Green river

John Fogerty ja Green river-albumin takakansi [8/1969], jonka ylimääräiset bonus-raidat [10-14] on lisätty kyseiseen cd-julkaisuun yli 30-vuotta myöhemmin. 

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Creedence Clearwater Revival, which disbanded in 1972, were progressive and anachronistic at the same time. An unapologetic throwback to the golden era of rock and roll, they broke ranks with their peers on the progressive, psychedelic San Francisco scene. Their approach was basic and uncompromising, holding true to the band members' working-class origins. The term 'roots rock' had not yet been invented when Creedence came along, but in a real way they defined it, drawing inspiration from the likes of Little Richard, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and the artisans of soul at Motown and Stax. In so doing, Creedence Clearwater Revival became the standard bearers and foremost celebrants of homegrown American music.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B85SiCWzBCQ
John Fogerty - Green River - - [live HD audio from the Beacon Theater in New York, November 18, 2011/- Fogerty aloittaa biisin kohdassa 1.45].
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GREEN RIVER - This is one of my favorite songs. When I was quite young my family use to travel to a little campsite by a little river in Northern California. Part of the lore was that the old man we saw occasionally was a direct descendant of Buffalo Bill Cody.. (son or grandson?.. he was like, ninety and this was 1949!). I loved it there and this place has informed what I feel is important ever since. At about the age of eight, I became fascinated with the label on a soda fountain drink and it came to represent the whole mystical dimension of youth, freedom, nature, exploration, and life “on the river”- [John Fogerty].

Lyrics

Well, take me back down where cool water flows, yeah.
Let me remember things I love,
Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite,
Walkin' along the river road at night,
Barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight.

I can hear the bullfrog callin' me.
Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree.
Love to kick my feet 'way down the shallow water.
Shoefly, dragonfly, get back t'your mother.
Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River.

Up at Cody's camp I spent my days, oh,
With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers.
Old Cody, Junior took me over,
Said, "You're gonna find the world is smould'rin'.
And if you get lost come on home to Green River."

Come on home.
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http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57672/john-fogerty-performing-cosmos-factory-green-river-in-entirety-at-beacon-theater.html
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/john-fogerty/2011/beacon-theatre-new-york-ny-3d1e50b.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(song)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fogerty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival
http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2011/11/john-fogerty-twitters-history-of-green.html
http://www.torrentsland.com/john-fogerty-the-blue-ridge-rangers-rides-again-2009-t3507285.html
http://www.boomermediareview.com/CCR40thAnnyCDs.html
http://progbeat-vvche.blogspot.com/2010/07/creedence-clearwater-revival-green.html

Bad moon rising

Pahaenteinen kuu nousee aina yhtä vaikuttavasti ellei peräti ylevästi. Kuuta katsellessahan kauneus-mielihyvän, kunnioituksen sekä arvoituksellisen hämmästyksen ja pelon tunteet sekoittuvat ja yhdistyvät ikäänkuin mieltä kohottavalla tavalla. Esteettisissä teorioissa [etenkin Burke ja Kant] tällaista kokemusta kutsutaan yleväksi. - - Bad moon rising-kappaleessa kuuta ei kuitenkaan kuvata ylevän kokemuksen kautta vaan pelkästään kauhean lähitulevaisuuden ennusmerkkinä [mutta kuten kuulemme tässä biisissä Fogertylla on pikemminkin kieli poskessa kuin gootti-hevit housussa ;\].
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeGo6Dd6Cws
John Fogerty - Bad Moon Rising - - [live HD audio from the Beacon Theater in New York, November 18, 2011/- biisi alkaa kohdasta 1.13].
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BAD MOON RISING - I think I knew I was going to write this song for a long time. There is an old black and white movie called “The Devil and Daniel Webster”. In this classic story a farmer is down on his luck and the Devil shows up and offers to make the man successful beyond his wildest dreams. There is only one catch… the man has to agree to give the Devil his soul. Of course, the farmer says yes. Soon after, there is a great storm, a hurricane really, that lasts all night while the farmer cowers in his barn. The next morning, he awakens to see devastation everywhere. All the crops of his neighbors are smashed completely into the ground and yet his crops are straight up to the sky. That scene made a big impression on me - [John Fogerty].

Lyrics

I see the bad moon arising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today

CHORUS:
Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

[Huom. Johnilla on tapana laulaa jossain kohtaa 'väärinkuultuna' there's a bathroom on the right -  yleensä toiseksi viimeisessä kertosäkeessä].

