Fortunate Son
Song by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Sep 18, 2026
Mike NessGUEST
I mean-
Scott LippsHOST
My mind goes like, "Fortunate Son" and some- but I don't know
Mike NessGUEST
... "Fortunate Son" was right up there.
Scott LippsHOST
Yeah.
Mike NessGUEST
Yeah.
Ian ChandlerHOST
When
Dave MooreHOST
I was there, I was like, why didn't you play Fortunate Son?
PhilGUEST
yeah so we're under the watchtower i'd settle for that too yeah yeah all
Ian ChandlerHOST
along the watchtower he said yeah that's that's the first time anyone's ever asked right
Rick DhaliwalHOST
Okay.
Rick DhaliwalHOST
CCR, Fortunate Son.
Don TaylorHOST
Oh, gosh.
Don TaylorHOST
Okay.
Rick DhaliwalHOST
Oh.
Rick DhaliwalHOST
It- stop.
Rick DhaliwalHOST
That's their best song, Fortunate Son, because it tells a story.
Ryan HendersonHOST
You're probably right.
JonHOST
Despite the... plot issues again I don't see that as being the movie's fault or problem that has more to do with the source material I think I won't lie I kind of went into this thinking that this was just going to be like a kind of like a garbage movie like it gave very like straight to DVD at Walmart kind of vibes yeah From what I saw, I really enjoyed it.
JackHOST
My biggest issue is why did they use the shitty version of songs in this movie? It's already a cliche that a Vietnam War song has Fortunate Son, but you use a completely different version of it.
JackHOST
Did they use fortunate son in this movie? I
JonHOST
don't remember.
JonHOST
I know they used a lot
JBHOST
So anyway.
Rob CarmackHOST
Well, and the song Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival, also about Vietnam, is specifically about that.
Rob CarmackHOST
Like, basically, he's saying, like, I ain't no senator's son.
Rob CarmackHOST
In other words, like, there are people who have more money and more power than I have.
Rob CarmackHOST
Therefore, I'm going to Vietnam, and that other guy isn't.
JBHOST
You could play Fortunate Son over that old, that terrible but awesome Matthew McConaughey, Civil War, Mississippi Jones, Free State of Jones.
JBHOST
You could play Fortunate Son over that movie too.
JBHOST
You know what I'm saying? This is an American tradition is having the less fortunate fight the fights of people who don't give a shit about them and then not backing them up.
JeffHOST
Give me another one, mate.
MickHOST
Matt Credence, even before Born in the USA, came out with a song called Fortunate Son.
JeffHOST
Oh, and hasn't that done the bloody rounds? That has been round and round and round many times.
MickHOST
Oh, yeah, yeah, because they...
MickHOST
They use it as a generic backing track to celebrate America's military prowess.
MickHOST
Fortunate son, bloody hell.
MickHOST
It's an anti-war song from 1969.
MickHOST
Yeah, I know.
PilarGUEST
Mm-hmm.
FitzHOST
They actually have a song, um, Fortunate Son, and in it he sings about, he says, "I'm no senator's son." Because the senator's son didn't get conscripted.
FitzHOST
They said, "Oh, um, you know, he was, I don't know, he was sick."
PilarGUEST
Mm-hmm.
TadHOST
Forrest Gump
DrexHOST
soundtrack? Yeah, so Hound Dog by Elvis Presley was on there, Fortunate Son by CCR.
DrexHOST
Our old songs.
TadHOST
Right, but if you wanted to get all of those songs on one compact disc...
DrexHOST
Yeah, so Hound Dog by Elvis Presley was on there.
DrexHOST
Fortunate Son by CCR, Respect.
TadHOST
All old songs.
DrexHOST
Right.
Mike ImpreventoHOST
Or, of course, email us at CarrieandMike at WTAR.com. Look how nice.
Kerry DoughertyHOST
I like that intro a whole lot better than Fortunate Son.
Jay LeeCORRESPONDENT
And here we are, getting ready to do some talk radio to it.
Mike ImpreventoHOST
It's all Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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