my stepdad was in Vietnam and he said soldiers loved this song! It was before Tie a yellow Ribbon by Tony Orlando. Soldiers needed to know family wanted them back and hoped a candle was burning in the window!! 😢😢
I was told by my uncle that the first time he heard ccr was in the jungle of vietnam. he told us kids that the Vietcong would play this through the jungle as sort of a mental warfare . they would be close enough to harass the soldiers with music and toss stones at their camps to deprive them of sleep. idk how true it all is or if it was a prevalent tactic they used .
When I hear this song I always think about the boys who went off to Vietnam & made it back home. They were never the same when they returned & just couldn't find a place for themselves after what they had seen & done, & they were not embraced as heroes by the folks back home.
yep. you nailed it. it's basically a "keep the home fires burning" song. John really did a number of the vocals. Great stuff, so much emotion in his voice.
One of their very best songs. They don't have BAD songs... they have good, better and best. Most people don't know that it is John Fogarty playing the sax on here
You are definitely a lucky old lady! I was probably two years old when this came out. I'm constantly trying to find reasons why I'm a lucky middle aged lady! Love!
Lost a lifetime friend this past December, we both loved CCR. Back in the day we could ride around for hours listening to them and many others. I was the wanderer, he'd tell me after I came back sometimes months or years later that he left a candle in the window for me. He was the kind of friend that we'd pick up right where we left off and I could go to him for anything, and vice versa. Listening to this brought back so many memories of better days, some mischief, and the treasure of all the memories of a lifetime friend. Thank you Jamel.
I always associated this with a soldier in the Vietnam War dying, and his last thoughts being of loved ones back home. Just such an emotional, sad song.
Im no old head, 90s kid, my mother used to play vinyl lps of CCR all the time. When I enlisted and felt so far home, this song kept me going, knowing that no matter how far from home I was, there was always a "light" to guide me home.
Jamel, that was a time when you heard the 'hit' on the radio, fell in love with it enough to buy the whole album. When you got the album home, you discovered other songs that you loved just as much. CCR was a 'hit' band, but also an 'album' band. This is one of their most popular songs that never, really, got pop radio airplay, although it was (and, sometimes, is) featured on album rock stations. Fogerty still sings it.
This was the B-side of their #2 hit "Lookin' Out My Back Door" from 1970. So it didn't get a lot of radio play at first but it did get some and was liked enough that it led the record company to turn the record into a double-A-side. But the original A-side still is the side best remembered. It also hit #20 in the UK. By the way, lead singer/songwriter/guitarist John Fogerty played electric piano and performed the sax solo as well. For a more upbeat track, check out their "Sweet Hitch-hiker" from 1971. It was their last Top Ten single. Their last single was the following year's beautiful "Someday never Comes." It peaked at #25. The band broke up after a historically great, if very brief run as a top band (basically 1968-1972 as CCR, though they had played together since they were teens under different names ). As CCR they had 5 #2 singles without ever reaching #1 and 9 Top Tens as well. Both remain records for artists who never reached #1. They sold 30M albums.
Back before electricity, when someone hadn't made it home before dark, it was common to place a lighted candle in a window. The light from a single flame could sometimes be seen for miles. This could help a weary traveler from passing close by, but missing home. This song came out during Vietnam, where almost everyone's goal was simply to get back home. The symbology and heartfelt soulfulness of this song always hits me hard, even after so many years. Thank you, Jamel.
I was 20 when my Dad passed away. He was a huge CCR fan, and about a week after he passed, I was playing some CCR on Pandora because I missed him and I discovered this song for the first time. First time I heard it, I broke down. Now, whenever I miss him, I just play this song and it's a great way to remember him. I'm so glad you recently discovered this song as well. Love your channel!
While so many other songs are what people think are the best THIS song so raises the bar of what John Fogerty’s talent truly is! This is what I always feel people need to hear! Thanks for doing it!
