LOVE CREAM! 🎵 TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES Reaction

[@tundeappiah1410]

There are no drug references in this; It's all about Greek mythology.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Cream were heavy drug users. So, I wouldn't dismiss the drug connection in addition to the mythological connection.

[@beernmetal6964]

LOL! Nice use of the semicolon. Most people avoid it for lack of understanding.

[@joehynes5452]

I think it may be a little of both; tongue in cheek

[@joehynes5452]

@@beernmetal6964 I threw another one in there for ya, just because haha

[@tundeappiah1410]

@@joehynes5452 Damn, I thought it was my semi-colon he was complimenting.

[@ronaldelliott4373]

Turning literature into psychedelia. The creativity of Cream, remains.

[@doughaviland1729]

Jack Bruce on vocals and bass Ginger Baker on drums Eric Clapton on guitar Three geniuses brought together to touch your soul! 😀

[@kevinduffy80]

Well said Sir.

[@glenn7152]

Another,Well Said Sir!

[@casedismissed8581]

well said!

[@davedamron1876]

This is my favorite song by Cream. The wawa peddle guitar and trippy lyrics are great, but Ginger Baker's drums are absolutely amazing on this one.

[@briannemurdock4183]

SAME!!!

[@kkampy4052]

Same same!

[@rogercoles3973]

The guitar effect is a Wah-Wah pedal that is operated by his foot

[@scottdiehl6087]

Only abstract if you don't know what he's talking about. He's talking about the book The Odyssey by Homer, I would suggest you read it but would like most ancient literature it gets a bit wordy

[@Yesquire0]

Really? So he mentions Ulysses and the Sirens, so that makes it a song about Homer's Odyssey? Then what about the Aphrodite on the crimson shell reference? Does that make it a song about the birth of Aphrodite? It a song about a guy who left Britain for a warm weather tropical vacation and greatly enjoyed the company of a woman he met there. Not everything has to have deeper layers of meaning, and one cultural reference does not make the entire song that cultural reference. The narrator begins by saying he travelled from the "hard land of the winter" to the "violence of the sun", after which we get a lot of poetic beach, water, and beautiful woman references. Ulysses did not travel from the snowy land of Troy on a steamer.

[@gizzy2403]

@C Summers 🤣🤣👌👊🍻

[@HandleTakenlol]

Just watch The Abridged version which is of course the movie O Brother Where Art Thou

[@supertrexandroidx]

@@Yesquire0 Actually, the first guy was mostly right. It's basically Ulysses with a psychedelic twist.The song is based on a poem by Martin Ship, who also designed the album cover for Disraeli Gears. Clapton has this to say in his autobiography: "When [first meeting Sharp] he heard that I was a musician, he told me he had written a poem that he thought would make good lyrics for a song. As it happens, I had in my mind at that moment an idea inspired by a favorite [sic] song of mine by the Lovin' Spoonful called "Summer in the City," so I asked him to show me the words. He wrote them down on a napkin and gave them to me ... These became the lyrics of the song "Tales of Brave Ulysses." "Lyrically, it's a relatively factual and colorful rendering of the great Greek tragedy Ulysses." - Matthew Greenwald

[@derkommissar785]

@@supertrexandroidx Martin Sharp, who designed the Disraeli Gears album cover

[@MendezPalmira]

Cream is some of Clapton's best guitar work.

[@charleslesky2932]

What about Derek and the Dominos? Blind Faith? Solo work! Slowhand is his best writting and guitar work!

[@fmellish71]

@@charleslesky2932 Nah its Cream

[@SevenHunnid]

I’m a young mexican stoner trying to make it out the hood & this 9-5 by doing reaction videos & storytimes on my KZbin channel 💫

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

@@charleslesky2932 Nah 😏

[@rafterman5072]

Derek and the Dominoes I think is when he really became an all around great guitarist. With Cream, he was going 100 miles an hour all the time and with Derek and The Dominoes he learned to choose his notes better. I love his work in Cream a lot though.

[@piratemccall]

Cream was a gift from god. C'mon man, yeah it's a "trip", it's the tale of brave Ulysses!! It's all the passions of life in 3 minutes. From the smallest grain of sand to the mightiest empire.

[@traffiquest1094]

Mmmm...very truly phrases from yours...when you say "Crean was a gift from god.." Yes, the Force, Strenght and Perfection of Ginger. The Talent and Creativity of Bruce and the Magister Playing of Clapton and...OverAll is that I lived it with sixteen yrs old. A bomb, sonething unforgetable!

