Got To Hurry-Yardbirds

[MrYardbird69]

LOL! Great comment by 19thSFGA.

[19thSFGA]

Oh shit another you tube Historian.save the lesson dude and just enjoy the fucking music !

[kingoma61]

Steve Cropper was undoubtedly an influence with "Green Onions". Cropper also did the lead guitar on "Soul Man" for Sam and Dave and The Blues Brothers, co-wrote "In the Midnight Hour", "Knock on Wood", and "Dock of the Bay". But when Eric Clapton explodes on the solo here it is pure Slowhand, pure aggression and attack that sounds only like Clapton. I can see why John Mayall wanted Clapton to join his band the Bluesbreakers because no one was playing like that in 1965, not in rock and roll.

[kingoma61]

Jimi was also very insecure and unsure of himself. He set his guitar on fire at Monterey because he was convinced that The Who had topped him and had given a superior performance. He needed desperately to "kill" The Who, to top them and to upstage them because he was very insecure. If he was such a great guitar player, why did he need to do that, to set his guitar on fire, like some moron, huh? Explain that to me. Let the music do the talking, not some mindless gimmick like burning a guitar.

[kingoma61]

The Clapton versus Hendrix debate is one that goes back to the 1960s, like The Beatles versus The Rolling Stones debate. Opinions differ. But Clapton and Hendrix were very close friends and admired each others work. Jimi made "Sunshine of Your Love" a concert staple during his 1968 tour and performed it as a tribute song to Cream on the Lulu show in 1969 after Cream broke up. And Clapton performed and recorded Jimi's songs over the years. They each had their own styles and strengths.

[kingoma61]

My point is that Eric Clapton allowed Jimi to perform as part of Cream at a Cream concert. Chas Chandler had nothing to do with Cream. The decision was up to Eric Clapton. You imply that Chas Chandler decided whether Jimi was to perform with Cream or not. Chandler had nothing to do with that decision. That was up to Cream, particularly Eric Clapton. Not many guitarists would allow that, letting someone else come on stage during your concert and play with your band. But Eric Clapton did.

[kingoma61]

To elaborate further, Jimi Hendrix went to England in 1966 to meet Eric Clapton. Clapton was the Holy Grail, Clapton is God. Jimi got the idea to use Marshall amps from Eric Clapton and he formed a power trio that was modeled on Cream. Jimi's first performance in England was when Clapton asked him to plug in and perform with Cream on stage. Jimi copied The Beatles and used a Leslie organ amp and playing lead guitar solos backwards by reversing the tape. People think Jimi is playing that way.

[kingoma61]

@spidey1989 It was Eric Clapton that invited him on stage. It was not a "jam" as you put it but a Cream concert. I'm sure Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker did not want a nobody and a copycat on stage with them. What did they have to gain by that? It was Slowhand who invited him or let him on stage during a Cream concert. Clapton was a huge promoter of Jimi and he wasn't upset or resentful that Jimi was copying him and copying the Cream power trio format and stealing his thunder.

[spidey1989]

@kingoma61 And if you still disagree with me, least watch this documentary clip, least just search the youtube clip for the whole incident (i.e. their jamming together - I tried to put the URL up in these posts but YT won't let me)

I am as big a Clapton fan as they come mate; not sure what you're trying to get at, but I am interested in hearing your views and thoughts.

[af4k]

More bluesy, nice - (great for cool background music on training videos) and not as daring as Beckie...

[neilembo55]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa



[kingoma61]

Even Hendrix regarded Clapton as the greatest ever. When Chas Chandler brought Jimi to the UK, he only wanted to meet one person: Eric Clapton. And Chas wanted to make Jimi into the next or the new Clapton. Jimi also wanted to meet Jeff Beck. And give me a break. Jimi ripped off and copied the power trio from Cream. And Jimi stole the Marshall amp idea off of Clapton too! Check out the new Jimi box Winterland that has two live versions of "Sunshine of Your Love" from 1968.

[kingoma61]

I think all the great guitarists regard Eric Clapton as the greatest guitarist ever. In classical music, all the great composers regard Mozart as the greatest composer. Jerry Garcia said that Eric Clapton was the greatest guitarist ever. Stevan Van Zant from The Bruce Springsteen band said so too. And Eddie Van Halen said that Clapton was the greatest ever and he learned how to play off of Cream records by slowing them down. People who don't know anything about the guitar think that Hendrix was.

