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Beast
Interesting interview with Eric Clapton at approximately 1:42:00 here:
[www.bbc.co.uk]
Tickets for live cinema screenings of upcoming BFI Southbank interview with him on 10 January here:
[claptontickets.film]
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Hairball
Tears in Heaven was (and is) a great song, especially given the sad context.
When it was released, even my Grandmother loved it...can't help but think of her now whenever I hear it.
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Hairball
Tears in Heaven was (and is) a great song, especially given the sad context.
When it was released, even my Grandmother loved it...can't help but think of her now whenever I hear it.
I have never loved it. When it came out in 1991 I was 24 my roommate played it for me, explaining it all, she was so into it,
but I could not participate, and still do not/ turn it off,
and now that I have kids,
forget about it.
Give me some ‘Cocaine’ ‘Promises’ ‘Core’ ‘Let It Rain’ ‘Lay Down Sally’ etc etc
This documentary feels powerful.
I’m not going to call him ‘God’ tho LOL
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Hairball
Tears in Heaven was (and is) a great song, especially given the sad context.
When it was released, even my Grandmother loved it...can't help but think of her now whenever I hear it.
'I have never loved it. When it came out in 1991 I was 24 my roommate played it for me, explaining it all, she was so into it,
but I could not participate, and still do not/ turn it off,
and now that I have kids,
forget about it.'
I have never liked this song either. Nor could I ever love the unplugged version of Layla, but I have about given up hope of ever hearing him play the original again, in fact I sometimes wonder if he remembers how to. The unplugged version is ok, but in my endless discussions I've had, even played them back to back, but give me the original any time.
And when he played/sung 'Moon River' live a few years back.....oh, please!!
'Give me some ‘Cocaine’ ‘Promises’ ‘Core’ ‘Let It Rain’ ‘Lay Down Sally’ etc etc'
Totally agree!
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RollingFreak
Agreed. Give me Got To Get Better In A Little While any day.
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Beast
Interesting interview with Eric Clapton at approximately 1:42:00 here:
[www.bbc.co.uk]
Tickets for live cinema screenings of upcoming BFI Southbank interview with him on 10 January here:
[claptontickets.film]
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TheGreek
I think that Tears in Heaven is okay if you like that sort of thing .I grew up with Eric Clapton's music from the Bluesbreakers to Cream to Blind Faith and finally his own band and the first and most important part of what attracted me to Clapton was his back of the neck hair raising solos that would make my jaw drop to the floor in wide wonder and amazement and AWE ..
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Deltics
Eric Clapton reveals he is going deaf.
[www.wonderwall.com]
Interview starts at approx. 1:37:00
[www.bbc.co.uk]
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gotdablouseQuote
Deltics
Eric Clapton reveals he is going deaf.
[www.wonderwall.com]
Interview starts at approx. 1:37:00
[www.bbc.co.uk]
RS picked up the story too in some more detail [www.rollingstone.com] - although it's a bit hard to make sense of what they write, like boozing for 20 years being his "greatest asset because I can show some people, that are interested, that it's an option to drink like that", what ?!
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stonehearted
I don't know, I do a Yahoo search to get the story where Eric Clapton says he's going deaf, and instead, at the top of the story, is some video "talk-show" interview with a 350-pound woman who wants to undergo surgery to get "the biggest butt in the world" -- what is needed is one of 100 inches.
[www.youtube.com]
But you really know the rock era has gone South when one of the commenters on the Eric Clapton story posts thusly:
Beelzebub 4 hr ago
Roger Townsend proclaimed years ago that all those loud live gigs had done permanent damage to his hearing. Remember The Who were considered the loudest band in the world. Jesus what a claim to fame. When we were young we thought we were immune to the maladies that affected the older generation but reality sets in as we age and we learn that we're nothing special.
So,... well... there you go.
I'll bet this person doesn't even know that Brian Taylor was a Stones founder member.
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gotdablouse
So I listened to the BBC interview and I'm still not sure what he means by that "greatest asset" idea ? That even if you're an alcoholic you can be great at what you do ?