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Clapton wearing a sportcoat. Bruce wearing a sportcoat. Ginger.....wearing a Masters of Reality t-shirt. He can get away with it because he's a complete badass.
This was in 1993, when EC was delivering the best blues playing of his career, imho. The footage from this era shows he was trying a sort of reaggeish version of Crossroads in his live tour (see the rehearsals in NYC or the bootlegs from RAH and the Fillmore. Not the best vibe and groove for the song, I think. Hence the lack of bite in this rendition.
This was tighter than the reunion tour, i have to say...without a doubt. Very laid ack, and of course, nowheree near as daring, improvisationally as in their heyday, but these guys are tight! The begining was sloppy, but they made up for it by somehow finally realizing to respect the other players in front of them.They went back and forth, and all were in good form.It could've been louder, though.
Ah, a nice relaxed version. This is closer to the old blues version...laid back and easy. Nice! Let's Eric play with his vocal and rip some on the strat! Like it. Thanks for posting!
@zepphead1981 O h yes, I want to be a metal head who loves his idols so much that he rips them off by searching for bootleg discs. You get the music and Zepp gets nothing. I want your life? The life of a thief? Not really.
@zepphead1981 What a remarkably pathetic and small life you must live if you get your rocks off spewing invective and vitriol to people on youtube. Sad.
check out the live `68 version. The problem with Clapton is he is so bloody English! He holds himself back, doesn`t let go like he did in the 60`s. LOL
Rather a large difference between this and how they played it in 1968! I think Gingersknees have gone, all the double bass drumming missing. Shows what aload of shite the RRHOF is for taking this long to induct Cream.
@pylgrym i am a rush fan of 55 years and at this point in time it would almost seem like an afterthought for them to be put in the rrhof. it is quite telling of how stupid/stubborn/idiotic the self-appointed gods who make the decision are since rush has lasted 40 years and influenced every musician of note from the 70's on. if they ever get inducted maybe they could sing "take this job and shove it".
we are all so different. This is brilliant. Cream at their best... Bruce's driving bass and the clapton rifts..... what more would you want from this.. and i don't think it's slow.. they have just shunted it more into the 'blues' side of music rather than the 'rock' end..
@ITryNot2Cash: Check the video Cream - Crossroads (1968) THAT is the best performance of Crossroads... this one here is slow and almost methodical. You're quite right.. it really is 'not very exciting'
i mean they are old ¬¬ they are not the same 20 year old cocaine lsd filled motherfuckers they used to be i mean jack bruce was like a sex symbol on stage , ginger baker made the whole fucking place tremble qith the force of his drums and clapton just......made you feel ashamed of yourself with all those awsome solos!!! god cream was awsome.....:D
you lot need to actually know what your talking about gingers on drums bruce on bass and clapton on lead you lot are pathetic you evidently dnt know f*#k all about the music industry what are you 12 year olds ???
It looks like they didn't feel so comfortable on stage. Get this bootleg (with any rehearshals tracks added) many years ago, and when I listened I got disappointed....
What a difference in comparison with the 2005/05 shows!!
It looks like they didn't feel so comfortable on stage. Get this bootleg (with any rehearshals tracks added) many years ago, and when I listened I got disappointed....
What a difference in comparison with the 2005/05 shows!!
who the hell are these guys? These idiots totally screw up a great song done by a great band like Cream. Im sure the members of Cream want to punch those twats for such a shit performance.
@TheDicamillo seriously? you did this question seriously? these 'idiots' like you say are the fucking original Cream... I can't believe that you don't recognise Eric Clapton at least... Im sure the members of Cream want to punch you now!
A slightly more laid back, probably under-rehearsed and less overdriven guitar rendition that the 60's version and still cooks, I reckon. Having seen the 2006 reunion concerts it's clearly not the same band as in the 60's but in all reasonablness how could you really expect that after all that time! They're still first rate musicians.
it may not be the most exciting cream performance .. but it's amazing that these guys can still do it considering the copious amount of drugs that have gone into them...while seeking solace and musical inspiration...and the fact that bruce and ginger have such personal differences ... but they defined Rock in it's blesy.. jazzy form
I agree it's not a very exciting performance of this song. I remember seeing Eric in Hartford in the early nineties and Crossroads was one of the first few numbers played and it was blistering...I was blown away by the power of his playing that night.
The worst perfomance they have done. But they r old and prob sick of playing the same ol songs. I wish the would play somthing different. Like I'm so gladd!! Now that's a song!! U rock cream !!!!!!!!
Not very exciting, and this from a huge Clapton fan. Sometimes I think Clapton fans in general are not the most discriminating listeners -- happy to hear the same old stuff over and over again. If it were anyone besides Clapton doing it, they would think it's just another mid-level white dude on a strat. Every once in a while I see a Clapton performance that absolutely kills. Sorry to say this isn't one of them. But, hey. So what? He's a monster & can phone it in most of the time if he wants.
@ITryNot2Crash I agree. Im a real die hard clapton fan, and I've heard a VERY large part of his discography. And I can say with great confidence that this was honestly a very weak version of the song. But, he is standing in his own shadow, so no one can really blame him.
@ITryNot2Crash I have to agree with you. But we all should consider that they didn't play together for a long time and that Clapton is a little older here... you can't expect the same "feeling".
@ITryNot2Crash I agree with you, i love Clapton he is my absolute favorite guitarist, but I would love to se him with play an old les paul or 335 through an old marshall again as I believe that his tone and playing was most expressive in his bluesbreakers, cream, and blind faith days.
