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Cream — Tales of Brave Ulysses
Album: Disraeli Gears
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Released: 1967
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You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun

And the colours of the sea bind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips

And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind

The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter

Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Ulysses, how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing

The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter
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Ginger
fucking
Baker
Posted 7 months ago by walk2k    [ Reply ]
Love the trippy lyrics. May have already said this but the live version on "Live Cream vol. 2" is way, way better. 
Posted 7 months ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 capandjudy wrote:

I'll always be a sucker for guitar work with a Wah Wah pedal. 

same!!!
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
I was the PA announcer at my kids' high school soccer program for a few years in the late 1990s. This song was part of the pre-game "warm-up" music ... because it rocks and I wanted these overeducated prep school kids to get a dose of quality R&R.

About halfway through the season, a kid came up to me after the game and said, "You played a song about Brave Ulysses, right? We read that story last semester. The song's pretty cool."

Didn't ask him about the Curtis Mayfield or Humble Pie songs. Figured he was paying attention to them, too.
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Similar to a Chicago song with way too much emphasis on the "Wah pedal".  Probably cool at the time but to quote Cheech and Chong:  "And now here's Carl on the Wah...Ok...that's enough Carl...I said that's enough Carl...CARL GIVE ME THAT WAH PEDAL..."  Even the stoners knew it was annoying after awhile.  I'm sure Bill will appreciate that reference.  Cheers to RP!
Posted 1 year ago by terryweir    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

I always thought about how extra awesome this song would be if Led Zeppelin did it in their own style. 




You are a peculiar one, aren't you?
Posted 2 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
I always thought about how extra awesome this song would be if Led Zeppelin did it in their own style. 
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Just five years before this: "Mashed Potato Time", Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion", "Duke of Earl", and "Peppermint Twist".
 
We really turned a page there.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Terrific
Posted 2 years ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
 avikatz wrote:

How can this be anything but a 10? But I wish we had the lyrics



The lyrics are not for the faint of heart.
Posted 2 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

Clapton's guitar work never sounded better than it does here. 




I Agree!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 MrStatenIsle wrote:

LIke a not-as-good, alternate take of 'White Room'.


This was released before "White Room", but it is pretty much the same chord progression.  No matter really, both great tunes.
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
LIke a not-as-good, alternate take of 'White Room'.
Posted 3 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
Those were the days my friend.....we hoped they'd never end!
Posted 3 years ago by hdavid7    [ Reply ]
Whow. Seldom played but wonderful.
And to realise that there's only three of them.
Gotta be a 10.
Then Bill segs it into Division Bell; it's why we listen to RP.
Posted 3 years ago by BuellRider    [ Reply ]
Curious how I eventually grew tired of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath but never grew tired of Cream.

We played Cream during Grade 10 art class while making Jimi Hendrix silk screens.   
Posted 3 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Aphrodite on her crimson shell.

This is one of Cream's greatest!  The imagery evoked by this song is second to none. Also, what band today makes such reference to Classical mythology?
Posted 3 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
Always want to hear Suzanne Vega's Calypso after this. :)
Posted 3 years ago by k1j2cat    [ Reply ]
this crushed my young adolescents' mind
and then throw in some three letter drug to coat it all
Posted 4 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
Clapton's guitar work never sounded better than it does here. 
Posted 4 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 DrDemento wrote:
You thought the leaden winter
Would bring you down forever
But you rode upon a steamer
To the violence of the sun and the colors of the sea
Blind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches
With tales of brave Ulysses ,How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you
To touch their white laced lipsAnd you see a girl?s brown body
Dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow
Where the sky loves the sea And when your fingers find her
She drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples
In the tissues of your mind .The tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter. Her name is Aphrodite
And she rides a crimson shell
You know you cannot leave her
For you touched the distant sands with tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
Yeah .The tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
You want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter
 

Posted 4 years ago by DrDemento    [ Reply ]
 Walrus_Gumbo wrote:


Sorry, that sounded nothing like Cream. Quite horrible actually!
 

