my stepdad was in Vietnam and he said soldiers loved this song! It was before Tie a yellow Ribbon by Tony Orlando. Soldiers needed to know family wanted them back and hoped a candle was burning in the window!! 😢😢
I was told by my uncle that the first time he heard ccr was in the jungle of vietnam. he told us kids that the Vietcong would play this through the jungle as sort of a mental warfare . they would be close enough to harass the soldiers with music and toss stones at their camps to deprive them of sleep. idk how true it all is or if it was a prevalent tactic they used .
I was 20 when my Dad passed away. He was a huge CCR fan, and about a week after he passed, I was playing some CCR on Pandora because I missed him and I discovered this song for the first time. First time I heard it, I broke down. Now, whenever I miss him, I just play this song and it's a great way to remember him. I'm so glad you recently discovered this song as well. Love your channel!
When I hear this song I always think about the boys who went off to Vietnam & made it back home. They were never the same when they returned & just couldn't find a place for themselves after what they had seen & done, & they were not embraced as heroes by the folks back home.
yep. you nailed it. it's basically a "keep the home fires burning" song. John really did a number of the vocals. Great stuff, so much emotion in his voice.
Jamel, that was a time when you heard the 'hit' on the radio, fell in love with it enough to buy the whole album. When you got the album home, you discovered other songs that you loved just as much. CCR was a 'hit' band, but also an 'album' band. This is one of their most popular songs that never, really, got pop radio airplay, although it was (and, sometimes, is) featured on album rock stations. Fogerty still sings it.
You are definitely a lucky old lady! I was probably two years old when this came out. I'm constantly trying to find reasons why I'm a lucky middle aged lady! Love!
One of their very best songs. They don't have BAD songs... they have good, better and best. Most people don't know that it is John Fogarty playing the sax on here
This was the B-side of their #2 hit "Lookin' Out My Back Door" from 1970. So it didn't get a lot of radio play at first but it did get some and was liked enough that it led the record company to turn the record into a double-A-side. But the original A-side still is the side best remembered. It also hit #20 in the UK. By the way, lead singer/songwriter/guitarist John Fogerty played electric piano and performed the sax solo as well. For a more upbeat track, check out their "Sweet Hitch-hiker" from 1971. It was their last Top Ten single. Their last single was the following year's beautiful "Someday never Comes." It peaked at #25. The band broke up after a historically great, if very brief run as a top band (basically 1968-1972 as CCR, though they had played together since they were teens under different names ). As CCR they had 5 #2 singles without ever reaching #1 and 9 Top Tens as well. Both remain records for artists who never reached #1. They sold 30M albums.
Jamel, Please check out "Someday Never Comes", which was one of the last songs Fogerty did after he and his brother, Tom, had a falling out. It is autobiographical and chilling in many ways.
Lost a lifetime friend this past December, we both loved CCR. Back in the day we could ride around for hours listening to them and many others. I was the wanderer, he'd tell me after I came back sometimes months or years later that he left a candle in the window for me. He was the kind of friend that we'd pick up right where we left off and I could go to him for anything, and vice versa. Listening to this brought back so many memories of better days, some mischief, and the treasure of all the memories of a lifetime friend. Thank you Jamel.
I always associated this with a soldier in the Vietnam War dying, and his last thoughts being of loved ones back home. Just such an emotional, sad song.
Im no old head, 90s kid, my mother used to play vinyl lps of CCR all the time. When I enlisted and felt so far home, this song kept me going, knowing that no matter how far from home I was, there was always a "light" to guide me home.
Back before electricity, when someone hadn't made it home before dark, it was common to place a lighted candle in a window. The light from a single flame could sometimes be seen for miles. This could help a weary traveler from passing close by, but missing home. This song came out during Vietnam, where almost everyone's goal was simply to get back home. The symbology and heartfelt soulfulness of this song always hits me hard, even after so many years. Thank you, Jamel.
Jamel, You would enjoy listening and reacting to the 1969 song " Love Can Make You Happy" by Mercy. The song was a one hit wonder and it's a smooth mellow and relaxing song. I don't have a link for the video since I have not figured out how to do that yet but it's easy to find on RU-vid.
As soon as I had my first car my mom would put a little pewter candle holder with a half used candle in the front window EVERY time I’d be out with friends. She’s been gone for 23 years now I’m older and I have 3 kids of my own now. Whenever 1 (or more) of the 5 (wife too) of us is out I ALWAYS turn on the front porch light. Always. Last night our son and my probably future daughter-in-law were home for a few days from college. Plus our oldest and youngest daughters. All at once. That was the first time the light was off in a couple of months. My kids know why I do it and even though they never got a chance to meet her they all know why and EVERY word to the song.
