@@louella616 This. Each member of the band has given a different meaning for the W. Was, Walk, Waits. Pete Brown, who wrote the lyrics, said it was She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow, so that is most likely the correct meaning.
One of the things that you can say about this relatively short lived group is that no matter what song you hear you can't mistake it for anyone else but them.
What made Cream's sound so unique was that Bruce and Baker were jazz oriented musicians while Clapton was heavily inspired by the blues. They were basically experimenting with their sound by infusing their styles together. Baker hated the fact that everyone called Cream a rock band when he knew they were much more than that.
Such a powerful voice. One of the few singers in pop music that had actually been vocally trained which explains why he was so able to project from his diaphram.
He was an accomplished keyboardist too. Check out his solo piano rendition of Theme from an imaginary western….his composition usually linked with Mountain.
Yes, Cream was one of the best and this is from their classic album Disraeli Gears. Amazing stuff, do Tales of Brave Ulysses from it next, another great psychedelic tune. Eric Clapton's best hard rock is with Cream, please do more and enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
Don’t worry about missing out on the “trips” of the 60’s, Jay. I went on yours for you! It was a fun time to live and the music has never been topped! Keep on rockin’, J & A.
Love Cream. I didn't think about the lyrics when I heard it as a kid. Some suggestions for where to go next include Tales Of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues, Spoonful and Politician. Enjoy.
Backgroundedit The poet Pete Brown wrote the words and Cream's bassist Jack Bruce wrote the music. Bruce sings and plays bass guitar, with Eric Clapton on guitars and Ginger Baker on drums. The title is an initialism for "She Walks Like a Bearded Rainbow".[2] Bruce later said the W stood for "was" rather than "walks".[3][4] According to Brown's obituary in The Times, it was about a jilted lover "defacing pictures of his girlfriend, like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa".[5] A live version of "SWLABR" was released on BBC Sessions and the Deluxe Edition of Disraeli Gears, which also includes a four-minute demo version. Several Cream compilation albums include the song, such as Best of Cream, Heavy Cream, Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream, The Very Best of Cream, Those Were the Days and Gold.
Still have the album, the 8-track, the cassette, and the CD. I'm 70 and today I learned what it means for the first time! Thanks to your channel and some of your fans. Thanks for letting us visit.
Great reaction. But I don’t know anyone else but Jay who call Cream soft rock. Most people see them as psychedelic rock and/or proto heavy metal. They are the best of 60’s hard rock. They did do a few songs that are softer, but most are really hard rocking songs. And they were one of the loudest bands in the world at the time. Listen more. Then maybe re-think the “soft-rock” description with them.
@@Denkar11 LOL!! I'm into my 60's now. I'm starting to cop the attitude of the old man who says what he damn well pleases. The shock on some people's faces is SOOO worth it! Have a BLESSED Day!
The title of this song is the abbreviation of "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow" which is no more clear than the abbreviation tbh lol many artists have stated they have absolutely no idea what that even means lol
it was about a jilted lover "defacing pictures of his girlfriend, like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa". She has that rainbow feel like a rainbow(looks beautiful), "but the rainbow has a beard".
Clapton's guitar's so called "woman Tone" is achieved by turning the tone knob down(!) - so on paper 'dull' - but then strongly overdrive the amp, so the distortion adds high frequencies back in.
Not just Cream, but absolute PEAK Cream. Their live performances from this time were legendary, creating the famous Clapton is God graffiti around London. This group just had too much talent and personality to last long, but I’m just grateful that they lasted as long as they did. ✌️
Disraeli Gears is such an amazing album. I've heard it dozens of times since 1967 and never tire of it. As for Swlabr, don't even try to comprehend the meaning, just dig the groove.
