Cream - Politician (Farewell Concert - Extended Edition) (4 of 11) 

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Jack Bruce was one of the best bass players ever Scotland's genius RIP

@theshrimpking He sang as child,in his church chorus , before admitted to Royal Scottish Academy of music .Singing lead ,while playing those immense bass lines , through the changes /bridge(???!!!) is not for the faint of heart,or posers

true!!!!!!

Spot on

This is 6 yrs later I see after your comment,but I just love how you nailed Jack's style in one sentence!! Idk if you're a writer,but that was so brilliant!! Wish Jack and Ginger were still amongst us😢Cream is my favorite go to music when I need to actually "feel" the music😍✌️💜☮️💜

@@judyblueyes1275 eric would still have been amazing having been exposed by John Mayalls blues breakers!

Perfect post, buddy

+45 RPM ,yes,I agree,and to me he is a Gibson guy,not a Fender one,his way of playing blends perfectly with a Les Paul or 335 tone,just my opinion.

+Jean-Louis Teisseire I agree, apparently he doesn't.

***** ,ah ah,he is the boss!

+45 RPM That explosive and hard-driving style from 1968 really stands in stark contrast to Clapton's contemporary guitar playing.

God left the stage that day, never to return.

_VASTLY..._ especially this version! 🥰🥰🥰

One my favorites ever.. Eric was god here

I like this riff just as much as Sunshine tbh.

Unbelievably cool drum part, which Baker didn't employ during the 2005 Reunion concerts.

@@pangwiazdor3319 He owned this tune w/ the kicks 👍

That's right -- at their peak just before they broke up! (Like The Beatles with Abbey Road.)

@anthonygerace8926 It was the pattern of these explosions of real TALENT in the 60’s + 70’s. It was easy to gain big time fame if you were a talented band, because of the era; us post-war Baby Boomers were ready to ROCK; and buy albums! Music corporations, naturally, being the Buzzards they are, pushed these creative, sensitive, temperamental, musicians HARD. Those bands had to tour and constantly be together, when all they really wanted was to create the consummate rock song and chill. Then there was the drugs… and the hangers-on, the groupies, and sycophants. So a lot of very talented bands broke up. And even worse, added to the Age 27 legend/ superstition. Curb your critical tongue. At least Clapton got two of them together for a reunion tour in the early 2000’s - I think. Not sure on that date. But during that tour someone recorded Ginger Baker’s drum-solo-EXTRAORDINARE. It’s freaking amazing, and he was 76!!! This solo is on YT. I suggest you check it out. Like I said: Real Talent.

@@k.hendrickson8735 i own the Royal Albert Hall cds.

Yes I agree,best 3 piece band EVER!!!!!! 😍💜☮️💜

@9 Fathoms This particular performance is just... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Geddy Lee can sing, play Bass and keyboards all at the same time by utilising foot pedals :).

It isn't easy to sing at that caliber & play at that caliber so yes you're correct! I was a singing, bass player in a 3 piece heavily influenced by Cream...it's challenging but you have to put in the work. For the other commenter...Getty Lee is in a different dimension :)

Heh, heh..."Getty". Obviously a true Rush fan. Excellent :)

I play this song sometimes and playing bass and singing this is NOT EASY.

+1 A BEAST

3 is the magic number

Duos too. The white stripes, black keys

Tim R no way...the integrity of the song is compromised without a talented bass player who can fill out the sound.

Atlanta 1968.

Apparently they all hated each other or something

Jazz too, ginger and Jack were both jazz players essentially playing blues rock

To the degree that Cream is remembered today, they tend to be thought of as "Eric Clapton's band". But Bruce and Baker were at least as important to the band as Clapton was. Truly a band of three equals.

@@anthonygerace8926 they were never thought of as Clapton's band. Honestly never

Long Live the BLUES!!

You should check out the Rory Gallagher and Jack Bruce version here on RU-vid.

Me too....thanks for saying that...lots of people I know think that Eric was the main singer...although he sang a few Cream songs and I think Eric is awesome but Jack Bruce had an amazing unique voice that blew my mind as a kid and he didn't get the recognition as the real founder and vocalist for Cream,that he deserved...he'd probably prefer it that way....not to mention his bass playing...don't get me started on that...HA!

Jim O'Rourke I Agee 100%! Bruce was very special.

You should also check out Rush.

