car radio. Our parents let us listen to all kinds of music and CCR found thier way into my sister's third grade classroom show and tell. The teacher was a hippie and allowed my sister to play not one, but two songs from the record album. To this day, Up Around The Bend reminds me of driving around on a hot, Summer day.

CCR's music is an essence of a time period when amongst the backdrop of the Vietnam War, CCR brought you to a place of contentment and solace.

Nailed it guys! "CCR Chronicles" (Their greatest hits album) is my go-to album on any road trip

@Wordsmyth8

2 жыл бұрын

Agree!

@kennyhuskisson2684

2 жыл бұрын

Chronicles & Chronicles 2, gotta have both👍✌️

@MLar80

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennyhuskisson2684 of course

"Who'll Stop The Rain" - a timeless classic and very pertinent to today's travails.

In every album collection of the 70's was CCR, Eagles, America and Bread's greatest hits.

CCR.......................EFFIGY ! Listen to it or not, this is a fantastic rarely ever played song, hidden gem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Around the Bend has that "Proud Mary" sound.Can't get enough of CCR.

If you want to hear one of their longer songs, Ramble Tamble runs seven minutes and eleven seconds

My favorite from CCR. I was a CHILD. Heard it on American Bandstand and fell in love.

Eagles Greatest hits has out sold all records!

"The Guess Who" greatest hits is also a no-misses collection. "Eagles" too... CSNY too... all front-to-backers.

One of the best rock'n' roll single Ever! Up around the Bend/run through the jungle

My 51 favorites by CCR/JOHN FOGERTY 1. Bad Moon Rising 2. Travelin' Band 3. Before You Accuse Me 4. Proud Mary 5. Jambalaya 6. Ooby Dooby 7. Lodi 8. Down On The Corner 9. Green River 10. Have You Ever Seen The Rain 11. Up Around The Bend 12. All Mama's Children (with Carl Perkins) 13. Fortunate Son 14. Run Through The Jungle 15. Cross-Tie Walker 16. Get Down Woman 17. I Heard It Through The Grapevine 18. Lookin' Out My Back Door 19. Who'll Stop The Rain 20. The Old Man Down The Road 21. The Wall 22. Long As I Can See The Light 23. Born On The Bayou 24. Commotion 25. The Midnight Special 26. Don't Look Now 27. Someday Never Comes 28. Molina 29. Hey Tonight 30. Rockin' All Over The World 31. Almost Saturday Night 32. It Came Out Of The Sky 33. Sweet Hitch-Hiker 34. Centerfield 35. Tombstone Shadow 36. Call It Pretending (Golliwogs) 37. Cotton Fields 38. Feelin' Blue 39. Southern Streamline 40. Rock And Roll Girls 41. Bootleg 42. Susie Q 43. Sinister Purpose 44. Fight Fire (Golliwogs) 45. Keep On Chooglin' 46. The Night Time Is The Right Time 47. Hearts of Stone 48. My Baby Left Me 49. Ramble Tamble 50. Big Train (From Memphis) 51. Blueboy

What you guys need to remember is from 65 -75 we had ALL THIS MUSIC !!!

Creedence Clear Revival is one of the Top 5 American Rock N' Roll bands ever.

@SpaceCattttt

2 жыл бұрын

Creedence Clearwater Revival are pretty good, too.

@maryhayes3177

2 жыл бұрын

The best in America. We have a couple in UK could beat 'em.

@rundoetx

2 жыл бұрын

@@maryhayes3177 World wide I would put them in the top 10.

@maryhayes3177

2 жыл бұрын

No 3 for me after Free and The Who

@otisdylan9532

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

One of the seminal albums of my youth. Sensational album and sensational song!!! Total S-tier! Check out their song Effigy ... beyond deep cut.

I LOVED to turn this record up and annoy my father. That was more years than I care to think about. Mamas and the Papas was also a huge favorite. Hit us up with some more of their stuff.

Hands down my favorite Creedence song. It's so propulsive, especially with the way the chorus doesn't really resolve; Fogerty's voice rises on each verse making you think there's something else literally up around the bend.

Awwww yeah CCR!!! This is such a happy party song. They nailed it with their own style, all so great.

One of their lesser known songs, but one that kinda tugs at the heartstrings, is "Someday Never Comes."

Great song & album (Cosmos Factory), one of their best. From the same album try Ramble Tamble, a 7+ minute long Banger! That jam is legendary. Enjoy! 🎸

This was my ship’s “breakaway” song-what a Navy ship plays over the exterior speakers while accelerating away from a refueling ship after underway replenishment.

More great memories! Back in the day ... my buddy had this album and we used "Heard it Through the Grapevine" to time the periods on his table hockey game. And we used "Up Around The Bend" to time the intermissions.

CCR and The Kinks are two of the most productive acts of all time. hidden gems that are being uncovered!

Cosmo's Factory. One of the best albums, ever. Remember my sister got a little cassette recorder. She also got this cassette. Never forgot this album. So good. Vietnam era. Timeless.

A song that I actually like! And Andy almost as exciting to watch as he was back in the day

The song bring back great memories.i was in eightl grade. Heading to high school, which was up around the bend

An old guy once told me about CCR "Its river music." Perfect description.

Maybe my favorite song from them is Long as I Can See the Light. Slower tempo, but his vocals are so good. Also Lookin Out My Back Door and Who’ll Stop the Rain are must hits too

Who'll Stop the Rain is the epitome of the perfect song. In my list of the top 10 songs of all time, it has to be on there.

My favorite album in high school!

The extended version of Suzie Q is a MUST!! Guitar work that puts most EVERYONE to shame!!

My Baby Left Me is a great CCR deep cut