So Eddie calling Eric a douche bag and Eric never speaking to him again wasn't enough light shedding for you? You didn't watch this all the way through, did you?
@@bcsemotorworks2462 He called him a "T-bag". And I don't recall exactly why I wrote what I did. If I'm wrong, though, I'm wondering why 54 people have liked my comment.
I learned absolutely NOTHING from watching this clip; artistic differences.. wedge... ? @2:52 "while their disagreements are well documented" ... oh really? the only thing I got out of this clip is that EVH called Clapton a teabag.. jeez.. maybe do some actual documenting yourself instead of serving us this waste of a time compilation of pictures and needless narration with a clickbait title.
Tapping was done thirty years before Eddy All of those chlamydia Spandex hair bands of the 80s were riding on the Country and Western shirt tails Roy Clarke Glen Campbell and many more would run rings around both of them They should be glad they stayed to country otherwise these So called rock Gods no one would be talking about them
Yep. When Clapton sobered up he got pretty nasty sometimes, maybe he reason for drinking? Eddie really calmed down when he sobered up it seems, sadly he lost a lot of friends and a wife while stoned.
I shared a demo booth with Paul Gilbert one year at the NAMM show. Even though I’m not into his kind of music, I could tell that he was indeed a world class player! And you’re right about him being a great guy! He gave me one of his signature “Home Brew” pedals. ❤️👍🏽👍🏽
Sounds like Clapton was being a bit precious about his playing - he should be honoured by the tribute Van Halen was trying to give him - whether he liked the playing or not!
I think most people probably noticed, but the phrase on the second half referred to Clapton's "dismissive attitude", and I think it is pretty likely that the part that is missing is Clapton perhaps making a public comment panning the effort at covering his early efforts with Blues breakers. Maybe he got his feelings hurt that he wasn't asked to participate, or maybe it was just his negative opinion. At any rate, I recall reading a comment from Clapton that was pretty dismissive of Eddie's playing in general. I recall because I am a fan of VH and also of Cream, Derek And The Dominoes, and Blind Faith, but since VH came along, I don't make much time for the old Clapton stuff, and his newer "soft rock" efforts never interested me at all; the slow acoustic version of Layla is like a Ferrari with the engine removed. Eddie remained a creative force, his whole life. Clapton was done saying anything fresh when he hit his mid 30s, and started mining the lucrative soft rock/pop market.
Clapton had no business being dismissive of anyone, especially Eddie Van Halen. Even though Clapton is revered by many, I have never once thought of him as "one of the greats" and never will. Put it this way, much of his early work, though very good in its own right, was never anything I would call great or "WOW! Look at that!". He never influenced my own playing either. Sorry, you can complain about my comment all you like. It doesn't change the fact that I will never see Clapton as a great.
@@scottfriery9091 He also made an infamous bigoted rant at a show, drunkenly attacking the members of his audience that were Arabs; (calling them by a racial slur) telling them to leave England, although not before he already got their money for the show. I suspect that if we had had the internet back in the seventies his career would have been finished. Hardly anybody has even heard of the incident anymore. He went on a talk show a while after it and was given a chance to apologize, and he instead doubled down on the bigotry. Now his friends with Greg Abbott, the charming bigoted governor of Texas that likes to put razor wire in the water to slice up desperate families trying to cross the river to escape from violent gangs the US has created throughout Latin America with our drug war. Robert Cray, the great blues artist, responded to a picture of his buddy Eric, grinning alongside Abbott, by announcing that he's done with the friendship. Good on him; Clapton is a creep.
You really don't want to hear EVH try to play with Brian Setzer i think EVH and Clapton are 2 good examples of how not to play guitar Django Reinhardt played everything on guitar and amazingly it was on a acoustic before electric guitar was even heard but he played like he was playing a electric and with 2 fingers he played every lick that is possible on guitar. Then Sabicus and Manitas de plata could play guitar like there was 5 people playing the same guitar then Brian Setzer and his Roland echo got to love them.
Yeah, I’m with basher, Clapton is a racist POS, which, I’ll add, is his right, you’re allowed to be racist in a free country but I take serious exception at the fact his entire career was built on the work of people he obviously considers beneath him. He’s lucky Howlin Wolf wasn’t present when he said that stuff about getting all the “wogs” (essentially the British n-word) out of GB, and to vote for Trump I mean Enoch Powell 😂. Even just 2 years from his death the Wolf would’ve kicked Clapton’s candied ass, I like to imagine. There’s no question the Wolf was a better man 😁.
I met Eddie before he was famous, and he was lovely - modest, but he knew he was onto something. We talked for about 5 minutes. I don’t know what happened to him later, but young Eddie was a nice guy.
@fartpooboxohyeah8611 Well, that settles it, then. He was completely without ego. He didn't screw over Mike, Sammy; never had any issues with anyone. I guess you knew him personally and was around him 24/7. Where did you get your information? You know, what's funny is that we can't accept our idols as maybe being flawed in some way. Every single one of them was humble, never had issues with anyone, and never took any chemicals stronger than a Diet Pepsi. Incredible how this works. Prince; Michael Jackson; Eddie; etc. All perfect human beings.
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Aren’t you that same moron on Blabbermouth who also says stupid shit? Or is a coincidence that 2 people with the same name could be as equally Fucking stupid and ignorant.
With clapton's very, very limited repertoire of guitar capabilities, by no means is he in a position to judge a player that literally changed the face of Rock guitar single handedly... IMO, more so than Hendrix ever did... and clapton's ego is far bigger than HE will ever be.
Lame. Big alcoholic egos. Not "big dogs". Nothing to justify. I love EVH and some of Clapton's stuff. But having an unchecked ego isn't an achievement.
When Gilmour was asked who his favorite guitar player was, he said Jeff Beck. Then they played together, jamming on, among other things, ELP. Not all guitar heroes have ego problems.
If you mean “Jerusalem” in your reference to ELP I think you’ll find it has a lineage beyond that, which Beck and Gilmour (and the entire British audience) would be tapping into.
We can appreciate both. They were just different guitar players. Clapton was coming out of his drug and alcohol addictions. Eddie was just getting started…and it got real bad him. RIP EVH.
@@brads2330 so let's be real, Ed is not overrated, overrated is a hack term he changed guitar sales and pumped up more interest in the instrument than anyone before him. He is an elite A leaguer, you're trying to be a hack, the difference is I am not allowing it
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle By looking at your page you obviously don’t know alot. Your into the Bubblegum RugRat Teenybopper era . Cmon Ozzys music after Sabbath sucked. Look at the sales between Eric’s and Eddies music. Clapton has him tripled. You obviously haven’t been around the Block.
Glen was an outstanding singer and guitarist; however, just like Clapton and Van Halen his personal life was awful. I buy the music I enjoy but I don’t concern myself with the musician’s private life; otherwise, I would buy nothing.
Clapton or EVH are not qualified to carry Glen's guitar case. Truly at a level of talent beyond measure. Combined with Jimmy Webb's writing and you have music's version of the big bang.
Eddie probably got the "teabag" moniker from a Guitar Player magazine interview of Jeff Beck where Beck was asked about his contemporaries Page and Clapton.Beck said of Clapton that he was a teabag.Clapton and Van Halen were both a bit steeped in their own hype.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle i don't agree with clapton being B league but i do agree with EVH and rhoads.... but i also knew danny gatton and he was pretty bad ass too....
Music sounded different before and after Cream. Clapton definitely lead the wave of Psychedelic blues, him Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker introduced more aggressive riffs, solos, and rhythms to rock, and they laid the foundation for heavy metal without even trying. Show some respect to the architects.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Clapton has a legacy too long to list Rhoads been in 2 well known bands, but Van Halen only one who is the B.- Leaguer according to the track record of success.
Clapton didn’t grow up learning Van Halen riffs. It was the other way around. What I’m trying to say is when Clapton learned, he didn’t even have Clapton to learn from either. He started with less knowledge and influence. Judging Clapton by today’s standards is just ignorant. He was very influential in his time so why discredit him now?
Clapton peaked in the late 60s and plummeted through the floor going into the 70s, leaving tens of thousands of cooler guitar players ahead of him. But he used to be really good.
For me, Clapton was at his pinnacle with Derek and the Dominoes. After that, all down hill. Of course having Duane Allman play with you on the Layla recording always helps out. I have seen Eric a couple times. EVH the same.
That's the Deal...Poor Ewic didn't like Brian May and Ed recording together,... THAT was the issue...not surprisingly the Heroin Junkies problem, D Bag
Brian May sent a copy of the track to Eric Clapton and EC said right out in an interview: “It was so horrible. And they dedicated it to me. They sent me a copy, and I put it on, expecting something, and, you know, I was almost insulted that they should send this to me.” Jeez, chill out EC
He did the right thing. Queen were a good band for Glam music and so was Eddie Van Halen... But nothing more. He was just giving honest feedback the way elderly Blues-man did for him. They were glam musicians from the 70s trying to co-opt the credibility that Clapton had with the Bluesbreakers and Cream, arguably the most influential english bands.
@@spencerwilliams461 Eric Clapton has only imitated black American blues guitarists since his comfortable little white life. He should shut his mouth! Fortunately for him, real bluesmen were not as full of themselves as he was. Clapton has always been a bad ass
@@charlesmcbarron7295 Brian May never sought credibility in the blues and clearly never perceived himself as a blues musician. Clapton, on the other hand, should stop pretending that he was born in a cotton field in the south...
Always cooler to take the high road in situations like this. You come offl looking better. Eddie Van Halen dissed Jimmy Page saying he plays like has a broken hand in concert. Page just compliments Eddie when asked about him. When you are really great and so many people look up to you and buy your music,, one of the best selling guitarists and songwriters who ever lived, like Page is, no need to throw around petty criticisms. Page always compliments guitarists and guitar playing, it is an instrument forever linked to him. So many kids, young teens back in the day 1970s and 1980s, looked up to Page, and they still do, a good man. No ego, nice guy to his fans. Upsetting seeing stories like this petty insulting behavior of Clapton and Eddie Van Halen.
You're right about Page. I have never seen him diss other musicians or bands. I admire that. When Keith Richards and Pete Townshend (who I both love) try to diss Zeppelin it just comes off as petty.
