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- Date Released: August 1, 1969
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Classic Rock
- Label: Fantasy
Fogerty sees a bad moon rising at the peak of the hippie era
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We Say...
John Fogerty stamped himself as the voice of the working-class rocker with Green River, one of three albums CCR released in 1969. This masterful collection of songs profoundly influenced the direction of '70s songwriting: Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, Ronnie Van Zant and Bruce Springsteen, to name a few, were clearly inspired by its populist vision. "Wrote a Song for Everyone" summoned up an inclusive brotherhood of humanity at a time when rock rhetoric was stridently partisan. The title track and "Cross-Tie Walker" celebrate rural life and use the metaphor of train tracks to capture the restlessness of the American spirit.
Fogerty was also adding to his substantial catalogue of material dealing with the shadow of death and evil in the world — "Tombstone Shadow" and "Sinister Purpose" are impressive, but "Bad Moon Rising" was the most potent of these darker songs, a dramatic contrast to the feel-good sounds of the bigger CCR hits, not to mention the prevailing smiley-face approach of the pop music of the era. "Lodi," one of Fogerty's greatest songs, is ostensibly about a going-nowhere rocker playing for drunks in a one-horse town, but it became a metaphor for anybody stuck in a dead-end job. The terrific rocker "Commotion" and another of CCR's brilliant covers, "The Night Time Is the Right Time," fill out this pivotal American album. -
They Say...
If anything, CCR's third album Green River represents the full flower of their classic sound initially essayed on its predecessor, Bayou Country. One of the differences between the two albums is that Green River is tighter, with none of the five-minute-plus jams that filled out both their debut and Bayou Country, but the true key to its success is a peak in John Fogerty's creativity. Although CCR had at least one cover on each album, they relied on Fogerty to crank out new material every month. He was writing so frequently that the craft became second-nature and he laid his emotions and fears bare, perhaps unintentionally. Perhaps that's why Green River has fear, anger, dread, and weariness creeping on the edges of gleeful music. This was a band that played rock & roll so joyously that they masked the, well, "sinister" undercurrents in Fogerty's songs. "Bad Moon Rising" has the famous line "Hope you've got your things together/Hope you're quite prepared to die," but that was only the most obvious indication of Fogerty's gloom. Consider all the other dark touches: the "Sinister purpose knocking at your door"; the chaos of "Commotion"; the threat of death in "Tombstone Shadow"; you only return to the idyllic "Green River" once you get lost and realize the "world is smolderin'." Even the ballads have a strong melancholy undercurrent, highlighted by "Lodi," where Fogerty imagines himself stuck playing in dead-end towns for the rest of his life. Not the typical thoughts of a newly famous rock & roller, but certainly an indication of Fogerty's inner tumult. For all its darkness, Green River is ultimately welcoming music, since the band rocks hard and bright and the melancholy feels comforting, not alienating.
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Green River |
2:36 |
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| 02. | |
Commotion |
2:44 |
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Tombstone Shadow |
3:39 |
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Wrote A Song for Everyone |
4:59 |
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Bad Moon Rising |
2:21 |
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Lodi |
3:12 |
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Cross-Tie Walker |
3:20 |
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Sinister Purpose |
3:23 |
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The Night Time is the Right Time |
3:09 |
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09 Total Tracks, 29:23 Total Length
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Credits
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Main Performer // John Fogerty - Guitar // John Fogerty - Arranger // John Fogerty - Vocals // John Fogerty - Producer // Doug Clifford - Bass // Doug Clifford - Drums // Tom Fogerty - Guitar // Tom Fogerty - Guitar (Rhythm) // Tom Fogerty - Vocals // Tom Fogerty - Rhythm // Stu Cook - Bass // Stu Cook - Drums // Dave Marsh - Liner Notes // Kevin Gray - Mastering // Saul Zaentz - Producer // Shigeo Miyamoto - Mastering // Steve Hoffman - Mastering // Tamaki Beck - Mastering Supervisor // Kenta Hagiwara - Liner Notes // Basul Parik - Photography // Basul Parik - Cover Photo // Basul Parik - Tray Photo
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