Search for "(Tom Dowd) Producing Cream's "Disraeli Gears"" on YT, if you wanna know where Ginger got the beat from... From doc, Tom Dowd & the Language Of Music Legendary/ Influencial Rock Hall of Fame Producer Tom Dowd, an in-depth look at his life and career! He produced Ray Charles,The Drifters, The Coasters,Charlie Parker, Les Paul, Booker T, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Cream, Derek & the Dominos, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chicago, Diana Ross, Bobby Darin...
Went high school in the early 80's and school used to always play this at football games. Then in college also heard it at football games by many school bands.
You must check out this Cream reunion concert series from 2015. Listen to the studio versions first and then compare with the live versions 30+ years later. They play all their hits during this concert, like this one: th-cam.com/video/dCc00pX_pFA/w-d-xo.html
Ginger Baker would have been VERY happy to hear you describe his drumming as tribal. He spent years learning African drum patterns to enhance his jazz drumming.
This song influenced a generation of guitar players. It influenced a generation of drummers. It influenced a generation of bassists. And it continues to influence rock vocalists to this day. What a song!
Hi LA.....looks like we have a few things in common. Love Cream and the Yardbirds. Ginger Baker was my husbands favorite drummer and copied everything he played when we were in high school. Bands back then were the best.
I feel incredibly privileged to have learned how to play the drums from Ginger Baker's son, Kofi Baker, over 20 years ago - starting in the 90s. Another friend of mine learned to play from him, too. We'd go play with Kofi in a restaurant his family owned after hours, set up Ginger's old Ludwig kit(s) and learn various things from Kofi, or simply watch him go crazy. We'd hear all kinds of crazy tales about Ginger's complete madness. Ginger Baker was like a wild animal, who couldn't be tamed, trying to live in society. Let's just say Ginger never did figure out how to live among sane humans. Nonetheless, to your mentioning of "tribal" in Ginger's drumming, Ginger brought an African influence to drumming that threw a whole new spin on drumming in rock/jazz; he changed the game in many ways. Ginger drove in his Range Rover from the U.K. to Nigeria, Africa with only his drums. He left with tribal grooves, polyrhythms, and his clothes on his back and nothing else because a violent political takeover happened while he was there, so he hit the road - losing all his belongings. Hearing these stories from his son, Kofi, is an experience I'll forever cherish, but I cherish learning the drums from Kofi even more. Kofi would mention Ginger all the time while teaching us because Ginger taught him. Kofi could play 3 or 4 different time signatures at once. It's all about the left-foot, drummers! Gotta keep that pulse/time...
Hendrix did play some of that instrumental unannounced when he appeared on a BBC show in the late 60s. He was in the middle of playing "Hey Joe", then abruptly stopped and decided to pay tribute to Cream, who had just broken up at the time.
@@chris62tt That actually brings up a good point. It's funny when people say "oh i wish i knew how amazing those times were and how lucky i was"...but the most ironic part that so few people realize is that what made it so amazing...was you and your perceptions being exactly the way you were at that time and not any different. But with the subject of music, the stuff that's going on these days would never even be fathomed just a few decades ago. It is one of the top things that signifies just how dumb people have become (especially the younger generations). It's bad news.
@Roger Loghry I agree my brother. These three guys were like many in that era were true artists, musicians and paved the way for those that followed. There was no auto tune, computer generated effects, just the guy, his instrument, boundless talent, and creativity. Then put them together in a band and, well, history is made. I think if young musicians would listen to and hear these great artists there would be a new era in this type of music. Real musicians, playing real instruments, without relying on computer assistance, to create music that will be as fresh in 50 years as it is right now. That's what we have right here, Sunshine, released 54 years ago and we still listen and I personally am still astonished at how talented they were and still are. Lest I forget RIP Jack and Ginger you made timeless music. Be well and safe, peace to you and yours
Check out Anton Newcombe/The Brian Jonestown Massacre - he dropped a TON of proper psychedelic 60’s-inspired new stuff during Lockdown last year. It’s proper bangin
Live version of "Tales of Brave Ulysses" from "Live Cream: Vol. 2" is as proto-metal as it gets! After hearing that track, I knew I HAD TO BECOME A BASS PLAYER.
Fella Kati, is who Ginger Baker played with and learn African Music. Ginger Baker open a studio in Laso Nigeria and recorded there. There is a documentary,“ Ginger Baker in Africa” about his journey into African Music. Good music has no boundaries. Cream, Clapton, Baker and Bruce are in a class of their own.
What a great song this is, and always will be! In my opinion, Cream is the epitome of the 60s hard rock, and especially this song. Strangely enough, this great riff always reminds me of Judd Nelson as John Bender humming this riff in the 1985 movie "The Breakfast Club".
