Cream - Politician (Royal Albert Hall 2005) (8 of 22)

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Cream - Politician live at Royal Albert Hall, London.
May 2, 3, 5, 6. 1080p
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In May of 2005 Cream returned to London's Royal Albert Hall-to the same stage where they had completed what was thought to be their final performance in 1968. It was one of the most eagerly anticipated, hard-to-get tickets in rock history. With the exception of a brief reunion set at their 1993 induction into the Rock and roll Hall of Fame, Cream had not played together in nearly four decades. This DVD documents Cream's momentous London shows. Performances from each of the four nights are featured and much more. Also included are alternate performances and interviews with Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton. Cream formed in 1966 and disbanded in 1968. The band were a prolific and thrilling live act and toured incessantly in their short but remarkable history.

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@warrenbrewin950 4 жыл бұрын

Jack Bruce is one of the great all time rock vocalists. Love him.

@user-is5jd6il2f 3 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right on that one, warrenbrew

@hawkesworth1712 8 жыл бұрын

Jack Bruce - genius at work.

@carlbates24 8 жыл бұрын

One of the best ever bassists, the bloke is a genius, same goes for Eric and Ginger

@petermills2061 4 жыл бұрын

His album ' Harmony Row' is amazing . As a kid I 1st heard that through elder brothers & did'nt like at all ! him & Pete Brown lyrics I think ? great album.

@carolwolf9614 4 жыл бұрын

Jack Bruce. What a great singer. Along with his genius bass playing. R.I.P. you beautiful man.

@sdbolt65 11 жыл бұрын

Jack Bruce has some killer bass runs in this song.

@johnsmith100 2 жыл бұрын

Did anyone ever noticed how many important bands are there, in which the leader, or at least one of the main members, is the bass guitarist 🎸 ? How about The Police, Rush, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, KISS, Cream …

@mysteriowc Жыл бұрын

@@johnsmith100 Entwistle also IMO... Dude was irreplaceable on the Bass!

@johnsmith100 Жыл бұрын

@@mysteriowc John was a great bass player. However, he wasn’t THE main guy / one of the main guys in his band, that’s why I did not include The Who in my list above.

@robmiller2811 Жыл бұрын

@@johnsmith100 Thin Lizzy, Motorhead

@RastaSaiyaman 6 жыл бұрын

LOVE that deep punch of that Gibson bass.

@MrZootalores 4 жыл бұрын

Jack wrote this 'cause he was from Scotland but it's a plague world over of corruption I adored this song 50 yrs ago as a teen. Love you Jack ,i'll never forget you, you're my hero

@looseparts 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry. The lyrics of almost all of Jack Bruce's songs ()including this one) were written by English performance poet Pete Brown

@safkaesque 3 жыл бұрын

@@looseparts i think they somewhat worked together on lyrics. Plus i know from watching a jack bruce documentary that he disliked politicians that ask what kind of a society we want but do little to help but make the rich richer.

@GaryMarshallellis 3 жыл бұрын

I did not know Jack was from Scotland... I have roots there, Irving, Johnston, Foster... Corruption undermines all country's, and all forms of government.. All-way's has.. Trump tried to clean it up....

@dr.barrycohn5461 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone forgets that Jack Bruce was one half of a team with his pal Pete Brown who wrote most of the psychedelic lyrics of Cream's anthems.

@markhaus1329 2 жыл бұрын

@@GaryMarshallellis that's right!

@lvbbbasdsjcjm 12 жыл бұрын

What a voice after all these years! Jack Brice is superb.

@tthoy7338 3 жыл бұрын

Jack Bruce really was a great frontman, bassist, and singer

@robertsteinberg7042 8 жыл бұрын

Great to see Clapton stepping up his game to play with his old Cream band mates. RIP Jack Bruce. You were awesome!!

