Eric Clapton Gives His View On Led Zeppelin AI Disclaimer - The Quotes Are Directly Attributed To Eric Clapton But An AI Voice Clone Has Been Used For This Video.
Disagree, she is really underrated as a vocalist. Check out the official video of "Live to Tell", and the video of Patrick Leonard describing how he and Madonna wrote the song. One of my all-time favorites - gorgeous vocal and instrumental backing.
@@berglm Clapton didn't go after her vocally. He just said that the entire package that she presents, pop, is not something he can get into. We know how successful and how great she is, you don't become the best selling female artist of all time by accident, he even recognizes it. Just says it isn't for him.
@@jeffk.9075 Here is what he said: "To me, music is either good or bad if it makes me feel something. If it doesn't make me feel anything, I'm just indifferent to it. Madonna is a phenomenon that I recognize, but she doesn't make me feel anything. I can't identify with her on any level because all she is is production and packaging."
I can see why he might say that, or Townsend also didn't like them, or Hendrix, even Ian Anderson didn't like some aspects (lyrics) so I'm not sure it was jealousy, I can see where the criticism is coming from, but at the same time LZ end product was so good that they would simply tower above these small issues. Critics said at first LZ is just like Cream, but worse. I would say but better - maybe just a matter of taste. And after the first album they were nothing alike.
Jealousy of course! Townshend, Hendrix and Clapton and Dylan and Keith Richards and The Beatles. All these - the BIGGEST names in Rock didn't care for Zeppelin and it was, jealousy. What? LOL.
@@trespasser121 Understand that when opining, these other musicians were sometimes masking their jealousy or envy by mentioning/picking at technical aspects of Zepp, but to most of those listening, it didn't really hide the obvious. The force with which Zepp hit the scene, I can only equate it to like when people first heard Eddie do "Eruption"... Most everybody knows where they were and what they were doing, just like those who are old enough to remember the first time hearing Good Times Bad Times, or Heartbreaker... It was sorta like that... Just different times...
I shouldn't really have any problems, after all EVERYTHING is a matter of opinions, whether those agree or not, or have problems or not. There are at least two sides to everything.
There are some criticisms of Eric Clapton as well- and great as he is, his voice could have been a little stronger. A lot of great music, but a little more power in his voice would have made it even better. The fix seems easy, too- I'm not an expert, but it seems like the parts where his voice was weaker he was running low on breath- he just needed a little guidance from a good music teacher on having enough air when it is needed to get his voice to be stronger I think. I discussed this with a successful singer and she agreed. IN most cases this is the issue when people need more power, then you just need to practice with more power.
LZ was loud bcuz the music was tactile as well as auditory. The listener is meant to literally feel the music on the skin and bones. Not just feel it in your soul. Mr Jimi also had this quality.
many bands were LOUD in late 60's & 70's - Deep Purple & The Who were legendary for their ear-melting shows - AC/DC - Motörhead - KISS - all were set to volume level 11 - or higher - one show for me in 1980 - Black Sabbath (with Dio on vocals ) - was extraordinarily loud - it was a co-headlining tour with Blue Öyster Cult - some bad blood between the bands - BÖC was as loud as they needed to be - but Sabbath felt the need to be twice as loud - my ears are still ringing from that one ..
after ten minutes of hearing him play I'm bored shitless, no matter what guitar he plays, Gibson or Strat, what music he plays it sounds identical, he just goes on and on, no improvisation, just blues he ripped off from other artists.
Some interesting, but not vital solo music. Inspired playing with Cream and John Mayall. His rant really turned me off, though I still sometimes listen. He was influential in the '60s. It would appear that privilege affected his musical course.
He definitely had to be the one when he was on stage with other players. I always noticed when he was on stage over the years with other good players he would always have to take the majority of the solos and in a lot cases his guitar would be noticeably louder than than the others. Or the other players efforts almost seemed to be subdued. This was all the time when he played with buddy guy.
What a strange video. The quotes are Clapton's, but if you didn't know the voice over (and presumably, the video of him speaking) was AI, you'd think that he just said these things recently, instead of throughout his career. It does change the context quite a bit.