They might have been thinking of Negasonic Teenage Warhead, rather than "Evil".
Posted 4 years ago by marcet    [ Reply ]
I'm thinking Monster Magnet stole part of this song on "Negasonic Teenage Warhead". The part right before "I will deny you, I will deny you baby!"
Posted 4 years ago by marcet    [ Reply ]
Not to bang on but this is a straight ten right up there with Cream's best and extraordinary by any absolute standard.    Depressed mood, elevated mood, procreation and nuclear physics in the first line of the lyric with the rest delivering an insight into Greek mythology among other things.   And the only time I have heard it broadcast in the 50 odd tears since it was released is on RP.  Tune into RP and you will not tune out.  Many thanks.
Posted 4 years ago by WeAdmire    [ Reply ]
 capandjudy wrote:

I'll always be a sucker for guitar work with a Wah Wah pedal. The first rock band that I ever saw was Cream in 1968 in out little town and Tales of Brave Ulysses just fried me. I think that their show must have been a stop over to larger venues because Cream was really hot at the time. I don't have a frame of reference but I think that they all played with the same intensity that they would have anywhere else. What an education. 
 

The Live Cream vol. II version just crushes. My neighbors got to hear that over and over when I was a teenager. 
Posted 5 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Oct. 6, 2019
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/ginger-baker-dead-dies-cream-drummer-1203360690/

Ginger Baker, Drummer for Cream, Dies at 80
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Depressed mood,"leaden winter".   Elevated mood, holidays and travel, "rode upon a steamer".  Love and procreation, "trembling mermaids"  "purple fishes".  Quitters and winners  "take her with you to the hard lands of the winter".  Nuclear physics "violence of The Sun".  2 mins and 40 odd seconds and just about all of life is there.  And then there is the playing, Baker and Bruce's rhythm is sublime and Clapton perhaps at his best.   Everything is 'king gorgeous. 52 years since it was released and still fresh.  A double solid 10.  More Cream please vicar... 
Posted 5 years ago by WeAdmire    [ Reply ]
Used this as pre-game music for Tampa Prep soccer games in the late 1990s. 

Figured a title like "Tales of Brave Ulysses" would get it past any  uptight parents or faculty, and the kids would get a dose of good music. 
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
You thought the leaden winter
Would bring you down forever
But you rode upon a steamer
To the violence of the sunAnd the colors of the sea
Blind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches
With tales of brave UlyssesHow his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you
To touch their white laced lipsAnd you see a girl?s brown body
Dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow
Where the sky loves the seaAnd when your fingers find her
She drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples
In the tissues of your mindThe tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winterHer name is Aphrodite
And she rides a crimson shell
You know you cannot leave her
For you touched the distant sandsWith tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
YeahThe tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
You want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter
Posted 5 years ago by DrDemento    [ Reply ]
As I've commented on other Cream tracks, this power trio was my "gateway band" - they opened my ears to the wonders of psychedelic rock.

Reading some of the 1st hand tales of seeing Cream back in the day....I stifle my envy while closing my eyes to imagine what that shit was like.....Far out!  Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Trembling mermaids, indeed! I will never  forget listening to this in my little room on my dad's farm, speculating that there might be a whole weird world beyond that little room, that little farm... I had enjoyed Fresh Cream as a rock-n-roll album riffing on the blues, not unlike the Yardbirds and others, but Disraeli Gears was psychodelic (back when they spelled it with an "o") and  I had to get me some of that action! Turned out to have been a good call.
Posted 5 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 capandjudy wrote:

I'll always be a sucker for guitar work with a Wah Wah pedal. The first rock band that I ever saw was Cream in 1968 in out little town and Tales of Brave Ulysses just fried me. I think that their show must have been a stop over to larger venues because Cream was really hot at the time. I don't have a frame of reference but I think that they all played with the same intensity that they would have anywhere else. What an education. 
 
I had a half chance to see them in 1968 and didn't take it.  I made no mistake in May 2005.  As I handed over the premium for the tickets I suffered a little insecurity that at the time I would not have been able to describe.  Later Jack Bruce was asked whether they had rehearsed.  (They were so good it was apparently inconceivable to the interviewer that things might have been spontaneous) Yeah came the reply we scheduled ten weeks or so, there was some slippage but about six weeks pretty solid - we didn't want to be a tribute band to ourselves.  He had precisely described my reluctant expectation. 

