The last chorus will start at 01:52, and will loop again, before it ends at 02:18. The funny part of the song is that even though the lyrics of the song are quite disturbing, the song doesn’t make you feel that way and keeps your mood up (If you remember, this song is about an impending apocalypse). The bridge ends at 01:30 and the last stanza begins immediately. Again, it brings you around the campfire scene. The solo is short, but amazing (Courtesy John Forgerty). After the second chorus (which begins at 00:58), the *brief* bridge is initiated. The chorus is small, but packs an energetic punch. The chorus also starts at 00:26, and the second stanza immediately after it. If you close your eyes while the song is playing, you’ll picture yourself around a campfire, Forgerty playing the guitar and singing the song, and the others cheering him on. What makes the song click is the ambiance it presents to us. The accent he has used in this song is also the typical Country type. The bass is minimal, but more than enjoyable (Courtesy Stu Cook). John Forgerty starts the vocals at 00:05. The tempo of the song is very upbeat, and the duration of the song being less than 2:30, is very energetic. Review: The song starts with a typical country type guitar (Courtesy Tom Fogerty), and the drums are introduced at 00:03 (Courtesy Doug Clifford).

According to me, “Bad Moon Rising” in this context means, “bad times ahead”, the moon being a bearer of the bad times. The song tells (Or rather warn us) to pack our things together and brave the oncoming apocalypse. What it tries to convey to us: John Forgerty, the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band wrote this song after watching The Devil and Daniel Webster. According to him, the film’s hurricane scene inspired him to write the song. There is just one version of this song, viz. Interestingly, there are over 20 different cover versions of this song, ranging from Folk to Psychedelic Rock. It is CCR’s second gold single (Born On The Bayou/ Proud Mary being the first one). It peaked at Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts and Number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. This song performed extremely well in the U.S.

This song was the lead single from this album, and it was actually released four months before the actual album was. History: “Bad Moon Rising” is a song from CCR’s 1969 album “ Green River” (Maybe that’s why they call ii ‘Swamp’ Rock!).

I see the pale moon rising lyrics