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Cream: Pressed Rat and Warthog Meaning

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Pressed Rat and Warthog Lyrics

Pressed Rat and Warthog have closed down their shop,
They didn't want to - 'twas all they had got.
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,
And Pressed Rat's collection of dog legs and feet.

Sadly they left, telling no one goodbye.
Pressed Rat...

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  1. anonymous
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     Apr 26th 2023 !⃝

    Already stated. It's not about Cream disbanding because they continued to tour and play in front of sold-out crowds before the "Goodbye" Album

  2. anonymous
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     Apr 25th 2023 !⃝

    The song is a very visual-imagery nonsense story inspired by the Psychedelic Era of the 60s, written by Peter Edward (Ginger) Baker and M. (Mick?) Taylor. It's the sort of yarn that a father might tell to his son as a bedtime story, making it up as he goes along. The lines,

    "The bad captain madman had ordered their fate.
    He laughed and stomped off with a nautical gait.
    The gate turned into a deroga tree
    And his peg leg got woodworm and broke into three"

    are my favorite because of the play on words. "Gait becomes "the gate" and "Deroga Tree" probably means "derogatory."

    I suspect it was included on "Wheels of Fire" to give Ginger Baker a writing credit and a portion of the profits from the album, as well as the spotlight for a few minutes.

  3. anonymous
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     Nov 29th 2019 !⃝

    It's about cream breaking up . As at the end of the song at the Albert Hall, Baker says pressed rat and warthog have reopen the shop selling cream tee shirts and jackets and here a bloody stick . Meaning how cream got back together to do a few more gigs .

  4. anonymous
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     Mar 14th 2011 !⃝

    Too much acid.

  5. anonymous
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     Mar 9th 2011 !⃝

    I think pressed rat and warthog closing down their shop refers to cream disbanding.amplified heat,3-leggeg sack.


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