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Clapton Lashes Out @ U2, Coldplay
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Eric Clapton hits out at Coldplay and U2
Wednesday, May 17 2006, 14:48 BST - by Fiona Edwards
Eric Clapton disapproves of bands like U2 and Coldplay as they seem
to put their fame before their music.
The 61-year-old guitar legend told The Times: "Right now, the power
of music sits with Simon Cowell and Coldplay and U2, who are really
people who just attend awards shows.
"From just listening I can't tell the difference between Coldplay and
U2. The one in Coldplay even dances like Bono."
Clapton said that he's also worried that modern bands are forgetting
where rock and roll has come from.
He said: "I think what it shows is how incredibly detached all the
current stuff is from its roots. What worries me about what's going
on now is that people don't know where it's all come from, and I
don't suppose they're that interested."
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Wednesday, May 17 2006, 14:48 BST - by Fiona Edwards
Eric Clapton disapproves of bands like U2 and Coldplay as they seem
to put their fame before their music.
The 61-year-old guitar legend told The Times: "Right now, the power
of music sits with Simon Cowell and Coldplay and U2, who are really
people who just attend awards shows.
"From just listening I can't tell the difference between Coldplay and
U2. The one in Coldplay even dances like Bono."
Clapton said that he's also worried that modern bands are forgetting
where rock and roll has come from.
He said: "I think what it shows is how incredibly detached all the
current stuff is from its roots. What worries me about what's going
on now is that people don't know where it's all come from, and I
don't suppose they're that interested."
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Has coldplay ever been anything then a second rate Travis with an Unforgettable Fire fixation?
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Couldn't have put it better myself! I remember back in 2000 reading the review of Parachutes, heralding it as "like Travis, but not as memorable" ...isn't hindsight such a wonderful thing?
He's not claiming to. He is stating that rock and roll's roots came from the blues and should be about the music.....not all the glitz and glammer.
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I mean come on! Coldplay, in my opinion, are boring and I don't like them. However U2 are still a decent rock band.
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So are you willing to admit he hasn't broken new ground in the past 30 years? And yes, I think Clapton is rock and roll in the purest form.
If he doesn't think U2 has an idea of the roots of rock he should try listening to Joshua Tree or Rattle and Hum.
Clapton used to be great. I love his Me and Mr Johnson album and dvd. But he hasn't written a single decent new song in about 20 years.
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wheres the spontaneity? if i wanted to see that kind of staged crap i'd go to a madonna or britney spears concert
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I don't think Clapton has listened to U2, or he wouldn't be saying that. They have MUCH respect for rock n' roll's roots. They've recorded with B.B.. King, Willie Nelson, and they recorded some stuff at Sun Studios. And some of the recent stuff they've done is almost right out of the Memphis Soul music playbook. Anyway, while I think Bono is an real poseur, there is NOTHING wrong with trying to save the world and using the "power" of your celebrity to do so.
And while Clapton has recorded some really limp-wristed, pop shit in the past 15-20 years, I do agree with him on this. I hate almost all of what is currently popular in rock music. A lot of it has no roots, no soul, no sexiness, or originality. That said, he could've picked a better example than U2.
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Damn, I've been saying the same thing for about 2 years now. They both fucking suck. Thanks Eric Clapton, for stepping up and saying this. Now maybe more people will realize.
Really. I mean Coldplay may want to sound like U2 , but it's not like U2 is approving of that or trying to sound like Coldplay.
Must be a deeper story to this...........
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I would agree with that statement.
I think what Eric is talking about is complete package. There is not denying U2's muscial talent but bono has such an ego and is so concentrated on making everything he does mainstream. The man reviews videos of his live concerts and picks them apart so that he can have a perfect cookie cutter concert every time he takes the stage. That is not very rock n roll to me.
U2 has turned into more of a pop act than a rock and roll act.
Nope
They rip off U2 so bad...
Agreed ... While I have more than my fair share of beefs with U2, there are better examples of flacid rock bands out there. U2 has contributed a lot to the whole legend that is rock music, love them or hate them.
Coldplay, on the other hand ... That stuff is scarcely better than elevator music.
Good point, maybe not the greatest example.
As for Clapton breaking new ground, when you get your own signature strat and Martin acoustic, come talk to us about the ground you've broken. Even into his 60s Clapton is still playing cats half his age under the table. Sure, he hasn't been right since he got off the dope and his son fell out the wndow, but he's remarkably versatile and his body of work speaks for itself.
Listen to his Unplugged performance. He defined that performance concept, and set the bar so high that MTv was hard pressed to find bands that could measure up.
I also agree with him in regard to the majority of music today being like a lot of kids...don't know where they came from, let alone who.
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Good point, man.
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Sir Eric hits the nail on the head, back in the day U2 were good but then fame hit bono and his head swelled up, and U2 aint been the same since, as for Coldplay well they're just a lame imitation.
Manufactured: Something designed to replicate something succesfull, with the intent to make money.
I could rant but I won't, I'll keep it simple;
Yes he has.
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..........so may bands seem to replicate other existing music, those that are getting thru are just fucking boring studenty sounding groups. The killers and Radiohead are respectable tho
What my simple question was, is that did he do anything groundbreaking over the past 30 years (not 35, not 40)? I may now check out all of Behind the Sun. I don't know a single Clapton freak so yeah, rant on.
U2 has not let it songs be used to schill products (the ipod was a cross promotion, different animal).