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@@PromLesbian I liked Rush in my younger days but as i got older i realised they were limited musicly which is why they haven't sold that many albums compared to the super groups Genesis , Pink Floyd etc.
Agree. I'm thankful I was at their third-to-last concert Nov. 3 1968. It was equaled only by theJimi Hendrix Experience show I saw at the same venue May 16 1969 (when Jimi's last notes rang out at midnight it was May 17th, my 19th Birthday).
They all got off on that song that night. One of the most legendary live rock recordings of all-time. This was a fantastic blues rock guitar player, and two super talented jazz cats crushing it and pushing rock music way past where it had been up to that point. Your emotions and comments illustrate that you get it. 🙏
Cream are still IMHO the greatest trio in rock history. The first rock supergroup and arguably the most talented. Their musicianship was off the charts and Jack Bruce was an underrated musical genius.
@anthonyxuereb792 I've heard them. Each to our own but, in my opinion, they are not in the same league as Cream. Or The Jimi Hendrix Experience for that matter.
"Eric Clapton... wait....I think I've heard that name before" Ahhhh..........The innocence of youth!!😂😂😂How I wish I could be hearing all this stuff again for the first time!
This is the Mt.Everest of guitar solos. Not even Clapton has ever topped it. I’ve listened to this tune maybe a thousand times and never gotten bored with it.
I think you're right when it comes to blues-based hard rock, but I'd put Hendrix's live Machine Gun off Band of Gypsies up there at the very top as well. Both are immortal live performances.
@@davidspalten1304 David you are so right. Machine Gun is one of my all-time favorite songs. I was in the Marine Corps Two weeks after this album was released I went to Vietnam I probably listen to this song 1000 times the 13 months I was there.
Man, I couldn't help being moved to tears- she is the same age as I was when this song first came out, and she loves all the things about it that I did. If this doesn't prove the timelessness of this Cream song, I don't know what would.
Yeah I'm with you mate. I'm 79yrs old and still get a great buzz out of this. This lovely young lady is about the same age as my granddaughter. It's great to hear her recognition of this great band. She sounds like the great Ginger Baker impressed her.😉
@@petertoal371 I’m about your age and I’ve been following these first listening channels for a while. It’s great watching these kids discovering all the stuff that came out from the 60s through the 90s, when about all they’ve heard so far is rap and bubblegum.
@@danielschaeffer1294 Yeah Dan, it's great to see the surprise and joy that the "young ones" get when discovering some of the greats from our generation. However, there are so many great new talents out there now. I've been following Dirty Loops for ten year and I'm blown away by their musicianship. Sadly, but for TH-cam you would never know they exist as mainstream radio and tv channels are only interested in "popular charts" for their sources. Have a great day from Australia.
I fell in love with Cream as a teenager in the 1960s. When they reunited in 2005 for four shows at Royal Albert Hall in London, and three shows at Madison Square Garden, we took our then 13 year old son to see them at the second to last show at MSG. One of my favorite all time.
I can tell your an old Soul. You may be young, but you have the feeling, and eagerness, that the kids at this concert had. That's something youth will bring to every new generation of music. Rock on sister!
In my humble opinion, one of the best live blues performances of all time, by three legendary musicians, arguably at their respective peaks. Check out "Wheels of Fire" and "Disraeli Gears" to get more of their genius.
This band took the world by storm in 67-70 and then they disbandede and finally came together 40 yrs later because people wanted so much to see them again.
Cream were a new type of band. Like a hybrid jazz/blues/rock/pop band. There wasn't anything like them before. They inspired new genres like hard rock, prog rock, fusion and metal.
One aspect of Verdy's reactions that caught my attention, unlike some similar channels that have covered this track she noticed not only the guitar and bass, but Baker's drumming also. She was listening with very open ears and mind.
It’s unusual to see someone your age really appreciate this music. I don’t find that often. This is music from my generation and I love and still listen to it often.
I'm old enough to have seen Cream live, and they're still my favourite band. I've reviewed a few reaction videos to Cream, and yours is the first one to "get it" :). Congratulations from a Brit in California.
