pg. 195: That's really a protest song...I was going at it sideways. With "I went down Virginia," I'm talking about Washington, DC. "I watched the tower grow" is their Tower of Babel. I'm talking about the BS, really. Political spin. I think the song was done enough like a fable that you don't necessarily have to know what it all means or even worry about it.
pg. 320: "I went into "Who'll Stop the Rain," a song very much inspired by those times we lived through together (Vietnam).
From John Fogerty's book Fortunate Son:
pg. 195: That's really a protest song...I was going at it sideways. With "I went down Virginia," I'm talking about Washington, DC. "I watched the tower grow" is their Tower of Babel. I'm talking about the BS, really. Political spin. I think the song was done enough like a fable that you don't necessarily have to know what it all means or even worry about it.
pg. 320: "I went into "Who'll Stop the Rain," a song very much inspired by those times we lived through together (Vietnam).