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John Fogerty - Premonition Audio CD

A fair review of the John Fogerty "Premonition" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all John Fogerty reviews here, or go back to the John Fogerty tabs.

Band: John Fogerty
Title: Premonition
Rating:

Release Date: 1998-06-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Born on the Bayou 2: Green River 3: Susie Q 4: I Put a Spell on You 5: Who'll Stop the Rain 6: Premonition 7: Almost Saturday Night 8: Rockin' All Over the World 9: Joy of My Life 10: Down on the Corner 11: Centerfield 12: Swamp River Days 13: Hot Rod Heart 14: Old Man Down the Road 15: Bad Moon Rising 16: Fortunate Son 17: Proud Mary 18: Travelin' Band

John Fogerty Is The Best " Premonition DVD Is 5 Stars + More
All of the old and some of the new are spectacular. This is one of the best DVD's I have heard in years. John Fogerty is an excellent talented performer on this DVD. I bought this DVD a while ago, love it play it in my car, exercise to the music at home what a workout. I seen the Premonition dvd on amazon bought it WOW"" John Rocks all out in this Live dvd. Its like being In the audience. Plays all my favorites 22 songs can really rock out to this dvd. What a talented man plays many Instruments. His voice is so strong & excellent In 5. 1 Dolby surround. Love watching John sing & rock out with his band 90 Minutes of live music" Dvd Is a Import, then what is not these days. Bought mine from a excellent seller. My dvd plays excellent In audio & picture. If you like John Fogerty the Premonition dvd is a collector's dream. Filmed In front of a live audience at Warner Bros, Studios. December 12th & 13th 1997. You will love the dvd. I give the Cd 5: The dvd a 10: Now I workout with John's Live performance in his Premonition Dvd".

The Legendary John Fogerty
Such a wonderful collection of songs. Wow this is such a great album. It's refreshing to see John back and performing these songs with such energy, and heart. Some new material here, and a lot of CCR material. My favorite songs on this alubm are "Swamp River Days," "Hot Rod Heart," "Centerfield," "Bad Moon Rising," "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Down on the Corner. " and "The Old Man Down the Road. " But you'll surely enjoy all the others too. If you loved CCR you'll love this album in it's entirety. John Fogerty is not only a gifted musician & singer, but songwriter as well. Pick up a copy of this album and you'll understand why John is so revered :).

Nearly flawless!
If you're a Creedence fan. . well, here it is. The man himself, performing live all the best CCR tunes along with a smattering of classics from his solo catalog.

But first we need to address the review below from Raymond, entitled "Nice Try. " Hey, everyone is entitled to their opinion and if one thinks an album is awful, that's fine. But it's when they opine from a place of ignorance that I get riled. So, here's what is wrong with Raymond's review:

First, this album is amazing, both in performance and production. JF's band is as tight as CCR ever was and this CD sounds quite good.

Second, Raymond employs a little revisionist history here in his review. Fogerty wrote all these songs -- ALL of them -- arranged them and taught them to his bandmates. The number of No. 1 hits he produced rivals the Beatles. So, he is indeed a legend, although I doubt he looks at himself that way. Unfortunately, like many artists in the 60s, Fogerty and CCR had signed a bad, shady contract. John had unwittingly signed away a lot of his songwriters' rights and royalties. His bandmates, particularly his brother Tim, did not support him in his efforts to get his songs back. Is it any wonder he didn't want to deal with these ungrateful dolts at the Hall of Fame ceremony? It is also the reason he never played CCR songs in concert for so many years. . . he wasn't about to pay out performance royalties to the people he felt stole his music in the first place.

Lastly, as far as JF's solo output goes. . . there is no doubt it has been sporatic and inconsistant, but, my God, when Fogerty hits it, he hits it. Centerfield was nearly perfect and is now considered as classic as any CCR recording. Eye of the Zombie, despite a few great tunes, was somewhat of a disappointment. But Blue Moon Swamp was a revelation -- a throwback to CCR's bayou boogie sound.

Several of those Blue Moon Swamp tracks are performed on this live CD (Swamp River Days, Hot Rod Heart) and they come across even better in this live millieu. Of course, there are a few Centerfield songs here as well (the title track and Old Man Down the Road), but I wish there were more. (Where's 'Rock 'n' Roll Girls'?!)

