John Fogerty calls Trump a 'fortunate son' and says it's 'confounding' that his Vietnam War-era song

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

was played at the president's rally

On Thursday, President Donald Trump led a campaign rally in Freeland, Michigan, and walked off Air Force One to the 1969 song "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The song points to the wealthy and influential families who were able to get their sons out of the Vietnam War draft.

John Fogerty, the rock musician who was a member of Creedence Clearwater Revival and wrote "Fortunate Son," shared a video on Facebook on Friday addressing the Trump campaign's use of the song.

"Recently, the president has been using my song 'Fortunate Son' for his political rallies, which I find confounding, to say the least," Fogerty said in the video.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=684304458871117&extid=g66Dqhng8rCriMDD

In his video, Fogerty also sheds light on the meaning behind the lyrics, which include:

"Some folks are born silver spoon in hand / Lord, don't they help themselves, no" and "It ain't me, it ain't me / I ain't no millionaire's son."

"I wrote the song back in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War," Fogerty said. "By the time I wrote the song, I had already been drafted and had served in the military. And I've been a lifelong supporter of our guys and gals in the military, probably because of that experience, of course."

Fogerty continued in his video, saying: "Back in those days, we still had a draft, and something I was very upset about was the fact that people of privilege, in other words, rich people, or people that had position, could use that to avoid the draft and not be taken into the military. I found that very upsetting that such a thing could occur, and that's why I wrote 'Fortunate Son.'"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/john-fogerty-calls-trump-a-fortunate-son-and-says-its-confounding-that-his-vietnam-war-era-song-was-played-at-the-presidents-rally/ar-BB18Yaep?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

[mucifer]

1. He should volunteer his talent and do a special Biden commercial

[handmade34]

2. not confounding...

trump and supporters are not deep thinkers... they never take time to understand music, merely hear a phase, or two, and take it literally

[GP6971]

4. Or it could have be done intentionally.

dotard flaunts his deferments and avoiding Vietnam. His avoidance of STD's was his Vietnam.

[smirkymonkey]

3. The music they choose for their rallies just baffles me at times.

Particularly this choice. I don't think they even listen to the lyrics or even contemplate the meaning. They just find a catchy tune and go with it. They are such idiots.

[Nevilledog]

5. They also use the obviously gay anthem YMCA.