Thanks Mark but they were all done as a group by November of 68. They recorded the non-live tracks for the Goodbye album and played the final two shows of the farewell tour at Royal Albert Hall November 25 & 26 1968. Goodbye was released in early 1969 but they were already done. Clapton and Steve Winwood started jamming together in late 1968 and officially formed Blind Faith with Ginger Baker and Rick Grech in February of 1969.
@@mkenific no worries Mark. I see so many incorrect posts I have to pipe in. I don’t know why I’m so concerned about things like this but I am. Have a great day sir!
I am obsessed with this song. This film clip makes me crush on Jack Bruce so bad. He was super cute back in the day! That voice! You guys need to check out Tales of Brave Ulysses. Probably the most psychedelic song that they ever did.
Jack Bruce is such an under-rated singer! I absolutely love his voice. His melodic sense is so different from all the other Blues/Rock singers. He always adds those little "Middle Eastern" touches to his vocal runs. And his TONE!.....Incredible.
I got introduced to Cream, by accident, when a 2nd cousin gave me a copy of Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" back in '69 or '70. Stuck in the album sleeve was Cream's "Disreali Gears".
Cream is definitely one of my favorite groups. Can start with the deep heavy roots of their first album with songs like "N.S.U", "Spoonful", "Rollin and Tumblin", to their second album with pop psychedelia "Strange Brew", "Dance the Night Away", "Tales of Brave Ulessys". Their third album was more of the second with "Crossroads", "White Room" and finishing off with their last album (more like a EP) with "Badge"
If you remember the band The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton was also in that band, along with other incredible guitarist Jeff Beck. Jimmy Page also ended up in the Yardbirds before Led Zeppelin was formed.
'SWLABR', or 'Tales Of Brave Ulysses' would be two you do not want to miss by Cream. 'SWLABR' btw means "She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow." One of the odder titles but a rockin' song. Cheers.
The first time Cream appeared on TV in the UK was with this song on Boxing Day December 1966. Jimi Hendrix also made his first appearance on UK TV on the same show (Top of the Pops) singing Hey Joe with the Experience. We all thought; everything just changed!!
Yep, Eric everyone knows. Ginger one of the greatest drummers of all time, he had a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music. And as for Jack, he was a classically trained cellist, hence his fondness for a fretless bass and musicality. Jack wrote the music for this track. The first Supergroup.
When Jay said he'd "seen him through the decades" (wrt Clapton), I thought he said "them" and I was confused as anything, since Cream were only together for 3 years. I must be getting old, lol. (Birthday on Sunday, remember. Can't wait to see if you do the request list I sent.) More Cream? "Badge" (co-written by George Harrison) and "Strange Brew", definitely, and their cover of the Willie Dixon classic "Spoonful" also burns. But I'm still calling for "Tales of Brave Ulysses", which will blow your mind. And since we're on Cream, remember that in 1969 Clapton and Baker were still together…in Blind Faith with Steve Winwood and Rick Grech. You've done "Can't Find My Way Home", how about "Presence of the Lord" or "Well, All Right"? (Yes, the original Buddy Holly version of "Well, All Right" is literally my FAVORITE SONG EVER, but since its been a while since you've done any Buddy Holly, the Blind Faith cover would be cool, too.) As for the Hollies, from the 1960s (when Graham Nash was in the group), the logical suggestion is "On A Carousel", but I've always preferred Nash's "King Midas In Reverse", personally. And for the 1970s, when Nash had moved on and it was Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks leading the band, why not the follow-up to "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress", "Long Dark Road"? You get Gary Brooker from Procol Harum guesting on that one Or, since it will probably take you *years* before you get to "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" in Bruce Springsteen's catalogue, why not do the Hollies' cover? Manfred Mann wasn't the only British act covering Bruce before he hit it big in the UK, you know. (Actually David Bowie did excellent covers of Bruce's "Growin' Up" and "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City", so if you're in the mood…)
Wow, this takes me back to the early days of my musical influences 1963 /1970. Influences Pub jukebox where mum worked as head cook. Siblings. Records ( LPs 33/. & 45s ) Off to listen to my playlist 😂
Individually, they are so good and that's why they were named Cream. All three of them came from other super-groups to form their own super-group to help stand out on their own. Like the expression "The cream always rises to the top." They're basically the best of the best. Or to use another cliché, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
I'm sure that when he formed Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page had groups like Cream in mind for the kind of sound and level of quality he intended it to live up to. It did, but Cream set that standard.
