Cream vs Simon & Garfunkel

Paul and Art. 

Cream for me, mostly because of my taste for blues.  I mean, you can't go wrong with Eric Clapton.  The majority of my S&G experience is just "the hits," though, and I suspect I would appreciate them more if I heard some full albums (I still think they're good).

At the moment, defiantly Cream. Overall, S&G. So, both

I think S & G played a bigger role in music.  Cream is alright with me, too.

I agree with how S&G (like they're an insurance firm) are more consistent. I never cared for Cream outside of a few 'hits'. I had a friend who kept pushing me into Disraeli Gears but I never liked it as a whole. 

for reference, could anyone recommend some 'classic' S&G albums to start with? From the little music I heard from them and from everything else I heard about them I always wrote them off as just a typical folk-pop thing or whatever without much merit or substance... figure I should give em a try if this many of you like them, and above Cream at that

huh wow, that tune is great! definitely need to give these guys a proper try then

Cream no contest. Call me crazy, but I much prefer Clapton back when he was on drugs. He may just have saved his life quitting all of that, and I am glad for him, but he was a lot more unpredictable and dangerous when he played with Cream. Much more fire, and he wasn't afraid of the wah wah either, like he is now."erm it's just a silly noise it makes" wtf! I love wah wah.....
And then you have got Ginger Baker, who is one of the greatest drummers ever. He certainly has his own unique style that's for sure. Jack Bruce don't even get me started.

I love the way he looks like a small rodent, when he gets down on the bass. That and the way he zooms. Definitely...

Holy , this is a tough one. Both groups played a key role in breaking my Beatles only phase.

If I had to choose, I'd give it to S&G, by an extremely narrow margin. And the reason is this:

I spent my childhood living in the East Coast and at one point, we were a hop, skip and a jump away from Princeton University. A lot of times, we took road trips to visit my relatives. One group we listened to a lot was Simon and Garfunkel. The lines in "America" about counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike and the moon rising over open fields conjures up memories and when the ending with the organ comes, I can literally see the car lights twinkling down the road like stars. Call me insane, but the last 35 or so seconds of "America" is probably the most psychedelic moment to come out of the 1960s - well, one of the Top Ten moments, at least.



Edited by KingCrInuYasha - December 14 2012 at 00:15