Thanks for pointing this out. I found it strange that a Clapton who looks like he's in his 80s finds it necessary to grumble about led zep. Now it makes sense, this was back in the day but the AI was trained on his current day talking voice😊
Cream was in their era a hard rock band who came before zeplin, obviously they weren't as loud as zeplin. Should cream have played louder than they did then?
@@user-gn9vu7wn7t In short what I am say is that in Clapton's opinion Zeplin were too loud. Cream were a heavy rock band in the era before Zeplin. You said what did he expect, because they were a heavy rock band. So he is saying, even for a heavy rock band they were playing too loud. He should know given he was in a heavy rock band before they existed. Unless you don't class Cream as heavy rock? That is his informed opinion, he thinks they didn't need to be that loud in order to convey their message and emotions. Your opinion is obviously different, to which you are entitled, as equally is Clapton to his opinion.
@@mister.costello Clapton is a Master at what he does but that doesn't mean he can err. George Harrison said that he disliked Neil Young, The Hollies, etc. Do I agree with George? Hell no! He is a legend but again his opinion means nothing to me. Zeppelin was loud, so was ACDC. Without the loudness they would not be what they were. Clapton can have his opinions but the public would not agree with him at all!
@@user-gn9vu7wn7t The thing is, Clapton was there and listened to them live during that era, most of the public, and I am guessing yourself didn't. Therefore most of the public don't have any validation to argue against him. I get your defense for Zep, a very important band in music history. Cream was by all accounts a loud band, so for Clapton to say that, must have some truth to it. You could argue he is jealous, but why would he be? He is still out there doing it, perhaps not to the standard he did from the mid eighties to about 2015. I get you, you're defending Zep and I am defending Clapton. Either way I think we both appreciate them both, so at the end of the day what does it really matter.
When Hendrix and Zeppelin burst on the scene, he was no longer the darling of the little clique that praised him as "god." His dilemma was trying to be a pure bluesman that could somehow represent the continuation of black American music. He once declared that many of his generation were "selling out." He was misguided. Not even Hendrix or Page tried to be a pure bluesman. They took things further. They were also unabashed showmen. Not the overly serious collegiate bore that Eric ultimately became.
Eric Clapton is without a doubt one of the greatest and most talented guitarists in music history. Zeppelin? Say what you will...but they are still the greatest and most influential rock band in history to this day.
He is without a doubt one of the most overrated guitarist in history. same old pentatonic crap over and over. Some of his playing with Cream was fantastic however there are legions of players who could blow him off the stage-facts
@@JohnWahlers In the last 44 years, that is since 1980, does J. Page go beyond "old pentatonic crap" in his new song? By the way, what was the output of Jimmy Page after 1980, that is, in the last 44 years? Can you name one known guitar riff from J. Page released in the last 44 years?
Kashmir?? Seriously? I can think of about 30 other tunes that are better than Kashmir. Such a "popular" song to choose. I agree with Zeppelin being superior, but Clapton did have some great music, too. One of the most overlooked albums of all time. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, was incredible!
Layla is Clapton's peak and one of the greatest rock songs ever, Kashmir is a bit of a dirge in comparison. Layla set the standard of what rock could have been if bands like Zeppelin and Purple hadn't turned it into a parody of itself and spawned a bunch of formulaic posturing caterwauling heavy metal merchants.
@@karollyjak All part of the business Jr. btw the Rolling Stones started out as a cover band. Rarely will you hear Led Zep covers that are any good and many of their songs no one would attempt to cover.
@@mikethebike7372 Not the point of recordin covers. Point is, that Led Zeppelin stated that songs were written by them, and it was untrue. So, it was about money as well. Those, who wrote songs, didn't get money either. Anne Leonard Bredon wrote „Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", but Led Zeppelin until 1990 didn't put her name. Only after the solicitor of Brandon took the action. And cases like this were more. Led Zeppelin stole songs for money and fame.
