I was at this show. There was tention on the stage between Jack and Ginger that night...you could visibly see it. I subsequently read there were issues with Jacks base being too loud. If you read Eric's book. He doesn't talk fondly of the MSG gigs, commenting it was about money, and it should have been left at the Royal Albert. I was at the last show at the RAH too..and the atmosphere was very different - both on stage and in the crowd.
@Pablo Pérez Yes, I was at the first night and Ginger forgot the set list so he started playing one song wrong, whereupon both Jack and Eric walked up to him and told him he screwed up. Embarrassing but funny, plus then they played great.
When tickets went on sale I had 3 phones and 2 helpers dialing over and over until I got thru. I bought 4 tickets in the upper deck to stage right. The American Xpress bill was close to 1600 bucks. What a blast. In 1968 tickets were less than 5 dollars at the Grande ballroom. I did not mind 1 bit about the price. Me and the Mrs saw The Stones, Cream and McCartney all in about 6 weeks that year.
i was at the last show, & except for ginger's mistakes, it was FAR and away THE best of all 3 garden performances, particularly from clapton's standpoint. talk about burnin', he was on fire, his solos were the most cohesive, dramatic, & on point, & his feel was impeccable. he came closest to his 60's performances on that show, & he easily blew away ALL of his playing on the other 5 21'st century cream shows, both garden AND rah)...
They didnt do this song at the Royal Albert Hall when I went to see them. It's a shame that the Cream took so long to join up again Most of their songs need aggression that perhaps is lacking a bit now diue to age etc. Nevertheless a terrific gig by he first and best supergroup.
WTF was this song, one of their very best left of the far superior Albert Hall concert & FGS why wasn't the Madison Sq concert done in 1180px? Lastly Who gives a Fuk it's still frigging awsome,lolz
Cream came to New York to play 3 nights. I attended the first two. Out of those two the second was the best. After seeing the RAH dvd I must say the two New York shows were much much better.
That is probably a list showing the song list and sequence. When Paul McCartney asked Elvis Costello to play with him on the "Flowers in the Dirt" album Elvis agreed - only if Paul would use the Hofner bass he used with The Beatles. Paul hadn't even looked at it in years. When he pulled it out of its case he discovered that the song list for the "Let It Be" concert was still taped to it.
I have to say that I agree with you,having heard the MSG shows on bootleg.I found the DVD very patchy,as if they were still finding their feet,which is obviously understandible,but by MSG the performance was more consistant with their reputation.I have read that Clapton does not agree though.I think he prefers the emotion and nostalgia of RAH,to the aggression of MSG.
right you are. Basically, they did this song on Disraeli Gears. They added some chords to it, and called it White Room for their next album Wheels of Fire. then Lynyrd Skynyrd changed the words and called it Sweet Home Alabama.
Saw Clapton and Winwood last night at madison square garden. It was better than any of the cream shows If you can try to catch these guys. I have seen Clapton many times and this is about the best Clapton I have ever seen. Incredible solos. Also played two hendrix songs little wing and voodoo child. Stevie Winwood was also incredible.
Clapton did Voodoo Chile?? I presume he did the Bluesier version from Ladyland which Steve played on.I had visions of him doing the Slight Return version for a minute...
This song was definitely played live before as a very good version is on Live Cream Vol II which should be required listening for any guitarist ..Stepping Out is to me the greatest example of Eric Clapton's genius ....to those who say he was no where near Hendrix say that after you hear that ..Hendrix never put together a solo that totally made that much sense for that long ..it is awe inspiring ...
Ginger Baker makes a pretty big goof in this song, playing the cymbal fade-out at 0:50 that was supposed to come at about 1:20... at the 1:20 mark EC turns around to face Baker and makes it obvious that "NOW" is the time for the held note.
Not sure, but seems unlikely, as that would be a lot of lyrics to have to fit on that small of a space. The print would be to small for him to read, I'd think.
On the 2005 Royal Albert Hall DVD, Clapton says "we're going to play everything we know".. well, far from it.. they recorded and released about 35 Tracks on their 60s LPs.. but only did about 19 on the DVD.. left this one out, and no wah-wah pedal at all on the double DVD..
The only redeeming quality about this terrible performance is seeing Eric use the wah wah peddle. Jack & Ginger sound terrible but Eric is always amazing.
I was there and it was friggin’ awesome.
One of their BEST cuts. Mythological.
I was at this show. There was tention on the stage between Jack and Ginger that night...you could visibly see it. I subsequently read there were issues with Jacks base being too loud.
If you read Eric's book. He doesn't talk fondly of the MSG gigs, commenting it was about money, and it should have been left at the Royal Albert. I was at the last show at the RAH too..and the atmosphere was very different - both on stage and in the crowd.
Jack and Ginger had a long history of having feuds with one another (even before Cream)
I was there for the 3rd night at MSG - last show ever ! It was excellent !
@@sneakerfacevids441 were there differences in their performances from one night to another?...
@Pablo Pérez Yes, I was at the first night and Ginger forgot the set list so he started playing one song wrong, whereupon both Jack and Eric walked up to him and told him he screwed up. Embarrassing but funny, plus then they played great.
When I watch it, it seems any tension was edited out and only clean, happy,relaxed virtuosity was on display 😊
I was at this show also,turned out to be the very last cream concert
When tickets went on sale I had 3 phones and 2 helpers dialing over and over until I got thru. I bought 4 tickets in the upper deck to stage right. The American Xpress bill was close to 1600 bucks. What a blast. In 1968 tickets were less than 5 dollars at the Grande ballroom. I did not mind 1 bit about the price.
Me and the Mrs saw The Stones, Cream and McCartney all in about 6 weeks that year.
