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Who'll Stop the Rain is a song written by John Fogerty and originally recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival for their 1970 album Cosmo's Factory. Backed with Travelin' Band , it was one of three double sided singles from that album to reach the top five on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and the first of two to reach the #2 spot on the American charts, alongside Lookin' Out My Back Door . In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it #188 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. • • Lyrically, Who'll Stop the Rain breaks into three verses, with a historical, recent past, and present tense approach. All three verses allude to a sense of unending malaise, pondered by good men through the ages , Five Year Plans and New Deals/wrapped in golden chains , and the Woodstock generation. The malaise is not defined, but appears to allude to a sense that man's problems have to be dealt with by those who wish to fix them, and no ancient philosophers, money promising government nor Flower Power generation can merely push them off by thought, money nor communal love. The song's universal topical appeal made it unusual in the time of its release and gives it a quality that helps it maintain its popularity 40 years later. • • Musically, in contrast to the 1950s-Rock inspired Travelin' Band , Who'll Stop the Rain has more of an acoustic, folk-rock feel to it. Like many folk-rock songs, it starts off with a ringing acoustic guitar riff, though the backing throughout has more of a roots rock sound than that heard on more standard folk-rock recordings.[1] Interpreting the song in its time period (1970),and the resigned but somewhat angry feeling of the song, many see Who'll Stop the Rain as a thinly-veiled protest against the Vietnam War, with the final verse lyrics and its references to music, large crowds, rain, and crowds trying to keep warm, being about the band's experience at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969. There is also a line during the song's second verse about five-year plans and new deals wrapped in golden chains that may indicate a general cynicism altogether about politicians. For his part, when asked by Rolling Stone about the meaning of the song's lyrics, John Fogerty was quoted as saying, • • The song has long been a concert staple for Bruce Springsteen during his summer stadium tour of 2003. Springsteen and the E Street Band opened with who'll stop the rain whenever it was raining.[2] • • When Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, Springsteen performed the song with John Fogerty. The song has also been covered by Rudy Rotta, Rod Stewart, Rise Against, Courtney Jaye, The Ventures, Vince Neil and was included on John Fogerty's 1998 live CD/DVD, Premonition. The Stereophonics have also covered the song as a B-side to their single Local Boy in the Photograph. • • Microdisney performed the song live, frequently in 1984 and on at least one occasion in 1985. Their version of the song was rearranged in their style, at a faster tempo with additional instrumental parts. Usually the song had guitarist Sean O' Hagan performing vocals on it, but regular singer Cathal Coughlan sang on the 1985 version.
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