I hear hurricanes ablowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers over flowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin

CHORUS
Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye

CHORUS x 2
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http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57672/john-fogerty-performing-cosmos-factory-green-river-in-entirety-at-beacon-theater.html
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/john-fogerty/2011/beacon-theatre-new-york-ny-3d1e50b.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Moon_Rising_(song)
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliimi
http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2011/11/john-fogerty-twitters-history-of-green.html
http://home.fotocommunity.com/mark.billiau/index.php?id=1146887&d=23583893

The night time is the right time

John Fogerty lavalla CCR:n kukoistuksen vuosina 1969-70.

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 The backwoods yowl that put the fire into Creedence Clearwater Revival's gritty late-Sixties hits like "Green River" and "Proud Mary" actually was not, as the man says, Born on the bayou. John Fogerty's abrasive baritone didn't even come naturally at first - [itse asiassa Johnin ääni on alunperin ja myös nykyään melko puhdas korkea baritoni tai matala tenori, joten CCR-aikojen raspikurkkuisuus oli kovan harjoituksen tai pikemminkin jopa äänenrääkkäyksen ja osittain myös tupakoinnin tulosta/RR]. - "In '64, I got a job playing in a club, and I had a tape recorder with me," he recalls. "I would record the whole night and then listen to myself back, and every day I would try to force myself to get that sound that was in my head." He was trying to channel the voices of blues singers like Howlin' Wolf and Bo Diddley that he heard on the radio in his hometown of El Cerrito, California. "As a kid, there was that point I realized the stuff I liked was more dangerous than the stuff my parents liked," he says. "It was that threatening sound."

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xcS10kcfzc&feature=related
John Fogerty - The Night Time Is the Right Time - - [live HD audio from the Beacon Theater in New York, November 18, 2011/- biisi alkaa kohdasta 1.50].
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THE NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME - First of all, let me just say I LOVE Ray Charles! Incredible singing, great songs, great playing, great band… you get the idea. There is an album by Ray somewhere, out there. It used to be called “In Person”. It was recorded almost accidentally with the simplest of equipment. It is, in my opinion, the greatest live album EVER recorded. Get it. Anyway, this song is one of the great songs on Ray’s record and a song I have been performing since high school - [John Fogerty].

Lyrics - [säv./san. Herman, Cadena, Brown]

You know the night time, oh, is the right time
To be with the one you love.
I said the night time, ooh, is the right time
To be with the one you love.
I said the night time, ooh, is the right time
To be with the one you love.

Baby, I said a baby, Baby, come on and drive me crazy, Lord,
You know I love you; always thinkin' of you.
Hey, baby; oh, I said a baby.
You know the night time is the right time
To be with the one you love.

I said the night time oh, is the right time
To be with the one you love.
I said the night time, ooh, is the right time
To be with the one you love.
I said the night time oh, is the right time
To be with the one you love
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http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57672/john-fogerty-performing-cosmos-factory-green-river-in-entirety-at-beacon-theater.html
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/john-fogerty/2011/beacon-theatre-new-york-ny-3d1e50b.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Time_Is_the_Right_Time
http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2011/11/john-fogerty-twitters-history-of-green.html
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/john-fogerty-19691231

Commotion

Täältä pitää päästä pois!












Definition of COMMOTION:
1: a condition of civil unrest or insurrection
2: steady or recurrent motion
3: mental excitement or confusion
4 a : an agitated disturbance : to-do b : noisy confusion : agitation
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzi3eADbZzY
John Fogerty - Commotion - - [live HD audio from the Beacon Theater in New York, November 18, 2011].
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COMMOTION - I love to play the train beat. It’s not so obvious in this song but that’s where it started. Even forty years ago, I was irritated by the fast pace and rapidly increasing information overload of modern life - [John Fogerty].

Lyrics

Traffic in the city turns my head around.
No, no, no, no, no.
Backed up on the freeway, backed up in the church,
Ev'rywhere you look there's a frown, frown.

Chorus:
Com, commotion,
Git, git, git, gone.
Com, commotion,
Git, git, git, gone.

People keep atalkin', they don't say a word.
Jaw, jaw, jaw, jaw, jaw.
Talk up in the White House, talk up to your door,
So much goin' on I just can't hear.

Chorus

Hurryin' to get there so you save some time.
Run, run, run, run, run.
Rushin' to the treadmill, rushin' to get home,
Worry 'bout the time you save, save.

