Yeah. That era was like watching TV and listening to music with beer googles on.

YES! Thank you! Dont blame Pete for Claptons shoddy material in the 80s though......

461 Ocean Blvd was such a flaccid disappointment and so were many if not all his albums from then on in the 1970’s and 1980’s.

while credit has been given to Pete - as it should - this notion that Pete was the only person allowed in Eric's home simply isn't true - Eric Clapton and his then girlfriend weren't hermits either - Eric went thru a dark time no question and struggled with depression , heroin and alcohol use - but he was not dysfuntional by any means - This narrative has been blown out of proportion - his alcohol use was much more destructive than snorting heroin -

@@MrDino1953 maybe a disappointment to those who assumed the type of sound would be similar to his previous recordings - Actually it was a great record and still withstands the test of time -

@@MrDino1953 your opinion isn't shared by most - thankfully - maybe if you knew guitar and had any ability as a musician you would understand it - don't knock what you can't comprehend - just sayin

Pete isn’t even top 25

@@jamesball5743 you ain't even top 80,000,000 in anything.

@@jamesball5743 You have no clue ... guitar playing is not only speed wanking

@@jamesball5743 Clown.

@@jamesball5743.. 1000% wrong on that

Did Pete not feel your arse?

@@alexjerome5429 No, it is true.

@@johntuttle4486 defend Clapton all you want. He stole George's wife, can barely get out of a pentatonic scale, and in over 60 (sixty!) Years had less than a handful of "half decent" songs. His contribution to the music world is significantly insignificant. Besides all that, he was not a good person. Don't be mad at me or the truth. Don't compare clapton to Pete

@@alexjerome5429 you're pathetic. get a life!

@@vierralditjipta3827 you can't get mad at the truth azshole

@@alexjerome5429 with John Mayall, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes…any one of these alone were huge standout contributions to music at large…

Can't find them together much at all, but great buddies I think? Maybe they don't need to be seen for that to still be the case...

John Entwistle. The first lead bassist in rock imho. Moon was just a force of nature. I love The Who too lol. I used to get shit about it growing up. I brought it on myself by trying to turn everyone on to them, but that besides the point lol.💯✌

Gracious stuff, Eric would have been wiped out if Pete had not stepped in. He plays a different style, rock compared to Blues, but again, he let Clapton have centre stage. He could have said 'Let's play Slip Kid together, Eric' !!!

Shut up already

breaks my heart

@@alexjerome5429 ... Dude, how RUDE!

Alex Jerome exactly he killed his son. He wasn’t living the fucking blues he was a household name at the age 20

I second that, and don`t forget Claptons double album Just One Night..

Kurwa, kalkulatorem nagrywane

I didn't realize he'd been playing clapton strats for 30 years wow.

The greatest rythim guitarist in rock. Pete!

He let(s) Clapton have the Limelight - a true friend.

Clapton's best guitar work was through the 80s and then his return to blues in the 90s. Peaking with 24 Nights and then he maintained the power of his 60s stuff with much better playing through to the 2000s.

@@dayleclarke4433 totally agree

The upper class can't.

why you repeat the same answer already done ?

It's called anybody can. Play a simple 7 note pentatonic scale especially after playing over 50 years Clapton really really sucks

Sorry, I haven't figured out how to edit a post yet -- only been commenting on this platform for about 7 days. Pete, that girl was right, you do have beautiful eyes. :)

You probably love Lady Gaga too

Me TOO,!!!!!

@@alexjerome5429 What the hell is wrong with Lady Gaga? Now I know you're just an idiot who likes to call me nonsense

They needed better management is part of it, someone should have been fighting for them to get better gear and PAs. It happened at one show on the '65 tour in Atlanta, they should have demanded the same standards every time but I agree, a lot of it came down to being more comfortable in the studio and being semi retired too.

Not a wrong note at all

Maddona, rhianna and Eminem all out sold both of them too. Thats no measure of anything

@@ryann5247 a different time with videos , media and so forth . Zep was almost an underground band .

@@DC-ih8bv lol led zeppelin was never an underground band... The went from being the remnants/replacements of the yardbirds (the biggest band in england) to instant hit on their own

@@ryann5247 hardly interviews or media. To hear them you bought the album to see them you went to the concert. Hardly a tv interview or media exposure that was in there control. Still to this day very little is available considering selling 225 million albums plus ..

