Besides THE WHO (Moon, Entwistle) I cannot think of a better rhythm section. Jack and Ginger with Clapton wailing on guitar. In my humble opinion NOBODY can touch "Slowhand". 3 Member band, and they rocked out like there were at least 5 on stage. You will never see bands like the who or cream anymore.
@samshelly : Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix); Glen Cornick and Clive Bunker (Tull); Mo Foster and Simon Phillips (Beck). Not to argue...but they were definitely beasts...and contenders. Cheers
@auntycheeseandrice Nobody mentions McCartney, Lennon, and Starr as a "rhythm section," but glory be -- the early- and mid- Beatles had a great crunch and swing unheard since. Probably too familiar to be recognized. Did like Tull and Experience. Love The Who, but I think Entwhistle and Moon were two rhythm sections with Pete as a third.
@vcx9dfne What you say is true. I forgot Tommy Alderidge and Mars Cowling when they backed Pat Travers back in the mid 70's. Those concerts were OMG events. I play drums. Watching Tommy was an either /or event: either you committed to learn it...or you threw away your sticks because it was hopeless :). I still have mine. Do you play?
@auntycheeseandrice I have not played in years. My model was Moon. This drove a little band I joined crazy; they wanted me to just keep the beat. I intend to get a set and go back to it just for the soul. I used to put on the vinyl, put on the headphones, and play along with "Happy Jack" or something. Now, it's so much better. Nobody wants a 57-year-old re-emerging drummer who likes to play hard rock and oldies, but it doesn't matter. You play in bands still?
@vcx9dfne I play all the time: warm up with rudiments, and play a large setup in my front room several times a week. I haven't played with a band since about '85 though. I started playing at 8. I'm almost 51 now. My son plays. He's 16. I am having a blast showing him things.Not sure if someone wants me..I haven't been in the market for a band. But, I can tell you that playing feels GREAT! :D
@auntycheeseandrice That's probably what I mean: feels great. I never knew any rudiments :) Just picked up rhythm guitar again ($250 acoustic, inherited) and, while I'm not good, it feels good! Is there anything simple in electronic drums that feels like drums and won't annoy the neighbors?
@vcx9dfne I am ignorant regarding current electronic drum alternatives with respect to any brand or model. There are two main performance issues to consider though: physical feel (bounce) and trigger response. I assume that CPU's have improved over the years to allow a more accurate auditory response. My guess is you get what you pay for though. Maybe test drive some in a music store? Sorry I am not much help there.
@auntycheeseandrice Well, my concern would be feel. That's what it's about. On rare occasions I could grab a drum set, first thing I did was "I Can See for Miles" :) Gets everything going right away. Well, thanks. I'm lazy but should go see what's out there. Maybe I just need a house where I can put up a set and make some noise!
@marbleheadband I love Clapton...nice rich sound, but I do tend to agree with you on this point. He looks like he's in good shape in the video, and frankly I really thought he was going to bust out and bend strings, but he just didn't. It was nice, but did lack that raw, rough punch I was expecting.
@JDL2112 his voice is better than ever ..... i'm just disappointed he didnt wanna shred it up, i would have left the fenders home & brought something big guns; like 2 vintage marshall half stacks & a 61 SG re-issue or something......saw clapton in recent joe bonamassa blues concert (london) & bonamassa blew him off the stage, although he was hot back in the 90's as the touring guitarist for roger waters-pros & cons tour
@Fjorden96 Not Jack's bro. Warwick sells his signature model, (the one he's playing here,) for like $6000!!! Each one is personally inspected and signed by Jack Bruce. It's a Warwick Thumb. I have a Warwick Thumb 6-string and the tone that comes out of those basses are just thick and sick!!
Clapton did start on a gibson as seen in old films. If youve been playing anything for over 50 years your a professional without questions. Eric Clapton can play that guitar as well as he can sing. Ive personally never heard a 60+ yr old sing as well as him, let alone free solo. And those drums, insanely accurate, and the best sounding kit of the genre. These guys set the standard for live sound. Unsurpassed EQ quality. This is the stuff that can give you bumps and tears because of its greatness
you maked me as spam, bu anyone of you remember that clapton executes a part of the song with the wah and here not? it's less than itwas with first cream... sure he sings but who really care? he's on of the top guitarists in the world...
They sound pretty good for their age and how long it's been since they played together besides the few weeks before the concert. Clapton said he regretted doing the concert in his book...
I wish clapton had played this song with a gibsons instead. I read somewhere that he started playing fender after jimi's sound became popular.Sounds great either way.
