It’s hard to beat those musicians Clapton has with him. Nathan East is a beast of a bass player. And Billy Preston, the Fifth Beatle, on keyboard. Wow!
I'm listening to this with tears streaming down my face . As my dad passed away this morning. He was a huge fan of Eric Clapton, as I am to. He was 66 years old and I will miss him forever.
We hear you my friend. This song meant SO much to me and I lost a lot of tears when my dad passed. We're all reaching out to you and we share your pain. Hang in there -- you know your dad would be proud of the love you feel for him. Love is forever.
I wanted to look into my father's eyes but he refused (even in hospital when he was going to die 1992) he had a war trauma so, I hate the war so, I love my father ❤
My father...who grew me up with Eric's tracks and who we drank whisky together is now in intensive care because of cancer..they said the rest of his life is about 5 months but his cancer is very agressive,he is not able to talk.now ı am back at home and everywhere smells him and this track appeared and ı am totally down! :((( so,,to the people who is listening this track,ı want a pray for him from what you believe god,Allah or something else,ı really feel so lonely and ı hope your all family passes their lifes with health and happinnes..cheers... luv ya all...
Thank you for your words. I made a prayer also for him and your family but don't cry, i lost my father in 1996, i loved him so much and was a terrible pain but day by day he helps you to accept his dead and the desperation comes acceptable, as that of my mother. They don't want you sad and crying but thinking that now they are in a new dimension, in peace and serenity. Just doing this they can help and protect you h 24. Be strong!!!
From France, I send you and your father ( here or on the other side ) so much love. I'm sure your father don't want to see you so sad ! God loves you and him ! ❤❤❤Sorry for my very bad english...
My father passed from Covid complications 6 months ago - still miss him everyday. Music keeps me sane and learning about faith in God after 64 years. Life is a journey in progress. Thanks for making that journey more pleasant, Eric Clapton!
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I'm 23 and I love his music too. I'm going to watch him for the first time here in Argentina, as my dad make me listen his music when I was just a child. I'm so exited!
We don't know you but we love you and wish you more health to enjoy more of such masterpiece. When someone of you age loves such a song it means the rest of us are not wrong.
É sempre assim com todas as músicas, sempre uma performance diferente. Uma melhor que a outra. Esse show com esses músicos foi fantástico. Grande Billy. 💯
May his soul rest in peace..i wish u courage😪..i lost my dad too long time ago but i started lately to realize it and didn t cry until now....keep the faith❤
“He’s always with me.” - that’s what everyone who has lost a loved on needs to remember. They are ALWAYS with us. God blesses the broken hearted, for he surrounds them.
Nobody else on this planet is able to play this delicate introduction. Eric is really inspired during the whole song, he masters every second of it with genius.
He never met his Father....Eric was the illegitimate son of a Canadian flyer who was in GB during the War...knocked-up his Mom, then returned to Canada. His young Mom then lived with her Mother and gave birth to Eric. As a cover story, Eric was raised to believe his Mom was his SISTER and that his Grandmother was his Mother !! So I believe his search for his Father will never be over...perhaps he wrote this song to "air" his pain relating to this life issue just as his "Tears in Heaven" was written to help him deal with the loss of his child Connor who died tragically. Our love of his great music is rooted in his life tragedies without which they would never have been written. He always has been a "Blues-Rocker" and a great song writer who has had MULTIPLE successful careers spanning literally more than 1/2 Century. Thanks man....you have made your mark with millions of loyal fans and WILL do it again with generations yet unborn.
Beautifully written and thank you so much for sharing your heartwarming story... My father was an alcoholic and abused my mother and us 4 kids... I have been using my music therapy group on my msgr now and with that said I've been listening to rock and roll since I was 13yrs old it's my 1st love as is This Man...
