Up around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival College Student's FIRST TIME REACTION! 

"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!

That opening riff is pure gold.

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

"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!

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!!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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!)

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👍

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

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. 🤘✌️

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

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!

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

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.

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

CCR always puts a smile on my face 👍

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 😎

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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

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

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

One of their best songs. CCR, sooo cool.

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😊

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

“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.

I grew up on the great music of the 60's-70's. CCR has always been one of my favorites. They don't have a bad song! John Fogerty has one of the most unique & recognizable voices around. All their songs are great - "Proud Mary", "Lodi", "Commotion", "Night Time Is The Right Time", "Down On The Corner", "Cotton Fields", "Midnight Special", "Travelin' Band", "Who'll Stop The Rain", "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Long As I Can See the Light", "Suzie Q", "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" etc.

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

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👍✌️

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

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.

Possibly my favourite CCR tune 👊🏼💥

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

‘Ramble Tamble’ from Cosmos Factory absolutely rocks.

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

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

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

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.

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.

CCR just makes you smile the minute they start.

SWEET HITCH HIKER BY CCR ! BANGER!

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.

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.

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 ❤

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

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 ;) .

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 !

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

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

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! 🎸

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

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

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

Thanks, Andy! Thanks, Alex! 💎 #AndyAndAlex #CCR #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #UpAroundTheBend

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Up Around the Bend was written about their gig at Woodstock! ❤️✌️😁

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

You should check out some of Fogerty's solo work, such as "Centerfield" and "The Old Man Down the Road."

CCR was my Mom's all time favorite band. So I grew up hearing them a lot. Love watching reactions. Thanks!

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

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.

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

Always one of my faves!!

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

Oh my goodness! CCR part of my life daily when I teen! I was so blessed to live time I have. The best music came my generation, hands down! Nice reaction guys.

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

An underrated gem of theirs that I think you guys would like is Lodi

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

"Bootleg" by CCR is a real swampy classic that goes underlooked.

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

I love this song and it's the only song I know of with the phrase "perpetual motion" in it. I have no idea why that matters, but just always thought it was cool. It's a CCR A or A+ but still a banger.

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

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

One of my favorites. John Fogerty and CCR at their best.

My favorite album in high school!

True American Classic! ONE OF MANY FOR THEM...✌ LOVE IT

That opening guitar riff has always reminded me of a bugle call ----