Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain

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  General Comment:Agree with Oufielder. This song is, for me, about ups and downs in life.
  
  "Through the circle, fast and slow"

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  General Comment:I always love how everyone trys to label this song...it about Vietnam...its about this or that. It's about whatever you want it to be I guess. That's what makes it a great song in that the meanings are whatever touches you. I remember hearing this song when it first came out so the meanings have changed over the years as I changed. It's about the bands demise but it's also about asking if things ever get better.

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  General Comment:I love this song...always have. But then again I love almost all songs about rain. Rain is so calming and beautiful....bringing life to the world. Grew up with CCR....good stuff! (The person below explained the song beautifully, so why be redundant:)

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  Song Meaning:Basically it means you go through some tough times, but you get back on your feet and everything is all good, you're happy, the outlook is great, it's a beautiful day, then something bad happens again, you just deal with it. He's asking have you ever seen the rain? yeah, it's depressing but it goes away. Don't think it doesn't.
  
  Perfect for where we at now.

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  General Comment:"I know; been that way for all my time" suggests that this song is about feeling down...not about chemical warfare. It's a simple tune about feeling blue...even when the sun is shining. Some of you need to contact Ollie in Hollyweird to discuss conspiracy theories:)

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  General Comment:
  Creedence was talking about Vietnam War. The "rain" is that Yellow Poisoned Powder that falls from the sky... Compare to "Who'll Stop the Rain" means the same... "Five years of new deals" was Nixon preparimg the Vietnam invasion...

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    That would be WIKI :)

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    WKII says "Surprisingly, samples of the supposed chemical agent supplied to independent scientists turned out to be honeybee feces, suggesting that the "yellow rain" was due to mass defecation of digested pollen grains from large swarms of bees." It was NOT "poisoned powder." It had to do with the activities from the sky during the war, but nothing chemical...

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    For sure,see the Eaglefight statement.

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    Hummm...let me think, You're sayng that american government has hired and trainned bees just for defecting over the soldiers? Interesting.
    
    C'mon ASweetpea...

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    "Surprisingly, samples of the supposed chemical agent supplied to independent scientists turned out to be honeybee feces, suggesting that the "yellow rain" was due to mass defecation of digested pollen grains from large swarms of bees.[3] Other scientists questioned the accuracy of the refugee accounts and the reliability of the chemical analyses presented by the US government. The majority of the scientific literature on this topic now regards the hypothesis that yellow rain was a Soviet chemical weapon as disproved.[4][5] However, the issue remains disputed and the US government has not withdrawn these allegations,[6] arguing that the issue has not been fully resolved.[2]" "Maass defecation" could occur depending on what was going on in the skies at that time, Olie North. Me thinks that if it were actually poison, most (if not all) scientific investigations WOULD have concluded it was poison. The fact that the opposite occured indicates that the "yellow rain" was NOT "poisoned powder." The fact that the only scientists saying it was poison were from the U.S. provides an excellent reason to be skeptical. Again, "independent" scientists hold more crediblity that U.S. ones paid by our military/govt.
    
    

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    Read the link, and perhaps it's just me but I saw NOTHING in the archive about Vietnam. It was post 1974 information and after having watched the Vietnam war on televsion each night after dinner I do believe your archived material does not relate to CCR's war. But, it's possible that I somehow missed the info; I'm quite sure you'll let me know if I did ;)

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  General Comment:This silly part is that I still see him and I driving together. Guess I always will.

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  General Comment:i've heard its about nuclear winter

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  Song Meaning:Back when this song was released there were a number of songs about a coming revolution and promoting the idea. A song had been out just before this about a storm coming. I think he's asking them to stop and look at what such things are like. "Have you ever seen the rain?" It's not pretty.

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  My Interpretation:For those of you who haven't experienced what I'm about to say... Picture this: It's a "sunny day" in 1968, and you are walking on patrol in the dense jungles of Southeast Asia... it's very quiet (the "calm before the storm"), and there is "rain" coming down on this sunny day... but wait! ... It is not rain at all... It is Dioxin, and the droplets are "shinin' down like water"! DIOXIN was a chemical agent, a defoliant sprayed from the air in Vietnam to eliminate the heavy vegetation used to hide enemy positions. Dioxin was shipped to Vietnam in 55 gallon black barrels with a painted ring around the barrel. The ring was orange... Hence the code name "Agent Orange". Anyway, unlike the "fortunate sons" who never had to experience that "bad moon risin'", I often wondered, as the drops of dioxin gathered on my skin... "who'll stop the rain". Finally, to the children who lost Fathers in the Vietnam war... Remember when Daddy was leaving to go to war?... and he "took you by the hand" and said "someday you'll understand"... well, as we all know... "someday never comes". John Fogerty was very emotionally connected to us Vietnam Warriors, as were so many other bands of that era. My absolute favorite was a tearjerker titled "Home" by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. A true masterpiece. God bless our troops!

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    Great explanation!!
    
    I am a brazilian musician and a Creecence fan! I feel as a son of an american soldier that was sent to the death only for a Nixon's fantasy.
    
    Best wishes from brazil

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    Serioparanah, NIXON'S FANTASY??? Nixon was the one who brought the troops home from Vietnam. Johnson, a Democrat, escalated it into a full blown war. I'm not a fan of either. I am a fan of the facts. What happened to our troops was a crime perpetrated by the Powers That Be on BOTH SIDES of the political spectrum.
    
    To those who served, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY!!!

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