I never saw the point of the original song. The style didn't match the lyrics. Then I saw Rasputina perform this in concert and was blown away. Completely blown away. They made it dark and scary the way the lyrics were meant to be. Everything -- the cellos, the percussion, the singing style -- came together to make it a deliciously creepy Halloween-like song. And it was flawless and beautiful. I still have trouble believing that CCR couldn't at least try to make it sound like this. I mean, the musical style didn't exist back then, but their bland music surely could've been spiced up a bit, it could have been made scary, there were scary songs back then. I don't get it. But for Rasputina's cover, I have nothing but love. I could listen to it all day.
I never saw the point of the original song. The style didn't match the lyrics. Then I saw Rasputina perform this in concert and was blown away. Completely blown away. They made it dark and scary the way the lyrics were meant to be. Everything -- the cellos, the percussion, the singing style -- came together to make it a deliciously creepy Halloween-like song. And it was flawless and beautiful. I still have trouble believing that CCR couldn't at least try to make it sound like this. I mean, the musical style didn't exist back then, but their bland music surely could've been spiced up a bit, it could have been made scary, there were scary songs back then. I don't get it. But for Rasputina's cover, I have nothing but love. I could listen to it all day.