tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679054804534993568.post27657201680187540..comments2024-02-15T03:09:09.530-08:00Comments on Rip It Up and Start Again: the Footnotes: SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679054804534993568.post-60699535134324531152014-08-19T03:17:56.887-07:002014-08-19T03:17:56.887-07:00Very much relate to the bass centric attitude of m...Very much relate to the bass centric attitude of much of the music in Rip It Up but wanted to comment on the chapter implying RocknRoll was bassless. Another bass heavy fad that I always loved - was in Rockabilly! In the mid fifties there was a rage in Rockabilly to try and copy the sonics of Jazz. Both genres utilised the standup bass. Hence we get dominant and, great basslines in Heartbreak Hotel, Be Bop a Lula & Rumble. Later The Stray Cats picked up on this fad & wrote Runaway Boys. <br />Thanks <br />PJUnpunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477384371365632737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679054804534993568.post-61333867179213983242014-06-04T11:01:29.356-07:002014-06-04T11:01:29.356-07:00Eric C. for Simon R.
It's difficult to res...<br />Eric C. for Simon R.<br /><br /><br /> It's difficult to respond without being messy, I'll try.<br /><br /> I have known people who based their career on Eric Clapton's work ; in unusual ways. <br /><br /> My first year at college , the resident advisor at the dorm where I lived was named Tim and he was from North Dakota.He was partly crippled, had evidently been through alot of pain though he didn't speak of that much.He probably smoked quite a bit of dope, against campus regulation at the time. He did speak of Eric Clapton , and wrote songs himself. What he found especially inspiring was rumors of Clapton being strung out and frail in the recording studio, having others tune his guitar and bring him things while he simply performed the songs. He envisioned himself being pure , direct enough that others might cater to his needs willingly.<br /><br /><br /> Though I was disgruntled by the version of Layla from the much later Journeyman album, I knew one individual who found it inspiring; perhaps the concept of slowly evolving and expressing a truth without saying much or being flamboyant in any obvious way.<br /><br /> More recently , my next door neighbor in an apartment building alluded to my playing in terms of Eric Clapton, perhaps again the idea of something very basic and not saying hardly anything yet finding something rather than innovating for its own sake.<br /><br /><br /> Still others I'm sure are inspired by his recent endorsement of Fender amplifiers and his promotional photo in the Sweetwater catalogue. Remember that rock and roll has to empower the disenfranchised or it has little worth; even if those disenfranchised are able to afford gear.I'm thinking here of someone looking respectable and playing his guitar.<br /><br /> More remarkable is the similarities ( one nice melody after another , played stridently) between the guitar solo in While My Guitar Gently Weeps , by The Beatles , and Hotel California by The Eagles with Joe Walsh playing most of the lead.<br /><br /><br /> thanks - <br /><br /> Bill<br /><br />Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14526153631184319621noreply@blogger.com