=
×

Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Head To Head
Log In
Register
Unsung Forum »
Cope vs. The Clash
Log In to post a reply
158 messages
Topic View: Flat | Threaded
machineryelf
3681 posts

Clapton
Dec 14, 2009, 14:56
Really have never got the Clapton thing, he is limited , not in a BB King way, in a compared to his peers and in particular his Yardbirds fellows Page & Beck he is not very versatile, he does Clapton very well , but that's all he's done, maybe it's the people he has worked with but I doubt he has ever had the ability to write something as good as 'The Rain Song'
It really is summed up by the fact that he left the Yardbirds because they wanted to be more adventurous, his replacements took the guitar to places Clapton can only dream of.
Page has/had? an ear for music, his sound whether you like Zep or not was a wonder, & Beck was busy inventing jazz that rocked , as opposed to all that piffly Jazzrockwatchmychopsbananavishnu rubbish that certain other folk seem to like
Clapton filled the Albert Hall for 40 days & nights and released a swill of weakassed less & less bluespop until he made Phil Collins seem magesterial

Seen live he does have some power and gathered together his canon is impressive, but probably less so than say Steve Winwood for example. I have never seen why he is held up as a shining example of 70s rock when someone like Peter Frampton is rightly reviled for being poop.
In reply to:
Re: Cope vs. The Clash (dodge one)		 Replies:
Re: Clapton (dodge one)
Topic Outline:
Unsung Forum Index