What i can't wait for Rachael, having watched how much you love Zeppelin, is when you do Zeppelin 3 next, and discover Since I've Been Loving You. It will blow your mind!
So great Verdy! I saw them the next night on March 11, 1968 in Sacramento. Legendary band, and a really great concert. They booked one evening in my hometown during a 2-week period that the band was playing at Winterland in San Francisco. Crossroads was the last song of the set that night. Thanks, for the great memories.
One of the things that set Ginger Baker apart on drums was his double bass set up. Such a great song with so much talent by all three, arguably one of the best covers of all time.
Thanks Brent, for educating me a little. I had thought 'Crossroads' was a Cream original, because I'd never thought to check! Now, I've enjoyed listening to the 1936 recording 'Cross Road Blues', written and performed by Robert Leroy Johnson. For anyone else wanting to hear the original: th-cam.com/video/GtDlZdhHRCI/w-d-xo.html
I truly love watching young people like yourself hearing great bands like Cream. Your reaction was priceless and there’s so many more great bands out there for your generation to be discovered.
Nice! Cream is Eric Clapton (guitar and vocals), Jack Bruce (bass and vocals) and Ginger Baker (drums). If you do an album, Disraeli Gears is their best overall album. This song is a mash-up/cover of Cross Road Blues and Traveling Riverside Blues, both by legendary blues singer Robert Johnson.
It is so much fun to witness someone listening to a all time classic song for the first time reminds me how I felt when I heard this song 55 years ago feels just like yesterday
This recording is pure fire. 3 masters on their game. Ginger Baker is one of the most influential rock drummers in history. He has incredible technique and chops. Great reaction!
Love your reaction hearing this they may have only been together for a few years but it's great that their music is being discovered for the first time in the 2020s by younger generations
Every decade of rock has 1 or 2 bands that not only change the course of music history but have a sound and style so unique it is endlessly mimicked. Cream was one of these bands in the 60's. And the Clapton solos on this performance was the absolute zenith of his skills and abilities.
Great reaction to this iconic band playing, what I think is one of the greatest live tunes of all time? Certainly my favorite live guitar solo. First hearing this as a teen changed me forever and it's so pleasing to see your positive response, fifty years later.
Well, actually I think many are surprised that Ginger died at 80 years old, with the wild life that he led, he could leave this world at the age of 30 or 40
Verdy my dear, if you like the playing on “Crossroads “ then you **MUST**, I repeat , **MUST ** listen to Cream jamming out to “I’m So Glad” (live version off their “Goodbye” album). They just tear the stage down with their jamming out to this tune.
Little lady, I can tell by your expression, the bobbing head, eyes closed sometimes and just FEELING the music and beat, you GET Cream. Welcome to Eric Clapton's blues. This is a cover of an old Robert Johnson tune, done extremely well by Cream. If this leads you to more Clapton and Robert Johnson. mission accomplished. Enjoy!
Back then the film makers liked to focus on the faces instead of the actual playing, unfortunately. Ginger Baker is one one of the greatest jazz/rock drummers of all time. Sunshine of Your Love is worth a definite listen just for the drumming.
They don't show the fingers because the audio is from the live half of the album Wheels of Fire, and the video is from the farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall. Showing the fingers would have given it away.
@@custardflan Yes, focusing on Hendrix's face at Woodstock was annoying. And the psychedelic effects on his "Machine Gun" performance, and other parts of that Farewell Cream movie made it seem that they thought the music was secondary to their visual effects.
You all probably know that the audio and the video are from different performances at Winterland in 1968. Cream played a slew of concerts there in early March of that year.
You've got great ears. Cream was 3 virtuoso's, and people were saying "Clapton is god" from the Bluesbreaker days, but in some ways he was the most limited player in Cream, even though he was a blues virtuoso. Bruce & Baker both had wider horizons and influences, and they were unreal. I can't believe Jack Bruce is gone for 6 years, so sad. But great song, great reaction, thanks.
Agree, as not-expert, and must add impression: Three super-guys, together, made each other play in higher level than any one of them really intended. Everyone seems to be unsure. REALLY strange moments of musical history.