Definitely a "trip" and a personal blast from the past. Somebody once said "If you can remember the 60's, then you weren't there!" But this song reminds me of the album that it was on "Disraeli Gears" and it's psychedelic cover. In '69 I went to a "happening" (look it up) on South Base at OU. It was in an old WW2 military building and this was the scene: the movie "Reefer Madness" was showing on a large (almost movie theater size) screen at one end of the building, there were probably 200 kids inside in varying states of consciousness - including some girl lying almost naked in a bathtub in the middle of the floor, there were strobe lights flashing, and Disraeli Gears by Cream was blaring over the loudspeakers. Just another Saturday night in the Summer of Love! Peace out. ✌🌈☮
Yeah kids.......Im 74 years old, and I STILL have this albumn(It cost me $4.99,In 1968).....Love your life!!! Yeah, the 60's were a trip...especially with mushrooms and acid!
Here's some answers, from wiki: "The title is an initialism for "She Walks Like a Bearded Rainbow".[2] Bruce later said the W stood for "was" rather than "walks".[3][4] According to Brown's obituary in The Times, it was about a jilted lover "defacing pictures of his girlfriend, like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa".[5]"
Jay & Amber, One of the great short lived groups, so much talent in 3 guys, you've heard their hits now. fyi, Eric Clapton has an excellent blues covers album, 'From The Cradle' (1994).
I was 18-19 in the years of Cream, Hendrix, Led Zep and I did listen to them on acid. I can tell you that ''all the fantastic colors'' were everywhere. I had trips you couldn't imagine. Some of the best years of my life. 14 when the Beatles changed my life. I really like seeing you guys react to the music I loved growing up. I'm quite new on TH-cam watching people react and it's blowing my mind. You are my favorites. I am listening to it differently and discovering things I hadn't noticed. I'm not really into listening to the newer stuff. Hard to beat what we had back then. I've rediscovered some jewels I forgot about such as Great gig in the sky by Pink Floyd.I've also enjoyed watching you evolve as music ''connaisseurs'' as I've watched from 3 years ago until recently. Keep up the good work. You seem like genuine good people. If you could find and react to ''As the years go passing by'' by Eric Burdon and the Animals, it will blow your mind. There are lots od versions out there but that one is really special. Thank You.
I was fortunate enough to see Jack Bruce several times play with Ringo Starr and his Allstarr Band. What a bass player and talent. R.I.P. Jack Bruce ❤❤
If you want THE ULTIMATE HIPPIE SONG, it's time now for you to FINALLY do White Bird by It's Za Beautiful Day. Absolutely gorgeous and a hippie classic. Love ❤️ that song.
Swlabr, amore al primo ascolto. E l'ho scoperta solo pochi mesi fa. Come puo' questo pezzo NON essere famoso come altri classici del rock???? E' SCANDALOSO! E forse ancora meglio del prodotto finale e' la sessione di prove che si trova su You Tube
One of my most played Cream tracks, Pete Brown's Lyrics in Jack Bruce's singing style alone make this a must listen, the musicians together make it a gem to be treasured.
This has always been one of my favorite Cream songs (although it will never top “White Room,” which is my favorite song of all time). Pete Brown was such an interesting lyricist.
One of my favorite Cream songs. I love the vocals and Eric’s trippy guitar licks. Psychedelic and hard core blues. How about those lyrics? I still don’t know exactly what they mean. The Rainbow has a Beard? Explain.
everyone had a slightly scary part of a trip now and then, but the good parts were so fantastical that it was worth it and you learned to avoid it with good planning. You understand the song perfectly, the lyrics are nonsense like Alice In Wonderland. It was a wonderful time to come of age, I'm 70 now, and I wonder too how we could have gotten through walking through forests of talking trees and flowers, and then functioning as normal, interacting with people, playing instruments, etc. No way I could do that now without freaking out pronto! It was a special time and a lot of great things were born of it. Thank goodness for the music that survives! peaceout!
I walked into my local record shop in 1967, aiming to buy and enjoy the 7 inch single, Sunshine Of Your Love by Cream. Not only did I get that, but also the B side SWLBR . Great.
If you guys are into Cream, then you should also check out their direct musical ancestor, the Graham Bond Organisation, which also had Bruce and Baker as their rhythm section. They too were truly awesome playing live, and their best album was undoubtedly the one recorded at Klook's Kleek, London, in October 1964. (Their studio albums never really captured the excitement; Cream had a similar problem.) Standout tracks for me are the instrumentals Wade In The Water and Spanish Blues; First Time I Met The Blues and Train Time (both with Bruce on vocals, the second covered less well later by Cream); and a stormin' rendition of What'd I Say.
