There's a place up ahead and I'm pollin' — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (ILM artist poll #62) Voting open until Friday June 12, 2015

"Who'll Stop the Rain" has probably gotten the most repeat listens from me. I love the build-up to the refrain. I love the three-note guitar hook like a raindrop splashing off the ground. A classic, tremendous tune centered around harrowing tension & poignant release.

This is probably my favorite cover version of a Creedence song. Richard Hell doing Walking On The Water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJxchDzwuOE

was pleasantly surprised when Pavement broke out this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLM3Z6hCZNg

Doin it right:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AlPVC4lggM

Malkmu is an avowed Fogerty fan. Lots of his solo albums have chooglin'.

Wow, who knew:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ks2j2M-tl4

I was at this Who show, and this was pretty unexpected:
http://youtu.be/YYYxad4SxKY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUCpCOx3zBk

(Note: Mark Hart, not Neil Finn singing)

It's been a while since I've played the ones that I knew once upon a time, but the albums *do* get significantly better after the debut and Bayou Country, right?

oh yeah

Shockabilly had a weird cover of "Born on the Bayou" on their Vietnam LP.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mumvy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUnUD5AtWJw

And of course: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfbwh1_an-american-werewolf-in-london-bad-moon-rising-scene_shortfilms

I was at this Who show, and this was pretty unexpected:
http://youtu.be/YYYxad4SxKY

Holy shit, Goat. And of course, Daltrey's got a voice to match Fogerty.

Both bands could make a reputable claim to being the most famous band to never have a U.S. No. 1 song.

True, and the Who only ever had one top 10 single ("I Can See For Miles," which hit #9).

And otm re: Daltrey's voice. He lost range over the years, but gained grit. I actually don't think he could've pulled this off as convincingly in his mid-70s voice.

Pumped for this poll, so many choices for number one. Is CCR the greatest American rock band ever?

After Bruce Hornsby & the Range, yes.

Just added everything back onto my iPod. Excited as hell for this poll!

Tracks ballot submitted. I had 30 to start; chopping away those last 5 was tough.

Is there some reason all the albums besides Green River are on Spotify and it isn't?

Because everyone should own a hard copy of Green River?

I have it on mp3, but I am actually too lazy to open the folder and load it into winamp. I'll have to, though, because Sinister Purpose isn't on either volume of Chronicle.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uVVxkiiUrq4/UJhYT_pGk2I/AAAAAAAAFiA/Yy2ylgNNJgw/s320/vote.jpg

Ballot sent.

this thread has reminded me that I've never fucked with "hoodoo," so I'm checking it out…y'all have any thoughts?

Russ Gary talks about engineering CCR sessions:

http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/classic-tracks-creedence-clearwater-revival-fortunate-son/366079

voted!

My fave discovery, so far, from my trek through CCR's album catalogue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuPtOtGF4TY

^^ very very high on my ballot, so fuckin good

It made my ballot; I probably should've put it higher.

crüt, are you sending confirmations?

that one squeaked in at the bottom of my ballot - it's good, like a country novelty song

still working on my ballot but "It Came Out of the Sky" will definitely make the cut

going through the albums, I was surprised to enjoy Pendulum so much ... Fogerty's performances on Hammond and horns are mostly just passable but somehow they sound great

Pendulum is v underrated!

the last hurrah

I didn't like it very much, will try again at some point but I know for sure there's no more room in my 25

Coverage of the 2008 expanded reissues, and the way Fogerty's sensibility comes across; kinda ties in with Mark Sinker's '03 post, pasted onto this here thread earlier:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-01/music/revisiting-the-curt-cosmic-populism-of-creedence-clearwater-revival/full/

I haven't sent out any confirmations yet, but I will try to remember to do that tonight.

Voted!

I've never heard "Sailor's Lament." Love the groovy bass, the organ, the horns.

btw I'm counting Chronicle as an album b/c why not

25 is tough.

Finally sent confirmations to the people who have sent in their ballots so far. Remember, the deadline is tomorrow night! (+ however long it takes me to tally up the ballots)

will send one today

btw I'm counting Chronicle as an album b/c why not

aw c'mon man this is like voting for the Immaculate Collection or something

can't believe I left Don't Look Now off my ballot

you can resubmit!

Yeah, putting together my ballot for submission right now. I still expect mine to be very Greatest Hits-y, with only a very few songs that people who only know CCR from Chronicle or classic rock radio won't know. Will say, though, that for someone who has only ever heard Green River among their studio records that Willy and the Poor Boys was a minor revelation.

xp thanks, I'll leave it as is, it was hard to get down to 25 tracks ... maybe some late voters will pick up my slack

def hard to narrow it down. listening through all the songs on my ballot, I keep thinking every single song should be my #1.

My list is basically Chronicles Vol. 2.