Lyraは、Creamの素晴らしさは、メンバー３人がそれぞれ巨人のような才能と演奏能力があったことだと考えている。
YoutubeやDVDで見るだけでも、その場にいなくても迫力ある才能のぶつかり合いが見れる。
まさにSuper Group.
そして、Bruce ブルースとHard Rock, Psychedelic Rock を 融合させたサウンドが真のロック好きのハートを揺さぶるのが特徴だ。
世界でアルバム売上は3,500万枚以上、 『Wheels of Fire』は世界初のプラチナアルバムを獲得した2枚組のアルバムとなった。
今日Lyraが和訳するのは、彼らの1967年リリースした 【Sunshine Of Your Love】。
Cream were a 1960s British rock power trio consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce. The group’s third album, Wheels of Fire (1968), is the world’s first platinum-selling double album.The band is widely regarded as the world’s first successful supergroup.
In their career, they sold more than 15 million copies of their albums worldwide. Their music included songs based on traditional blues such as “Crossroads” and “Spoonful”, and modern blues such as “Born Under a Bad Sign”, as well as more current material such as “Strange Brew”, “Tales of Brave Ulysses” and “Toad”.
= Sunshine Of Your Love =
When lights close their tired eyes
I’ll soon be with you my love,
To give you my dawn surprise
I’ll be with you darling soon,
I’ll be with you when the stars start falling
To be where I’m going
In the sunshine of your love
I’m with you my love,
The light’s shining through on you
Yes, I’m with you my love,
It’s the morning and just we two
I’ll stay with you darling now,
I’ll stay with you till my seas are dried up
To be where I’m going
In the sunshine of your love
The light’s shining through on you.
Yes, I’m with you my love,
It’s the morning and just we two.
I’ll stay with you darling now,
I’ll stay with you till my seas are dried up
I’ve been waiting so long
I’ve been waiting so long
To be where I’m going
In the sunshine of your love
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どれも凄くハードで、尚且つポップさも兼ね備えているからヒットチャートを上る、上る。
Creamは、Jimi Hendrix ジミ・ヘンドリクスと共にワウを流行らせた。
当時の音楽シーンに多大な影響を与えたと同時に、1960年代以降のHeavy Metal バンドや Hard Rock Band にも、そして、Greatful Dead , Fish, Allmam Bros’ Band みたいなジャムセッションをするバンドにまで影響をもたらした。
それについて、GingerはNMEのインタビューで「レッド・ツェッペリンもヘヴィ・メタルも大きらい」と答えているのが、笑える。
確かに決めつけられるのが嫌いそう。(о´∀`о)
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early 1967, Cream were writing and rehearsing songs for their second album. Their December 1966 debut album, Fresh Cream, was a mix of updated blues numbers and pop-oriented rock songs. Inspired by recent developments in rock music, they began pursuing a more overtly psychedelic direction.
“Sunshine of Your Love” began as a bass phrase or riff developed by Cream bassist Jack Bruce. Cream attended a concert on 29 January 1967 by the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Saville Theatre in London. Cream guitarist Eric Clapton elaborated in a 1988 Rolling Stone magazine interview:
A bootleg recording from the Ricky-Tick club in London before Cream recorded the song in the studio, shows “Sunshine of Your Love” with a beat common to rock for the period. Cream drummer Ginger Baker compared it to the uptempo “Hey Now, Princess”, another Bruce/Brown composition Cream recorded in March. He has said that he advised Bruce to slow it down and came up with the distinctive drum pattern which emphasises beats one and three. (typical rock drumming favours beats two and four and is known as the backbeat).
However, Bruce and recording engineer Tom Dowd dispute Baker’s claim, which they say he only made much later. Dowd later explained
Where all the other songs that they [Cream] played were prepared, [but] this one song, they never found a pocket, they were never comfortable … I said, ‘You know, have you ever seen any American Westerns [films that have] the Indian beat, where the downbeat is the beat?’ … And when he [Ginger] started playing it that way, all of the parts came together and right away they were elated.
= about Band Cream =
The band’s biggest hits were “I Feel Free” (UK number 11), “Sunshine of Your Love” (US number 5), “White Room” (US number 6), “Crossroads” (US number 28), and “Badge” (UK number 18).
The band made a significant impact on the popular music of the time, and, along with Jimi Hendrix and other notable guitarists and bands, popularised the use of the wah-wah pedal. They provided a heavy yet technically proficient musical theme that foreshadowed and influenced the emergence of British bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. They also influenced American southern rock groups the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band’s live performances influenced progressive rock acts such as Rush.
The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
They were included in both Rolling Stone and VH1’s lists of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time,” at number 67 and 61 respectively.
They were also ranked number 16 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
Members
- Eric Clapton – lead and rhythm guitars, vocals
- Jack Bruce – lead vocals, bass, keyboards, piano, harmonica, cello
- Ginger Baker – drums, percussion, vocals
Discography
- Fresh Cream (1966)
- Disraeli Gears (1967)
- Wheels of Fire (1968)
- Goodbye (1969)
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