@ITryNot2Crash Finally! Someone else who see's it like I do. I don't consider myself a Clapton 'fan' as such, I respect him as a guitarist, but far too often people seem too ignorant of the fact that being a 'fan' does predispose you to like even his very mediocre writing and performances. Which yes, he does do a lot of.
@ITryNot2Crash im sure none of them wanted to be there they hadn't played together since 1969 for a reason and clapton plays a different every night. Most musicians would hope to be able to that. But clapton plays off feeling and it probably wasn't there that night wth those guys.
@ITryNot2Crash Clapton returned to his roots, which is the blues. So now, he's doing songs in ways that are closer to the originals. He stays true to the music which is a lot less rocky than it used to be. But when you look at the Rotting Corpses, i mean the Rolling Stones, it can't get anymore ridiculous than these sextigenarians prancing around stage like they did 40 years ago. Viva Clapton for his maturity. And his talent.
@ITryNot2Crash Your observation is probably why he's been doing more acoustic stuff of late, collaborated more and done the Crossroads shows. Unlike a Van Morrison or Bob Dylan he's really not ventured much beyond the genre of his youth and 5 decades later he knows it inside out (and I'm a fan as well)
@ITryNot2Crash Love to see your great musical skillz where you change it up every night and reinvent the wheel. Remember that they hadn't played together in 25 f&^%king years so they're probably not going to take many chances.
@ITryNot2Crash Completely agree - I too, am a fan, but he loves to cruise, sometimes. Pity, 'cos when he leans back and plays the blues, he can still make time stand still!
@ITryNot2Crash how does a fucker like you get 22 likes?!?! Why?? They had not played together in over ten years....than just get up and play....and the other 2 songs they did that, specifically sunshine, clapton plays amazingly. If you mixed "a mid-level white dude on a strat" with some with the phrasing, string bends, tone and emotion than you are truly a dumb-ass.
@pageyzoso84 The answer to your question is simple: 22 people "liked" what I wrote. The extremely defensive and immature comments you wrote are what the courts call "facts already in evidence." You are exactly the kind of Clapton fan I meant, so at least you got that part of it. Go ahead and confuse your blind spot with discernment. I, and 22 others, will not, but will continue to admire Clapton from a rational perspective. Have a good cry. hearbreaker.
@pageyzoso84 There's absolutely no explaining that.Steven Hawking and John Lennon,with an intro by Clapton himself,wouldn't get 22 likes.If it's likes you're after,say something really brain dead and really short.
@ITryNot2Crash ur right it seems like their doing it to make people shut up about the cream thing, it just makes me wonder what hendrix would sound like today.
@ITryNot2Crash agreed. One of the most boring concerts i ever saw was Clapton on hdnet a few years ago. it was like he was playing a Florida retirement resort.
Even if you cut your ears off your head and blind both your eyes it would make no diferense to how you hear or see something in your understanding spectrum you ignorant lamb . . You are not much of an obsrver so it wouldnt be a problem for you even if you did
And as a drummer... in my VERY humble opinion Peter, those Ludwigs don't sound half as good as the DW's in 2005 reunion. I play vintage Tama, so who an I to comment?...lol
You completely miss the point of the NOW Cream, still diversifying... not doin' the same stuff the same over and over. They don't want to be a tribute band to themselves. Always the best improvisers in the business, still are. That's what made them the best.
Man! lot's of big egos in here! You can emulate Bruce? Maybe in your mind you can. He is recognized as one of the all-time great bassists in rock music. His influences span, jazz, blues and classical. He has played with the greatest bands in rock and blues history. He can get sloppy but show me a player, who really know how to tear it up, who doesn't get sloppy on occassion. Really! This is CREAM baby! Sit back, listen and learn some humility!
These guys are the kings in Rock music, they certainly led to the way to modern music, each so very diverse and a master in his own genre, they made the most unique music in rock to date!
I'd say Entwistle's style is more akin to Michael Anthony's style (the VH bassplayer). Bruce's style is grounded in jazz. Anthony, like Entwistle, comes from a far less complicated, rock background. But, as you said, it is all subjective.
"To me Jack Bruce's playing reminds me a lot of the guy who played bass for Van Halen, style wise."
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I can emulate Jack Bruce with no problem, and know of many bass players who can. Personally I find him kind of sloppy and he does the same lazy imprecise things I do.
Don't know any who can really do Entwistle, not even close, particularly that extremely light touch he says he developed from typing.
Michael Anthony sounds like Entwistle? Examples?
My favorite is Victor Wooten... there is a god, and his name is Victor Wooten.
I don't know that anyone can truly emulate Jack Bruce. I was reading a review of a Chickenfoot concert and they were talking about Michael Anthony's "John Entwistle-like" lead bass lines.
I'm a dedicated Cream fan, but I'm with Korgri on this one. Think about the most successful live thing they did on record -- Crossroads. Tom Dowd (I think) edited it down from a much longer version, which may be why it holds up so well. Cream was great to promote free-form jamming, but in retrospect a lot of it is just boring and repetitive. Clapton tells how he quit soon after he read a review of his playing pointing this out. I can be clear-eyed and still be a huge fan, right? Viva EC!
Guys, there is a reason the superstars are who they are and You are who you are. Enjoy your music, but it's ludicris to compare yourselves to the elite.
" it's ludicris to compare yourselves to the elite. "
Yes, who could imagine such impertinence! Ludicris, most assuredly!! Avert your eyes from the royal personages! Cringe ye and scrape should fortune be so kind to place you in the Holy Presence. Down dogs, down ye go! Worry not, faithful friend; the Blasphemers have been reported to the closest A&R rep.