Damn! These guys could still rock! I can't find any body who can rock like Cream did, now. No more excellent guitar riffs on the radio. All the youngsters with great constructive criticism on how to do this better will be over 50 someday and will hopefully look back and feel embarrassed at their youthful arrogance. I was once so wise as they. Now I am a grown up.
Congratz to you rabble, turn a beautiful timeless performance by 3 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members into your own whine session. How good is your 60+ yr. old grandad at anything? These guys still got it, only an uneducated fool would even think to flame them.
The nervous system starts to fail at age 40. Eyesight before then. This is why you don't see many formula one drivers at that age. Playing hard rock under blazing lights at 60+ with a precision every bit as good as in their 30s - that should be all but impossible. At least for humans. Maybe there's more to this Eric Clapton being a God than I thought...
even eric has a slight cold for a while everybody knows it,fans publishers,etc.older he get more he is primadonna...my humble opinion or fans are just fanatic herd-mentalities.Gibson forever
I'll tell you what clapton is.... a guitarist! and a fine one at that. Poor Jack, whatever throat surgery he had has completely killed his voice here, although he can still play. And props to Eric for playing and singing when he felt like crap (heavy bout of 'flu)
And yes I agree the Fender sound is too thin for cream stuff.
@luiscorinthians75 ; Incredibly well put !!!! I dearly love YOUTUBE however rarely do I ever glance down to the comments. We are so fortunate in so many, many ways. Hat's off to you!! Now celebrate that....
as i stated before on this video blog; i like Clapton, just sick of everybody;including his colleagues who put him on a pedestal when he isn't that good. at least as far as being the best. Hey, i can play better than him and even if i were famous, i hardly think i'm the greatest. And if i were a professional musician, i'd strive to live up to my legend and not play by the numbers every damn night.
You have to view Clapton as someone other than just a 'guitar player'. You have to look at what he represents and his legend. He introduced American white listeners to music that was in their own back yard for 50 years. BB King states he owes his life to Clapton. Like Eddie Van Halen who came after.. there have been many pretenders to the throne, with better technique and a wider knowledge of music, but it's the guys who open the doors in my book that become legends.
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Everyone lauds him for the derek and the dominos work, but it was Duane Allman that did the greatest work on that album. I want to jab a stick in someone's eye every time I hear someone talk about Clapton doing the crying dove trick.
well thank you, brother. People just love to run with the pack and use the same worn out cliches which is probably why they still act like Clapton is/ was "God". They obviously have never heard Peter Green.
To your uneducated ears maybe. We all use many different EQ settings (tone) that please our ears at the time of our performance. The musically ignorant punter's tonal perceptions are stuck in the time warp created by the first time they heard a song. The first kiss is the one by which all subsequent kisses will be judged.
I love that FILTHY distorted tone Eric is achieving but I doubt whether Eric give's a rat's arse what either of us thinks.
i personally like the sound. it has a nice warm tone but not too much distortion. of course his lace sensor pickups were better but the noiseless with the mid boost still sounds nice.
sounds shitty..no balls..too clean and shit tone compared to a modded gibson sg he used on the original recordings..Do it balls to teh wall or dont do it all all
pal i dont care..Eric Clapton could jump off a roof top tomm and i could care les.s..iam simply saying teh ppl came to see teh man do it teh way it was done..and with a shitty fender and a combo amp isnt teh way it was done..the guys a fag!!he didnt wanan be there and was for teh cash..say what u want
cool user name! let's people know where you stand before they attack you on your hatin'. Clapton really is a bit lame most of the time. If he wasn't (erroneously) referred to as the greatest guitarist, he'd probably seem a lot better than they make him out to be. But there's the rub right there.
perhaps, but how do you explain the last 35 years? Sometimes he catches fire, but there's really nothing extraordinary about his playing after the 60's. Not hating on the man, i just wish he'd advance beyond the same old licks and phrases that he's been doing all these years. Jeff Beck has grown by leaps and bounds since he started 45 years ago. Why can't Clapton?
But he's not perfect. Clapton has visited many styles over the years, but has never bothered to take a page from the masters of that class. instead he hires the real deal like Albert Lee for instance or even Chris Stainton and Mark Knopfler, which is highly commendable. My main gripe isn't with Clapton so much as the fans who think it doesn't get any better than him.
you don't have to sell me on Clapton's merits. i've studied his work throughout the last 30 years. I'm just saying at the end of the day, he should be a bit more proficient for what his status in rock is and his guitar prowess. There are many other white players who have kept us white folk enthralled with the blues throughout the years, such as Billy Gibbons, SRV, Johnny Winter and the Stones, who are the first band to really introduce us to the blues while being major stars in the process.
great band but i have to say i dont think clapton was in top form for these shows, i mean he plays great as always these shows just lack certain soul for me
I remember the first time I heard this song and the place where I was, this band was and still the greatest group that ever went on stage, they are like a great bottle of wine, they got better with time.
