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Badge
Cream Lyrics

I'm thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car
I'm thinkin' that I might have drove you too far
And I'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table

I told you not to wander 'round in the dark
I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park
Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel

Well, I told you that the light goes up and down
Do you notice how the wheels go 'round?

And you better pick yourself up from the ground
Before they bring the curtain down
Yes, before they bring the curtain down

I'm talkin' 'bout a girl that looks quite like you
She didn't have the time to wait in the queue
She cried away her life since she fell off the cradle

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Eric Patrick Clapton, George Harrison

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Comments from YouTube:

Colin Jennings

1y↑338

This is probably the most perfect two minutes fifty seconds of music ever recorded. Just sublime.

Malia Brown

My favorite Cream song!

Rhea Hayes

16w

AMEN❣️🇨🇦

Scott Prather

17w↑1

Most definitely.

A rock-and-roll masterpiece

robert myles

17w↑1

OMG 2021 my sentements ecacty

J Jski

17w↑2

I remember this when this was new
I still play this music .. at 68 yes old

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Carol Hart

14w↑51

I'm 59 and this is my favorite Cream song. That guitar rift is one of the most recognizable of all time. Written by George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
Heavenly perfection.

arnulford66

Have to hear this song. Radio won't play it.

Preeb Reintzus

13w↑3

Reminds me of sunshine breaking through the clouds everytime I hear it!

Melanie Head

1y↑193

I wish this song was like 10 minutes longer, Ill just have to listen to it again :)

Paul Marren

10w↑1

my exact thoughts

Mark Haigh

11w↑1

How lovely and nothing else. You deserve a Badge (put it on again)

Jerrold Kazynski

17w↑1

@JoJoShabadoo314 That version is good, but to me it doesn't have the groove of the original. It's longer but not necessarily better.
Some "live" versions of songs lose some of their magic.
Grateful Dead songs excluded. CDs of their early albums have some awesome renditions. I almost don't listen & drive. Unless I'm going north from Ballarat on Panamint Valley Road.

podulox

18w↑1

@John Conner The timing on that's cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M24xNZYXOZw
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

antarctic orb

18w↑2

@King Cassius agreed!

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B Bt

2y↑112

I've loved this song for 50 years! ♥️

Bob Wise

13w

69 years old this month 10-21-21 and I have always loved this song. One of my favorites for sure.

cindy belle

14w↑1

Geeeeez, I guess I have too!

Vern Pascal

17w↑1

@Alan Beard Some great songs huh? White Room, What Is Life ,Badge?

Alan Beard

35w↑2

53 years for me

jacque watts

39w↑3

ditto

Eva Thomas

6y↑988

If this song isn't a classic, I don't know what is.

Tom. Hoffmann

38w

But it is Eva because I absolutely love the great guitar music !

Tom. Hoffmann

38w

Perfect Eva😀

David Gilling

40w

You right. But white room is good to

Wolfsky9

1y↑1

To Eva Thomas ! --------------I so agree. It was for those of us who had our 2nd home on 511 Emerson St. in Denver, out on that small front porch, bestowing our love for this masterpiece, to the entire neighborhood ! -------------------------Wolfsky9, 74 y/o

Surf wave Tim Ray Law

1y↑1

my cover ✓ it out: https://youtu.be/3IVvjc_8bqs

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Elizabeth Machatton

1y↑458

This song is so underrated. It's my favorite Cream song.

Rob W

12w↑1

lol this song was never underrated, it was one of their most iconic songs of the 60s i know was 16 at the time

lmh

12w

@222Lightning cream songs only have meaning when you’re tripping on psychedelics

Rabbit Rabbit

12w

Same here my absolute favourite

schwarzerkuerbis

14w

Mine too.

Bryan Leigh

18w

Underrated always means I never heard of it LOL

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Bruce G.