I always assumed it meant that something was just not right about her. Something was "off", out of place, like a beard on a rainbow. Or a picture with a mustache drawn on that wasn't supposed to be there. There was an old cartoon gag where the characters would draw mustaches on various paintings like some kind of graffiti. That's what it makes me think of.
As others note, this is an acronym for she walks like a bearded rainbow. I've heard you can pronounce it like "slobber." I believe this was the B-side to the "Sunshine Of Your Love" single and was also on the Disraeli Gears LP. I also think this is an example of what Eric called the "woman tone" on his guitar...heavy distortion but a smooth kind of fuzz, not gritty (it's hard to describe a sound in words!) Try to find the studio version of "Spoonful," Cream's cover of an old Howlin' Wolf song with some stunning Clapton. There's also "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" and "Dance The Night Away" both on the Disraeli Gears LP. Clapton has had the most accomplished post-Cream career but Jack Bruce was a great musician after ream as well. I really liked "Theme From An Imaginary Western" and his jam with Frank Zappa and Jim Gordon on Zappas' "Apostrophe."
The Marshall amps raind supreme at this time, Clapton’s tone sounds like he has a tube screamer or maybe a fuzz face pedal, it sounds extremely compressed, but that was the thing to do at that time.
Love It! From the old days of Psychedelic Rock or Acid Rock. Great Choice & Reaction, You Guys! Still More Cream to Go! Fun seeing Amber say 'What?'. Just have to roll with the Psychedelics (maybe describing his trip). :) PS- Jack Bruce later said the W stood for 'Was' and not 'Walks', which another member quoted from Wiki earlier...
Definitely one of those 60s metaphoric song lyrics that was totally meant to be for each individual persons interpretation lol Love Claptons guitar lines in this!
These guys were experiencing LSD and other hullonogenics then and so was i..lol...this song was played a lot on FM radio .great song ..great reaction! 😊
Cream were famous for their long onstage jams, but I LOVE it when they feature short, rocking songs like this on their studio albums. Another great one is "Those Were The Days" from Wheels Of Fire. What "SWLABR" is about really isn't that complicated. Jack is singing about a woman who comes and goes, and he's comparing their relationship to a rainbow... with a beard.
Cream = the first "super group." My older brother was fortunate enough to see them play live at the Fillmore East during their Wheels of Fire double-LP tour, and said they put on an unforgettable show, including Ginger Baker bouncing drumsticks off of his floor toms for audience souvenirs. 😎
My interpretation of this song: A women you have something in common with. She has read Kafka, and you can meaningfully talk about Kafka. Out of the blue she starts talking about purses and how another gent is more manly.
The guitar sounds that way because Clapton uses what he calls the "Woman Tone". YOU take the gutiar and use the neck pickups. (more bassy) then you turn the bass tone knob all the way down. I use it a lot when I gig. People say "OMG, that sounds so 60's"
You talked about the times in around 1968 and taking that acid, you are very perceptive because you are 100% on the money! Note, other trip bands back then were Jimi Hendrix, The Moody Blues, Janice Joplin especially her album: "Cosmic Blues" and a song called "Fresh Air" by Quick Silver Messenger Service and "It's a Beautiful Day" especially their song "White Bird". There you have it!
As others have noted, poet Pete Brown wrote the lyrics for this song. He collaborated with Jack Bruce on many Cream songs, as well as Bruce's solo material, and his lyrics were often very trippy and surreal and full of word play, not unlike John Lennon's songs. Jack Bruce's first solo album Songs For A Tailor, in which he co-wrote all the material with Brown, had crazy titles like Tickets To Waterfalls, Weird Of Hermiston and Ministry Of Bag, and surreal lyrics like "I'm going to a wedding dressed in black", "Trained your bicycle to dance" and "It's all blues and no dinner at the Ministry of Bag".
Trippy songs are always fun, weird, and different. I suggest "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" sometime. Jordan seeing Teddy Ruxbin bears walking out of trees would easily be an Akira scene or an acid trip lol. Patreon Movie Suggestion: Akira (1989).
