Worum es in "Fortunate Son" geht

"You come on up into the middle 60s, the Vietnam War is going on and like many many young men my age, I was drafted by 1966. Eventually I ended up in an Army reserve unit and that was great, but at the same time, you'd be seeing these stories on television where some senator managed to get his son out of the draft there some rich tycoon, you know, millionaire, was able to have his son avoid military service. And that just didn't seem fair." - John Fogerty

Er wird zum Militär eingezogen, andere kommen drumherum – diese Ungerechtigkeit beschäftigt Fogerty. Sollten nicht alle dieselben Chancen und Bedingungen haben? Heraus kommt einer der bekanntesten Songs seiner Band Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Fortunate Son", der später zur Hymne der Antikriegsbewegung wird.  

Gleichzeitig ist "Fortunate Son" einer der schnellsten Songs, die Fogerty jemals geschrieben hat: 

"So one day I go off into my bedroom, I sit down on the edge of the bed with one of those yellow pads and somewhere in that process the idea switched to 'Fortunate Son'. Man, all thoses thoughts just came out in a raging torrent. 20 Minutes later, after walking into the room with nothing, I walked out of that room with a completed Song called 'Fortunate Son'. And that was by far the quickest I've ever written a song."  - John Fogerty

Song für die Geschichtsbücher in Rekordzeit

In wenigen Minuten entsteht aus einem Gedanken, der jahrelang im Kopf herumschwirrt, einer der größten Protestsongs – und ein Stück Rockgeschichte.