1y↑310

Incredible. The bands that came out of the 60's and early 70's will never be matched.

stanlecn

Because they're 'jazz fusion' so many people forget the incomparable Steely Dan

stanlecn

Very true, VERY TRUE

Danny Corsaro

21w↑2

@krvnjrcbs I watched a country music show and they were discussing this topic! Only one corporate company owns all the radio stations and they play what they are told to play!

Judy Posusney

26w↑1

Never♥️✌🏽😩

Terry Walter

26w

Amen to that Bruce. Stellar 🌹

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robiniapseudoacacia

17w↑24

One of those rare songs I can listen to over and over again and seems like a new song each time. Absolutely brilliant.

Yawnyaman 1508

The ice cold ending is brilliant too..

Cliff Brown

2y↑158

That George Harrison guitar sends chills up my spine!

Oppothumbs M

12w

@james richards After the Beatles, Harrison sucked. Sure he had a good song (My Sweet Lord) or two but Cracker Box Palace and "I got my mind set on you": I just don't like. Not putting him down but just don't like his songs. His best were If i needed Someone" or I Need You" with great reverb and production. Clapton was best with Cream and just OK on his own. Science is all i know! I measured his music scientifically and it's mediocre because he couldn't write many good songs like God Neil Young or Dylan or Paul Westerberg of the Replacements . Heart felt songs that are emotional and clever and beautiful . Neil can't play as well Clapton but Clapton is often boring,

Oppothumbs M

12w

@Tieu Kha Vu And I think Ringo added a word or line.

Oppothumbs M

12w↑1

@Modern Milner Good psychology there bud. And who cares if someone hates something you like? That's insecurity or pathology.

Oppothumbs M

12w↑1

@ZiggyPlayedGuitar Why do assume that? Can't someone differ with you and not have some ulterior motive? For example, Ziggy and Hunky Dory were great but Golden Years funk records were crap. Sorry, I'm just so damn jealous.

Oppothumbs M

12w↑1

@Kelly Mikulec This song is great but sure Cream did there share of just OK songs.

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Carol Clark

3y↑68

Every time I hear this I am fifteen again, it has never lost the magic for me! Opened my mind to the brilliance of Cream and others , great music, great memories!

ragdolly22

10w↑1

In complete agreement. I was 15 when I first heard it. Never forgotten it.

Bob Wise

13w↑1

Was 17 at the time and I agree with you !!

Michael Ulbricht

38w↑81

George paid Eric back for his work on While my Guitar Gently Weeps by adding his trademark descending riff on Badge's Bridge. Simply lovely!

Jaquie Fallon

15w↑2

I didnt realise it was George for years! George and Eric bromance

Rhea Hayes

16w↑2

YES… GEORGE HARRISON PLAYED RYTHYM GUITAR ON THIS SONG… CLAPTON & HARRISON ❤️❤️🇨🇦

Michael Ulbricht

27w↑9

"Yet there's a bridge that's much lighter and merrier in tone with a memorably enchanting circular riff and brief bursts of falsetto vocals. This is the part where Harrison's influence, direct or indirect, seems most apparent." I heard George using that riff in 1968, and it's all over Abbey Road; You Never Give me Your Money, Here Comes the Sun, and a few times in the closing 16 minute montage on side two. Eric may have played that circular guitar riff, but there's no doubt that it was influenced by George. Take care and Peace!

J Dubbiyou

27w↑4

that;s Eric....George's part is a quite simple slapping rhythm guitar through the song.He must;ve fallen in love with the Leslie after that session

delphin bringsby

3y↑14

That's pretty much a damn perfect rock single. It's got it all; great chords, great groove, great bass lines, great vocals, great melody, great guitar solo, co-written with the coolest Beatle, and all under 3 minutes. There it is.

Jeremy Childress

1y↑42

George Harrison was a musical genius

cosmicdrifter287

2y↑43

one of my favourite cream tunes ever.

Johny boy

2y↑1

cosmicdrifter287 white room too

stratman1021

2y↑27

One of the most soulful solos Clapton played. Makes that guitar cry.