Im try to catch up with you guys just started watching reaction video a week ago there are so many channels iv had to watch 50 different ones at least n I pick u guys to subscribe to n one other I absolutely love you guys you have so many videos I'm kind getting over whelmed, but having a ball, been so busy n haven't lesson to music as much,but you've bring back to it ,its actually the love of my life music,n I was born at a preferred time 1961 thx guy so much for that 😘🥰
Eric Clapton's guitar on that song is drenched in vibrant comic book colors. I don't know if it's the album cover influencing me but I swear I can see day glow colors in his guitar.
Jack Bruce (Cream's bass player)wrote "Theme from an Imaginary Western" a song written by a couple of British dudes that totally sums up the pioneer sprit and best preformed by the American band Mountain(studio version with Felix Papalardi , vocals), Nice! PS Felix Pappalardi also produced several Cream albums and wrote Strange Brew!
At this moment in time. This was the best guitarist, bassists, and drummer on the planet, in the same freakin band!!!
A super group before there were super groups...
I’ll give you that , since you said the same band, but one year later Led Zepplin would complicate that argument
Hendrix was in Cream!?!?
Whether you are a drummer, bassist, or guitarist; Cream was one stop shopping for listening pleasure!
@@rbb9753he didn’t play Bruce and baker
“SWLABR” means “She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow.”
WAS
👍I’ve read both was and walks online.
whats that ?
@@louella616 This. Each member of the band has given a different meaning for the W. Was, Walk, Waits. Pete Brown, who wrote the lyrics, said it was She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow, so that is most likely the correct meaning.
LOl. Used to play this song in a band at high school decades ago. I always wondered what on earth was up with the strange title!
One of the things that you can say about this relatively short lived group is that no matter what song you hear you can't mistake it for anyone else but them.
What made Cream's sound so unique was that Bruce and Baker were jazz oriented musicians while Clapton was heavily inspired by the blues. They were basically experimenting with their sound by infusing their styles together. Baker hated the fact that everyone called Cream a rock band when he knew they were much more than that.
Jack joked that they were really a jazz trio, but they never told Eric!
SWLBR = She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow
Never understood the meaning of the name. Thanks!
Jack Bruce has clarified that the W is for "was" and not "walks".
WAS
She Walks Like A Bearded Rabbi
Thanks - always wondered about that
Jack Bruce.. not just fantastic bass player but also a great vocalist which never seems to be acknowledged enough.
Such a powerful voice. One of the few singers in pop music that had actually been vocally trained which explains why he was so able to project from his diaphram.
He was an accomplished keyboardist too. Check out his solo piano rendition of Theme from an imaginary western….his composition usually linked with Mountain.
My sentiments exactly!
@@edwardrutledge2765Didn’t he play cello as well?
Indeed..they need to check out Were Going Wrong...Jack's amazing voice to the fore in it..
Most underrated Cream track: Deserted Cities of the Heart. It will blow you away.
One of my favorites along with Sitting On Top Of The World ( Live).
Spoonful live is the one for me.....
Especially the Live Cream version. Then again, anything from Live Cream is pretty hot.
Holy shit that song is a masterpiece
I truly played this until no grooves were left on the album ‼️💯‼️
Hippie Chick 💋
Yes, Cream was one of the best and this is from their classic album Disraeli Gears. Amazing stuff, do Tales of Brave Ulysses from it next, another great psychedelic tune. Eric Clapton's best hard rock is with Cream, please do more and enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
Don’t worry about missing out on the “trips” of the 60’s, Jay. I went on yours for you! It was a fun time to live and the music has never been topped! Keep on rockin’, J & A.
I did a couple in the early 80's for him as well. LOL. I was told by an old hippie that the acid was stronger back then.
👍😂
Incredibly talented trio, Clapton’s talent at 21 was amazing
Love Cream. I didn't think about the lyrics when I heard it as a kid. Some suggestions for where to go next include Tales Of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues, Spoonful and Politician. Enjoy.