@@ryann5247 Zep only had 8 albums as a band with no interviews , media or even writing in the album. They let the music speak for itself. The artists you mentioned are terrific but it was a different time .

Nooooo....this was "THE RAINBOW CONCERT", january 1973...And this IS around 1990..... I recommend you ThE aalbum "Rainbow Concert"

Not saying much of nothing at all

Townshend was no slouch on the acoustic guitar either.

No more sad than anybody’s child dying, why big deal about his

@@guitarman1477 Did they say it was more sad than anyone else's child's death? What a stupid comment. I don't see the point you were trying to make. Should they have commented about a random person's child's death on a video about Eric Clapton?

Entwistle Einstein

That's because in the old days they didn't have the multitracking they have these days so to do a take of a studio record they often employed session musicians. These days instruments are recorded individually and then quantised so they all fit together. That is why modern music has no soul... Anyway who cares about Who studio sessions? Their live performances were always so much better than what you heard on a single.

why would you say such a stupid thing?

@@richardcolton1009 You don't think they're competent? Well, I won't call you stupid for your opinion.

Kieth Relf of Yardbird fame died at 33 when he was electrocuted by his guitar. A bandmate of mine was knocked down by an arc from his microphone to his face when he touched his guitar at the same time. It's not common, but it can happen.

Relf died because the guitar was improperly grounded. He rigged the set-up and got it wrong.

justafanintexas same as wat happened to Keith Richards

Well, she IS a blonde.

@@Mr14monroe it is caused when the guitar is not wired properly (the electronics dont have the ground wire soldered properly) and les harvey from stone the crows died the same way

Who??

Look into the Tavistock institute

@@Azoria4 Tell us more please

@@liamkirk3565 basically that it was an off branch of the mi5/ cia specialising in culture control & that they picked up bands such as the Beatles and Rolling Stones to propagate notions of free love (to destroy the family unit) as well as that of taking psychedelics (lsd etc) - these were the intentions of the British Invasion from the get go. - side note, stones even did an album called upon her satanic majesties request. Also apparently the frequencies and format of the music keeps the brain in a certain wave pattern which sedates the individual some what rather than freeing them. I would like to say however I am a fan of the Beatles, not so much the Rolling Stones, and as individuals I think they’re great (besides Paul McCartney, he’s a bit too odd for my liking) but that doesn’t mean I don’t think they were government controlled or at least influenced, mostly through the period 1963-1968. At 16 I started using psychedelics heavily and in fairness they helped me out a lot and allowed me to go beyond illusions set up by culture - however this is because of me as an individual, I can easily see how they can fuck up a person and be used to create mass confusion, especially without the right guidelines and in the 60’s

@@Azoria4 I was more of a Who fan and still am. I have been to a few meetings at the Tavistock and was not impressed. But that was the Tavistock showing its public face of treating disturbed families and not the darker elements of the establishment. By the British Invasion I assume that you are American where there is a history of CIA projects practising dark arts.

I think he was referring to "musically" a gypsy, in as much as he has played with a myriad of different people and groups, types of music etc. Much like theatrical performers are called gypsies because they are always "moving' on" like a gypsy caravan perhaps

You're an idiot

Never compare Clapton to Townshend

Besides Jimi no one did feedback better than Pete.

From a purely technical perspective, Clapton is without question a better player. So if that's something you hold in high regard, well there you go. However, outside of the rock/blues players, Clapton isn't even in the same league as some. Yet I've never seen anyone close to Townshend on stage, as far as his level of energy, power and excitement is concerned. And it's not just because jumps around like a lunatic and windmills until blood streams down his hand (though that's part of it), but also because he's actually quite an exceptional guitar player who plays in a unique way and with absolutely no fear, which sometimes gets him into interesting situations, but that's what I love about him. Aside from that, in my opinion he is one of the most innovative musicians and the best song writer that rock and roll has ever had.

@@davemakarchuk5127 Pete was doing some incredible acoustic playing during '69 - '71 like the segue from Overture to It's a Boy on the original Tommy or Evolution with Ronnie Lane on Who Came First which I think is a '69 or '70 recording.

