Clapton...

thecolourbox

"Plus, y’know, he was called Eric so he was obviously great..."

@erictheweary Were you named after him then Phil?

EricTheWeary

thecolourbox said:

"Plus, y’know, he was called Eric so he was obviously great..."

@erictheweary Were you named after him then Phil?

Oh if I only had the power to grant multiple LOLs...   

As Homer Simpson once said everything looks bad if you remember it. 

Barnezy

This is from 52 years ago! My favourite collaboration ever, aside from Lulu and WestLife of course.

TINMAN82

This thread clearly demonstrates there’s no correlation between guitar knowledge and taste in music or ability to recognise exceptional talent.

Bellycaster

bloomer said:

Versatile guitarist...Greg Koch?

I love a bit of Koch

Fnar Fnar.

Fishboy7

"Old Sock"..... ?

Kittyfrisk

TINMAN82 said:

This thread clearly demonstrates there’s no correlation between guitar knowledge and taste in music or ability to recognise exceptional talent.

And your point is caller ???

Barnezy

Sorry are people arguing that better technical ability = better music? You should listen to some Math Rock and then reevaluate your life. 

Lebarque

Barnezy said:

Sorry are people arguing that better technical ability = better music? You should listen to some Math Rock and then reevaluate your life. 

Krekt

Octafish

Kittyfrisk said:

TINMAN82 said:

This thread clearly demonstrates there’s no correlation between guitar knowledge and taste in music or ability to recognise exceptional talent.

And your point is caller ???

I think it's that there are people posting this thread who, despite their great guitar knowledge, like Eric Clapton

Barnezy

I just hope he doesn't come on here too regularly. If he sees these comments, it won't be good for his confidence. 

Bridgehouse

Barnezy said:

I just hope he doesn't come on here too regularly. If he sees these comments, it won't be good for his confidence. 

Don’t worry - we will tell him he looks wonderful tonight.

Alnico

Bridgehouse said:

Barnezy said:

I just hope he doesn't come on here too regularly. If he sees these comments, it won't be good for his confidence. 

Don’t worry - we will tell him he looks wonderful tonight.

He'll know you're Pretending !

ICBM

I’m not a huge fan, but I like a lot of his output, especially D&TD and the ‘Blackie’ period, despite his personal problems at the time.

He’s definitely one of the ‘greats’, even if not everything he’s ever done is.

poopot

longjaw said:

poopot said:

why is he considered one of the greats?.

To my mind he is vastly overrated...

John 11:35

Is that why there’s tears in heaven?

jdgm

poopot said:

bloomer said:

he came along just in the nick of time before Hendrix landed

Now see... there’s another one that’s a little overrated!...

Not if you were there at the time.....

rossi said:

To get Clapton you had to be there .it was  electrifying .Many of todays greats have set out to be great and practiced 10 hours a day to get there .Clapton just wanted to play the blues .His heart is on his sleeves  not his bank balance .He has lost loved ones and he is getting old .

Very well said. Wis.

Samgb

Pointless clickbait thread. Absolutely fucking pointless.
Like the Edge thread that happens every now and again. 
A) Some people on here think that the idea/definition of being a great musician is to be as technically proficient as possible.
Some people think that the idea/definition of being a great musician is to produce affecting/interesting/inspiring music that moves other humans through whatever instrument is your medium. 
The two are irreconcilable. And by that i mean that those who are in camp A) are full of shit.

richardhomer

Danielsguitars said:

Still gets boring pretty quick, i try and listen to more new music than old

I’m sure there’s lots of great new music - but does that render older music obsolete?

There are lots of great new guitar designs - but some people make a living out of making ones which date back to 1952 - without worrying about innovation at all

poopot

Samgb said:

Pointless clickbait thread. Absolutely fucking pointless.
Like the Edge thread that happens every now and again. 
A) Some people on here think that the idea/definition of being a great musician is to be as technically proficient as possible.
Some people think that the idea/definition of being a great musician is to produce affecting/interesting/inspiring music that moves other humans through whatever instrument is your medium. 
The two are irreconcilable. And by that i mean that those who are in camp A) are full of shit.

Totally agree!... as mentioned, Clapton can’t hold a candle to Nile in the music that moves humans stakes!...

Lewy

Samgb said:

Like the Edge thread that happens every now and again. 

I know, it's like there's one every month, but at the same time there's one every six weeks.....