My uncle was claptons gardner many years ago where he lives in cranleigh i used to go and help out sometimes with the gardning clapton would always bring us coffee and cakes i had a few spontaneous guitar lessons in the garden 👍
As is so often the way, the person villified in the media, and thereby in public consciousness (who is only hated because they told the truth about something there weren't supposed to) is actually a total gent in person. The price for integrity is often a bad reputation. I salute Eric Clapton, a truly great Briton.
:-) No, that was me and my peer group. And it was true, then. Well, later on... Who shot the sherriff? Marley. Black magic woman? Green. Cocain? Cale. Tears in heaven? Ööuwhaou.. Clapton.
@@Stratman1512 I think you read a lot of Rolling Stones Magazine and your perception of reality was altered. Clapton has always been a thief and an opportunist. Whether recording other artists and playing with other musicians, he seems to be the spoliight. In addition to being a very weak composer. Thief of friends' wives.
@@privateprivate4378yes, they do belong in a sewer. Page's behavior in chasing after 14 year-old girls and ripping off American blues artists without giving them so much as a dime until facing litigation makes him a scummy person in my book, his amazing guitar skills notwithstanding.
The guy who played so loud in Cream, that he was temporarily deaf says Zeppelin played too loud. He said that when he played the solo on Crossroad he couldn't really hear what he was playing. But Zep is unnecessarily loud. Right!!
@@Autorange888 Back in the 70s most bands were too loud. Certainly the stadium shows were too loud. My sister was at a summer jam in arrowhead stadium and was ready to leave early because it was so loud she couldn't tell what song was being played. Her friend wanted to stay until the band played her favorite song. My sister pointed out that they were playing that song right now. Her friend said Oh. OK lets go. I could hear that show half a mile away better than the people at the concert could.
@@onusgumboot5565 I went and saw Deep Purple play on the Perfect Strangers tour and it was too loud. I couldn't enjoy it and I like loud music but it was way above my pain threshold in our seating area.
What people don’t get about Clapton is his mining of a tune to bring life to it. This is artistry. The bands he has criticised often miss that-they’re noisy & exciting.
@@mikahattunen4502 Listen to the original Crossroads by Robert Johnson then see what Cream did with it or what Hendrix did with Dylan’s Watchtower. They find gold not just mimic the original. Compare with what Led Zeppelin did to the old blues tunes making them loud & exciting.
Cream was another famously "loud" band too. I wonder how Eric feels about those guys. Zeppelin is musically speaking a direct descendant of Cream as they were both loud, heavily improvisational, British blues bands. I actually find some of the Dead's studio work quite underrated. If anything, the Dead live is more of a mixed bag of either brilliance, or chemically influenced, aimless noodling.
When Jimi Hendrix arrived in London in Sept. '66, Clapton's reign as "God," was over. By the time Zeppelin released their first album in '69 his ego was crushed, booze and heroin were his only friends. "Unnecessarily loud?" BULLSHIT! He hated Zeppelin for the same reason that Townsend did - Page BLEW THEM BOTH AWAY!
@@jdemarco Excellent question demarco! Find the documentary "A Film About Jimi Hendrix," produced right after his death. Townsend tells the story of how Clapton called him to meet in the front of a movie theater to discuss how they would cope with the new challenger. It's HILARIOUS! Clapton's planet-sized ego was flattened when he first heard Jimi and, as far as I know, he's never mentioned the name Hendrix.
Yeah eric was better, that's why on the guitar boogie album jimmy let eric play lead guitar because he was the God in England at the time! Jimmy produced and played rhythm.
A buddy of mine went to see Clapton at Alpine Valley, Stevie Ray Vaughn opened for him, he said that Stevie blew Clapton out of the water that night, sadly his final performance.
I agree with your buddy. I was at both those Alpine shows, and SRV completely blew away everyone on the bill on both nights... guarantee Clapton knew he met his match with SRV, as with Jimi.
@@Stratman1512That is correct. A very astute observation. Stevie could "blow away" quite a few big name guitarists such as Eric Clapton for instance. But as you rightly acknowledge, Page isn't one of them.