Fogerty also introduces a new tune -- the one for which this CD is named -- "Premonition. " What a great song! So CCR, so cool, and so well-played and sung. Outstanding! When I first heard this tune, I played over and over again like a 8-year playing a Britney Spears song!

As for the wealth of CCR material that dominates this album -- well, it's so refreshing that John is now able to play this stuff live again. He plays it here with renewed conviction and urgency, and it's almost like hearing it all for the first time!

The obvious hits are here -- Bad Moon Rising, Proud Mary, Down on the Corner, etc. -- but he also digs a little deeper into the CCR catalog and we hear classic CCR jewels like Almost Saturday Night, Rockin' All Over the World and I Put a Spell On You. Again -- all played with the emotional intensity of when they were first introduced in the late 60s.

So, by all means,disregard the banana that wrote the "nice try" review. His facts are wrong, and I would even go as far to say his OPINION is wrong. What would prompt him to write such nonsense is beyond me. Either Fogerty owes him money, or he was drunk when he wrote it -- either way, ignore him. After all, he recommended that you go and listen to "cover" band (Creedence Clearwater Regurgitated) rather than listen to the real McCoy. Now, that is funny!

If you like Fogerty, or CCR, this is an excellent and worthy addition to your CD collection. Buy it, play it, and smile!.

It is Premonition,but You knew that
He has included CCR material and his prior solo works, including his new song 'Premonition'. This is a "live" compilation album. 'Born On The Bayou'(bayou=marsh,bog,swamp) opens the scene(country-rock drenched number), 'Green River'[wonder if my rope is still hanging to the tree] (tells about his Green River days in the country) gets you rocking. Screaming Jay Hawkins' 'Suzie Q. ' [i like the way you walk,i like the way you talk] (talks about lovely Susie) nails you down with wonderful drumming by Kenny Aronoff (he is the overall drummer). 'I Put A Spell On You' [i put a spell on you because you are mine] (blues-rock number) slows you down, but watch out for 'Who'll Stop The Rain'- this one is similar to his 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain', 'Almost Saturday Night'(a cold bootleg item), 'Rockin' All Over The World' (STATUS QUO open their gigs with this one-it is by John Cameron Fogerty), 'Joy Of My Life' is dedicated to Fogerty's wife (Fogerty notes:"joyful thanks to the one who matters the most"). 'Down On The Corner'is a CCR classic [Willie and the poor boys are playing] 'Centerfield' [put me in coach i am ready to play]- it is what they sing at baseball matches in the states, 'Swamp River Days' i another country rock smelling number. 'Hot Rod Heart' and Fogerty's solo hit 'The Old Man Down The Road' follow. 'Bad Moon Rising' [i see a bad moon rising,i see trouble on the way] , the politically related 'Fortunate Son' [i ain't no senator's son], ExtraOrdinary 'Proud Mary', and the RnR number:'Travelin' Band'. This album is a must have.
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Pay NO ATTENTION to the "Nice Try" review
The only reason John Fogerty even Had a band behind him in the first place is because there is only One of him. That So Called "Review" doesn't even deserve to be Called one. He could have played all the instruments on the records Himself had he Chosen to. The facts are: in an interview from an old AUDIO magazine from the '80's Fogerty states that he wrote out Every Note of Every Part that was played on those records and showed them to the other members of the band. He did this because according to him, they didn't have the creativity and Restraint from Overplaying that he had. He gave in only Once to the pressure and allowed them to play what they wanted on ONE song; and afterwards he never did it again. He is the reason that those songs and those records are the timeless classics that they are, and no one can take that away from him. As with Any human being, his later works have been mixed; but overall, I would Still rather listen to ANY of It compared to the shallow, tuneless, thoughtless, emotionless, "assembly line" Obligatory PRODUCT being cranked out by the majority of people impersonating musical artists in This day and age. And having grown up in the late fifties through the '60's and being a lead guitarist myself for 35 out of my 51 years, I believe I've lived through the best musical eras that ever were. Only by living through it all can a person understand how Weak much of todays music is. You can't go wrong with classic music or artists; and Fogerty is one of the Best!.

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