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* ShoutOut:
** "Midnight Special" was used in the Creedence Clearwater Revival version in ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'' (1983), during the prologue and epilogue.
** "Time To Get Ill" by Music/TheBeastieBoys from ''Music/LicensedToIll'' (1986) samples "Down on the Corner".
** "Fortunate Son" is used in ''Film/ForrestGump'' (1994), when Forrest is brought to Vietnam by helicopter.
** The WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars sing "Midnight Special" in the episode "Hard Rock".
** "Midnight Special" was used in the Creedence Clearwater Revival version in ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'' (1983), during the prologue and epilogue.
** "Time To Get Ill" by Music/TheBeastieBoys from ''Music/LicensedToIll'' (1986) samples "Down on the Corner".
** "Fortunate Son" is used in ''Film/ForrestGump'' (1994), when Forrest is brought to Vietnam by helicopter.
** The WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars sing "Midnight Special" in the episode "Hard Rock".
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-->--'''"Fortunate Son"'''
''Willy and the Poor Boys'' is the fourth studio album by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, released on November 2, 1969 through Fantasy Records. It is best known for the hits "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son".
The album was listed at #309 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. "Fortunate Son" has been included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2013 for being "culturally, historically and aesthetically important."
''Willy and the Poor Boys'' is the fourth studio album by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, released on November 2, 1969 through Fantasy Records. It is best known for the hits "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son".
The album was listed at #309 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. "Fortunate Son" has been included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2013 for being "culturally, historically and aesthetically important."
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''Willy and the Poor Boys'' is the fourth studio album by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, released on November 2, 1969 through Fantasy Records. It is best known for the hits "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate
The album was listed at #309 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums
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--> ''Down on the corner, out in the street''
--> ''Willy and the Poor Boys are playin' ''
--> ''Bring a nickel, tap your feet''
--> ''Willy and the Poor Boys are playin' ''
--> ''Bring a nickel, tap your feet''
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--> ''Willy
Willy and the Poor Boys are
--> ''Bring
Bring a nickel, tap your feet''
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--> ''Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline''
--> ''Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't b'lieve what he seen''
--> ''Laid on the ground a shakin', fearin' for his life''
--> ''Then he ran all the way to town screamin' "It came out of the sky." ''
--> ''Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't b'lieve what he seen''
--> ''Laid on the ground a shakin', fearin' for his life''
--> ''Then he ran all the way to town screamin' "It came out of the sky." ''
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--> ''Jody
Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't b'lieve what he
--> ''Laid
Laid on the ground a shakin', fearin' for his
--> ''Then
Then he ran all the way to town screamin' "It came out of the sky.
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--> ''Some folks inherit star spangled eyes''
--> ''Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord''
--> ''And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"''
--> ''Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More!", y'all''
--> ''Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord''
--> ''And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"''
--> ''Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More!", y'all''
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--> ''Ooh,
Ooh, they send you down to war,
--> ''And
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we
--> ''Ooh,
Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More!", y'all''
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--> ''Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand''
--> ''Lord, don't they help themselves, y'all''
--> ''But when the taxman comes to the door''
--> ''Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yeah''
--> ''Lord, don't they help themselves, y'all''
--> ''But when the taxman comes to the door''
--> ''Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yeah''
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--> ''Lord,
Lord, don't they help themselves,
--> ''But
But when the taxman comes to the
--> ''Lord,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yeah''
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--> ''Spiro came and made a speech about raising the Mars tax''
--> ''The Vatican said, "Woe, the Lord has come"''
--> ''Hollywood rushed out an epic film''
--> ''And Ronnie the Popular said it was a communist plot''
--> ''Oh, the newspapers came and made Jody a national hero''
--> ''Walter and Eric said they'd put him on a network T.V. show''
--> ''The White House said, "Put the thing in the Blue Room"''
--> ''The Vatican said, "No, it belongs to Rome."''
--> ''The Vatican said, "Woe, the Lord has come"''
--> ''Hollywood rushed out an epic film''
--> ''And Ronnie the Popular said it was a communist plot''
--> ''Oh, the newspapers came and made Jody a national hero''
--> ''Walter and Eric said they'd put him on a network T.V. show''
--> ''The White House said, "Put the thing in the Blue Room"''
--> ''The Vatican said, "No, it belongs to Rome."''
