Can we just pause and remember what a great singer Jack Bruce was.

@rickintx1125

2 жыл бұрын

And a great composer as well. His solo albums "Songs For a Tailor" and "Harmony Row" should be on everyone's must-listen list.

@marisolmanzano2041

2 жыл бұрын

A very unique for a rock singer .. . his diction was perfect, pitch perfect .. it sounded vocal trained .....hes my favorite bass player.. .

@smythharris2635

2 жыл бұрын

Correct, Jack was a chorister.

@michaelgreenberg106

2 жыл бұрын

@@marisolmanzano2041 When Jack passes his obit in one of the big papers called his voice "polished." For the bangers Cream produced that is really saying something.

@TheTahumandai

2 жыл бұрын

I saw them live and he was awesome. they were all awesome obviously but ginger Baker looked like a skeleton and he beat the hell out of the drums

Jack Bruce was more than just the third guy. Great bass player, vocalist and wrote or co-wrote most of their biggest hits. Strange Brew is a great place to go next.

@David-iv6je

2 жыл бұрын

Amen brother! Here's the straight truth: Clapton hit his peak in Cream. More innovative and incandescent than at any later point in his career. It's a pity they broke up. But how often is this the case that the competition of brilliant bandmates pushes them to greater heights? Look at Lennon and McCartney: there were some bright spots, but nothing close to as good as them in the Beatles. Or maybe it's just that guys get fat and lazy and lose their edge. Hard to say. But creatives like Pablo Picasso was producing brilliance in his very old age, so I just don't buy the brilliance of youth argument. But maybe hunger, yeah.

@reverendbStaard

2 жыл бұрын

"Rope Ladder to the Moon," from Songs For A Tailor proves it.

@reverendbStaard

2 жыл бұрын

I forgot to mention BLT! Bruce, Lordan, & Trower!

@dalebickford4534

2 жыл бұрын

echo that. i once saw a Bruce concert supporting one of his solo albums where, for the encore, he replayed the concert playlist with completely different arrangements/melodies for each song. genius at work -

@frankpentangeli7945

2 жыл бұрын

Jack Bruce is one of the greatest rock singers of all time and is totally underrated, not only as a singer but as a songwriter and musician in general. I think he was the heart of Cream, not Clapton. And I agree that Strange Brew is the perfect next Cream song.

"I Feel Free" would be a great next selection from Cream.

@richardfowler7072

2 жыл бұрын

Def

The mythology of this song is sizable and knowing your Greek myth (including The Odyssey) helps appreciates this.

There is a reason they were called Cream. Cream rises to the top. Love this band for their fantastic musicianship. I have played drums for 50+ years and Ginger Baker was my inspiration. He is a beast. RIP Ginger. Thanks for the reaction . Stay safe.

"Born Under a Bad Sign" gives you the rock version of the blues classic with Ginger Baker adding the dirtiest funkiest kick drum you ever heard.

@ciccioaporta3774

10 ай бұрын

@gingerbaker1 I call his funky ,loose groove- on Bad Sign as, "Titty bar" .

@sross54

6 ай бұрын

OMG THANKS!

@sross54

6 ай бұрын

A-??? WTF YOU KNOW NOTHING.

This whole album was intense psychedelic blooze. Not a weak song on the entire album.

@ukpeacheater

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps Mother's Lament ? Although I always enjoy it.

@morebenxyz4262

10 ай бұрын

SWLABR is my personal favourite

God rest Jack Bruce too. What a bass line. And Baker was always good! Eric being a Siren. Just such a band.

@alanhynd7886

2 жыл бұрын

I once met a jobbing musician up here in Scotland that had once needed his bass fixed. He took it to a specialist in Edinburgh to get it repaired. When he returned to pick it up he was told it wasn't there anymore. The repairman admitted he'd had some problem with another customer's guitar and had lent his one out as a substitute. Yep, it was local boy Jack Bruce that had borrowed his guitar for a gig that evening. He didn't complain after that.

@harrymiram6621

Жыл бұрын

Baker wasn't Just good...He Was Sensational, especially on Toad, SWLABR, Sunshine of Your Love & Strange Brew...To name But a Few! RIP, Peter Edward & John Symon Asher....

There’s a fascinating ginger baker documentary. They interview other drummers about him including Neil Peart, Stewart Copeland, and Lars Urich. And much more with Ginger himself. He was a force of nature. . The title of the Doc is appropriately Beware of Mr. Baker.