One of the best songs on one of the best albums of the 60s
Backgroundedit
The poet Pete Brown wrote the words and Cream's bassist Jack Bruce wrote the music. Bruce sings and plays bass guitar, with Eric Clapton on guitars and Ginger Baker on drums. The title is an initialism for "She Walks Like a Bearded Rainbow".[2] Bruce later said the W stood for "was" rather than "walks".[3][4]
According to Brown's obituary in The Times, it was about a jilted lover "defacing pictures of his girlfriend, like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa".[5]
A live version of "SWLABR" was released on BBC Sessions and the Deluxe Edition of Disraeli Gears, which also includes a four-minute demo version. Several Cream compilation albums include the song, such as Best of Cream, Heavy Cream, Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream, The Very Best of Cream, Those Were the Days and Gold.
EVERYYYYY SONG IS A BANGGGERRRRR ON THIS ( 67 ) ALBUM ( DISRAELI GEARS ) JAY AND AMBER 😊DEFINITELYYYY IN THE TOP 50 ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME! 💯👍
It’s such a great classic rock song with amazing guitar and vocals.
Still have the album, the 8-track, the cassette, and the CD. I'm 70 and today I learned what it means for the first time! Thanks to your channel and some of your fans. Thanks for letting us visit.
Great reaction. But I don’t know anyone else but Jay who call Cream soft rock. Most people see them as psychedelic rock and/or proto heavy metal. They are the best of 60’s hard rock. They did do a few songs that are softer, but most are really hard rocking songs. And they were one of the loudest bands in the world at the time. Listen more. Then maybe re-think the “soft-rock” description with them.
The whole album is 🔥
I can see it now. Jay running around waving his arms and screaming, and Amber happily following the little forest animals.
Miss Amber would also love the tracers. I can just see her waving a glowstick or something like that all around!
@@raymondohlsen5054 lol, I was going to mention waving her hand around to watch the trails, but didn't want to betray my real knowledge.
@@Denkar11 LOL!! I'm into my 60's now. I'm starting to cop the attitude of the old man who says what he damn well pleases. The shock on some people's faces is SOOO worth it! Have a BLESSED Day!
The title of this song is the abbreviation of "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow" which is no more clear than the abbreviation tbh lol many artists have stated they have absolutely no idea what that even means lol
I think it might mean they dropped some hella good acid
WAS
Sounds like a bow-legged woman. Not sure it's that hard to figure out.
Sometimes something beautiful isn't what you thought it was
Trans?
Always amazed me that this was just a 3 person band!
it was about a jilted lover "defacing pictures of his girlfriend, like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa". She has that rainbow feel like a rainbow(looks beautiful), "but the rainbow has a beard".
Clapton's guitar's so called "woman Tone" is achieved by turning the tone knob down(!) - so on paper 'dull' - but then strongly overdrive the amp, so the distortion adds high frequencies back in.
Always wondered about that. Thanks.
He also used a fuzz box to achieve the overprocessed sound he was after, which was the case with SWLABR (and of course a wah-wah pedal).
and a wah wah pedal half way on.
My favorite road trip song is "Sunshine of your love " cruising fast at Highway speed with that song cranked up!
Not just Cream, but absolute PEAK Cream. Their live performances from this time were legendary, creating the famous Clapton is God graffiti around London. This group just had too much talent and personality to last long, but I’m just grateful that they lasted as long as they did. ✌️
Oh believe me it was "induced"....A great way to enjoy Cream back in the day... Especially during the summer.....
Jack Bruce had one of the great voices in music history.
Soft rock? No way!
Never can go wrong with cream!❤❤❤. Fun back then driving mom and dad nuts. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Tripping was the best back in the day. The music was made to trip out.
Just adore all that Cream did . Love 'em .
That's Jack Bruce on vocals! He's also the bass player. I love him.
Disraeli Gears is such an amazing album. I've heard it dozens of times since 1967 and never tire of it. As for Swlabr, don't even try to comprehend the meaning, just dig the groove.
May suggest The Paul Butterfield Group. One of the greatest harmonicas. Same time as Cream.🎉
They don’t read these comments. So they won’t watch your suggestion which by the way is a really good one.
I concur.....
