![]() ![]() ![]() Clocking in at 2:46 Tales of Brave Ulysses is a true Cream classic with that distinctive Eric Clapton guitar, Ginger Baker on drums and Jack Bruce playing bass and the vocals. Recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York City in 1967 and produced by Felix Pappalardi who later was bass player and song writer for the band Mountain. The lyrics were written by artist Martin Sharp, and the music was composed by Eric. Tales of Brave Ulysses comes from Cream’s album Disraeli Gears. Tales of Brave Ulysses is a song performed by the 1960s group Cream. Angie’s ability to play a wide range of rock music is something to behold. It is April 1964 in a world in which the ‘swinging 60s’ never happened. If the show does come back I’m sure she will post something there about it. Ulysses is the English form of Ulixes, which in turn is the Latin form of the Greek Odysseus, hero Homer’s Iliad that tells the story of the great Trojan Wars, and the Odyssey which recounts the fable of his long journey home from those wars. If you would like to listen to her show if or when she comes back on the air I would recommend following her Facebook page. So Angie THANK YOU very much for bringing back the memory of Tales of Brave Ulysses to me. a song that I haven’t heard in years and forgot about how much I loved it. ![]() On her last show before taking a winter break she played Tales of Brave Ulysses by Cream. I was able to listen to it at noon on Wednesdays out here on the West Coast so it made it real easy to listen to. She did the show from University of Limerick student radio station out of Ireland. To read more of Angie’s blog go to Crazy On Classic Rock I promise you will not be disappointed.Īnother way that Angie lets us know about her music tastes is by a 1 hour music show that she did and hopefully soon will be doing again. Native Americans In Classic Rock And Oldies. ![]() I have learned much in the time that I’ve been reading her posts that I never knew. Her detail to the research of each of her posts really shows up when you are reading them. When ever Angie posts it is well worth the read. With tales of brave Ulysses how his naked ears were torturedIf you have had the privilege of reading the blog site done by Angie Moon called Crazy On Classic Rock or “The Diversity of Classic Rock” you know that there are young people out there in the world that truly do understand and want to learn about the beginnings of Rock & Roll. Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,Īnd you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,Īnd you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter. How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,įor the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.Īnd you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise,Īnd her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.Īnd when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,Ĭarving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind. You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,īut you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.Īnd the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,Īnd you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses: "tiny purple fishes run laughing through her fingers") and the general feeling of having left an idyll to return to "the hard lands of the winter" Clapton stated in the same show that he had been independently writing a tune based on the Loving Spoonful's "Summer in the City", and when Sharp gave him the words (on the back of a bar napkin) they fit the tune. When interviewed on the episode of the VH1 show, Classic Albums, which featured Disraeli Gears, lyricist Martin Sharp explained that he had recently returned from Ibiza, which was the source of many of the images in the song (e.g. tortured by the sirens sweetly singing," an event from Homer's epic. This can be seen in the song's reference to "naked ears. The lyrics are inspired by Homer's Odyssey, an account of the adventures undertaken by Ulysses. ![]()
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