Cream - Sitting On Top Of The World (Farewell Concert - Extended Edition) (7 of 11)

[@rsears78]

These guys toured so so so much throughout the mid 60’s I can see why they would want out

[@jerryberkowitz8555]

I saw them in 1966 at Union Catholic High school, they played 1 hour and left. They were totally burned out.

[@onoyudont]

terribly managed. Stigwood cut back their per diem right as they were at their zenith- to promote ... the BeeGees.

[@Blooze_hound]

My all time favorite blues song preformed by my favorite band with my favorite bass player. Cream was just way too epic...

[@arminiushermann09]

Jack is just on another playing field that others can't get to as most don't understand his greatness. That's why I love the story when he first came to Alexis Korners I believe it was. They tried playing a really fast jazz piece to throw him off an to try an to cut him but he picked it up no problem an played right along with the rest. And he was only a 19 year old kid. Jack will always, ALWAYS, be number 1 in my book.

[@dre4011]

You and I need to jam then!!

[@Itsthatguy24]

We would be friends! My thoughts EXACTLY!

[@magdalenazwieböck]

same same same

[@Cream1968]

Saw them in Chicago in 68, a 15 year old kid and now a 70 year old geezer…. I LOVE CREAM…🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@mattar35]

The best guitar player alive; the one of the best bassists ever; and one of the best drummers all the time. CREAM!

[@rossb.4773]

Ever hear of Jeff Beck???

[@arminiushermann09]

@@rossb.4773 Not even in the same league as Clapton, let alone Ginger Baker an Jack Bruce. Cream is 13.8 billion ly ahead of Jeff Beck as he is not even in just a single light year as Clapton, let alone Becks band compared to Baker an Bruce. Like I said, Cream was the big bang that started it all.

[@RedArrow73]

@@arminiushermann09 . . . and JB might well agree!

[@jg-gw5ls]

@@rossb.4773 lol. Ok

[@mailomail]

Pure virtuosity! The bass line in this song is really amazing. R.I.P Mr. Bruce.

[@rvic11]

I've heard Cream say they thought this was a poor performance...to me it sounds like they're absolutely on fire!

[@JS-pd7lg]

This is probably the best number from the Farewell show

[@frankspikes7858]

I love this show!!! So raw!! So powerful!! Cream at thier best!!

[@curlyfro97]

Really?? Wow. This is my favorite version of this song.

[@rvic11]

@@curlyfro97 Yeah, they basically said this original Farewell concert was rubbish. Crazy.

[@wilmer89]

it's just the sound and video quality isn't the greatest

[@magorzatazapert9955]

Jack Bruce what a feeling what a black soul and voice in WHITE Scottish man... Handsome, talented unbelievable guys... Long live Eric, R.I.P. gentleman Bruce and Baker

[@aviadilo]

Fantastic singing by Bruce! So beautifully passionate...

[@rodgarnay51]

Greatest rock singer I've ever heard. And to think Cream was the first band he was lead singer in!

[@ShadesBelow03]

Regarding the end of the band, and playing their last shows here, he was the one who took it the hardest, and it often shows.

[@rvic11]

What's amazing about Cream is, each listen you can zone in to just one instrument and be captured. Jack's playing on this is so much more interesting and clever than most other bass lines on straight blues tunes.

[@maxinemckenzie6076]

Yeah. Totally. 🎶👌

[@anthonygerace8926]

@@maxinemckenzie6076 Just an unbelievable band. Both Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker had a jazz background, which gave Cream a dimension that few other rock bands had. Prior to Cream they had played together in the Graham Bond Organization, one of the earliest jazz-rock bands. Unfortunately, Jack and Ginger hated each other for some lunatic reason, which led to the breakup of Cream after two years.

