What a beautiful job paying respect to such a talented musician! Sorry you guys can't hear it clearly! It was AMAZING the way it sounded!! I hope he records it so you guys can hear it clearly!! Go see Eric the first chance you get! He is getting older now and the chance to have the honor to see him is diminishing....SADLY!!!! I have struggled my entire life to do on the guitar what is so easy to him! Respect just how great he really is! Guitar players like him come around...……..once in a lifetime!! A guy from the same vein as Robert Johnson, God rest his soul!
Prince's most popular guitar solo is from the RRHOF performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, which Clapton played on the original Beatles recording. People keep saying Prince never got his props for guitar playing. The fact that Clapton covers this song and acknowledges Prince's guitar playing is validation enough.
❤ Eric always plays tribute to musicians who pass. I'm not a Prince fan but this was awesome. When Prince was not invited to a tribute concert than threw his guitar after turned me off. Not a good look.Like he is better than all on that stage .❤ thank you Eric for staying true to you.❤ Forever Fan ♥
Saudades, curti muito essa música com Prince, chegava chorar de tanto que gosto dela, ficou muito bom o arranjo com Eric Clayton, outro ícone que tbm curti muito...
Ogni tanto mi ricapita di tornare ad ascoltare questa versione e rimango sempre più incantato. Quelli che parlano di “errori” forse dovrebbero sturarsi un po’ le orecchie, idem per chi considera Clapton “freddo”. Io penso invece che a quasi ottant’anni di età non voglia più sprecare le note che escono dalle mani, e il feeling che mette in quelle poche (rispetto al passato) che fa è semplicemente mostruoso. Del tributo al meraviglioso Prince non aggiungo niente che non si sappia già, tra i due c’era una grande stima reciproca ed è bello che Eric ci abbia regalato la sua personale versione di “Purple Rain”. Apprezzo soprattutto il coraggio di uscire dalla comfort zone blues e confrontarsi con altri grandi pezzi che magari, solitamente, non associamo al repertorio di Clapton. Quest’anno, ad esempio, aprì i concerti alla Royal Albert Hall con “Lead me to the water” di Gary Brooker dei Procol Harum (un brano semi-reggae) e io lo trovai suonato in maniera perfetta. Spero ci riservi qualche sorpresa il 9 ottobre a Bologna, sarà il mio terzo concerto di Eric (già visto alla RAH nel 2015 e a Hyde Park nel 2018 con Santana e Steve Winwood). Saluti!✌🏻
I've heard too many stories of Prince talking for hours to other Guitarists about setup and sound, ignoring the girls and booze, just interested in learning. I'm sure there's been other days he wasn't in the same mood..
if he comes to play his shit music in edinburgh, i'm gonna steal it hahahahahahahahahhaha he was a mediocre guitarist, just like tim henman was to tennis. britian is shit at stuff.
That’s the “Almond Green” version that is inspired by his vintage Aston Martin. I just bought one of these… It’s a Todd Krause master built Clapton Strat with a super flame maple neck. It’s absolutely stunning to look at!
Yes I am a Clapton /Prince fan, they both have very different styles of playing that they have developed over a long time, and although this is good it has not got the price flamboyance.
Loved the solo stuff, but it has the same sort of dreary repetitive feel as some of those endless modern church songs. Eric is a legend, he makes his guitar talk!
@@GP1982PG I remember in 2001 I ran from the back row of the 'Arena' section to reach the stage. It used to be 'a thing' to do a stage run at a certain point. Probably still is. Thanks for your video.
@@davidmellish3295 The short version is…he was going through a rough time in his personal and professional life. He was pretty much ready to quit, then he discovered Purple Rain. It gave him hope and inspired him to keep going. So… we may not have gotten any more Clapton after 1984, had it not been for Prince and Purple Rain
@@TheRoyalGenerationiTunes to be accurate ; he saw the film purple rain and was so moved that he went home & wrote “ Holy Mother” and felt uplifted & inspired by the whole experience,,,, he was not going to give up.
BS....That story has been told over and over, involving different guitarists. Prince was mediocre at _best_ . Any half-decent guitarist can see how limited he was. Ever pick-up on the fact that we see very little of the fretboard when he solos? Smoke & mirrors.
Hay muchas versiones de esa pregunta/respuesta. Otra es que le hicieron esa misma pregunta a Eddie Van Halen y él respondió "no sé, pregúntenle a Alex Lifeson.". Hay más. Dudo que ninguna sea verídica.