@@user-dh5bn2fe4b And you never been to a SRV show because if you gotta pick a fight on RU-vid with someone you can’t be old enough to have been around in 1990 or you’re very stunted.(as I didn’t start the fight with squidley “hence User” who won’t Leave me alone for 2 weeks now. Squidley you’re one of those school Boy Front row “ brown nosing,’ pimple popping school nerds., have u ever had a girlfriend? Who are you trying to impress with the way you talk. and it’s not the musicologist who wins and loses those trials it’s the money that wins and loses those cases the money Led Zeppelin has in abundance and far more importantly the money the billion dollar record company has to back LZ by paying for there defense. I guarantee you Squiddly, you gotta look and sound like that kid with the squeaky voice from the Mark Harmon Kirsten Alley movie “Summer school”. You gotta put down people for what they listen to? as long as people aren’t ripping off other people like zeppelin go ahead listen to what you want even like Squiddly‘s favorite Travis Kielce Gf Taylor Swift. She sounds like Minnie mouse so I can understand with his squeaky voice why he likes her that’s OK.go like her.
@@Stratman1512 Funny how you´re using every given opportunity to protect EC. Do you have a sexual relationship with him? The further I go down the comment section the more pathetic your comments get.
Sleeping since 1968 you’re obviously a kid. Or a damn millennial. Eric Clapton was the Michael Jordan music in the 1990s. Nobody sold out more shows & arenas and stadiums faster than Eric Clapton did.
@@user-dh5bn2fe4b u know all Jas. I’ll use you as my secret weapon if I ever have an RU-vid disagreement with somebody else in the future.& do u really like any of those 6 people you just mentioned!
Clapton was great at playing a certain genre on guitar, blues, mainly pentatonic scales, with especially.good bends and good vibrato. But he simply doesn’t have the songwriting legacy.
@@ZephyrCrypto I doubt he makes anywhere near what Taylor Swift makes. So I guess by your logic she’s a better songwriter. I meant he wasn’t writing anything all that complex or anything with the creativity of, say, some of Jimmy Page’s songwriting.
Actually, he’s worth more than Taylor Swift. as for a 15 year period from 1989 after the release of journeyman to the mid 2000s touring musician came close to Clapton to selling out areas and stadiums at the fastest space not even Paul McCartney sis.
@@Stratman1512According to Forbes, as of 2024 Clapton's net worth is $470M whereas Taylor Swift's is at least $1Bn. You like to play hard and fast with the facts, don't you?
All the comments critiquing Clapton's opinions need to know that he handpicks the lineups at the Crossroads musical festivals. People like Vince Gill, Keb "Mo, James Burton, Bert Jansch, Stefan Grossman, Albert Lee are among the best players in their genres, yet not widely known to people who only attended Led Zeppelin and Van Halen concerts back in the day. Clapton has always had a studied approach to the origins of his guitar work, crediting Robert Johnson as his inspiration, and going back to the roots of blues in his unplugged performances. Rather than attacking Clapton for having some dislikes among other rock guitarists, consider the longevity of his dedication to the preservation of the blues, along with embracing all the other roots of rock, such as rockabilly.
If ‘too loud’ is the only derogatory comment Clapton can make about LZ, then that is not putting them down. I’ve been to Bluesbreakers gigs with John Mayall and they were very loud for some venues. Wouldn’t say they were bad though!
Nope. He was an absolute fucking trailblazer when he was young. Yardbirds, Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith were all groundbreaking BANDS. On his own starting in the 70s, Clapton relied on mostly cover songs from J.J. Cale and Bob Marley at which point he most certainly became a "tiresome geezer"
@@craigdamageHendrix was merely interested in meeting Clapton, he didn't idolise him. Then he shocked Clapton when he jammed with Cream because he'd never heard anything like it.
I believe everyone has a right to speak of their opinions, however, I don’t believe I give one shit what Clapton thinks of these other artists 🙄 what is it about that band that makes them so miserable? Bruce wasn’t exactly a happy camper and Clapton always comes of as a jealous, over critical tool, and don’t get me started on Baker🤨 pretty much a complete ass in every interview and thinks a little too much of himself🤦♂️
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You mean the only one he was right about was zeppelin......oasis had more talent than every band and singer mentioned in this video....oasis worst songs were better than all those mentioned bands best songs.
