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John Fogerty — The Old Man Down the Road
Album: Centerfield
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Released: 1985
Length: 3:24
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 bluedot wrote:

Probably because you can't deal with its (too true) message.

 
I've never been able to stand listening to the song long enough to get the message of the lyrics.

Posted 13 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
The most overplayed song on RP. I'm convinced Fogarty gets the airtime since he has incriminating photos linking Bill and Rebecca to criminal activity.
Posted 13 years ago by davlon    [ Reply ]
There are 2 links to this song in the digital dictionary; one by the word ubiquitous and the other by the word suckage.{#Bananapiano}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Lrobby99 wrote:
Not good. Not good at all.
 

Thank goodness music/art is subjective!
Posted 14 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
 MinMan wrote:

I HATE HATE HATE this song - always have.


 
Probably because you can't deal with its (too true) message.

Posted 14 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
 oldman wrote:
For some reason I take offense at this song{#Cowboy}
 
Haha, Oldman, I wonder why! lol

Posted 14 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
 countyman wrote:


I saw a documentary on him  awhile ago.

After the release of his first solo album, his old record company tried to sue him stating that,
"He sounded too much like himself."

thankfully the judge threw the case out.
 

Fantasy records got bought out a while back. Which is good news for Fogerty since they owned his catalog and the shitty recording agreement that he signed in the 60's. This is the same bunch that sued him.
   The new owners of the record label are voiding the old contract now so Fogerty is now collecting some hansome royalities from his catalog. So I hope he's going to buy that big house and yacht that he missed out on.
 I've read some books about him and 60 minutes did a piece on him and at the time he sure was not that wealthy and still pissed, he had just released "Blue Moon Swamp" CD at the time.  ( =
Posted 14 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
Sounds too much like CCR....{#Beat} Sorry...I like it.

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
There's just something about the opening to this song that has me diving for the mute button. . .
Posted 14 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
For some reason I take offense at this song{#Cowboy}
Posted 14 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
 j7 wrote:
Is there any way to put Fogerty and Hiatt into an enclosed, hermetically sealed chamber, 20 miles below the earth's surface with all of their music forever?
We could feed them through tubes from above ground... for awhile.

 
Is there any way we could do this with you but not bother with a tube??

Posted 14 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Not good. Not good at all.
Posted 14 years ago by Lrobby99    [ Reply ]
 MinMan wrote:

I HATE HATE HATE this song - always have.


    ,,,,and ??{#Stupid}


Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 countyman wrote:
After the release of his first solo album, his old record company tried to sue him stating that,
"He sounded too much like himself."
 
And these are the same people who want to control broadcast performance royalty payouts... {#Rolleyes}
Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
Is there any way to put Fogerty and Hiatt into an enclosed, hermetically sealed chamber, 20 miles below the earth's surface with all of their music forever?
We could feed them through tubes from above ground... for awhile.

Posted 15 years ago by j7    [ Reply ]

I HATE HATE HATE this song - always have.


Posted 15 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 FlamingLotus wrote:


Get it now??
 

I do, now that we're listening to Choctaw Bingo.
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
The guitar at the beginning of this sounded an awful lot like "Can't Get There From Here" by R.E.M.
Is the riff in this one the same as the original version with CCR? I'm just trying to figure out which came first...
Posted 15 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]


"Long Dark Night Can't Take It No More" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKSXIzkmpsg


Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
This sounds an awful lot like The Hollies, unless it's The Hollies who sounded like John Fogerty.

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
                                                           {#Cry}
Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:


Well, the point could be that TF got thoroughly scammed by his mgmt and never made the kind of royalties from anything he penned for CCR that he should have. A HUGE travesty given how much CCR was a staple on both the AM and FM dials shortly after the release of their follow-on LPs. Perhaps he's able to claw some of the $ back....?
 

I saw a documentary on him  awhile ago.

After the release of his first solo album, his old record company tried to sue him stating that,
"He sounded too much like himself."

thankfully the judge threw the case out.
Posted 15 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
 werner wrote:
Better run through the jungle.....
Not bad but (he) CCR did this already, so
what´s the point?
 

Well, the point could be that TF got thoroughly scammed by his mgmt and never made the kind of royalties from anything he penned for CCR that he should have. A HUGE travesty given how much CCR was a staple on both the AM and FM dials shortly after the release of their follow-on LPs. Perhaps he's able to claw some of the $ back....?
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Love It!
Posted 16 years ago by reason06    [ Reply ]
Hate this song!
Posted 16 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
FlamingLotus wrote:
Get it now??
Yes.
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
sutcliff wrote:
Get it now??
Posted 16 years ago by FlamingLotus    [ Reply ]
mikeatlarge wrote:
Hmmmm.... "cooks his crystal meth because his shine don't sell" ??
heh heh--now look what you did! ;^D
Posted 16 years ago by FlamingLotus    [ Reply ]
mikeatlarge wrote:
Hmmmm.... "cooks his crystal meth because his shine don't sell" ??
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
Too much CCR on RP
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Hmmmm.... "cooks his crystal meth because his shine don't sell" ??
Posted 16 years ago by (former member)    [ Reply ]
Ahhhhh, blessed relief from the Shocker..........
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
ugh. Please not again!
Posted 16 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
The point is he gets paid for this version.
And sued over it.
Posted 16 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
I really like old CCR. Fogerty solo never did it for me. The fact that songs like this one were way overplayed on classic rock stations may have a lot to do with my being so tired of it. Those of you who think this is wonderful and reminds you of jamming around the house when you were a kid (which tells me your too young to remember much of CCR) should go re-discover the old CCR stuff.
Posted 17 years ago by sici    [ Reply ]
ruthless wrote:
I always loved this album. What is he up to now, I wonder....?
I believe he has a new album. Out this week...today, I guess. I haven't heard anything about it yet.
Posted 17 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
Sounds like John Fogerty to me.
Posted 17 years ago by wookie    [ Reply ]
I'm not exactly a huge Fogerty fan, but for some reason I have always really, really liked this song.
Posted 17 years ago by tapatia    [ Reply ]
ohman I used ot jam out to this song as a kid to my parent's stereo, with no clue what it all meant, and didn't care sometimes, it was about loud rock, a small bonfire, and kids getting to staying up late dancing barefoot in the back yard
Posted 17 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
werner wrote:
Better run through the jungle. . . . . Not bad but (he) CCR did this already, so what's the point?
The point is he gets paid for this version.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Better run through the jungle..... Not bad but (he) CCR did this already, so what's the point?
Posted 17 years ago by werner    [ Reply ]
I always loved this album. What is he up to now, I wonder....?
Posted 17 years ago by ruthless    [ Reply ]
What? This has never played on RP? What else are we missing?
Posted 17 years ago by rluking    [ Reply ]