@pabloperez4063 4 жыл бұрын

Rip Ginger too

@richardreesman2192 5 жыл бұрын

Jack Bruce was one of a kind...RIP

@waltermameli2026 4 жыл бұрын

50 years later they sounded just like it was yesterday.....Quite remarkable.....

@ColtraneTaylor 4 жыл бұрын

35 years.

@MP40meatballTR 5 жыл бұрын

I love Clapton's approach in this performance. The "sloppy, slimey" solo really contributes to the overall feel of the song. Awesome!

@redpillpharmacy6877 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s a really lecherous solo. Perfect for the song.

@robertkelly6282 Жыл бұрын

Like our elected officials

@tmgranato 5 ай бұрын

Cream Clapton is the best Clapton!

@MrJDP1974 7 жыл бұрын

I love it when Jack looks, smiling back at Ginger after the change from that thickness that was Cream that started around 2:50. they probably wanted to kill each other during that run, but also shared some great times together. They sure changed my life and playing. humbly....

@AlejandroGonzalez-tf8lq 4 жыл бұрын

Do you play bass or drums? (Or maybe bass and drums)

@possibly8180 3 жыл бұрын

@@AlejandroGonzalez-tf8lq he's probably alluding to how much they hated each other back then

@thedolphin5428 4 жыл бұрын

When whole brilliant rock songs were conceived from a single 10 note riff which just blasts into consciousness, expands into the most incredibly syncopated piece of blues and then lives forever.

@fernandogarajalde4066 4 жыл бұрын

In the pocket drumming, laid back bass riffs,that “slow hand” solo... this is how a band should be.

@redpillpharmacy6877 2 жыл бұрын

Such a lecherous guitar solo. Perfect for this song.

@williammills3632 3 жыл бұрын

They always play different when they are together. They push themselves and each other. Thats talent that musicianship thats Cream

@tbone4646 8 жыл бұрын

Jack Bruce on bass...brilliant.

@jcedwards8363 7 жыл бұрын

AND vocals ........... not easy

@donnyosmond9507 5 жыл бұрын

JB o b

@dr.barrycohn5461 2 жыл бұрын

This one written with Pete Brown the great poet and lyricist. Great song from my high school years. Timeless, holds up well today and perhaps more so.

@matthewstein9257 4 жыл бұрын

Best trio ever, hands down!!!!!!!!

@Robconnors7253 4 жыл бұрын

I agree....

@zombywoof9188 4 жыл бұрын

Nope. Sorry. Ever heard of Rush? No douchebag ginger baker in it.

@ledkekejdjdjd8084 4 жыл бұрын

Hendrix exp?

@denizoktay850 3 жыл бұрын

Zomby Woof Rush couldn't carry Ginger's drumsticks, let alone be better than Cream

@davidcondra7466 2 жыл бұрын

cs&n and the bee gees would be hard to beat but I did love cream. Cream just broke up to sooon.

@jmgmarcus808 8 жыл бұрын

I always felt like this song was like an elephant walk.

@buddyollie180 7 жыл бұрын

jmgmarcus Yeah it does doesn't it?

@doubleddrummer 6 жыл бұрын

That was the coolest description of this song I ever heard! Now I will always picture that. ha ha

@billbryan9990 5 жыл бұрын

My son did his first dance to this a couple yrs ago when he was about 3. He would put his hands out in front of him and bounced them a couple of times then stepped forward foot by foot as he switched his arms to match. I can still see it. Ya know, those were the days! And still are! RIP JB

@jordandangelo180 4 жыл бұрын

Great description

@CockySoupNazi 4 жыл бұрын

Rip Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Love playing this on the the guitar.

@mohamedehab2203 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P jack and ginger Eric, last man standing

@johnsmith100 2 жыл бұрын

And this is after Eric was for such a long time “on his way out” :) He said in an interview that there is a period of 2-3 years he cannot remember what went on during that time. What a brilliant recovery !

@mohamedehab2203 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnsmith100 he's a struggle.

