Eric Clapton and his music

Primal Scream
Ты спрашивал, куда я запостил наши рецензии на концерт Эрика в Кремле. На неофициальный сйт его фэнов www.eric-uk.co Но после его реконструкции модераторы убрали все рецензии до 2004 года. Жаль!

Primal Scream
Пардон. www.eric-clapton.co.uk

Review #4

This is my first gig 'up north' and I was apprehensive having only ever seen Clapton at stadiums or in the intimacy of the front room in the Albert Hall. It all seemed so sterile. If you signed up for a VIP credit card you could go 'Backstage' to the aptly named 'Whiteroom' whilst Robert Cray played - and this we did. If you wanted to listen to good music whilst sipping a pre-show beer this was the place to be. Albeit it sounded better but you could not see the stage.

I saw Eric last in 2004 at the RAH when he and Melia gave my wife and I tickets to watch him. He has done a lot for our son who has Down's Syndrome and this was a concert so close to home I could not afford to miss it. At 8.30 we took our seats - Row 11 block C, and this was almost smack bang in front of the mic stand that Eric would use all night - Wow!
On he strolled and banged into 'Pretending' - I can't recall the last time he played this when I saw him..I think I have to cast my mind back to the 1992 'Eric and Elton' tour. The show just got better and better and 'So Tired' really got the aisles tapping their feet (a really subdued audience though in comparison to the rockers I have sat next to in the past). I had memorised the set list so I was really sitting back and letting the music wash over me. Contrary to all the criticism I thought it sounded great- better than Robert Cray before the switch around - although you could hear a slight delay as it reached the back of the arena and if you looked at the big screen from time to time it looked like eric was lip synching, which of course he wasn't.

I thought that Doyle had been given a pedestal by Eric in the 2004 gigs and it looked like he had had it whipped away this time around with Derek Trucks being given the opportunity to shine. There was just so much talent on this stage last night with the creme de la creme of guitarists that it was difficult to see who was the current 'God'. Doyle hit a dodgy chord towards the end of the show and Eric gave him a stare from the right and Tim gave him a stare from the left - Doyle just smiled. He had proven himself all night and I think he is a great guitarist but I didn't think he came out in as quite a good a light this time alongside Derek Trucks - He and Clapton really stole the show for me.

'Nobody Knows You' was met with massive hand-clapping and whistling and you could see Eric give the band a wry smile - he knew this was going to be a crowd pleaser and it was. For me the highlight of the show was 'Cocaine' when all the guitarists got an opportunity to sign their signatures..Eric led, then Trucks, then back to Eric. I heard him say "Go On" to Doyle in between the vocals and off he went. Eric was really getting into it - head back and eyes closed - so much so that he forgot to come back in for the vocals. Doyle walked towards him and gestured - Up stood Eric quick as a flash and came back in with the vocals. Him and Doyle exchanged smiles but he had missed the first 2 bars. It raised a smile in our aisle too, but was so magical to see...had it been anyone else it would have been a mistake - here it was musical comedy for a split second..pure genius!

I think 'Got to Get Better in a little while' was fantastic early on and so was the soloing in 'Sheriff' in the middle section, but I feel they would have sat better towards the end of the gig alongside the classics.I felt the audience were being brought up and down a bit too much...almost crying to Wonderful Tonight and then rocking to Layla - a shame as the gig didnt get going until 2 songs from the end. I wonder if a rip roaring finale of 4/5 classics in a row would have got the place pumping - or at least livened up the security guy sat in the aisle to prevent 'surgers'. He was falling asleep and when I told him "I'd love to have your job" he just raised his eyes. I don't think he would know what a great night out was if it came and smacked him in the face...GOOD LUCK - It's Girls Aloud there next!

All in all a wonderful experience and the 2nd best concert I have ever been to (nothing ever beats your first) The man is a genius and I hope he arrives back safe and sound after this tour so we may be honoured enough to see him again. (The talk on the way out was that this tour 'is' it! YOU ARE FAR TOO ABLE TO GIVE IT UP YET ERIC..YOU GIVE US TOO MUCH PLEASURE!!

2SergeK Сергей, откуда эти две записи? Из Sheffield'a?

2zhukoff:
2 песни с первого концерта тура.
5 May 2006 Le Cannet La Palestre

Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, England

Смотрим бутлеговое видео...

Eric Clapton At Sheffield Arena - I Shot The Sherif


Eric Clapton At Sheffield Arena - Wonderful Tonight


Eric Clapton at Sheffield Arena - Layla

Доброй ночи!
Не знаю, поднималась ли тут эта тема... (прочитать ВСЮ тему - слабо!:))
Хотелось бы поговорить о лучших исполнениях песен - как, когда, с КЕМ...
Приходит в глову концерт в Японии, кажется, 2001 года и "Key To THe Highway".
А что Вы чкажете о "Wonderful Tonight", например?

Wonderful Tonight,например он как то странно её исполняет. На альбоме "Слоухенд", там она звучит лучше.

Если говорить о разных исполнениях Wonderful Tonight, то мне больше всего нравится медленная версия из Just One Night.

2Ninok:
>Хотелось бы поговорить о лучших исполнениях песен - как, когда. Приходит в глову концерт в Японии, кажется, 2001 года и "Key To THe Highway".

Обсуждать этот вопрос сможет тот, кто имеет эти записи, а таких "немного". Так скажем :)

Если у вас много денег. Купите себе немного "раритетного Клэптона"...

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/searchresults.asp...0&SR=All&sid=50110&lfa=email

Да уж, SergeK... :-) "Кто может сравниться с Матильдом моим..." :-) я согласен, обсуждать исполнение песни, сравнивая одну студийную запись и одну концертную, к тому же remaster - по меньшей мере некорректно...
2Ninok: обсудите, какой же лучший официально изданый концертник, хотя эта тема, кажется уже "обсосана" со всех сторон :-)