Eric Clapton Gives His View On Led Zeppelin AI Disclaimer - The Quotes Are Directly Attributed To Eric Clapton But An AI Voice Clone Has Been Used For This Video. amzn.to/45QR5Y5
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@paulschnyder9382 ай бұрын
I'm sure Page couldn't give a f--k
@RickDanner2 ай бұрын
Pages solo on No Quarter live is insane another level than Claptons pentatonic workouts
@paulschnyder9382 ай бұрын
@@RickDanner Absolutely true.
@privateprivate43782 ай бұрын
JP will never be able to sweep the floor after EC's grand, 3-time rock n roll hall of fame career and U know it dude!
@noi5emaker2 ай бұрын
Absolutely right!
@peteshallcross7872 ай бұрын
Clapton's in his 7th decade of playing. I haven't heard anything from Page in decades. Where is he???
@1962egl2 ай бұрын
the jealousy of the other bands of that era towards Zeppelin runs deep.
@trespasser1212 ай бұрын
I can see why he might say that, or Townsend also didn't like them, or Hendrix, even Ian Anderson didn't like some aspects (lyrics) so I'm not sure it was jealousy, I can see where the criticism is coming from, but at the same time LZ end product was so good that they would simply tower above these small issues. Critics said at first LZ is just like Cream, but worse. I would say but better - maybe just a matter of taste. And after the first album they were nothing alike.
@Arianrhod62 ай бұрын
There is or was a lot of dislike of Zeppelin, from Townshend, Clapton etc., but I think the reason is obvious…
@michaeldavid62842 ай бұрын
So you say his take on Zep represents jealousy. I guess then he's also jealous of the Dead, Eddie Van Halen and Brian May, Madonna, and Oasis.
@jimmalmstrom65932 ай бұрын
Jealousy of course! Townshend, Hendrix and Clapton and Dylan and Keith Richards and The Beatles. All these - the BIGGEST names in Rock didn't care for Zeppelin and it was, jealousy. What? LOL.
@1956tojo2 ай бұрын
@@trespasser121 Understand that when opining, these other musicians were sometimes masking their jealousy or envy by mentioning/picking at technical aspects of Zepp, but to most of those listening, it didn't really hide the obvious. The force with which Zepp hit the scene, I can only equate it to like when people first heard Eddie do "Eruption"... Most everybody knows where they were and what they were doing, just like those who are old enough to remember the first time hearing Good Times Bad Times, or Heartbreaker... It was sorta like that... Just different times...
@TheTracemannАй бұрын
I 100% agree with Eric on Madonna, though I much prefer Led Zeppelin to anything Eric Clapton has ever created.
@roberttolentino7027Ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin was much bigger and more successful, not to mention in my opinion better, than anything Clapton ever did including Cream
@zeppo20Ай бұрын
@@roberttolentino7027 Agree.
@CasperChicagoАй бұрын
Madonna was an icon and she obviously had an ear for music and lyrics. I admire and like Modonna 👈🏾 Madonna was not a dummy 👈🏾
@stickman174227 күн бұрын
Clapton is one of the most unoriginal people around. He just wanted to play pure blues, when others wanted to make changes, he wanted out. Most of his playing and singing is completely without passion. His best work was in the Derek and the Dominoes where they pushed him to show some life. That gave a clue as to what he could have done if he wasn't half-dead as a human. Even there even he was somewhat overshadowed by Duane Allman. Clapton's solo career is about as boring and mainstream as you could get. There's a reason why he's popular with so many that don't care about rock 'n roll at all.
@TheTracemann27 күн бұрын
@@stickman1742 I wholeheartedly agree with everything that you stated. It is clear for all to see that Eric resents Jimmy Pages huge success With Zeppelin. You hear it in his voice. Yet Jimmy has remained rather humble and personable.
@M.Robespierre3691Ай бұрын
He is absolutely right about Madonna and Oasis.
@reallymysterious452019 күн бұрын
And Grateful Dead
@randypeppercorn186517 күн бұрын
Being irresponsible, arrogant hooligans was a big part of Oasis's appeal
14 күн бұрын
He's right about all of them lmao
@roughtakes727110 күн бұрын
Oasis yes - Madonna: Well, the early years were so-so and I really prefer classical (Chopin mainly), Radiohead, Prog, etc but the Ray Of Light and Like A Prayer albums are unquestionably good. He is right about the production and packaging; the production with William Orbit was good. I also feel she is passionate about music which sits well with me. Just a shame the non singing stuff that comes out of her mouth can get her in trouble even though I see through it ;-) Led Zep aren't that good live but on vinyl they are truly excellent.
@AnthonyStJames6 күн бұрын
Sure, but it's like comparing apples and oranges.
@chrisfrantzis43512 ай бұрын
I have zero problem with artists stating their unvarnished opinions about other artists at a particular time.
@HazeOfWhearyWater2 ай бұрын
Me neither. People get all worked up over it for some reason.
@robertrobertsakarogerslemer2 ай бұрын
I shouldn't really have any problems, after all EVERYTHING is a matter of opinions, whether those agree or not, or have problems or not. There are at least two sides to everything.
@roxannefebuary68232 ай бұрын
I could care less if anyone no matter who doesn't care for the band I like. To each their own.
@MisterMooster2 ай бұрын
There are some criticisms of Eric Clapton as well- and great as he is, his voice could have been a little stronger. A lot of great music, but a little more power in his voice would have made it even better. The fix seems easy, too- I'm not an expert, but it seems like the parts where his voice was weaker he was running low on breath- he just needed a little guidance from a good music teacher on having enough air when it is needed to get his voice to be stronger I think. I discussed this with a successful singer and she agreed. IN most cases this is the issue when people need more power, then you just need to practice with more power.
@Taylor.Dude.Ай бұрын
Exactly.
@frankfuentes56592 ай бұрын
Clapton always comes across as an insufferable prick.
@skyemoz65592 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂. Agree
@mwmatthews12 ай бұрын
Yeah try reading his book. You made a rehab for the super rich, wow what a hero
@kshred30432 ай бұрын
Too his credit, he dissed Oasis. So that has to count for something.
@mwmatthews12 ай бұрын
@@kshred3043 Yeah I agreed with that part 😅
@1962egl2 ай бұрын
He definitely had to be the one when he was on stage with other players. I always noticed when he was on stage over the years with other good players he would always have to take the majority of the solos and in a lot cases his guitar would be noticeably louder than than the others. Or the other players efforts almost seemed to be subdued. This was all the time when he played with buddy guy.
@smith98082 ай бұрын
Nothing will ever lessen my love for Led Zeppelin. Their music to ME is the greatest I’ve ever heard. Still, I really do respect Eric’s own view on things, same with Pete Townsend and Keith Richard’s. Zeppelin came in with the greatest line up ever and blew them all out the water in every direction and stole all their thunder. I’d be pretty pissed off too tbh 😂
@johnny-pАй бұрын
I asked my brother if he'd seen Zeppelin, he said yes, I asked what were they like? He said 'loud'.
@dm2156Ай бұрын
A friend saw them in 69 and said it was even mic'ed up so loud it picked up their footsteps.
@normanpelley19 күн бұрын
its rock, it is supposed to be loud...jackass
@cadriver2570Күн бұрын
Heard the same from others that had seen them. Unbearably loud.
@mikeytopaz46012 ай бұрын
What a strange video. The quotes are Clapton's, but if you didn't know the voice over (and presumably, the video of him speaking) was AI, you'd think that he just said these things recently, instead of throughout his career. It does change the context quite a bit.
@dreamsalamanderАй бұрын
Thanks for pointing this out. I found it strange that a Clapton who looks like he's in his 80s finds it necessary to grumble about led zep. Now it makes sense, this was back in the day but the AI was trained on his current day talking voice😊
@mikeytopaz4601Ай бұрын
@@dreamsalamander Yes. Another exhibition of technology for technology's sake. Pointless, essentially.
@geu6270Ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@deletesoon70Ай бұрын
Creepy. Another experiment in fakery.
@Sean_FarmerАй бұрын
Thanks for pointing out the AI thing because none of this made sense as he's talking about these bands as if it were more the present day (meaning some supposed interview in recent times).
@prant89989 күн бұрын
Let's not forget Duane Allman, helped Clapton on, his one big hit, “Layla."
@Rich6Brew7 күн бұрын
Isn't he the one that played out of tune all over the track?
