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

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?