Jimmy didn't have to spend hours of his life practicing scales, he had an imagination that came out and it was a blueprint for many many in rock music. I remember when Clapton and Beck played with Jimmy and the faces Clapton was making is insulting. Beck knew Jimmy had the gift of creation with music, and enjoyed his guitars without trying to be a perfect player.
Jimmy is my overall favorite He has always been gracious and supportive of other players and artists.That is the gentleman producer and his parents upbringing most likely.Plus he is just jazzed about all things related to the instrument .I also always appreciated that he left his "clams" on the records which were few to keep the performance a living breathing thing.Raw and beautiful,finess and power.just respect him so much.plus it doesn't hurt that he masterminded his bands re-arrangement of the rock and or roll universe.
@bornagainbornagain6697 I am with you on that ARMS concert.Page was still grieving his good friends death and encumbered with a nasty herion habit.Clapton"s snotty faces were him being kind of what he always was a brooding,emotionally inept swat that believed the "Clapton is God" rubbish.yes he was stellar in Mayall's bluesbreakers and Cream.I absorbed Wheels of Fire and Fresh Cream and it propelled my learning the instrument. Page inspired me by a magnitude more so in writing, arranging production and just being an all around player.To his credit,I appreciate Clapton"s stance on the clot shots and I believe he is rather proud of being an Englishman.I also absolutely love Jeff Beck for the record.Cheers from another Born Again
@@bradsmith7311 I think some of them are literally a bit jealous of Page. Sad to say. But it seeems likely. Page's music with Led Zeppelin and his popularity with fans. His music outsold all those guys, other top guitarists back in the 1970s and 1980s like Clapton, Beck, Van Halen, Richie Blackmoore, etc.,by a lot. The names you heard back then of the top lead guitaists in the 1970s to mid1980s like Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Townshend, Blackmoore, Van Halen, etc., - Page had more fans and his music outsold those guys by a mile. Led Zep still outsells them all, practically, all those rock and roll bands, except maybe The Beatles, way back then 1960s to 1980's. I remember all the top live rock and roll bands in the ARMS concert then LIVE AID most all the fans; who were they there to see and so excited about getting to see and hear play music? Jimmy Page
@@heimonen5174 Clapton is a vastly overrated guitarist with a bigger ego than any of them, not to mention all the racist and antivaxx remarks he's made over the years.
Seems Clapton’s antivaxx remarks proved to be correct… as for his racist remarks.. might want to revisit that one. It was in the 70’s and Clapton was deep into his addictions. He has since apologized for his remarks …
Why would Clapton review a tribute played for him? The point was the tribute, not the relative quality of the music. If someone gives you a gift, do you critique the quality of the gift. That would be dumb and callous. Clapton was dumb and callous.
He was just giving honest feedback the way Bluesman did for him. Don't be so sensitive. They were glam musicians trying to co-opt the credibility that Clapton had with the Bluesbreakers and Cream, arguably the most influential english bands.
@@jeffrey3498 they shouldn't put him on the spot like that. Clapton may have inspired these two but he is on another level. Its not debatable. He was just trying to help them.
2:15 - Something was edited out at that point. Unfortunate, because considering the what was being said at that particular moment it might've been crucial to the story. Oh well...
Rory Gallagher, No ego, a pure gentleman, respect for other musicians and fans, an Irish man, and the best guitarist in the world, as said Jimi Hendrix on Rory..
Actually, Jimi Hendrix never said that - that's just a story that got out and about due to a line in a book by Chis Welch that he later said "well, I heard the story, too" but didn't have any source for it - it's been around so long it has been hard to put to bed once and for all.
@@Scion-cy6wj Gallagher was a bloody good guitarist though. He also played shows in Northern Ireland at a time when most acts wouldn't play there due to the conflict.
@@geoffpoole483 OF COURSE he was. He was absolutely fantastic - especially in the days of TASTE. Followed him since 'On The Boards' when it came out - superb technician with firepower/imagination to spare.
@@geoffpoole483and also very humble, I met JJ Cale, he hung around on stage after he finished his show, and Rory was also there around the stage, Rory was asking JJ about his Harmony gtr, how it was wired up..Not sure if JJ knew who Rory Gallagher was on that night..but Rory never introduced himself, for him he was just another member of the JJ Cale audience, a very humble gentleman, Rory was...
obviously you gave a hoot enough to click on ? eddie (10,000 mph hammer-on) van halen never impressed me much, as a matter of fact GROTESQUELY over-rated !!
@@casedismissed8581have you played his riffs? I never fully appreciated him until I started playing his songs. Eddie was great, his stuff was super creative and really fun to play like the way Hendrix’s licks are fun; sliding into things and bending up and down to the note. Lots of open strings like gibbons. Learn drop dead legs. Plays the same note 3x by fretting, sliding into it and bending up to it. Who does that?!
When one person in an alcohol-based friendship gets sober, the friendship often ends. The sober friend no longer feels comfortable around alcoholic behavior and (if in recovery) tries to make life changes. They sometimes try to convince the drinker to change, against their will. The drinking alcoholic can feel disrespected , judged, or abandoned, and, because they're still in their addiction, become mean. Add in celebrity ego and it's no surprise these friendships frequently break up.
Eric Clapton initiated the feud by dismissing the tribute song, saying, "I'm embarrassed to have my name on it. Neither guitarist can play for shit." Both Brian AND Eddie are 10 times more innovative than Eric could ever dream of being.
@@alanmatthew5713 I'll give em a listen. Although I still argue that my list is just as valid as any other. My main contention though still remains - EVH was amazing but not even top 10 IMHO. Kinda seemed like a one trick pony to me w/ fret tapping being that pony
Eddie made a comment that upset Eric Clapton. It was made because Eddie was disillusioned about Eric. That's Eddie's work. Eric was upset about being called a name and so that's Eric's issue. Beyond that, I don't know what the nature of their differences were. I don't know what Eddie was disillusioned about, but to be disillusioned, one must first have an illusion. But if we surpass our heroes, it is more mature to do so with some grace. If you surpass your king or believe you have, then there is no need to kill him. Our illusions are our own. If our illusions are sparked by heroes, then simply thank them for having the shoulders you stand on. This is more than about who is a better player.
I believe Edward was disillusioned by Eric not appreciating what he had dedicated to him in return for what Ed felt he had learned from him. If you grew up learning from a mentor and they turned on you years later if you were sensitive that could literally break your heart…In fact it could CRUSH you…Eric could have been more diplomatic even if there was something in what he said about Bluesbreaker lacking the emotional nuance and build of how he played the blues..I don’t think Edward had ‘illusions’ about Eric, he just felt rejected by him with his forthrightness. I don’t think one player surpasses another in music because taste is not ‘quantifiable’ and not comparatively ‘measurable’….Also illusions are not exclusively our own because nobody functions in a social vacuum and the perceptions of others and social ideologies can shape our illusions.
We're programmed from Birth to Worship Icons and Those We Want To Be Like....Instead of Taking Time To Understand Their True Inside....We Focus Only On the Outside.....
Most guitarists rip off Eric Clapton's work live and in studio with Cream and The Blues Breakers. Its a fact. Van Halen owes a lot too those bands more than any other.
Fact I read that when Eddie was in high school and everyone was out on the weekends partying he was playing and jamming to wheels of fire in his bedroom no party Ed jam clapton .....
@@lfader Yep. Alot of the improvisation, experimentation and blues on Wheels of Fire influenced most bands after it. Unfortunately music history is generally very one sided and misleading as to what really set the tone for what was to come... And the live albums too. I think Eddie claiming he didn't play like Clapton is misleading, he played like a specific portion of Clapton. Guys like Clapton and Hendrix pioneered more than their successors and contemporaries. Live albums and Mono versions of Cream albums you hear the influence. And The Blues breakers too.
And Clapton ripped off Buddy Guy, all the Kings, Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters, and other blues players as well. He reinterpreted the Blues very well and added his own flavor to it (like most British Blues players did) but he was not an originator of the Blues.
The breakdown of respect between Edward and Eric was really tragic…..I think what happened was Eric was a very purist ‘blues’ player and made some judgemental statements about Ed on the blues breaker track because Eric took it way too seriously. Much more seriously than Ed had intended…Edward and Brian were just loose jamming to clear their heads….It wasn’t meant to be something to be rated and calibrated according to build ups and structures.,,Then Eric made the rather tactless statement that they(Ed and Brian) ‘can’t play the blues’ which was Eric judging something for what it was never intended to be……..Then Ed called Eric a ‘teabag’ and things went downhill fast.😔🙄
I remember reading an interview with Eric, in a guitar mag, way back in time, where he basically said Eddie can't play the blues, so yes their respectively different approaches to guitar playing clashed completely.
@@Finn-qw9jm Well, ‘blues’ to Eric meant something different and more than to Edward or Brian because to Eric blues was his SPECIALTY in the present and most of what he was as a guitarist but to Edward and Brian ‘the blues’ was just an INFLUENCE in their past going back to their roots…So they would see the blues differently…I don’t think Edward or Brian would have played it with as much attention to emotional nuance as Eric would have because Ed and Brian’s individual ways of playing had evolved so beyond it into something different.
Hey man, at 2:17 there is a cut that makes the audio not make any sense. Who was reconciled with a newly-sober Clapton? What event between which people made the reconciliation necessary?
Clapton did a lot of good stuff, but at the end of the day, he was merely recycling blues riffs, albeit with effects like distortion and wah wah pedal. Eddie came up with groundbreaking stuff, like taking two hand tapping several levels above what anyone else had done to that point, plus using the whammy bar in ways no one had, and coming up with harmonic tapping. And his tone was like nothing I had heard before.
I like both of their music and have been a long time fan of both, however if you told me I had to pick one to listen to the rest of my life I would choose Clapton.
EVH was a difficult person to deal with. Whereas Clapton was friend to lots of musicians (BB King, Robert Cray, Mark Knopler, Paul Mc Cartney, JJ Cale, and many others) EVH had problems with David Lee Roth, Anthony (VH bassist), Motley Crue, Sammy Hagar, Randy Rhoads, Rush etc.