[@jakeg3733]

He was the prototype for playing the bass like a lead instrument. He and Les Claypool are, in my humble opinion, the greatest players of that instrument to have ever walked the earth. They have very different styles but a complete mastery of their craft

[@mrJimCharles]

That's exactly why Eric wanted to play with Jack

[@cliffords2315]

another thing that is amazing, is Clapton never again played like this,

[@anauticalgate5496]

Left it all on that stage.I can ask no more of them.What they brought forth ,can never be reversed , or forgotten.

[@anthonygerace8926]

Jack Bruce and John Entwistle were, for me, the two best rock bass players ever. Bruce was a hell of singer and a good songwriter too.

[@cliffords2315]

And both played through stacks of Guitar Amps, instead of the big bass amps of the time

[@storeymark]

This was recorded nearly 50 years ago. I never get tired of listening to this. Truly stands the test of time.

[@JackBruce33Cream]

Jack Bruce IS a force of nature.

[@stella3265]

Three guys who had the gift of swing. Amazing time. That’s what made many of the 60s rock so much better. Gift of swing

[@jaysonwilson2697]

Swing and bombast! Accenting and dynamics. My favorite band

[@ireneruthfox]

Jack was my muse.........what a bass tone.. He was the reason I play bass. RIP.

[@alejandrosilva4816]

Best ever blues...of cream ...great!!...more than awesome ...magnifico

[@oxfan9384]

what Jack played on the bass is a song in itself!

[@louiselupien-webber1728]

OxFan iii

[@NintendoSinceBirth1]

the vibrato jack puts on his bass is soo sweet!

[@LawrenceCarroll1234]

They did this SOOOO well!! It’s the most INTENSE rendition I’ve heard by either an individual or group. Beautiful!

[@Consher1964]

Jack bruce is just awesome

[@sergioaguilavera4952]

Este blues-rock es muyyyyyy buenooooos, esa fantástica guitarra de Erick, me trae muchos recuerdos de los años 70'

[@kevinmurphy4595]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5KVpGOfgtB6qpI Verdad !

[@jordox]

Another epic performance of that night, cream at there finest, going out with a f***ing bang!

[@burnsybaby1987]

Interesting though isn't it how all Cream members didn't rate it as a performance? It's mindblowing, to me. But by their standards, maybe not.

[@harlow743]

EXCELLENT LIVE VERSION !!!

[@SebastianErestal]

goddamn what a voice

[@marco-antoinebarbery7498]

One knows the best top three trios ever to play Rock and roll Hall of Fame stuff 👍😉😎

[@rubenjr2950]

Gotta love Jack Bruce in this one!

[@DavidSumeray]

I'm playing bass today because the moment I heard Jack in 1967 there was nothing else I wanted to do! Jack's the one to blame! :-D

[@anthonyburnam3103]

"jack had great sidemen". Great comment man.

[@flathead59]

Jack was a good old boy , I love ya ,and you were fuckin great

this is by far the best slow blues ı have ever heard..

[@stevehughes1510]

EC just slaying it here, all three of them going so well.

[@motherlessblues1565]

That is insane lead ,,no filler and such a human cry

[@goldenbutterrevue517]

Wow!! Jack had some serious pipes. Among other things. Greatest rock band of all time right here.

[@carl_anderson9315]

Cream story came and went almost as a urban legend, as a myth. The bands life was so short it feels like a deja vu. Only 4 years. They split before The Beatles did. But the music they made was so intense. I get a similar feeling when I listen to Badfinger.

[@TweedSuit]

Actually only 2.5 years. June 1966 to Nov 1968.

[@cliffords2315]

Clapton never played that good after Cream, he kind of faded away from the spotlight, sure he continued to play well,......but never like he did in Cream

[@kevinmurphy4595]

I disagree, but I certainly "understand" your reasoning. I think when he switched to "Strats" he was attempting to focus more on compositions as opposed to "jamming" due to the much documented influence of folks like : "The Band" and American Roots musicians like Leon Russell, Delaney and Bonnie and JJ Cale among others of course. After "Blind Faith", Eric got serious regarding his writing and he really blossomed.... If you listen to his first 1970 solo offering "Eric Clapton" this is clear, BUT his solo work w/ some of those "Roots" musicians, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon really gels and with Duane Allman setting fire to him Eric produced what many consider his Magnum Opus "Derek and the Dominoes, Layla and other assorted Love songs". Cheers @@cliffords2315

[@BillBerendsMusic]

Jack Bruce was a force of nature. Incredible.

