Cream - White Room (REACTION)

[@danevans5823]

Agree with everyone,these 3 were the the top of the heap while they were together.

[@randyallaben9900]

An all time great by 3 musical geniuses. Clapton, Jack Bruce on bass/vocals, and the stupendous “Jazz” drummer Ginger Baker!

[@bennymartinez5532]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@qswitch2293]

You mean the colossal cunt that was Ginger Baker…great drummer…terrible human being.

[@mandobob]

Yeah don't call him a "rock" drummer. He would fly into a rage to anyone who called him a "rock" drummer. There is a film that was made late in Ginger Baker's life when he was living in South Africa (?). and he did not suffer fools gladly to put it mildly,

[@kikovazquez7277]

@@mandobob Didn't matter what anyone said or did, Ginger would fly into a rage. He was a rage monster...and this is why Cream lasted such a short time even though Ginger went with Clapton to do Blind Faith - which lasted one album. You'd think that being able to beat on the drums would smooth out the man's edge, but uh-uh -- he was a living, breathing series of human cymbal crashes, and the greatest rock band drummer of his time, regardless of his wider aspirations which he did pursue after Cream and Blind Faith had gone their separate ways.

[@MrDMF567]

Something about when Eric kicks on the wah just reaches into my soul. An all-time BANGER 😎

[@56music64]

Ginger Baker on drums was the first drummer to capture the African beat in popular music. Ginger was another genius. Discovered this song when I was 12, in 1968, still one of my top 10 songs ever.

[@chrissiler6075]

You hear Ginger's influence in every drummer since. He hit the drums with such attitude

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

And yet when Bonz debuted just half a year after this song, no one had heard anything like him. He made Ginger, Moon, and all the rest of them sound anemic and pedestrian in comparison.

[@mjb0183]

I love Ginger’s heavy deliberate drumming. It’s so simple but no one does it like him.

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

​@@Cosmo-Krameryou are simply delusional Bonzo is cool, but hype like yours is just wrong

[@Greg-io1ip]

@@gingerbaker_toad696 Thank you. Ginger Baker isn't second to anyone. He's his own artist. Neil Peart may have more speed, precision and transition, but Ginger Baker has a connection and pulse to everything he ever did that is fantastic. He's like Keith Moon but more precision than Keith Moon. Bill Ward gets overlooked as well. John Bonham is about #8 on all time best drummers. No shame in that.

[@Greg-io1ip]

@@mjb0183 Ginger Baker is the cleaner, more accurate version of Keith Moon is how I think of Ginger.

[@rickyesch1586]

Quite possibly one of rocks first great bassist in Jack Bruce and he was no slouch when it came to singing.

[@rms3jt805]

Eric Clapton on guitar was phenomenal on that song. Wah wah pedals to the max. Amazing performance.

[@AmbassadorJenks7086]

I know I'm bragging but, we had the best Drugs, the best Cars, and The Best Frigging Music!!!!!!!! What a time it was to be young. The sixties and seventies!

[@bobschiller6435]

Jack Bruce, while generally noted as one of the GOAT bassists, is also one of rhe greatest rock vocalists of all time.

[@johngriffiths118]

Completely agree . Monstered both roles .

[@DorothyFarias]

Brings me right back to listening to my older Sisters albums.

[@thomasgrammen1154]

The Greatest Power Trio of All Time!!!

[@steveullrich7737]

One of the finest masterpieces from the 60s. You never forget this song once you've heard.

[@-R.Gray-]

This was one of the earliest songs that featured Clapton using a wah wah pedal. One of the producers of Cream was Felix Pappalardi, who played viola on the parts of the song with those sustained notes. Later he became bassist and co-lead vocalist of the group Mountain, who were heavily influenced by Cream.

[@warrenbridges1891]

@-R.Gray- Jack Bruce later played in West, Bruce and Laing.

[@-R.Gray-]

@@warrenbridges1891 Yes, and also on the 1988 Leslie West album "Theme", where he played bass and sang on his "Theme For An Imaginary Western", and on a live performance of "Spoonful".

[@sutech161]

Thanks u2, great to see music lovers loving new/old jams…. Play it forward

[@stephenkittle6586]

Ginger was the driving Force, Eric used a WAA WAA Pedal, When I lived and skied in Vail CO, On DEEP SNOW DAYS The snow would be so DEEP and you could not see as you skied, At work WE WOULD PLAY THIS SONG and WE say "I WAS IN THE WHITE ROOM TODAY "😍😍😍😍❄️❄️❄️🌨️🏔️⛷️!!

