Cream.

[mickd1961]

I've spent hours on Saturday night watching "That 60's" on some Freeview channel.

Boy, was there some good stuff on there including a 2005 live recording of Cream at The Royal Albert Hall performing "Badge".

Cream were before my time but when you get to hear three genius artists in one band it certainly puts a huge amount of other music in the shade.

Ginger Baker's drum play is sublime and Jack Bruce has to be in the very, very top echelons of all time bass players, his sound was just so rich.

Clapton's guitar play and his voice are magical, for me he has to be in the top ten of all time rock musicians, the bloke makes a guitar talk.

I find it so poignant, almost to the point of tears watching stuff like this nowadays........to see all that genius disappear with death, all that talent and lifelong learning turn to dust seems so sad.

The quality of this live track though, when you consider that Clapton was 59 at the time, Bruce was 62 and Baker was 66......all still at the top of their game despite the drug and alcohol abuse over many years.

I should listen to Cream a lot more, I really should.

Enjoy.


https://youtu.be/0FGxH50WS7Q

[Omegstrat6]

No doubting their talent! A short lived "super-group" collaboration, the band are probably remembered most for their "farewell" concert of 68 but they made some great records as well as being an excellent live band. "Badge" was co-written by Clapton and George Harrison I think.

Too young myself as well at the time to fully appreciate it but have always loved a lot of 60s music, I guess growing up in the decade it all sort of filtered into me! Listening to Clapton was one of those who got me into playing guitar, especially the "Beano" Bluesbreaker album.

[Astle is the King]

Absolutely fantastic group an wonderful music. Never saw them live but listened to all of their albums. 'I feel free' my all time favourite. Can't understand how any of the 60's musicians lived for so long given all the substances they took.

[Joy_Division]

They were my band at the tail end of the 60's. My mate and I had all their albums between us and spent hours sitting in his front room, playing them on an old dancette record player until he got a stereogram which to me seemed like the greatest thing ever. Kicking back with a fag listening to We're Going Wrong and not a care in the world aged 16. Jack Bruce, classically trained cellist, Ginger Baker, superb drummer, equally at home with rock or jazz and could read music. He played the drums while people like Bonham bashed the drums. And Eric, wonderful guitarist and decent voice and of course for a time at least a Baggie fan.

[boingy]

Some great stuff in the 60’s

[Leicesterbaggie]

The two greatest decades of the twentieth century were the ‘Roaring Twenties’ and the ‘Swinging Sixties.’ The worst, the Seventies, the decade that style forgot. I realise that this will cause arguments but it’s all opinions.

[mickd1961]

The two greatest decades of the twentieth century were the ‘Roaring Twenties’ and the ‘Swinging Sixties.’ The worst, the Seventies, the decade that style forgot. I realise that this will cause arguments but it’s all opinions.

Absolute rubbish.

The 70’s and 80’s were fabulous if you were young during that period.

My dad was between the ages of 45 and 55 during the 80’s and he thought it was a fantastic decade, he said he felt so lucky to have experienced the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and said he thought he’d been born at a great point in history.

[Omegstrat6]

As I have got older my musical tastes have broadened and I now enjoy music from a lot of differing genres and eras but that from the 60s remains my favourite. Like Leics, I disliked a lot of stuff from the 70s particularly disco or over bloated prog. rock but, in hindsight, whilst "pop" music came of age and got more sophisticated in the sixties, it was the 7Os that saw the greatest diversity in musical styles - singer/songwriters, country rock, West coast rock, arena rock, heavy metal, prog. rock, glam rock, funk, disco, Philly soul, reggae, ska, two-tone, Northern Soul, punk, New Wave, early synth pop etc etc. The roots of these may have lain in the 60s but they flowered in the next decade. (Mind you, difficult not to agree with Leics. about 70s fashion sense!&#128514

[mickd1961]

Sunshine Of Your Love from 2005.

https://youtu.be/vyftaay-pFA

[Leicesterbaggie]

Absolute rubbish.

The 70’s and 80’s were fabulous if you were young during that period.

My dad was between the ages of 45 and 55 during the 80’s and he thought it was a fantastic decade, he said he felt so lucky to have experienced the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and said he thought he’d been born at a great point in history.

I was referring to the fashions more than the music.