[@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

you can sum this song up in two words, Power Blues!!! They took Howlin Wolf's tune and took it to another level, as the great British bands of the late sixties and early seventies did with all the blues legends tunes. Muddy, Willie Dixon, Howlin Wolf, john Lee Hooker and T Bone Walker's music was cherished by those musicians such as Clapton, Bruce, Jagger, Richards, Page, Plant, Allman, Winwood, and the list goes on!!!! What a great time for music!!!!!!

[@ulisanabria1950]

My God! Live wires!

[@judyblueyes1275]

From 3:39 to 3:59 that is such a great build up to the ending....gets me every time!! Turn it up and let it turn you on!! FANFREAKINGTASTIC!!!!!!! 😎🎤🎸☮️✌️

[@SoccorSaiyan]

I think the music was so good it melted Jack's mind at the end. Dat face.

[@johnjohnston4066]

one of my favorite songs!!!!!

[@janiemorris2086]

whew..... the best. takes me to another place ....... wish I could stay here permanently !!!

[@chrisgrow]

THE POWER THE GLORY THE CREAM

[@DogGuy19]

love this.

[@SupernalOne]

my favorite Cream song

[@MariaalbertinaEscateGomez]

Esos efectos visuales son el símbolo de toda una época, irrepetible. Los 60, la mejor década (incluyo la primera mitad de los 70)

[@MariaalbertinaEscateGomez]

Totalmente de acuerdo.

[@cristinamiguel4021]

The Power Trio

[@gbestates]

Eric Clapton plays lead for 3/4th of the song, yet not one clip. Maybe he was doing the filming while he played!

[@LuisFlores-gl7ke]

I did see an interview of Eric saying that he didn’t want the camera facing him cause he was wired up on some drugs

[@peterrobin1881]

Maybe that was because the cameraman realized that it was Jack not Eric that was the REAL GOD

[@vegabonzo73]

The entire camera crew for this concert should be hung. It’s like they hired people off the street, gave them acid and a camera.

[@guitar1067]

@@LuisFlores-gl7ke Not so. Eric was furious with Director Tony Palmer for not shooting him and the band like other concert films.

[@mns8732]

@@guitar1067 and not paying the band

[@rhjernigan]

Simply amazing!?!?!?!?

[@binocularsin1hand]

never cared for this song much when I first saw the Farewell Concert doc but now I can't get enough of it. I thought he originally sang "Have a safe Christmas".

[@SupernalOne]

the album version is one of my favorites

[@minorsnow5306]

SupernalOne the album version has a certain vibe n' slowheartbeat groove to it,that's killer!

[@greigskyless334]

An amazing performance of a great song. All three are on top form, which is aural Heaven.

[@ryancampbell1145]

That bass is just so meaty! Love it!!

[@wyythrow1]

im so glad ....im so glad...im glad....im glad...you agree...ha.ha..seriously this guy can play that bass...nice to get some feedback..cream lover from way way back when music was great.

[@ustheserfs]

Respect and salutations to the often coveted and copied Jack Bruce. A one in a million.

[@janeythebrit]

THIS is the shizzle......damn sexy music played by THREE utter MASTERS !....AAAAHHHHH

[@janeythebrit]

can you see that Jack's disappeared into a wee universe of his own during this song? that's where he is NOW..........I hope you grin that grin of utter ecstasy forevermore my dear Jack.......

[@Achimski]

Maybe with a little help from hes „friends“ ;-)

[@andy7823]

Are you mad ? Jack Bruce did not disappear anywhere, he died. After Cream he did ?

[@maxinemckenzie5765]

@@andy7823 ...a ton of interesting things? Yes.