Ginger Baker sad that he wasn't happy that the royal Albert Hall concert had become the image of what people thought Cream was. For him it was just one of the many jams they did, and it wasn't their best one he thought. He also added that only one in four concerts was good.
That is what you get with free improvistaion.
What I like about this is. They don't do the golden oldie sweet memory rock cash in. They get together and just Jam and see where they land, like they always have done.
yeah but when you get a group of musicians together who are listening to one another and really having a dialog there is nothing sweeter than free improvisation. You go places that have never been tread and never will be tread again. I'll take one in four any day over playing the same tireless lines night after night.
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I had this band when I was a teenager, and and a lot of people all said we sounded just like Cream. We took it as a real compliment, so I went and got their live album, the one that has just five songs on the whole album. We listened to it, and then wondered if the people who said we sounded like Cream were trying to tell us we were boring. I respect the hell out of the guys in Cream, but I would bet good money they stopped being Cream because it got boring for them and the audience.
So were mine... and we had a great time playing... but the audience got bored after listening to the same 'Cream thing' sound after an hour of just three twenty minute songs. It's intense only for a while. Clapton told once of how he thought they didn't listen to each other, and proved it once by not playing and saw that the other two didn't notice. Too much into themselves, and when you get like that you are just hypnotizing yourself. And Jack Bruce is no John Entwistle by a long shot.
I will also stack what the Who does on Live at Leeds' "My Generation" as much more interesting to listen to than any
extended Cream jam. The Who would do those extended coda things (aka 'jams') and they were a lot more fun to listen to (and watch) than Cream. And as good as Clapton is, I gotta say Townshend is the more interesting guitar player with a much wider variety of styles and creative impulses.
Actually whenever I try to play the (Clapton's) slow version of Crossroads the drummers always have trouble finding the one.With the fast one they have no problem. I'm no drummer but the slow version doesn't seem to be that easy for them. The first time I heard Clapton play it with that rythm was with Phil Collins maybe hat has something to do with it.
I blame no one. I just note that it isn't the easiest rif to put a rythm under. Clapton started playing it this way with Collins so he probably had quite a bit to do with that rythm.
What I'm trying to say is,that this slow version is harder to play than the fast one.
Your right the faster version is better i am a drummer and this is a 4/4 beat just slowed down it should not be to much of a problem. at least I think so.
Well by their own admission (Bruce,Baker and Clapton) they were showing of. That's why they called themselves Cream They thought they were the best and weren't shy about it.
Showing that they were the best was their second goal after being a big success.
Clapton was into blues, but Baker and Bruce were from the Jazz scene and didn't have that much respect for the Blues at that time.
Andd come on!They were doing a rock/fusion version of a Blues Classic. Interesting but not Blues.
Actually I always thought the wheels of fir eversion of crossroads missed the point completely. It was just fast and showing off like young kids do. No relation to the meaning of the song whatsoever.
Crossroads has to be layed mid tempo likeit is here, or it makes no sense. That's how it was written.
This is also what I like about cream, they feel no obligation to play a song the same way twice. They truly just start playing and see if they can find what the other two are up to this time.
Man, I bet you've got balls that clink together when you walk.
About 99% of the electric blues guitar aficionados in the world think that the version of "Crossroads" you're knocking contains one of the finest moments of live recording ever.
And you're calling Cream (circa '68) "a bunch of kids" showing off?
Ginger fucks up big time. First he turns the beat around on the begining then at 45 sec he finally realizes it!! He is also rushing his fills really bad! Duh!!
i dont think it has anything to do with their ability to play, as it is they have all matured in their musical style. Their not show boating around, theyre just jamming. This version is truer to the songs roots.
folks you have to remember that these guys had not played together in many years so to get up there and try to recreate something with only a couple of rehearsels would have been unwise. They just jammed it out rather nicely I might add and it was good. As far as great drummers go, you don't get any better than Ginger and same goes for Jack on the bass. John Bonham himself said that his idols were Ringo and Ginger. Cream in their prime were untouchable as a power rock trio, also the first.
actually his idols were more along the lines of Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, and other big band drummers, and later Keith Moon. Maybe Baker had some influence on him but Ringo Starr definitely had very little, if any, influence on Bonham
I love Ringo but I have to agree with you regarding this. The drummers you mentioned that influenced John Bonham is totally correct, especially Ginger Baker and Keith Moon. Look on allmusic profile on John Bonham and his influences are Keith Moon and Ginger Baker. Not sure if allmusic updated his influences with the big band drummers you mentioned.
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evestreetmusic 1 month ago
They play it "safe" here, just listen to Crossroad at the reunion in 2005, it's much better ..
Bigbluesboy 1 month ago
eric clapton is fuckin surgical with that guitar
singlet1991 3 months ago
jack is the man
mikono14 5 months ago
Why do people argue and act like little children?Cream is my favorite group.these 3 guys just really meshed together so well.
naturelover1957 6 months ago
I love Jack Bruce's bass playing
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@zepphead1981: Hey just wondering why you capitalise the first character of each word? Is it because you are upset that Kaalec managed to "upstage" you without having to resort to profanity? I am doing a study in Behavioural Sciences and while I fully understand using all UPPER case for the emphasis in the last sentence, the use of "book title case" capitalisation is an interesting twist. We do not get too many examples of that.