@g04922 2 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest bass players of all time. Watch him play - without frets. Amazing

@RastaSaiyaman Жыл бұрын

Err... no, the bass he plays here DOES have frets.

@g04922 Жыл бұрын

@@RastaSaiyaman www.premierguitar.com/media-library/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTc1MjI2NC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NjY1MTAxMX0.3PtHL1JBTZiZXP7jXbo2j8d_3OyIKkgvMcLQ62c4_2M/image.jpg?width=980&

@thewomble1509 3 ай бұрын

@@RastaSaiyaman Watch the whole concert. He also plays a Warwick fretless for most of the gig.

@RastaSaiyaman 3 ай бұрын

@@thewomble1509 I know, I own the DVD. But with the first half of the show and this particular song he used a fretted Gibson EB-1 bass, so I pointed it out.

@Salvo100 2 жыл бұрын

So Bad-Ass, I could live with this in my stereo system forever🔊🔊

@johnallenismynameandmusici2796 2 жыл бұрын

The smiling, friendly feelings these guys had for each other was amazing. I saw them in LA in '67. But seeing them aged (as I have also aged) I can feel how good it feels to them. Each was a virtuoso at their particular instrument and when they got together it was a challenge for them. I could tell Clapton hadn't been challenged like that in quite a while and he dug it. Jack was the humble one, really, Ginger had always thought of himself as one of the greatest drummers (he was the greatest imo) and Eric had so much commercial success. So Jack was kind of the glue to this trio (after he and Ginger were buddies again). I don't think I've ever seen a concert when 3 people were so tuned into to each other, so aware, they were clicking on all 8 cylinders and they knew it and that's why they were laughing and smiling, they knew they still had it and they were having a ball. RIP Jack and Ginger.

@anthonygerace8926 10 ай бұрын

Clapton was/is a brilliant guitar player, but he was at his best when he was with musicians that challenged him -- in Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominoes with Duane Allman. When he's not being challenged he's not at his best. True of many performers, I guess.

@russellvillinger9075 9 жыл бұрын

THE PRO`S,THE SOUL OF ROCK , GREAT SOUND TO LISTEN TO ALWAYS FROM THE BEST .

@thomasmoje5926 4 жыл бұрын

I rather like this live version of 'Politician'..clean, funky, good solid bass line and of course Eric Clapton's impeccable playing. All three musicians virtuosos at their instruments. RIP Jack Bruce.

@xtremenortherner 7 ай бұрын

"Eric Clapton on guitar! " "Jack Bruce on Bass & vocals;Ginger Baker on the drums!" = formula for greatness!

@AliKHAN-mq8br 10 жыл бұрын

Three of the BEST Musicians,but Ginger Backer is the TOP of all,more than seventy Years old und playing the drums better than fourty years before,-Who could strike him:There is no recent drummer,who could use the Bass-Machines like Ginger Baker!!!

@zakariabenabedrabou1388 5 жыл бұрын

Ali KHAN Keith Moon

@russellramsay1947 3 жыл бұрын

After all these years and still rip these classics to the musical edge.

@stratmanstratman5856 3 жыл бұрын

It ashame they didn't stay together they had amazing musical chemistry on top of being some of best musican in rock roll history , they were great but never as good when they were together

@alancrossley4461 3 ай бұрын

The consummate professional at his very best. Tone, technique and fingers connected directly to his soul.

@malcolmdrums 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting this up...one of my faves.

@bruceanderson8897 5 ай бұрын

If I could play guitar,I.would have it be Eric Clapton.He speaks to my heart.

@susanjoycesabo8450 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, they were so good! A few years ago I had the pleasure of seeing a concert by the descendants of the original band and also buying the DVD right afterward. They autographed the DVD and I chatted a bit with the son of Ginger Baker.

@dortega12 6 жыл бұрын

Big fan forever for Zep but this Show is better than the o2 concert

@rw7736 7 жыл бұрын

RIP Bruce ,,, sorry I missed you.