Now you have to do "White Room" still an all time favorite song of mine, by any artist from any era. Other great tracks from Cream are "Crossroads" "Tales of Brave Ulysses" "Badge" "Born Under a Bad Sign" Thanks Jamel. Peace
This! Although, I was fifteen, in the guitar shop, waiting for my lesson, and the older guys (lol, probably in their 20's) were telling me to check out Cream, Blind Faith... and then my teacher said, "You wanna learn some old Slow-hand?" ... he gave me the tab for Crossroads. Blew my mind.
Only Clapton is left now. I love the soulful singing of Jack Bruce. You need to watch the 2005 Cream reunion at Royal Albert Hall. For 3 nights these men, all in their 60's at the time blewvthe house down, and made it look easy.
Bassist Jack Bruce, the legend who wrote and sings this song, once said one of my favorite quotes about music ever: "I think every composer only has about three good original ideas. I don't care if it's me or Beethoven." Now dig "Strange Brew"!
Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton wrote the music. The lyrics were by the poet Pete Brown, who is still alive and lives in the same town as me. He occasionally plays local pubs singing not only Cream songs but also those by other bands he has worked with.
Cream is essential to understanding the evolution of rock in the 60s-70s. The song referenced in the solo is the classic "Blue Moon," written in the 1930s.
Cool info. Never really thought about how sampling has been happening since the beginning of music. Your comment got this old lady's two brain cells to connect.
Yes! The Lulu show. On the day the news broke. I was going to suggest reacting to this. It's wonderful. Enough so that they had to cut the band off the air.
I just watched that clip on the Lulu show the other night, yeah the show producers didn't know what to do when this happened, plus the fact that the clip nearly went the same way of a lot of TVs shows of the day and be scrubbed and was found many years later for us to enjoy.
When I was a young boy following mainly Beatles and Easybeats my school friend who lived around the corner from me entered a radio competition and won the 'Wheels of Fire' album by Cream. We listened to this new wonderful left of centre music which seemed to take us to a whole new dimension in musical creativity, our lives were never the same after that.
I think Scorsese used it in Goodfellas. The guitar solo is kind of a parody of 'Blue Moon'. The story is that Baker was making fun of Clapton and said 'I bet you can't play a jazz tune'. That was EC's response.
I Feel Free , Strange Brew , Take It Back , Tales Of Brave Ulysses , Steppin' Out , White Room There is a interesting documentary from 2012 on Ginger Baker Beware Of Mr. Baker It was used in Goodfellas Living Colour did a cover for the True Lies Soundtrack
I had the blessings to grow up in London when Cream and all that followed it was happening and changing the face of music forever. Jim Marshall (famed for his amplifiers) had his shop in the Broadway and we would stand outside gawping at the stars of the day that called in to try a rig or buy a guitar or whatever. There was a Lowry organ shop that attracted the keyboard players of the time. Pete Townshend lived up the road, the Ealing Club hosted the very best of British music, Rick Wakeman went to a local school and so the list goes on. Eel Pie Island had an amazing music club....we lived and listened the dream you are now discovering and grooving to...keep up the journey...there are many more miles to travel. Enjoy!
Ginger Baker, one of THE best drummers ever. Having said that, you're right, we could be anywhere. I live in Honduras and I should be concentrating on my work but I'm kickin back here watching me some Jamel. 😁👌🏻🤘🏻
I saw Ginger Baker at the Bottom Line in NYC in the early 90's. I went with my old boss. He went to the men's room before the encores. He came back shaking in delight. He went pee next to Eric Clapton who joined Ginger on stage for a few encores. The building shook
Cream recorded the Disraeli Gears album this song is on in three days at Atlantic Studios, a couple of miles down the road from where I live in NYC. They had to wrap it up quickly because their visas were about to expire.
Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker played together in a band called The Graham Bond Organization. They hated each other. Bruce once threw his double bass at Baker as retaliation for Baker throwing a drum stick at him. Clapton somehow got them to agree to play in Cream despite their animosity. I think that drove them to try to outplay each other.
There was a short period, mid 1967 when Bruce and Baker got on quite well, their animus was trained on their manager Robert Stigwood and perhaps a little on EC (EC had been asking Stiggy for advances and had been getting them, but Bruce and Baker had asked the same question and had got bugger all). The moment Stiggy gave Bruce and Baker their cash they went back to fighting....
I'm sure I've heard this song hundreds of times growing up, but having you genuinely like "our music", makes it all seem fresh in my mind. Rock on with your bad self!
My introduction to Cream in1967. After hearing it on the radio. Jumped on the 56 bus in DC and went down to Glen’s record store on F St. Which was about 4 city blocks from the White House. Man it’s crazy how certain things you remember to the detail which they affect you that much. And the music of Cream was one of those things.
I had the good fortune to see Cream when they played in Toronto and went to Meet Eric Clapton at the Royal York Hotel in the afternoon. We were watching the news about Bobby Kennedy's being assassinated and I spent a few hours talking to him. He was very soft-spoken and told me about starting out as an artist and not learning to play guitar until he was around 14. He doodled me a drawing and gave me his autograph. I believe that Eric Clapton is a reincarnation of an old black Blues musician.
