Cream - Born Under A Bad Sign (Royal Albert Hall 2005) (13 of 22)

[bluegreen988]

I was born under the bad sign..and I have no luck at all ..I have no money and women..my father is poor (may God bless his poor soul)..

[MagicalSix]

Hendrix.....so much better than Clapton. Didn't rely on a bassist for singing, could play guitar between his legs, with his teeth, upside down, left handed. All while keeping the rhythm better than clapton could ever do no matter how hard he tried.

[bluesvuk]

@MagicalSix woooow you are so smart ! :O

[gibbsies]

@MagicalSix everyone said that clapton was the greatest in the world, but i find him a little boring.

[MagicalSix]

@gibbsies Good, then you aren't clueless like the people who say he is "god". I could have seen him play live maybe 8 years ago but I turned that shit down.

[MrNojuice]

@gibbsies CLAPTON IS GOD

[bluegreen988]

@MrNojuice is he ? Im God of nothing...

[MicrowaveWalrus]

@MagicalSix yea but then he overdosed at 27, lol

[MagicalSix]

@MicrowaveWalrus he didnt overdose, that just shows how little you know.

[rockzulla]

love this group they are great,. they can still kick it and jack still has a killer voice and is a killer bass player. jack was great when he played with robin trower.

[2003shaker]

Wow these guys were just as good in 2005 as when they were in their 20's.  Jack Bruce seems to have kept his voice, unlike a lot of the vocalists from the late 60's.

[thefaketahare]

@2003shaker unlike robert plant poor chap. he rivaled jack bruce in the early 60s and into early 1971 then he really lost alot of power. he must've smoke ALOT of cigarettes of grass. cocaine probably didn't help his voice either.

[hkyoutoob]

While streaming a blues station online, I heard this song done. There was, at least what sounded like, and I'd bet it was, a (maybe quite large) black woman belting out some powerful vocals, along with excellent instrumentation backing her up. With this clue, anyone know who she is???? pls. reply here, or via msg to my chnl.2/16/2012

[HighLow66]

@hkyoutoob It could possibly be Rita Coolidge. She did a nice version in 1971 on her first album. It's available in mp3 on a later Anthology album.

[hkyoutoob]

@HighLow66 I found Rita's cover here on yt, & it's not her. She's kinda' laid back with her singing style. If U have another idea, let me know. Thx 4 your reply.

[Lookup2Wakeup]

Look at all those old farts clapping at the start. LoL

OOh I am the same age LoL!

[fdavidfargher]

@Lookup2Wakeup No freakin' respect for people at all! How retarded!

[Lookup2Wakeup]

@fdavidfargher

I was actually laughing at my self & geneation tosser!

[GreenmanXIV]

Eric, Jack, and Ginger. A recipe for for a Super Group.

Glad I caught the Goodbye Cream bash. Sad I missed the Albert gig.

[MrEguitarF]

These guys are like wine. The older they get, the best they are!!

Great cover!!!!

[PrincessJuliette09]

There was NOT ONE single week passed since 1968 when I didn't hear one or more CREAM songs. Even on vacation, travel, my portable tape-player, CD-player was with me and helped me NOT to be without this joy. If music dies (which will never happen at all), I want die too!

[catsfromhell1]

damn, that bass is sexy

[oreokookie1000]

AH shit...how rock n' roll has gotten sanitised and wussied up...that intro looked like the begiining of Jerry springer or David lettermen.......bring back the cloud of blue smoke, bikers, and long hair...what is this shit!????

[chill66blog]

@oreokookie1000 I agree fully haha

[SuntFelix9]

Es más lento que el original, pero me encanta igual!

[2beermaster]

agree!

[d1sailer]

my radio was was busted because i blew the paper out of the speakers with songs like this.......

[windbeamproductions]

In my first car, the radio was busted. All I had for the tape deck at the time was Cream, but that was more than okay actually. It was awesome.

[cagossi]

for me.. toooooo slow

[cjtrapper]

There is no way that Eric is starting the solo early at 1:09 as previously indicated by others. If you really think that you have no idea on how to make music dynamic and interesting.

[dab4546]

Does it fuckin' get any better?...



[divisorplot]

nice chopper eh! chin chopper chin chopper chop. Six blade knife chin chopper chin chopper chop.

