Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (REACTION!!!) (CLASSIC ROCK MARATHON!)

This song is about the rich paying to avoid their sons being drafted into the Vietnam War. Senator's sons were fortunate. Many others were not.

Basically this song is an anti-war song. He's basically being sarcastic the entire song about every lyric since he's being drafted for a war rich people made that they'll never fight in.

John Fogerty was drafted into the military during Vietnam, and he was able to get into the National Guard, but he was angered when he saw politicians and millionaires sons avoiding the draft.

5:30 That is NOT what he's saying. The gist of the song is how the elite hide their wealth to avoid taxes, buy their sons' way out of the draft, and shift the burdens they dodge onto the working class and the poor. It's a country-rock "War Pigs."

What movie was this in???? Every movie about the Vietnam war ever...haha

This song is a lot like Born in the USA. People use it as a patriotic song and it's the complete opposite, it's a protest song.

Watching people discover a band that they've heard so much from, but never knew who they were is fun to watch

I was in Vietnam 1969-70. We loved CCR, and we loved this song. The first rock-n-roll war...

This song epitomizes the axiom, “It’s a rich man’s war, a poor man’s fight”.

"Fortunate Son" was a protest song about the sons of the poor going to fight in Viet Nam, whereas the more fortunate (Senators son, Millionaires son) got draft deferments.

"What movie was this in" Literally every single Vietnam movie.

Way back in the day, A "fortunate son" was one who could buy himself out of going to war. The people who had to work for a living back then werent as fortunate. Edit: also, most patriotic people back then were the ones who didnt have to go to war. So the character in the song aint so patriotic because hes being forced to go to war.

I was going to make a “every Vietnam movie” joke but apparently 300 people beat me to it....

"what movie is this from" me: "all of them"

The most important statement to me was in the first paragraph. "When the band plays Hail to the Chief, they POINT THE CANNON AT YOU. "

I was 14 yo in 69 when this song was released. I saw many of my friend’s brothers drafted and sent off to Vietnam, and attended one funeral for one who was killed. That really and deeply freaked my shit out and left me scared nearly to death about getting drafted. Fortunately for myself I didn’t turn 18 until 73, after ‘the man’ was no longer drafting kids. I recall getting my draft card in the mail and even though I knew the draft was over it caused me enormous anxiety and worry until we were out of Vietnam. Vietnam and the draft overshadowed everything in my teenage years such that I will never forget it. This song was a staple in my music collection during high school. Back in those days it was the poor and unconnected that had to go. Since 67 or 68 college deferments were ended so unless you were white, wealthy, well connected, or just plain lucky as hell with a high draft number, your short term future was going to include life in a war time military. You’all have only known an all volunteer military and now we have a President who was a “fortunate son,” and avoided serving in every way possible for a white, wealthy, and well connected family who did everything possible, and those possibilities were intentional, to leave the others to suffer the consequences. The President’s attitude about service and sacrifice is just nauseating.

My father, doesn't speak a lick of English, loves CCR. "Los Creedence" as he calls them. Lol

"What movie was this in?" ANY Vietnam War movie lmao

This song is a perfect example of why you want to know what’s going on when a certain song is dropped/made. The draft is no longer an issue like it was back during the Vietnam War. Context is everything.

Watching hip hop guys react to the rock I grew up on is one of the best things I've found on YouTube