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Cream — I Feel Free
Album: Fresh Cream
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Released: 1966
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Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, I feel free.(repeated 8 times)
Feel when I dance with you,
We move like the sea.
You, you're all I want to know.
I feel free, I feel free, I feel free.
I can walk down the street, there's no one there
Though the pavements are one huge crowd.
I can drive down the road, my eyes don't see,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud.
I feel free, I feel free, I feel free.
I can walk down the street, there's no one there
Though the pavements are one huge crowd.
I can drive down the road; my eyes don't see,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud.
Dance floor is like the sea,
Ceiling is the sky.
You're the sun and as you shine on me,
I feel free, I feel free, I feel free.
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This from a 21 year old Clapton, a 23 year old Jack Bruce and a 27 year old Ginger Baker. Thanks RP! 
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
THAT BASS! Even with the muddy sound these mad rockers ended up with on records like this, it's full-on jam-out ROCK. Makes me wonder what they could have sounded like with top-notch production!
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 HazzeSwede wrote:

Cream de la Cream ! #10.




YES!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 WakeUpWorld wrote:

Is it me or does it sound like Greg Lake is singing on this track?




I can hear that!  I have been listening to this album since 1967. I am also a devout ELP/ King Crimson fan. I never thought of the similarity before!    
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Cream was my "gateway" band into Classic Rock way back when, and still love hearing their music. Straight 9 for me; LLRP!!

Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 WakeUpWorld wrote:

Is it me or does it sound like Greg Lake is singing on this track?




I was just thinking the same thing.
Posted 3 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
 WakeUpWorld wrote:
Is it me or does it sound like Greg Lake is singing on this track?
 
i thought so too
Posted 3 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Better, best living and musicianship through chemistry.  
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 HazzeSwede wrote:
Cream de la Cream ! #10.
 
La crème de la crème!
Posted 4 years ago by cassanjp    [ Reply ]
Believe it or not, we sing this to begin our passover seder. In a round.
But the original is closer to God :)
Posted 4 years ago by javelipix    [ Reply ]
Bill is on an amazing roll with hit after hit and it just doesn't stop. Wow!
Posted 5 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer}     I feel free to    {#Bananajam}
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters...a moments lapse and now this! Amazing! Retro Sunday afternoon. Airplane's Fat Angel next?
Posted 6 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
If you want to learn about ECs background, life and music go see Lili Fini Zanuck's picture 'A Life in 12 Bars' - opens in the US very soon
Posted 7 years ago by prs    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:
{#Yell} one of the best acid tunes ever.....{#Bananajam}{#Drummer} {#Guitarist}  buzzerkley '66

 
Christopher Walken floating in space
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Is it me or does it sound like Greg Lake is singing on this track?
Posted 8 years ago by WakeUpWorld    [ Reply ]
 hempmandan wrote:
Ginger Baker is just amazing...
 
 
agreed!

{#Drummer}
Posted 8 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Sadly this song was never played live in concert.
Posted 8 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
An elegant song - seems simple, but has some great stuff going on. Takes me back to the Haddonfield Music Tent in NJ circa '67.
Posted 9 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Ginger Baker is just amazing...
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
We were there on the last night with tickets organised by Jack's wife, Margrit.  I still have the T-shirt. A truly memorable night of great music and nostalgia shared with fans from all over the world.  One thing that I will never forget was how many Dads had brought their sons along to show them what turned them on in their youth.
Thanks calypsus for yet another great photograph.

R.I.P Jack.  Great man and exceptional musician and singer.

calypsus_1 wrote:

Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton - London’s Royal Albert Hall, May 2005.

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Jack Bruce, Scottish musician and composer, bassist and lead vocals for Cream, R.I.P. Great Man.

 


Posted 9 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]

Simple tune but it catches and holds the essence of being in love.

No matter the age, this is the closest I have ever come... no sadness, no loss, no regrets just pure hope and joy at the future

50 years and this holds the same feelings as before...


Posted 9 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]

Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton - London’s Royal Albert Hall, May 2005.

.
Jack Bruce, Scottish musician and composer, bassist and lead vocals for Cream, R.I.P. Great Man.


Posted 10 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
I LOVE WHEN THE WIKI LINK IS VERY LITERAL!
Posted 10 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 Imagine (heard a few minutes ago), this song came out before man landed on the moon and before the first Super Bowl.
Posted 10 years ago by pinem    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:
{#Yell} one of the best acid tunes ever.....{#Bananajam}{#Drummer} {#Guitarist}  buzzerkley '66

 
Yer not kidding :))
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
I remember turning friends in Boulder onto this back in '83...I had come across some old Cream records, and wow, it rocked that summer.