[@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

This concert took place on the same date which The Band gave their final concert in 1976 in San Francisco in 1976, 8 years later!!

[@JohnMckinney-w2z]

Jack Bruce's bass playing is just magical a Scottish genius

[@arjunkaul]

Superb track, beautifully done by 'The Original BBC".

[@jaysonwilson2697]

My favorite band

[@war6431]

Cream are the Grand Masters.

[@XistoKente]

I love how after this hell of a performance Jack looks just so bored 4:28

[@Jhetpack]

That’s the look of a man who’d rather be getting a fix is what that is.

[@ShaKimono]

Its actually a look of sadness that all that energy they shared was coming to a end

[@martapereira3157]

Maravilhoso!!!!

[@EZ-tc3cu]

Legendary

[@PietroRumenta]

Masterpiece!

[@magpie1999aus]

This is how its done folks

[@Smokey_da_Bear]

The spark of a thousand fires!

[@craigmccauley5807]

WOW!

[@janiemorris2086]

out of this world..... this song is just pure JACK. Fuck alone knows why the music press kept ignoring him and kept harping on about Eric...... Couldn't they HEAR ? what he did on that bass was fucking nuts....and that VOICE.... THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE...!!

[@rubensjunior8586]

YES. The whole Wheels of Fire was pure Jack, there was Pressed Rat and Warthog in it, was Ginger's thing alright, but still the harmony, the lyrics, instruments...I mean Jack Bruce was the practical front man

[@jjm2308]

Well said Ur spot on

[@snarflatful]

Groovy effects, man.

[@winterland3253]

Wow

[@ahmetberkayezgu8457]

Good ol' cream squad! Lovely clapton.

[@hovercraft1232]

wow... so good

[@marfie53]

Jesus Jack Bruce was good!!

[@markmcmyn8967]

Yes folks this is the famed, eric clapton cream tone-always copied, never bested.

[@ClarenceHW]

Yeah.... using the 335 on this one... check out this live Sleepy Time Time version. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5Ldp3qBfMd4oKs

[@sammominks]

Ginger and Jack are making it swing so nicely. Eric is killing as usual. Cream was the best!

[@racingfan372]

I swear Jack is singing to stay awake in this clip.

[@siscoismyhomey]

So cool that this happened again at the same place in 2006

[@rc2464]

They were the epitome of talent and performance. No trio could ever match them (even Hendrix said it)

[@martin90adrian]

long live baker!!!!

[@roypreston8649]

Jeps. Cream are still the best. Can you name a better band ever ?

[@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@matthewrotherham Chester Burnett, AKA Howlin Wolf is the man credited for writing this tune

[@paulhilton4848]

Absolutely superlative! Bruce is a fucking beast! I love how he DGAF what u think he's just gonna make that bass his bitch! His vocals don't even matter. LOL!

[@ryandeanlindgren9054]

Cool!

[@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@matthewrotherham you are correct, surprised that the Wheels of Fire album from Cream shows Chester Burnett as the author of the song!!!Didn't realize there have been so many versions!!!

[@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

you show me three guys better at playing power blues and i'll eat my blues brothers hat!!

[@poorperson2181]

DAT TONEEEEEE

[@dolivetroyoga]

1 YEAR WITHOUT JACK

[@lars4738]

Had to take christmas in my overalls!

[@asaucerfullofsecrets]

One of my favorites! I love the studio version from Wheels of Fire too. I wonder what guitars he used on that album. I'm sure he used The Fool and probably the Firebird.

[@lars4738]

+Alex Green probably one of those into a fuzz pedal and a twin reverb. Thats at least what i think

[@kevinmurphy4595]

Thats a WORKIN MANS lament if there ever was one !

