Eric should toss that Strat in the garbage, pickup a Les Paul or an old SG, crank up an old Marshall, and stop playing rudimentary pentatonic blues. This stuff is boring. Clapton is boring. His concerts are a complete snoozefest of mediocre laid back music. Unbelievably over-rated and some of the stuff about his emotion and vibrato is just nonsense. The guy hasn't progressed in decades.
@glezzery62 Ok, shut up firstly. Clapton has done something different with every decade and, while some or all of those things don't interest you, some have been ground-breaking, some quite advanced and all interesting to the many people who bought his albums. How else would he have released his first albums barely into his twenties and still be recording and selling now?
It's his vibrato that's the mastery, other people may be able to play these runs with ease but it's his vibrato and tone that show his ability. Can't fake that
Forgot to say, listen to the solo on Have you Heard from the Bluesbreakers album - magic, unbelieveable !! I've bought this album 4 or 5 times over the years and still play it.
For me Eric was at his best with John Mayall - I saw him in one of his last outings with the Bluesbreakers in I think 1965. I was stood about 6 feet away from him and was absolutely transfixed by his playing. I have been a huge fan ever since. Thanks for all the great music Eric !!
With maturity Eric has improved greatly. He is better today. What he may have lost in fancy fingering he makes up for in soulful playing. For a great sample check this
@CallMeMister99 Nonsense. Emotion is completely subjective. I feel much emotion from my music- emotion does not equal slow blues. Also what are you talking about?!?! Music is the arrangement of sound which can effectively be categorized into scales and modes of those scales. You are an idiot if you claim scales have "no importance" to the art of music. Clapton has only ever demonstrated his knowledge of one-making him a profoundly mediocre player.
@Aeolianshredhead@CallMeMister99 he has the chance to play 3 different blues scales over every progression, but does he do it, no, he freaking doesn't, and that's why he sucks. plus i didn't feel shit from this, try hendrix now there is some profoundly emotional shit. axis: bold as love solo? Nothing Clapton has compares to that
I find it very amazing that some folks have to put down Clapton and watch a video of him when they aren't fans. I am sure there is something else for you.
1 Don't appreciate the tone, clarity and expression that EC has ALWAYS showed as an intrinsic part of his output.
2 Think they can impress others by citing what scale a player is using.
3 Bother to watch clips from someone they don't care for, JUST SO THEY CAN POST NEGATIVE COMMENTS! I don't care for about 95% of modern music, but I DON'T waste my life watching Oasis clips, just to post a comment about how crap they are.
While Dream was one of the most Legendary bands of all time, I disagree that Eric Clapton was at his best... I have been far more amazed at performances by Clapton over the course of time... And this was a great Clip, by the way, its sad the entire recording isnt here...
@mis4tuneband I'm not sure people realise the effect Clapton had on music... I saw Clapton live & yes he was pretty dreadful, but you can't argue with, layla, sunshine of your love, White room, bad love, wonderful tonight etc etc! It's not about scales, it's about song of which he has written many classics! I think you maybe theory obsessed!
@Lifindo yea lets look up to a guy who never progressed from blue scales...he worred 2 much about being a musician then a guitar player...hence why he never got better after cream
It is so great to be an inovator...Most of the people from years ago we call the greatest, and in there era they were. I am an old man by most standards I went to Cream and Hendrix concerts, Jeff Beck and Robin Trower, Led Zeplin. Hendrix showed people what electric could do. But every generation expands on their predisessors. They take it one step further...Imagine "Jimi Hendrix with a digital effects processor".
I'm a guitar teacher...for a long time now...I can tell in 15 minutes if a student will go on to be a real player...any time I think that I'm really great, I can call 10 or 15 people I personally know that are way better than me....I'll always be a student myself... that's what makes any instrument that you choose to play such a great part of your life....thank for this post..I love YT
There is no best guitarists, it all comes down to preference.To be the best one would have to master all genres which is impossible.Hendrix is incredible but there are many now a days who i believe are just as good.He revolutionized technicality which inspired the many greats we have today.Beck,Knopfler,satriani,steve vai,page,van halen,etc..the list goes on and on.I would say the top flamenco players are up there with the rest of them.
Let's keep it simple: Clapton is harmonically limited, but he pioneered the thick guitar tone and sustain that is now commonplace, and - notably with Cream (particularly live) - was one of the founders of what we now know as 'Heavy Metal'. Sure, he has mellowed over the years - perhaps too much - and I prefer his tone wiuth th Gibsons, but - from time to time - he rips one out that reminds you how great he can be. That's enough for me.
The sound is nowhere near the sound of the old cream live tunes. It's so segregated and nicey nice. It used to be an explosion! I think they (Clapton, Beck) stopped using Gibsons esp Les Pauls because of the weight. Strat doesn't cut it for Cream
These guys still got it, I think it's to bad that Jack didn't use his old sg bass and Eric his faithfull es-335. That would make it worth buying this dvd. Damn Leo Fender!
Just reading the the Clapton doubters comments.... These people know shit. As a guitarist myself I realise that by these days standards Clapton is an average player technically. But, with Eric it's about emotion. If you can't hear that you wanna consider being a musician. He was doing this in 1964 for fucks sake!!!!!
@rewazilol i wouldnt even consider him top 50 legend or not....its not 1964 anymore n he didnt realize that in the 1980s even...i think hammett is horrible for not learnin rhythm until garage inc n i would still take him over clapton
@mis4tuneband i saw that shitty seven mary three cover you have on your youtubechannel. if they're the ones you're comparing clapton to then your retarted
@mcm1322 haha no not seven mary three im not talking about a one hit wonder band from the 90s im talking about steve vai richie blackmore....evh before haggar....paul gilbert...hell id take tom morello over him.... gates...dimebag....those are guitarists!!! i know my shit and hes more a musician ..not a guitar player...shitty? ha wheres ur videos so wat scale is clapton using in this solo i bet u dont even know when you know your shit come back at me with sum better response punk
@GregDaviesguitarist being a guitarist whether ur a good one or bad one you still wouldnt wanna idolize clapton what can u learn from him? the whole ear quality n feel isnt something u can pick up by watchin u either have it or u dont....cuz blues licks r just the start of MUSIC THEORY....aeolian major n pentatonics....hmmm n clapton lives in the box too much...oh n i watched a whole concert of him not once did he use his pinky shame on his horrendous techniques
@GregDaviesguitarist title is right: that's Eric clapton at his best. Clapton has his (few) great days...They made him a legend...Usually, you don''t get the legend, but just the man... He's average...
how do we know Clapton is good well he's a multiple millionaire all made from the music industry and he's worshipped by fellow guitar players all over the world who want to play like him..
@CommunistDancefloor Yeah I see what you mean, Hendrix worshipped clapton Clapton is the master of blues, but Jimi was just something completely on another level
@chocolatefrogs1992 By what criteria is Layla good? Sure it is memorable and people like it bit it is very easy to come up with simple riffs. Tell me, using MUSICAL terminology, how Clapton is so good. Do not refer to his fame- that is an incredibly weak argument. There are plenty of people who are famous and untalented.
