Cream Reunion (again)

Some more clips from the DVD

Stormy, what do we need to be able to see those videos?

None of my media players are working with it.

Thanks man.

Taso

It opened and played in RealPlayer for me. It took a minute or two.

Looks like I was running a very out of date real player! lol. Thanks for the videos stormy, they were awesome.

Cream tickets came today in the mail!!! You get yours yet Blackzero?

They are AWESOME. Bigger than a normal ticket, and they have this (in color) on them

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I know I'm probably in the minority here, but frankly, I see the Cream reunion as just another bunch of artists eeking every last dime out of the gullible's pocket that they can.

Maybe I'm the ultimate cynic, but I'd much rather go see a dozen $10 door-fee bands in local bars who actually give a darn about pleasing the audience than paying $120 to see someone doing 30 year old songs for the millionth time without the slightest care about their fans.

Geez, you're in a mean-spirited mood today! :shock:

Why do you have to smear people who want to see these guys as "gullible"? That's insulting them for no good reason.

And to say that $10 bands are devoted to pleasing their fans and that musicians who have been around for a while don't have "the slightest care about their fans" is just not right. New bands can be as up themselves as the ones that have been around for a while, and pros are usually aware of the need to make an effort to please their fans. No matter how successful you've been it's still humiliating to be slammed by your audience for not delivering what they want. Bad business too.

Some old bands don't always play new stuff. So what! Sometimes it's because the fans like it that way. What's the big deal with being obsessed with constant newness? That's the curse of the TV age - we're encouraged to have attention span of gnats - 2 secs on one image, and on to the next one, zap,zap,zap... And some old musicians actually do get better with age, and more professional about how they put their shows together.

Don't be so darned cynical, you're insulting good musicians without knowing what they are doing and why, and you're insulting people here who are enthusiastic about it. That's not what GuitarNoise is supposed to be about is it?

Sorry that you can't be more positive, but I hope that Cream are excellent and that Taso and co have a great time seeing them.

Cream tickets came today in the mail!!! You get yours yet Blackzero?

Enjoy! :D

Let's just go back to talking about the weather before this post disappears. Wow! - can you believe that there is going to be another hurricane in the gulf? 8)

Let's just go back to talking about the weather before this post disappears.

Maybe you're right. :D

Beautiful day here today. Warm spring weather, flowers and blossom everywhere.... idyllic. 8) Absolutely Creamy.... oops, I mean Dreamy...

And no song writing serial killers in sight either.... :twisted:

Cheers, Chris.

And no song writing serial killers in sight either.... :twisted:

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........stick to the weather. :lol: It makes for a boring read, but hey..at least it don't offend anybody.

Look for my next post titled "The Weather and Guitars," it's gonna be..............well, kinda boring and repetitive.

I'm 48 years old.....most people my age never got to see Cream first time round, between 66-68 we were 9-11 years old....

There are people a LOT younger than me on these boards, why the hell should'nt we go and watch Cream this time round? Hell it's not just a gig, it's a MASTERCLASS....3 of the greatest musicins ever, playing some of the best blues/rock of the 60's.....

Taso, have a great time mate....I wanted to see them in London, but couldn't get tickets....

I also wanted to see John Fogerty in Amsterdam, I just wish the bugger would come to England.....

And I WILL be going to see the Stones next year, IF I can get tickets....why pay to see a bunch of old guys cranking out the same old riffs, you might ask? Because it'll be the Stones....and they still rock, and those riffs are classics......

Hell, BB King's just turned 80.....that's another guy I'd love to see on this side of the pond....

McCartney's 64, and his tour is getting good reviews.....

Face it, as Jethro Tull once said, "Never too old to rock and roll"............

OH.....and I did have the compensation last week, after missing out on Cream tickkets, of watching the '68 farewell concert on the BBC....on the same night as watching Clapton's documentary about the Robert Johnson inspired album, and then a look back at his career....

Auntie Beeb is still being nice to us Brits.....!!!

