Boy, has this guy got a chip on his shoulder. I'm not a big Cream fan & never was but I can't see going into something like this as staunchly as this guy did with regards to the concept of hating overblown rock star-ism. I'm sure I would have plenty to quibble with, especially given the penchant of overplayers such as these to, well, overplay, but I can't see rewriting a manifesto that's been done better before--most specifically, through music that was created by people who had ideas they wanted to express in very different ways & on very different terms. Nevertheless, I do prefer this POV to that of those who feel that the gods of classic rock were simply not capable of anything wrong, or bad. But that's me. That said, I think this guy's editor was asleep at the switch. If this really needed to be said again, it could've been said with just a bit more...something. His points about Hendrix are interesting, but even if I never hear another Cream so long as I live, I think it's at least as interesting that they played a reunion show. Thoughts?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/revie...475325,00.html