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Creedence Clearwater Revival — Susie Q
Album: Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Released: 1968
Length: 8:30
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Oh, Suzie Q, oh, Suzie Q
Oh, Suzie Q, baby, I love you, Suzie Q

I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk, Suzie Q

Well, say that you'll be true
Well, say that you'll be true
Well, say that you'll be true
And never leave me blue, Suzie Q

Well, say that you'll be mine
Well, say that you'll be mine
Well, say that you'll be mine
Baby, all the time, Suzie Q

Oh Suzie Q, oh Suzie Q
Oh Suzie Q, baby, I love you, Suzie Q

I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk, Suzie Q

Oh Suzie Q, oh Suzie Q
Oh Suzie Q, baby, I love you, Suzie Q
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Such a spooky sound they made, and I remember that compressed, transistor-radio sounding vocal freaking me out, in a good way, and of course, my parents had to deal with me adding it to my repertoire of things I might blurt out from the back seat of the car or at the Parish Picnic! I always dug how they played with the stereo channels on this, and here I am enjoying the hell out of it on my Harmon Kardon system as an atmosphere of Golden Goat pervades all...
Posted 6 days ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
RP is playing this now. I sure hope its the extended version. It is! In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida comes next, maybe?
Posted 1 month ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]


Ci vorrebbe David Bowie il cercatore di anime tormentate per riunire i cuori accecati dal successo, a volte il bagliore del successo trasforma il cuore in ghiaccio che mette al primo posto il falso dio denaro e allontana la straordinaria amicizia che componeva questo fantastico gruppo Creedence ex Blue Velluti! Vorrei che ci fosse un Duca con il potere di farli riconciliare, così, anche se non giocano più. Diffonede diffondete pensieri positivi ciao a tutti <3


Posted 10 months ago by rinaldo.mellano3    [ Reply ]
Excellent!!  I bought this album in 1969, right after it was released (recorded July1968).  I was 14yrs old.  WNEW FM 102.7 NYC used to play it a lot. Brings back fond memories.  Thanx RP   
Posted 10 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
What a creative period this John Cameron Fogerty went thru…
Posted 1 year ago by ray_killeen    [ Reply ]
love the long version!!
Posted 2 years ago by carmelmik    [ Reply ]
Great song that I don't think has aged as well as some others. Too long to sit through without being stoned which I, unfortunately, am not at the moment.
Posted 2 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
There's only one response to this one: 

10
Posted 2 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
"I like the way you toke"

Good one guys.
Posted 2 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
 RonF wrote:

Eight minutes and twenty nine seconds of Susie Q. Fabulous ... wait a minute! People are ranking this lower than 10? I guess I have drifted off again into my own little world.




COOL!  Enjoy it!  I do!   
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 nmuessig wrote:

Within 10 seconds my head is bouncing and feet tapping. Timeless. Thank you CCR.




I agree!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
Pjesnik wrote:
This predates Iron Butterfly?
 
Contemporaries.  Both bands were very active in the mid- to late sixties, although I think CCR had a longer run due to a wider appeal.  

<edit, 3 mins later>  If you're wondering about the length of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and this song ... I think that's coincidence except for the chemicals each band had ingested prior to their recording session.  And, perhaps, the chemicals ingested by each song's listeners prior to dropping the needle onto the LP.
 
This album was released July 5, 1968.  I still have my first press of this and remember it hitting the airwaves in SoCal that summer.  And everyone soon had a 4 track tape copy for their cars.  You heard it everywhere.  Even the long version got AM airplay more often than not for awhile.
Posted 3 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Not the best guitar break I've ever heard. And yes, I'm a guitarist and I've played some shit lead guitar in my time, but this was released, to the public.
Posted 3 years ago by Silvervanman    [ Reply ]
I've never been a big fan of jam-bandy noodling marathons but I'm always mad when they fade this out.
Posted 3 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
How good were this band, awesome sound, awesome lead vocals!
Posted 3 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
I'm here.
Posted 3 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 jukes1 wrote:
Well, I can only hit PSD so many times before I start to wonder why I’m hitting it every 20 minutes… e.g., just hit it on Cream’s “I’m So Glad.” I used to find new music worth buying here but it’s been a long time since that happened.

