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i just don't get clapton's hype....

Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
edited June 2010 in Other Music
granted, he IS a great guitarist but i've just never seen how he got the nickname 'god'. i liked his work with the yardbirds, john mayall, cream and some of his solo stuff but 'god'?

but then i've known people that thought the same of hendrix saying he only played basic blues riffs and noel gallagher is far better
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    It was during his Yardbird days that he got the nickname "God". He wrote it in his book and I forgot what he said about it.

    Also, I'm a big Clapton fan.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Very soulful, plays with a lot of taste, especially now.
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  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Very soulful, plays with a lot of taste, especially now.


    yeah, he does have a nice, smooth flow with his playing and i'm not saying he's a talentless hack, i think he's great, i just don't know that i'd think of him as 'god' but if it was from his yardbird days i think that was the early or mid 60's, right? so i guess i could see it back at that point when there wasn't a hendrix or page or gilmour

    i suppose i could've titled the thread a little better, looking at it now sounds like i think he sucks
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  • pjfan021pjfan021 Posts: 684
    i think his straight up blues songs are some of the best ever written. He was given the status before jimi came along (from stories i've read he actually cried after he saw hendrix for the first time cause he thought nobody would want to see him play over hendrix anyday.) But as far as the greats of blues guitar go, i think clapton is god. I've seen him twice in the past 5 years, crossroads fest in particular and the caliber of his playing is a lot better than i ever would've thought. On a stage full of blues guitar heros he was easily the best in my mind. I think SRV and hendrix are amazing as well but clapton is right along next to them and sadly is the only one left standing.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    but then i've known people that thought the same of hendrix saying he only played basic blues riffs and noel gallagher is far better

    and at that point did you punch said person in the throat? ;)

    as for eric, you have to put into perspective of the 60's...most people really hadn't heard the guitar played like that...the beatles, stones had a heavy blues influence but eric really brought the blues guitar mainstream

    and it was the 60's so there was a lot of drugs taken ;):D
  • Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    I really don't get the hype with a lot of artists from his era. I've tried to like people like Clapton, Hendrix, Deep Purple, etc, but it doesn't do anything for me.
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Well a lot of people wouldn't be playing now if it wasn't for Clapton, you have to see the things on perspective, is like saying that the wheel is a dumb invention while you're watching the challenger being launched 8-)
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    He's been through a lot in his life but even as a young man he drew on an old soul feel in his work. I've enjoyed seeing him perform live over the years a few times and hope for more
    and there is this beauty ......... Let It Grow
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obCRcxaH ... re=related
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    pandora wrote:
    He's been through a lot in his life but even as a young man he drew on an old soul feel in his work. I've enjoyed seeing him perform live over the years a few times and hope for more
    and there is this beauty ......... Let It Grow
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obCRcxaH ... re=related

    Great, great song.
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    edited May 2010
    i was 15 when i saw this..and im into from then
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCJAqE_5WDI
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    i've never been much of a clapton fan.
    i like a few songs, that's about it.
    mostly he wears me out.

    example:
    eric clapton's song "cocaine" get tons of air play on the radio.
    black sabbath's "snow blind" is never ever played on the radio and if it is, a small section of hell froze over.
    anyway,,, that reason is not why i dislike clapton's tunes.
    just wanted to share my thoughts with ya'll
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    He might be a good guitar player, but I can't think of one song he's written in 30 years that is worth listening to outside of an elevator.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    He might be a good guitar player, but I can't think of one song he's written in 30 years that is worth listening to outside of an elevator.
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  • evenflow82evenflow82 Posts: 3,892
    Listen to his 60's stuff. Cream was insanely revolutionary. Here's audio from their Grande Ballroom gig in October 1967.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InCXnxPLSBU
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    He might be a good guitar player, but I can't think of one song he's written in 30 years that is worth listening to outside of an elevator.
    Tears in Heaven...

    if i never heard that song again itd be too soon.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    edited May 2010
    Cream is great. Not really into his solo stuff.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Maybe you don't get it b/c you think Noel Gallagher is better than him.
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Um. He's very plainly not saying that he thinks Noel Gallagher is better than Clapton. Read it again:
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    but then i've known people that thought the same of hendrix saying he only played basic blues riffs and noel gallagher is far better
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    his cover of "i shot the sheriff" makes me wanna slam my face against a coarse brick wall.
    i can not stand that song.
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  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,633
    catefrances wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    He might be a good guitar player, but I can't think of one song he's written in 30 years that is worth listening to outside of an elevator.
    Tears in Heaven...

    if i never heard that song again itd be too soon.