@user-dh5bn2fe4b4 күн бұрын
@@Rich6Brew He's the one who suggested ripping off Albert King's song, As The Years Go Passing By for the opening riff. 😊
@markv.59623 күн бұрын
ONE big hit? are you nuts?
@vailkoАй бұрын
I agree about Madonna and The Grateful Dead. With Led Zep it sounds like he was talking about hearing them live. In this case, I can see his point. They were unbelievably loud. But on the stereo, they were killer.
@greatwestern101Ай бұрын
Absolutely! And on the stereo the Grateful Dead were often average, but brilliant live! Thank goodness there are so many killer Dead live albums!
@iconoclastKM22 күн бұрын
@@greatwestern101 I enjoyed 'Working Mans Dead'.
@paulhynes17013 күн бұрын
When he is talking about Madonna isn’t he describing 90% of the modern charts today
@frankdiscussion206911 күн бұрын
when he was in Cream he played through dimed Marshall stacks...lol
@666sk8erguy10 күн бұрын
@@greatwestern101I doubt you’ve even heard all their studio albums
@tw51392 ай бұрын
I'm more interested in his thoughts on guys who steal their best friends wives.
@johnmccoul63502 ай бұрын
George Harrison was already seeing other women when Clapton got together with Boyd. Harrison loved Clapton kzfaq.info40MyiZWuCZM?si=4Hgysh-bLANTgn6C
@mikekaylor12262 ай бұрын
You mean George Harrison who was boning Mrs. Starkey at the same time.
@lucidlifestyle87992 ай бұрын
😂
@russelljdj2 ай бұрын
@@johnmccoul6350 George called them "Husband In Laws"
@Tomas-to9kz2 ай бұрын
Not to judge the guy, but well said.
@andyboerger2 ай бұрын
they weren't 'unnecessarily loud'. They were EXACTLY necessarily loud. All us kids got it! Loudness was part of the deal.
@FistandFootMartialArts2 ай бұрын
LZ was loud bcuz the music was tactile as well as auditory. The listener is meant to literally feel the music on the skin and bones. Not just feel it in your soul. Mr Jimi also had this quality.
@davidburns66812 ай бұрын
LOUD? no just bloody powerful
@billyz50882 ай бұрын
many bands were LOUD in late 60's & 70's - Deep Purple & The Who were legendary for their ear-melting shows - AC/DC - Motörhead - KISS - all were set to volume level 11 - or higher - one show for me in 1980 - Black Sabbath (with Dio on vocals ) - was extraordinarily loud - it was a co-headlining tour with Blue Öyster Cult - some bad blood between the bands - BÖC was as loud as they needed to be - but Sabbath felt the need to be twice as loud - my ears are still ringing from that one ..
@x00p32 ай бұрын
Before playing for LZ Bonham kept getting kicked out of bands for playing too loud. But then, that was his style.
@HazeOfWhearyWater2 ай бұрын
We all cranked the volume on this stuff when we were kids.
@michael_caz_nyc18 күн бұрын
All hail The Mighty Led Zeppelin = true Rock Stars. The perfect storm of 4 super-talented musicians. There will never be another.
@gardengitАй бұрын
What is the point with all this Led Zep bashing here on youtube ? They were a fantastic band with great songs and beautiful albums. Nothing more to say…
@boilingboy128 күн бұрын
Scratch a Zeppelin hater...find a Stones apologist.
@eudymaverickmentor21 күн бұрын
Loved Zeppelin. Saw them in 69. Great band. They followed in the footsteps that Cream started. Even liked it on Zeppelin III when they started mimicking some things that Jethro Tull was doing. Truly a great band.
@Hirsutechin18 күн бұрын
Tried hard to like them, couldn't do it. If it's any consolation, I didn't like everything Clapton either. So it goes.
@AstroGremlinAmerican17 күн бұрын
Only said that Led played too loud. It's really more wise medical advice.
@nickv40732 ай бұрын
I saw Clapton in concert once. He put me to sleep.
@peteshallcross7872 ай бұрын
It was that little pill you took from that peddler in the men's room that made you sleepy, lol!
@mikejohnson26382 ай бұрын
after ten minutes of hearing him play I'm bored shitless, no matter what guitar he plays, Gibson or Strat, what music he plays it sounds identical, he just goes on and on, no improvisation, just blues he ripped off from other artists.
@jeffk.90752 ай бұрын
@@mikejohnson2638 sounds more like a you problem then a Clapton problem. Subjectivity and all.
@user-fu2mi1nd5l2 ай бұрын
I traded a Clapton ticket for Grateful Dead in 1988////
@mobsiesixsixsix97852 ай бұрын
@@jeffk.9075 No it doesn't. His music is tediously dull. If you think otherwise I'd say it's a you problem. Bit of a fan boy are you?
@neoaureus2 ай бұрын
Clapton has been playing the same solo for last 50 years.
@Paul-fg6mk2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your insights. But Page hasn't played a solo in the last 44 years.
@timjames722 ай бұрын
@@Paul-fg6mk just be honest and say you're jealous of pagey ffs
@mjp962 ай бұрын
@@Paul-fg6mk He's 79. What does he owe you?
@pkmcburroughs2 ай бұрын
@@Paul-fg6mk Page playing a solo today or 44 years ago doesn't change the fact that Clapton has been playing the same solo for the last 50 years.
@clarkrobertson79822 ай бұрын
Some interesting, but not vital solo music. Inspired playing with Cream and John Mayall. His rant really turned me off, though I still sometimes listen. He was influential in the '60s. It would appear that privilege affected his musical course.
@CF-fx9eoАй бұрын
Led Zeppelin stole everyone's thunder in the 70's. Yes, they are that amazing.
@Mister_Pedantic8 күн бұрын
Led Zeppelin stole the music of others and tried to call it their own.
@user-dh5bn2fe4b2 күн бұрын
@@Mister_Pedantic 🥱
@JohnDoe-xu2vx18 күн бұрын
Cream was such an under rated super band.
@seabertotter43252 ай бұрын
Cream was also known as being unnecessarily loud.
@silasmarner75862 ай бұрын
There is no such thing
@ricofama17852 ай бұрын
Cream were Gods
@seabertotter43252 ай бұрын
@@silasmarner7586 as Cream? I beg to differ.
@Stratman15122 ай бұрын
@@silasmarner7586 preach it man
@kurtboyer2992 ай бұрын
@ricofama1785 Cream was extremely, legendarily loud as a live band so you think he would have made the same complaint about the band he was in.
@MrZoSo2 ай бұрын
They did more than "take" your legacy...They destroyed it. Never was, and never will be another rock band that can touch Led Zeppelin.
@terrymay81142 ай бұрын
what about the stones more diverse than zepplin
@user-pt2zj8gl3wАй бұрын
Best live band……The Who!!
@sageantone7291Ай бұрын
LZ fans are such whiny losers. They suck, and they'll never touch actual musicians like Clapton or the Beatles.
@stickman174227 күн бұрын
Zep didn't take anything. Page and Beck recorded Beck's Bolero in early '66. They were the inventors of this heavy sound. Cream knew all about Page and Beck. Page had been playing inventive guitar music in all his session work while Clapton played straight blues. Cream stole the heavy sound from Page and Beck.
@allureofthelens885814 күн бұрын
@@terrymay8114 The Stones more diverse than Zeppelin? When did the Stones ever produce anything as good or mysterious as Rain Song, No Quarter, Kashmir or Achilles Last Stand? It began and ended with the blues, and they did it really well.
@lunatik19687 күн бұрын
"Once there were 3 bears with equal talents, Eric, Jimmy and Jeff. In those days, people admired them, some even calling them Gods... As time passes Jeff kept on exploring the forest and discovered the most unusual places and became a great and well respected explorer with a wide and unique knowledge. As for Jimmy, he was such a great builder, he and his new friends built great buildings and such that it made them what some considers to be the greatest builders the whole forest ever knew. And, as for Eric, he loved the pentatonic scale SOOOOO much that it's all he's been doing ever since... he's quite good now at bluesy 5 tone solos."
@johnroberts3723Ай бұрын
The temptation to compare artists is very strong but not very realistic. Virtually all of the rock groups from that era were amazing.
