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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:52 PM Original message |
So tell me about Eric Clapton |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. He used to be great, then he turned rock into granola. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. what year was that? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. 1971. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. 1971? |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. "From The Cradle" is shit? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. track# 11, i think, was the only one on that thing... |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. I loved "From the Cradle" |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 05:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. That's Not The Right Year. |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
60. I LOVELOVELOVELOVE 461 Ocean Blvd. way more than D&D's Layla |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. I've always thought he was better when he was a miserable junkie |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. You got that right about Clapton.... |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 03:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Like Charlie Parker. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. Great guitarist |
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Southsideirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. I've been googling him lately. When I read he had to ID his son's body |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. After that happened you saw a change in his music |
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Southsideirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Its incredible that a person, let alone a dad, had to do that. |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I remember hearing that Phil Collins the instant he heard what happened |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. He's good, but I think |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. It was all downhill after Cream |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. he started to believe all the 'clapton is god' crap... |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I think he IS still "god" with that guitar...no matter what he plays. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 02:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. i tend to disagree... |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 03:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Back in the '80s I got peeved at some smarmy rock critic's view |
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Snap (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. For a Shining Moment |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Miles and Trane kept expanding their art. |
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Snap (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 12:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. That's the party line, |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 12:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Miles's and Trane's early stuff is when they played together... |
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Snap (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Whoa, |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 03:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. He actually was quoted after he saw Hendrix at Monterey |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 12:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. The first time Clapton saw Jimi play |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. I love John Mayall. But Peter Green was even better |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. that's plenty true enough... |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. Dupe |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. I would have his love child |
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dxstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 05:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. yeah, ghost! |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. i concur |
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dxstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. You said it! |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. Excellent guitarist, I rank him 6th best after |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
24. Well, first of all, for those who said Cream was his last good music... |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. very much agreed |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. He used to be God... |
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Abelman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. He can Blues it up |
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dxstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 05:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. SO true! n/t |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. There are so many incredible guitar players - most are unknown |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. I Love Clapton. Especially his 60s stuff, and his recent blues comeback |
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Squeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
35. Clapton stories |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. I love Clapton, but I agree with you on Jack Bruce. |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
37. Most Overrated Guitarist Ever |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. I think the bashing is unfair |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Clapton's guitar can reach into my heart and soul. |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. JFK Stadium, Live Aid, July, 1985 : Eric Moment |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. And he's not exactly a Spring Chicken |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
48. Eric Clapton Was God |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 08:26 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. He was writing Tears in Heaven for a movie BEFORE his son died, |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
51. wow..this has been a great thread |
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RedstDem (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
54. I Gotta Great Clapton Story |
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Squeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
56. As I was saying |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
57. He isnt a jerk |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
58. cream plays 4 shows next week in london, one time only |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
59. I still think Eric is fantastic |
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