Badge by Cream

Now, 'Sunshine of Your Love' is a great song, but that's about all the praise I can muster for the so-called supergroup (I love this photo, by the way - it looks like the worst tea party ever, or maybe it's some gag about them bringing the cream for the tea.) In my considered opinion, Cream were seriously overrated and were mainly loved by boring musos who were in love with the band's technical brilliance. Call me a dunce, but I've never understood why 'Badge' was called 'Badge' - I think 'Badger' would have been better. It would have made no more sense, but would have been more amusing. Cream were just way too poncy even for the prog-rock scene - why didn't rockers stick to rock, and insist on indulging their side-interests in blues and jazz? Cream were guilty of jam-sessions that not even their mums would have wanted to listen to, and some of Clapton's guitar solos make Jimmy Page look like a one-minute wonder. But what is it that I dislike about 'Badge'? Well, it goes nowhere and the lyrics sound as though the Gallagher brothers travelled back in time and landed in 60s psychadelia (ie. crap rhymes, working-class lingo) Actually, the song was written with George Harrison - and come to think of it, his lyrics for 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' smack somewhat of a school kid grasping at straws ('I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping', for example.) Anyway, 'Badge' is bloated blues-rock, and that's the end of the matter.

Crap lyrics: "Talking 'bout a girl that looks quite like you/She didn't have the time to wait in a queue."

Verdict: Pour yourself a cup of tea, sit down and prepare for a long, boring experience...