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lickedlady1966
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Saw him last night at Mannheim/ Germany. Eric went onstage at 20.55 and left about 22.35.
And: he is still playing superb in my opinion.
Cannot tell if he enjoys it or not - but we enjoyed the show!
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DandelionPowderman
Well, I play Strat on lots of songs myself, but that suits me. I think Clapton's main problem has more to do with his amp and its settings.
The thick ES-sound back in the late 60s with Cream was fantastic.
Layla is one of my favourite albums, but it also loaded with Stratocasters
Even better (IMO) is Live At The Fillmore, which is a Strat through a pair of Dual Showman stacks - it sounds stunning. I think the change in Clapton's sound since then has a lot to do with playing technique as well as his gear. For sure, playing Les Pauls, SGs and ES-335s into overdriven Marshalls was very important to his tone, but it also had something to do with his pick attack and his vibrato. Loads of people have tried to emulate Clapton's Cream-era tone. Many come close to it, but don't nail it outright, because they focus on the gear and not on his technique. He used to use very wide vibratos and pick very hard. These days, he tends to pick much softer and without the kind of mathematical rhythmic sense he had in his early days, and his vibratos are less dramatic (although still very fluid and technically impeccable). So he'd sound different even if he was still using his Bluesbreakers setup.
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Look I enjoy some of Claptons 70s songs, not that theyve aged well but that's alright. Some of his sleazy 70s songs, his guitar playing in the late 60s and mid/late 70s is good. And I understand why he was looked upon as a great guitarplayer in the 80s and 90s even if i despise the songs he recorded, the suits he wore, his hair, and that idiotic smile of his.
Sometimes he's good but in reality he is a very boring (white) guy (nothing wrong in that) with one foot in the autistic boyhood dream of noodling in front of an audience and being praised and payed to do that.
Keith was the same in many ways, a quiet shy little boy Berry who only knew and wanted one thing and that was how to play like Chuck Berry. Nothing wrong in that when you're a teen. Or maybe there is somthing wrong in that.
Enormous boyband fame, Brian, Anita, ALO, Mick, heroin and real artistic groundbreaking work and an open mind and lots of stealing changed Keith. Clapton changed too but since his fame was built on the idea of the great guitarslinger, he's stuck in that room.
He has to be a solo guitarist, that's what people pay him for. He should try something else.
Dulcimer perhaps? Harp?
C'mon I was serious! He could try to just play chords for two hours. A, D, B minor. Over and over. Like an artist.
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The DVD is great, imo, but I can't ignore the fact that Clapton's sound and tone isn't what it used to be.
Well, Strat in not SG (or LP), but I know you are very well aware of that. Or were you rather referring to his technique? I know that a lot of people complain about the Strat sound on the Cream tunes. It is different, but I personally like both.
Well, I play Strat on lots of songs myself, but that suits me. I think Clapton's main problem has more to do with his amp and its settings.
The thick ES-sound back in the late 60s with Cream was fantastic.
Layla is one of my favourite albums, but it also loaded with Stratocasters
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stonehearted
^ He did comment after the Cream shows what "hard work" it was being back in a trio, having to "stretch" himself again, and he did play more dynamically and with greater animated movement on stage, performing, as he was, with peers of equal caliber.
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Wroclaw
People say Clapton is more enjoyable on stage when "challenged" by fellow top of the line musicians. Well: this is a bit old, but never tired of watching what happens when Clapton is "challenged" by some... how many? maybe 10 top of the line fellow musicians?
Enjoy:
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DandelionPowderman
You could have added that you indeed have played professionally, Skip
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Svartmer
Could you also clarify if Barbara Streisand for a fact is both horrible and boring?
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DandelionPowderman
You could have added that you indeed have played professionally, Skip
Nah. That doesn't equate to anything when it comes to how someone plays.
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DandelionPowderman
You could have added that you indeed have played professionally, Skip
Nah. That doesn't equate to anything when it comes to how someone plays.
I know...
so who do you like that is still alive and well today ,that you think can play ? just curious ?Quote
GasLightStreet
Clapton is boring. Period. What, you want to hear the blues being played or want to hear blues played?
Listen to Hound Dog Taylor. Elmore James. RL Burnside. There's so many of 'em. Clapton is elevator music compared to actual blues players. He's a mathematician with guitar, they can't read or write but know how to play (I'm making a point; I don't really know). He's an excellent, fluid and perfect guitar player, they're messy, full of screwups and emotional.
He heard Robert Johnson and fell in love with blues and now he can play Robert Johnson better than Robert Johnson. With exception to one thing: any feeling at all.
A copy machine can churn out perfect reproductions of something boring.
That's what Clapton is. A boring copy machine and a white piece of paper that churns out the same boring shit.
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GasLightStreet
Don't hurt yourself laughing at that.
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GasLightStreet
Clapton is boring. Period. What, you want to hear the blues being played or want to hear blues played?
Listen to Hound Dog Taylor. Elmore James. RL Burnside. There's so many of 'em. Clapton is elevator music compared to actual blues players. He's a mathematician with guitar, they can't read or write but know how to play (I'm making a point; I don't really know). He's an excellent, fluid and perfect guitar player, they're messy, full of screwups and emotional.
He heard Robert Johnson and fell in love with blues and now he can play Robert Johnson better than Robert Johnson. With exception to one thing: any feeling at all.
A copy machine can churn out perfect reproductions of something boring.
That's what Clapton is. A boring copy machine and a white piece of paper that churns out the same boring shit.
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stonesrule
Just what we needed more of around here...Haters Who Are Also BORING.
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TheGreekso who do you like that is still alive and well today ,that you think can play ? just curious ?Quote
GasLightStreet
Clapton is boring. Period. What, you want to hear the blues being played or want to hear blues played?
Listen to Hound Dog Taylor. Elmore James. RL Burnside. There's so many of 'em. Clapton is elevator music compared to actual blues players. He's a mathematician with guitar, they can't read or write but know how to play (I'm making a point; I don't really know). He's an excellent, fluid and perfect guitar player, they're messy, full of screwups and emotional.
He heard Robert Johnson and fell in love with blues and now he can play Robert Johnson better than Robert Johnson. With exception to one thing: any feeling at all.
A copy machine can churn out perfect reproductions of something boring.
That's what Clapton is. A boring copy machine and a white piece of paper that churns out the same boring shit.
What does that have to do with it? Nothing. Boring is boring, no matter how young or old.
when you are critical of others you should give an example of who you feel is better to make your argument .otherwise you come across as being negative just for the sport of it.Quote
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TheGreekso who do you like that is still alive and well today ,that you think can play ? just curious ?Quote
GasLightStreet
Clapton is boring. Period. What, you want to hear the blues being played or want to hear blues played?
Listen to Hound Dog Taylor. Elmore James. RL Burnside. There's so many of 'em. Clapton is elevator music compared to actual blues players. He's a mathematician with guitar, they can't read or write but know how to play (I'm making a point; I don't really know). He's an excellent, fluid and perfect guitar player, they're messy, full of screwups and emotional.
He heard Robert Johnson and fell in love with blues and now he can play Robert Johnson better than Robert Johnson. With exception to one thing: any feeling at all.
A copy machine can churn out perfect reproductions of something boring.
That's what Clapton is. A boring copy machine and a white piece of paper that churns out the same boring shit.
What does that have to do with it? Nothing. Boring is boring, no matter how young or old.