'Down on the corner. Out in the street. Willie & the Poor Boys are playing. Bring a nickel. Tap your feet.'
More myth-making. The other side of the coin from the slightly later Travelin' Band which appropriately is second song on the first side of this record while this lies second song on the reverse. Travelin' Band was where they actually were by this point, Down on the Corner an imagining of where they started. Essentially fake of course but hey, we all like stories and a sense of childhood awe was what Fogerty the idea of Creedence was built on anyway.
It's corny too but as a band they never shied away from that kind of hokiness. It's also Fogerty's retort to Sgt. Pepper where the Beatles pulled the same trick in equally hokey fashion. Another example, if one was needed by this point of Fogerty's ability to churn out winning tunes. Good time music. The idea that the band playing at the end of your street could be the best band you'd ever hear. Another big hit. The other side to the much more venomous Fortunate Son single.
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