Re: Clapton's contribution on "And So is Love"

[dambik@fnalo.fnal.gov (Ed Dambik)]

In article <2c8uos$lau@delphinium.rtsg.mot.com>, langrlld@rtsg.mot.com (Daniel J. Langrill) writes:
:
> I've got one observation about "And So Is Love" --
> 
> First of all, I really like the song...But, Eric Clapton on guitar is
> sort of unnecessary 

The period belongs here!

>to the song.  

Not here.

> If you listen to the song, Clapton
> "interjects" every once in a while during the song, but has no part in
> the actual melody.

Pick a reason:

-Eric sent his taped riffs to Kate without ever hearing the tunes
-Jet lag
-He was waiting for the cue to start singing "Layla"
-Jeff Beck kept making faces at Clapton to crack him up
-When you get older, you tend to take short cat naps
-The cheese stands alone
-He only plays when you throw money
-Why do you think they call him "Slow Hand"?

> Has anyone else noticed this?  Anticipating flames- yes, Clapton is a
> good guitarist. 

Uh... heh, heh, heh... 

> However, his contribution to "And So Is Love" is
> seemingly useless.  The song would have been just as good without the
> "blues-y" guitar in between lyrics.

Sure but then he wouldn't be able to do it unplugged later on MTV.
Just think of it as windowdressing or something like the laugh track 
on Seinfield.


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