Comment by 60s Fan on October 28, 2014 at 5:01pm

I liked that song before I even knew George co-wrote it! I read the lyrics are random and don't really mean anything. Cream's last album is called "Goodbye"? LOL!

Comment by BeatleBob on October 29, 2014 at 10:52am

Same for me!! I liked the song too before I even knew George co-wrote it!! :-) Ringo even contributed a line in the song! ;-) Yes, the lyrics are random and don't really mean anything but still a GREAT song!!  :-)

Yes, I knew Cream's last album was called "Goodbye"! I guess they knew it would be their last Album. LOL! ;-)

I found this about "Badge" :

It’s no coincidence that George Harrison chose the alter-ego moniker of L’Angelo Misterioso when working on Goodbye Cream with Eric Clapton. “Badge” the song Harrison and Clapton wrote together has this mysterious non-linear brilliance; Eric and George’s collaboration made for one of the most memorable pop gems in Cream’s short bluesy history.

“Badge” has one of the most original and my favorite of Beatles related back-stories of this little pop song. Harrison explained, “I wrote most of the words, Eric had the bridge, and he had the first couple of chord changes. I was writing the words down, and when we came to the middle bit, I wrote ‘Bridge.’ And from where he was sitting, opposite me, he looked and said, ‘What’s that—“Badge”?’ So he called it “Badge” because it made him laugh. After that, Ringo walked in drunk and gave us that line about the swans living in the park.”

I still can’t figure out what Eric Clapton is singing about. Although I love the fact that Starr’s vintage Ringo-isms inspired some of the most hilariously genius lines in “Badge.” But the star of the show is Eric Clapton. Harrison said it was the way that Clapton, “bends his notes,” is the attraction that made their collaboration so vibrant and timeless.

“If he asks me to do anything, he’s got the best that I can give, whenever I can give it.” Eric Clapton told Rolling Stone Magazine in 1974 talking about his good friend and collaborator George Harrison. You can hear that Clapton brought his Slow Hand riffs of magic, mixed with George’s “Ringo inspired” lyrics created one of the best song co written by Eric & George. Revisit the honorable alliance of Clapton & Harrison within the pop song confines of Cream’s “Badge.”
 
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Comment by 60s Fan on October 29, 2014 at 7:48pm

Thanks for all that information! Enjoyed reading about it! I didn't know Ringo wrote a line for it! :-)

Comment by BeatleBob on October 30, 2014 at 12:34pm

You're Welcome for the information!! :-) Glad you enjoyed reading it!!  :-)

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