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful thoughts on Eric he is a great gift from Our Father God I was abused by my alcoholic father until I was 13yrs old and never wanted to look into his eyes... Music is my therapy and rock is my heart 1st. I too have loved this man's musical talent. Have been listening to him since I was 13yrs old and never heard this song before and I was doing a top 5 guitarist on my music therapy group through msgr and of course Eric was there and I searched for the song choice I wanted to use and I don't believe in accidents or coincidence's... I believe God led me straight to this song and at first the title of course wasn't right but I listened to the lyrics and knew God and Eric who wrote the song flipped the script and I cried with love and joy with the most precious words of understanding exactly what they meant... I had already forgiven my father a long time ago and God has blessed me with 4 son's and plus 1 1/2 brother I helped raise and they are grown now ... My oldest is 43yrs and Christopher is in the Ellis Unit serving a long sentence for drugs that I know he would otherwise be dead... My heart is broken but I'm so grateful for his life and God's mercy on him... He has a son who just graduated and we have not seen since he was a child.. Through the music and prayer warriors for our children all around the world I dedicated this song to them and played through out the day I tell you that again that prayers work by 9pm that night my grandson on msgr contacted me... I was overwhelmed with joy and love to hear from him and asking about his father, my son... I thank you Mr. Eric Clapton for your music that touches us in our hearts!!! We are all blessed by it through you and I say thank you for all you give of yourself with the precious talent through Our Father God in Jesus Christ name Amen... I apologize for the long reply as I have never done this before... I really enjoyed reading your words of his lifetime and would like to know more and read his autobiography too... Can you tell me the title please...
Eric Clapton never really knew his father ... which makes this song so much more meaningful .. especially when he sings "thats when I need them; that's when I need my fathers eyes"
My mother didn't physically die, but something in her died when I was ten years old, and I had to grow up and become an adult. So, in a way, I understand your pain.
My dad had the most beautiful eyes. Looking into the them brought comfort and eased my spirit. Soon to be 20 years since he left, I miss him everyday. This song brings comfort and tears. I love you Dad.
My dad also had the most beautiful blue eyes. Looking into the them brought me comfort and eased my spirit as well. It's been 15 years since he left, I miss him everyday too. Yes, this song brings comfort and tears. I never tire of listening to it. I love you Dad. Thank you Eric Clapton. 7
I lost my father 43 years ago , not a day goes by I don't think of him and all my family who have passed before me such a hollow feeling . Your words brought comfort in the memories .
When I was a kid my dad would play Eric's lives on tv and record it...we would run everytime knowing it was going to be playing all day! Tomorrow will be my Daddy's first birthday in heaven and here I am listening to him just to feel those day's again!!😭😭😭😭
Eric Clapton ist ein Segen für die Welt der Musik. Ein Segen für sein Publikum. Ich durfte ihn bei seinem letzten Deutschland Konzert in Mannheim Deutschland 🇩🇪 erleben. Vielen Dank
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God bless and Rest In Peace to your father. My wonderful and amazing father passed the other day and I miss him so very much. Looking forward to see into my fathers eyes in Heaven one day again. God bless you Dad, you were/ are the best father a son could ever have. Thank you for being you!!!
This song made me cry, i miss my father so much, he died when i was 13.. i always keep imagining versions of conversations we might have had if he was still here. Beautiful song.
FRIEND ABOUT THE SAME TIME I LOST 2 OF MY KIDS BUT YOU CARRY ON WE STILL HAVE 2 DAUGHTERS DEPLOYED USMC AS I AM MY WIFE IS ARMY VETERAN FOR OUR NATION WE CARRY ON 🙏🤝✌💞🙏
@@terrymirande They both are about Conor's death. That's why he rarely performs either song anymore -- it's too hard for him. The idea of the song is that he never looked into his father's eyes, but by looking into Conor's, it was the closest he'd ever come. The third generation was his only connection to the first.
I am 72 years old and about 6 months ago I started to try to learn how to play slow blues on electric guitar,which I don't think I'll ever be able to do.Istarted to listen and watch Eric Clapton and I'm like several others who have said some of his songs bring me to tears,he is the best ever,I just wish I had started watching his videos earlier in life
as beautiful as this music is, his lyrics kill me once again. The never ending impact of the absentee father and the lifelong effect it has on the child is gutwrenching. this should be studied in schools worldwide. Dads, you are needed!!
Amen!! My father passed this year 2021. I was with him when he passed. He was there when I was very young, but we had a troubled relationship. I miss the "other fathers" who helped me grow....big brothers, uncles, mentors. Those who guided me when my father was absent. Thank you all. Hard to talk about... Trying very hard to be a good father myself. This song brings tears to my eyes.