Chorus
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http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57672/john-fogerty-performing-cosmos-factory-green-river-in-entirety-at-beacon-theater.html
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/john-fogerty/2011/beacon-theatre-new-york-ny-3d1e50b.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(album)
http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2011/11/john-fogerty-twitters-history-of-green.html
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commotion
http://www.bksv.com/applications.aspx

Oh ! Lord, stuck in Lodi again

Amerikkalainen pikkukaupunki 1960-luvun alkupuolelta. Voisi olla vaikka Lodi.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QRgotSsAnE
John Fogerty - Lodi - - [live HD audio from the Beacon Theater in New York, November 18, 2011].
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LODI - This is another song title that I had carried around since my childhood, somehow knowing that I would someday write a song about it. I just liked the sound of it. Funny thing is though my family had traveled all around Northern California when I was young, I’m pretty sure that I had never been to Lodi - [John Fogerty].

Lyrics

Just about a year ago, I set out on the road,
Seekin' my fame and fortune, lookin' for a pot of gold.
Things got bad, and things got worse, I guess you will know the tune.
Oh ! Lord, stuck in Lodi again.

Rode in on the Greyhound, I'll be walkin' out if I go.
I was just passin' through, must be seven months or more.
Ran out of time and money, looks like they took my friends.
Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again.

The man from the magazine said I was on my way.
Somewhere I lost connections, ran out of songs to play.
I came into town, a one night stand, looks like my plans fell through
Oh ! Lord, stuck in Lodi again.

If I only had a dollar, for ev'ry song I've sung.
And ev'ry time I've had to play while people sat there drunk.
You know, I'd catch the next train back to where I live.
Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again.

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John Fogerty Twitters A History of the Green River Album While Playing It in New York [Saturday, November 19, 2011]

John Fogerty has been a very active user of Twitter over the years and, Friday night [18.11.2011], he used the social network to fill in his audience at the Beacon Theater, and the rest of the world, on a history of the album Green River.

The concert is the second of two nights at the Beacon where he played Cosmos Factory in its entirety on Thursday and Green River on Friday. The following are his tweets with his thoughts on each of the cuts.

GREEN RIVER - This is one of my favorite songs. When I was quite young my family use to travel to a little campsite by a little river in Northern California. Part of the lore was that the old man we saw occasionally was a direct descendant of Buffalo Bill Cody.. (son or grandson?.. he was like, ninety and this was 1949!). I loved it there and this place has informed what I feel is important ever since. At about the age of eight, I became fascinated with the label on a soda fountain drink and it came to represent the whole mystical dimension of youth, freedom, nature, exploration, and life “on the river”.

COMMOTION - I love to play the train beat. It’s not so obvious in this song but that’s where it started. Even forty years ago, I was irritated by the fast pace and rapidly increasing information overload of modern life.

TOMBSTONE SHADOW - Sometime early in 1969, I played a show in San Bernadino, California. Right across the street from the hotel there was a little shop advertising “Fortune Teller”. I went in and got my fortune read. This song is a note for note replay of that experience.

WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE - The late sixties was, of course, a time of great turmoil in America and around the world. Politically and socially this new energy seemed to be affecting everything. As some of this conflict played out in our media you could watch famous people from the older generation having trouble communicating with the younger generation. I had in mind a so-called leader of millions who couldn’t even lead his own son.

BAD MOON RISING - I think I knew I was going to write this song for a long time. There is an old black and white movie called “The Devil and Daniel Webster”. In this classic story a farmer is down on his luck and the Devil shows up and offers to make the man successful beyond his wildest dreams. There is only one catch… the man has to agree to give the Devil his soul. Of course, the farmer says yes. Soon after, there is a great storm, a hurricane really, that lasts all night while the farmer cowers in his barn. The next morning, he awakens to see devastation everywhere. All the crops of his neighbors are smashed completely into the ground and yet his crops are straight up to the sky. That scene made a big impression on me.

LODI - This is another song title that I had carried around since my childhood, somehow knowing that I would someday write a song about it. I just liked the sound of it. Funny thing is though my family had traveled all around Northern California when I was young, I’m pretty sure that I had never been to Lodi.

CROSS-TIE WALKER - Well, here it is then. I love trains. I love stories about trains. I love to watch trains. And especially, I love songs about trains! When I was quite young, we were stopped in our family car, at a Railroad Crossing. It was a long, long train. I think we were somewhere in Montana where my parents came from. My Dad made a point of telling me that the engine was one of those very old and rare engines that you probably won’t see much anymore. It was a steam engine from by-gone days and this romantic and mythic vision has inspired me throughout my life. Thanks, Dad.

SINISTER PURPOSE - Ahhhh. A song about de Devil. I don’t believe I have ever played this live before.