[@traffiquest1094]

(sorry >> Cream. Something)

[@blushingfrieza]

Cream's members are obviously talented (especially baker), but a clapton is a racist pos and is definitely not a gift from God

[@jo6paq]

Ok, Karen 🤣👌

[@davidhattman7649]

When you mix together three incredibly talented musicians and see what comes out. Cream is the finished product.

[@scottlaughlin9897]

I think you meant to say rush!

[@JaggedDagger]

@@scottlaughlin9897 I would say Cream comes in a good close second

[@scottlaughlin9897]

@@JaggedDagger oh for sure!

[@shobudski6776]

@@scottlaughlin9897 Fuck no. Cream any day.

[@scottlaughlin9897]

@@shobudski6776 fuck yes! Rush put out 50 X the music that Cream did. And the Musicianship was through the roof! Peart vs. Baker. Peart hands down. Geddy vs. Bruce. Geddy hands down Lifeson vs. Clapton. To each their own on that one. I prefer lifesons style. Although I do love Mr. Slowhand too!

[@jamosensei]

This is an interpretation of some of the adventures of Ulysses (Latin version of the name Odysseus), chronicled in the Odyssey. The sirens were creatures that lured sailors crashing their ships if they heard their hypnotic songs. Ulysses, being aware of this, had his sailors wear beeswax earplugs to avoid the siren's pull...however, he was curious enough that he wanted to hear it...so he had his crew bind him to the ship's mast so they could pass through the waters without Ulysses' interference. Aphrodite, well-known as the goddess of love, is only referenced in the Odyssey as cheating on her husband, Hephaestus, to be with Ares, the god of war...she doesn't really have any connection to Ulysses' journey.

[@seantimmons5900]

Aphrodite is more prevalent in the Iliad, which is a sequel to the Odyssey so.. there we go.

[@klaptongroovemaster]

Homer be trippin balls either way.

[@mikecaetano]

@@seantimmons5900 The Odyssey is the sequel to the Iliad. The Iliad tells the tale of the Trojan War. Odysseus was the hero of that war, the man who came up with the idea behind the "Trojan Horse". The Odyssey tells the tale of his voyage home from that war.

[@edprzydatek8398]

Huh!

[@johnkelly2663]

@@klaptongroovemaster 😁👍

[@myownchannel247]

That wah-wah sound you liked is called a wah-wah pedal which is run through the guitar and the guitarist rocks the pedal up and down while playing, in this case expertly by Eric Clapton who is sadly the only remaining survivor of Cream. Rock in peace Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. 🎸

[@johntremmel3949]

Eric Clapton on guitar was pure magic in the late 60s 3 piece band

[@joehynes5452]

Epitome of psychedelic rock , lyrics taken from Greek mythology. This is my favorite Cream song...and Badge. Badge is Fantastic!!

[@annaoswald5943]

The lyrics came from a poem Eric Clapton received from a neighbor, who thought it might be good in a song. Although it sounds psychedelic and trippy, there are no drug references.

[@johnbyrnes7912]

Oh Anna themm sailors were on something perhaps the lysergic acid from the moldy barley! 👹😈😎🎱🤡

[@mickcoleman2994]

The lyrics were written by Australian artist Martin Sharp who also did the cover art for Disraeli Gears (among many other famous works)

[@ryanmagiera4402]

@@johnbyrnes7912 lol

[@SillyUncleAndy]

Brad and Lex - When you said yesterday on the Eric Clapton Tears in Heaven reaction that you'd not heard any of Eric before, well he was actually the guitarist and backing singer of Cream. I love your enjoyment of Cream. And Brad it must be quite an adjustment to come from the music you've been used to with the focus on the words the then explore music that's more instrumental in certain parts so I admire your adventurous flair, Sir 😁

[@nomoretears879]

Just a guess but I'm pretty sure Brad and lex has had plenty exposure to classic 'motown' sound- a sound SOULY achieved by instrumentals/soulful voices... Just a guess though.. Speaking of.. brad and lex should try "for the love of money" by the OJ's ..

[@MrVicDog]

In this song the Bass player Jack Bruce is the lead singer.

[@davidkyle5017]

Psychedelic '60s music (by the great band Cream) telling their impression of the Odyssey. When bright talented people wrote music!