@S7EVE_P 7 жыл бұрын

I wasn't alive during their hay day so it was amazing they played live and I could get to watch them. A proper proper band.

@rw7736 7 жыл бұрын

THEEE BEST ROCK SONG EVER WRITTEN AND PREFORMED.... Period.

@NeedlessKane 12 жыл бұрын

It's badass that Ginger is using the same sizzle rides that used back in the day.

@johnmccann8319 2 жыл бұрын

Pure class!

@scottg2577 5 жыл бұрын

Ginger was 66 when he did this gig..Not one fucking mistakes from any of them. Eric 61 and Jack 63.Iam 65 Since I am a kid i have been listening to Cream.I remember when i was in New York and picked up Fresh Cream.I said what is this. Now i know!!What amazes me uis after all the drugs listen to Ginger i mean all of them. I play bass professionally and i remember when i was going to sleep one night, i had the radio on and Spoonful came on.

@teddywalter8465 2 жыл бұрын

They sound so freaking good man.

@wardka 12 жыл бұрын

No risk taking? Just getting back together after 150 years or whatever is risk enough!. I'm grateful to have gotten to see history being made. (And I *must* have this DVD)

@markhaus1329 2 жыл бұрын

I have that DVD and it's freaking great!

@larrylinden9805 3 жыл бұрын

Clapton should have borrowed his old Gibson "Fool" SG from the museum its gathering dust in... That would have been epic!

@thiagoalvescamargo4004 2 жыл бұрын

Quando vc vê um trio aí vc sabe que o guitarrista é o melhor..... Salve Eric Clapton...

@chis5050 4 жыл бұрын

amazing!

@fredbalandran3182 4 ай бұрын

Rip jack N ginger rocking up there with angels

@timbrown7656 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!

@samuelsessions2817 Жыл бұрын

Really great comments below. One thing often overlooked about Clapton (especially Clapton doubters(?)) is that how well he accompanies a lead singer. Just as he does with instrumentalists he understands what Jack Bruce is doing, and aside from playing the basic riff during the vocals, he does fills in moving back to that and leading up to Bruce’s next entry. Clapton is certainly one f the best ever at doing this.

@SamLibman 9 жыл бұрын

That guy at 1:22... He's in the front row, and he looks like he's just watching goldfish. I bet he's a politician.

@BigDtootall 5 жыл бұрын

Bet he is PW too. His "girlfriend" drug him there.

@Burnzy1976 4 жыл бұрын

Right? What a dud!

@PaulScholes4Ever 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that mike ashley?

@pabloperez4063 4 жыл бұрын

I am ThE man at 1:22. I have read your comment. Know that I Will sue you as soon as I can get in touch with my lawyers

@mitch7222 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@kellygold1256 3 жыл бұрын

Fellas found themselves in a groove and it was GOOD

@TheStutzv 5 жыл бұрын

So Gentle Bruce...

@mrearlygold 6 жыл бұрын

way better than led zeppelin. Much deeper menu of songs and thoughts

@CalebTrask 5 жыл бұрын

Plus Jack had a nice voice. Robert Plant's singing makes me want to jam a screwdriver into my ear.

@carlosprada4852 4 жыл бұрын

@@benstolz6503 well, Jack dissed from many other talented musicians. I mean, don't get me wrong, Cream were very talented, but they also had huge egos.

@pomod 3 жыл бұрын

I love both of them as drummers but yeah chalk and cheese. I personally prefer Ginger.

@romulocarbungco169 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@cascito 3 жыл бұрын

@@CalebTrask 😂😂😂😂

@altam10 4 жыл бұрын

If you guys focus on ginger’s drumming it’s so freaking tight!! RiP ginger 😭 rest easy my hero:(

@mancuniancandidatem 3 жыл бұрын

It's a thing of beauty for sure! Such a deep feeling coming from the drums.