Money well spent!.
i was at the last show, & except for ginger's mistakes, it was FAR and away THE best of all 3 garden performances, particularly from clapton's standpoint. talk about burnin', he was on fire, his solos were the most cohesive, dramatic, & on point, & his feel was impeccable. he came closest to his 60's performances on that show, & he easily blew away ALL of his playing on the other 5 21'st century cream shows, both garden AND rah)...
You can really tell that Jack Bruce is not well.
They didnt do this song at the Royal Albert Hall when I went to see them. It's a shame that the Cream took so long to join up again Most of their songs need aggression that perhaps is lacking a bit now diue to age etc. Nevertheless a terrific gig by he first and best supergroup.
WTF was this song, one of their very best left of the far superior Albert Hall concert & FGS why wasn't the Madison Sq concert done in 1180px? Lastly Who gives a Fuk it's still frigging awsome,lolz
I dare say they're actually better than they were back in the day.
I was at all 3 shows at MSG. The second night ( Oct.25th) was the best of the lot, by FAR. During "Were going wrong", Clapton was B U R N I N G !!!
ginger is always there, in the right place
Cream came to New York to play 3 nights. I attended the first two. Out of those two the second was the best. After seeing the RAH dvd I must say the two New York shows were much much better.
I thought the same thing. Great song....pity to have left it out. SO glad they added it to MSG gig!
because people in this century are lame, so was the led zeppelin reunion audience.
Plagiarism.
That is probably a list showing the song list and sequence. When Paul McCartney asked Elvis Costello to play with him on the "Flowers in the Dirt" album Elvis agreed - only if Paul would use the Hofner bass he used with The Beatles. Paul hadn't even looked at it in years. When he pulled it out of its case he discovered that the song list for the "Let It Be" concert was still taped to it.
I have to say that I agree with you,having heard the MSG shows on bootleg.I found the DVD very patchy,as if they were still finding their feet,which is obviously understandible,but by MSG the performance was more consistant with their reputation.I have read that Clapton does not agree though.I think he prefers the emotion and nostalgia of RAH,to the aggression of MSG.
I used to eat acid and listen to this with an automated laser light. Talk about memories!!!!!
right you are. Basically, they did this song on Disraeli Gears. They added some chords to it, and called it White Room for their next album Wheels of Fire. then Lynyrd Skynyrd changed the words and called it Sweet Home Alabama.
Saw Clapton and Winwood last night at madison square garden. It was better than any of the cream shows If you can try to catch these guys. I have seen Clapton many times and this is about the best Clapton I have ever seen. Incredible solos. Also played two hendrix songs little wing and voodoo child. Stevie Winwood was also incredible.
wasn't there a documentary about it? The change in mood, between msg and rah?
awesome vid. but why is the audience dead?
@Lanny1966 Jack had a liver transplant early in 05
Clapton did Voodoo Chile?? I presume he did the Bluesier version from Ladyland which Steve played on.I had visions of him doing the Slight Return version for a minute...
Not with Cream he didn’t.
@ChiroQuacker: Jack and Ginger did that a lot during the Graham Bond band before the formation of Cream.
This was a great show
does anybody know which song it was during that Ginger and Jack started arguing?
This song was definitely played live before as a very good version is on Live Cream Vol II which should be required listening for any guitarist ..Stepping Out is to me the greatest example of Eric Clapton's genius ....to those who say he was no where near Hendrix say that after you hear that ..Hendrix never put together a solo that totally made that much sense for that long ..it is awe inspiring ...
Ginger Baker makes a pretty big goof in this song, playing the cymbal fade-out at 0:50 that was supposed to come at about 1:20... at the 1:20 mark EC turns around to face Baker and makes it obvious that "NOW" is the time for the held note.
Your full of it. He doesn't look a day over 90!
The venue is called Madison Square GARDEN, not “Gardens !”
RIP Jack
Not sure, but seems unlikely, as that would be a lot of lyrics to have to fit on that small of a space. The print would be to small for him to read, I'd think.
fender stratocaster
Far out
On the 2005 Royal Albert Hall DVD, Clapton says "we're going to play everything we know".. well, far from it.. they recorded and released about 35 Tracks on their 60s LPs.. but only did about 19 on the DVD.. left this one out, and no wah-wah pedal at all on the double DVD..
actually, the set list is from the Candlestick Park gig in San Francisco, on August 29 1966.
I was there it was a woe moment rip joe fredrick
@drockkclapton
Woud not agree with that, the tempo, chords, solo n mood r totally different in White Room. 2 unbelievable songs all the same!
aren't they?I mean the progression is the same(almost).the lyrics melody makes the difference.
i was there
I'm curious about that as well. That's one song I haven't found Clapton playing since Cream disbanded.
They were called cream for a reason. Non better.
What kind of guitar is Clapton using here?
ReeseMac Black and white Stratocaster (rosewood fret board)
INDLIS that’s maple.
A Gibson fendercaster
i really like
more white room
but this is so fucking great
Because this was played at Madison Square Gardens.This song was left out of all the Albert Hall shows.
winkofaneye00 FYI It’s called Madison Square Garden (singular).
The only redeeming quality about this terrible performance is seeing Eric use the wah wah peddle. Jack & Ginger sound terrible but Eric is always amazing.
@ScottSextonTV:I'd sure like to see them perform.
clapton looks like hes 20 here :)
has eric had a slayer t-shirt?!?!?
0:45-0:50 perfect wah usage
Actually the guitar riff is. Clapton said it was. Several times.
not a big fan of Ginger Baker huh? dude you didn;t zoom in or focus on him once. 1 star
hot00stuff look again, at about 2:13 he zooms in on Ginger
its needs a tab of OWSLEYs LSD.
I was just thinking the same thing. That old Lysergic Acid Diethylamide never really leaves completely though. It becomes a part of you. 😎
lol, good sense of humour