Yes the bass in this track is phenomenal, but for my money this is also one of, if not the best Clapton solo. If I ever need to show someone what an awesome soloist Clapton was... I play them the solo in this track.
Back in the day- when Cream was intact and for a few years after- Jack Bruce's star shined brightly. Sure EC was the guitar hero, but Jack got a lot of press too. Rightly so.
Felix Pappilardi, the "4th" Cream member. Played a major part in the production of Creams greatest tunes, including this one. He was kind of like what George Martin was to the Beatles. Very say that Felix met with an early death at the hands of his wife.
Classic "art rock." Brilliant rhythms in this song. I love the bars of 3/4, and then the way Ginger "shifts gears" at approximately 0:59 and 2:35 is amazing. Thank you for posting this.
A few times in the past, with this tune playing, I've turned off the audio portion to Easy Rider (the scene where Fonda and Hopper are riding into the sunset). This song fits that scene quite well. What a tune! Soulful vocals, great percussion, vibrant guitar awash in Blues/Psychedelia, bass that has true "feel." This is KING TONE!
why isnt this band given the accolades it so deserves; being the forefathers of heavy metal-BEFORE Led Zepplin. T he differance between stuff like this & H eavy Metal is this has MELODY & HARMONY; sad to say ,which MOST heavy metal is VOID of !!!!
@tonyfera Acoustic guitar and cello too: all played by JB, who also cowrote this song (with his then songwriting collaborator, Pete Brown) and of course did the vocal. I give Clapton his props, but it galls me when people refer to Cream as Clapton's band. It was Jack Bruce who wrote and arranged most of the original songs, and was the architect of the band's sound in the studio. Of course Baker was a great drummer and Clapton a fine guitarist, but it was Bruce who WAS Cream.
It was in July 1968. I smoked my first one ever as Cream spun on the turntable. And Deserted Cities of the Heart was the tune that was playing at the moment when my head got very buzzed. Hearing it again brings it all back!
This tune has always reminded me of Fonda and Hopper in the final riding scenes of Easy Rider (with them riding into the sunset). What bass! What soulful vocals! EC at his very best. Baker with his Godzila tap-dancing on the tom-toms style of drumming. Fantastic!
@GrazFlow I believe Wheels of Fire is the only rock album that's a combination of studio and live. Its my favorite Cream album which was my first Cream album and my first album ever back in 1973 when I was 13.
@noblesiner Amen!! Jack Bruce is way under-appreciated for his contributions to rock. He was and still is a phenomenal bass player but I think what people do not give him enough credit for is his singing voice. I have to say that of all the 60's and 70's mega groups, hell any group, Jack Bruce was my favorite vocalist; so soulful and heartfelt, especially on tunes like this one.
@noblesiner Are you a musician my friend ? If not you should be,( I am, Bass Player too)
you have an exceptional ear ! In fact Cream was Jack Bruce's Band,in fact Cream's 1st rehearsal as a "band"was at Jack Bruce's home.Jack & Peter Brown wrote 90% of the Lyrics & Music & Jack sang 90% of the songs.Funny story,Jack wrote Sunshine of Your Love after seeing Hendrix in London,Hendrix didn't know that and often covered Sunshine of Your Love "live",so he "covered" a song dedicated to himself.
I'm not a huge fan of Clapton but the use of the acoustic for the verse of this is an utter stroke of genius.It adds to the rogue aspect of the cut.Who do I like better?Beck,Blackmore,Page,Eddie VanH,Jimi,Tommy Bolin(respect to the dead for both),
@KUTVgroucho - yes, just the solo recorded normal and then double speed in the mix. All of the other bits were recorded and mixed normal, if anything qualifies as normal these days. When I record I like to have everything live, that is, little or no tweaking because the mixdown is painful for me. I need an engineer with ears.
Listen to the guitar very carefully. Recorded at half speed (slow) and then played back double speed in the mix so that is is actually an octave above the way it was played. I figured this out in '68 when I realized that Eric's vibrato was double speed. A bit of old school studio tweaking.
