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In the white room with black curtains near the station.
Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes.
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment.
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines;
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.
You said no strings could secure you at the station.
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows.
I walked into such a sad time at the station.
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning.
I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back;
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves.
At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd.
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten.
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes.
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings.
I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd;
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves.
| frednic (Santee, CA) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 16:21 I graduated from high school in 1970. So I remember this when it first came out. I think this is an exellent cover. I like the contrast of the two voices.  |
| Drummer4soul (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 16:18 Well, I say this song rocks the house. Gotta love the drums, sounds alot like Ginger Baker. Two thumbs up! |
| JGD | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 16:17 jlind wrote: I forgot how bad Sheryl Crow sounds, yuck. Stick with the original please.
Triple that sentiment - what's the deal - RP using too much bandwidth and they are trying to get people to change the channel lately (exp. today)? Oh - and Clapton should be ashamed of himself anyway for the last 20 years of Phil Collins Muzak poop. |
| jlind (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 16:16 I forgot how bad Sheryl Crow sounds, yuck. Stick with the original please. |
| 34bogas (México city) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 16:15 Clapton ya no es Dios |
| dwa375 (NYC) | Posted: Jul 01, 2005 - 12:06 Sheryl (sings like a) Crow ruins an all time classic. What was Clapton thinking? :puke:  |
| nuggler (Oz via Good Hope) | Posted: Jul 01, 2005 - 12:04 Mugro wrote: Eric Clapton should be ashamed of himself to do this song with Sheryl Crow. Utter DRECK.
Hey ! She's a hottie...he is God afterall...they shagged...it makes utter SENSE. Damn good take as well ! |
| MooterWholesale (New York City by way of Georgia) | Posted: Jul 01, 2005 - 12:02 It was a solid 8 till Crow started singing :puke: It's not that she's a bad singer, it's just that she has no place on a Cream track. |
| flandersdog (the sunny Pac NW) | Posted: Jul 01, 2005 - 12:00 Sheryl's voice sounds better than it usually does. but still not very good. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Jun 16, 2005 - 18:54 Mugro wrote: I know that RP is not a democracy, but here is my vote on this song: CRAP!
Uh, What he said.......Eric Clapton should be ashamed of himself to do this song with Sheryl Crow. Utter DRECK. BTW, I am very jealous of you folks in the UK that have been able to see the real Cream! |
| trempel (Abbostdford, BC, Canada) | Posted: Jun 16, 2005 - 18:49 Yeah! I'm rockin out here! The guitar work in this version is not as good (not nearly) as the original, but I really like the way Cheryl Crow sings in this song. |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Massachusetts) | Posted: May 18, 2005 - 10:52 I know that RP is not a democracy, but here is my vote on this song: CRAP! Eric Clapton should be ashamed of himself to do this song with Sheryl Crow. Utter DRECK. BTW, I am very jealous of you folks in the UK that have been able to see the real Cream! |
| Rafter101 | Posted: May 18, 2005 - 10:49 THIS VERSION ROCKS--makes me wish I was there! |
| newbaby (houston texas but wish is was home in new oreleans) | Posted: May 18, 2005 - 10:47 most excellent........i feel almost young again |
| Zweiblumen (Quincy, MA) | Posted: May 18, 2005 - 10:45 No. |
| tonypf (Honolulu) | Posted: May 03, 2005 - 19:32 rulebritannia wrote: The Cream....live! There are few things that make me jealous in the world, but you got me with this one. You have to go thru more than two years of comments to find a fleeting reference to the voice in the band, Jack Bruce. I like Eric's guitar work on this cover, but it sports two pretty mundane voices.
Hope you got tickets to the Albert Hall Cream shows going on this week. I read New York Time's review this a.m. on the first show. They liked it, but weren't knocked out! |
| Huey (Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 04, 2005 - 12:31 misanthropic wrote: Brutal.