AFTERSHOCKCEX 8 months ago
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AFTERSHOCKCEX 8 months ago
Haha, poor old Ginger Baker, still looks the same XD
Sabb99GL 8 months ago
Clapton wearing a sportcoat. Bruce wearing a sportcoat. Ginger.....wearing a Masters of Reality t-shirt. He can get away with it because he's a complete badass.
greenfruitface 9 months ago
This was in 1993, when EC was delivering the best blues playing of his career, imho. The footage from this era shows he was trying a sort of reaggeish version of Crossroads in his live tour (see the rehearsals in NYC or the bootlegs from RAH and the Fillmore. Not the best vibe and groove for the song, I think. Hence the lack of bite in this rendition.
Samueltrad 9 months ago
This was tighter than the reunion tour, i have to say...without a doubt. Very laid ack, and of course, nowheree near as daring, improvisationally as in their heyday, but these guys are tight! The begining was sloppy, but they made up for it by somehow finally realizing to respect the other players in front of them.They went back and forth, and all were in good form.It could've been louder, though.
colonnamike1 10 months ago
Ah, a nice relaxed version. This is closer to the old blues version...laid back and easy. Nice! Let's Eric play with his vocal and rip some on the strat! Like it. Thanks for posting!
sounddude51 11 months ago
@zepphead1981 O h yes, I want to be a metal head who loves his idols so much that he rips them off by searching for bootleg discs. You get the music and Zepp gets nothing. I want your life? The life of a thief? Not really.
Kaalec 11 months ago
@zepphead1981 And once again, you demonstrate how pathetic your life is. Perhaps you should stop writing. It seems to upset you.
Kaalec 11 months ago
@zepphead1981 What a remarkably pathetic and small life you must live if you get your rocks off spewing invective and vitriol to people on youtube. Sad.
Kaalec 11 months ago
@zepphead1981 This is closer to the original Robert Johnson version. Get educated about the music before you form a half-assed opinion.
Kaalec 11 months ago
Who the fuck cares what Clapton is or isn't doing. Bruce and Baker just killing it!
yesfan2 1 year ago
check out the live `68 version. The problem with Clapton is he is so bloody English! He holds himself back, doesn`t let go like he did in the 60`s. LOL
ugleeamerican 1 year ago
this sucks big time. They should Have Eddie Van Halen or Gary Moore play while Bruce sang
stevedahl 1 year ago
they are all to homage robert johnson , willie dixon - going back to original inent
dphoward6087 1 year ago
a rather subdued performance, none the less what a fucking great collective of muso's.
alfjon1 1 year ago
This sounds less like Cream and more like Dire Straits.
Wandered1441 1 year ago 5
@Wandered1441 Dire straits is much faster
tannerr96 2 months ago
Clapton has kinda lost his GODNESS, Page still's has it, Gilmoir as well but something bout Eric has lost itself
Hellblazer344 1 year ago
why did he have to ruin it. he did a great version of this earlier in his life but this sucks. no offense intended to the person who posted this.
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BLUESWOMANVERA 1 year ago
I love how Clapton plays barre chords... FUCK YOU!!
nelsano3 1 year ago
Rather a large difference between this and how they played it in 1968! I think Gingersknees have gone, all the double bass drumming missing. Shows what aload of shite the RRHOF is for taking this long to induct Cream.
SvenTviking 1 year ago
go to "englishbluesman"
watch joe T play.
he gives a crossroads lesson.
its the best of the best.
i also believe he is one of the best ,pertaining to that clapton style of playing.
im sure you will agree.
BLUESWOMANVERA 1 year ago
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Movielunatic 1 year ago
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Movielunatic 1 year ago
How did Elvis Costelo get into the RRHoF? How much did he pay to be inducted?
and Jethrow Tull? did they get in..what a bunch of SKAT!
Rush is a hellova lot better than those people.
keefer2111 1 year ago
2005 performance was slow too but so much better than this one, IMHO
fazcuna 1 year ago
i couldnt believe Ginger couldnt find the 1.......
Frugellhound 1 year ago
What would RUSH - the Ultimate Power Trio - play at their induction, IF, i repeat IF and when it ever happens? Answer? NEVER HAPPEN??
pylgrym 1 year ago
@pylgrym i am a rush fan of 55 years and at this point in time it would almost seem like an afterthought for them to be put in the rrhof. it is quite telling of how stupid/stubborn/idiotic the self-appointed gods who make the decision are since rush has lasted 40 years and influenced every musician of note from the 70's on. if they ever get inducted maybe they could sing "take this job and shove it".
jr55ful 1 year ago
we are all so different. This is brilliant. Cream at their best... Bruce's driving bass and the clapton rifts..... what more would you want from this.. and i don't think it's slow.. they have just shunted it more into the 'blues' side of music rather than the 'rock' end..
googlegoat 1 year ago
A Great song! I love Clapton, but a little slow & mellow......Check out Antar Blue...Peter Green doing Crossroads!...It rocks! Peter is AWESOME!
49erBW 1 year ago
@ITryNot2Cash: Check the video Cream - Crossroads (1968) THAT is the best performance of Crossroads... this one here is slow and almost methodical. You're quite right.. it really is 'not very exciting'
brobdj 1 year ago 3
i mean they are old ¬¬ they are not the same 20 year old cocaine lsd filled motherfuckers they used to be i mean jack bruce was like a sex symbol on stage , ginger baker made the whole fucking place tremble qith the force of his drums and clapton just......made you feel ashamed of yourself with all those awsome solos!!! god cream was awsome.....:D
ironmoger 1 year ago
snore. I was so looking forward to this, but the tempo is so damned slow! ????????? bummer.