@bamboosa Sounds plausible - and may have been that way for the studio cut - but I have heard this performed live and it sounded pretty much the same. Eric Clapton my be called old slow hand, but he can peel the paint off the walls when he wants to. Listen to the intro on She's Gone.
Hmm, it's almost progressive rock ey? Except prog rock hadn't be invented yet, so could you say this is where it all started? Such an amazing song anyway, my favourite cream song. The solo gives me shimmers every time.
I personally prefer the first 2, but by the time this came out, I'd already seen them live twice and thought there was a lot of drug induced overkill...this track, however, is brilliant
I totally agree that Disraeli Gears-album has the best killer-songs, but I think that Wheels on Fire works better as a whole: after this song was played there were still 4 long live songs waiting!
I am very fortunate to have grown up in a time that has a very rich musical heritage. This is a lost classic from one of the best groups from late sixties. All of these guys are still a live and making music today. If you ever wonder why Eric Clapton is called slow hand, be sure to listen to his solo.
@NsNsis so what about ringo eh?thomas the tank voice over?thats special!wings....band on the run?george..my sweet lord?and whos the other...oh yeah...John Lennon!you suck, ect.
what about john lennons Imagine probably one of the most famous songs in modern music, no-ones career was more succesfull than johns and he was shot dead. paul's wings: band on the run and his famous christmas song wonderfull chrismas time. george's work with ravi shankhar. christ, shows how little you know about their careers. break cream and led zeppelin, as much as I love them, their solo careers weren't as sucessfull.
For all you newbies, this is the Apex time frame of blues rock fusion, this double album along with Hendrix Electric Ladyland double album brought listeners to a new frame of conscious awareness, try to understand what they really are singing about.
Practiced drums to this song as a lad -- these cats were one of those magic mixes!! Each just as badass as the other! This album is a rock masterpiece!
I agree with seanlbackpistolero. Sometimes if you listen to Cream and Hendrix too much-if that is in fact possibility-you can lose sight of just how innovative they were. It helps to go away from time to time and come back with fresh ears, like I''ve been doing lately with the "Wheels of Fire" material
@bluefen You see ? this is a track that is difficult to categorise ; i suppose it has an effective blend of folk, jazz,classical and rock in it but rare in the way it is blended and arranged ; only truly serious and great musicians could do it so beautifully
@gutbucketblues I think he's using some kind of wacked out effect that Les Paul invented bak in the fifties. While Les lost a LOT on his chops as he got older, he was a studio-sound pioneer long, long before Jimi and the sixties Icons. BTW, Ginger Baker's playing is just sick on this (in a good sense.)
@gutbucketblues No tweaks -just Eric's prowess, the inspired moment that made this particular take the keeper & quite possibly thinking about Patty Boyd.:)
@Jimihendrix6699 Jee..je, is graceful, already you see! it is a joke: because of a bad version a bad discussion; sorry I'm inconditional to cream/j. bruce. Peace.
i was 16 and smoking grass with only a single candle burning in the room ,and i heard this song for the 1st time.whew....what a buzz. my favorite e.c. gitar solo.mean and clean.
White boys have lead Western Civilization because in order to survive the blazing sun they have had to devise better means of shelter than the typical Hottentot running loose on the plains of the Serengeti
I think Cream was one of the best classic rock bands ever. Jack Bruce, talened bassist and vocalist, Eric Clapton, the best Caucasian blues buitarist, and Ginger Baker, competition to Keith Moon, both great percussionists.
@Zasalamel49 I like EC v much, but "best" Caucasian blues guitarist ... I tell you what, listen to "I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living/ All Over Again" from either Stockholm or New Orleans, then tell me if you think so. You might just revise your thinking and name PG. Certainly, BB King does: "the only white man that ever made me sweat."
There was something in the air then, some cultural meme mix that bore such as this. It was more than English lads discovering the Blues. Great musicians come into every generation. Few can change the musical culture as was done in the 60's. Don't know what it was, but it was there and then, but not now. Something, uh, supernal?
