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  • OoOh la la.......perfect !!! ♥ 

  • The song definitely has a George Harrison arrangement about it

  • The best version is always the original!

  • This is CREAM not just eric clapton

  • The riff at about 1:09 is played by George Harrison. In the song Here Comes the sun he uses a riff very similiar that was inspired by this riff.I think it's the part in Here comes the sun where it says "SUN SUN SUN HERE IT COMES".Also Here Comes the sun was written by George while in Eric Clapton's garden in the winter of1969

  • @lob287 it does sound pretty similar...good observation...

  • also=for fans of this PLEASE check out the live version from The Rainbow Concert Live Album. It has nearly the exact same never topped guitar sound of the main song (if anything there are more layers of guitars chiming in!) but Eric's guitar sounds different (but equally great to my ears) & unleashes a nicely abbreviated (unlike say his Cream live long solos) and poignantly bittersweet solo..its almost like he's too tired strung out to play in guitarhero mode&croaks out a spare pained expression

  • Solo muito massa!!!!

  • That's George Harrison on guitar at 1:10. Great song, incredible music from an extraordinary era. Why don't they write music like this anymore?

  • @saturdayloo =Wow thanks4pointing that out. I worship this song, knew George cowrote it &know every single second of it (including the aching silences that hang in midair between verses) but didnt know that this sweetly played wonderfully-watery sounding (Wonderwall sounding?) merrygoround riff was played by George. Fabulous. The 2 of them teamed up for the equally brilliant "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", George wrote "Here Comes the Sun" in Eric's garden & they shared same exwife=Patty Boyd!

  • <3

    

  • george harrison wrote this song look it up

  • @RUBIDOUXTIM Co-wrote. Clapton started it.

  • @RUBIDOUXTIM is there a version of them together?

  • Sweet.

  • sweet God of mine!

  • Riff at 1:07 ... chills every time

  • @StinkyFinch its one badass change up that works...actually makes the song

  • @StinkyFinch Yeah, same here !

  • The Beatles George Harrison, Clapton's very close friend, played the rhythm guitar at the beginning. Clapton comes in at the song's bridge with the famous arpegio heard in the middle and the solo as well. Both play together during the song's refrain.

  • this song is the pinnacle of human civilization

  • I love the solo

  • pretty original

  • ya know,still sounds different after all these years.great work.

  • What is that look he has? What is he trying to see? He is an interesting fellow,....this Eric Clapton man. What a "craftsman". I also would like to convey my condolences for the loss of his child. It crushed everyone I know. God bless you, Eric.

  • The refrain is obviously George, compare it to Here comes the sun and You never give me your money (Abbey Road).

  • It originally had no title. Eric misread the words bridge for badge and hence forth. It had nothing to do with any lyrics. Called Ringoinism. Written by George and Eric which were good friends.

  • Harrison's sound if very evident on this song.

  • harrison tells clapton "i was looking at your song 'badge'"...clapton laughs.."those are the chords, not the name"...they took the joke further and named the song "badge". the notes b,a,d,g, and e are the chords to the song.

  • Thanks Frank that clears it up then...

  • They were kinda wasted when they wrote the song, and clapton missread Harrison's handwriting and thought "Bridge" said "Badge"

    Don't ask how :|

  • Thanks Welch, I always wondered about it but was afraid to ask...

  • What made this band great is the rhythmic elements. Right at the edge of chaos, but always fully in control, they could run in & out & take you for a ride.

    Yes Clapton is a great guitar player, but for me guitar gets boring if there is no bottom.

    The booming drums, & fills + that addictive creeping bass-line hooked me straight away.

    The best 3 man ensemble ever. Yes better than Hendrix, The Doors, Rush, The police, & King C's early 70's lineup.

  • amen

  • also agreed. ive always loved this song just for that bass/drum combo :)

  • the doors was a quartet

  • You can hear George all over this. RIP.

  • I read once that Ringo had a small part in the writing of this song - spontaneously coming up with the 'told you 'bout the swans...' line. Whatever-this song is sheer class.

  • @greekyboy123 I heard that the title was supose to be BAD mbut a misprint from the record label had printed Badge and I guess thats what they went with, not BAD.

  • @frank02111 I saw Harrison and Clapton talk about this on a TV interview a long time ago. If I remember correctly, this is what happened:

  • When they were writing down the lyrics as they were writing the song, one of them wrote "Bridge" at the top of the sheet to remind themselves to put in a bridge. I guess the "r" and the "i" were jammed together and they looked like an "a" and after they finished the song, neither one could remember why the word "Badge" was at the top of the paper and each one thought the other wrote it there as the title of the song. They figured out what happened and named the song "Badge" anyway.

  • great video!

