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| John Fogerty – Green River Lyrics
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The term "Green River" itself came from a fountain drink that John used to get at a store such as 7/11. It is a lime soda like drink and it was named Green River. They actually still make these drinks if you know where to look. He wrote down the words "Green River" in his notebook and later used them in this song. |
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| John Fogerty – Green River Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song is also about the fun times that John Fogerty had, as a child, when his family went on vacation at some place that he referred to as Green River. He later wrote a follow-up song from a teenager's point of view which even referenced Green River. That song was called Swamp River Days. |
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| John Fogerty – Deja Vu (All Over Again) Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song is not about how the Americans never change because of Vietnam or Iraq. That doesn't even make sense.
This song is about the erie similarities between the Vietnam war and Iraq war which were both pursued by an over zealous commander in chief despite a large enough reason for going to war. The Americans did not want to go to war in Vietnam but Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon wouldn't stop. They kept sending men over to the jungles of Vietnam. That was the wrong thing to do and it was an unpopular war. John Fogerty is saying here that the government was making the same mistake by sending people to Iraq because he views the Iraq war as unnecessary (like the Vietnam war). He's right about the Vietnam war but Sadam Hussein had to go. |
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| John Fogerty – Centerfield Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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In this song, baseball is a metaphor. The song is not really about baseball. This song is about John Fogerty's absense from and hopeful return to music. He spent much of the time from 1975 to 1985 in court and out of music. That was a dark period for him in which he did not write or perform songs. Finally, in 1985 after his cases were settled, he came up with Centerfield which was about him coming back into the rock and roll scene. Baseball was the backdrop because he is a huge baseball fan. And I am a huge Fogerty fan. When you factor in writing songs, voice, guitar playing, producing, etc., there is nobody who can compete with John Fogerty. Based on all those factors, he comes out on top. There might be a better guitar player, but that guitar player does not write better songs nor does he have a better voice. George Harrison had a great voice and played great guitar. But George Harrison did not write nearly as many top songs as John Fogerty. Clapton could play guitar but he couldn't sing like Fogerty and he couldn't write songs like Fogerty. Paul McCartney plays bass and he can't touch Fogerty instrumentally. |
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Centerfield Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song was written by John Fogerty and finished in 1985.
CCR broke up in 1972. John Fogerty did not start writing this song until 1975.
This song should not be listed under CCR. It should only be listed under John Fogerty.
In this song, baseball is a metaphor. The song is not really about baseball. This song is about John Fogerty's absense from and hopeful return to music. He spent much of the time from 1975 to 1985 in court and out of music. That was a dark period for him in which he did not write or perform songs. Finally, in 1985 after his cases were settled, he came up with Centerfield which was about him coming back into the rock and roll scene. Baseball was the backdrop because he is a huge baseball fan. And I am a huge Fogerty fan. When you factor in writing songs, voice, guitar playing, producing, etc., there is nobody who can compete with John Fogerty. Based on all those factors, he comes out on top. There might be a better guitar player, but that guitar player does not write better songs nor does he have a better voice. George Harrison had a great voice and played great guitar. But George Harrison did not write nearly as many top songs as John Fogerty. Clapton could play guitar but he couldn't sing like Fogerty and he couldn't write songs like Fogerty. Paul McCartney plays bass and he can't touch Fogerty instrumentally. |
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