 
Happy Super Sunday coloradojohn!!!  Rock On!
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I remember turning friends in Boulder onto this back in '83...I had come across some old Cream records, and wow, it rocked that summer.
Posted 10 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
drei people   und so`n guter sound     yah man{#Guitarist} slow  man eric    {#Drummer}   cool man ginger {#Bananajam}rock man jack
Posted 11 years ago by mistabird    [ Reply ]
{#Yell} one of the best acid tunes ever.....{#Bananajam}{#Drummer} {#Guitarist}  buzzerkley '66
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Tell us how you really feel.  (This was one our favorite songs to light up, back in the day when it was a newly released LP.  Still brings a smile.)
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Two godlike in a row!  I wake up singing this many a morning.{#Bananasplit}
Posted 11 years ago by rtree    [ Reply ]
Smooth and Creamy
Posted 11 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Still brilliant
Posted 11 years ago by Horsechestnut    [ Reply ]
 arserocket wrote:
I hear a little Duane Allman but thats only a complement
 
This album predated the Allmans by a good three years.
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I hear a little Duane Allman but thats only a complement
Posted 12 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Saw them in 1966 while in college at the LA Forum....opening band was Deep Purple"...what a show!
Posted 12 years ago by rjewyo    [ Reply ]
Loved this song then and still do.  Great debut album for a great group of talents.
Posted 12 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
Disraeli Gears Cream's best!
Posted 12 years ago by megaboogieman    [ Reply ]
HATE (really!) TO WRITE IT.

BUT...,11!

Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 Bleyfusz wrote:

A board. That's what you got on your forehead.

 
Ha, ha, ha! Good comment!

Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
I feel board, turn it off
 
A board. That's what you got on your forehead.

Posted 13 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Old people music.
 
Not to pile on, Diddums, but you're no spring chicken yourself. 

And yes, this song still rocks. A huge shame that Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker simply can't stand each other—the band still had it when they played at Royal Albert Hall in 2005.

Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 fingerpin wrote:

Get off my fucking lawn.

 
Here, fingerpin *hands you a cold brew*  Just ignore Papernapkin - he's disposable, and some people even blow their noses on him. He probably wouldn't know a good song if it tap-danced on his head. {#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Yes, remember there was "underground" music.  It wasn't played on regular airwaves. This one one of a small collection of albums that started the revolution.  The only reason I knew of Cream was from a friend who turned me on to it.  I would add in the first Doors album, Surrealistic Pillow, The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Youngbloods, and others of the same time and ilk. 

Posted 13 years ago by PeteyGreens    [ Reply ]

carpe noctem  der abend ist  feel good  {#Dancingbanana}


Posted 13 years ago by mistabird    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Old people music.
  
As W.C. Fields said' "Go away kid, you bug me" ...


Posted 13 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
I feel board, turn it off
 
You feel messageboard?  Chalkboard? Particleboard? Or did you mean "bored," as in yawning, loss of attention, need a nap type bored?

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Old people music.
 
Get off my fucking lawn.

Posted 13 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
Wow - yet another song from the La Femme Nikita series.  There's a head-on collision - two operatives dive from their car heartbeats before it gets smashed by the driver they were pursuing.  The driver of the other car dies, as was her intention.

This show re-introduced me to music I'd heard but forgotten. And now, I re-love Cream.
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
This was the first song played on WBCN, Boston, back in the late sixties. Back then, 'BCN was on "underground radio" on the FM dial.

A couple of years ago, WBCN went off the air/suffered a format change.

RIP, "the ROCK of Boston". 
Posted 14 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
 JamesB wrote:
{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}  What a trifecta...SRV, Jeff Beck, Cream...I'm sweatin'!
 
BUMP 
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Old people music.
 
some of the best that year - 1966 - I was 13. Old, not yet ... at least not in my musical tastes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_in_music#Albums_released - Only have 20 from the list in my vinyl collection. Likely paid 2.99 for each one so I had to save a couple of allowances to get those. 
Posted 14 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}  What a trifecta...SRV, Jeff Beck, Cream...I'm sweatin'!

Posted 14 years ago by JamesB    [ Reply ]
Those are some sweet goggles he is wearin'....
Posted 14 years ago by Vandy005    [ Reply ]
Papernapkin wrote:
Old people music.
Well, we do rock. Thanks! 
Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Old people music.
 
Yeah, this helps illumisine why they're called GRANDparents - on the greatilicious scale of goodness the next generation is designated thusly:Great Grandparents. Old people - they just keep getting better all the time.
Posted 14 years ago by ellenaut    [ Reply ]
Love it! {#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Clapton is God!!!
Posted 14 years ago by jeffcourtney    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Old people music.
 

At least, it is not disposable and can be reused for a variety of groovy sensations...
...unlike papernapkins!
{#Sunny}
(Sorry I could not resist!)

Posted 15 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]
Papernapkin wrote:
Old people music.

