# Question about CCR's Rain. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287 "2003-05-01T02:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_Scream\_In\_Darkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@I\_Scream\_In\_Darkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Scream_In_Darkness)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/1 "2003-05-01T02:42:21Z")
Is the Rain in CCR’s _Who Will Stop the Rain_ and _Have You Ever Seen the Rain_ the same Rain? ---
**Author:** ![Fang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fang)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/2 "2003-05-01T05:22:18Z")
Don’t know, but it probably came from the storm in “Bad Moon Rising”. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/3 "2003-05-01T13:10:33Z")
Which will cause the Green River to flood. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/4 "2003-05-01T13:32:58Z")
When fleeing the flood, you’ll _Run Through The Jungle_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/5 "2003-05-01T13:49:52Z")
And hitch a ride on a riverboat queen. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/6 "2003-05-01T14:30:22Z")
Called the Proud Mary. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/7 "2003-05-01T14:48:59Z")
Which will drop you off down on the corner… ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/8 "2003-05-01T15:20:56Z")
…and get you stuck in Lodi again. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/9 "2003-05-01T15:39:34Z")
and if you have an umbrella you are a “Fortunate Son” ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoAlaReno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SteverinoAlaReno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteverinoAlaReno)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/10 "2003-05-01T16:03:12Z")
You can put away your umbrella once you’re Up Around the Bend ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/11 "2003-05-01T16:05:09Z")
for that matter, I’ll put away my umbrella once I’m Lookin’ Out My Back Door! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/12 "2003-05-01T16:23:27Z")
But only as long as you can see the light. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/13 "2003-05-01T17:01:21Z")
Shone on you by the Midnight Special. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/14 "2003-05-01T17:03:19Z")
which will cause quite a commotion ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/15 "2003-05-01T17:07:13Z")
second only to when I was born on the bayou. ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/16 "2003-05-01T17:43:37Z")
No one get too excited, or we may have to call the state militia. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/17 "2003-05-01T18:37:34Z")
It’s true. I hoid it through the grapevine. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/18 "2003-05-01T20:03:55Z")
It’s a good thing Fogerty wrote a song for everyone, or this thread would be dying out soon. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/19 "2003-05-01T20:24:40Z")
The thread is dying? I can fix that: Put me in coach, I’m ready to play. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/20 "2003-05-01T20:28:19Z")
“Rain” was John Fogerty’s catch all for all the bad things happening during the 1960s (war, civil unrest, etc.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287.md?page=2)