Cream

SRV was extremely quick, but that was also his style of Blues

Claptons style is a little more laid back, and it goes back to the older style of blues.
i'm not as big of a blues fan as i used to be, but i can still listen to Clapton all day long
(i got tickets for when he comes to my town, row 16)
he's a mastermind not technically but emotionally, he brings so much emotion on stage
i do admit, Clapton is extremely cocky, maybe not lately, with him admitting on national
tv that he's not as great as he once was. but during his career he's been pretty arrogant

 

I loveee Cream. I could listen to their music every day of my life.

 

thank you lunarflowermaiden, for trying to bring this thread back to what it's really about,
instead of the Clapton- god or slob debate

 

To be fair, everything talked about is revelant to Cream as Eric was a major part of Cream... Just everyone saying "I love Cream." doesn't make for a very interesting discussion...

 

Well, I didn't know that this thread was about Eric Clapton himself. I thought that it was just asking for opinions about Cream, so I shared mine. It may not make for an interesting debate, but that wasn't my intentions when I posted to this thread. My opinion about Eric Clapton: he is both talented and emotionally strong. Anyone who could lose a son and still perform must be. I never did understand all of the hate towards him. There are a lot of other worse musicians out there.

By the way, I know this is off-topic, but I like the picture in your signature, short-man.

 

If that was a riposte to my comments... I wasn't trying to get anyone else involved in the discussion I was having about Eric himself... I just don't think that I was going off-topic necessarily by expanding on my thoughts on him, rather than staying in the confines of strictly Cream.

 

i guess that's true, but we have expanded into his career in the blues and whatever, and
that is my fault, i did bring his blues career into the discussion

he's a great psychedelic-blues guitarist, even in the few years after cream and before
Derek and the Dominos he showed how he's talented in the field of psychedelic music
he has some very hypnotic riffs and licks




(thanks lunarflowermaiden, i drew it one day while i was bored and i decided it deserved
to be seen by the people on here)

 

I just meant that I didn't look into the thread besides the fact that it was about Cream, so I was unaware that a discussion about Eric Clapton was going on. I guess that is my fault for not reading before posting. I apologize about that.

short-man, I agree with your comments about Eric Clapton. He does do well in the psychedelic genre of music.

 

so i just walked in the door from seeing the great Eric Clapton live

this man is amazing none-the-less, i don't care what anyone says

it was pretty much Old Clapton playing New Clapton
like he had the energy and was in the frame of mind to bust out and solo and play like
he did with the Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Derek and the Dominos, but he kept himself
pretty conservative considering and played alot of his newer stuff and alot of songs that
have travelled around the blues circuit since the early days
he did play Crossroads, Outside Woman Blues, Layla (the original), and a version of
Little Wing that was so amazing i teared a little
it was a great set list, i knew very few songs, but he didn't play anything i disliked
i do wish that he'd done more of his rock/psychedelic rock stuff rather than his blues



and it was funny cuz they had police doing random searches and they pulled
out the kid right infront of me, who was the most square, innocent, wouldn't
do anything illegal kid i've ever seen in my entire life, and me with my long hair
grateful dead t-shirt, bob marley necklaces, all that jazz, they let me walk right
on through

and there was a guy about 6 rows down from where i sat that was smokin a joint
through the entire show, and no ushers even came and told him to put it out
or anything, and every half hour or so a group of old-timers would step outside
for 15-20 minutes and come back smelling so much like pot that if they were 19
they'd be getting a talking to from the cops, i laughed so hard

 

I am extremely jealous right now, short man. Where did you go to see him play? I wish I could have went. It sounds like you had a great time, and I am glad that you did.

I have been in a Cream mood lately. I couldn't fall asleep last night, so I stayed up and listened to them all night long .

 

the version of Outside Woman Blues he did was unplugged, it was during his acoustic set. he had his drummer playing the drum parts on a steel sheet, he didn't even have his bassist, and the guy that was playing guitar with him did the rhythm parts of the song on a resonator guitar with a slide, it sounded sweet.

i saw him at the colleseum in Edmonton which is near where i live.

 

He is an Aries...the men can be prone to arrogance...

I saw him three times...amazing...

Would love to have seen Cream....wow.....amazing band!!!

 

This is off-topic, but I've always liked Aries men.

Anyway, I will have to go see Eric Clapton play one day. I am sure he puts on a great show. Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to see him yet.

 

oh yeah, it's a great show, like there isn't much of a light show or anything, but you just never know what's coming next. i'd say about 75% of his entire set was improvised. which goes back to his Cream days. and it's just amazing.

 

My dad's seen him three times at the Royal Albert Hall. Hated it.

 

all three times at RAH?

what years?

was one of them the reunion in 2005?

 

No, he didn't see Cream in 2005. I'm not sure when he saw them, but I'll ask him in a while, so I'll tell you then.

 

He saw Clapton in 1988, 1989 and 1990. Twice with Mark Knopfler, who did the riff to 'Layla' and played him off the stage, apparently.

 

Disraeli Gears and Wheels Of Fire are fantastic. Strange Brew is one of the catchiest tunes ever, and their cover of Born Under A Bad Sign is a favorite of mine.

 

sweet deal

i've never been much into Dire Straits

that'd probly have been some show though