TRANSCRIPT OF THE MAY 24 CREEDENCE IRC CHAT NOTE: The comments may not be in the exact order in which they were typed (but I didn't correct grammar or spelling mistakes - this is raw stuff!). I grouped the messages together to go with the various threads for clarity, because as you know with IRC, many conversations can go on at once! SirHarold (me) has a > following his comments since the conversation is from my point of view, and I didn't want to change them all! I waited too long to make the first transcript clip, and missed the first part of the Chat. gd307342 (Ben) and SirHarold (Matt) were talking about the Golliwogs record, and we stated our favourite songs (mine are "You Can't Be True" and "Call It Pretending", Ben liked "Little Girl"), and then compared vocalists. Ben said of Tom, gd307342: He did have a more higher voice SirHarold > Maybe a bit, but I couldn't tell the difference. gd307342: Best LP is certainly Cosmo's Fact No? SirHarold > I like the Debut (first) album the best. SirHarold > Cosmo is #3 gd307342: N#2? SirHarold > Bayou Country gd307342: OK we can not have all the same tasting SirHarold > If more people showed up, I was going to ask them what their best 3 John Fogerty songs are. What are yours? SirHarold > Mine are Centerfield, Headlines, and Flyin' Away gd307342: Very difficult gd307342: I saw it on TV SirHarold > Good lyrics! gd307342: HIS!!!! version of Rockin all over the world as second SirHarold > Do you the Status Quo cover? I've never heard it. SirHarold > Do you "mean", I mean. gd307342: Terrible!!! Dead gd307342: dead as a "rock" gd307342: all the guitar is deleted SirHarold > That's stupid! gd307342: just q-satus quo without any solo just the lyrics sung like they always do gd307342: hum hum hum hum you know SirHarold > Hoodoo is a really good album - should have been released. ... we then discussed details of a music trade, and then I saw that DEE1 had come in... SirHarold > Hey DEE1! gd307342: Hey ! DEE1: whassup? SirHarold > Not much. Only us three so far. I'm Matt Loewen gd307342: I am Ben Bosmans (Belgium) SirHarold > Hopefully more will come. DEE1: whats goin' on w/ ccr? SirHarold > Do you mean the new band? The Revisited? SirHarold > With Stu and Doug. DEE1: no the old school SirHarold > They broke up. :-) SirHarold > There's supposed to be a Creedence box set soon. DEE1: i know that , a box set would be cool SirHarold > How did you hear about this Chat? gd307342: Why has John these feelings for his old comrades? DEE1: what feelings? SirHarold > I heard they were the ones who prompted nasty Saul Zaentz to sue Fogerty for Centerfield being too much like CCR gd307342: He won't play anymore SirHarold > That's a shame. I'd love to see them together again. DEE1: i like some of john's solo stuff SirHarold > What are your three favourite Fogerty tunes? SirHarold > I'm making a poll. DEE1: center field is the only one i know the name of but the other ones are good too SirHarold > Maybe you've heard "The Old Man Down the Road" or "Rock and Roll Girls". DEE1: yes i have but i thought they were ccr. SirHarold > No, those are mid-80's tunes. I guess he DID sound too much like Creedence! SirHarold > What's your fave CCR LP? DEE1: cosmos factory gd307342: Yep!! SirHarold > Nope! SirHarold > Debut all the way! DEE1: so DEE1: it's still good SirHarold > Yes, Cosmo's rules, but the first album rules more DEE1: that is cool whats the name of the first SirHarold > Just self -titled, you know "Creedence Clearwater Revival" SirHarold > Like usual. gd307342: My very first LP bought was Willy and the poor boys SirHarold > Same! gd307342: Bayou Country second DEE1: i'm still a youngun SirHarold > Hey, I'm only 20! DEE1: im only 21 give me a break SirHarold > hah! beat you@ SirHarold > Hooked on CCR since 13. gd307342: Well I am an old horse here DEE1: i like the beatlles the best though gd307342: NOOO!!!!! SirHarold > GET OUT! just kidding SirHarold > Beatles are good, but Zep and Stones are better. gd307342: But that's not rock and roll SirHarold > What, Zep? It's not THAT heavy! gd307342: that's english rock no country rock DEE1: what!!!!!!!!!! not rock n roll your kiddin me gd307342: No there is a difference between english an american rock SirHarold > American bands suck - except Creedence SirHarold > And maybe Eagles, Doors, Skynryd and ZZ Top DEE1: the beatles rule no band better, zep is cool doors are great too SirHarold > Doors are good. DEE1: doors rock morrison was a genius so was sid barrett DEE1: doors were the greatest american band ever SirHarold > I wouldn't go that far. SirHarold > British rock is good - also Pink Floyd, the Who SirHarold > I don't know much early Floyd DEE1: meddle is the best Floyd set gd307342: Did you knew Redwing?? SirHarold > Never heard of Redwing gd307342: tehy were in 71 the successors of Creedence for Fantasy records SirHarold > Really? That's neat trivia! gd307342: Same rock guitars than the Fogertys SirHarold > Is any Redwing music good? gd307342: Yes I can send you the tape of the album SirHarold > Great! I would like that! DEE1: you guys like the Dead? gd307342: Not really SirHarold > They're OK. Casey Jones and Touch of Grey best DEE1: no way brokedown palace and St. Stephen SirHarold > I only know 4 Dead tunes - gimme a break! DEE1: casey is a good tune though SirHarold > Seems like we're straying from CCR, but that's OK I guess. SirHarold > Other music is good. DEE1: Whats your fav beatles tune? SirHarold > Savoy Truffle. DEE1: great song! SirHarold > Abbey Road best album SirHarold > Except "Because" DEE1: yes sir !!!! i love abbey road gd307342: The Mac cartney songs and yes the Abbey road SirHarold > MacCartney's OK. I like "1985" DEE1: lennon was great also/ SirHarold > I like Lennon's "Cold Turkey"! SirHarold > And "Working Class Hero" DEE1: fool on the hill? SirHarold > Fool is good gd307342: you can kill me now, but the beatles have more dated soundings than creendence gd307342: they sound right out the sixties SirHarold > I would agree with that (so kill me as well) DEE1: blue jay way?? SirHarold > Never heard it. SirHarold > Of early tunes, I like "Day Tripper" best DEE1: day tripper is great DEE1: i like norwegian wood SirHarold > Too slow. DEE1: yea but it is a good tune SirHarold > I like the Revolver album too. gd307342: As a fanatic: Golliwogs is the best Beatle sound album!! SirHarold > Yes, Golliwogs is quite Beatlesque DEE1: have you heard 1964 the cover for the beatles? SirHarold > Yeah. I don't think they're very good. DEE1: really they play pretty good here. SirHarold > Just like people who try and cover CCR - can't be done! DEE1: of course its not the real deal but lennon is dead ccr is broken up? SirHarold > CCR broke up in '72. Tom Fogerty died in '90 DEE1: i dint know Tom Fogerty died SirHarold > Yeah, same week as Stevie Ray Vaughn gd307342: FRom TBC? DEE1: for real thats wierd SirHarold > Yeah. SirHarold > Tuberculosis gd307342: What do you think of the "swamp" theme in CCR SirHarold > I think John Fogerty wishes he was from Louisiana gd307342: I like Tony Joe White SirHarold > Who? gd307342: You don' know him!! SirHarold > Remember, we're young un's DEE1: yea gd307342: Polk salled Annie SirHarold > I've only heard Elvis' version DEE1: elvis rules gd307342: Take a deep voice a wauwau guitar and you get the swamp DEE1: gotta go thanks guys SirHarold > See ya! gd307342: see you ...DEE1 left, and I took a minute out to copy the transcript so far into a text file... gd307342: Are you only 21???? SirHarold > Only 20. You got a problem with that? SirHarold > Lots of young CCR fans out there! gd307342: No but interested in old band like CCR? SirHarold > Why not? gd307342: Good taste SirHarold > Any music past 1980 is bad. SirHarold > I should have lived in the 60's man! gd307342: I know a lot of fans over here, but in Europe internet is still ... developing SirHarold > You said in e-mail you went to a CCR concert when 16! Wow, I wish I was you! SirHarold > How was it? gd307342: Incredible. Very very loud gd307342: Fogerty went on stage. He said High and they played gd307342: Did'nt need much show to trigger the people SirHarold > Did they play the usual stuff? gd307342: They began with Born on the bayou gd307342: They finished with Keep on chooglin (not the version with Pagan Baby) SirHarold > Of course SirHarold > They