What Scares Me About Eric Clapton
“Think, OK? You got to use your head man, and ask yourself how I do it.”
I’ll tell you what scares me about Eric Clapton.
When you look at pictures of him over the last 40 years, you will notice that he looks different every 8 years. Not just older with different hairstyles, I mean he actually looks like a different person.
From 1960’s Yardbird to the current-day Delta blues preservationist, via the Albert Hall residencies of the late 80’s and the rootsy days of MTV pluglessness, old Slowhand looks like a dozen different people.
Pirates of the Caribbean Eric: “Aye, a guitarist is what I be. One of the foinest this side of the Leeward Isles. Arrr.”
Smug Handyman Eric: “Look at that. Can’t see the join.”
1982 Businessman of the Year Eric: “Going forward, we feel it is vital to continue to perform the blues for our blues-loving shareholders.”
Greek Harbourmaster Eric: “You want to buy boat? She very fast, very fast. You want to buy wife? I have wife also.”
Gaspumping Eric: “I used to have one of these. What do you get fifteen per gallon? Twenty - tops?”
Country Superstar Eric: “This next song was wrote by my daddy.”
Wild Wild West Eric: “Wanted - for theft of the blues”
Headmaster Eric: “See me.”
Naughty Schoolboy Eric (about to see Headmaster Eric): “Whatever happens guys, this summer’s gonna rip.”
Chandler Bing Eric. “Could I be a bigger blues legend?”
Disco Stu Eric: “Now with me, I love to love and I love to dance.
And I’m just about danced out.”
Advertising Executive Eric: “…but with a guitar people feel they belong to an exclusive demographic.”
He is the Carlos the Jackal of the music business.Saying that, I wonder if Carlos the Jackal thinks he is the Eric Clapton of the terrorism business. That would be wierd.
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August 10th, 2005 at 5:53 pm
Great synopsis on Clapton. I’m still trying to figure out if you are a fan or just strangely obsessed…
August 10th, 2005 at 9:52 pm
Neither. That probably makes it worse, because I’ve just noticed this throughout the years. Every 8 years I see him on TV and think - “My GOD! What have you done with Eric Clapton. This is a masquerade wrapped up in a conspiracy posing as a enigma. Does no one else see?!”
And then some days it doesn’t bother me at all.
January 8th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
I’ve often thought this.
It’s just a shame the music doesn’t change as often - he’s sounded the same for the last 40 years.
Plug in, have a nap on stage, unplug and then go to hairdresser…….
I’ve often thought Dylan has a different look every few years, too.