Eric liked to stay within the lines. This may have developed as a result of Hendrix blowing up the guitar barriers. Who knows. I quite agree with your thoughts tho, but I confess to believing Ginger Baker was not as good as his overblown ego would suggest.
I’m so jealous….that you are discovering Cream for the first time! My reaction 55 years ago was about the same! They opened up my ears to more avenues. Eric was never the same after wards…in my opinion. Try Fleetwood Mac’s Jumping at Shadows……..three virtuoso guitarists, including Peter Green. Great critique.
Love to watch your reactions !! Cream was only together 2 years ('66-'68") I got to see them in '67. Yhey were the first "Supergroup", where they were stars from the previous groups they played in. Truly a "Power Trio". Ginger Baker is still my FAV drummer. I got to meet and fish with Eric, I am a fishing guide in Key West, Florida for almost 50 years now) through Tom Dowd, who was their record "Engineer", and a pioneer in recording in his own right. He Engineered, Allmand Brothers, Dione Warwick, to name a few and is in the R&R HOF. Tom was also credited for Engineering and developing Eric's "Women Tone", a staple of the Cream era. May I suggest to you a listen to the LIVE portion of the "Wheels of Fire" album ??!! Keep up the good work !!
Cream - The first Super Group ever. Apparently it was a war on stage every night with each musician trying to carve out some musical territory. And BTW CLAPTON is GOD as was famously written on a wall in the late 60's.
Actually the co-called word "super-group" started when prominent musicians from different bands formed their own one (Even tho several played with John Mayall and the Yardbirds). The best known ones are "The Travelling Wilburys", "C,S,N &Y," maybe "ELP" and "Blind Faith" (with Clapton). I wouldn't call "Humble Pie", even tho I liked Steve Marriot or even "ELP" supergroups.
Great reaction! The audio is from Winterland but the video is from Cream's farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall the opening act was a band called Yes! I think you've heard of them before😁
I have loved this song for 40 years. an loved you for a couple of months. Best wishes from the Texas Panhandle. Check out another 3 piece band ,the band ZZ TOP. pure Texas Rocking Blues. The song "Blue Jean Blues".
Cream, the original super group... All members (Jack Bruce -Bass & Vocals) (Ginger Baker - Drums) and (Eric Clapton - Guitar & Vocals) were already famous when they came together to for Cream !
Love your channel! Eric Clapton was rated #2 guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, only behind the immortal Jimi Hendricks. Jimi has to be on your playlist - start with Are You Experienced (1967). Keep on rocking VERDY
This is the sound that I grew up with back in the 1960s. What a dynamic completely revamped version of a classic Blues standard. I wonder what Robert Johnson would have thought of this version of his tune? Cream -- a powerhouse trio -- then as now. Simply bruisin'! Give a listen to Eric with John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers. Brilliant!
Verdy thinks she heard of Eric Clapton. Crossroads cemented Clapton's guitar god status. I love watching her explore great music for the first time. Cream was my favorite band in the late sixties. One of the first bands to jam for 20 minutes at a time on stage. Amazing!
I was lucky enough to have been a teenager at the time of the birth of Cream. The first 'Supergroup'. Unsurpassed individually or collectively but were a very short-lived band. All albums worth a listen but suggest you check out their reunion concert from The Royal Albert Hall. This is a rabbit hole you will savour. Love your reactions. Keep it up. X
Fantastic reaction to a great band ! I was lucky enough to see Cream at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston in 1968. They included Crossroads in their set list. A great album to review of theirs would be “Disraeli Gears.” It’s so great to see a young voyager like you exploring the world of music produced in the 60’s. Your in for the ride of your life !
@@EastPeakSlim A bit of musical trivia about the show I saw….Before the show started our gang was standing at the concession stand waiting to buy some crap to feed our faces. A guy came walking by and stopped next to us and said “You know, if you walk down away in that direction you’ll be able to see the band walk up a staircase on the way up to the stage.” We said “Damn, I’d like to see that.” So we carried our junk with us as we walked down to where he said. We came to an area with a low slung velvet cord and a couple of official looking guys and stood there for about 10 minutes. Then there was activity on the staircase and we could see a group of guys coming up. We were standing right at the front of the velvet rope and Jack Bruce followed by Eric Clapton came walking by within 6 feet of us. Both of them ignored us punks, but as Ginger Baker came walking by he actually made eye contact with me and gave us a slight nod. To say I was stunned was the understatement of the century. We could talk about nothing else while we found our seats (which weren’t too bad) and watched them rip the stage down. True story.