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--> ''The
The Vatican said, "Woe, the Lord has
--> ''Hollywood
Hollywood rushed out an epic
--> ''And
And Ronnie the Popular said it was a communist
--> ''Oh,
Oh, the newspapers came and made Jody a national
--> ''Walter
Walter and Eric said they'd put him on a network T.V.
--> ''The
The White House said, "Put the thing in the Blue
--> ''The
The Vatican said, "No, it belongs to Rome."''
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--> ''Let the Midnight Special shine her light on me''
--> ''Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-loving light on me''
--> ''Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-loving light on me''
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''Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-loving light on me''
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* LongestSongGoesLast: "Effigy", the album closer, is 6 minutes and 26 seconds long.
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* ConceptAlbum: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The title track might lead you to believe this to be some sort tale of a poor band, but nope, as soon as "Down On The Corner" is over, Willy and The Poor Boys are never mentioned again.
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''Willy and the Poor Boys'' is the fourth studio album by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, released in 1969. It is best known for the hits "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son".
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''Willy and the Poor Boys'' is the fourth studio album by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, released in 1969.on November 2, 1969 through Fantasy Records. It is best known for the hits "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son".
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Down on the corner, out in the street/Willy and the Poor Boys are playin'. Bring a nickel, tap your feet."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no...'']]
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->''"Some folks are born, made to wave the flag.\\
Ooh, they're red, white and blue,\\
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"\\
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord\\
It ain't me, it ain't
I ain't no
It ain't me, it ain't me,\\
I ain't no fortunate one, no."''
-->--'''"Fortunate Son"'''
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!! Bonus Tracks (40th Anniversary Edition):
!! Bonus Tracks (40th Anniversary Edition):
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!! Bonus
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!! Fortunate Tropes:
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Who will take the coal from the mines?/Who will take the salt from the earth?/Who'll take the promise that you don't have to keep?/Don't look now, it ain't you or me..."'']]
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* CoverVersion: "The Midnight Special" is a traditional. "Cotton Fields" is a cover of blues singer Music/{{Leadbelly}}, which would be CoveredUp by Music/TheBeachBoys, appearing on their album ''Music/TwentyTwenty'' from the same year.
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* CoverVersion: "The Midnight Special" is a traditional. traditional folk song. "Cotton Fields" is a cover of a song by blues singer Music/{{Leadbelly}}, which would be CoveredUp by Music/TheBeachBoys, appearing on their album ''Music/TwentyTwenty'' from the same year.
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'''''Willy and the Poor Boys''''' is the fourth studio album by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, released in 1969. It is best known for the hits "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son".
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# "It Came Out Of The Sky (Live)" (3:26)
# "Down On The Corner (Jam)" (2:49)
# "Down On The Corner (Jam)" (2:49)
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# "It Came Out Of The of the Sky (Live)" (3:26)
# "DownOn The on the Corner (Jam)" (2:49)
# "Down
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# "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You Or Me)" (2:11)
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# "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You Or or Me)" (2:11)
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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Down On The Corner"
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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Down On The on the Corner"
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* AlienInvasion and CameFromTheSky: "It Came Out Of The Sky".
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* AlienInvasion and CameFromTheSky: "It Came Out Of The of the Sky".
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** "Midnight Special" was used in the Creedence Clearwater Revival version in ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'' (1983), during the pro- and epilogue.
** "Time To Get Ill" by Music/TheBeastieBoys from ''Music/LicensedToIll'' (1986) samples "Down On The Corner".
** "Time To Get Ill" by Music/TheBeastieBoys from ''Music/LicensedToIll'' (1986) samples "Down On The Corner".
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** "Midnight Special" was used in the Creedence Clearwater Revival version in ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'' (1983), during the pro- prologue and epilogue.
** "Time To Get Ill" by Music/TheBeastieBoys from ''Music/LicensedToIll'' (1986) samples "DownOn The on the Corner".
** "Time To Get Ill" by Music/TheBeastieBoys from ''Music/LicensedToIll'' (1986) samples "Down
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* StandardSnippet: Together with "All Along The Watchtower" by [[Music/JimiHendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] from ''Music/ElectricLadyland'', "Paint It Black" by Music/TheRollingStones from the US version of ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'', "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" by Music/TheAnimals and "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, "Fortunate Son" has become ''the'' soundtrack to any images of the Vietnam War.