[@MrAnamchara]

If you next decide to check out a cream song , I’d highly recommend “ Sunshine of Your Love” or the cover they did of Robert Johnson’s song “ Crossroads “. I am very pleasantly surprised though, that you checked out this and “ White Room” as they aren’t the usual go to songs from them

[@johndrx165]

Good, but just their popular songs. Lots more to explore.

[@MrAnamchara]

@@johndrx165 Agreed but I think Claptons best guitar work from this band resides in those two songs, I think that’s why they are so popular. Just my opinion though. That riff in “Sunshine of Your Love” is one of the greatest guitar riffs ever composed and iconic. Nothing wrong with exploring other songs but it would be a shame to miss the ones I suggested

[@johndrx165]

@@MrAnamchara Understood. Just always see the same songs reacted to. I have a lot of their live stuff and plenty of great guitar work to choose from. Kind of like asking for Smoke on the Water or Purple Haze.

[@MrAnamchara]

@@johndrx165 Nothing wrong with those songs mate. Classics. If Brad and Lex are hearing any song for the first time or remember they have heard parts of it from advertisements etc, then what’s the problem. They haven’t had a chance to possibly get jaded by them. Good songs are good songs regardless if they are popular or not and its up to the listener to decide if they like them

[@johndrx165]

@@MrAnamchara Tru Dat.

[@rogerkelly7988]

Cream was a short lived band from the late 60s who shaped the rock music world with their music they were three hugley talented musicians who formed Cream only to break up a couple of years later but left some of the greatest music from the late 60s that would impact the music world for years to come

[@lancevaughn432]

Greek mythology,. Odysseus also known as Ulysses. A Greek tragedy. Homers epic poem, The Odyssey.

[@nightwood4379]

Succinct

[@reality1958]

Brad says "oh yeah they're definitely on something" and I about fell out. Young people today don't know what this era was like...of course because they didn't live during this time. But it was an entire culture of free love, drugs, protest, etc.

[@ptrlxc]

When I was younger, when this came out, there was a lot of us who listened to songs like actually read tons of literature, some of us would debate the books, some of us who debate the songs, some of us debated the songs of books, and some of us would just chill out and trip out on the music.

[@danamaguire4285]

Two Cream picks for Brad - I Feel Free and I’m So Glad

[@armadillotoe]

Another great song from the Disraeli Gears album. Sometimes lyrics don't tell a story, they just evoke images.

[@edprzydatek8398]

Exactly.

[@ryanmagiera4402]

No its actually a story that has been re told for millennia. since 700 BC. The Odyssey.

[@onsesejoo2605]

That sound is one of the first recorded use of wah - wah effects pedal on guitar. :) The lyrics are a poem written by artist Martin Sharp, a friend of Clapton's who also designed and made the album cover for "Disraeli Gears" on which this song first appeared. He was inspired by a holiday on The Mediterranean Sea that brought in the references to laughing fishes, heartland of the Sun, Ulysses and other Greek mythology. The story of the song has been available in Classic Albums - series, "Disraeli Gears". Musically composer Eric Clapton took inspiration from Lovin' Spoonful song "Summer In The City", the descending guitar line but it is not a direct copy.

[@mrgmusicclass]

It was indeed the Odessy. I dont think it's "about a trip," but it was definitely tailored to the psychadelic sensibility of the day.

[@MoonChild-1994]

Cream - Born Under a Bad Sign is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@FL8mileshigh1]

Clapton in top form in that one.

[@Retired_Nukeworker]

The reason Cream sounds different is because Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker loved jazz music. They created turbid-muddied rhythms with controlled chaos and precision that blues lover Eric Clapton could lay chords over.

[@jonhoward4884]

These two make it all about the lyrics, then it was all about the music.

[@timothynelms2683]

This was actually a poem that was written by a friend of Eric Clapton's girlfriend and the band turned it into a song. The writer of the poem also created the album cover.

[@jonk9154]

That's the great Eric Clapton on guitar wailing with the wah wah pedal.

[@sheldorleconcher8870]

Absolutely love this tune - always will.

[@johnnybags2324]

Their song “I Feel Free” is so incredible

[@randallpickering9944]

I love to see a new generation exposed to this great music.

[@samuelmregister]

pretty groundbreaking stuff for 1967!

[@norkannen]

Jack Bruce bass, Ginger Baker drums, Eric Clapton guitar. 3 of the best in the world at the time in one band. Just utter fantastic🤗😎👏

[@Cadinho93]

You guys should react to… Cream - Sunshine of Your Love 🎸🤘

[@dougca7086]

Not everybody back in the sixties and seventies we're trying to analyze every word of a song these songs were meant to dance to

[@StatisticsJason]

It was a little before my time but I read that the very first discos in the 60s would actually play rock music like this and people would dance to it. That's pretty cool.