  • nice.... peru love this song

  • Dis was done with George Harrison... legendary

  • true but what about john entwissle

  • Err the bass line is what makes this song good. Jack Bruce is much better bassist than anybody else at the time or today. Listen after the Chorus part where he says "Talk about a girl that looks quite like you" that bass line after that is INSANE. The runs he does are awesome

  • i think this song is far beyond its time of writing

  • guitar break on this....it dosent get any better than this!

  • I've always thought so, too.

    Posted elsewhere on YouTube:

    "George Harrison co-wrote this song. He also played the rhythm guitar on this track. As well as the beautiful guitar part at 1:08"

  • They weren't called Cream for nothing - OMG!!

  • Almost does not count for SHIT. It's like saying I WAS SECOND!!! C'mon Clapton and Cream nailed this one...a CLASSIC!!!!

  • ok, 30 years and still lives on, a truly classic, unknown by far

  • yeah I mean, c'mon raymaxmojo!

    put George Harrison name at least in tags, for god sake!

    George almost wrote this song and was on rhythm guitar, so please don't forget that George almost created this song, he had to have credit for that :)

  • Clapton's treatment of a very George Harrison song is awesome; both of those guys are gods among guitarists... but let's not forget, this song also has one of the classic basslines.

  • Definitely a classic...BUT a classic mainly because of GEORGE HARRISON. He basically wrote this song. Him and Clapton were good friends and wrote this song together, and it clearly screams of Harrison and not Clapton. Honestly I think Harrison is overrated as a songwriter...but thats' overratd as compared to mccartney and Lennon, but this is definitely an epic song.

  • does anybody know what other song kind of sounds like the guitar riff in the middle of the song?

  • Kinda sounds like 'More Than A Feeling' by Boston :)

  • The song overall yeah, but I'm looking more for that guitar riff or solo in the middle of the song, for some reason I'm thinking Nirvana.

  • You wouldn't be thinking the intro of 'Naked'

    by GooGoo Dolls would you? Or perhaps way back

    the band Nazereth emulated this style.

  • this song came out way before that. i think. might not be way. but im pretty sure before.

  • that is exactly what im saying, this song is old, therefore somebody could have used it after Clapton, they say some Beatles songs did, but thats not what im looking for.

  • The song had reamain unfinished for a very long time as Clapton at a stand still. He enlisted the help of his good friend, George Harrison, to help. What you hear at the bridge is classic Harrison. Another example woyuld be Ringo Starr's It aint easy, he into is also Harrison's work..

  • Thanks for your suggestions, I know I have heard that guitar riff or similar before, and I knew the song was not written by Clapton alone.

  • "What a unique working relationship, George Harrison played on this tune; while Eric Clapton played on "While my guitar gently weeps" Two master musicians...two wonderful songs!"

  • I heard bthat the title was supposed to be BAD a mispell to Badge and so they left it??

  • E-A-D-G-B-E are the strings on the guitar, if you move them around it spells Badge.

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  • Yeah what a great tune, I have the vinyl of this!

    Well one of 'em with it on it.

  • i am a massive Clapton fan. hes was awesome. i'd like to point out tho that he didn't solely write this song on his own, it was co-written by George Harrison, you know, the guy from The Beatles. he deserves as much credit as Eric for this awesome song. oh and the solo for this song is in my top 5 best ever. :-) perfectly put together.

  • <333 I love clapton, AND the beatles!

  • to bad they don"t make music like this anymore!

  • Ha ha.

    The very first bass-line I ever learned.

    Love it.

    The great Jack Bruce.

  • amazing song!

  • the most commercial song song summit to do wiv george harrison ....but bruce and baker made it

  • life sucks...

  • how do you figure?

    life rules

  • I never get tire of this song. Can someone tell me what the song is about..........thanks.

  • The last lyrics are so poignant ... "Talkin' 'bout a girl that looks quite like you. She didn't have the time to wait in the cue. (English for waiting in line for your turn) She cried away her life since fell out (of) the cradle." It's a cautionary tale that you will waste your life trying to force things to happen. You need to accept life as it comes and live it.

  • I think of Pattie Boyd now that I hear this anymore.

  • Masterpiece!

  • cool song

  • Excellent song!! Thank you.

  • Got to love L'Angelo Misterioso, whoever he was ;). RIP George

  • this song is about how life is short and your choices when you are young affect you forever. "told you about our kid now hes married to mabel", about how quick people grow up and how quick life changes in an instant. Then it speaks about how the "light goes up and down, the wheel goes round and round, and you'd better pick yourself up from the ground before they bring the curtain down". don't take life too seriously and don't analyze your mistakes because before you know it, curtain closes.

  • The lyric is "Yes I told you that the life goes up and down. Don't you know it's like a wheel goes round ... and you better pick yourself up from the ground, before they bring the curtain down. It's a metaphor for life has its challenges, lows and highs, so don't let the lows keep you down. get on with life because before you know it, your life is over.

