I was so sad to see you find out what the song was about. Girl, please let it go... Eric changed his life and his music from then on but he is still one of the greatest guitar players in the world.!
@@keepingitreal71 I feel just like your comment. I just knew people were gonna tell her and they did. I forgot all about this but my phone showed you commented today. Ms. Kali's got a good head on her shoulders, she dealt with it fine. She has a great heart! This was a year ago.
In 1991 his 4 year old son Connor fell from an open window from the 53rd floor of a building to his death. Instead of turning to drugs again, he turned to his music. He spent a year on his yacht with his manager and wrote this song to honor his son.
The song is sad, finding out the backstory makes it heartbreaking. I don't know how Clapton did it, but even the guitar riff alone carries so much emotion.
Oh my, catching up on your old shows . Just shed a few tears myself😢 😢. Any cuddles out there people, I need one . Your the best Kristin and Eric Clapton 😙
The GOAT guitar player writes a beautiful tribute to his sweet son lost in a tragic accident. And performs it to perfection! When he performs this in concert, the entire audience goes silent. I have seen him 3 times and it never fails to be the quietist part of the night. And the reaction id why I have found my favorite reviewer. That was perfect reaction!!
I had a 4 year old and a 2 year old son when I first listened too this song after hearing the back story in 1994. I was working a 2nd job delivering pizzas. I was so distraught by the end of it that I had to go home a hug my boys. I was a mess. Can't imagine what strength it took for Eric to get through this period and write and perform this song. I couldn't listen to it for about 15 years afterwards. Watching your reaction when you read the story behind brought tears to my eyes again. Bless you lovely lady for being real xx
James Morgan 👊❤️🗣Thankyou James, it took me this long ... to come back here. It still grieves me to think of loss this deep.. it’s unfair.. I hug my children too... just as I know so many grateful parents do.. bc we never know what can happen.. just that we must appreciate these times together 💕🙏💯
This is a song of loss. When my best friends lost their daughters in a tragic traffic accident in December 2001 and when I lost my daughter in December 2019, this song comes to mind and gives me great comfort.
your honest display of emotions is appreciated Kristin! People have become so cold nowadays... Real emotion is a precious, rare thing. Thank you for showing you care, for having a heart.
@@KristinKali unfortunately, tragedy is all around us... every day, all over the globe. But so is resistance, courage, bravery and strength. :) Let us learn from the bad, and aim for the good.
One of the difficult yet cathartic songs to listen to. I lost my daughter in 2016. I wrote a song for her after her loss that I play when I visit. It’s instrumental, because there are just no words. Your tears felt soothing, like someone hurting with me. Thank you for that.
You just can't remain mad when listening to this song. It's far too heart braking when you realise what its about and listen to it again. This is a prime example how he has recovered from his heart ache over the years. He has now declared he will not sing this song anymore as he has finally acknowledged that he no longer feels the pain and cant do it justice with his soul.
The Ghost 👊❤️🗣It’s beautiful and sad, hurtful, soulful & so many emotions... I didn’t know it was about his son and I just felt heavy. Thankyou for explaining things about Mr. Clapton that I would never know otherwise. 🙏💕
He is one of the greats and all his songs have soul in them. When you see the American Greats, you will usually also see him as well. Along with a few more of the English Greats. He has quite a large base for his songs ranging from sad, beautiful, childish, cheeky, happyish. I say happyish because they are not always boyantly happy, better word is probably Content.
After I lost my fiance in 2010 I would play this song non stop to help me grieve I'm not a big crier but this song helped me to cry even though I would try to fight the tears because I was raised to be tough RIP Lisa thank you for your reaction respect from Chicago
"Sometimes I cry...." I shared every tear with you, every tear. Your eyes said it all. I got you... Eric's face said it all... I got him... I've had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Clapton once in concert and I will cherish it forever. Life lesson learned? Tell everyone that means anything to you, every day how much you love them. Don't let tragedy leave you in regret for all the things you wish you could have said but never did. Go find them now and let them know, before it's too late. Much, much love and respect to you... \m/ T
@@KristinKali i remember it happening altho im guessing im a lot older than you , i didnt have children then and it upset me ,but being a parent now its in comprehensible, you really are on a roll and i love how you always take time out to look at the back stories , even if sometimes you wish you hadnt lol much love to you and youre family beautiful xx
@@stevekerswill5925 I remember hearing my mom talking about it with her friends and hearing his acoustic version performed on tv the year he performed it. I was the same age as the kid and remember thinking how scary it would be if I fell out of a really high place. Poor kid...