@johnathandavis3693

2 жыл бұрын

I love that. One of kind human. Funny too...

@61hink

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Doc Check out Ginger Baker playing what he really loved (as the documentary explains), jazz. This is an awesome video kzread.info/dash/bejne/c6t21qymZ63PdKw.html

@keef7224

2 жыл бұрын

And the director should have heeded the advice of his own title, as at one point Ginger pops him across the nose with his walking stick! 🤣

@Manageode

2 жыл бұрын

Quite the character

Now some Blind Faith, the band Clapton went to after Cream, with Steve Winwood. High quality

@petterv6604

2 жыл бұрын

they've done can't find my way home, maybe Had to cry today. Otherwise anything Traffic would be epic

@johnathandavis3693

2 жыл бұрын

GREAT band....

@tommathews3964

2 жыл бұрын

@@petterv6604 Still waiting for them to deep dive into Traffic! I think they may have done Dear Mr. Fantasy, but I don't think much else. Maybe Low Spark, hell it all runs together after a while!

@Cheryworld

2 жыл бұрын

@@tommathews3964 or John Barleycorn must die. Winwood's voice so amazing. They could also go to Spencer Davis Group

@tommathews3964

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cheryworld Yes, John Barleycorn is superb! Heck the whole "Barleycorn" album is superb! I wore a couple of copies of that album out back in the day!

My first choice for next Cream song would be "I Feel Free", which is earlier than any other Cream that you have heard. However, if Andy wants to do "Strange Brew" as a music share, that's fine too. Since you've already done 5 Cream songs, I wouldn't be in a hurry to return to them, but I would return to them at some point.

It's hard to communicate how extraordinary this sounded when it came out, in 1967. My friends listened to the Monkees. My brother brought this album home from college, and we listened to it like 10 times in a row. The sound was totally new-way ahead of anyone else. For about two weeks. And then the next thing came out. Hendrix, if I recall.

This is one of the albums that my uncles left behind, at my grandparents, for me to find later, it was very formative to my music tastes.

@DTWC

Жыл бұрын

My mom left it at my grandparents. I Found it at 7 years old, the cover caught my eye, So I played it and this song stood out to me.

"Strange Brew" is definitely a must hit, a natural next song from them.

@kbusby4824

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

I don’t think you’ve reviewed yet, but “Badge” written by Clapton and George Harrison.

Jack Bruce is one of the most criminally underrated Bassists in history and I'll die on that hill. And not to mention the control he had over his voice. His tone and intonation are very singular to him.

Only Jack Bruce's vocals could stand up to Baker, Clapton and Bruce, IMO.

@Cboy2023

2 жыл бұрын

Jack was the leader of the group..

@rexvisitor44

2 жыл бұрын

Wonder how Eric Burdon would have sounded with this band?

@BoomerMcBoom

2 жыл бұрын

@@rexvisitor44 Good point. Something to consider.

@obbor4

2 жыл бұрын

@@rexvisitor44 Could he write songs and play bass like Jack?

@RockinAllDay

9 ай бұрын

​@@obbor4Well, not playing the bass, but he co-wrote Sunshine, Ulysees (which Jack didn't even co-write), Badge, Anyone For Tennis... that's before his songwriting peak.

"Strange Brew" next! "I Feel Free" after. "Let It Rain" by Clapton from his first full solo album (1970) is guitar heaven; his best solo track. Album also contains Clapton staples like "Blues Power", "Bottle of Red Wine" and "After Midnight".

@badsherman1193

2 жыл бұрын

"Let It Rain" fun fact: Stephen Stills played the mellowish guitar solo in the middle break of the song.

@eironwyman8157

2 жыл бұрын

here I thought I was one of the only people to really love Let it Rain!!!

@johndef5075

2 жыл бұрын

The Core is my favorite. Just epic...

@Jonni1027

2 жыл бұрын

(Blues Power cowritten by Leon Russell)

@badsherman1193

2 жыл бұрын

Another fun fact: Clapton's band on his 1970 solo record - keyboardist and singer Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon - would later join him to become Derek & The Dominos and record the seminal double LP, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.

One the best loved tunes of the times for me - and Strange Brew would absolutely a great place to go. Always great to see you guys appreciate masters of the early days. Rock on!

