Fortunate Son

[Uncle Joe]

[virtualobserver]

1. one of the best songs ever...n/t

[orpupilofnature57]

2. An Anthem for the middle class .

[azmom]

3. And they fucking put the minorities

In front too. Hell, they don't care if you are illegal. Get in the front and get your green card.
Ain't this country generous?

[Pharaoh]

4. Awesome!~Here's the live version!

[Uncle Joe]

5. Thanks for the addition, Pharaoh.

[passiveporcupine]

6. Fogerty was a real treasure

I always loved his voice. And he's one of those guys who gets better looking with age. Like Bernie.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Feel the Bern.

[yourpicturehere]

8. I LOVE this song!!!!!

The ULTIMATE protest song!

I found it hilarious that during the Duhbya years that Levis used this on one of their commercials with the "some folks were born made to wave the flag...". They didn't seem to get that this was an anti-establishment song, not a "patriotic" one, even though I think that protest songs ARE patriotic.

Thanks Uncle Joe.

[swilton]

9. With humility and deepest respect for veteran colleagues

I would like to share what some argue is the inspiration for this song - the story of Lewis Burwell Puller. According to the Wikkepedia account, his biography was this song's inspiration...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Burwell_Puller,_Jr.

Hearing this song, I suddenly had some flashbacks to my days working the Pentagon....I used to see Puller in the cafeteria - the handsome man in his wheel chair....Never knew him and I recall meeting his wife, Toddy, who ran for Virginia political offices...At that time I was raising two sons and then I did notice his obituary in the Washington Post....Here it is from the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/12/obituaries/lewis-puller-jr-vietnam-hero-and-biographer-is-dead-at-48.html


Anyway, as triumphant as this song sounds, it sort of rings back mixed feelings - for me analogous to the feelings I had when I watched the Ira Hays video a few minutes ago.

[Uncle Joe]

10. Thanks for the addition, swilton.

[swilton]

11. Just reread the Wiki account

and I correct myself - the song came BEFORE the auto-biography...But the two are still closely linked, at least for me.