Vidar Mathisen

2y↑15

One of the greatest bands ever.

amy hannah

3y↑98

I have the 45 of this. Very old but one of the most precious things I own. I still have my turntable. This song is incomparable.

Trevor Tagliabue

2y↑1

I still have my original Phillips stereo from 1971. It cost $115 back then and Badge was one of those catchy songs that got flogged on my turntable. Didn't have my car licence yet, but music made walking everyway easier....

Graham Buckenham

2y↑2

Go Amy , go girl...

Les Heath

2y↑1

It sounds so much better on vinyl!

lisa inger

2y↑4

@evan morrow I got in from a charity shop. I nearly fainted when I discovered it.

Alan Paul

2y↑5

I still have the "Goodbye Cream" album with this track on it. Bought it in Hong Kong in 1972 along with "Machine Head" by Deep Purple...Can't beat the sound of vinyl.

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artiste1954

7y↑838

Legendary. We lived in legendary times. It is hard to explain to the younger generation.

George Hartas

13w↑1

Funny enough, that's exactly what our elders said about us back in the day. Imagine our parents raised on 1940s and 1950s music trying to digest this song. Same with us today. One big circle.

"Do you notice how the wheels go 'round?"

Jay Bee

13w

So true....

Maura Zerbini

18w

the younger generation don't have this kind of music

mirrorblue100

27w

What they listen to nowadays is such contrived schlock.

Kelly Carroll

29w

@jomarluke oh stop, I'm a boomer, and my last relationship was with a person of color, so contrary to what you think, we're not all racists.
We Boomers don't need to worry though, because thankfully, we'll all be dead when you younger ones who are totally ruining society will be annihilated when the world is reborn and you guys will be wiped out, screaming and writhing in pain, haha!
Sincerely,
A Boomer
P. S. I'm not a religious freak, just a person with common sense.

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Marylee Meiser

4y↑19

my absolute favorite by cream, badge rules!!!!

JRock Ofages

This and... She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow

John Trani

mine too

s w

2y↑41

1969 - I was in 9th grade in the south. My sister was at college in New England. She brought a Cream album home to me and it was life changing!

juzagirl Ntheroom

36w↑1

Born in 69
One of my favorite albums ever

Steve Hunter

3y↑113

One of my favorite songs by L'Angelo Misterioso.

Ronald Elliott

29w↑1

Glad you got that too! Right on Steve!

Maria L. Rapaglia

2y↑8

by george, they got it! good song & lyrics!

O Dog

2y↑13

One of best rock bands ever. They had such a great sound together and so many brilliant songs. Also, they influenced so many other bands. R.I.P. Ginger Baker

Andrew Booth

26w↑2

Clapton’s greatest guitar break, and very nice vocals. This will always be my favourite Cream song.

J Dubbiyou

3y↑3

Badge; a perfect example of the genius of producer, Felix Pappalardi and quite possibly EC's best in studio guitar solo ever; brilliant the way he comes out of it back to the verse

Bob bsing

1y↑36

Maybe the best bass lines of any song in Rock history. Jack Bruce will live on in Eternity. Now I have to go and listen to his bass again. When he steps it down is pure genius and not ever heard in any other song before or since.

Bob bsing

26w↑1

@willyjameshuff Oh yes you're right. JPJs Masterpiece and makes Bruce's bass playing look like romper room compared to it.

Ricky Pisano

34w

@synthonaplinth for sure.

synthonaplinth

34w↑1

The Ox would like a word with you.

Ricky Pisano

44w

Agreed.

Barack Obama

@willyjameshuff Either YYZ by Rush, or the Lemon Song by Led Zeppelin deserve the title. Mostly leaning to YYZ

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Danny Boyle

Still sends shivers!two great solos!

Victoria Webster

12w↑1

My favorite Cream song ! Wish it was longer ! Sometimes I play it several times in a row ! ❤️🎶

Greg White

Incredible song, and singing along with it in your car is a great and fun experience!

