QUESTION?? | Eric Clapton - Layla (REACTION!!) 

It actually turned 50 this year.

The Matthäus-Passion is 293 years old, Hurrian Hymn No. 6 is nearly 2000 years old ... good music is like whisky and wine.

Classical pieces are like 200+ years and they still sound good

Eric Clapton is great. Also try Steve Vai, tender surrender, Steve Howe anything, in or out of " yes " rhanks

How about waiting man, or discipline song, King Crimson 1983 about, you're cool.

EC is a total badass!

Blind faith should have been inducted as well

Should be in there for Derek and the dominoes

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@@cheryljackson5659 my sentiments exactly

First song my son taught himself to play.

Jennifer D.W. clever young man then, does he play it as good? If he can then I might see him play it live one day.

Love Wonderful Tonight! Love this song also and It's in the way that you use it

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9fyPwtl0nVs.html This to me is the best version of Wonderful Tonight. Would love to see a reaction to it.

Eric favorite photo is graffiti on a wall Clapton is God with a dog urinating on it. Haha.

Riding With the King That whole album is badass. Title track,

BB King and Friends video has a fantastic version.

I did not know this, but I assure you I''ll know more in a minute!

Wow thanks for the info. Been listening to Layla for years,never knew the story behind the song.

So is Wonderful Tonight

Duane Allman played slid on the original with Clapton

They also used to joking call each other "husbands IN law" Eric had said in an interview. 😉❤😎

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Yes!! Mark Knopfler!! Great taste in music @Amanda . Eric is my ultimate, love Santana and Dire Straits were kick ass!!!

All the dire straits stuff is good. I'm like you I just love amazing guitarists. The way they pull music out of those instruments just gets me

Yeah, I do wish Shaq would have continued with other genres- he always said (and sure seemed) to love them- 🤷🏼‍♀️

Shaq is like watching the cookie monster react...Mr. Video genuinely appreciates the music and doesn't make it about him

@@andrew348 I still like NoLifeShaq, but Mr Video has some energy about him that is cooler to watch when it comes to these reactions

I.like Shaq too but he hadn't been doing anyrhing that interest me lately.

Im with you man 100%

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One of my favorite Clapton song is peaches and Diesel. About Duane's tragic death. Moves me everytime, almost as much as free bird.

I was waiting for someone to come out with his nickname! Eric SLOW HANDS Clapton!

I knew I would find this comment, and I am quite happy to do so. Do you think he's ready for it?

One of the most iconic songs in music history

Yes!!!

Please!!!!!

Eric was once asked by a reporter what it's like to be the best guitar player in the world, instead of taking that credit, his response was "Ask Prince".

Yes yes and yes please

Also written about Pattie Boyd, as was Something by George Harrison. She must have been one hell of a woman!

Awesome tune

Lala One of the top 10 songs from the 1970s

Yessssssss

@@marilynk30 Yes watch he's got to watch THE LIVE VERSION of it...I think it was done at Albert Hall but not sure. But it's 100xs better than his official version from that movie soundtrack it was used in.

React to Clapton’s “ Cocaine” It is one of my favorite Clapton’s best instrumental masterpieces!

@@georgeshuttlesworth8347 The Core is probably my favorite Clapton tune .

💚💚💚💚💚💚

People think he is called Slow Hand because of his effortless guitar style. In fact, it's because in his early days, he spent so much time on stage changing guitar strings that the audience would get impatient and start a slow clap to hurry him up.

made me smile. cool story and humor.

I have my third son we named after Eric. Lol

My middle name is Barrett . I doubt my parents named me after Syd Barrett , but I can hope .

Eric? Cool name, man

Vil3mos hahaha thanks man

You may want to fact check me but I believe that’s a popular misconception.. if I recall correctly the song was written or at least started before his sons death and was completed after. But again I could be wrong.

Gater Wood I’ll check it out and see 👍

Gater Wood Every article states that the song was inspired by his son’s death.

I read something that said after his son tragically died falling out of a window of a high rise building he quit writing. Just couldn't do it any more. Then when the movie Rush was being made his buddy asked him to help write the main song for the soundtrack and while writing the song Tears in Heaven he was able to deal with and come to terms with the loss!

Tamaira Cordell It was inspired by his son’s death. I cry every time I hear the song because of what happened. His son didn’t have a chance once he fell out of that window...50 stories is a long fall. 😭

Jimi Hendrix was on the Derek and the Dominos album also, IMHO the best electric version of Layla.

Gosh...How have I missed that forever? Love Jimi Hendrix. Thanks for info. ✌

@@samuelpuzzo552 Clarification...Was Hendrix a separate track on the album or play on same track with Clapton and Allman? Trying to remember ever sitting down and listening to whole thing. Maybe never did.

Separate track. Little Wing. Looking for vinyl now because I need to jog my memory but I want to say Jimi sat in on Layla also. Could be wrong.

@@samuelpuzzo552 Thanks. Much to my regret lost all my vinyls, mostly 60s and 70s music, which I love, many years ago in a flooded basement. Now am confined to newer technology, which is great in many ways...but, not the same. Thx again for taking time to respond.

That song was on his UNPLUGGED album, which also included an acoustic version of Layla, which is terrific. ✌

@Barbara Stewart. I think I remember that but I can't remember if Unplugged was on MTV or VH1. It was awesome! Nirvana I think it was one of the first Unplugged shows.