Though it's pretty funny how Clapton, Townshend, Keith Richards, the ever complaining Roger Waters and others seem to have such strong feelings towards Page and LZ...might be 'cause they reigned supreme in the 70s 👑
true enough - but if LZ had one serious competitor throughout the 70's - it was Pink Floyd - and while Zep was hotter at the start of the decade - Floyd was arguably stronger at the end of the 70's - don't get me wrong - I love Zep - but I'd say Animals & The Wall are just better records than Presence & In Through the Out Door ..
Zepplin was a rip-off plagiarism at it finest . Slow hand was more a blues based purist bringing it into prog /rock in cream . Clapton slowhand didn't have to devil worship to make himself successful either. Plants voice was nauseous whining also
They didn’t reign supreme. The Who, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, Yes and Pink Floyd were on a par with them in the 70s It’s only since the 70s that they have taken a lead over the others with record sales.
@@sammyrothrock6981sammy by your very good quote. I can tell either you’re in my age group from the 50s to the 70s in age or your young man who is a musician.
Sure, Eric, like it is so much more exciting hearing you play "I shot the sheriff" than Jimmy Page playing "Good times, bad times". Led Zeppelin took up Cream´s legacy? Like Cream is a Ford Pinto and Led Zeppelin a Lamborghini? I agree.
@@dm8579 Overall in the scheme of things, I have to agree. Ritchie also matured over the years, but Jimmy is still in the past. Seems like all he's really done is re-mix old Zeppelin songs. He could also be sloppy on stage. Gotta call it like I see it.
@@Sumatra123 I was sober, but yeah, looking at now. It does look like I had a “André, the giant” amount of alcohol. I got a Find My texts with all the zep fans going after me and just delete it. I don’t need to I don’t wanna argue. I was a PA.(working for my cousin) on a Christopher Walken film in the late 90s as my cousin knew I was a Walken fan so I got the job of production assistant. Basically I was a gopher for Walken. but he’s a really nice guy. Not gonna say anything else it’s gonna sound like I’m drinking again. Might be too late already.
@@Stratman1512 Christopher Walken is a great actor, AND he can dance. I love the music video he was in for the song, “Weapon of Choice” by Fatboy Slim.
@@Sumatra123 should see him dance when he was young in a Steve Martin film he was in with called “pennies from heaven” in 1981-He was the last actor who can act sing and dance. That art has been gone for for a long time. Come to think of it Jimmy page was retired even back in 1981- Damn he retired just a year after O.J!
The reason all those other bands hated Led Zeppelin is because Led Zeppelin was so much bigger and more popular than any of them. Eric Clapton would have been Led Zeppelin's opening act.
Context is always helpful. For instance, Clapton's comments on the Dead were made in '67 after hearing their first album. He had not heard them live at that point.
Geniuses ? Zepplin was a rip-off plagiarism at it finest . Slow hand was more a blues based purist bringing it into prog /rock in cream . Clapton slowhand didn't have to devil worship to make himself successful either. Plants voice was nauseous whining also
Led Zep were geniuses at HYPE, nothing more. Stealing other artists songs and style and AMPING it up to no ends. But they do impress the easily impressionable. Geniuses? LOL
@@sammyrothrock6981 growing up a guitarist since the 1970s Jimmy page can’t touch Eric Clapton. And all Led Zeppelin did was rip off blues artist and never give them any credit not by their voices or with their money and Led Zeppelin that was written by the band they open for in the late 60s their name spirit, it’s their song, especially there song. Which the greedy zeps. I believe are still holding up from going to court for that lawsuit now the families of spirit or after zeppelin. No creativity and next to Neil Young(who I love his music) is the sloppiest guitarist I have ever heard on a stage
Yes. Exactly. Who cares what the guy said 40 years ago? And, at least he shared the stage with ppl like BB King and gave tons of other artists opportunities while Zeppelin simply stole their music only giving proper credit to the artists when facing litigation.