Ginger Baker was a beast and may he rest in peace

@johnathandavis3693

2 жыл бұрын

MY FAVORITE Ginger drums is "White Room". I had the LP back in the day and you could barely hear him. Newer re-mixes have him loud, and up-front, where he belongs....

Cream was not only the 1st “supergroup/power trio”they also laid the foundation for what would become heavy metal….amazing band 🖤🤤even today they still sound good 🕺🏼🎉🖤what happened to bands like this? Bands with balls 🤘🏻

This one is a real gem. Never got the airplay as much as some of their other songs but this one is my favorite by them.

Excellent way to kick off the week! I honestly expected a red button reaction to this one. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Next Cream: “I Feel Free”

The Cream song We're Going Wrong has an excellent vocal performance by Jack Bruce. A low slow burner of a tune.

For a band that was only together a little shy of 3 years and who only put out 4 studio albums, including the first platinum selling double album in Wheels of Fire, Cream left an indelible legacy on rock n roll. You guys should check out Cream's live performance of Crossroads.

@garyschill7923

2 жыл бұрын

Doobie Dude - They did a little over a year ago and dug it. Good reaction.

The lyrics were written by Martin Sharp, an artist, who also designed the cover of the Disraeli Gears album. He met Eric Clapton by chance (because he was dating a girl Clapton had once dated), and scribbled the lyrics down on a napkin.

"Tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers ". Well, you can't get more psychedelic than that...

Jack Bruce cowrote White Room, Sunshine of Your Love, I Feel Free, Tales of Brave Ulysses . . . he was the main singer and songwriter of Cream. He had a superb voice. But most important, many consider him to be one of the greatest bass players of all time. Rolling Stone magazine rated him #8 of the top ten best bassists of all time. West, Bruce and Lang (his group with Leslie West and Corkie Lang from Mountain) and his work with John McLaughlin is some of my favorite music, but during the following decades he did so much with so many I couldn’t even begin to write it out. So many collaborations through this long career with the best musicians! And of course his simultaneous solo career. Check out his Wikipedia page for a chronological history. It’s overwhelming and astonishing.

@RockinAllDay

9 ай бұрын

Bruce didn't co-write the song. Clapton and collaborator Martin Sharp wrote it.

@foxandscout

9 ай бұрын

@@RockinAllDay you are right: thanks for the correction. He did write the other three I mentioned (with Pete Brown) along with many others.

Contains one of the greatest psychedelic lines of all time imho: "Tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers"

@beckiru

Жыл бұрын

❣- I never know which guy is Alex, and which is Andy - but long haired dude doesn't get half of what he hears... Can't keep time for sh*t either.

What a time it was when this was new. I was in junior high school in Southern California. We put the album on the turn table and didn’t lift the needle until the side was over. So much more to that time, but this had great influence on my musical journey

@lizroberts6257

2 жыл бұрын

"Didn't lift the needle." I can relate-why would you? Cranked those JBLs. Now it's "shuffled" on a tiny box...

The original power trio. These guys were so inspiring to so many musicians, myself included.🤘🏻🔥👍🎧

One of their best tracks. Bookend to white room. This is my favorite Clapton period. Bruce and Baker really pushed him. Jack Bruce was an amazing bass player and writer. All of them firing on all 8 cylinders. There is a great live promo recorded at a theater. You can find it once in a while.

Jack Bruce is a legend. Watch him live doing Politician at the farewell concert. Nobody approached the bass the way he did. RIP Jack and Ginger

Hard to believe how damn different this was from most of what was happening, musically and culturally, in 67! Ginger's crashing drum and cymbal rolls in "Tales" have always been some of my favorites! Root rhythm very similar in "White Room", you can definitely get the vibe. Clapton and Hendrix were definitely pioneering the Wah Wah sound! The Cream catalog is so small, and so damn important, that you should just do it all!

"Strange Brew" for sure, but also "I Feel Free,""Swlabr," and "Outside Woman Blues." Also, "As You Said" is a very trippy, psychedelic tune ... very underrated!

First time I heard this song I was in the best condition to be in when one first hears this song. 1986

Hidden gem on this album is "SWLABR" (nonsense lyric - she was like a bearded rainbow) - great banger!

One element that grabbed my attention was the way that Clapton was shredding certain lines at such staccato fashion that the wah actually seemed to slow the line down.

I vote for Swlabr next from Cream, largely because it gets too little love coming with that kind of title. It's a groovy banger.