Thank you for the compliment. Eric Clapton I guess IS old. But what a great band Cream was! Great music! Still and now.

Posted 15 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Excellent! I thought this was David Bowie (I love his version too).
Posted 15 years ago by cambraca    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Old people music.

Oh dearie, dearie me. Do you think younger people will not say that about your favourite music when you are older? How will you feel, do you think? I feel that you sound naive. And I think it is rude to make blanket statements like this. But if you just don't like the music, fair enough.  


Posted 15 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
Old people music.
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
 lovemydog wrote:
My absolute favorite Cream song.

{#Hearteyes}
 

{#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 lovemydog wrote:
My absolute favorite Cream song.

{#Hearteyes}
 
...you beat me to it, my thoughts exactly.

Posted 15 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
My absolute favorite Cream song.

{#Hearteyes}
Posted 15 years ago by lovemydog    [ Reply ]
YES!
Posted 15 years ago by osbyec    [ Reply ]



Posted 15 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
More hippies! Yeah!!! {#Meditate} {#Bananajam}{#Notworthy}{#Sunny}
Posted 16 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
gumby wrote:
most excellent bong music :)
Always has been, always will be
Posted 16 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
most excellent bong music :)
Posted 16 years ago by gumby    [ Reply ]
Lawdy, this is sublime . . .
Posted 16 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
Man, I still get the same chills I did back in '67! This song kicks ass.
Posted 16 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
If these guys stick with it, they might just make something of themselves... j/k. Even after all these years, this is still some cool stuff. c.
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Cream de la Cream ! #10.
Posted 16 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Timeless. Will always be thrilled to hear this song.
Posted 17 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
Conjures up many memories.
Posted 17 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
DebateG wrote:
Apparently, this is the amazing guitarist set: Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand the Weather Jeff Beck - Rollin' and Tumblin' Cream - I Feel Free Oh, where will it go next? Hendrix? Sonny Landreth? Chet Atkins? Django?
I know - don't you love it? Any of those guys would be fine to hear next.
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
dango wrote:
Man, these guys drive me up a wall and back down the other side. Weak, breathy vocals, hollow guitars (yes) and spastic drums. There were dozens of better artists while Cream was together. And thousands since. A 1.
Are you thinking maybe Blue Cheer or Grand Funk Railroad? Sorry, neither even comes close to the brilliance of Cream!!!
Posted 17 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
another good one!
Posted 17 years ago by leahnichole    [ Reply ]
Same set again today.
Posted 17 years ago by shayborg    [ Reply ]
Apparently, this is the amazing guitarist set: Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand the Weather Jeff Beck - Rollin' and Tumblin' Cream - I Feel Free Oh, where will it go next? Hendrix? Sonny Landreth? Chet Atkins? Django?
Posted 17 years ago by DebateG    [ Reply ]
pianocomposer wrote:
This is very good, and it's not their best. My problem with Cream is that it sounds dated nowadays, whereas other old bands wear better with age (The Who and Pink Floyd, for instance).
so what if it sounds dated?? does music have to sound like "today" to be considered good....it's really not about today if you ask me......
Posted 17 years ago by nance    [ Reply ]
pianocomposer wrote:
My problem with Cream is that it sounds dated nowadays ...
I don't have that problem with most of their stuff, but this one in particular sounds especially ancient and frozen in time. Still some rippin' fretwork though - both bass and guitar.
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
anniebear wrote:
Sheesh, this is unlistenable on headphones :(
My headphones got a little chewed up- the right ear is about half power. This is the only song today where it has been really noticeable. I hear the singing and harmonies and pretty much nothing else. Oh the glorious heady days of stereo stereo.
Posted 18 years ago by dapower    [ Reply ]
Sheesh, this is unlistenable on headphones :(
Posted 18 years ago by anniebear    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by mrs_amjohnson    [ Reply ]
i do too...i'm just not smart enough to say that. james_of_tucson wrote:
I love the 2-channel mix with hard isolation.
Posted 18 years ago by greg6494    [ Reply ]
Geecheeboy wrote:
Which one on that cover is Clapton? I cannot tell. Doesn't look like any of them.
Left to right : Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
eman wrote:
Back when EC didn't mind crankin' it out...so, then what happened...?
The devil revoked his contract.
Posted 18 years ago by Mary_Read    [ Reply ]
Geecheeboy wrote:
Which one on that cover is Clapton? I cannot tell. Doesn't look like any of them.
1st one on the right closest to you.
Posted 18 years ago by fcatalao    [ Reply ]
I love the 2-channel mix with hard isolation.
Posted 18 years ago by james_of_tucson    [ Reply ]
Which one on that cover is Clapton? I cannot tell. Doesn't look like any of them.
Posted 18 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
"The" Cream. Nothin' betta.
Posted 18 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