@Aeolianshredhead Although chocolatefrogs1992 has a terrible argument and sounds stupid, I'm inclined to agree with his assertion that Clapton is a great guitarist; Clapton is famous BECAUSE he is an incredible player. He has so much feel in his playing, to the point that I'll sometimes get goosebumps listening to him. Being technical is only ONE part of being an incredible guitarist. You have to take into account the impactful, influential, and innovative effects he's had on the guitar world.
@Aeolianshredhead Furthermore, Clapton's influence is undeniable as he semi-pioneered a rock/blues genre that people of all ages can enjoy. On youtube if you look up just about any of his songs and then type "guitar cover" at the end, you'll find hundreds, if not thousands, of adults/teens/kids who have taken the time to commit his riffs to memory. For those reasons, Clapton is a great guitarist.
@Aeolianshredhead Just viewed the metal stuff you like on your channel. Facepalm. You think it very important to refer to the scale a solo is in? Yawn. I don't think this is Claptons' best, but he has done SO MANY great songs, over such a long career, inspired so many guitarists from 16 to 60, and puts more emotion into one solo that there is in a double-CD of mindless chugga-chugga Metal shite. I could talk technicalities, but it's too boring. Claptons' fame is a result of his talent.
@ludwigvan17 You have hit the nail right on the head there. Clapton is quite unremarkable as a player in reality. If you go down to your local music shop you will likely find someone who can play circles around him. People so quickly confuse their subjective musical appreciation with objective facts.
@Aeolianshredhead oh sure... let's see someone else in this world come up with a riff better than the one in layla... guitaring ain't bout the proficiency of the one who's playin... it's bout using ur brains at the right times.....
I personally like some of Clapton's songs, however, I would NEVER call him a great guitarist. He is breathtakingly overrated and one-dimensional to say the least.
@Aeolianshredhead I totally agree. His songwriting abilities are overrated too. I think he's just the supreme example of a person who knows how to be in the right place at the right time. He played with The Yardbirds, John Mayall, Cream, Blind Faith, and add a decent career afterwards so his resume, I think, is ultimately what's built up his reputation. People just see his name everywhere and hear people say he's great so they just accept it without thinking about it.
@ludwigvan17 hey motherfucker.watch wat u say here... how d fuck could u criricize someone like clapton huh? i bet u must be the world's shittiest critic.what the fuck do u know huh? yea he wasn't that good at songwriting, he was no dylan..but he was a blues player for fuck's sake..n that didn't need good lyrics to sound awesome.. n he wouldn't've played in so many bands if his bandmates didn't think he wasn't a talented guitarist. he used basic skills alrite, but in his own twisted, rocking way
I saw Eric in the sixties on a Les Paul., there's a pick attack that only he has on a Gibson. No matter how well he plays , his attack on a Strat sounds like kids at Guitar Centre on Saturday morning.
@JOHNNYG99X I've been giving this guy a rash of shit on his channel. He must be hating life big time. Can't seem to get past logging on to fuck with people enjoying themselves. Tarded I guess.
at the end off the day why are people watching this video if they dont like clapton ,strange i dont like eastenders so i dont watch it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@thefrost420 Maybe, but the nice little deal he got from Fender helped too. The arrangement was that he wasn't allowed to play "any other make" on stage and Eric would get a few quid per sale of all Strats. Have you ever wondered why the "Eric Clapton" Stratocaster has stacked humbuckers and a few other goodies that can make it sound like just about any other ax ? He broke his contract once and played a Gibson at some gig in Europe; Fender went nuts they threatened to sue.
@TelecasterLPGTop that sucks who wants to stay with a fender? i own 1 nothing great...nice for blues licks wait thats right thats all he plays so why change now eric? lol its not like ur gonna play a lydian scale or a harmonic minor...my buddy told me how when he wrote that score for the movie how he never used any of the notes on it bc it was "jazz" ? lmao
@mis4tuneband wow. you sure are a bright one. don't really care to prove you wrong, as im sure you know you are. but the only thing fender about that guitar was the name on it. he changed everything on that guitar five times before he was 21
@jackgingeranderic this discussion is going nowhere.. There are so many examples that I would hate to have to narrow it down. I remember a guy named Al from open mic in my hometown.. he played just as good if not better than EC. It's interesting that I'm a "Troll" for thinking EC is an overrated guitarist. wow.. you really got me there..
@jackgingeranderic I guess I should rejoice that you find something that effects you so strongly. Obviously I wouldn't share the esteem w/ which you regard EC. It's pointless to give counter examples. To be honest I've heard amateur open mic players that play at the level of EC (feel and technique)..and I'm not saying this to be insulting, it's true. I know you will attribute this to some defect of judgement which makes me oblivious to some undefinable subtlety of EC's playing..same old routine.
@jackgingeranderic I never denied your right to express anything. However, I would say that it's more of a "high horse" position to describe the musician you favor in terms like "magnificence", "ecstasy" & "glory"..and that your opinion as such is a "universal" fact, which, if denied, would indicate an inability to appreciate anything of real quality. I do feel like a troll compared to the high horse that you sit on. Sorry friend, but your horse is so high that it's got your head in the clouds.
@jackgingeranderic nothing in the realm of artistic expression is immune to criticism or dislike as ALL such evaluations are subjective. The Beatles, Dylan, MJ, and EC are all fair game..sorry. They are mere mortals. I'm not denying the influence that these artists have had.-(which is more of a factual issue) and it's too late, I've already listened to Clapton. And while I love some of Cream's songs, I have to admit that as a guitarist, he is overrated. but I rather like some of his riffs.
@jackgingeranderic not sure how to respond. If Clapton's playing is "ecstasy and glory" to you, then why do you care about my opinion? I certainly can't relate, but music and art are subjective, it obviously comes down to personal taste. I'm not trying to deny your right to like something. I'm merely expressing my opinion that he is overrated (which is different than saying he is not good at all). And I don't see where i was being hysterical. The hysteria seems to be on your end.
uh.. sorry.. but this is not EC at his best... i'll take the original cream vintange clapton over this any day. His best guitar playing was done by 1972.
It because of Clapton these licks are there in the first place. He invented much of what you hear today goofball. All of us Rock guitarists are influenced by Clapton. There will always be someone to stretch the playing. However, his creative rocking of the blues into rock was a huge feat. Listen to Cream live from the late 60's and you hear the foundation of every great guitarist that has followed.
@Samshile I agee he was important in establishing the electric guitar as a lead instrument and introducing the younger generations to blues by infusing his rock with it. Of course I think he was part of the second wave of musicians to establish the electric guitar in rock music... the first being the likes of Chuck Berry and Jimmy Burton. But I agree, historically, players like Clapton (along with Page, Hendrix, Beck, etc.) also played an important role.
