Yes! Great vocalist; the voice of Cream. Additionally, he co-wrote many of Cream's songs including this one. As well as being a most amazing and creative bass player!!
MollyBoy what you said at the end about opening up your mind almost made me cry. This was all such great music and I don't want it to die with the older generations. Younger people should know about it and seeing you appreciate it so much brings me joy
For years, Clapton's guitar was the only thing I heard because big bass sound dynamics had not yet emerged. Suddenly, Ginger Baker's drums became the biggest part of this recording. Modern remixing has really cleaned up the sound.
@@theshadowfax239 great jazz drummer style. I would say that as good as Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham was Ginger might have had the edge. However the 2 best drummers in my opinion were Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. Possibly Rich was better but who cares if you liked the output 😎👍👍✌️
@@harmonic3350 yeah but I think baker beat bonham. John was loud. Baker was innovative and improvisational at times. I was at Earls Court 25th May 1975. Was stunning. I was also at Knebworth and the sound was terrible but I still enjoyed the music. I wish they had not played Knebworth it was not a fitting ending for them. I have also seen film of their USA Live Aid gig and I understand that Knebworth was stunning by comparison. Phil Collins played the drums for what was touted as Led Zeppelin’s reunion, but it was horrible. Page refused permission for this Led Zeppelin set to be released on the official DVD of Live Aid.
Before Cream he was in the yardbirds which produced 3 of the greatest guitarist. Clapton, Page & my favorite Jeff Beck. All friends at one time. You want to hear unique unbelievable guitar, listen to Beck.
You are listening to this exactly as it was intended, fully immersed, just as we did back then...regardless of any difference in choiced of relaxants or enhancing substances ❤
This was an amazing time. The Beatles,Cream,The Who, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones,The Doors and Jimi Hendrix and many more were all making music at the same time.
I saw someone else post this quote on another Cream video but it really is the best description of Cream. They said Ginger Baker (drummer) was quoted as saying "we were always a Jazz trio. Jack and I just never told Eric." Anyway, check out Strange Brew.
After my husband died far to young, I was in the car with my son...we were saying we'd need to figure out what to have put on his dad's gravestone. My son said, how about a favourite song lyric. The next song on the radio was Cream, one of my husband's favourite groups. So, we picked a lyric from that song, Sunshine of Your Love. Kinda cool how that just happened
I never get sick of this song. Ive listened to it probably hundreds of times but Im always amazed by the great musicianship. Ginger's drumming, and Eric's wah-wah sounds, Jack's vocals. Wow! So much more...
Jack Bruce (the bassist) is singing. Ginger Baker is on drums. Although Ahmet Ertegun (of Atlantic Records) tried to make Clapton the front man of the group, Cream had no front man. That wasn't their chemistry. These were three musicians who all played off of each other, with nobody really being the "front man". They were truly the cream of the British music scene at that time. They were together as Cream less than 3 years, but their impact was huge. Clapton and Baker later formed the group Blind Faith with Stevie Winwood and bassist Ric Grech. You should check them out as well.
The wah-wah guitar and the way the singer is using his voice just scream late 60's to me. And yes, you could just sit and enjoy the vibe. We expected the music to take us on a journey, no matter what group we were listening to at the time.
Cream was one of those cutting edge bands that helped to turn 60's music into 70's music. True acid/psychedelic rock meant to open up the mind whether you were using a psychedelic substance or just closing your eyes and letting the music take you on a trip all by itself. And yeah, Clapton is an S-Tier guitarist that can be reasonably argued as being the best ever. More Cream won't hurt my feelings. You do an amazing job, MollyBoy.
Oh you’ve got to hear : IN-A-GADA- DA- VEDA by Iron Butterfly 🦋 Great famous guitar riff, keyboards and drums.. The 17 minute version has a long drum solo along with guitar and keyboards!! ( watch the video)
You would like Mississippi Queen by Mountain. Thier bass player, Felix Papalardi produced many of Cream's albums and Leslie West was an amazing guitarist also.
When you were talking about Jack's voice pulling you in and away from concentrating on the Clapton's guitar work, I was saying out loud, "Just wait, my son."
Cream's bass player, Jack Bruce, wrote and sang this song. Ginger Baker was the drummer. It sounds like the 70's because they were a little ahead of their time. The Beatles were probably the most responsible for ushering music into the 70's as their last few albums sounded more and more 70's, but Cream helped change music too. By the way, Eric Clapton played guitar on The Beatles' song, While My Guitar Gently Weeps. George Harrison wrote that song but the other Beatles didn't want to include it on the album until George recruited Clapton to play on it. I'd love to see you react to that one too.
Though you've already done the Prince/Petty/Lynne tribute performance, make sure to react to the original White Album track if you do The Beatles. The stripped-down Love remix version doesn't include Clapton's contribution.
