Originally posted by aiwass
[BIt annoys me when the older generation says things like "Clapton is God" or proclaim Santana a genius and a virtuoso just because he happened to play some blues licks over a Latin backing. Sure, musical innovation is nice, but when the guy only plays the same lame pull-off triplets over and over, only to disguise his lack of actual dexterity on the instrument, and then pulls out a bottleneck to make random (sorry, that's "BOLD and EXPERIMENTAL") jet plane noises by sliding it up and down the strings, I'm not exactly left gaping in awe, nor am I spellbound by the cathartic impact that his musical vision has made on me.[/B]