Definitely a "trip" and a personal blast from the past. Somebody once said "If you can remember the 60's, then you weren't there!" But this song reminds me of the album that it was on "Disraeli Gears" and it's psychedelic cover. In '69 I went to a "happening" (look it up) on South Base at OU. It was in an old WW2 military building and this was the scene: the movie "Reefer Madness" was showing on a large (almost movie theater size) screen at one end of the building, there were probably 200 kids inside in varying states of consciousness - including some girl lying almost naked in a bathtub in the middle of the floor, there were strobe lights flashing, and Disraeli Gears by Cream was blaring over the loudspeakers. Just another Saturday night in the Summer of Love! Peace out. ✌🌈☮
Yeah kids.......Im 74 years old, and I STILL have this albumn(It cost me $4.99,In 1968).....Love your life!!! Yeah, the 60's were a trip...especially with mushrooms and acid!
Here's some answers, from wiki: "The title is an initialism for "She Walks Like a Bearded Rainbow".[2] Bruce later said the W stood for "was" rather than "walks".[3][4] According to Brown's obituary in The Times, it was about a jilted lover "defacing pictures of his girlfriend, like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa".[5]"
FUZZ PETAL makes that effect. iconic '68-69 era of sound development.
For SWLABR, Clapton used a fuzz box to provide the overprocessing, which was then driven through a wah-wah pedal. 😎
Holy Crap! Great song....! I have this classic album.Should be in everyone's library of music! Gotta read between the lines with lyrics!
Jay & Amber, One of the great short lived groups, so much talent in 3 guys, you've heard their hits now.
fyi, Eric Clapton has an excellent blues covers album, 'From The Cradle' (1994).
Great album, he regained his guitar gravitus on that album after being on cruise control since the 70s.
Super album! 24 Nights is one of my favorite live albums by anyone.
@@unclefuggly7149 24 Nights is one of only two live concert videos I own!! The other is Stevie Ray Vaughn Live From Austin, Texas.
I was 18-19 in the years of Cream, Hendrix, Led Zep and I did listen to them on acid. I can tell you that ''all the fantastic colors'' were everywhere. I had trips you couldn't imagine. Some of the best years of my life. 14 when the Beatles changed my life. I really like seeing you guys react to the music I loved growing up. I'm quite new on TH-cam watching people react and it's blowing my mind. You are my favorites. I am listening to it differently and discovering things I hadn't noticed. I'm not really into listening to the newer stuff. Hard to beat what we had back then. I've rediscovered some jewels I forgot about such as Great gig in the sky by Pink Floyd.I've also enjoyed watching you evolve as music ''connaisseurs'' as I've watched from 3 years ago until recently. Keep up the good work. You seem like genuine good people. If you could find and react to ''As the years go passing by'' by Eric Burdon and the Animals, it will blow your mind. There are lots od versions out there but that one is really special. Thank You.
I was fortunate enough to see Jack Bruce several times play with Ringo Starr and his Allstarr Band. What a bass player and talent. R.I.P.
Jack Bruce ❤❤
man,,,talk about diggin down,,,,,its been a long while since i have heard this one,,,,,as always and again great choice and great hosts,,,,,,
If you want THE ULTIMATE HIPPIE SONG, it's time now for you to FINALLY do White Bird by It's Za Beautiful Day. Absolutely gorgeous and a hippie classic. Love ❤️ that song.
Swlabr, amore al primo ascolto. E l'ho scoperta solo pochi mesi fa. Come puo' questo pezzo NON essere famoso come altri classici del rock???? E' SCANDALOSO! E forse ancora meglio del prodotto finale e' la sessione di prove che si trova su You Tube
one of the first Cream albums that I bought on cassette tape, great album.
One of my most played Cream tracks, Pete Brown's Lyrics in Jack Bruce's singing style alone make this a must listen, the musicians together make it a gem to be treasured.
Tales of Brave Ulysses- all time greatest Cream song. Oh, this one is pretty good, too.
She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow---SWLABR
Andy gibb singing WORDS must hear !!!!
Loved Cream from day one. What a great group and fantastic sound.
Ginger knew he was great and he would tell you that, he even talked a bit rough on Bonham ..