That was one of their first songs after they came together as a supergroup. Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, SWALBR, White Room, Badge (by George Harrison) are all fantastic songs that paved the way to metal (even though Baker hated to hear that). As you are mentioning the Hollies with Cream - also to some Yardbirds. You did only one I think. But they were among the most important, progressive, and influencial British Invasion groups. First there was Clapton in the band, then replaced by Jeff Beck (as his friend Jimmy Page didn't want to), then Jimmy joined Beck and when the latter left, stayed the sole guitarist. After the band broke apart he founded the "New Yardbirds", renamed a few months later in 68 "Led Zeppelin". But also the rest of the band went on to become famous - Samwell Smith, the bassist started to become a producer, e.g. Cat Stevens and Chris de Burgh and the band Rennaicance evolved from the ashes of the Yardbirds as well. Apart from the Beatles and the Kinks just musically speaking they were the most important band of the 60s, even though they didn't have the big chart success of the other two bands.
Bruce and Baker both cam from the jazz scene while Clapton came from the blues/rock scene. They combined together to become one of the greatest groups ever. They only stayed together for 2 years so there really was no early and later Cream. Every song they released was unique and innovative for the time.
Some of their early live material is astonishing, its like a hypnotic experience as Clapton improvised over Bruce and Bakers freewheeling base they lay down....
Cream is always worth a listen, this was another great song! For a live thrill from them at their very best, try Spoonful live, an amazing jam, You will be so glad you did! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
I agree, the long jam session versions of several of their songs for me is Cream at their very best. Besides Spoonful, some of my other favorite live Cream songs are N.S.U, I'm So Glad, and Sweet Wine. All are about 9 to 16 minutes long, lots of jamming!
You guys still haven't scratched the surface of Cream yet. They have done Tales of the Brave Ulysses, Swalabr, Spoonful which is a Howling Wolf song originally. We're going wrong. Politican. Born under a bad sign, Strange Brew. n.s.u.,I am so glad. Sitting on top of the world, Those were the days, and Badge.
They were...Clapton was around 21, Jack Bruce 23, Ginger Baker the "old guy" 27. The lyricist for this song (and many others for Cream) was 26. Somehow it is bit odd to think how mature group the Cream was, not party party girls girls from this group, all though they did like to party at the time. This was their second single which truly pointed the way. The Summer Of Love was about to arrive...
Glad you guys love Cream as much as I do. They were my first favourite hard rock group. This is one of their earliest songs from late 1966. I was pretty sure it was on their first album "Fresh Cream", but when I pulled out my Cream albums to check, it wasn't there. I looked at "Disraeli Gears" and "Goodbye Cream" and it wasn't on any of them. I did a search on Wikipedia and found out something interesting. It was originally released as a single with N.S.U. as the "B" side. On the original UK album release the opening track is N.S.U. with "Spoonful" as track #5 on side A. On the US release "I Feel Free" is the opening track and "Spoonful" is omitted. Looks like my copy is the UK version. I still have the song though on "Best of Cream" and "Heavy Cream".
This song was my introduction to CREAM. It was 1980 and I was 10. Also English blues is a real thing that has a huge following. Most English rock bands are actually blues bands. The Beatles, cream, led zeppelin and a million others. Tea fueled the first British invasion. Blues fueled the second British invasion. Rebellion and angst fueled the 3rd.
Similar age for me. I was 12 I think and had just listened to Rush for the first time at a friend's house. I borrowed an album to show my Dad. He was not impressed 🙄but played a Cream album for me and also Layla which he had not played me before. I had just heard "Fly by Night", "Working Man" and "Xanadu" by Rush and now I had more awesome stuff by my Dad. I just stood there with my mouth open which made my Mum laugh. Dad's comment was "At least you're listening to interesting music!". Mum introduced me to Ray Charles.
Religious fervor fueled the first in 1620. Pride fueled the second in 1812. After that they gave up for 150 years until we smacked them with the blues.
Funny memory : when I was 15 yrs old I went to a 'disco '😅 shows my age ! Went with my best friend ..... it was a room above a Pub in UK ..... they were so good .... in those days you could go and see some great bands almost for free ! No big arenas, bands would take little gigs. Aaah, memories. Thanks for playing Jay and amber❤
I wore this out on my `stereo' record player with the drop down centre spindle, I could stack my records up and go to bed listening, fleetwood mac albatross and other good blues stuff. lovely to hear it again.
For Female Friday try a song called "Only You Know And I Know" by Bonnie Bramlett. When Cream broke up Clapton played for a while with the group Delaney and Bonnie and Friends. If you look around it shouldn't be hard to find the version where Clapton was part of the group. The song by the way was written by Dave Mason, another singer/songwriter you should look into.
Early Cream was really into artistic experimentation and pushing the boundaries of rock and blues. Starting with the Beatles to The Beach Boys, British groups and West Coast groups challenged and inspired each other creating one of the most creative decades in modern music.