[af4k]

@kingoma61 guess I'm not a "great guitarist" then by your definition. Who cares what Jerry Garcia thought? The Dead were a very entertaining band who knew how to get the fans out but they were nothing special. Well, you know best - yep, Eddie learned everything he played from Clapton... ya sure...

[1blastman]

Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page, Duane Allman, Lowell George, Sonny Landreth and so many more are [or were] all great guitarists in their own right.

The best one is the one who's music moves you the most. A great guitarist is one whose playing hits a spot in your soul that resonates in you forever.

[TheRepub]

The lead is just Green Onions.

[1blastman]

@TheRepub early in the song maybe, but Clapton's leads just take off as the song progresses. Steve Cropper would be Green with Envy.

[af4k]

@TheRepub Green Onions with no organ an d far less OOMPH... But at the time this was a great tune. Reuben H. Donnelly Corp. used it for the background music on their training videos in Nashville, TN in 1970. At the time, it went very well with caffeine and other things.

[neilus]

listen to Hendrixs "Driving South" and tell me they deserve to be mentioned in the same breath...different league, different fucking game...i like Clapton! i just dont think he was soooooo amazing....

[neilus]

ECs total knowledge of the guitar in 3 minutes...a very good 3 minutes, but imho doesnt deserve to be considered a great...beyond this straight chicago blue he didnt do a great deal did he?

[Blucius13]

@neilus I sense both candor in sacrasm... which is it?

[MrMattTheKnife]

@neilus Of course he does. "Crossroads" alone seals the deal.

[kuhndawgsky]

@neilus um he actually did do a great deal u just dont know jack shit about him or any of the fucking bands hes been in you stupid fuck

[neilus]

@kuhndawgsky Such as? beyond straight, pentatonic scale, twelve bar stuff (or thereabouts)?...oh let me guess...you dont know what im talking about...muppet.

[kuhndawgsky]

@neilus i know exactly what ur talking about asshole and i stand by my first comment. every blues guitarist uses that its the fundamental of the blues. clapton takes his music beyond that as much as anyone, with the exception of hendrix. hendrix is the greatest ever im not gonna lie. but clapton is still one of the greats.

[traigogoodmusic]

@kuhndawgsky

no offense, i love clapton and everything, hendrix too, but jeff beck is really the one who took it the furthest. he invented a new way to play the guitar man. and he's only getting better. the other guys have grown kind of stale.

[af4k]

@traigogoodmusic WELL SAID. Your statement flies in the face of those who are claiming that the best is whatever moves YOU. Beckie is still touring and bringing out the fans in smaller and larger venues... the ones who want to be there JUST to see and hear the Maestro. Not some huge show, stacked with "pop mega-stars."

[Pedy1968]

This is GREAT! Yeah!

[kingoma61]

In an interview, Giorgio Gomelsky stated that he asked the band to come up with a B side for the single "For Your Love". He did not do any writing or composing. The Yardbirds created the song in the studio. For the songwriting credit they used the name "Oscar Rasputin", a pseudonym that Gomelsky himself used. The instrumental, however, was a group composition. Gomelsky was born in Russia/Soviet Union/Georgia so that is why there is a reference to the Russian monk.

[1blastman]

@kingoma61 Graham Gouldman wrote "For Your Love". Got To Hurry is so much better.

[kingoma61]

"Got To Hurry" was a group composition, written by The Yardbirds under the pseudonym "O. Rasputin". The instrumental was written by Eric Clapton, Keith Relf, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith, and Jim McCarty. There was no actual person named "Rasputin". Rasputin was the name under which group compositions were published. It is like "Nanker Phelge" with the Rolling Stones. There was no real person by that name. Songs like "Stoned" and "Play With Fire" were group compositions that used that name.

[MrSmotherYaMother]

Hell yeah!

[RensStella]

This the record that John Mayall heard and decided he wanted Eric Clapton in his band

[stratocaster539]

The first solo I learned!

[bonzo]

clapton is god!!!!!!!!

[jka4311]

Great song... Thanks for posting ....