That was a nice way to start work this morning. Thanks Bill
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
Play LA...play LA...play LA.....
Posted 18 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Back when EC didn't mind crankin' it out...so, then what happened...?
Posted 18 years ago by eman    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by 67nj    [ Reply ]
algrif wrote:
dango wrote: There were dozens of better artists while Cream was together. Name one !!! In fact name any three piece rock group that sounded anything like this in the 60's
This is very good, and it's not their best. My problem with Cream is that it sounds dated nowadays, whereas other old bands wear better with age (The Who and Pink Floyd, for instance).
Posted 18 years ago by pianocomposer    [ Reply ]
dango wrote: There were dozens of better artists while Cream was together. Name one !!! In fact name any three piece rock group that sounded anything like this in the 60's
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
just run out of Frisco 67-68 on the way to Boulder, tons of Cream......you can kick & scream when these old English tunes show up but they are the foundation for Radiohead, U2 and the others.... Clapton is still God!!!!!
Posted 18 years ago by Keith_Eel    [ Reply ]
Summer evenings driving home from the lake, windows rolled down, and this song turned up as loud as the crappy little radio could go. Heaven!
Posted 18 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
dango wrote:
Man, these guys drive me up a wall and back down the other side. Weak, breathy vocals, hollow guitars (yes) and spastic drums. There were dozens of better artists while Cream was together. And thousands since. A 1.
Give me a break. Ever listen to this off of the original album? Turned up loud? A 1? No way.
Posted 19 years ago by Ender43    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
lotus_65 wrote:
...so anyone going to see them? 3 nights april 2,3,4 i think at royal albert hall. they're putting together a dvd of it. EDIT: oops, 4 nights
Unfortunately I wasn't able to fly to England just to see them, but I did catch them two weeks ago at the Garden...they were quite incredible
Posted 19 years ago by BoFiS    [ Reply ]
dango wrote:
Man, these guys drive me up a wall and back down the other side. Weak, breathy vocals, hollow guitars (yes) and spastic drums. There were dozens of better artists while Cream was together. And thousands since. A 1.
What a pitiful world you must live in...
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
When I hear this song, I think of that episode of "La Femme Nikita" where the woman sees in her rear-view mirror that she's being followed, so she does some fancy maneuvering, and then drives her car straight for the car following her - an obvious suicide move. This song is playing during the scene. Powerful stuff.
Posted 19 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
My youth lives!!! ZOWIE
Posted 19 years ago by epod34    [ Reply ]
:sunny.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by labkpr    [ Reply ]
BKardon wrote:
SRV to Jeff Beck to Cream? You're just toying with me aren't you.
So absolutely and perfectly what I was just thinking. Name your guitar god, I dare ya. Outstanding tune.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
What a KILLER set this AM... man waht a way to start this day...RP ROCKIN' GOOD
Posted 19 years ago by wanderlust    [ Reply ]
Surefire cure for catatonia
Posted 19 years ago by lizardman_tcs    [ Reply ]
sharkartist wrote:
Nearly forty years later this song still has the impact it had when I first heard it, just gotta stop what I'm doing and crank it up. I once heard a radio interview with Duane Allman prior to his passing, and he claimed that Clapton's solo in this song was one of his all-time favorites. Who am I to argue?
Big influence on ABB -- Duane and his little brother Greg covered this as "The Allman Joys", which was a bland sixties crap group that the studio execs controlled until Duane and Greg ran into Dickie Betts and Barry Oakley and discovered what they could really achieve. or something like that
Posted 19 years ago by beelzebubba    [ Reply ]
...so anyone going to see them? 3 nights april 2,3,4 i think at royal albert hall. they're putting together a dvd of it. EDIT: oops, 4 nights https://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?Content=A-CREAM&StartSearch.x=8&StartSearch.y=10&Date_From=Today&Date_To=04-01-2007&By=All&PSKey=Y
Posted 19 years ago by lotus_65    [ Reply ]
SRV to Jeff Beck to Cream? You're just toying with me aren't you. Here I am stuck at my work desk without a guitar. Only thing that would make this perfect is to follow it up with some Eric Johnson or Pat Metheny.
Posted 19 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Last four songs...great set. Too bad I have to go to work argghhh
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
dango wrote:
Man, these guys drive me up a wall and back down the other side. Weak, breathy vocals, hollow guitars (yes).... A 1.
Weird sense of humor for one of the great songs of the era. The battle of Baker and Bruce, syncopated by Clapton, was among the epic clashes of modern music....
Posted 19 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
sharkartist wrote:
I once heard a radio interview with Duane Allman prior to his passing
As opposed to after? ;-) Allman was right. Great stuff.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
bobringer wrote:
Who in their right mind, gives this a one??
Someone named 'dango' (if that's his REAL name)... Don't look! He has no respect! Probably lactose intolerant!
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]