Cream was together for less that 3 years disbanding in 1969. They made one hell of an impact on music in such a short time. Jack Bruce was one of the best singers and sang most of their songs. Ginger Baker is known as one of the best drummers of all time. Clapton one of the best guitarist of all time. (They are considered the first super group). Amazingly talented musicians!
This was so early that they were still known as THE Cream. They soon changed to simply Cream. You've done 4 songs by them but my favorite would be Tales of Brave Ulysses, poetry set to music. Second choice would be Strange Brew..
Hi Jay & Amber, this is Roger from Germany. I'm very glad that young people like you can still be thrilled by bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Now I have a special reaction tip for you. The song is called "Can't get my motor to start" by "Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports". Quote wikipedia, "Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports is the debut solo album by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, released in May 1981 in the UK and the US. It was Mason's first major work outside of Pink Floyd. It is sung by Robert Wyatt (formerly of Soft Machine), except for the opening song. All the songs were written by Carla Bley." I'm curious about your reaction. Thanks and greetings from Germany!
Great reaction but, I did get a kick out of the comments about how young they were and how early this was in the career, which is true. But, this was a group that was together for only two years before breaking up. Yes, they did progress and evolve in those two years but, the comments almost made it seem like this was band with a long career together and that was never the case. 😅
Oh to be fourteen again experiencing Cream as they happened… sitting in class when the music teacher hadn’t turned up for lesson and a classmate had been out at lunchtime and bought Disraeli Gears and we had it on the record player blasting out! Wow! Of course the classroom door eventually burst open and the fully gowned deputy head was not amused. I couldn’t wait for the weekend to buy my own copy. The first and greatest supergroup.
What a band, my favourite, first band I really got into. I was fourteen at the time, never got to see them, but I heard them outside the pavilion in Bath. Didn’t have any money, still the experience always stayed with me. Seen Eric at the Royal Albert Hall in 1995, absolutely outstanding, played all the old stuff plus his solo songs, that’s why my creamdix is part of my nickname. By the way look up a band called The Motors you’ll love their music, especially dancing the night away, the intro is one of the best you will ever hear. They have had other songs that were hits in England and Europe. You won’t be disappointed, I really enjoy the range of music you both play, people need to hear it and learn about it 👍👍👍. Thanks Mike
I Feel Free was Cream's first hit in the United States, winter 1966, and is always at the top of my repertoire since 1969. When I heard this song on the radio I was astounded and forgot the Beatles for a minute.
Three great, legendary musicians. Jack Bruce on bass, and also a great voice, Ginger Baker, an awesome drummer, and of course Eric Clapton. I grew up with their music. Enjoy it! 😘🎶👍
You guys are doing great tonight, another great band and song.This is one of my favourites by them. Other good ones are Badge and Strange Brew. Eric Clapton has done some great solo stuff -check out Let it grow.Lastly please react to a another great group called Roxy Music-Dance away or Avalon.Thanks.
Yes, I second Roxy Music - *really* influential band through the 70s / early 80s so shouldn't be left off the list. My favourite Roxy Music tracks are: 'Let's Stick Together,' 'Jealous Guy' and 'Virginia Plain.'
Yep, they'll love Roxy Music. I can never get over how far ahead of their time they were. They fitted in so well with the smooth, early '80s post-punk scene, but they'd already been going for 10 years by that point.
Time & Music move on, so a long time since I've played my Cream CDs. In '69/70, I was a busboy at a private club while I was 1st yr in University. While we set up the dining room, we listened to tapes through the audio system. Once, we had Fresh Cream album playing 'Spoonful' (album w/ I Feel Free also). Waitress shows up, and we tell her the song name and she said 'Sounds like a Spoonful of S***! Ha! Many albums; More Cream, Please! :) Great Reaction, Guys!
The lyrics were written by poet Pete Brown, who was a friend and collaborator of Jack Bruce, and they wrote many songs for Cream as well as for Bruce's solo albums. Brown just died last week, and his trippy poetry and lyrics played a big part in making Cream a psychedelic band as well as a blues band.
Pete Brown and Jack Bruce wrote many of Cream's songs, including the hits "I Feel Free", "White Room" and "SWLABR"; Brown and Clapton also wrote "Sunshine of Your Love". Died 5/19/2023 he was 82.
