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Creedence Clearwater Revival — I Heard It Through The Grapevine
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drivingunit103
(around the 4 western provinces)
Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 00:10
 
... this is the song what woke me up...

rtwingo
(Ramat Gan, Israel)
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 04:43
 
You "hoid" what now?

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 22:39
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
This song is perfect for smoking Cannibus Sativia and having lengthy, diverse sexual activities.  I was going to say that it was great doping and screwing music, but figured that might be thought too crude by our August Body at RP.

 
 

For the January crowd, however, it's just fine.

randyblew
(Raleigh, NC)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 11:28
 
 Indeed! Try that with the live version! Even better.

Misterfixit wrote:
This song is perfect for smoking Cannibus Sativia and having lengthy, diverse sexual activities.  I was going to say that it was great doping and screwing music, but figured that might be thought too crude by our August Body at RP.

 
 



ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 17:12
 
This version has no 'slick' and no 'smooth'. Its harsh with too many crashy parts. Just not necessary...really. Annoying is what I'm hearing. Besides...raisins have forever tarnished this song no matter who performs it. Btw, is it necessary to have this song be so incredibly long? C'mon Fogerty...we get the point.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 17:09
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
This song is perfect for smoking Cannibus Sativia and having lengthy, diverse sexual activities.  I was going to say that it was great doping and screwing music, but figured that might be thought too crude by our August Body at RP.

 
 
Well, it IS August, now ...
 

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 06:32
 
This song is perfect for smoking Cannibus Sativia and having lengthy, diverse sexual activities.  I was going to say that it was great doping and screwing music, but figured that might be thought too crude by our August Body at RP.

 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 06:30
 
 madebytim wrote:
Marvin Gaye's version is just a lot better, the arrangement also.
 
That is also true of the versions by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and Gladys Knight & The Pips.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 08:39
 
 lowelltr wrote:
And on and on and on and on....make it stop!! Possibly the worst song ever recorded
 

Go away and don't ever come back...

Ok - I guess you are entitled to express your opinion - no matter how ludicrous it is.

thalula
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 08:33
 
{#Dancingbanana}loooove it

tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 14:54
 
 madebytim wrote:
Marvin gaye' version is just a lot better, the arrangement also.
 
True, but CCR give this tune a pretty good ride.

kcar
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 21:46
 
 unclehud wrote:

memory:  late at night with EL and DG, parked along a dirt road in the middle of the woods, my parents' station wagon with the windows rolled up to keep in all the smoke, WBBQ-FM blasting this song as loud as that Chevy stereo would play.

 
Dude. And, like, your parents never smelled anything funny the next day...

WBBQ—perfect name for a smoke-out. 

I could never have gotten away with anything like this (envy). It's been decades since I've been stoned and I do miss it from time to time. 



scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 12:08
 
I'd give it a 10, but, well, you know...

 

Johnny-smooth
(On my bicycle)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 12:06
 
Geez, looking at some of these comments you'd think none of the listeners have ever been to a concert where the musicians just jammed.

Not the greatest tune of all time, far from it, but do like it and especially like the jam 


EdmoJoe
(Edmonton, Canada)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 12:05
 
Great job RP finding an extended (excellent) version of this song that makes an old classic seem fresh again! Thanks!

Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 12:03
 
 unclehud wrote:

memory:  late at night with EL and DG, parked along a dirt road in the middle of the woods, my parents' station wagon with the windows rolled up to keep in all the smoke, WBBQ-FM blasting this song as loud as that Chevy stereo would play.


 

Right on. bro.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 12:03
 

memory:  late at night with EL and DG, parked along a dirt road in the middle of the woods, my parents' station wagon with the windows rolled up to keep in all the smoke, WBBQ-FM blasting this song as loud as that Chevy stereo would play.



cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 00:41
 
This is one of those I forgot to rate .

madebytim
(Denmark)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 00:38
 
Marvin gaye' version is just a lot better, the arrangement also.