Peter Friedman

2y↑17

There's a unique combination of the bleakest melancholy and an uplifting, almost spiritual feel which instantly marks out George Harrison's writing, something that fits in seamlessly with his vocal style, which itself often seems to reflect a kind of keening, inconsolable wistfulness. For me, the only other singer who ever managed to capture these things perfectly was Clapton in this unforgettable performance.

Peter Friedman

17w

@Bryan Leigh Bryan, unfortunately, I'm sure you're spot on, but I do hope you'll accept my apologies, I'm working really hard on trying to be at least just a wee bit less pompous, but it's very hard to change the habit of a (long in the tooth) lifetime. Meanwhile, I've got to seriously thank you for incidentally drawing my attention to that totally incredible Jimi Hendrix YouTube channel that you're subscribed to. Wow! Just so much truly amazing stuff in there that I'd never heard. Cheers and sorry once again for being such a pompous (but at least hopefully not too ungrateful) bore.

Bryan Leigh

18w

That'll impress teacher, pompous bore

Peter Friedman

@MrKennethkeen It's kinda strange having YouTube around and being able to play Badge whenever I want to, because when I first heard it on the radio in the 70s long after its release, I couldn't imagine being able to afford to buy the record and wouldn't have known where to get hold of it even if I could. But I remember thinking it was one of the most emotionally affecting things I had ever heard. The story with Joe Cocker's Marjorine couldn't be more different: I got if free when I was working for Cube Records, who had re-released it on an album. Many years after leaving Cube, I had eventually saved up enough to afford a record player and was shocked to discover that something I had been given for free actually included an amazing track. The Ram track story was also connected to that because I got that album at a second-hand shop and I was amazed that it turned out to be full of extraordinary great things I had never heard before, like this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrthE_waCV8

MrKennethkeen

@Peter Friedman Yeah. But it could be that you put more into your creative writing than the lads put into making this song. That is no criticism, implied nor unimplied. It's good to see non-American comments here, on youtube, where in general unfortunately those wasters from the west seem to block all our channels with pitiful "awssome" remarks and "kinda" etc.
Please continue.

Peter Friedman

@DeltaJazzUK This song also has something else going for it, directly connected to the 'Harrison factor': a kind of 'melancholy hook' that kind of takes you by surprise, simply because of its contrast with the opening bars, which, in terms of the kind of mood that they evoke, don't actually 'prepare you' for the 'emotional payload' that follows them. The other song which illustrates this best is probably Joe Cocker's 'Marjorine': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPEwOupGe_I There's no criticism, implied or otherwise, in such an observation. The opposite, in terms of clarity about whether the things that go on before the melancholy hook don't actually prepare you is 'Ram on' by McCartney. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Swl9Iqh6DQ. Does it prepare you? Is it really melancholy? The answers to both questions in the latter case are probably 'maybe', but in both former cases definitely seems to be No, they don't prepare you and yes, it's definitely as heartbreakingly melancholy as you'll ever hear in a song.

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Micky Mantle

2y↑1

This is a masterpiece !

James Martin

7y↑768

The only song co-written by George Harrison and Eric Clapton. R.I.P. Jack Bruce. What a great bass player he was. Cream were a great band.

stanlecn

I remember wandering by the Natural History museum in Kensington one Sunday morning in 1969 when who should pull up to the lights in his open-top silver Jenssen Ginger Baker! A memorable image.

Erik Lawaetz

22w

The Best band
EVER .😀❤🖤👍

Jules Wilson

27w

🙏💝🎸🎤🎹❤❤❤❤❤

Scott Campbell

29w

@Junkystuff 36 .......and Ginger Baker.

Scott Campbell

29w↑1

This song stands on its own. It's an almost 60 year old song and it's one that I've never gotten burned out on. I might not hear it for 2-3 years and it sounds so fresh that first time I hear it, and just as fresh after hearing it every other day for 8 years.