Cream were brilliant, during their short few months of existence. 1966-68 but you should also check them out at their 2005 Reunion shows. Jack Bruce’s harmonics and vocals are brilliant. Ginger Baker’s relentless drum beat, and Eric Claptons guitar behind him are hypnotic on “Cream Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Royal Albert Hall, 2005)”
"Spoonful" from the same album as "I Feel Free", goes to the Blues roots that inspired many of the British Invasion bands. Clapton was deep into the blues. The song was written by Willie Dixon in 1960 for Howlin' Wolf. The Rolling Stones ("Little Red Rooster", "I Just Want to Make Love to You") and Led Zeppelin ("Bring it on Home", "You Need Love" / "Whole Lotta Love") drew upon Willie's Blues songs. Willie wrote / co-wrote over 500 songs. Check out "List of songs written by Willie Dixon" - The list shows who first recorded the song and those who covered the song later. 🎸😎
The singer is Jack Bruce, who also wrote it. Among other bands, he was also the lead singer for Manfred Mann for a while, including one of their biggest hits Pretty Flamingo. Although he is not credited, he was also featured on a novelty song called 'Lily the Pink' by a group called Scaffold.
Both Ginger and Jack came from jazz backgrounds, while Eric was always a bluesman - this blend gave them a unique sound. The Hollies relied on vocal harmonies and were regarded far more as a pop group, whereas Cream were far more serious musicians and capable of jamming and improvising to an extent that hadn’t really been seen in popular music before. So much excellent material in so few years by this power trio, who set the standard for those that followed. I was lucky enough to see the farewell concert at the Albert Hall - the farewell one, not the reunion one!
Their "Sunshine Of Your Love" is the purest 60's.
Bingo Ringo
My Dad Grew Up in the 60s, He Told me all about it..! Crazy Times..!
So true
Jay/Amber, you'll love their "Badge" and "Strange Brew"!!! One of the great short lived groups, so much talent in 3 guys.
I second that emotion
@@RabbiSteve yes! And
spoonful
That summer back in 1967, down the New Jersey shore at seaside heights, this album was played on the boardwalk constantly, oh those sweet memories!
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that Jack Bruce's co- writer of this song , Pete Brown just passed away a few days ago 😢
I have Always wished Badge lasted Much longer! and Harrison on there too?!? Epic but seems to get overlooked a lot
Cream's Disraeli Gears LP is one of the all-time great albums, especially for psychedelic rock.
One of my all time favourite records!
Such a short lived group. Only three years and they were done. Amazing considering the quality of their contribution to the rock world.
Actually, 4. 66,67,68 & 69
Thanks Mark but they were all done as a group by November of 68. They recorded the non-live tracks for the Goodbye album and played the final two shows of the farewell tour at Royal Albert Hall November 25 & 26 1968. Goodbye was released in early 1969 but they were already done. Clapton and Steve Winwood started jamming together in late 1968 and officially formed Blind Faith with Ginger Baker and Rick Grech in February of 1969.
@Brad d yeah, after I wrote it, I realized it was only a hair over 3 years and knew I'd be corrected.
@@mkenific no worries Mark. I see so many incorrect posts I have to pipe in. I don’t know why I’m so concerned about things like this but I am. Have a great day sir!
@@bradd8937 you too! No worries, I'm the same way.
I am obsessed with this song. This film clip makes me crush on Jack Bruce so bad. He was super cute back in the day! That voice! You guys need to check out Tales of Brave Ulysses. Probably the most psychedelic song that they ever did.
Jack Bruce is such an under-rated singer! I absolutely love his voice. His melodic sense is so different from all the other Blues/Rock singers. He always adds those little "Middle Eastern" touches to his vocal runs. And his TONE!.....Incredible.
One of my favorite bands from the 60’s. Had all of Creams albums. All great.
white room is by far my favorite Cream song. Jack Bruce was a fantastic singer. R.I.P to Jack and Ginger Baker, legends of psychedelic rock.
Agree.
A World of Pain is pretty good too. But I agree, White Room is my favorite too.
For sure best song was White Room!
Aaahhhh....some good old hippie psychedelic music from my teens! Take me back! Great reaction, guys!
I envy you, Allison. ( growing up then )
Love this song. Still have it on a 45. Awesome comment.
The first, and absolute best, power trio. They set the bar high with White Room. This is very creative. I have never heard this 😮.
I got introduced to Cream, by accident, when a 2nd cousin gave me a copy of Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" back in '69 or '70.
Stuck in the album sleeve was Cream's "Disreali Gears".
Cream is definitely one of my favorite groups. Can start with the deep heavy roots of their first album with songs like "N.S.U", "Spoonful", "Rollin and Tumblin", to their second album with pop psychedelia "Strange Brew", "Dance the Night Away", "Tales of Brave Ulessys". Their third album was more of the second with "Crossroads", "White Room" and finishing off with their last album (more like a EP) with "Badge"
Sunshine is one of my favorites. But the two solos on "Crossroads " put a chill up and down my spine!
Ginger Baker is a heck of a drummer!
What a BANGER of a song! "Bell Bottom Blues" is a great bluesy song.
From Baby Driver??? Hell yeah that’s a great song too
Have you done Cream's Strange Brew? Another awesome song by them 👏 👌
I don't think so. But they should
If you remember the band The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton was also in that band, along with other incredible guitarist Jeff Beck. Jimmy Page also ended up in the Yardbirds before Led Zeppelin was formed.