[@mariaportengen2959]

An awesome number from an awesome band. Three great musicians, Jack Bruce, a great bass player and singer, Ginger Baker, a great drummer, and last but not least, Eric Clapton a real living legend. ❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶👍

[@markwilliams5606]

My Generation. Carry on 🏝️

[@vicprovost2561]

Living Legends Forever! 🎸🎤🎸

[@MonicaDBrini]

I love the drums on this track. Gives me a tribal vibe.

[@gramps6334]

Ginger Baker is one of my favorite drummers of all time. A freak. Double bass daddy. Listen to his song " Toad" from about 1970. It's crazy.

[@cherrypickerguitars]

First EVER “power trio”!

[@johnnyd5285]

Hard to believe, only 3 guys, drums, base, and Clapton on guitar. Such a big sound.

[@clifton8929]

Everyone is on point with this old psychedelic blues tune, Bruce’s bass underpins the main melody, Clapton does extraordinary things with his wah-wah pedal (one of the first to use it), and Ginger Baker excels on drums, particularly when he hits the home straight. Not a bad tune for 1968, Not bad for 56 years ago when I was 19. Thanks for the memories, guys.

[@markharbin9945]

Great band another power trio.

[@realbser1956]

Ginger Baker on those drums, one of the GOATS.

[@teresaferrer4748]

I'm so proud of you men! To venture in unknown territory and sink your minds,heart and soul into these great musicians. 👍 Well done!

[@joelliebler5690]

Another Hall of Fame tune that all rock fans will forever remember!

[@TheDivayenta]

Only three guys making a wall of sound! Great selection, fellas!!❤

[@rapidfirerob4]

I was in a Cream tribute band two years ago, Fresh Cream, playing the bass parts. I really miss it. Jack Bruce, the bass player and vocalist for most of the songs, was a genius. He and Ginger Baker were jazz players. They recruited Eric Clapton to play the part of Ornette Coleman, but never told him. lol. Pete Brown wrote the very interesting lyrics. Great power trio. The record label wore them out with the touring schedule, like many bands. Plus, Ginger and Jack were often feuding during Cream's time.

[@johngriffiths118]

Ginge always come across as an impossible man to work with

[@ungenerationed9022]

You gents are on 🔥🔥🔥lately! Well done!

[@Macstick]

Y'all are the best at this review stuff !! You understand music and the compassion that it takes to make it !! Kudos 😎

[@pedroperalta5719]

Love to watch you two rocking out to one of the great bands of my youth.

[@Sammylu-greenbeatsred]

Cream got back together in 2005 at The Royal Albert Hall. There is good video of them live playing "I'm So Glad", "Stormy Monday", and "Badge". They sounded great on stage with the newest equipment.

[@ostlandr]

But the old tube equipment had that warm sound.

[@timgrady4630]

1968 = timeless= this vibe , gentlemen . The "math" doesn't lie...

[@Michael-Philip]

My favorite wa-wa solo ever !!

[@swurvegirl1978]

Clapton's unique sound playing the guitar had me hooked and I fell in love with this song at only 18😊

[@martinstubbs7974]

The greatest trio ever to grace the stage. Loved your laid back reaction. Best wishes from the UK.

[@keyrat1753]

A 1960s classic!

[@albertzappa1994]

I graduated in 63 and that time was great for music and was not going to stay the same, just got better.💚🎸

[@darrenmaxwell1085]

Great band! Jack Bruce was a great singer & bass player and some great solo stuff, did some work with Leslie West of Mountain and Robin Trower! Ginger Baker, one of the great drummers did so much great stuff after Cream my favorite being his 3 albums with the Baker Gurvitz army! And of course Clapton, what can’t be said! But it was the Bands first album that stopped Clapton in his tracks thinking he needed to get out of the psychedelic blues rock find another path forward. Great reaction guys!

[@gregcable3250]

You know Eric. The bassist trained for 10 years to be in the Scottish symphony orchestra as the first Cello then heard blues/jazz and went full bass and became a jazz player. Ginger (Peter Edward) Baker (they call red heads in England "Ginger" instead of "Red"--as we do here) is unbelievable--a jazz drummer who could play blues/rock but always kept some jazz in this playing. In the 1970s, he would have drum duets live with the great jazz players such as Max Roach, who considered him a great jazzer and friend.