This is one of my favorite pieces of music, on a long list of beloved CCR. As a motorcyclist I immediately identified with having to tell my loved ones back home that my explorer's heart didn't mean I didn't want to come home or that I was out there forgetting my family or being disloyal. But to understand, as every soldier who has gone off to war to fear Jodie has understood, she may not be able to take having me home less than she wants. My singing career calls. The mountains, or the skies, or space, the sea calls, the road calls. Duty calls. I must go. But I hope you'll keep the light in the window to let me know I'm still welcome back. Because I'm yours as long as you can stand me. I love this song.
Jamel, Please check out "Someday Never Comes", which was one of the last songs Fogerty did after he and his brother, Tom, had a falling out. It is autobiographical and chilling in many ways.
You are right Jamel, just lean back, close your eyes and enjoy the music. This is one of the greatest songs I've listened to in my life and I've heard thousands meanwhile. Let the good times roll and just be a good human. Greetings from Germany!
IN MY FATHER'S TOP 1O FAVORITE BANDS OF ALL TIME THE SOUND OF MY CHILDHOOD IN THE LIVING ROOM IS WHERE I ENJOY THEIR MUSIC THANKS FOR THESE FLASH BACKS JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌🏼& LO💚E MY BROTHER
CCR is my all time favorite band. Bad Moon rising is my favorite song. Used to play that all the time every time I did any kind of work I'd play it on the radio and listen to the music and work on the project. Used to drive around in my car in college every time me and my friend drove by this particular graveyard on the way home that song would play. My friend told me said you time it as we're going by that graveyard on purpose. I told him I said no I just like that song so much that you know it just happens to be in the cassette player and that's my age back in the day. But anyways my friend he borrowed my car one evening going on a date. His favorite group was the police. He said while he was picking up his date he drove by that graveyard. He said he put in his cassette tape of the police and out came bad Moon rising when he drove by that graveyard. He said it freaked him out he told me you said your damn car is haunted. He had put his cassette tape on top of mine but the interesting part was the fact that that song played when he drove by that particular graveyard. I told him I didn't plan it that song Just resonated with me still does.
Sure takes me bk 50+ yrs as i first heard . Ccr! Wow. Soo long ago. Still gets me . Powerful stuff. Hs voice. His talent. My childhood band/ music. All of it. All they ever did i love. Dan-6/19/22
Hi Jamel! Thank you SO much for reacting to my FAVOURITE band! My older brother and I used to listen to this band together when we were teenagers! Yes I’m old! Lol! Peace and Blessings to you and your family from Australia.
I finally admitted to my mom a few years back that I had ganked Cosmos Factory from their vinyl collection as a teen. EVERY song on that album is amazing. I hope I run in to you when I'm in LA sometime!
This has always been one of my favorite CCR songs. I love love love John Fogarty’s voice. Such a great band. The passion in those beautiful vocals is just unmatched. That sax solo puts it over the top. Great choice Jamel! 🌺✌️
As soon as I had my first car my mom would put a little pewter candle holder with a half used candle in the front window EVERY time I’d be out with friends. She’s been gone for 23 years now I’m older and I have 3 kids of my own now. Whenever 1 (or more) of the 5 (wife too) of us is out I ALWAYS turn on the front porch light. Always. Last night our son and my probably future daughter-in-law were home for a few days from college. Plus our oldest and youngest daughters. All at once. That was the first time the light was off in a couple of months. My kids know why I do it and even though they never got a chance to meet her they all know why and EVERY word to the song.
I never interpreted this one in a funeral sense. I always saw it either as literally coming home, as from a tour, or as someone who has figuratively been adrift and is now once more finding his center. This wasn't up there in popularity with "Bad Moon Rising" or "Proud Mary," but it was popular enough to make it on the album "Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits." It was originally released as the B-side to "Lookin' Out My Back Door," which certainly added to its stature.
Jamel, You would enjoy listening and reacting to the 1969 song " Love Can Make You Happy" by Mercy. The song was a one hit wonder and it's a smooth mellow and relaxing song. I don't have a link for the video since I have not figured out how to do that yet but it's easy to find on CZcams.