I don't have many of those.

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Nutella

31w↑3

One of my favorite all time songs, but it always left me wanting more.

Terry Walter

48w↑1

Oh yeah, Badge is definitely an underrated song. My all-time favorite song too

The Mad Crafter

1y↑1

Love this song love the bass lines

Afshin Afshar

3y↑13

Never gets old!
"Yes, I told you that the light goes up and down.
Don't you notice how the wheel goes 'round?
And you better pick yourself up from the ground
Before they bring the curtain down,
Yes, before they bring the curtain down."

Barry DeWalt

2y↑2

Such good times with this tune . Spine tingler.

Avi Soncino

3y↑9

Clapton's voice is really good in this song!

DYNODRUM

This is the Tune that ole slow boy , learned to really sing on..

stratman1021

One of my fav solos from Clapton. Such feel.

JK Rost

4y↑10

Harrison's guitar in the break is absolutely beautiful.

JK Rost

Best ever. It makes the song.

kneelandpray2

6y↑382

Love this track, one of my fav by Cream

evan morrow

This tune has been my all time favorite since 1968

Robert Nieten

3y↑1

I'm just now really liking this song namely because i found out George Harrison is on it.Check out basketball Jones song.

Robert McGuigan

Uh uh

Ray Piper

3y↑1

+Dusty the 2nd when your soul is on that higher plain and you are a great song writer, the essence of any heart felt metaphysical moment ,must be embedded into the tune and lyrics.
A moment in the universe captured forever,and we mere mortals can tune into that.

Ernie Gomez

4y↑1

kneelandpray2 amen to that

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Peter Bullock

Absolute masterclass of a song by a truly legendary band

Maura Foye

28w

I loved and still love every Cream song. Brilliant band .

Ric DellaPenna

3y↑11

One of the best short guitar solos ever

slow hand

Kevin Hubbell Clapton played the solo George played the middle riff sounds like the Beatles

Kevin Hubbell

Actually George and Clapton both wrote it together. And Ringo Starr put in the line about the Swans in the park. The real debate is who played the lead and it is Clapton with George on the lead intro

slow hand

Kevin Hubbell Clapton wrote it

Kevin Hubbell

George wrote it Clapton played the lead. George is on the Leslie speaker intro before the lead comes in

John DeF

4y↑1

1:08 the greatest riff in the history of rock🎸❤️

Lucy Rigby

2y↑1

Três dos melhores músicos em suas receptivas areas.

Age and Treachery

3y↑9

Love the way the song ends. Perfectly abrupt with the last note fading out.

Roberta Colarette

29w↑1

I used to play Badge over and over and over again when it came out. I loved it so much. Still do.

Kelly

12w

Hello Roberta, How are you doing?

Mary Anne Fontana

36w↑3

I've loved this song since I first heard it 30 years ago. Never gets old.

Kelly

12w

Hello Mary, How are you doing?

Thelonious Coltrane

still one of the best rock songs ever!

Geoff Gane

4y↑4

Thank you, George, for that amaaazing riff.

chronosynclastic8

2y↑2

1:07 makes me shiver every time. Well done.

evan morrow

3y↑7

I was shooting some pool uptown at the pool hall when I first heard this on the jukebox and I liked it immediately. I was listening to the song and also trying to shoot but was so distracted by the hauntingly beautiful sound which filled the room, that I kept missing shots, even the easy ones and I ended up losing the game. Badge has been one of my all time favorite songs ever since. Everytime I hear it played it evokes images in my mind of that day that are so crystal clear , that it seems like it was just yesterday even though it was over 50 years ago.

Linda Redlick

13w

Great story.

Knower

3y↑1

I loved this song 50 years ago and I love it just as much today.

Epigmenio Herrera

27w

Great band ,great song!!!!

Susan Dorsey

36w↑1

I love to listen to the oldies brings back a lot of memories & old friends!💜

Kelly

12w

Hello Susan, How are you doing?

melba sakowski

ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME.