should have played Pagan Baby as a regular song. SirHarold > And Effigy, and Penthouse Pauper and Walk On Water, etc. SirHarold > How many in the crowd? gd307342: 15.000 in the Antwerp cycling drome gd307342: 12500 normal admitted gd307342: You had to struggle to get the tickets gd307342: one month in advance SirHarold > Wow, I know what you mean. SirHarold > The Stones came here two years ago and 40,000 sold in 90 minutes! gd307342: At that time Creedence was a monument SirHarold > I know - very popular all over the world. gd307342: They showed pictures in the TV journal. In 1970/71 they were considered the new Beatles SirHarold > Doesn't that belong to Oasis now? ;-) SirHarold > Guess they'll break up soon. Good! gd307342: Good joke SirHarold > Thanks gd307342: Dire Straits, that's my wife's favorite gd307342: All synthess SirHarold > They're OK. I really like "Telegraph Road" SirHarold > How big is the Belgian music scene? SirHarold > You seem to only like foreign bands gd307342: pump up the jam did you remeber that? ...Sirus then showed up... SirHarold > Hey sirus! Sirus: CCR rules ! Hi gd307342: Hey sirus SirHarold > I was hoping for more traffic. gd307342: too much crowd is not good any way SirHarold > Where did you hear about this chat? Sirus: I just ran across it looking for a C++ channel. SirHarold > Are you a programmer? SirHarold > That's what I'm taking my degree in Sirus: No, otherwise I wouldn't need to look for the channel. :) SirHarold > HA HA! Sirus: I program it but I am not a programmer. SirHarold > Are you into John Fogerty too? Sirus: Just CCR mostly. SirHarold > what's your fave CCR LP? Sirus: Hmm. My favorite song is their remake of SuzieQ...but I love almost all of their tunes. SirHarold > Susie Q rocks! Sirus: That is one I can play. gd307342: All creedence songs are easy to play SirHarold > I can't play any instrument (used to take piano lessons though) Sirus: Well, I didn't say I played that well. :) gd307342: but not one can play it like Fogerty SirHarold > Amen! Sirus: But you are right gd, it wasn't Fogerty's talent that made the band - but the character. SirHarold > I'm Matt Loewen - have you seen my website? SirHarold > Devoted to Creedence (of course) SirHarold > Sirus, have you heard about Creedence Clearwater Revisited? Sirus: I think so. Sirus: It sounds familiar is it an LP? SirHarold > New band with Stu Cook and Doug Clifford playing CCR tunes. Sirus: Ya, I heard about something like that awhile ago...no John Fogerty though. Sirus: Ergo...no CCR SirHarold > John Fogerty is really pissed about it, but he should have a new album soon! I can't wait! Sirus: He turned to country for me. SirHarold > I guess, but it's still good music. gd307342: Sir Harald, I'll be going, but I certainly be in touch !! Thanks you made me 20 again Bye Sirus Sirus: bye gd SirHarold > Bye! Sirus: I like some of the obscure CCR tunes: Effigy for example. SirHarold > Effigy is one of my favourites! Sirus: mine too SirHarold > Should get radio play (but they all should) Sirus: They do, at least the stations I listen to. SirHarold > What are the "rarest" songs played? SirHarold > I sometimes hear "It Came Out of the Sky" and "Molina" on the air. SirHarold > All the hits too, of course. Sirus: Lodi Sirus: Hey, Tonight SirHarold > I don't like that too much, honestly. SirHarold > Too annoying. The live versions are much better. Sirus: Well, no me neither but it is played once in awhile. Sirus: My dad's favourite is 'Run through the jungle' SirHarold > I used to like that a lot, but I'm not sure anymore. Sirus: Why? SirHarold > I said I'm not sure! Sirus: Oh Sirus: It is definitely one of their darker tunes. SirHarold > Yes, the lyrics are great, but it just doesn't seem to get to me as much anymore. Sirus: You like any other old bands? SirHarold > yeah, I like a lot of classic rock. SirHarold > Especially Led Zep, the Stones, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Who Sirus: Doors? SirHarold > Doors are good too. SirHarold > You sound just like another guy who was here before! ...For some reason, Sirus abruptly logged off at this point, and no one else came to the #CCR group. That was it!