@blktauna

2 жыл бұрын

SWLABR is a close second to Sunshine of your Love form my fave song. It's mind blowing

@bradd8937

2 жыл бұрын

She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow (still not sure what that means)

@monsoonmartin

2 жыл бұрын

I always understood "She Was Like a Bearded Rainbow" as a kind of statement that a girl that seems beautiful is not what she seems. The lyric "but the rainbow has a beard" strikes me as "Ooh, a rainbow--Wait, shit, it has a beard." That's just my 2¢ worth.

@laurapearson3370

Жыл бұрын

@@bradd8937 she walks like a bearded rainbow

@ukpeacheater

Жыл бұрын

@@bradd8937 You have to remember that the lyricist who worked a lot with Jack, Pete Brown, was regularly using acid back in those days.

“Sitting on top of the World”…Clapton just commands the room. Pow!

I love the song Badge. The pause near the middle, then the guitar “siren” is my favorite part.

@JustineLaLoba

2 жыл бұрын

George Harrison

Such a great album cover. My dad had it, and I used to stare at it before I knew what "trippy" meant. Another great song on Disraeli Gears is SWLABR (she walks like a bearded rainbow). I wish I had some of what their mate had when he thought up that image.

@roadmandfd

2 жыл бұрын

I'll second that! SWLABR is a favorite.

@robkerridge1047

2 жыл бұрын

@@roadmandfd and I'll third that!

@mikethemotormouth

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely my favorite

@syater

2 жыл бұрын

You may be interested to know that artist Martin Sharp created not only the cover of Disraeli Gears but also Cream's follow up album Wheels of Fire. He also wrote the lyrics to this song Tales of Brave Ulysses. I think he may have been living in Greece when he wrote the lyrics, but was in London when he and Clapton collaborated. I've always love the Disraeli album cover and stumbled upon a copy that has the extra intense day-glow colors and embossment of the original release. The best album cover of the sixties, to my eyes.

@susanklasinski1805

2 жыл бұрын

@@syater One of the best for sure. I like a few others like Odyssey and Oracle, Days of Future Past and In Search of the Lost Chord. My mother was a big Zombies and Moody Blues fan. Between my father's, mother's, brother's and middle sister's record collections, I always had something to stare at.

“Jack Bruce? Oh yeah, he sings too.” lol

@joekuul8769

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that raised an eyebrow, lol.

@blktauna

2 жыл бұрын

lol inorite.

“And you see a girl’s browned body, dancing through the turquoise, and her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea, and when your fingers find her she drowns you in her body carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind” every time my friend

" I Feel Free" "SWLABR" "I'm So Glad" then "Strange Brew" . And you also must do "After Midnight" by Eric Clapton, my favorite from his solo career along with his version of "I Shot the Sheriff". Cheers!

@Ivartshiva

2 жыл бұрын

I'm So Glad!

@robertdobek4017

2 жыл бұрын

SWLABR

I’m fine with “Breakdown” winning the most recent community poll. It’s a great song. But PLEASE find the time to review “Never Been to Spain.” Just a terrific song!!

Yes, wonderful lyrics, great song....just not QUITE as great as White Room...you guys nailed it. Ginger Baker was my hero...saw Cream at age 15 in 1968 and they blew me away, especially Ginger, and I wanted to be a drummer from that day on. Oh well...being a girl, I wasn't exactly encouraged. 6 years ago my Mom was 92 and said, out of the blue one day, "We should have gotten you a drum set." Knocked me out. Didn't even know she knew I was a closet drummer. So sweet to hear that a couple months before she passed.

When I was in high school, one of my English teachers played us this song with a handout of the lyrics as part of a unit on Mythology. SWLABR would be cool to hear next.

@ciccioaporta3774

10 ай бұрын

@chrissyc1996 Aren't those the best kind of teachers? Had a cool science /bio teacher in 8th grade ,1968, who let me stage a Joshua Lights style show DURING CLASS!!!, using an overhead projector from the audio/visual dept.

My brother has done quite well for himself and fishes all over the globe wherever and whenever he wants. This is his fishing jam

Ginger Baker was one of the originals drummers,using two bass pedals,creating a driving beat.He was the best.

GOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!! ☮️❤️♾️

@allisonreed7682

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Monday, @John H! 😊

“Steppin Out” from Live Cream Volume 2 Next. Eddie van Halen stated when he was young practicing guitar that “Steppin Out “was all he needed to learn all blues licks from the master Clapton .