Actually, the whole white album from the Beatles is great. Not one single bad song on it. Especially including Helter Skelter, which is a precursor to heavy metal and punk rock. It's safe to say that the Beatles pretty much started almost every subgenre of rock and even pop we have today. For reals.
The Beatles Abbey Road (recorded in the middle of 1969) is the sound template of the 1970s. The only difference is that the synthesizers move up in the mix as the 70s go on. The Beatles were worried synthesizers were just a fad and kept them low in the mix on most tracks.
Bassist Jack Bruce co-wrote four songs with poet Pete Brown including "White Room". 🙂 Brown and Bruce wrote many of Cream's songs, including the hits "I Feel Free", "White Room" and "SWLABR";. Brown, Bruce, and Clapton also wrote "Sunshine of Your Love".
Imagine being at the Albert Hall concerts when these three guys just filled the place with a wall of feedback laden sound and people listening to Clapton play just couldn’t believe their eyes & ears
Cream was perhaps the greatest power trio in rock history who played pure rock and roll. I'd say they were the tail end of the British Invasion era. The band gets little recognition these days compared to the esteem it once enjoyed. They were also one of the greatest Psychelic era bands too. Looking forward to the new review.
I think it is BECAUSE they were psychedelic that Cream is t as well known today. That seems to be the genre that is least appreciated by younger people. They don’t get it. Which seems weird to me since there’s as much weed being enjoyed now, if not more, than we did back in the day.
Well, they might have been the tail end if the first WAVE of the British Invasion. But there at least three such invasions. Hell, Deep Purple 1968, Yes 1968, Led Zeppelin 1969, Black Sabbath 1970. Jethro Tull, Genesis 1972, David Bowie in 1971. Many more. that was the second wave. Third wave…….Queen, Iron Maiden, Supertramp, Dire Straits. God knows how many more. And then the 80’s….. Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Winwood , The Police. And on and on.
@@BillNorwood-j3x don’t know Double Trouble, but the other two for sure. And I know they’re not pure rock and roll, but gotta give shout outs to Rush and The Police.
Those drums! No other drummer would have played it like this. Ginger Baker always brings so much. And the sound of his kit is amazing, the bass drum is tuned high.
OMG!!! You just brought back some memories! Night time, friends over, tv is on but muted and stereo blasting this while while passing a joint!!! The good ole days!
The fascinating thing about you young guys listening to music is that there are literally many more decades of music for you to listen to than we ever had when young. Large swaths of some really great songs will never be heard by youth anymore, because the overwhelming quantity is just far beyond the amount of free time, even with targeted suggestions.
I regret the day that someone pulls you away from your microphone & headphones to a world i doubt you would enjoy or fit in. You bring this old rocker back to the days before the amplifiers destroyed his healthy ears. A loyal listener.
The "Music of Cream" one of my first albums, "White Room" Great song now your getting into some of the Psychedelic music 🎶 😎, some of my favorite's Steppenwolfs "Magic Carpit Ride", Strawberry Alarm Clock "Incense and Peppermint" and my favorite Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" a Banger! Put on the rose colored glasses, 🎧 and kickback 😊✌️ Peace ☮️ your 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 💃 🕺
Now Remember Eric Clapton is considered by music critics everywhere as one of the top guitar players in rock history, along with Jimi Hendrix, SRV, and Jimmy Page.
Hey Mollyboy it’s been nothing but fun watching you being thrilled and in some cases just blown away by the fab bands we lived with in the ‘70’s, ‘80,s and 90’s 🤓
Imagine listening to White Room at 10 years old. That's how old I was in 1968 when I asked my Dad to buy me the 45 single after hearing it on the radio. My Dad loved music and was always open minded. He never once hesitated to buy me any single or album that I wanted growing up. Miss you, Dad...and thanks for passing on your love of music to me ❤️
MollyBoyTV, that is one of the best reaction videos I've seen so far out of any reaction video. Your mind is so open, It's a pleasure to watch you learn the history of modern music. Thanks
2/3 of this band went on to create a one off supergroup band Blind Faith. They made one album in 1969 then went on to other projects. Try their song "Can't Find My Way Home". Clapton's guitar and Ginger's drums get added to Steve Winwood's keyboards and vocals with Ric Grech on bass.
This song is what made the first Joker movie so great for me 😅 when he crashes in the police car at the end, the fact that and how this song was used made me almost jump up in the cinema 😂❤
@@paulgatton1785 when I was 2 years old in 1969 I listened to my parents albums and I ended up naming my sister Jennifer from Jennifer Juniper LOL true story.
Crossroads (live) would be a great follow up! ❤ The music like this from the 60s and 70s allows you to get completely lost in a vibe/ journey. You just trust these masters to take you wherever they're going.