I will tell you what it was. people in England grew up in a rich musical and literary tradition built up over many generations.Even poor kids there were immersed in song. there were thousands of groups inspired to be the next Beatles. Think back to the Renaissance in Florance.Michelangelo was only the best of an industry that employed thousands of stone cutters. there needs to be a healthy culture to produce healthy art not a decadent one, an industry born of normal people's wants
@uncatila Tell me about that milieu please. Was it the schools, the Church (I believe Keith Emerson and Elton were choir boys and then organists in their youth), or what. The post WW2 era I am sure had something to do with it too.
@markjbaldwin ...great comment...they seemed to be on a mission, having a great time exploring the musical universe...everything seemed fresh, exciting and open to interpretation..... music has been increasingly hijacked/corrupted by profiteers ever since....all the best...
This song is incredible. Just Bruce's acoustic strumming alone is incredible; the beat, Bruce's bass playing, Clapton's solo, the apocalyptic lyrics, Bruce's vocals- this is the way the world ends, with psychedelic apocalypse.
WHEELS OF FIRE, except for BAKER'S solo on TOAD, IS the finest album ever produced...because of it....
1willhughes 1 week ago
Yes the bass in this track is phenomenal, but for my money this is also one of, if not the best Clapton solo. If I ever need to show someone what an awesome soloist Clapton was... I play them the solo in this track.
0rac1e 1 week ago
My favorite Cream's song
02acuario 2 weeks ago
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02acuario 2 weeks ago
Back in the day- when Cream was intact and for a few years after- Jack Bruce's star shined brightly. Sure EC was the guitar hero, but Jack got a lot of press too. Rightly so.
GuiitarBilly 3 weeks ago
Felix Pappilardi, the "4th" Cream member. Played a major part in the production of Creams greatest tunes, including this one. He was kind of like what George Martin was to the Beatles. Very say that Felix met with an early death at the hands of his wife.
moonlightsea8 1 month ago
Classic "art rock." Brilliant rhythms in this song. I love the bars of 3/4, and then the way Ginger "shifts gears" at approximately 0:59 and 2:35 is amazing. Thank you for posting this.
NobleJoyous 1 month ago
@NobleJoyous Did you spot the 60's trick of recording a guitar at half speed then speeding it up?
BillMinworth 4 weeks ago
Always was surprised this tune did not get more air play back in the day. Loved the entire album the moment I bought it. Thanks for posting!
rmeastjr 1 month ago 2
love the guitar solo
kellysullivanzone 1 month ago in playlist Cream Wheels of Fire
A few times in the past, with this tune playing, I've turned off the audio portion to Easy Rider (the scene where Fonda and Hopper are riding into the sunset). This song fits that scene quite well. What a tune! Soulful vocals, great percussion, vibrant guitar awash in Blues/Psychedelia, bass that has true "feel." This is KING TONE!
mickeymousebiker1 2 months ago
420 likes. nice
TheWheels777 2 months ago
Christ, I think I've listened to this tune about 50 times in the last couple days. Talk about music which never grows old.
"Thumbs up" if you think that 25,000 years from now (so long as recording technology still exists) that this song will still be considered great...
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bjggjb 2 months ago
why isnt this band given the accolades it so deserves; being the forefathers of heavy metal-BEFORE Led Zepplin. T he differance between stuff like this & H eavy Metal is this has MELODY & HARMONY; sad to say ,which MOST heavy metal is VOID of !!!!
shimmyshimmy69 2 months ago
@shimmyshimmy69 Maybe because, as you said, this isn't heavy metal?
Luxmaxnike 2 months ago
The bass is fantastic
tonyfera 3 months ago
@tonyfera Acoustic guitar and cello too: all played by JB, who also cowrote this song (with his then songwriting collaborator, Pete Brown) and of course did the vocal. I give Clapton his props, but it galls me when people refer to Cream as Clapton's band. It was Jack Bruce who wrote and arranged most of the original songs, and was the architect of the band's sound in the studio. Of course Baker was a great drummer and Clapton a fine guitarist, but it was Bruce who WAS Cream.
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It was in July 1968. I smoked my first one ever as Cream spun on the turntable. And Deserted Cities of the Heart was the tune that was playing at the moment when my head got very buzzed. Hearing it again brings it all back!