You hit the nail right on the head with that statement! I have been let down so many times, when you find out the people that you thought were the real deal turns out that aren't who you thought they were at all! They turned out to be phonies!!! 🙁
I met Mike Stern once in an Airport where we shared a flight from Germany when in line going through US customs. He was even better than I ever dreamed, a real great person on top of a great guitar player and personal hero since the 80's. so... sometimes it works out!
Except in this case, the hero, Clapton, was without flaw here. Eddie was the one who butchered a style of playing he didn't even comprehend - then wondered why Clapton hated it. A BETTER phrase is, "approach your heroes respectfully.....NOT as if they're your equal".
I met Ace Frehley in 2012 at his book signing. Complete wreck. He was rude,incoherent about certain Kiss songs and what record they released on. He wasnt drinking,but he sure looked like he needed a hit. Very weird conversation with him overall,then it got worse. Two girls behind me were next in line and he up and walked out on them both,saying he would be back later. They were the last two in that line! LOL. He could have stayed for 10 more minutes? Nope,he just split. I've heard from a few others they had the same experience with him. Rude and his mind was some where else instead of meeting fans. So yeah it can be true at times,never meet your heroes. Sometimes it can be amazing though. Two people that were the opposite of Ace though are Gary Cherone and Nunno Bettencourt,they couldn't be more classy and down to earth. I still have my 1992 CD they signed when they played Fresno. :D
That's 🐂💩 . As long as they didn't copy his style he treated you almost like family . Quit listening to Captain Candyass's LIES . " Al and Ed were mean to me ! Wah wah wah ! "
Jan Akkerman (Focus) said it profoundly. "Every guitarist comes from a different place". I'm paraphrasing here but it is true. There is no definitive title of "greatest". There are gamechangers; Eric, Eddie or even Buddy Holly and George Harrison. In jazz, you have Al DiMeola and John McLaughlin or Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel and that new kid Matteo Mancuso from Sicily (insane). They all come from different places. The gold standard for Eric and Eddie was the uncanny ability to compose songs around their amazing guitar arrangements.
Well, Clapton's best guitar work was with Cream, too bad his SG got stolen. As for EVH, never cared for the guy but his influence on so many is undeniable.
So, i'm number three on this unpopular opinion party. I ve always idolized Cream, mainly due to Jack Bruce, and then partially due to Ginger and Eric, and thats a 80/20 favoring Ginger. As for Eddie, his music is great, but as a guitarist, i forgot him really soon. Got more nuanced, expressive and jaw dropping guitarists to listen to, any day.
@@nathaninostroza7655 Jack Bruce's vocals are somewhat of an acquired taste, on 'Spoonful' he really belted it out along with some outstanding playing perhaps only 2nd to Entwistle, though there are plenty of other great bassists too. James Dewar of Robin Trower was another outstanding vocalist. Seems they're weened on Scotch up there. Looks like you, me, and Mr. Ellison are somewhat in agreement here on one thing at least, we're not 'Runnin' With the Devil.'
@@PageMarker1 you're damn right about entwistle, dewar and bruce being on the same breath. John s really special due to his knack he has on songwriting. Dewar s got so much charisma in that soulful voice, coupled with his cool playing and Trower s not over the top and overly hendrixian (he's that far from being a carbon copy, no matter how much of Jimi s sound he's borrowed) makes it for really cool bangers. Jack on his solo career was a genius. On his cream days he was the ultimate, a major team player with his bass playing, and a monster with his singing. I can't get over Bruce s passion soaring through his vocals.
What SG are you talking about? The one in the video painted by the Dutch team The Fule (Fool) was SOLD not stolen - today, it is owned by Todd Rundgren who has loaned it to a blues cafe to be displayed.
I'm surprised that Clapton found the dedication insulting, I used to listen to that 'jam' as a kid and thought the Van Halen parts were some of the most amazing guitar I'd ever heard. Each to their own.
@2:20 - huh? did you leave a chunk out of the story? What dismissive attitude? Where did this come from? After watching this, I still have no idea why they fell out.
Yes, EVH was likely drunk when he called Clapton a teabag, but Clapton is no saint, go ask Patti Boyd. This whole thing stems from a 1986 Musician Magazine interview, in which Clapton was speaking about receiving a copy of the Starfleet album that EVH and Brian May recorded. To say his comments were unflattering is an understatement, Clapton stating that the blues material was "horrible", and felt "insulted that they should send this to me". Further put downs- ..."they both can't play", and referring to Eddie's admiration of him said Eddie "missed the whole point". Unless they were Buddy Guy or Stevie Ray Vaughn, Clapton was always dismissive of players like EVH and Brian May. I have always liked Clapton's early stuff, however he's not in my Top 10 list, but EVH and Brian May are (along with Beck, Vaughn, Glen Campbell, etc)
What's also true: the rocky relationship between Eddie van Halen and Eric Clapton is a stark reminder of how consumption can drive a wedge between even the most talented individuals.
These two spent holidays together and were absolutely cool with each other. Mutual admiration and respect. Practically bros from another mother. Two Mt. Rushmore guitarists who cared deeply for one another.
I KNEW there had to be a story behind this crap! I was SOO PISSED at Eddie for his crappy remarks towards later Clapton. There was vitriol in his voice. I have been down the path of addiction like both of them. Thank GOD I got out.
@jayteesgear weird question? And a horrible guess, who would assume someone talking about Clapton and Ed is 20, show some comment sense. Nice hyperbole because if that were true about it being the stupidest thing you've read in your life, you've been extremely blessed to only have been exposed to intelligent and insightful commentary all of your life. What I said is accurate and aligns either reality
I like Clapton’s playing, however, I enjoy Eddie’s much more. Just a thought, am I the only one who scoffs at the idea that Clapton was given the title guitar god? Try to follow me here, when the rock band era and album era started, it was mainly Harrison and Richards and guys from the kinks and The Who, non of them to me, seperated themselves from the group. Then Clapton who was in the yardbirds with Page and Beck , showed up on the scene with Cream and of course named guitar god and for a year or 2 , if that, he had little competition because Page was doing sessions and hadn’t yet formed Zeppelin and Beck hadn’t quite become Beck that we know. Along comes 1967 and it’s Hendrix and Clapton realized I’m not so unique and great after all. Then around 1 or 2 years later, we get Blackmore, Santana, Gilmour, Hackett, Howe, Allman and Beck as we know him and of course the force that was Page and Zeppelin. And that’s just to name a few. And in the middle of all this, Clapton was reported saying he gave up mindless jamming years ago.🤷🏼♂️ what was he saying? I can’t recall him doing anything that resembles mindless jamming, whatever that means. He goes from Rock to some hybrid of country blues, and doesn’t resemble any guitar god. I feel as if he tucked his tail and ran from the other players. Throughout the 70’s many new players appear and of course Eddie Van Halen who changed guitar playing more than Hendrix in my opinion. I just feel there are a couple dozen better players and a dozen more influential than Clapton, who I think is very good but a guitar god? For a year or 2 or maybe not so much🤔 are there any others who feel this way? Let me know, I’m curious 🎸
I am guessing that Clapton did not title himself as a guitar god. It probably came from fans and media hype. Everyone has their favorite musicians and musical genre. That’s normal. Today phenomenal guitarists are almost a dime a dozen, yet the majority are not famous. The music venues have changed. If you could get on TV like the Ed Sullivan show, you could reach millions of people in one performance. Almost the whole country! I am rambling. I agree with you about Clapton.
This is EXACTLY what happened when Clapton met Chuck Berry. Berry had been a hero of his...until he actually met him which he called "the biggest disappointment of my life." Berry was the biggest a$$hole you could EVER meet. Keith Richards put together a tribute to Berry's 60th birthday called "Hail Hail Rock n' Roll" in which Clapton was a part of. Berry treated both of them like they were garbage. Richards said Berry actually punched him in the face over a stupid disagreement. Clapton was outraged at the disrespect and jealousy of Berry!
Clapton doesn’t care for anyone really who doesn’t play blues guitar 1st Pentatonic Position 😂. 60s Clapton is awesome. But I just can’t bare to listen to him play these days. Every solo the same. Everyone he likes is basically regurgitating blues licks Eddie though was an arrogant person in his early days about his comments about Page and others. Eddies technique was unique but Van Halen was just a party band. There was no Kashmir coming out from them Eddie had a lot of substance abuse which may have been the reason for such comments. Musicians are very fickle and many are not complimentary of each other. I know Clapton couldn’t grasp what Eddie was doing and on top probably didn’t find it very musical. Hence no love lost
I agree with you,beyond the talent being sober and accountable to others is what really sticks out repeatedly with Eddie..he failed at with just about everyone close to him.The 60s Clapton...awesome! and to me Jimmy Page is in a league of his own.
@@davidrynberk1533 Eddie seemed to be a nightmare and taking away Michael Anthony’s share of the band was so wrong. Maybe Roth had the right idea to leave. The Hagar period saw Eddie Trying to focus more on songs and less on technique but I was not a fan of his songs from that period. They say never meet your idols. 🤔
@@skyemoz6559 Ya that wasn't right ,if everyone is saying ,he is like this (nightmare),there must be truth to it.I have watched interviews and he seemed to be never at peace..Maybe in earlier yrs ,but I doubt it.Alcohol screwed him bad.
"Wives" are not trophies to be stolen. They compare and choose, and they are entitled to do it just as "husbands" are. Marriages, in developed countries at least, are not immutable.
Both guitar legends, I have always liked Clapton's playing and have never enjoyed Van Halen's. Which is curious since Clapton was such a big influence on EVH. But that's art for you.
I was friends with Eddie and I started playing guitar in 78 because of Eddie. Many years later Eddie told me himself that he idolized Clapton with Cream, he also told me that " Clapton was a dick" when he first met him. True story I just told all of you.
Stop with the Eddie Van Halen BS hate garbage and let the man RIP. Eric Clapton also had a fall out with everyone. Even with Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. I think it has always been the jealousy ego nature of Eric Clapton. He wanted who someone else had including Pattie Boyd with George Harrison and waited for the opportunity then eventually treated her like crap after he married her. He left the Yardbirds because he didn't like the sound direction the Band was going. Funny hypocritical thing about him is if you listen to some Cream Album Songs they sounded like the direction the Yardbirds were going when Eric Clapton left them.