"clapton is and always will be a stratocaster player" yeah because these days fender pays him a shit load to play em. but he didnt use them until he went solo and if you knew anything you'd know he's done a few stints before then. Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Cream(of course) Blind Faith, Derek and the dominoes and few others and guess what for most of that time he used Les Pauls, ES 335s and SGs, and teles early on in the yardbirds. long story short you're ignorant. screw flanders
Blaze: Clapton uses Fenders because they are his preferred guitar. He has said how much he enjoys the flexibility of the tone, how easy they are to play, and because after Cream he had grown tired of the "big" sound the Gibsons get.
Money has nothing to do with it, Clapton is an artist who has remained true to his music in spite of what nay sayers always say about his solo career. He plays Fenders cause he WANTS to.
Jack's voice is not shot. What are you talking about? This is Cream reunion - after 40 years since the Goodbye Concert. Its the event that we are enjoying. We don't want perfection - just Cream!
Too bad Jack Buces voice is shot, it really made this song. He still sounds fine, but the magic in his voice is gone, but hey, it isnt his fault. When you get old you get old, and he did more than enough for the world when he recorded it 40 years ago. Still love the bass work and clapton and baker are great. Bruce just unfortunately lost his voice.
His voice isn't shot. He just had had a liver transplant that almost killed him. That is why he was sitting most of the concert. Being in your 50's-early 60's isn't old to anyone but an airhead kid.
I don't know if Bruce could hit those notes nowadays. I'm sure Clapton would have no problem, but they need a harmony for it to be most effective, so I guess they just decided to drop it.
I don't know if Bruce could hit those notes nowadays. I'm sure Clapton would have no problem, but they need a harmony for it to be most effective, so I guess they just decided to drop it.
I disagree, as much as I love cream, RUSH as a band are much better musicians (well except EC) Ginger and jack are great and all, but Geddy and Neil are just amazing
no he is clean here but he is sick "as luck would have it i came down with a terrible flu virus, for the next three shows i was completely out of it"- eric clapton his autobiography page 297
Ginger Bakes looks younger than he did in 1968
RichardZombie 4 days ago
I forget that it was just 3 guys who made this incredible sound. They are the best.
willrothfuss 1 week ago
My goodness talk about changing! Still happy to see and hear them Thanks!
bd9598 1 week ago
Awsome my best track of all time!! Ginger rocks !
LukePlaysVideoGameZ 2 weeks ago
BEST THREE PIECE BAND EVER! Hendrix's experience was # 2
1234tla 3 weeks ago
Nothin' better than hearing this reunion concert for my ears.
And GINGER BAKER's solo!!!! Man, kids today couldn't buy that kind of talent.
LauraHarrison 3 weeks ago
Besides THE WHO (Moon, Entwistle) I cannot think of a better rhythm section. Jack and Ginger with Clapton wailing on guitar. In my humble opinion NOBODY can touch "Slowhand". 3 Member band, and they rocked out like there were at least 5 on stage. You will never see bands like the who or cream anymore.
samshelly 1 month ago
@samshelly : Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix); Glen Cornick and Clive Bunker (Tull); Mo Foster and Simon Phillips (Beck). Not to argue...but they were definitely beasts...and contenders. Cheers
auntycheeseandrice 1 month ago
@auntycheeseandrice Nobody mentions McCartney, Lennon, and Starr as a "rhythm section," but glory be -- the early- and mid- Beatles had a great crunch and swing unheard since. Probably too familiar to be recognized. Did like Tull and Experience. Love The Who, but I think Entwhistle and Moon were two rhythm sections with Pete as a third.
vcx9dfne 4 weeks ago
@vcx9dfne What you say is true. I forgot Tommy Alderidge and Mars Cowling when they backed Pat Travers back in the mid 70's. Those concerts were OMG events. I play drums. Watching Tommy was an either /or event: either you committed to learn it...or you threw away your sticks because it was hopeless :). I still have mine. Do you play?
auntycheeseandrice 4 weeks ago
@auntycheeseandrice I have not played in years. My model was Moon. This drove a little band I joined crazy; they wanted me to just keep the beat. I intend to get a set and go back to it just for the soul. I used to put on the vinyl, put on the headphones, and play along with "Happy Jack" or something. Now, it's so much better. Nobody wants a 57-year-old re-emerging drummer who likes to play hard rock and oldies, but it doesn't matter. You play in bands still?