You stumbled upon the greatest Rock band of the 60's and 70's and you barely realize it, lucky you. Your right, these guys were virtuosos and they changed music in a very short time. Jack Bruce was a classically trained bass player meant for Jazz, Ginger Baker was a jazz drummer who studied African rhythms. and both Clapton and Jack Bruce were legendary vocalists. My goodness, you stumbled upon gold. haha
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@@PromLesbian I liked Rush in my younger days but as i got older i realised they were limited musicly which is why they haven't sold that many albums compared to the super groups Genesis , Pink Floyd etc.
@@keithisaacs6092 I loved what they did. Best band ever!
@@keithisaacs6092 Evidently your not to familiar with all of Rush's music. Musically, they are three of the most talented musicians in rock music.
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I'm 65...I've heard this songs a multitude of times...I just got chills again listening to it just now. Un-effing real.
For me, still the finest live recording ever made, even after about 1,000 listens..
agree 100%
Totally agree. They weren't the first super group for nothing.
Absolutely.
Agree. I'm thankful I was at their third-to-last concert Nov. 3 1968. It was equaled only by theJimi Hendrix Experience show I saw at the same venue May 16 1969 (when Jimi's last notes rang out at midnight it was May 17th, my 19th Birthday).
it is without a doubt tied for #1 best live recording ever.
I love this young lady's
passionate, intelligent reaction to this great classic song
37 years later: Live at Royal Albert Hall in 2005. Epic Triumph.
They all got off on that song that night. One of the most legendary live rock recordings of all-time. This was a fantastic blues rock guitar player, and two super talented jazz cats crushing it and pushing rock music way past where it had been up to that point. Your emotions and comments illustrate that you get it. 🙏
Cream are still IMHO the greatest trio in rock history. The first rock supergroup and arguably the most talented. Their musicianship was off the charts and Jack Bruce was an underrated musical genius.
I ain't arguing but you need to hear Blue Cheer
@anthonyxuereb792 I've heard them. Each to our own but, in my opinion, they are not in the same league as Cream. Or The Jimi Hendrix Experience for that matter.
Jack Bruce is a genius Scotland is extremely proud of jack
"Eric Clapton... wait....I think I've heard that name before" Ahhhh..........The innocence of youth!!😂😂😂How I wish I could be hearing all this stuff again for the first time!
HAHA, thanks, I also lost my breath at that moment. But 'Verdy' is great, let us wait...
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We were all Verdy once.
A long time ago I was in a music store and two young ladies where talking and one said look Paul McCartney was in a band before wings. I felt lost.
@@garythomas9222 Yes - I would be speechless!
I first heard this song in 1968 and it transformed my life. I'm nearly 70 now and I remained transfixed whenever I hear this music!
I love watching other generations experience my generations music!
The greatest guitar solo ever played, and everything over the top.
Only after Comfortably Numb (Pulse
Bruce’s bass lines. Pure joy!
Jack Bruce is off the fuckin charts genius bass player Scotland is extremely proud
Jack Bruce is one of the best bass players ever and what a powerful voice live Scotland's genius RIP
This is the Mt.Everest of guitar solos. Not even Clapton has ever topped it. I’ve listened to this tune maybe a thousand times and never gotten bored with it.
I think you're right when it comes to blues-based hard rock, but I'd put Hendrix's live Machine Gun off Band of Gypsies up there at the very top as well. Both are immortal live performances.
@@davidspalten1304 David you are so right. Machine Gun is one of my all-time favorite songs. I was in the Marine Corps Two weeks after this album was released I went to Vietnam I probably listen to this song 1000 times the 13 months I was there.
'Clapton is God' the graffiti all over London in the 1960s used to say.
Yeah, you got that right, quite extraordinary!
