Vietnam War Protest Music by Brian Le https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv an overview of "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival en-us 2018-04-19 22:32:54 UTC 2024-10-14 03:53:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Lyrics brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253650940 Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More!" yoh
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, one
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no

]]> 2018-04-19 22:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253650940 Link brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253651352 2018-04-19 22:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253651352 brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253651559 2018-04-19 22:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253651559 Origin brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253652112 Creedence Clearwater Revival was a popular American band during the late sixties during the Vietnam War. The band was comprised of the lead singer, John Fogerty, his brother and guitarist Tom Fogerty, the bassist Stu Cook, and the drummer Doug Cook. The band plays mostly country and blues rock. ]]> 2018-04-19 22:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253652112 Inspiration for Protest Music brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253652839 John Fogerty says he was inspired to write the song when he found out he was drafted and said to himself "It ain't me! It ain't me!". He claimed that it only took him twenty minutes to write the entire song. ]]> 2018-04-19 22:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253652839 Theme/Meaning brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253654122 The song addresses how social standing and patriotism play role with each other. The song was released at the peak of the Vietnam War in 1969. The lyric opening "Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand." refers to how some people are born with inheritance of high social class and these are the people showing their patriotism, directly connecting to the second line "Ooh, they're red, white and blue". The song titled "Fortunate Son" referring to those born into power which got to choose deferment and had a say in what they wanted. Exclaiming that the people in power were the ones safe and the poor men were the ones putting their life at risk on the front line of war. Fogerty says himself "It's the old saying about rich men making war and poor men having to fight them."]]> 2018-04-19 23:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253654122 brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253656120 This image shows the unfortunate sons referred to in the song that have to fight the wars, while the fortunate sons are safe.]]> 2018-04-19 23:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253656120 brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253656768 This image shows John Fogerty's belief of "Rich men make war and poor men fight the wars.".]]> 2018-04-19 23:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253656768 brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253656981 This image shows a quote that displays the theme of "Fortunate Son", showing how the wealthy are born into privilege and poor are left to struggle.]]> 2018-04-19 23:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253656981 Sources brianle https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253804812 Grow, Kory. "John Fogerty Addresses 'Fortunate Son' Controversy." Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2014. Web. 20 Apr. 2018.
Unterberger, Richie. "Creedence Clearwater Revival | Biography & History."AllMusic. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2018.
"Creedence Clearwater Revival Biography." Rolling Stone. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2018.
Shmoop Editorial Team. "Fortunate Son Lyrics." Shmoop. Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 20 Apr. 2018.]]> 2018-04-20 13:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253804812 Young Dumb & Broke andrew_nackel https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253808080 The song "Young Dumb & Broke" directly correlates with the message in "Fortunate Son". In Fortunate son, it talks about people being born into power, being safe from the war. However, being poor made you subjected to being drafted in war. Compared to our generation now, war has not being nearly as dominant as the 1950's-1970's. In the song it states "Yeah, we're just young, dumb and broke, But we still got love to give." This can correlate to the young kids in the draft, that were losing their youth, and when they would come back, if they would come back, they would be in the same condition as the left. Which correlates directly to kids these days who are trying to make careers in music,  they are often broke for a while until they blow up. An example of this is Khalid, a broke high school kid until he blew up.]]> 2018-04-20 13:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253808080 andrew_nackel https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253808405 2018-04-20 13:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/brianle/6mefadiq9ssv/wish/253808405