I've heard people say that before that Tales of Brave Ulysses sounds like Summer in the City and it actually does. (Summer in the City is one of the top 10 greatest singles of the '60s, by the way). The only Cream song that I like better than Tales of Brave Ulysses is White Room, and it has my favorite guitar parts on the whole album. And of course SWLABR is just a teeny bit less great. Maybe if it was longer it would be just as good, I don't know.
I have to say that I'm really enjoying getting into this album again in greater detail. Last four tracks coming up before my listening group meets in early January. Have to admit that the latter part of the album doesn't grab me as much as the rest but we'll see as I do each track.
A slow builder which, to be honest, never really takes off for me. Some nice guitar interludes from Clapton but they never really amount to much. The song concluded with some stronger Psych / blues but…….
I find Bruces’ vocals to be rather strained / over extended beyond his range almost, and this is one of my least favourite vocals (by him) on the album. Overall, an OK track.
is a blues cover song and although not one of my favourite track on the album does have my favourite vocals performance by Clapton and a rather good guitar solo.
Feels like a more traditional blues number from the band rather than the psychedelia of most of the rest of the album. Love the inclusion of harmonica here. Not something that features that much, if at all, on the rest of the album.
Not outstanding but a very decent track. Not as exciting or ground-breaking as a lot of the album but it doesn’t detract from the overall feel of the album.
A bit of a music hall-style novelty song here and I’m not a fan. Luckily it last less than 2 minutes but I think that it’s totally out of place on the album, which I guess might have been the point and a terrible way to conclude an excellent album.
I’m sure that there are those out there who really like it so I think that you could say that this is a track that will divide opinion.
Anyway. Any counter opinion would be appreciated as I'm missing the point of this track
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