Stop me if you've heard this one before, but I think poor Eric Clapton's been eating crow. But is she enjoying it? |
| GregK | Posted: Apr 04, 2005 - 12:29 I'm not offended by this version, go EC..... I love that Hammond at the end too........... |
| radiomao (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Apr 04, 2005 - 12:29 I think Sheryl said it best in The Difficult Kind: "If anyone should know...how to let it slide" |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Apr 04, 2005 - 12:27 Did y'all know that Cream is playing a series of reunion concerts at Albert Hall in London, next month? The real deal with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker joining Clapton. I think they are doing like four shows or something. Wish I was going! |
| Mikey (Brain dead in O-HI-O) | Posted: Feb 04, 2005 - 13:02 Hey, if you have to do a duet and choose between being between a (kid) Rock and a Hard Place... ...wouldn't you pick god? |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Feb 04, 2005 - 13:01 polecat wrote: Is there a way to edit this song so that you can't hear Sheryl?? Just wondering....
Not exactly, but you can go buy "Wheels of Fire" by Cream, where the song first appeared and Jack Bruce does the other vocal. |
| polecat (Hot as H___ in AZ) | Posted: Feb 04, 2005 - 12:59 Is there a way to edit this song so that you can't hear Sheryl?? Just wondering.... Why does Eric let himself be subjected to this bastardization of his music? Can't be for the "artistic" value. This song was just fine in it's original form. |
| brn | Posted: Jan 20, 2005 - 19:21 misanthropic wrote: Stop me if you've heard this one before, but I think poor Eric Clapton's been eating crow.
OMG, this is the hardest I've laughed this year. I'm not ready to rate this song yet, but it might make a 4. Too bad, considering the talent involved. |
| Xeric (Along the Madison) | Posted: Jan 20, 2005 - 19:20 She, she, she! Who cares! I mean, Crow's okay here--and Clapton's screaming on that there guitar. Fine by me. . . . |
| SuperWeh (51° 59' 46" N, 4° 21' 13" E) | Posted: Jan 06, 2005 - 01:36 It used to be that I got really stoked every time I recognized the intro to this song. Since I've heard this version however I've become more apprehensive since it may as well be _this_ version. What were they thinking? I mean it's fine to do it live, but why did they have to put out a recording of it? I've got nothing against Crow btw, I think she's cool... |
| eyelykearrpee | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:53 DAMMIT!!! DAMMIT!!! DAMMIT!!! Why does this kind of thing happen? Won't some body think of the children? I've tried to like her but I just don't. I can't stand her and Clapton is one of my favorites but this is...this is...just...AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The worst part is that I have to admit that it's not her fault this time. Oh Eric. Say it aint so. The best thing to come out of this whole mess is the following comment. misanthropic wrote: Stop me if you've heard this one before, but I think poor Eric Clapton's been eating crow. |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:51 poprocker1 wrote: you haters need to give sheryl a fair shake. many musicians, myself included, find both her songwriting and her performance quite enjoyable.
she is not just a bimbo. that said, this concert is unfortunately not a good example of that. she's clearly not in her best form on this record. but she still rocks in my book. Yup. Well put. Saw her at Austin City Limits Festival and she rocked the joint. She's paid her dues in my book. And she's a great presence following the path paved by Chrissy Hind. The chick can rock. |
| Johray63 (Meppel) | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:50 poprocker1 wrote: you haters need to give sheryl a fair shake. many musicians, myself included, find both her songwriting and her performance quite enjoyable.
she is not just a bimbo. that said, this concert is unfortunately not a good example of that. she's clearly not in her best form on this record. but she still rocks in my book. Mm, doesn't surprise me that much. Those folks are her old heroes just as well, so she may just be a "little" tensed! |
| callum (2nd desk, on the left.) | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:43 Poacher wrote: Percentage of peeps who air drum along to this?