The driving bass lines of Jack Bruce were powerful.
A distinct sound!!❤
'SWLABR', or 'Tales Of Brave Ulysses' would be two you do not want to miss by Cream.
'SWLABR' btw means "She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow." One of the odder titles but a rockin' song. Cheers.
The first time Cream appeared on TV in the UK was with this song on Boxing Day December 1966. Jimi Hendrix also made his first appearance on UK TV on the same show (Top of the Pops) singing Hey Joe with the Experience. We all thought; everything just changed!!
This was a great song to listen to when you were tripping. Yes Amber you can use the psychedelic word when talking about Cream.
Yep, Eric everyone knows. Ginger one of the greatest drummers of all time, he had a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music. And as for Jack, he was a classically trained cellist, hence his fondness for a fretless bass and musicality. Jack wrote the music for this track. The first Supergroup.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Thanks for reacting to it.
I had never heard this song before, but i liked it
When Jay said he'd "seen him through the decades" (wrt Clapton), I thought he said "them" and I was confused as anything, since Cream were only together for 3 years. I must be getting old, lol. (Birthday on Sunday, remember. Can't wait to see if you do the request list I sent.)
More Cream? "Badge" (co-written by George Harrison) and "Strange Brew", definitely, and their cover of the Willie Dixon classic "Spoonful" also burns.
But I'm still calling for "Tales of Brave Ulysses", which will blow your mind.
And since we're on Cream, remember that in 1969 Clapton and Baker were still together…in Blind Faith with Steve Winwood and Rick Grech. You've done "Can't Find My Way Home", how about "Presence of the Lord" or "Well, All Right"?
(Yes, the original Buddy Holly version of "Well, All Right" is literally my FAVORITE SONG EVER, but since its been a while since you've done any Buddy Holly, the Blind Faith cover would be cool, too.)
As for the Hollies, from the 1960s (when Graham Nash was in the group), the logical suggestion is "On A Carousel", but I've always preferred Nash's "King Midas In Reverse", personally.
And for the 1970s, when Nash had moved on and it was Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks leading the band, why not the follow-up to "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress", "Long Dark Road"? You get Gary Brooker from Procol Harum guesting on that one
Or, since it will probably take you *years* before you get to "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" in Bruce Springsteen's catalogue, why not do the Hollies' cover? Manfred Mann wasn't the only British act covering Bruce before he hit it big in the UK, you know.
(Actually David Bowie did excellent covers of Bruce's "Growin' Up" and "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City", so if you're in the mood…)
Wow, this takes me back to the early days of my musical influences
1963 /1970. Influences Pub jukebox where mum worked as head cook. Siblings. Records ( LPs 33/. & 45s )
Off to listen to my playlist 😂
Individually, they are so good and that's why they were named Cream. All three of them came from other super-groups to form their own super-group to help stand out on their own. Like the expression "The cream always rises to the top." They're basically the best of the best. Or to use another cliché, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
I'm sure that when he formed Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page had groups like Cream in mind for the kind of sound and level of quality he intended it to live up to. It did, but Cream set that standard.
This was the first time I noticed Ginger on some vocals.
Cream was together for such a brief couple years but it sets the stage for groups to come.
That was one of their first songs after they came together as a supergroup. Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, SWALBR, White Room, Badge (by George Harrison) are all fantastic songs that paved the way to metal (even though Baker hated to hear that).
As you are mentioning the Hollies with Cream - also to some Yardbirds. You did only one I think. But they were among the most important, progressive, and influencial British Invasion groups. First there was Clapton in the band, then replaced by Jeff Beck (as his friend Jimmy Page didn't want to), then Jimmy joined Beck and when the latter left, stayed the sole guitarist. After the band broke apart he founded the "New Yardbirds", renamed a few months later in 68 "Led Zeppelin". But also the rest of the band went on to become famous - Samwell Smith, the bassist started to become a producer, e.g. Cat Stevens and Chris de Burgh and the band Rennaicance evolved from the ashes of the Yardbirds as well.
Apart from the Beatles and the Kinks just musically speaking they were the most important band of the 60s, even though they didn't have the big chart success of the other two bands.
Bruce and Baker both cam from the jazz scene while Clapton came from the blues/rock scene. They combined together to become one of the greatest groups ever. They only stayed together for 2 years so there really was no early and later Cream. Every song they released was unique and innovative for the time.
Have you heard Blind Faith yet? Cream members Eric and Ginger with Steve Windwood et al….
They reacted to Can't Find My Way Home a few weeks back...
Some of their early live material is astonishing, its like a hypnotic experience as Clapton improvised over Bruce and Bakers freewheeling base they lay down....
