Hey Al, This is Pretty Funny

Jack Bruce, the bassist and lead singer of Cream, had some harsh words about Led Zeppelin following news of a possible reunion. Harsh words considering the original question was about Cream possibly reuniting again like they did in 2005.

In an interview with Classic Rock Magazine, Bruce had this to say about Led Zeppelin, "Everybody talks about Led Zeppelin, and they played one fucking gig – one fucking lame gig – while Cream did weeks of gigs; proper gigs, not just a lame gig like Zeppelin did, with all the [vocal] keys lowered and everything. We played everything in the original keys. [Becoming animated]: Fuck off, Zeppelin, you’re crap. You’ve always been crap and you’ll never be anything else. The worst thing is that people believe the crap that they’ve sold. Cream is ten times the band that Led Zeppelin is."

He later added, "What? You’re gonna compare Eric Clapton with that fucking Jimmy Page? Would you really compare that?"

Bruce later recanted his statements (well, sort of) on 94.7 WCSX, a Detroit radio station, saying, "I was just having some fun with the press gallery really…being fairly tongue in cheek. The thing about Zeppelin is obviously it's a little bit of jealousy on my part, or more than a little bit because the audience was created by Cream and Jimi Hendrix… his sort of very large audience…then Zeppelin came along and had a very easy ride in that way. We were the pioneers and pioneers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. On the other hand, let’s face it: Jimmy Page ain’t no Eric Clapton...no matter what anybody thinks." He adds, "The only decent guy…the one good guy in that band is dead…so what are you gonna do? The trouble is if you say anything about the establishment...in Britain you mustn’t criticise Queen or Led Zeppelin."