My favorite Cream song. Thank you! SUCH A CLASSIC! Ginger was the drummer. A banger! ERIC CLAPTONS guitar slayed me. Love your reaction! That riff gets me...the bass!
In ‘67 alone this unforgettable song was alongside the Doors Light My Fire (long version), all of the Sgt Pepper album, Somebody to Love, Janis, Jimi, the Beach Boys Good Vibrations, Respect by Aretha, Funky Broadway by Wilson Pickett, and on and on. We had Viet Nam war to deal with, and lots of other bad events, but the music was incredible!
I saw Cream twice at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The first time with The Byrds and the second time with The Electric Flag. I love how Jack and Eric trade lead vocals and the harmonize on the choruses.
I love that you mention how nasty the riff is because any time I’ve heard a live cover of this by an amateur band, I’ll always think to myself that it doesn’t sound nasty enough! Love the rock and soul in this!
This was a great song in 67.High school senior in hippie era. Viet Nam era. British Invasion began in 1964. Were so many great groups from the UK and America at this time.60 s music revolutionized the entire world What a time to be alive and young with some of the greatest and vast musical talent ever collectively assembled.😊👍
When this song came on the radio I decided to learn guitar. Such a catchy riff! Notice how the beginning of the guitar solo is the old song "Blue Moon". According to producer Tom Dowd, it was he who suggested to drummer Ginger Baker that he play the drums like you would hear Native American drumming in a Western movie. It was during the period before Cream, and after he left the Yardbirds, when Clapton was a member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, that there was "Clapton Is God" graffiti in London. That is the reason that Ian Anderson gave up his electric guitar and took up the flute. See "Stepping Out" or "Have You Heard". For Clapton's fastest playing that I know of see the live version of "Sitting On Top Of The World" on the Goodbye Cream album.
Goodfellas!!! When Jimmy starts to get paranoid after the Lufthansa heist. With the cig in his mouth and the CRAZY eyes . . . that's when the riff comes in.
"Sunshine of Your Love" is Cream's only gold selling single in the United States. The song appears on the soundtracks of the movies: 'School of Rock', 'Goodfellas', 'Uncommon Valor', and 'True Lies'.
First time I heard this song was in the hospital at age 10, after having my tonsils out. Totally out of it on Demerol, and my hippie roommate had a late night visit from her boyfriend. They fired up a joint, I must have onboarded a contact high in addition to the Demerol and an hour later when the doctor came for evening rounds I was so mellow and polluted that I was making the peace sign...
My folks got to go to the Cream reunion gig at the Albert Hall in the Noughties, it was amazing and all three still had it of course. RIP Ginger and Jack. Clapton of course is still amazing, I saw him at Hyde Park a few years ago and he still has it. Cream is one of the best bands ever. Also John Mayall of the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds fame and also responsible for us having the likes of Clapton, Jimmy Page , Jeff Beck to name but a few, he is called the Godfather of British Blues by many people and for good reason , well my folks have met Mayall quite a few times near where they live as he lives in Hertfordshire which has been amazing too. They got me some signed merch! Yesss get in !
I'm surprised you never heard this one yet. Classic of classics. Guitar players everywhere learned this opening riff when they went electric. Always a jam.
This song will never die! Awesome. A band of this magnitude will never be replaced as The Righteous Brothers, Dusty Springfield, Linda Ronstadt, John Fogerty CCR Karen Carpenter and Patsy Cline. Can't forget Steve Perry of Journey.
I highly recommend “SWLABR” by Cream. Awesome song, rarely gets talked about, but a great showcase (as most of their songs are) for their individual talents and how seamlessly they worked together.
Very first concert that I went to was Cream at the Forum in Inglewood in October 1968. Deep Purple also played that night. Couldn't get any better than that.
I know you love it live...we were so lucky that after 40ish years apart they reunited for a couple groups of shows first at Royal Albert Hall and then our Mecca Of Rock and Roll Madison Square Garden. Got to see the three 70+ guys hittin the notes one last time. Worth finding on youtube.
I love what you do & your break downs, comments, and analysis of the GRAT music my generation grew up with. Try some 'April Wine' great library of music
3:38 The melody here was from another song called "Blue Moon". A doo-wop song from the 50s by a group called The Marcels. "Blue moon. You saw me standing alone..."
One of the first songs I ever loved. My dad’s love for Cream, Hendrix and Zeppelin, with my mom’s love for the Beatles and Dylan put me on the right path for sure.
Jamel you gotta do Van Morrison-Caravan live “The last waltz” it’s him playing with The Band live. You really get to see the soul and energy on that one
"Rest in peace Ginger Baker". Ginger never did anything "in peace"! He was a one-off - brilliant drummer influenced by jazz and African tribal drumming, and eccentric as hell. Someone you did NOT want to get on the wrong side of - his fighting was legendary. There's a great documentary of him done in about 2013 called "Beware of Mr. Baker". The title is appropriate!
