“Fortunate Son” #3 12/20/1969

Creedence Clearwater Revival consistently had terrific two-sided singles. This was a definite Vietnam-era protest song but still very catchy. Although it’s quite anti-privilege, the song was used to sell blue jeans in the early 2000’s as John Fogerty lost his licensing rights. Eventually Wrangler pulled the ads after Fogerty expressed his displeasure. He said the idea came after seeing the White House wedding of Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, saying David would never be sent to Vietnam like regular people were. A rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight. Another fave of mine!!