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| RoelantSiekman (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 07:39 Question for those who know Eric Clapton better, or -as I did- seen him perform: Is he always this apathetic towards his audience? The show i went to see and hear was with Steve Winwood (2011) and even though he played brilliantly (I will buy his records anytime, blind) his stage presence was utterly disappointing. He may have given the public a glance but didn't say a word. No 'hi', no (obligatory) 'nice to be here' nor a 'goodbye' when the show was over.. He just sat on his stool, did the songs (with an incredibly long tedious version of Hendrix's Cross Town Traffic) and up and went away.. It seemed to me he'd had a falling out with Steve just before the show, or was sick to his stomach or just hated being there (Arnhem, Gelredome Stadium, The Netherlands). Could well have been. Maybe it wasn't his night as well.. But now it's hard for me to block this image and the feeling of deception, and it will still take a while before I'll play one of his albums at home with pleasure. Sounds familiar to anyone? |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 09:04 No, it needs to be 7 minutes shorter. Catalytic wrote: A song that very seriously needs to be about three or four minutes shorter. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 14:22 helgigermany wrote: Why is this so high rated? Because for every one of the the whiny folks insist on adding to the negative comments - mostly because this has been massively overplayed all there lives, or their parents forced them to listen to it too often or whatever - there are 10 of us who have loved this amazingly beautiful and transcendant piece of music ever since we were old enough to appreciated it. We vote once and then just sit back and enjoy. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 14:18 When you know the backstory you really feel the pain in Eric's voice. |
| Catalytic (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 14:18 A song that very seriously needs to be about three or four minutes shorter. |
| xtalman (What dimension?) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 14:15 Surprised I have never rated this tune, giving it a 9. |
| sandpebble (near Paradise) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 14:13 I won't say I hate him, but I'm not a Clapton fan....But I love this song!....always have. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 14:13 sirdroseph wrote: Horrible!!!! Along with Mississippi Queen and a few others among my least favorite songs of all times!!  So this is worst than Kung Fu Fighting and Sugar Sugar? Horrible it's not. Overrated? Outdated? ok, but not horrible |
| Foot (NorCal / Wine) | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 19:49 helgigermany wrote: Why is this so high rated? Maybe because you weren't born/raised in the UK or the USA circa 1967 - 1973. |
| shakitten | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 19:49 (sigh...)
I dream about being Patti Boyd. Is there any other woman alive who's inspired so many brilliant songs? Ah...to be the muse of genius. |
| agd3 | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 19:46 I used to dance to this around the coffee table when my Dad played it when I was five...love the long instrumental. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 05:11 Horrible!!!! Along with Mississippi Queen and a few others among my least favorite songs of all times!! |
| cosmiclint (Vancouver BC) | Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 15:41 allabout wrote: Just about one of Eric'sonly real contributions!, hey you guys @ R.P, why no Peter Green?, most "so called lead guitarist including ERIC, would love to sound like Peter Green. Whilst with Fleetwood Mac, but more importantly AFTER Fleetwood Mac. Try out The ANTHOLOGY of Peter Green. AWWA Welcome to RP, allabout. I see you're kind of new here, and might not know how things work. RP is "listener supported" in every sense of the word, allabout. If there's something you think the listeners here might enjoy, read the guidelines for how to rip a track in the quality Bill needs it to be in and upload it. It will appear in the LRC, and the listeners here will vote on whether or not they would like it added to the rotation. From there, it's in Rebecca and Bill's hands. It's also a big help if you listen to the LRC from time to time and vote on songs. The more people do that, the better the station reflects the tastes of the listeners. |
| Sjaaks (Horst, Netherlands) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 06:12 Haha, the outro. Haha, horrible, HORRIBLE playing. Amazing, it's like they're playing totally out of key on purpose... |
| allabout | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 06:11 allabout wrote: Just about one of Eric'sonly real contributions!, hey you guys @ R.P, why no Peter Green?, most "so called lead guitarist including ERIC, would love to sound like Peter Green. Whilst with Fleetwood Mac, but more importantly AFTER Fleetwood Mac. Try out The ANTHOLOGY of Peter Green. AWWA |
| Fredrikson (Stockholm) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 06:08 fast_eddie wrote: Volume off, and hopefully I will NEVER hear this song again. Most of the '70s should have stayed in the '70s umm... right.. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 06:08 sirdroseph wrote: This is and has always been prolly my least favorite songs of all times!!!!!  I hated it the instant I heard it and that opinion has not wavered in the slightest to this very day!! Strange thing though, I really like his acoustic version; totally redid the song and made it much, much better!The acoustic version is so much better because it doesn't have Allman's uber-schmaltzy slide guitar crap at the end. |
| kcar | Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 20:36 RedGuitar wrote: Yeah, the Layla album was inspired by the pain of longing for Patti. In the end boy got girl, then divorced girl! Oh well, we're left with some great music. Patti left Eric, and with good reason—drugs, alcoholism, infidelity that resulted in other women having Clapton's kids... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Boyd |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Jun 29, 2011 - 10:48 ...love this song; truly classic... |
