White Room

"White Room" is a song by British rock band Cream, written by bassist Jack Bruce and poet Pete Brown.Drummer Ginger Baker claims to have added the distinctive 5/4 opening to what had been a 4/4 composition. It originally appeared on the US release of their double album Wheels of Fire in July 1968 and was released as a single in September 1968. It is one of their most famous songs, along with Sunshine of Your Love.

The single reached the top 30 in seven countries, including Australia, where it topped the Go-Set National Top 40 singles chart. The song was edited for the single release on AM radio stations, although album-oriented FM radio stations would play the full album version.

Background and recording

The recording of "White Room" reportedly began in July 1967 in London at the initial session for Cream’s as-yet-unnamed third album and work continued at Atlantic Studios in New York in December and finished during three separate sessions to complete the studio part of Wheels of Fire; February, April and June 1968, all at Atlantic Studios.

White Room (film)

White Room is a Canadian drama film, released in 1990, written and directed by Patricia Rozema, starring Maurice Godin, Kate Nelligan and Sheila McCarthy. Ziggy Lorenc and Erika Ritter also have cameo appearances in the film as interviewers.

Plot

Norm is a confused young man who is drawn into events after witnessing the murder of rock star Madeleine X (Margot Kidder). Jane, a mysterious woman, meets Norm at Madeleine X's funeral, and Zelda, a quirky bohemian artist, helps Norm get a job and attempt to solve the murder.

Home media

The movie was released in Canada on VHS by Alliance Releasing Home Video. In 2002, the film was released on DVD by Alliance Atlantis. The DVD contains a widescreen presentation, French and English audio tracks, and an audio commentary by the director.

Cast

  • Kate Nelligan as Jane
  • Maurice Godin as Norm
  • Margot Kidder as Madelaine X
  • Sheila McCarthy as Zelda
  • Barbara Gordon as Mrs. Gentle
  • Nicky Guadagni as Narrator
  • Erika Ritter as Radio Interviewer
  • Les Rubie as Man with Cow
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    White Room

    by: Eric Clapton

    In the white room with black curtains near the station.
    Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.
    Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes.
    Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment.
    I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines;
    Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.
    You said no strings could secure you at the station.
    Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows.
    I walked into such a sad time at the station.
    As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning.
    I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back;
    Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves.
    At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd.
    Consolation for the old wound now forgotten.
    Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes.
    She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings.
    I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd;




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