I remember seeing a Cream documentary, and Clapton talked about this clip. He was not happy about having to go through it. He knew it was silly. And he was generally unhappy with Cream at this point, of course. You can see all of that in his eyes, for sure. Especially at the beginning. It's like, "WTF am doing......"
I know, right? And I would've thought virtuosos like these blokes would've been insulted at the very suggestion that they mime to their own music, but then again as Ginger Baker would say, "Dose fuckin' drugs weren't gonna pay for demselves, were dey?"
@@thetruthfornow6045 I grew up really liking this song, not knowing anything about any videos of it, nor that any band member was unhappy. I just like the song!
Non commercial and not hip for the time and I dig their effort! I actually like it. Cream was an unusual group of super talented musicians that were doomed not to get along with each other. I love their music.
@@mechanicrainbow2709 It's a sarcastic song written about a man called Thích Quảng Đức and the west's high societal ignorance towards the plight of millions of people across the globe and our western ways. They used Quảng Đức as an example more than likely because of the impact the image of his final moments alive had on the world and the story that was reported with it. Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963 (He never flinched or uttered a word throughout). Quảng Đức was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngô Đình Diệm, a staunch Roman Catholic. There's way more to this story but that's the basics of what happened and what these guy's were talking about in this song
@@russellhobbs7245 I see, clapton has been a true rebel musician since his starts. That's why I read around there that this song is a statement. I'm happy to know the meaning of it, it used to be a fun song for me(because of the video) but now I know that it's got a deep meaning. Thank you
I'd just returned from a year spent working at Naval Station Hospital in DaNang ; at home on leave when I caught this subdued but brilliant performance on TV... It was on the Summers Brothers Smothers Show [ Smothers Brothers ] ... Then I listened to ' Goodbye Cream ' later on that same year... " I'm So Glad " blew me away .
This was recorded in the period of time where the three members were literally coming to blows with each other under the strains of stardom, drugs, non stop touring and creative differences with each other. They broke up a few months later. The looks in their eyes says it all.
@@caryheuchertThe lyrics of this tune were written by Martin Sharp, who wrote the lyrics to "Tales of Brave Ulysses" with Eric as composer of both tunes.
nah man ... harrison had that "i'm a really nice and king gentlemen" look, clapton with his long hair/mustache had that "piss off or i'll break this guitar in your head" hahah
~ What a joy to see Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton in 1968. Roger Federer, Wimbledon, and the movie "Savage Seven" bring me back here. See also the B-side, Pressed Rat & Warthog. Brilliant. Still fresh in 2018, omg 50 years later. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
I just watched an old (1968) biker movie called "The Savage Seven." This song was used in the film, as performed by a band called "The American Revolution." A must-see forgotten exploitation biker flick. Cast includes 60's rocker Duane Eddy, and famed actress Penny Marshall in her first movie.
Flash back city !! Smothers Brothers !!! I recall working with a guy a few years older than me (63 now) in the mid '80sand he had just bought the Crossroad box set. Asked me about this tune..."Flipside of "Pressed Rat and Warthog".
How amazing! I don't know why but Cream always rubbed me the right way. So much so I purchased the boxset, which had a lot of their studio works. GO CREAM!
I used to buy those late 60s cut-outs as well. Picked up Love's "My Little Red Book" and many other classics. I bet I saw this one and mistakenly passed on it. But I was only 8 years old so I couldn't buy them all.
I didn't realize Jack Bruce was so much shorter than Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton. He must have been a foot shorter than Baker. But he had a big, big voice.
This was taken from the Smothers Brothers show, I remember watching it (and being disappointed because I’d never heard of this song, and at how silly it was)
Imagine how confounding this would have looked on TV in 1968. Teenage kids would have been mesmerized. Their parents would have been totally bamboozled - the very long hair coupled with 19th century beards and moustaches, playing bizzare pop music...