Maybe you've been here too long.
Posted 3 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
sempre un bel ritmo canzone che ha distrutto il mio mangiadischi: ve lo ricordate??
Posted 3 years ago by mario_1954    [ Reply ]
Great cover. Though it would be nice to hear Dale Hawkins' version some time, too.
Posted 3 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
8:29 of 1969 coolness.
Posted 3 years ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
Within 10 seconds my head is bouncing and feet tapping. Timeless. Thank you CCR.
Posted 3 years ago by nmuessig    [ Reply ]
From outta the deep swamps of ElCerrito.   Tasty as ever!
Posted 3 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
Masterful segue from Massive Attack's Teardrop, sir!
Posted 3 years ago by k1j2cat    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
So I just looked her up, and Suzi Quatro - her real name - would have been 19 when this came out. Coincidence?
c.

edit: never mind. The song is much older than Ms. Quatro. Still...
 
According to the Wiki thing it originates from a 1930's dance step.  As I've never danced in my life I'll take their word for it. 

I've seen Suzi Quatro live, though, in the early 70's, supporting Slade.  Third band on the bill were newcomers Thin Lizzy.  I was deaf as a post after that lot...

Posted 4 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Eight minutes and twenty nine seconds of Susie Q. Fabulous ... wait a minute! People are ranking this lower than 10? I guess I have drifted off again into my own little world.
Posted 4 years ago by RonF    [ Reply ]
Love it! ...the first CCR song that I ever heard, back in 1969. I went right out and bought the album.
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 memoryboxer wrote:

EXACTLY.

Changed this song for me forever. 
And I'm just fine with that.

Now I gotta go find me a mango tree...
 

I'd look in a garden.
Posted 4 years ago by AnchorMan    [ Reply ]
So I just looked her up, and Suzi Quatro - her real name - would have been 19 when this came out. Coincidence?
c.

edit: never mind. The song is much older than Ms. Quatro. Still...
Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Never heard the long version of this. Great stuff. Like the long version of Grapevine.
Posted 4 years ago by jimlandwehr2582    [ Reply ]
 Canadese wrote:
Well I agree with that statement. There use to be much more great new stuff and maybe not so much old stuff. Maybe dig out some of the deeper cuts from the classic albums.
 
 

Posted 4 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
This song was the answer to a clue in the NY Times crossword puzzle three days ago. 
 

Had to work in something to go with a 'Q' no doubt.
Posted 4 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
The correct answer is 10. Up to which I am currently turning this.
Posted 4 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
This song was the answer to a clue in the NY Times crossword puzzle three days ago. 
 
Gotta get those 'q's' in somewhere, eh?  
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
 
EXACTLY.

Changed this song for me forever. 
And I'm just fine with that.

Now I gotta go find me a mango tree...
Posted 4 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
 jukes1 wrote:

Well, I can only hit PSD so many times before I start to wonder why I’m hitting it every 20 minutes… e.g., just hit it on Cream’s “I’m So Glad.” I used to find new music worth buying here but it’s been a long time since that happened.
 
Can't say you'll find many listeners on RP that agree with that statement.
Posted 4 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I like the song, but that guitar solo is terrible. It sounds like something I would  play
Posted 4 years ago by ooloncoluphid    [ Reply ]
Love the long version!
Posted 4 years ago by dullroar    [ Reply ]
 jmsmy wrote:
I think this version gets longer and longer over time
 

Probably depends on what you're smoking.
Posted 5 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
I think this version gets longer and longer over time
Posted 5 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
"Suzie Q"

Oh, Susie Q, Oh, Susie Q
Oh, Susie Q, Baby I love you, Susie Q
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
I like the way you walk I like the way you talk, Susie Q

Well, say that you'll be true
well, say that you'll be true,
Well, say that you'll be true and never leave me blue, Susie Q

Well, say that you'll be mine
well, say that you'll be mine,
Well, say that you'll be mine, baby all the time, Susie Q

Oh Susie Q, Oh Susie Q
Oh Susie Q, Baby I love you, Susie Q

I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
I like the way you walk I like the way you talk, Susie Q.

Oh Susie Q, Oh susie Q
Oh Susie Q, Baby I love you, Susie Q
Posted 5 years ago by DrDemento    [ Reply ]
This song was the answer to a clue in the NY Times crossword puzzle three days ago. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 Pjesnik wrote:
This predates Iron Butterfly?
 
Contemporaries.  Both bands were very active in the mid- to late sixties, although I think CCR had a longer run due to a wider appeal.  

<edit, 3 mins later>  If you're wondering about the length of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and this song ... I think that's coincidence except for the chemicals each band had ingested prior to their recording session.  And, perhaps, the chemicals ingested by each song's listeners prior to dropping the needle onto the LP.
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
This predates Iron Butterfly?
Posted 5 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 jukes1 wrote:


5 > 3

Clearly this is better than that, but the preponderance of crappy classic rock on the main channel is really starting to wear on me. Isn’t there a shorter version of this that we can hear?
 