@markmarsh272 ай бұрын
When Jimi Hendrix arrived in London in Sept. '66, Clapton's reign as "God," was over. By the time Zeppelin released their first album in '69 his ego was crushed, booze and heroin were his only friends. "Unnecessarily loud?" BULLSHIT! He hated Zeppelin for the same reason that Townsend did - Page BLEW THEM BOTH AWAY!
@obiwanduglobi63592 ай бұрын
Stairway to heaven, Clapton: "They are too loud!" Markmarsh27: "Where's my sword?!" ;-)
@1962egl2 ай бұрын
imagine what went through his head when first heard Ritchie Blackmore. None of them want to talk about him.
@jdemarco2 ай бұрын
If that were true, why didn't he hate or shit - talk Hendrix?
@markmarsh272 ай бұрын
@@jdemarco Excellent question demarco! Find the documentary "A Film About Jimi Hendrix," produced right after his death. Townsend tells the story of how Clapton called him to meet in the front of a movie theater to discuss how they would cope with the new challenger. It's HILARIOUS! Clapton's planet-sized ego was flattened when he first heard Jimi and, as far as I know, he's never mentioned the name Hendrix.
@nissehult73762 ай бұрын
@@1962eglmaybe it 's because Blackmore's a great guitarist, but a total arsehole
@timrobinson1002 ай бұрын
Page is in a totally different class to Clapton
@wickedjr70Ай бұрын
Yeah. Clapton is an A. Page a sloppy C-
@robertglancy44749 күн бұрын
I would agree...JP experimented with different tunings and effects, tones etc and could play the blues as well (Since I been loving you and others) EC is pretty much strictly pentatonic nothing real groundbreaking or earth shaking and he could write a song, I think Alvin Lee was a better picker. I do like EC though and have learned a lot of his licks. JP is a little more complicated to figure out especially in his weird tunings. Was he "sloppy" I suppose sometimes when he was drunk or on drugs....but, when he was on....he was great.
@notmyname42612 ай бұрын
From the man who threw his dummy out when Hendrix blew him off stage in an improv jam.
@TreviscoeАй бұрын
To be fair to Eric though, he then went and got an Afro hair style like Jimi's. That tells you the amount of admiration he really had for him.
@notmyname4261Ай бұрын
@@Treviscoe 🤣🤣
@jazzman1954Ай бұрын
@@TreviscoeSo it’s all about the hair style! 😂. Pretty much sums up the rock world.
@dm2156Ай бұрын
First time he saw Hendrix play at the Whiskey he was in the audience and walked out, he's got a huge ego and knew he couldn't hang with Jimi
@vincenzostr448826 күн бұрын
Oasis are much better than Cream
@jons7771Ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin=Hammer of the Gods. Clapton=Talking about Gods.
@jimdep6542Ай бұрын
Eric Clapton certainly has a right to his opinion and I happen to agree with him, except for Zed Zeppelin. IMHO, Zep always has had their own thing, just from the chemistry between their 4 hugely talented and creative band members.
@obiwanduglobi63592 ай бұрын
Clapton takes himself a bit too seriously imo. Every band has it's own legacy.
@privateprivate43782 ай бұрын
Well right, in a way, but Lead Zep's belongs in a sewer.
@emil37092 ай бұрын
@@privateprivate4378yes, they do belong in a sewer. Page's behavior in chasing after 14 year-old girls and ripping off American blues artists without giving them so much as a dime until facing litigation makes him a scummy person in my book, his amazing guitar skills notwithstanding.
@drmodestoesqАй бұрын
Even Whitesnake?
@HektorBandimarАй бұрын
Yes, I think he believes his own publicity too much, he can get very up himself sometimes. I well remember that rant at the audience he had, apparently he was pissed at the time, but there is some amount of arrogance in him that spills out on occasions.
@drmodestoesqАй бұрын
@@HektorBandimar So you think British Multiculturalism hasn't been a dismal failure? That's not what British people on the internet seem to saying en masse.
@user-gn9vu7wn7t2 ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin was a Hard Rock band, what did you expect Clapton?
@mister.costello2 ай бұрын
Cream was in their era a hard rock band who came before zeplin, obviously they weren't as loud as zeplin. Should cream have played louder than they did then?
@user-gn9vu7wn7t2 ай бұрын
You make no sense, Cream, they had their own style, Zeppelin was a louder hard rock just like ACDC.
@mister.costello2 ай бұрын
@@user-gn9vu7wn7t In short what I am say is that in Clapton's opinion Zeplin were too loud. Cream were a heavy rock band in the era before Zeplin. You said what did he expect, because they were a heavy rock band. So he is saying, even for a heavy rock band they were playing too loud. He should know given he was in a heavy rock band before they existed. Unless you don't class Cream as heavy rock? That is his informed opinion, he thinks they didn't need to be that loud in order to convey their message and emotions. Your opinion is obviously different, to which you are entitled, as equally is Clapton to his opinion.
@user-gn9vu7wn7t2 ай бұрын
@@mister.costello Clapton is a Master at what he does but that doesn't mean he can err. George Harrison said that he disliked Neil Young, The Hollies, etc. Do I agree with George? Hell no! He is a legend but again his opinion means nothing to me. Zeppelin was loud, so was ACDC. Without the loudness they would not be what they were. Clapton can have his opinions but the public would not agree with him at all!
@mister.costello2 ай бұрын
@@user-gn9vu7wn7t The thing is, Clapton was there and listened to them live during that era, most of the public, and I am guessing yourself didn't. Therefore most of the public don't have any validation to argue against him. I get your defense for Zep, a very important band in music history. Cream was by all accounts a loud band, so for Clapton to say that, must have some truth to it. You could argue he is jealous, but why would he be? He is still out there doing it, perhaps not to the standard he did from the mid eighties to about 2015. I get you, you're defending Zep and I am defending Clapton. Either way I think we both appreciate them both, so at the end of the day what does it really matter.
@robertwalker5964Ай бұрын
All bands build on what came before them. Led Zeppelin built musical landscapes beyond imagination
@musicpuddle613716 күн бұрын
If it's too loud, you're too old.
@BillyTheKid-l5j2 ай бұрын
My uncle was claptons gardner many years ago where he lives in cranleigh i used to go and help out sometimes with the gardning clapton would always bring us coffee and cakes i had a few spontaneous guitar lessons in the garden 👍
@davefordaveforАй бұрын
Totally cool.
@Stubby23Ай бұрын
insufferable friendless twat!
@kamks6054Ай бұрын
Excellent , and you, your uncle, and Clapton, what topics were you discussing ?
@shaggyalonsoАй бұрын
As is so often the way, the person villified in the media, and thereby in public consciousness (who is only hated because they told the truth about something there weren't supposed to) is actually a total gent in person. The price for integrity is often a bad reputation. I salute Eric Clapton, a truly great Briton.
@geu6270Ай бұрын
Me too !!! Then I headed over to Abbey Road and help the Beatles on a couple of recordings.
@5150show2 ай бұрын
This is AI
@robertphelps15742 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree
@michaelstephen8192 ай бұрын
Yes, it says so in the description.
@user-fu2mi1nd5l2 ай бұрын
welcome to the MACHINE
@MuttleyVonErich002 ай бұрын
That explains why he sounds like a university professor
@TylerD288Ай бұрын
@@user-fu2mi1nd5l WELCOME MY SON . . .
@brianlevoguer2777Ай бұрын
Sad to hear Eric criticizing LZ. They were so much better than anyone else, stretching and experimenting all the while being incredibly musical. As a huge Clapton fan, I'm really disappointed. You're wrong on this Sir.
@DK-ys9yn25 күн бұрын
Ritchie Blackmore " Hold my beer Eric "
@roughtakes727110 күн бұрын
RB is one of my favourites. Maybe Beck was prolly as good in a different way but RB's sound with those bell like solos just melt me....
@PeterTea2 ай бұрын
A buddy of mine went to see Clapton at Alpine Valley, Stevie Ray Vaughn opened for him, he said that Stevie blew Clapton out of the water that night, sadly his final performance.
@matts67712 ай бұрын
I agree with your buddy. I was at both those Alpine shows, and SRV completely blew away everyone on the bill on both nights... guarantee Clapton knew he met his match with SRV, as with Jimi.
@user-dh5bn2fe4bАй бұрын
@@Stratman1512That is correct. A very astute observation. Stevie could "blow away" quite a few big name guitarists such as Eric Clapton for instance. But as you rightly acknowledge, Page isn't one of them.