vcx9dfne 4 weeks ago
@vcx9dfne I play all the time: warm up with rudiments, and play a large setup in my front room several times a week. I haven't played with a band since about '85 though. I started playing at 8. I'm almost 51 now. My son plays. He's 16. I am having a blast showing him things.Not sure if someone wants me..I haven't been in the market for a band. But, I can tell you that playing feels GREAT! :D
auntycheeseandrice 4 weeks ago
@auntycheeseandrice That's probably what I mean: feels great. I never knew any rudiments :) Just picked up rhythm guitar again ($250 acoustic, inherited) and, while I'm not good, it feels good! Is there anything simple in electronic drums that feels like drums and won't annoy the neighbors?
vcx9dfne 4 weeks ago
@vcx9dfne I am ignorant regarding current electronic drum alternatives with respect to any brand or model. There are two main performance issues to consider though: physical feel (bounce) and trigger response. I assume that CPU's have improved over the years to allow a more accurate auditory response. My guess is you get what you pay for though. Maybe test drive some in a music store? Sorry I am not much help there.
auntycheeseandrice 4 weeks ago
@auntycheeseandrice Well, my concern would be feel. That's what it's about. On rare occasions I could grab a drum set, first thing I did was "I Can See for Miles" :) Gets everything going right away. Well, thanks. I'm lazy but should go see what's out there. Maybe I just need a house where I can put up a set and make some noise!
vcx9dfne 4 weeks ago
@vcx9dfne A wall of noise! YES!
auntycheeseandrice 4 weeks ago
DE IMPACTO
facundozxt 1 month ago
Eric needed to turn up a little and get back on the Gibson guitars that were his trademark sound in Cream.
gambler731 1 month ago
nice job guys
runingblackbear 1 month ago
Such an inspirational performance! Speechless. I kept on listening to the solo part and the bass behind it!
adnanhmunshi 2 months ago
luke warm guitar playing.......from a legend..........bruce still sounds great
marbleheadband 2 months ago
@marbleheadband I love Clapton...nice rich sound, but I do tend to agree with you on this point. He looks like he's in good shape in the video, and frankly I really thought he was going to bust out and bend strings, but he just didn't. It was nice, but did lack that raw, rough punch I was expecting.
JDL2112 1 month ago
@JDL2112 his voice is better than ever ..... i'm just disappointed he didnt wanna shred it up, i would have left the fenders home & brought something big guns; like 2 vintage marshall half stacks & a 61 SG re-issue or something......saw clapton in recent joe bonamassa blues concert (london) & bonamassa blew him off the stage, although he was hot back in the 90's as the touring guitarist for roger waters-pros & cons tour
marbleheadband 1 month ago
@4:17 its Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter
thegeministereo 3 months ago
ginger baker looks bad
yahelshiftan 3 months ago
Does the bass guitar got frets ?
Fjorden96 4 months ago
@Fjorden96 Not Jack's bro. Warwick sells his signature model, (the one he's playing here,) for like $6000!!! Each one is personally inspected and signed by Jack Bruce. It's a Warwick Thumb. I have a Warwick Thumb 6-string and the tone that comes out of those basses are just thick and sick!!
JamminBassist 3 months ago
oh my god, the bass!!!
littlefabb 5 months ago
Just doesn't touch 1968. To be honest, I would rather hear Clapton's version from 24 Nights.
drockkclapton 5 months ago
Clapton did start on a gibson as seen in old films. If youve been playing anything for over 50 years your a professional without questions. Eric Clapton can play that guitar as well as he can sing. Ive personally never heard a 60+ yr old sing as well as him, let alone free solo. And those drums, insanely accurate, and the best sounding kit of the genre. These guys set the standard for live sound. Unsurpassed EQ quality. This is the stuff that can give you bumps and tears because of its greatness
DublineProduction 6 months ago
Ginger Baker... or Clint Eastwood??
ingloriusbastard 7 months ago 4
oohhhhhh, sweet, still some of the best ever!
cawareing 7 months ago
had a cold shiver running down my back @ 03:58
stratocastervox 8 months ago 2
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stratocastervox 8 months ago
you maked me as spam, bu anyone of you remember that clapton executes a part of the song with the wah and here not? it's less than itwas with first cream... sure he sings but who really care? he's on of the top guitarists in the world...
bluesdues 3 years ago
@bluesdues he flips to the neck pickup with the tone knob to basically 2 or 1
axis1250 5 months ago
They sound pretty good for their age and how long it's been since they played together besides the few weeks before the concert. Clapton said he regretted doing the concert in his book...