5:48 the moment i said to myself out loud "don't cry baby" . sometimes life just hurts and it's not if you can muster the strength, but when you realize there is no real reason to carry on but you do it anyway because it just the right thing to do . it hardens some people to the point of steal and leaves them void. some get on better than others but there is no turning back. the clear takeaway here is that's clear to me is don't take anything at all for granted. the only thing that is, is the air in your lungs for the short time that it is. given a real ponder most can count all their real blessings on their finger and toes if their lucky don't let them slip away, you are the steward of them. don't lose sight of the fact you are. be a good one. if you do things tend to go wrong real fast Kristin its enough to know people like you still exist girl hugs and tender angel kiss's for and angel.
For people who have lost someone, songs like this are meant to be written, like a gift to us. And, for such an important moment in someone's life, a song like this should be trusted into the hands, mind and soul of someone like Eric Clapton. He isn't going to blow you away like Gilmour, Page, S.R.V or Hendrix. Though complex, his guitar-playing has a next-level of soul. He is also a brilliant lyricist who's life has been tragic throughout. There are great interviews with him on RU-vid about the loss of his son and, before that, how sad and alone he felt when Hendrix died. At the time Eric was making his mark as one of the greatest guitar players on the planet, Hendrix was spoken of in the same breath at that same time period. So, when Hendrix died suddenly, Clapton felt very alone in the world.
This is great! Clapton is most known for his Rock and Blues guitar licks and he is awesome in both. But when he tones it down and goes acoustic he is just as awesome. Not many modern artists can do that. As for your dichotomy in picking sides, go with your gut. You can be Switzerland.
This song destroys everyone I know who has lost a chile, like my Mom. (Today is the anniversary of my baby sister dying in a fire in our garage when she was 19 months..my baby brother was almost 3...they wandered into the garage and knocked over a gasoline can which was ignited by a faulty water heater. She died in my arms in the front yard before the fire department got there. I was 12 and supposed to be watching them while Mom was making dinner. 42 years ago and it still gets to me.) And I apologize if it seems creepy coming from an old guy, but you really are beautiful)
👊❤️🗣Thankyou Jim 🙏💕🥺I’m sorry for your loss... and that was not your fault.., 12 yrs old is still too young to watch over an infant and a toddler imho 😞
It's ok, its ok, hugs, hugs🤗, we know, we know, every since it happened I can't look at him without thinking about his baby. For the longest time, I couldn't listen to this song, it was just too much. We've all or most of us have lost someone, someone, but a child, a miscarriage is traumatic in of itself, but this, just tears at you, and you just feel for him and her the mom, just pray for the baby and them., Peace
A horrific tragedy where his beloved 4yr old son,Conor,fell to his death from a tower block. I cant even imagine how that must have hit Eric. It very nearly sent him under. Always makes me fill up.
This is the one... this is the one that I love that you did but I will not watch... this song was played at dads funeral and i just cant.. thank you for reviewing it tho.👊🤘
6 months for before the unthinkable happened to Conor, Eric Clapton had another catastrophe in his life. Stevie Ray Vaughn toured with Eric Clapton in the summer of 1990. The bands flew in helicopters to/from the hotel to the concert venue. After a concert in Wisconsin, Eric was seated and strapped into one of the helicopters. Stevie Ray had an important issue he needed to deal with back at the hotel so he asked Eric if he wouldn't mind taking the next helicopter back instead. Eric obliged. Stevie Ray climbed aboard the helicopter and strapped himself in. 5 minutes later everyone onboard the helicopter carrying Stevie Ray was dead after it crashed into a hillside. Clapton would have died that night if he had stayed on the first flight. I don't know how Eric Clapton was able to stay sane after dealing with 2 catastrophe's like this in the span of half a year.
Sometimes things need to be put into perspective. You are in a social platform and negativity will rear it's ugly head. Disengage and block! Save yourself for what you want to achieve. TY. Btw, I have no idea about the headphones bcz it's been over a yr since you originally showed this video. ✌️🙏
Okay I wasn't really paying attention last time when you mentioned the headphone thing but THAT'S why you said you were mad? Gaddamn Headphone Police gonna tell somebody how to mind their bidnuss? Headpho Po? LMAO, I love you, internet. Of all the sheeit you could be doing with your time *wags finger* "now you look here young lady. You can't be wearing those headphones like that you understand!?" XD. I see a vid that says you read some hater comments. I'm watching that next to laugh some more. Damn I needed that. Good song though, I've never really listened to it from start to finish
Just got to say; you are beautiful. LOVE your makeup but please answer me this.... Do you have falsies on your bottom lashes? They are so long and beautiful.
