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This is much better than the crap music from today.
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*Sarcasm* What a terrible song. I've been wasted and lost tons of times, not being able to find your way home is nothing to sing about. Today's music is so much more satisfying in that it talks about material gain, arbitrary fame, and it celebrates marginal talent. The old cuts have nothing on today's music. The singers in this piece don't once talk about how wealthy they are, nor do they flout expensive cars. This isn't music. I can't listen to a song unless it's about a VIP room I can't enter.
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@kingkonglindemans probably why they lasted long enough to make the album. Clapton did what I guess all of these band members felt they had to do at one point with all the egos and strong personalities.. lay back and let them have their way. And to think... Winwood invites Ginger Baker into the mix!!! Then to fall into the Delaney & Bonnie colony and see a different road. Maybe more of the Brit rockers should have taken organization behavior courses instead of art school!
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@saucedr ... isn't there an unedited version of this where you can hear Eric Clapton muttering in the background that 'when i go to a nightclub wit' da Beatles.. whenever 'Harry goes to the Loo.. Lennon calls 'em the THREETLES... UNH... 1969.... Clapper to the Universe.. Atco Records Chaaaaaaaaps!'
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Well........
To all of the cynics out there, you are impotent. You have lost a portion (or were never born with) of your soul.
I closed the door on this song in the 70's and just now (Dec 2011)have revisited. For those of you who value your physical wealth over the power of the spirit in music such as "Wasted" you will never get the true meaning of human existence. Timeless.
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I always thought that this song described a longing for Jesus Christ. Goodness knows that the pressures of that turbulent drug fueled time,when young talented musicians were courted and led by record companies to make the new "Supergroup"(harbingers of today's Idolesque reality),that the default cultural saviour would play a prominent part in their art. And to saucedr,sarcasm aside ,I presume that you have heard Traffic's album "When the eagle flies".Rock and rollers lament.xxx Kennykoala
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Whatever Wealth and fame all these fine musicians have accrued they earned it...and most of todays music pales in comparison, Dan....when you were "wasted" did you ever create everlasting beauty?
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@DanW900 There's good music being made...it just doesn't dominate the media..but there is good music and good artists out there that still do it right...you just have to search a little harder because they don't get the best record deals...and so many have had to go overseas to make money.
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my gawd that tone
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any group that E.C. was involved in, was great, made the best mark in rock history
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old music, new music, cant we just like it all? im a child of the 60s and grew up with this, hendrix, cream, zeppelin etc, there was great music then, and crap too! like today, theres good and bad, listen to what you want, turn the dial if you dont, why are people so negative??? im a guitar player, you know how hard it is to make music? why put down the bad ones, too many people argue about music, thats not what its about, enjoy what you like but who cares about what you dont like, i sure dont!!
Its been so long since I read Clapton's biography but didn't he say something like he settled for just being the guitar player ? He was laid back in terms of taking no responsibility and not stepping forward for vocals and hardly any writing. He let Steve Winwood be the leader and sort of drive the band on ?
kingkonglindemans 1 year ago