. He’d first written down the phrase ”weeping in the promised land” in one of his songwriting journal notebooks about 25 years ago. A few years back, he finally wrote a song with that title but wasn’t happy with it, now calling it a “generic ditty.” But this summer, with the pandemic raging around him, the phrase “seemed very relevant to me,” he says, and Fogerty decided to scrap that previous attempt and write an entirely new tune around that title.
Weeks went by, and, finally, in late summer, a line hit him: “Water in the well, been poisoned with lies.” With that, other images and rhymes began pouring out. “It ended up being the hardest song I’ve ever written,” he says. “I kept trying to find better words. You can always find a better word to describe a situation.”
At first, Fogerty was hesitant, but by coincidence, he had boned up on his keyboard chops after contributing to atribute in October. Right before one family dinner, he scooted into his home studio, tried out the song on his piano, and something clicked. Soon after, a week before Thanksgiving, he tried it again, playing and singing at the same time, and had a final version in just a few takes. Days later, he ventured to a studio in L.A.
Given that Trump will technically be out of office two weeks from today, does Fogerty regret not rushing the song out even sooner? “When I finished the song in late November, I said, ‘Some other things are going to happen now,’ ” he says of the news cycle. “I knew the leopard isn’t going to change his spots. God knows this will probably all get worse [until January 20]. He’s checked out. The only thing he’s thinking about is some way he can retain power. But youthat.
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Wow! That is an amazing song! Bravo, John! ♥️😢
Fogerty is rock royalty.
So he didn't take the Van Morrison route? Good for him.
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