When you think of the song "Proud Mary" do you think of CCR or Tina Turner?

[Shell Beau]

[Deja Q]

1. Tina

:D

[Shell Beau]

2. They both made it so popular! I used to think of Tina, but now I think

of CCR! :shrug:

[Danger Mouse]

3. CCR. Only CCR.

[Shell Beau]

4. My husband was appalled at the question. Like who else could you

think of but CCR!!

[Danger Mouse]

6. i know tina turner attempted to cover it, but i do not acknowledge her efforts.

i am no fan of CCR, but i do think that the song belongs to them, and any attempt to cover it will fall far short of its...proud mary-ness

[Shell Beau]

7. I am a fan of both Tina and CCR! But it is CCR's song!

Tina did it better justice than some others would have!

[IndianaJones]

5. CCR. nt

[Kucinich4America]

8. Two entirely different approaches to the song

But in the end I have to go with Creedence, because John wrote it. And besides, I can't hear Ike & Tina anymore without remembering what an abusive piece of shit Ike turned out to be.

[stuntcat]

9. Tina

I love the CCR one too but I was CRAZY about Tina Turner when I was growing up.

[Lil Missy]

10. Tina. I saw her perform the song many years ago in Vegas

[stuntcat]

16. her shows are unforgettable

*I think, anyway.
She had us like, in a spell!

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Neither - I think of Larry Craig waiting for me with a brick of cream cheese on his naked belly.

[mike_c]

13. damn....

You owe me a new keyboard. I'll never get the vodka out of this one. :spray:

[CreekDog]

12. CCR

[Flaxbee]

14. CCR

nt

[KitchenWitch]

15. Tina

[Kat45]

17. Both. n/t

[doc03]

18. Both but Tina

has better legs than CCR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1uPhj_T0X4

[CGowen]

24. I have to think of the Ikettes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EdBTAqW6HY

[last_texas_dem]

19. CCR

Because it fits in with the style of so many of CCR's other hits. However, growing up I identified it with Ike and Tina Turner because theirs was the first version of the song that I heard, and until I knew Fogerty wrote it I had assumed Tina's was the original, probably because so many rock songs are covers of songs that were originally recorded by black R and B/soul artists. Both versions are cool in different ways, in my opinion.

[ellisonz]

20. CCR.

[Radical Activist]

21. Ike & Tina

Its the definitive version.

[Connonym]

22. Totally Tina

[Lyric]

23. CCR, always nt

[CGowen]

25. Tina Turner, Ike and the Ikettes - Proud Mary (spoof)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UXayfvDImY

[Perry Logan]

26. Both awesome.

[JTFrog]

27. Yes. n/t

[BreweryYardRat]

28. CCR. The original, the best.

[Arkansas Granny]

29. CCR.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

30. Tina n/t

[backwoodsbob]

32. ccr

just because my parents took me to a ccr concert when I was like 8

[SPKrazy]

31. Both

I like to picture Tina singing with CCR in my mind

[stuntcat]

34. right?

It would clearly rock :headbang: Togetherness.

[PVnRT]

33. CCR

The one and only version.

/waits for someone to call him a racist

[racaulk]

35. Tina Turner

No question. :)

[DarkTirade]

36. Tina. Sorry CCR, Tina's the one who made it as well known as it is. :)

At least in my opinion.

That, and as a bass, it's nice to have something I can actually sing along with. Ike may not have been a good singer or a good husband, but at least he put a nifty bass counterpoint in there that I can sing along with. :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. CCR. I'm not a fan of the Turner edition.

:P

[mitchum]

38. I think of Stephen Foster...

in the sense of "John Fogerty is like freakin' Stephen Foster. He wrote a song that will be around forever"

[havocmom]

39. In my head, I can make it a joint performance

Imagination is an incredible thing.

[mitchum]

40. I also think of Ike Turner...

although he was/is a really bad man, his contributions to "this music of ours" far outweigh those of his ex-wife

[devilgrrl]

41. Actually, I think of Leonard Nimoy

:P

[mitchum]

42. His turtleneck-wearing "boining" and "toining" are unforgettable

:)