Aaah, I had to take a break. When it was over and you said, " I gotta play that again", I started tripping... I just relived my whole psychedelic existence. The first thing I did after I heard this album for the first time was to put this album on for the second time. You got to listen to it for just the drums, too. Ginger Baker in his prime! Yes, this is psychedelic music, the cover is psychedelic, the whole scene became psychedelic. The awesome thing about growing up in the sixties in Cowboy country was that it started with 40's inspired country that was overshadowed with the 50's music. It quickly became mixed with the 60's, but it disappeared in an instant to LSD inspired Rock that challenged the establishment. That Rock became the 70's by 1969. The Greatest of the 60's music is as inspiring today as it was in the madness of that decade. For example, "It's a Hard Rain Gonna Fall" and " The Eve of Destruction" or my favourite, "In the Year 2525". All the events in that song have come true and it's only 2024! What you are doing is the right way to do this, in order, chronological order. And better is that you answer your questions before you continue. "Do your research, my son." Go even further, though. Do it in exactly the order we heard it. If you only listen to the music released before Sgt Pepper's, you'll experience exactly what Sgt Pepper's did to us. It would be very cool, man, to watch you live through the evolution of Rock and the evolution of rockers. There's still time. I see that you took my advice, maybe, to close your eyes and dream. Music isn't supposed to be watched. If you reeeally want to get into the 60's, couple the music with the politics in the news. Sounds boring and far too hard, and it would probably screw up your mind. Not many people who lived through the 60's could handle the 60's. I would recommend it anyway. For example. " Abraham, Martin and John" was released twice. Inspired by the assassination of Martin Luther King, it was re-recorded because only eight weeks later Bobby Kennedy was assassinated and a chorus for him was added to the song. Or, David Bowie's "Space Oddity" was written a year Before the astronauts almost died in Apollo 13. Anyways...love your channel, man. You're doing great. Peace.
Always enjoy reactions and you are right, this is a story/trip. Jack Bruce was also in West, Bruce and Lang and solo too(find his song Clearout from his earliest solo album, it's short but features Jack brilliant bass work and a real banger.
Love sharing this music with young people. Great music always finds new audiences. I watch for that little grin young man. Reminds me of my grandson when he is really vibing to new music. ❤😂❤
Ginger baker the greatest rock drummer ever and incredibly gifted in jazz also yes it's beginning the transition into 70 sound ..Great reaction brother as always..central Virginia usa rockin with you🎉check out British invasion bands and also American bands in that era..the turtles the byrds the young Rascals Paul revere and the radiers...keep spreading the music around Godbless 🎉
Really enjoy your channel. You have the perfect blend of listening enough before pausing and great commentary. When you were saying this song sounds a bit more 70's, I've always said that the late 60's and early 70's belong together. We used to get albums called the greatest hits of the 60's or 70's and to me the early 60's have more in common with the late 50's. My favorite era is late 60's and early 70's. But, then it's my age, 74 years old.
When all my peers (aged 12) were listening to US west coast music, I was listening to this song. Top 5 song on my all time list. The drumming first African style in rock music, by the brilliant Ginger Baker
Clapton's musical odyssey is quite amazing. He started with the Yardbirds (possibly the most influential rock band in history in terms of the guitar) then moved onto to Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes, and ultimately as a solo act. If you examine the list of incredible performers he has interacted and collaborated with, the sheer number of luminary figures in rock history is astounding. You can also add the number of performers that he has given an entree into the industry or exposure to the public at large like Bob Marley and Joe Bonamassa. When fellow legend, Jeff Beck, performed multiple shows at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, he invited his friend to join him on stage for a couple of numbers, introducing him as "a man who knows his way around a Stratocaster."
I forgot to tell you something some Rock groups like Led Zeppelin. Cream. Yes. Black Sabbath some rock bands were such brilliant producers, songwriters, musicians, and singers that their music sounds like it was done in 2024. The Superior musicianship makes it timeless and certainly a helluva better than the music we have today. You must remember....people made music because they were possessed with music....people made music back my time because they were obsessed with the art of music. It was their god.....and they spent 12 to 19 hours a day working on a song or practicing on their instruments. They were so obsessed with music that took drugs to enhanced the vibe of creativity or drown out pain or both.
In the 80's when I was a kid and first heard Cream, Hendrix, Zep, Chicago, Van Halen...felt like my feet were being cemented to the earth. Honesty in music (as in genuine quality/genuine effort) was what I was exposed to. Felt like I was listening to something made with real ingredients, rather than chemicals and food colorings (to use food as an analogy).
You gotta do Badge by Cream. Chill tune but amazing bass playing. And then check out Real Me by The Who, perhaps the greatest rock bass performance in history.
Ginger Baker's drumming was ahead of it's time. The lyrics are very well written and a perfect fit for J.Buce's vocals, also Clapton's guitar and 2nd vocals round out the perfection of... Cream
So happy to watch you discovering all this great music and to be following you on your journey. Also, I admit, I'm hearing bands and songs that I didn't know about or appreciate fully, so thanks to you and your other subscribers for the suggestions! Let's go!!
