It was the 40 year anniversary of the movie release this last week. The Revolution (Prince's band during that period) performed at First Avenue in Minneapolis, I would have liked to have heard them but the ticket price was out of my league.
Living Legends playing tribute to another Legend.
Cool.
You haven't experienced Purple Rain until you hear it performed by an unknown country band...at a motorcycle campground.
I misread the first post and spent the entire video waiting for David Gilmour to step out of the shadows and let loose on a black strat.
Makes me wonder though, what did Clapton think about Prince using Clapton's part of "While my Guitar gently weeps" to go nuclear at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Prince's solo was so good it felt like a berkeley you to...somebody?
In reply to CrustyRedXpress :
I wasn't a Prince fan, but when I saw that video, I realized that I had overlooked his raw talent and skill. I appreciate any almost any genre of music if it's done well.
I was never much of a fan, but my wife was. So when he came to town in 2004 and played at the arena that she and the firm she worked for designed a few months after it opened, I got us tickets. It was the Musicology tour and he was fantastic. All the old Prince hits, but fresh, new & different. I came away with a much greater appreciation of how great a musician he was.
In reply to CrustyRedXpress :
IIRC, it was a berkeley you to some institution or publication for leaving him off a list of greatest guitarists that had just come out. I want to say it was either Rolling Stone or the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but not sure.
In reply to mtn :
This and quite a few folks on that stage didn't think he should be there. He was there at the insistence of Harrison's son who rightfully fangirled over him during the whole performance.
In the discussion of greatest guitarists he must be included. Just nasty!
What a great time to threadjack this... am I the only one who really dislikes Clapton?
I totally get that many people do like it, and I celebrate your individual music tastes... I just don't dig Clapton.
In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :
I am mostly with you. I can pick and choose a few songs and 2-3 albums that are superb, but otherwise he is "meh" for me and easy to dislike.
In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :
I think he's the most overrated guitarist in rock music
In reply to Peabody :
I reserve that distinction for Michael McDonald. I'll put Clapton second.
Clapton himself never felt he was worthy of the accolades given to him. That sense of impostor syndrome was one of the causes of his substance abuse issues. He talks about this in his book.
As a guitarist, I never really idolized him, but I can appreciate what he does. Partly because I am so terrible at playing "traditional" blues.
One of the amazing things about that Prince HoF performance was it was entirely unrehearsed. During the rehearsal, the other guitar player (who does the infill licks and solos) also played the outro solo and stayed relatively true to what Clapton had done. So the on-stage reactions to what Prince was playing was real as they all had no idea. Also goes to show how much confidence Prince had in his own staff that they could pull off the theatrics with no rehearsal. He really was in a league of his own in being able to combine raw talent and showmanship, but often the former was only apparent in live performances.
Clapton playing Prince works as Purple Rain really is a blues song.
I was totally blown away by Prince's performance at the Super Bowl many years ago. The game was in Miami, and it poured the entire time. Watching him play in high-heeled boots in the rain was insane!
In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :
I never even considered McDonald in a discussion of great guitarists so he wouldnt rate at all. Clapton, meh, there are sooo many others far better and more interesting. I'll even go as far as to reference the site from which this comes. I am a huge PF fan but I wouldnt put Gilmore in my top 10 or even 20. He's solid and honestly just a far better musician than his counterpart (Waters) but nothing outstanding by any stretch
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