| Author | Message | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 879 Registered: 11-2003 |
Did anyone go? How was it? Details! | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 676 Registered: 4-2004 |
i didnt but the reports were as expected- great! the crowd was mostly grey haired and there was a particular smell of marijuana in the garden,,, | ||
| kilowatt
Junior Username: kilowatt Post Number: 26 Registered: 12-2004 |
I missed the shows as well, but my friend went and he loved it. He said that Jack Bruce's voice was not what it used to be, and that he couldn't believe how good Ginger Baker's drum solo was. Pete | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1192 Registered: 9-2003 |
Rolling Stone did a quick blurb about the shows and gave favorable reviews. If you went, it appears that the audience was awash with the cognescenti of Rock and "Hip" culture, LOL! I couldn't afford the ridiculous ticket prices, so I'll continue to enjoy my RAH DVD, LOL! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2616 Registered: 5-2002 |
In the US, Cream at Royal Albert Hall on the PBS series Great Performances!!! | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 889 Registered: 11-2003 |
Thanks for the link Dave, they have a handy email reminder service. I wonder if they are going to air the DVD? If that's the case, I have that. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2735 Registered: 5-2002 |
Well I wrote a long review of this a little while ago, but it didn't post properly. | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 494 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hey Sam, It was the DVD. Here in Chicago it played on PBS (WTTW) during "begging for dollars" last weekend, and if you were willing to donate $190 (!!) the station would send you the 2 DVD and the 2 CD audio set as well. Mike | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 495 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hey Sam, It was the DVD. Here in Chicago it played on PBS (WTTW) during "begging for dollars" last weekend, and if you were willing to donate $190 (!!) the station would send you the 2 DVD and the 2 CD audio set as well. Mike | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 907 Registered: 11-2003 |
What a deal! I guess that's proportionate to the ticket prices. I wonder how many they "gave away"? Sam | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2752 Registered: 5-2002 |
Now Mike and Sam!! Part of the "deal" is that you are supporting public television, which is a good thing. So, in addition to the DVD's and CD's, you get a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing that you are helping to provide quality television programming to your community! On my TV (I only get three channels), opposite Cream was "Martha Stewart" and "Lost". So from my perspective, supporting public television has significant intrinsic value. I received my copy of the Grateful Dead Movie by making a contribution to my public television system. I paid a lot more than the value of the DVD; but part of the value I received was that my public television system is still on the air and still providing quality programming. Now get out your checkbook and make that donation!!! | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 908 Registered: 11-2003 |
That must be why you play so well Dave. Not much to distract you from practice, TV wise. I helped man the phone bank during a PBS drive one year. You wouldn't believe some of the nuts that call in. One guy yelled at me because he paid less than a year ago and couldn't believe his membership had expired already. Then there's the kids who call to talk to Barney. Sam | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 508 Registered: 9-2002 |
I saw the GREAT PERFORMANCES broadcast udring our local PBS fundraiser last week. It reinforced something I realized some years ago: Certain bands exist in a time and place both literal and personally for the players and the audience. This performance certainly reinforced this for me. They looked old. Eric certainly did not look comfortable occupying all the space he had to fill. Jack was less the matador he used to be, and Ginger seemed to be counting under his breath up in the middle of these tunes. And I gotta say, it made ME feel old watching them trying to catch lightning in a bottle when they could hardly raise static. They CERTAINLY can still play, but divorced from the time and place where this lineup forged their legend, they would have been better served to leave the legend undisturbed. Sometimes you just can't go back. OK, I've ducked down behind the computer . . . let me have it . . . J o e y | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2758 Registered: 5-2002 |
Actually Joey, I kind of agree with you! | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 2165 Registered: 9-2002 |
I am ducking with you two too! Mmmm ...now all we have to do is find a fourth one and find a deck of playing cards! Paul TBO | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 909 Registered: 11-2003 |
Those are certainly good points but I'll not be your fourth behind the computer. While I wouldn't necessarily want them to go on the nostalgia cicuit it did me good to see them join together one more time just because they can. No they didn't have the same energy, Toad was pretty much going through the paces. These are all things that I mentioned in my review of the DVD in another thread. However, it was Cream, Jack's still alive, and they sounded great. Considering time and place I'm not sure the young Cream would have the same impact as '67. Today's audience may not go for a 16:35 version of Spoonful. Hell, I count under my breath, when I can catch it. My opinion. Sam | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1453 Registered: 9-2003 |
I'm with you, Sam: bad Cream is better than no Cream, LOL! Seriously, it was still pretty d*mn good, despite the age and shape of the band. No it wasn't the same as back in the day, but it was head and shoulders above anything current pop/rock-wise today. My guitar instructor and I had this converstaion this past lesson. He saw the PBS snippets and was disappointed. Most specifically, Clapton's playing and tone. Yes, Clapton's "Woman Tone" is gone...his Fender endorsements could be the cause. Sorry, but that modern Strat and Bassman combo just don't cut it like the old SG and a wall of plexi's. Yes, his playing is almost totally different than it was back then...I guess you can't go back. I'm gonna lend him my '05 and '68 Albert Hall DVD's for comparison's sake. Regardless, I was thrilled to see them playing again, even if it wasn't the same as before. It was still good...and I still wish I was there for the MSG shows. Cheers, Kevin | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2760 Registered: 5-2002 |
Sam, I agree with you also! I think it's a valuable historical document. My expectations were too high, which is my own fault and not theirs, and I thus set myself up to be underwhelmed. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1455 Registered: 9-2003 |
Personally, pessimist that I am, I expected it to s*ck. I was actually surprised that it was a s good as it was. I know how/what Clapton's been playing like lately (NOT my favorite Clapton era at the moment), and I knew Ginger and Jack were old and in pretty bad shape. Considering all that, I thought they rocked-out pretty good! |
