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21. Creedence Clearwater Revival, 'Fortunate Son' (1969). John Fogerty was always good at portraying embittered outsiders, but this attack on well-heeled Vietnam draft-dodgers - specifically President Dwight D. Eisenhower's grandson, David - found his invective allied to a weapons-grade chorus, too.
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