IN MY FATHER'S TOP 1O FAVORITE BANDS OF ALL TIME THE SOUND OF MY CHILDHOOD IN THE LIVING ROOM IS WHERE I ENJOY THEIR MUSIC THANKS FOR THESE FLASH BACKS JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌🏼& LO💚E MY BROTHER
You are right Jamel, just lean back, close your eyes and enjoy the music. This is one of the greatest songs I've listened to in my life and I've heard thousands meanwhile. Let the good times roll and just be a good human. Greetings from Germany!
CCR is my all time favorite band. Bad Moon rising is my favorite song. Used to play that all the time every time I did any kind of work I'd play it on the radio and listen to the music and work on the project. Used to drive around in my car in college every time me and my friend drove by this particular graveyard on the way home that song would play. My friend told me said you time it as we're going by that graveyard on purpose. I told him I said no I just like that song so much that you know it just happens to be in the cassette player and that's my age back in the day. But anyways my friend he borrowed my car one evening going on a date. His favorite group was the police. He said while he was picking up his date he drove by that graveyard. He said he put in his cassette tape of the police and out came bad Moon rising when he drove by that graveyard. He said it freaked him out he told me you said your damn car is haunted. He had put his cassette tape on top of mine but the interesting part was the fact that that song played when he drove by that particular graveyard. I told him I didn't plan it that song Just resonated with me still does.
While so many other songs are what people think are the best THIS song so raises the bar of what John Fogerty’s talent truly is! This is what I always feel people need to hear! Thanks for doing it!
I finally admitted to my mom a few years back that I had ganked Cosmos Factory from their vinyl collection as a teen. EVERY song on that album is amazing. I hope I run in to you when I'm in LA sometime!
Jamel, there was a moment in time when giants walked the earth, and we were all discovering this great music together. Wish you could have been there, Brother. Though you are late to the party, at least you are trying to catch up. Peace.
Sure takes me bk 50+ yrs as i first heard . Ccr! Wow. Soo long ago. Still gets me . Powerful stuff. Hs voice. His talent. My childhood band/ music. All of it. All they ever did i love. Dan-6/19/22
Hi Jamel! Thank you SO much for reacting to my FAVOURITE band! My older brother and I used to listen to this band together when we were teenagers! Yes I’m old! Lol! Peace and Blessings to you and your family from Australia.
This is one of my favorite pieces of music, on a long list of beloved CCR. As a motorcyclist I immediately identified with having to tell my loved ones back home that my explorer's heart didn't mean I didn't want to come home or that I was out there forgetting my family or being disloyal. But to understand, as every soldier who has gone off to war to fear Jodie has understood, she may not be able to take having me home less than she wants. My singing career calls. The mountains, or the skies, or space, the sea calls, the road calls. Duty calls. I must go. But I hope you'll keep the light in the window to let me know I'm still welcome back. Because I'm yours as long as you can stand me. I love this song.
Another song for your soul........... Leon Russell live playing "Jumpin Jack Flash" with George Harrison, Clapton, Ringo Starr!!!. Dripping with STANK- It's from the Concert for Bangladesh - first major rock benefit in 1971. The entire video is on the other site that posts videos. Leon at 55:30 minutes in
I'm just trying to listen to this song. I'm glad you like it, but how annoyed would you be if you tried to look up "black" music, such as one of my favorite records, Wu Tang Forever and some white fat fuck like myself was screaming over it every 10 seconds. I JUST WANT THE SONGS!
Personally, one of the saddest things about the AM radio reign, was that so many great songs, (This one DEFINITELY included) were cut so short because of how AM radio operated. It was not until the Beatles that songs were actually allowed to go over 3 or 3 1/2 minutes. And then FM blew the time limits right out of the water. THANK GOD!!!
Another CCR song which doesn't get much love, as far as I can gather from comments/requests etc, is 'Effigy'. It is the last track Side B off the album ' Willy and The Poor Boys'
John's brother Tom used to be the lead singer when they were called Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets, but he couldn't belt like John. He tried a solo career after leaving CCR. If you're curious check out Tom's solo song It's Been a Good Day. When John took over, fame came rolling in. That's John on keyboard and saxophone.
Beautiful, beautiful song... Now, I cannot afford to help you out. I truly wish I did... I have been putting out one of their best songs to anyone that will listen. Most everyone has let it slip through the cracks in the floor boards. Take a listen to "Lodi" if you ever wondered what the life of the 98% of musicians who never make the BIG TIME, but love the music so much that they perform whenever and wherever they can.
Good hearing that one again, been quite awhile. Good tune, there's just my favorite go to's, and this wasn't on that list. LOL..ALL John's songs are top shelf.
WOW! Jamel, I'm putting together the music for a dear friends memorial service next month, and was just thinking I would add this to the playlist, then @ 22:05 you said the same thing.
Songs like this really make me wish you’d check out some Blue Rodeo. The songs I’d suggest are Try, Lost Together, and Hasn’t Hit Me Yet, but they also have a bunch more great songs.
Suggestion for a different reaction video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yF4YXv6ZIuE.html Absolutely beautiful song, singer, and the audio engineer who set it up.