This Ameerican Boomer really appreciates your enthusiasm for this music. As a boy in the late 50s growing up on the southside of Chicago listening to Top 10 crooners and early rock-a-billy Elvis breakouts on the radio as well as R&B and gospel, my music upbringing was a lot like Jake and Elwood in the Blues Brothers. Keep on rock n' rollin'. Boogie
Cream Live N.S.U. about one minute in i think *(@ about 1:45), after the vocals, when they start to go off completely was the first and one of the only times in my life where music made me freeze entirely.. i just stood there open mouth and eyes and a shower of goosebumps just electrified my entire body.. ❤
Jack Bruce is singing ... one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time.
Yes! Great vocalist; the voice of Cream. Additionally, he co-wrote many of Cream's songs including this one. As well as being a most amazing and creative bass player!!
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I agree absolutely love Cream
This has always been my favourite Cream track. Maybe it’s the minor key, who knows? X
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Mollyboy TV... You Tubes best reaction channel, by far.
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MollyBoy what you said at the end about opening up your mind almost made me cry. This was all such great music and I don't want it to die with the older generations. Younger people should know about it and seeing you appreciate it so much brings me joy
Ditto
Double Dog Ditto
Me toooooo....
Very well said😊
Same feelings here ditto
Ginger Baker's drumming is epic !!
Yep, I've never been much of a fan of Clapton fan, but Ginger Baker was something else.
For years, Clapton's guitar was the only thing I heard because big bass sound dynamics had not yet emerged. Suddenly, Ginger Baker's drums became the biggest part of this recording. Modern remixing has really cleaned up the sound.
Like a jazzy Bonham
@@theshadowfax239 great jazz drummer style. I would say that as good as Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham was Ginger might have had the edge. However the 2 best drummers in my opinion were Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. Possibly Rich was better but who cares if you liked the output 😎👍👍✌️
@@harmonic3350 yeah but I think baker beat bonham. John was loud. Baker was innovative and improvisational at times. I was at Earls Court 25th May 1975. Was stunning. I was also at Knebworth and the sound was terrible but I still enjoyed the music. I wish they had not played Knebworth it was not a fitting ending for them. I have also seen film of their USA Live Aid gig and I understand that Knebworth was stunning by comparison. Phil Collins played the drums for what was touted as Led Zeppelin’s reunion, but it was horrible. Page refused permission for this Led Zeppelin set to be released on the official DVD of Live Aid.
Before Cream he was in the yardbirds which produced 3 of the greatest guitarist. Clapton, Page & my favorite Jeff Beck. All friends at one time. You want to hear unique unbelievable guitar, listen to Beck.
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Came to say this.
David Gilmour points to Beck as his favorite guitarist as well.
Saw the Yardbirds in '66 when both Beck (guitar) and Page (playing bass) were both the band.
Then he left the Yardbirds and joined John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers which produced Eric, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. Also legendary guitarists.
Listen to Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf! They're another awesome band from this era.
First song I thought of.
100% 👍💕
And Born to Be Wild
@@corycooper9878 Oooooh yeah Steppin’Wolf 🎶🎵🎶
Yeah, man..I used to listen to Steppenwolf every day...
You are listening to this exactly as it was intended, fully immersed, just as we did back then...regardless of any difference in choiced of relaxants or enhancing substances ❤
"TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES"......please MB. It's another Cream banger!
Tiny purple fishes..run ,laughing, through your fingers...
YES!!!
Absolutely that and Strange Brew 👌
And "Badge"
This was an amazing time. The Beatles,Cream,The Who, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones,The Doors and Jimi Hendrix and many more were all making music at the same time.
I saw someone else post this quote on another Cream video but it really is the best description of Cream. They said Ginger Baker (drummer) was quoted as saying "we were always a Jazz trio. Jack and I just never told Eric." Anyway, check out Strange Brew.
My favorite song by them, good old days ❤
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I love that quote. I've never been a big fan of Eric Clapton, but I do really like Cream
That's right. He said "...we never told Eric - he thought we were a blues band."
Ooooh yes…Strange Brew.
After my husband died far to young, I was in the car with my son...we were saying we'd need to figure out what to have put on his dad's gravestone. My son said, how about a favourite song lyric. The next song on the radio was Cream, one of my husband's favourite groups. So, we picked a lyric from that song, Sunshine of Your Love. Kinda cool how that just happened
I like that. Sorry he died so young.
Cool, yes "hold fast!" (1Thess.5 :21, the Bible)
Your son had an excellent suggestion! My remembrance should be "Let It Be."
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Sorry for your loss. I have memories associated with that song too. Music lives in our hearts, and so does love.
I never get sick of this song. Ive listened to it probably hundreds of times but Im always amazed by the great musicianship. Ginger's drumming, and Eric's wah-wah sounds, Jack's vocals. Wow! So much more...
