Comments on: Green River (CCR, 1969) http://basilios.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/green-river-ccr-1969/ My music reviews, thoughts and pictures! Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:42:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Howard Giske http://basilios.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/green-river-ccr-1969/#comment-246 Howard Giske Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:05:20 +0000 http://basilios.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/green-river-ccr-1969/#comment-246 Green river is great. I wrote a parody of it at: http://www.realcrash.com/mortgage-blues-at-green-river/. I really went into a heavy flashback when I heard "Little Creedence Song" on the radio. Green river is great. I wrote a parody of it at: http://www.realcrash.com/mortgage-blues-at-green-river/. I really went into a heavy flashback when I heard “Little Creedence Song” on the radio.

]]> By: John C http://basilios.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/green-river-ccr-1969/#comment-238 John C Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:18:53 +0000 http://basilios.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/green-river-ccr-1969/#comment-238 I'm not a huge fan of Green River (the song), though I've never heard the full album. I do like Lodi though, I think it is a really well-written and well-arranged piece. I have to confess the first version of Lodi I heard, some years ago, was a country cover by Emmylou Harris (on her "Live at the Ryman album) that was played so well that I didn't even realise it was originally a rock song. It's interesting how different instrumentation can create a totally different sound on the same song. The sad thing about "Bad Moon Rising" is that now, decades after this song was written, in this age of climate change there probably are people worrying along the same lines. It is an interesting contradiction, such dark lyrics with such a cheerful melody. On the subject of country covers, Hayseed Dixie did a version of "Bad Moon Rising" for their halloween themed album. On the CD, they end the last chorus with "There's a Bathroom on the Right" which apparently many people think is genuinely the last line of the chorus. I've heard Fogerty sings this now sometimes when playing live :-) I heard Hayseed Dixie play "Bad Moon Rising" live once and they used the original, correct vocal. Again, it was interesting to see how different instrumentation could turn a rock classic into a bluegrass number. I’m not a huge fan of Green River (the song), though I’ve never heard the full album. I do like Lodi though, I think it is a really well-written and well-arranged piece. I have to confess the first version of Lodi I heard, some years ago, was a country cover by Emmylou Harris (on her “Live at the Ryman album) that was played so well that I didn’t even realise it was originally a rock song. It’s interesting how different instrumentation can create a totally different sound on the same song.

The sad thing about “Bad Moon Rising” is that now, decades after this song was written, in this age of climate change there probably are people worrying along the same lines. It is an interesting contradiction, such dark lyrics with such a cheerful melody. On the subject of country covers, Hayseed Dixie did a version of “Bad Moon Rising” for their halloween themed album. On the CD, they end the last chorus with “There’s a Bathroom on the Right” which apparently many people think is genuinely the last line of the chorus. I’ve heard Fogerty sings this now sometimes when playing live :-) I heard Hayseed Dixie play “Bad Moon Rising” live once and they used the original, correct vocal. Again, it was interesting to see how different instrumentation could turn a rock classic into a bluegrass number.

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