@@PILATUS1968 No sé en que peldaño de "la escalera al cielo" de los guitarristas estaba Prince, pero su música contenía toda la música negra: funk, blues, soul, disco, hip hop. Un abanico que incluía a James Brown, Hendrix, Bobby Womack, etc. Multiinstrumentista y las bandas que lo acompañaban en vivo eran mortales. Un grande, sin dudas el Prince
Para terminar, respecto a esto de los guitarristas top, ¿cómo se mide la maestría?. Bien, técnica, sentimiento, versatilidad sí, pero ¿después? ¿Clapton es mejor que Jeff Beck?, al que admira por cierto, Prince es mejor guitarrista que... Alambre González? Hummm.
Hi okay I read his daughters vlog. It was minimum vocals and his sound was plucky to say the least I mean, a nice show ender but not slayed as she refers to her father. I take nothing from him for this performance here or skills thoooo
Always conflicted when I hear EC pay tribute to Prince. Love ECs music and I believe it is genuine love for Prince and EC is possibly a different person now but whilst we forgive, can't forget the hurt he caused an adoring crowd of people of colour in 1976 in Birmingham. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism However, this brought about the birth of RAR and amazing groups like The Beat and Steel Pulse who still continue today in other forms. That is part of ECs journey and hope he continues to advocate for music which is healing and is Love. As for Prince, there will never ever be another like him 💜
It is a VERY sad sad story I didn't know... Thank you for sharing, though. It's a good feeling to idealize or idolize sb more conciously. I read now Bowie was also among those "mistaken" ones... Well, the truth you say: we forgive. They expressed their apologies in music. It's best like that.
@@monikaszymanowska5142 Absolutely, thank you. Did not know about Bowie but he definitely changed his view. He was one of the first ones to call out MTV for not putting enough black music on their videos. Many of us can say that we are not the same people that we were 20 years ago myself included. We are constantly changing and evolving as people and we are in a new age right now. The change is happening and it's glorious. What a journey 💜
@@BB-lx7wm Actually Bowie was more of Adolfie's persona and charisma (?!) fan, which makes his racism more "subtle" maybe... One way or another, we will all meet in the common outer space some day - will dance among the stars, literally and metaphorically, and discussing endlessly all those issues that bothered us awhile on earth:-)
@@BB-lx7wm The sweetest compliment I ever got:-) I saw Prince live in Europe 3 times, all BEFORE the Berlin wall fell... So I guess now I am sb closer to the Rainbow Senior:-))) But my mission continues, yes, definately. Would send you many emoticons but I don't have any, my computer is older than me, hahaha. Lots of love to you!
If someone in this world can bring a great solo to any song without loosing his identity is right here ! Magnificent
“I could never steal you from another”
I had a good laugh hearing Eric sing that line.
Kevy Nova, i get it.
lol
Unless you´re a young and gloriuos Pattie Boyd.
@@trombonepeixespada And at the time a George Harrison who had things going on " more interesting " than little Patti
Good one!!!
Eric the love of my life😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What a great tribute to one of the absolute greatest musicians ever.
Stupendo tributo a Prince
Recognition from an OG to another OG. Still water, runs deep. Clapton gets it.👍
Great version, and no matter how good it was, you have to appreciate to brilliance of Prince! But great to hear the song
The sound, recorded directly from Eric's amp, is so beautiful.
You're joking. Can hardly hear his voice
@@ep9421 Yes but it's original. I hate, when the mike my amp. Even in smaller bars, instead of pumping up the volume and let the speaker work.
@@mattilangofficial stage volume, just like the good old days
@@jasondorsey7110 Thats it! 🎸🎸🎸🎸
@@jasondorsey7110 guitarists truly are a soundman's sworn enemy!
Prince lives through every note that is played in his memory
Supper memory on Prince - thanx Derek .
What a beautiful job paying respect to such a talented musician! Sorry you guys can't hear it clearly! It was AMAZING the way it sounded!! I hope he records it so you guys can hear it clearly!! Go see Eric the first chance you get! He is getting older now and the chance to have the honor to see him is diminishing....SADLY!!!! I have struggled my entire life to do on the guitar what is so easy to him! Respect just how great he really is! Guitar players like him come around...……..once in a lifetime!! A guy from the same vein as Robert Johnson, God rest his soul!
Prince's most popular guitar solo is from the RRHOF performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, which Clapton played on the original Beatles recording. People keep saying Prince never got his props for guitar playing. The fact that Clapton covers this song and acknowledges Prince's guitar playing is validation enough.
