Eric getting some shade!

gball said:
They’re both great and all but personally I’d rather listen to Tracii Guns than either of them for the music. Even most Cream was pretty weak sauce, and Clapton’s solo work is quite testosterone-challenged. And while Beck was the best ever at innovation I literally cannot sit and listen to his music, it’s just not good.
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I can't get in to Jeff Beck either, and I'm a big fan of whacky, innovative playing. I think for me, as someone who didn't get into guitar until the late 90s, all of Beck's innovations had been copied, perfected and pushed forward, so hearing him play for the first time didn't have any "wow" factor to me. Clearly he's an amazing guitarist, and most likely influenced most of my favorite players, but I just never connected with him.

Similar thing with Eddie Van Halen. I got Passion and Warfare before I got VH1, so while I still love and probably prefer Eddie's playing to Vai's, hearing Eruption for the first time didn't have the "how the hell did he do that?!" effect on me.
 
dirocyn said:
I thought Clapton was the most innovative player until I realized all the songs I like are covers. Without Willie Dixon and company, Clapton wouldn't have had a career.

They are pretty good covers, tho.
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I want to start a band called Rip Van Fleetwinkle of old white haired Gandolf looking rockers and we will take all the Zep and Greta Van Fleet riffs and rewrite them into new tunes and then give all the publishing to the Willie Dixon estate.
 
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