Cream, I Feel Free, 1966
Text/Musik/ Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
Produzent/ Robert Stigwood
Label/ Reaction
Nach dem Fehlstart der Debutsingle „Wrapping Paper“ musste Cream – die erste Rock-Supergroup der Welt: Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton und Ginger Baker – zeigen, dass sie dem Hype um die Band gerecht werden konnten. „I Feel Free“ beweist: Ernsthafte Blues-Musiker können Popmusik machen.
„I Feel Free“ war ein prima Gaumenreiniger. Der britische Charterfolg kam gerade, als die Beatmusik das Feld entgültig der Psychedelica überliess. Mit markanter Stimme präsentiert Bruce Browns frohe Botschaft von alles verzehrender Liebe. Clapton bündelt seine Fähigkeiten zu einem extrem kurzen Gitarrensolo. Baker war mit seinem Schlagzeugpart nie zufrieden, passt aber hervorragend in das wilde Tempo des Songs.
Der Song, der auf der britischen Ausgabe des Debutalbums „Fresh Cream“ fehlte, war der Opener der USA-Ausgabe und der Anfang einer langen Liebesbeziehung zwischen Amerika und der Band. David Bowie bewunderte den Song, spielte ihn auf der Ziggy Stardust-Tour 1972 und nahm ihn 1993 für sein Album „Black Tie White Noise“ auf.
„I Feel Free“ versetzt den Zuhörer in freudige Erregung und hört auf, wenn es am schönsten ist. Es ist einer der schönsten Cream-Momente überhaupt.
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Been listening to this one a long time. Catchy. I hum this one often. Bruce’s vocals overshadowed by his bass playing. It’s part of a great album. An absolute CB favorite. I think it was my first CB take.Man do we have a lot of common ground.
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Great song! Roots of Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton from which should come so much good stuff. Baker was a drummer without any compromises, even though he plays quite straight here.
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You can hear the musicianship on the tune. Jack is laying down some nice bass.
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Wonderful song. Love the voices in this.
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Yes, wonderful song. He not only lives from Clapton’s guitar solo, but also through the rhythmically nested vocal arrangement.
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They were a „supergroup“ in every sense of the word. You can listen to different songs and point out something by each member.
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Cream had a wonderful fusion of Blues, Rock, Hard Rock and Psychedelia. It’s the supreme musicianship between the three that is mind bogglingly brilliant. Tracks like „I Feel Free“, „N.S.U.“, „Dreaming“ on „Fresh Cream“ display there prowess on their respective instruments. It’s an amazing debut album… and the best was yet to come.
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Crossroads is a landmark to me. Eric’s solo in that is unbelievable…personally I don’t think he ever topped it. In the backgroud Bruce and Baker sound like they are competing with each other…and drawing the best out of each other. You could say that on many of their other songs as well.
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Crossroads“ is a remake of a classic blues song by Robert Johnson from 1936. Clapton convinces with his guitar solo, also on the microphone he makes a good figure. But for me, the piece doesn’t quite reach the quality of „Sunshine Of Your Love“ and „White Room“.
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Crossroads is personal with me…that is probably the reason I look at it like that. I started off as a bass player and this song wrecks havoc…when I finally could play this song in a loose way and ad lib way it was a great accomplishment for me.
The dynamic of White Room is strong.
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Great! I play „Cross Road Blues“ too. It’s one of Robert Johnson’s masterpieces and in open A tuning.
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Cool! I’ve played with open tuning…mostly G and E. It is still an outlet for me. When I learned that song we were playing Cream’s version completely but I’ve dabbled in some blues on my guitar.
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I play a few Johnson pieces in Clapton’s versions on my guitar. Maybe we should have a stew together Mr. Badfinger?
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That sounds great! My name is Max…that is easier to type.
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