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Manifestor_of_Light

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75. Technically Clapton is good.

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 02:46 AM

Jun 2015

But I don't think he puts any personality into his playing.
I have also watched Joe Bonamassa on TV. Technically good, but I don't get the sense there is a personality behind the technical skill.

YMMV. <----lifetime serious classical musician here with pretty good ears.

IMNSHMO, putting Sting on this list is sacrilege. He's good at writing fabulous catchy bass lines. Near the end of some songs, he runs out of ideas and has too many repetitive lyrics and obvious rhymes. The Police is one of my all time favorite bands. The others are Queen, The Beatles, The Kinks, and The Who.

Billy Joel: Not as good as Elton John, but not that bad either.

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