Worst Nineties Eric Clapton Single

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there is footage of Eric Clapton playing slide guitar and running on a treadmill.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:53 (nine years ago) link

four?? i always thought the kid was like, a baby

like the bassinet got bumped

j., Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:56 (nine years ago) link

The Seventh Dribble is the 13th studio album by Eric Clapton, released in 1998. The album was recorded at Olympic Studio in London in late 1997. Neon Genesis Evangelion character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto designed the cover of the album.

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link

serious lol @ that cover art though

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Eric_Clapton_Pilgrim.jpg

example (crüt), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link

classic nineties

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link

I know this has nothing to do with his '90s work, but The Cream Of Eric Clapton surely must be one of the most unintentionally hilarious album titles ever.

Welcome To (Turrican), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link

I like these all better than "Saved the Best for Last."

Eric H., Wednesday, 8 October 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link

These all suck, because Clapton sucks, but because 90s Clapton especially sucks. But the answer is "Layla," because he took his one non-suck song and made it, well, suck.

MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link

Layla wouldn't have been so bad if it had been quickly forgotten, but instead you still hear it all the time on the radio instead of the original. Do peoplke really prefer it?

Tears is probably a strictly worse song than the acoustic Layla. Don't know the other two and won't be checking them out either.

Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

I like these all better than "Saved the Best for Last."

― Eric H.,

I will never claim this marriage doesn't surprise

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link

Another vote for "Layla." Actually wouldn't mind hanging out with him or talking to him or even taking guitar lesson from him, but to listen to this kind of stuff or sit through one of those three hour concerts, well...

Do Not POLL At Any Price (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link

I like to pretend that Clapton miraculously disappeared from the planet shortly after the release of the Derek and The Dominos record.

Welcome To (Turrican), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link

sure i've done this on another a thread but i'd just like to note out how astronomically incorrect "if i could change the world, i would be the sunlight in your universe" is a sentiment

da croupier, Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKR0haLDrek

da croupier, Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:24 (nine years ago) link

I like to pretend that Clapton miraculously disappeared from the planet shortly after the release of the Derek and The Dominos record.

Speaking of which, the other day I read the first few chapters of Duane Allman's daughter's book about the dad she never really knew and it is very well done.

Do Not POLL At Any Price (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link

Actually wouldn't mind hanging out with him or talking to him

Me either, in that I would love to hammer away at the racist shit he spewed in the 70s (which he has never retracted or even offered a non-apology apology for).

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link

I will never claim this marriage doesn't surprise

You said the same thing when I told you what song would be our first dance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1w8m9Nd6jw

Eric H., Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:29 (nine years ago) link

thought it was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKIjfNIx6LA

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:31 (nine years ago) link

Now that I think it over carefully, actually it was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKXlqY1pD34

Eric H., Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link

The Pilgrim cover art is the most 1998 thing ever

Master of Treacle, Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:45 (nine years ago) link

I thought the only Clapton anyone liked from this decade is the blues cover album

Master of Treacle, Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:47 (nine years ago) link

Learning a couple hours ago that From the Cradle shipped three million surprised me.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link

knew it was #1 and is the biggest selling blues album but

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link

not part of the poll but i LOVED this 21 years ago and i still do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpbG_esuA4

piscesx, Thursday, 9 October 2014 03:06 (nine years ago) link

ha I owned from the cradle for awhile. Good guitar playing and some decent tracks but he sounds like a muppet on half the vocals.

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 9 October 2014 03:14 (nine years ago) link

every one of them sucks

ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 9 October 2014 03:17 (nine years ago) link

the unplugged Layla sucks so much mostly because of the chorus I think, it sounds like some middle management drone pulled out the acoustic at a company party and all his drunk coworkers are singing along.

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 9 October 2014 03:17 (nine years ago) link

Motherless Child is indeed great.

LimbsKing, Thursday, 9 October 2014 04:08 (nine years ago) link

"my father's eyes" is the first clapton i ever remember hearing. my instant reaction was "wtf, this guy is famous?" still kind of have that gut reaction to hearing his name even tho i like the yardbirds, cream, and a couple of derek & dominos songs.

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 9 October 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link

that song is basically Clapton saying "I want to beat mike and the mechanics at their own game" a decade too late instead of taking inspiration from chicago blues or jj cale or w/e.