1972,I have pleasant memories of Cream playing in the background ,music coming from my older boy cousins, they let me flip through their albums,and taught me about music, and different rock bands,they also help me with my homework from school.I,flew to Pittsburgh from Texas to see my Hero Eric Clapton, I sat there in the presence of greatness,breathing the same air,wishing my boy cousins were with me,,they are all gone now,but I did have the pleasure of taking them to see dozens of Rock bands,Deep purple, bad company, Peter Frampton, Kiss, many,many more,,I, would stand and watch my cousins face as he jam to the music ,just like when I was a child,it brought me joy.In memory of Ruben Mata,you are not forgotten
Twice upon a time in the valley of tear The auctioneer is bidding for a box of fading years And the elephants are dancing on the graves of squealing mice. Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice? And the ice creams are all melting on the streets of bloody beer While beggars stain the pavement with fluorescent Christmas cheer And the Bentley driving guru is putting up his price. Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice? And the prophets in the boutiques give out messages of hope With jingle bells and fairy tales and blind colliding scopes And you can tell they're all the same underneath the pretty lies. Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice? The yellow Buddhist monk is burning brightly at the zoo You can bring a bowl of rice and a glass of water too And fate is setting up the chessboard while death rolls out the dice. Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice?
Used to play this song… Couldn’t quite make out certain lyrics like “prophets in the boutiques” and “blind colliding scopes”-so I made up my own - I forget what. Something that rhymes I guess. Thanks for the transcription!
I robbed a Cream CD off my older sister in 1990 when I was 12. It blew me away. All my mates where into Acid House and all that other unlistenable shit. I still have this CD in the changer in my car now.
Cream was the biggest live band in the world in 1968. They outdrew Jimi and everyone else and Eric was as highly regarded by critics and serious musicians as Hendrix. Yet they were so poorly managed they played just one live song on American TV. That was on the Glen Campbell summer show in May 1968, and the producer made Eric play below the sustain level. Their manager, Robt. Stigwood, said no to them appearing at Monterey. An amazing band. Eric and Jimi were mutual admirers. Saw Cream Nov. 3 1968 in Baltimore and Jimi and the Exp. May 16/17 1969 at the same venue with my only front-row center seats--when the last notes rang out just after midnight it was my 19th birthday. So I can honestly say Jimi played my birthday (he just didn't know it). Those two concerts had the greatest impact on me. Anyone for Tennis is a fine pop tune, but sad to see a great live band like Cream forced to lip-sync.
45rpm B side of ‘Pressed Rat & WartHog’ my moms favorite Cream song. She 1st heard it while high on & selling Laguna Blue in 1969 down in Carmel Beach.
Maybe a reference to the song 'Toad'? Eric loved French food; they ARE on a silver tray- anyone for frogs' legs with fresh cream? Perhaps 'Mother's Lament'?
Clarification: Clapton never shot heroin, he inhaled it. He fell in love with Pattie while she was married, but she left George before she and Eric were involved. His autobiography is brilliantly written, very open and honest, refreshing even. He got clean from drugs and alcohol in mid 80's and staying clean is his #1 priority, over family even. As for business, in the past 10 years or so has he had any day to day involvement. He had to borrow money a few years ago to buy a boat, then he toured.
Love the imagery in the words in this song! Man,find the words and read them. Goes through what was and is bad in the world."ANY ONE FOR TENNIS" is pointing out how many don't care and was a phrase used by the "RICH" in many people's minds,you know the "COUNTRY CLUB"types WHO USUALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD CAUSE THEY GOT IT MADE AND ARE INSULATED FROM THEM! HEY ANY ONE FOR TENNIS? WOULD'T THAT BE NICE? FOR ALL OF US!!!!
Yes, 47 years from the band's formation and before.. and it's true that the frog was nailed down.. it wouldn't stand still for the opening shot. The Smothers Brothers show producer ordered it, nothing to do with the band. I sat in the empty auditorium while they shot this and a very young Ryan O'Neal came in from the studio next door where Peyton Place was being filmed. He was excited to see Cream, I was excited to see him! Those of a certain age may remember the TV show...
The ruthless whimsy of this video has wildly bypassed the beatles and careened headlong into monkeys territory. The demoralized, circumspect demeanor of Clapton is almost heroic.
A very underated Cream song and Eric's voice is great in this tune.