I loved the jazz timing employed by Ginger baker on drums. Jack Bruce was a master bassist, in reality very good guitarist in his own right, playing bass. Jack Bruce was a beast, a singer, song-writer, and amazing bassist. EC one of the truly great Rock-Blues guitarists, and Ginger one of the top rock drummers of all time, who was really a jazz drummer

Disraeli Gears is my favourite album. Untouchable.

A great modern day version of this type of sound is an Australian band, Tame Impala. They're 1st album falls into this category of rock. The 1st LP has a stellar guitar tone and fuzziness. Definitely worth a listen.

Back in the day, young women tended to prefer The Beatles, while guys were more into the Rolling Stones and Cream. I love the fact that Cream's musical virtuosity has a harder edge to it.

@brachiator1

2 жыл бұрын

Women have better taste and a better instinctive understanding of music. If I remember correctly, some teenage girls in America discovered the Beatles before the rest of the country did.

@marshabrown2561

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda resent that. Female and loved the Stones and Cream Hated the Beatles. Thought their music was for wimps. LOL.

@brachiator1

2 жыл бұрын

@@marshabrown2561 I never said that women did not, nor could not love the Stones or Cream. Shouldn't you resent the suggestion of the original poster that you have to be a guy to appreciate music with a harder edge?

Original recording of Layla by Derrick and the Dominoes. Duane Allman on 2nd lead guitar with Erick Clapton. A standout hit in 1972.

They had that one of a kind chemistry that you can't begin to explain...

My Dad is NEVER wrong when it comes to music.. 💯 And this on his 'Mt. Rushmore' of songs! (The others are "Nights in White Satin", "The Load", and "Like a Rolling Stone")

I've seen Ginger perform live '75. Seen Eric perform live '78. Heard THIS SONG LIVE (by a local band '72). All in peices & ahain't seen JACK! no joke.

This was the favorite album of classically trained pianist and former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.

An LSD trip set to music, love it. I started college in 1981, lived with my dad and stepmother as they were right across form the campus, and she shared her 60s/early 70s records with me, including Cream and Blind Faith. As well-known as this song is, it probably would just squeak into my Top 10 Cream songs, however.

Other great Cream songs: Deserted Cities of the Heart; Crossroads; Those Were the Days; I Feel Free; NSU; and from their last live album, Stormy Monday.

One Of My Favorite 3 Piece Rock Bands Of All Time 10 / 21 / 21

I REALLY love Ginger Baker’s drums in this one. That is the “crashing waves”you mentioned.

The gentleman that did the cover art for the Disraeli Gears album also provided the lyrics for this classic!

Great song by the first super group. Do Swlabr.

underrated masterpiece. I've always thought that it sounds super ahead of it's time

Strange Brew would definitely be a great tune to react to next.

Strange Brew is a must! I would also suggest these - Badge, Four Until Late, Swlabr, Outside Woman Blues and Mother's Lament.

I saw Cream live at Eagles Auditorium in Seattle. Then many years later saw Jack playing bass in one of Ringo Stars' All Stars bands, with Peter Frampton, Gary Booker. and another drummer who for the life of me I can't remember. I had relatively low expectations but was there mainly for Jack and and Gary Booker (Procol Harum songs Whiter Shade of Pale, Salty Dog, and Conquistador). After doing a Ringo song, they went through the other artists' repertoires. When they came to Jack, all of the musicians sang acapella the beginning of I Feel Free. The audience IMMEDIATELY JUMPED UP. Bruce's voice was so powerful he almost didn’t need the PA system. I think everyone was waiting to see if Frampton could rip the guitar solo like Clapton. HE JUST BLASTED AWAY - amazing, like there was nothing to it. Those who didn't know or recall his days with Humble Pie were shocked. And, every Cream song they did that night took both Ringo and the other drummer (Simon Kirk - spelling? maybe) to play Ginger Baker's parts as hard as they could - both were jumping up and down. When Frampton's songs started rotating through, he announced that he never had imagined having a band behind him that included Ringo, Gary Booker, and especially, JACK BRUCE. Finally, I was stunned how they did Conquistador live - one of the absolute best shows I have ever seen. This was not meant as a plug for Ringo's All Stars tours, but Ringo sure knows how to assemble impressive lineups. See one of his shows before it is too late.