My love for CCR comes from my dad. He always played great music for his daughters. We grew up listening to CCR, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Queen, Styx... the list goes on!
My favorite CCR tune.. The saxophone solo in the tune always makes me think of my dad every time. The style and tone the guy uses is exactly the way my dad played his sax. It's uncanny.
Jamel, in life synchronicity, or meaningful circumstances, can offer someone a sense of "meaning" in life. In the past two days this song has kept me from falling off the deep end and remembering those things that make it worth it to get out of bed in the morning. Seeing you, my brother, react to this on this time period is uncanny. I think you were spot on in your reaction. To me, the meaning is, "As long as I can see the light (at the end of the tunnel) I still have direction and purpose and won't give up. Much love from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Birthplace of Gibson Guitars.
WOW! Jamel, I'm putting together the music for a dear friends memorial service next month, and was just thinking I would add this to the playlist, then @ 22:05 you said the same thing.
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With CCR you are either: A. Going to church.
B. Going to a party....
...or C. BOTH.
One of their finest. They don't get enough love IMO. This, and Someday Never Comes.
Amen to those two.
my thoughts exactly
Wrote a song for everyone is great too
I love someday never comes
Indeed..
my stepdad was in Vietnam and he said soldiers loved this song! It was before Tie a yellow Ribbon by Tony Orlando. Soldiers needed to know family wanted them back and hoped a candle was burning in the window!! 😢😢
I was told by my uncle that the first time he heard ccr was in the jungle of vietnam.
he told us kids that the Vietcong would play this through the jungle as sort of a mental warfare . they would be close enough to harass the soldiers with music and toss stones at their camps to deprive them of sleep.
idk how true it all is or if it was a prevalent tactic they used .
I would listen to it every night in Iraq. Makes the day better.
@@derekbutts1782 if he is still alive tell him thank you had an older brother who served there
@@oldermusicloverthanks brother, he passed 3 years ago . Stone cold little guy lol
John Fogerty plays the sax solo on this song as well.
What? Not their usual sax player, Stu Cook?
@@maryohara1224 John Fogerty played the sax in all the songs he wrote, not Cook!
Oops! Got that story wrong way round, and many years ago, apparently
CCR is an amazing band. Their whole discography.
When I hear this song I always think about the boys who went off to Vietnam & made it back home. They were never the same when they returned & just couldn't find a place for themselves after what they had seen & done, & they were not embraced as heroes by the folks back home.
I would have embraced them. I’m thankful for their service, and the sacrifice you all made.
Embrace yes. Heroes? Never ever!
yep. you nailed it. it's basically a "keep the home fires burning" song. John really did a number of the vocals. Great stuff, so much emotion in his voice.
LEGENDARY.
Gawd yeah! My fave CCR song; that's some fearsome soul right there. Thanks, Jamel, and I hope you play this song in your car all week long!
CCR has always and will forever be great roadtrip tunes!
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One of their very best songs. They don't have BAD songs... they have good, better and best. Most people don't know that it is John Fogarty playing the sax on here
The crescendo of the horns knocks me out…
Was around to hear this the year it came out. lucky old lady 👵
You are definitely a lucky old lady! I was probably two years old when this came out. I'm constantly trying to find reasons why I'm a lucky middle aged lady! Love!
this prob my fav ccr song. such a great relaxing song.
Lost a lifetime friend this past December, we both loved CCR. Back in the day we could ride around for hours listening to them and many others. I was the wanderer, he'd tell me after I came back sometimes months or years later that he left a candle in the window for me. He was the kind of friend that we'd pick up right where we left off and I could go to him for anything, and vice versa. Listening to this brought back so many memories of better days, some mischief, and the treasure of all the memories of a lifetime friend. Thank you Jamel.
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my most sincere condolences to you
Beautiful, brother. A Vietnam Era vet.
