Do ya dislike Clapton?

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:27 pm

I really like Cream, though I don't own anything by them anymore.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:29 pm

his newer stuff's cr@p. his older stuff is ok. i've never been a big fan of anything he's done.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Spade Kitty Wrote:

Do I have to start every sentence with "In my humble opinion"

No, simply adding those words wouldn't make your opinion humble. :lol:

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

what about "in my douchebag opinion"

FT · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:09 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

Cream sucks as bad as Clapton

I'll take "Lay Down Sally", "After Midnight" (especially the slowed down late 80's beer commercial version), and even "Its In The Way That You Use It" (which like "Layla" benefits from brilliant usage in a Scorsesse movie) over fucking "Sunshine of Your Love" or "White Room" any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Even over "SWLABR"??? ("But the picture had a MOUS-TACHE!!!") haha

Seriously, though, "Badge" is probably one of the greatest songs ever of all time in the history of the world.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:29 pm

FT Wrote:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

Cream sucks as bad as Clapton

I'll take "Lay Down Sally", "After Midnight" (especially the slowed down late 80's beer commercial version), and even "Its In The Way That You Use It" (which like "Layla" benefits from brilliant usage in a Scorsesse movie) over fucking "Sunshine of Your Love" or "White Room" any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Even over "SWLABR"??? ("But the picture had a MOUS-TACHE!!!") haha

Seriously, though, "Badge" is probably one of the greatest songs ever of all time in the history of the world.

"Badge" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses" are pretty damn cool, theres just a lot of crap in the Cream catalog.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

to be fair, SSOYL and White Room have been about as brutally overplayed as any two songs can be, compared to the solo songs Yail mentioned.

south pacific · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:13 am

^

Melissa never lets an opportunity go by without mentioning Kiss. :roll:

About Clapton though, I'm sort of indifferent. I don't hate the man or his tunes but his music belongs to an older generation that I don't identify with much. I'm sort of surprised to hear that he's still putting out new albums.

seafoam · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:46 am

south pacific Wrote:

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I'm sort of surprised to hear that he's still putting out new albums.

lol

bort · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:01 am

without reading this thread i'll respond like so:

don't really care for the guy's catalog. although i saw this doc (or something) where he just went into this empty room with some other dude and played old blues covers. that was pretty cool.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:11 am

A guy in my office just showed me this. He's a huge blues fan.

Here's what His Irreleventness is up to:

ERIC CLAPTON ANNOUNCES
CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL
JULY 28, 2007 CHICAGO

Announced today, the second Crossroads Guitar Festival, scheduled for July 28, 2007 at Toyota Park in Chicago, will be a cornerstone of this year's summer music festival season. Profits from the Festival will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.

CURRENT ARTIST LISTING CONFIRMED

Jeff Beck
Doyle Bramhall II
Eric Clapton
Robert Cray
Sheryl Crow
Vince Gill
Buddy Guy
BB King
Alison Krauss and Union Station
Sonny Landreth
Albert Lee
Los Lobos
John Mayer
John McLaughlin
Willie Nelson
Robert Randolph
Hubert Sumlin
Derek Trucks
Jimmie Vaughan
Steve Winwood

He probably should stop coasting and helping people and stuff.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

I'm not sure where you equate my characterization of the quality of his later career work with categorically dismissing anything he does, particularly for charity, but whatever.

Nice lineup, and I'm sure it will raise a lot of money.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:52 am

Yail Bloor Wrote:

FT Wrote:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

Cream sucks as bad as Clapton

I'll take "Lay Down Sally", "After Midnight" (especially the slowed down late 80's beer commercial version), and even "Its In The Way That You Use It" (which like "Layla" benefits from brilliant usage in a Scorsesse movie) over fucking "Sunshine of Your Love" or "White Room" any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Even over "SWLABR"??? ("But the picture had a MOUS-TACHE!!!") haha

Seriously, though, "Badge" is probably one of the greatest songs ever of all time in the history of the world.

"Badge" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses" are pretty damn cool, theres just a lot of crap in the Cream catalog.

"Anyone for Tennis"...uh..anyone?

Also, Sunshine of Your Love gets..uh...Love from me for being in Uncommon Valor. An Uncommonly good movie.

(And I have now bested Bob's record for worst attempts at wordplay in a single post)

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:09 pm

I have the Crossroads boxset. I still listen to it occasionally. So I guess I don't dislike Clapton to keep with the original question. Is he still relevant to current music? His older music is, and everything else he's done over the last 20 years, save for Unplugged, will likely be forgotten. When people want to hear Clapton, you think they'll want to hear his collaboration with Duane Allman or fucking Babyface?

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