PcCanada 3 years ago
Not correct, according to his book he really liked the gigs in Royal Albert Hall, but he didn´t like their concerts in MSG.
kinggreenbaum1966 3 years ago
I wish clapton had played this song with a gibsons instead. I read somewhere that he started playing fender after jimi's sound became popular.Sounds great either way.
fenderguy82 3 years ago
i think that he liked Buddy's tone more, because he was more influenced by him
nonecklouie 3 years ago
like clapton said in his book..he wished he`d never done it
ytdav 3 years ago
Hope you whingers can do now what you did better 30 years before!
Anyway, anyone know what the bass JB is playing is? I want one!
geoff1156 3 years ago
its a Warwick Bass
punkyou1010 3 years ago
Warwick fretless
jninja12 3 years ago
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a masterful ginger baker, a great jack bruce and a flat clapton..
bluesdues 3 years ago
buddy u really, really dont av a clue do ya!!
atourdeforce 3 years ago
Damn! These guys could still rock! I can't find any body who can rock like Cream did, now. No more excellent guitar riffs on the radio. All the youngsters with great constructive criticism on how to do this better will be over 50 someday and will hopefully look back and feel embarrassed at their youthful arrogance. I was once so wise as they. Now I am a grown up.
breastlady 3 years ago 2
Eric Clapton was God and he will always be..
ecsrvny 3 years ago 2
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emifaltaderespeto 3 years ago
Congratz to you rabble, turn a beautiful timeless performance by 3 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members into your own whine session. How good is your 60+ yr. old grandad at anything? These guys still got it, only an uneducated fool would even think to flame them.
AdmiralKhan 3 years ago
The nervous system starts to fail at age 40. Eyesight before then. This is why you don't see many formula one drivers at that age. Playing hard rock under blazing lights at 60+ with a precision every bit as good as in their 30s - that should be all but impossible. At least for humans. Maybe there's more to this Eric Clapton being a God than I thought...
fishcat42 3 years ago
even eric has a slight cold for a while everybody knows it,fans publishers,etc.older he get more he is primadonna...my humble opinion or fans are just fanatic herd-mentalities.Gibson forever
mebloke69 3 years ago
Well, he is Eric Fucking Clapton.
heinz454 3 years ago
I'll tell you what clapton is.... a guitarist! and a fine one at that. Poor Jack, whatever throat surgery he had has completely killed his voice here, although he can still play. And props to Eric for playing and singing when he felt like crap (heavy bout of 'flu)
And yes I agree the Fender sound is too thin for cream stuff.
asm1 3 years ago
jack had throat surgery?
TerminatorX101 3 years ago
I thought he did, turns out it was his liver. Had liver cancer and almost died when his body initially rejected the transplant.... my bad.
Too many ciggies or w/e but his voice isn't half of what it was.
asm1 3 years ago
thats wat i was saying..like i was wasn't it liver transplant...yea his age is getting to him..but still has talent..
TerminatorX101 3 years ago
They are playing very well, but Eric should use the SG, the Fender is too "weak" for this song...
IgenDjuret 3 years ago
Zeropoint, definitively you suck...
Music is much more than technique... is not about what you can see or heard Mr. Eric Clapton, but it´s about what you can feel through his music...
And music is not competition...is not important "who´s the best"...
Knopfler and Lee are undeniable masters, but they can be it together with eric clapton...
If your concerns are about "who's the best", I think it´s better for you to watch athletics, races or something... music is not competition
luiscorinthians75 3 years ago 7
@luiscorinthians75 ; Incredibly well put !!!! I dearly love YOUTUBE however rarely do I ever glance down to the comments. We are so fortunate in so many, many ways. Hat's off to you!! Now celebrate that....
1954tele 3 days ago
It's the cream reunion, damn good music considering how old they are now; and only getting better with age if you ask me.
Sure he might not be the greatest guitarist in the world, but who really gives a damn; its good music - and if you don't like it then don't listen.
Simple as that.
jhunter81 3 years ago
as i stated before on this video blog; i like Clapton, just sick of everybody;including his colleagues who put him on a pedestal when he isn't that good. at least as far as being the best. Hey, i can play better than him and even if i were famous, i hardly think i'm the greatest. And if i were a professional musician, i'd strive to live up to my legend and not play by the numbers every damn night.
ZeropointZero70 3 years ago
You have to view Clapton as someone other than just a 'guitar player'. You have to look at what he represents and his legend. He introduced American white listeners to music that was in their own back yard for 50 years. BB King states he owes his life to Clapton. Like Eddie Van Halen who came after.. there have been many pretenders to the throne, with better technique and a wider knowledge of music, but it's the guys who open the doors in my book that become legends.
chooseyourblues 3 years ago
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Everyone lauds him for the derek and the dominos work, but it was Duane Allman that did the greatest work on that album. I want to jab a stick in someone's eye every time I hear someone talk about Clapton doing the crying dove trick.
oldirty1234 3 years ago
well thank you, brother. People just love to run with the pack and use the same worn out cliches which is probably why they still act like Clapton is/ was "God". They obviously have never heard Peter Green.