Cream is always worth a listen, this was another great song! For a live thrill from them at their very best, try Spoonful live, an amazing jam, You will be so glad you did! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
YES! Spoonful, live!
More Eric Clapton? Here it is!
100% agree. Spoonful will take them both on a journey into just how skillful and tight Ginger, Jack, and Eric were as a band live.
I agree, the long jam session versions of several of their songs for me is Cream at their very best. Besides Spoonful, some of my other favorite live Cream songs are N.S.U, I'm So Glad, and Sweet Wine. All are about 9 to 16 minutes long, lots of jamming!
You guys still haven't scratched the surface of Cream yet. They have done Tales of the Brave Ulysses, Swalabr, Spoonful which is a Howling Wolf song originally. We're going wrong. Politican. Born under a bad sign, Strange Brew. n.s.u.,I am so glad. Sitting on top of the world, Those were the days, and Badge.
They were...Clapton was around 21, Jack Bruce 23, Ginger Baker the "old guy" 27. The lyricist for this song (and many others for Cream) was 26. Somehow it is bit odd to think how mature group the Cream was, not party party girls girls from this group, all though they did like to party at the time. This was their second single which truly pointed the way. The Summer Of Love was about to arrive...
you 2 make me smile everytime i hear your comment , it make me realise so much more how good the music was from my youth !
Glad you guys love Cream as much as I do. They were my first favourite hard rock group. This is one of their earliest songs from late 1966. I was pretty sure it was on their first album "Fresh Cream", but when I pulled out my Cream albums to check, it wasn't there. I looked at "Disraeli Gears" and "Goodbye Cream" and it wasn't on any of them. I did a search on Wikipedia and found out something interesting. It was originally released as a single with N.S.U. as the "B" side. On the original UK album release the opening track is N.S.U. with "Spoonful" as track #5 on side A. On the US release "I Feel Free" is the opening track and "Spoonful" is omitted. Looks like my copy is the UK version. I still have the song though on "Best of Cream" and "Heavy Cream".
Sitting On Top Of The World, Cream's version of the 1930s song, to me is awesome.
'We're going wrong'' off Disraeli Gears ....absolutely brilliant
The bass and drums makes the music sound so much better good song
This song was my introduction to CREAM. It was 1980 and I was 10. Also English blues is a real thing that has a huge following. Most English rock bands are actually blues bands. The Beatles, cream, led zeppelin and a million others. Tea fueled the first British invasion. Blues fueled the second British invasion. Rebellion and angst fueled the 3rd.
For me, it was White Room. Been a fan ever since.
Similar age for me. I was 12 I think and had just listened to Rush for the first time at a friend's house. I borrowed an album to show my Dad. He was not impressed 🙄but played a Cream album for me and also Layla which he had not played me before. I had just heard "Fly by Night", "Working Man" and "Xanadu" by Rush and now I had more awesome stuff by my Dad. I just stood there with my mouth open which made my Mum laugh. Dad's comment was "At least you're listening to interesting music!". Mum introduced me to Ray Charles.
Eric Clapton is a favourite of mine love the album timepieces, so many great songs. His session with Chas and Dave is a masterpiece
Jack Bruce was not English!
Religious fervor fueled the first in 1620. Pride fueled the second in 1812. After that they gave up for 150 years until we smacked them with the blues.
Here we go! Always experiemental. Always enjoyable. Thanks! Have you reacted to "Tales of Brave Ulysses?"
My favourite Cream song....
Funny memory : when I was 15 yrs old I went to a 'disco '😅 shows my age ! Went with my best friend ..... it was a room above a Pub in UK ..... they were so good .... in those days you could go and see some great bands almost for free ! No big arenas, bands would take little gigs. Aaah, memories. Thanks for playing Jay and amber❤
I wore this out on my `stereo' record player with the drop down centre spindle, I could stack my records up and go to bed listening, fleetwood mac albatross and other good blues stuff. lovely to hear it again.
For Female Friday try a song called "Only You Know And I Know" by Bonnie Bramlett. When Cream broke up Clapton played for a while with the group Delaney and Bonnie and Friends. If you look around it shouldn't be hard to find the version where Clapton was part of the group. The song by the way was written by Dave Mason, another singer/songwriter you should look into.
'Cream' was known as the first 'Super Group'
The change of chord progressions when Jack sings the chorus the second time blows me away.
Badge by Cream is an amazing song. It has an incredible bridge.
Yeah, its got that Beatle influence.
George Harrison co-wrote it with Clapton.
@@Swamp_Crotch Ding, ding , Ding, we have a winner
George Harrison wrote the bridge for it and wrote "bridge" at the top, but his handwriting was so bad they thought it said "badge".
jack bruce's loping bass driving the production along...