On the night there was no MC cobblers, the lights dimmed slightly and the conversations in the auditorium went down a notch.  Suddenly there they were. Baker brushed the drums, instant silence and straight into I'm So Glad.  It was bang on 8.00pm when they started.  Two and half hours later they were gone.  I don't think they hit a bum note.  'king marvellous. 
Posted 5 years ago by WeAdmire    [ Reply ]
How can this be anything but a 10? But I wish we had the lyrics
Posted 5 years ago by avikatz    [ Reply ]
To quote Sir Lil John - "Yyeeaahhh"
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 WBOB wrote:
Ahh the old Wah Wah pedal  
 
I'm told this was the first ever album the wah wah was used on

Posted 5 years ago by wayne.edginton    [ Reply ]
 WBOB wrote:
Ahh the old Wah Wah pedal  
 
I'll always be a sucker for guitar work with a Wah Wah pedal. The first rock band that I ever saw was Cream in 1968 in out little town and Tales of Brave Ulysses just fried me. I think that their show must have been a stop over to larger venues because Cream was really hot at the time. I don't have a frame of reference but I think that they all played with the same intensity that they would have anywhere else. What an education. 
Posted 6 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
Ahh the old Wah Wah pedal  
Posted 6 years ago by WBOB    [ Reply ]
 woodchuk wrote:
Such spectacular imagery in this song!  Sandro Botticelli on acid!!!!

 


 woodchuk wrote:

Indeed!
 
A song from a time when the great literary and artistic works of the Western canon could inspire songwriters.
  


You and I think alike. {#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}



I still prefer the live version from "Live Cream vol. II". Clapton's guitar playing on it is astonishing. 
Posted 6 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Great music, great musicians 
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
Depressed mood, elevated mood, procreation and nuclear physics in the first line of the lyric.  Then there's Bruce and Baker's rhythm, not to mention Clapton's guitar. Rock/blues at it's best. And before today I do not think I have ever heard it on the radio. Ever..Thank you Bill and Rebecca. 
Posted 6 years ago by WeAdmire    [ Reply ]
 Dave_Mack wrote:
She drowns you in her body.  What a way to go!

 
Indeed!
 
A song from a time when the great literary and artistic works of the Western canon could inspire songwriters.
Posted 6 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
 {#Arrowl} Click for story.

 

Thanks for that link, Jag!


Posted 8 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 Dave_Mack wrote:
She drowns you in her body.  What a way to go!

 
ginger
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Spinal Tap.  And I mean that as a good thing.  
Posted 12 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 eltom wrote:
IMHO too much overrated. Just decent.
 
If ye weren't there it might be too hard a stretch.

Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
IMHO too much overrated. Just decent.
Posted 13 years ago by eltom    [ Reply ]
Takes me right back to 9th grade. There I am, head between the speakers of my RCA portable stereo, doing my algebra homework. I was might have been wearing stay-pressed slacks, too.
Posted 13 years ago by paulmack    [ Reply ]
She drowns you in her body.  What a way to go!
Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Happy Birthday Clapton!
Posted 13 years ago by SirLars    [ Reply ]
Such spectacular imagery in this song!  Sandro Botticelli on acid!!!!
Posted 13 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
INCREDIBLE COVER - GREAT SONG - AMAZING GINGER!
 
What kind of acid were they on when they made the album cover - window pane?

Posted 13 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Disraeli Gears - The first album I ever purchased... And I bought it new when it came out. I bet I can still dig it up somewhere. I purchased the CD about 10 years ago too. The first 45 I bought was "Incense, Peppermints." That one is loooong gone.

Posted 14 years ago by shmuelman    [ Reply ]
I think we need an 11 for this one. "11-Transcendent"
Posted 14 years ago by dewinter    [ Reply ]
 {#Arrowl} Click for story.
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 Flipmode wrote:

Huh.. interesting.

I also thought this was remade by Monster Magnet - but it was a different cream song that sounds the same as this. You all should check it out ;)

(edit) Nevermind... Monster Magnet remade "Evil"
https://www.amazon.com/Superjudge-Monster-Magnet/dp/B000000IHC/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1263235824&sr=1-26
 

Sorry, that sounded nothing like Cream. Quite horrible actually!
Posted 14 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
 Stave wrote:
........

I love my ipod, and I love that I can carry pretty much my entire music collection on my person without lugging around a backpack full of CDs, tapes, etc. but by the same token if all my music is on my hard drives, what chance will my own future kids ever have to dig around and learn how cool I was?  .....
 

Just make sure that when you buy music to put on that iPod, buy the CD and load it that way. I must have 300+ CDs that my 5yr old has already started rifling through (not to mention the LPs that I still own from my youth).

