Music Single : Cream – NSU

This was the very first Cream song I heard when I was a wee lad. It kinda changed or set a path for the music I gravitated to. Hard rock/jazz rock etc. Let me edit that last sentence, it did change things.  I wasn’t hearing this kind of music on the radio we had in the house. This was off an album (an all time favorite) of my older brother’s.

I still get jacked when I hear it. The song is catchy from the start and then about a minute and a half in this guitar comes in. That was it. I’d never heard anything like that before. There’s lots going on for the ear. Ginger Bakers drum rolls, Jack’s bass and vocals and that solo Eric Clapton rips, short and sweet. Cream really did have their own unique sound. What a fantastic band. The song has not lost any of it’s appeal to me.

This song was also the beginning of album listening for me. I kept the needle on after NSU and was taken into another musical world. We all have songs that come along that change things. NSU was one of those for me. My ears just couldn’t resist. I was done. CB can still sing the lyrics to this one in his sleep.

‘Driving in my car smoking my cigar ….” Deep stuff.

I think I’ll go for a drive. Crank it up and chuff on a cigar. Another good theme song for CB.