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100 bands that are better than Cream

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1. Mountain

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 21:56 (five years ago)

2. Pablo Cruise

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 31 December 2020 21:56 (five years ago)

3. Heads Hands and Feet

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 21:56 (five years ago)

4. Toad the Wet Sprocket

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 December 2020 21:57 (five years ago)

5. Grand Funk Railroad

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 21:57 (five years ago)

6. The Guess Who

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 21:57 (five years ago)

7. James Gang

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 21:58 (five years ago)

8. Player

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 21:59 (five years ago)

that's it, that's all the bands I know

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:00 (five years ago)

oh wait

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:02 (five years ago)

9. ZZ Top

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:02 (five years ago)

10. Blue Oyster Cult

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:02 (five years ago)

11. Led Zep

― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:03 (five years ago)

not Steve Miller Band, though, or Foreigner. Those are still worse than Cream

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:03 (five years ago)

12. Metallica

― octobeard, Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:03 (five years ago)

otm

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:04 (five years ago)

13. Black Sabbath

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:07 (five years ago)

14. The Who

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:07 (five years ago)

15. Focus

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:07 (five years ago)

16. The Edgar Winter Group

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:08 (five years ago)

17. Humble Pie

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:08 (five years ago)

18. Mad River

― ridingstarbassxd (unregistered), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:19 (five years ago)

19. Captain Beyond

― meanwhile back at the song (Matt #2), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:22 (five years ago)

20. The Jimi Hendrix Experience

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:26 (five years ago)

21. Anal Vomit

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:30 (five years ago)

Why is shitting on Cream suddenly popular?

― Marconi plays the mamba (Sund4r), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:32 (five years ago)

Because their music was bad.

22. Free

― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:33 (five years ago)

I like Cream. I prefer Anal Vomit.

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:33 (five years ago)

This thread is heresy

― calstars, Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:34 (five years ago)

and hearsay

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:34 (five years ago)

Why is shitting on Cream suddenly popular?

― Marconi plays the mamba (Sund4r), Thursday, December 31, 2020 5:32 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

It's been a long time coming

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:41 (five years ago)

23. The band who sings "Mama Told Me Not to Come"

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:42 (five years ago)

24. Derek and the Dominos

― Lee626, Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:45 (five years ago)

hmmmmm

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:46 (five years ago)

judges say yes

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:46 (five years ago)

25. Blind Faith

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:47 (five years ago)

25. Foghat

― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:47 (five years ago)

Dammit, 26

― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:48 (five years ago)

xxp Bobby Whitlock is the shit

― Lee626, Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:48 (five years ago)

27. The Band

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:52 (five years ago)

tbf they were really asking for it by calling themselves "The Cream"

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:52 (five years ago)

28. West, Bruce & Laing

― meanwhile back at the song (Matt #2), Thursday, 31 December 2020 23:28 (five years ago)

god leave cream alone already they’re not that bad

― brimstead, Thursday, 31 December 2020 23:48 (five years ago)

29. Eve 6

― MarkoP, Thursday, 31 December 2020 23:56 (five years ago)

30. Ginger Baker's Airforce

― meanwhile back at the song (Matt #2), Thursday, 31 December 2020 23:57 (five years ago)

Bread, Raspberries, Hot Chocolate, Chocolate Milk, Grapefruit, Lime.... Vanilla Fudge???

― brimstead, Friday, 1 January 2021 00:00 (five years ago)

31. Patto

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 1 January 2021 00:15 (five years ago)

32. Shakatak

― the least famous person you were surprised to discover (emsworth), Friday, 1 January 2021 00:34 (five years ago)

33. Bananarana

― Dan Worsley, Friday, 1 January 2021 00:39 (five years ago)

Wait, several of these bands are worse than Cream

― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Friday, 1 January 2021 00:39 (five years ago)

Focus not being one of them

― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Friday, 1 January 2021 00:39 (five years ago)

69 butthole surfers

― xzanfar, Friday, 1 January 2021 00:44 (five years ago)

34. Crushed Butler

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 January 2021 00:46 (five years ago)

35. World War III

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 January 2021 00:47 (five years ago)

36. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 January 2021 00:48 (five years ago)

C'mon, there's no way Cream is worse than Blind Faith (and I prefer Winwood to Clapton, Bruce and Baker).

― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 1 January 2021 00:52 (five years ago)

A lot depends on whether you are just counting good songs, or if you are counting bad songs as minuses.

― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 1 January 2021 00:55 (five years ago)

37. Fugazi

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 January 2021 01:07 (five years ago)

Well it’s about time Clapton and Baker were taken down a peg

― Master of Treacle, Friday, 1 January 2021 02:00 (five years ago)

38 The Upper Crust

― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 1 January 2021 02:44 (five years ago)

39 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Hut Touring Band

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 January 2021 04:04 (five years ago)

30. Ginger Baker's Airforce


While Airforce did not have Clapton, it did have more Ginger Baker drum solos, the crapulent haplessness of which outstrips that of even Clapton’s playing. So no, Airforce was not better than Cream.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 January 2021 04:19 (five years ago)

40 - Soul Hat

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 January 2021 04:25 (five years ago)

41. Bread

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 1 January 2021 04:25 (five years ago)

42. Pat Boone

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 January 2021 04:27 (five years ago)

43. Baker-Gurvitz Army

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 January 2021 05:37 (five years ago)

44. Cool for August

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 January 2021 05:40 (five years ago)

45. Sixpence None The Richer

― the least famous person you were surprised to discover (emsworth), Friday, 1 January 2021 06:56 (five years ago)

46. Sixpence The Richer

― the least famous person you were surprised to discover (emsworth), Friday, 1 January 2021 06:56 (five years ago)

47. Prince

― Karl Malone, Friday, 1 January 2021 07:10 (five years ago)

48. Wishbone Ash

― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 1 January 2021 07:31 (five years ago)

49. The Reynolds Girls

― Uptown Top Scamping (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 January 2021 08:30 (five years ago)

50. The Ginger Baker Trio (with Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden)

― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 1 January 2021 11:52 (five years ago)

51. King Missile

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 January 2021 14:21 (five years ago)

52. Black Lace

― Uptown Top Scamping (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 January 2021 14:29 (five years ago)

53. Richard Marx

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 January 2021 14:35 (five years ago)

sorry folx, you messed up the numbering big time:

22. Free

― but also fuck you (unperson), donderdag 31 december 2020 23:33 bookmarkflaglink

I like Cream. I prefer Anal Vomit.

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), donderdag 31 december 2020 23:33 bookmarkflaglink

This thread is heresy

― calstars, donderdag 31 december 2020 23:34 bookmarkflaglink

and hearsay

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), donderdag 31 december 2020 23:34 bookmarkflaglink

23. The band who sings "Mama Told Me Not to Come"

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), donderdag 31 december 2020 23:42

so let's start over again, shall we? should be pure and simple:

23. Hearsay
24. The band who sings "Mama Told Me Not to Come"
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54. Richard Marx

― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Friday, 1 January 2021 15:28 (five years ago)

55. Boogie Box High

― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Friday, 1 January 2021 15:29 (five years ago)

56. Lieutenant Pigeon

― kites aren't fun (NickB), Friday, 1 January 2021 15:33 (five years ago)

57. Chic

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 1 January 2021 16:33 (five years ago)

57. Funkadelic

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 1 January 2021 16:34 (five years ago)

Goddamnit 58

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 1 January 2021 16:34 (five years ago)

59. BrokeNCYDE

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 2 January 2021 04:52 (five years ago)

60. AC/DC

― call all destroyer, Saturday, 2 January 2021 05:03 (five years ago)

chances of a reunion were already pretty slim but I reckon this thread has dashed all hope

― the least famous person you were surprised to discover (emsworth), Saturday, 2 January 2021 05:42 (five years ago)

61. Williams Fairey Brass Band

― scanner darkly, Saturday, 2 January 2021 07:03 (five years ago)

62. Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band

― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Saturday, 2 January 2021 08:01 (five years ago)

63. The New Power Generation

― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Saturday, 2 January 2021 08:04 (five years ago)

64. Keni Burke, just on his own

― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Saturday, 2 January 2021 08:06 (five years ago)

three years pass...

ugh should i not listen to Cream

― Swen, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:37 (two years ago)

i would add 65. mamas and papas!

