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Icarium
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Topic: Cream vs Simon & Garfunkel Posted: December 12 2012 at 21:33 |
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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Horizons
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Posted: December 12 2012 at 21:36 |
Paul and Art.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: December 12 2012 at 21:40 |
I think Simon & Garfunkel were more consistent.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: December 12 2012 at 21:43 |
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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Man With Hat
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Posted: December 12 2012 at 23:25 |
S&G
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smartpatrol
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 00:07 |
At the moment, defiantly Cream. Overall, S&G. So, both
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Icarium
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 16:04 |
I really like the indian elements in some of Creams music, really cool.....,..
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 17:28 |
I think S & G played a bigger role in music. Cream is alright with me, too.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Sumdeus
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 17:34 |
never cared for Simon & Garfunkel. Cream are classic though, the only Clapton group I truly love
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Alitare
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 17:52 |
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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HolyMoly
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 18:07 |
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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Sumdeus
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 18:33 |
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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Icarium
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 19:01 |
^ i will Recomend Bookends, and Sounds of Silence
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Sumdeus
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 19:12 |
huh wow, that tune is great! definitely need to give these guys a proper try then
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HolyMoly
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 19:50 |
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.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 20:05 |
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. |
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HolyMoly
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 20:08 |
Jack Bruce. Go.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 20:33 |
I love the way he looks like a small rodent, when he gets down on the bass. That and the way he zooms. Definitely...
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infocat
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Posted: December 13 2012 at 22:21 |
S&G
Cream was good, but S&G were something special. |
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KingCrInuYasha
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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. Edited by KingCrInuYasha - December 14 2012 at 00:15 |
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