This song has so much meaning for me in these times. A communist administration is trying to fundamentally transorm the United States into something it was never ment to be. You don't have to work anymore, we'll give you a check, you don't have to pray anymore, we are going to do away with God. CCR may not have forseen the happenings of today when they made this song, but I'm calling this a warning to all who would allow the powers that be to take care of you. This kind of thinking, if widespread among the populace, will surely result in disaster, ruin, and mass death and murder.
I interpreted it entirely different. I think he seems to be saying that SOMEONE has to do all the hard labor, but him being a rich musician, it isn't him. He's saying that he has a great respect for these people, and that rather than idolize wealth and power, we should instead have the highest respect for those who actually do the work and make things for us to use. If anything, the song seems to be a nice socialist anthem, along the lines of the Rolling Stones' song "Salt of the Earth". Keep in mind that John Fogerty was/is...
I interpreted it entirely different. I think he seems to be saying that SOMEONE has to do all the hard labor, but him being a rich musician, it isn't him. He's saying that he has a great respect for these people, and that rather than idolize wealth and power, we should instead have the highest respect for those who actually do the work and make things for us to use. If anything, the song seems to be a nice socialist anthem, along the lines of the Rolling Stones' song "Salt of the Earth". Keep in mind that John Fogerty was/is a liberal from the Bay Area.
This song has so much meaning for me in these times. A communist administration is trying to fundamentally transorm the United States into something it was never ment to be. You don't have to work anymore, we'll give you a check, you don't have to pray anymore, we are going to do away with God. CCR may not have forseen the happenings of today when they made this song, but I'm calling this a warning to all who would allow the powers that be to take care of you. This kind of thinking, if widespread among the populace, will surely result in disaster, ruin, and mass death and murder.
I interpreted it entirely different. I think he seems to be saying that SOMEONE has to do all the hard labor, but him being a rich musician, it isn't him. He's saying that he has a great respect for these people, and that rather than idolize wealth and power, we should instead have the highest respect for those who actually do the work and make things for us to use. If anything, the song seems to be a nice socialist anthem, along the lines of the Rolling Stones' song "Salt of the Earth". Keep in mind that John Fogerty was/is...
I interpreted it entirely different. I think he seems to be saying that SOMEONE has to do all the hard labor, but him being a rich musician, it isn't him. He's saying that he has a great respect for these people, and that rather than idolize wealth and power, we should instead have the highest respect for those who actually do the work and make things for us to use. If anything, the song seems to be a nice socialist anthem, along the lines of the Rolling Stones' song "Salt of the Earth". Keep in mind that John Fogerty was/is a liberal from the Bay Area.