I took vocal lessons from a famous singer I won’t say who. But he was the rudest person I ever met. I paid close to $3000 for a week.i sang “Your Song” 🎶 he stopped me and said “It’s not Funny, it’s Funny.” That’s what I saw singing”🎶 “ you’re not pronouncing it correctly” that’s when I said what’s the first line of jumping jack flash cause I can’t understand anything he says
Just very rude, I was singing and he said he sings like he has no teeth 🦷 “ that got a big laugh from everyone. After the class he apologize to me. I didn’t say anything
I endured about half of Van Halen's version of You Really got Me. And like Styx, I've managed to hear no more than a few seconds of any of their songs. And Clapton makes me doubt George Harrison's judgment.
Eddie supposedly called Eric a "T bag"??? What the hell is a T Bag? Lol Not the Eddie I remember. He would have said "He's a D bag!" Meaning a douche bag with regards to Clapton.
Listen to the studio version of Spoonful from July ‘66. Then go and find anything remotely like that type of guitar playing from that time or before. When you think of ‘lead guitar’, that, and his other solos from that time, is where it comes from, all of it.
Clapton is a great guitarist, but he isn't an innovator like Hendrix was. Clapton was content to play well, but he didn't push himself hard enough. Eddie was an innovator as well as being a technical genius and always pushed his creativity to the limit.
I think I heard Clapton mention that the song didn’t have enough dynamics. I remember listening to it and thinking the same thing. There was no loud/soft or fast/slow variation to keep it interesting for more than a minute or so, as I recall. Eddie was brilliant, but he rarely played with subtlety.
Sounds more like old school rivalry to me. Clapton wants to be the elder statesman for Blues and shrugs off Eddies style of playing. They are two totally different types of Guitarists to start with. Clapton is held in high esteem by many Guitarists, so he is constantly being used as a measuring stick for up and comers. But I know from listening to his interviews, he doesn't care for the Van Halen Style of Rock. Its too American and over the top speed playing. He hates that stuff. He thought Hendrix was special but still didn't care for some of his stuff either. Funny thing is that Jimi was around for just a short time but his legacy blows Clapton off the stage just like he did when he jammed with Cream and played Killing Floor and Clapton left in frustration at what he had just witnessed. 🤣
Eddie was drunk, Clapton was sober. Eddie said drunk, stupid shit to Clapton. Hopefully, they were able to reconcile years later. Clapton, of all major drunks in his day, should understand. They're both legends.
@frankfuentes5659 Yea I would agree. And the thing I don't like about Clapton is he is not a great live performer. To me he always seems to be finding his way in the solo's he has performed so well in the studio versions. I actually think Clapton is overrated.
False. Claptons reinterpretation of the Blues in The Bluesbreakers and Cream in studio and live were ripped off by every guitarist. Its a fact. EVH just added a couple more effects to the guitar and regurgitated things Clapton, Hendrix had already done. Play Van Halen to anyone and then play the bands he ripped off and people will notice how he wasn't special.
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Thanks for shedding *absolutely no light* on the question of why Eric Clapton fell out with Eddie Van Halen!
@@jimreadey4837 oh one riff Eric is ok, if that kinda thing turns u on, 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@JohnKiernan-f8s Oh, okay you weirdo.
So Eddie calling Eric a douche bag and Eric never speaking to him again wasn't enough light shedding for you? You didn't watch this all the way through, did you?
@@bcsemotorworks2462
He called him a "T-bag".
And I don't recall exactly why I wrote what I did. If I'm wrong, though, I'm wondering why 54 people have liked my comment.
@jimreadey4837 He called him a D Bag. Which stands for Douche Bag. I guess 54 other people didn't watch it all either. Who knows?
To summarize Eddie got drunk and Clapton was being a dick so Eddie called him a "Tea Bag" and that's the last time they spoke.
I learned absolutely NOTHING from watching this clip; artistic differences.. wedge... ? @2:52 "while their disagreements are well documented" ... oh really? the only thing I got out of this clip is that EVH called Clapton a teabag.. jeez.. maybe do some actual documenting yourself instead of serving us this waste of a time compilation of pictures and needless narration with a clickbait title.
Because your a T bag
Bingo you nailed it. TH-cam is full of crap like this
They were both alcoholics and alcoholics got issues.
Thumbs up from my own experience.
Exactly
Tapping was done thirty years before Eddy All of those chlamydia Spandex hair bands of the 80s were riding on the Country and Western shirt tails Roy Clarke Glen Campbell and many more would run rings around both of them They should be glad they stayed to country otherwise these So called rock Gods no one would be talking about them
Yep. When Clapton sobered up he got pretty nasty sometimes, maybe he reason for drinking?
Eddie really calmed down when he sobered up it seems, sadly he lost a lot of friends and a wife while stoned.
Eric is just an old cranky xenophobic antivaxer
This is why you should use Paul Gilbert as a role model. He never says a bad word about any guitarist even though most couldn’t carry his jock.
Sorry I've never heard of this nice man.
@@67marlins Look him up, he was in Racer X and Mr. Big. Phenomenal player, and like he said, a really nice guy.
@@67marlins Said no guitar player worldwide. Check him out, you won't be sorry.
Agreed. Such a nice guy. Nothin better than extraordinary talent that stays grounded and nice/respectful
I shared a demo booth with Paul Gilbert one year at the NAMM show. Even though I’m not into his kind of music, I could tell that he was indeed a world class player! And you’re right about him being a great guy! He gave me one of his signature “Home Brew” pedals. ❤️👍🏽👍🏽
Sounds like Clapton was being a bit precious about his playing - he should be honoured by the tribute Van Halen was trying to give him - whether he liked the playing or not!
Only Clapton can still others music, best if It is from a Black man he can talk sh*t later.
@@alanmilanez4896
Sure Jan
Tony Iommi didn't appreciate EVH tipping his hat to him either
Precocious * ?
@@alanmilanez4896 steal * ?
No one realize there's a cut, a gap at 2:16 so that it all makes no sense? Come on, there's a part missing, nobody heard?
I guess it's like a "choose your own adventure" and make up your own story...?
I think most people probably noticed, but the phrase on the second half referred to Clapton's "dismissive attitude", and I think it is pretty likely that the part that is missing is Clapton perhaps making a public comment panning the effort at covering his early efforts with Blues breakers. Maybe he got his feelings hurt that he wasn't asked to participate, or maybe it was just his negative opinion.
At any rate, I recall reading a comment from Clapton that was pretty dismissive of Eddie's playing in general. I recall because I am a fan of VH and also of Cream, Derek And The Dominoes, and Blind Faith, but since VH came along, I don't make much time for the old Clapton stuff, and his newer "soft rock" efforts never interested me at all; the slow acoustic version of Layla is like a Ferrari with the engine removed.
Eddie remained a creative force, his whole life. Clapton was done saying anything fresh when he hit his mid 30s, and started mining the lucrative soft rock/pop market.
I noticed it too. The video made less sense after that.
Clapton had no business being dismissive of anyone, especially Eddie Van Halen. Even though Clapton is revered by many, I have never once thought of him as "one of the greats" and never will. Put it this way, much of his early work, though very good in its own right, was never anything I would call great or "WOW! Look at that!". He never influenced my own playing either. Sorry, you can complain about my comment all you like. It doesn't change the fact that I will never see Clapton as a great.
@@scottfriery9091 He also made an infamous bigoted rant at a show, drunkenly attacking the members of his audience that were Arabs; (calling them by a racial slur) telling them to leave England, although not before he already got their money for the show.
I suspect that if we had had the internet back in the seventies his career would have been finished. Hardly anybody has even heard of the incident anymore. He went on a talk show a while after it and was given a chance to apologize, and he instead doubled down on the bigotry. Now his friends with Greg Abbott, the charming bigoted governor of Texas that likes to put razor wire in the water to slice up desperate families trying to cross the river to escape from violent gangs the US has created throughout Latin America with our drug war.
Robert Cray, the great blues artist, responded to a picture of his buddy Eric, grinning alongside Abbott, by announcing that he's done with the friendship. Good on him; Clapton is a creep.
Never mind all this Eddie and Clapton crap, Let's hear more of Eddie with the Stray Cats!!!!!
that was hilarious actually , a type of cartoon.
haha
I saw a clip of Brian setter with EVH and bunch of guitar greats,awesome
That was greta footage - more!
You really don't want to hear EVH try to play with Brian Setzer i think EVH and Clapton are 2 good examples of how not to play guitar
Django Reinhardt played everything on guitar and amazingly it was on a acoustic before electric guitar was even heard but he played like he was playing a electric and with 2 fingers he played every lick that is possible on guitar.
Then Sabicus and Manitas de plata could play guitar like there was 5 people playing the same guitar then Brian Setzer and his Roland echo got to love them.
Love and respect for these two legends. We're all jerks sometimes!
Clapton was a horrible personality he used to scream keep England white!
Yeah, I’m with basher, Clapton is a racist POS, which, I’ll add, is his right, you’re allowed to be racist in a free country but I take serious exception at the fact his entire career was built on the work of people he obviously considers beneath him. He’s lucky Howlin Wolf wasn’t present when he said that stuff about getting all the “wogs” (essentially the British n-word) out of GB, and to vote for Trump I mean Enoch Powell 😂. Even just 2 years from his death the Wolf would’ve kicked Clapton’s candied ass, I like to imagine. There’s no question the Wolf was a better man 😁.
I'm not.
I'm a jerk MOST of the time.
Amen.
@@basher5107
You sound vaccinated, and how many boosters? 👨🏽⚕️💉☠️
An example that we’re ALL capable of doing dumb shit every now and then 🤦♂️😁
EVH was a jackass when he was drunk - well documented
And Clapton was a terrific Heroin addict and known for being a c*#t
I met Eddie before he was famous, and he was lovely - modest, but he knew he was onto something. We talked for about 5 minutes. I don’t know what happened to him later, but young Eddie was a nice guy.
and Eric never had any alcohol or drug issues, right? lmfao
@fartpooboxohyeah8611 100% is
@fartpooboxohyeah8611 He said that about himself in at least one interview after he quit drinking. I think that's fairly good documentation.
