50-Year-Old Songs Top Ten: Lookin Out My Back Door (#2)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86949)
United States
August 30, 2020 7:44pm CST
Yesterday I probably left you wondering what I like better than Gordon Lightfoot’s masterpiece tune “If You Could Read My Mind.” Putting the top three of this countdown of songs that are now fifty years old into an order was TOUGH....and, if I were to do this again in six months, the order might be changed. That’s part of the beauty of the magical year 1970 in music. So sing along with this timeless classic.
#2: Lookin’ Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Oh, yeah, like I was going to leave these guys out. After counting down my favorite CCR songs? And using this song every opportunity I get? Ha!
There’s not much to say. The fact that this song is known and loved today, half a century after it first came out, says plenty about its staying power. And the fact that my dear mother of blessed memory loved this song says something about its appeal.
Classic rock at its absolute finest.
Lookin’ Out My Back Door
Written by John C. Fogerty
Recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
From Cosmo’s Factory, 1970
Listening to Buck Owens (always love using the color version of this video, because those shiny red pants Fogerty’s wearing are good for a laugh!):
Lookin' out my back door - Creedence Clearwater Revival ( HQ - 5.1 Studio )
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@FourWalls (86949)
• United States
31 Aug 20
@TheHorse — my favorite CCR is the B-side of this single (“Long As I Can See the Light”).
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@TheHorse (238405)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 20
@FourWalls Oh oh. Am I going to have to look this up?
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@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
31 Aug 20
I remember this one too and was looking out my back door. I learned small towns have neat views of looking out the back door. Big towns all you see is concrete. 
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@TheHorse (238405)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 20
@crossbones27 I Iike it when you get tired of the conversation and can just walk outside and see something beautiful.
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@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
31 Aug 20
@TheHorse Amen a, Calli may have a lot of concrete but still can see the pretty Mountains and the beautiful sunsets. No where on earth is there a place like this, have everything in one package. To bad it attracts everyone too. No its Kansas I tell you, come on that was a good one.
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@LindaOHio (222978)
• United States
31 Aug 20
I remember this one well. I like it a lot.
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@happylife1 (13403)
• Karachi, Pakistan
31 Aug 20
Nice sharing friend and sweet memories
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