Posted 14 years ago by pcarew    [ Reply ]
 ihategrapejuice wrote:
Knowing very little about the relative histories of Cream and Leonard Cohen, I put forth that this song reminds me a lot of Suzanne:

Suzanne takes you down to 
her place near the river 
You can hear the boats go by 
You can spend the night beside her 
And you know that she's half crazy 
But that's why you want to be there 
And she feeds you tea and oranges 
That come all the way from China 
....

Something about the narrative style and rhythm of the words. Maybe there is a very good (and/or obvious) reason for this that I'm missing.

 
Something tells me it would entertaining to play these songs live, with the lyrics interchanged...  I'll get to work on that.

Posted 14 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
About the time of my first tab........{#Bounce}
Posted 14 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
 rascal420 wrote:
I never really liked anything this band did ever - always sounded tinny and dated and the lyrics are just weird.

But I can see how people would dig it since it hadn't yet been done over and over yet.
 
Lyrics are strange - I sing "White Room" in my band and always wonder how I can remember such lyrics!
But I can never remember the chorus properly.
Suffice it to say, I'm always happy to get to the wah-wah solo.

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:
This album just blew me away when it first came out.  It sounded like nothing else!  Solid 10.
 
Yeah, I listened to it constantly.  Love it still!

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
This album just blew me away when it first came out.  It sounded like nothing else!  Solid 10.
Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
Note to self: Cloud Cult Water, Water to Cream Tales of Brave Ulysses is an awesome move to be remembered.
Posted 14 years ago by denbear    [ Reply ]
 ihategrapejuice wrote:
Knowing very little about the relative histories of Cream and Leonard Cohen, I put forth that this song reminds me a lot of Suzanne:

Suzanne takes you down to 
her place near the river 
You can hear the boats go by 
You can spend the night beside her 
And you know that she's half crazy 
But that's why you want to be there 
And she feeds you tea and oranges 
That come all the way from China 
....

Something about the narrative style and rhythm of the words. Maybe there is a very good (and/or obvious) reason for this that I'm missing.

 
Just what I was thinking! {#High-five}
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 ihategrapejuice wrote:
Knowing very little about the relative histories of Cream and Leonard Cohen, I put forth that this song reminds me a lot of Suzanne:

Suzanne takes you down to 
her place near the river 
You can hear the boats go by 
You can spend the night beside her 
And you know that she's half crazy 
But that's why you want to be there 
And she feeds you tea and oranges 
That come all the way from China 
....

Something about the narrative style and rhythm of the words. Maybe there is a very good (and/or obvious) reason for this that I'm missing.

 
Huh.. interesting.

I also thought this was remade by Monster Magnet - but it was a different cream song that sounds the same as this. You all should check it out ;)

(edit) Nevermind... Monster Magnet remade "Evil"
https://www.amazon.com/Superjudge-Monster-Magnet/dp/B000000IHC/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1263235824&sr=1-26


Posted 14 years ago by Flipmode    [ Reply ]
{#Music}     I never tire of Cream's studio works.

Not knowing anything about them, I saw 'em live at the Grande Ballroom (Detroit) during their debut weekend in autumn '67.

Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I never really liked anything this band did ever - always sounded tinny and dated and the lyrics are just weird.

But I can see how people would dig it since it hadn't yet been done over and over yet.
Posted 15 years ago by rascal420    [ Reply ]
Brilliant. Clapton is amazing. Love the poetry.
Posted 15 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 palexis wrote:
 Stave wrote:

, what chance will my own future kids ever have to dig around and learn how cool I was?

My son at age 5 learned how to operate my iPod. He is now 7, and his favorite Beatles song is "Helter Skelter". Other favorites of his include Neil Young's "My my hey hey" and the Flaming Lips' " Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots".

In a way it's easier to go through songs on an iPod without having to take records out of their sleeves etc... with the added benefit of not being prejudiced against the music solely based on the cover art.

You lose some and win some.

 

At age 9 he will be a junky - you bet!
Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
INCREDIBLE COVER - GREAT SONG - AMAZING GINGER!
Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 Stave wrote:

, what chance will my own future kids ever have to dig around and learn how cool I was?

My son at age 5 learned how to operate my iPod. He is now 7, and his favorite Beatles song is "Helter Skelter". Other favorites of his include Neil Young's "My my hey hey" and the Flaming Lips' " Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots".

In a way it's easier to go through songs on an iPod without having to take records out of their sleeves etc... with the added benefit of not being prejudiced against the music solely based on the cover art.

You lose some and win some.