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areubaked 3 months ago
jack bruce immortal!
jeanfelipe182 3 months ago
@jeanfelipe182 Not enough thumbs up for such a perceptive comment as this !
jsilence418 3 months ago
nobody has ever sung like Bruce - a throaty tenor, dark, strong, impassioned - unparalleled!
SupernalOne 4 months ago
This tune has always reminded me of Fonda and Hopper in the final riding scenes of Easy Rider (with them riding into the sunset). What bass! What soulful vocals! EC at his very best. Baker with his Godzila tap-dancing on the tom-toms style of drumming. Fantastic!
mickeymousebiker1 4 months ago
1:50 to 2:35 = fucking greatness!!!!
harmike17 4 months ago
@GrazFlow I believe Wheels of Fire is the only rock album that's a combination of studio and live. Its my favorite Cream album which was my first Cream album and my first album ever back in 1973 when I was 13.
jeffreygaudreault 4 months ago
mmm, this is what i call music too smoke a blunt too
bluedogofdark 4 months ago
@bluedogofdark - Reefer is good.
Bopalena 4 months ago
One of the BEST songs Cream ever recorded, still great after all of these years.
70fanmusic 4 months ago
@70fanmusic totally agree. everything is perfect in this song. vocals ,bass,drums and guitar. brilliant
plopplop1983 4 months ago
Thank sinkoman. You said it more gracefully than me.
Beautiful, beautiful song...
fossil6591 4 months ago
Do you hear that bass. People often say that Clapton was the man in cream, but my money is on Jack Bruce.
noblesiner 5 months ago 13
@noblesiner they all are man
SaggyNativePenis 5 months ago
@SaggyNativePenis Yeah your right. Clapton, Baker, and Bruce Were all awesome. Love em all.
noblesiner 5 months ago
@noblesiner WHILE he was singing!
Amhlair 5 months ago
@noblesiner Well ,"If" you seen Them "Live" Your words would be The Truth ;HANDS DOWN NO REPLAY, HE WAS.........
DYNODRUM 5 months ago
@noblesiner Amen!! Jack Bruce is way under-appreciated for his contributions to rock. He was and still is a phenomenal bass player but I think what people do not give him enough credit for is his singing voice. I have to say that of all the 60's and 70's mega groups, hell any group, Jack Bruce was my favorite vocalist; so soulful and heartfelt, especially on tunes like this one.
AZParanormalResearch 2 weeks ago
@noblesiner Dude, actually it was Ginger...
thirdstone3 2 weeks ago
@noblesiner Are you a musician my friend ? If not you should be,( I am, Bass Player too)
you have an exceptional ear ! In fact Cream was Jack Bruce's Band,in fact Cream's 1st rehearsal as a "band"was at Jack Bruce's home.Jack & Peter Brown wrote 90% of the Lyrics & Music & Jack sang 90% of the songs.Funny story,Jack wrote Sunshine of Your Love after seeing Hendrix in London,Hendrix didn't know that and often covered Sunshine of Your Love "live",so he "covered" a song dedicated to himself.
mka917 2 weeks ago
@noblesiner Bruce was the heart and soul of Cream...Though all three were critical to it's success...
spotdogg48 2 weeks ago
I just got home from doing errands. My mum thanked me for stopping by the bank for her. So I sang "It was on the wayyyy!" =D
wooddabers 6 months ago 25
"The winter life is coming back". What poetry. Backed with a powerful beat, and-- a marimba? Lots of faves, have I, in this band's song list.
--Brep
FarnhazenBrep 6 months ago
I think Clapton's mom is the Virgin Mary.
Greedypro123 6 months ago
3 people should just "drown in no love streams" or get lost "on the way" to "Deserted Cities of the Heart"
beantownbig3 6 months ago
personally my favourite song and definately favourite album from cream
pyrindo 6 months ago
one sick heavy metal to Jam out before moving on......
doombirdmetal 7 months ago
The piece around 2:32 is superb
sabbathwho40 7 months ago
@sabbathwho40 I gotta disagree, i think that the piece around 0:00 to 3:39 is superb!