@stevereed8786 4 жыл бұрын

Classic Ginger Baker.......

@frankstecker5675 Жыл бұрын

Great great. Cream

@ThomasMetal75 11 жыл бұрын

TURN UP THE GAIN AND FUZZ, COME ON!

@maximilianoflores560 8 ай бұрын

Unreal, The real Goats

@carlosarturogevaraamaya 7 жыл бұрын

todasumusicaes increiblesu tem thecream muymuy increible

@GreenmanXIV 10 жыл бұрын

Says all you need to know about fecking politicians, in one song.

@raihanshrk1955 4 жыл бұрын

Dut dut dut du dudududuuut dut...

@davecooper5951 2 жыл бұрын

Not many trios can top that !

@andrewdekovitch7144 Жыл бұрын

Yeah cuz there's not very many trios

@jcedwards8363 7 жыл бұрын

I sure miss you Jack

@Salvo100 8 ай бұрын

Love When Bruce points and says get into that big black car 3:47

@modgiemodge261 5 жыл бұрын

with your LP

@jadonfernandes7283 5 жыл бұрын

[Verse 1] Hey now, baby Get into my big black car Hey now, baby Get into my big black car I want to just show you What my politics are [Verse 2] I'm a political man And I practice what I preach I'm a political man And I practice what I preach So don't deny me, baby Not while you're in my reach [Verse 3] I support the left Though I'm leaning, leaning to the right I support the left Though I'm leaning to the right But I'm just not there When it's coming to a fight [Guitar Solo] [Verse 1] Hey now, baby Get into my big black car Hey now, baby Get into my big black car I want to just show you What my politics are

@HughSHay 5 жыл бұрын

BROOOOOOOOOOOOCE!

@gregorygrobel4477 9 ай бұрын

In the zone

@davidpatton7635 10 жыл бұрын

Cream, not Zep, was/is (by God they are all still alive) the best Rock band in history. The best writing (Bruce/Brown), voice and Bass (Jack Bruce) Guitar (Clapton) and percussionist perfectly suited to their attitude (Baker). No need to make excuses for their ages. They still have The Force. I wish they could permanently reform and, with the Stones, show following generations how they were so much better they are than the transient sh*t that passes for music now. Its not nostalgia like Count Basie or Guy Lombardo. There is a raw, elemental visceral quality unavailable now. Watch 20-something Japanese girls in the audience lost in the music because it speaks to them. Who the f*ck was Guns N Roses, anyway. I can't recall.

@carlbates24 8 жыл бұрын

Agreed they were all the best in their fields

@AREAL0YINZER 7 жыл бұрын

LOVE THEM BOTH, ZEP AND CREAM, BY ZEP BY A NOSE

@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer 6 жыл бұрын

I think the experience, cream, zep are the same tier. J beck group is too, just worse circumstances

@kevinindublin 6 жыл бұрын

Cream are great, but more one-dimensional than Zepp. Things were at a different point during Cream's time. You can't really compare the two.

@vincentbyrne2394 5 жыл бұрын

@David Patton Cream were terrific but not better than Zeppelin. Naturally people will give you lots of thumbs up for saying that on a Cream video. But come on, just listen to Levee Breaks ffs.

@pomod 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know man, Clapton's tone was never as great as the bluesbreaker/cream days - These tunes sound anemic without humbuckers and Marshalls

@JohnDoe-jc3cl 3 жыл бұрын

The popmodule - I WAS ABOUT TO SAY! These Cream songs don’t sound satisfying without a Gibson ES 335 with the famous Gibson PAF. The notes seem to die off too fast. And they don’t have the boldness.

@fins59 2 жыл бұрын

We wouldn't know because the quality of the recordings back then was nothing like as good as this.

@pomod 2 жыл бұрын

@@fins59 Yeah we would, because we all know what 335 into Marshall sounds like.

@fins59 2 жыл бұрын

@@pomod Then we'll have to agree to disagree, as I would far rather listen to this than the sound of the old days.

