It's actually a good song. Nice music and production. And I agree this pandemic is wearing us out and needs to stop. And I feel for Mr. Clapton who became very ill after being vaccinated for Covid. Adverse reactions are possible with every shot or pill. And I understand how it feels to get old. I understand EC feels his playing days are almost over so he feels an urgency to have one more decent tour. 

But without vaccinations and stopping the spread this pandemic will never end. One of my best friends and my doctor both died this year of Covid. It is a nasty virus that has ruined much for everyone!!

I liked him better when he was just God.

Posted by: @rusty

I liked him better when he was just God.

I was listening to a podcast a few days ago and they were talking about Clapton when he had his substance issues and after he got clean. The music he made during his drug/alcohol addicted years, they felt was much better than the later. Not sure how true that it is, but I would rather him be alive than not. He was probably on his way to the grave if he kept it up.

the above song is just meh......nothing memorable.

I like the song and think it's good. I may be wrong but I don't think he is saying you shouldn't get vaccinated just that you shouldn't be forced to get it. After his experience I don't think you can blame him.

@olddog I get your point.  At the same time, the vaccination DIDN'T kill him.  I know several who fear after/side effects but I know few who experienced any at all.  Most were site soreness and minor flue symptoms briefly.  Celeb's like Eric lend weight and credence to what they say.  Their words can inspire or deter many.  Just sayin.

@jszfunk I knew many who wished that Eric would start taking Heroin again - during that period where he basically became Phil Collins for a few years.  I think Derek put him back on track.  😉 

Uh, no.

Posted by: @rusty

@jszfunk I knew many who wished that Eric would start taking Heroin again - during that period where he basically became Phil Collins for a few years.  I think Derek put him back on track.  😉 

I think he needs to get back with Derek some more. 😋 

I made a pretty good playlist of his material from Journeyman(1989) till current.

I thought this was super L.A.M.E 

Meaning more lame than Clapton's typically lame anemic stuff. It's emotionless. 

Posted by: @jszfunk

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eric-clapton-this-has-gotta-stop/

Mr Clapton, I used to like you as an artist, but now I love you as a person. Thanks for this song. 

@jszfunk  You can say what you want about Clapton but he is more famous than just about every other guitar player. 

Here is Clapton in 2015 and this is EXCELLENT electric guitar playing. I challenge anyone to find a solo by Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Blackmore or any other guitar player that is better than this providing you omit shredding which to me gets old real fast. 

Eric Clapton doesn't need Derek Trucks to show him the way!! Eric Clapton is a 100 times more famous than Derek Trucks and Derek would be, I think, the first to say Eric Clapton is one of the most influential and famous guitarist and singers we have ever had. The man has been way more famous than ANYONE in my favorite band, the Allman Brothers, since 1967!

This is excellent guitar playing right here!

@robertdee

Sorry but that's an old man playing bad reggae with a boring and repetitive solo. Clapton might be famous, but that doesn't mean his music or playing is better. He's always been at his best when collaborating with other talented musicians - Blind Faith, Cream, Delaney & Bonnie, Derek & the Dominos, w/Derek, w/BB, etc. Obviously a lot of people are huge fans, but I've always found Clapton very dull on his own.

He's famous. So what? 

He's played better guitar than on this clip

If he were a black or Jamaican guy playing blues or reggae he might not have had the same fame. 

Fame is fickle.

There is some Clapton I love, but, like Duane, EC plays better when pushed. 

The new tune is a limp demo. It could get popular, I hope not. 

@porkchopbob C'mon, Bob!  Tell us how you really feel!  😉 

What is he protesting? I guess I don't understand. And I thought the video was odd. 

I've seen Clapton a handful of times and I don't understand the thought that he needs to be pushed. I think most would agree that he is a great guitarist. I saw him on the tour with Derek which was really cool. I went to both Beacon shows with the ABB (as many others on this board did) and they were cool, perhaps mostly for the historical factor. Neither blew my socks off but it was neat seeing him on stage with the ABB. 