[jassbo]

This version is too slow.

[lingzedong]

wow, these old pals really rocks way more than the young 'musicians' today

[jakeyyvampiree]

Its a cream gig, clapton should be using a his 'fool' guitar or his e335, not his signature strat, and he shouldn't be plugged into fender amps he should be plugged into a bunch of marshalls, this is a cream concert for god sake!

[jakeyyvampiree]

I feel that born under a bad sign was written for cream to play

[RainyDaysMusic]

WATCH MY VERSION ON MY CHANNEL !!

[richardgification]

its like a jigsaw a place for everything and everything in its place. these 3 english musicians do the music beautifully. a pleasure to listen to you might say the fab three.

[sdbolt65]

The Masters. Showing all the youngn's how it's done.

[TheTiredSkies]

Ginger Baker still as tight as ever at over 70 years old!

[AnthemsToTheWelkin]

the riff is SO 70's.

[jrhunter510]

@AnthemsToTheWelkin And it's aged SO well.

[MH6260]

I am a great cream fan but have to say this: not so good, lacking fluency that older blues guys have. But exceptions of course: eric's guitar anf jack's vocals. Bruce's bass licks were horrible

[awesomejohnnet]

@MH6260

I respectfully disagree with you my friend. I thought their maturity and "well chosen" notes were tasty and sat perfectly.. they are more musical and less raucous .. Erics solo was rich and soulful... remember when you first saw then you were a kid this stuff was new etc... now its evolved into other different things... I respect your opinion but on the contrary I thought this was "PREMİUM"...

[maulaninina76]

@awesomejohnnet Yes, PREMIUM....the 3 of them altogether.....I couldn't agree more.... Thx a lot for the one who posting it

[ranjanchadha]

Clapton can play the blues ..doubt it that Bruce can sing em!! To hear the real man sing this check out this Albert King singing this.

[phantom5691]

clapton just doesnt have it anymore and hasn't for years... flame away. its my opinion. i came here after watching hendrix play this tune and boy am i disappointed.

[aleester]

@phantom5691 I agree.... but hopefully you would agree that his From the Cradle blues tour (the one that Martin Scorcese documented) was his last period of true fire?

[MrShoeman21]

CREAM accept no subsitute!

[RySuss141]

never noticed that 1:09 thing was him missing the solo break... and i was at the show too haha

[mokaey]

i wish i could make people feel like i do now :)

hopefully what all musicians want.

[BassWhiz92]

Jack's the one who made me want a Warwick bass! You da man Jack!

[pianoman74]

Yeah....that is Jack Bruce's tone range. PERFECT. He sounds so relaxed here....in comparison, listen to other tracks from the 2005 gigs and you will find some songs where he really has to torture his vocal cords, utterly forcing himself into the high notes....And about the question "aged or not?"---surely the voice does sound aged, but like a good wine, too: this fragile, rough edge of this voice couldn't fit any better to the song.

[ponentwind]

Just Cream

[socrates1818]

Shit, I just compared this to Cream - Crossroads (Farewell Concert - extended version). can somedbody tell me why that video sounds infinitely fucking better than this terrible ultra clean sound? huh?

[claptongroupie]

@socrates1818 Cause its live and raw, showing their God given talent, the way it should be :-)

[edgarhernandocaicedo]

lo mejor de lo mejor tocar en vivo!!..hasta hay tiempo de arreglos,mecanicos,cuando hay amigos,claro,esta.

[edgarhernandocaicedo]

lo mejor de lo mejor tocar en vivo!!..hasta hay tiempo de arreglos,mecanicos

[4Canthide]

Crap playing sry

[talkinglens1]

This performance carries the heaviness of all the blues masters (with considerable respect).

[gfaccio]

great footage

[iburwick28]

Wonderful!

[2HonestIam]

Shame Jack has lost his range and control yet Clapton through all the abuse to his body still sings well.Great music they gave us though.

[darbygrey]

MERCY........................

[MrGuitarman187]

tooo tooo clean wtf man this is cream on life support. 

