prince vs. eric clapton

while i totaly admire eric clapton i always asking myself a question when i watch claptons solos why he never had guts to go out of his comfort zone.
i mean when you go to a eric clapton concert you always now the way he would play,very predictable but still very nice.

except brasilian influanced reptile song he never tried anything diffrent.
i can swear eric played his best guitar solos in cream and during derec and the dominoes phase.

derec and the dominoes live at fillmoure 1970 contains
amazing guitar playing by eric clapton,totaly diffrent
then before and after that period.

and what about eric claptons rhythm guitar work?
don't get me wrong eric clapton is great in what he does but he never improved as a guitar player,he regresed.

prince on the other hand while not an influental as eric
was brave enough to experiment with his guitar playing ,
and when he takes a
guitar you don't realy know what to expect .
he can totaly suprise you by his choice of notes,his phrasing,
dinamic feel when he solos and play rhythm .

so after one month that this "problematic" topic was locked we can start dicussion.

Maybe threads like this are why your name is 'thebanishedone'.

Dayclear said:

Luv4u, LOCK THIS.

drcoldchoke said:

drcold choke why dont you go and listen to your
favourite prince album "new power soul" if you are not willing
to participate in discussion.

jfrost you are new on org so it's natural that you don't have a clue where are you and everything is funny to you

you two if you dont like my threads dont visit and post on my threads and go to your favourite threads like"oh my god new britney cd is out"
these topic is reserved for those who know something about these 2 artists

Clapton was and IS a great guitarist in his own right ( he was out before Prince making music)

Prince IS a great guitarist in his own right.

BOTH have pros and cons about them.

Both could have learned things/ skills from each other.


Case closed.

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thebanishedone said:

Around 1990, Eric said Prince was his favourite guitarist, never read a quote on what Prince thought about Eric. So from that alone i'd imagine Eric would like to be Prince more than Prince would like to be Eric.

I know who i'd rather be, the guy that actually performs while playing the guitar, you know, doesn't just stand there looking like he's concentrating too hard.

That is what stands Prince apart from these lesser Guitar-'Gods'. He's actually exciting and interesting to watch.

no disrespect to Clapton, Knopfler, Satriani, Slash or any of the other so-called 100 greatest guitarists that always beat Prince in these stupid polls certain magazines do.

peace to y'all
prince had negative coments about eric i can't rember the name of the gig but i know fellow orges know what im talking about,well on that gig there is one jame and during whole time prince is talking about eric clapton.
its from 1994 ,it circulates on boots.
also i know that prince said about his sound wasn't up to p funk standards,he didnt want eric claptons soundman.
thatsa diss if you ask me.

I think the person who first posted this has no musical knowledge what so ever.
You or anyone cannot compare prince to eric clampton two different players / styles.
And you have the ignorance (not knowing) to say eric has not improved as a player and cannot play rhythem guitar?


"Mr Day says :Never say that again."

lewdew said

Oook! EMC Funk Radio Celibate, Mushroom, Canopy, Arse Gravy.

It's already been said, but the comparison of Prince and Clapton can't be made, and neither can any other, definitively.

All I can say on the subject is that I've argued that Prince is one of the best guitarists ever for 10 or 15 years easily. Probably more. On that same note, I'm sure Clapton fans have said the same, with just as much passion in their belief.

thebanishedone said:

jfrost said:

Dayclear said:

Maybe threads like this are why your name is 'thebanishedone'.

Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need

Pichu..Pichu...

I dont understand why this thread is being bashed..

I clicked as I thought I'd read some interesting comments about both musisians, I really like all the muso threads and feel there arent enough of them there used to be loads!!!

I can't add much i'm afraid simply that I like both of them although only Prince and Santana's playing has made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!

Of topic is it an urban myth that Eric, stoned out of his tree actually forgot how to play? and so had to learn again or did this really happen? (dont flame me please, im genuinely interested to know)

One minute they want peace……

Then do everything to make it go away.

ilove u annie you are wrong.i don't make threads
where everyone would agree with me.
i respect your opinion iloveuannie and i'm not going

to get angry if your opinion is diffrent then mine,i make a topic for discussion.and yes we can
compare prince with any guitar player in the world ,like you can compare alonso to lois hamliton

i just don't like when people on org insult me without any real reason,only then i react.

lewdew i will answer to you.
never ever should i build any thread on ignorance .i have listen
to a lot of eric clapton,i heard everything he ever recorded,even bootleg stuff.
i even have rarity recordings for the second derec and the dominoes album.
u can check "devils road " from that project with amazing
clapton solo btw.
eric clapton is a legend,when u think on electric guitar first one to come on your mine would be jimi hendrix or clapton.

clapton was the first to use wah wah on record on tales
of brave ulyssis.
he was great guitar player in the cream,blind faith ,
derec and the dominos days,
but i state the fact that most of his guitar playing during 70's,80's,80's was boring and sub standard.
he played on auto pilot.
but i must say that maybe it's because
of his young wife or maybe because of the addition of derec trucks
but from 2000 untill now days clapton's playing
is on fire he recaptured his muse.check this amazing guitar solo on layla from 2004 guitar festival:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...LCBtx0D3Oo

never ever i have heard layla with solo as great as this one.

joy joy not eric clapton ,
santana stated that he had to learn to playu guitar again after he got off drugs

thebanishedone said:

One minute they want peace……

Then do everything to make it go away.

santana said that on legendary performance
`of soul sacrfise on woodstock 1969 he was on lsd and had a trip that neck of his guitar is snake

Clapton has much better tone IMO, and his playing is more beautiful, in the same way Stevie Ray could play a single note and it sounded like an opera singer.

I agree that his playing is not that inspiring, however, and his whole persona is a little bland compared to prince.

But whatever, they're both great musicians

a comparison that makes no sense

thebanished complained the thread got locked so we couldn't discuss the topic....the thread wasn't locked...
and in the end no one really wants to "discuss" the topic anyway

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thebanishedone said:

Clapton would start of well, but by the fifth round Prince's stamina would kick in, and he'd start pounding him, then finish him off with a reverse round-house kick to the head. The high heel in the head would put Clapton on the floor, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10....it's all over!