Con qué clase Clapton ha homenajeado a Prince y por supuesto dándole su sitio, sin hacer un solo más elevado que el que ya Prince dejó. Clase!!
I didn't have high hopes for this, and I'm a Clapton fan, but WOW! That was great.
Me too!!
Who can make better Tribute to Prince! And how old must be! Only The best one ... The King Clapton!!
Ummm Eric Clapton is God, Elvis was King and Prince was Prince.
@@pandytbox And Chuck Berry was the Godfather of Rock and Roll
Frankly not a patch on the man himself.
I need a studio version of this
Or better live version
The best for me th-cam.com/video/4OtI0tkySIY/w-d-xo.html
So do I pal!
The Crossroads DVD is gonna come out! This is included!
Wonderfull song from Eric Clapton ❤
So nice to see Eric pay tribute to another great musician. So sad Prince passed.
❤ Eric always plays tribute to musicians who pass. I'm not a Prince fan but this was awesome. When Prince was not invited to a tribute concert than threw his guitar after turned me off. Not a good look.Like he is better than all on that stage .❤ thank you Eric for staying true to you.❤ Forever Fan ♥
Hermosa versión
only reason to do this was respect for Prince.....as a great guitar fan....eric is one of the best in the world....so was prince
Eric ojalá que nos dures muchos años más
Saudades, curti muito essa música com Prince, chegava chorar de tanto que gosto dela, ficou muito bom o arranjo com Eric Clayton, outro ícone que tbm curti muito...
Magic. Thanks for this brother!
Wonderful. Thx for posting brother❤
Only you can play this song, nobody has forgotten this and Prince❤
Best seats
..best vid
曲が良すぎる
Ogni tanto mi ricapita di tornare ad ascoltare questa versione e rimango sempre più incantato.
Quelli che parlano di “errori” forse dovrebbero sturarsi un po’ le orecchie, idem per chi considera Clapton “freddo”.
Io penso invece che a quasi ottant’anni di età non voglia più sprecare le note che escono dalle mani, e il feeling che mette in quelle poche (rispetto al passato) che fa è semplicemente mostruoso.
Del tributo al meraviglioso Prince non aggiungo niente che non si sappia già, tra i due c’era una grande stima reciproca ed è bello che Eric ci abbia regalato la sua personale versione di “Purple Rain”.
Apprezzo soprattutto il coraggio di uscire dalla comfort zone blues e confrontarsi con altri grandi pezzi che magari, solitamente, non associamo al repertorio di Clapton.
Quest’anno, ad esempio, aprì i concerti alla Royal Albert Hall con “Lead me to the water” di Gary Brooker dei Procol Harum (un brano semi-reggae) e io lo trovai suonato in maniera perfetta.
Spero ci riservi qualche sorpresa il 9 ottobre a Bologna, sarà il mio terzo concerto di Eric (già visto alla RAH nel 2015 e a Hyde Park nel 2018 con Santana e Steve Winwood).
Saluti!✌🏻
Grazie per il tuo sentito commento 😍
Magico...
Prince would love this! Awesome
He certainly would, because he had class and respect for others.
CompleteCretin - GTFOH. Prince did *NOT* always have class and respect for others.
I've heard too many stories of Prince talking for hours to other Guitarists about setup and sound, ignoring the girls and booze, just interested in learning.
I'm sure there's been other days he wasn't in the same mood..
@@stequis indeed prior comment just is a hater without a clue about the man
Prince smiles in heaven
Clapton thought Prince brilliant, I imagine there was mutual respect, tho I really don't know. I do know this moved me. For me both are incredible.
Sublime!
I was lucky for being there!! 😀
Thanks ❤
I'm digging the green strat that EC is playing!
if he comes to play his shit music in edinburgh, i'm gonna steal it hahahahahahahahahhaha
he was a mediocre guitarist, just like tim henman was to tennis. britian is shit at stuff.
That’s the “Almond Green” version that is inspired by his vintage Aston Martin. I just bought one of these… It’s a Todd Krause master built Clapton Strat with a super flame maple neck. It’s absolutely stunning to look at!
❤nice
Woahhhhh constantly reinventing himself !!🤘🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🤘
Nice start great Version
Great video
This is freaking f*cking awesome!!!! Long life Sir Eric Clapton!!!!
Nice tribute
Mind blown
Prince in Heaven 💋
OMG, nearly virtual reality! Thanks!!