ZeropointZero70 3 years ago
c´mon man.... theyre equal. plus the album really is more claptons work.
BSabbathAcdcZztop1 3 years ago
And the wah-wah?
memus69 3 years ago
sharrer2 ,
HOW CAN U SAY THAT! GO DIE
lucasyorkeiscool 3 years ago 5
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Led Zeppelin reunion was better.
Sorry.
It was.
sharrer2 3 years ago
Wooooow! Assolo fantastico!"!!! :DD
emaudit83 3 years ago
He's washed up..
yaiknowscrewme 3 years ago
Claptons setup sounds horrible
yaiknowscrewme 3 years ago
To your uneducated ears maybe. We all use many different EQ settings (tone) that please our ears at the time of our performance. The musically ignorant punter's tonal perceptions are stuck in the time warp created by the first time they heard a song. The first kiss is the one by which all subsequent kisses will be judged.
I love that FILTHY distorted tone Eric is achieving but I doubt whether Eric give's a rat's arse what either of us thinks.
mahballsarefine 3 years ago 5
U spend alot of time saying nothing.Hes washed up..gone faggy
yaiknowscrewme 3 years ago
i personally like the sound. it has a nice warm tone but not too much distortion. of course his lace sensor pickups were better but the noiseless with the mid boost still sounds nice.
rayjdragonballz 3 years ago
claptons setup sounds like overdriven fender yummyness
it's the tone of cream
tomlikesacdc 3 years ago
sounds shitty..no balls..too clean and shit tone compared to a modded gibson sg he used on the original recordings..Do it balls to teh wall or dont do it all all
yaiknowscrewme 3 years ago
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jesus he didnt even spend 10 minutes to record the rthym track..jeeesss he might as well make childrens records ..fags
yaiknowscrewme 3 years ago
can you do better?
didnt thinks so.
tomlikesacdc 3 years ago
pal i dont care..Eric Clapton could jump off a roof top tomm and i could care les.s..iam simply saying teh ppl came to see teh man do it teh way it was done..and with a shitty fender and a combo amp isnt teh way it was done..the guys a fag!!he didnt wanan be there and was for teh cash..say what u want
yaiknowscrewme 3 years ago
Eric doesn't need the cash,trust me on that one,all will go to keep his treatment facility going strong.
inagod 3 years ago
Yaik: Mind your own business. He does it how he wants to.
Hektor88 3 years ago
cool user name! let's people know where you stand before they attack you on your hatin'. Clapton really is a bit lame most of the time. If he wasn't (erroneously) referred to as the greatest guitarist, he'd probably seem a lot better than they make him out to be. But there's the rub right there.
ZeropointZero70 3 years ago
Hi, Clapton was totally sick with flu this evening, that should excuse him ST
walzi2001 3 years ago
perhaps, but how do you explain the last 35 years? Sometimes he catches fire, but there's really nothing extraordinary about his playing after the 60's. Not hating on the man, i just wish he'd advance beyond the same old licks and phrases that he's been doing all these years. Jeff Beck has grown by leaps and bounds since he started 45 years ago. Why can't Clapton?
ZeropointZero70 3 years ago
Hard to improve on perfection?
chooseyourblues 3 years ago 2
But he's not perfect. Clapton has visited many styles over the years, but has never bothered to take a page from the masters of that class. instead he hires the real deal like Albert Lee for instance or even Chris Stainton and Mark Knopfler, which is highly commendable. My main gripe isn't with Clapton so much as the fans who think it doesn't get any better than him.
ZeropointZero70 3 years ago
Clapton adopted more on blues
jeff beck continued on rock
Clapton is not a shredder, we all know that but what clapton has is emotional playing skills.. he plays with Soul (blues related)
jalfredl 3 years ago
you don't have to sell me on Clapton's merits. i've studied his work throughout the last 30 years. I'm just saying at the end of the day, he should be a bit more proficient for what his status in rock is and his guitar prowess. There are many other white players who have kept us white folk enthralled with the blues throughout the years, such as Billy Gibbons, SRV, Johnny Winter and the Stones, who are the first band to really introduce us to the blues while being major stars in the process.
ZeropointZero70 3 years ago
anybody would have done same thing including you, man
clapton is god
jalfredl 3 years ago
Peter Green was better. He just flaked off on acid when he was just about to hit big in the States. B.B. King even cites him up there with Clapton.
