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Stilllife09
At the end I was more fascinated with the guy on guitar that is playing left handed with right handed guitars. Had never seen that in my life
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slewan
I just returned form the Clapton show tonight at Ziggo Dome/Amsterdam.
The show was disapointing. Clapton seemed to be sick or tired or both. He sang off-mic quite often, did only relative few (and mostly boring) solos and let the band play instead. He dropped 'White Room' and let Paul Carrack sing a song that nobody knew instead.
All songs were substandard tonight - execept for Driftin' Blues, the last third of 'I shot the sheriff' and maybe 'Badge', 'Nobody knows you…' was okay, but forget about the rest.
I dearly hope Clapton will make up for tonight's lackluster and substandarrd performance tommorrow…
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angee
I saw him in his more "tired" mode once and it was disappointing.
You may well be right keefriffhards, that he's doing the shows too close together, and possibly too many of them.
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angee
I saw him in his more "tired" mode once and it was disappointing.
You may well be right keefriffhards, that he's doing the shows too close together, and possibly too many of them.
It makes me wonder if Clapton feels pressure from his band of musicians to give them more work to make up for not being able to work due to covid restrictions in 2020 etc, hence Eric's trying to make it up to them with too many shows in too short a space of time.
I was shocked when i looked at the tour dates, he's cramming in over twice as many shows in a week compared to the Stones schedule.
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angee
I saw him in his more "tired" mode once and it was disappointing.
You may well be right keefriffhards, that he's doing the shows too close together, and possibly too many of them.
It makes me wonder if Clapton feels pressure from his band of musicians to give them more work to make up for not being able to work due to covid restrictions in 2020 etc, hence Eric's trying to make it up to them with too many shows in too short a space of time.
I was shocked when i looked at the tour dates, he's cramming in over twice as many shows in a week compared to the Stones schedule.
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angee
I saw him in his more "tired" mode once and it was disappointing.
You may well be right keefriffhards, that he's doing the shows too close together, and possibly too many of them.
It makes me wonder if Clapton feels pressure from his band of musicians to give them more work to make up for not being able to work due to covid restrictions in 2020 etc, hence Eric's trying to make it up to them with too many shows in too short a space of time.
I was shocked when i looked at the tour dates, he's cramming in over twice as many shows in a week compared to the Stones schedule.
well, he isn't running/dancing/etc. like Jagger…
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RollingFreak
I saw him with Cream at MSG on Night 3 when he had totally spent his energy on Night 2. Sucked, cause he was wiped and it definitely affects the show. Just luck of the draw. The shows have always lived and died by his energy.
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RisingStone
It is reported that in Munich and Prague, Eric didn’t get the spotlight throughout the show, playing on the dimly lit stage. Some people speculate he was troubled by the after-effect of COVID, oversensitive to the light.
I wonder what the setlist of the European tour would have been like had he not contracted the virus.
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daspyknows
Liely the same. When on tour the setlist rarely changes. When on tour I have found many (most) shows are punch the timeclock shows. RAH is usually different as is MSG. The shows with Steve Winwood were different in that regard because he had a peer to push him. For those who want to flame me, I have the recordings to prove it.
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RisingStone
It is reported that in Munich and Prague, Eric didn’t get the spotlight throughout the show, playing on the dimly lit stage. Some people speculate he was troubled by the after-effect of COVID, oversensitive to the light.
I wonder what the setlist of the European tour would have been like had he not contracted the virus.
Liely the same. When on tour the setlist rarely changes. When on tour I have found many (most) shows are punch the timeclock shows. RAH is usually different as is MSG. The shows with Steve Winwood were different in that regard because he had a peer to push him. For those who want to flame me, I have the recordings to prove it.
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angee
I saw him in his more "tired" mode once and it was disappointing.
You may well be right keefriffhards, that he's doing the shows too close together, and possibly too many of them.
It makes me wonder if Clapton feels pressure from his band of musicians to give them more work to make up for not being able to work due to covid restrictions in 2020 etc, hence Eric's trying to make it up to them with too many shows in too short a space of time.
