Not only does Scotland have a great upcoming football team, Andy Murray and Robert Burns, but we had one of the great bassists ever and part of one of the greatest bands ever Cream and I am saying that. So sad to hear that JB has passed away at the age of 71.
I was knocked out when I first heard Cream in the sixties and got all their albums immediately on release. Disraeli Gears with it's Martin Sharp Cover is a seminal part of the sixties culture and still one of my favourite albums of all time. I remember having to choose between Best of Cream or the Beatles new album Abbey Road, I choose the Cream. (we could only buy one album a month in these days)
His solo stuff too did not dissappoint and he also teamed up with Robin Trower with some fabulous results.
Great bass and fabulous Vocals. I loved Jack Bruce. What more can I say!.
MIDWEEK CRISIS your're going wrong, come to WEDNESDAY CLUB we've got an under age drinker, a beer commercial and one of the best groups ever!
I found out to-day
CREAM - We're Going Wrong(Live)
This is a fabulous live version of Cream in all their majestic glory (If you can forgive the dub over at the beginning) Jack Bruce has never sounded better, on this, one of my favourite Cream songs from their Disraeli Gears album. My Wife, who is not known for liking anything I rave about, was for some reason a Cream fan and especially this song. When Cd's first came out I asked her what do you want for the momentous occasion of your first CD. Disraeli Gears was her choice, mine was the more safe choice of Van Morrison's Greatest Hits.
I used to work in a Chemist after school (free Johnny's) and met a rival Chemist boy in a Pub one day (underage drinkers!) he was raving about this new Supergroup called Cream. I told him in so many words that they will never make and what does he know. The very next day I heard I feel free by Cream. I was hooked, every time I saw this guy I avoided him. How could I have been so arrogant and got it so wrong!! They turned out to be one of my favourite groups of all time and still are.
As a little bonus for all you Cream fans here is the advert they did in the States for Falstaff beer. If you have not heard it, this is a treat.
MIDWEEK CRISIS your are up the duff, come to WEDNESDAY CLUB we've got Squeeze, and it is my assumption you really are up the Junction
Beggings not my business
SQUEEZE - Up the Junction(1978)
Every now and again you here a song and it makes you just 'weak in the ears' 'Up the Junction' is one of theses songs for me! Every time I hear it I get all gooey and sentimental. Even Old Pa has got feelings you know!
I just love this song, it has got everything for me, great story line, great backing, To me this is 'street poetry'. I can identify with our hero, the times. The whole thing evokes great memories of the classic British films of the 60's which were black and white, stark and just told the story of the hard times experienced in the early 60's. Try watching 'Saturday Night, Sunday Morning', 'Poor Cow', 'A kind of Loving' and of course 'Up the Junction' to name but a few. If you ever get a chance to see these brilliant films please do so. You won't be disappointed. They are a beautiful time capsule of a time that either you remember or your Dad and Mum lived.
Back to Squeeze. I have been a fan since I saw the Picture Cover (above) for 'Up the Junction' back in 1978 while browsing in Woolworth's. It has one of my favourite song endings, I just wish that it would go on for ever and I have been a Squeeze fan ever since.
Talking about endings have You a favourite? Here are a couple that got me 'Tunnel of love' by Dire Straits, 'Ceremony/In a Lonely Place' by New Order, 'The White Room' by Cream Especially the Live Version . 'Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands' by Bob Dylan and of course my favourite ending of all time 'You set the Scene' by Love (Click to hear).
Check out a 'Best of Squeeze'. You can't go wrong there.