Jack Bruce had the best voice . Great bass player too . More CREAM !
This has always been one of my favorite Cream songs (although it will never top “White Room,” which is my favorite song of all time). Pete Brown was such an interesting lyricist.
One of my favorite Cream songs. I love the vocals and Eric’s trippy guitar licks. Psychedelic and hard core blues. How about those lyrics? I still don’t know exactly what they mean. The Rainbow has a Beard? Explain.
everyone had a slightly scary part of a trip now and then, but the good parts were so fantastical that it was worth it and you learned to avoid it with good planning. You understand the song perfectly, the lyrics are nonsense like Alice In Wonderland. It was a wonderful time to come of age, I'm 70 now, and I wonder too how we could have gotten through walking through forests of talking trees and flowers, and then functioning as normal, interacting with people, playing instruments, etc. No way I could do that now without freaking out pronto! It was a special time and a lot of great things were born of it. Thank goodness for the music that survives! peaceout!
I walked into my local record shop in 1967, aiming to buy and enjoy the 7 inch single, Sunshine Of Your Love by Cream. Not only did I get that, but also the B side SWLBR . Great.
If you guys are into Cream, then you should also check out their direct musical ancestor, the Graham Bond Organisation, which also had Bruce and Baker as their rhythm section. They too were truly awesome playing live, and their best album was undoubtedly the one recorded at Klook's Kleek, London, in October 1964. (Their studio albums never really captured the excitement; Cream had a similar problem.) Standout tracks for me are the instrumentals Wade In The Water and Spanish Blues; First Time I Met The Blues and Train Time (both with Bruce on vocals, the second covered less well later by Cream); and a stormin' rendition of What'd I Say.
Ginger Baker. Best drummer in rock and roll history. He was bizarre but a genius.
I always assumed it meant that something was just not right about her. Something was "off", out of place, like a beard on a rainbow. Or a picture with a mustache drawn on that wasn't supposed to be there. There was an old cartoon gag where the characters would draw mustaches on various paintings like some kind of graffiti. That's what it makes me think of.
I grew up with this music. It definitely is trippy.
As others note, this is an acronym for she walks like a bearded rainbow. I've heard you can pronounce it like "slobber."
I believe this was the B-side to the "Sunshine Of Your Love" single and was also on the Disraeli Gears LP.
I also think this is an example of what Eric called the "woman tone" on his guitar...heavy distortion but a smooth kind of fuzz, not gritty (it's hard to describe a sound in words!)
Try to find the studio version of "Spoonful," Cream's cover of an old Howlin' Wolf song with some stunning Clapton. There's also "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" and "Dance The Night Away" both on the Disraeli Gears LP.
Clapton has had the most accomplished post-Cream career but Jack Bruce was a great musician after ream as well. I really liked "Theme From An Imaginary Western" and his jam with Frank Zappa and Jim Gordon on Zappas' "Apostrophe."
The Marshall amps raind supreme at this time, Clapton’s tone sounds like he has a tube screamer or maybe a fuzz face pedal, it sounds extremely compressed, but that was the thing to do at that time.
She Walks LIke A Bearded Rainbow..."SWLABR" they were the "CREAM" of rock and roll, and the first super group!
Love It! From the old days of Psychedelic Rock or Acid Rock. Great Choice & Reaction, You Guys! Still More Cream to Go! Fun seeing Amber say 'What?'. Just have to roll with the Psychedelics (maybe describing his trip). :) PS- Jack Bruce later said the W stood for 'Was' and not 'Walks', which another member quoted from Wiki earlier...
This is one group that you can revue live in later years when they reunited for a short tour. They just got better. No one knows how....
She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow
Have you reacted to their song "I Feel Free"? Another great one with Jack Bruce on lead vocals.
The trippy feel of this music is the point of the exercise!
Definitely one of those 60s metaphoric song lyrics that was totally meant to be for each individual persons interpretation lol Love Claptons guitar lines in this!
These guys were experiencing LSD and other hullonogenics then and so was i..lol...this song was played a lot on FM radio .great song ..great reaction! 😊
The time period was pretty trippy in the more literal way. I wouldn't be shocked to learn these were LCD trips relayed in the lyrics.