[@MrCarlopstar]

think the terrible footage contributes to create the magic and super-human atmosphere of Cream's renditions... the way the camera hides clapton's and bruce's hands playing the instruments, the close-ups at their cathartic faces, all of this makes you believe this is a kind of spiritual ritual, like a baccanal or something, not just a gig

[@Jamminmotorking]

I dont think clapton wanted his guitar work at the time filmed. If you lived back then you can remember how that style of playing seemed super natural. Now there are 5 year old kids on KZbin playing this solo note for note. It was way more fun when music was a mystery.

[@arminiushermann09]

thank you I am arguing with people on another cream vid about that, I said the same thing an everyone is putting me down, cause I read that some were he didn't want to be filmed cause he didn't want people using his technique or whatever an not cause he was shy

[@marcohuerta7698]

idk about note for note...

[@jonahmartinez4298]

+larkyleroy note for note is just note for note. It doesn't signify an ounce of feeling or soul in playing, which Jack, Ginger, and Eric had. Technique is one thing..

[@hdew77]

Would have been nice to see Eric, at least during his solo, a little more than 15 seconds from behind.

[@gabrielm6431]

incrivel

[@DavidBrown-iv6qh]

Useless camera work: Clapton is virtually ignored, even when soloing!

[@c00lbeans2419]

Sad!

[@INDLIS]

David Brown We get a little when he did Crossroads

[@emailercc3565]

you cant blame them, their was no president, before this it was covering glen miller

[@nufctillidie1743]

David Brown it was jacks wife

[@guitar1067]

@@emailercc3565 There are many well-shot concerts from this time, including Jimi at this same Royal Albert Hall.

[@tylergray9904]

the birth of hard rock

[@CheBellaTelevisione]

10/10 performance, 5/10 audio, 0/10 video. whoever filmed this had better enjoyed the concert

[@drlecter8145]

RIP JACK...

[@brucereed4145]

Reminds me about how much better the 335 sounded than the Firebird. I really love this version of that sound.

[@kevinmurphy4595]

I always dug the way the SG Eric played as well. Watching Robben Ford in the early 70s and Carlton is what made me want to get a 335. Cheers

[@mfundomorrison88]

I’m going to audition tge house band to my pub in Malaga to this album amongst others.

[@louisef.9137]

janeythebrit: absolutely could not agree with you more...although I think Ginger and Eric were there, too, no? 😜

[@erictripton]

Clapton is the Father of Hard Rock Guitar... does anyone else hear the various licks stole by page to make zeppelin I?? Yep, but Eric played so much smoother and precise.

[@Alex-et5tj]

And Clapton "stole" those licks from freddie king, buddy guy, etc. That's just how blues works man, everyone borrows from someone

[@gumpy4960]

Yer stole is to strong of a word. I will agree that Clapton was a smoother player than page, page was ‘sloppy’ live sometimes but still managed to sound good

[@JustAnotherBlader]

In 66-69 it was Clapton or Hendrix at the top of the rock guitar game. It’s hard to stand out against Hendrix, but EC doesn’t get enough credit with how precise and fluent his phrasing was… Ginger always said he was gifted with time. I honestly think at that time period, EC coulda played Hendrix’s stuff (with some practice), but Hendrix could never play what EC played during those live Cream gigs.

[@danpiehler7160]

Page definitely was sloppy in his live shows but i personally think his studio work is untouchable for that era. Clapton was amazing with his licks and so was Page.

[@mackmitchell94]

I don’t think Page plays in the same way Clapton does at all. Clapton is more contained in his playing and blues phrasing. Page has his own approach which is much more spontaneous, wild and chaotic yet still controlled . Page is a wilder and more gutsy player than Clapton, go listen to celebration day live in Japan 1971. He’s playing it on the double neck and alternating between 12 and 6 strings throughout the song and what he’s playing is essentially so heavy, it’s basically almost metal . Clapton could and would never play something like that . Clapton has different strengths, his knowledge of the blues but also the soul in his playing. He was his heaviest and imo best with cream.

[@janemorris1467]

oh hell i'm in LOVE........this is SO sexy. music just DOESN't get better than this - IMO , the BEST live CREAM track....