I was shocked when i looked at the tour dates, he's cramming in over twice as many shows in a week compared to the Stones schedule.
well, he isn't running/dancing/etc. like Jagger…
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keefriffhards
At their ages now we should know we are paying to see living legends, not living legends at their best
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keefriffhards
By the way Mick doesn't run anymore, he's not even walking fast this tour.
He's actually taking silly risks trying to be Peter Pan with a cardiologist and defibrillator back stage. He has heart disease and needs to stay tight with the band now and relax, i can't be the only fan noticing Mick unfortunately is old and there's nothing he can do about it.
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keefriffhards
By the way Mick doesn't run anymore, he's not even walking fast this tour.
He's actually taking silly risks trying to be Peter Pan with a cardiologist and defibrillator back stage. He has heart disease and needs to stay tight with the band now and relax, i can't be the only fan noticing Mick unfortunately is old and there's nothing he can do about it.
That's quite depressing to read, I thought Mick had found a way to stop the aging process
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slewan
I just returned form the Clapton show tonight at Ziggo Dome/Amsterdam.
The show was disapointing. Clapton seemed to be sick or tired or both. He sang off-mic quite often, did only relative few (and mostly boring) solos and let the band play instead. He dropped 'White Room' and let Paul Carrack sing a song that nobody knew instead.
All songs were substandard tonight - execept for Driftin' Blues, the last third of 'I shot the sheriff' and maybe 'Badge', 'Nobody knows you…' was okay, but forget about the rest.
I dearly hope Clapton will make up for tonight's lackluster and substandarrd performance tommorrow…
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keefriffhards
By the way Mick doesn't run anymore, he's not even walking fast this tour.
He's actually taking silly risks trying to be Peter Pan with a cardiologist and defibrillator back stage. He has heart disease and needs to stay tight with the band now and relax, i can't be the only fan noticing Mick unfortunately is old and there's nothing he can do about it.
That's quite depressing to read, I thought Mick had found a way to stop the aging process
yeah seriously i thought Mick had found some magic potion or elixir or whatever but looks like Keith just stole it from him.
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keefriffhards
By the way Mick doesn't run anymore, he's not even walking fast this tour.
He's actually taking silly risks trying to be Peter Pan with a cardiologist and defibrillator back stage. He has heart disease and needs to stay tight with the band now and relax, i can't be the only fan noticing Mick unfortunately is old and there's nothing he can do about it.
That's quite depressing to read, I thought Mick had found a way to stop the aging process
yeah seriously i thought Mick had found some magic potion or elixir or whatever but looks like Keith just stole it from him.
He still runs though, see him go at around 4:00
video: [youtu.be]
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daspyknows
Liely the same. When on tour the setlist rarely changes. When on tour I have found many (most) shows are punch the timeclock shows. RAH is usually different as is MSG. The shows with Steve Winwood were different in that regard because he had a peer to push him. For those who want to flame me, I have the recordings to prove it.
Clapton has been like that since at least the early 1980's. Absent peers or something special to get him interested, he tends to phone it in.
In one show I saw at a shed outside Chicago in the 1980's, it was so bad he seemed to phone it in from Vegas.
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treaclefingers
I saw him only once (and I promised myself never again)...it was late 80s I think. Anyway, I think he fell asleep on stage...either that or I fell asleep in the audience. Or maybe we both did.
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treaclefingers
Question for everyone.
If a tree falls asleep in the forest, can Eric Clapton playing the 90s version of Layla, wake it up?
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slewan
I just returned form the Clapton show tonight at Ziggo Dome/Amsterdam.
The show was disapointing. Clapton seemed to be sick or tired or both. He sang off-mic quite often, did only relative few (and mostly boring) solos and let the band play instead. He dropped 'White Room' and let Paul Carrack sing a song that nobody knew instead.
All songs were substandard tonight - execept for Driftin' Blues, the last third of 'I shot the sheriff' and maybe 'Badge', 'Nobody knows you…' was okay, but forget about the rest.
I dearly hope Clapton will make up for tonight's lackluster and substandarrd performance tommorrow…
So…what was the show like on Amsterdam night #2, friend?
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slewan
the second show was much better, but still not really great. Clapton wasn't off mic at all this time and took many more solos. Some where really great. The show as partly spoiled by a sing-along audience raised on 'unplugged'. And I can't stand that boring acoustic Layla anymore