You know what's cool? Creedence covering Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly". Ir's a perfect song for them to cover, for a bunch of reasons. John Fogerty wrote the hits, you know that. At the pace they churned out LPs, they had to pad them with something, and they did that with covers. Most of the covers were interpreted well; the framework is there, but there are deviations that put an indelible Creedence stamp on them. That's all you can really ask of a cover. Being that most weren't recorded with designs on the charts, they could be more about Creedence the band, and less hit machine or songwriting. It's not just this one, almost all of their covers were hot shit. This one is early, from their second LP, Bayou Country. Consider that "Good Golly Miss Molly" is on the same LP as the hit "Proud Mary". That's a pretty gnarly contrast.
The Adios Lounge just posted the above video of a 1970 live set. (Good Golly Miss Molly is at 34:15). You should just watch if from the Adios Lounge, because he's annotated the set with comments from Fogerty about each song. It's a good post.
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Listen:Creedence Clearwater Revival - Good Golly Miss Molly mp3 at http://n1.vmuzike (?)
Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly mp3 at Music KA81 (?)
Video:
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Live, Royal Albert Hall, 1970 at YouTube 12 song live set
Visit:
Creedence Clearwater Revival timeline at Riders on the Storm
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