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  • The movie's theme song, which booms over the opening credits, is Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son," whose chorus laments "It ain't me …" with the blare of defiance, not resignation.

    The End of the World as We Know It Steve Dollar 2011

  • I personally got over this fear by listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival's "It Came Out Of The Sky" which I heartily recommend, just on general principles.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Class Warfare? Hardly. Chris Weigant 2011

  • This is simply false, and equivalent to one insistently singing lyrics to Credence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising as "bathroom on the right" rather than "bad moon on the rise."

    Jason Kitchen: Newsweek's Cover Photo Does Not Imply Michele Bachmann is Crazy... Jason Kitchen 2011

  • They were the young souls of ordinary Americans — no senator's sons as was sung in Credence Clearwater Revival's anthem of that time.

    McNamara and the souls of Vietnam 2009

  • I personally got over this fear by listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival's "It Came Out Of The Sky" which I heartily recommend, just on general principles.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Class Warfare? Hardly. Chris Weigant 2011

  • This is simply false, and equivalent to one insistently singing lyrics to Credence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising as "bathroom on the right" rather than "bad moon on the rise."

    Jason Kitchen: Newsweek's Cover Photo Does Not Imply Michele Bachmann is Crazy... Jason Kitchen 2011

  • It's a scattershot approach, especially as the songs veer wildly from suitable fare like Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" ( "serious hoodoo," notes Mr. Thompson) and Redbone's "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" to less obvious picks, like Alice Cooper's "Black Juju," and oddball covers of Bo Diddley and Jerry Reed classics by obscure British rock bands better acquainted with bogs than swamps.

    A Road Trip in Search of Ghosts Eddie Dean 2010

  • There is however plenty of evidence supporting my view and Revival's view that *privilege* and perhaps *class* to say nothing of lack thereof is what lies behind Gates' arrest, with perhaps some testosterone thrown in for good measure. . .

    What the Gates story says about race and culture 2009

  • Credence Clearwater Revival's version may be more famous, but it's not nearly as FUNKY!

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006

  • Credence Clearwater Revival's version may be more famous, but it's not nearly as FUNKY!

    Archive 2006-01-01 Michael Evans 2006

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