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What were the ticket prices? That may have some bearing on how many "youngsters" attended?
However, I've known some oldies like the Stones who attract you and old alike -- at thousands of dollars a ticket.
Strats and Cream just don't mix.
This guy hasn't a clue, must be a twenty-something.
Have any of you seen my Metamucil ??
Did they have a bubble machine for the dance floor?
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Hey, I've got the best of Cream CD playing in my car right now...and...."I'm so Glad, I'm so Glad, I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad....."
screw the snot nose liberal brats at the guardian, vicariously snubbing their parents like this.
I got to see short-lived Blind Faith at the Midwest Rock Festival in Milwaukee back in 1969. To this day, it was well worth being "grounded" for staying out well past curfew to see them.
I never cared much for Cream or Jimi Hendrix. Both had a handful of decent songs, but I never understood the adulation that went their way.
Will there be a DVD of this performance or did public TV tape it? I saw one last year on PBS that was at Royal Albert Hall which was a tribute to the late George Harrison. Ringo and Paul were there as was John Lennons son and a bunch of folks from that rock era.
But they were fantastic; one of my favs.
Cream wasn't a supergroup, at the time only Clapton was an established star. Now when half of Cream joined 1/3 of Traffic to form Blind Faith THAT was the first supergroup, Cream was just a group that happened to be super. I'd have gone to the reunion gig and I'm under 40 (barely), great rock.
Well, I think we can all agree that "Alexis" just doesn't quite get it. Just trying to compare Jimi Hendrix to pretty much any of his contemporaries is wrong and to claim that Cream was somehow less influential just because The Experience breathed the same air...absurd.
One thing I may agree with the author on is the apparent "ageing" of concert audiences. You're more likely to see it happening at shows for more established acts and primarily at those shows where ticket prices are very high. Look at the audiences for certain other groups and you'll see kids that don't even look old enough to drive. Face it....how many teenagers are going to scrape together the cash to drop it all on seeing The Moody Blues, YES or the Allman Brothers? Parents are taking their kids to see acts they themselves saw in the 60's and 70's. See it all the time.
I hope they tour the U.S. If they come to N.C. I am there.
Wow, I wish I had seen this concert. I saw Clapton in '78 and he just seemed to be going through the motions, but about 5 years ago I saw Jack Bruce and he was outstanding. Still sounded the same as when he was lead singer for Cream.
Ouch! But "Badge" and "Crossroads" justified their entire career, regardless of anything else they did.
I just noticed the keywords on this thread.
No wonder alot of modern pop music today is completely worthless androgynous dreck. This so called snotty review is exactly indicative of that. Music is a tradition...a continum of ideas. You listen to those who went before you...listen and learn something.
Tell you what...at least those oldtimers played music that had some balls to it. Alot of young people today are just so PC its nauseating.