Bad Moon Rising
Trouble's celestial herald
Bad Moon Rising is a 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival song warning of trouble ahead, with lyrics about hurricanes, earthquakes, and apocalyptic signs.
The phrase has become shorthand for impending disaster or ominous circumstances: There's a bad moon rising over this whole situation.
The song's foreboding tone makes it a cultural touchstone for sensing that things are about to go wrong.
- omenProphetic indicator
- werewolfShapeshifting wolf-person
- lunar eclipseEarth blocks sunlight reaching moon
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
John Fogerty · prophecy · end times · trouble · hurricane · doom · swamp · bayou · classic rock · flood · natural disaster · apocalypse · portent · darkness · dark side · eerie · thunder · lightning
- oldiesElvis, golden oldies, Hound Dog, oldies, Johnny B. Goode
- Moon titlesApollo 13
- 1969 HitsAquarius, Space Oddity, Come Together, Suspicious Minds, Proud Mary
Bad Moon Risinggood omen
Favorable sign of future
silver lining · new dawn · blessing in disguise · lucky star · light at the end of the tunnel
Bad Moon Risingnew dawn
Start of something hopeful
sunrise · break of day · first light · daybreak · morning star
badness, moon, moons, moonlit, moonlight, moonshine, moony, rising, risen