Should Cream be added? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Easy Money wrote:

siLLy puPPy wrote:

Easy Money wrote:

^ "The aim of the archer may not always be straight, but it is always true"

- Socarates

Projecting, dude! She's talking about the zillion other early psych bands like Velvet Underground that have been mentioned and have fuzzy connections to prog!

"Those who can afford a personal spokesperson and interpreter are blessed amongst men (and women)."

- Saint Paul

Does that mean you need an exorcism? You seem to have lost your own voice! LOL

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Atavachron wrote:

^ Donald Trump? Again, Trump had a minor influence on early progrock but not enough for a spot on a prog site.

This. I would say that Trump was the polar opposite of progressive.

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SteveG wrote:

Atavachron wrote:

^ Donald Trump? Again, Trump had a minor influence on early progrock but not enough for a spot on a prog site.

This. I would say that Trump was the polar opposite of progressive.

Progressive or not since not all Prog is truly progressive, if Pink Floyd is on this site with The Wall, then an argument could be made for him to also be here for Build That Wall! Even if it was more like reinforce that fence.

"Tear down the wall...."

But I shouldn't prolong the Trump joke and keep the politics out, maybe by building a wall to contain it.

While I don't see Cream being added to the site, this was one of my favourite songs as a teenager off one of my favourite albums.

By the way, I'll move this to General Music Discussions since the topic doesn't meet the Suggest New bands guidelines, and it has been discussed a number of times -- although those threads were auto locked.

Edited by Logan - October 01 2021 at 06:03

I would not have minded Cream in proto-prog but listening and feel what also Simon & Garfunkle sparks in my reaction boot, they make also my prog spider senses tingle, in the proto prog folk, related fassion, also early Cat Stevens from 1967 - 70 is proto worthy imo, lots of songs with non-standard structure.

Jimmy Carter invited Cecil Taylor to perform on the White House lawn. Our only president into avant-garde jazz.

^ I think that's Trump's fault. You can tie cement blocks around his feet and drop him in the ocean near his casino in Atlantis and he would still somehow make an appearance in various unrelated threads.

By the way, as much as I love Clapton and every project he was in, Cream is a blues-rock band with no real ties to progressive music.

Cristi wrote:

^ the off-topic-ness here is rather ridiculous. Geek

PA is the only music site I know of that allows this ridiculousness. People still talking about Trump....sad. LOL

let's see how long it will take for this thread to get closed.

Start your bets! Evil Smile

Edited by Cristi - October 01 2021 at 10:30

If you go to the Cream wiki and search the term "prog", this is all that comes up:

"In 1968 came the band's third release, Wheels of Fire, which topped the American charts. The album was recorded in a spate of short sessions from July 1967 to June 1968.^{[citation needed]} Still a relative novelty, the double album of two LP records was well-suited to extended solos. The Wheels of Fire studio recordings showcased the band moving away from the blues and more towards a semi-progressive rock style highlighted by odd time signatures and various orchestral instruments."

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021

TCat wrote:

^ I think that's Trump's fault. You can tie cement blocks around his feet and drop him in the ocean near his casino in Atlantis and he would still somehow make an appearance in various unrelated threads.

By the way, as much as I love Clapton and every project he was in, Cream is a blues-rock band with no real ties to progressive music.

I would argue that there are “real” (thinking we’re risking moving into no true Scotsman-like fallacy territory) ties to progressive music, but as that claim would demand a burden of proof and i fear it would turn into a boring epistemological and ontological discussion where my cod philosopher piece would be woefully exposed. ;). I do like those nature of reality type discussions. I think there is a definite, real case to be made that ties Cream to progressive music, but that does not mean that I think it should be added.

siLLy puPPy wrote:

I think i know how to get Cream added here. Trump hates Cream! LOL

Tell that to Stormy Daniels.

And yes, I agree that we should drop the Trump talk.

Edited by Logan - October 01 2021 at 10:44