Sitting on Top of the World (Live) - Cream

From their final album, Goodbye.

Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, California on October 19, 1968.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• sitting
• on
• top
• of
• the
• world
• live
• cream
• goodbye
• eric
• clapton
• jack
• bruce
• ginger
• baker

[socrates1818]

Was Clapton playing a 335 on this?

[evanguy]

@socrates1818 Pretty sure he was not playing a 335, since he didn't take one on the tour. It's either his single-coil pickup Firebird or a Les Paul (Special, I think).

[TheBlueBandYTAccount]

I think Jack is playing a fretless here, because of the heavy tone (tick fingers instead of metal frets) and the notes, wich are sometimes a bit from pure. Very badass. ^^

[evanguy]

@TheBlueBandYTAccount

You may be right, but he tended to play an EB-3 on the farewell tour, which had frets. The Farewell Concert footage shows him playing it, though this wasn't recorded at that performance.

[Vortigern99]

@evanguy They're all three the lead instrument: that's the beauty of Cream!

[4854derrida]

And, the joyous TENSION that Bruce sets up by playing against the rhythm, by setting up dissonance begging to be resolved, etc.

[fireblossom2u]

One of my favorite songs...regardless of the recording quality. It's raw and powerful...love it. I've revisited Clapton's guitar on this for over forty years. Some nights he just killed with control and attack and this was one of those nights.

[1willhughes]

MUSIC IS THE BEST

[1willhughes]

JACK BRUCE is the finest blues vocal. harp playing , ruler of the BASS GUITAR....that ever lived

[tmobil8]

@socrates1818 his les paul he's playing. that's a sound of a les paul. es335 cant sound like that even if you tried.

[IIty2iII]

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ne!

[blackandtanful]

ｴﾘｯｸ･ｸﾗﾌﾟﾄﾝのとんでもないﾌﾞﾙｰｽ技を見せつけた­超絶"TopOfTheWorld"～溢れ出るﾌﾚｰｽﾞの嵐､­ｼﾞｬｯｸのﾍﾞｰｽも噛み付くｸﾞｯﾊﾞｲ･ｸﾘｰﾑ



[EdSullivan101]

@ShakinSlim I know; it's a common misconception. I thought the same thing, until I got my own.