7902279022 5 months ago
i don't believe in the 2012 bullshit, but if it does happen this song will be the aftermath song
beantownbig3 7 months ago 2
Baker has always been one of my favourite drummers. Listen to this...
TheKhaibear 7 months ago
Loved cream. I grew up to these guys. But this was always My fav. Perfect choas
pdxbiker2009 7 months ago
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Bass, drums, and guitar as it will never be heard again on this earth.
bamboosa 7 months ago
Jack Bruce was the heart of Cream and is a forgotten superstar.
LesbianVampireLover 8 months ago 3
@LesbianVampireLover Bruce---a very solid foundation for this band. But 3 of them together were a powerhouse.
TheKhaibear 7 months ago in playlist ROCK
I'm not a huge fan of Clapton but the use of the acoustic for the verse of this is an utter stroke of genius.It adds to the rogue aspect of the cut.Who do I like better?Beck,Blackmore,Page,Eddie VanH,Jimi,Tommy Bolin(respect to the dead for both),
crosscoupled 8 months ago
I love the bridge of this song. Those violins just do something indescribable to me every time I hear them.
noblesiner 8 months ago 2
I wish I had Cream's talent.
BlowUpYourVideo88 8 months ago
@KUTVgroucho - yes, just the solo recorded normal and then double speed in the mix. All of the other bits were recorded and mixed normal, if anything qualifies as normal these days. When I record I like to have everything live, that is, little or no tweaking because the mixdown is painful for me. I need an engineer with ears.
bamboosa 8 months ago
This song puts me in a trance and makes my head feel euphoric. Musical perfection!
capthaudy 8 months ago
Brilliant song,brilliant album
URTH1000 8 months ago 2
@gutbucketblues - good ear, mate. Recorded half speed, mixed in double speed.
bamboosa 8 months ago
Listen to the guitar very carefully. Recorded at half speed (slow) and then played back double speed in the mix so that is is actually an octave above the way it was played. I figured this out in '68 when I realized that Eric's vibrato was double speed. A bit of old school studio tweaking.
bamboosa 8 months ago
@bamboosa Sounds plausible - and may have been that way for the studio cut - but I have heard this performed live and it sounded pretty much the same. Eric Clapton my be called old slow hand, but he can peel the paint off the walls when he wants to. Listen to the intro on She's Gone.
JoaniePH51 8 months ago
@bamboosa Just the solo was recorded that way, right?
KUTVgroucho 8 months ago
Wow, even the album covers were better those days...
derazne 9 months ago
@mariofanatic101 woops, you are talkin' bout cream, rite?
pikiwiki 9 months ago
@mariofanatic101 this is cream, not zep...
fanzappa 9 months ago
g.b. is the best.pioneer drummer everyone is playing his style 40 years later.
ThePic1966 9 months ago
can't believe Ginger doesn't get the love ! He should be # 1 for drummers!
bbbill454 9 months ago
@bbbill454
unfortunately, there are some who feel that playing the drums should be approached as you would an olympic sport...
Ginger's drumming - at least at this phase of his career - stands out for it's musicality and inventiveness
robbopaloobop 8 months ago
Hmm, it's almost progressive rock ey? Except prog rock hadn't be invented yet, so could you say this is where it all started? Such an amazing song anyway, my favourite cream song. The solo gives me shimmers every time.
masterofscotland 9 months ago
does the shimmy
BLMundey 9 months ago
Who are the 2 morons
adultstorebob 10 months ago
Best album by Cream?
Best studio/live album ever?
AM I RIGHT?
GrazFlow 10 months ago 28
@GrazFlow
I personally prefer the first 2, but by the time this came out, I'd already seen them live twice and thought there was a lot of drug induced overkill...this track, however, is brilliant
jimi99colorado 6 months ago
@jimi99colorado
I totally agree that Disraeli Gears-album has the best killer-songs, but I think that Wheels on Fire works better as a whole: after this song was played there were still 4 long live songs waiting!