THE NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME - First of all, let me just say I LOVE Ray Charles! Incredible singing, great songs, great playing, great band… you get the idea. There is an album by Ray somewhere, out there. It used to be called “In Person”. It was recorded almost accidentally with the simplest of equipment. It is, in my opinion, the greatest live album EVER recorded. Get it. Anyway, this song is one of the great songs on Ray’s record and a song I have been performing since high school.
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http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57672/john-fogerty-performing-cosmos-factory-green-river-in-entirety-at-beacon-theater.html
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/john-fogerty/2011/beacon-theatre-new-york-ny-3d1e50b.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodi,_California
http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2011/11/john-fogerty-twitters-history-of-green.html
http://the60sofficialsite.com/Things_You_Just_Don't_Hear_Anymore.html

Got myself arrested, wound me up in jail, Richmond 'bout to blow up, communication failed, if you see the answer, now's the time to say, all I want, all I want is to get you down to pray

Yläkuva: Ruins in front of the State Capitol, 1865 (Richmond, Virginia). Alakuva: View of Richmond, Va, ca. 1860 - ca. 1865 (State Capitol in the Background).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE3qp-5k-yE
John Fogerty - Wrote a Song for Everyone - [live HD audio from the Beacon Theater in New York, November 18, 2011].
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WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE - The late sixties was, of course, a time of great turmoil in America and around the world. Politically and socially this new energy seemed to be affecting everything. As some of this conflict played out in our media you could watch famous people from the older generation having trouble communicating with the younger generation. I had in mind a so-called leader of millions who couldn’t even lead his own son - [John Fogerty].

Lyrics

Met myself a comin' county welfare line.
I was feelin' strung out, Hung out on the line.
Saw myself a goin', down to war in June.
All I want, All I want is to write myself a tune.

CHORUS:
Wrote A Song For Ev'ryone,
Wrote a song for truth.
Wrote A Song For Ev'ryone
And I couldn't even talk to you.

Got myself arrested, Wound me up in jail.
Richmond 'bout to blow up, Communication failed.
If you see the answer, now's the time to say.
All I want, All I want is to get you down to pray.

CHORUS

Saw the people standin' thousand years in chains.
Somebody said it's diff'rent now, look, it's just the same.
Pharoahs spin the message, round and round the truth.
They could have saved a million people, How can I tell you?

CHORUS
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http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57672/john-fogerty-performing-cosmos-factory-green-river-in-entirety-at-beacon-theater.html
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/john-fogerty/2011/beacon-theatre-new-york-ny-3d1e50b.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(album)
http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2011/11/john-fogerty-twitters-history-of-green.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_in_the_American_Civil_War
http://shockoenews.com/2008/08/08/civil-war-walking-tours/
http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/Richmond-Virginia-district-General.htm
http://usa-civil-war.com/Civil_War/rich_city.html

Ev'ry time I get some good news, there's a shadow on my back

Päivystävä hautausmaan vartija tähystämässä, etteivät henget[tömät] karkaa.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei1VG_hfM1I
John Fogerty - Tombstone Shadow - - [live HD audio from the Beacon Theater in New York, November 18, 2011].
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TOMBSTONE SHADOW - Sometime early in 1969, I played a show in San Bernadino, California. Right across the street from the hotel there was a little shop advertising “Fortune Teller”. I went in and got my fortune read. This song is a note for note replay of that experience - [John Fogerty].

Lyrics

Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
Ev'ry time I get some good news, ooh,
There's a shadow on my back.

Saw the gypsy man, 'way down in San Berdoo.
Said, I saw the gypsy man, 'way down in San Berdoo.
Five dollars on the table, ooh,
Keep me 'way from my tomb.

Said I got thirteen months of bad luck,
Bound to be some pain.
Don't you do no travelin',
Fly in no machines.
Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
Ev'ry time I get some good news, ooh,
There's a shadow on my back.

The man gave me a luck charm, cost five dollars more,
Said, "Put some on your pillow, and put some on your door."
He said, "Take a long vacation, ooh,
For thirteen months or more."

Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
Ev'ry time I get some good news, ooh,
There's a shadow on my back
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http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57672/john-fogerty-performing-cosmos-factory-green-river-in-entirety-at-beacon-theater.html
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/john-fogerty/2011/beacon-theatre-new-york-ny-3d1e50b.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(album)
http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2011/11/john-fogerty-twitters-history-of-green.html
http://www.usmessageboard.com/photography-and-imaging/187215-wow-this-is-an-incredible-photo-3.html