Cream vs Simon & Garfunkel
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Topic: Cream vs Simon & Garfunkel
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: Cream vs Simon & Garfunkel
Date Posted: December 12 2012 at 21:33
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just curious two of the big music points of the 60s, one of the most important trios in rock against the most imortant duo in music, who is your favourite of them, whom means the most to you as a person and aslo to you as a cyouth in the 60s or70s or if you were not a youth in those eras but post-era youth, did them effect you and in which way?....
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 12 2012 at 21:36
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 12 2012 at 21:40
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I think Simon & Garfunkel were more consistent.
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: December 12 2012 at 21:43
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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).
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 12 2012 at 23:25
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 00:07
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At the moment, defiantly Cream. Overall, S&G. So, both
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 16:04
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I really like the indian elements in some of Creams music, really cool.....,..
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 17:28
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I think S & G played a bigger role in music. Cream is alright with me, too. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Sumdeus
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 17:34
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never cared for Simon & Garfunkel. Cream are classic though, the only Clapton group I truly love
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 17:52
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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. But hey, wouldn't CSN Vs S&G be a better matchup?
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 18:07
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Cream was a huge part of my life. I celebrated Jack Bruce's birthday (May 14th) every year, and hung on every one of Pete Brown's lyrics. Even Eric Clapton (of whom I'm not a fan) sounded good in Cream. Simon and Garfunkel were great, no doubt in my mind, but had nowhere near the same effect on me growing up.
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Posted By: Sumdeus
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 18:33
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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
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 19:01
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^ i will Recomend Bookends, and Sounds of Silence -------------
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Posted By: Sumdeus
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 19:12
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huh wow, that tune is great! definitely need to give these guys a proper try then
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 19:50
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That's my favorite song by them too. It's on the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, which I've always kind of liked. It's a modest, mildly psychedelic folk rock album. Not as "huge" and "Important" as Bookends or Bridge Over Troubled Water, but its relative innocence is something I find charming. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 20:05
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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. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 20:08
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Jack Bruce. Go. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 20:33
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I love the way he looks like a small rodent, when he gets down on the bass. That and the way he zooms. Definitely... ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 22:21
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S&G Cream was good, but S&G were something special. ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 00:15
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. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 01:04
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HolyMoly wrote:Posted By: HarbouringTheSoul
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 10:15
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The only entire Cream album I'm familiar with is Wheels of Fire, which is amazing. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" is one of my favorite songs from that period. I've never really listened to S&G, but they seem like a band I should explore. I agree that CSN vs. S&G would have been an interesting pairing, especially since CSN are awesome too. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 10:46
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Cream
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Posted By: mongofa
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 19:36
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S&G more than Cream, it's quality and affordable.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 19:43
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I share a birthday with Eric. :)
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 19:47
i share the birthday on the date John Belushi died 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 19:49
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 15 2012 at 09:33
| I remember S&G songs very much as part of my early childhood coming from the litte Radio that sat on the corner of the fridge. Homeward Bound , The Boxer , Bridge Over Trouble Water, Sounds Of Silence etc. They were on a par with the Beatles for me and you can't hand out more praise than that. Cream are obviously very influential but they were never as important to me as say The Who so I give my vote to S&G. |
Posted By: otto pankrock
Date Posted: December 15 2012 at 14:13
| Cream! |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 24 2013 at 04:37
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 24 2013 at 11:14
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I had to say both.....hard to compare such different types of bands. I actually liked many of Jack Bruce's solo songs better than many of the Cream songs..... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 24 2013 at 14:40
Yes, that goes for me as well, except that in my case it wasn't a little radio, but the records of my older brothers which gave some sort of a soundtrack to my early youth. I love the last two studio albums of S&G: magnificent songwriting, a great production and their voices go so well together. I vote S&G
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