👍👍👍 Eric never had a father! BUT a granddad! 👍 And: THEY destroyed the family union. SO RETURN TO VIRTUES and do something about it! Get married, a nice woman and get at least 2 kids!!!
I so understand. My parents divorced when I was two then remarried when I was 10, divorced again when I was 12. He was murdered when I was 19 and he was 38. It has definitely affected my whole life and my relationships with men. I tended to gravitate to men just like him. Hence I have had a very stormy life.
G-wen sometimes a father is absentee by not beeing able to accept his son looking into his eyes so was my father and I understand, why he was not able to do .... I am 71 now and I am missing, that he did not allow me to embrace him but I love him !!!
Eric Clapton is a man blessed of the Lord! He had a very rough life, been thru hell and here he is playing like never before, has a beautiful family! I admire him as a man and musician!
+Tonino Musicalmente Thank you so much for your wonderful thoughts. It is so so wonderful and reassuring to know that there are truly caring people with good hearts still in this world. God bless you and your family!
+Greg Cook Mine died at 13 my mother at the same time. Although I don't know your specific pain I understand the wish just for one moment in time with ones lost.
My biological father died a year and a half ago. My parents split when I was five I didn't see him again until I was 18. But we still got to make memories as adults. My dad was a good man my step dad too. He's Still alive so at least I have one out of two dads left.
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3 months ago, my father lost the battle to covid-19. Today marks the completion of 3 months, and I wouldn't want anything more than my father to be alive today. He was just 65. I owe everything to him
Your Father Loves You! Grieving is such a difficult time. I lost my Father in February, it's hard. Please find your soul journey? There is much comfort in that. Music is healing. Love to you 💜
When you don’t have a big wedding you don’t think about those special moments that you get to enjoy. I lost my father nine years ago this week and I wish we had that father-daughter dance we deserved.
My 90 year old father passed away last week. I was so blessed to bring home for his final days. I will never forget the last time I looked in my fathers eyes. There was joy. And then he slipped away. I’ll always have our memories, I dedicate this song to the best dad a girl could ever have had.
Today would be my father's 85th birthday and this song feels truly special. Music enables the most powerful connection to my deepest feelings and, at this very moment, Dad, I look into your soul and thank you for the wonderful memories. You will never be missed.
This mans ability to move past tragedy and personal challenges, is more so of a testimony as to who he is, than his music. I think this is eric claptons best performance , he has done it all and this piece of his work shows his faithfulness to his craft, absolutely amazing!
You nailed it!! I dunno how he was able to write and perform songs about such tragedies. To me that keeps opening up wounds.. but it's probably his coping mechanic though. And we love him for this .
Who can forget Tears in Heaven. Probably the greatest tragedy in his life. The way he takes the pain, all very personal pain, and creates such music is beyond comprehension.
I'm seeing this performance on the 29th anniversary of my father's death, while watching my newborn son sleep. It's always a hard and soothing song to hear. My father's name (Deoclides) inspired my son's (Theo). I think about him every single day, for the last 29 years. My father inspires me. My father encourages me. My father is one of my best friends, if not the best one. My father is an awesome teacher. My father is a true inspiration. Thank you Eric Clapton for this piece of art.
Lost my father today he was 93. It would take too long to tell you about him. He was steady as the rain, dependable. He had kind brown eyes but that wasn't his most obvious characteristic. I felt like I was closer to my Mom but my fathers eye's were always there. Not judging or panicking, rarely crying. They gave me strength.
I lost my Dad this February. He was 92. I thought because of the age it would help with his passing... No. How much wisdom our Dad's have given us? Let us pass this on to future generations the best we can! Loving thoughts Your way 🙏
I have tried to explain to my kids...., yes, Van Halen is a wizard on the guitar, but he never had Eric's soul; that is why Clapton is so loved. What a great performance.
I'm 40 years old, my father has been in prison my entire life. My mom's husband passed away on Thursday. Been able to navigate life well without a father, with that being said, be there for your children, thanks mom. Best guitar playing I've ever seen. You can tell how much not having a father meant to Eric
I'm over it I'm 58. To this day I dont the entire truth. He came out when I was 13. We had some time together. He died when he was 52. He did meet his Grandkids ,my Boys. Gangsta yes. Nice Man yes. So funny, he was a character! RIP Dad.