It is funny how all the talentless wannabees equate speed with music, I can just imagine some product of the guitar mags following all the tabs and playing some pointless sequence at a million miles an hour. That is nothing at all to do with music, nor is wearing make up and masks pulling funny faces or having fireworks go off behind you. Is Eric the fastest? no, is he the tallest? no does he dress in wierd costumes? no ..... you get the idea, it has nothing to do with music. Eric has feel
He should have stuck with the Gibson and the Marshall amps...I hate his strat sound...it is sooooo boring. If I want to hear a strat I prefer Gilmour, Hendrix and Blackmore...Clapton was never a real strat-man
@schnabelkese I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks that.. every time I bring up the fact that he is just decent but, by today's technical standards, not a virtuoso of any kind.. ANd I like some of the old Cream riffs like Strange Brew and Sunshine... but when I say he is just a decent blues player but nothing more, people get all bent out of shape and upset.. It's like a romanticized image of the old guitar hero tradition that they put up on a pedestal,,,
@schnabelkese yeah.. I mean to be honest.. if someone else was playing the exact same stuff it would be viewed as kind of mediocre blues playing... but since the name "Eric Clapton" is attached to it , somehow it becomes god-like virtuosity..emphasizing the mastery of "feel" as oppossed to purely technical playing.. as if technical playing eliminates soulfulness or feel.. the best players have both.. and their technique gives so much more depth to the expressiveness
@wfenio Exactly! If somebody else was playing it would be mediocre at the very best. These Crapton fans have switched the meaning of the word 'tone' with the word 'feeling'. He has often had a great tone but like other fakers such as Page he cannot convey feeling with a guitar which leads me to believe he drank so much that he quite possibly damaged the part of his brain that controls emotions and the part that controls his fingers because they certainly don't fucking talk to each other!
@elijahinky technique just gives you more options to express yourself. nobody is saying that just being fast makes you better... but if you have soul and feel, then having technical ability enhances that and can make the music that much more interesting..
Due to the, if I may say so, rather optimistic friend lock that you have activated, I am answering you publicly.
I am not responsible for any cormorants regarding EC. In fact it has been a very long time since the county court judgment, which I might add was a travesty.
@chadchap sorry.. what "friend lock"? I guess I'm not sure what you're referring to. "cormorants"? isn't that type of bird? seems that you have a penchant for nonsequiturs.. or maybe I am missing something.... which is always possible. nobody ever accused me of being smart. some clarification would be much appreciated.
@wfenio do you play guitar? and if you do i'd love to hear you play better than him. The reason he's just okay to you is because you're just technical. people that dont play guitar rarely care about that. they care about soul and the feel of the music, so eric clapton is one of the best and he is one of the most innovative guitar players ever.
@Dillanwith Yes, I play guitar..and I have never made any claims to greatness.. I just like to play. But honestly I don't think it's relevant. I actually explained my position in other posts.. Your assumptions that I'm "just technical" and that is the reason why I think Clapton is overrated, are wrong. I have stated explicitly that "feeling", expressivness, and soul are just as critical, if not more, than technical ability. And saying that someone is overrated is not saying that they suck.
@Dillanwith I don't accept the implication of your statement that "feel" and technical facility are mutually exclusive. The best players have BOTH great feeling AND good technical abilities. in fact advanced technique can be employed to express their emotions in a wider variety of ways and to greater effect. I see feel and technique as mutually reinforcing aspects of musicianship. An artist with lots of feel but no technique are just as limited as those with lots of technique but little feel.
@wfenio Surely that depends what your definition of Technical Ability is my friend. If you mean playing 2000 notes per second and playing scales as opposed to actually creating something that is musically enchanting, then I have to disagree, but if you mean things like finger vibrato and ultra bends etc, then I would agree. But then I suppose that its all down to personal taste.
@stuanhay I see your point.. and no I don't limit my definition of "technique" to speed or scales alone..although they may be part of it. I would include vibrato and bending as essential techniques as you correctly point out... also the ability to play arpeggios and intertwine them into a lead melody can have a very emotional and expressive effect.. I feel that it is a false dichotomy between a Clapton-like player on one end and then Malmsteen on the other... There is a rich middle ground!
@wfenio bud, i am just saying what he does takes just as much technique, or more than what the majority of your "technical players" play. Trust me i can play both, and i understand that someone like vai is better than clapton, but at this point they are all amazing and clapton is not even close to not being one of the best, he pioneered a lot of the music you hear today, knowing this it is unfair to say he is not as great as he is. you get somewhere like he is and i'll respect your comments
@wfenio I have to take issue with the "lots of feel but no technique" players being limited. Perhaps guys like BB King are limited in the sense that they can't sweep pick or play different styles of music, but they are really not limited in the most important sense - i.e communicating emotion via their instrument. I'm not "into" old-school blues as such, but there's no doubt in my mind that lots of those guys say more with one note than most modern players do in a whole song...
@shearn666 I agree BB King is on a level all his own! I actually don't feel the same about him.. I think he is a superior blues musician. I suppose I am reacting to the deification of Clapton as some kind of genius. I think he is a decent blues player, but my only point was that i find his playing very overrated.. And for me it seems less soulful than King's or SRV's.. and i suppose i feel that there are some guitarists that have soul and technique which are very interesting to listen too.
@wfenio I've never been a huge Clapton fan myself... It might sound trite, but I'd probably like him more if he showed some emotion. He plays "nice", but I don't find much fire there - not much that really gets me excited. Now SRV on the other hand, my pulse rises just THINKING about his playing... But it's all good - Clapton was a pioneer and he did have some juice when he was younger. I hear some great melodies in his solos & I really like his playing on the recent reunion dvd.
@wfenio he's not good because he can play notes fast. He's good because of the emotion that he puts in his playing and the fact that he was one of the pioneers of it
@wfenio Try playing Layla acoustic with the timing of triplets he has and you'll come away with a different opinion. Then when you watch him play it with incredible ease and fluidity, you may understand how great he is.
Your understanding of music is low if you think he isn't a great blues man. Ask BB King SVR RIP and any other blues man. Or any other player who gives him a nod after gigging with him.
@schnabelkese you speak truth! While Clapton was indeed historically important in the history of rock guitar, he has been romanticized into the status of some kind of legendary virtuoso...which is all i object to. Clapton is a decent blues player..but nothing really beyond that IMHO. To make him into this guitar god virtuoso is absurd, given the level of playing that came after. And strangely Clapton has remained complacent and not pushed himself out of the blues rut of classic rock guitar.
I don't know if this is true but I heard somewhere that he was going to pull a les paul and marshalls out for the cream reunion but bruce wanted to play on that fretless bass and just couldn't keep up with clapton on a les paul so he decided to use the strat
@Antonovich74 Oh man i would love to see Eric use a Les Paul!! or go back to his SG style, BUT i don't mind the strat, he takes the strat to the limit and Edge of what it can handle.
@Ro11out24 well I think you'll be seeing a lot more LPs in Clapton's hands- Gibson have given him 5 of the $30,000 Beno Burst Les Pauls, anyway we'll see by the tour :)
@Antonovich74 that's odd... can't understand why Clapton would be hard to keep up with.... not exactly a speed demon... must be an urban legend..either that or Jack Bruce was severly out of practice..
@Antonovich74 - I'd heard that they all tried using the old gear together, and they just were way more used to playing their current set ups. Ginger too.
@davesf That's what I heard - those Marshall stacks are uncontrollable on a modern stage! Modern PA systems require lower volumes on stage, which is why Joe Walsh (for example) used a 50w 1x12 Marshall combo for a recent tour, and still filed large venues. Also, at that volume on stage, you don't stand a chance of hearing the vocals through the monitors!