[@coinneachmaclellan3121]

Jack Bruce went on to play with The Tony Williams Lifetime, a pioneering jazz fusion group.

[@vicprovost2561]

Yes, I remember them, saw a few jazz rock shows back in the day.

[@ianhepplewhite8334]

I turned 15 in 1968 when this was released and the album this is from made a huge impact on me, especially the live album, i.e. one studio & one live album.

[@armadillotoe]

Cream was an incredible group. One of my favorites from the way back. Eric Clapton: guitar and vocals came from a strong blues background. Ginger Baker: drums came from a strong jazz background. Jack Bruce: bass and vocals also came from a strong jazz background. Together they were the cream of musicians.

[@fredshred5194]

They done a great cover of the Robert Johnson song Crossroads.

[@YunieDeen13]

one of the greatest trios ever man, we used to call this music heavy, heavy shit man

[@lisarainbow9703]

Saw them play this live in '05, at Madison Square Garden, their first concert on US soil in 30 years.. The crowd went nuts when they played this one, and they sounded amazing...

[@brandonboucher7090]

this song is something special

[@jimcole9751]

Produced by Tom Dowd, who also did most of the Allman brothers albums, including at the Fillmore East.... Him and Les Paul. Designed the soundboard that we use today . There is a documentary on him called the Language of Music...I believe it's on youtube.... The people he produced is a who's who of musicians.... He was so smart he worked on the Manhattan project as a teenager....check it out

[@SpuzzyLargo]

The wah-wah pedal was originally designed for the organ but taken over by guitarists by the late 1960s.

[@TerryVonCannon]

Great reaction guys. Three virtuoso musicians with Clapton being one of the all time greatest. Hendrix heard him playing and experimenting with the wah pedal. One of the greatest inventions in guitar tech

[@darkmagus64]

The great lyrics of poet Peter Brown and the virtuoso playing of Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and Eric Clapton was a majestic combination

[@jamespruner-he8qp]

Yeah, saw Cream in 68 at the Anaheim Convention Center. One of the best concerts I've been to. Saw most of the big ones growing up in LA as a teen in the late 60s early 70s

[@ryankennedy8884]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/boSyp2N4palqhq8

[@ryankennedy8884]

Here’s a bootleg of the show

[@wen-nz3sk]

Love this jam!!! ❤❤❤

[@Jeffbambam]

This bands life was way to short ,what a talented group !❤

[@wendyryder2708]

Yes it was TOO short!

[@cre8tivone]

Three virtuoso musicians screaming individually look at me look at me in perfect power, harmony, poetry combining into a one of a kind sound! A great group so short lived left us with what could have been. Great reaction gentlemen! ✌️😊

[@robertlavorna2968]

legends, 3 great musicians, the power trio became big in those days, like the Experience....hendrix, noel redding and mitch mitchell.....fabulous days when rock exploded which led to the best decade of rock , the 70s...

[@milanjtull5129]

Creams Sunshine of your love , Born under a bad sign , Badge ...etc

[@willblood7082]

These bands all evolved around the same time in England primarily around London in the early 60s through the late 60s. They would frequently hear each other playing in the different clubs and would knowingly or unknowingly influence each other’s music. Sometimes very difficult to make out whether they’re using a Wah Wah pedal, Whammy Bar, bending the strings or a combination of those.

[@mrh3578]

3 Legends! What a sounds

[@ziggy107]

one of the best, right out of peak, potent psychedelic London

[@TheDivayenta]

Anything off Jimi’s Are You Experienced album is also pure psychedelic blues. The Wind❤ Cries Mary!!!

[@ScottDeBerg]

Certainly one of the top ten guitar solos in rock history.

[@gillesmorin9439]

Best Power trio from the 60 with Grand Funk

[@AliasMark69]

I was born April 1954. Same as Rock & Roll.... Perfect.

[@kbrewski1]

Man, you guys are putting em out so fast I can't keep up! This is just a killer tune . Loved it the first time I heard it blasting out of the radio over 50 years ago. Ginger Baker's drums are just killer, Clapton's guitar playing, Jack Bruce's great vocals and bass. Cream was the first GREAT POWER TRIO. They defined what a power trio should sound like. Everyone who came after were playing catch up. I'm surprised you didn't go crazier over that heavy drum sound though! Thanks for the reaction guys!

