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Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bad Moon Rising
Album: Chronicle
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Released: 1969
Length: 2:15
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I see a bad moon rising.
I see trouble on the way.
I see earthquakes and lightning.
I see bad times today.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.

I hear hurricanes a-blowin'.
I know the end is comin' soon.
I feel rivers overflowin'.
I hear the voice of rage and ruin.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.
Alright!

Hope you got your things together.
Hope you are quite prepared to die.
Looks like we're in for nasty weather.
One eye is taken for an eye.

Well, don't go round tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.

Don't come around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.
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When I was 12, I thought the lyric was “One Eye has taken Foreign Eye”. When I finally saw the real lyric, it seemed to make more sense!
Posted 2 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
There is an excelent version of this song done by 16 Horsepower on their live-album Hoarse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxk7tCCy7g 
Posted 9 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
OK, now this is very scary: As this was playing, the Radio Paradise server blew up .. well not literally .. but YKWIM. Yikes!

 
Uncle DICK! 

Dick Cheney grimacing 

Dick Cheney recently came out in support of torture as an effective means of interrogating alleged terrorists, despite no evidence to support his position. And he hates eclectic radio.

You connect the dots. 

{#Skull}
 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Yeay!
Posted 10 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
 funkyalfonso wrote:

Nah, One hit wonders.

'One hit wonders.'  
You serious? 
 
No. He's not.
Posted 11 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 funkyalfonso wrote:

Nah, One hit wonders.

'One hit wonders.'  
You serious?  If so, what a load of crap. 
Yeah, about 20 one hit wonders. CCR was and remains one of THE American bands. They sold as many or more records in their '69-'75 time as any other band. You can look it up. They just about INVENTED the hybrid of rockabilly and blues for the Vietnam-era audience. Their covers of blues classics reintroduced the material to fresh ears, and their socially conscious songs — among them Bad Moon Rising and Fortunate Son — have long been part of the American popular musical canon. Springsteen shows up at John Fogerty concerts and vice versa.  Bruce's Glory Days and Fogerty's Center Field are twin songs of different mothers. The Beatles and the Stones are some of the few bands that had more 'one hit wonders'. 


Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Quinnston wrote:
Never heard of this band before. This tune rocks!
 
Nah, One hit wonders.
Posted 12 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
 TuneAgeWhereWoof wrote:
Boring and over-played.
 
particularly by my dad. He only had three albums, mind you. This one, Nat King Cole and something else which I seem to have blocked out of my mind.
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Boring and over-played.
Posted 12 years ago by TuneAgeWhereWoof    [ Reply ]
Ahhh...hearing Bad Moon Rising from CCR takes me right back to this era when I was roughly 4 years old.  I remember riding along in the passenger seat of my Dad's 1970 Chevy C/10 pick-up truck in which he installed a Kraco cassette deck (w/recording function. Why did they make such a thing?! This was new technology back then, right?) complete with speaker boxes he built hidden under the bench seat (Jensen speakers, I think). My Dad knew and still knows good music at age 69 (this month). 

Thanks for the great memories, Dad!  {#Motor}
Posted 13 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
 sharkey wrote:

Alert icon This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated.

 
Yes sharkey, i see ... so, why do you not protest against those interests that control of capitalist monopolies, which are infiltrated in the music world, and are responsible for this savagery of "tipping" YouTube videos? What misery .....
("This video has been removed by the user."  and   "This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated."  are excuses to cover up the names of the labels responsible for that, and you can not exercise your censorship also, when you see these seals on the products they sell).
What they forget is that these attitudes are increasingly encouraging piracy. And it is deserved.



Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]

Creedence Clearwater Revival. by flair.
Brittney Flair
https://www.flickr.com/photos/brittneyflair/

Good album. I wish I had a record player now so I could play it.

Copyright All rights reserved

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Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:


Bruce Springsteen and John Fogerty - "Bad Moon Rising" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPKrsAQ5xJw

 
Alert icon This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated.

