Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
If anything, CCR's third album Green River represents the full flower of their classic sound initially essayed on its predecessor, Bayou Country. One of the differences between the two albums is that Green River is tighter, with none of the five-minute-plus jams that filled out both their debut and Bayou Country, but the true key to its success is a peak in John Fogerty's creativity. Although CCR had at least one cover on each album, they relied on Fogerty to crank out new material every month. He was writing so frequently that the craft became second-nature and he laid his emotions and fears bare, perhaps unintentionally. Perhaps that's why Green River has fear, anger, dread, and weariness creeping on the edges of gleeful music. This was a band that played rock & roll so joyously that they masked the, well, "sinister" undercurrents in Fogerty's songs. "Bad Moon Rising" has the famous line "Hope you've got your things together/Hope you're quite prepared to die," but that was only the most obvious indication of Fogerty's gloom. Consider all the other dark touches: the "Sinister purpose knocking at your door"; the chaos of "Commotion"; the threat of death in "Tombstone Shadow"; you only return to the idyllic "Green River" once you get lost and realize the "world is smolderin'." Even the ballads have a strong melancholy undercurrent, highlighted by "Lodi," where Fogerty imagines himself stuck playing in dead-end towns for the rest of his life. Not the typical thoughts of a newly famous rock & roller, but certainly an indication of Fogerty's inner tumult. For all its darkness, Green River is ultimately welcoming music, since the band rocks hard and bright and the melancholy feels comforting, not alienating.
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Reseña de Stephen Thomas Erlewine
El tercer álbum de CCR, Green River, representa la flor y nata de su sonido clásico ensayado inicialmente en su predecesor, Bayou Country. Una de las diferencias entre los dos álbumes es que Green River es más ajustado, sin las jams de más de cinco minutos que llenaban tanto su debut como Bayou Country, pero la verdadera clave de su éxito es un pico en la creatividad de John Fogerty. Aunque CCR tenía al menos una versión en cada álbum, dependían de Fogerty para producir nuevo material cada mes. Escribía con tanta frecuencia que el arte se convirtió en algo natural y dejó al descubierto sus emociones y miedos, quizá sin querer. Quizá por eso en Green River el miedo, la ira, el temor y el hastío se deslizan por los bordes de una música alegre. Se trataba de una banda que tocaba rock & roll con tanta alegría que enmascaraba el trasfondo "siniestro" de las canciones de Fogerty. Bad Moon Rising" tiene la famosa frase "Hope you've got your things together/Hope you're quite prepared to die" ("Espero que tengas todo en orden/Espero que estés preparado para morir"), pero eso era sólo el indicio más obvio de la melancolía de Fogerty. Considera todos los demás toques oscuros: el "Sinister purpose knocking at your door"; el caos de "Commotion"; la amenaza de muerte en "Tombstone Shadow"; sólo vuelves a la idílica "Green River" una vez que te pierdes y te das cuenta de que el "world is smolderin'". Incluso las baladas tienen un fuerte trasfondo melancólico, destacado por "Lodi", donde Fogerty se imagina a sí mismo atrapado tocando en pueblos sin salida el resto de su vida. No son los pensamientos típicos de un rockero famoso, pero sin duda son un indicio del tumulto interior de Fogerty. A pesar de su oscuridad, Green River es, en última instancia, música acogedora, ya que la banda toca con fuerza y brillantez y la melancolía resulta reconfortante, no alienante.
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