To which "we" are you referring?
Posted 5 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
7 > 8. Maybe it oughta be a 9, just b cause
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Lets get it baby!!!
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Does anyone remember the 1963 Lonnie Mack instrumental? (or Wham! or Memphis?)
Checkout Wiki for Lonnie's influence on rock guitarists.
Posted 5 years ago by cosmicrhubarb    [ Reply ]
It's difficult to love that song when you have a daughter called Susie.
Posted 5 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Can't hear this song without thinking of Apocalypse Now.
https://youtu.be/Decko2h-S20

Posted 5 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

There certainly is, via PSD, whereby you can listen to as much of this song as you like and then be gone.  I'm at a 9 on this and Long Live RP!!
 
Well, I can only hit PSD so many times before I start to wonder why I’m hitting it every 20 minutes… e.g., just hit it on Cream’s “I’m So Glad.” I used to find new music worth buying here but it’s been a long time since that happened.
Posted 5 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
 jukes1 wrote:


5 > 3

Clearly this is better than that, but the preponderance of crappy classic rock on the main channel is really starting to wear on me. Isn’t there a shorter version of this that we can hear?
 
There certainly is, via PSD, whereby you can listen to as much of this song as you like and then be gone.  I'm at a 9 on this and Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Bump. 7 > 8 
 

5 > 3

Clearly this is better than that, but the preponderance of crappy classic rock on the main channel is really starting to wear on me. Isn’t there a shorter version of this that we can hear?
Posted 5 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
CCR had one of the best rhythm sections in rock. Doug Clifford is an incredible groove drummer.
Posted 5 years ago by backbeat    [ Reply ]
Bump. 7 > 8 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Going down the road in the spring of 1970 in my '57 Ford coupe playing it loud and louder in my 4-8 track tape player and wondering about my buddies in Vietnam. Thx Bill for taking me way back, sometimes I forget.
Posted 5 years ago by Larry_Rosenow    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of my young (now old) girlfriend Su in Moriches, Long Island, New York back in the late 60's
Posted 5 years ago by GreatNorthWoods    [ Reply ]
So great you played the long version...
Posted 5 years ago by macpeck    [ Reply ]
Immortalised in the film Apocalypse Now as the soldiers go wild with the sexy Playmate dancers flown in by helicopter to entertain the troops in Vietnam.
Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
Takes me back to my first real job when I was 15, washing dishes at Scottys restaurant in Oswego IL, corner of 34 and 71. Playing this on the radio while working in the back. Always loved this song. Still do all these years later.
Posted 6 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
 dischuckin wrote:
i don't remember this song being this long. 7>8 for the extended jam at the end
 
there's a short and long version....  the long is much better.  wish there was an extra long!!
Posted 6 years ago by bobcanna1    [ Reply ]
i don't remember this song being this long. 7>8 for the extended jam at the end
Posted 6 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Wow.  True classic bluesabilly.  But I'm glad that the guitar playing got better in future albums. This is a bit gnarly. 
 
That Rickenbacker he played back then didn't quite have the attack or fullness of a Fender or Gibson during solos.  They always seemed more like a "rhythm" guitar than a "lead" guitar to me, kind of a thin. jangly sound.  They are sweet guitars though, I wish I could afford one.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Yes! The In-A-Gada-Da-Vida length version!!! Thanks Bill!
Posted 6 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
1969 stoned to the max in southern Arizona with my best friend, his wife and her sister - a lovely young lady with long flowing hair down to her waist and named appropriately enough Susie - and this song is playing.  It never got any better than that!  Those were the days.  
Posted 6 years ago by countryrds    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
If you don't like this yer a gaw-dam comminist!
 
Don't forget a Pinko too  {#Roflol}   {#Music}
Posted 6 years ago by GeneP59    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
If you don't like this yer a gaw-dam comminist!
 
LOL!
Posted 6 years ago by okskyhi    [ Reply ]
If you don't like this, yer a gaw-dam comminist!
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Wow.  True classic bluesabilly.  But I'm glad that the guitar playing got better in future albums. This is a bit gnarly. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 socalhol wrote:
Wow!  How is it that this song has NEVER been played??  {#Stupid}

 

You got me!??
Posted 9 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Wow!  How is it that this song has NEVER been played??  {#Stupid}
Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]