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Have a look at the cover. If it says
Ginger Baker - Drums
then it’s worth a listen.
If it doesn’t, then it isn’t.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I don't think he can be credited with bringing anything new to the guitar, he's no Hendrix, Beck , Brian May, Van Halen, Fripp etc when it comes to new sounds or techniques.
I'd rather hear JJ Cale, Bob Marley or any of the old blues players play their own songs than listen to Clapton's version, i liked a couple of The Cream's tunes and the solo in Bad love but that's about it.
He was part of a musical movement for a short while that encouraged people to pick up guitars and join bands but then so were Kurt Cobain and Noel Gallagher and i think they could possibly be called influential but average players too
So Clapton, on a level with Noel Gallagher really
Does someone's music, paintings or literature become of a lower quality because the artist holds very unpopular views ?
I would argue they don't, even though I find Clapton quite repugnant (and I've never been a fan of his music either).
History is littered with plenty of artists for whom their dodgy personal opinions or behaviour have been given a pass because their art is of such quality.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
I just can’t stick his insipid music… apart from one maybe two cream tracks (and they haven’t dated well tbh) the rest of his output is shit middle of the road cack!.
Ten.
One to change the lightbulb.
And nine to say "huh... I could have done that..."
I don't care much for the seventies addict or the Armani-clad version.
If you don't rate the first incarnation then consider what came before him and how he changed it. Distance can dull the impact, but he was a bit of a trailblazer.
Neither is on 'From the cradle'. Probably the best blues album ever by a white artist and an indication of what Clapton loved and what he could do to honour it.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
But I think you're the first to comment on his vocals - and although he's not an amazing vocalist, I like his singing, probably more than his guitar playing. In fact in general I like guitarists who sing - I think it adds a different balance to their music, it's not all about the song or all about the guitar playing. Maybe that's one of the reasons he's had more success than technically "better" players.
Anyway, I now hear that M.D Phillips is rivalling the Earvana Nut by using a miniature Toblerone.