I could NOT believe this

[Lazymeatball]

If everyone listened to good music like you suggested, then what would you listen to in order to give yourself a sense of superiority over the masses?

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I cannot believe you put so much stake in knowing a freaking band. Very pathetic. Especially one that played 30something years ago or whatever.

Even more pathetic that you decided to share this with 2+2.

[Vince Young]

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NICE

[fluxrad]

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Ouch man. Now that's just mean.

And FWIW, it's not superiority. It's disappointment.

[Blarg]

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we are discussing whether it is shocking and amazing that a guy under the age of 20 would not know who CCR is. Since CCR has not been popular at all during this guy's lifetime, and he's not some sort of rock music historian, why is it shocking or unnacceptable for him to have never heard of this mildly popular at the time band from 30-40 years ago.

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First. They weren't mildly popular. From 68-71 CCR had ten Top-10 hits. Their duration spanned from the late 60's to their breakup in (IIRC) '76. This is akin to calling Pearl Jam or Nirvana mildly popular (yes, I'm comparing all three bands in relation to how they stand in their respective times).

And just to reiterate since you're correct that we digressed: I think it's a complete goddamned travesty that someone that kid's age doesn't know who CCR is. I think it's a complete goddamned travesty that kids these days don't know who Grandmaster Flash is, or George Clinton, or Cream, or Skinny Puppy, or Django Reinhardt, or any of a hundred artists they should be listening to instead of the latest overproduced shite from the likes of <insert random rap artist who spells their name wrong>.

FWIW - I'm 25.

This thread makes me feel like I'm 60.

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CCR music has been featured in a ton of movies, too. Not knowing CCR is also a kind of film illiteracy, not just movie illiteracy. CCR was very popular in its day. If you don't know them, you definitely have a gap in your knowledge of American music. Their stuff still holds up today, by the way. I'll just list two movies below where CCR was integral to the effect of the movie. Check out movies from or about the 60's and 70's and you'll likely hear CCR in there somewhere, though.

Robert Stone's "Dog Soldiers," probably the biggest Vietnam novel, was turned into "Who'll Stop the Rain," starring Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld. CCR's song of the same name was in the film.

"Bad Moon Rising" has been used in so many films and t.v. shows it's beyond counting, but probably most famously in "An American Werewolf in London," a huge John Landis hit.

A couple more of their songs off the top of my ahead, in addition to those:

Rolling on the River
Green River
Fortunate Son
Suzy Q(Buddy Holly original as I recall)

I'm too tired to think of others.

Anyway, they're good and they were very popular both in their day and long after. It's a real simple kind of rock, kind of like the real simple kind of blues that can hang around forever and still be worth hearing.

[rmarotti]

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name one hit CCR song released within your roommate's life time? For the record I've heard some CCR, and I think they suck. Lynrd Skynrd rules though.

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You should seriously consider killing yourself.