@@ChromeDestiny There's also this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNppps-iscXJg6s.html

Learn how to spell Townshend genius 😅

00govan00 are you joking? Every time that I have seen an interview or an EC concert he has come off completely down to earth. He actually seems a little shy. You aren't at the top of your game for over 50 years if you are not talented. He is the ma

blah blah blah.. Clapton is the biggest troll ever perpetrated on the music listening public... go watch his sit-in with Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing... they do an extended version of the song, and he doesn't even solo. He's a play-it-safe sack of blues shit

00govan00 well I guess Muddy Waters and BB King had it all wrong. Once saw EC, Johnny Winters, and Muddy Waters perform. Muddy introduced EC as his son. Ultimate respect for each other. Why would Muddy Waters and BB waste their time with a hack? You are entitled to your opinion, it is just wrong.

It was agreed at the Prince's Trust show that Clapton would not play a lead. Next time, tell the whole story. It's right to say he's not your cup of tea but not to lie about it to serve your end. Last I checked, nobody asked you to play with Knofler.

Wow, you sound like another jealous EC hater! Why? Cause he is the greatest of his generation who set the bar so high that few will ever reach it surpass him. He is is the most influential and imitated player of his generation as well. He has amassed a $ 250 million dollar net worth, 150 ft yacht, 12 Ferrari and Porsche cars, 5 estates all over the world, funded a rehab center to help others, kicked drugs and alcohol, is happily married with 3 daughters and still sells out wherever he plays! You = a NOBODY! I feel your pain!

clapton is too arrogant you can t see it on the first sight but in every interview he s very very distant and arrogant .. too much in his ego while for example..towshend, gary moore, jeff beck are very accessible you feel their heart and their sensitivity

Oh fucking please. This is man that would refer to himself to "normal man." Not some fucking superstar bigot. For men to actually know the blues and play with pioneers and makes jokes, don't correlate to being an arrogant person. It's communication thing. You can take what he said (EVEN THOUGH HE IS A LEGEND), and think it's negative then what he intended. And he's right that was metal at the time. And metal was apparently though on its way out in 1990 with its bullshit. Saved by Judas Priest nonetheless.

ridiculously comment. In no way does EC come off arrogant, quite the opposite. And why shouldn't be have ego, he's only the greatest,most influential, most immitated guitarist of his generation.

@@robmorrison1043 for playing more than 50 years he has no accomplishments. He really sucks. Heroin junky who stole Harrison's wife who never could get out of a simple pentatonic blues scale. A real idol. Someone to look up to. Shitty musician- shitty person

@@alexjerome5429 Who are the PERFECT musicians you look up to? There is no musician from Eric's & Pete's generation who's a perfect role model. The dude has achieved a lot of successes & is well respected for a reason. What do you think that reason is? I'm genuinely asking cuz there's so many of you who call accomplished musicians HORRIBLE musicians & act like you could play circles around him. I'm wondering why you guys are like that cuz you never ever give actual valid reasons, you just seem like jealous bitter fools in comment sections And he didn't steal George's wife.

... well ... He's Eric Crapton !

Lost ur respect I'm sure that breaks Eric's heart. What did he do?? Maybe u should talk it out.

Yeah he lost me with his anti-vax stance. He may know a lot about music but little of anything else.

@@MrDino1953 I was put off by Eric's autobiography. He went up a bit in my books with his honest comments in Beware of Mr. Baker. His recent actions have put me off him again.

And your contribution to planet Earth? Yeah..ok

Page is like that because he wasn't much of a blues guitarist. Pete is faster but much heavier and well rounded guitarist. And he can actually play the blues. Page just knows fucking riffs and sounds as loose as Hendrix. Except Page's playing is cortex and messy. It sounds kinda good but his only claim to fame to playing really well is "Stairway to Heaven." And that solo lasted 50 seconds lol. Barely anything to what other blues players can do. Riff is the point we are all in rock n' roll. But to what bringing the actually archetype to rock, the blues. Zeppelin started it. So what they did was good but also average.

But also, it's not like Pete, Clapton and Hendrix did any riffs. Zeppelin just started a while fucking band on riffs! Minus Zeppelin 1. That one had blues on it.

And who r u again??

I know about his outburst on stage when he was drunk when and it was while he was deep into his alcohol problems. What other racist stuff has he done or expressed?

@@kathypop4 if you follow him over the years there are many revealing insights into his views..many racist undertones..not just drunken outbursts...he once said during a concert he wished all brown skinned people would go home. You can like and admire the music. But the guy...ex alcoholic and drug addict..still adulterer...right wing political views and racism..not the sort of guy I like at all. He's an arsehole...fan worship is blind