I was 13 years old and Disraeli Gears was my first ever album. Followed almost immediately by "The Doors" and Jimi Hendrix's album "Are You Experienced". Magic. I'm so lucky to have lived that period of musical history.
Whooo, Groovy...Field party time, Bon-fire, starry sky, dance around fire and a few (improper things) Lol...Oh yeah Im there...Oh yes, Thank you for the memory Jamel. Blessings to you and the family
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Search for "(Tom Dowd) Producing Cream's "Disraeli Gears"" on YT, if you wanna know where Ginger got the beat from...
From doc, Tom Dowd & the Language Of Music
Legendary/ Influencial Rock Hall of Fame Producer Tom Dowd, an in-depth look at his life and career! He produced Ray Charles,The Drifters, The Coasters,Charlie Parker, Les Paul, Booker T, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Cream, Derek & the Dominos, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chicago, Diana Ross, Bobby Darin...
Please check out “Marooned” by Pink Floyd
So much talent in Cream.
Went high school in the early 80's and school used to always play this at football games. Then in college also heard it at football games by many school bands.
You must check out this Cream reunion concert series from 2015. Listen to the studio versions first and then compare with the live versions 30+ years later. They play all their hits during this concert, like this one:
th-cam.com/video/dCc00pX_pFA/w-d-xo.html
Another great song from Cream is “White room”
My all time favorite song!
Yup. Please do.
One of the best songs in 2019’s Joker
YASSSS
Absolutely. Jamel picked two good ones, but that would complete the trio.
Ginger Baker would have been VERY happy to hear you describe his drumming as tribal. He spent years learning African drum patterns to enhance his jazz drumming.
Impressive. Making Baker happy about anything 😆
@@johnschaeffer7008 Haha! Yes. I saw that movie about him a few years back. He was a DICK. But awesome.
@@TK-fk4po as most geniuses are lol
There was a great documentary about Ginger Baker that covers his African drumming techniques
@@johnschaeffer7008 Was Ginger ever happy about anything? Cranky old bastid 😆😆👍
Rock doesn't get any better than this. Baker's rhythmic contribution is outstanding.
Jack Bruce’s bass riff is iconic. One of the most famous in rock.
You hit the jackpot. Baker was a crazy good tribal man. Supergroup with just a couple albums. Check out 2005 Cream Reunion
Abso-friggin-lutley!
Jamel needs to know what a "dull surprise" is. Talk about double entendres
This great song as well as Politician, Bruce's best while with Cream.
Jack Bruce’s Vocals. Is what made cream.
This song influenced a generation of guitar players. It influenced a generation of drummers. It influenced a generation of bassists. And it continues to influence rock vocalists to this day. What a song!
Eric Clapton the only person inducted three times into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. As a member of cream as a member of the Yardbirds and solo
LA. I never knew that. Great nugget
And well deserved!!!
Hi LA.....looks like we have a few things in common. Love Cream and the Yardbirds. Ginger Baker was my husbands favorite drummer and copied everything he played when we were in high school. Bands back then were the best.
@@9382georgia yaaaasss been Watching this channel for a long time huge fan of his
Clapton is god.
I feel incredibly privileged to have learned how to play the drums from Ginger Baker's son, Kofi Baker, over 20 years ago - starting in the 90s. Another friend of mine learned to play from him, too. We'd go play with Kofi in a restaurant his family owned after hours, set up Ginger's old Ludwig kit(s) and learn various things from Kofi, or simply watch him go crazy. We'd hear all kinds of crazy tales about Ginger's complete madness. Ginger Baker was like a wild animal, who couldn't be tamed, trying to live in society. Let's just say Ginger never did figure out how to live among sane humans. Nonetheless, to your mentioning of "tribal" in Ginger's drumming, Ginger brought an African influence to drumming that threw a whole new spin on drumming in rock/jazz; he changed the game in many ways. Ginger drove in his Range Rover from the U.K. to Nigeria, Africa with only his drums. He left with tribal grooves, polyrhythms, and his clothes on his back and nothing else because a violent political takeover happened while he was there, so he hit the road - losing all his belongings. Hearing these stories from his son, Kofi, is an experience I'll forever cherish, but I cherish learning the drums from Kofi even more. Kofi would mention Ginger all the time while teaching us because Ginger taught him. Kofi could play 3 or 4 different time signatures at once. It's all about the left-foot, drummers! Gotta keep that pulse/time...
That’s an amazing story! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Wow!!
I’m so glad you shared this! ❤️
Fantastic story..
Yes! Thank you for sharing your story.
Oh those days of the psychedelic! (my music, I'm 73) Don't mean the drug but the music and the vibes. Sending love.
Do "I Feel Free" and "Strange Brew" as well, but "White Room" first!
I thought he did react to White Room, but can’t find it, so yes! White Room!
Great tunes all of them but you gotta add Politician.