:D :D :D

Vic

As we've been down this road before and I recognize my view is decidedly in the minority, I'm not going to really engage this topic except to say the following:

B.B. King, Fogerty, McCartney, Clapton and Ian Anderson are examples of people who continue to create new music, and I would love to go see each of them performing their newest stuff (as well as old favorites). Some of them (King and Anderson) I've been fortunate enough to not only see a few times but to meet as well.

But take a look at a summer concert schedule for a local theater, and then look at a schedule for the same theater from 20 years ago. Now, try and figure out the differences. All too often there is none.

That in itself wouldn't be all that bad if when you showed up you at least heard the old musicians playing new tunes. But with rare exceptions you aren't even getting that pleasure.

Now, I'm all for free enterprise, and if someone wants to pay someone $150 to see the same show they saw 20 years ago for $10, then by all means more power to every one involved.

I however, don't get it. I don't find much respect for those who rest on their laurels, and I find the entire trend towards 40-somethings trying to re-experience their youth to be something of a rather sad social commentary.

All that said, I would love it if Cream would put out some new material. But if they don't, then in my mind, Clapton and company just took one step closer to being a Vegas lounge act . . . a fate they don't deserve, but which it appears fewer and fewer musicians have the courage to avoid.

Heck, if This guy could continue to write music until he died what excuses does anyone else have to top the one's he could have used?

If this were a serious reforming of the band then I could see your point in them needing to make new music and promoting that. But it's not. They're doing a handful of shows and that's it. Fans wanted it, the band members wanted it. I guess I don't have the problem with nostalgia like you do, especially with a band that has been dormant as long as Cream.

You're acting like they've been together for 40 years playing the same songs every year. They're not. They haven't played together in 37 years. Playing their classics should be expected. It's not like you can say "Oh I'm not going to see them, they're going to play the same songs they did last year, or two years ago". 37 years ago maybe.

As for prices, well, that's supply and demand--Economics 101. One of the greatest bands ever who haven't played together in 37 years are getting together for a grand total of seven shows. Not a lot of tickets to go around, so prices goes up. This isn't unheard of in music, or in any part of life where the demand is high and the supply is low.

Now, I'm all for free enterprise, and if someone wants to pay someone $150 to see the same show they saw 20 years ago for $10, then by all means more power to every one involved.
The point is I didn't see the show 20 or 30 years ago.and if I get a chance to see it now I will. Classic rock is still just as popular as it was when I was a teenager. That is all that my teenagers listen to.
In the past few years I saw America, Kansas, Moody Blues, AC/DC and the Eagles. Not much new material for any of them but they all ROCKED and were well worth the price of admission.

Patzer

First of all, I'm 17 years old. Believe it or not, I never had a chance to see them for 10 dollars, when you were walking 20 miles to school, up hill both ways, in the snow, I wasn't even born yet.

Cream's music will be new. To think that this will be the same show that they did 30 years ago, is kind of silly. All of these musicians have changed their styles, and had experiences which caused them to see things differently, and to play differently. I listened to a song 2 years ago, and now I can listen to it and it can mean something totally different to me, because of new experiences. Especially when you have a guy like Eric Clapton, who has the ability (and has done so) to change his style just like that for an album. It's common sense to expect a new version of the song. I don't know if you've listened to the recordings, but they don't sound the same as they did. Their chemistry is different.

You expect a band that hasn't played together for pretty much 30 years, to start creating new music? I wouldn't want to hear new music if I was going to the concert. I want to hear their classics, played live, I want to feel that, and hear and watch the crowd reacting to them.

It'd be great if they recorded a new album, but it's just not in the cards. Clapton has his own work he is trying to do, which was why they didn't do a world tour.

40 somethings trying to re-experience their youth? Three of my friends are coming with me to this concert, all very big Cream fans, we have never heard them live. We know it's not the same Cream, it's a more mature Cream, and we are fine with that. I'd love to hear how the songs and musicians have changed over the past 30 years, I really look forward to that aspect.

Las Vegas lounge act? They are doing three shows. THREE. That's it. Three. 1 2 3. They aren't doing this for the next 10 years, just three shows. God WILLING they end up doing another tour.

Thanks for the goodtime wishes! I'm going to have a blast.

Taso