[@melissaford717]

Cream was a huge band growing up in my house due to my older cousin's love of guitar 🎸. Every time I hear this song, I think of Billy and 'The Great Flood of 1993' when the whole neighborhood flooded and our basement had 3 feet of water (and rising). I was only able to save Billy's vinyl copy of Disraeli Gears and the rest of his albums. Good times and great review!

[@deaniegarcia5694]

Definitely influenced my musical bent growing up! A great tune, a reflection of the times…so glad I grew up in that time..I sometimes wonder what happened to the idealism, the kindness and acceptance of each other as brothers and sisters?

[@ML-un1oi]

An iconic band that only lasted a short. Now you guys are starting a wonderful journey that will not disappoint. Thanks for bringing us along. It is a pleasure to watch and listen to you two. Much appreciated 🙏 ❤

[@gregcable3250]

Unmistakable Eric Clapton on that guitar with the wah-wah pedal--he and Jimi were the first and best innovators on that.

[@luisayala2440]

love it, keep this music alive

[@tektoniks_architects]

Hugely influential track by one of the greatest 3-piece rock bands of all time. Led Zeppelin might have happened without Cream, but not in the same way.

[@OroborusFMA]

Just compare Cream's "Toad" to Zeppelin's "Moby Dick".

[@tektoniks_architects]

Bonham made it clear that Toad was inspirational to his later solos.

[@norahdenovan8658]

OMG, at last you’ve got to Cream👏👏👏👏they have been in my life for over 50 yrs plus, they were played in my home as a child by my elder sister& I carried on, happy happy days ❤

[@ReesesPieces634]

Cream did a reunion concert not too long ago (RIP Ginger Baker) at Royal Albert Hall. Great disc.

[@patrickvecchio8138]

Iconic song

[@willowvee5844]

This song is just like a great poem, on that sounds familiar and takes you on the ride.

[@ptofview]

Those drums get me every time!

[@jackempson3044]

Never could figure out what they were singing about but the words go good together. Great song.

[@shyshift]

It’s about dying and being in limbo while waiting to go to heaven or hell or stay in the white room.

[@jackempson3044]

@@shyshift Never knew that and I know the words of the song.

[@davidrauh8118]

Jack Bruce the bassist sings both parts. When they would perform it live Eric Clapton would sing the falsetto part but in his normal voice. Jack also played piano and cello but not on this song. FYI

[@jeraldkimball494]

One the first supergroups. Crazy there were only 3 people making all that sound.

[@mikeconway9849]

Great reaction! I really enjoy 'new' fans enjoying the music I grew up with and loved!

[@tireshredderjoe8894]

One of the greatest psychedelic songs ever made!

[@barrycohen311]

Clapton kills on on the Wah Wah on this one.... Just a band of musical prodigies. Ginger is one of my favorite drummers.

[@matthewhunt7665]

Cream is so underrated. It's almost absolutely ridiculous, good call guys.

[@Historian212]

Underrated? Are you high?? Well known as one of the GOATs.

[@alanstrom2221]

Man, if you think that Cream are under rated then you must be mentally challenged. 3 of the greatest musicians in the history of the Universe that made the Beatles look up and pay attention. Lennon said to Ringo " Have you heard this Drummer, Ginger Baker?" Ringo said "Gear" Anything that was very good quality Ringo called "Gear" Ringo calls Marge Simpsons artwork "Gear" They were the catalyst and major influence of The New Yardbirds that brought Led Zeppelin into existence. Rock doesn't get any better than this, well apart from STATUS QUO that is. 1968 I was 7 years old, and I remember hearing "White Room" coming out of a neighbour's radio. I stopped transfixed, looking at the radio. This is called a music epiphany. I was drawn to the Drumming and became a competent Drummer myself. When you're a kid you only have a few epiphanies that stand out. I think I had several. "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors was another one. "Down the Dustpipe" by STATUS QUO 1970 was a major life changer. "Up Around The Bend" by CCR "Can the Can" Suzi Quatro, was the first album I bought with my own money, in hindsight it is one of the best Produced albums ever recorded. My cousin Greg had a copy of PILEDRIVER by STATUS QUO in 1973 and I heard my future /present favourite Rock Band. STATUS QUO had been a Psychedelic Pop/Rock Band from the mid-60's 'til they transformed into a blues-based Rock Band in 1969/1970. From a caterpillar into grand butterfly. "In My Chair" in 1970, is a filthy, dirty, grungy Psych/Blues song that sounds as if it could fall apart at any time. The best & greatest Rock Band of all time had declared their new direction, they had arrived. In a BBC interview in 1977 John Lydon told the interviewer why The Sex Pistols liked and respected STATUS QUO. QUO's attitude was very similar to the PUNK ethic, if not the same. Lydon said that if you don't like what QUO are doing, then you can F#ck off. CREAM were World changers for a couple of short powerful years. Have a listen to Cream's LIVE recording of "CROSSROADS" it is bloody awesome. The 3 greatest and most influential Bands in history are STATUS QUO, THE BEATLES & THE SEX PISTOLS. Then comes ABBA & NIRVANA........... That's just my experience and my opinion from a very passionate music lover...............