Posted 14 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:


 "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival Live on a Johnny Cash Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCI3t-XqnoM
 
This vid has been removed from UT

Posted 14 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
Best CCR Song
Posted 14 years ago by theforgiventeen    [ Reply ]
 GeneP59 wrote:
Just remember that "there's a bathroom on the right".  {#Roflol}
 
bath

Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
One of my faves!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Just remember that "there's a bathroom on the right".  {#Roflol}
Posted 14 years ago by GeneP59    [ Reply ]
 Sunnysekot wrote:
I dont know why, but I hate every song of CCR.
this one I hate especially strong! 0!!!!{#Grumpy}
 

I say seek therapy to find out why.  CCR was awesome.
Posted 14 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Fogerty puts on one of the best live shows you will ever see.
Posted 14 years ago by braveheart    [ Reply ]
It's cold, David, and I'm so alone. The undead surround me. Have you ever talked to a corpse? It's boring! I'm lonely! Kill yourself, David, before you kill others...Beware the moon, David.
Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Ooompah, oompah, oompah.
Posted 14 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
 Quinnston wrote:
Never heard of this band before. This tune rocks!
 
Yeah, this kid Fogerty might be on to something...hope they stick around for a while.
Posted 15 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
Never heard of this band before. This tune rocks!
Posted 15 years ago by Quinnston    [ Reply ]
There's a bathroom on the right! :) That's all I can think of when I hear this song.
Posted 15 years ago by farleymj3    [ Reply ]
 holborne wrote:


Wow, do you always brag about being lame?
 

Me, lame?  Absolutely.  I brag about it all the time.  Rating 1.  This song drives me nuts, what can I say?


Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I kinda have to give them a good rating outta respect although this song, frankly, has never did *it* for me. If The Dude convinces The Stranger to dig well then..

 
Posted 15 years ago by BoneRoller    [ Reply ]
I dont know why, but I hate every song of CCR.
this one I hate especially strong! 0!!!!{#Grumpy}
Posted 15 years ago by Sunnysekot    [ Reply ]
Apart from the nostalgia this seems to incite, is it really a good song?
Posted 15 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
This tune remind me of The Big Lebowski and makes me smile
Posted 15 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

I rated it a 1.

 

Wow, do you always brag about being lame?
Posted 15 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
 TJOpootertoot wrote:
.......Anyone who voted it less than a "5" should be permanently expelled form RP and forced to listen to Top 40 music. Forever.
.....
 
I rated it a 1.

Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 hschlossberg wrote:
I can't rate this song low enough. It was a bad song to begin with, but it is still so overplayed on all the commercial radio stations (not to mention all the late-night TV commercials hawking CCR's greatest hits (um...one song?), that it just doesn't belong here.
 
Ditto!