Happy to share
Quality knows quality when it sees it and Eric knew Prince was off the scale in every department and he was right
Cool 👊🇲🇽
A F'n Legend.
No one can play guitar like prince
He doesn't want to play guitar like Prince :)
And no one can play like Clapton
prince added a lot of effects
clapton none that's the difference here both are great !
Prince is/was in a different league to Clapton.
For me, there could only be one Prince.
And how about DBII backing him up with some rhythm?
Filme não é bom mas qualquer versão dessa música arrepia
Must be me….I couldn’t hear the vocals as much. But beautifully done❤️
Best video ever, thanks :)))))
PEZZO STUPENDO ANCHE NELLA VERSIONE DEL FANTASTICO E,CLAPTON
Yes I am a Clapton /Prince fan, they both have very different styles of playing that they have developed over a long time, and although this is good it has not got the price flamboyance.
A tribute is never to try & over-ride the original then your ego tripping ,,have grace & class & understate it as a tribute should be.
Nice to see the GOD still has it after all these years... Still like DOVYDAS versions better though.....
Pub rock.
Show
Doyle baby 😛
Loved the solo stuff, but it has the same sort of dreary repetitive feel as some of those endless modern church songs. Eric is a legend, he makes his guitar talk!
Aren’t you saying two different things in one sentence? Either it was dreary and repetitive or he was a legend and made his guitar sing?
Ever heard a version from Aynsley Lister?
Hi :)
Wow, so close! What did you pay for the ticket?
I ran a lot to reach the stage : )
@@GP1982PG Everyelse it's seated, I can't pay for that nomore!
@@ERIC-65 so you ca do that...😁
@@GP1982PG I remember in 2001 I ran from the back row of the 'Arena' section to reach the stage. It used to be 'a thing' to do a stage run at a certain point. Probably still is. Thanks for your video.
Only Prince can male explode this Song. Good Clapton anyway
clapton don't use effects like prince did that's why it s even more difficult!
@@thebluesguy7187 and quite boring
I'd like to hear his version of Cream
For those who do not know… there’s a deep meaning behind this song for Clapton
What is it please, I've read his autobiography and it's not mentioned in that so I'd love to know,thanks
@@davidmellish3295 The short version is…he was going through a rough time in his personal and professional life. He was pretty much ready to quit, then he discovered Purple Rain. It gave him hope and inspired him to keep going.
So… we may not have gotten any more Clapton after 1984, had it not been for Prince and Purple Rain
@@TheRoyalGenerationiTunes OK thanks a lot for replying, much appreciated 👍
@@TheRoyalGenerationiTunes to be accurate ; he saw the film purple rain and was so moved that he went home & wrote “ Holy Mother” and felt uplifted & inspired by the whole experience,,,, he was not going to give up.
@@motherlessblues1565 Hmmm… could have sworn I read an interview about him being ready to give up on music until he saw Purple Rain. Maybe I’m wrong
DBII!
What kind of legend must you be to have Eric Clapton cover your song?
Uhhh The Legend Prince?
In an interview some years age eric was asked what's it like to be the best guitarist in the world and he said, I don't know ask prince.
See?
People keep repeating this debunked story over and over again
Fake story, he never said that.
He was sarcastically joking!!!
BS....That story has been told over and over, involving different guitarists. Prince was mediocre at _best_ . Any half-decent guitarist can see how limited he was. Ever pick-up on the fact that we see very little of the fretboard when he solos? Smoke & mirrors.
So Eric was asked in an interview "how does it feel to the greatest guitar player living"...his response..."I don't know...ask Prince".
He never actually said that. Just another internet myth.
Respect to Slow Hand.
Who plays the backing guitar?
doyle bramhall II
They call him "Front Row Albert Hall guy".
if he comes to edinburgh, i'm gonna steal his strat hahahahahahahahahhaha
Looks like Dereck brought a Doyle to a gunfight 😂
Have a listen to AJ Ghent on youtube do this on slide, you won't be disappointed:-)
Who Is the other guitarist?
Doyle Bramhall II
So Charles Bronson is the new second guitar player. huh?
No he's not
A mi me estremece la versión que tiene Adam Lavine, aparte porsupuesto que la del gran Prince.
Alguna vez escuché o leí que frente a la pregunta: "¿qué se siente ser el mejor guitarrista vivo?", Clapton respondió: "no sé, pregúntenle a Prince"
asi es prince era un genio con la guitarra pero no era el mejor pero top 50 si
Hay muchas versiones de esa pregunta/respuesta. Otra es que le hicieron esa misma pregunta a Eddie Van Halen y él respondió "no sé, pregúntenle a Alex Lifeson.". Hay más. Dudo que ninguna sea verídica.