Posted 15 years ago by palexis    [ Reply ]
Knowing very little about the relative histories of Cream and Leonard Cohen, I put forth that this song reminds me a lot of Suzanne:

Suzanne takes you down to 
her place near the river 
You can hear the boats go by 
You can spend the night beside her 
And you know that she's half crazy 
But that's why you want to be there 
And she feeds you tea and oranges 
That come all the way from China 
....

Something about the narrative style and rhythm of the words. Maybe there is a very good (and/or obvious) reason for this that I'm missing.

Posted 15 years ago by ihategrapejuice    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

Amen. CD covers and embedded MP3 graphics just don't cut it in this regard.
 
It's interesting how we pay for advances in recording technologies in other ways.  I had a few LPs as a little kid so I remember what it was like to have access to large-scale art to go with my music, but by the time I got old enough to really start developing my interests vinyl had gone the way of the dinosaur.  My generation was probably the last one that got to go through our parents' recollections and (hopefully) have that revelation that our parents had been cool once.

I love my ipod, and I love that I can carry pretty much my entire music collection on my person without lugging around a backpack full of CDs, tapes, etc. but by the same token if all my music is on my hard drives, what chance will my own future kids ever have to dig around and learn how cool I was?  Where will they get their sense of history and context when it comes to modern music?  I'm not going to say whether we're better off in this regard or not now, but all progress does have its price.

Posted 15 years ago by Stave    [ Reply ]

Dude. . . like, did you say that was microdot?  Cuz, my hands are invisible and I can smell the color of the music. . .




Posted 15 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 Jungle_Jim wrote:
Any excuse to drag out the cover artwork to Cream's Disraeli Gears by Martin Sharp - one of the best bits of British psychedelic graphics of the 60s (even though Sharp was actually Australian). The songs a good bit of wah-wah power blues and out-there lyrics.
 
Amen. CD covers and embedded MP3 graphics just don't cut it in this regard.
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 ginniet wrote:
This song is one of many played by RP that takes me back to my high school days.

{#Eek}

 

Holy smokes, we're old, aren't we?
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
This song is one of many played by RP that takes me back to my high school days.

{#Eek}

Posted 15 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
I still like hearing this song, even if the lyrics are a little silly and Jack Bruce's voice really strains annoyingly in several spots.

Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Any excuse to drag out the cover artwork to Cream's Disraeli Gears by Martin Sharp - one of the best bits of British psychedelic graphics of the 60s (even though Sharp was actually Australian). The songs a good bit of wah-wah power blues and out-there lyrics.
Posted 15 years ago by Jungle_Jim    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Tiny purple fishes...

All right, all right... I can place some of the blame for my relatively high standard orbit on this and others like it.
Credit where it's due!

Thanks, Bill!
 

Tiny purple fishes could be a metaphor for sperm. I looked at mine under a microscope once. They were tiny, purplish and, boy, could they swim!
Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
This mix sounds different for some reason.
Posted 15 years ago by DrCyKosis    [ Reply ]

Still makes my hippie trippie....


Posted 15 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Now THIS is music, boys and girls!

Martin Sharp was the cover artist, also responsible for the art on Wheels of Fire. And Jack's songwriter collaborator was Pete Brown. Beyond ace-engineer Tom Dowd making this LP what it was, credit also has to go to Felix Pappalardi, the "fourth member of Cream."



See this ==> https://www.thelanguageofmusic.com/

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Now that's a sublime segway from Icarus Wings.  I dare you to play Sea Child by Hot tuna next!
Posted 15 years ago by albupp    [ Reply ]
Saw a documentary on the making of this album. The guy who did the cover art on this album (can't remember his name) wrote this tune as a poem while he was in Greece (and under the influence of a certain controlled substance). He showed the poem to Jack Bruce and the rest is history. Great tune. 10
Posted 16 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
This was one of the first albums I bought when a young lad.  The lyrics and instrumentation, etc really were new and opened up the musical boundaries.  Great stuff!
Posted 16 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
Tiny purple fishes... All right, all right... I can place some of the blame for my relatively high standard orbit on this and others like it. Credit where it's due! Thanks, Bill!
Posted 16 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
His naked ears! Agh !
Posted 16 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
Far out, man!
Posted 16 years ago by kinAy    [ Reply ]
ChardRemains wrote:
I asked for this album for my birthday when I was a kid....my parents told me it was "too druggy" and gave me Sgt. Pepper's instead. go figure.
You have made my day HA HA HA!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
Damnit, I can't find 11 on my speakers! Definitely in the top ten for my category of "Turn it up" songs.
Posted 16 years ago by Dirktooth    [ Reply ]
Period piece. I hear a little Leonard Cohen in the lyrics now that I think about it. RP could easily double the Cream and Blind Faith spins and I'd be happy.

