What are you listening to?
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romseguy
The Force is Strong With This One
SlipNet
The Living Force
Three unusual songs from Cream again. I love this band, I still recall how I felt when I first listened to them in 1996. i was a student just exploring old classics. The drums swing, and are more expansive than most rock drummers. "Those were the days", the first track, is the only song I know which features subject matter about Atlantis. Thank lyricist Pete Brown for that, not the band. Very interesting that they outsourced lyrical duties to a poet while they concentrated on the music. The other 2 tracks showcase their flexibility as blues-jazz players. The drum beaks from Ginger Baker even anticipate what Jungle and DnB producers were creating in the early 90's, combining jazz drums with reggae basslines to create a new form.
They're never mentioned as being up there with Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin, but to me they are just as great. They were only a band for 2 and a half years, but they opened new vistas of what was possible in modern rock music.
They're never mentioned as being up there with Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin, but to me they are just as great. They were only a band for 2 and a half years, but they opened new vistas of what was possible in modern rock music.