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 10:00
 
Marvin Gay did a smashup job of this song.  I'd love to hear it.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 09:58
 
Not too many songs where Fogerty shared the mike. I can't recall any besides this one.


Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 01:15
 
 lowelltr wrote:
And on and on and on and on....make it stop!! Possibly the worst song ever recorded
 
That's just silly.  Have you heard every song ever recorded?  I think this is MUCH better than Rebecca Black's "Friday."

But I suppose if that's your bag, who am I to judge?


stevesaw
(Northern VA USA)
Posted: Jun 18, 2011 - 08:55
 
I like it when a group takes a song and completely reinterprets it,  Hate to call it a 'cover'.


BlueHeronDruid
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 18:24
 
Less cymbals, more cowbell.

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 17:39
 
Yes kids, it's longer than 2 minutes; get over it.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 17:38
 
 ce wrote:
redstorm wrote:
NYC, born and bred, (along with a stint in europe) and i still like these country boy

copymonkey wrote:
Actually, weren't these guys from Berkley? Or right near there? I guess, compared to San Francisco-that's kinda the country.

As a Dutchman with some interest in accents in English, I've always thought that the vocals in this particular CCR song are a VERY strong example of an accent from the NYC area.
     "I hea'y'd it through the grapevine"
In another song:
     "Big wheels keep on tu'y'ning, Proud Mary keeps on Bu'y'ning"
I believe the accent is from "New Je'y'sey", just accross the Hudson river.

Can somebody confi'y'm this, or enlighten me?
 
The affection is/was a take on Mississippi delta diphthongs, "choich" for "church", "woik" for "work" and so on. My physics prof back in the days was a black man from southern Mississippi, and he had 'em pegged from the get go, "Those boys wanna be from down there, but they ain't." The "ain't" with a wink. His specialty was quantum mechanics, the last I saw him, he was editing his correspondence with Einstein. "Woik" indeed.

Later edit: CCR was from El Cerrito, a little burg just north of Berkeley.



YKV
(Saki, Ukraine or Moscow, Russia)
Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 02:37
 
Man, what a boost for late morning revival {#Dancingbanana}


lowelltr
(Cardinal Nation)
Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 20:13
 
And on and on and on and on....make it stop!! Possibly the worst song ever recorded

PeeBee
(Down South in The Netherlands)
Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 09:07
 
Jamming (in) the sixties?


nicolewe
Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 08:38
 
{#Drummer}{#Drummer}{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}A classic. Excuse me, I mean a loooong classic that jams.


HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 08:24
 
Ok..this's the top 20 version,now ,can we please have the long one !?{#Jump}

sbegf
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 08:21
 
 TimeWaster wrote:
Yep, still sucks.
 
I don't know, I usually cannot stand CCR, but don't think I have ever heard that long version of this song.  The last 4 minutes really had me moving in my chair....


TimeWaster
(The lower of the two Dakotas)
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 08:17
 
Yep, still sucks.

oldman
(Lost in Northern Virginia)
Posted: Jul 05, 2010 - 11:18
 
 xtalman wrote:
this is a bit toooooo long
 
{#Meditate} It's as long as it needs to be..............


kurtster
(Area code 216)
Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 15:41
 
 bb_bubbab wrote:
San Francisco, actually.  Berkley was close.

John Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook (all born 1945) met at senior high school in El Cerrito, California and began playing instrumentals and "juke box standards" together under the name The Blue Velvets.

 ce wrote:
redstorm wrote:
NYC, born and bred, (along with a stint in europe) and i still like these country boy

copymonkey wrote:
Actually, weren't these guys from Berkley? Or right near there? I guess, compared to San Francisco-that's kinda the country.

