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Angus Young (AC/DC) on Chuck Berry vs. Eric Clapton
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Bruce
Nov 4, 2023, 10:27:10 PM11/4/23
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Angus Young once offered his thoughts on Eric Clapton – and they weren’t particularly flattering... He said that Chuck Berry is a lot better than Clapton will ever be:
"Chuck Berry was never a caring person. He didn’t care whether he was playing his tune, out of tune, or someone else’s tune. Whenever he plays guitar, he has a big grin from ear to ear. Everyone always used to rave about Clapton when I was growing up, saying he was a guitar genius and stuff like that. Well, even on a bad night, Chuck Berry is a lot better than Clapton will ever be.”
In addition to this he said: “Clapton just sticks licks together that he has taken from other people—like B.B. King and the other old blues players—and puts them together in some mish-mashed fashion. The only great album her ever made was the Blues Breaker album he did with John Mayall, and maybe a couple of good songs he did with Cream. The guy more or less built his reputation on that. I never saw what the big fuss was about Clapton to begin with.”
I agree, with Angus.
"Chuck Berry was never a caring person. He didn’t care whether he was playing his tune, out of tune, or someone else’s tune. Whenever he plays guitar, he has a big grin from ear to ear. Everyone always used to rave about Clapton when I was growing up, saying he was a guitar genius and stuff like that. Well, even on a bad night, Chuck Berry is a lot better than Clapton will ever be.”
In addition to this he said: “Clapton just sticks licks together that he has taken from other people—like B.B. King and the other old blues players—and puts them together in some mish-mashed fashion. The only great album her ever made was the Blues Breaker album he did with John Mayall, and maybe a couple of good songs he did with Cream. The guy more or less built his reputation on that. I never saw what the big fuss was about Clapton to begin with.”
I agree, with Angus.
RWC
Nov 4, 2023, 11:09:02 PM11/4/23
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On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 19:27:08 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <Sav...@aol.com>
wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Young
Angus Young (born 1955) is an Australian musician {coming from
struggle street in Glasgow, Scotland in 1963}, best known as the
co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only remaining
founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his
energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own
version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 38th in the 2023
edition of Rolling Stone's 250 greatest guitarists of all-time list.
In 2003, Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
wrote:
Angus Young (born 1955) is an Australian musician {coming from
struggle street in Glasgow, Scotland in 1963}, best known as the
co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only remaining
founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his
energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own
version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 38th in the 2023
edition of Rolling Stone's 250 greatest guitarists of all-time list.
In 2003, Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Mark D.
Nov 5, 2023, 9:20:53 AM11/5/23
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someone of his generaion like Angus Young has told us that the "king" is just
a derivative guitarist. And not much of a singer either.
--md
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