Eric Clapton - The Definitive 24 Nights- Rock 1... ((exclusive)) «Mobile»

The definitive moment of Rock 1, however, is the cover of the 1986 hit "Tearing Us Apart." Written with the late Tina Turner, the song is supposed to be about sexual tension. But Clapton, unaware that the world was about to change (the album was released after the tragic death of his son, Conor, in 1991), plays it with a ferocity that borders on violence.

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An acoustic archtop? Not quite. It was a hollow-body electric jazz box. In the hands of a lesser player, it would feed back like a wounded banshee. But on cuts like "Pretending" and "Badge," that guitar became a cannon. It forced Clapton to play cleaner, faster, and with less sustain than his usual "woman tone." He couldn't hide behind distortion. Every mistake was audible. The definitive moment of Rock 1, however, is