Right on.
Those triple solos of the guitar, the drums and the bass at the same time. Indeed the first superBand ever known
I love to see young people discovering this great music. Thank you for the video!
Jack Bruce was the first guy I ever heard play the bass as a lead instrument. An amazing musician; RIP, Jack...
Incendiary performance from Cream.Eric Clapton really tearing it up on guitar.🧡🧑🌾
Man, I couldn't help being moved to tears- she is the same age as I was when this song first came out, and she loves all the things about it that I did. If this doesn't prove the timelessness of this Cream song, I don't know what would.
Yeah I'm with you mate. I'm 79yrs old and still get a great buzz out of this. This lovely young lady is about the same age as my granddaughter. It's great to hear her recognition of this great band. She sounds like the great Ginger Baker impressed her.😉
@@petertoal371 I’m about your age and I’ve been following these first listening channels for a while. It’s great watching these kids discovering all the stuff that came out from the 60s through the 90s, when about all they’ve heard so far is rap and bubblegum.
@@danielschaeffer1294 Yeah Dan, it's great to see the surprise and joy that the "young ones" get when discovering some of the greats from our generation. However, there are so many great new talents out there now. I've been following Dirty Loops for ten year and I'm blown away by their musicianship. Sadly, but for TH-cam you would never know they exist as mainstream radio and tv channels are only interested in "popular charts" for their sources. Have a great day from Australia.
Three genius musicians. Amazing that you can get this sound from just three people.
I fell in love with Cream as a teenager in the 1960s. When they reunited in 2005 for four shows at Royal Albert Hall in London, and three shows at Madison Square Garden, we took our then 13 year old son to see them at the second to last show at MSG. One of my favorite all time.
Cream just 3 guys all playing lead, but what a sound they made. 😎🖐🎵🎶🎵🎶🦘🦘
Yes please. Play this again and again!
You are listening to 3 of the very best rock musicians in the world - only 3 of them but a complete band
I can tell your an old Soul. You may be young, but you have the feeling, and eagerness, that the kids at this concert had. That's something youth will bring to every new generation of music. Rock on sister!
Absolutely beautiful, her first reaction. Our generation of Artists were a miracle at the time and only now we realize their genius.
Hey Verdy, when you repeated the second solo is when I knew. Take this as a compliment from an older rocker, your a “hard rock chick.” Very cool!🤘😎
That smile on your face says it all!!!!
Verde honey.... you cant get much better than "CREAM"!! 3 guys that put out a large sound.. amazing group..
Hats off to the Patreon requests. All of the classic rock that she’s reacted to is really the cream of the crop (no pun intended).
Those were the days! 👍
In my humble opinion, one of the best live blues performances of all time, by three legendary musicians, arguably at their respective peaks. Check out "Wheels of Fire" and "Disraeli Gears" to get more of their genius.
This is not blues,
@@jeanmarieboucherit7376of course it is…just up tempo.
Music that can still thrill you to the bone.
This band took the world by storm in 67-70 and then they disbandede and finally came together 40 yrs later because people wanted so much to see them again.
Cream were a new type of band. Like a hybrid jazz/blues/rock/pop band. There wasn't anything like them before. They inspired new genres like hard rock, prog rock, fusion and metal.
This version is absolute fire!
One aspect of Verdy's reactions that caught my attention, unlike some similar channels that have covered this track she noticed not only the guitar and bass, but Baker's drumming also. She was listening with very open ears and mind.
My all time favourite.
It’s unusual to see someone your age really appreciate this music. I don’t find that often. This is music from my generation and I love and still listen to it often.
YA BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES---THAN K YOU..SO VERY MUCH !!!
One of the best songs ever by a truly great band!
I'm old enough to have seen Cream live, and they're still my favourite band. I've reviewed a few reaction videos to Cream, and yours is the first one to "get it" :). Congratulations from a Brit in California.
I love it when young people listen to this and Get IT!!!
Love this reaction, makes an old guy happy.
What i can't wait for Rachael, having watched how much you love Zeppelin, is when you do Zeppelin 3 next, and discover Since I've Been Loving You. It will blow your mind!
