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...spectacular, but in stretching the songs Clapton strips them of their intensity. His vocals don't help matters. He's ecstatic to be covering his idol, but his exuberance increases the disconnection between the music and the material. Johnson was one dark dude; when he sang, "There's a hellhound on my trail," you believed him. When Clapton sings the same line, you wonder if the hound's name is Patches. The only genuine emotion Clapton musters is reverence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Different Moods of Indigo | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...sound like Johnson channeled through a Michelob ad. Clapton's vocals don't help matters. You can tell he's ecstatic to be covering his idol, but his exuberance increases the disconnection between the music and the material. Johnson was one dark dude; when he sang "There's a hellhound on my trail" you believed him. When Clapton sings the same line you wonder if the hound's name is Patches. Me and Mr. Johnson never feels urgent. The only genuine emotion Clapton musters is reverence. Aerosmith has never revered anything but its own double entendres, which gives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Even Rich Men Get The Blues | 3/21/2004 | See Source »

...instead, his “Lamont” derives from the son of Redd Fox’s title character on the popular old sitcom “Sanford and Son.” Though Lamont’s website—complete with an intimidating logo of a hellhound surrounded by punk salutes—plays up the band’s tendency towards the dramatic, the boys of Lamont boast real experience; they’ve played seminal venues such as The Middle East, TT the Bear’s, and Manhattan’s CBGB?...

Author: By R.m. Milzoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Schoolhouse Rock | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

...Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 2. Hellhound on My Trail - Robert Johnson 3. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams 4. Solitude - Duke Ellington 5. This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie 6. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Charles Calhoun (Joe Turner's recording) 7. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 8. I Am the Walrus - Beatles 9. Street Fighting Man - Rolling Stones 10. Amazing Grace - John Newton

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-Time Top Ten: The Readers Give Us an Earful | 7/13/2000 | See Source »

Richard III is called a "hellhound," an "elvish-mark'd, abortive, rooting hog," "a bottled spider" and a "poisonous bunch-back'd toad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Spider King | 7/25/1983 | See Source »

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