Keep it going with the sixties! ✌🤩✌

Have to do SWALBR I mean just just for the title even (She Walks Like a Bearded Rainbow) plus its an amazing Cream song

@prprod

2 жыл бұрын

YES!!!!

@shyshift

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite Eric Clapton solo.

Impottant to mention: this is one of a few rare exception in Cream's catalog, since bassist Jack Bruce (who usually sang lead) sings on a song not written/co-written by him. Eric Clapton co-wrote this song. So what happened was that E.C met a friend of his girlfriend at that time, Martin Sharp. Sharp lived in the same building as Eric and told him he'd written a poem. Then, the guitarist said he was working on new music inspired by "Summer in the City". The poet than decided to hand Eric the poem. It took for the latter about an hour in the studio to work up a rough melody (chords were already written by him prior to the meeting) and arrangement. only 2 WEEKS passed and finally, Martin got to hear his song with Eric as the B-side of "Strange Brew". The 2 also collaborated on Cream's "Anyone For Tennis", with lyrics by Martin and chords + melody by Eric. Although Clapton can sing it well, Jack definitely had a more fitting voice for this song.

Try Eric Clapton "The Core" off of SLOWHAND. Great album great song.

Thanks for letting me share that groove boys. I needed that.

What a great song! I remember when that first came out. It blew us all away!!!

Check out “Born Under of a Bad Sign”, another example of Jack Bruce’s great vocals and bass playing.

One of the songs that made me a life long Cream fan

I had this track on a cassette mix tape and listened to it A LOT in university back in the early 90s :) Very sensual song.

One of the greatest album covers of all time!

Cream was one of the super groups of the 60's. Every one of the 3 guys was super talented but they also had big egos. So they didn't always get along. But in the few short years they were together they produced some classic songs.

The original wah-wah pedal was the Vox Clyde McCoy Wah-Wah Pedal. Clyde McCoy was a trumpeter whose signature sound was made by using a rubber (toilet plunger) mute to "talk" with the trumpet. The wah-wah pedal was designed to allow that "talking" effect on guitar (or organ). Another trumpeter who used the plunger mute technique was James "Bubber" Miley. His signature "talking trumpet" song was East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (Duke Ellington Orchestra, featuring Bubber Miley), which was covered by Steely Dan, featuring Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on wah-wah guitar.

the LIVE version was even better!

Three amazing soloists playing as one. Man they kicked ass!

Interestingly enough the "Wah Pedal" was originally designed for use in brass instruments until a orchestra guitarist named Del Asher got a hold of one. The rest is Rock history...

Bruce, was a hell of a baseplayer. You should hear them do "Spoonful"

Clapton derived the main riff of this off of "Summer in the City." He mentioned how big a song it was at the time, on a documentary of the making of Disraeli Gears. So, every time I hear it now, I can pick up that song too!

The live version is both longer and better in every way. Live Cream Volume II. The same is true on the live version of Sunshine of Your Love, same album.

Birth of the power trio, Hendrix Experience also. Two guitar gods backed by awesome rhythm sections. Strange Brew! Good call.

"Strange Brew" would be a fine, fine choice for more Cream. It remains my favorite

this song was, imo, heavy in three different ways. thank you for this.

Oh my God this is going to be a ride thank you so much for doing this one I'm going to enjoy watching this

Yeah- The "Waves Crashing"- That is LSD. This is REAL "Acid Rock". I speak from experience, LOL. You can "see" this kind of music coming out the speakers. I miss those days...

I love how the verses are almost chanted, like the song is reverential. Does a better job of being in the spirit of Homer than most literal readings.

My ABSOLUTELY favorite Cream song. Lots of other songs are just great, but TINY PURPLE FISHES RUN LAUGHING THROUGH YOUR FINGERS! How awesome are the lyrics?

There are a bunch of awesome documentaries about ginger baker, the one about his travels through West Africa with Fela Kuti and “beware mr baker” (about his tax exile in South Africa) are pretty wild!

Cream were amazing. I was at a boarding school when they were huge. We played Cream and Who albums all our spare time. We only rested with Simon and Garfunkel. Great to see you reacting to Cream again.

Saw them do this live in a small nightclub in '68-ish (Fazio's on 5th, Milwaukee). My fave Cream tune; they did go off the rails on this one nicely at the time!

Love love love this! My older brother turned me onto to Cream when I was 12 and I never looked back.