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 9 October 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link

i had never heard my fathers eyes. he appears to be wearing some kind of puffy winter jacket in the video despite not being outside and holding a guitar?

call all destroyer, Thursday, 9 October 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link

anyway i have the most personal contempt for change the world

call all destroyer, Thursday, 9 October 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link

I dig the unplugged Layla a lot, especially the guitar solo. The unplugged album as a whole is pretty rad.

brimstead, Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link

wow. you people must have cloth for ears to even have the to have the have audacity to disrespect the great slowhand. and here was me thinking this place was called i love music

fuhgeddaboudit! (missingNO), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link

it's called "I fart on you."

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link

"Layla" stinks like a fart

speaking of which,

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Clapton goes on to say a lot more but you get the idea

droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 9 October 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link

"Layla" is so different from the original, I can certainly understand why someone would hate it. I found it jarring when it came out, but--probably because I was sick of the original by that point (excepting its use in Goodfellas a couple of years earlier)--I didn't mind it, either, and still don't. The other two I either don't know or have forgotten.

― clemenza

Pretty much my opinion, except for the "...and still don't" - I ended up getting sick of it pretty quick and soon really hated it. The whole unplugged thing at the time seemed intersting.

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 10 October 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link

The last thing I liked from him was his interviews in Beware of Mr. Baker

Bobby Ono Bland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 October 2014 00:23 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Sunday, 12 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Monday, 13 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

Sad songs are nature's onions.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 October 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link

got me on my knees

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 October 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link

five years pass...

Fuck this guy. Just stay in the background and don’t play a solo and don’t sing anything.

calstars, Sunday, 20 October 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link

Sorry. Play a solo but don’t say anything. You are allowed to play a solo. Otherwise shut the fuck up

calstars, Sunday, 20 October 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link

With any artist with 10+ hits, usually there are one or two I can enjoy. Original "Layla" is the closest I get with Clapton, which is fine if overplayed, and it gets much worse from there. "Wonderful Tonight", "Tears in Heaven", and his version of "I Shot the Sheriff" are among my least favorite popular songs ever

Vinnie, Monday, 21 October 2019 02:44 (four years ago) link

No, THIS is his worst nineties hit.

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:46 (four years ago) link

I’ll still rep for Blidn Faith ‘s “had to cry”

calstars, Monday, 21 October 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link

I like the acoustic Layla a lot, the guitar solo is good

brimstead, Monday, 21 October 2019 05:19 (four years ago) link

one year passes...

I like to pretend that Clapton miraculously disappeared from the planet shortly after the release of the Derek and The Dominos record.

Yeah, in my mind he was another tragic addition to the "27 Club" and went missing after those sessions for a second Dominos album collapsed.

birdistheword, Saturday, 24 July 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link

Forever man, Forever man

calstars, Saturday, 24 July 2021 01:42 (two years ago) link

His latest song I like is "Promises" from 1978, unfortunately released two years after his racist rant.

Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 24 July 2021 02:19 (two years ago) link

That’s when she said she was pretending
*vomits*

calstars, Saturday, 24 July 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link

four months pass...

Clapton to Lars: "Hold my non-alcoholic beer."

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 December 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link

"my father's eyes" is the first clapton i ever remember hearing. my instant reaction was "wtf, this guy is famous?" still kind of have that gut reaction to hearing his name even tho i like the yardbirds, cream, and a couple of derek & dominos songs.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:42 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

that song is basically Clapton saying "I want to beat mike and the mechanics at their own game" a decade too late instead of taking inspiration from chicago blues or jj cale or w/e.

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:44 PM (seven years ago)

So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 December 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link

Xp oh his live shows are SO valuable and unique

calstars, Friday, 17 December 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link

His latest song I like is "Promises" from 1978, unfortunately released two years after his racist rant.


yeah same. I like (or at least tolerate) way too much of his post-Derek solo stuff, but he really has nothing of interest for me after this.

eagerly anticipating his RIP thread at this point tbh

concentrating on Rationality (the book) (will), Saturday, 18 December 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link

I remember some DJ running down the top 40 when buzzcocks had hit with "Promises" but played the wrong record

Mark G, Saturday, 18 December 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link

Good thing he didn't change "Lay Down Sally" back to "Orgasm Addict".

Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 December 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link


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