QuoteDaveG QuoteRisingStone Undoubtedly one of the guitar greats in the old days, but sadly half forgotten once his heyday was gone — even before his demise — unlike Hendrix. The passion-ridden performance of I’m Going Home (“by helicopter”) caught in the film, Woodstock, etched an unforgettable memory in us first time viewers’ minds, among other historic acts who took the stage on Yasgur’s farm
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Undoubtedly one of the guitar greats in the old days, but sadly half forgotten once his heyday was gone — even before his demise — unlike Hendrix. The passion-ridden performance of I’m Going Home (“by helicopter”) caught in the film, Woodstock, etched an unforgettable memory in us first time viewers’ minds, among other historic acts who took the stage on Yasgur’s farm in Summer 1969. My recommen
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Should we dismiss his act this time as another case a star/celeb of Mick’s caliber can get away with it, or even praise him as an old rebel, an outlaw, like the way we did in the 60’s or 70’s? I’m not so sure...
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Quotejbwelda they were "big" but they were faded. The legacy never really went away, but a "Doors" concert without JM did not draw many people. Their albums without JM never sold much nor got much if any radio play. By the later seventies, in my part of california anyhow, even though "everyone" knew the Doors, nobody paid them much mind other than to sing along to th
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QuoteHairball QuoteRisingStone Here I (as well as 24FPS, presumably) am talking about the 70’s, roughly the first decade Jim Morrison was no longer with us — neither the 60’s nor the 80’s and beyond. I can believe The Doors were huge in the late 60’s, at least up to the point of the infamous Miami debacle, March 1969. After Jim’s death, they made their presence felt less, semi-forgotten for the m
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Here I (as well as 24FPS, presumably) am talking about the 70’s, roughly the first decade Jim Morrison was no longer with us — neither the 60’s nor the 80’s and beyond. I can believe The Doors were huge in the late 60’s, at least up to the point of the infamous Miami debacle, March 1969. After Jim’s death, they made their presence felt less, semi-forgotten for the most part, if not entirely forgo
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QuoteSKILLS Quote24FPS 50 years ago is clear as day to me. Brian Jones I heard about on the radio that Fourth of July Weekend. (July 3rd is also Brian Jones death date.) I remember Hendrix was reported on the evening news. I don't remember Joplin. By the time they got to Morrison, drug deaths were becoming common. I actually stood in a grocery store, and read in either Time or Newsweek about
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Quote24FPS It didn't seem a big deal. Looking back I guess the Doors just weren't that popular at the time. And there was always a little snark in the rock press, not taking them seriously, like they were an Alice Cooper gimmick type act. It would take years, and Francis Ford Coppola, for them, and Morrison, to achieve the exalted reputation they hold today. Quote24FPS The Rolling Sto
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My top 30+ gigs (in chronological order) Eric Clapton - Osaka, 22 October, 1975 Dave Mason - Osaka, 25 May, 1977 Fleetwood Mac - Osaka, 3 and 4 December, 1977 Bob Dylan - Osaka, 25 February, 1978 Jeff Beck with Stanley Clarke - Osaka, 24 November, 1978 Eric Clapton - Osaka, 1 December, 1979 Talking Heads - Osaka, 23 February, 1981 Dire Straits - Osaka, 5 April, 1983 Echo & the Bunn
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QuoteRocktiludrop Eric Clapton on vaccinations, live audiences, Van etc. Look at the comments and the number of approvals...a mass gathering of covidiots. E.C. is an Echo Chamber.
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“The Rebels” by Slowhand and Van This is a nice little tune sound-wise. But...I’m so glad I’m not a native speaker of English And the video...”rebels” have different causes and opponents between them, and they don’t necessarily share the same view regarding the lockdown with Slowhand and Van. Most likely Mick ‘n’ Keef don’t.
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Quoteterraplane The first two albums by any band are no match for the two albums released by Joy Division. Agreed — with one exception. Same goes for Led Zeppelin.