Rock In Peace Jack and Ginger.
It’s a reference to the Dada art movement, as in painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa ! 💙
Cream were famous for their long onstage jams, but I LOVE it when they feature short, rocking songs like this on their studio albums. Another great one is "Those Were The Days" from Wheels Of Fire. What "SWLABR" is about really isn't that complicated. Jack is singing about a woman who comes and goes, and he's comparing their relationship to a rainbow... with a beard.
Cream = the first "super group." My older brother was fortunate enough to see them play live at the Fillmore East during their Wheels of Fire double-LP tour, and said they put on an unforgettable show, including Ginger Baker bouncing drumsticks off of his floor toms for audience souvenirs. 😎
Cream. The first "Super group " yeah!
Born Under A Bad Sign is a cover that Cream did, and is my favorite song of theirs.
Jack Bruce, was the singer in this song , he was the base player for Cream
My interpretation of this song: A women you have something in common with. She has read Kafka, and you can meaningfully talk about Kafka. Out of the blue she starts talking about purses and how another gent is more manly.
The guitar sounds that way because Clapton uses what he calls the "Woman Tone". YOU take the gutiar and use the neck pickups. (more bassy) then you turn the bass tone knob all the way down. I use it a lot when I gig. People say "OMG, that sounds so 60's"
You talked about the times in around 1968 and taking that acid, you are very perceptive because you are 100% on the money! Note, other trip bands back then were Jimi Hendrix, The Moody Blues, Janice Joplin especially her album: "Cosmic Blues" and a song called "Fresh Air" by Quick Silver Messenger Service and "It's a Beautiful Day" especially their song "White Bird". There you have it!
As others have noted, poet Pete Brown wrote the lyrics for this song. He collaborated with Jack Bruce on many Cream songs, as well as Bruce's solo material, and his lyrics were often very trippy and surreal and full of word play, not unlike John Lennon's songs. Jack Bruce's first solo album Songs For A Tailor, in which he co-wrote all the material with Brown, had crazy titles like Tickets To Waterfalls, Weird Of Hermiston and Ministry Of Bag, and surreal lyrics like "I'm going to a wedding dressed in black", "Trained your bicycle to dance" and "It's all blues and no dinner at the Ministry of Bag".
Trippy songs are always fun, weird, and different. I suggest "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" sometime. Jordan seeing Teddy Ruxbin bears walking out of trees would easily be an Akira scene or an acid trip lol. Patreon Movie Suggestion: Akira (1989).
I always loved this band!
Love this album!!
Im try to catch up with you guys just started watching reaction video a week ago there are so many channels iv had to watch 50 different ones at least n I pick u guys to subscribe to n one other I absolutely love you guys you have so many videos I'm kind getting over whelmed, but having a ball, been so busy n haven't lesson to music as much,but you've bring back to it ,its actually the love of my life music,n I was born at a preferred time 1961 thx guy so much for that 😘🥰
😂😅 coming from that era, just imagining J. tripping cracks me up. Those were the days! I personally had a grand time!!
Eric Clapton's guitar on that song is drenched in vibrant comic book colors. I don't know if it's the album cover influencing me but I swear I can see day glow colors in his guitar.
Tales of Brave Ulysses is a must do reaction we all want to see from you guys. Next time, please.
She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow
Jack Bruce (Cream's bass player)wrote "Theme from an Imaginary Western" a song written by a couple of British dudes that totally sums up the pioneer sprit and best preformed by the American band Mountain(studio version with Felix Papalardi , vocals), Nice!
PS Felix Pappalardi also produced several Cream albums and wrote Strange Brew!
I love their song “White Room”.
Clapton did some really cool bluesy fills in this, and it sounds like his solo was double tracked.
Psychedelic fuzz guitar rules!
Jack Bruce, great vocal here. His vocals (and Clapton's guitar) gave Cream a signature sound.
The rhythm guitar track,wow!
Another big thank you guys, Cream is always good , glad I stayed today 😁😁😁southside OG SheWalksLikeaBeardedRainbow 👍✌️🥃cheers
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