The 60's was the psychedelic decade!!! Fantastic times and music!! And it carried on into the 70's!!!🎼🎶🎸🎤🎧🥁🎹🤘🤘🤘🫶🫶🔥🔥🔥
My Mom would jam Cream when my father would go to work before I started school in '69. Mom was a hippie, Dad was a greaser('50's).
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Hah! Going to school in California it was Surfers and Greasers. 😅
You need to listen to Blind Faith. Another band Clapton was in.
... as was Ginger Baker.
Yardbirds
And Derrick and the Dominoes
Late 60’s “Acid Rock” “ peace, love, and happiness”
Jefferson Airplane & Iron Butterfly!!!! 😮😊
Jack Bruce (the bassist) is singing. Ginger Baker is on drums. Although Ahmet Ertegun (of Atlantic Records) tried to make Clapton the front man of the group, Cream had no front man. That wasn't their chemistry. These were three musicians who all played off of each other, with nobody really being the "front man". They were truly the cream of the British music scene at that time. They were together as Cream less than 3 years, but their impact was huge. Clapton and Baker later formed the group Blind Faith with Stevie Winwood and bassist Ric Grech. You should check them out as well.
A lot of trips were taken with these people 😊
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@@countygraybeal6901 I know I took a few... 😆
@@countygraybeal6901 I know I took a few... 😆
The wah-wah guitar and the way the singer is using his voice just scream late 60's to me. And yes, you could just sit and enjoy the vibe. We expected the music to take us on a journey, no matter what group we were listening to at the time.
Tales of Brave Ulysses, Badge, & Sunshine of Your Love are all CREAM bangers!
Sunshine of your love
Cream was one of those cutting edge bands that helped to turn 60's music into 70's music. True acid/psychedelic rock meant to open up the mind whether you were using a psychedelic substance or just closing your eyes and letting the music take you on a trip all by itself. And yeah, Clapton is an S-Tier guitarist that can be reasonably argued as being the best ever. More Cream won't hurt my feelings. You do an amazing job, MollyBoy.
Crossroads is worth a listen 1968 and 2005 live versions
THIS!!!!^^^^^^^^
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Crossroads is a masterpiece of fury and passion
The live version of Crossroads is one of the greatest live recordings ever! Jack Bruce’s bass playing is so good.
You know for years I focused on Clapton's guitar playing. But now I really appreciate Ginger Baker's drumming and Jack Bruce's bass.
No, you’re not bias. I’m an American & Clapton is a guitar GOD.
Oh you’ve got to hear :
IN-A-GADA- DA- VEDA
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Iron Butterfly 🦋
Great famous guitar riff, keyboards and drums..
The 17 minute version has a long drum solo along with guitar and keyboards!!
( watch the video)
He’ll totally love that one
absolutely!!!
Yes!
And there is a live performance video, too! --Dan
Yes, In The Garden Of Eden by I. Ron Butterfly.
You would like Mississippi Queen by Mountain. Thier bass player, Felix Papalardi produced many of Cream's albums and Leslie West was an amazing guitarist also.
Very early wah wah here. Clapton and Hendrix were pioneers of that.
How about ""Season of the Witch" from Super Sessions. Stephen Stils is having some serious fun with the wah wah.
Actually Clapton was, Hendricks flew to England to see and meet Clapton over it.
When you were talking about Jack's voice pulling you in and away from concentrating on the Clapton's guitar work, I was saying out loud, "Just wait, my son."
Oh Mollyboy- this was one of your best réactions. It's not about the song (the songs are always great); It's about what you SAY ❤❤❤
Jack Bruce was the main singer and bass player. Eric Clapton was backing vocals and guitar. Ginger Baker on drums.
One of the greatest rock songs ever!! The Bass, guitar and Ginger on the drums incredible!!🍻
Cream's bass player, Jack Bruce, wrote and sang this song. Ginger Baker was the drummer. It sounds like the 70's because they were a little ahead of their time. The Beatles were probably the most responsible for ushering music into the 70's as their last few albums sounded more and more 70's, but Cream helped change music too. By the way, Eric Clapton played guitar on The Beatles' song, While My Guitar Gently Weeps. George Harrison wrote that song but the other Beatles didn't want to include it on the album until George recruited Clapton to play on it. I'd love to see you react to that one too.
Though you've already done the Prince/Petty/Lynne tribute performance, make sure to react to the original White Album track if you do The Beatles. The stripped-down Love remix version doesn't include Clapton's contribution.
Actually, the whole white album from the Beatles is great. Not one single bad song on it. Especially including Helter Skelter, which is a precursor to heavy metal and punk rock. It's safe to say that the Beatles pretty much started almost every subgenre of rock and even pop we have today. For reals.
The Beatles Abbey Road (recorded in the middle of 1969) is the sound template of the 1970s. The only difference is that the synthesizers move up in the mix as the 70s go on. The Beatles were worried synthesizers were just a fad and kept them low in the mix on most tracks.