4rainbowed 1 year ago
this is the lamest thing ive ever heard
WesB 1 year ago
heh jokes
newswood 1 year ago
One must remember that Cream IS a jam band. The music is not supposed to sound the same from night to night.
jhoover655 1 year ago
This version sucks. Leave it to Clapton to make it dull and boring...
BrianMorrison71 1 year ago
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richiefinn 1 year ago
you lot need to actually know what your talking about gingers on drums bruce on bass and clapton on lead you lot are pathetic you evidently dnt know f*#k all about the music industry what are you 12 year olds ???
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It looks like they didn't feel so comfortable on stage. Get this bootleg (with any rehearshals tracks added) many years ago, and when I listened I got disappointed....
What a difference in comparison with the 2005/05 shows!!
misterpi 1 year ago
It looks like they didn't feel so comfortable on stage. Get this bootleg (with any rehearshals tracks added) many years ago, and when I listened I got disappointed....
What a difference in comparison with the 2005/05 shows!!
misterpi 1 year ago
who the hell are these guys? These idiots totally screw up a great song done by a great band like Cream. Im sure the members of Cream want to punch those twats for such a shit performance.
TheDicamillo 1 year ago
@TheDicamillo Bro.... Thats Cream...
guitarristachileno 1 year ago
@TheDicamillo seriously? you did this question seriously? these 'idiots' like you say are the fucking original Cream... I can't believe that you don't recognise Eric Clapton at least... Im sure the members of Cream want to punch you now!
RocKamRoll 1 year ago
This song is killer. At his worst, this is still killer.
relliott7 1 year ago
ginger stop drinking so much
shurtugalvodhr 1 year ago
this was they first time they played together in 25 years, so you cant expect it to be great
metalupurass11 1 year ago
this version is slower but more feeling.I think they could do it all over again ! They are that great !
goldrock1369 1 year ago
A slightly more laid back, probably under-rehearsed and less overdriven guitar rendition that the 60's version and still cooks, I reckon. Having seen the 2006 reunion concerts it's clearly not the same band as in the 60's but in all reasonablness how could you really expect that after all that time! They're still first rate musicians.
wjb585 1 year ago
it may not be the most exciting cream performance .. but it's amazing that these guys can still do it considering the copious amount of drugs that have gone into them...while seeking solace and musical inspiration...and the fact that bruce and ginger have such personal differences ... but they defined Rock in it's blesy.. jazzy form
paritoshpant 1 year ago
I agree it's not a very exciting performance of this song. I remember seeing Eric in Hartford in the early nineties and Crossroads was one of the first few numbers played and it was blistering...I was blown away by the power of his playing that night.
davidscott001 1 year ago
The worst perfomance they have done. But they r old and prob sick of playing the same ol songs. I wish the would play somthing different. Like I'm so gladd!! Now that's a song!! U rock cream !!!!!!!!
gasmanlp 1 year ago
I also thinks it's their worst perfomance they have done,i prefer the original 60' version
METROPLEX123 1 year ago
@gasmanlp even Jimi hendrix got sick of playing "Hey Joe"- and that was when he would start playing a Cream song in his set!
SantomPh 1 year ago
incredible ! those guys are so into it.. ! i love it !!! uncompareable
luigibaritoni 1 year ago
all you guys are idiots!!! This is a classic and w/ original peeps. Its like a bottle of old wine, ----you can still drink it & appreicate its taste
13litzkrieg65 1 year ago 5
@13litzkrieg65 i dont know the cover by Rosedale was more exciting. Now if jack and ginger went postal on each other it would be ok.
mik661 4 months ago
Not very exciting, and this from a huge Clapton fan. Sometimes I think Clapton fans in general are not the most discriminating listeners -- happy to hear the same old stuff over and over again. If it were anyone besides Clapton doing it, they would think it's just another mid-level white dude on a strat. Every once in a while I see a Clapton performance that absolutely kills. Sorry to say this isn't one of them. But, hey. So what? He's a monster & can phone it in most of the time if he wants.
ITryNot2Crash 1 year ago 23
@ITryNot2Crash Thats true you are right.. I also love him in some other moments but in this one..
Seawalker23 1 year ago
@ITryNot2Crash I agree. Im a real die hard clapton fan, and I've heard a VERY large part of his discography. And I can say with great confidence that this was honestly a very weak version of the song. But, he is standing in his own shadow, so no one can really blame him.
magnum9987 1 year ago 2
@ITryNot2Crash I have to agree with you. But we all should consider that they didn't play together for a long time and that Clapton is a little older here... you can't expect the same "feeling".
einXtein 1 year ago
@ITryNot2Crash I agree with you, i love Clapton he is my absolute favorite guitarist, but I would love to se him with play an old les paul or 335 through an old marshall again as I believe that his tone and playing was most expressive in his bluesbreakers, cream, and blind faith days.
1960sBluesFan 1 year ago
@ITryNot2Crash Finally! Someone else who see's it like I do. I don't consider myself a Clapton 'fan' as such, I respect him as a guitarist, but far too often people seem too ignorant of the fact that being a 'fan' does predispose you to like even his very mediocre writing and performances. Which yes, he does do a lot of.
AnthemicPolemic 1 year ago
@ITryNot2Crash agree!!
rockstarsuzuki1915 1 year ago
@ITryNot2Crash im sure none of them wanted to be there they hadn't played together since 1969 for a reason and clapton plays a different every night. Most musicians would hope to be able to that. But clapton plays off feeling and it probably wasn't there that night wth those guys.
geoff101001 1 year ago 2
@ITryNot2Crash Clapton returned to his roots, which is the blues. So now, he's doing songs in ways that are closer to the originals. He stays true to the music which is a lot less rocky than it used to be. But when you look at the Rotting Corpses, i mean the Rolling Stones, it can't get anymore ridiculous than these sextigenarians prancing around stage like they did 40 years ago. Viva Clapton for his maturity. And his talent.