[@cameronstestingart794]

Clapton was/is a phenomenal musician, singer all his career with the Yardbirds, Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek and the Dominos Next from Cream - sunshine of your love 🔥 And crossroads 🔥

[@allisondownes7481]

True psychedelic poetry! Great choice, great reaction! Wish you guys could have been with us back in the day when this was all magical and new!

[@timmiszkowski9222]

You guys are my favorite. Wide variety and great reviews. You know what you are talking about. Nice job guys. Tim from Detroit.

[@AirplayBeats]

Thanks Tim!!

[@cletushouse906]

Nailed it. Good call guys.

[@randymalsom8768]

I LOVE IT. IMAGINE IF I WAS STONED.

[@mrnobody9104]

Eric,Jack & Ginger were the definition of power trio to bad they couldn't see past their differences....

[@biggie9817]

I never realized how good Ginger's drumming was until I saw a live performance on YT, and then it became something I can't un-hear now.

[@gregcable3250]

Finally! The MIGHTY Cream makes an appearance. Check out their most famous song--"Sunshine of Your Love" studio version. Also to get a sense of how they were live check out their 1968 version of an old blues song, "I'm so Glad" and you'll get an idea why they were the Cream--best on their instruments. Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3_Oko2Ap8eZZrs

[@kbrewski1]

I think White Room is their definitive song!

[@josephhall1241]

Airplay Beats, I just wanted to let both of you know that I have been enjoying your Channel and content for a long time now. Keep it up and I will feel blessed. Thanks again

[@BClarke]

I love how this song sounds like a march, but the chaos of Clapton’s guitar is slowly released verse by verse until it takes over the song. But the whole time, there’s still Ginger Baker on drums, holding down that beat with military precision, no matter how much the guitar is breaking the boundaries.

[@DLux437]

What a band & what a fucking song

[@patrickdoake6022]

St real band I got into in early 70s, love white room, still listening to cream ☮️✌️

[@grandwazoodebris1015]

Legendary musicians. Jack Bruce played so much different stuff, with so many different people & lots of solo albums (Trower, John Mclaughlin, Leslie West, Vernon Reid, Tony Williams ...). He really was wide ranging guy. I think Ginger Baker moved to Nigeria and recorded w/ Fela and others (even more wide ranging guy). I think one of them said "we're always playing jazz, we just don't tell Eric".

[@larryg7126]

I was there and I agree they take you back the 60s & psychedelia. Ginger loved the floor Toms & influenced a lot of drummers. I'm sure Neil Peart would have been one of them. Ginger's influences were jazz drummers, Phil Seamen, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones and Baby Dodds were the main influences on his style. The rhythm section that hated each other, Ginger & Jack played in the Graham Bond Organization, Jack quit after Ginger pulled a knife on him, on the bandstand. Ginger swore he would never play with Jack again. Ginger asked Eric (who was hot at the time) to get together & said pick any bassist except Jack (who was hot at the time), Eric said the only bassist he wanted to play with was Jack. It was ill fated from the start. Eric nearly had a nervous breakdown on their last tour (to fill previous commitments), & asked George Harrison to come on tour with him (I don't believe George played at all but was there for Eric, George said you could cut the tension with a knife). Eric added a Harrison song to the set but he couldn't read Georges handwriting & called it Badge. What George wrote was bridge as it was supposed to be a portion of a song he hadn't written yet, a beautiful song, a beautiful mistake, on the Cream Goodbye album.

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

Cream was a live band!!! They only hinted at what they could do in their studio albums.. 🤟👹❤

[@denisemangan1413]

You loved it I could see🇦🇺🇺🇸

[@myowndrum286]

'Slow hand', Eric Clapton can play so much better than many people realize. I've loved his talent for over 50 years.

[@se6550]

Love it.

[@robertstoner8244]

Eric singing and shredding on the guitar 🎸🎶