GrazFlow 5 months ago
@GrazFlow man i gots no clue all i know is roll another one
kimjenkins123 3 months ago
@GrazFlow desreali gears
kimjenkins123 3 months ago
@GrazFlow One of them. Someone said trying to pick the best is like moving the chairs around on the deck of the Titanic.
artzilla 2 months ago
@GrazFlow u are right
ddpol 1 month ago
@GrazFlow Soooo right
simeondark 1 month ago
Ma favourite Cream song.
tremah05 10 months ago
@tremah05 Amen to that. Maybe the best rock song of all time.
mackb909 2 months ago
"On this dark street
the sun is black.
The winds are right
He's coming back..." Prophecy!
sparkyization 10 months ago
crearm rocked
HAWKWINDFREAK 10 months ago
Dopest album cover on earth
DontBlazeMeBro 10 months ago
For this time, guys, it was so new and tasty, specially with only 3 musicians, and a 4lines recording staff - Beltoise
boistel 10 months ago
Its the rhythm section that made Cream a great band, that and Jack`s singing.
bazmitch 10 months ago
What is that instrument @ 1:54? (sounds like a plucked violin or viola to me)
jasonpp1973 10 months ago
@jasonpp1973 I'm going with violin, too.
unnamedwood 10 months ago
@jasonpp1973 i'm pretty sure it's a viola.
xanicluvsspongebob 10 months ago
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jasonpp1973 10 months ago
An underrated gem. Whenever I just need to hear Cream for a few minutes, I go straight to this one.
rudypyatt 11 months ago
I am very fortunate to have grown up in a time that has a very rich musical heritage. This is a lost classic from one of the best groups from late sixties. All of these guys are still a live and making music today. If you ever wonder why Eric Clapton is called slow hand, be sure to listen to his solo.
HaroldnHouston 11 months ago
shitty u tube quality. gimmie the fukin lp.
111skcusennast 11 months ago 2
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harkrum 11 months ago
@mariofanatic101 explain led or the beatles then?
TheDarthZoso 11 months ago
@TheDarthZoso I admit Led Zeppelin's case is one of a kind, but break the Beatles and you see none of them was something special.
NsNsis 11 months ago
@NsNsis so what about ringo eh?thomas the tank voice over?thats special!wings....band on the run?george..my sweet lord?and whos the other...oh yeah...John Lennon!you suck, ect.
lordflanderwell 10 months ago
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5556665012008 10 months ago
what about john lennons Imagine probably one of the most famous songs in modern music, no-ones career was more succesfull than johns and he was shot dead. paul's wings: band on the run and his famous christmas song wonderfull chrismas time. george's work with ravi shankhar. christ, shows how little you know about their careers. break cream and led zeppelin, as much as I love them, their solo careers weren't as sucessfull.
5556665012008 10 months ago
Cream is without a doubt one of the best rock bands ever assembled. The poetry of their lyrics is vastly underrated.
peliparado94 11 months ago
@mariofanatic101 excellent wisdom comment!
ddarkshark 1 year ago
the thing is/was...nobody wrote or played like this back then...that's what made Cream stand out
thanks for posting this
robbopaloobop 1 year ago
this tune and those were the days are creams Iliad and odyssey
able506 1 year ago
Epic song, epic album; just listen to that cello, it creates such a great effect.
obscurebandfan 1 year ago 2
@mariofanatic101
mainly because their made of lead
Mikkael365 1 year ago
For all you newbies, this is the Apex time frame of blues rock fusion, this double album along with Hendrix Electric Ladyland double album brought listeners to a new frame of conscious awareness, try to understand what they really are singing about.
fencersdelight 1 year ago 3
@fencersdelight
or how 'bout you stop being an analytical faggot and let the music take you, like its supposed to.
Mikkael365 1 year ago
@fencersdelight This was a time one had to be there. All else are nothing but remnats of echos and sadness.
richard57watson 1 year ago
@fencersdelight A shitload of drug use?
masterofscotland 5 months ago
One of the best bands of all times.
bud4207 1 year ago
Clapton was some guitarist, but hell, Jack Bruce was some vocalist.
Ingramdumpkiss 1 year ago 2
There's always room for cello. ; )
This is my favorite track on the album.
Very intense!!!
rockradstone 1 year ago
Wonderful to hear this again. My cover band is doing a Cream medley, and I'm trying to get this one into the mix.