ZeropointZero70 3 years ago
have you ever wander if eric watch his videos on you tube???no only eric..anyone of them..
kakou198888888 3 years ago
christ ginger is like 80
hendrix142536 3 years ago
haha yeah, but he is still a fucking beast
horatiogiovanni4real 3 years ago
Jack bruce is a damn good bassist
qwerly45 3 years ago 16
@qwerly45 Also a great singer, or at least in his prime he was amazing. At least he's not like Geddy Lee, who can't sing well any more.
Lurtzman1 1 month ago
Brilliant solo :)
GeorgeMatthewsOnline 3 years ago 2
great band but i have to say i dont think clapton was in top form for these shows, i mean he plays great as always these shows just lack certain soul for me
Nrosebush2 3 years ago
What bollocks do you talk? Just lacks a certain soul for you! What soul is that exactly? Twat.
butterworthpa 3 years ago
I am pretty sure he we a little sick or so I read.
DrummerTjsteen 3 years ago
he had just recived a liver tansplant so he was guite weak
supercow506 3 years ago
GODS!!!
poopyy99 3 years ago
this english crowd lacks of emotion, they are all seating or waving their bodies...they need to BUST THEIR HEADS OFF ALL OVER THE SOOOOONNGG
aguscanzani 3 years ago
this video proves that clapton is a true godr. 60 years old, playing with the flu still pounding out absolutely amazing solos.....
wasser508 3 years ago
I remember the first time I heard this song and the place where I was, this band was and still the greatest group that ever went on stage, they are like a great bottle of wine, they got better with time.
keefer2111 3 years ago
One of the best versions of White Room, but this would have rocked even more had Eric played it with a Les Paul or a Firebird.
bordertown 3 years ago 2
noo dude
the SG! : )
Fabio9x 3 years ago 4
YES, the painted one
Guppee92 3 years ago
the fool
ec476405 3 years ago
both the les paul and SG suck.... clapton is and always will be a stratocaster player
wasser508 3 years ago
"clapton is and always will be a stratocaster player" yeah because these days fender pays him a shit load to play em. but he didnt use them until he went solo and if you knew anything you'd know he's done a few stints before then. Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Cream(of course) Blind Faith, Derek and the dominoes and few others and guess what for most of that time he used Les Pauls, ES 335s and SGs, and teles early on in the yardbirds. long story short you're ignorant. screw flanders
blaze4404 3 years ago
Blaze: Clapton uses Fenders because they are his preferred guitar. He has said how much he enjoys the flexibility of the tone, how easy they are to play, and because after Cream he had grown tired of the "big" sound the Gibsons get.
Money has nothing to do with it, Clapton is an artist who has remained true to his music in spite of what nay sayers always say about his solo career. He plays Fenders cause he WANTS to.
Hektor88 3 years ago 5
the good ol' gibson sound was so sweet:)
watch?v=rq6r23-le5o&feature=related <3
tatzor 3 years ago
he was playing strats before fender asked him to make a signature.
lagman50 3 years ago
those were the days when clapton was still curious about playin in the band and humble.and i can hear it.typical feb-march born guy.
mebloke69 3 years ago
You'd think Clapton would bust out the Gibsons and the Marshalls for this.
Wang0Phat 3 years ago
three truly gifted musicians
JVuott13 3 years ago 14
GREAT!!! Then Clapton is the best!!
bfg9000 3 years ago 5
Clapton's voice is simply amazing. Jack also does a stand up job.
xciteful 3 years ago
sure would kill to have a grandpa who can rock out like that;)
Rosenkvist90 3 years ago 5
Amen to that brother
gold2040 3 years ago
Wow this is an awesome reunion. I love Eric during the solo around 4:30, he gets so into it, its awesome. Great song too!
Zeppelinfan1992 3 years ago 2
My fender NOS blues junior gives me almost this exact sound.
PageandPlant4Life 3 years ago
"I wait in this place,
where the sun never shines.
I wait in this place,
where the shadows run from themselves."
Rockitinmypocket 3 years ago
msg to pagliux, yeah eric clapton play guitar he big influence onthe electric guitar
lordofthestrings89ph 3 years ago
they would be good if they harmonized singing together
i like eric's music a lot
johnlennon70 3 years ago
Are you implying that that first super band ever assembled doesn't sound good?
versatyle45 3 years ago
this is very good, but where's the wah wha peddle?
danielevy86 3 years ago
i was thinking the same thing. i personally think it sounds better without, but its definatly not the same without it.
Matt
mattgav23 3 years ago
Yeah, I like this version, but the wah could have made it even better...if that's possible.
Clapton pulls off an amazing solo...I can't imagine how it would have sounded with the wah rocked back a bit.
