At least John gave Doug and Stu the opportunity to write songs of their own and have them occupy two-thirds of the album. It may have been a failed experiment, but it was John's way of saying, "Okay, then let's see what you guys can do." It proved his point.
4 жыл бұрын
No. As they ALL knew, it was John's way of sabotoging the band because he no longer had dictatorial control - picking up his marbles and stomping home. Stu and Doug knew Mardi Gras was doomed from the start.
@muzikdude1188
4 жыл бұрын
@ But wasn't this what Stu and Doug had been bitching about for so long? Having more input? In music where success is here today and gone tomorrow, you don't mess with a good thing when you're lucky enough to stumble onto it. Instead of just sitting back and enjoying the ride, the other guys in the band had to go and botch everything up by constantly demanding the control they never earned and didn't deserve. John finally gave in and let them have the spotlight...and they melted under it.
@MozillaFireFox1967
4 жыл бұрын
M P - They wanted to write since 1969. It wasn’t until after Pendulum when they (Stu and Doug) realized that they couldn’t write shit, or rather, do what they wanted to do. At least Tom had the ability to write 4 ALBUMS
@chrism8311
7 ай бұрын
Takes your take? John has an ego. That was all ego. Yeah we get it he wrote the songs. But dude, you would only understand if you were ever in a band that wrote originals.
@paulcooper5748
4 жыл бұрын
How could anyone dislike this guy love john.
@jamesbradshaw3389
Жыл бұрын
What a highly intelligent normal straight talking straight down the line good man and most brilliant musician John Forgery is, John suffered for his brilliant art, and he paid a very high price, his dear brother Tom leaving the band and later losing his life at a young age hurt John deep down in his heart, The actions of Tom Dough & Stu was stupid beyond words, they could not take that John was the man who was born with many God-given gifts that they did not have and yet all 4 boys were very important together. The actions of their manager and record boss were nothing less than daylight robbery. Later in like John found that happiness he and his family deserves
@CaptRH
4 жыл бұрын
Geez, how many of us would love to be in a hit band even if only one guy was writing, creating and singing the music? Most of us will never know what it's like to be in that position.
@pseudoname3159
3 жыл бұрын
Granted, when you are a musician and creating music is your outlet, it's not quite that easy.
@lesschoenberger3070
5 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of Steppenwolf's "At your Birthday Party" album where John Kay let some of the other band members write and sing some songs as they also thought "me too", while it went gold it also was a patchy album just like "Mardi Gras" was for CCR. Many similarities between Fogerty and Kay if you think about it, both the voices and leaders of their bands who also tried to keep things together and keep successful.
@ernestoclaudodip9671
2 жыл бұрын
Les Shoenberger Yes there is a difference between those albums AYBP is a great album and Mardi Grass shows that John was right , only his part of the album was good enough for a CCR record.
@lesschoenberger3070
2 жыл бұрын
@@ernestoclaudodip9671 It's a matter of opinion I guess, calling the "Birthday" album great, many think it has some really good stuff on it but then many think some of the tunes are stretching it a bit, but it is a matter of one's opinion. I know Kay likes some of it but not so much songs like "Mango juice" and "God fearing man" and "Sleeping and dreaming", but that's his opinion too!
@t4texastomjohnnycat978
4 жыл бұрын
1970 - 2020 Celebrating 50 years..... COSMO'S FACTORY🎸- THE GREATEST STUDIO RECORDED ALBUM IN ROCKNROLL HISTORY.
@jamescook3297
Жыл бұрын
I agree best album ever
@roberthill799
Жыл бұрын
I second that. My favorite of all time.
@mws755
2 жыл бұрын
John's "dictatorship" and incredible drive to succeed created the greatest Rock N Roll band ever. Glen Frey and Don Henley's dictatorship created a pretty good band also lol These men were driven and very talented. They didn't sit down and wait
@Richard.Cabeza
Жыл бұрын
Some people just can't let the talented soar, they let their egos get in the way.
@michaelserby7697
6 жыл бұрын
John micro-managed all aspects of the band ...he was the band
@joet840
4 жыл бұрын
That's the problem, micro- managed. If he was boss ,why not fire them and get people he could get along with or contribute if that was the problem. I think it's because he wanted it that way,to dominate,and that's how you get all the credit and royalties.
@joet840
4 жыл бұрын
M P Like the old saying goes, you don’t know what you got till it’s gone. People stop appreciating what they have sometimes.
@Maverikk68
10 жыл бұрын
John was 1000% right. I've had to deal with the same issues. I finally dumped a longtime friend and drummer because I got sick of carrying his ass. He was never willing or able to step up and do the things necessary to be the leader. He played drums and barely sang harmonies, yet thought he was entitled to be co-leader just because he was a friend. Everything with him was struggle to get him to do because it wasn't his idea. Step up or shut up. You don't just get things handed to you that others work for. The rest of CCR needed to shut up and focus on supporting the one who made them, not demanding to be his equal when they obviously were not.
