Re: (TV) Clapton

["Russ Van Rooy" <russvr@blarg.net>]

I think I read somewhere that Neil Young has had some remorse for writing
"Ohio" but I'm not sorry he wrote it and CSNY played the hell out of it .
Out of tragedy a lot of great art has been created. Did Picasso have remorse
for painting Guernica ? In Clapton's case the tragedy is personal, all the
more appropriate a well from which to draw inspiration I'd say.
-Russ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott M Neukam" <scottneukam@yahoo.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: (TV) Clapton


> --- "Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV> wrote:
> > Keith said:
> > >This is true but at the risk of appearing crass here
> > (who, me?) if I'd
> > >lost my son in a terrible accident I don't think I'd
> > have made a best-
> > >selling song out of it, would you?
> >
> > I could not agree with you more.
>
> I could not disagree with you guys more.  "Tears in Heaven"
> is probably the best post-Cream Clapton song I've ever
> heard.  I'm not saying that I necessarily like it, but at
> least it has some passion to it-- much better than his pop
> crooning like "You look wonderful tonight" and the
> absolutely grating "Riding with the King" and any other
> Clapton song I can think of.  and what in the world is
> wrong with a songwriter or any artist responding to some
> personal tragedy with his art?  whether it's "best-selling"
> or not.
>
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