You're right Jamel. This is a hidden gem. You seldom hear this one on the radio.
One of their best songs. It always relaxes me when I'm not in a good place mentally.
I always associated this with a soldier in the Vietnam War dying, and his last thoughts being of loved ones back home. Just such an emotional, sad song.
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Im no old head, 90s kid, my mother used to play vinyl lps of CCR all the time. When I enlisted and felt so far home, this song kept me going, knowing that no matter how far from home I was, there was always a "light" to guide me home.
Jamel, that was a time when you heard the 'hit' on the radio, fell in love with it enough to buy the whole album. When you got the album home, you discovered other songs that you loved just as much. CCR was a 'hit' band, but also an 'album' band. This is one of their most popular songs that never, really, got pop radio airplay, although it was (and, sometimes, is) featured on album rock stations. Fogerty still sings it.
This was the B-side of their #2 hit "Lookin' Out My Back Door" from 1970. So it didn't get a lot of radio play at first but it did get some and was liked enough that it led the record company to turn the record into a double-A-side. But the original A-side still is the side best remembered. It also hit #20 in the UK. By the way, lead singer/songwriter/guitarist John Fogerty played electric piano and performed the sax solo as well. For a more upbeat track, check out their "Sweet Hitch-hiker" from 1971. It was their last Top Ten single. Their last single was the following year's beautiful "Someday never Comes." It peaked at #25. The band broke up after a historically great, if very brief run as a top band (basically 1968-1972 as CCR, though they had played together since they were teens under different names ). As CCR they had 5 #2 singles without ever reaching #1 and 9 Top Tens as well. Both remain records for artists who never reached #1. They sold 30M albums.
Walter, I thought “Run Through the Jungle” was the flip side.
@@artiewithers6980 No, "Run Through the Jungle" was paired up with "Up Around the Bend" (also from 1970).
@@walterpanovs Ah yes, now I remember, thank you.
CCR were one of the best bands of their time, John Fogerty's voice was fantastic. Love the reaction.
I love this one. It's smothered all over with soul. Fine, fine song.
Back before electricity, when someone hadn't made it home before dark, it was common to place a lighted candle in a window. The light from a single flame could sometimes be seen for miles. This could help a weary traveler from passing close by, but missing home.
This song came out during Vietnam, where almost everyone's goal was simply to get back home. The symbology and heartfelt soulfulness of this song always hits me hard, even after so many years. Thank you, Jamel.
I was 20 when my Dad passed away. He was a huge CCR fan, and about a week after he passed, I was playing some CCR on Pandora because I missed him and I discovered this song for the first time. First time I heard it, I broke down. Now, whenever I miss him, I just play this song and it's a great way to remember him. I'm so glad you recently discovered this song as well. Love your channel!
My dad loved this in song
Great band..JOHN,long as I can SEE, the LIGHT
I love when you tell us what you're feeling,, trust me my friend 👍😊 we've been where you are
While so many other songs are what people think are the best THIS song so raises the bar of what John Fogerty’s talent truly is! This is what I always feel people need to hear! Thanks for doing it!
When I saw John Fogerty in concert a few years ago, they brought out a grand piano and he played this and a few other classics.
This is one of my favorite pieces of music, on a long list of beloved CCR. As a motorcyclist I immediately identified with having to tell my loved ones back home that my explorer's heart didn't mean I didn't want to come home or that I was out there forgetting my family or being disloyal. But to understand, as every soldier who has gone off to war to fear Jodie has understood, she may not be able to take having me home less than she wants. My singing career calls. The mountains, or the skies, or space, the sea calls, the road calls. Duty calls. I must go. But I hope you'll keep the light in the window to let me know I'm still welcome back. Because I'm yours as long as you can stand me.
I love this song.
Another great CCR song in this vein is Wrote a Song for Everyone
Awesome
Jamel,
Please check out "Someday Never Comes", which was one of the last songs Fogerty did after he and his brother, Tom, had a falling out. It is autobiographical and chilling in many ways.
