"Bad Moon Rising." The word "lunacy" has its roots in the Latin word for moon. And like most popular myths, there's a certain logic to it: Earth is about 80 percent water, much like the human body ...

And then there was Bad Moon Rising, their first masterpiece, released 35 years ago. Its influence rumbles on to this day. You can hear it in the thoughtful din of newcomers such as Goat Girl ...

Fogerty then noted that he’d written the phrase “Bad Moon Rising” in a songbook where he collected ideas for tunes. “I had been toying with the idea of ‘Bad Moon Rising’ for a while ...