Tracks: 1) Too Much Monkey Business; 2) Got Love If You Want It; 3) Smokestack Lightning; 4) Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl; 5) Respectable; 6) Five Long Years; 7) Pretty Girl; 8) Louise; 9) I’m A Man; 10) Here ’Tis.
Are there any? I never met one. I think him a bit overrated, but not way enough to hate or even dislike him (like I dislike U2 for instance).
"Eric do a fast Chuck number"
See what I mean? I like the original better, including Chuck's play. As it's a rewrite of Johnny B Goode we can compare it (via YouTube eg) with Chuck's live performance of 1958. On that one Chuck and his band beat The Yardbirds on all fronts. That doesn't mean Eric and the others are bad, not at all. Had I been there I would have greatly enjoyed myself. It means that Chuck (who then was at his peak) was superior because brilliant. And Eric is a bit overrated, while still very good.
As live acts The Animals, The Who (or The High Numbers if you prefer) and The Rolling Stones were better than The Yardbirds in 1964. Regarding the Rolling Stones I recommend the footage of the infamous Kurhaus, Scheveningen concert - when the Dutch audience managed to scare the band off the stage.
"And for all the Eric Clapton haters out there"
Are there any? I never met one. I think him a bit overrated, but not way enough to hate or even dislike him (like I dislike U2 for instance).
"Eric do a fast Chuck number"
See what I mean? I like the original better, including Chuck's play. As it's a rewrite of Johnny B Goode we can compare it (via YouTube eg) with Chuck's live performance of 1958. On that one Chuck and his band beat The Yardbirds on all fronts. That doesn't mean Eric and the others are bad, not at all. Had I been there I would have greatly enjoyed myself. It means that Chuck (who then was at his peak) was superior because brilliant. And Eric is a bit overrated, while still very good.
As live acts The Animals, The Who (or The High Numbers if you prefer) and The Rolling Stones were better than The Yardbirds in 1964. Regarding the Rolling Stones I recommend the footage of the infamous Kurhaus, Scheveningen concert - when the Dutch audience managed to scare the band off the stage.