Who didn't have a testy relationship with Clapton? Or Eddie as well?
Correct
jimmy page could care less what they think
@fartpooboxohyeah8611 Well, that settles it, then. He was completely without ego. He didn't screw over Mike, Sammy; never had any issues with anyone. I guess you knew him personally and was around him 24/7. Where did you get your information?
You know, what's funny is that we can't accept our idols as maybe being flawed in some way. Every single one of them was humble, never had issues with anyone, and never took any chemicals stronger than a Diet Pepsi. Incredible how this works. Prince; Michael Jackson; Eddie; etc. All perfect human beings.
George Harrison
@@1989truck its a lousy guitarist tho, his opinion is irrelevant
Nobody ever looked like they're having more fun playing the guitar than Eddie.
Too bad it wasn’t fun to listen to him sometimes....
Stevie Ray would be up there.
Rory Gallagher
Jerry Reed comes to mind.
@@jeffreypaulross9767 really ? 🙁😦
Rory Gallagher now there was a true blues player
I hope you’re being sarcastic?
Roy came over to New Zealand 3/4 times, Acoustic/ slide/ Rock/ he was just sensational, what a player, Just no fear when he played.
Rory Gallagher GREAT!!!!!!!
another B leaguer
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle
Aren’t you that same moron on Blabbermouth who also says stupid shit? Or is a coincidence that 2 people with the same name could be as equally Fucking stupid and ignorant.
The lesson here is that one should never teabag their heroes.
🍵👜😁😆
With clapton's very, very limited repertoire of guitar capabilities, by no means is he in a position to judge a player that literally changed the face of Rock guitar single handedly... IMO, more so than Hendrix ever did... and clapton's ego is far bigger than HE will ever be.
Having heroes is not a good idea.
They're just human beans
@@Rob9mmCorrect.
Human baked beans.
Beans means Heinz.
Love the 9mm calibre.
The Germans knew what they were doing.
It's just an idiom meaning people you look up to or are inspired by.
@@Rob9mmhigh in iron. High in irony.
@@Rob9mm Or, as Van Halen might say, they're all humans being.
Well, there went close to four minutes of my life that I’ll never get back…
I met Eddie Van Halen in 2014 and he was just a normal dude. Very cool to chat with.
Is such strange, I F meet such people daily, no need to post such here!
Say what?
@@cirrus1964 huh
@@shahwhaever 😮
@@cirrus1964The Fuck?
Never put 2 big dogs in the same room. They will fight.
not always, not if they are good dogs who have picked up things along the way.
CLapton is a Bag which is the issue
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle You know, this crap right here is why folks should stay out of other people's lives..privacy is king.💪💪💪👍👍👍
Clappy is a hack, period.
@@fastted9390 After Cream, ok...
Lame. Big alcoholic egos. Not "big dogs". Nothing to justify. I love EVH and some of Clapton's stuff. But having an unchecked ego isn't an achievement.
When Gilmour was asked who his favorite guitar player was, he said Jeff Beck. Then they played together, jamming on, among other things, ELP. Not all guitar heroes have ego problems.
those guys are the same age it's a little different...
Gilmour epitomizes good taste and talent.
David Gilmour and Jeff beck are 2 of my absolute favorites..2 total masters of the 6 string..now THAT'S TALENT
If you mean “Jerusalem” in your reference to ELP I think you’ll find it has a lineage beyond that, which Beck and Gilmour (and the entire British audience) would be tapping into.
Jeff Beck’s favourite was Roy Buchanan.
We can appreciate both. They were just different guitar players. Clapton was coming out of his drug and alcohol addictions. Eddie was just getting started…and it got real bad him. RIP EVH.
Clapton is a B league and a bag
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_OracleEddies a B League and way Overrated.
Dave Wight / brads …….PEACE.
@@brads2330 so let's be real, Ed is not overrated, overrated is a hack term he changed guitar sales and pumped up more interest in the instrument than anyone before him. He is an elite A leaguer, you're trying to be a hack, the difference is I am not allowing it
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle By looking at your page you obviously don’t know alot. Your into the Bubblegum RugRat Teenybopper era . Cmon Ozzys music after Sabbath sucked. Look at the sales between Eric’s and Eddies music. Clapton has him tripled. You obviously haven’t been around the Block.
Glen Campbell very underrated.
Glen was an outstanding singer and guitarist; however, just like Clapton and Van Halen his personal life was awful. I buy the music I enjoy but I don’t concern myself with the musician’s private life; otherwise, I would buy nothing.
very underated!
Clapton or EVH are not qualified to carry Glen's guitar case. Truly at a level of talent beyond measure. Combined with Jimmy Webb's writing and you have music's version of the big bang.
As is Vince Gill. Just recently been watching his live tapes, so smooth
@@VinceKemper-m3w Especially at Eric Clapton Crosswords shows.
Clapton is a
More Traditional blues player. As to where EVH is more of a Shredder.
That’s it completely! Clapton is a Blues Guitarist who played rock and roll too.
But Eddie was original whereas Clapton wasn't. I don't understand why Clapton is as famous as Brian Moore and Jeff Beck.
@@trapkat8213 I hate to say this but, it’s 🎸 politics Rock and Roll 🎸Style.
@@Del-Mondo It seems that the guitar community prefer their heroes to be sort of old-school and not too adventurous. It is quite conservative really.
@@trapkat8213 True..
why was this even worth making a video about????
Yes
Really
Eddie probably got the "teabag" moniker from a Guitar Player magazine interview of Jeff Beck where Beck was asked about his contemporaries Page and Clapton.Beck said of Clapton that he was a teabag.Clapton and Van Halen were both a bit steeped in their own hype.
Clapton is a B -leaguer, Ed changed the game along with Rhoads.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle i don't agree with clapton being B league but i do agree with EVH and rhoads.... but i also knew danny gatton and he was pretty bad ass too....
Music sounded different before and after Cream. Clapton definitely lead the wave of Psychedelic blues, him Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker introduced more aggressive riffs, solos, and rhythms to rock, and they laid the foundation for heavy metal without even trying. Show some respect to the architects.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Clapton has a legacy too long to list Rhoads been in 2 well known bands, but Van Halen only one who is the B.- Leaguer according to the track record of success.
Clapton didn’t grow up learning Van Halen riffs. It was the other way around. What I’m trying to say is when Clapton learned, he didn’t even have Clapton to learn from either. He started with less knowledge and influence. Judging Clapton by today’s standards is just ignorant. He was very influential in his time so why discredit him now?
Clapton was great in the Blues Breakers and Cream..
True, but let’s face it Journeyman and Unplugged are absolute class
Don't forget about Derek and the Dominos!
Clapton peaked in the late 60s and plummeted through the floor going into the 70s, leaving tens of thousands of cooler guitar players ahead of him. But he used to be really good.
@@Vingul that’s your opinion, IMO Claptons peak was the late 80s/90s journeyman era but each to their own 🤷♂️
@@Thepalpatineboys77 that's funny to me but alright, to each his own yeah.
*Hey Great Video. Do 1 Next on why **_EVERYBODY_** fell out with EVH. Including his wife. 3 singers. And his 30-year bass player.*
Brian May was the one that said it was a tribute to Clapton Edward thought they were just Jamming.
And that makes it a bit more Brian's fault,
Why is Clapton like Irish Coffee? Because they both suck without Cream
You, sir, are a GENIUS!!! So so true!
Can't Find My Way Home. Layla. Bell Bottom Blues. Let It Rain. Let It Grow. That's enough for now.
Haaaaa
Hahahahaha!
It’s a good joke 😂 but Clapton on the John Mayall and the Bluesbreaker album was brilliant.
For me, Clapton was at his pinnacle with Derek and the Dominoes. After that, all down hill. Of course having Duane Allman play with you on the Layla recording always helps out. I have seen Eric a couple times. EVH the same.
Both of them added joy to many folks
"Insulting." Did that paranoid junkie actually think that those two guys got together to mock him?
That's the Deal...Poor Ewic didn't like Brian May and Ed recording together,... THAT was the issue...not surprisingly the Heroin Junkies problem, D Bag
Clapton can be an ignoramus
Well you have to admit, it sounded like it.
Brian May sent a copy of the track to Eric Clapton and EC said right out in an interview: “It was so horrible. And they dedicated it to me. They sent me a copy, and I put it on, expecting something, and, you know, I was almost insulted that they should send this to me.” Jeez, chill out EC
He did the right thing. Queen were a good band for Glam music and so was Eddie Van Halen... But nothing more. He was just giving honest feedback the way elderly Blues-man did for him. They were glam musicians from the 70s trying to co-opt the credibility that Clapton had with the Bluesbreakers and Cream, arguably the most influential english bands.
@@spencerwilliams461 Eric Clapton has only imitated black American blues guitarists since his comfortable little white life. He should shut his mouth! Fortunately for him, real bluesmen were not as full of themselves as he was. Clapton has always been a bad ass
@@spencerwilliams461 "They were glam musicians from the 70s trying to co-opt the credibility that Clapton had with the Bluesbreakers and Cream"
LOL!!!
Thanks for explaining that since the video explains next to nothing.
@@charlesmcbarron7295 Brian May never sought credibility in the blues and clearly never perceived himself as a blues musician.
Clapton, on the other hand, should stop pretending that he was born in a cotton field in the south...
Always cooler to take the high road in situations like this. You come offl looking better. Eddie Van Halen dissed Jimmy Page saying he plays like has a broken hand in concert. Page just compliments Eddie when asked about him.
When you are really great and so many people look up to you and buy your music,, one of the best selling guitarists and songwriters who ever lived, like Page is, no need to throw around petty criticisms. Page always compliments guitarists and guitar playing, it is an instrument forever linked to him. So many kids, young teens back in the day 1970s and 1980s, looked up to Page, and they still do, a good man. No ego, nice guy to his fans. Upsetting seeing stories like this petty insulting behavior of Clapton and Eddie Van Halen.
You're right about Page. I have never seen him diss other musicians or bands. I admire that. When Keith Richards and Pete Townshend (who I both love) try to diss Zeppelin it just comes off as petty.
