The funny thing is, I've seen southern 'react' kids (Andy and Alex) listen to Born On The Bayou for the first time. If you know the song you know what's gonna

The funny thing is, I've seen southern 'react' kids (Andy and Alex) listen to Born On The Bayou for the first time. If you know the song you know what's gonna happen and you can't wait, but even then it's a delight: you know from the first downbeat it's got you, but seeing these kids light up and lose their minds over how good it is, that's something special. It so doesn't matter that John Fogerty was singing a fantasy: real Southern kids connected to the reality of what Fogerty was doing, what he and the band were making. There's nothing inauthentic about 'Born On The Bayou'. It's made out of love and it's real and sincere. Maybe if you actually got born on the bayou you'd take it for granted and would never be able to express so deep a love, and you'd be singing about coding in silicon valley?