They're huger than ever right now, without anyone really noticing. What we choogle about we we choogle about Creedence
, the most popular band in America, were riding the hot streak of all hot streaks, cranking out swamp-rock classics at a crazy pace. John Fogerty and his Northern California crew released their masterpiece,” “Down on the Corner,” and the ultimate summer guitar choogle, “Green River.” CCR banged out five of the all-time greatest rock & roll albums in under two years:So it makes totally makes sense that Creedence were America’s biggest band in the summer of ’69.
There just aren’t any comparable examples. Bruce Springsteen doesn’t have any records this big. Neither do Pink Floyd or Van Halen or the Beach Boys or the Eagles. Any other music franchise this popular has some larger-than-life personality or drama in the brand. To pick the most obvious example, everybody who loves Fleetwood Mac — which means everybody — knows the real-life heartbreak behind the music. You could run down everytrack and tell me who’s breaking up with who on which drugs.
But why would you want to do that? It’s America’s favorite greatest-hits album because it’s also the best, with CCR’s angriest , scariest , sluttiest , screamiest , dreamiest , hippiest , meanest , countriest , and funniest , with the finest three seconds of Fogerty’s vocal life, that “yeeeeah” into the final chorus of “Have You Ever Seen The Rain.
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