[taariqtaariq]

@MrGuitarman187 it was great they did a reunion before one of the old drug and booze addled dogs pegs out but the sound is too clean, no marshalls, no gibsons , no LSD = very clean.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@taariqtaariq the music may have lost a bit of it's edge, but i do appreciate the clean sound that was not recordable back in the 60's and 70's. Although the Wheels of fire live cuts were very good for their time, captured three great musicicans in their prime and even now they are still damn good and the music they play is STILL timeless!!!

[ZeppelinFloydRoses]

My name is Jack Baker Bruce... No joke. My old in year 10 maths teacher told his jammin' buddies he teaches Jack Bruce maths. The old bastard taught me more about awesome music than maths :D

[securitycat11]

Baker is still the real deal

[jrcaprino]

@securitycat11 He's a very under rated drummer

[ccfliege]

this song really fits well with jack's older voice

[Lenny2127]

and you thought they were good in the 60's? NOW they're at the top of their game!!

[Santanajimi]

Just amazing guys....what else can you say ???

[mcleanartists]

Clapton is infuriating in his refusal to play Gibson-Marshall!

[gliblyaware]

@mcleanartists That's because Fender makes better guitars and amps. If you had all that money and didn't have to kowtow to anyone you'd play the best also. ;-)

[Helmholtz53]

@mcleanartists Clapton talks about this in the interviews section of the dvd.

[JonasGerman]

@mcleanartists fender ftw!!!

[fdavidfargher]

@mcleanartists Pathetic! It's the fantastic way he plays, not the guitar! He would sound great playing anything!

[yonaguska4]

this is brilliantly done, Jack Bruce is wicked on the fretless Warwick Bass.



[MrBoogiechillun]

i dont know why clapton didnt use his fools SG, the strat just doesnt sound right with this.

[rodrigoengmann]

esse é o som do carai

[coal1987]

no gibson.... no cream

[SpriteMinded]

@coal1987 LMFAO i must agree

[happyenjoytime]

Wish I'd been there ... matured like a rich creamy liquor ... thanks for posting ... those were the days, yes they were!

[Isolationist70]

Clapton starts the solo early (1:09), but recovers beautifully.

[MarlinChops]

@Isolationist70 Then comes in with a completely different solo at 1:44 

[MrAEGuitar]

@Isolationist70 He didn't start early, it was an arrangement made fot the song

[DazedConfused1969]

@Isolationist70 it was a lick, you really havent heard much cream live in the 60s have you :P

[MrGuitarman187]

@Isolationist70 im a season musician and often musicians try to spice it up and i put little tid bits in there i don't think he way actually trying to start a solo just a little flare.

[nsbear1]

@Isolationist70 Nope.  If you listen where EC starts the solo and the note you're stating was him starting it early are two different places. Not the same note, not a false start to the solo. Just a little added flavor to the song.

[lastdaysguitar]

@Isolationist70 Chill out with your critic spirit: That's called improvisation, and he's been doing it a LOOONG time... it's what made him great.

[plamenige]

@Isolationist70 well.. i think that this mistake is very good.. sounds great actually :)

[dinsdale007]

@plamenige whats the old line? "There are no mistakes, just new parts"

[ptorres109]

this is AWESOME!! someone pass me the bong!

[MrFatherfoley]

EC IS GOD

[ulisesbelloramos]

El solo de Clapton digno de dioses!!

[MrZol]

j bruce on the fretless!

[flaviacorsa]

I don't understand how people can live without this music. These are three of the greatest rock musician of all times. What more can you want.

[MrDijo58]

@flaviacorsa YES !

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

great to see the first great power trio unite and play at the same hall they did their last concert in 1968. though older and grayer, the interplay between the three of them was still magical, thank God for Cream!!!!

[LostGenerationX84]

@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO So.... thank Clapton? lol. Even Jack and Ginger used the old nickname of "God" when they referred to him. Great talent every one of them.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@LostGenerationX84 i'm just really glad they got together in the first place, despite Jack and Ginger's troubled history together, dating back from Graham Bond days. As far as this song, this is one of my favorite all time blues tunes, and i replace the guitar solo with a wicked harmonica solo. i have played harp since i was 16, and forty years later i still play, and laways pay tribute the blues legends when i perform at open jams and when i sit in with some of the blues groups from Chicago.

[Mrj624]

fffffing grate