Bassist Jack Bruce co-wrote four songs with poet Pete Brown including "White Room". 🙂 Brown and Bruce wrote many of Cream's songs, including the hits "I Feel Free", "White Room" and "SWLABR";. Brown, Bruce, and Clapton also wrote "Sunshine of Your Love".
You have the best reactions on UA-cam, very insightful and genuine. Also, you have a ton of charisma.
That's such a nice thing to say😊
People always talk about Clapton's guitar and Jack voice but listen to Ginger's drumming driving the whole thing. Incredible!
Cream was the first "supergroup" with 3 Titans of their craft coming together and just busting out ungodly incredible music.
I was lucky enough to see Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan in Cincinnati Ohio not long before SRV passed away.
I was at that concert
A bad day for the blues.
Imagine being at the Albert Hall concerts when these three guys just filled the place with a wall of feedback laden sound and people listening to Clapton play just couldn’t believe their eyes & ears
Cream was perhaps the greatest power trio in rock history who played pure rock and roll. I'd say they were the tail end of the British Invasion era. The band gets little recognition these days compared to the esteem it once enjoyed. They were also one of the greatest Psychelic era bands too. Looking forward to the new review.
I think it is BECAUSE they were psychedelic that Cream is t as well known today. That seems to be the genre that is least appreciated by younger people. They don’t get it. Which seems weird to me since there’s as much weed being enjoyed now, if not more, than we did back in the day.
ZZ Top
SRV and Double Trouble
Well, they might have been the tail end if the first WAVE of the British Invasion. But there at least three such invasions. Hell, Deep Purple 1968, Yes 1968, Led Zeppelin 1969, Black Sabbath 1970. Jethro Tull, Genesis 1972, David Bowie in 1971. Many more. that was the second wave. Third wave…….Queen, Iron Maiden, Supertramp, Dire Straits. God knows how many more.
And then the 80’s….. Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Winwood , The Police. And on and on.
@@BillNorwood-j3x don’t know Double Trouble, but the other two for sure.
And I know they’re not pure rock and roll, but gotta give shout outs to Rush and The Police.
@@BillNorwood-j3x Great Trios for sure. Cannot top Cream
Those drums! No other drummer would have played it like this. Ginger Baker always brings so much. And the sound of his kit is amazing, the bass drum is tuned high.
You’re a great, receptive, open, and cool young man!
A pleasure to “ be” with you!! 👍🥂
That is such a nice thing to say😊,,weldone you
You’re channel MB, we’re just along for the ride. We enjoy young people finding out the amazing music we grew up with.
White Room is a certified classic. Its on the radio all the time. Its my favorite by them.
Another Cream song you could react to is called "Badge".
Another vote for "Crossroads" live 1968 & 2005. Rock On
I find myself nodding my head at you every time you look amazed at the camera. Like,"Yeah,it's good!" ❤❤
OMG!!! You just brought back some memories! Night time, friends over, tv is on but muted and stereo blasting this while while passing a joint!!! The good ole days!
Yes, this did inspire some early smoking for me in university!
The fascinating thing about you young guys listening to music is that there are literally many more decades of music for you to listen to than we ever had when young. Large swaths of some really great songs will never be heard by youth anymore, because the overwhelming quantity is just far beyond the amount of free time, even with targeted suggestions.
Yes, I had this same thought a few days ago. Maybe he’s young enough to get caught up since newer music lost some magic after a few decades.
Trying to catch up would be a worthwhile challenge, though, lol
It means the channel can last forever
I regret the day that someone pulls you away from your microphone & headphones to a world i doubt you would enjoy or fit in.
You bring this old rocker back to the days before the amplifiers destroyed his healthy ears.
A loyal listener.
The "Music of Cream" one of my first albums, "White Room" Great song now your getting into some of the Psychedelic music 🎶 😎, some of my favorite's Steppenwolfs "Magic Carpit Ride", Strawberry Alarm Clock "Incense and Peppermint" and my favorite Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" a Banger! Put on the rose colored glasses, 🎧 and kickback 😊✌️ Peace ☮️ your 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 💃 🕺
YES.....Got to cover in a gadda da vida. Classic!!!
Oh ! All those songs make me time travel. Don't forget TIME by the Chambers Brothers.
I would agree with all of that, Gary. Great advice.
All good choices!
@@CherylHarper-o4bOne of my all-time favorites!
Now Remember Eric Clapton is considered by music critics everywhere as one of the top guitar players in rock history, along with Jimi Hendrix, SRV, and Jimmy Page.
I once had a button stating "Clapton is God".....and couldn't agree more!
“Clapton is God” is a famous graffiti sprayed onto a wall in England that was often repeated around England and even into New York.
@@anthonyblakely399 and the best according to Jimi Rory Gallagher
One cannot possibly forget *Jeff Beck* as one of the _all time great_ guitar players !!!