Posted 16 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
Agreed.
Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I can't rate this song low enough. It was a bad song to begin with, but it is still so overplayed on all the commercial radio stations (not to mention all the late-night TV commercials hawking CCR's greatest hits (um...one song?), that it just doesn't belong here.
Posted 16 years ago by hschlossberg    [ Reply ]
OK, now this is very scary: As this was playing, the Radio Paradise server blew up .. well not literally .. but YKWIM. Yikes!
Posted 16 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
meydele wrote:
The movie, definitely. I was a kid and this was the first place I ever heard this song . . . My parents listened to opera, what can I say?
Hey nothing wrong with that, Oprah's cool
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
This is the first song I learned on the guitar. I got to practice my D cord a bunch.
Posted 16 years ago by frednic    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
meydele wrote:
The movie, definitely. I was a kid and this was the first place I ever heard this song . . . My parents listened to opera, what can I say?
You saw this movie as a kid? Must have been quite a liberal upbringing. This movie scared the $*#& out of me and made me laugh.
Posted 16 years ago by Seahunt    [ Reply ]
TJOpootertoot wrote:
It's a given on RP that if you read these boards you will find people hating songs you love and vice versa. Sometimes it's baffling but I'm all for people having different opinions and free speech anad all that. Nonetheless, I firmly believe that some songs are unassailable and this is one of them. Anyone who voted it less than a "5" should be permanently expelled form RP and forced to listen to Top 40 music. Forever. There, I've said it. Let's make it happen. TJ
Some fine Canadian reasoning. I agree 100%.
Posted 16 years ago by irish_eileen    [ Reply ]
TJOpootertoot wrote:
Anyone who voted it less than a "5" should be permanently expelled form RP and forced to listen to Top 40 music. Forever.
Amen Halleluja! a solid 9!
Posted 17 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
Ah yes, one eye is taken for an eye .... Lovely song and commentary on Those Bad Times. Revenge, retribution, fear, loathing, hate and love. Pretty basic stuff.
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
EVERYtime is the right time for a little Creedence....
Posted 17 years ago by marmelock    [ Reply ]
Beanie wrote:
I can't hear this song without thinking about American Werewolf...and giggling. Thanks Bill!
The movie, definitely. I was a kid and this was the first place I ever heard this song . . . My parents listened to opera, what can I say?
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Kristi    [ Reply ]
dctrpunda wrote:
This CD is standard for any road trip, especially across the lonlier highways of the west, like 395 or 50.
RP has 24 (!) tracks from "Chronicle" in the playlist. All CCR songs on RP are from this CD. I remember that I hesitated a long time in buying my CCR compilation CD, even though I really liked their music. It was just the album covers that put me off, what with all the beards and dungarees and hairy hippie smiles... Great band, who created many timeless classics.
Posted 17 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
parrothead wrote:
A band that I was in many years ago was fun. This is one of the songs we played. As we first started working on this tune the bass play stoped the jam and said thats not the right words! It's (there's a bathroom on the right) !
Now I'm going to have those words stuck in my head "there's a bathroom on the right"
Posted 17 years ago by Austin2Florida    [ Reply ]
Great song. A little overplayed, though...
Posted 17 years ago by randall07    [ Reply ]
Jack_Jefferson wrote:
I never could get into this guy's voice. I like what he's all about, but his voice just doesn't do it for me.
In his early band(s?) they didn't have a PA for gigs so he became a screamer out of necessity. Try it sometime and get back to me in a couple days when you can talk again. If he was a Fortunate Son he would have had a nice PA and a trust fund and maybe been a breathy New Age guy. He also would probaly have had a lawyer who could read a frigging contract.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Happy Friday.
Posted 17 years ago by sadsack    [ Reply ]
A band that I was in many years ago was fun. This is one of the songs we played. As we first started working on this tune the bass play stoped the jam and said thats not the right words! It's (there's a bathroom on the right) !
Posted 17 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
Brings back memories of grade school. and the hall patrol..
Posted 17 years ago by emeraldrose63    [ Reply ]
Love CCR! Thanks, RP!
Posted 17 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
uhuhuHuHUhuh, let's dance....
Posted 17 years ago by schnorr    [ Reply ]
It's a given on RP that if you read these boards you will find people hating songs you love and vice versa. Sometimes it's baffling but I'm all for people having different opinions and free speech anad all that. Nonetheless, I firmly believe that some songs are unassailable and this is one of them. Anyone who voted it less than a "5" should be permanently expelled form RP and forced to listen to Top 40 music. Forever. There, I've said it. Let's make it happen. TJ
Posted 18 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
A work of genius.
Posted 18 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
mooseisadick wrote:
Did he just say "there's a bad MOOSE risin'"
I think he's singing," .... therrrrre's a bathroom on the right...."
Posted 18 years ago by chucklesalmon    [ Reply ]
This CD is standard for any road trip, especially across the lonlier highways of the west, like 395 or 50.
Posted 18 years ago by dctrpunda    [ Reply ]
Did he just say "there's a bad MOOSE risin'"
Posted 18 years ago by mooseisadick    [ Reply ]
Beanie wrote:
I can't hear this song without thinking about American Werewolf...and giggling. Thanks Bill!
And all I think about is The Big Lebowski. "I wouldn't hold out for the tape deck." "Or the Creedence."
Posted 18 years ago by ElSupreme    [ Reply ]
What is this JACK-FM? Make this stop! It gets a 1. Not for bad quality but for sheer annoyance factor. Phew. It's over...
Posted 18 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
I never could get into this guy's voice. I like what he's all about, but his voice just doesn't do it for me.
Posted 18 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
The joke, back in school, was that they were saying "There's a bathroom on the right." Actually, there were some who thought that was what they were saying.
Posted 18 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
Sorry, but I like Sixteen Horsepower's version much better.
Posted 19 years ago by JCEntMan    [ Reply ]
I can't hear this song without thinking about American Werewolf...and giggling. Thanks Bill!
Posted 19 years ago by Beanie    [ Reply ]
That may stay in the usual playlist...
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]