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As jbwelda states above that he doesn’t think he needs to comment further, l just go on on my own, making some points clearer. Quotejbwelda On the word of two people, both of whom seem to agree it was a totally racist rant, but just spread out over an entire performance instead of as a concentrated blast as reported elsewhere. And both these people's accounts carry weight because one was
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There is Clapton in every one of us. There’s one in every crowd. To jbwelda — I apologize to you for the final bit of my last post (i.e. anti-Japanese insinuation). I am sorry you are so offended by that. Believe it or not, that was a failed attempt of a joke, like your bit about the Hamptons (like loog droog, I didn’t realize it was a joke, either, until I read your explanation later). —
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Quotejbwelda >Do you mean to say, he recollects his words uttered in the drunken state as >exactly as transcribed in the quote of unknown origin, word-for-word mostly if not entirely? I thought what I said was pretty clear: he knows what he thinks and how he views the world and those in it. Whether he communicates that honestly at any given point in time is another issue, but evidently
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Here I am questioning the validity of submitting somebody’s statement in the form of direct quotations (with “ “) for the purpose of judging or criticizing a person’s demeanor despite that solid proof — e.g. recording of Clapton’s speech from the evening — is not openly available, as if he actually articulated it verbatim (e.g. “Get the wogs out”). It’s not fair. Quotejbwelda He remember it be
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QuoteRisingStone I personally feel I can’t rule out the possibility the reporter of Clapton’s infamous “quote” did the job by writing down what the punters told him or her, rather than the candid verbatim account, a word for word transcription of what Clapton articulated on stage, based on the audio-recorded source. The obscurity of where it was published in the first place and who typed it out a
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QuoteDid Eric Clapton Once Unleash a Racist Rant Onstage? by Dan MacGuill Over the years, several purported transcripts have emerged, with various differences and points of commonality. It appears no recording of Clapton’s racist rant exists, so its exact wording is open to dispute, and we can’t verify the verbatim accuracy of any given set of direct quotations. When you judge somebody, do it f
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Quotejbwelda Did not mean to insult you, didn't know English was not your first language, you speak or write it pretty well. As for the rest of it, I am not perfect, and probably have some racist tendencies, I try to suppress them and see people for what or whom they are. Saying someone is "black" is not racist in my mind, acting differently toward them because they are whatever
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QuoteTheGreek Your English is fine and I can understand you very easily . Your communication skills are also fine as well . Hi, many thanks for your kind words. My wife, who is a native speaker of English, teases me for my dodgy grammar and pronunciation in our everyday conversation, which winds me up LOL. QuoteStoneage Anyone's personal opinion about immigration is, I think, of no inte
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Quotejbwelda Are you a psychologist? Or just looking for an ad hominem distraction? Naw, I meant he was obviously in the Hamptons looking for smack. Sorry I wasn't clearer. "Dubious tribes"? Are you serious? That's a new one on me. I fail to understand the question as stated. jb “Dubious tribes”...I am a non-native speaking member of English on this board, and often
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Quotejbwelda KR has a lot stronger case than most to make claims like that, with tongue firmly in cheek the way I always read it. But living in Jamaica and being on the streets of NYC looking for smack, yeah, I can dig it baby. If his lifestyle as such entitles Keith to make claims like that for you, wouldn’t it be an implication of your inner view that black people are dubious tribes, a negati
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Quotejackflash27 There's one question I have. is there a good and active Clapton forum around (just like the IORR forum)? I like to know what's going on in Clapton land and see what fans are talking about. Thanks! As far as I know, there is no international Eric Clapton forum on a large scale a la IORR (we all should thank bv for this place). Where’s Eric! is closest to an official w
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Since I posted my last comment here (on May 22), I have been searching for further information about the quote from the Birmingham incident and found this, recently published article . It contains the paragraph below; QuoteDid Eric Clapton Once Unleash a Racist Rant Onstage? by Dan MacGuill Over the years, several purported transcripts have emerged, with various differences and points of comm
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Here we go again...the now all too familiar ”Clapton is racist” rant that’s been going on for 45 years since he delivered that infamous hate speech on stage in Birmingham. I can believe he did make a racist, anti-immigrant comment supporting Enoch Powell that night for sure, which is undeniable as numerous firsthand accounts testify to that. Eric himself admits that it happened. However, as
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”Eric Clapton after COVID vaccination: 'I should never have gone near the needle'”
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Quotedaspyknows Let the anti-maskers buy his music. I know I will never go see him live again since there are bound to be higher risks of Covid and I don't want my money supporting his views on this. But you are crossing the pond to catch Eric (who is a Morrison supporter and shares views with him as regards Covid) when he plays London aren’t you? ...just mumbling.
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Out of the originally scheduled four shows, two have been postponed to 2022, while the other two cancelled due to the unavailability of the alternative dates.
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European tour rescheduled (again) to 2022. RAH to follow.
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QuoteProfessorWolf don't know if it qualifies since there well known in japan but the flowers travelin' band is a pretty fun japanese band from the 60's and 70's I have just remembered — The Flower Travelin’ Band were to support The Rolling Stones on five consecutive nights at the Budokan in Tokyo, their aborted first appearances in Japan, which would have started on January
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