I saw him when I guess he didn't have an opener, he just had a guest. Stevie Ray came out and they played together for probably 45 minutes. It was amazing. They even played some Cream stuff. I remember White Room. Did SRV push him? Who knows but is was indeed awesome. Stevie died a few months later. 

I do think he can, I guess I would say, drone on a tad. I saw him in I think it was 1992, give or take a year and he was on a blues tour, "An Evening of Nothing But the Blues". It was his first time after Stevie's passing that he played Detroit. It was one of the most boring shows I have ever seen. He sat on a bar stool and played acoustic. And the ironic part of it was Jimmy Vaughn opened the show on the last stage SRV ever played Detroit. Jimmy was great. Clapton and him did play at the end which was really good. 

@porkchopbob His band on that clip are all top shelf players including Steve Gadd on drums whom Buddy Rich said is the best drummer in the rock world. But I do remember reading about Bob Marley being very irritated that Clapton's cover of I Shot The Sheriff out sold Marley's four to one and wasn't as good. So I'll accept that point but it couldn't be BAD reggae with the lineup on stage. Marley wrote it I think. 

As to Clapton's solo, to me it was structured very well. I heard NO clams or questionable notes and it slowly built up to a crescendo. I listened to it twice, once with I eyes closed and headphones turned up to 10. I can't imagine Warren Haynes or Derek Trucks or Richie Blackmore could improve what EC played, only play it differently. 

As to Clapton being famous, well yes he is. Clapton is one of the most famous, successful and big draw guitarists in rock history. He has over a dozen millions selling albums, dozens and dozens sold out tours and is one of rock's wealthiest stars. 

Apparently Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Dickey Betts, Richie Blackmore and I love and admire all those guys especially Dickey who wrote my favorite song Blue Sky, will never be as famous and the draw that EC is. Clapton can sell out a 20,000 seat arena anywhere. Clapton is as big as the Rolling Stones or Pink Floyd or the Eagles isn't he? 

Anyway everyone have a nice evening. I'm ready for my Covid booster shot. Got second shot in February and I'm an old man too. 74. I think Clapton is 76. He is too old to go back to being a heroin addict isn't he?

@robertdee

Fame or record sales don't mean it's better, those are just stats. Garth Brooks has the top selling live album of all-time but that doesn't make it better than At Fillmore East. Or even 1st Set.

Not saying Clapton is bad, or his band (Steve Gadd is great), quite the contrary. Just that I find Clapton's music boring. There is some 70s Clapton I don't mind, but I find his reggae misses the mark - it's super inauthentic, like gas station sushi. Clapton might not have hit a wrong note, but I'd rather listen to Derek or Warren any day - they are just more melodic players. "One Way Out" on Eat A Peach has a big tempo screw-up and the wheels nearly come off for a beat or two, but anyone will tell you it's the best version out there. But when Clapton played on "Dreams" and "Liz Reed" at the Beacon, he was my 3rd favorite guitarist on stage. Granted, Warren and Derek had played those tunes for decades, but Clapton is not a jazz player.

And that's the thing about Clapton - to me - he was a trailblazer in Cream, he helped redefine what psychedelic blues guitar. Ever since he emerged from his smack cocoon in 1973 he's just doing Buddy Guy/Freddie King, but with more notes. Every guitarist finds their voice eventually, but Clapton's just isn't very unique to me. There's no meat to his tone. Maybe it's because there are so many imitators with a Strat who emerged since, but he became bland to me. I prefer more melodic players - less is more. But like I said, a lot of people really like him, just not me. I think Jack Pearson would blow him off the stage, given the chance.

Good luck with your shot, and hope the effects are minimal - stock up on soup (or whisky).

@porkchopbob Thanks for the encouragement for my booster shot. Jack Pearson is very stiff competition for ANY guitar player. Lead or slide. Jack was a great fit with the Allman Brothers. I was shocked and disappointed when he resigned in just two years. But it turned out it was a ear problem and Dickey was just too loud and refused to turn down. Dickey had an old Strat and a 100 watt Marshall then didn't he? Dickey was mad at Gibson at the time. 