So great Verdy! I saw them the next night on March 11, 1968 in Sacramento. Legendary band, and a really great concert. They booked one evening in my hometown during a 2-week period that the band was playing at Winterland in San Francisco. Crossroads was the last song of the set that night. Thanks, for the great memories.
One of the things that set Ginger Baker apart on drums was his double bass set up. Such a great song with so much talent by all three, arguably one of the best covers of all time.
Thanks Brent, for educating me a little. I had thought 'Crossroads' was a Cream original, because I'd never thought to check! Now, I've enjoyed listening to the 1936 recording 'Cross Road Blues', written and performed by Robert Leroy Johnson. For anyone else wanting to hear the original: th-cam.com/video/GtDlZdhHRCI/w-d-xo.html
The drummer Ginger Baker ( most likely the Goat of all drummers) and Cream the GOAT of all time!! Seen them all (72 years young!!!)
Simple song but in the hands of these three it totally transcends it’s simple blues structure. Such brilliant musicians.
I truly love watching young people like yourself hearing great bands like Cream. Your reaction was priceless and there’s so many more great bands out there for your generation to be discovered.
Thanks Cream for giving us those great music.
One of the great “power trio’s” lots more to discover.👌♥️🙏
One of the heaviest and dynamic trios of all time
To be a young person and hear this for the first time... Great Reaction!
O’boy. Cream is classic blues rock
Cream est un 'Super Group', groupe où chaque membre est une référence dans son domaine. 😉
Très bon choix de performance publique! 💙
Bless your heart girl xx
You will love wheels of fire live,especially spoonful song. 😎🖐🎵🎶🦘
Nice! Cream is Eric Clapton (guitar and vocals), Jack Bruce (bass and vocals) and Ginger Baker (drums). If you do an album, Disraeli Gears is their best overall album. This song is a mash-up/cover of Cross Road Blues and Traveling Riverside Blues, both by legendary blues singer Robert Johnson.
It is so much fun to witness someone listening to a all time classic song for the first time reminds me how I felt when I heard this song 55 years ago feels just like yesterday
This recording is pure fire. 3 masters on their game. Ginger Baker is one of the most influential rock drummers in history. He has incredible technique and chops. Great reaction!
this is the second video you have posted that i have watched, and you have a subscriber! :) please keep up the great work :)
Love your reaction hearing this they may have only been together for a few years but it's great that their music is being discovered for the first time in the 2020s by younger generations
As an old man growing up with this music of the time was fantastic. So happy to see you people discovering the best music of our time
Cream!!!!! One of the best bands ever and only three guys!
Every decade of rock has 1 or 2 bands that not only change the course of music history but have a sound and style so unique it is endlessly mimicked. Cream was one of these bands in the 60's. And the Clapton solos on this performance was the absolute zenith of his skills and abilities.
Good for you Young Lady, Cream we’re the Cream of Rock. ❤️❤️❤️
Ginger Baker is to me the greatest of all time on the skins! flow like nobody else.
Great reaction to this iconic band playing, what I think is one of the greatest live tunes of all time? Certainly my favorite live guitar solo. First hearing this as a teen changed me forever and it's so pleasing to see your positive response, fifty years later.
Seeing this through your eyes only enhances its awesomeness.
This was a cover of Robert Johnson's song. He was a blues musician in the 30s known as King of the Delta Blues.
You definitely have to know the Robert Johnson back story to the blues influence to appreciate Cream.
@@roberth5767 Definitely!!
You keep hitting my favourites! All good, all the time, thanks!
These are three legendary musicians of all time in the rock music world. Unfortunately Eric Clapton is the only one still alive.
Well, actually I think many are surprised that Ginger died at 80 years old, with the wild life that he led, he could leave this world at the age of 30 or 40
Jeff Beck is alive and kicking and Jimmy Page last thing I heard he is alive too, I hope…
@@detlefguessow4514 They weren't in Cream unless I missed something in the past.
Cream was Eric Clapton Jack Bruce and ginger Baker
@@detlefguessow4514 you are thinking of the yardbirds buddy lol.
You got it, Verdy. You understand how good these three were, and are grooving to it.