I second the motion
@@sicksideworldwide1599 Kyllä! Ja pojat oli täysin selevistä päitten,
For a novelty song, it has a certain charm, but it's nothing to write home about.
Eric certainly looks thrilled to be there.
I bet he thought it was a bullshit song.
I remember seeing a Cream documentary, and Clapton talked about this clip. He was not happy about having to go through it. He knew it was silly. And he was generally unhappy with Cream at this point, of course. You can see all of that in his eyes, for sure. Especially at the beginning. It's like, "WTF am doing......"
I know, right? And I would've thought virtuosos like these blokes would've been insulted at the very suggestion that they mime to their own music, but then again as Ginger Baker would say, "Dose fuckin' drugs weren't gonna pay for demselves, were dey?"
Great single, this was Eric’s crowning achievement!
The Beatles did goofy videos so why not Cream. You got to market your product.
@@thetruthfornow6045 I grew up really liking this song, not knowing anything about any videos of it, nor that any band member was unhappy. I just like the song!
@@hugejohnson5011 same here
Cream is a hidden gem that must be found at least once in your life.
Wouldnt that be nice?
CREAM is GOD.
Found them years ago mate
hidden??
Greatest rock and roll band.
I'm surprised Jack didn't hit Ginger with that tennis racket when he had the chance.
Ginger would have stabbed him.
*pulls knife again*
He probably did .
Lmaooo
Clapton looks like he knows somebody will get hit or just did. Anyone for tennis?
@@lastnamefirst4035 wouldn't that be nice?
"Fate is setting up the chess board, while Death rolls out the dice". Great fucking lyric.
It really is.
Yeh I like drugs aswell.
man, I never read the lyrics until you posted this. Dark as hell. Who woulda thought?
I've always loved it too
Simple elegance! I loved when Cream could completely show a different side on a track like this!
one of my fav Cream songs. so underratted/underappreciated in my opinion.
Non commercial and not hip for the time and I dig their effort! I actually like it. Cream was an unusual group of super talented musicians that were doomed not to get along with each other. I love their music.
It was very hip for the time. It’s a psychedelic song in the 60s lol
@@jacoblandman7345 It depended on if you knew what the meaning behind the song. It's actually very sad
@@russellhobbs7245 what is it?
@@mechanicrainbow2709 It's a sarcastic song written about a man called Thích Quảng Đức and the west's high societal ignorance towards the plight of millions of people across the globe and our western ways. They used Quảng Đức as an example more than likely because of the impact the image of his final moments alive had on the world and the story that was reported with it.
Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963 (He never flinched or uttered a word throughout). Quảng Đức was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngô Đình Diệm, a staunch Roman Catholic.
There's way more to this story but that's the basics of what happened and what these guy's were talking about in this song
@@russellhobbs7245 I see, clapton has been a true rebel musician since his starts. That's why I read around there that this song is a statement. I'm happy to know the meaning of it, it used to be a fun song for me(because of the video) but now I know that it's got a deep meaning. Thank you
i didn't realize jack was so short. he had one of the most beautiful voices in rock and roll.
they did him wrong trailing last didn't they? 😆
So short? Are you a chick? Sounds like a chick comment.
I'd just returned from a year spent working at Naval Station Hospital in DaNang ; at home on leave when I caught this subdued but brilliant performance on TV... It was on the Summers Brothers Smothers Show [ Smothers Brothers ] ... Then I listened to ' Goodbye Cream ' later on that same year... " I'm So Glad " blew me away .
This was recorded in the period of time where the three members were literally coming to blows with each other under the strains of stardom, drugs, non stop touring and creative differences with each other. They broke up a few months later. The looks in their eyes says it all.
And the irony is that after their farewell performance at Royal Albert Hall, Eric briefly considered continuing with Cream
"The Elephants are dancing on the graves of screaming mice" ... truly a song for our times, sigh ...
Typical Pete Brown lyrics. Wonderful!
@@caryheuchertThe lyrics of this tune were written by Martin Sharp, who wrote the lyrics to "Tales of Brave Ulysses" with Eric as composer of both tunes.
Ahh, Ginger. Love the cigarette. Filmed in Drug-O-Vision!