And he should do my favourite of their blues numbers, _Sleepy Time Time._ The version from the Live Cream album is really beautiful.
Oh yes, White Room is a must.
Tales of Brave Ulysses
Jamel, Jack Bruce, the bassist and lead singer, wrote this song for Jimi Hendrix as a tribute after seeing him in concert in England.
You just put me in mind of another great one: West, Bruce, & Laing
And Jimi put it in his live set as an instrumental.
I did not know that!
ANOTHER great power trio, the JHE!
I didn't know that! Doesn't sound like a song for fellow musician, though...Jimi inspired them a lot
Hendrix did play some of that instrumental unannounced when he appeared on a BBC show in the late 60s. He was in the middle of playing "Hey Joe", then abruptly stopped and decided to pay tribute to Cream, who had just broken up at the time.
I do believe that if we had music like this today we would be much happier people
And smarter people too
The Good Old Times are dead and gone. That´s why they‘re good, because they‘re gone...
@@chris62tt That actually brings up a good point. It's funny when people say "oh i wish i knew how amazing those times were and how lucky i was"...but the most ironic part that so few people realize is that what made it so amazing...was you and your perceptions being exactly the way you were at that time and not any different. But with the subject of music, the stuff that's going on these days would never even be fathomed just a few decades ago. It is one of the top things that signifies just how dumb people have become (especially the younger generations). It's bad news.
@Roger Loghry I agree my brother. These three guys were like many in that era were true artists, musicians and paved the way for those that followed. There was no auto tune, computer generated effects, just the guy, his instrument, boundless talent, and creativity. Then put them together in a band and, well, history is made. I think if young musicians would listen to and hear these great artists there would be a new era in this type of music. Real musicians, playing real instruments, without relying on computer assistance, to create music that will be as fresh in 50 years as it is right now. That's what we have right here, Sunshine, released 54 years ago and we still listen and I personally am still astonished at how talented they were and still are. Lest I forget RIP Jack and Ginger you made timeless music. Be well and safe, peace to you and yours
Check out Anton Newcombe/The Brian Jonestown Massacre - he dropped a TON of proper psychedelic 60’s-inspired new stuff during Lockdown last year. It’s proper bangin
One of the most famous riffs in rock history
It’s instantly recognizable.
There wasn't a kid in America that didn't learn that riff! Maybe the most famous Rock of Riff of all time!
Please do more Cream! Check out “Spoonful,” “Tales of Brave Ulysses,” and “White Room!”
Oooh White Room is soooo good
All of those are great. Absolute “must hear” tunes.
SWLABR and Strange Brew as well!
Live version of "Tales of Brave Ulysses" from "Live Cream: Vol. 2" is as proto-metal as it gets! After hearing that track, I knew I HAD TO BECOME A BASS PLAYER.
@@ronforeman2556 oh my gosh that song. That album. Amazing.
Cream.....is among the gods of Rock n' Roll.....Just excellent legendary Rock n' Roll.
Cream, it rises to the top. Some think this was rock n rolls first SUPER GROUP
Fella Kati, is who Ginger Baker played with and learn African Music. Ginger Baker open a studio in Laso Nigeria and recorded there. There is a documentary,“ Ginger Baker in Africa” about his journey into African Music. Good music has no boundaries. Cream, Clapton, Baker and Bruce are in a class of their own.
What a great song this is, and always will be! In my opinion, Cream is the epitome of the 60s hard rock, and especially this song. Strangely enough, this great riff always reminds me of Judd Nelson as John Bender humming this riff in the 1985 movie "The Breakfast Club".
Whaaaaaat? Looking it up now
the 2005 reunion concert at Royal Albert Hall is so good. masters, all of them.
Now you have to do "White Room" still an all time favorite song of mine, by any artist from any era. Other great tracks from Cream are "Crossroads" "Tales of Brave Ulysses" "Badge" "Born Under a Bad Sign" Thanks Jamel. Peace
Badge is one of my favorite songs.
He’s done Badge if you search for it
@@Zeppelin180 Yes, saw that after I made this comment.
"Swlabr"
@@dwashington1333 That one too
Eric Clapton is the reason I wanted to learn how to play the guitar. My guitar hero. Could listen to him play all day. 🎸
After hearing this, I had to pick up my guitar and tried to play that riff. It was easier than I thought, but still fun.
The bass riff is fun as well!!
This! Although, I was fifteen, in the guitar shop, waiting for my lesson, and the older guys (lol, probably in their 20's) were telling me to check out Cream, Blind Faith... and then my teacher said, "You wanna learn some old Slow-hand?" ... he gave me the tab for Crossroads. Blew my mind.
Learn guitar bro it’s worth it
@@IEEteammateMATT1 been playing for 35 years now. I love it.
Only Clapton is left now. I love the soulful singing of Jack Bruce. You need to watch the 2005 Cream reunion at Royal Albert Hall. For 3 nights these men, all in their 60's at the time blewvthe house down, and made it look easy.