Beck and SRV!! RIP my friends-se ya in the next (world). ❤🎶🎸🙏🏻 9:18
Hey Mollyboy it’s been nothing but fun watching you being thrilled and in some cases just blown away by the fab bands we lived with in the ‘70’s, ‘80,s and 90’s 🤓
Imagine listening to White Room at 10 years old. That's how old I was in 1968 when I asked my Dad to buy me the 45 single after hearing it on the radio. My Dad loved music and was always open minded. He never once hesitated to buy me any single or album that I wanted growing up. Miss you, Dad...and thanks for passing on your love of music to me ❤️
That’s awesome! My mom was the same for me with books. She would also let me stay up past my bedtime as long as I was reading.
Eric Clapton, even in the background, demands your attention. 😂😂. Master guitarist!
So glad to see you expanding your musical horizons! Keep up the good work!
This is a great song. That is a great reaction! Many a person smoked to this song and went on a trip. Ask a 60's person for clarity.🤣
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What he said! It's true. I was there! ☮️❤️🎶
MollyBoyTV, that is one of the best reaction videos I've seen so far out of any reaction video. Your mind is so open, It's a pleasure to watch you learn the history of modern music. Thanks
Best of Cream. Got to love Eric Clapton 's guitar.
2/3 of this band went on to create a one off supergroup band Blind Faith. They made one album in 1969 then went on to other projects. Try their song "Can't Find My Way Home". Clapton's guitar and Ginger's drums get added to Steve Winwood's keyboards and vocals with Ric Grech on bass.
Great reaction! Love that you get that these are musicians who lived and died for their songs!!
This song is what made the first Joker movie so great for me 😅 when he crashes in the police car at the end, the fact that and how this song was used made me almost jump up in the cinema 😂❤
Sounds like 70s
Cream was ahead of the curve
Definition of a “ Power Trio”
If you're looking for more early rock, try "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan.
And season of the witch!
@@VintageWanderer And Mello Yellow and Wear Your Love Like Heaven
@@paulgatton1785 when I was 2 years old in 1969 I listened to my parents albums and I ended up naming my sister Jennifer from Jennifer Juniper LOL true story.
Jimmy Page played on that record
Crossroads (live) would be a great follow up! ❤
The music like this from the 60s and 70s allows you to get completely lost in a vibe/ journey. You just trust these masters to take you wherever they're going.
Aaah, I had to take a break. When it was over and you said, " I gotta play that again", I started tripping... I just relived my whole psychedelic existence. The first thing I did after I heard this album for the first time was to put this album on for the second time. You got to listen to it for just the drums, too. Ginger Baker in his prime!
Yes, this is psychedelic music, the cover is psychedelic, the whole scene became psychedelic. The awesome thing about growing up in the sixties in Cowboy country was that it started with 40's inspired country that was overshadowed with the 50's music. It quickly became mixed with the 60's, but it disappeared in an instant to LSD inspired Rock that challenged the establishment. That Rock became the 70's by 1969. The Greatest of the 60's music is as inspiring today as it was in the madness of that decade. For example, "It's a Hard Rain Gonna Fall" and " The Eve of Destruction" or my favourite, "In the Year 2525". All the events in that song have come true and it's only 2024!
What you are doing is the right way to do this, in order, chronological order. And better is that you answer your questions before you continue. "Do your research, my son." Go even further, though. Do it in exactly the order we heard it. If you only listen to the music released before Sgt Pepper's, you'll experience exactly what Sgt Pepper's did to us. It would be very cool, man, to watch you live through the evolution of Rock and the evolution of rockers. There's still time. I see that you took my advice, maybe, to close your eyes and dream. Music isn't supposed to be watched.
If you reeeally want to get into the 60's, couple the music with the politics in the news. Sounds boring and far too hard, and it would probably screw up your mind. Not many people who lived through the 60's could handle the 60's. I would recommend it anyway. For example. " Abraham, Martin and John" was released twice. Inspired by the assassination of Martin Luther King, it was re-recorded because only eight weeks later Bobby Kennedy was assassinated and a chorus for him was added to the song. Or, David Bowie's "Space Oddity" was written a year Before the astronauts almost died in Apollo 13.
Anyways...love your channel, man. You're doing great. Peace.
Minor key is that haunting one, my favorite also, just does something to ya. Turn on black light and tune in for this one....
No, it's Jack Bruce singing on this.
@@donaldb1 wow you learned me something! Thank you
Always enjoy reactions and you are right, this is a story/trip. Jack Bruce was also in West, Bruce and Lang and solo too(find his song Clearout from his earliest solo album, it's short but features Jack brilliant bass work and a real banger.
Love sharing this music with young people. Great music always finds new audiences. I watch for that little grin young man. Reminds me of my grandson when he is really vibing to new music. ❤😂❤
Same!!