@Stratman1512Ай бұрын
@@user-dh5bn2fe4b And you never been to a SRV show because if you gotta pick a fight on KZfaq with someone you can’t be old enough to have been around in 1990 or you’re very stunted.(as I didn’t start the fight with squidley “hence User” who won’t Leave me alone for 2 weeks now. Squidley you’re one of those school Boy Front row “ brown nosing,’ pimple popping school nerds., have u ever had a girlfriend? Who are you trying to impress with the way you talk. and it’s not the musicologist who wins and loses those trials it’s the money that wins and loses those cases the money Led Zeppelin has in abundance and far more importantly the money the billion dollar record company has to back LZ by paying for there defense. I guarantee you Squiddly, you gotta look and sound like that kid with the squeaky voice from the Mark Harmon Kirsten Alley movie “Summer school”. You gotta put down people for what they listen to? as long as people aren’t ripping off other people like zeppelin go ahead listen to what you want even like Squiddly‘s favorite Travis Kielce Gf Taylor Swift. She sounds like Minnie mouse so I can understand with his squeaky voice why he likes her that’s OK.go like her.
@sukhmaidickoffАй бұрын
@@Stratman1512 Funny how you´re using every given opportunity to protect EC. Do you have a sexual relationship with him? The further I go down the comment section the more pathetic your comments get.
@kentzepick4169Ай бұрын
I’ve always liked Clapton but also thought he was overrated.
@stevensprouse24492 ай бұрын
If Clapton made a song half as good as Kashmir - I might care what he thinks.
@martykehoe85102 ай бұрын
Kashmir?? Seriously? I can think of about 30 other tunes that are better than Kashmir. Such a "popular" song to choose. I agree with Zeppelin being superior, but Clapton did have some great music, too. One of the most overlooked albums of all time. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, was incredible!
@TheRoomfull2 ай бұрын
@@user-by8bh1zw8hdumb@ss comment
@roboi22412 ай бұрын
Layla is Clapton's peak and one of the greatest rock songs ever, Kashmir is a bit of a dirge in comparison. Layla set the standard of what rock could have been if bands like Zeppelin and Purple hadn't turned it into a parody of itself and spawned a bunch of formulaic posturing caterwauling heavy metal merchants.
@DaveH-102 ай бұрын
@@roboi2241 Layla isn't even a decent song it sucks bad really bad.
@stephenallsman89132 ай бұрын
@@martykehoe8510the Layla album was great mostly because of Duane Allman. Eric asked him to join, and Duane basically said no, thanks, I’m gonna form another bad ass band
@sam-ww1wkАй бұрын
He's correct on the first three. Love the dead, but they never really gave it much in the studio. Van Halen, mostly just speed-whaling away, and Madona pure pop. But he definitely missed it on lz. They could be very soft and delicate when they wanted to, and did it beautifully. They just kept rocking harder and better when all the greats started slowing down. Maybe that's what he meant.
@wahiawamang66222 ай бұрын
While I like Clapton and his music, Zeppelin’s catalog of music leaves Eric in the dust. Not even close.
@karollyjakАй бұрын
Led Zeppelin stole so many songs...
@fakeURLLejaАй бұрын
@@karollyjakhahahah welcome to the music industry bud were you born yesterday 😂😂
@mikethebike7372Ай бұрын
@@karollyjak All part of the business Jr. btw the Rolling Stones started out as a cover band. Rarely will you hear Led Zep covers that are any good and many of their songs no one would attempt to cover.
@karollyjakАй бұрын
@@mikethebike7372 Not the point of recordin covers. Point is, that Led Zeppelin stated that songs were written by them, and it was untrue. So, it was about money as well. Those, who wrote songs, didn't get money either. Anne Leonard Bredon wrote „Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", but Led Zeppelin until 1990 didn't put her name. Only after the solicitor of Brandon took the action. And cases like this were more. Led Zeppelin stole songs for money and fame.
@mikethebike7372Ай бұрын
@@karollyjak Phhhhhhh
@user-bo6rd8vv6e2 ай бұрын
All the comments critiquing Clapton's opinions need to know that he handpicks the lineups at the Crossroads musical festivals. People like Vince Gill, Keb "Mo, James Burton, Bert Jansch, Stefan Grossman, Albert Lee are among the best players in their genres, yet not widely known to people who only attended Led Zeppelin and Van Halen concerts back in the day. Clapton has always had a studied approach to the origins of his guitar work, crediting Robert Johnson as his inspiration, and going back to the roots of blues in his unplugged performances. Rather than attacking Clapton for having some dislikes among other rock guitarists, consider the longevity of his dedication to the preservation of the blues, along with embracing all the other roots of rock, such as rockabilly.
@djtrendsetta576627 күн бұрын
Exactly. To me EC is the greatest living ambassador of the blues.
@Stratman151215 күн бұрын
@@user-bo6rd8vv6e Amen 🙏 to that bro. And this click bait KZfaq creator is just a big loser, for he has to make a crooked living with these in correct AI videos he puts up spreading nothing but negativity!. And not that I am not a Grateful Dead fan) but I am a Robbie Robertson fan and a fan of “The Band” fan and one of the guitarist he picked to do a tribute concert for Robbie Roberson with, is Dead guitarist Bob Weir, October 17th at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Just as he did for George Harrison in 02. Which much of the proceeds are going towards First Nations charities (as Robbie Robertson‘s mother was First Nations) SlowHand is one of the most charitable musicians in the world for the last 50+ years . As he is currently involved with 14 known charities and 18 known causes. He sold 100 of his guitars off in 1999 in auction sold 70 more in 04 and sold 56 more of his guitars in auction off in 2010. In 1999 one guitar alone, in his famous Strat Brownie sold for a record 450,000 (breaking a auction record on a Jimi Hendrix guitar) As in 04 he sold his favorite and most used guitar his strat Blackie (a guitar he considered was part of him,) but was more important to him to auction it off. As he doubled his own record for selling that off for just shy of 1 million at $959,500. His mostly guitars and other personal items from his personal collection raised a total of tens of millions of dollars for his Antigua drug and alcohol rehabilitation center he opened And keeps open with his own money. And his Crossroads concerts have raised millions more. He has been one of the most charitable musicians in history. He has known charities and causes in, Aid Still Required Amnesty International Children With Leukaemia Crossroads Centre Great Ormond Street Hospital Nordoff Robbins Prince's Trust Robin Hood Special Olympics St Mungo's Teenage Cancer Trust UNICEF Variety Club Yéle Haiti Foundation-and more Charities he has done silently. And has also helped raise money for many natural disasters-what a horrible nasty person.
@user-bo6rd8vv6e14 күн бұрын
@@Stratman1512 Thoughtful comment, and there are few examples of human self-realization and continuous self-improvement that have been more public than the life of Eric Clapton. His achievements in music and his continuous commercial success are at the very top while he gives so much back through his dedication to many compassionate causes as you've enumerated.
@Stratman151214 күн бұрын
@@user-bo6rd8vv6e i couldn’t of said it better myself (or worded it better, especially.) I think we both know or have an idea of the person he has evolved into. As far as me playing his music on my guitar and listening to his music & because of those two things I think I’ve more importantly learned some things about the man, in reading countless, interviews n watching him in interviews all for over 40 years. As I’ve seen his continue evolving as a man. I’m not Eric’s publicist, but I see now that he’s been put in a box, (that he doesn’t deserve to be put into, ) as part of the degenerating world of cancel culture, especially with young people (and old) as a whole, he probably will never be given a fair chance for people to listen to him fairly again. A good example of seeing he is a decent man, is that a inherently bad person will not usually totally break down in shaking & tears as he did in front of a camera, when asked about his friend’s John Mayall’s passing as he did a few weeks ago. (If you’re American you will probably get my reference that EC reminded me in that moment of someone ( I’ve have had the honor of meeting & talking to on quite a few occasions occasions) in former NFL HOF Coach Dick Vermeil. Maybe not the best comparison, but that’s what came to mind in that moment I was watching EC.
@thecandyman93082 ай бұрын
Agree or not, his honesty on major unassailable figures is refreshing.
@johnlux6905Ай бұрын
If Clapton were able to apprehend the genus of LZ, maybe his own music would not be such pedestrian shlock.
@onusgumboot55652 ай бұрын
The guy who played so loud in Cream, that he was temporarily deaf says Zeppelin played too loud. He said that when he played the solo on Crossroad he couldn't really hear what he was playing. But Zep is unnecessarily loud. Right!!
