Posted on 02/11/2011 9:21:48 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
One of my favorite live albums of all time is the Rainbow Concert with Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ron Wood, Pete Townshend and many other greats. Little Wing live is awesome.
>>>Well, the Devil has all the best tunes....
Just ask Robert Johnson about that. 8^)
John Cale of the Velvet Underground? Dumb song.
At the risk of dating myself “Bell Bottom Blues” was my theme song. LOL!!
The Stones pretty much kept repeating themselves. Their early songs were very good and then it went downhill. I was way too young (before my time) but Brian Jones was always the coolest.
I always liked how Charlie Watts always dressed like a gent. He loves playing jazz.
I really never liked Jagger but his comments about being well grounded because of his parents and his middle class work ethic that he spoke about was also a plus. I forget who he ripped into because they were drunk or messed up to preform. He yelled at them and said that people had paid money to see you and you better get out there and perform. He was always a senisble businessman though I wonder what really happened to Brian.
With all due respect, are you serious?
“Sticky Fingers”
“Exile on Main Street”
Both are stacked, top to bottom. Not a loser on either.
Just MHO.
“Once Brian Jones died all the songs were rubbish. The Stones repeated themselves for about 30 + years.”
I beg to differ. I think the Stones did some of their best work while Mick Taylor was in the band. But since they released Some Girls, they’ve been phoning it in for the most part.
Actually, Clapton comes in well behind the Texas Cannonball....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbqtnNorgQA
“John Cale of the Velvet Underground? Dumb song.”
While J.J. Cale’s first name is John, he’s not the same person as the VU member you refer to.
Mick Taylor - nice bloke who was treated shabbily and was later replaced by that creepy gyppo.
After the burst of early great tunes like 19th Nervous, Lady Jane, As Tears Go By and a few others - I found them rather boring.
Shattered, Waiting on a Friend, Start Me Up - dreadful stuff. Popular but just not very good.
I did not think John Cale would write something like that. I had forgotten there were two.
John Cale is a rather interesting bloke and was one of the more intereesting people in The Velvet Underground.
Lou Reed was NOT one of the cool ones in VU and was also a dope head/H junkie.
“Personally, I liked Clapton’s version of Little Wing better than Hendrix.”
You’re certainly welcome to your opinion. :) I find Clapton’s “Little Wing” a bit bombastic.
I also am really particular about Hendrix covers, as I’m a big Jimi fan. But EC is in my top three along with him (have to admit what got me to listen seriously to Clapton’s music was an interview with Eddie Van Halen where he mentioned Clapton as an early influence).
The guitar solo towards the end of “Let it Rain” does it for me. When I’m out of steam I put that on and it’s like doing a couple of lin....uh, drinking some extra strong coffee. ;)
LOL! Too true. Hey Jude is one of the most tedious (Paully) songs. Dreadful.
The Beatles at the end were a shambles. Yoko sitting next to John in the studio as if he were her puppet.
“Have you ever heard Stevie Ray Vaughan’s version of Little Wing? That just might be my favorite. So damned beautiful it could make a grown man cry.”
I’ve heard it, and it is indeed gorgeous. It’s one of only a handful of covers I prefer to the original.
The piano solo in “Tuesday’s Gone” and also “Call Me The Breeze” are right up there at the top too.
“Yoko sitting next to John in the studio as if he were her puppet.”
Or was John Yoko’s puppet?
I always thought the real tragedy of John Lennon’s death was that Yoko wasn’t even grazed. :)
Agreed. Billy Powell was a great player.
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