Unbelievable how good they still sounded at their age. It was like time had stood still
Bassist Jack Bruce, the legend who wrote and sings this song, once said one of my favorite quotes about music ever: "I think every composer only has about three good original ideas. I don't care if it's me or Beethoven." Now dig "Strange Brew"!
Jack hated Strangebrew and refused to play it live.
Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton wrote the music. The lyrics were by the poet Pete Brown, who is still alive and lives in the same town as me. He occasionally plays local pubs singing not only Cream songs but also those by other bands he has worked with.
Bruce and Clapton both sing lead. They trade off the verse and chorus lines
For other Cream, "I Feel Free", "Strange Brew", and last but not least, "White Room"
And “SWLABR” if you wanna get more psychedelic
And "Badge"
Tales of Brave Ulysses is amazing Too
all those songs you just mentioned by Cream are very good but white room is the s*** that is my favorite track by Cream!🎛️🤣🎸🎛️
Oh there another one I forgot you should have mentioned we're going wrong
Cream is essential to understanding the evolution of rock in the 60s-70s. The song referenced in the solo is the classic "Blue Moon," written in the 1930s.
Cool info. Never really thought about how sampling has been happening since the beginning of music. Your comment got this old lady's two brain cells to connect.
There is a clip of Jimi Hendrix on a British tv show stopping playing Hey Joe to play this song in respect to the fact that Cream had split up.
Yes! The Lulu show. On the day the news broke. I was going to suggest reacting to this. It's wonderful. Enough so that they had to cut the band off the air.
I just watched that clip on the Lulu show the other night, yeah the show producers didn't know what to do when this happened, plus the fact that the clip nearly went the same way of a lot of TVs shows of the day and be scrubbed and was found many years later for us to enjoy.
Which is pretty cool considering Cream wrote this song after attending a Hendrix concert
When I was a young boy following mainly Beatles and Easybeats my school friend who lived around the corner from me entered a radio competition and won the 'Wheels of Fire' album by Cream. We listened to this new wonderful left of centre music which seemed to take us to a whole new dimension in musical creativity, our lives were never the same after that.
I think Scorsese used it in Goodfellas. The guitar solo is kind of a parody of 'Blue Moon'. The story is that Baker was making fun of Clapton and said 'I bet you can't play a jazz tune'. That was EC's response.
Wrong, jack bruce came up with the riff and lyrics at night in his hotel room
@@jackgee7355 I didn't talk about the riff or lyrics - Jamel discussed those in the video. I only mentioned Clapton's solo in the middle of the song.
I'm LOVING that bass..bad ass bass!! I wish they ...as cream would have done more as that group. They're music is deep and heavy!!✌❤🎶😁
I Feel Free , Strange Brew , Take It Back , Tales Of Brave Ulysses , Steppin' Out , White Room There is a interesting documentary from 2012 on Ginger Baker Beware Of Mr. Baker It was used in Goodfellas Living Colour did a cover for the True Lies Soundtrack
I had the blessings to grow up in London when Cream and all that followed it was happening and changing the face of music forever. Jim Marshall (famed for his amplifiers) had his shop in the Broadway and we would stand outside gawping at the stars of the day that called in to try a rig or buy a guitar or whatever. There was a Lowry organ shop that attracted the keyboard players of the time. Pete Townshend lived up the road, the Ealing Club hosted the very best of British music, Rick Wakeman went to a local school and so the list goes on. Eel Pie Island had an amazing music club....we lived and listened the dream you are now discovering and grooving to...keep up the journey...there are many more miles to travel. Enjoy!
That is so cool!
Ginger Baker, one of THE best drummers ever. Having said that, you're right, we could be anywhere. I live in Honduras and I should be concentrating on my work but I'm kickin back here watching me some Jamel. 😁👌🏻🤘🏻
Know the feelin !:)
Their music was the perfect combination of funky and muscular.
CREAM - Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce ✌ I Feel Free ☮
This song always reminds me of a scene in “Goodfelles”.
I saw Ginger Baker at the Bottom Line in NYC in the early 90's. I went with my old boss. He went to the men's room before the encores. He came back shaking in delight. He went pee next to Eric Clapton who joined Ginger on stage for a few encores. The building shook
Thank for the story.
Wow !!
It's raw, like you'd hear the druids at Stonehenge just knocking it out on the rocks.
This is the best Cream!! Well done, Jamel.
RIP Ginger. RIP Jack.
THIS is classic rock. Perfection.
I was fifteen years old when I heard this the first time, still listening to it in 2021.
Cream recorded the Disraeli Gears album this song is on in three days at Atlantic Studios, a couple of miles down the road from where I live in NYC. They had to wrap it up quickly because their visas were about to expire.
A song that will remain ageless, just what a classic man
My most favourite song by Cream is "I feel free". Oh, those vocal harmonies...!
Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker played together in a band called The Graham Bond Organization. They hated each other. Bruce once threw his double bass at Baker as retaliation for Baker throwing a drum stick at him. Clapton somehow got them to agree to play in Cream despite their animosity. I think that drove them to try to outplay each other.
I saw a documentary on Ginger Baker and he certainly seemed to have a quick temper.
Bruce and Baker may have fought like cats and dogs but there's no doubt that they were at their best , musically, in each other's presence
There was a short period, mid 1967 when Bruce and Baker got on quite well, their animus was trained on their manager Robert Stigwood and perhaps a little on EC (EC had been asking Stiggy for advances and had been getting them, but Bruce and Baker had asked the same question and had got bugger all). The moment Stiggy gave Bruce and Baker their cash they went back to fighting....
I'm sure I've heard this song hundreds of times growing up, but having you genuinely like "our music", makes it all seem fresh in my mind. Rock on with your bad self!
My introduction to Cream in1967. After hearing it on the radio. Jumped on the 56 bus in DC and went down to Glen’s record store on F St. Which was about 4 city blocks from the White House. Man it’s crazy how certain things you remember to the detail which they affect you that much. And the music of Cream was one of those things.
I had the good fortune to see Cream when they played in Toronto and went to Meet Eric Clapton at the Royal York Hotel in the afternoon. We were watching the news about Bobby Kennedy's being assassinated and I spent a few hours talking to him. He was very soft-spoken and told me about starting out as an artist and not learning to play guitar until he was around 14. He doodled me a drawing and gave me his autograph. I believe that Eric Clapton is a reincarnation of an old black Blues musician.
We used to hum this tune when we'd give our cats catnip. It seemed very appropriate to their trippy reactions.
Guitar, Bass..... add Ginger and season with a pinch of Clapton vocals ........ BELLISSIMO!!!!
If you ever have a song stuck in your head that you hate, this guitar/bass riff will kick it out.
So it sounds like just the antidote for "Achy-breaky heart", "Cat's in the cradle", or "Escape (the Pina Colada song)"
“Born Under a Bad Sign”! Great blues song. Incredible musicianship.
Cream - Badge, featuring George Harrison. Beatles (Harrison) - While My Guitar Gently Weeps, featuring Eric Clapton.
Cream is one of the few bands in the world that if you yelled 'everybody solo!' they would!
My favorite Cream song. Thank you! SUCH A CLASSIC! Ginger was the drummer. A banger! ERIC CLAPTONS guitar slayed me. Love your reaction! That riff gets me...the bass!
A great song, still gives me goosebumps. Great musicians.
Great choice. Early HEAVY Rock!!!
In ‘67 alone this unforgettable song was alongside the Doors Light My Fire (long version), all of the Sgt Pepper album, Somebody to Love, Janis, Jimi, the Beach Boys Good Vibrations, Respect by Aretha, Funky Broadway by Wilson Pickett, and on and on. We had Viet Nam war to deal with, and lots of other bad events, but the music was incredible!
Just... yes, sir. Jam! Could anyone listen to this song without a stank face?
Jack’s vocals owns this song.
That moment when you are halfway between smiling and stank face!
I saw Cream twice at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The first time with The Byrds and the second time with The Electric Flag. I love how Jack and Eric trade lead vocals and the harmonize on the choruses.
I love that you mention how nasty the riff is because any time I’ve heard a live cover of this by an amateur band, I’ll always think to myself that it doesn’t sound nasty enough! Love the rock and soul in this!
This was a great song in 67.High school senior in hippie era. Viet Nam era. British Invasion began in 1964. Were so many great groups from the UK and America at this time.60 s music revolutionized the entire world What a time to be alive and young with some of the greatest and vast musical talent ever collectively assembled.😊👍
When this song came on the radio I decided to learn guitar. Such a catchy riff! Notice how the beginning of the guitar solo is the old song "Blue Moon". According to producer Tom Dowd, it was he who suggested to drummer Ginger Baker that he play the drums like you would hear Native American drumming in a Western movie. It was during the period before Cream, and after he left the Yardbirds, when Clapton was a member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, that there was "Clapton Is God" graffiti in London. That is the reason that Ian Anderson gave up his electric guitar and took up the flute. See "Stepping Out" or "Have You Heard". For Clapton's fastest playing that I know of see the live version of "Sitting On Top Of The World" on the Goodbye Cream album.
Clapton was God until Mark Knopfler showed up.
Goodfellas!!! When Jimmy starts to get paranoid after the Lufthansa heist. With the cig in his mouth and the CRAZY eyes . . . that's when the riff comes in.
No words needed in that scene, De Niro's facial expressions says it all.
"Sunshine of Your Love" is Cream's only gold selling single in the United States. The song appears on the soundtracks of the movies: 'School of Rock', 'Goodfellas', 'Uncommon Valor', and 'True Lies'.