I just love this song, still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Love when music does that to me. Great reaction !
Dedicated to the 55,000 who never made it back. Rest in peace embraced in GOD’s loving arms
Two more songs you should react to from CCR are (1) Someday and (2) Lodi. They are great!!💜💜💜
Lodi remains my favorite. Love CCR.
You are right Jamel, just lean back, close your eyes and enjoy the music. This is one of the greatest songs I've listened to in my life and I've heard thousands meanwhile. Let the good times roll and just be a good human. Greetings from Germany!
Always been my favorite CCR song. The candle in the window is God's love reflected and refracted through a looking glass leading us all home.
Great choice, Jamel, and good reaction. I'm 63 now, and this song still moves me after more than 50 years.
This music Will live Forever. Timeless
I love to see Jamel appreciating the music of my teen years.
Played this at my dad's memorial a few months ago. He loved CCR so much and it felt like the right song to play.
Great reaction! ☺
Goosebumps every time from the opening line
Made me feel like I was hearing it for the first time all over again. Always love to hear the first impression of a long time favorite.
This is such a beautiful song.
Jamel, I don’t think you’ve ever done any of John’s solo songs. Centerfield and Blue Moon Swamp are both great albums.
Mystic Highway's a gooden too 😎
Broken Down Cowboy is another good one
One of my favorite songs of all time.
Love Clearwater revival! Hi Jamel!
IN MY FATHER'S TOP 1O FAVORITE BANDS OF ALL TIME THE SOUND OF MY CHILDHOOD IN THE LIVING ROOM IS WHERE I ENJOY THEIR MUSIC THANKS FOR THESE FLASH BACKS JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌🏼& LO💚E MY BROTHER
CCR is my all time favorite band. Bad Moon rising is my favorite song. Used to play that all the time every time I did any kind of work I'd play it on the radio and listen to the music and work on the project. Used to drive around in my car in college every time me and my friend drove by this particular graveyard on the way home that song would play. My friend told me said you time it as we're going by that graveyard on purpose. I told him I said no I just like that song so much that you know it just happens to be in the cassette player and that's my age back in the day. But anyways my friend he borrowed my car one evening going on a date. His favorite group was the police. He said while he was picking up his date he drove by that graveyard. He said he put in his cassette tape of the police and out came bad Moon rising when he drove by that graveyard. He said it freaked him out he told me you said your damn car is haunted. He had put his cassette tape on top of mine but the interesting part was the fact that that song played when he drove by that particular graveyard. I told him I didn't plan it that song Just resonated with me still does.
Sure takes me bk 50+ yrs as i first heard . Ccr! Wow. Soo long ago. Still gets me . Powerful stuff. Hs voice. His talent. My childhood band/ music. All of it. All they ever did i love. Dan-6/19/22
I've loved this song, and CCR, since I was 13 years old.
They traveled so many miles playing their music and I think he's saying as long as you'll be there I'll be home
should be criminal, the amount of classic amazing songs they did in a short time. Forgot to add this one to my playlist
So very much talent, one of my favs. Peace and love all🇺🇲
Hi Jamel! Thank you SO much for reacting to my FAVOURITE band! My older brother and I used to listen to this band together when we were teenagers! Yes I’m old! Lol! Peace and Blessings to you and your family from Australia.
Gosh we took so much good music like this CCR hit for granted, played it time and again. Thank for playing it for us. Love this channel
I finally admitted to my mom a few years back that I had ganked Cosmos Factory from their vinyl collection as a teen. EVERY song on that album is amazing. I hope I run in to you when I'm in LA sometime!
This has always been one of my favorite CCR songs. I love love love John Fogarty’s voice. Such a great band. The passion in those beautiful vocals is just unmatched. That sax solo puts it over the top. Great choice Jamel! 🌺✌️
One of their best! CCR was my first concert in 1972. Love this, thanks Jamel! ;-)
As soon as I had my first car my mom would put a little pewter candle holder with a half used candle in the front window EVERY time I’d be out with friends.
