Question for those who know Eric Clapton better, or -as I did- seen him perform:

Is he always this apathetic towards his audience?

The show i went to see and hear was with Steve Winwood (2011) and even though he played brilliantly (I will buy his records anytime, blind) his stage presence was utterly disappointing. He may have given the public a glance but didn't say a word. No 'hi', no (obligatory) 'nice to be here' nor a 'goodbye' when the show was over.. He just sat on his stool, did the songs (with an incredibly long tedious version of Hendrix's Cross Town Traffic) and up and went away..

It seemed to me he'd had a falling out with Steve just before the show, or was sick to his stomach or just hated being there (Arnhem, Gelredome Stadium, The Netherlands).

Could well have been. Maybe it wasn't his night as well.. But now it's hard for me to block this image and the feeling of deception, and it will still take a while before I'll play one of his albums at home with pleasure.

Sounds familiar to anyone?

No, it needs to be 7 minutes shorter.

Catalytic wrote:

helgigermany wrote:

Because for every one of the the whiny folks insist on adding to the negative comments - mostly because this has been massively overplayed all there lives, or their parents forced them to listen to it too often or whatever - there are 10 of us who have loved this amazingly beautiful and transcendant piece of music ever since we were old enough to appreciated it. We vote once and then just sit back and enjoy.

When you know the backstory you really feel the pain in Eric's voice.

A song that very seriously needs to be about three or four minutes shorter.

Surprised I have never rated this tune, giving it a 9.

I won't say I hate him, but I'm not a Clapton fan....But I love this song!....always have.

sirdroseph wrote:

So this is worst than Kung Fu Fighting and Sugar Sugar?
Horrible it's not. Overrated? Outdated? ok, but not horrible

helgigermany wrote:
Maybe because you weren't born/raised in the UK or the USA circa 1967 - 1973.

(sigh...)
I dream about being Patti Boyd. Is there any other woman alive who's inspired so many brilliant songs?

Ah...to be the muse of genius.

I used to dance to this around the coffee table when my Dad played it when I was five...love the long instrumental.

Horrible!!!! Along with Mississippi Queen and a few others among my least favorite songs of all times!!

allabout wrote:

Welcome to RP, allabout. I see you're kind of new here, and might not know how things work.

RP is "listener supported" in every sense of the word, allabout. If there's something you think the listeners here might enjoy, read the guidelines for how to rip a track in the quality Bill needs it to be in and upload it. It will appear in the LRC , and the listeners here will vote on whether or not they would like it added to the rotation.

From there, it's in Rebecca and Bill's hands.

It's also a big help if you listen to the LRC from time to time and vote on songs. The more people do that, the better the station reflects the tastes of the listeners.

Haha, the outro. Haha, horrible, HORRIBLE playing. Amazing, it's like they're playing totally out of key on purpose...

allabout wrote:

fast_eddie wrote:
umm... right..

sirdroseph wrote:

The acoustic version is so much better because it doesn't have Allman's uber-schmaltzy slide guitar crap at the end.

RedGuitar wrote:
Patti left Eric, and with good reason—drugs, alcoholism, infidelity that resulted in other women having Clapton's kids...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Boyd

...love this song; truly classic...