Don't you even think he is
one of the greatest guitar players ever? I'm just asking. I love him. He isn't a rocker like he was in the past, so I guess his bluesey playing is an acquired taste.
Well, he's gotta be doing
something right, if he's been around this long and has so many fans.
It might be the whole 'Clapton is God' thing that adds to my distain. 'God' would indicate he's a surpreme being (on guitar, of course, not literally).
Another aggravation was the dumbest song that just wouldn't go away...Cocaine. People lost their flippin' minds over that song. Yea, man! Drugs, man! Cool!
No, not cool. A cheap way to get onto the charts.
I just don't hear it, I guess. His work just doesn't make me
feel anything. Art, in any form, has one common objective; to evoke emotions.
The only emotion I feel is toward his elevated status.
Clapton's
music simply doesn't make me feel anything. The only thing worse than a positive or negative reaction, is indifference.
Someone in this thread wrote Clapton was better when surrounded by a group. I'll agree with that. In Cream, he was more of a gunslinger.
And I have to be honest, Layla has one of the most epic, iconic riffs in the history of rock music.