― Swen, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:38 (two years ago)

woah a Cream song just came on and it might've been the worst song i've ever heard

― Swen, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:41 (two years ago)

listen to Cream covers. they are always better. there is no bad soul/funk/jazz cover of sunshine of your love. they all kinda rule.

― scott seward, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:56 (two years ago)

The guitar riff in Sunshine of Your Love is a blues riff that manages to not sound bluesy. It gives me the image of Frankenstein trying and badly failing to quietly creep down a staircase.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 21 March 2024 15:07 (two years ago)

it feels like pop-blues. in a good way.

weirdly though I hate just about every cover of it. other than Earth Crisis's, which is funny.

― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 March 2024 15:24 (two years ago)

One of my core tapes in middle school was a Cream best-of, and these songs have been popping into my head lately (“Badge,” “White Room,” “Anyone for Tennis,” “Sunshine…”); I haven’t heard most of them in decades. I should revisit, if only to complete the circuit…

― let’s get intertwined (morrisp), Thursday, 21 March 2024 15:37 (two years ago)

I did a count in my head, and there are only 43 bands better than Cream. They're great.

― clemenza, Thursday, 21 March 2024 15:37 (two years ago)

My appreciation of ZZ Top and Foghat has gained recently, so I thought I’d give Fresh Cream a try again. No dice. I like Jack Bruce’s voice and odd songwriting, but all the blues covers are dire. I really dislike Clapton’s guitar tone, and Ginger drums like a bull in a china shop most times. “Toad” is really bad.

― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:53 (two years ago)

they should have stole hendrix's drummer.

― scott seward, Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:55 (two years ago)

66. Canned Heat

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:08 (two years ago)

67. Paul Butterfield Blues Band

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:09 (two years ago)

Just don't say Ten Years After

― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:10 (two years ago)

68. Blue Cheer

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:10 (two years ago)

69. MC5

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:10 (two years ago)

can't think of any, sorry

― frogbs, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:11 (two years ago)

70. Budgie

― walking on the beach in a force ten gale (Matt #2), Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:13 (two years ago)

71. The Monks

― Liquid Plejades, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:17 (two years ago)

69 butthole surfers

― xzanfar, Thursday, December 31, 2020 6:44 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

72. MC5

― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Friday, 22 March 2024 01:53 (two years ago)

73. Come

― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Friday, 22 March 2024 01:54 (two years ago)

69 butthole surfers

― xzanfar, Thursday, December 31, 2020 4:44 PM

important post

― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Friday, 22 March 2024 03:47 (two years ago)

two weeks pass...

7. James Gang

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, December 31, 2020 4:58 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

These guys are everything that Cream should have been.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 8 April 2024 02:58 (two years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=869v2Z8FLYE

― timellison, Monday, 8 April 2024 14:36 (two years ago)

dang AI is getting so good

― budo jeru, Monday, 8 April 2024 14:38 (two years ago)

i saw the cream reunion and those guys weren't as good as cream.

― Thus Sang Freud, Monday, 8 April 2024 14:54 (two years ago)

74. Thin Lizzy

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 8 April 2024 15:38 (two years ago)

75. Rush

despite the fact that their version of Crossroads is far inferior to the Cream version while also trying to sound exactly like the Cream version

― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 8 April 2024 15:41 (two years ago)

76. Deep Dish

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 8 April 2024 15:45 (two years ago)

77. Sasha/Emerson

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 8 April 2024 15:45 (two years ago)

78. Lionrock

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 8 April 2024 15:45 (two years ago)

79. Whichever was the best duo to have Seb Fontaine in it

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 8 April 2024 15:47 (two years ago)

80. The Happy Flowers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APQYrjfAQQQ

― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 14:27 (two years ago)

81. battered ornaments
82. piblokto!

― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 07:35 (two years ago)


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