82% I'd say  Right there with ya.  and :-({|= |
| Beastie (Rye, NY) | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:42 I'd never heard this before, I think it is a nice version. Did anyone see the guitar festival on National Public Television this past weekend? |
| poprocker1 (San Diego) | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:42 you haters need to give sheryl a fair shake. many musicians, myself included, find both her songwriting and her performance quite enjoyable. she is not just a bimbo. that said, this concert is unfortunately not a good example of that. she's clearly not in her best form on this record. but she still rocks in my book. |
| Alexandra (Ohioville) | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:42 This definitely works for me...Sheryl at one of her finest moments! |
| timandjuliet (Colorado, USA) | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:41 Why? I love 'em both, but this is...it's....why? |
| keemun (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:40 pisceswind wrote: Oh, ugh! Sheryl Crow. I'm so let down in RP. I was always proud on how you never heard her on here....(so sad)
oh my god! the free internet radio station has sold out! *gasp* next thing you know it'll have ClearChannel ads. wait...what's that, you say? it's still free? it still plays great music regardless of whether it's been on the radio before, and regardless of the whining of its listeners about how anyone who likes Artist X must be an insensate moron? shocking! |
| Beez | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 11:40 BuddhaPhilhole wrote: Why would Eric Clapton agree to do this????
 Because he knows that S.C. rocks!! |
| mll (Lyon, France) | Posted: Oct 09, 2004 - 08:41 Worst of both worlds. Bad sound moreover. |
| Dais (Chicago) | Posted: Oct 09, 2004 - 08:39 Often Sheryl Crow's voice annoys me, but it doesn't in this song. I really dig it. |
| pisceswind (Brooklyn, NY) | Posted: Sep 24, 2004 - 18:01 Oh, ugh! Sheryl Crow. I'm so let down in RP. I was always proud on how you never heard her on here....(so sad) |
| fuh2 | Posted: Sep 24, 2004 - 17:53 I must say this version is full of vim and vinegar.  |
| lotus_65 (here, in somebody else's paradise...) | Posted: Sep 09, 2004 - 22:27 Beez wrote: I love this version.....SO THERE!!!! :P
well, i don't .... so there!   |
| rulebritannia (Sussex countryside, England) | Posted: Aug 11, 2004 - 11:35 AC wrote: Well, unlike virtually everyone else bothering to register an opinion, I think it kicks ass. And yes, I saw Cream live. So there you go....... The Cream....live! There are few things that make me jealous in the world, but you got me with this one. You have to go thru more than two years of comments to find a fleeting reference to the voice in the band, Jack Bruce. I like Eric's guitar work on this cover, but it sports two pretty mundane voices.
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| Beez | Posted: Aug 11, 2004 - 11:32 I love this version.....SO THERE!!!! :P |
| masterhead (Sacramento, Ca) | Posted: Aug 11, 2004 - 11:32 AC wrote: Well, unlike virtually everyone else bothering to register an opinion, I think it kicks ass.
And yes, I saw Cream live. So there you go....... I like your opinion...People can be negative at certain points...I really don't hear anything wrong with this version   |
| jpbergjr (Woodstock, IL) | Posted: Jul 01, 2003 - 20:45 Originally Posted by wonderunit:
Eloquently put, my sacreligious friend. Execrable. Diabolical. Totally repugnant. You are being way too kind. I have seen Clapton three times and on any given night, there are dozens of blues artists (singer/guitar player) in and around Chicago that would have Eric hanging it up. If Sheryl was real, she would be Liz Phair. :D |
| Poacher (London) | Posted: Jul 01, 2003 - 17:43 Percentage of peeps who air drum along to this? 82% I'd say |
| Coppertop (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Jul 01, 2003 - 17:42 Still sounds even though it's a million years later. And hey a lot of those other posters like it to. The solo just came on. ......... awsome .. |
| AC (211 miles South of Paradise) | Posted: Jun 21, 2003 - 12:55 Well, unlike virtually everyone else bothering to register an opinion, I think it kicks ass. And yes, I saw Cream live. So there you go....... |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Jun 21, 2003 - 12:53 Few people know it, but this song is actually about a Washington's Day Sale at JC Pennys. |
| GenJonesRadio (New York, NY) | Posted: Jun 21, 2003 - 12:53 Originally Posted by BuddhaPhilhole:
Why would Eric Clapton agree to do this???? SEX...Why else?  |