  • Yeah, but the lyrics are crap. "I told you about the swans/That they live in the park/And our kid and how he's married to Mabel"? It sounds like they were desperate to finish the stanza.

    Other than that, this is probably my favorite Cream song.

  • Ringo was drunk at the time

  • Love this, brings back memories. Thanks!

  • The Curtain Will Never Go Down !! Good music lasts for EVER !! Thank the lawd !!

  • yes! before they bring the curtain down

  • i guess u'r talking about your life:)

  • i guess u'r talking about your life:)

  • a reply to

    LordSte sorry sth went wrong :)

    Clapton rules

  • I adore this song! Genius.

  • a great song, just way too short!

  • Great song! The co-writer of the song was George Harrison. You can hear from 1:07 the guitar, it is very similar to Harrison's 'Here comes the sun'. The song was written a little bit earlier than 'Here comes the sun' and the album 'Goodbye' was released in the spring of 1969 (Abbey Road later,autumn 1969)

    Thanks for posting this!:)

  • sounds like "it dont come easy"

  • george harrison co-wrote both

  • Always loved this one- Awesome!

  • I looove this song. Especially the guitar @ 1:08....this came out when I was a year old but it's just as fab now.

  • george harrison is the shit in this song...his guitar part is just perfect. you gotta give cream credit, they are a super group...Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Clapton...you can't really go wrong. I think that hendrix should be considered with great guitarists simply because he played the bass and rhythm parts at the same time...but Peter Green is still my favorite guitarist...check out black magic woman

  • Hendrix had the giant hands to cover rhythm and lead together.

  • sweeeeeeT!!!5***** :D

  • This song is the best.

  • just perfect

  • i love eric in his early career, like john mayall, cream, blind faith, and of course dereck and the dominoes, but i dont like his solo career that much especially when he sold out in the 80's. with the exception of tears in heaven, all of his best songs came out when he was in any kind of band

  • I like his solo career in the 70's also. Even though he had roundabouts with drug abuses.

  • I know this is probably 90% of every ones top 3 but it has to be Hendrix, SRV, Clapton and its not even close. Knoplfer is good but I dont think hes as good as say Steve Vai, Duane Allman or Page. Just my opinion and Vai might not be in the 2 tier.

  • depending on musical tastes of course! as stated its my opinion i expressed. vai does very little for me, and i cannot watch the man for a second.

  • B.B. King, Buddy Guy, pre acid Peter Green...

  • Vai fucking sucks. Don't ever mention him with the other legends you've mentioned. He's a pretentious guitar wanking nut. Only thing vai has is technical skills. He can't write a good song.

  • clapton is God!

  • CLAPTON IS GOD!!!!! ever

  • my choice of a level music coursework. never stopped wanting to learn to play it since i heard it. clapton a knopfler are the best guitarists ever-in my opinion.

  • Clapton and Knopfler should not even be in the same sentence, my young friend.

  • for what reason my elderly chum? im not suggesting for a second that they are simular guitarists, merely saying that IN MY OPINION they are the best-you cant argue with opinion!

  • The Songs there for people to enjoy. If you dont like it go and listen to something else.

  • Hear hear!

  • timless and brilliant in every way

  • i can play this on the bass gitar and i can sing so there eric hahahah

  • i really like the end of this song the way its just stops. quite different

  • I freakin' love this song. One of the greatest arpeggios ever!

  • Wow. I'm really humbled by your incredible knowledge of music.

  • No thanks. Besides, by your logic, there would be no such thing as good guitar solos, as the notes already exist to be played.

  • you seem to know what ur on about, i dnt know why people thumbed ur comment down. that is a very good comment.

  • that said, this is a sick song :)

  • i love this song

  • One of Clapton's/Cream's best songs...written by George Harrison

  • So True!

  • Crean = amazing.

  • Cream*

  • love this! I was 9 when it was released. Saw a local band do this at Acacia Halls and they did not kill it! Well done lads!

  • This song makes me think of being young in England.

  • this song is just so ....timeless good

    incredible base line, nice guitar work, and really nice vocals.

    Thats the stuff hits are made of

  • The last picture says it all.

  • Best bassline ever.

  • likely.

  • Sounds as fresh now as when I first heard it back in 1969. It blew me away back then. Still does now.

  • YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Great song

  • One of Cream's finest!!!

  • Still amazes me...

    After all these years sounds so fresh; simply FRESH CREAM

  • One of my all time favorites!

  • Definately among Cream's best. Back in the days when Clapton was at his prime!

  • must be one of the best songs ever written

  • Not crazi to make this statement quana

  • I love this songs. Reminds me of my teenage days in Delhi.

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