Cream is one of the greatest bands ever existed. Their output was stunning... 😁
First time I heard this song was in the hospital at age 10, after having my tonsils out. Totally out of it on Demerol, and my hippie roommate had a late night visit from her boyfriend. They fired up a joint, I must have onboarded a contact high in addition to the Demerol and an hour later when the doctor came for evening rounds I was so mellow and polluted that I was making the peace sign...
That’s hilarious😂❤️
Ginger was so talented and co-ordinated that he could carry 4 different beats - one with each hand, and one with each foot.
Tales of Brave Ulysses is one that Eric shows off some
My folks got to go to the Cream reunion gig at the Albert Hall in the Noughties, it was amazing and all three still had it of course. RIP Ginger and Jack. Clapton of course is still amazing, I saw him at Hyde Park a few years ago and he still has it. Cream is one of the best bands ever. Also John Mayall of the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds fame and also responsible for us having the likes of Clapton, Jimmy Page , Jeff Beck to name but a few, he is called the Godfather of British Blues by many people and for good reason , well my folks have met Mayall quite a few times near where they live as he lives in Hertfordshire which has been amazing too. They got me some signed merch! Yesss get in !
I'm surprised you never heard this one yet. Classic of classics. Guitar players everywhere learned this opening riff when they went electric. Always a jam.
This song will never die! Awesome. A band of this magnitude will never be replaced as The Righteous Brothers, Dusty Springfield, Linda Ronstadt, John Fogerty CCR Karen Carpenter and Patsy Cline. Can't forget Steve Perry of Journey.
I highly recommend “SWLABR” by Cream. Awesome song, rarely gets talked about, but a great showcase (as most of their songs are) for their individual talents and how seamlessly they worked together.
THis came out when I was in High School...quite a time for music...Clapton and Baker, the rest is history. Then came Blind Faith and so much more.
"White Room" next!
I was listening to Cream's Disraeli Gears, and Wheels of Fire albums just last night. Talk about deja vu!
Ron--too cool--great story behind Becks Bolero...too much for text...check it out.
Folks we just had ginger, eric and bruce. Lordy Lordy. Those were the days
Pieces of April/ Three Dog Night Jamel, would I ever let you down? This won a grammy as Song of the Year
Very first concert that I went to was Cream at the Forum in Inglewood in October 1968. Deep Purple also played that night. Couldn't get any better than that.
WOOHOO! Cream marathon!
This song is famously featured in ‘Goodfellas’ also in ‘School of Rock’ ‘True Lies’ ‘The 60s’ and ‘The In-Laws.’
Everytime I hear this song, I see Sailor dancing in the sunset with a grenade around his next.
I know you love it live...we were so lucky that after 40ish years apart they reunited for a couple groups of shows first at Royal Albert Hall and then our Mecca Of Rock and Roll Madison Square Garden. Got to see the three 70+ guys hittin the notes one last time. Worth finding on youtube.
I love what you do & your break downs, comments, and analysis of the GRAT music my generation grew up with. Try some 'April Wine' great library of music
3:38 The melody here was from another song called "Blue Moon". A doo-wop song from the 50s by a group called The Marcels. "Blue moon. You saw me standing alone..."
Eric Clapton went on to form Derek & The Dominoes after Cream, do "Layla" by Derek & The Dominoes!
Don’t forget Delaney and Bonnie & Blind Faith between Cream and D&D!
This song was in "Apocalypse Now", and was featured with Laurence Fishburne (his first film) when he was like 17. It was pretty cool.
OH! I saw this just posted -- AN ALL TIME FAVE!!! THANK YOU~
One of the greatest rock songs of all time.
I still can't believe Eric is the only one with us now. Cream and Yardbirds both led us to what we have today in Metal.
One of the first songs I ever loved. My dad’s love for Cream, Hendrix and Zeppelin, with my mom’s love for the Beatles and Dylan put me on the right path for sure.
“Badge” and “White Room” are also good Cream songs.
Jamal you're just a favorite of all the greatest music videos and especially watching you so enjoying it to the moon and back.
Jamel you gotta do Van Morrison-Caravan live “The last waltz” it’s him playing with The Band live. You really get to see the soul and energy on that one
This is the kind of Rock and roll I grew up with. Thanks for playing this. I was a kid with pigtails &. What a good time to grow
"Rest in peace Ginger Baker". Ginger never did anything "in peace"! He was a one-off - brilliant drummer influenced by jazz and African tribal drumming, and eccentric as hell. Someone you did NOT want to get on the wrong side of - his fighting was legendary. There's a great documentary of him done in about 2013 called "Beware of Mr. Baker". The title is appropriate!
I was 13 years old and Disraeli Gears was my first ever album. Followed almost immediately by "The Doors" and Jimi Hendrix's album "Are You Experienced". Magic. I'm so lucky to have lived that period of musical history.
the entire disreli gears album is pure fire! you should react to all of the songs off off it :)
Whooo, Groovy...Field party time, Bon-fire, starry sky, dance around fire and a few (improper things) Lol...Oh yeah Im there...Oh yes, Thank you for the memory Jamel. Blessings to you and the family