Alloy7 1 year ago
@mariofanatic101
Led Zeppelin must have defied the laws of physics, then.
mussman717word 1 year ago
@mariofanatic101 you said it
Solus77 1 year ago
IT WAS ON THE WAYYYY HEY
ON THE ROADD TO DREAMS
NOW MY HEART DROWNS IN NO LOVE STREAMS YEAH
AbsoluteZeroMusic 1 year ago
Epic!
capthaudy 1 year ago 3
Their best album.Cream were a unique mixture of rare quality
kenfig 1 year ago 31
@kenfig Great description!!! But Disraeli Gears is their best album. A true master-piece of art in general. I love this one too tho! :)
Solus77 1 year ago
@Solus77 Disreali used to be my favourite for many years but ive been a fan since the late 60s and about 15 years ago changed my mind !
kenfig 1 year ago
@kenfig Alchemy.
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
You can hear the influence of the sitar in Clapton's break, which at the time Ravi Shankar had been popularizing among the rockers.
jstanley011 1 year ago
@jstanley011 You are quite right.I remember that being the signature of the late John Cippolina of Quicksiler Messenger Service
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
the guitar solo is amazing
revbil 1 year ago
Practiced drums to this song as a lad -- these cats were one of those magic mixes!! Each just as badass as the other! This album is a rock masterpiece!
johnGA30 1 year ago 9
Times are a changing
CavenEdwards 1 year ago
@CavenEdwards I hear ya :'( But we've still got these records!
Solus77 1 year ago
I agree with seanlbackpistolero. Sometimes if you listen to Cream and Hendrix too much-if that is in fact possibility-you can lose sight of just how innovative they were. It helps to go away from time to time and come back with fresh ears, like I''ve been doing lately with the "Wheels of Fire" material
Cthulu54 1 year ago
Perfection from all three......blessings to all who can appreciate it..:)
bluefen 1 year ago
@bluefen You see ? this is a track that is difficult to categorise ; i suppose it has an effective blend of folk, jazz,classical and rock in it but rare in the way it is blended and arranged ; only truly serious and great musicians could do it so beautifully
kenfig 1 year ago
Mountain, Cream & Blue Cheer are just about the awesomest bands ever & they deserve much more recognition than they get!
alexlocurto 1 year ago
jack bruce is fucking God
111skcusennast 1 year ago 3
@111skcusennast ... I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT IN A PORNO FILM...
fanzappa 1 year ago
Love this, full blast on a weekend.
LimaLima95 1 year ago
someone tell me who made Cream's cover, it was Moscoso? I'm a fan of this guy.
Thiago1950 1 year ago
@Thiago1950 An Aussie by the name Martin Sharp -started a magazine called OZ read up -quite a bloke
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
@TumbrelJockey Wikipedia Martin Sharp and he's a pretty trippy guy. Always at the cutting edge in those times.
christoJihad2 1 year ago
I love this song ...
omegamann71 1 year ago
did they speed up Clapton's guitar solo, or is that in real time?
gutbucketblues 1 year ago
@gutbucketblues I think he's using some kind of wacked out effect that Les Paul invented bak in the fifties. While Les lost a LOT on his chops as he got older, he was a studio-sound pioneer long, long before Jimi and the sixties Icons. BTW, Ginger Baker's playing is just sick on this (in a good sense.)
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TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
@gutbucketblues No tweaks -just Eric's prowess, the inspired moment that made this particular take the keeper & quite possibly thinking about Patty Boyd.:)
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
Ha ha! The Melvins version is better!!!!!
artistonabike 1 year ago
@artistonabike the melvins kick ass but cream has the best version
Jimihendrix6699 1 year ago
@Jimihendrix6699 the version of melvins is badly a joke
vangelisideras 1 year ago
@vangelisideras it's not a joke, i mean just because it's not your thing, doesn't make it a joke.
Jimihendrix6699 1 year ago
@Jimihendrix6699 Jee..je, is graceful, already you see! it is a joke: because of a bad version a bad discussion; sorry I'm inconditional to cream/j. bruce. Peace.
vangelisideras 1 year ago
@vangelisideras half of that didn't make sense....