Bravo86 3 years ago
good choice of guitar amplifier...those old fender tweeds
ffairlane57 3 years ago 2
im a heavy metal guy but i really prefer bluesy solos. they have more....dimensions u could say.
beserker1912 3 years ago 6
You should diversify your musical tastes as much as possible.
ffairlane57 3 years ago
Ginger B,,Big Baseguitar
promtaet 3 years ago
all about the warwick fretless.
fretlessbass26 3 years ago 2
eric clapton dimostra ancora una volta di non essere solo un grande chitarrista,ma anche un gradissimo cantante rock!
pagliux 3 years ago
the solo Clapton plays in this performance is one of the best solos I've heard in my life.
Seras6 3 years ago 4
Agreed. I didn't care for the performance UNTIL the solo. Then I flipped out.
lysolbombs470 3 years ago 4
if you already haven't, go see layla live, absolutly amazing
walterp341 3 years ago 2
WOW-------FANTASTIC. BSP
BeatleSongPlayer 3 years ago
I have always loved to look at Eric's face while he plays.
darkflower2 3 years ago 2
Jack's voice is not shot. What are you talking about? This is Cream reunion - after 40 years since the Goodbye Concert. Its the event that we are enjoying. We don't want perfection - just Cream!
butterworthpa 3 years ago 6
i think what eveyone means is we all wish we could just keep them young and on stage forever from that period..i know i do
ragingstorm33 3 years ago
dam i wish his voice didnt go
ICyViRuS 3 years ago
dont worrie man i know what you ment, Long live the cream!!
ragingstorm33 3 years ago
Too bad Jack Buces voice is shot, it really made this song. He still sounds fine, but the magic in his voice is gone, but hey, it isnt his fault. When you get old you get old, and he did more than enough for the world when he recorded it 40 years ago. Still love the bass work and clapton and baker are great. Bruce just unfortunately lost his voice.
VHfan4life24 3 years ago
His voice isn't shot. He just had had a liver transplant that almost killed him. That is why he was sitting most of the concert. Being in your 50's-early 60's isn't old to anyone but an airhead kid.
proferic 3 years ago
clapton was way better whan he was young..
florsails 3 years ago
bollocks his technique AND voice improved loads, only fault was ditchin the wa wa peddle
JManz365 3 years ago 4
yea ur crazy...Clapton still got it
speedwagon1213 3 years ago 5
Clapton is God
mattyneill1992 3 years ago 2
Perfection!!!
moswah72 3 years ago 2
cream is the most amazing band
tbeox 3 years ago
I think that Jack Bruce is one of the most underrated bassists ever.
FreshFruit89 3 years ago 13
Nice bass work, shame about the voice
DanielMumby 3 years ago
who said jack bruce sucks...assholes
blues rock on bitches
strawberEfieldz4ever 3 years ago 4
miss those "aahh's" in the beginning!
marazm1 4 years ago
I don't know if Bruce could hit those notes nowadays. I'm sure Clapton would have no problem, but they need a harmony for it to be most effective, so I guess they just decided to drop it.
scglrmtdpbdc 3 years ago
I don't know if Bruce could hit those notes nowadays. I'm sure Clapton would have no problem, but they need a harmony for it to be most effective, so I guess they just decided to drop it.
scglrmtdpbdc 3 years ago
the only band that can say the have all 3 members in the top 10 at their instrament. marvelous band stand up there wit the beatles
vj8991 4 years ago 4
rush hehe :P... Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson!!! they are some of the highest rated in their fields too!!! but NOWHERE NEAR Cream's class!!!
Thorpey1000 3 years ago 2
I disagree, as much as I love cream, RUSH as a band are much better musicians (well except EC) Ginger and jack are great and all, but Geddy and Neil are just amazing
sgtpepper1138 3 years ago
meh.
holomorph271 3 years ago
(youtube bug, this was supposed to be a reply to another comment, the video itself is amazing)
holomorph271 3 years ago
man my comments are place in thw rong place all the time, you youtube should do something against that.
OropherThranduil 3 years ago
Yeah, that was pretty annoying, I was saying "meh" to the guy who thought Geddy Lee and Neil Peart were better than Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce...
holomorph271 3 years ago
Neil Peart is a pretty gifted drummer.
DrummerTjsteen 3 years ago 2
And very skilled.
RockingMarshall 3 years ago
i have to say they have an amazing amount of technique, but i really don't care for rush.
oh, and one more thing. you should watch ginger;s toad solo from this concert. blows away every peart solo i've ever seen.
POOZEL807 3 years ago
And Eric still on tripp..
askwara 4 years ago 4
no he is clean here but he is sick "as luck would have it i came down with a terrible flu virus, for the next three shows i was completely out of it"- eric clapton his autobiography page 297
laxer27 4 years ago 4