[@dougca7086]

They were actually live groups at Rock clubs what you are calling Disco started the use of just playing music with a DJ and actually hurt rock music and live groups playing at ordinary clubs disco music was short-lived but these clubs never paid for live groups again

[@dougca7086]

But what you mentioned it was pretty cool to be able to go to a club meet women have a few drinks and actually dance with them totally different now where you're afraid to touch somebody afraid they might call it improper touching it's a weird world now the internet changed everything people think they fell in love with somebody they never met

[@samolevski1119]

Are you sure everybody was dancing to these songs ? I remember guys at school swapping albums and taking them home to listen to - not dancing around their bedrooms ffs We used to argue about lyrics because we couldn't always distinguish the words. Depending on education, many of us knew exactly what these particular lyrics were about as we used to actually read books back then, before the days of 24 hour television

[@dougca7086]

@@samolevski1119 I guess it depended on where you grew up and what kind of person you were I'm sure there were a few people arguing about words in the bedroom but it wasn't me

[@mnomadvfx]

This band was the genesis of Eric Clapton's guitar playing talent. It's his amazing guitar licks you are admiring!

[@chriswiedeman2956]

This was the first song that Eric Clapton experimented with the "Wah Wah" pedal for his guitar sound.

[@donmurray3638]

You'd never guess Eric had just got a recently invented Wah Wah pedal for his birthday!

[@cspaikido]

Probably my favorite of theirs. Had the pleasure to see them live in 2005 at Madison Square Garden.

[@charlesmarkley220]

Old references. When musicians knew what they were playing about.

[@felixkmgalanti9064]

That was our time and Day, Tripp'in was the mantra for that era, I was there and I did!

[@johndrx165]

One of my favorites by them. Dance the Night Away is a cool one too that is overlooked.

[@immortalserito774]

Yes and World of Pain!

[@DrPaul-xf4no]

Crossroads live by cream 1968 was absolute fire 🔥 y'all will love it 😍

[@TomGorham]

This is psychedelic and it really was great while tripping which I did at that time. Almost everyone I knew did. Brought back memories.

[@panicandfreakout-]

Martin Sharp (an artist)wrote the lyrics based on a vacation he took abroad to the Greek Isles. And that's a Wah Wah pedal and my all time favorite line "and tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers " LOLOLO...... and CREAM was Jimi Hendrix's favorite band and Bob Dylan was Jimi's favorite song writer.

[@pcard10]

Lex, that guitar sound is a wah wah pedal. Clapton still uses it on several songs in his shows.

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

My favorite Cream song...just wish it was longer.

[@SIXX2772]

Jesus, this is why you reactors can have success lol....I love this song but haven't heard it since I was a late 80s kiddo looking for classic guitar inspirations lol, remember drugs isn't needed for these songs to inspire musicians....don't forget that. Aint always drugs that propel these songs further

[@edwardrutledge2765]

The greatest trio from half a century ago. Two of them now gone.

[@Knightveil]

Clapton's guitar is being played through a wah-wah pedal. Essentially a variation of a potentiometer that changes the harmonic envelope of a sound based on its position. In practice, it's a pedal that the guitarist can rock a foot back and forth on, or put into a single position to create a particular sound. Jimi Hendrix "Voodoo Child (Slight Return) opens with a figure augmented with a wah-wah pedal. This song is the first recording by Clapton to feature the wah-wah pedal. The track "White Room" also features the wah-wah sound and a similar chord progression. The song itself is a psychedelic retelling of the Odyssey by the Epic Poet Homer (Ulysses is a Roman name for Odysseus, the major character in The Odyssey). The lyrics themselves were written by a gentleman named Martin Sharp who lived in the same apartment building as Clapton.

[@rickclark8657]

The lyrics are a poem written by Australian artist Martin Sharp

[@TheBuzzard1209]

Nooooooooooooo! Not Drugs! This was written by a Poet that Eric Clapton Knew, and he gave it to him in a BAR!

[@ugaais]

Cream was an amazing band…this is a take on The Odyssey by homer it’s greek mythology….rockers in the 60’s most were epic readers

[@marklowe8087]

The lyric was the work of Martin Sharp,an Australian graphic artist who did the Disraeli album sleeve.He described a gloomy winter's day in London,missing the beaches in Oz.

