Kimbabig Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Hot damn! Can I get a plus too? I need to up my rating lol I'll give you 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Glad I am not the only one that thinks this. How do you go from the amazing sound and attitude of Cream to milquetoast like Lay Down Sally? Heroin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Heroin.  That's my answer whenever anyone asks something I don't know  "how's a toaster work?" heroin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbreslauer Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Heroin. Â or, NO Heroin any more: he managed to quit the H addiction by becoming a full-blown alcoholic (which he was for the entirety of the 70s it seems.) Â i just read his autobiography... holy crap! it's amazing the guy's still alive. Â -Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Glad I am not the only one that thinks this. How do you go from the amazing sound and attitude of Cream to milquetoast like Lay Down Sally? Musical Exploration, perhaps. Â If he was trying to recapture White Room or Layla he'd be labeled Stagnant. Try something different and he gets labeled a softy. No win situation for any longtime artist, so one might as well listen to Shakespear's advice and stay true to oneself. And that's one thing that I've always admired about Clapton, if he feels like Rockin' he gives 'em some "Bad Love", if he feels mellow he gives 'em "Reptile". Â Oddly enough it's the same thing I admire about AC?DC, they don't explore because thats not what they do, but it's still being true to themselves. Â Gary Moore, on the other hand, seems to shift with the prevailing winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 here's one answer - and remember, EC is only a cupla months older than I am... and honestly, I wasn't really a fan when he hit "fame" 'cuz I was playing whatever was needed for a country or rock band that the other guys would do and that would pay. Â But... when you get to a certain point in life you just wanna play what you wanna play. Â You've done the wild - and it's still fun as long as it isn't too repetitive. But that's not all there is. Â In "our" age group, we have that whole era of pop and swing and folk and... Â Ever notice that rockers to country music folks, even bluegrassers and folkies, around my age group are into standards... and more melodic stuff even if we wail a blues, hit a hot country lick or stomp into a rock piece too? Â I about dropped my storebought teeth when I realized EC did "Down and Out" acoustic. Heck, I'd been doing it since maybe 64... and from that time period, he does pretty much the flatpick style and I do pretty much the fingerpicking style but both are still... pretty much what "we" were doing in the 60s when it was just for fun. Â It's now a matter of playing "stuff" without worrying that somebody will think you're uncool because you know they're not really anybody who matters. The folks who matter will like your stuff or not like your stuff but will recognize it's YOUR stuff and figure it's fine. Â Actually you can do that when you're teen or 20 something, but it's harder and then you get defensive and wanna get nasty 'cuz it's your first time through it. After a while you realize not everybody will like your stuff, and those who do won't like all your stuff, and... so it's not a big deal. Â I think in ways so many of "us" my age died young because things didn't go as they expected them to go and couldn't handle that very well. EC had his troubles, obviously. I'm lucky, I didn't have that kinda trouble... As the rest of "us," I had my own kind. Â So when "we" pick up a guitar or bass or set up the drums or PA, "we" tend to play to an audience the best we can whether we're paid or not, but we're not trying to re-do what we did in our 20s... Â That make sense? Â m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Amen, m. I'm a few years younger than you (57). I've been into all types of music in my life, including punk and metal in the 20th century. These days I'm playing Gershwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Musical Exploration, perhaps.  If he was trying to recapture White Room or Layla he'd be labeled Stagnant. Try something different and he gets labeled a softy. No win situation for any longtime artist, so one might as well listen to Shakespear's advice and stay true to oneself. And that's one thing that I've always admired about Clapton, if he feels like Rockin' he gives 'em some "Bad Love", if he feels mellow he gives 'em "Reptile".  Oddly enough it's the same thing I admire about AC?DC, they don't explore because thats not what they do, but it's still being true to themselves.  Gary Moore, on the other hand, seems to shift with the prevailing winds.  Given his choice of backing singers at the time, I think he spent more time listening to Shakespears Sister than to Shakespeare's advice...   http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs236.ash2/50514_25624395473_64245_n.jpg  Have we made Lucky 13 yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 this thread still alive?, you know...maybe i was a bit hasty saying that i don't like hendrix  group hug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 not worth quoting  Get a life dude!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 But you replied to it. Shows how mature you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Big S t e v e/S t e v e/stevejoshlay started the thread, not me. Â Why don't you just go away? Go under that bridge with the rest of the TROLLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 That comment was just insenstive...Gary Moore just passed LAST NIGHT. Â You got no couth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I think Mr Natural is using his puppet account now. TROLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 okay, see this is why I avoid loads of Steve's threads. You don't like Hendrix? That is perfectly alright, I for one love a decent chunk of his work, but I'm not going to say it in a thread that has no real point. You have an opinion, lets move on, we are all entitled to our own musical taste, and honestly unless it is pertinent to the goings on of a thread (discussing innovation, tone, something of that sort) I really don't give a flying f'ck. I don't love Gary Moore, I respect him, don't love him, but I don't spam threads about Joe Bonamassa, or about how I dislike <insert name here>. Â I don't hold anything against you for your taste in music, which is quite different from mine, but it is incredibly effing irritating when you spam 6 threads a night about Gary Moore. He is a fantastic musician, and I understand that, it doesn't need to be reinforced. Â People love Hendrix, not because he is dead, but because of his music (I personally just love his playing style). Â Might it ever have occurred to you that a legion of Hendrix fanboys exist (I am among them) solely because he was an utterly fantastic musician? Â Sorry for not sifting through 13 pages of this sh!t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I didn't bother to read the whole thread, but were all of you guys saying the same thing when disrespectful posts were made about Hendrix? Â I sure hope so. Â I think the point has been made, and while anyone's passing is a tragedy, anyone with a brain would have seen this one coming from a hundred miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 This thread really needs to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I think Emily Post would frown on the revival of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 . * sigh * Â Â Â I've got that uncomfortable, disgusted feeling. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 What does Kurt Cobain smell like now? I don't know but its sure not Teen spirit  When can we start the Gary Moore jokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 When can we start the Gary Moore jokes? Â You may if you wish--hell, you have every right. Â But I will not laugh. In my mind, even your comment (asking "when can we start?") is still too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron! Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 When can we start the Gary Moore jokes? I was going to give you a -1, because even asking that, (I'm not sure if you were trying to be funny or not) was quite rude, IMO. But alas, I have reached my negative quota for today and shall give it to you tomorrow, good sir. Good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I was going to give you a -1, because even asking that, (I'm not sure if you were trying to be funny or not) was quite rude, IMO. But alas, I have reached my negative quota for today and shall give it to you tomorrow, good sir. Good day! Â ....just pointing out inconsistencies in the forum..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron! Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 ....just pointing out inconsistencies in the forum..... Well then, to everybody on this forum, it will always be too soon to joke about Gary. A lot of them really like him, but if you want to you can. Just tread carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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