@MsMonica1957
5 жыл бұрын
Maverikk68 a race horse tethered to 3 mules 😂🤣😂
@drlock978
5 жыл бұрын
Very well said.they should have shut up,played their music,went for the ride,and pocketed the money.But as human nature is,everyone thinks their more important than they are.
@TeamMastaPr2
12 жыл бұрын
"Born to Move" from their 6th album Pendulum.
@russg1801
6 жыл бұрын
CCR was Dee-Oh-En-E DONE after Sweet Hitchhiker! I can't give you the name of a single tune off that last album.
@777straycat
4 жыл бұрын
I''m with John.
@stevemelnicola
10 жыл бұрын
Democracy amongst unequals always diminishes the result. Creedence and the Beach Boys being two of the most glaring examples.
@Gravyballs2011
5 жыл бұрын
John Fogerty getting screwed out of his money reminds me of another lead singer and guitarist with a well known early 70s band who had the same thing happen to him.Mark Farner.
@kennyhuskisson2684
5 жыл бұрын
Phillip S Badfinger?
@Gravyballs2011
5 жыл бұрын
Another good example.
@sues.8384
9 жыл бұрын
John Fogerty --- LOVE!!Creative people must constantly feel frustrated!That's too bad.
@ALifeThatRocks
4 жыл бұрын
5th album in two years! Sadly that pressure contributed to their demise.
@lesstime1678
5 жыл бұрын
my favor man,you are the best
@TheWanted31
9 жыл бұрын
Hoodoo was awesome !
@BigBossGator
12 жыл бұрын
Born to Move on the Pendulum album
@mariaaparecidasoaresbarate4450
4 жыл бұрын
Muito tudo abencoado😚
@camp168
4 жыл бұрын
To summerize: CCR was John Fogerty and three idiots who couldn't ride the gravy train.
4 жыл бұрын
Another brainless twit showing the dead-air space between his ears to the world. Congratulations, camp168-the idiot.
@camp168
4 жыл бұрын
@ uh, I just laid down fact. Refute or F off.
@erilmasantoslonde2005
11 жыл бұрын
Como ele é lindoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo eu o amo muito tem uma voz belissíma, dança lindamente com sua incansável guitarra, esse dentinho separado que ele tinha era o maior charme, que veio a corrigir depois, ahhhh, não devia, sensual era pouco pra ele, ele sabia que era tu isso, lindo sensual, desejável, mas cantar era sem duvída o mais lindo de tudo, aliaz ele juntava tudo isso e a transformar em O MONSTRO SAGRADO DO ROCK meu ídolo amado.
@jonharvey8919
2 жыл бұрын
John is one man band write sing
@mws755
2 жыл бұрын
John was burnt out after 1975 but I think he was also waiting for the disco era to end lol
@charmingferret5916
4 жыл бұрын
With hindsight , John could have given the boys the B sides of the singles to mess about with. And kept the hits coming and the albums clear of any rubbish.Mardi Gras was an awful way to deal with the problem. The fans were toasted.
@brianbeaupre8493
4 жыл бұрын
And In The End It Was John Who Wrote The Hits Well Done John
@poughkeepsiejohn1
13 жыл бұрын
Phil and Don Everly. Ray and Dave Davies. Phil and Dave Alvin. Noel and Liam Gallagher. John and Tom Fogerty. Siblings can take a toll in a rock band. But why stop there? Why not...John Lennon and Paul McCartney? Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel? Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend?
@delanoarts3703
4 жыл бұрын
I still think the rest of the band was neccessary the super tight rythem I'm sure help john a lot
@TheBoone57
4 жыл бұрын
None of the members had to be good enough for John. He would and did, gladly play all their tracks for them. If they wanted to contribute how about shut up and not inhibit the only genius in the band.
@popguynj
5 жыл бұрын
Mardi Gras I'm sorry but i just love this album a lot of up beat tunes
@MozillaFireFox1967
5 жыл бұрын
7:40 is there any full version of this news piece available somewhere?
@phill8005
4 жыл бұрын
Benevolent dictators, not democracy, is the best for bands.
@jamesp4521
5 жыл бұрын
You wanna democracy in the band? You want more say? You wanna sing and write the songs too? Okay, be my guest... ”named worst album of all time ensues"
@theresakrafton3044
4 жыл бұрын
John Fogerty WAS Creedence Clearwater - they were jealous of him.
@kennyhuskisson2684
4 жыл бұрын
@@theresakrafton3044 All they had to do was ride John's coat tail, they had it made, money & fame, that wasn't good enough for them.
@appledoreman
4 жыл бұрын
Facially, John reminds me so much of Del Shannon. Musically, the group was an amalgam of styles. My personal favourite is Who'll stop the rain. Green River is another goodie, though a copy of the Hollies' Long cool woman in a black dress (only joking, I know Green River came first!)
@appledoreman
4 жыл бұрын
@Kyle O'Bryan Thanks, I didn't know that.
@TimothyLittleNESfan
8 жыл бұрын
1:48-2:10 Any idea where we can find the complete interview with Cook?