@Autorange8882 ай бұрын
Some thought Pink Floyd was too loud. What a laugh.
@onusgumboot55652 ай бұрын
@@Autorange888 Back in the 70s most bands were too loud. Certainly the stadium shows were too loud. My sister was at a summer jam in arrowhead stadium and was ready to leave early because it was so loud she couldn't tell what song was being played. Her friend wanted to stay until the band played her favorite song. My sister pointed out that they were playing that song right now. Her friend said Oh. OK lets go. I could hear that show half a mile away better than the people at the concert could.
@heftosprodАй бұрын
Well, but it another way.. He'd know. And I'm certain he does.
@ThePaulv12Ай бұрын
I was going to write that but went looking in the comments first in case I looked like I was copying someone. Well said BTW.
@ThePaulv12Ай бұрын
@@onusgumboot5565 I went and saw Deep Purple play on the Perfect Strangers tour and it was too loud. I couldn't enjoy it and I like loud music but it was way above my pain threshold in our seating area.
@Guvnarides-WI20202 ай бұрын
Now we know who sprayed "Clapton is God" on that Islington wall.
@mjp962 ай бұрын
haha! I thought Lennon was. > Jesus
@nevermindthees2 ай бұрын
:-) No, that was me and my peer group. And it was true, then. Well, later on... Who shot the sherriff? Marley. Black magic woman? Green. Cocain? Cale. Tears in heaven? Ööuwhaou.. Clapton.
@metricdeep88562 ай бұрын
Hahahahahahaha....Nice. I never suspected the obvious. I owe you a beer.
@kamuelaleeАй бұрын
Best comment here!
@robertrobertsakarogerslemerАй бұрын
@@Stratman1512 I think you read a lot of Rolling Stones Magazine and your perception of reality was altered. Clapton has always been a thief and an opportunist. Whether recording other artists and playing with other musicians, he seems to be the spoliight. In addition to being a very weak composer. Thief of friends' wives.
@hyacinthlynch843Ай бұрын
He's not wrong.
@XrayxRichАй бұрын
Brings me back to "Layla." An overplayed song I came to loath.
@Tyrell_Corp20192 ай бұрын
When Hendrix and Zeppelin burst on the scene, he was no longer the darling of the little clique that praised him as "god." His dilemma was trying to be a pure bluesman that could somehow represent the continuation of black American music. He once declared that many of his generation were "selling out." He was misguided. Not even Hendrix or Page tried to be a pure bluesman. They took things further. They were also unabashed showmen. Not the overly serious collegiate bore that Eric ultimately became.
@wahiawamang66222 ай бұрын
Damn. Well said
@LimleyGilbertАй бұрын
Precisely.
@jimdarden4686Ай бұрын
you right hendrix and led zeplin were showman playing loud terrible music at least eric played good music with the best of artists
@OdinsCloudАй бұрын
The others played to the American crowd, Clapton played to the sophisticated.
@Tyrell_Corp2019Ай бұрын
@@OdinsCloud Ahh yes. The restrained, the refined, the sophistos... Those who preferred "subtly". "Did you notice that slow hand? The vibrato"? clap, clap, clap. Yeah. But, I'm heading over to the jukejoint where Howlin Wolf is riling up the place. I heard both Jimi's are hanging out over there too.
@jeffreyun2 ай бұрын
It's ROCK N ROLL! It's supposed to be loud.
@xXcampx2 ай бұрын
The loudest band I ever saw was Spinal Tap. When I left the arena my eardrums were bleeding.
@jeffreyun2 ай бұрын
@@xXcampx Crank it to 11
@Alejandro-ug1nc2 ай бұрын
That's bullshit. Rock and roll is a music genre, play it loud or soft. And loud is for kids, by the way. Grow up, man.
@kamuelaleeАй бұрын
Toin it up!
@djtrendsetta576627 күн бұрын
What this comment thread has really driven home to me is that Led Zep fans are getting to be almost as insufferable as Beatles fanatics.
@brusk62Ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin got on his lawn again.
@flylord49272 ай бұрын
Clapton's music is mostly quite bland. LZ are geniuses.
@shelleyharrop14192 ай бұрын
Smoke another doobie
@sammyrothrock69812 ай бұрын
Geniuses ? Zepplin was a rip-off plagiarism at it finest . Slow hand was more a blues based purist bringing it into prog /rock in cream . Clapton slowhand didn't have to devil worship to make himself successful either. Plants voice was nauseous whining also
@ndogg202 ай бұрын
Led Zep were geniuses at HYPE, nothing more. Stealing other artists songs and style and AMPING it up to no ends. But they do impress the easily impressionable. Geniuses? LOL
@Stratman15122 ай бұрын
@@sammyrothrock6981 growing up a guitarist since the 1970s Jimmy page can’t touch Eric Clapton. And all Led Zeppelin did was rip off blues artist and never give them any credit not by their voices or with their money and Led Zeppelin that was written by the band they open for in the late 60s their name spirit, it’s their song, especially there song. Which the greedy zeps. I believe are still holding up from going to court for that lawsuit now the families of spirit or after zeppelin. No creativity and next to Neil Young(who I love his music) is the sloppiest guitarist I have ever heard on a stage
@RegisWilkinsАй бұрын
@@sammyrothrock6981 Yea. I guess the great artists that were ripped off by Zeppelin, were simply jealous and mistaken.
@TheBlackaurora442 ай бұрын
When I was young, an old man once told me rock music is to be felt as well as heard.
@sageantone7291Ай бұрын
That never happened, and if it did, it was stupid.
@PickhandleАй бұрын
It's all down to personal preferences. I happen to agree with everything Clapton says here. But that doesn't make us right. One reason why I love rock/blues music is that there is such a wide range, and the colour of your skin or your sex or your age or anything else just does not matter! It's the music that we all love - and what would life be without it?
@stevestarscream5182Ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin >>>>>>>Cream but I do like cream
@kmoecub2 ай бұрын
I always did suspect that Clapton was a tiresome old geezer even when he was young.
@craigdamage2 ай бұрын
Nope. He was an absolute fucking trailblazer when he was young. Yardbirds, Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith were all groundbreaking BANDS. On his own starting in the 70s, Clapton relied on mostly cover songs from J.J. Cale and Bob Marley at which point he most certainly became a "tiresome geezer"
@mjp962 ай бұрын
@@craigdamage Only a little of Cream and Blind Faith. Still, he was just one part. Mediocre guitarist.
@wahiawamang66222 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@craigdamage2 ай бұрын
@@mjp96 Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen weren't influenced by a "mediocre guitarist". Both idolized Clapton, genius.
@user-dh5bn2fe4bАй бұрын
@@craigdamageHendrix was merely interested in meeting Clapton, he didn't idolise him. Then he shocked Clapton when he jammed with Cream because he'd never heard anything like it.
@Stevedrums7412 ай бұрын
Interesting that both Clapton & Townshend couldn't stand Zeppelin.
@jeffstell91462 ай бұрын
Keith Richards also put down their music
@paulschnyder9382 ай бұрын
Jealousy is a bitter pill to swallow.
@zbq232 ай бұрын
Hendrix too
@tjcint2 ай бұрын
Many, many musicians of high standing do not like Led Zeppelin. I wonder why ... Could it be discernment ?
@tjcint2 ай бұрын
@@paulschnyder938 Nothing to do with jealousy.
@JohnDoe-xu2vxАй бұрын
Cream was an amazing 3 person band.
@jonathanross812Ай бұрын
You could never accuse Eric of being a gracious man.
@sageantone7291Ай бұрын
False
@jonathanross812Ай бұрын
@@sageantone7291 Ouch!
@commonman3172 ай бұрын
And I always thought Ginger Baker was the prickly one. Well, at least Eric is being honest.
@centralscrutinizer9591Ай бұрын
Both insufferably jealous pricks.
@sageantone7291Ай бұрын
He was.
@noi5emaker2 ай бұрын
Why is Eric Clapton like a cup of coffee? They both suck without cream. . . [edited for the pedantic trolls who don't have senses of humour]
@bartrobinson21032 ай бұрын
😂😂
@atlasgunther89472 ай бұрын
very good
@df81612 ай бұрын
Dude You botched the setup. Try “ what do x and y have in common?”