She’s been gone for 23 years now I’m older and I have 3 kids of my own now. Whenever 1 (or more) of the 5 (wife too) of us is out I ALWAYS turn on the front porch light. Always.
Last night our son and my probably future daughter-in-law were home for a few days from college. Plus our oldest and youngest daughters. All at once.
That was the first time the light was off in a couple of months.
My kids know why I do it and even though they never got a chance to meet her they all know why and EVERY word to the song.
Great one
My fave CCR song ❤️
First time as a child bout 8ish. My dad played this 8track and I was hooked. CCR will always be my fav before my time band.
Grandma always set a light in the Window till grandpa made it home. As long as he could see the light he knew where home was
My mom is absolutely in love with this song. Such a beautiful song!
Dear Jamel, I enjoyed it with you like I was hearing it for the first time. Although my first time was 40+ years ago. Thanks and God Bless!
I never interpreted this one in a funeral sense. I always saw it either as literally coming home, as from a tour, or as someone who has figuratively been adrift and is now once more finding his center.
This wasn't up there in popularity with "Bad Moon Rising" or "Proud Mary," but it was popular enough to make it on the album "Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits." It was originally released as the B-side to "Lookin' Out My Back Door," which certainly added to its stature.
John's vocals are stellar on this track.
great song,john fogerty plays the sax !! love your vids jamel
Jamel, You would enjoy listening and reacting to the 1969 song " Love Can Make You Happy" by Mercy. The song was a one hit wonder and it's a smooth mellow and relaxing song. I don't have a link for the video since I have not figured out how to do that yet but it's easy to find on CZcams.
I absolutely love this song
One of my favorite CCR songs
What a treat for a Sunday morning! Thanks, Jamel! ❤️🔥❤️
Thanks for giving this one a listen, love it
My fav CCR song.always
My love for CCR comes from my dad. He always played great music for his daughters. We grew up listening to CCR, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Queen, Styx... the list goes on!
A rarely played Fogerty hit that I believe you would really enjoy is 110 in the Shade. He sings it with an accapella gospel group The Fairfield Four.
My favorite CCR tune.. The saxophone solo in the tune always makes me think of my dad every time. The style and tone the guy uses is exactly the way my dad played his sax. It's uncanny.
One of their best songs clearly. The saxophone solo gets me every time!
Just Awesome, wow.........
John took it to Church with this song!!!!! Love me some CCR!!
This is an under appreciated song Jamal. ❤️
It's definitely a gem
This is my favorite song of theirs
You got it perfectly correct it doesn't have one meaning it just means what it feels to you and you'll be right
Really beautiful!!!!
The small marching drum beat with the organ makes this song amazing. what a great song to react to!
Such a great song.
always was my favourite CCR tune!
Bro... you still fuckin killin this shit dude...music never stopped.... 💀⚡️🌹
My favorite CCR song!!
Jamel, in life synchronicity, or meaningful circumstances, can offer someone a sense of "meaning" in life. In the past two days this song has kept me from falling off the deep end and remembering those things that make it worth it to get out of bed in the morning. Seeing you, my brother, react to this on this time period is uncanny. I think you were spot on in your reaction. To me, the meaning is, "As long as I can see the light (at the end of the tunnel) I still have direction and purpose and won't give up. Much love from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Birthplace of Gibson Guitars.
I'm so Freaking glad! You are trying to Interpret
😄...thank you
WOW! Jamel, I'm putting together the music for a dear friends memorial service next month, and was just thinking I would add this to the playlist, then @ 22:05 you said the same thing.
My very fave CCR song, thank you x
Creedence. OMG Creedence.
my favorite ccr song
What a nice reaction, felt that music hit with you
I lit my hemp string and waved it around for a minute. That was fun. 🥰
John Fogerty is originally from Berkeley CA and he lives in Thousand Oaks, CA now❗️🎸🎤🎼🎧
This one’s my favorite, thanks Jamel