@vazon69 - Absolutely right, I did a show opening for Cyndi Lauper (this was a good 25 years ago) and she had Rick Derringer on guitar. He had a 4 marshall stacks, which were empty and just for looks, and was playing through a Mesa Boogie with a 12" speaker. I talked with him about it and he said "hey, the kids want to see the stacks!"
simply because eric never even for opne song pulled out his strat again, but damn, would the return of the woman tone has been great, but i think he didn't want to do it because then his fans would have realized that with a gibson he still sounds even better than with a strat.
@OropherThranduil I agree, but wouldn't you like to see him walk on stage with a Les Paul, a Marshall 50w half stack, a cry baby and two curly leads? Can you imagine if he then played a Cream set with those guys? (Oh dear, I must go and lie down in a darkened room with a Kleenex!!!) He INVENTED the Les Paul & Marshall combination, THE defining gutar tone ever since! (Don't believe me? Then who played that combination before him?)
THE guitar sound zeppelin fans to this day think was invented by Page.
yeah, eric invented that sound on his album with the bluesbreakers.
but i really think his gibson Les Paul and SG sound are comparably great.
hendrix was the strat man and eric the gibson man, but i also think page sounded 10 times better with his telecaster, i think first 2 studio albums and also the stairway to heaven solo.
why can't they all just leave it at the best sound they can get?
@OropherThranduil Quite right! Many years ago, I rang a friend of a friend for an audition, and when we discussed gear, he refused to audition me because I played a Strat & a Laney half stack, & he wanted a Les Paul and full stack! The real rider? His name was Huey Lewis! (To be fair, this was before he was famous)
Eric should toss that Strat in the garbage, pickup a Les Paul or an old SG, crank up an old Marshall, and stop playing rudimentary pentatonic blues. This stuff is boring. Clapton is boring. His concerts are a complete snoozefest of mediocre laid back music. Unbelievably over-rated and some of the stuff about his emotion and vibrato is just nonsense. The guy hasn't progressed in decades.
glezzery62 2 days ago
@glezzery62 Ok, shut up firstly. Clapton has done something different with every decade and, while some or all of those things don't interest you, some have been ground-breaking, some quite advanced and all interesting to the many people who bought his albums. How else would he have released his first albums barely into his twenties and still be recording and selling now?
playingforbritain 1 hour ago
this is good but Eric has improved with age. Today he is even better
azidiot99 3 weeks ago
It's his vibrato that's the mastery, other people may be able to play these runs with ease but it's his vibrato and tone that show his ability. Can't fake that
jeper1969 1 month ago 3
Forgot to say, listen to the solo on Have you Heard from the Bluesbreakers album - magic, unbelieveable !! I've bought this album 4 or 5 times over the years and still play it.
BrianRobertLow 2 months ago
For me Eric was at his best with John Mayall - I saw him in one of his last outings with the Bluesbreakers in I think 1965. I was stood about 6 feet away from him and was absolutely transfixed by his playing. I have been a huge fan ever since. Thanks for all the great music Eric !!
BrianRobertLow 2 months ago
...is the bomb
jet1usa 2 months ago
With maturity Eric has improved greatly. He is better today. What he may have lost in fancy fingering he makes up for in soulful playing. For a great sample check this
youtube watch?v=rj4J6i_vw0w
azidiot99 2 months ago 2
@CallMeMister99 Nonsense. Emotion is completely subjective. I feel much emotion from my music- emotion does not equal slow blues. Also what are you talking about?!?! Music is the arrangement of sound which can effectively be categorized into scales and modes of those scales. You are an idiot if you claim scales have "no importance" to the art of music. Clapton has only ever demonstrated his knowledge of one-making him a profoundly mediocre player.
Aeolianshredhead 3 months ago
@Aeolianshredhead @CallMeMister99 he has the chance to play 3 different blues scales over every progression, but does he do it, no, he freaking doesn't, and that's why he sucks. plus i didn't feel shit from this, try hendrix now there is some profoundly emotional shit. axis: bold as love solo? Nothing Clapton has compares to that
darkmarcus428 3 months ago
Clapton at his best. Bullshit !!! He was at his best with Cream in 1967 Crossroads guitar solo is awesome from Wheels of Fire
fed1126 3 months ago
I find it very amazing that some folks have to put down Clapton and watch a video of him when they aren't fans. I am sure there is something else for you.
larrystarstruck 3 months ago
I can't believe that there are people who:
1 Don't appreciate the tone, clarity and expression that EC has ALWAYS showed as an intrinsic part of his output.
2 Think they can impress others by citing what scale a player is using.
3 Bother to watch clips from someone they don't care for, JUST SO THEY CAN POST NEGATIVE COMMENTS! I don't care for about 95% of modern music, but I DON'T waste my life watching Oasis clips, just to post a comment about how crap they are.
Meh.
CallMeMister99 3 months ago
@CallMeMister99 Amen to that.
MrOrion92 3 months ago
While Dream was one of the most Legendary bands of all time, I disagree that Eric Clapton was at his best... I have been far more amazed at performances by Clapton over the course of time... And this was a great Clip, by the way, its sad the entire recording isnt here...
MrErikNorthman 4 months ago
Oh and just for good measure he uses a bit of Dorian in this solo!
GregDaviesguitarist 4 months ago
@mis4tuneband I'm not sure people realise the effect Clapton had on music... I saw Clapton live & yes he was pretty dreadful, but you can't argue with, layla, sunshine of your love, White room, bad love, wonderful tonight etc etc! It's not about scales, it's about song of which he has written many classics! I think you maybe theory obsessed!
GregDaviesguitarist 4 months ago
Boring ....
anonymusum 4 months ago
oh my.... this is really awesome...Clapton can touch your hearts with his music. He doesn't only shows the skill. This is not a guitar lesson.
He try to tell us what is in his heart. When you can feel what's on his heart, you know that he is a living legend.
Lifindo 4 months ago 6
@Lifindo yea lets look up to a guy who never progressed from blue scales...he worred 2 much about being a musician then a guitar player...hence why he never got better after cream
mis4tuneband 4 months ago
@Lifindo thats barely readable but i love it!
chronicfink 3 months ago
"Clapton is God" Islington Tube station '67
jdheather1 5 months ago
aged but still got the speed
victor222444 5 months ago
It is so great to be an inovator...Most of the people from years ago we call the greatest, and in there era they were. I am an old man by most standards I went to Cream and Hendrix concerts, Jeff Beck and Robin Trower, Led Zeplin. Hendrix showed people what electric could do. But every generation expands on their predisessors. They take it one step further...Imagine "Jimi Hendrix with a digital effects processor".
lucian4384 5 months ago
At the end of the video...