    Agree 100%. I have never been a Clapton fan. Sure, he can play guitar alright, but so can a lot of old dudes in run-down bars in Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, etc. It's his songwriting that keeps me away from him. It is sooo boring. People say he has soul or plays the blues, but I do not feel that at all when I hear him play. I would say the opposite, I feel no soul, I feel no pain or passion. I don't feel it at all.

    Some people may be bothered by this, but I would put him in the same class as John Mayer. Guys who were blessed with an azmaing talent in using their hands to fly across a fret board majestically, but miss out on the most important part of making good music, which is playing from the heart.
    words seem so out of place.

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  • jervin007jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    Seen Clapton twice and his is amazing! Last time Derek Trucks was on tour with him. One of my top 5 shows easy.
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    RiotAct10 wrote:
    Agree 100%. I have never been a Clapton fan. Sure, he can play guitar alright, but so can a lot of old dudes in run-down bars in Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, etc. It's his songwriting that keeps me away from him. It is sooo boring. People say he has soul or plays the blues, but I do not feel that at all when I hear him play. I would say the opposite, I feel no soul, I feel no pain or passion. I don't feel it at all.

    Some people may be bothered by this, but I would put him in the same class as John Mayer. Guys who were blessed with an azmaing talent in using their hands to fly across a fret board majestically, but miss out on the most important part of making good music, which is playing from the heart.

    Then you, my friend, need to read his book. You'll understand a lot better.
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    edited May 2010
    Love the guitar solo in White room- it is sick! :D I loved seeing Clapton live. The whole "blues" thing can get pretty mundane sometimes. I'm like that with all blues artist, like the stuff, but have to be in a certain mood to really enjoy its greatness. Clapton doesn't just play blues which is why I think it stays fresh to me. I could listen to "white room" on repeat religiously though- great fucking song.
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  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,633
    Newch91 wrote:
    RiotAct10 wrote:
    Agree 100%. I have never been a Clapton fan. Sure, he can play guitar alright, but so can a lot of old dudes in run-down bars in Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, etc. It's his songwriting that keeps me away from him. It is sooo boring. People say he has soul or plays the blues, but I do not feel that at all when I hear him play. I would say the opposite, I feel no soul, I feel no pain or passion. I don't feel it at all.

    Some people may be bothered by this, but I would put him in the same class as John Mayer. Guys who were blessed with an azmaing talent in using their hands to fly across a fret board majestically, but miss out on the most important part of making good music, which is playing from the heart.

    Then you, my friend, need to read his book. You'll understand a lot better.

    I'm not saying he might not have good reason. I don't know much about his life, except his child dying, which sucks, I am not saying he doesn't have reason to have soul or play the blues, what I am saying is, I don't feel it, I don't feel it in his voice, I don't feel it in his music, it just feels plain and boring to me, but you know, that's just an opinion I guess. He does live here in my town when he is in the states, and his wife went to high school about minute from my house growing up, so that's cool I guess.
    words seem so out of place.

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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    the man can sure play an axe! i saw him last year and it was a great show.
    it was pretty funny that he missed a note in the layla intro! the only mistake he seemed to make all night
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    I've seen Eric 6 times. The God thing embarrassed him but the reasons why he's so good.

    He plays from the heart.
    He has timing and feel.

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  • Got a hard hard headGot a hard hard head Posts: 638
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    I really don't get the hype with a lot of artists from his era. I've tried to like people like Clapton, Hendrix, Deep Purple, etc, but it doesn't do anything for me.

    I'm in agreement with you. It's not to be delibarately contentious or anything but they just don't grab my attention.
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