Clapton looks interested =)
He was pissed about doing it. He thought it was a joke....
nah man ... harrison had that "i'm a really nice and king gentlemen" look, clapton with his long hair/mustache had that "piss off or i'll break this guitar in your head" hahah
this is great. music reflects the times. Harmony back then , chaos now.
~ What a joy to see Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton in 1968. Roger Federer, Wimbledon, and the movie "Savage Seven" bring me back here. See also the B-side, Pressed Rat & Warthog. Brilliant. Still fresh in 2018, omg 50 years later. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
RIP Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.
But hopefully Clapton goes to hell
@@cleansanchez4880 he surely will. Cant stand Clapton
@@lastnamefirst4035 he won't ;) he's a hero
its great.
i love his clearly visible disdain for this
Tiny Jack Bruce is my spirit animal
🍄🍄🍄
I just watched an old (1968) biker movie called "The Savage Seven." This song was used in the film, as performed by a band called "The American Revolution." A must-see forgotten exploitation biker flick. Cast includes 60's rocker Duane Eddy, and famed actress Penny Marshall in her first movie.
Yeah its a must see
Always loved this underrated Cream gem! Especially the last "nice" as it carries on.
When they both or all three sing Wouldn't That Be Nice is quite beutiful!
Flash back city !! Smothers Brothers !!!
I recall working with a guy a few years older than me (63 now) in the mid '80sand he had just bought the Crossroad box set. Asked me about this tune..."Flipside of "Pressed Rat and Warthog".
RIP Jack
I bought that album from the "Savage Seven " just for this song --really ! Still got the damn thing
How amazing! I don't know why but Cream always rubbed me the right way.
So much so I purchased the boxset, which had a lot of their studio works.
GO CREAM!
Any Drug + This Song = BEST TRIP EVER!
My man Ginger just casually smoking a cig indoors. Different times.
Isn't that a whistle of some kind?
@@nicklomas181oh wow, maybe you're right!
Eric always had a great sense of humour!
Have you not heard the lyrics to the song
The lyrics aren't by Eric.
Did anyone besides me see that Clapton hair flip?? that just made my millennium😂❤️🤩obsessive-compulsive Clapton Disorder
I bought this stereo 45 @ Olson Electronics a 29c cutout!
I used to buy those late 60s cut-outs as well. Picked up Love's "My Little Red Book" and many other classics. I bet I saw this one and mistakenly passed on it. But I was only 8 years old so I couldn't buy them all.
The words "Intravenous substance" come to mind... 😂
or else they were licking those toads
I didn't realize Jack Bruce was so much shorter than Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton. He must have been a foot shorter than Baker. But he had a big, big voice.
Bruce was 5'4".
That explains everything
Ronnie James Dio was 5'4" too...lol BIG VOICE
And Steve Marriott
Ana Di he’s 6’1”
That 6’4” stat is garbage
A Perfect song. ;-) Love it !! Thanks for sharing
Ginger couldn't be bothered to stop smoking.
Ginger couldn't be bothered to stop a lot of things, but he's still with us.
Are you talking about the whistle in his mouth? LOL...
That's no whistle. Hes smoking lol
@@musicplateau1 Sadly.....Ginger left us today..... October 6th 2019 our Drum God is free. R.I.P. Ginger You will be missed.
I never saw Ginger play bongos before, and I didn't realize Jack was so much shorter than the other two.
Because he is stepping on different GROUND
Bongos?
Congas!
Eric even looked like George Harrison back then. Maybe so Harrison's wife wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
Until he picks up a guitar!!!
@@kitkat914 or opened her eyes
Eric looks better... haha
Not in this clip. George would never look or sound so foolish. Perfect example of selling out album time for esteem.
Nice arrangement/melody
This was taken from the Smothers Brothers show, I remember watching it (and being disappointed because I’d never heard of this song, and at how silly it was)
huge fan of the lyrics
Damn good single. Funny promo video now over 50 years old.
I didn't realize Jack Bruce was so short. But he sure sang tall.
Aaron Goldstein He isn’t that short. Clapton is 178 cm and Ginger Baker is 191 cm.