Jimmy didn't have to spend hours of his life practicing scales, he had an imagination that came out and it was a blueprint for many many in rock music. I remember when Clapton and Beck played with Jimmy and the faces Clapton was making is insulting. Beck knew Jimmy had the gift of creation with music, and enjoyed his guitars without trying to be a perfect player.
Jimmy is my overall favorite
He has always been gracious and supportive of other players and artists.That is the gentleman producer and his parents upbringing most likely.Plus he is just jazzed about all things related to the instrument .I also always appreciated that he left his "clams" on the records which were few to keep the performance a living breathing thing.Raw and beautiful,finess and power.just respect him so much.plus it doesn't hurt that he masterminded his bands re-arrangement of the rock and or roll universe.
@bornagainbornagain6697 I am with you on that ARMS concert.Page was still grieving his good friends death and encumbered with a nasty herion habit.Clapton"s snotty faces were him being kind of what he always was a brooding,emotionally inept swat that believed the "Clapton is God" rubbish.yes he was stellar in Mayall's bluesbreakers and Cream.I absorbed Wheels of Fire and Fresh Cream and it propelled my learning the instrument. Page inspired me by a magnitude more so in writing, arranging production and just being an all around player.To his credit,I appreciate Clapton"s stance on the clot shots and I believe he is rather proud of being an Englishman.I also absolutely love Jeff Beck for the record.Cheers from another Born Again
@@bradsmith7311 I think some of them are literally a bit jealous of Page. Sad to say. But it seeems likely. Page's music with Led Zeppelin and his popularity with fans. His music outsold all those guys, other top guitarists back in the 1970s and 1980s like Clapton, Beck, Van Halen, Richie Blackmoore, etc.,by a lot. The names you heard back then of the top lead guitaists in the 1970s to mid1980s like Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Townshend, Blackmoore, Van Halen, etc., - Page had more fans and his music outsold those guys by a mile. Led Zep still outsells them all, practically, all those rock and roll bands, except maybe The Beatles, way back then 1960s to 1980's. I remember all the top live rock and roll bands in the ARMS concert then LIVE AID most all the fans; who were they there to see and so excited about getting to see and hear play music? Jimmy Page
Clapton was a "right time right place' type of guy. EVH was an "any time any place" type of guy.
Eddie was disco and hair metal guitarist with fast fingers and Clapton is a musician and artist.
Clapton was on of the creators of the whole thing
@@heimonen5174 Clapton is a vastly overrated guitarist with a bigger ego than any of them, not to mention all the racist and antivaxx remarks he's made over the years.
Seems Clapton’s antivaxx remarks proved to be correct… as for his racist remarks.. might want to revisit that one. It was in the 70’s and Clapton was deep into his addictions. He has since apologized for his remarks …
@@Turftoe100 Yes, everyone has polio and the hospitals are currently overrun with COVID... good observation skills Doctor
Why would Clapton review a tribute played for him? The point was the tribute, not the relative quality of the music. If someone gives you a gift, do you critique the quality of the gift. That would be dumb and callous. Clapton was dumb and callous.
His review/critique is exactly something that a narcissist would do.
@@saxon840 Ahhh, narcissism rears its ugly head again. Good point
He was just giving honest feedback the way Bluesman did for him. Don't be so sensitive. They were glam musicians trying to co-opt the credibility that Clapton had with the Bluesbreakers and Cream, arguably the most influential english bands.
@@spencerwilliams461 A tribute ditty is not handing an album over for review.
@@jeffrey3498 they shouldn't put him on the spot like that. Clapton may have inspired these two but he is on another level. Its not debatable. He was just trying to help them.
2:15 - Something was edited out at that point. Unfortunate, because considering the what was being said at that particular moment it might've been crucial to the story. Oh well...
Eric Clapton? Possibly the most overrated guitar player in the R&B canon.
Ho Hum .
Rory Gallagher, No ego, a pure gentleman, respect for other musicians and fans, an Irish man, and the best guitarist in the world, as said Jimi Hendrix on Rory..
Actually, Jimi Hendrix never said that - that's just a story that got out and about due to a line in a book by Chis Welch that he later said "well, I heard the story, too" but didn't have any source for it - it's been around so long it has been hard to put to bed once and for all.
@@Scion-cy6wj Gallagher was a bloody good guitarist though. He also played shows in Northern Ireland at a time when most acts wouldn't play there due to the conflict.
@@geoffpoole483 OF COURSE he was. He was absolutely fantastic - especially in the days of TASTE. Followed him since 'On The Boards' when it came out - superb technician with firepower/imagination to spare.
@@geoffpoole483and also very humble, I met JJ Cale, he hung around on stage after he finished his show, and Rory was also there around the stage, Rory was asking JJ about his Harmony gtr, how it was wired up..Not sure if JJ knew who Rory Gallagher was on that night..but Rory never introduced himself, for him he was just another member of the JJ Cale audience, a very humble gentleman, Rory was...
To be fair Hendrix said that about a few players
Why would anyone give a flying fuck about this?
Did you actually watch the video or just post a comment? Because if you watched the video.....then......🤣
I enjoy all fucking, including aviator style. Lol
obviously you gave a hoot enough to click on ? eddie (10,000 mph hammer-on) van halen never impressed me much, as a matter of fact GROTESQUELY over-rated !!
@@casedismissed8581I agree.
@@casedismissed8581have you played his riffs? I never fully appreciated him until I started playing his songs. Eddie was great, his stuff was super creative and really fun to play like the way Hendrix’s licks are fun; sliding into things and bending up and down to the note. Lots of open strings like gibbons. Learn drop dead legs. Plays the same note 3x by fretting, sliding into it and bending up to it. Who does that?!
When one person in an alcohol-based friendship gets sober, the friendship often ends. The sober friend no longer feels comfortable around alcoholic behavior and (if in recovery) tries to make life changes. They sometimes try to convince the drinker to change, against their will. The drinking alcoholic can feel disrespected , judged, or abandoned, and, because they're still in their addiction, become mean. Add in celebrity ego and it's no surprise these friendships frequently break up.
Eric shouldn't have taken Eddy's comment so personally.
He owes him nothing. Clapton is in the top 3 guitarists. Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, T Bone Walker. Thats it, thats the 3.
@@spencerwilliams461 Well, we all have our lists of faves, don't we.
Eric Clapton initiated the feud by dismissing the tribute song, saying, "I'm embarrassed to have my name on it. Neither guitarist can play for shit." Both Brian AND Eddie are 10 times more innovative than Eric could ever dream of being.
Who the hell could blame him? Eric is normally a very personable and nice guy, so this Eddie stupidity was way over the top.
Shit... U must be crazy. Clapton is second only to Hendrix. Followed by SRV and Buckethead. Eddie's lucky if he's top 5 at best
@@davidcahan Pat Metheny, Django Reinhardt, Steve Howe, Allan Holdsworth and John McLaughlin make everyone listed above look like rank amateurs.
@@alanmatthew5713 I'll give em a listen. Although I still argue that my list is just as valid as any other. My main contention though still remains - EVH was amazing but not even top 10 IMHO. Kinda seemed like a one trick pony to me w/ fret tapping being that pony
Eddie made a comment that upset Eric Clapton. It was made because Eddie was disillusioned about Eric. That's Eddie's work. Eric was upset about being called a name and so that's Eric's issue.
Beyond that, I don't know what the nature of their differences were. I don't know what Eddie was disillusioned about, but to be disillusioned, one must first have an illusion. But if we surpass our heroes, it is more mature to do so with some grace. If you surpass your king or believe you have, then there is no need to kill him. Our illusions are our own. If our illusions are sparked by heroes, then simply thank them for having the shoulders you stand on. This is more than about who is a better player.
I believe Edward was disillusioned by Eric not appreciating what he had dedicated to him in return for what Ed felt he had learned from him. If you grew up learning from a mentor and they turned on you years later if you were sensitive that could literally break your heart…In fact it could CRUSH you…Eric could have been more diplomatic even if there was something in what he said about Bluesbreaker lacking the emotional nuance and build of how he played the blues..I don’t think Edward had ‘illusions’ about Eric, he just felt rejected by him with his forthrightness. I don’t think one player surpasses another in music because taste is not ‘quantifiable’ and not comparatively ‘measurable’….Also illusions are not exclusively our own because nobody functions in a social vacuum and the perceptions of others and social ideologies can shape our illusions.
Except that's not true.
Why do we hero worship?
We're programmed from Birth to Worship Icons and Those We Want To Be Like....Instead of Taking Time To Understand Their True Inside....We Focus Only On the Outside.....
Very insightful. Agreed.
Most guitarists rip off Eric Clapton's work live and in studio with Cream and The Blues Breakers. Its a fact. Van Halen owes a lot too those bands more than any other.
Fact I read that when Eddie was in high school and everyone was out on the weekends partying he was playing and jamming to wheels of fire in his bedroom no party Ed
jam clapton .....
@@lfader Yep. Alot of the improvisation, experimentation and blues on Wheels of Fire influenced most bands after it. Unfortunately music history is generally very one sided and misleading as to what really set the tone for what was to come... And the live albums too. I think Eddie claiming he didn't play like Clapton is misleading, he played like a specific portion of Clapton. Guys like Clapton and Hendrix pioneered more than their successors and contemporaries. Live albums and Mono versions of Cream albums you hear the influence. And The Blues breakers too.
And Clapton ripped off Buddy Guy, all the Kings, Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters, and other blues players as well. He reinterpreted the Blues very well and added his own flavor to it (like most British Blues players did) but he was not an originator of the Blues.
@@stopthehate1749 Otis Rush, Freddie King too.
@@spencerwilliams461 yes - I forgot to mention Otis Rush. All of those players were big influences.
The breakdown of respect between Edward and Eric was really tragic…..I think what happened was Eric was a very purist ‘blues’ player and made some judgemental statements about Ed on the blues breaker track because Eric took it way too seriously. Much more seriously than Ed had intended…Edward and Brian were just loose jamming to clear their heads….It wasn’t meant to be something to be rated and calibrated according to build ups and structures.,,Then Eric made the rather tactless statement that they(Ed and Brian) ‘can’t play the blues’ which was Eric judging something for what it was never intended to be……..Then Ed called Eric a ‘teabag’ and things went downhill fast.😔🙄
I remember reading an interview with Eric, in a guitar mag, way back in time, where he basically said Eddie can't play the blues, so yes their respectively different approaches to guitar playing clashed completely.
