Talk:Creedence Clearwater Revival

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[edit] Most famous song

I was wondering, when was "Have you ever seen the rain" released, wasn't it their most famous song?

Answer: "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" was on the 1970 album, "Pendulum" their last album (I don't count "Mardi Gras") (Rogerd 03:09, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC))

I would say Proud Mary was their most famous song, but there are so many, "Born On The Bayou", "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Willie and the Poorboys", "Travelin' Band", "Fortunate Son", "Who'll Stop The Rain" (the other "Rain" song) were all famous, it would be hard to say which ones were the "most" famous (or at least second to "Proud Mary") (Rogerd 03:09, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC))

I believe Fortunate Son is their most famous song because first it is in the movie Forrest Gump and second that's the song most people think about when they think about Vietnam. Just my pov but I like all the songs.

[edit] CCR TLA

Would anyone have a problem with moving CCR (disambiguation) to CCR, instead of the redirect to Creedence Clearwater Revival that is there currently? I'm a big CCR fan myself, but somehow I don't think they are that important that they warrant monopolizing that TLA. (Also, some very energetic soul must have gone through and fixed all the links to CCR, because there are basically none, and it would be nice not to waste all that effort! :-) Noel (talk) 21:12, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The CCR and CCR (disambiguation) pages are now merged into one. Engineer Bob 01:40, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Band name

Does anyone have information what the band's name means? —the preceding unsigned comment is by 195.148.191.82 (talk • contribs) 14:02, June 4, 2005

I read once that it was just 3 unrelated words they put together. Clearwater came from a beer ad (probably Coors). I think they just liked the sound of it. --Rogerd 20:15, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Creedence is from one of Tom Fogerty's co-workers, a South African man named Credence Nuball. Clearwater is a reference to the bands interest in the environment, and Revival refers to the commitment the four band members made to each other to try and make it to the big time. --bigboy99 00:00 AM 15 Dec (UTC)

Hmmm ... while looking up something entirely different, I have just found a reference in the Wiki article on the Second Great Awakening (early 19th century) that says ... "one of the early camp meetings [that is, a "revival meeting"] took place in July 1800 at Creedance Clearwater Church in southwestern Kentucky." This strikes me as a fairly plausible source for the band's name - more so than three random words, or a South African co-worker!

Amen to that. Gzuckier 15:40, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Golliwogs

I received a question as to why I unlinked "golliwogs" on this page. There is no existing article on The Golliwogs (CCRs original name) -- and in fact, that page is a redirect back to this article. The existing Golliwog article seems to have no special relevance to CCR, except perhaps to offer a possible explanation for the group's original name; if that is confirmed to be the case, I'd suggest that the sentence be edited to reflect that before the link is restored. Engineer Bob 19:41, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

According to an article on Ferris University's website, which draws from "A Brief History of CCR", the original band name came from the golliwog doll. They would sometimes perform "Brown-Eyed Girl" wearing afros, as a tribute to their namesake. There are other references, but that's the first one I came across. The original wording of the sentence shouldn't need to be changed; it clearly links to "golliwog", not "The Golliwogs". It's linked for informational purposes, to let readers know that the word "Golliwogs" wasn't just a nonsensical word.66.193.191.10 17:57, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

I'd say Engineer Bob is right that the sentence could be clarified somehow, but I do think the link should be there somewhere. I don't agree that it should be noted as a "possible" origin of the name, though - I think it's pretty clear that they intended to use that specific name. Kafziel 18:13, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the inputs -- I have restored the link to the Golliwogg article, with a parenthetical note. Engineer Bob 09:39, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] See also: Best selling music artists?

Although the subject list is in a constant state of flux, CCR currently occupies position number 271 (based on total units sold) -- so this cross reference seems a bit silly. Any objections to deleting this link? Engineer Bob 05:33, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

The subject list is being considered for deletion, and as of tonight a vandal has deleted CCR from the list altogether. If I see no objections by this weekend, I plan to delete the link. Engineer Bob 01:40, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More than a dollar short

God, the article is awfully short. Any CCR connoisseur who could improve this ?

[edit] Objectivity

No comment on objectivity? It pretty much is a hatchet job on John Fogerty. Sure the other guys wanted a say in the "financial side" of things. They wanted an equal cut without doing any of the work. Needs to be more balanced. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.73.52.194 (talk • contribs) 11:22, October 4, 2006 (UTC)

I'll second the comment on objectivity. I'd like to see Fogerty's side of the arguments represented. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.205.47.63 (talk • contribs) 13:25, February 4, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unclear referent

In the history section,

"Many have speculated that Fogerty did this in anticipation of poor sales, in order to prove to brother Tom (and the rest of world) that his songwriting had always been the real commercial talent behind the band's success."

The "his" is an unclear referent (John or Tom?). I would fix it, but I'm not a CCR maven and don't know myself. Skanar 21:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suzie Q

I recently purchased a CCR "Greatest Hits" CD that included "Suzie Q." But I was most disappointed to discover that the song version on the CD doesn't include the inter-verse guitar bridge that I'd always considered the most notable part of the song!  :-(

Is there more than one version of this song out there, and if so, how do I determine which version is on a given CD before I buy it? Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 152.216.11.5 (talk) 22:38, 2 February 2007 (UTC).

"Suzie Q" was originally released as a two-part single. Part one got the airplay. What you heard was in part two. The full 8:34 version is from their self-titled first album from 1968.[1] Steelbeard1 22:53, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who'll Stop the Rain

The links on this page to "Who'll Stop the Rain" go to an article about the movie, not the song itself. It's a well-enough known song; I think it deserves its own page. But at the very least, the link(s) here should be removed as they do not actually reference the song itself, but rather a movie titled after the song. 66.17.118.207 15:08, 3 October 2006 (UTC)