ithaka

5y

Eric Clapton: All of us in Cream: Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and I consider Pet Sounds to be one of the greatest pop LPs to ever be released. It encompasses everthing that's ever knocked me out and rolled it all into one. Brian Wilson is, without a doubt, a pop genius.

eric clapton on guitar

Elric

5y

F*** this guy

ithaka

5y

yeah van snapped on that s*** - surfs up is insane, dominos line is chief kiss

but yeah the collaborators always bring the best of him, from gary to tony to van - all top tier, but also all of them have in common to go through brian and read him and his emotions and ideas and bring what is, despite many different collaborators in different eras, this cohesive recurring themes that are even more echoed when brian writes alone so there’s def a pattern that brian doesn’t give himself credit enough for

ithaka

5y

crine

i don’t listen to his stuff tbh

Elric

5y

He just seems like a jealous racist junkie b**** the more I hear about him

ithaka

5y

holy s*** its that bad?

Elric

5y

"Clapton told the crowd that England had "become overcrowded" and that they should vote for Powell to stop Britain from becoming "a black colony". He also told the audience that Britain should "get the foreigners out, get the wogs out, get the coons out", and then he repeatedly shouted the National Front slogan "Keep Britain White"

This from the guy that owed his entire absurdly successful career to "coons" this from the guy that had just rode the coattails of Wailers success with his weak s*** I Shot The Sheriff cover because he was so heroined out he lost all inspiration. Pathetic.

ithaka

5y

y i k e s 🙅‍♂️🙅‍♂️🙅‍♂️

Elric

5y

Jealous as s*** of the fact that Beck, Hendrix and Peter Green could all roast him off stage as well

He never got over the "Clapton is God" graffiti that was seen around London for like a year in the mid 60s when he was actually on fire. Before cream.

ithaka

5y

honestly never listened to any clapton album - i just read some people all over cream and i like document stuff like that

Elric

5y

his best work was a live album with the yardbirds when he was like 20

cream have a few gems but i cant stand most of it anymore. the best songs have minimal eric and his bonehead wannabe hendrix riffs.

his solo albums are a wash

ithaka

5y

i’ll take your word!

Elric

5y

this wouldve wild to see tho the climax they build up to is insane for their age and experience. stones werent even close.

ithaka

5y

jeff >>>>

Elric

5y

his best work was a live album with the yardbirds when he was like 20

cream have a few gems but i cant stand most of it anymore. the best songs have minimal eric and his bonehead wannabe hendrix riffs.

his solo albums are a wash

rvi

5y

man you thinking he peaked with yardbirds is such a hipster opinion

real ones know he peaked on Layla album with Duane Allman pushing him to his best

rvi

5y

i think people hate clapton partly cuz his solo career was trash (from what ive heard)

Elric

5y

That was Duane you know I don't fathom hipster opinion it's just how I feel

I've deleted all cream from my psych playlist except Were Going Wrong tbh I can't stand it anymore

rvi

5y

lol ik its how you feel it is just hipster seeming af

and wym that was Duane? they were both amazing on that album trading solos i think Clapton outplayed him ngl

Disraeli Gears always gonna be a psych classic to me, not top tier but great. and the wanky live stuff which is not your style is great for me and they basically invented the whole format

Elric

5y

You really gonna tell me the f***ing splendor they achieve around 2:40 doesn't rival Layla goes way way harder

Elric

5y

I'm not crazy about the album Layla. Snooze.

rvi

5y

i never was able to get into five live yardbirds as much as you i like it but not even coming close to beck era for me

and the tone on layla album alone is absolutely top tier

Elric

5y

Beck's solos and riffs are obv way way better but the collective thrum of the band on FLY is also 11/10

rvi

5y

it would be much better without his trash vocals

not a masterpiece or anything for me but it just especially excels with the layers upon layers of masterful guitar by 2 greats

i would call it peak of his guitar playing itself but in terms of music quality im definitely taking Cream over it and Blind Faith comes close as well