@naetclifford . Claiming it to be the angel of death is interesting. The implication is that John Fogerty, who was drafted, but escaped Vietnam (and so the angel's fate), may have been thinking of draft buddies who 'didn't want to go' (like himself) and wrote the song, with his older brother, for those young men who were killed or maimed in that vile war. I don't know how close Tom Fogerty was to being drafted - he doesn't wear a military uniform, as does his brother, on the cover of their first album. Did John Fogerty's two younger brothers beat...
@naetclifford . Claiming it to be the angel of death is interesting. The implication is that John Fogerty, who was drafted, but escaped Vietnam (and so the angel's fate), may have been thinking of draft buddies who 'didn't want to go' (like himself) and wrote the song, with his older brother, for those young men who were killed or maimed in that vile war. I don't know how close Tom Fogerty was to being drafted - he doesn't wear a military uniform, as does his brother, on the cover of their first album. Did John Fogerty's two younger brothers beat the draft? I wonder how close to 1968, when WOnTW was released, was it written. 1968 peak US involvement year. Still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck when that c. 3 second riff sounds after the '...couldn't believe ...'. I didn't want to go, and joined the Citizens Military Forces in Australia in 1969. Perhaps not such an easy alternative for American Boys.
it was the angel of death
@naetclifford . Claiming it to be the angel of death is interesting. The implication is that John Fogerty, who was drafted, but escaped Vietnam (and so the angel's fate), may have been thinking of draft buddies who 'didn't want to go' (like himself) and wrote the song, with his older brother, for those young men who were killed or maimed in that vile war. I don't know how close Tom Fogerty was to being drafted - he doesn't wear a military uniform, as does his brother, on the cover of their first album. Did John Fogerty's two younger brothers beat...
@naetclifford . Claiming it to be the angel of death is interesting. The implication is that John Fogerty, who was drafted, but escaped Vietnam (and so the angel's fate), may have been thinking of draft buddies who 'didn't want to go' (like himself) and wrote the song, with his older brother, for those young men who were killed or maimed in that vile war. I don't know how close Tom Fogerty was to being drafted - he doesn't wear a military uniform, as does his brother, on the cover of their first album. Did John Fogerty's two younger brothers beat the draft? I wonder how close to 1968, when WOnTW was released, was it written. 1968 peak US involvement year. Still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck when that c. 3 second riff sounds after the '...couldn't believe ...'. I didn't want to go, and joined the Citizens Military Forces in Australia in 1969. Perhaps not such an easy alternative for American Boys.