Cream one of greatest bands ever...just go with it , absolute Joy.
Verdy my dear, if you like the playing on “Crossroads “ then you **MUST**, I repeat , **MUST ** listen to Cream jamming out to “I’m So Glad” (live version off their “Goodbye” album). They just tear the stage down with their jamming out to this tune.
Little lady, I can tell by your expression, the bobbing head, eyes closed sometimes and just FEELING the music and beat, you GET Cream. Welcome to Eric Clapton's blues. This is a cover of an old Robert Johnson tune, done extremely well by Cream. If this leads you to more Clapton and Robert Johnson. mission accomplished. Enjoy!
I’ve said it before but I’m super envious that you’re hearing this for the first time pure joy!
Cream are considered by most to be the best trio ever. When you saw them live it was transformative.
Back then the film makers liked to focus on the faces instead of the actual playing, unfortunately. Ginger Baker is one one of the greatest jazz/rock drummers of all time. Sunshine of Your Love is worth a definite listen just for the drumming.
And Baker's performance on Toad was simply magic.
They don't show the fingers because the audio is from the live half of the album Wheels of Fire, and the video is from the farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall. Showing the fingers would have given it away.
@@-R.Gray- True, but it was a style of filmmakking back in the day. Look at Woodstock and some other films.
@@custardflan Yes, focusing on Hendrix's face at Woodstock was annoying. And the psychedelic effects on his "Machine Gun" performance, and other parts of that Farewell Cream movie made it seem that they thought the music was secondary to their visual effects.
You all probably know that the audio and the video are from different performances at Winterland in 1968. Cream played a slew of concerts there in early March of that year.
Clapton and Bruce were melting the nitrocellulose finishes off of their guitars on that performance.
You've got great ears. Cream was 3 virtuoso's, and people were saying "Clapton is god" from the Bluesbreaker days, but in some ways he was the most limited player in Cream, even though he was a blues virtuoso. Bruce & Baker both had wider horizons and influences, and they were unreal. I can't believe Jack Bruce is gone for 6 years, so sad. But great song, great reaction, thanks.
I always thought of Cream as Jack Bruce’s band with Clapton as his guitarist.
She 'gets it' more than I did back then, lol.
@@andrewmorton9327 thank you, nailed it.
Agree, as not-expert, and must add impression: Three super-guys, together, made each other play in higher level than any one of them really intended. Everyone seems to be unsure. REALLY strange moments of musical history.
Eric liked to stay within the lines.
This may have developed as a result of Hendrix blowing up the guitar barriers. Who knows.
I quite agree with your thoughts tho, but I confess to believing Ginger Baker was not as good as his overblown ego would suggest.
I’m so jealous….that you are discovering Cream for the first time! My reaction 55 years ago was about the same! They opened up my ears to more avenues. Eric was never the same after wards…in my opinion.
Try Fleetwood Mac’s Jumping at Shadows……..three virtuoso guitarists, including Peter Green. Great critique.
As I was there when this was recorded, we, in the crowd, were absolutely floored. Damned amazing
You gave an excellent reaction. This is a virtuoso performance. Well done, and keep on keeping on.
I know it's Friday because the sweet and knowledgeable VERDY is doing a song review . Tonight were diving in to Cream and the song" Crossroads ."
Love to watch your reactions !! Cream was only together 2 years ('66-'68") I got to see them in '67. Yhey were the first "Supergroup", where they were stars from the previous groups they played in. Truly a "Power Trio". Ginger Baker is still my FAV drummer. I got to meet and fish with Eric, I am a fishing guide in Key West, Florida for almost 50 years now) through Tom Dowd, who was their record "Engineer", and a pioneer in recording in his own right. He Engineered, Allmand Brothers, Dione Warwick, to name a few and is in the R&R HOF. Tom was also credited for Engineering and developing Eric's "Women Tone", a staple of the Cream era.
May I suggest to you a listen to the LIVE portion of the "Wheels of Fire" album ??!! Keep up the good work !!
"Eric Clapton please, on vocals." The greatest understatement in rock history.
