Clapton and the love of music

[cs]

I have never been a real big fan of Clapton (Eric type). Don't get me wrong, he is great. Here in the past few months I have notiticed something, it seems to me that Clapton plays for the love of playing. Sure he has made his money and he could sit back and take it easy, but more and more I see him on PBS playing and having a good time.

Unlike other rock stars, Clapton seems to play for the love and not the money.

Chad

[Donn]

Yep. I agree completely, except that I think he's the best, slow hands down, player to come along in my lifetime. He's not only made his money, but made quite a bit for his favorite causes, and he does it by doing something that he obviously loves to do. I hope he keeps playing until I can't listen any more.

[Chris Coose]

You want to see some love in music? Get the "Tribute to George" DVD. There is the theatric version and the straight up filming of the show version at Royal Albert Hall. Get the straight up version if possible.

[cs]

I'll have to look for that.

Chad

[Norman Bernstein]

You want to see some love in music? Get the "Tribute to George" DVD. There is the theatric version and the straight up filming of the show version at Royal Albert Hall. Get the straight up version if possible. I have that DVD, and it is simply the BEST concert film, hands down, of any I've ever seen. Clapton was the organizer of the project and leads a stage full of luminaries, including people you know well (Starr, McCartney, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, and others) as well as people you don't, except by name (Klaus Voorman, Jim Keltner, and other session musicians associated with George Harrison and the Beatles). Look carefully for the white haired electric piano player on the left side of the stage: it's Gary Brooker, of Procol Harum fame, whose voice is unmistakable.

I will disagree, however, on the version: the 'full version' is of historical interest, but IMHO it lags at spots and the lengthy tribute by Ravi Shankar (Indian music) is pretty boring... the 'theatrical' version is tightly edited and a pure pleasure to wach and listen to.

The DVD set includes BOTH versions, incidentally, so you can watch both and make up your own mind.

[ 12-06-2005, 08:44 AM: Message edited by: Norman Bernstein ]

[Chris Coose]

Originally posted by Norman Bernstein:
and the lengthy tribute by Ravi Shankar (Indian music) is pretty boring... Who cares what came out of those instruments as long as we got plenty of Ravi's daughter's (Anoushka)face time.
Jeff Lynne has aged very nicely. Great clean pipes. Same said for Billy Preston.

Listen to "Give me Love" a couple times, then try to get that sucker out of your head or try to have a bad day.

[Norman Bernstein]

Jeff Lynne has aged very nicely. Great clean pipes. Same said for Billy Preston.
Agreed...

I'd also give kudos to Gary Brooker. He sings 'Old Brown Shoe' on the closing credits of the theatrical version (I assume he's shown singing it on the unedited version, but I haven't actually looked)... unmistakable voice, highly underrated for years, I think.

The HOTTEST performance on that DVD, IMHO, was Sam Brown singing 'Horse to Water'... fabulous set of pipes, and decidedly not hard to look at, either... not a classic beauty, but very sultry and seductive smile.gif

[Chris Coose]

By the way, it is titled Concert for George, not, Tribute to George. Sorry bout that.