TS: Hollies' "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" vs. CCR's "Green River"

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You can substitute "Green River" with John Fogerty's "Old Man Down the Road" if desired...

― Joe (Joe), Monday, 30 October 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

My heart's with The Hollies tune, in any case.

― Joe (Joe), Monday, 30 October 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

CCR > pretty much anything

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 October 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

Too close to call for me.

― shorty (shorty), Monday, 30 October 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

"CCR > pretty much anything"

PREcisely!
though, for a long time i did think Long Cool Woman was a lost post-Fogerty CCR track.
oh, the follies of youth.

― edde (edde), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 00:50 (nineteen years ago)

A closer match is 'Green River' and Nick Lowe's 'Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine'. I heard a radio interview w/Lowe where the DJ noted the wholesale appropriation of the riff. Lowe just laughed and said 'yeah, if I ever meet Fogerty, I'll buy him a beer. Wonder who he nicked it from?'

― Jeff Wright (JeffW1858), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 02:36 (nineteen years ago)

I nominate BÖC's "OD'd On Life Itself"!

"Long Cool Woman" sounds great in a car, which is where I first heard it (as a 6 year old.) But I still can't tell what the song's ABOUT, except that the protagonist (or somebody) is working for the FBI.

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 05:28 (nineteen years ago)

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