HIS MOM enters the room :D
(door opening)
DinisRodriguez101 5 months ago
Clapton is so much better after cream....
azidiot99 6 months ago
I'm a guitar teacher...for a long time now...I can tell in 15 minutes if a student will go on to be a real player...any time I think that I'm really great, I can call 10 or 15 people I personally know that are way better than me....I'll always be a student myself... that's what makes any instrument that you choose to play such a great part of your life....thank for this post..I love YT
timtipton5071256 6 months ago
It's all opinion. BB King said that Clapton was the best rock guitarist. It doesn't make it a fact. Again, it's all opinion.
bb1111116 6 months ago 2
There is no best guitarists, it all comes down to preference.To be the best one would have to master all genres which is impossible.Hendrix is incredible but there are many now a days who i believe are just as good.He revolutionized technicality which inspired the many greats we have today.Beck,Knopfler,satriani,steve vai,page,van halen,etc..the list goes on and on.I would say the top flamenco players are up there with the rest of them.
raissaborci 6 months ago
Clapton? I think there are almost 30 better guitarist than him.
ritchiemike 6 months ago
@ritchiemike fuck off if you hate him
victor222444 5 months ago
I am so PISSED OFF that I was too young to have seen Cream play!!!!!
wingseclipsed 6 months ago
Let's keep it simple: Clapton is harmonically limited, but he pioneered the thick guitar tone and sustain that is now commonplace, and - notably with Cream (particularly live) - was one of the founders of what we now know as 'Heavy Metal'. Sure, he has mellowed over the years - perhaps too much - and I prefer his tone wiuth th Gibsons, but - from time to time - he rips one out that reminds you how great he can be. That's enough for me.
palmerstonian 7 months ago 2
You can be first or best. Clapton set the template for rock guitar, before Hendrix, Beck or anyone... let alone today's weight-lifting guitarists.
zodiacbluesbaby 7 months ago
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RSorbyGuitars 7 months ago
The sound is nowhere near the sound of the old cream live tunes. It's so segregated and nicey nice. It used to be an explosion! I think they (Clapton, Beck) stopped using Gibsons esp Les Pauls because of the weight. Strat doesn't cut it for Cream
socrates1818 7 months ago 2
Serious? That's Clapton's best?
Godlovetheirish 7 months ago 2
These guys still got it, I think it's to bad that Jack didn't use his old sg bass and Eric his faithfull es-335. That would make it worth buying this dvd. Damn Leo Fender!
Elm3224 8 months ago
Now that's more like it.
I'm a bit of a snob and don't really like anything Erics done since Blind Faith.
Not got any balls anymore.
My loss though.
I just like it cranked up LOUD through Marshalls.
He is the father of Blues Rock.
But there's no point comparing him to Jimi though.
They were different and both leagues ahead of anything now or then.
The blues is NOTHING to do with technique but about your soul.
blitzman64 8 months ago
Just reading the the Clapton doubters comments.... These people know shit. As a guitarist myself I realise that by these days standards Clapton is an average player technically. But, with Eric it's about emotion. If you can't hear that you wanna consider being a musician. He was doing this in 1964 for fucks sake!!!!!
GregDaviesguitarist 8 months ago 12
@GregDaviesguitarist i would still rank him a few slots above "average" lmao
rewazilol 4 months ago
@rewazilol i wouldnt even consider him top 50 legend or not....its not 1964 anymore n he didnt realize that in the 1980s even...i think hammett is horrible for not learnin rhythm until garage inc n i would still take him over clapton
mis4tuneband 4 months ago
@mis4tuneband good to know you have an opinion, even if it's incredibly ignorant
rewazilol 3 months ago
@rewazilol no its the truth clapton sucks if you compare him to todays standards hes mediocre at best
mis4tuneband 3 months ago
@mis4tuneband compared exactly to who?
mcm1322 3 months ago
@mis4tuneband i saw that shitty seven mary three cover you have on your youtubechannel. if they're the ones you're comparing clapton to then your retarted
mcm1322 3 months ago
@mcm1322 haha no not seven mary three im not talking about a one hit wonder band from the 90s im talking about steve vai richie blackmore....evh before haggar....paul gilbert...hell id take tom morello over him.... gates...dimebag....those are guitarists!!! i know my shit and hes more a musician ..not a guitar player...shitty? ha wheres ur videos so wat scale is clapton using in this solo i bet u dont even know when you know your shit come back at me with sum better response punk
mis4tuneband 3 months ago
@mis4tuneband what standards? chump... go pee on your dads garage and tell everyone its their fault, reeetoddd!
chronicfink 3 months ago
@GregDaviesguitarist being a guitarist whether ur a good one or bad one you still wouldnt wanna idolize clapton what can u learn from him? the whole ear quality n feel isnt something u can pick up by watchin u either have it or u dont....cuz blues licks r just the start of MUSIC THEORY....aeolian major n pentatonics....hmmm n clapton lives in the box too much...oh n i watched a whole concert of him not once did he use his pinky shame on his horrendous techniques
mis4tuneband 4 months ago
@GregDaviesguitarist
You tell em, Baby! Clapton rules.
witchywoman530 3 months ago
@GregDaviesguitarist title is right: that's Eric clapton at his best. Clapton has his (few) great days...They made him a legend...Usually, you don''t get the legend, but just the man... He's average...
swingmanu 2 months ago
how do we know Clapton is good well he's a multiple millionaire all made from the music industry and he's worshipped by fellow guitar players all over the world who want to play like him..
johnredpath 8 months ago
Closest thing to Hendrix there is.
RIPHendrix 8 months ago
@RIPHendrix Or rather, Hendrix was the closest thing to Clapton there ever was ;)
CommunistDancefloor 8 months ago
@CommunistDancefloor Yeah I see what you mean, Hendrix worshipped clapton Clapton is the master of blues, but Jimi was just something completely on another level
RIPHendrix 8 months ago
Anyone has full video of Cream performing this song at the Royal Albert Hall?
aledobretociastko 9 months ago
@chocolatefrogs1992 By what criteria is Layla good? Sure it is memorable and people like it bit it is very easy to come up with simple riffs. Tell me, using MUSICAL terminology, how Clapton is so good. Do not refer to his fame- that is an incredibly weak argument. There are plenty of people who are famous and untalented.
Aeolianshredhead 9 months ago
@Aeolianshredhead Although chocolatefrogs1992 has a terrible argument and sounds stupid, I'm inclined to agree with his assertion that Clapton is a great guitarist; Clapton is famous BECAUSE he is an incredible player. He has so much feel in his playing, to the point that I'll sometimes get goosebumps listening to him. Being technical is only ONE part of being an incredible guitarist. You have to take into account the impactful, influential, and innovative effects he's had on the guitar world.
guitarocks182 9 months ago 2
@Aeolianshredhead Furthermore, Clapton's influence is undeniable as he semi-pioneered a rock/blues genre that people of all ages can enjoy. On youtube if you look up just about any of his songs and then type "guitar cover" at the end, you'll find hundreds, if not thousands, of adults/teens/kids who have taken the time to commit his riffs to memory. For those reasons, Clapton is a great guitarist.
guitarocks182 9 months ago
@Aeolianshredhead Just viewed the metal stuff you like on your channel. Facepalm. You think it very important to refer to the scale a solo is in? Yawn. I don't think this is Claptons' best, but he has done SO MANY great songs, over such a long career, inspired so many guitarists from 16 to 60, and puts more emotion into one solo that there is in a double-CD of mindless chugga-chugga Metal shite. I could talk technicalities, but it's too boring. Claptons' fame is a result of his talent.
