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I just don't get it...
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:24 pm
Eric Clapton - poor songwriter, boring tunes, average singer.
Didn't Rolling Stone once describe him as a minor talent posing as a major star?
Didn't Rolling Stone once describe him as a minor talent posing as a major star?
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:32 pm to Rex
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:34 pm to Rex
Okay, let's crunch the numbers on Eric Clapton:
The only 3-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream.
Ranked 2nd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
Ranked 4th on Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
17-time Grammy Award winner.
Often referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time.
Yeah, poor, boring and average.
The only 3-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream.
Ranked 2nd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
Ranked 4th on Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
17-time Grammy Award winner.
Often referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time.
Yeah, poor, boring and average.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:35 pm to SanDiegeauxSteve
I agree, find nothing he does very interesting...
Edit: though that can be said about the white man blues in general...
Edit: though that can be said about the white man blues in general...
This post was edited on 12/13/12 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:35 pm to Rex
He is amazing live.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:37 pm to Rex
You must hate fantastic guitar playing
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:37 pm to Rex
you must be really bored, to be trolling this board with that shite.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:44 pm to Rex
quote:
Eric Clapton - poor songwriter, boring tunes, average singer.
I'm with you. His only good song was Layla, and that was because Duane made that song. The only guitar work of his I dug was his playing on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
I would be hard pressed to think of a more overrated artist.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:48 pm to Rex
I like Layla, but even then I like the middle part the best.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:49 pm to Patrick O Rly
I like the piano exit most on Layla...
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:51 pm to TFTC
quote:
I like the piano exit most on Layla...
Me too. They stayed way too high on the frets for way too long imo.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:53 pm to Patrick O Rly
Yeah. Most of the guitar was done by Duane Allman, though. He wrote the main lick. Played all the sweet slide stuff. All Clapton did was get all butthurt cause he wanted George Harrison's old lady and write some whiny arse lyrics.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:56 pm to Rex
There's a million musicians that I don't get why they are famous......Eric Clapton is not one of them.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:57 pm to Wrenchruh
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:58 pm to simbo
quote:
There's a million musicians that I don't get why they are famous......Eric Clapton is not one of them.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 10:02 pm to Wrenchruh
And you know what else? All the good shite by Cream...Jack Bruce wrote it. The hell with Clapton.
Posted on 12/14/12 at 7:37 am to Rex
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minor talent posing as a major star?
If only you viewed your president with the same critical eye.....
Posted on 12/14/12 at 8:02 am to Rex
excellent thread title. i definitely didn't waste any time with this thread
Posted on 12/14/12 at 8:15 am to Flair Chops
It's an invitation to add your own "just don't get it" artist... e.g. the Grateful Dead.
As for Clapton, I'm not qualified to judge his guitar-playing, but his songs are not very good. As for his popularity, I'll remind that Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life" is one of the biggest commercial successes of all time.
As for Clapton, I'm not qualified to judge his guitar-playing, but his songs are not very good. As for his popularity, I'll remind that Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life" is one of the biggest commercial successes of all time.
Posted on 12/14/12 at 8:18 am to Rex
quote:maybe add that to the OP.
It's an invitation to add your own "just don't get it" artist... e.g. the Grateful Dead.
as far as clapton goes, i enjoy his guitar skills. i enjoy his voice. i enjoy his songs. he's not an artist that i will put on their entire discography and listen from start to finish, but i like the music he makes.
i don't get the obsession with taylor swift. or niki minaj. or justin beiber. or pretty much 85% of modern pop music.
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