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3 of the Best Opening Lines From Creedence Clearwater Revival Songs
Some songs seem as if they were sent down to us music fans from on high. It's as if some are just the Platonic Ideal of music. And when it comes to swamp rock and a raspy, guttural singing voice that fits, there is seemingly nothing better than lead singer John Fogerty and his band Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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Some songs seem as if they were sent down to us music fans from on high. It’s as if some are just the Platonic ideal of music. And when it comes to swamp rock and a raspy, guttural singing voice that fits, there is seemingly nothing better than lead singer John Fogerty and his band Creedence Clearwater Revival.
There was a time in the early 1970s when Creedence was perhaps the best rock band in the entire world. And one of the reasons for that is the group’s song lyrics. Here below, we wanted to examine three examples of that. A trio of song openings from Creedence that make our ears perk up. Indeed, these are three of the best opening lines from Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.
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A song that is unequivocal about income and class disparity and the perils of wartime. On this classic rock track, John Fogerty decries the rich who get to avoid conflict and watch those with less go and fight the wars politicians sign the country up for. As the song opens with a sharp electric guitar, Fogerty comes in later singing with so much emotion it feels like a thick storm. Indeed, he belts,
Some folks are born made to wave the flagOoh, they’re red, white and blueAnd when the band plays “Hail To The Chief”Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
This song is about endings. Some believe the track is about the downfall of the idealistic Flower Power hippy movement of the 1960s. But Fogerty has talked about how the song is actually about the impending end of Creedence itself, which broke up in 1972, just a year or so after this track was released on the 1971 LP Pendulum. And on the song, Fogerty sets it all up with the opening lyrics,
Someone told me long agoThere’s a calm before the stormI know, it’s been coming for some timeWhen it’s over, so they sayIt’ll rain a sunny day
While Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California, it sure does seem his soul was born in the swamps of Louisiana. And that is what this track is about. This song talks about keeping your spirit alive, keeping your personal flame lit. Whether you’re from some well-known, traditional place or if you’re born on the Bayou. Indeed, to open the tune, the passionate Fogerty sings about what his father told him, saying,
Now, when I was just a little boyStandin’ to my daddy’s kneeMy papa said, “Son, don’t let the man get youAnd do what he done to me”
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