And how was Jack's height,Doedsjarl?
Jack was 5'4
Ginger was 6'4
Finis Malorum Ginger was 6’1”
The 6’4” stat given in internet research is rubbish
That thing with the frogs at the beginning is gold. The whole vid is hilarious🐸🐸😂
Imagine how confounding this would have looked on TV in 1968. Teenage kids would have been mesmerized. Their parents would have been totally bamboozled - the very long hair coupled with 19th century beards and moustaches, playing bizzare pop music...
Clapton its 2016 and im digging you so I live in the past ....thats all I know im skyhigh that I learned ..those were the days
1972,I have pleasant memories of Cream playing in the background ,music coming from my older boy cousins, they let me flip through their albums,and taught me about music, and different rock bands,they also help me with my homework from school.I,flew to Pittsburgh from Texas to see my Hero Eric Clapton, I sat there in the presence of greatness,breathing the same air,wishing my boy cousins were with me,,they are all gone now,but I did have the pleasure of taking them to see dozens of Rock bands,Deep purple, bad company, Peter Frampton, Kiss, many,many more,,I, would stand and watch my cousins face as he jam to the music ,just like when I was a child,it brought me joy.In memory of Ruben Mata,you are not forgotten
crist this recorfind is almost 40 years old im 20+ but its still one of favorite bits
Twice upon a time in the valley of tear
The auctioneer is bidding for a box of fading years
And the elephants are dancing on the graves of squealing mice.
Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice?
And the ice creams are all melting on the streets of bloody beer
While beggars stain the pavement with fluorescent Christmas cheer
And the Bentley driving guru is putting up his price.
Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice?
And the prophets in the boutiques give out messages of hope
With jingle bells and fairy tales and blind colliding scopes
And you can tell they're all the same underneath the pretty lies.
Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice?
The yellow Buddhist monk is burning brightly at the zoo
You can bring a bowl of rice and a glass of water too
And fate is setting up the chessboard while death rolls out the dice.
Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice?
Thanks
Translucent lyrics.
Used to play this song… Couldn’t quite make out certain lyrics like “prophets in the boutiques” and “blind colliding scopes”-so I made up my own - I forget what. Something that rhymes I guess. Thanks for the transcription!
Exquisite mustache, Mr. Clapton.
Clapton with that stach lookin like a civil war General lol
I robbed a Cream CD off my older sister in 1990 when I was 12. It blew me away. All my mates where into Acid House and all that other unlistenable shit. I still have this CD in the changer in my car now.
As well you should! These fellows are an integral part of the tapestry of rock/blues/pop. I've always loved them.
Remarkable
Aww...peach fuzz.
Cream was the biggest live band in the world in 1968. They outdrew Jimi and everyone else and Eric was as highly regarded by critics and serious musicians as Hendrix. Yet they were so poorly managed they played just one live song on American TV. That was on the Glen Campbell summer show in May 1968, and the producer made Eric play below the sustain level. Their manager, Robt. Stigwood, said no to them appearing at Monterey. An amazing band. Eric and Jimi were mutual admirers. Saw Cream Nov. 3 1968 in Baltimore and Jimi and the Exp. May 16/17 1969 at the same venue with my only front-row center seats--when the last notes rang out just after midnight it was my 19th birthday. So I can honestly say Jimi played my birthday (he just didn't know it). Those two concerts had the greatest impact on me. Anyone for Tennis is a fine pop tune, but sad to see a great live band like Cream forced to lip-sync.
yeah.. i remember the sunshine video too.. Thanks for the post!
Can hear where Page gets it all. Eric just 23 yrs. old here, just blows my mind.
Hard Rock Marshall Full Blast began with Eric.. and precise playing.
Sounds like a George H. song I love the frogs.
Poor Eric. he REALLY didn't want to be there.
They nailed those frogs down to stop them escaping too which didn't help his mood.
45rpm B side of ‘Pressed Rat & WartHog’ my moms favorite Cream song. She 1st heard it while high on & selling Laguna Blue in 1969 down in Carmel Beach.
Wow!
I've never seen this before.
