Don't Look Now (It Ain't You Or Me)
Background
"Don't Look Now (It Ain't You Or Me)" is an album track of Willy And the Poor Boys, the fourth long-player of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
In this political rockabilly, John Fogerty points his finger on his own generation as he snarled to Alec Dubro of The Rolling Stone on January 21st, 1970: "We're all so ethnic now, with our long hair and shit. But when it comes to doing the real crap that civilization needs to keep it going --- None of us will." (the quote by Fogerty appears in Alec Dubro, Review of Willy and the Poor Boys, The Rolling Stone, January 21st, 1970).
Live versions
The one and only documented Creedence Clearwater concert with "Don't Look Now" in the selist was played at Oakland Arena on January 31st, 1970. The same show was released on the live album The Concert 11 years later. The TV version of the Oakland show was exposed In Concert series in 1971.
John Fogerty has never performed it live during his solo career.
Critical reception
""Don't Look Now" --- manages to encapsulate the class system in two minutes and eight seconds." -Robert Christgau, The Village Voice, March 4th, 1971.
"---great rockabilly spiritual --- one of Fogerty's overlooked gems." -Thomas Erlewine, All Music.
Fans' views
"I missed this as a 7" single."
"As Ellen Willis said this song is less 'change the World' than 'you and me on a bad day'. Creedence do country with the best..."
Written by John C. Fogerty.
Recorded at Studio C, Wally Heider's Studios, San Francisco, CA, USA, in October 1969.
Appears on Willy And the Poor Boys album.
Released on November 2nd, 1969.