Drummers first have to learn jazz (Art Blakey and Buddy Rich not that elevator crap people think jazz is) and mix it with rock. Then guitarists need to practice the blues and realize that riffs and tapping isn't the only technique they can accomplish.

relatable!

I hear ya!

You're slippin.lol

and he was only 23...

Nathan Barge too many Led Zeppelin and Van Halen fans

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DXk--eL5-kQ.html

Nathan Barge Clapton is very repetitive in his solos, his solos almost always seem to become boring in some way, I'm not saying it's bad but the truth is a little overrated (I'm a Clapton fan)

Arnold Layne u know that u never get everybody happy Most say that Clapton solos are boring, And for example Hendrix solos are just noise, So what the fuck Just enjoy the music

And Ginger

3 incredible artists jack Bruce seems to play a thick bass keeping up with Eric and it's like each other no's what way the music will go Jack Bruce Scotland's genius RIP jack

Ginger baker quote.. we were the 3 best musicians around, that's why we called ourselves cream!

Scotland's genius RIP jack

Me too Lesley I saw them at Leamington which one did you go to?

@@peterrobin1881 Columbus,Ohio

Sabbath took inspiration from both Cream and Hendrix experience.Traditional doom metal is basically horror themed acid rock

Jack Bruce Scotland's magician

@jpkaneshieda242 You are SO RIGHT. Bought my first Cream albums in the late 60’s with my babysitting money. I still listen to - and rock out to them!!😜

JamesRestin Thank my dad I'm not one of them. I've listened to them since I was 5.

My 10th grade geometry teacher hipped me to them...36 yrs ago hahaha

Without my dad who knows been hip since 6

Parents: introduce your children! I was lucky that way. They are 1 of my favorite bands to this day & influenced me greatly while writing/preforming in my own bands. Simply because my father showed me footage & played they're albums for me when I was very young.

I had to find out about them on my own in the 1980s as a kid.

I love Glad...

Lol he still barely plays rhythm

The synergy in this song's solo is just incredible

Then there's players like me who can play rhythm well but can't shred solos for shit.

Especially when he had the les Paul going through the Marshall amp in John mayall days.

How can you say that?? The rithm guitar in politician is so good

Him and entwhistle both carried many a tune for their respective groups. Hard to chose the best. Many an argument with my late baby brother, with me favoring jack, though the Ox had a dedicated vocalist.

Yes! Especially Pressed Rat and Warthog's ending

I say the same thing. :)

You should check out the johnny defrancesco power trio. Highly HIGHLY recommend.

Don't forget GFR!!💜🎸

Yup including rush and the police.

Jack Bruce was a ferocious bass player Scotland is extremely proud

I think camera shakes

It was like Jack Bruce was ferocious with the singing and the bass 3 incredible artists trying to outperform each other we won't see other band who were free styling then come back to finish the song RIP jack Scotland's genius

And led zepplin... sounds dazed and confused style.

@@ninjavigilante5311 aonde kkkk

I don't know about you guys, but between Cream and Zeppelin my money's on Cream.

@@benkleschinsky yeah me too

@@benkleschinsky Cream's awesome. But, Black Sabbath blow them away.

Jack Bruce is incredible his voice and playing bass like that is incredible RIP jack Scotland's genius

They were indeed.

El mejor

They put all other power trios to shame

The best 3 man group ever because they were the first.. cream of the crop.

Pete Kernow probably too long a song for said radio station.

Born under a bad sign

Pete Kernow - because “I Feel Free” is a poppier song and the lead-single from the bands very first album, so in a way it’s the very first moment anyone ever heard Cream. Plus it’s a classic, as well...

HA I wish my radio station played Cream at all

@@mar-ew8fi ..years ago KSAN in San Francisco would play extended live Cream songs . Spoonful from Wheels of Fire , etc.. Waiting for a new generation of people to rediscover their musical brilliance .. it will happen .

Jack Bruce Scotland's genius what a incredible musician RIP jack

Jack Bruce is Scotland's genius

Yes maam.. Eric my favorite of all time

Jack..my favorite all time RIP

Jack Bruce Scotland's genius RIP jack what a incredible musician

I wonder how they didnt go deaf

Free , Terry Reid, or Rory Gallagher's band-Taste,at various stops on their farewell tour, warmed up for Cream.

Audio from this show is shit

I agree with you on the royal albert hall one

@@mohamedehab2203 i dont get it even audio in this video is superb how can you release that crap

But the Oakland show sounds good, doesn't it?

@@mohamedehab2203 yes it does