* TakeThat: "Fortunate Son", aimed at hypocrites who remain safely away from the frontline while advocating war at the same time. "It Came Out Of The Sky", about an alien invasion, also pokes fun at the American government, Vice President Spiro Agnew, the Vatican, UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan[[note]] who was then governor of UsefulNotes/{{California}}[[/note]] and journalists Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid.
* TakeThat: "Fortunate Son", aimed at hypocrites who remain safely away from the frontline while advocating war at the same time. "It Came Out Of The Sky", about an alien invasion, also pokes fun at the American government, Vice President Spiro Agnew, the Vatican, UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan[[note]] who was then governor of UsefulNotes/{{California}}[[/note]] and journalists Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid.
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* StandardSnippet: Together with "All Along The the Watchtower" by [[Music/JimiHendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] from ''Music/ElectricLadyland'', "Paint It Black" "PaintItBlack" by Music/TheRollingStones from the US version of ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'', "We Gotta Get Out Of of This Place" by Music/TheAnimals and "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, "Fortunate Son" has become ''the'' soundtrack to any images of the Vietnam War.
* TakeThat: "Fortunate Son", aimed at hypocrites who remain safely away from the frontline while advocating war at the same time. "It Came OutOf The of the Sky", about an alien invasion, also pokes fun at the American government, Vice President Spiro Agnew, the Vatican, UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan[[note]] who was then governor of UsefulNotes/{{California}}[[/note]] and journalists Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid.
* TakeThat: "Fortunate Son", aimed at hypocrites who remain safely away from the frontline while advocating war at the same time. "It Came Out
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# "Down On The Corner" (2:46)
# "It Came Out Of The Sky" (2:53)
# "It Came Out Of The Sky" (2:53)
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# "Down On The on the Corner" (2:46)
# "It Came OutOf The of the Sky" (2:53)
# "It Came Out
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# "Side O' The Road" (3:24)
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# "Side O' The o' the Road" (3:24)
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'''''Willy and the Poor Boys''''' is the fourth studio album by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, released in 1969. It is best known for the hits "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son".
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The album was listed at #309 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. "Fortunate Son" has been included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2013 for being "culturally, historically and aesthetically important."
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The album was listed at #309 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. "Fortunate Son" has been included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2013 for being "culturally, historically and aesthetically important."
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'''''Willy And The Poor Boys''''' is the fourth studio album by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, released in 1969. It is best known for the hits "Down On The Corner" and "Fortunate Son".
The album was listed at nr. #309 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''. "Fortunate Son" has been included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2013 for being "culturally, historically and aesthetically important."
Not to be confused with Willie And The Poor Boys, a short-lived supergroup from TheEighties that came out with an [[SelfTitledAlbum album of the same name]]. Led by Bill Wyman and features Charlie Watts, Andy Fairweather-Low, Mickey Gee and Geraint Watkins, among others.
The album was listed at nr. #309 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''. "Fortunate Son" has been included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2013 for being "culturally, historically and aesthetically important."
Not to be confused with Willie And The Poor Boys, a short-lived supergroup from TheEighties that came out with an [[SelfTitledAlbum album of the same name]]. Led by Bill Wyman and features Charlie Watts, Andy Fairweather-Low, Mickey Gee and Geraint Watkins, among others.
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'''''Willy And The and the Poor Boys''''' is the fourth studio album by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, released in 1969. It is best known for the hits "Down On The on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son".
The album was listed atnr. #309 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''.''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. "Fortunate Son" has been included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2013 for being "culturally, historically and aesthetically important."
Not to be confused with WillieAnd The and the Poor Boys, a short-lived supergroup from TheEighties that came out with an [[SelfTitledAlbum album of the same name]]. Led by Bill Wyman and features Charlie Watts, Andy Fairweather-Low, Mickey Gee and Geraint Watkins, among others.
The album was listed at
Not to be confused with Willie
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