Drew Hunkins

6y↑61

That break and change up at the 1:06 mark is goose bump inducing. Stunning!

SusanWF

4y↑5

When my son heard that bit for the first time, he didn't know enough to separate them out, but he yelled, "it's the Beatles!" He was four years old.

leegenix

4y↑3

Does it do that to you, too? Guest musician, George Harrison is playing that. So wonderful to hear George Harrison with his special kind of music magic.

Drew Hunkins

+John Moonitz

Perfection indeed Mr. Moonitz.

John Moonitz

6y↑7

+Drew Hunkins Yes it is! I remember the first time I heard this song (many years ago now) and the break hit . . . I instantly said out loud "My God! That really sounds like a George Harrison riff!" Sure enough! Perfection!!

Drew Hunkins

+Mike Kohary

Exactly Mr. Kohary. Great points.

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Cliff Brown

42w

That guitar lick just gives me goose bumps everytime!!

Beth Klaus Wytrval

Definitely my favorite song from Cream!!

Debi Diana

18w↑2

I still listen to this often all these years later. It makes me yearn for the old days.

Chris Thomas

Love this song!

PC160

5y↑47

My favorite Clapton solo. It has a beautiful arc, serves the song, and has a great emotional punch. Great!

PC160

5y↑5

And you can hear and feel George Harrison, Great song.

MrRlwiley

24w

A stunningly moving masterpiece. Beautifully written,, produced and performed.
Creams Best:

Stevez61

3y↑1

My favorite Cream song, one of my favorite songs ever. Always has been.

Doug King

Always a GREAT SONG! 😎

Jill Pannill

26w

Love this song so much.

Diego Barbagelata

5y↑207

"she cried away her life since she fell off the cradle."
Great verse

Not A Salt Farmer

28w↑1

This is the best ending lyric to a song EVER!!!!
(how ever you sing it...lol)

Aarron Blythin

41w

Beautiful, brutal lyric.

Alexander Mills

@Beano Traffini i mean "said she fell" not "since she fell"

Beano Traffini

1y↑3

@Alexander Mills uh, I believe it's "Fell OUT..."

Pablo Pérez

1y↑2

@Wayne J It was more like Eric way to express (tales of Brave u)

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John Kermode

28w↑3

First heard this song from my Dad on a cassette of great songs he put together in 2002. I was 10 at the time. Absolutely loved this song! One of my favourite ever Cream songs!

Laurie Casano

That guitar riff melts me every time.

Heather Fuller

4y↑3

Something about this song. That bass line. It's beautiful. Perfect.

Kelly

12w

Hello Heather, How are you doing?

buildyourowntone

2y↑1

Timeless, Epic, means something different to everybody that listens to this GREAT song. I just LOVE it!
Live long and prosper, Eric Clapton, may your band mates wait patiently for your arrival, to ROCK Heaven.

Tarantulisimo

4y↑311

Eric Clapton – lead vocals, lead guitar
Jack Bruce – bass, backing vocals
Ginger Baker – drums
Felix Pappalardi – piano & mellotron
George Harrison (credited as "L'Angelo Misterioso") – rhythm guitar

Willian Anaya

33w

@David Gregorski excelente , siempre quise saber quién era el que tocaba el 🎹 piano en ésta gran canción

fritzthedog007

39w

Hey, didn't Ringo write the swans in the park bit?

Mikey Smith

Sorrymichael

David Gregorski

1y↑1

💈Look at this lineup- how could you go wrong

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albert rodriguez

3y↑1

Love it 👣🎼🤙🕶

Kraig Nelson

3y↑1

Damn good song. You get help but like this classic!

Terri Garza

2y↑2

They nail it in this one best driving music ever

Sheri Peters

This song takes my breath away......still...over and over.....✌️

Visna Macpherson

6y↑198

What a perfect combination Baker, Clapton and Bruce were. Best band ever.