CallMeMister99 3 months ago
dammit... our parents must've really known how to rock out... we're know shit, ppl....
chocolatefrogs1992 9 months ago
@ludwigvan17 You have hit the nail right on the head there. Clapton is quite unremarkable as a player in reality. If you go down to your local music shop you will likely find someone who can play circles around him. People so quickly confuse their subjective musical appreciation with objective facts.
Aeolianshredhead 9 months ago
@Aeolianshredhead
The worst bullshit I ever heard
LOOL
DaJokern 9 months ago
@Aeolianshredhead oh sure... let's see someone else in this world come up with a riff better than the one in layla... guitaring ain't bout the proficiency of the one who's playin... it's bout using ur brains at the right times.....
chocolatefrogs1992 9 months ago
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guacoman 9 months ago
The Strat doesn't belong to Cream.
Chriskkboongg 10 months ago
I personally like some of Clapton's songs, however, I would NEVER call him a great guitarist. He is breathtakingly overrated and one-dimensional to say the least.
Aeolianshredhead 10 months ago
@Aeolianshredhead - Hey, finally somebody said it! About time!
PyePye7 10 months ago
@Aeolianshredhead I totally agree. His songwriting abilities are overrated too. I think he's just the supreme example of a person who knows how to be in the right place at the right time. He played with The Yardbirds, John Mayall, Cream, Blind Faith, and add a decent career afterwards so his resume, I think, is ultimately what's built up his reputation. People just see his name everywhere and hear people say he's great so they just accept it without thinking about it.
ludwigvan17 9 months ago
@ludwigvan17 hey motherfucker.watch wat u say here... how d fuck could u criricize someone like clapton huh? i bet u must be the world's shittiest critic.what the fuck do u know huh? yea he wasn't that good at songwriting, he was no dylan..but he was a blues player for fuck's sake..n that didn't need good lyrics to sound awesome.. n he wouldn't've played in so many bands if his bandmates didn't think he wasn't a talented guitarist. he used basic skills alrite, but in his own twisted, rocking way
chocolatefrogs1992 9 months ago
ok ppl all this arguing is distracting to the fact that clapton RULES
nortonguitars 10 months ago 2
yeah, Eric at his best... and still sounds mediocre, lol
Talk about overrated...
tommytalks77 11 months ago
What's the song please?
benj12123 11 months ago
@benj12123 Spoonful - check the description? ;)
pinkjoey3 11 months ago
I saw Eric in the sixties on a Les Paul., there's a pick attack that only he has on a Gibson. No matter how well he plays , his attack on a Strat sounds like kids at Guitar Centre on Saturday morning.
bramley1001 11 months ago
I don't call him CRAPTON for nothing! I love when people post proof!
rustedandcrusted 1 year ago
@rustedandcrusted loser, post something of your own that shows us how good you are then
JOHNNYG99X 11 months ago
Hey buttplug, If he was as good as you think he is, he wouldn't need an assdoctor like you to defend him would he?
rustedandcrusted 10 months ago
@JOHNNYG99X I've been giving this guy a rash of shit on his channel. He must be hating life big time. Can't seem to get past logging on to fuck with people enjoying themselves. Tarded I guess.
coal4life 10 months ago
like nuno besttencourt and lenny kravitz
MrUnknown569 1 year ago
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who is uglier baker or lemee
1966jzacchia 1 year ago
who is uglier bruce or lemee
1966jzacchia 1 year ago
jack loooks OLD ! Clapton sounds awesome still. ( 8) years ago but hey
gazzaboy2531977 1 year ago
I bought this DVD and its f...ing great.
timj41 1 year ago
well this was cream's reunion, 40 years later, though it was not gonna be the same as before in the 60s, its still good. Its still the cream....
danielstuartblues 1 year ago
Superb!
Somnath1210 1 year ago
at the end off the day why are people watching this video if they dont like clapton ,strange i dont like eastenders so i dont watch it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nash6504 1 year ago 2
no gibson=no cream
old clapton forever
MrSnatch22 1 year ago 37
@MrSnatch22 he started using a strat in memory of jimihendrix btw
thefrost420 8 months ago
@thefrost420 Maybe, but the nice little deal he got from Fender helped too. The arrangement was that he wasn't allowed to play "any other make" on stage and Eric would get a few quid per sale of all Strats. Have you ever wondered why the "Eric Clapton" Stratocaster has stacked humbuckers and a few other goodies that can make it sound like just about any other ax ? He broke his contract once and played a Gibson at some gig in Europe; Fender went nuts they threatened to sue.
TelecasterLPGTop 4 months ago
@TelecasterLPGTop that sucks who wants to stay with a fender? i own 1 nothing great...nice for blues licks wait thats right thats all he plays so why change now eric? lol its not like ur gonna play a lydian scale or a harmonic minor...my buddy told me how when he wrote that score for the movie how he never used any of the notes on it bc it was "jazz" ? lmao
mis4tuneband 4 months ago
@mis4tuneband wow. you sure are a bright one. don't really care to prove you wrong, as im sure you know you are. but the only thing fender about that guitar was the name on it. he changed everything on that guitar five times before he was 21
chronicfink 3 months ago
@TelecasterLPGTop Wondering how you know this. Any proof or other mentions on the web besides random comments from unreliable sources?
sonofapache 4 months ago
@MrSnatch22 No Gibson EB3 either.
CarletonWatkins1861 5 months ago
simple the best-forever
MrRdeckar 1 year ago
@jackgingeranderic this discussion is going nowhere.. There are so many examples that I would hate to have to narrow it down. I remember a guy named Al from open mic in my hometown.. he played just as good if not better than EC. It's interesting that I'm a "Troll" for thinking EC is an overrated guitarist. wow.. you really got me there..
wfenio 1 year ago
@jackgingeranderic I guess I should rejoice that you find something that effects you so strongly. Obviously I wouldn't share the esteem w/ which you regard EC. It's pointless to give counter examples. To be honest I've heard amateur open mic players that play at the level of EC (feel and technique)..and I'm not saying this to be insulting, it's true. I know you will attribute this to some defect of judgement which makes me oblivious to some undefinable subtlety of EC's playing..same old routine.
wfenio 1 year ago
@jackgingeranderic I never denied your right to express anything. However, I would say that it's more of a "high horse" position to describe the musician you favor in terms like "magnificence", "ecstasy" & "glory"..and that your opinion as such is a "universal" fact, which, if denied, would indicate an inability to appreciate anything of real quality. I do feel like a troll compared to the high horse that you sit on. Sorry friend, but your horse is so high that it's got your head in the clouds.
wfenio 1 year ago
@jackgingeranderic nothing in the realm of artistic expression is immune to criticism or dislike as ALL such evaluations are subjective. The Beatles, Dylan, MJ, and EC are all fair game..sorry. They are mere mortals. I'm not denying the influence that these artists have had.-(which is more of a factual issue) and it's too late, I've already listened to Clapton. And while I love some of Cream's songs, I have to admit that as a guitarist, he is overrated. but I rather like some of his riffs.
wfenio 1 year ago
no one is better then eric clapton
bublox3251 1 year ago
@jackgingeranderic not sure how to respond. If Clapton's playing is "ecstasy and glory" to you, then why do you care about my opinion? I certainly can't relate, but music and art are subjective, it obviously comes down to personal taste. I'm not trying to deny your right to like something. I'm merely expressing my opinion that he is overrated (which is different than saying he is not good at all). And I don't see where i was being hysterical. The hysteria seems to be on your end.
wfenio 1 year ago
to all guitar players-
his name is Joe T .
his YouTube name is, englishbluesman .
check him out.
he is the closest player to ERIC CLAPTON , THERE IS TODAY.