Kaalec 11 months ago
@ITryNot2Crash Your observation is probably why he's been doing more acoustic stuff of late, collaborated more and done the Crossroads shows. Unlike a Van Morrison or Bob Dylan he's really not ventured much beyond the genre of his youth and 5 decades later he knows it inside out (and I'm a fan as well)
silvi01977 10 months ago
@ITryNot2Crash Love to see your great musical skillz where you change it up every night and reinvent the wheel. Remember that they hadn't played together in 25 f&^%king years so they're probably not going to take many chances.
bbnatedogg 9 months ago
@ITryNot2Crash Completely agree - I too, am a fan, but he loves to cruise, sometimes. Pity, 'cos when he leans back and plays the blues, he can still make time stand still!
vazon69 8 months ago
@ITryNot2Crash how does a fucker like you get 22 likes?!?! Why?? They had not played together in over ten years....than just get up and play....and the other 2 songs they did that, specifically sunshine, clapton plays amazingly. If you mixed "a mid-level white dude on a strat" with some with the phrasing, string bends, tone and emotion than you are truly a dumb-ass.
pageyzoso84 7 months ago
@pageyzoso84 The answer to your question is simple: 22 people "liked" what I wrote. The extremely defensive and immature comments you wrote are what the courts call "facts already in evidence." You are exactly the kind of Clapton fan I meant, so at least you got that part of it. Go ahead and confuse your blind spot with discernment. I, and 22 others, will not, but will continue to admire Clapton from a rational perspective. Have a good cry. hearbreaker.
ITryNot2Crash 7 months ago
@ITryNot2Crash how does a fucker like you get 22 likes?!?! Why people???
pageyzoso84 7 months ago
@pageyzoso84 There's absolutely no explaining that.Steven Hawking and John Lennon,with an intro by Clapton himself,wouldn't get 22 likes.If it's likes you're after,say something really brain dead and really short.
oleole52 7 months ago
@ITryNot2Crash ur right it seems like their doing it to make people shut up about the cream thing, it just makes me wonder what hendrix would sound like today.
tannerdmulford 7 months ago
@ITryNot2Crash agreed. One of the most boring concerts i ever saw was Clapton on hdnet a few years ago. it was like he was playing a Florida retirement resort.
mik661 4 months ago
@mik661 Agree.
jassbo 4 months ago
how are they all still alive
lennonisgod576 1 year ago
@lennonisgod576 how are you still alive?
magnum9987 1 year ago
i know lol, claptons even tried to kill himself once or twice i just dont get it
jackal991 1 year ago
lame
ybot1983 1 year ago
Much prefer their original version. This ones pretty lame.
essex68 1 year ago 2
Crappy solo he should go and sleep first ..
Seawalker23 2 years ago
Do it better.
DiogoSilvaGomes 1 year ago
youre talking about eric clapton you little shit.have some respect
freafollingalianz 1 year ago
Even if you cut your ears off your head and blind both your eyes it would make no diferense to how you hear or see something in your understanding spectrum you ignorant lamb . . You are not much of an obsrver so it wouldnt be a problem for you even if you did
Seawalker23 1 year ago
EC feeling a little bare up there with a 3 piece.
Sointula2 2 years ago
Check out our cover version recorded on an open mike night
Johnpaulzippybungle 2 years ago
And as a drummer... in my VERY humble opinion Peter, those Ludwigs don't sound half as good as the DW's in 2005 reunion. I play vintage Tama, so who an I to comment?...lol
sliderphil 2 years ago
Not their best version, but I'll take it !
Cream live on and on.
They've been in my Top Five since 1968, and they're not leaving it.
psychkoala 2 years ago 3
The Cream of the fucking crop
bibhuna 2 years ago 21
@bibhuna that's exactly where the name came from
nicosfi 7 months ago
@nicosfi That's why I said it...
bibhuna 7 months ago
@bibhuna ok
nicosfi 7 months ago
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ratrare 2 years ago
ginger fucked it up a lil at the start
heavysantxez 2 years ago
Cream, so blues !!!! it' s rules !!!!!
maisquisuije 2 years ago 2
Peter is a great drummer even This day he is 65 years old and he hits the drums like a champ!
thech3rry 2 years ago
this needed more energy. too relaxed but still a jam. :)))
theplourde 2 years ago 4
You completely miss the point of the NOW Cream, still diversifying... not doin' the same stuff the same over and over. They don't want to be a tribute band to themselves. Always the best improvisers in the business, still are. That's what made them the best.
sliderphil 2 years ago 4
I don't know if it's possible to be your own tribute band. There's no shame in playing a song like you used to play it back in the day.
fugitive1201 1 year ago
Man! lot's of big egos in here! You can emulate Bruce? Maybe in your mind you can. He is recognized as one of the all-time great bassists in rock music. His influences span, jazz, blues and classical. He has played with the greatest bands in rock and blues history. He can get sloppy but show me a player, who really know how to tear it up, who doesn't get sloppy on occassion. Really! This is CREAM baby! Sit back, listen and learn some humility!
mikeg888 2 years ago 4
These guys are the kings in Rock music, they certainly led to the way to modern music, each so very diverse and a master in his own genre, they made the most unique music in rock to date!