@JoshTruff
12 жыл бұрын
Bands with leaders get in ego crashes and break up look at ccr they broke up because of John being a harsh leader not because they tried democracy. If you had a leader that spoke for everyone that's different and its also democracy. John started to speak for himself not for the band and thats where in my opinion problems arised
@davidkirkham6497
5 жыл бұрын
Your wrong! John always had the bands best interests in mind. Even after they broke up, John made the Blue Ridge Rangers name up so not to cash in on the Creedence Clearwater Revival name. He(John)was the best thing Tom, Doug, and Stu ever had.
@keithmckay8620
8 жыл бұрын
The Dude abides
4 жыл бұрын
The dude is psychotic.
@rolf-berndther5171
11 жыл бұрын
CCR-Oft kopiert-nie erreicht! Eine der besten, wegweisenden Bands der 60 iger Jahre
@nigonkouk1770
4 жыл бұрын
Yea google's translate has seen the exact same thing, somebody messed it up, now it won't work right.
@JoshTruff
12 жыл бұрын
That's a good way to have a good band with a figurehead but a great band gathers input from every band member and every band member has input to give and the lyricist should recognize band members inputs as their additions to the song making it their songs as well as his. Military still has a democracy in certain aspects. If multiple divisions are both involved in something they compromise with each other and when they accomplish something, their country accomplishes something not the leader
@tomthefunky
12 жыл бұрын
I have a theory about all that. I've been in bands and I can tell you that democracy doesn't work in bands. Just because democracy is the best thing for countries, doesn't mean it's best in every endevour of human interaction. It doesn't work in the military. That's why rank was invented. I can give many other examples. Clearly defined leaders is the best way to ensure longevity in groups. Count Basie's core bandmembers were with him for almost fifty years!!
@liebestandarte88
11 жыл бұрын
Korrect Herr Ther!
@TeamMastaPr2
12 жыл бұрын
I just didn't get why you said it when he was only asking for the song title!
@Ptrrrrrrrr
12 жыл бұрын
I don't know about Bono doing that, as he though he was shit himself (the ad he put up said something like "bad singer, worse guitar player"). I do know The Edge really bases his melodies on whatever Bono wakes up with during the night. Without The Edge, Bono would probably just be some run down artist.
@Ptrrrrrrrr
12 жыл бұрын
A band works how out works... U2 is still together and Bono obviously has a giant ego. They make great music because it simply works... Creedence didn't work because the band-mates didn't allow themselves to just be vents of John's brilliance. Maybe he was completely insufferable (which I doubt), but it was his brilliance that made Creedence and if they'd let him, they might still be together.
@MrUhwoody
6 жыл бұрын
They suck.
@davidkirkham6497
5 жыл бұрын
Peter Saarloos Great words, Bra o!
@Fer350-Hill
3 жыл бұрын
All was saying John is brilliant. He was the asshole who move the money of the band into a Bahamas bank and bank Broke and 8 millions of dollars gone....brilliant
@davidkirkham6497
7 ай бұрын
That is not true, you AH! They all went along with the decision to invest in Castle Bank! However, what is true is John did sue the entity that represented Castle bank with his own money & recovered over 8.4 million dollars on behalf of all members of the band! Now FO you idiotic AH!
@TerryKoss32
12 жыл бұрын
What song is playing at 6:44?
@leosilva6672
4 жыл бұрын
TerryKoss32 that’s song it is Born to move is on Pendulum album.
@dawidelep7430
4 жыл бұрын
10:00 what song title?
@jimharley9376
4 жыл бұрын
Classic Hank Williams Sr. song. Jambalaya
@TeamMastaPr2
12 жыл бұрын
That was not polite.
@daveniner
13 жыл бұрын
John Fogerty is a little smug tho...
@muzikdude1188
4 жыл бұрын
@Kyle O'Bryan Though not on the level of his brother, Tom was a decent enough songwriter. I do think if John had allowed him to contribute a few songs here and there it may have helped to ease the tension somewhat and may have kept the band together for a little longer.
@kaptainkanada4363
11 жыл бұрын
John Fogerty is a rock musical genius. Sadly, he is also a self=centred, "ego tripping, power tripper" as we "hippies" said. His every comment on the band's troubles proves it. He MUST be in control -- and that kind of problem destroyed a lot of the great bands back then.
@davidkirkham6497
5 жыл бұрын
Good thing he was in control! Otherwise we wouldn’t have all these great songs & music.
@romainlavoie1526
Жыл бұрын
They lacked vision. John was the only superstar. That's it ! The others - all had to shut up and enjoy the wealth and the good times coming their way !!! BUT NOPE !!
@joebloe1401
4 жыл бұрын
Looking Out My Back Door WAS NOT A "COUNTRY" SONG NONE OF CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL's SONGS WERE "COUNTRY" COUNTRY BLOWS CHUNKS OF DOG CRAP!!!
@tomthefunky
12 жыл бұрын
I didn't say a figureheard. I said a leader. They are not the same. And what you are saying is often fantasy. Pure democracy in bands more often than not leads to ego clashes and break-up.
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