That’s a typically Cajun pronunciation. The only beef I ever had with CCR was that they seemed to be passing themselves off as Southern rock, when they were a west coast group. Otherwise, I’ve always like them.
But. . . but. . . he’s from California!
Reminds me of Springsteen and his “Bawn”. It was playing at a yesterjob, and I said, "I thought Bonn was in Germany.
I remember a few years ago “Rolling Stone” had an article on which late 1960s/ early 1970s groups were popular with today’s kids. Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath (Ozzy’s tv show was still on). But CCR was listed dead last, why they didn’t say. You have that scene in the “A Good Day to Die Hard” where the young computer geek tells Bruce Willis the CCR song playing is like “pine cones stuck up his ass”; although I have no idea how much that reflects what young people.
I never heard any distaste for CCR when they were together although my understanding, as others have said, there was a lot of arm's length between them and the SF groups because CCR was about three towns away. Often, people save their greatest contempt for people relatively close.
FWIW there isn’t much of them in the way of archival material…the many extra versions and songs that other groups release (Beatles having six CD’s of Anthology material, among others). They practiced the songs and went in the studio and recorded them. Not much either in the way of live material: John Fogerty blamed the Grateful Dead for putting the audience asleep at Woodstock before CCR came on (and the Dead would agree their performance wasn’t their best either).
Hence the accusations of pretense.
Springsteen’s persona on later albums, as California or Great Plains type working class guy, rather than NJ shore/NYC persona of the early albums, was a little like Fogerty pretending to be a Cajun. As mentioned Fogerty is from CA and never lived down South. IIRC Springsteen’s parents moved from NJ to CA but he didn’t actually spend much time anywhere but NJ and NYC until he was already a big star.
Is it a reason to dislike them or non-genuine? Not IMO. Art doesn’t have to be autobiographical.
Do you think it would sound better as “BORRNN in the USA…”?
I grew with CCR in the background, and always liked them. Not everything has to be Lenard Cohen.
Somewhat off topic, Charlie’s son claims there was no ill will there. Apparently Charlie was both drunk and unde the influence of pain medication and was trying to be funny.
[QUOTE=Charlie Rich, Jr.]
He also didn’t burn it because he disliked John Denver. I never heard him utter one bad word against any musician or singer. In John Denver’s case, Dad told me that he liked him. I think the saddest thing that came out of the whole affair was that people thought it was an anti-John Denver thing when it wasn’t. Dad had met John before and liked him, in fact he said the award goes to my good buddy John Denver. Those are the words he used. Then of course he lit the envelope and the rumours started flying.
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I doubt he could sing “BORRN” with quite the same fake intensity as he sings “bawn”.
A girl gave me Born on the Bayou when I was thirteen. My friends and I liked CCR and played all of their albums, but *Born on the Bayou *was my favorite. I particularly remember Run Through the Jungle and Walk On the Water.
+1. Singers often change the vowels and generally pronunciation a bit in context, especially when drawing out a note like in “BAAAAAAAWRN.” I just listened to it, and it doesn’t sound at all weird to me, and he does (at least to my ears) hit an “r” sound before the “n.” You want to draw out the vowel sound when you’re holding a note, not the “r.”
The guy who taught a general music course in college pointed out “MotheR” sounding strange, so singers sing “Motha”.
Luckily for all of us, Sir Paul McCartney restored the universe’s “r” quota by inserting them in “'Til There Was You” (…but I never sore [saw] them winging…).
I watched a Johnny Carson rerun and he had a bit about the kinds of notes celebrities might have gotten from their teachers in school. One was about Bruce Springsteen.
“Bruce is a polite, quiet young man, but if you value your hearing, don’t ask him where he was born.”
I have always enjoyed their music. Had no idea that CCR was considered “unhip”!
This is the first I’ve heard of it as well. I grew up in the 60s and saw CCR play twice (once at Woodstock). I was also into (and saw) the Airplane, Hendrix, the Dead etc. Then, as now, it’s ok to like different kinds of music at the same time.