BLUESWOMANVERA 1 year ago
uh.. sorry.. but this is not EC at his best... i'll take the original cream vintange clapton over this any day. His best guitar playing was done by 1972.
mumbomeister 1 year ago
@ wfenio Historical context :
It because of Clapton these licks are there in the first place. He invented much of what you hear today goofball. All of us Rock guitarists are influenced by Clapton. There will always be someone to stretch the playing. However, his creative rocking of the blues into rock was a huge feat. Listen to Cream live from the late 60's and you hear the foundation of every great guitarist that has followed.
Samshile 1 year ago
@Samshile I agee he was important in establishing the electric guitar as a lead instrument and introducing the younger generations to blues by infusing his rock with it. Of course I think he was part of the second wave of musicians to establish the electric guitar in rock music... the first being the likes of Chuck Berry and Jimmy Burton. But I agree, historically, players like Clapton (along with Page, Hendrix, Beck, etc.) also played an important role.
wfenio 1 year ago
It is funny how all the talentless wannabees equate speed with music, I can just imagine some product of the guitar mags following all the tabs and playing some pointless sequence at a million miles an hour. That is nothing at all to do with music, nor is wearing make up and masks pulling funny faces or having fireworks go off behind you. Is Eric the fastest? no, is he the tallest? no does he dress in wierd costumes? no ..... you get the idea, it has nothing to do with music. Eric has feel
guitarmanmark 1 year ago
He should have stuck with the Gibson and the Marshall amps...I hate his strat sound...it is sooooo boring. If I want to hear a strat I prefer Gilmour, Hendrix and Blackmore...Clapton was never a real strat-man
MB280E 1 year ago
yeah he is overrated
jake11evans 1 year ago
eric clapton is soooo over rated
schnabelkese 1 year ago
@schnabelkese lol
fpereira77 1 year ago
@schnabelkese I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks that.. every time I bring up the fact that he is just decent but, by today's technical standards, not a virtuoso of any kind.. ANd I like some of the old Cream riffs like Strange Brew and Sunshine... but when I say he is just a decent blues player but nothing more, people get all bent out of shape and upset.. It's like a romanticized image of the old guitar hero tradition that they put up on a pedestal,,,
wfenio 1 year ago
@wfenio dude he is NOT just descent, that's God in the video.
Ro11out24 1 year ago
@Ro11out24 if you say so.. I just assumed God would be a better musician.
wfenio 1 year ago
@Ro11out24 No God is Duane Allman. Clapton's just a Demi-God
nintendonut100 1 year ago
@wfenio decent, he is so bad hahaha
schnabelkese 1 year ago
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wfenio 1 year ago
@schnabelkese yeah.. I mean to be honest.. if someone else was playing the exact same stuff it would be viewed as kind of mediocre blues playing... but since the name "Eric Clapton" is attached to it , somehow it becomes god-like virtuosity..emphasizing the mastery of "feel" as oppossed to purely technical playing.. as if technical playing eliminates soulfulness or feel.. the best players have both.. and their technique gives so much more depth to the expressiveness
wfenio 1 year ago
@wfenio Exactly! If somebody else was playing it would be mediocre at the very best. These Crapton fans have switched the meaning of the word 'tone' with the word 'feeling'. He has often had a great tone but like other fakers such as Page he cannot convey feeling with a guitar which leads me to believe he drank so much that he quite possibly damaged the part of his brain that controls emotions and the part that controls his fingers because they certainly don't fucking talk to each other!
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ChromeDrifter71 1 year ago
@wfenio BS....Clapton is one of the best, name someone better, Buddy Guy maybe? SRV was pretty good, but all his stuff sounds the sam imo.
elijahinky 1 year ago
@wfenio and being technical is NOTHING in blues without emotion, Clapton had both...
elijahinky 1 year ago
@elijahinky technique just gives you more options to express yourself. nobody is saying that just being fast makes you better... but if you have soul and feel, then having technical ability enhances that and can make the music that much more interesting..
wfenio 1 year ago
@wfenio I agree
elijahinky 1 year ago
@wfenio
man clapton is a pioneer without clapton there would be no rock guitar
algrand90 1 year ago
@algrand90 Tell that to Chuck Berry you idiot!
rustedandcrusted 10 months ago
@wfenio
The world is around you but you have to open your eyes and ears...
chadchap 1 year ago
@chadchap that is a total nonsequitur.
wfenio 1 year ago
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@wfenio
No idea what I was or am talking about..;)
chadchap 1 year ago
@wfenio
Due to the, if I may say so, rather optimistic friend lock that you have activated, I am answering you publicly.
I am not responsible for any cormorants regarding EC. In fact it has been a very long time since the county court judgment, which I might add was a travesty.
Kindest regards twitcher chadchap.
chadchap 1 year ago
@chadchap sorry.. what "friend lock"? I guess I'm not sure what you're referring to. "cormorants"? isn't that type of bird? seems that you have a penchant for nonsequiturs.. or maybe I am missing something.... which is always possible. nobody ever accused me of being smart. some clarification would be much appreciated.
wfenio 1 year ago
@wfenio do you play guitar? and if you do i'd love to hear you play better than him. The reason he's just okay to you is because you're just technical. people that dont play guitar rarely care about that. they care about soul and the feel of the music, so eric clapton is one of the best and he is one of the most innovative guitar players ever.
Dillanwith 1 year ago
@Dillanwith Yes, I play guitar..and I have never made any claims to greatness.. I just like to play. But honestly I don't think it's relevant. I actually explained my position in other posts.. Your assumptions that I'm "just technical" and that is the reason why I think Clapton is overrated, are wrong. I have stated explicitly that "feeling", expressivness, and soul are just as critical, if not more, than technical ability. And saying that someone is overrated is not saying that they suck.
wfenio 1 year ago
@Dillanwith I don't accept the implication of your statement that "feel" and technical facility are mutually exclusive. The best players have BOTH great feeling AND good technical abilities. in fact advanced technique can be employed to express their emotions in a wider variety of ways and to greater effect. I see feel and technique as mutually reinforcing aspects of musicianship. An artist with lots of feel but no technique are just as limited as those with lots of technique but little feel.
wfenio 1 year ago 22
@wfenio Surely that depends what your definition of Technical Ability is my friend. If you mean playing 2000 notes per second and playing scales as opposed to actually creating something that is musically enchanting, then I have to disagree, but if you mean things like finger vibrato and ultra bends etc, then I would agree. But then I suppose that its all down to personal taste.