@beachem12 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@atlasgunther89472 ай бұрын
@@df8161 should be "similarity"
@MonotremataАй бұрын
Clapton's opinion of Madonna is one that I'm in agreement with. His opinion on Led Zeppelin though, about them being 'unnecessarily loud' made me think of Ginger Baker's answer when asked about his favorite memory of Cream's live shows - Baker said "Toad" : "Because that was the only time when the amplifiers weren't blasting my ears apart!" 😉
@sgshumblecrumb60462 ай бұрын
Cream was another famously "loud" band too. I wonder how Eric feels about those guys. Zeppelin is musically speaking a direct descendant of Cream as they were both loud, heavily improvisational, British blues bands. I actually find some of the Dead's studio work quite underrated. If anything, the Dead live is more of a mixed bag of either brilliance, or chemically influenced, aimless noodling.
@kenhoyer8601Ай бұрын
Dead never really cared about selling records.
@stickman174227 күн бұрын
Zep wasn't a descendent as Page and Beck were doing the heavy sound first. Beck's Bolero was recorded in early '66. All these guys knew each other. Page's playing on session was incredibly innovate. Clapton just played straight blues. Cream copied the heavy sound being created by Page and Beck.
@ronniecoy21962 ай бұрын
Clap bores me to tears..
@OneSupreme0827 күн бұрын
I actually like his sincerity. He doesnt want to colour things to please others but say what he really thinks and feels. So many people talk nicely about others but shit behind their backs. So Clapton is what a good friend is suppose to be, honest and on such friend you can count on. For example I truly dont think there are many such high level quality guitarists who gave so much support to other musicians either playing on their recordings, supported them live or performed for their memory. For example Concert For George as a tribute to late George Harrison is for me still one of the greatest live concerts ever and performance of Clapton is truly spotless and he did such support for so many friends. Yes he said LZ were very loud which is actually true, but I know his more in depth views and I am telling you that he admire Jimmy Page more than most of hard core fans. A good friend will criticise you but will also love you sincerely and such is Clapton. Maybe his playing is not so fast now as it use to be but listening him live is amazing as ever and he never stopped evolving and he play with amazing feel and presence even at recent concerts. I also admire than he never stopped playing, touring and recording, he lives for the music and I believe that when he will no more be able to do it and lay down his guitar for good, he will soon breathe his last !
@jimmygillard9 күн бұрын
Clapton is basically the gammon version of "Old man yells at cloud" simpsons meme
@trope58582 ай бұрын
Eric Clapton is without a doubt one of the greatest and most talented guitarists in music history. Zeppelin? Say what you will...but they are still the greatest and most influential rock band in history to this day.
@JohnWahlers2 ай бұрын
He is without a doubt one of the most overrated guitarist in history. same old pentatonic crap over and over. Some of his playing with Cream was fantastic however there are legions of players who could blow him off the stage-facts
@Paul-fg6mk2 ай бұрын
@@JohnWahlers In the last 44 years, that is since 1980, does J. Page go beyond "old pentatonic crap" in his new song? By the way, what was the output of Jimmy Page after 1980, that is, in the last 44 years? Can you name one known guitar riff from J. Page released in the last 44 years?
@Stratman15122 ай бұрын
@@Paul-fg6mk tell him,John. Just a bunch of ignorant millennials
@rc2464Ай бұрын
@@JohnWahlers you must be under 50.
@dan-ws2sf2 ай бұрын
I believe everyone has a right to speak of their opinions, however, I don’t believe I give one shit what Clapton thinks of these other artists 🙄 what is it about that band that makes them so miserable? Bruce wasn’t exactly a happy camper and Clapton always comes of as a jealous, over critical tool, and don’t get me started on Baker🤨 pretty much a complete ass in every interview and thinks a little too much of himself🤦♂️
@Swat-ed5bt19 күн бұрын
Clapton is nothing on Led Zeppelin. Period
@JohnSmith-yi2uj16 күн бұрын
I never understood the Clapton worship. Compared to Page or Hendrix, the man is a hack.
@MezzMcGillicuddy116 күн бұрын
@@JohnSmith-yi2ujListen to the Bluesbreaker album. He invented Page and Hendrix.
@stevia316216 күн бұрын
In another life, Clapton was in a group called Cream. They created groups like Led Zepplin, but Zepplin was nothing more than a poor man's Cream!
@gregrambo60613 күн бұрын
That Bluesbreakers album was a hell of a record. So maybe Clapton wasn't as diplomatic as he could have been here but his artistry was (is) undeniable.
@allan2098Ай бұрын
Old Eric was never a nice chap, stoned or sober. Age hasn't changed him.
@user-hs5iz4tf4g2 ай бұрын
Just because Clapton cannot identify with what Zeppelin did matters not, they've moved musical mountains.
@ViceArcАй бұрын
Yeah it's pretty obvious what they did.. Make (amazing) music in a way nobody before them had.
@DDEENYАй бұрын
Eric and Keith Richards should go out to dinner together. For his part, Jack Bruce also publicly expressed his dislike for Led Zeppelin. Keith's problem with Zeppelin mainly centers around Robert Plant who Keith considers to be sort a blond bombshell, but blond lead singers were in vogue in the late 60's. Millions of record and concert ticket sales later, Zeppelin still rules. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
@ViceArcАй бұрын
@@DDEENY I've seen Pete Townshend disparage them too. Don't get it at all. Keith, Eric, Pete and Jimmy... They're ALL great!
@DDEENYАй бұрын
@@ViceArc You're right, I forgot about Pete. Ultimately everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I suppose that as musicians working inside the music business unlike us fans, they have a different perspective.
@SpeedKingHighwayStarАй бұрын
@@DDEENY Think jealousy came into it, that they themselves (Eric, Keith Richards, Jack Bruce, etc) reckoned Zeppelin were better than them doing stuff that they knew they couldn't do.
@JohnLancaster-fh3oc2 ай бұрын
He was right about everyone but Zeppelin.
@stevens55412 ай бұрын
You mean the only one he was right about was zeppelin......oasis had more talent than every band and singer mentioned in this video....oasis worst songs were better than all those mentioned bands best songs.
@sukhmaidickoffАй бұрын
@@stevens5541 Please tell me you´re joking about Oasis. Please. You cannot be serious? They sound like sheep baaaahing when they sing
@stevenrivers8386Ай бұрын
@@stevens5541Nice joke. lol
@TractorMonkeywithJLАй бұрын
@@stevenrivers8386 I've never met an Oasis song I liked.
@boilingboy128 күн бұрын
@@stevens5541 🤡
@crisscross6003Ай бұрын
The Dead made some memorable studio albums such as Working Man's Dead or American Beauty. Garcia didn't repeat the same old blues-box lick 🎸 over and over again, he created inspired improvisations.
@raffisekzenian27462 ай бұрын
“Zeppelin took it to another space than cream..” Yes, to the stratosphere.
@stickman174227 күн бұрын
Page and Beck were playing that sound well before Cream. Beck's Bolero was recorded in early '66. Cream stole the sound from them.
@ADAMSIXTIES2 ай бұрын
I never got what was so great about the Dead, Madonna, and Oasis. Now Zeppelin is another story.
@hwearrow24 күн бұрын
Grateful Dead has incredible albums and songs, some albums are essential rock álbumes and songs. Eric has got preferences also, He always said that he didn’t like the California sixties bands. But he got his musical taste. For me the Reagge is a very weak style but to Clapton is great. Personally, I can’t stand Bob Marley records
@WarrenBridges-um5cg21 күн бұрын
@@hwearrow I think he only liked Mike Bloomfield.
@petergustafson744610 күн бұрын
The dead were an acquired taste for me but I really appreciate them now that I am older and more mature. I guess Clapton doesn’t feel the same. Too bad.
@edwardl.492Ай бұрын
he was right bout Madonna and the Hooligans (Oasis)
@paulhynes17013 күн бұрын
Yet he his record label signed a boyband in the 90’s called Damage 😂
@Pneuma3339Ай бұрын
it never ceases to amaze me at how many rock musicians are jealous of Led Zeppelin.
@TibetanFox6818 күн бұрын
Not liking them doesn't make someone jealous.
@FiveFigsDigital2 ай бұрын
I went to a Clapton concert in Providence in 1974. 3rd row, right in front of the PA. My ears were ringing for a week. He was pretty loud himself back then.