Kent Lewis

@Tieu Kha Vu I was just thinking how the solo in the middle sounds very George-ish while the riffs toward the end sounds more like Eric.

Rick Rhodes

1y↑1

I think Led Zepplin comes in here, too. They are also 3 of the best musicians, like these 3. Fairly much showed up right as Cream wound down.

Thekam

3y↑5

Recently saw Kofi Baker, Malcolm Bruce and Will Johns (Clapton's nephew) play together the Music of Cream. Awesome experience.

Tieu Kha Vu

3y↑9

Don't forget George. Even if he was just a special guest on that track. R.I.P. Angelo Mysterioso

Mark Flanigan

^ could have

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Cheril

11w↑1

Memories of high school. I fell in love with this song. Wish I still had my first Cream album. Wish I was still 13.

John Jackson

3y↑2

One of the greatest power trios of all time. very influential for how long they stayed together. Clapton kills it on his solo, George Harrison too. they all were great. RIP Jack Bruce. the best of times....

Ana sousa

12w

Realmente como é que se explica MAGIA??? Só ouvir e...sentir!

maurice powers

28w↑4

I still remember buying this album back in HS when it first came out(I worked in a record store...BIG discount😁had over 300 albums in 69') this album was INCREDIBLE.

Maura Zerbini

8w↑1

this song is a masterpiece

Foghorn Leghorn ii

3y↑1

Simply fantastic

alison wood

2021 and still jamming on this tune!!

Lj Hendrickson

Am covered with goosebumps over the BEAUTY of this song and Cream!!

Acrobatic Cripple

20w↑5

Far far too short! It was then, and continues to be. A part of my emotions at the time, and still stirs after the decades.

719sikora

This song has been caught in my head all day! God they were an incredible band. Not much out there touches this.

Beano Traffini

2y↑2

Perfect. I always loved how this song (one of my absolute favorites) came to be: The band needed one last song to make up an album they owed Atlantic before they moved on, so Eric called George (Harrison) for help and they sat in the studio coming up with music-and what were essentially nonsensical words & phrases for the lyric, just to get the damn thing done. At one point Eric asks George, who was copying down the word ideas, " What's that then, Badge?"
What he had actually seen that George had written on the paper (upside down from where he was sitting...) was"Bridge." One of my absolute favorite songs in the whole world doesn't mean much of anything, except the wonderful memories I've assigned to it (I Am The Walrus, anyone...?)

David Donovan

3y↑5

Pure quality....

Steely_Fran

6y↑32

This is one of my all-time favorite songs. I especially like Jack Bruce's bass playing in it.

Gary

24w

How about Jack’s little slide at the end of 8th beat ??? Most musicians would have just cut it off but he had to fancy it up a little bit.

simply fred

4y↑2

Franomaly jack's intro is a masterpiece new bands would die for.

K.A. W.

5y↑2

Franomoly The Jack Bruce bass line at the beginning is so damn sexy.

Andrea Smith

39w

Love this song

Lee Saunders

2y↑8

I will forever love george Harrison just for his 1.07 genius input. that my friends is a true guitar breakdown. 👏👏

Robert Laberge

33w↑12

At the beginning of the bridge at 1:09 George's own unique guitar arpeggios are routed through a Leslie organ revolving speaker in order to produce the gigantic, boundless, out-of-this-world effect, used on many Beatles Abbey Road recordings, like the famed intro to Ringo Starr's It Don't Come Easy.

Mahesh K

George gave away the song to Ringo

chuck finley

25w↑1

that bass riff tells a story all it's own. brilliant piece of music.

HAM13URGERS

4y↑22

Could listen to badge on repeat for hours, what a track!

Phyllis Podesva

38w

I love this song it is awesome

Philip Anania

20w↑1

Definitely my favorite Cream tune.

Jerome Mitchell

My vote for the best song of the 60's!
A classic.

paul armstrong

37w

A timeless classic.

Pam welch

25w

Love it!

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