Ginger baker the greatest rock drummer ever and incredibly gifted in jazz also yes it's beginning the transition into 70 sound ..Great reaction brother as always..central Virginia usa rockin with you🎉check out British invasion bands and also American bands in that era..the turtles the byrds the young Rascals Paul revere and the radiers...keep spreading the music around Godbless 🎉
This is real music Real reaction. PEACE
Really enjoy your channel. You have the perfect blend of listening enough before pausing and great commentary. When you were saying this song sounds a bit more 70's, I've always said that the late 60's and early 70's belong together. We used to get albums called the greatest hits of the 60's or 70's and to me the early 60's have more in common with the late 50's. My favorite era is late 60's and early 70's. But, then it's my age, 74 years old.
You should play Bell Bottom Blues by Eric Clapton. You will love it
One of my favorites!
That Solo at the end got you!!!
I thought it would!!!
Another great reaction!!
Thanks!!!
When all my peers (aged 12) were listening to US west coast music, I was listening to this song. Top 5 song on my all time list. The drumming first African style in rock music, by the brilliant Ginger Baker
Clapton's musical odyssey is quite amazing. He started with the Yardbirds (possibly the most influential rock band in history in terms of the guitar) then moved onto to Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes, and ultimately as a solo act. If you examine the list of incredible performers he has interacted and collaborated with, the sheer number of luminary figures in rock history is astounding. You can also add the number of performers that he has given an entree into the industry or exposure to the public at large like Bob Marley and Joe Bonamassa. When fellow legend, Jeff Beck, performed multiple shows at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, he invited his friend to join him on stage for a couple of numbers, introducing him as "a man who knows his way around a Stratocaster."
I forgot to tell you something some Rock groups like Led Zeppelin. Cream. Yes. Black Sabbath some rock bands were such brilliant producers, songwriters, musicians, and singers that their music sounds like it was done in 2024. The Superior musicianship makes it timeless and certainly a helluva better than the music we have today. You must remember....people made music because they were possessed with music....people made music back my time because they were obsessed with the art of music. It was their god.....and they spent 12 to 19 hours a day working on a song or practicing on their instruments. They were so obsessed with music that took drugs to enhanced the vibe of creativity or drown out pain or both.
Ginger Baker another great one🥁🤘
Absolutely...rabbit hole
In the 80's when I was a kid and first heard Cream, Hendrix, Zep, Chicago, Van Halen...felt like my feet were being cemented to the earth. Honesty in music (as in genuine quality/genuine effort) was what I was exposed to. Felt like I was listening to something made with real ingredients, rather than chemicals and food colorings (to use food as an analogy).
It's great you're open to great music from any decade. ❤️
You gotta do Badge by Cream. Chill tune but amazing bass playing. And then check out Real Me by The Who, perhaps the greatest rock bass performance in history.
This song was one of Creams first hits in the 60’s, it’s a psychedelic. Loved it in those days!👍💙
Clapton was teasing us through this song i love the poetic lyrics as well
Jack Bruce, one of the best and most influential bassists of rock
Thanks again MollyBoy for today’s picks.
As others have recommended, crossroads and tales of brave Ulysses would be a great sampling of Cream. Love your reactions MB
Ginger Baker's drumming was ahead of it's time.
The lyrics are very well written and a perfect fit for J.Buce's vocals, also Clapton's guitar and 2nd vocals round out the perfection of... Cream
So happy to watch you discovering all this great music and to be following you on your journey. Also, I admit, I'm hearing bands and songs that I didn't know about or appreciate fully, so thanks to you and your other subscribers for the suggestions! Let's go!!
Now you know why
'Clapton is God'
Cream was only around for a couple of years and put out an incredible amount of GREAT music.
I just love Ginger Baker's drumming on this track......in fact the whole package is awesome, especially for 1968, and I'm a boomer born in '53!!😁🇬🇧
Always a winner
This Ameerican Boomer really appreciates your enthusiasm for this music. As a boy in the late 50s growing up on the southside of Chicago listening to Top 10 crooners and early rock-a-billy Elvis breakouts on the radio as well as R&B and gospel, my music upbringing was a lot like Jake and Elwood in the Blues Brothers. Keep on rock n' rollin'. Boogie
MollyBoy, Thank you! Love this channel.🔥❤
I love your reactions! Your facial expressions are so descriptive!
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton
Great channel love your reactions,especially the instrumentals, I was raised on this music. Thanks 🎉
My husband’s favorite band, I wasn’t into that type of music at the time. I can now appreciate it, 50 years later.
This is one of the great rock masterpieces. From this so much grew.
Cream Live N.S.U. about one minute in i think *(@ about 1:45), after the vocals, when they start to go off completely was the first and one of the only times in my life where music made me freeze entirely.. i just stood there open mouth and eyes and a shower of goosebumps just electrified my entire body.. ❤
Minor key makes for haunting melodies
71 yr old boomer here, still can't get enough of Crossroads from the same album, live at the Fillmore.