I Ain't No Senator's Son by https://padlet.com/bbowden1_1/sssz5b5gwky985zf Creedence Clearwater Revival en-us 2024-02-26 20:43:59 UTC 2024-02-26 21:38:18 UTC hello@padlet.com History bbowden1_1 https://padlet.com/bbowden1_1/sssz5b5gwky985zf/wish/2896611113

  • The song "Fortunate Son" was released in 1969 at the peak of America's involvement the Vietnam War

  • Fogerty wrote the song in "about 20 minutes" after learning he was about to be drafted

  • The "senator's son" that Fogerty was thinking of at the time was David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Eisenhower

  • The Trump campaign used "Fortunate Son" which "confounded" Fogerty as he sent a cease and desist order noting that Trump had dodged the draft

  • The song also was used for a Wrangler Jeans commercial until "Then one day somebody from the L.A. Times actually bothered to call me up and ask me how I felt, and I finally had a chance to talk about it. And I said I'm very much against my song being used to sell pants. ... So my position got stated very well in the newspaper, and lo and behold, Wrangler to their credit said, "Wow, even though we made our agreement with the publisher, the owner of the song, we can see now that John Fogerty really hates the idea", so they stopped doing it"

    • ]]>     2024-02-26 21:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bbowden1_1/sssz5b5gwky985zf/wish/2896611113     Insights bbowden1_1 https://padlet.com/bbowden1_1/sssz5b5gwky985zf/wish/2896611114 The cultural impact that "Fortunate Son" has made can be seen in our media today. A very antiwar generation coming of age in a time where the world felt like it needed to be at war to keep peace. A very outspoken and privileged generation that would experience events like The Korean War, the invasion of panama, the Gulf War, 9/11 and so on. These songs, this song from an era of outspoken rebellion, impact us today reminding us that we should still FIGHT for peace.

    ]]>     2024-02-26 21:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bbowden1_1/sssz5b5gwky985zf/wish/2896611114     Summary bbowden1_1 https://padlet.com/bbowden1_1/sssz5b5gwky985zf/wish/2896611115 Fortunate Son is a classic song of the American people. It came at a time where World Wars were coming to a close and hope for peace was beginning to grow again. There was a divide between what the population at home wanted and what the ruling parties thought was best for national, even global, security. Its no coincidence that CCR's antiwar songs are a given in any Vietnam era movie or cultural reference. Songs like "Fortunate Son" or "Run Through The Jungle" echo the feelings of both sides succinctly.

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  • Creedence Clearwater Revival (referred to as CCR from here on out) started as a high school band with John Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook called "Blue Velvets"

  • They signed first with an independent jazz label called Fantasy Records who changed their name to "The Golliwogs"

  • In 1966 John Fogerty and Doug Clifford were drafted into the army which influenced his song writing for years to come

  • Fogerty eventually took control of the band by singing lead vocals and playing multiple instruments as well as producing

  • CCR's first breakthrough hit was Susie Q in 1968, a cover and the band's only top 40 hit not to be written by Fogerty

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