BruceBloodSister1 2 years ago 2
I'd say Entwistle's style is more akin to Michael Anthony's style (the VH bassplayer). Bruce's style is grounded in jazz. Anthony, like Entwistle, comes from a far less complicated, rock background. But, as you said, it is all subjective.
"To me Jack Bruce's playing reminds me a lot of the guy who played bass for Van Halen, style wise."
proferic 2 years ago 3
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I can emulate Jack Bruce with no problem, and know of many bass players who can. Personally I find him kind of sloppy and he does the same lazy imprecise things I do.
Don't know any who can really do Entwistle, not even close, particularly that extremely light touch he says he developed from typing.
Michael Anthony sounds like Entwistle? Examples?
My favorite is Victor Wooten... there is a god, and his name is Victor Wooten.
korgri 2 years ago
I don't know that anyone can truly emulate Jack Bruce. I was reading a review of a Chickenfoot concert and they were talking about Michael Anthony's "John Entwistle-like" lead bass lines.
proferic 2 years ago
Michael Anthony is akin to The Great Entwistle, punk.
paddy9i99 2 years ago
My dead grandma is better on bass that Michael Anthony.
proferic 2 years ago
lol
gresth36 2 years ago
ginger baker fu@#$%^ up the beaT IN THE BEGINING,,HA HA HA
gresth36 2 years ago
i bet your not 70 years old wankker, these guys are the guys who set up heavy metal for the rest of us.
i bet you are not even 30 and reckon you would f--k up all the time you are an idiot fool
star3710 2 years ago
I prefer Cream's faster version of the song to this one.
4rainbowed 2 years ago 3
who thinks jack bruce looks like joe pesci?
mercurymay 2 years ago
I'm a dedicated Cream fan, but I'm with Korgri on this one. Think about the most successful live thing they did on record -- Crossroads. Tom Dowd (I think) edited it down from a much longer version, which may be why it holds up so well. Cream was great to promote free-form jamming, but in retrospect a lot of it is just boring and repetitive. Clapton tells how he quit soon after he read a review of his playing pointing this out. I can be clear-eyed and still be a huge fan, right? Viva EC!
ITryNot2Crash 2 years ago
Guys, there is a reason the superstars are who they are and You are who you are. Enjoy your music, but it's ludicris to compare yourselves to the elite.
gbr00kshire 2 years ago
" it's ludicris to compare yourselves to the elite. "
Yes, who could imagine such impertinence! Ludicris, most assuredly!! Avert your eyes from the royal personages! Cringe ye and scrape should fortune be so kind to place you in the Holy Presence. Down dogs, down ye go! Worry not, faithful friend; the Blasphemers have been reported to the closest A&R rep.
korgri 2 years ago
i love that chord where it looks like he is flipping off the crowd :)
beyoncelover202 2 years ago
Ginger Baker sad that he wasn't happy that the royal Albert Hall concert had become the image of what people thought Cream was. For him it was just one of the many jams they did, and it wasn't their best one he thought. He also added that only one in four concerts was good.
That is what you get with free improvistaion.
What I like about this is. They don't do the golden oldie sweet memory rock cash in. They get together and just Jam and see where they land, like they always have done.
Xaffax 2 years ago
yeah but when you get a group of musicians together who are listening to one another and really having a dialog there is nothing sweeter than free improvisation. You go places that have never been tread and never will be tread again. I'll take one in four any day over playing the same tireless lines night after night.
talkingwall 2 years ago
'That is what you get with free improvisation'
you also risk getting very bored...
korgri 2 years ago
when you are an actual musician, you come to respect other musician's real talents and skills.
ninjacrow575 2 years ago 2
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I had this band when I was a teenager, and and a lot of people all said we sounded just like Cream. We took it as a real compliment, so I went and got their live album, the one that has just five songs on the whole album. We listened to it, and then wondered if the people who said we sounded like Cream were trying to tell us we were boring. I respect the hell out of the guys in Cream, but I would bet good money they stopped being Cream because it got boring for them and the audience.
korgri 2 years ago
I dont know how good of a musician you were but free form jams in my band were bad ass.
ninjacrow575 2 years ago
So were mine... and we had a great time playing... but the audience got bored after listening to the same 'Cream thing' sound after an hour of just three twenty minute songs. It's intense only for a while. Clapton told once of how he thought they didn't listen to each other, and proved it once by not playing and saw that the other two didn't notice. Too much into themselves, and when you get like that you are just hypnotizing yourself. And Jack Bruce is no John Entwistle by a long shot.
korgri 2 years ago
I will also stack what the Who does on Live at Leeds' "My Generation" as much more interesting to listen to than any
extended Cream jam. The Who would do those extended coda things (aka 'jams') and they were a lot more fun to listen to (and watch) than Cream. And as good as Clapton is, I gotta say Townshend is the more interesting guitar player with a much wider variety of styles and creative impulses.
korgri 2 years ago
Are you nuts!! Bruce was much better than Entwistle.
proferic 2 years ago 4
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korgri 2 years ago
Didn't say he was better, I said Jack Bruce was no John Entwistle.
korgri 2 years ago
everybodys putting it softly, i guess i gotta be the one to say it
as much as i love cream this SUCKS
democratusnostradams 2 years ago 2
Personally I prefer the faster tempo they played it with in the late 60s.
ricky6565 2 years ago
Ginger has a bit of trouble finding the "1" there at the start
Greatfox200 2 years ago
Actually whenever I try to play the (Clapton's) slow version of Crossroads the drummers always have trouble finding the one.With the fast one they have no problem. I'm no drummer but the slow version doesn't seem to be that easy for them. The first time I heard Clapton play it with that rythm was with Phil Collins maybe hat has something to do with it.
