Song Meanings: White Room

Pete Brown’s first attempt at a lyric was something about a “doomed hippie girl” – the song was called “Cinderella’s Last Goodnight.”

I first heard this single at my friend, Ross Stephens, house in Alpahretta, Georgia. It was the first Cream song I had ever heard. “White Room” is a song by the British rock band Cream, released as a single in 1968. It appears on their double album “Wheels of Fire.” The song is renowned for its distinctive guitar riff, haunting lyrics,

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Song Meanings: Anyone For Tennis

“Anyone for Tennis” is a song by the British rock band Cream. The song was written by Eric Clapton and Martin Sharp and was released as a single in 1968. The song was written for the movie The Savage Seven and was Clapton’s second collaaboration with Sharp.

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