Brian May has the most distinct tone
@@Pamplemousse82322 yes he does. A real ‘peaches and cream’ tone .
@@walterevans2118 Excellent description
@@Finn-qw9jm Well, ‘blues’ to Eric meant something different and more than to Edward or Brian because to Eric blues was his SPECIALTY in the present and most of what he was as a guitarist but to Edward and Brian ‘the blues’ was just an INFLUENCE in their past going back to their roots…So they would see the blues differently…I don’t think Edward or Brian would have played it with as much attention to emotional nuance as Eric would have because Ed and Brian’s individual ways of playing had evolved so beyond it into something different.
i could have stopped after reading the title. i scarcely the wiser.
Hey man, at 2:17 there is a cut that makes the audio not make any sense. Who was reconciled with a newly-sober Clapton? What event between which people made the reconciliation necessary?
The whole story behind the 'teabag' insult has been edited out. So the title of this video is untrue. I guess nobody else noticed.
it sounded like it skipped the details of Clapton speaking badly of the collab between Eddie and Brian...
@@MikeConwayDrums It's a weird video, and it left me confused.
@@Man-From-Another-Place It left me dazed and confused.
I wonder if there was some kind of strike on the video that necessitated the edit. There are several other videos here that cover the feud in detail.
Clapton believed his own hype , so when someone comes along that outshines him, he didnt like that. Slowhand is about right.
Clapton did a lot of good stuff, but at the end of the day, he was merely recycling blues riffs, albeit with effects like distortion and wah wah pedal.
Eddie came up with groundbreaking stuff, like taking two hand tapping several levels above what anyone else had done to that point, plus using the whammy bar in ways no one had, and coming up with harmonic tapping. And his tone was like nothing I had heard before.
@@mkay1957 Some day, you just might get a musical inclination too????
@@privateprivate4378 How so? Show me how I was wrong.
@@mkay1957: Yep, that’s all fair. I love Clapton’s style and always will, but Eddie Van Halen definitely was a groundbreaker!
@@b-radg916 Same here. I love Clapton. He is one of the all time greats, but the two biggest guitar technique innovators were Hendrix and EVH.
They are both great in their own ways, and they both suck in their own ways.
I like both of their music and have been a long time fan of both, however if you told me I had to pick one to listen to the rest of my life I would choose Clapton.
EVH was a difficult person to deal with. Whereas Clapton was friend to lots of musicians (BB King, Robert Cray, Mark Knopler, Paul Mc Cartney, JJ Cale, and many others) EVH had problems with David Lee Roth, Anthony (VH bassist), Motley Crue, Sammy Hagar, Randy Rhoads, Rush etc.
Don’t idolize your heroes they’ll just let you down because they are not who you think they are. I’ve been through that journey.
YOUR ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
Yes,,,and sometimes they can be talented but just awful human beings too…Although I don’t believe either Edward or Eric fit that description.
You hit the nail right on the head with that statement! I have been let down so many times, when you find out the people that you thought were the real deal turns out that aren't who you thought they were at all! They turned out to be phonies!!! 🙁
I met Mike Stern once in an Airport where we shared a flight from Germany when in line going through US customs. He was even better than I ever dreamed, a real great person on top of a great guitar player and personal hero since the 80's.
so... sometimes it works out!
Except in this case, the hero, Clapton, was without flaw here.
Eddie was the one who butchered a style of playing he didn't even comprehend - then wondered why Clapton hated it.
A BETTER phrase is, "approach your heroes respectfully.....NOT as if they're your equal".
TLDR: Eddie called Clapton a “teabag”.
I met Ace Frehley in 2012 at his book signing. Complete wreck. He was rude,incoherent about certain Kiss songs and what record they released on. He wasnt drinking,but he sure looked like he needed a hit. Very weird conversation with him overall,then it got worse. Two girls behind me were next in line and he up and walked out on them both,saying he would be back later. They were the last two in that line! LOL. He could have stayed for 10 more minutes? Nope,he just split.
I've heard from a few others they had the same experience with him. Rude and his mind was some where else instead of meeting fans. So yeah it can be true at times,never meet your heroes. Sometimes it can be amazing though. Two people that were the opposite of Ace though are Gary Cherone and Nunno Bettencourt,they couldn't be more classy and down to earth. I still have my 1992 CD they signed when they played Fresno. :D
To quote Gene Simons "Ace Frehley is a greedy paranoid backstabbing junkie".
meanwhile, clapton asked: "mind if i borrow your bird?"
Eddie's style never mixed well with other players in general. Eddie was Eddie for better or worse.
That's 🐂💩 . As long as they didn't copy his style he treated you almost like family . Quit listening to Captain Candyass's LIES . " Al and Ed were mean to me ! Wah wah wah ! "
Jan Akkerman (Focus) said it profoundly. "Every guitarist comes from a different place". I'm paraphrasing here but it is true. There is no definitive title of "greatest". There are gamechangers; Eric, Eddie or even Buddy Holly and George Harrison. In jazz, you have Al DiMeola and John McLaughlin or Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel and that new kid Matteo Mancuso from Sicily (insane). They all come from different places. The gold standard for Eric and Eddie was the uncanny ability to compose songs around their amazing guitar arrangements.
Well, Clapton's best guitar work was with Cream, too bad his SG got stolen.
As for EVH, never cared for the guy but his influence on so many is undeniable.
His influence is massive, but in a negative way. King Edward brought the level of musicianship to a new all time low.
So, i'm number three on this unpopular opinion party. I ve always idolized Cream, mainly due to Jack Bruce, and then partially due to Ginger and Eric, and thats a 80/20 favoring Ginger. As for Eddie, his music is great, but as a guitarist, i forgot him really soon. Got more nuanced, expressive and jaw dropping guitarists to listen to, any day.
@@nathaninostroza7655 Jack Bruce's vocals are somewhat of an acquired taste, on 'Spoonful' he really belted it out along with some outstanding playing perhaps only 2nd to Entwistle, though there are plenty of other great bassists too. James Dewar of Robin Trower was another outstanding vocalist. Seems they're weened on Scotch up there. Looks like you, me, and Mr. Ellison are somewhat in agreement here on one thing at least, we're not 'Runnin' With the Devil.'
@@PageMarker1 you're damn right about entwistle, dewar and bruce being on the same breath. John s really special due to his knack he has on songwriting. Dewar s got so much charisma in that soulful voice, coupled with his cool playing and Trower s not over the top and overly hendrixian (he's that far from being a carbon copy, no matter how much of Jimi s sound he's borrowed) makes it for really cool bangers. Jack on his solo career was a genius. On his cream days he was the ultimate, a major team player with his bass playing, and a monster with his singing. I can't get over Bruce s passion soaring through his vocals.
What SG are you talking about? The one in the video painted by the Dutch team The Fule (Fool) was SOLD not stolen - today, it is owned by Todd Rundgren who has loaned it to a blues cafe to be displayed.
I'm surprised that Clapton found the dedication insulting, I used to listen to that 'jam' as a kid and thought the Van Halen parts were some of the most amazing guitar I'd ever heard. Each to their own.
It’s because Clapton’s a douche.
@2:20 - huh? did you leave a chunk out of the story? What dismissive attitude? Where did this come from? After watching this, I still have no idea why they fell out.
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I'm too stoned for this right now.
I'm stoned all the time..........
Lol! Yea you are.
@@bingofuel3545 humor belongs in every day life.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Getting stoned belongs in every day life, too.
Yes, EVH was likely drunk when he called Clapton a teabag, but Clapton is no saint, go ask Patti Boyd.
This whole thing stems from a 1986 Musician Magazine interview, in which Clapton was speaking about receiving a copy of the Starfleet album that EVH and Brian May recorded. To say his comments were unflattering is an understatement, Clapton stating that the blues material was "horrible", and felt "insulted that they should send this to me". Further put downs- ..."they both can't play", and referring to Eddie's admiration of him said Eddie "missed the whole point".
Unless they were Buddy Guy or Stevie Ray Vaughn, Clapton was always dismissive of players like EVH and Brian May. I have always liked Clapton's early stuff, however he's not in my Top 10 list, but EVH and Brian May are (along with Beck, Vaughn, Glen Campbell, etc)
Ha! I thought I was the only one who called limeys "teabags"!
Teabag isn’t an insult. Donut however…
@@tommaguzzi1723 They got it wrong. In UK you are a Tea Leaf if you steal. Tea Leaf rhymes with thief.
Dude had the press in his back pocket. Stuff like this never got out.
What's also true: the rocky relationship between Eddie van Halen and Eric Clapton is a stark reminder of how consumption can drive a wedge between even the most talented individuals.
Clayton's legend in his own mind
Clayton Kershaw...?
Who’s Clayton?
🤦♂️
These two spent holidays together and were absolutely cool with each other. Mutual admiration and respect. Practically bros from another mother. Two Mt. Rushmore guitarists who cared deeply for one another.
I KNEW there had to be a story behind this crap! I was SOO PISSED at Eddie for his crappy remarks towards later Clapton. There was vitriol in his voice. I have been down the path of addiction like both of them. Thank GOD I got out.
Why his comments on Clapton are justified, Clapton is a B leaguer
Poor Ewic didn't like Ed and Brian May recording THAT was the issue, he's a terrific c#$+ certified
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle that is the STUPIDEST Thing I have heard in my life. Are you like 20?