Xaffax 2 years ago
typical guitarist bullshit-blame the drummer. neck-chokers make me wanna puke.
dougalmac54 2 years ago
I blame no one. I just note that it isn't the easiest rif to put a rythm under. Clapton started playing it this way with Collins so he probably had quite a bit to do with that rythm.
What I'm trying to say is,that this slow version is harder to play than the fast one.
Xaffax 2 years ago
Your right the faster version is better i am a drummer and this is a 4/4 beat just slowed down it should not be to much of a problem. at least I think so.
bigguy4570 2 years ago
I agree This version does NOT have the same feeling as the one from 1968 version from Winterland
TL250Rider 2 years ago
It's that pussy fuckin' Strat-strap on an SG or a Firebird Eric, and quit this Fender fuckin' around.
dougalmac54 2 years ago
its all good ma man -all very good! It dosen't matter what hes playin
gazzaboy2531977 2 years ago
I love Cream and always will, but this version just isn't good. I guess I shouldn't expect them to play like they did in '68.
governorgilf 2 years ago
Ginger doesn't look good but plays well.
Ghuitarist 2 years ago
what is the point caller..??? blame john mayall why dont you(plural) its his fault n he loves it....
RattusNorvegicus67 2 years ago
Well by their own admission (Bruce,Baker and Clapton) they were showing of. That's why they called themselves Cream They thought they were the best and weren't shy about it.
Showing that they were the best was their second goal after being a big success.
Clapton was into blues, but Baker and Bruce were from the Jazz scene and didn't have that much respect for the Blues at that time.
Andd come on!They were doing a rock/fusion version of a Blues Classic. Interesting but not Blues.
Xaffax 2 years ago
Actually I always thought the wheels of fir eversion of crossroads missed the point completely. It was just fast and showing off like young kids do. No relation to the meaning of the song whatsoever.
Crossroads has to be layed mid tempo likeit is here, or it makes no sense. That's how it was written.
This is also what I like about cream, they feel no obligation to play a song the same way twice. They truly just start playing and see if they can find what the other two are up to this time.
Xaffax 2 years ago
Man, I bet you've got balls that clink together when you walk.
About 99% of the electric blues guitar aficionados in the world think that the version of "Crossroads" you're knocking contains one of the finest moments of live recording ever.
And you're calling Cream (circa '68) "a bunch of kids" showing off?
Jesus Christ, and all the Disciples! That's rich!
toterola451 2 years ago 2
Jesus, look at the '68 version, it's like 200% percent more heart.
MultiParasite 2 years ago 2
That's the difference between "on fire" 20-somethings and probably jaded pros who hadn't played together in 20 years
jjkrause84 2 years ago
Ginger fucks up big time. First he turns the beat around on the begining then at 45 sec he finally realizes it!! He is also rushing his fills really bad! Duh!!
wildmanhawkes 2 years ago
you're right. that's why clapton walked over to him. and did you see ginger's face--like 'ok man i got it'
TrishtheDishNY 2 years ago
Ginger Baker is really sloppy on this.
wildmanhawkes 2 years ago
yah its slow, but i think they're giving a nod to robet johnson, the man who actually wrote it.
he played it pretty slow
cmswim 2 years ago
This is really unlike Cream. Where's the passion, fire and energy?
axelwillowtree 2 years ago 3
about 30 years back.
RaptimusPrime 2 years ago
TOOO SLOW NOT ENOUGH SOUL
anycolouryouwant 2 years ago 2
its just really, really bluesy, that's all
TrishtheDishNY 2 years ago
All 3 were and are masters their
instruments....
beatlejim64 2 years ago
Jesus!! Bruce is a mad man on bass.
74jailbreaker 2 years ago
Parece que no pasaron 40 años por ellos, es una pena que no hicieran más discos , los tres juntos eran unos cracks
xaimepacheco 2 years ago
bruce is god
PwnCakes1337 2 years ago
i didnt like solo very much
Pece17 2 years ago
remember hearing this on AFVN Radios in Our helicopters in Vietnam...Gooks had NO clue...lol
cajunhornet60 2 years ago
i dont think it has anything to do with their ability to play, as it is they have all matured in their musical style. Their not show boating around, theyre just jamming. This version is truer to the songs roots.
hitmah 2 years ago 3
Sheer magic!
Excellent video!
thank you
rosesredvioletsblue 2 years ago
folks you have to remember that these guys had not played together in many years so to get up there and try to recreate something with only a couple of rehearsels would have been unwise. They just jammed it out rather nicely I might add and it was good. As far as great drummers go, you don't get any better than Ginger and same goes for Jack on the bass. John Bonham himself said that his idols were Ringo and Ginger. Cream in their prime were untouchable as a power rock trio, also the first.
zzwop77 2 years ago 3
actually his idols were more along the lines of Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, and other big band drummers, and later Keith Moon. Maybe Baker had some influence on him but Ringo Starr definitely had very little, if any, influence on Bonham
WindyFellow 2 years ago 3
I love Ringo but I have to agree with you regarding this. The drummers you mentioned that influenced John Bonham is totally correct, especially Ginger Baker and Keith Moon. Look on allmusic profile on John Bonham and his influences are Keith Moon and Ginger Baker. Not sure if allmusic updated his influences with the big band drummers you mentioned.
mjg1985 2 years ago