[@ryanmagiera4402]

Bummed that it went over Brad's head. Lex started to put two and two together. It would be very worth it to give a 2nd listen with some context and appreciation for the Allegory to The Odyssey. (Ulysses is the original Latin name of Odysseus) Here is the full background of this song though: The lyrics to the song is actually a poem written an Australian painter Martin Sharp who Eric Clapton was friends with. Sharp came to Clapton with the lyrics and Clapton had just composed a song he needed lyrics to! But, the vocals are all done by the Bassist, Jack Bruce... Sharp in turn has created the album cover, but otherwise wasn't involved in the band. The meaning: it is a relatively factual rendering of the Greek Tragedy The Odyssey, by Homer, specifically the eipsode of Aphrodite and the Nymphs when Odysseues and his crew port the Siren islands. But we can also all relate to it! How he traveled to a foreign exotic place and falls in love with both the land and a girl (who represents the place in a way). Now that he has met her, he knows that he can never be satisfied without her -- "you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands." He knows he must return home to the "hard land of the winter", and he wants to take her with him, but he also knows this is impossible...and even if he did take her back there, it wouldn't be the same, and eventually the magic would probably be lost. And he probably can't stay at the "distant beaches" for the same reason -- not only does he not quite belong there, but part of its magic for him is probably the temporary nature of his stay. He is destined to move on, but now he is doomed to be dissatisfied wherever he goes. While he is traveling, he misses his homeland where he really belongs, but once he returns, he is restless for adventure and can't forget the girl that he met, who is preserved in memory as perfect, whether she really is or not -- so what he misses may or may not even exist. It’s a feeling that everyone who travels can probably relate to at least a little... In my opinion, we don't make music with as much intention or allegory as the psych rock era. Maybe a guy like Kendrick Lamar, but largely his work is under appreciated for the layered meaning none the less.

[@mdhj67]

In years gone by I tripped many times. Never turned into a building or melted. I did see a stop sign melt once. Cheers,

[@neillenet291]

Please do Pink Floyd SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND.

[@allendesalme197]

Cream - one of the early supergroups!

[@johnmccarthy-behindtheveil]

The Odyssey by Homer. Classic greek mythology.

[@shivasrinivasan80]

It's either an actual tale of sailors on ship or the band is just on an acid trip or its about sailors on ship on an acid trip. Definitely one of these or all.

[@skatar01887]

It's called a wah-wah pedal used on the guitar & yes it's about Ulysses journey trying to get home from Homer's odyssey

[@davidstobie2751]

Hey Brad its called art. Music is the expression of emotion.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

somewhere a young Ripper leans back smokes and listens... ;)

[@damonhines8187]

That's a wah-wah pedal which changes the tone from from no treble to full., he used it in 'White Room' too. Also Hendrix' 'All Along the Watchtower', 'Burning of the Midnight Lamp' and 'Still Raining, Still Dreaming'.Check out 'World of Pain', 'Deserted Cities of the Heart', and a live 'We're Going Wrong', or the solo Jack and piano version.

[@Nonconformistwilderbeastman]

I've done the vitamin A trip several several times and I never ever imagined being a cake 🎂😂✌️♥️

[@rong4189]

“In trips you can turn into buildings, and melt..” 😂

[@leighfoulkes7297]

Ulysses is the Latin name for Odysseus who is the main character of the Odyssey. James Joyce kind of rewrote the Odyssey with his book called Ulysses (about a Jewish man name Leopold Bloom trying to get back to his cheating wife in Ireland). Eric Clapton loved the book, so he asked one of his friends to help him write a song about it (best book written in the English language by the way).

[@Toomaletoopaletoostale]

‘Wah wah’ effect on the guitar. Also “the are definitely on something” ..they were on everything.

[@scotttrainer9704]

Another song that shows the people who created new genres of music were well read, educated young adults. We don't see enough of that these days.

[@biglyyuge6012]

Girl you are charming as hell and bringing up The Odyssey! Charmed

[@how-to-linux.]

Classic freaking Cream.

[@mythicalmountancentralasia6183]

On this psychedelic tune, the legendary guitarist Eric Clapton, introduced the world to the wah-wah pedal and the supergroup too produced walls of sound, likes waves crashing

[@malcshone4409]

When this was written and recorded ( 1966/7), almost everyone was taking drugs such as LSD and so the lyric imagery was totally right for their audience/fans. Swinging London etc.