@jayteesgear weird question? And a horrible guess, who would assume someone talking about Clapton and Ed is 20, show some comment sense. Nice hyperbole because if that were true about it being the stupidest thing you've read in your life, you've been extremely blessed to only have been exposed to intelligent and insightful commentary all of your life. What I said is accurate and aligns either reality
I like Clapton’s playing, however, I enjoy Eddie’s much more. Just a thought, am I the only one who scoffs at the idea that Clapton was given the title guitar god? Try to follow me here, when the rock band era and album era started, it was mainly Harrison and Richards and guys from the kinks and The Who, non of them to me, seperated themselves from the group. Then Clapton who was in the yardbirds with Page and Beck , showed up on the scene with Cream and of course named guitar god and for a year or 2 , if that, he had little competition because Page was doing sessions and hadn’t yet formed Zeppelin and Beck hadn’t quite become Beck that we know. Along comes 1967 and it’s Hendrix and Clapton realized I’m not so unique and great after all. Then around 1 or 2 years later, we get Blackmore, Santana, Gilmour, Hackett, Howe, Allman and Beck as we know him and of course the force that was Page and Zeppelin. And that’s just to name a few. And in the middle of all this, Clapton was reported saying he gave up mindless jamming years ago.🤷🏼♂️ what was he saying? I can’t recall him doing anything that resembles mindless jamming, whatever that means. He goes from Rock to some hybrid of country blues, and doesn’t resemble any guitar god. I feel as if he tucked his tail and ran from the other players. Throughout the 70’s many new players appear and of course Eddie Van Halen who changed guitar playing more than Hendrix in my opinion. I just feel there are a couple dozen better players and a dozen more influential than Clapton, who I think is very good but a guitar god? For a year or 2 or maybe not so much🤔 are there any others who feel this way? Let me know, I’m curious 🎸
I am guessing that Clapton did not title himself as a guitar god. It probably came from fans and media hype. Everyone has their favorite musicians and musical genre. That’s normal. Today phenomenal guitarists are almost a dime a dozen, yet the majority are not famous. The music venues have changed. If you could get on TV like the Ed Sullivan show, you could reach millions of people in one performance. Almost the whole country! I am rambling. I agree with you about Clapton.
Clapton is overrated.
That's what happens when Brian May tries to play the blues. Throwaway.
This is EXACTLY what happened when Clapton met Chuck Berry. Berry had been a hero of his...until he actually met him which he called "the biggest disappointment of my life." Berry was the biggest a$$hole you could EVER meet. Keith Richards put together a tribute to Berry's 60th birthday called "Hail Hail Rock n' Roll" in which Clapton was a part of. Berry treated both of them like they were garbage. Richards said Berry actually punched him in the face over a stupid disagreement. Clapton was outraged at the disrespect and jealousy of Berry!
Clapton doesn’t care for anyone really who doesn’t play blues guitar 1st Pentatonic Position 😂. 60s Clapton is awesome. But I just can’t bare to listen to him play these days. Every solo the same. Everyone he likes is basically regurgitating blues licks Eddie though was an arrogant person in his early days about his comments about Page and others. Eddies technique was unique but Van Halen was just a party band. There was no Kashmir coming out from them Eddie had a lot of substance abuse which may have been the reason for such comments. Musicians are very fickle and many are not complimentary of each other. I know Clapton couldn’t grasp what Eddie was doing and on top probably didn’t find it very musical. Hence no love lost
I agree with you,beyond the talent being sober and accountable to others is what really sticks out repeatedly with Eddie..he failed at with just about everyone close to him.The 60s Clapton...awesome! and to me Jimmy Page is in a league of his own.
@@davidrynberk1533 Eddie seemed to be a nightmare and taking away Michael Anthony’s share of the band was so wrong. Maybe Roth had the right idea to leave. The Hagar period saw Eddie Trying to focus more on songs and less on technique but I was not a fan of his songs from that period. They say never meet your idols. 🤔
@@skyemoz6559 Ya that wasn't right ,if everyone is saying ,he is like this (nightmare),there must be truth to it.I have watched interviews and he seemed to be never at peace..Maybe in earlier yrs ,but I doubt it.Alcohol screwed him bad.
Obviously Eddie knew his way around a fret board but Brian Setzer is an actual musician.
Like eddie isn’t? Lol
Did Clapton try to steal Eddies wife too?
"Wives" are not trophies to be stolen. They compare and choose, and they are entitled to do it just as "husbands" are. Marriages, in developed countries at least, are not immutable.
@@karpabla If George Harrison were still alive I suspect that he'd agree, but still be pissed that Clapton had an affair with his first wife.
@@kmoecub from what I heard heard George didn't really care.
@@coinraker6497 From what I've read, George had been having plenty affairs on Patty, and was almost encouraging Eric to pursue her.
That was really a cheap shot against Clapton.Too easy.
Both guitar legends, I have always liked Clapton's playing and have never enjoyed Van Halen's. Which is curious since Clapton was such a big influence on EVH.
But that's art for you.
Eric Clapton is a legend! 🤘😎
Wave your pom-poms some more, Nancy.
Clap Head is a legendary dipshit
Did Eric tell you that? lol...
Not really 😂..Clapton is only a legend In his own MIND..there's plenty of better guitarists out there BETTER than Clapton EVER WAS
In his own mind 😂
I was friends with Eddie and I started playing guitar in 78 because of Eddie.
Many years later Eddie told me himself that he idolized Clapton with Cream, he also told me that " Clapton was a dick" when he first met him.
True story I just told all of you.
My favorite guitarist would be Buddy Holly. Most people don't know the technology he put into overdubbing with different track and new sounds.
Agree. Some of Buddy Holly's solos are sublime. His short solo on Peggy Sue is perfect. Something Eddie should have paid attention to.
Stop with the Eddie Van Halen BS hate garbage and let the man RIP. Eric Clapton also had a fall out with everyone. Even with Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. I think it has always been the jealousy ego nature of Eric Clapton. He wanted who someone else had including Pattie Boyd with George Harrison and waited for the opportunity then eventually treated her like crap after he married her. He left the Yardbirds because he didn't like the sound direction the Band was going. Funny hypocritical thing about him is if you listen to some Cream Album Songs they sounded like the direction the Yardbirds were going when Eric Clapton left them.
That’s what usually happens when the student becomes the teacher.
I took vocal lessons from a famous singer I won’t say who. But he was the rudest person I ever met. I paid close to $3000 for a week.i sang “Your Song” 🎶 he stopped me and said “It’s not Funny, it’s Funny.” That’s what I saw singing”🎶 “ you’re not pronouncing it correctly” that’s when I said what’s the first line of jumping jack flash cause I can’t understand anything he says
Just very rude, I was singing and he said he sings like he has no teeth 🦷 “ that got a big laugh from everyone. After the class he apologize to me. I didn’t say anything
I say believe in yourself and the hell with heroes cause they all put on their pants the same way- they are not better than you or I
I endured about half of Van Halen's version of You Really got Me. And like Styx, I've managed to hear no more than a few seconds of any of their songs. And Clapton makes me doubt George Harrison's judgment.
I love listening to Clapton. Gets me to sleep every time 😴
Yup.
How much was edited out at 2:16? And why? Video makes no sense.
Of all the guitarists that came out in the mid to late 60's and 70's, I do believe that Eric Clapton was by far the most overrated.
Thanks for SHREDDING some light on this question😂
On his birthday each year, Clapton sent Eddie a box of poop.
😂
Eddie supposedly called Eric a "T bag"??? What the hell is a T Bag? Lol Not the Eddie I remember. He would have said "He's a D bag!" Meaning a douche bag with regards to Clapton.
Never thought Clapton was that good he had a few good riffs , but was known for stealing your girlfriend
C.C. Deville is better than Clapton.
Facts
Listen to the studio version of Spoonful from July ‘66. Then go and find anything remotely like that type of guitar playing from that time or before. When you think of ‘lead guitar’, that, and his other solos from that time, is where it comes from, all of it.
Caption is the best ever you don’t know what your taking about
Clapton is a great guitarist, but he isn't an innovator like Hendrix was. Clapton was content to play well, but he didn't push himself hard enough. Eddie was an innovator as well as being a technical genius and always pushed his creativity to the limit.
Clapton and I haven't spoken in years. What rot.
What’s sad is you can’t get to the point instead of a documentary
Don't drink and talk.
At least not in that order 🤔
I think I heard Clapton mention that the song didn’t have enough dynamics. I remember listening to it and thinking the same thing. There was no loud/soft or fast/slow variation to keep it interesting for more than a minute or so, as I recall. Eddie was brilliant, but he rarely played with subtlety.
Eddie seems to have had a problem with everyone.
False
True
Its Clapton who has problems with everyone.
Seems like Clapton has issues with everyone. Or is it just me.
@@CliffordEdwards-j5z It's just you...............
Sounds more like old school rivalry to me. Clapton wants to be the elder statesman for Blues and shrugs off Eddies style of playing. They are two totally different types of Guitarists to start with. Clapton is held in high esteem by many Guitarists, so he is constantly being used as a measuring stick for up and comers. But I know from listening to his interviews, he doesn't care for the Van Halen Style of Rock. Its too American and over the top speed playing. He hates that stuff. He thought Hendrix was special but still didn't care for some of his stuff either. Funny thing is that Jimi was around for just a short time but his legacy blows Clapton off the stage just like he did when he jammed with Cream and played Killing Floor and Clapton left in frustration at what he had just witnessed. 🤣
Every interview ive ever heard with Eddie he comes like a prick. Great guitarist, huge chip on his shoulder
Eddie was drunk, Clapton was sober. Eddie said drunk, stupid shit to Clapton. Hopefully, they were able to reconcile years later. Clapton, of all major drunks in his day, should understand. They're both legends.
FIrst off, Clapton's playing is/was not innovative. It was just blues licks. As for EVH, his playing WAS revolutionary. I'm with Eddie on that.
@frankfuentes5659 Yea I would agree. And the thing I don't like about Clapton is he is not a great live performer. To me he always seems to be finding his way in the solo's he has performed so well in the studio versions. I actually think Clapton is overrated.
Just blues licks? Much easier said than done. If you're just playing licks, you ain't playing the blues.
@@bassb450on One More Car One More Rider, I thought he was phenomenal. A few years later on the Cream reunion concert, he wasn’t for some reason
@@benkyle76 Yea the cream reunion was a perfect example.
False. Claptons reinterpretation of the Blues in The Bluesbreakers and Cream in studio and live were ripped off by every guitarist. Its a fact. EVH just added a couple more effects to the guitar and regurgitated things Clapton, Hendrix had already done. Play Van Halen to anyone and then play the bands he ripped off and people will notice how he wasn't special.