Faithless
03-02-2005, 09:48 PM
From an article about the Bush's love affair with the iPod comes this little gem --
Pod price cut, but FireWire's extra (http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12376086%5E15423%5E%5Enbv%5E15309,00.html)
Yes, George Bush is said to be an enthusiastic iPod user, and was recently photographed by Time magazine wearing one on a bike ride. The Prez mostly has his iPod loaded with country music, according to White House aides, but also listens to Aaron Neville, Creedence Clearwater and Van Morrison.
So, CCR, eh? Didn't they write "Fortunate Son"?
According to this web page --
vh1.com (http://www.vh1.com/partners/vh1_music_studio/supplies/btm/btm_1968-1.html)
The song was about the ..
...Inequity of draft reflected in social class and race, vocal style reflects frustrations and anger.
.
by J. C. Fogarty, (Credence Clearwater Revival)
Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one.
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no,
According to songfacts.com (http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=1916)
Fortunate Son --
An antiestablishment song of defiance and blue-collar pride, both anti-Washington and against the Vietnam war.
One of 3 political songs on the album. The others were "It Came From the Sky" and "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for above 2)
Richard Nixon was president of the US when group leader John Fogerty wrote this. Fogerty was not a fan of Nixon and felt that people close to the president were receiving preferential treatment.
This spoke out against the war in Vietnam, but was supportive of the soldiers fighting there. Like many CCR fans, most of the soldiers came from the working class, and were there because they didn't have connections who could get them out. It is sung from the perspective of one of these men, who ends up fighting because he is not a "Senator's son."
Creedence performed this on The Ed Sullivan Show, probably because the show's producers didn't realize it was a protest song. The show tried hard not to offend anyone, and usually had bands perform their least controversial songs or alter the lyrics for the show (see "Let's Spend The Night Together" and "Light My Fire").
Well, "so what" you say. Fair enough. It might not mean a thing if it weren't for the idea that this song reads like George Walker Bush's biography.
The Fortunate Son. The man able to avoid serious military service because of his family connections.
The same man who would go to war, using the services, sparing the lives and limbs of many an unfortunate sons.
One of CCR's other classic hits is "Bad Moon". A song that simply reads about a terrible omen. Well, as Mr. Bush lied his little head to bed, with his iPod afixed to his ears, theis ominous stanza could have been playing --
Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we'er in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye
Imagine the music video that could have possibly been put-together for Bad Moon: The crashing of tons of bombs dropping to the words of "I hear hurricanes a blowin'". And hard-edged image of 10's of thousands of Iraqi civilians being killed as the words "I know the end is commin' soon" is sung.
Pod price cut, but FireWire's extra (http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12376086%5E15423%5E%5Enbv%5E15309,00.html)
Yes, George Bush is said to be an enthusiastic iPod user, and was recently photographed by Time magazine wearing one on a bike ride. The Prez mostly has his iPod loaded with country music, according to White House aides, but also listens to Aaron Neville, Creedence Clearwater and Van Morrison.
So, CCR, eh? Didn't they write "Fortunate Son"?
According to this web page --
vh1.com (http://www.vh1.com/partners/vh1_music_studio/supplies/btm/btm_1968-1.html)
The song was about the ..
...Inequity of draft reflected in social class and race, vocal style reflects frustrations and anger.
.
by J. C. Fogarty, (Credence Clearwater Revival)
Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one.
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no,
According to songfacts.com (http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=1916)
Fortunate Son --
An antiestablishment song of defiance and blue-collar pride, both anti-Washington and against the Vietnam war.
One of 3 political songs on the album. The others were "It Came From the Sky" and "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for above 2)
Richard Nixon was president of the US when group leader John Fogerty wrote this. Fogerty was not a fan of Nixon and felt that people close to the president were receiving preferential treatment.
This spoke out against the war in Vietnam, but was supportive of the soldiers fighting there. Like many CCR fans, most of the soldiers came from the working class, and were there because they didn't have connections who could get them out. It is sung from the perspective of one of these men, who ends up fighting because he is not a "Senator's son."
Creedence performed this on The Ed Sullivan Show, probably because the show's producers didn't realize it was a protest song. The show tried hard not to offend anyone, and usually had bands perform their least controversial songs or alter the lyrics for the show (see "Let's Spend The Night Together" and "Light My Fire").
Well, "so what" you say. Fair enough. It might not mean a thing if it weren't for the idea that this song reads like George Walker Bush's biography.
The Fortunate Son. The man able to avoid serious military service because of his family connections.
The same man who would go to war, using the services, sparing the lives and limbs of many an unfortunate sons.
One of CCR's other classic hits is "Bad Moon". A song that simply reads about a terrible omen. Well, as Mr. Bush lied his little head to bed, with his iPod afixed to his ears, theis ominous stanza could have been playing --
Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we'er in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye
Imagine the music video that could have possibly been put-together for Bad Moon: The crashing of tons of bombs dropping to the words of "I hear hurricanes a blowin'". And hard-edged image of 10's of thousands of Iraqi civilians being killed as the words "I know the end is commin' soon" is sung.