Posted 17 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
RedGuitar wrote:
If I remember correctly, the album cover glowed under blacklight. Very cool!
...depends on what you ingest first. Lots of wine makes it wobble, lots of pot makes it vibrate and just a smidgen of acid makes it glow. All three makes it the 60's again.
Posted 17 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
Howling_Rabbit wrote:
Wow! The colors... the colors... So far out...
If I remember correctly, the album cover glowed under blacklight. Very cool!
Posted 17 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
I remember when my brother bought a wa-wa pedal for his guitar and TRIED to play this song. ... Let's just say that is some bad ass wa-wa-ing.
Posted 17 years ago by ElSupreme    [ Reply ]
This is just fantastic. Best thing that has happened to me all afternoon. NO, all day!
Posted 17 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Wow! The colors... the colors... So far out...
Posted 17 years ago by Howling_Rabbit    [ Reply ]
Glad to hear some Cream!
Posted 17 years ago by heyjoe3577    [ Reply ]
this song is just incredible. Instrumentation and lyrics knock me out! :fight.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by Drunkenlilacwine    [ Reply ]
Anyone have Politician? And can upload? If so, Thanks!
Posted 19 years ago by Rakski    [ Reply ]
rulebritannia wrote:
The best song on an iconic album.........
I agree, although there are certainly some tough competitors.
Posted 19 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
here are some lyrics off a web page i googled. i always thought it was "heartland of the winter," and these lyrics may be wrongly heard/transcribed: By Eric Clapton and Martin Sharp You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever, But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun. And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids, And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave ulysses: How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing, For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips. And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise, And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea. And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body, Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind. The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers, And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter. Her name is aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell, And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands With tales of brave ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured By the sirens sweetly singing. The tiny purple fishes run lauging through your fingers, And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.
Posted 19 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
WOW! It's been years. Great song from a great album. Thanks
Posted 19 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
Miss hearing this through an 8-track player. The whole album is awesome.
Posted 19 years ago by Beastie    [ Reply ]
Best. Wah. Ever.
Posted 19 years ago by 300BaudAcoustic    [ Reply ]
ChardRemains wrote:
I asked for this album for my birthday when I was a kid....my parents told me it was "too druggy" and gave me Sgt. Pepper's instead. go figure.
Great story!
Posted 20 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
Sometimes I'm just in the mood for something psychedelic... like now. Thanks for playing this classic.
Posted 20 years ago by Dais    [ Reply ]
I asked for this album for my birthday when I was a kid....my parents told me it was "too druggy" and gave me Sgt. Pepper's instead. go figure.
Posted 20 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
jayladdin wrote:
I've always loved the way he pronounces "turquoise." I prefer SWLABR, but nice to hear Cream on RP!
She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow!
Posted 20 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
I've always loved the way he pronounces "turquoise." I prefer SWLABR, but nice to hear Cream on RP!
Posted 20 years ago by jayladdin    [ Reply ]
Great to hear Jack B. on RP. I was beginning to wonder!
Posted 20 years ago by davie70    [ Reply ]
Nice choice. Never heard it on the radio before and is one of my favs.
Posted 20 years ago by shua    [ Reply ]
Cream's best. I love it
Posted 20 years ago by mazzy    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
What great lyrics. Perfect picture of the 60s.
Yes, it does say "60s", doesn't it?
Posted 20 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
What great lyrics. Perfect picture of the 60s.
Posted 20 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
marycrichards wrote:
LOVE IT!!! My favorite of Cream!
The best song on an iconic album.........
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Ah, the memories that this song invokes.....
Posted 20 years ago by miamizsun    [ Reply ]
Quintessential Cream.
Posted 20 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Most Cream songs are fantastic; all are classics. This one is not fantastic, but it's good-great memories of College days smokin' the funny stuff...
Posted 20 years ago by Mikec445    [ Reply ]
Eric about wore out the crybaby on that one! To me, this is the epitome of psychedelia. Love it!
Posted 20 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
yeah!!! awesome addition 8) ......the tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers......
Posted 20 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]