Jeff Beck’s version of “Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers” is a certified instrumental. This song (the one with vocals) is, most simply put, a breakup song. What the title speaks to is the vocalist observing...
What the title of this song refers to is “five lonely years” the vocalist is tasked with ‘facing’. He never actually reveals what predicament he is in exactly, though from the onset we’re made aware...
Most simply put, what Eric Clapton is singing about is being oppressed, and the addressee would be his oppressor. He does not go as far as to identify who or what said addressee is. But...
Perhaps, the biggest impact this band had on the British music industry was to birth three of the most influential rock guitarists of all time. Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, who would...
If you were living in the United States during the late-1980s and are actually old enough to remember that juncture in pop media history, hearing Eric Clapton’s “After Midnight” will undoubtedly take your mind...
There was a moment in time when Eric Clapton, whom these days we perceive more as a father-figure type of musician, was heavily on drugs. In fact while on heroin for instance, he would spend...
We’ve seen a few senior artists, such as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, step to the mic to drop new songs in 2020. And when they have done so, the tracks understandably tend to...
“Change the World” finds Eric Clapton wishing that he had some sort of supernatural power to make certain changes in the world. The reason for his wish is simple; to prove his undying love...
“Give Me One Reason” is about love; more specifically, a woman wanting to keep her crumbling relationship together. And throughout the song, Tracy Chapman asks her lover to give her a reason to keep...
Cream’s “White Room” is a song that is highly-metaphorical. The term “white room” is derived from the song’s writer, Pete Brown, literally living in a white room in 1967. And what was particular noticeable about...
