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Re: Tipping The Sacred Cows 2.0

391 by DaveA
The Yeoman Ghost wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 10:39 amI think the reason CCR is so easily dismissed is that CCR is, admittedly, something of a gimmick band at its base: a bunch of guys from the Bay Area pretending to be from the South. They just happen to have a great songwriter at the helm, such that the songs largely—if not necessarily entirely—transcend the gimmick.
This was brought up in the original forum, and I think the consensus was that it didn't matter that CCR weren't from the south. Even among southerners.

The songwriting has something to do with it, yes, as well as the distinct quality of the vocals and the playing, the music achieving a kind of "classic" quality by now, but also, in so far as I know, there wasn't something egregious about it.
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Re: Tipping The Sacred Cows 2.0

393 by zorg
tommy wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 1:14 pm
Dave N. wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 4:28 pm
DaveA wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 4:25 pm Clearly I need to hear more Steve Miller Band, if they're comparable to CCR.
The resemblance between “Abracadabra” and “Ramble Tamble” is uncanny.
Wow, really?! I hear ZERO in common, and I just re-listened despite being very familiar with each.
He's joking.
The Yeoman Ghost wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 10:39 am Whether this is a good thing from a casual listener’s perspective is, I suppose, open to question. (I think the reason CCR is so easily dismissed is that CCR is, admittedly, something of a gimmick band at its base: a bunch of guys from the Bay Area pretending to be from the South. They just happen to have a great songwriter at the helm, such that the songs largely—if not necessarily entirely—transcend the gimmick.)
I was totally taken aback by the fact that Fogerty wrote Proud Mary. I was sure that was an Ike Turner job, or something otherwise genuine. Top Marks. The band sounded boss and Fogerty is a great singer, let's not play. That's a lot of fucking awesome rock singles. The B-Sides and album filler is pretty unremarkable.
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Re: Tipping The Sacred Cows 2.0

394 by DaveA
zorg wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 1:17 pm
tommy wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 1:14 pm
Dave N. wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 4:28 pm

The resemblance between “Abracadabra” and “Ramble Tamble” is uncanny.
Wow, really?! I hear ZERO in common, and I just re-listened despite being very familiar with each.
He's joking.
Yeah, ha. Was, like, 90% sure that was a joke at first glance, but did consult YouTube yesterday just to be sure.
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Re: Tipping The Sacred Cows 2.0

395 by biscuitdough
CCR is actually good, especially for one of those bands that kind of stopped being music to listen to after a while. They took on a more linguistic quality, where if you hear certain songs of theirs in a movie or show and there’s also a helicopter or a long shot of forest, it is going to be about the Vietnam War.

John Fogerty seems like a bit of an asshole I guess.

Re: Tipping The Sacred Cows 2.0

396 by losthighway
CCR is great for all the reasons mentioned above. They're elemental. It's like pizza (or AC/DC or Hank Williams). You can hate it (it doesn't need to be sacred) but there's something to it that is viscerally their own and it works for a lot of people.

Isn't Steve Miller Band like a lazier Steely Dan? Like it's all about being smooth guitar oriented rock, but without the perfectionism.
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