Jimihendrix6699 1 year ago
@Jimihendrix6699 if you're not joking, does that make it a joke
pikiwiki 1 year ago
@pikiwiki no, it doesnt.
Jimihendrix6699 1 year ago
@mariofanatic101 naw it was cuz jack bruce forced wrapping paper onto an album...see wat ginger baker said about wrapping paper
rayrob11 1 year ago
i was 16 and smoking grass with only a single candle burning in the room ,and i heard this song for the 1st time.whew....what a buzz. my favorite e.c. gitar solo.mean and clean.
fullmooney1 1 year ago
Aw YEAH!!!!! This right here is my favorite Cream song ever... love the guitar solo... thanks for posting it!
Villagejonesy 1 year ago
There is never gonna be another band like Cream...
Jorsalfar 1 year ago
@Jorsalfar Spot On ; no band quite like them ever since !
kenfig 1 year ago
@Jorsalfar
True.
psychkoala 1 year ago
This was when white boys finally got it right and learned to serious rock. I fucking love this song and the lyrics
Screamingdk 1 year ago 3
@Screamingdk
White boys have lead Western Civilization because in order to survive the blazing sun they have had to devise better means of shelter than the typical Hottentot running loose on the plains of the Serengeti
uncatila 1 year ago
To jest świetna piosenka!
karobson 1 year ago
I think Cream was one of the best classic rock bands ever. Jack Bruce, talened bassist and vocalist, Eric Clapton, the best Caucasian blues buitarist, and Ginger Baker, competition to Keith Moon, both great percussionists.
Zasalamel49 1 year ago
@Zasalamel49 Guitarist, sorry.
Zasalamel49 1 year ago
@Zasalamel49 I like EC v much, but "best" Caucasian blues guitarist ... I tell you what, listen to "I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living/ All Over Again" from either Stockholm or New Orleans, then tell me if you think so. You might just revise your thinking and name PG. Certainly, BB King does: "the only white man that ever made me sweat."
phddddd 1 year ago
@phddddd
can someone point out who PG might be? thank you.
Agoateeman 1 year ago
@Agoateeman Peter Green.
phddddd 1 year ago 2
@phddddd
ok, thanks man....
Agoateeman 1 year ago
Bravo to Cream....exciting song.
whereamigoingnow 1 year ago
There was something in the air then, some cultural meme mix that bore such as this. It was more than English lads discovering the Blues. Great musicians come into every generation. Few can change the musical culture as was done in the 60's. Don't know what it was, but it was there and then, but not now. Something, uh, supernal?
markjbaldwin 1 year ago 3
@markjbaldwin
I will tell you what it was. people in England grew up in a rich musical and literary tradition built up over many generations.Even poor kids there were immersed in song. there were thousands of groups inspired to be the next Beatles. Think back to the Renaissance in Florance.Michelangelo was only the best of an industry that employed thousands of stone cutters. there needs to be a healthy culture to produce healthy art not a decadent one, an industry born of normal people's wants
uncatila 1 year ago 2
@uncatila i happen to agree
uudonthani 1 year ago
@uncatila Tell me about that milieu please. Was it the schools, the Church (I believe Keith Emerson and Elton were choir boys and then organists in their youth), or what. The post WW2 era I am sure had something to do with it too.
markjbaldwin 1 year ago
@markjbaldwin ...great comment...they seemed to be on a mission, having a great time exploring the musical universe...everything seemed fresh, exciting and open to interpretation..... music has been increasingly hijacked/corrupted by profiteers ever since....all the best...
bluefen 1 year ago
This song is incredible. Just Bruce's acoustic strumming alone is incredible; the beat, Bruce's bass playing, Clapton's solo, the apocalyptic lyrics, Bruce's vocals- this is the way the world ends, with psychedelic apocalypse.
mackb909 1 year ago
Great bass lines. Always loved this track since I first heard it in 1970.
joeninetyjoe 1 year ago
Beautiful indeed. Cream must have been the first progressive rock/heavy metal band to utilize the cello.
Cthulu54 1 year ago
SOLO RULES
scubaduba23 1 year ago