@@gingersnap22 Didn't see any but Clapton. About the same time he released an all (or mostly) acoustic album. Love the acoustic Layla number and a song called River Of Tears. Had it on cassette. Haven't looked for it in current "technology ". Sure it's there. Probably here on RU-vid. ✌

@@gingersnap22 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iZV7akaSo0s.html Think this is Clapton Unplugged link.

Thanks Barbara!

People heap all the blame on Eric but at the end of the day she decided to leave

@Shame nolan apparently they would refer to each other as “husbands in law” which is awesome.

@@scottcrosby-art5490 I don't blame her, George Harrison supposedly cheated on her multiple times.

Sounds like you had a pretty cool mom with great taste in music!

best recommendation 👌 Prince was out of this universe...

Did they ever find that guitar??

" Amen Corner" is in Tooting, S W London. I am from that era but S E London....

You called that one...lol

That's like someone telling you they are making spaghetti and you saying here comes the spaghetti sauce...very insightful, I guess?

@@andrew348 Lol.

I wish I could go back in time and tell her “Girl, don’t do it. The grass ain’t greener on the other side. It’s gonna get real dark after the romance of the song wears off.” Still love me some EC tho. Smartest man in music.

news flash: Not Everyone knows who this song is about and the backstory.

Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker.

Gamble Beardsley was Derick and Dominos one of them?

Badge😁😍

Love that song👍

Before Cream, Spencer Davis Group with lead singer Stevie Winwood

Graffitti around most walls in London around 1968, over 50 years ago..........ERIC CLAPTON =GOD........................bot, literally, but along with Hendrix/Gallagher of the guitar.... 1

Someone offered to send him one with some other gear-

“Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman” is my favorite song by Bryan Adams ♥️🎸🎤🔥🎤🎸♥️

Run to You

The one Bryan does with Tina Turner Its only Love.

Vickie Ray A friend of mine played that song at her wedding, in the middle of the service, and when the officiant (her dad) came back he said, “you never really know how long a song is until you play it at your wedding.”

Btw, please listen to the acoustic MTV Unplugged version of this as well (even if you don’t react to it.) Totally different vibe.

Hi Girl....you got good taste! I love best the original Layla with Derek and the Doninosand Duane Allman!

@@karaminalee that one is cool!!!

Tracy Meroney Hi love!! Can’t go wrong with anything Clapton or Duane Allman!!

Yes!!! And “wanted dead or alive!”

The, Clapton giving his seat up for SRV and the they had never met, portions of your story are not true. The only truth to any of this story is that Stevie died in a helicopter crash and that Clapton beat dope and visited Stevie in rehab(they’d known each other for years prior) and provided motivational support. I don’t know if Clapton is cool? I don’t make assumptions. Sounds like you were told the Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Big Bopper story. The SRV story is that Stevie, Jimmie & Connie Vaughn were told that 3 seats had been reserved for them on one of the four helicopters being used that day. When the Vaughn’s got to “their” helicopter, Claptons agent, body guard and asst. tour manager were inside buckled up, with only one seat vacant. Jimmie & Connie are still with us today. How the story ended is self explanatory, tragic and now history. During the deposition of the wrongful death lawsuit the Vaughn’s won years later, we were told that Stevie had offered Robert Cray the fourth seat. Whether the Cray story is true or not, I don’t know. I do know it’s irrelevant and it’s what we were told.

THIS STORY still gives me chills,

BELL BOTTOM BLUES IS almost AS GOOD...JUST BEAUTIFUL...

Duane Allman

Both versions are amazing but I had only heard of the acoustic version before this this one recently and I'm almost 40 lol

@@Blackmjc I'm 60. this was on the radio when I was a teenager.

He'll love every minute of it!

@@johngammon7891 I think so, if I can bug him long enough to review it and I will 😀😀😀I'm relentless 😉👏🙌

He already did.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PP_HygugJ5E.html

Great shout 👌

Idk man I like the 1978 civic auditorium

Undergroundwalker Isback it just doesn’t sound the same like on the radio..... I like the live version.... but I think sometimes you should hear it the way they played it back in the day... and the remastered ones take out certain instruments.... add more of something else.... 🙏

Tim Billings ok I give up

That's the worst song I've ever heard!!! Just completely stupid 😑. Anytime I was in a bar and the band started singing this creepy song id just walk out, actually I would literally run for the door!!

Don't know what bad is happening to you right now but I hope everything works out fine. Sending big hugs😊

@@Rita.R ❤️❤️ Thank you I really appreciate the fact that you wrote me something that would lift my spirits 🥰

@@santianash 😊😘😘

Be well, Dear Santianash.

YOu forgot Stevie Ray Vaughn!

Damn well should be!

He was Clapton's pick for world's best guitarist.

Jimi Hendrix said that Terry Kath was better than himself .

Yeah fantastic!! I believe it’s just the unplugged version- it became a hit all on its own!

Its hard to imagine an artist recreating his own song, but that slow version is so beautiful, its hard to decide which I love more.

Believe it or not that's the first version I ever heard. I like this version is well but not as much as the unplugged version.

I second this request. Seen them play in Hollywood. Florida that is no Cali. Was killer!

That song is the worst that Eric ever came out with!!!😐😐😐 Sorry, it was just a creepy and raunchy song...

Checkout the original first. J.J. Cale, consider one of the most important men in rock.

@@rhondamcbath6279 To each their own. I love the song!

I like it. That song was some hard truth. Ask Ozzy.