POLLIN' on the river — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (ILM artist poll #62) RESULTS THREAD

38. Tombstone Shadow – 74 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/rxglgqFJ6Lc

Is there any other artist poll where 3 of the top 5 albums were released in the same year? I'm thinking probably not.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, June 15, 2015 11:16 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

probably not in pop music, maybe jazz. or rap, if we're counting, say, Gucci Mane mixtapes.

Fairport Convention maybe?

good call

coulda sworn Liege & Lief was 1970 but Discogs sez '69

I had Pendulum at #2 and Green River at #1

Taking Sides: Creedence's '69 vs. Fairport's '69

37. Call It Pretending – 76 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/cjS3EnMLf60

Fantastic photo, Tyler.

Is there any other artist poll where 3 of the top 5 albums were released in the same year? I'm thinking probably not.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat),

Husker Du.

I think Call It Pretending is my favorite discovery from this poll. very Grass Roots-y

Husker Du.

New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig, ...?

oh, calendar year. I was being elastic and was gonna include Zen Arcade. Their productivity was remarkable too.

and the A-side:

36. Porterville – 88 points | 4 votes
https://youtu.be/ys2x4p2yp2o

Bringing It All Back Home/Highway 61/Blonde on Blonde are separated by 14 months--very close.

"Call It Pretending" sounds sort of Motownish to me once you take away the vocal.

oh, calendar year. I was being elastic and was gonna include Zen Arcade. Their productivity was remarkable too.

Who do you think you are, Tiger Woods?

http://i.imgur.com/AFhR5NP.jpg

am I black or white
am I straight or gay

did you win four consecutively or did you win four in the same year.

how can there be time for good conversation when you're pondering that kind of perpetual motion.

35. It's Just A Thought – 94 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/Bdai_1LlSA0

^^^ love the organ on this one

I voted for it.

me too

34. Cross-Tie Walker – 100 points | 6 votes
https://youtu.be/4caGt1ARqBg

First one I voted for to place!

33. Bootleg – 104 points | 4 votes
https://youtu.be/cevHrrCz2F4

And another!

(I promise I won't do this for every one)

I won't either, but another!

32. Feelin' Blue – 110 points | 6 votes
https://youtu.be/VqHLLgVUFrI

31. Penthouse Pauper – 132 points | 6 votes
https://youtu.be/K1WvSMkAzVI

Drums are so perfect on "Feelin' Blue"...for that matter, they're perfect on every CCR song.

And few bands had as consistently brilliant a drum sound throughout their recorded oeuvre as Creedence did.

is there a spotify list for the poll results?

sorry i didn't search for it before posting that

not yet!

i only know the basics of CCR but my parents used to call them Los Creedence bc apparently that's what they were called when my mom lived (with her parents) in Mexico
seems like good times summer tunes, i could use that

unfortunately some of their tracks aren't available on Spotify :(

rats. i don't even like spotify but i thought it was more polite/reasonable than asking someone to ysi

here's a youtube playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3xVLuskm2qfHNNITTl-lsGYEJiE7XjB_

thanks!

30. Sweet Hitch-Hiker – 134 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/jEj3OilpsIs

Jesus, that album is terrible though.

Talking of albums, I realized today that the first CCR albums I heard were the 1st and Pendulum! My brother was given them or borrowed them or something from a guy in his school or the guy's big brother or something. Gatefold photo in Pendulum is awesome btw.

I think it's terribleness is oversestimated given what came before. but yeah the non-Fogerty stuff is totally forgettable.

xp

er not given, "because of"

there's only like 2 songs from Green River that aren't on Spotify, nothing else really major from their studio discography is missing

Mardi Gras wasn't so terrible that I couldn't stand to listen to it twice when I was prepping for this thread, but I doubt I'll ever feel the need to hear it again, and I certainly didn't vote for anything from it.

there's only like 2 songs from Green River that aren't on Spotify, nothing else really major from their studio discography is missing

one of those is "Cross-Tie Walker"

that seems so weird to me, do they have different rights/publishing or something?

29. The Midnight Special – 142 points | 7 votes
https://youtu.be/RAO0vvMrBd4

outrageous, this deserved top 20 imo

In all honesty, after seeing recent-ish clips of Fogerty's band, where Kenny Aaronoff plays like he took "ham-fisted" as a compliment, I'd much rather go to a Revisited show.

always thought that Elliott Easton must be really hard up that he's stuck with Cook and Clifford for so many years…or maybe he relates to guys who labored semi-anonymously under an autocrat…

i heard a (recent?) Fogerty live recording on the radio a while back and his voice sounded absolutely shot, almost transformed, it took me a couple minutes to realize it was actually JF and not someone else butchering his songs. so i probably wouldn't go to see him live, but i wouldn't go to a Revisited show either, for different reasons.

Wonder if there's any CCRevisited tribute bands out there. Bet they put on a show.

Last time I saw Fogerty--only time in years--was on Letterman a year or two ago, when his Creedence redo album was out, doing "Someday Never Comes" with a band I didn't recognize. I thought they sounded great, although a ravaged voice, for that particular song, might have been part of what appealed to me.

always thought that Elliott Easton must be really hard up that he's stuck with Cook and Clifford for so many years…

I can't imagine how horrible it must be to play with such a unique and swinging rhythm section night after night.

As unquestionably brilliant as Fogerty was, he wasn't/isn't Creedence (and he seems to think he is). Listening to Kenny Aaronoff's caps-lock butchering of "Ramble Tamble" made me realize that the CCR version is nearly as much Clifford's song as it is Fogerty's.

Hour-long interview with John Fogerty about his autobiography

These fuckin people.

possibly the best american rock group

(xp) Sweet.

Glad someone else likes Rude Awakening #2!

it's a jam

"Effigy" so fucking rules.

23. Keep On Chooglin'

Should have your CCR cards revoked.

My top 10 in no particular order:

Sinister Purpose
Fortunate Son
Effigy
Ramble Tamble
Keep on Chooglin'
Lodi
Born on the Bayou
Long as I Can See the Light
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Someday Never Comes

Then Green River isn't on there which is dumb.

I find it virtually impossible to argue with any of the individual polls here.

Then Green River isn't on there which is dumb.

Isn't it #7?

My top 10 (not in order):

Born on the Bayou
Proud Mary
Keep On Chooglin'
Green River
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Bad Moon Rising
Lodi
Fortunate Son
Effigy
Have You Ever Seen the Rain

23. Keep On Chooglin'

Should have your CCR cards revoked.

That lady from the RAH show must have abstained from voting.

Then Green River isn't on there which is dumb.

Isn't it #7?

I meant it wasn't on my top 10 but should be (along with probably 5 other songs). They were too good.

"Chooglin'" was my #2. If the RAH set had been out when this poll happened, that version of "Chooglin'" would've been my #1.

If I had voted, I might have had "Chameleon" somewhere at the bottom of the ballot, even if it's not typical of their work. Without Fogerty's vocal, you might mistake it for any act in 1970 trying to get on AM radio, but it's very spirited and catchy.

(xp) #7 in mine. Don't hate me, people.

I'm thinking that Pendulum, their supposed attempt to sell themselves as a "serious album band" by late 1970 standards, goes to extremes with their most "bubblegum" material and also their most avant-garde/progressive (or whatever "Rude Awakening #2" is supposed to be). Was this a White Album-style "we can be eclectic too" statement?