The 61-year-old guitar legend told The Times: "Right now, the power of music sits with Simon Cowell and Coldplay and U2, who are really people who just attend awards shows.

How dare Clapton mention Simon Cowell in the same breathe as Coldplay and U2

Cowell is single handedly killing music with his manufactured shite, ramming all his boy and girl bands down our throats through the media all the time,i definitely sense a large dollop of jealousy from old slow hand.

 

Actually, Simon Cowell doesn't specialise in "boy bands" - that's Louie Walsh!!

He needs to get his facts right!!;)

lol I don't even know who Simon Cowell is :uhoh2:

lol I don't even know who Simon Cowell is :uhoh2:

 

Don't you get American Idol in Italy??:confused:

Nope..should I consider myself lucky or unlucky?

Nope..should I consider myself lucky or unlucky?

 

It's not a bad show, actually - far better than Eurovision!!:laugh3:

 

Simon Cowell is one of the judges.

Hehe we don't get the Eurovision too :laugh4::laugh4: but I know what it is, actually I know what American Idol is too

"I think what it shows is how incredibly detached all the current stuff is from its roots. What worries me about what's going on now is that people don't know where it's all come from, and I don't suppose they're that interested."

Yep, too right. I've been thinking this for the past few years.

Ah...I feel somehow close to Clapton. What a legend.

Yep, too right. I've been thinking this for the past few years.

Ah...I feel somehow close to Clapton. What a legend.

 

exactly what i feel, Henry. somehow i can't say he's a moron or something like that, he is a legend in my eyes. i agree with him in some points and disagree as well, but it won't change my opinion about him as musician. it's Eric Clapton, ladies and gentlemen!!!

It's not a bad show, actually - far better than Eurovision!!:laugh3:

 

Simon Cowell is one of the judges.

 

no i actually prefer EV more of a laugh

 

American Idol is like dying a slow painful death.