@modgiemodge261 6 жыл бұрын

This is the best live ever, ever, ever... now stream something

@p_sg3449 4 жыл бұрын

Heard versions of this with Gary Moore, Robin Trower and Rory Gallagher playing lead (who apparently hadn't heard the song until Jack Bruce explained the riff 10 seconds before they came on stage!). RG wins hands down. Check the video. What a phenomenal and underrated talent he was!

@prakis1958 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's a great version. Once Rory got into the groove, he really killed it. He looked a bit unwell at that point but his playing was incredible.

@geoffreyharold 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. JACK BRUCE

@320parks8 7 жыл бұрын

super faithful recreation ...if you prefer the strat over the SG. still pretty muscular late in life. hot show.

@CharlesCCRidesChandler 8 жыл бұрын

One more time!!!...:)O(:...

@marcoa.alvarez8162 4 жыл бұрын

A big elephant Indeed !!

@SeanBuchert 12 жыл бұрын

@rabbithog Jack said he really wanted to play I Feel Free but it was hard! Probably why they didn't play Strange Brew.

@jimcook8933 Жыл бұрын

Just missing a Wah-Wah peddle on this one. He's get the rest of the board all set on 10!!

@AREAL0YINZER 7 жыл бұрын

WAKE THE FUCK UP, GREATEST CONCERT, EVER, STFI

@i8urbabi 11 жыл бұрын

same mics too. minus the 58 on the snare.

@peterhusi6170 Жыл бұрын

Brauchst hier noch einen Kommentar - die Noten sprechen für sich !

@jeffreymiddleton4063 4 ай бұрын

Thats t8ght

@rabbithog 12 жыл бұрын

great band, i bought the D.V.D, why didnt they play STRANGE BREW ?

@tuxguys 5 жыл бұрын

(...and at 2:53, they share a brain...) Watch them tolerate each other between tunes, so that they can get to the next tune, and be, once again, the Greatest Rock Band of All Time. (Addendum, 10 months later) As Brilliant as EC's solo (reliably, always) is, his fills between JB's vocal lines in this performance are even more so.

@andthensome512 6 жыл бұрын

Modern television/video live mixes suck compared to old ones. The sound techs isolate the instruments way too much for their signals. Listen to Cream farewell concert, Who Live at Leeds, Woodstock, even Kiss Alive. Those are great live recording and mixing.

@patriciakrueger4677 3 жыл бұрын

? ??.....shaka laaa laaa laaa! Mazzy!

@jeffreymiddleton4063 4 ай бұрын

Fluid like squires blokes can stillplays

@zackamania6534 11 жыл бұрын

I like the shot of ECs Visvim loafers...about $2200

@jedlewis8232 8 жыл бұрын

Doesn't Jack Bruce look like Trevor Howard. "into the valley of death rode the six hundred."

@seanoconnor9466 8 жыл бұрын

I told you so

@s0hnar34 7 жыл бұрын

That's some dope politics

@wolfkarel 8 жыл бұрын

Jack Attack!

@snapfinger1 Жыл бұрын

Clapton changed parties going from a Gibson to a Fender.

@themilksnatcher 4 жыл бұрын

Any else think of the Grange Hill theme tune?

@jayturner3397 Жыл бұрын

Only reason I've ever wanted a black car tbh

@i8urbabi 11 жыл бұрын

tone change at 2:54

@saidmuhammadizzat4994 6 жыл бұрын

Looks like clapton trying to tell us that politicians are evil with that simple note🤣🤣. Not by the lyrics.

@keithgraham8588 4 жыл бұрын

I find it weird that Ginger Baker looks younger here than he did in the 70s lol

@Miwof 12 жыл бұрын

@cymbalhead6 ...this is not fair. At least from ~2:57 on Eric takes full risks and pours his heart out... The fire is gone with 60+, o.k., but everything other is near perfect, no routine performance...