stuanhay 1 year ago
@stuanhay I see your point.. and no I don't limit my definition of "technique" to speed or scales alone..although they may be part of it. I would include vibrato and bending as essential techniques as you correctly point out... also the ability to play arpeggios and intertwine them into a lead melody can have a very emotional and expressive effect.. I feel that it is a false dichotomy between a Clapton-like player on one end and then Malmsteen on the other... There is a rich middle ground!
wfenio 1 year ago
@wfenio bud, i am just saying what he does takes just as much technique, or more than what the majority of your "technical players" play. Trust me i can play both, and i understand that someone like vai is better than clapton, but at this point they are all amazing and clapton is not even close to not being one of the best, he pioneered a lot of the music you hear today, knowing this it is unfair to say he is not as great as he is. you get somewhere like he is and i'll respect your comments
Dillanwith 1 year ago
@Dillanwith vai isn't better than clapton
claptonguitar90 1 year ago
@wfenio I have to take issue with the "lots of feel but no technique" players being limited. Perhaps guys like BB King are limited in the sense that they can't sweep pick or play different styles of music, but they are really not limited in the most important sense - i.e communicating emotion via their instrument. I'm not "into" old-school blues as such, but there's no doubt in my mind that lots of those guys say more with one note than most modern players do in a whole song...
shearn666 11 months ago
@shearn666 I agree BB King is on a level all his own! I actually don't feel the same about him.. I think he is a superior blues musician. I suppose I am reacting to the deification of Clapton as some kind of genius. I think he is a decent blues player, but my only point was that i find his playing very overrated.. And for me it seems less soulful than King's or SRV's.. and i suppose i feel that there are some guitarists that have soul and technique which are very interesting to listen too.
wfenio 11 months ago
@wfenio I've never been a huge Clapton fan myself... It might sound trite, but I'd probably like him more if he showed some emotion. He plays "nice", but I don't find much fire there - not much that really gets me excited. Now SRV on the other hand, my pulse rises just THINKING about his playing... But it's all good - Clapton was a pioneer and he did have some juice when he was younger. I hear some great melodies in his solos & I really like his playing on the recent reunion dvd.
shearn666 11 months ago
@shearn666 dude, ever seen him play live?? its tooo much emotion..he tells a story while playing a solo..
Ro11out24 11 months ago
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Dillanwith 1 year ago
@wfenio he's not good because he can play notes fast. He's good because of the emotion that he puts in his playing and the fact that he was one of the pioneers of it
hornunit27 1 year ago
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@wfenio you are a cunt
tonylast47 1 year ago
@wfenio Try playing Layla acoustic with the timing of triplets he has and you'll come away with a different opinion. Then when you watch him play it with incredible ease and fluidity, you may understand how great he is.
Your understanding of music is low if you think he isn't a great blues man. Ask BB King SVR RIP and any other blues man. Or any other player who gives him a nod after gigging with him.
planesx12 3 months ago
@schnabelkese your opinion is over rated
tomseviltwinky 1 year ago
@schnabelkese agreed!
wfenio 1 year ago
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wfenio 1 year ago
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@schnabelkese you speak truth! While Clapton was indeed historically important in the history of rock guitar, he has been romanticized into the status of some kind of legendary virtuoso...which is all i object to. Clapton is a decent blues player..but nothing really beyond that IMHO. To make him into this guitar god virtuoso is absurd, given the level of playing that came after. And strangely Clapton has remained complacent and not pushed himself out of the blues rut of classic rock guitar.
wfenio 1 year ago
I don't know if this is true but I heard somewhere that he was going to pull a les paul and marshalls out for the cream reunion but bruce wanted to play on that fretless bass and just couldn't keep up with clapton on a les paul so he decided to use the strat
Antonovich74 1 year ago
@Antonovich74 Oh man i would love to see Eric use a Les Paul!! or go back to his SG style, BUT i don't mind the strat, he takes the strat to the limit and Edge of what it can handle.
Ro11out24 1 year ago
@Ro11out24
Jimi took it to what it could handle. Clapton was near but not there.
RastafariPoet 1 year ago
@Ro11out24 well I think you'll be seeing a lot more LPs in Clapton's hands- Gibson have given him 5 of the $30,000 Beno Burst Les Pauls, anyway we'll see by the tour :)
danielstuartblues 1 year ago
@Antonovich74 that's odd... can't understand why Clapton would be hard to keep up with.... not exactly a speed demon... must be an urban legend..either that or Jack Bruce was severly out of practice..
wfenio 1 year ago
@Antonovich74 The truth is they tried using the old gear before deciding they were more comfortable using they're current gear.
nintendonut100 1 year ago
Cant say im a fan of this tone.Its a bit creamy for me! pun intended!
guitarzan59 1 year ago
@guitarzan59 haha
hujaqaa 1 year ago
@Antonovich74 - I'd heard that they all tried using the old gear together, and they just were way more used to playing their current set ups. Ginger too.
davesf 1 year ago
@davesf That's what I heard - those Marshall stacks are uncontrollable on a modern stage! Modern PA systems require lower volumes on stage, which is why Joe Walsh (for example) used a 50w 1x12 Marshall combo for a recent tour, and still filed large venues. Also, at that volume on stage, you don't stand a chance of hearing the vocals through the monitors!
vazon69 1 year ago
@vazon69 - Absolutely right, I did a show opening for Cyndi Lauper (this was a good 25 years ago) and she had Rick Derringer on guitar. He had a 4 marshall stacks, which were empty and just for looks, and was playing through a Mesa Boogie with a 12" speaker. I talked with him about it and he said "hey, the kids want to see the stacks!"
davesf 1 year ago
@Antonovich74
i don't think that's true.
simply because eric never even for opne song pulled out his strat again, but damn, would the return of the woman tone has been great, but i think he didn't want to do it because then his fans would have realized that with a gibson he still sounds even better than with a strat.
his SG playing is as good as his les paul.
OropherThranduil 1 year ago
@OropherThranduil I agree, but wouldn't you like to see him walk on stage with a Les Paul, a Marshall 50w half stack, a cry baby and two curly leads? Can you imagine if he then played a Cream set with those guys? (Oh dear, I must go and lie down in a darkened room with a Kleenex!!!) He INVENTED the Les Paul & Marshall combination, THE defining gutar tone ever since! (Don't believe me? Then who played that combination before him?)
vazon69 1 year ago
THE guitar sound zeppelin fans to this day think was invented by Page.
yeah, eric invented that sound on his album with the bluesbreakers.
but i really think his gibson Les Paul and SG sound are comparably great.
hendrix was the strat man and eric the gibson man, but i also think page sounded 10 times better with his telecaster, i think first 2 studio albums and also the stairway to heaven solo.
why can't they all just leave it at the best sound they can get?
OropherThranduil 1 year ago
@OropherThranduil Quite right! Many years ago, I rang a friend of a friend for an audition, and when we discussed gear, he refused to audition me because I played a Strat & a Laney half stack, & he wanted a Les Paul and full stack! The real rider? His name was Huey Lewis! (To be fair, this was before he was famous)
vazon69 1 year ago
Ei...don´t forget B.B. King. He plays with style u.u
CreamDry 1 year ago
I saw this on tv 5 years ago at 3am and at that moment decided to learn guitar
JoeLaTurkeyIII 1 year ago
i like that guys bass