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Jack Bruce of cream calls Zeppelin crap
Said Jimmy Page crap also. & decided to put the whole boot in mouth including the heel & said; The only good guy from Zeppelin is dead.

Now anyone has a right to an opinion, & as well the right to say it.

Here's mine. I not a big fan of this sort of thing, & he's about as wrong as one could get. Page is a genius. Both he & Clapton are guitar gods. Clapton maybe smoother, but as an overall songsmith & music creator Page has created masterworks,( Kasmir, Dazed & Confused-live version), that Clapton could never pull off. Layla is a masterpiece as well. But Page went into much more diverse musical terrain offering Morroccan & Indian stylings. He was sometimes sloppy live, but still an awesome musician. Cream 10 times the band Zeppelin was? Absurd. I think Bruce will probably get some sour grapes for saying what he did. & I wonder what does he gain from it?

Page was also the more accomplished accoustic player.

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01-21-2009 02:26 AM
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RE: Jack Bruce of cream calls Zeppelin crap
Aww. Now I like Cream even less than I did before.

Also, Clapton and Page are in two completely different leagues as guitarists. Clapton's the more bluesy wailer, and is most certainly accomplished at that, but Page, while also taking an enormous influence from the blues, mixed it with more exotic influences and created a far more unique and, in my opinion, enjoyable experience. His solos, while sometimes a bit wanky, were always enjoyable, and his riffs were top-notch, as is typical of the Big Three of Proto-Metal (along with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath). So, yeah, I personally favour Page over Clapton, but that doesn't mean I hate Clapton. In fact, he's probably my favourite white blues guitarist, next to Jeff Beck.

Oh, and Jack Bruce was always kind of a jerk. It's a shame, because by saying that, people are going to truly revile and despise Cream for no particular reason.

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01-21-2009 02:39 AM
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RE: Jack Bruce of cream calls Zeppelin crap
Amazing. He must have been drunk.
01-21-2009 02:49 AM
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RE: Jack Bruce of cream calls Zeppelin crap
Cream lasted what? 5 albums and basically the 60's and maybe early 70's? Led Zeppelin created more albums, had more albums go near the top of the charts have now spanned from the 60's to now. Jimmy Page has been in Zeppelin and a few others.

I've heard of Jimmy Page....the only name from Cream I remember is Clapton. Hmm....

Shut up Mr. Bruce.
01-21-2009 08:14 AM
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01-21-2009 09:39 AM
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chromeboomerang Offline
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RE: Jack Bruce of cream calls Zeppelin crap
He really has nothing to say in the here & now. I saw Cream's reunion on tv, they had none of their original power. Even Joe Perry mentioned as much.
01-21-2009 07:39 PM
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RE: Jack Bruce of cream calls Zeppelin crap
I may be the only one, but I agree with Jack Bruce. Aside from Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy, I really couldn't be bothered to listen to Led Zeppelin at all. They have a lot of material that I simply can't accept as being artistically great so much as it is just really popular.
01-21-2009 09:17 PM
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RE: Jack Bruce of cream calls Zeppelin crap
Comes a time that you just let old people say crazy things, just nod in agreement in a friendly way, and give them a free pass based on the merits of their own accomplishments.

That's what you do with Jack Bruce.
01-22-2009 09:30 PM
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RE: Jack Bruce of cream calls Zeppelin crap
One thing in Cream's favour is that they did at least credit the authors of the blues songs they covered, as opposed to Jimmy's habit of taking credit for the work of both American blues singers and UK folk acts - a habit he started while in The Yardbirds.

None of which excuses Jack's outburst, of course. It was probably Eric's idea, anyway.
01-27-2009 05:51 PM
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RE: Jack Bruce of cream calls Zeppelin crap
Why the hell would it be Eric's idea for Jack Bruce to criticise Led Zep?
01-28-2009 09:13 AM
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