[@RobertHMason]

The lyrics by Pete Brown call on the kind of literature British kids are raised on. Lex is right about the references to Homer (The Odyssey and The Iliad ). Eric Clapton playing his guitar through the Wah Wah pedal gives it the distinctive sound. British Lyricists often draw on Mythology (e.g. Greek, Nordic, Hindu, Roman, Christian, Hebrew and Egyptian) for their inspiration. Some also draw on references from Shakespeare, Chaucer, Milton and other well known British authors to compose the images within their lyrics. American bands tend to be less literary, though William Burroughs was an inspiration for some US lyricists, and Bob Dylan was one of the great American poets of his generation. Right now I've got to work out what to do about these 10, 000 purple fishes that are running laughing through my fingers. Time for some sleep.

[@timmarshall2491]

Ulysses is the Roman/Latin name for Odysseus. It's about the main character from Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, who also appears in The Iliad (about the Trojan War and Achilles) and a few other of works.

[@christopherpollak7448]

It's called a Wah-Wah Pedal. Eric, Jimi and Terry Kath really know how to make the guitar sing with the pedal.

[@steamfish9]

you have now "touched" the Cerebral Cortex of Psychedelia. Clapton and his Wah-WAH pedal 🙂

[@YedMan01]

This is definitely my favorite Cream song all about Greek mythology, which we studied in school Homer was the author and The Iliad.

[@KingCthe5]

nice to hear this again you could check Crossroads ( from the album "Wheels of Fire")

[@FL8mileshigh1]

Brad: "Their definitely on something." LOL. "The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers".....The lyrics paint some impressive imagines in one's mind.

[@bessie1854]

The entire song was about the (mythological) experiences of the Greek Hero Ulysses - basically a song taken from the pages of The Odyssey.

[@isherrod13]

When I was a youngster I couldn't get enough of Cream.

[@SIR-DanielHunter]

That's Eric Clapton you reacted to a few days ago "tears in heaven" playing the guitar. They called him GOD in them days

[@remmymafia3889]

Brad/lex watching you listen to what was then referred to as the first trio to be called a 'super group'. I've watched your reactions now to three of their songs, and it's quite obvious, this music, like much during the psychedelic years ('67-'69) was out their with the lyrics. I love the chemistry that you have together- I'm on to Rumble with you.

[@countdoomiest]

This song is so boss. Easily one of their best. Next time you two dig into the 60s you have to check out White Rabbit. That decade isn't complete without it.

[@hilarywilliams1909]

Ulysses was the Roman/Latin version of the Greek hero Odysseus whose tale of his 10 year return voyage from the Trojan War was told in Homer's Odyssey (some of which is alluded to in this song).

[@lukedukey]

All these years and I never knew many of the lyrics...I've always just heard the melodies LOL

[@glennshelton7645]

This song was inspired by trips Eric Clapton took to the Greek Islands. Ulysses, also known as Odysseus, is a character of Greek Mythology. A hero of the Trojan War, he was the subject of the novel The Odyssey. The wah-wah pedal Eric Clapton used on his guitar was one of the first records to use it.

[@allendesalme197]

Ulysses is THE character the Odyssey was about. The only trippy stuff in it was the lotus eaters.

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

thats Eric Clapton on that guitar, Ginger Baker on drums & Jack Bruce on bass & singing - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS!

[@davidzimmerli489]

You could sit there for 1,000 years, trying to figure out what all the lyrics mean in an abstract song like this, and you never could. Most people, like myself, who heard this number, as well as other musical numbers, when they were originally released, never did. We just dug the incredible music made by 3 of the greatest musicians of the era, and enjoyed the strange but beautiful imagery in the lyrics. Great music like this was an escape from all of the thinking and analyzing we did in school every day. Listening to music was for shutting down the analytical portion of our brains, and grooving to something beautiful. It was all so simple then ....

[@alanFconrad]

Ginger is RUMBLIN on this tune

[@USTtraining]

Brad's analytical musings dovetail perfectly with Lex's gettin the groove vibe. You two are great!

[@allendesalme197]

These lyrics are absolutely literal and not abstract if you the tales of Ulysses in Greek mythology. These are about things that happened to him in his travels. You would understand it completely - you need to read Odysseus and The Iliad.

[@KM769]

Cream - I feel free, Sunshine of your love

[@jhcolebank]

It's a poem of Greek mythology. About his trip home after the war with Troy.

[@bryandaniel2281]

Cream uses mythological theme for their psychedelic acid rock sound. Yes they used LSD to enhance their creativity