@@PILATUS1968 No sé en que peldaño de "la escalera al cielo" de los guitarristas estaba Prince, pero su música contenía toda la música negra: funk, blues, soul, disco, hip hop. Un abanico que incluía a James Brown, Hendrix, Bobby Womack, etc. Multiinstrumentista y las bandas que lo acompañaban en vivo eran mortales. Un grande, sin dudas el Prince
@@GustavoLovato Puede ser
Para terminar, respecto a esto de los guitarristas top, ¿cómo se mide la maestría?. Bien, técnica, sentimiento, versatilidad sí, pero ¿después? ¿Clapton es mejor que Jeff Beck?, al que admira por cierto, Prince es mejor guitarrista que... Alambre González? Hummm.
Is that Doyle bramhall ll jamming with him?
Yep, he is.
Did anyone else realize the second guitarists strings are the upside down?
Yes because DB learn playing guitar from his brother guitar that was standard, not lefty
That hat of DB's should tell you who inspired him as well
Obslugujacego mikrofon Claptona to bym...
Thanks Eric but there's nothing like the real thing
Hi okay I read his daughters vlog. It was minimum vocals and his sound was plucky to say the least I mean, a nice show ender but not slayed as she refers to her father. I take nothing from him for this performance here or skills thoooo
soso
Fragile!!
Funny the worlds top guitarist can’t bother to learn the real chords to this song lol.
Maybe you could demonstrate how to do it properly.
I think that even the original stretching for a couple of chords may be hard for Clapton, so he just plays a simplified tribute
Yeah, I noticed right away he leaves out the Add9.
He just changed the key lol
Always conflicted when I hear EC pay tribute to Prince. Love ECs music and I believe it is genuine love for Prince and EC is possibly a different person now but whilst we forgive, can't forget the hurt he caused an adoring crowd of people of colour in 1976 in Birmingham. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism
However, this brought about the birth of RAR and amazing groups like The Beat and Steel Pulse who still continue today in other forms. That is part of ECs journey and hope he continues to advocate for music which is healing and is Love. As for Prince, there will never ever be another like him 💜
It is a VERY sad sad story I didn't know... Thank you for sharing, though. It's a good feeling to idealize or idolize sb more conciously. I read now Bowie was also among those "mistaken" ones... Well, the truth you say: we forgive. They expressed their apologies in music. It's best like that.
@@monikaszymanowska5142 Absolutely, thank you. Did not know about Bowie but he definitely changed his view. He was one of the first ones to call out MTV for not putting enough black music on their videos. Many of us can say that we are not the same people that we were 20 years ago myself included. We are constantly changing and evolving as people and we are in a new age right now. The change is happening and it's glorious. What a journey 💜
@@BB-lx7wm Actually Bowie was more of Adolfie's persona and charisma (?!) fan, which makes his racism more "subtle" maybe... One way or another, we will all meet in the common outer space some day - will dance among the stars, literally and metaphorically, and discussing endlessly all those issues that bothered us awhile on earth:-)
@@monikaszymanowska5142 you must be one of the Rainbow Children. I love that. We share some commonality here. Yes we shall 🙇🏾♀️💜
@@BB-lx7wm The sweetest compliment I ever got:-) I saw Prince live in Europe 3 times, all BEFORE the Berlin wall fell... So I guess now I am sb closer to the Rainbow Senior:-))) But my mission continues, yes, definately.
Would send you many emoticons but I don't have any, my computer is older than me, hahaha. Lots of love to you!
Not my tempo.
Your kidding right?
Bad audio!
Prince played this song very nice but we all know Clapton is of course in another League. He was modest in this tribute, like should be.
Really?
Love EC, but he dialed this in, no soul
Atrevido Clapton
No possible way; I play guitar better than Clapton today?
There's no way
@@_leopold_butters_stotch actually I do and aren't you the very model of entitled international Americans.
@@_leopold_butters_stotch I play better than Eddie as well and Jimi but not better than Andreas Segovia.v
@@_leopold_butters_stotch I can make you eat your words, my fine leather.
@@_leopold_butters_stotch Clapton ain't shit. I'm surrounded by much better guitar players than Eric. I just didn't realize I'm progressed.
stfu
You’re full of shit
this is the. best a real purple rain.
Maybe Dylan or Jimmy .stop