Yes on One Way Out they lose the "one" during the intro and somewhere down the line Berry gets off and Butch adds a beat to bring it back. I think that is what happens. Yes all the live tracks on Eat A Peach and At Fillmore East are the ABB at their best. No way to improve on those tracks. They are perfect!!

And Dickey is using a Goldtop he bought when he decided to move off the LP he played on At Fillmore East on One Way Out. I'm at a loss as to why he didn't stay with that Goldtop longer. But he got the LP with the zebras and I thought that guitar had a thin tone. That Goldtop on One Way Out has amazing tone. So fat and full. And it's a great solo for Dickey. Maybe it wouldn't stay in tune. When Dickey got the LP dubbed Goldie I ask the sound man what happened to the one with the zebras as it was such a pretty guitar. Not Dickey's best tone but his prettiest guitar. And the soundman on the first Win Loose or Draw show I saw in 1975 said " Dickey got tire of trying to keep it in tune". I guess Dickey did tune on it a lot. I seem to remember that in 73 and 74. 

Dickey had another real pretty sunburst LP with a pick guard back then he played slide on. He was still playing slide on it during the first version of Great Southern. Nice slide playing from Dickey then. 

Posted by: @porkchopbob

@robertdee

 Garth Brooks has the top selling live album of all-time but that doesn't make it better than At Fillmore East. Or even 1st Set.

 

 

I am getting off subject here so that would mean 20 million sold, correct? I looked it up and found that it  was "20 times platinum".  I was trying to find a site or listing of the top selling live albums of all time, but really could not nail one down.

This is interesting...

Forget Selling Albums — Artists Can Now Go Platinum Via Streaming

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/02/01/465178626/forget-selling-albums-artists-can-now-go-platinum-via-streaming

Getting back to Clapton. Alot of his material from the last 30 yrs is hit or miss with me. Some I really like, but others I never revisit.  When I get a chance I will post my link to my Clapton 1989 to current play list.  I am not one of the people who are always clamoring  for his guitar heroics "Clapton Is God" era stuff (it would be nice though!), that ship has sailed many years ago along with a stagnant Jimmy Page, which I have given up hope on. I think EC can write some really good music, but its spotty and a little contemporary for my tastes at times.

Referencing back to his shows with ABB. On some of the songs he seems to be out of his element at times but works into it. I like his guitar work on Dreams.Some nice playing.

I will always say this about EC. I am not a strat/tone guy, but when he balances his clean tone and then really starts to dig in and drive the guitar and amps , that grittiness breaking up sound he achieves, I just cant get enough. Derek does the same , just perfect for my ears.

Mr Winwood has some chops too. The outro solo he and EC do starting around the 4:30 min mark is pretty cool. Both  soloing it out together.

Frampton Comes Alive, no?

or maybe the Boss’ 1985 live box set

Fillmore would have to be right up there

liked the EC song linked here

If I heard this w/o the video & the name of the artist, I wouldn't even finish a listen. It's juvenile & vague (What has gotta stop?) & the upbeat tempo belies any seriousness of whatever message he's promoting. Hard pass.

@stephen At Fillmore East, Eat A Peach and Brothers and Sisters are the only new  Allman Brothers albums to go Platinum. The biggest was Brothers and Sisters at 5x Platinum. So the ABB, may favorite band by far, isn't a big seller of albums when compared to a lot of well known bands. 

There is a 1991 release of old Capricorn tracks from 6 of their Capricorn albums; 1969 -1979 A Decade of Hits, that has sold over 2 million which is Platinum x2. 

Fillmore East and Eat A Peach are platinum x 2 and counting. 

I agree that sales doesn't make the album one of my favorites. I have that Garth Brooks' live album. Over 20 million sold. Frampton Comes Alive is 9 million last I heard. Clapton's Unplugged is 10 million. 

At Fillmore East could have sold 300 copies and it would be the best live album ever to me. 