Early Cream was really into artistic experimentation and pushing the boundaries of rock and blues. Starting with the Beatles to The Beach Boys, British groups and West Coast groups challenged and inspired each other creating one of the most creative decades in modern music.
Kerp in mind that this is Cream's debut from 1966 and their final album, Goodbye, was 1969.
Truly one of the grooviest tunes of all time.
An underrated song from Cream that I really love is "Anyone For Tennis?" It would make my day if you did a reaction to it.
Woohoo! Amazing. Love this one. Your guys' reactions haven't been coming up in my feed - I missed this one!
Cream was together for less that 3 years disbanding in 1969. They made one hell of an impact on music in such a short time. Jack Bruce was one of the best singers and sang most of their songs. Ginger Baker is known as one of the best drummers of all time. Clapton one of the best guitarist of all time. (They are considered the first super group). Amazingly talented musicians!
Cream was together for only like 15 months not 3 years.
@@toddbailey3552was about 22 months
This was so early that they were still known as THE Cream. They soon changed to simply Cream. You've done 4 songs by them but my favorite would be Tales of Brave Ulysses, poetry set to music. Second choice would be Strange Brew..
SWLABR is my favorite Cream song, but you really can't go wrong with anything they've done
Sunshine of Your Love is THE Cream song and In My White Room is THE OTHER Cream song. These were the two hit singles we heard on the radio.
Jack’s voice was so powerful and piercing, it just breaks through the mix!
Even I was young, 18 back then. And I was able to see Cream in their Farewell Concert Tour at the LA Forum …
Hi Jay & Amber, this is Roger from Germany. I'm very glad that young people like you can still be thrilled by bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Now I have a special reaction tip for you. The song is called "Can't get my motor to start" by "Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports". Quote wikipedia, "Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports is the debut solo album by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, released in May 1981 in the UK and the US. It was Mason's first major work outside of Pink Floyd. It is sung by Robert Wyatt (formerly of Soft Machine), except for the opening song. All the songs were written by Carla Bley." I'm curious about your reaction. Thanks and greetings from Germany!
Great reaction but, I did get a kick out of the comments about how young they were and how early this was in the career, which is true. But, this was a group that was together for only two years before breaking up. Yes, they did progress and evolve in those two years but, the comments almost made it seem like this was band with a long career together and that was never the case. 😅
Classic!!! Welcome back to the 60's. Thanks for sharing.
Oh to be fourteen again experiencing Cream as they happened… sitting in class when the music teacher hadn’t turned up for lesson and a classmate had been out at lunchtime and bought Disraeli Gears and we had it on the record player blasting out! Wow!
Of course the classroom door eventually burst open and the fully gowned deputy head was not amused. I couldn’t wait for the weekend to buy my own copy. The first and greatest supergroup.
For a real display of their blues influences, check out their cover of "Spoonful". And probably my favorite song from their debut album is "N.S.U."
Another gem from their first album is N.S.U. Not as well known but has a vibe like I Feel Free. Thanks for doing this one!
What a band, my favourite, first band I really got into. I was fourteen at the time, never got to see them, but I heard them outside the pavilion in Bath. Didn’t have any money, still the experience always stayed with me. Seen Eric at the Royal Albert Hall in 1995, absolutely outstanding, played all the old stuff plus his solo songs, that’s why my creamdix is part of my nickname. By the way look up a band called The Motors you’ll love their music, especially dancing the night away, the intro is one of the best you will ever hear. They have had other songs that were hits in England and Europe. You won’t be disappointed, I really enjoy the range of music you both play, people need to hear it and learn about it 👍👍👍. Thanks Mike
I Feel Free was Cream's first hit in the United States, winter 1966, and is always at the top of my repertoire since 1969. When I heard this song on the radio I was astounded and forgot the Beatles for a minute.
Three of the greatest musicians in their own right, but together, one of the first super groups. ♥️✌🏼😎
Jack on his 6 string Fender VI bass. He used it on their first album and the Beales used it in the studio.
Three great, legendary musicians. Jack Bruce on bass, and also a great voice, Ginger Baker, an awesome drummer, and of course Eric Clapton. I grew up with their music. Enjoy it! 😘🎶👍
They were only together from 1966-1968.
Yes. They seemed to talk about how their sound evolved over the decades. I don't think they're aware they were only together for three years.
This was arguably rock's first "supergroup"- all 3 members were phenomenal musicians and songwriters.
iconic band. iconic sound. this is cool. liking it.
Tales of brave ulesses. Politician. Badge ,. White room and sunshine of your love are essential.
Sitting on top of the World 🔥🔥🔥
Both the studio and live version from Goodbye Cream....... matchless!
On the same lines, the studio and live versions of Born Under A Bad Sign are joys to behold.