@Alan_Page2 ай бұрын
Clapton was great at playing a certain genre on guitar, blues, mainly pentatonic scales, with especially.good bends and good vibrato. But he simply doesn’t have the songwriting legacy.
@ZephyrCrypto2 ай бұрын
His royalty cheques may disagree with you 😅
@Alan_Page2 ай бұрын
@@ZephyrCrypto I doubt he makes anywhere near what Taylor Swift makes. So I guess by your logic she’s a better songwriter. I meant he wasn’t writing anything all that complex or anything with the creativity of, say, some of Jimmy Page’s songwriting.
@Stratman15122 ай бұрын
Actually, he’s worth more than Taylor Swift. as for a 15 year period from 1989 after the release of journeyman to the mid 2000s touring musician came close to Clapton to selling out areas and stadiums at the fastest space not even Paul McCartney sis.
@user-dh5bn2fe4bАй бұрын
@@Stratman1512According to Forbes, as of 2024 Clapton's net worth is $470M whereas Taylor Swift's is at least $1Bn. You like to play hard and fast with the facts, don't you?
@Stratman1512Ай бұрын
@@user-dh5bn2fe4bWHAT FACTS!! go to your room and listen to Taylor Swift. I don’t care. !
@antarcticorb91973 күн бұрын
Loud? Cream was earsplitting loud!
@jupitermoongauge4055Ай бұрын
Zeppelin were light years ahead of anything Clapton had been involved in, in terms of composition, performance, virtuosity, eclecticism, dynamics, imagination, artistry, power and sophistication.
@stickman174227 күн бұрын
And Page was creating Beck's Bolero with Jeff Beck in his home studio in early '66. They were true pioneers creating a new way. Cream was just copying their sound, not the other way around. Saying Zep took it from Cream is a complete lie and an insult. Clapton needs to stop with this lie. Clapton was also upset about something with Page which may explain some of his feelings. While Page was huge in the studio creating new sounds on guitar during the 60s (which Clapton would know all about while he was just playing straight blues), Page was interested in becoming a producer. He had a real true love of creating music and rock 'n roll. This is how he ended up producing all the Zep albums. Page approached many about producing them such as Clapton and Bowie during that mid 60s period. Page produced some recordings with Clapton with the idea that they wouldn't be released. Apparently the people Page was working for at the time had different ideas and they released some of it anyway. Page apologized to Clapton saying he couldn't stop it, but Clapton held it against him forever. Seems like making far too big a deal of it, but I guess when you have the arrogance that Clapton seems to have had about truly being a god then you think it is the worst offense in the world.
@itnow26 күн бұрын
as far as ballads are concerned clapton was better than Zep : tears to heaven, beautiful tonight, let it flow, change the world, and so on
@jupitermoongauge405524 күн бұрын
@@itnow those clapton numbers are drivel
@user-dh5bn2fe4b5 күн бұрын
@@itnowThank You, Tangerine, That's The Way, Going To California, Rain Song, Ten Years Gone, All My Love are all much more original than Clapton's formulaic chart-oriented efforts. And you must have meant Wonderful Tonight, not Beautiful Tonight. Your lack of knowledge is evident.
@itnow5 күн бұрын
@@user-dh5bn2fe4b oh yeah it's 'wonderful' not 'beautiful' so ur point is made, u're a genius and i'm an idiot...if it makes u happy
@charlesbrook2072Ай бұрын
I can’t pick a favourite Led Zeppelin song, too many and depends what mood I’m in. I can count the number of Clapton songs in my music library quite comfortably on one hand. I’m aware people will think the complete opposite of this and that’s what’s great about music.
@dklang2 ай бұрын
Given that Page was far superior to Clapton as a guitarist, and that Eric had few songs that matched Led Zep, for him to say that Zep failed to match Cream, and he didn't like what Page did with them, seems weak at best. Criticizing other players, he sounds like a brat kid downing players that outshone him. Clapton is overrated and irrelevant now. No one wants to hear his lame opinions.
@tomfielder89732 ай бұрын
If ‘too loud’ is the only derogatory comment Clapton can make about LZ, then that is not putting them down. I’ve been to Bluesbreakers gigs with John Mayall and they were very loud for some venues. Wouldn’t say they were bad though!
@Jamie-js3qw2 ай бұрын
impressive you went to those gigs, you experienced reality
@carpenoctem7752 ай бұрын
Only sensible comment on this video.
@user-xg6zn7hf9g2 ай бұрын
Cream yes but after that nothing to blow your mind
@AJTrambergАй бұрын
I'd imagine he's saying he liked their more blues based stuff (of course), but then they turned into a full blown hard rock band with wide ranging, eclectic themes. You'll hear similar comments from The Who, Stones, and Beatles. They didn't understand Zeppelin, but LZ went on to become the greatest rock band of all time. I like to relax to Clapton tunes. LZ is a powerhouse that takes it to an entirely different level.
@terrymay8114Ай бұрын
led zep were one dimention racket stones greatest rock band ever
@boilingboy128 күн бұрын
@@terrymay8114 Scratch a Zeppelin hater...find a Stones apologist. "Dirty Work is so underrated!"
@ed29562 ай бұрын
He's spot on about Madonna
@rockhead692 ай бұрын
Who the f..k cares what Clapton thinks of the mighty LZ.
@robertwood468124 күн бұрын
All the LZ defenders posting here?
@kennethburtelson2607Ай бұрын
The Dead was always better live than on the studio recordings
@boomerguy99357 күн бұрын
Back in the day, there was so much jealousy among rival groups who became famous that we just accepted it as part of their "growing pains" as being young and self-important. It was no big deal to the audience and record buyers because we were more interested in the music which was exploding at the time. There was so much talent which was coming at us so fast, that we were overwhelmed and couldn't wait for the next record. It was like trying to get a drink of water from a fire hose. In my opinion, the biggest catalyst was the British Invasion which opened up America's youth that rock & roll had many different roots from other countries. Our American rock was suddenly like vanilla ice cream in a new world with 32 different flavors. We were in heaven. Speaking for myself only, the creativity seemed to lessen when disco reared its ugly head. I still love all music from the 1940's through the mid-70's. After that, not so much.... The only thing I regretted at the time was their egos getting in the way of each other within the same bands, that they were like time-bombs, waiting to self-destruct. So many of the members of the bands broke off and regrouped, that keeping up with them individually was almost impossible. It seemed like we would talk about a band member and then say, "Oh year, that was when he was with ....." We usually had to specify what year it was. Eventually, almost every individual member had rotated through most of the bands. There are many books with details of this rock & roll history and evolution. The individuals had tremendous talents and exploding hormones and that is a volatile combination. There were so many murders, and unintentional suicides by loaded guns or substance abuse. So sad. Even the accidental airplane crashes stole so many young and creative talents. I wonder how many more songs were still left in these people, mostly from the 50's through the 70's. I love how so many of the wild ones have now put out albums of old American Standards (classic jazz) which are fantastic. Then you match Robert Plant with Allison Kraus and anybody else with Willie Nelson or Tony Bennett. The history of musicians evolving over 60+ years is fascinating. I never complain about who was the best talent or had the best personality. I will make an objective observation but not a personal opinion. I just enjoy the ride.
@stes30612 ай бұрын
Says the guy who has been sleeping since 1968
@Stratman15122 ай бұрын
Sleeping since 1968 you’re obviously a kid. Or a damn millennial. Eric Clapton was the Michael Jordan music in the 1990s. Nobody sold out more shows & arenas and stadiums faster than Eric Clapton did.
@jeday76Ай бұрын
Love Clapton or hate him, but “sleeping” since 1968? 😂 what a foolish thing to say.
@sukhmaidickoffАй бұрын
@@jeday76 Nahhhh...it´s true
@user-dh5bn2fe4bАй бұрын
@@Stratman1512Nobody except Maria Carey, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, U2 and dozens of others. 😅
@Stratman1512Ай бұрын
@@user-dh5bn2fe4b u know all Jas. I’ll use you as my secret weapon if I ever have an KZfaq disagreement with somebody else in the future.& do u really like any of those 6 people you just mentioned!
@alexeisenberg28342 ай бұрын
Like Cream weren't loud?
@kevinw8688Ай бұрын
Cream were actually great. Clapton probably was like Ginger Baker and annoyed they stumbled onto "heavy metal". Cream were actually quite bad ass. Sad that two of the players were douchebags. I don't know how Jack Bruce felt about Creams influence on metal.
