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Don Quixote · 11-21-2012, 10:25 PM

Nice, indeed.
But it also shows by comparison what a voice Gord had on the DQ album; his version is so much more beautiful, and expressively sad, and his phrasing is far superior. Clapton did a fine and reverential job with the song--but the original is still unsurpassed.
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11-21-2012, 10:25 PM	#7
Don Quixote Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Springfield, MA 01109 Posts: 309	Re: Clapton's 1977 cover of "LOOKING AT THE RAIN" is released Nice, indeed. But it also shows by comparison what a voice Gord had on the DQ album; his version is so much more beautiful, and expressively sad, and his phrasing is far superior. Clapton did a fine and reverential job with the song--but the original is still unsurpassed. DQ