Eric was 22, Jack, 24, and Ginger was 28, the old man of the group. They were all well seasoned musicians despite their tender ages.
You guys are doing great tonight, another great band and song.This is one of my favourites by them. Other good ones are Badge and Strange Brew. Eric Clapton has done some great solo stuff -check out Let it grow.Lastly please react to a another great group called Roxy Music-Dance away or Avalon.Thanks.
Roxy Music! Love is the drug.
Yes, I second Roxy Music - *really* influential band through the 70s / early 80s so shouldn't be left off the list. My favourite Roxy Music tracks are: 'Let's Stick Together,' 'Jealous Guy' and 'Virginia Plain.'
@@abmqa Yes thanks , Love is the drug is another good one.hope we get some Roxy!
Yep, they'll love Roxy Music. I can never get over how far ahead of their time they were. They fitted in so well with the smooth, early '80s post-punk scene, but they'd already been going for 10 years by that point.
Ginger was always an old man! LOL
Hey since you are doing Cream yall have got to check out their other hit Strange Brew please check that one out😊
Time & Music move on, so a long time since I've played my Cream CDs. In '69/70, I was a busboy at a private club while I was 1st yr in University. While we set up the dining room, we listened to tapes through the audio system. Once, we had Fresh Cream album playing 'Spoonful' (album w/ I Feel Free also). Waitress shows up, and we tell her the song name and she said 'Sounds like a Spoonful of S***! Ha! Many albums; More Cream, Please! :) Great Reaction, Guys!
The lyrics were written by poet Pete Brown, who was a friend and collaborator of Jack Bruce, and they wrote many songs for Cream as well as for Bruce's solo albums. Brown just died last week, and his trippy poetry and lyrics played a big part in making Cream a psychedelic band as well as a blues band.
Just sat in the car listening to BBC Radio 2 (in the UK) and the DJ played a clip of you two talking about Simply Red!!! How cool 🇬🇧😎🇬🇧
They need to revisit The Lovin' Spoonful - They haven't reacted to "Do You Believe In Magic" or "Daydream".
Pete Brown and Jack Bruce wrote many of Cream's songs, including the hits "I Feel Free", "White Room" and "SWLABR"; Brown and Clapton also wrote "Sunshine of Your Love". Died 5/19/2023 he was 82.
lots more to come from this great little band,Jack Bruce also did some work with members of Mountain
Please try their version of Born under a bad sign. A great blues number.
Not sure what "older stuff" you've heard from them guys. This was actually their debut single from Dec 1966, six months after forming.
Maybe they were saying that this is the oldest song by Cream they'd heard? (And so, had heard newer songs.)
UK debut single was "Wrapping Paper", then this 🙂
Cream were brilliant, during their short few months of existence. 1966-68 but you should also check them out at their 2005 Reunion shows. Jack Bruce’s harmonics and vocals are brilliant. Ginger Baker’s relentless drum beat, and Eric Claptons guitar behind him are hypnotic on “Cream Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Royal Albert Hall, 2005)”
Hollies: "Look through any window"
"Spoonful" from the same album as "I Feel Free", goes to the Blues roots that inspired many of the British Invasion bands. Clapton was deep into the blues. The song was written by Willie Dixon in 1960 for Howlin' Wolf. The Rolling Stones ("Little Red Rooster", "I Just Want to Make Love to You") and Led Zeppelin ("Bring it on Home", "You Need Love" / "Whole Lotta Love") drew upon Willie's Blues songs. Willie wrote / co-wrote over 500 songs. Check out "List of songs written by Willie Dixon" - The list shows who first recorded the song and those who covered the song later. 🎸😎
Jack Bruce was one of my all time favorite voices ever.
Haha, I've known this song forever, but didn't know it was Cream! Duh, lol. It's a total classic.
The singer is Jack Bruce, who also wrote it. Among other bands, he was also the lead singer for Manfred Mann for a while, including one of their biggest hits Pretty Flamingo. Although he is not credited, he was also featured on a novelty song called 'Lily the Pink' by a group called Scaffold.
They also did a great cover of "Born Under A Bad Sign".
I was 10 years old, had a small portable record player that played 45, one of the 1st ones I bought, instead of toys.
Cream and CCR . hello from KS.
Both Ginger and Jack came from jazz backgrounds, while Eric was always a bluesman - this blend gave them a unique sound. The Hollies relied on vocal harmonies and were regarded far more as a pop group, whereas Cream were far more serious musicians and capable of jamming and improvising to an extent that hadn’t really been seen in popular music before.
So much excellent material in so few years by this power trio, who set the standard for those that followed.
I was lucky enough to see the farewell concert at the Albert Hall - the farewell one, not the reunion one!
Jack Bruce had some pipes!