@haroldk3913Ай бұрын
No Eric, Led Zeppelin did not take up your legacy. They had their own sound(s) and created their own legacy. Cream was a second-tier band too dysfunctional to stay together for more than a couple of years. Cream sold 15 million records total. Led Zeppelin IV alone sold nearly 40 million copies. Cream is nowhere close to Led Zeppelin.
@stickman174227 күн бұрын
On top of that, Page and Beck recorded Beck's Bolero in early '66. They created that sound, Cream stole it from them. Clapton never did anything original while Page and Beck were both pioneers of some of the most amazing guitar music ever created. Page and Beck are rock 'n roll guitar gods while Clapton is the name that everyone's grandmother knows. That's all you need to know. There's a reason why even though all 3 of them grew up right near each other why only Page and Beck were always good friends.
@haroldk391327 күн бұрын
@@stickman1742 Amen!
@hwearrow24 күн бұрын
Yes, they took up the relief of Cream. They lasted 2 years but it was sufficient to inaugurate hard rock style and create some of the best rock songs and albums ever. It doesn’t matter the albums sold but the influence in all groups and artists as Hendrix, Leslie West, Beatles, Rolling,Zeppelin, Bonamassa, May, Van Halen, Tawshend, Pink Floyd, Allman brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd , Free….
@haroldk391323 күн бұрын
@@hwearrow No, Led Zeppelin did not take over for Cream. They were their own sound and built their own legacy. And neither did Cream inaugurate hard rock. They were a type of primarily blues influenced rock. They had some songs that were part of that hard rock sound genre, but there were many other bands at the same time who were also playing what was /can be considered hard rock.
@valdivia123456722 күн бұрын
Clapton, Pete Townsend, and Keith Richards all talk shit about LZ's music, but I think it's the fact they only produced 9 studio albums and still sold over 300 million of them.
@tarektumia3287Ай бұрын
I respect his point of view, he's a real artist.
@marcop15872 ай бұрын
Though it's pretty funny how Clapton, Townshend, Keith Richards, the ever complaining Roger Waters and others seem to have such strong feelings towards Page and LZ...might be 'cause they reigned supreme in the 70s 👑
@billyz50882 ай бұрын
true enough - but if LZ had one serious competitor throughout the 70's - it was Pink Floyd - and while Zep was hotter at the start of the decade - Floyd was arguably stronger at the end of the 70's - don't get me wrong - I love Zep - but I'd say Animals & The Wall are just better records than Presence & In Through the Out Door ..
@sammyrothrock69812 ай бұрын
Zepplin was a rip-off plagiarism at it finest . Slow hand was more a blues based purist bringing it into prog /rock in cream . Clapton slowhand didn't have to devil worship to make himself successful either. Plants voice was nauseous whining also
@pzolsky2 ай бұрын
They didn’t reign supreme. The Who, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, Yes and Pink Floyd were on a par with them in the 70s It’s only since the 70s that they have taken a lead over the others with record sales.
@pzolsky2 ай бұрын
Correction…replace Yes and Deep Purple with Queen and Fleetwood Mac.
@Stratman15122 ай бұрын
@@sammyrothrock6981sammy by your very good quote. I can tell either you’re in my age group from the 50s to the 70s in age or your young man who is a musician.
@JaySelvanto2 ай бұрын
Zeppelin simply more talented than anybody else plain and simple, best concert I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen most of the legends in my time.
@bradnelson4778Ай бұрын
He’s entitled to his opinions, just like anyone else.
@Wargasm5426 күн бұрын
Opinions are one thing. Talking trash about other bands is low rent. Clapton isn’t that fabulous. Yet all the blues lawyers and “Clapton is God” clowns seem to think he’s the end all be all. When he shit on EVH and Brian May, that sealed the deal for me. Two of the greatest guitarists of all time trying to pay tribute to him and he just totally destroys their efforts publicly?! What a tool. Clapton will never be held in the league as Eddie or Hendrix. His playing is neither interesting or innovative. Boring.
@vettesquaredАй бұрын
His comments are all valid, but music styles are so subjective. Every opinion is right and every opinion is wrong.
@ledsled10012 ай бұрын
Clapton is allowed his opinion just like everyone here in the comments. Honestly who cares about this. Lol
@emil37092 ай бұрын
Yes. Exactly. Who cares what the guy said 40 years ago? And, at least he shared the stage with ppl like BB King and gave tons of other artists opportunities while Zeppelin simply stole their music only giving proper credit to the artists when facing litigation.
@user-dh5bn2fe4b2 ай бұрын
@@emil3709From whom diid they steal Ramble On, Thank You, Immigrant Song, The Song Remains The Same, Rain Song, No Quarter, Dancing Days , Kashmir, Ten Years Gone, Achilles' Last Stand, to name but a few. Please tell me because I'd really like to know. They're certainly more musically adventurous than the turgid post-Leyla pap that Clapton was content to churn out.
@emil37092 ай бұрын
@@user-dh5bn2fe4b I didn't say they didn't create anything original, but they also stole without giving credit music from Wlillie Dixon, Anne Bredon, Jake Holmes, and Bert Jansch. Black Mountain Side sounds exactly like Jansch's version of Down by Blackwaterside. They were sued several times for taking other musicians' work or arrangements without proper attribution. I like Page's playing as well as Clapton's. But Clapton whatever people think of him did a lot to popularize the blues and helped many artists in their careers as even BB King once stated in an interview before his passing. Jimmy is a great guitarist but also a greedy miser who cares more about fighting with his neighbors over what they do with their houses in stuffy richville than in promoting music. Some of Page's "innovations" are frankly overrated such as his playing his Les Paul with a bow which sounds like mindless racket and hardly qualifies as music anymore than scratching one's nails across a chalkboard.
@user-dh5bn2fe4b2 ай бұрын
But you said they "stole their music" not that they wrongly attributed a few tunes which implies that they didn't create anything original. Black Mountain Side sounds broadly similar to Jansch's tune but certainly not identical. Page didn't steal Babe, I'm Going To Leave You from Anne Bredon, he did his own arrangement of it after hearing it on Joan Baez album where it was wrongly described as "Traditional" so he did likewise. If you think that's theft then you must think Baez is equally guilty. However, after discovering it's authorship Page subsequently attributed it to Bredon. Musically, Page's version sounds nothing like Baez's, only the lyrics are the same. Change those and it's an entirely different song. When it comes to plagiarism, though Willie Dixon is hardly innocent using his power at Chess to agree to record musicians there in return for him claiming authorship of their songs and all subsequent royalties. As for the Stairway controversy, Anybody who thinks the intro sounds like part of Taurus must be tone deaf. Similar picking pattern but different chords and a different melody line. Strange though isn't it that nobody comments on how that Taurus section merely arpeggiated the the chords of the intro to Michelle by The Beatles. Why didn't Randy California compensate McCartney for stealing his idea? I don't suppose Sir Paul needs the money but it's the principle that matters, don't you think?
@lyndoncmp57512 ай бұрын
@emil3709 How come Willie Dixon was 100% fully credited on I Can't Quit You Baby and You Shook Me on the first album right from the first pressings? How come Memphis Minnie was credited on When The Levee Breaks? How come Mrs Valens was credited on Boogie With Stu? How come Robert Johnson was credited on Travelling Riverside Blues? How come Sleepy John Estes was credited on The Girl I Love? How come Ben E King was credited on We're Gonna Groove? NONE of the above involved any litigation. This myth that Led Zeppelin never credited anyone without litigation or promoting is ridiculous and it is perpetuated by uninformed people who have heard some nonsense on the internet and they believe it. Just because Zeppelin didn't ALWAYS credit doesn't mean they NEVER credited. They did. At least had a dozen times.
@stevedrake3602 ай бұрын
I disagree with Clapton about Led Zeppelin.
@peterrollinson-lorimer2 ай бұрын
I Agree, Eric didn't like to stray far from the blues. Does this indicate that you do agree with the others, I can see his point actually, not necessarily a criticism.
@stevedrake3602 ай бұрын
@@peterrollinson-lorimer I disagree with Clapton's criticism of Zep's volume. Cream didn't exactly play at low volume either, and many, many bands played very loudly including The Who, Grand Funk and Cheer. I also disagree when he said Zep over-stated their point.
@stevens55412 ай бұрын
And about oasis....oasis are the second best band ever after the beatles