Editing Cosmo's Factory (section)

==Songs==
Perhaps more than any other Creedence album, ''Cosmo's Factory'' displays the wide range of musical ingredients that provided the foundation for their "[[swamp rock]]" sound: [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] ("[[Before You Accuse Me]]", "[[My Baby Left Me]]"), soul ("[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]", "[[Long As I Can See the Light]]"), country ("[[Lookin' Out My Back Door]]"), rockabilly and classic rock and roll ("[[Ooby Dooby]]", "[[Travelin' Band]]"), and psychedelia ("[[Ramble Tamble]]").

"Travelin' Band" was inspired by 1950s rock 'n' roll songs, particularly those by [[Little Richard]]. In October 1972, the company that held the publishing rights to Richard's "[[Good Golly, Miss Molly]]" felt "Travelin' Band" bore enough similarities to warrant a plagiarism lawsuit that was later settled out of court. The song's flip side, "[[Who'll Stop the Rain (song)|Who'll Stop the Rain]]", could not have been more different, with Fogerty telling ''Uncut'' in 2012: "'Travelin' Band' was my salute to Little Richard, but 'Who'll Stop The Rain?' was part of the fabric of the times. From '68 to '74, [[Vietnam]] was probably the most important thing on the minds of young people." "[[Run Through the Jungle]]" mined similar territory, with many listeners believing the lyrics to be about the war (although the song was actually about the prevalence of guns in the United States).<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=2016-01-12 |title=John Fogerty: 'Run Through the Jungle' Plea for Gun Control |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/john-fogerty-run-through-the-jungle-is-plea-for-gun-control-60581/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> According to the band's bassist [[Stu Cook]], the song's opening and closing both feature jungle [[sound effects]] created by "lots of backwards recorded guitar and piano."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2997|title=Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival Songfacts|website=www.songfacts.com|access-date=December 14, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143736/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2997|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was rhythm guitarist [[Tom Fogerty]]'s favorite CCR song: "My all-time favorite Creedence tune was 'Run Through the Jungle'. It's like a little movie in itself with all the sound effects. It never changes key, but it holds your interest the whole time. It's like a musician's dream. It never changes key, yet you get the illusion it does."<ref>The Global Satellite Network, 60's Legends</ref>

"Lookin' Out My Back Door" was a direct tribute to the [[Bakersfield Sound]], a style of music that influenced John Fogerty and the Creedence sound – [[Buck Owens]], one of the architects of the Bakersfield Sound, is even mentioned in the lyrics. The song is known for its upbeat tempo, its down-home feel, and a change in key and tempo towards the end. The lyrics, filled with colorful, dream-like imagery, led some to believe the song was about drugs (according to the drug theory, the "flying spoon" in the song was a [[cocaine spoon]], and the crazy animal images were an [[acid trip]]). Fogerty, however, has repeatedly stated in interviews that the song was actually written for his son Josh, who was three years old at the time, and said the reference to a parade passing by was inspired by the [[Dr. Seuss]] book ''[[And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bordowitz|first=Hank|title=Bad Moon Rising: The Unauthorized History of Creedence Clearwater Revival|year=1998|publisher=Chicago Review Press|page=98|isbn=9781569769843|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDDKxvnPy7cC&q=lookin%27+out+my+back+door+mulberry+street&pg=PA98|access-date=December 9, 2020|archive-date=April 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425174909/https://books.google.com/books?id=zDDKxvnPy7cC&q=lookin%27+out+my+back+door+mulberry+street&pg=PA98|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although CCR was well-known for its concise, tightly arranged songs, ''Cosmo's Factory'' features two longer cuts: the seven-minute opener, "[[Ramble Tamble]]", and an 11-minute cover of [[Marvin Gaye]]'s "[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]". The band had dabbled with [[psychedelia]] on their debut single, "[[Susie Q (song)|Susie Q]]", but "Ramble Tamble" is more ambitious, beginning with a rockabilly part before transitioning into a psychedelic wall of sound that lasts nearly four minutes and then transitioning back into the original rockabilly section near the end. The song has been singled out for critical praise,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Larson|first1=Jeremy D.|title=Pitchfork – The Spirit of "Ramble Tamble"|url=http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/58-the-spirit-of-ramble-tamble/|website=Pitchfork|date=September 4, 2013 |access-date=August 13, 2015|archive-date=August 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808160628/http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/58-the-spirit-of-ramble-tamble/|url-status=live}}</ref> with music journalist [[Steven Hyden]] calling it "the most rockin' song of all time".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hyden|first1=Steven|title=The AV Club Blog – The most rockin' song of all time|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/the-most-rockin-song-of-all-time-10761|website=The AV Club|date=September 6, 2007 |access-date=August 13, 2015|archive-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810141805/http://www.avclub.com/article/the-most-rockin-song-of-all-time-10761|url-status=live}}</ref> As Cook explained to Bill Kopp of musoscribe.com: "Each album had a longish track on it, but they were never jams, per se...'Heard It Through the Grapevine' had a little jammy character to it, but they were all pretty structured. There was no space to noodle. Live, there was a little bit of noodling, but in the studio we always tried to nail the arrangement."

Several songs on the album pay tribute to the band's blues and rock and roll roots, including Big [[Arthur Crudup]]'s "My Baby Left Me" (a notable cover of which had previously been recorded by [[Elvis Presley]]), [[Bo Diddley]]'s "Before You Accuse Me", and the rockabilly classic "Ooby Dooby".