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The president previously received a cease-and-desist notice from songwriter John Fogerty for using the song during his 2020 ...
This Creedence Clearwater Revival song ranks among the best of all time, but John Fogerty thinks he could have done better.
Fogerty shared that by the time he’d gotten to singing the lead vocal part for “Fortunate Son,” he’d somewhat worn himself ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s eight-times-platinum anti-war song “Fortunate Son” was their fifth and final Top 40 smash of ...
The use of Creedence's draft-dodger-mocking 'Fortunate Son' while soldiers marched past Trump at his military parade struck some as possible trolling.
Ahead of a gig at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, the 80-year-old singer and songwriter looks back at some of his signature ...
Fogerty made it clear enough when he made his statement about Trump’s use of “Fortunate Son” in 2020: “Recently, the president has been using my song ‘Fortunate Son’ for his political ...
Vietnam Era leftists adopted "Fortunate Son" as an antiwar anthem that, in the hands of Marxists, doubled as anti-American. In a video posted to YouTube last month, however, ...
Fogerty went on to explain that "Fortunate Son" is ironically an anti-war-movement anthem that criticizes privileged people who used their money and status to defer from the Vietnam War draft.
The use of Creedence's draft-dodger-mocking 'Fortunate Son' while soldiers marched past Trump at his military parade struck some as possible trolling.