Needles & Grooves

Matt M
Matt M
Yeah, she nailed this one.
HiFi Guy
HiFi Guy
We will have to agree to disagree on this one. Clapton will be remembered long after what’s her name. See? I don’t remember her already.
TenderLovingKiller®
TenderLovingKiller®
Can I think Clapton is overrated and still enjoy a few of his albums?
HiFi Guy
HiFi Guy
He’s certainly put out a few average albums, but overall his catalogue is far better than many others.
Joe Mac
Joe Mac
Really? Even if we take away the racism and the admissions of marital rape, which I’m not willing to, I’ve always found him to be a proficient player but a terrible songwriter, most of his stuff is so boring that it verges on the unlistenable. He does have the odd good song but in a career that long you’re going to have.
Melt Face Molly Drop
Melt Face Molly Drop
Click-baity title. Bridgers doesn't like him as a person due to a past racist rant, yet admits she likes some of his songs. So just sounds like a case of separating art from artist turned into a rant that was publicized.
Joe Mac
Joe Mac
Disagree @Melt Face Molly Drop ”it’s extremely mediocre music but that’s up there with the ones I’d actually like” reads as exactly what the title says to me...
ayayrawn
ayayrawn
Definitely agree. Always thought everything solo Clapton and Cream were painfully boring. Layla and Other Songs is pretty good though.
TenderLovingKiller®
TenderLovingKiller®
Lots of my Artists I enjoy were (and are) terrible people but I am good at separating the awful people from the amazing art they created. I am speaking Purely from a musical place. I enjoy Derek and Dominos stuff and a few of his coked out mid to late 70s albums. None are my favorite but I enjoy their vibe.
HiFi Guy
HiFi Guy
Cream was boring????????
Melt Face Molly Drop
Melt Face Molly Drop
You just combined two separate quoted sentences into one. But regardless, everything post 1970 save for Slowhand and his Unplugged effort would probably pass as mediocre to me. But admittedly, I don't know his catalog that well.
Melt Face Molly Drop
Melt Face Molly Drop
However, I feel you can't deny the genius of his work with the Yardbirds, Cream, Dominoes, Blind Faith. So that's also why I feel this is clickbaity, unless she goes on to clarify that his ENTIRE body of work is mediocre.
TenderLovingKiller®
TenderLovingKiller®
Bukowski, Picasso, Hemingway, Lovecraft, Miles Davis, Mick Jagger, etc...
kvetcha
kvetcha
I'd like to note that the Phoebe/Courtney Barnett duet linked in the article is amazing.
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