@@emil3709From whom diid they steal Ramble On, Thank You, Immigrant Song, The Song Remains The Same, Rain Song, No Quarter, Dancing Days , Kashmir, Ten Years Gone, Achilles' Last Stand, to name but a few. Please tell me because I'd really like to know. They're certainly more musically adventurous than the turgid post-Leyla pap that Clapton was content to churn out.
@@user-dh5bn2fe4b I didn't say they didn't create anything original, but they also stole without giving credit music from Wlillie Dixon, Anne Bredon, Jake Holmes, and Bert Jansch. Black Mountain Side sounds exactly like Jansch's version of Down by Blackwaterside. They were sued several times for taking other musicians' work or arrangements without proper attribution. I like Page's playing as well as Clapton's. But Clapton whatever people think of him did a lot to popularize the blues and helped many artists in their careers as even BB King once stated in an interview before his passing. Jimmy is a great guitarist but also a greedy miser who cares more about fighting with his neighbors over what they do with their houses in stuffy richville than in promoting music. Some of Page's "innovations" are frankly overrated such as his playing his Les Paul with a bow which sounds like mindless racket and hardly qualifies as music anymore than scratching one's nails across a chalkboard.
But you said they "stole their music" not that they wrongly attributed a few tunes which implies that they didn't create anything original. Black Mountain Side sounds broadly similar to Jansch's tune but certainly not identical. Page didn't steal Babe, I'm Going To Leave You from Anne Bredon, he did his own arrangement of it after hearing it on Joan Baez album where it was wrongly described as "Traditional" so he did likewise. If you think that's theft then you must think Baez is equally guilty. However, after discovering it's authorship Page subsequently attributed it to Bredon. Musically, Page's version sounds nothing like Baez's, only the lyrics are the same. Change those and it's an entirely different song. When it comes to plagiarism, though Willie Dixon is hardly innocent using his power at Chess to agree to record musicians there in return for him claiming authorship of their songs and all subsequent royalties. As for the Stairway controversy, Anybody who thinks the intro sounds like part of Taurus must be tone deaf. Similar picking pattern but different chords and a different melody line. Strange though isn't it that nobody comments on how that Taurus section merely arpeggiated the the chords of the intro to Michelle by The Beatles. Why didn't Randy California compensate McCartney for stealing his idea? I don't suppose Sir Paul needs the money but it's the principle that matters, don't you think?
@emil3709 How come Willie Dixon was 100% fully credited on I Can't Quit You Baby and You Shook Me on the first album right from the first pressings? How come Memphis Minnie was credited on When The Levee Breaks? How come Mrs Valens was credited on Boogie With Stu? How come Robert Johnson was credited on Travelling Riverside Blues? How come Sleepy John Estes was credited on The Girl I Love? How come Ben E King was credited on We're Gonna Groove? NONE of the above involved any litigation. This myth that Led Zeppelin never credited anyone without litigation or promoting is ridiculous and it is perpetuated by uninformed people who have heard some nonsense on the internet and they believe it. Just because Zeppelin didn't ALWAYS credit doesn't mean they NEVER credited. They did. At least had a dozen times.
I'd imagine he's saying he liked their more blues based stuff (of course), but then they turned into a full blown hard rock band with wide ranging, eclectic themes. You'll hear similar comments from The Who, Stones, and Beatles. They didn't understand Zeppelin, but LZ went on to become the greatest rock band of all time. I like to relax to Clapton tunes. LZ is a powerhouse that takes it to an entirely different level.
I stopped listening to Clapton when he wanted people to attend live concerts and risk their lives in the heat of Covid so he could make a living. I'm still listening and loving Led Zeppelin and always will.
I Agree, Eric didn't like to stray far from the blues. Does this indicate that you do agree with the others, I can see his point actually, not necessarily a criticism.
@@peterrollinson-lorimer I disagree with Clapton's criticism of Zep's volume. Cream didn't exactly play at low volume either, and many, many bands played very loudly including The Who, Grand Funk and Cheer. I also disagree when he said Zep over-stated their point.