I'm actually quite suprised that three " serious" musicians would have agreed to do this especially Ginger and Jack
They probably ruffed eric up a bit before and after
Nice little ditty. Ever notice how Ginger Baker always looked like he was 80....
This is so sick and so good! love it!
So political against the establishment . Timeless
Funny video, love this song. I read the comment I posted below on another vid, and had to follow it, thanks for letting it be posted.
I like this video, the middle has a kind of yellow submarine feel to it, the song to is a real classic, shows their Englishness
Maybe a reference to the song 'Toad'? Eric loved French food; they ARE on a silver tray- anyone for frogs' legs with fresh cream? Perhaps 'Mother's Lament'?
I always thought that when they sang "Wouldn't That Be Nice " towards the end was pretty damn nice.. Those voices!
Eric looks like George Harrison
Probably because he wanted Harrison's wife lol
@@ryanwhiteguitar668 Not yet
@@giovannigobbi4832 later on
Brilliant, angry, innocent - and everything else. / Thank you for posting this!
You could be right. The canned laughter, the look of the film, it seems more American than anything else. Thanks for that man, A.
Bummer they broke up ,.. A Cream 1970 album would have been interesting indeed,.perhaps incredible
Clarification: Clapton never shot heroin, he inhaled it. He fell in love with Pattie while she was married, but she left George before she and Eric were involved. His autobiography is brilliantly written, very open and honest, refreshing even. He got clean from drugs and alcohol in mid 80's and staying clean is his #1 priority, over family even. As for business, in the past 10 years or so has he had any day to day involvement. He had to borrow money a few years ago to buy a boat, then he toured.
my first record i bought in 1971 in 2nd hand bin at a local newsagent had it until recently
Good god Eric looks so paranoid!
LOVE this song though!
I never realized that Jack was a lot shorter than Ginger and Eric!
Acid is a helluva drug
Ginger was deffo in I don't give a fuck mode on here..😁
This song BOMBED
Love the imagery in the words in this song! Man,find the words and read them. Goes through what was and is bad in the world."ANY ONE FOR TENNIS" is pointing out how many don't care and was a phrase used by the "RICH" in many people's minds,you know the "COUNTRY CLUB"types WHO USUALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD CAUSE THEY GOT IT MADE AND ARE INSULATED FROM THEM! HEY ANY ONE FOR TENNIS? WOULD'T THAT BE NICE? FOR ALL OF US!!!!
Wonderful British humour on 1968 American TV.
Anyone for smoking while playing tennis: wouldn't that be nice?
Superb song!
oh man, this is hilarious! but it also makes me glad that clapton didn't handle lead vocals for most of their songs
Ah, those were the days ... so deep!
This might be the most aggro I’ve ever seen EC lmfao
*cream* *cream* *CREAM* *cream* *cream* *cream* *CREAAMM* *cream*
Indeed! this was from The Smothers Brothers show as a few commenters posted. The Smothers had quite a few artists that were never seen on TV.
RIP Ginger
Yes, 47 years from the band's formation and before.. and it's true that the frog was nailed down.. it wouldn't stand still for the opening shot. The Smothers Brothers show producer ordered it, nothing to do with the band. I sat in the empty auditorium while they shot this and a very young Ryan O'Neal came in from the studio next door where Peyton Place was being filmed. He was excited to see Cream, I was excited to see him! Those of a certain age may remember the TV show...
I sure do. Just about to start the ninth grade. Too many people have forgotten this great song.
Healing Love & Light. ALLONE!
I worship Cream on a pedestal twenty feet tall......
jack bruce is playing the bass here, lov it
haha, ginger is always smoking. i love him.
Jajaaaa Eric's face has no price.
The frog scene is awesome creammm creakkk creammm
How many memories
VERY GOOD............................................
I remember when I was a freshman in high school, I wanted people to call me Jack Bruce lol…
The ruthless whimsy of this video has wildly bypassed the beatles and careened headlong into monkeys territory. The demoralized, circumspect demeanor of Clapton is almost heroic.
@bichomaldito - I remember seeing this on The Smothers Brothers.
Eric looks worried for Jack and Ginger so close to each other behind him