As a Dutchman with some interest in accents in English, I've always thought that the vocals in this particular CCR song are a VERY strong example of an accent from the NYC area.
     "I hea'y'd it through the grapevine"
In another song:
     "Big wheels keep on tu'y'ning, Proud Mary keeps on Bu'y'ning"
I believe the accent is from "New Je'y'sey", just accross the Hudson river.

Can somebody confi'y'm this, or enlighten me?
 
 
Actually folks, Berkeley is real close as El Cerrito is next to Berkeley down closer to the bay and north.  And if Berkeley is the country, that would make me a hillbilly, cuz I was born there in 1952.  San Francisco is across the Bay, we hillbillies take exception to being associated with them thar wierdos on the other side of the Bay.

{#Cheers} Y'all



PopKombo
(Monrovia, CA)
Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 15:15
 
Dare I say it ... this song needs more cowbell.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 15:15
 
ce wrote:
redstorm wrote:
NYC, born and bred, (along with a stint in europe) and i still like these country boy

copymonkey wrote:
Actually, weren't these guys from Berkley? Or right near there? I guess, compared to San Francisco-that's kinda the country.

As a Dutchman with some interest in accents in English, I've always thought that the vocals in this particular CCR song are a VERY strong example of an accent from the NYC area.
"I hea'y'd it through the grapevine"
In another song:
"Big wheels keep on tu'y'ning, Proud Mary keeps on Bu'y'ning"
I believe the accent is from "New Je'y'sey", just accross the Hudson river.

Can somebody confi'y'm this, or enlighten me?
Most agree these Bay area boys were channeling (very nicely) swamp pop, a flavor of rock native to the Gulf coast from east Texas to the Florida panhandle. The only NYC connection I can make is from the Irish Channel neighborhood in New Orleans, which has a dialect and flow very similar to that found in Brooklyn. Not surprising considering both neighborhoods were originally populated by Irish immigrants who came over to escape famine and perform manual labor, and ended up with a strong representation in the Police and Fire departments of both areas. I find the southern iteration less nasal and slower in delivery, with a less of a clip between words. The 'y' sound you're citing is definitely shared by both. Irish Channel residents are called (and call themselves) Yats - due to their habitual and somewhat existential greeting of "where ya at?" When I was a kid, the response was an automatic "hapnin' Darlin!", indicating that all was right in your world.


xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 15:12
 
this is a bit toooooo long

stevematic
(sandy eggo)
Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 15:10
 
It's like THE WIZ wIth an all white cast

moodler
Posted: May 02, 2010 - 22:04
 
Pedestrian and uninspired.  If it was 2 min long it would be OK.

SmackDaddy
(San Diego)
Posted: May 02, 2010 - 21:58
 
Seriously, of all the CCR songs, this one? There's a phrase that goes like this: "played to fckin' death".

tiggers
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:46
 
 Poacher wrote:

Yes - Pogues - Fairytale Of New York 

It is listed as godlike in your personal list.

. . . you did ask. . .  
 

It's not my fault you have no taste in music is it?

stephw
(Ottawa, ON)
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:45
 
I just took a pee break and this thing is still going!! {#Frustrated}

liser
(Rancho Gato)
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:44
 
please make it stop....


TimeWaster
(The lower of the two Dakotas)
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:44
 
Wait! This is an April Fool's joke, right?

acolt
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:43
 
 TimeWaster wrote:
It's still going.
 
And going . . . and going . . . {#Guitarist}

physastro2050
(Aachen,Germany)
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:43
 
nice nice niceeeee! {#Drummer}

TimeWaster
(The lower of the two Dakotas)
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:42
 
It's still going.

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:41
 
 tiggers wrote:
Great! A stoner verison of 'I heard it through the grapevine'. Can a piece of music suck more than this? Doubt it!
 
Yes - Pogues - Fairytale Of New York 

It is listed as godlike in your personal list.

. . . you did ask. . .  

tiggers
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:39
 
Great! A stoner verison of 'I heard it through the grapevine'. Can a piece of music suck more than this? Doubt it!