Why is he so negative towards Led Zeppelin? Clapton's guitar playing was really good, like his work on the Bluesbreakers album. But the music of Led Zeppelin is at a different level, it is far more then a good guitar solo of Jimmy! And then he made a song which sounds like Stairway to Heaven? Let it grow ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YpDlmop0uYU.html
Truth is Clapton had a falling out with page years ago over some recordings of some jam sessions they had together and they got released without claptons consent. Clapton has never gotten past that.
Exactly. It was over financial dispute with Paige. And what all these young people don’t understand is Eric Clapton was the Michael Jordan of radio in the 1990s and nobody sold out areas and stadiums faster not even Elton John Paul McCartney in the 1990s and first decade of the 2000s when he reunited with cream, they broke every Madison Square Garden record for fastest sellouts so they added it or was it a fourth and that sold out immediately.
clapton is just jealous Jimmy didnt let him into Zeppelin BTW eric your music is some of the worst how people say you are one of the best guitarists ever? is beyond comprehension! Ill take Stairway over i shot the sheriff anyday putz Long live Zeppelin!
Anyone who's gonna bother to hear what Eric has to say about Madonna and the Greatful Dead already know his impact and surely don't need to hear his whole introductive story for the 1000'th time
To Eric's point. Led Zeppelin has made everyone that came after (look at all the artist that credit their influence) and millions of fans "feel something".
Clapton turned into a A-hole right after a live jam with Hendrix. Clapton put his guitar down & exited the stage after being blown away in front of a Cream crowd. Clapton could've thanked Eddie & Brian for thinking of him but....Clapton is an A-hole.
I went to a Clapton concert in Providence in 1974. 3rd row, right in front of the PA. My ears were ringing for a week. He was pretty loud himself back then.
I saw the 2010 concert at Madison Square Garden featuring the double bill of Beck and Clapton.. I've always been a big fan of both guitarists. But on this particular night, Beck blew Clapton clear out of the building and across the Hudson River. Clapton apparantly landed somewhere near Rt. 46 in Parsipanny, New Jersey
Jeff Beck is arguably the best guitarist to ever play. I am a big Jimmy Page fan and I prefer his musical style over every other player , however as far as pure ability and skill go, Beck is better than everyone else. Page said at Becks induction to the rock and roll hall of fame that, “ Jeff just keeps getting better” and he wasn’t lying.
Clapton's written relatively few of his hits, he didn't write for Cream and he had Allman with him on Derek and the Dominos, Winwood for Blind Faith etc. Hell his biggest hits since the 90s are mostly duets and boring boomer renditions of blues songs
@@patrickallen1628 To my point of view, he is 100% right on Led Zeppelin. No need to argue about tastes, of course, but no need to qualify anyone's views as jealousy or whatever else, either.
Led Zeppelin.... One studio guitarist, one half naked poseur, and 2 so good musicians. Not enough to make a good band. The most overrated band in history.
@@ionflor9535 Led Zeppelin were supposed to be loud. Clapton sounds like the grumpy older generation commenting on the youth of today. You'd never think they are the same age more or less.
I think these remarks from Clapton were made when he was either an alcoholic or drug addict or both. His views are different now.. His story on Stevie Ray Vaughan is completely different from when he is sober when he was not.
I find his famous on stage racist rant especially troubling considering his career was built on ripping off Freddy King, B.B. King, and other black blues players, and he had a massive hit with a watered down version of a reggae song.
I've always admired Clapton as a guitarist. He's produced an incredible library of high quality material and he's been instrumental in the past couple of decades in keeping a genre and spirit alive in an age of industry dominated garbage. What he's done with Crossroads is more than commendable. I've never thought of Clapton as terribly creative or innovative, more of a highly skilled craftsman turned journeyman. His opinions of other artists I take with a grain of salt. His political views threaten to undermine all his other great works.
Clapton is 10000% right, but ESPECIALLY ABOUT zeppelin - it's funny, so many other but less famous artists said the same thing about zeppelin, but when Clapton says it people pay attention...