My favorite band, the Allman Brothers Band, became a huge commercial success in 1973 but it didn't last. 

My favorite band and ANY of the musicians in it were never as big as Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd etc etc. I'm in awe of the bands that are or were so successful. But it's not how I pick my favorites. 

I have to agree with Porkchopbob. Jack Pearson is one of the best guitarists ever. But most people never heard of him and he usually plays bars in Nashville. And if you get a chance to see Jack in a small setting don't miss him. He is awesome!!

@jszfunk I like EC's Dreams solo. Not a thing wrong with it and I bet Warren and Derek Trucks were impressed with it  I think it was a testament to Clapton's graciousness and friendship with Derek and his long held respect for Duane Allman that Clapton showed up for this. Why? Because Eric Clapton is way more famous and successful than even Gregg and Dickey. And Gregg was more famous and successful than Warren and Derek Trucks. They all have their pecking order. And fame is fickle as someone said yesterday. It slips away from some who get there and others such as Clapton and Jagger never loose it.  I'm regularly running into younger and older people that know Gregg Allman and have heard him on the radio etc but don't know who Warren and Derek are. Gregg also is better known that Dickey. It really gets me when a grandson will bring some 20 to 30 year old by that doesn't know who Dickey Betts is. But usually they have heard Dickey sing and play when I sing a little Ramblin'Man. They say " Oh yeah I've heard that song somewhere."

I don't know why Gregg and Dickey aren't as famous as Eric Clapton or Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney or even Rod Stewart. It's just the way it is. 

Last few times that I saw BB his chops had faded from his glory days.  I hold Clapton in the same regard.  His best playing days are behind him, but I honor his contributions to music, which includes doing more than just about anybody (save Johnny Winter?) in making sure that the original blues legends got their recognition and paychecks.  

@robertdee Clapton, Jagger, Stewart all had greater longevity in the form of RECORDED music over a longer period of time.  The Allman Brothers Band had Live at Filmore East - arguably the greatest live album of all-time.  Yeah, Brothers and Sisters gave them hits (Ramblin' man and Jessica) but their bread and butter was always in their live shows.  On their worst night they were one of the best bands you'll ever see.  Those other guys were on the radio for 20 - 40 years. 

Posted by: @cyclone88

If I heard this w/o the video & the name of the artist, I wouldn't even finish a listen. It's juvenile & vague (What has gotta stop?) & the upbeat tempo belies any seriousness of whatever message he's promoting. Hard pass.

That is my question as well cyclone. What is he arguing about? Not getting a vaccination? I assume that. The video just seems stupid to me. 

I have no issue with anyone who doesn't like the song even though I do. People like what they like and that's the way it is. What I don't understand is the disrespect for Clapton on this forum. Give the reverence the ABB ( including Duane ) hold the man and his life long passion for the blues I would not expect some of the responses here. E.C,. first came to my attention on the Beano album and that was the beginning of a life long journey with the man. If you don't like the him fair enough but when someone said, " Jack Pearson would blow him off the stage ", that's a bit much. I assure you if they were to play together it would be Jack that would be in awe. Look at all the players E.C. has played with and the regard with which they hold him. These are musicians and to them, he is the man, as evidenced by Crossroads among other things. I think Derek Trucks is the best player, I mean I like him best, but he will never approach Clapton's status. Very surprising to me. 

@lee 

I got nothing from the lyrics except some shock re his kids "what's left of them" - is he referring to the ones he has left after one died falling from his apartment window? I'm sure there's still grief from that. Beyond that, it's just a lot of can't take this BS. From the video, I got he's angry that men in suits rule the world & people spend too much time on their phones/SM. And????? Usually a protest song has a suggestion - like "give peace a chance" or "stop the war" but this sounds like he's just going to hide behind a door until the suits come to get him.

There are plenty of issues to protest in 2021 & these lyrics touch none of them.

No disrespect to Clapton & his extraordinary abilities. If the question is what do you think of this new protest song, my answer it's unrecognizable as Clapton & would've gone in the slush pile.