Cream - The first Super Group ever. Apparently it was a war on stage every night with each musician trying to carve out some musical territory. And BTW CLAPTON is GOD as was famously written on a wall in the late 60's.
What are the other super groups, at this level? Led Zeppelin, maybe. Others?
pretty sure the beach boys, the beatles, the stones came before Cream as supergroups
Actually the co-called word "super-group" started when prominent musicians from different bands formed their own one (Even tho several played with John Mayall and the Yardbirds). The best known ones are "The Travelling Wilburys", "C,S,N &Y," maybe "ELP" and "Blind Faith" (with Clapton). I wouldn't call "Humble Pie", even tho I liked Steve Marriot or even "ELP" supergroups.
Great reaction! The audio is from Winterland but the video is from Cream's farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall the opening act was a band called Yes! I think you've heard of them before😁
I have loved this song for 40 years. an loved you for a couple of months. Best wishes from the Texas Panhandle. Check out another 3 piece band ,the band ZZ TOP. pure Texas Rocking Blues. The song "Blue Jean Blues".
Cream, the original super group... All members (Jack Bruce -Bass & Vocals) (Ginger Baker - Drums) and (Eric Clapton - Guitar & Vocals) were already famous when they came together to for Cream !
The best of Cream will blow you away. I love your channel
Another great job Verdy and thank you for your reactions to some of the greatest music ever recorded
Love your channel! Eric Clapton was rated #2 guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, only behind the immortal Jimi Hendricks. Jimi has to be on your playlist - start with Are You Experienced (1967). Keep on rocking VERDY
This is the sound that I grew up with back in the 1960s. What a dynamic completely revamped version of a classic Blues standard. I wonder what Robert Johnson would have thought of this version of his tune? Cream -- a powerhouse trio -- then as now. Simply bruisin'! Give a listen to Eric with John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers. Brilliant!
Verdy thinks she heard of Eric Clapton. Crossroads cemented Clapton's guitar god status. I love watching her explore great music for the first time. Cream was my favorite band in the late sixties. One of the first bands to jam for 20 minutes at a time on stage. Amazing!
I was lucky enough to have been a teenager at the time of the birth of Cream. The first 'Supergroup'. Unsurpassed individually or collectively but were a very short-lived band. All albums worth a listen but suggest you check out their reunion concert from The Royal Albert Hall. This is a rabbit hole you will savour. Love your reactions. Keep it up. X
Fantastic reaction to a great band ! I was lucky enough to see Cream at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston in 1968. They included Crossroads in their set list. A great album to review of theirs would be “Disraeli Gears.” It’s so great to see a young voyager like you exploring the world of music produced in the 60’s. Your in for the ride of your life !
I saw them at Winterland when the live recordings were being made. EPIC man!
@@EastPeakSlim A bit of musical trivia about the show I saw….Before the show started our gang was standing at the concession stand waiting to buy some crap to feed our faces. A guy came walking by and stopped next to us and said “You know, if you walk down away in that direction you’ll be able to see the band walk up a staircase on the way up to the stage.” We said “Damn, I’d like to see that.” So we carried our junk with us as we walked down to where he said. We came to an area with a low slung velvet cord and a couple of official looking guys and stood there for about 10 minutes. Then there was activity on the staircase and we could see a group of guys coming up. We were standing right at the front of the velvet rope and Jack Bruce followed by Eric Clapton came walking by within 6 feet of us. Both of them ignored us punks, but as Ginger Baker came walking by he actually made eye contact with me and gave us a slight nod. To say I was stunned was the understatement of the century. We could talk about nothing else while we found our seats (which weren’t too bad) and watched them rip the stage down.
True story.
You stumbled upon the greatest Rock band of the 60's and 70's and you barely realize it, lucky you. Your right, these guys were virtuosos and they changed music in a very short time. Jack Bruce was a classically trained bass player meant for Jazz, Ginger Baker was a jazz drummer who studied African rhythms. and both Clapton and Jack Bruce were legendary vocalists. My goodness, you stumbled upon gold. haha
I think Cream's song White room is arguable their best song.
That and Badge. The ending of White Room I have rocked out to since the 1960s as a teen and still do.