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Who else loves the song 'The Midnight Special'?

posted 12 years ago by Hey_Sweden
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And now always connects it with this movie? I know I do.

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[–] ThresholdDweller 12 years ago

I was a kid when this movie came out and wasn't versed in the ways of Credence yet, so this was my first exposure to the song. I always think of TZ the movie when I hear it. A good association. :)

[–] jgroub 10 years ago

I was a kid when this movie came out and wasn't versed in the ways of Credence yet, so this was my first exposure to the song.

I'm a little ashamed to admit it, but I was about to go to college when the movie came out, and I, too, was not as versed in the ways of Creedence as I would later become. This was my first exposure to the song also.

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[–] ThresholdDweller 10 years ago

Glad to know I wasn't alone in that late discovery!

[–] HansieDZ 12 years ago

Love the song,but it's not my favorite CCR song ("Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" is my fave) but it's a good one and I do think of the movie when I hear it now.

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[–] johnbayer79 12 years ago

Agreed Midnight Special will ALWAYS bring Twilight Zone the Movie to mind. Just like Stuck in the Middle will always be a Resevoir Dogs reminder

[–] rahmat9-575-752833 12 years ago

I agree. One of the best Creedence Clearwater Revival songs (from what I know - not really a big fan). I wouldn't listen to so much Creedence until I heard this song. And the first time I remember hearing it was with the movie. The two are inseparable, I agree. I think about the movie every time I hear the song.

[–] theendisnear1 12 years ago

Creedence has been one of my favorite bands most of my life, and I think it's because I got started with "Midnight Special" in this movie when I was just a kid. Now when I'm doing karaoke with friends at the bar, "Midnight Special" is one of my staples.

Last time I was doing the song, we had gone slumming in some old dive bar on the edge of my hometown, and an old feller walks up to me after singing and says, "Young man, I haven't heard that tune in thirty years. It brought back a lot of memories for me when you sang it. I gotta ask, how do you know that one?"

"Twilight Zone, sir," I said.

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[–] oleotte 12 years ago

Another CCR movie related song is Bad Moon Rising. See the iconic werewolf scene from An American Werewolf In London.

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[–] koffeenkreame41-1 12 years ago

I love CCR. The Midnight Special & Bad Moon Rising are some of my favorites! Everytime I hear this song, I think about this film. Same with American Werewolf in London with Bad Moon Rising.

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[–] waldenpond88 11 years ago

I think of CCR and ABBA when the radio plays the "Midnight Special".

[–] Movie_Piranha_1979 11 years ago

I loved it too! Creedence was the first rock band i ever heard!
"Midnight Special" always reminds me to this movie!

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