| fast_eddie | Posted: Jun 29, 2011 - 10:43 Volume off, and hopefully I will NEVER hear this song again. Most of the '70s should have stayed in the '70s |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 05:41 jlind wrote: Every time I hear this song I think of that montage from Goodfellas, not sure if thats what these guys had in mind when they wrote it... I get a similar effect now when I hear "stuck in the middle with you" by Stealers Wheel after having seen Reservoir Dogs. |
| jimbaca (Albuquerque) | Posted: Mar 26, 2011 - 15:39 Besides being a true rock anthem, the album cover is a classic! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Mar 20, 2011 - 23:41 Derek Trucks - "Layla/Jam", Live July 4th 1993 |
| macpeck | Posted: Dec 22, 2010 - 13:32 Skydog_forever wrote: Layla (second part) is an incredible masterpiece. The guitar work by Allman and Clapton is brilliant and a gift to history. Producer Tom Dowd deserves lot of credit for mixing the song. I've listened lots of times to both the original Dowd mix and the later early 1990s remix(lots more slide guitar by Skydog ). Each version has its merits and I rate both of them a 10. Sad that no decent live recreation of the coda can be done because of all the studio mixing. I've seen Clapton play the coda on the web at 20 different concerts with many different guitarists and none of the live performances are close to the original (best one, in my view is the one where Eric plays a red Strat with Phil Collins on drums). I hate the Layla unplugged version, always have. Like taking a chain saw to a Ferrari. Man, Skydog was incredible and unique, Eric's equal when both were at their peak. Amen. |
| raewah (Somewhere where the mountains meet the plains) | Posted: Dec 22, 2010 - 13:24 helgigermany wrote: Why is this so high rated? Because it is an amazing song? |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 19:56 helgigermany wrote: Why is this so high rated? D&TD got lucky, I guess. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 03:51 Why is this so high rated? |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 10:01 eastwesterner wrote: I hardly ever criticize songs, but this one... I was in high school when it came out. I had been a huge fan of Cream, but this song? This album? They're lame. Yes, the piano/slide bit at the end has some merits, but the song sucks. I never understood why everybody loved it so much and even worse, why the radio plays the crap out of it. So, I was glad to see a few step up and voice similar opinions. You get to thinking, "Am I the only one who hates this song?" No, you are not!  |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 10:00 This is and has always been prolly my least favorite songs of all times!!!!! I hated it the instant I heard it and that opinion has not wavered in the slightest to this very day!! Strange thing though, I really like his acoustic version; totally redid the song and made it much, much better! |
| jlind (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 09:56 Every time I hear this song I think of that montage from Goodfellas, not sure if thats what these guys had in mind when they wrote it... |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 09:56 diannemck56 wrote: In my opinion, this is the best rock song of all time. This version of the song full of emotion, not later versions after that part of his person life had calmed down. I LOVE it.  Yeah, the Layla album was inspired by the pain of longing for Patti. In the end boy got girl, then divorced girl! Oh well, we're left with some great music. |
| diannemck56 (Sacramento) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 09:53 In my opinion, this is the best rock song of all time. This version of the song full of emotion, not later versions after that part of his person life had calmed down. I LOVE it. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 09:53 ...timeless; very very nice... (and soooo much better than that unplugged version which plagued the airwaves for the better part of a decade) |
| Zep (Third base) | Posted: Sep 08, 2009 - 07:20 The bridge in this is mighty fine. |
| Skydog_forever | Posted: Oct 05, 2008 - 18:35 Layla (second part) is an incredible masterpiece. The guitar work by Allman and Clapton is brilliant and a gift to history. Producer Tom Dowd deserves lot of credit for mixing the song. I've listened lots of times to both the original Dowd mix and the later early 1990s remix(lots more slide guitar by Skydog |
| pdjpirate (Near the Graveyard of the Atlantic!) | Posted: Aug 16, 2008 - 21:10 The collective memories of the people who have lived out their life, good and bad, as this song has played in the background, could fill a half a dozen libraries or more! And make for some very interesting reading!  |
| OHMish (Copenhagen) | Posted: Aug 16, 2008 - 21:08  |
| renegade_X (My House) | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 10:49 BCarderMA wrote: That commercial is my BlackBerry ring tone believe it or not. It's very popular at my work, haha.
OMG, CLASSIC. Whered you get it? |
| dboseman | Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 05:51 To me this is one of those songs like "Stairway to Heaven" that has been played way too much the last few decades. |
| eastwesterner (Washington, DC) | Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 05:50 EssexTex wrote: Never did anything for me...I don't get it at all.
I hardly ever criticize songs, but this one... I was in high school when it came out. I had been a huge fan of Cream, but this song? This album? They're lame. Yes, the piano/slide bit at the end has some merits, but the song sucks. I never understood why everybody loved it so much and even worse, why the radio plays the crap out of it. So, I was glad to see a few step up and voice similar opinions. You get to thinking, "Am I the only one who hates this song?" |
| philbertr (Hurricane Target Florida) | Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 05:49 aeknust wrote: Bob Seeger said it best: "Rock'n'Roll never forgets!" Hey, how come we don't got no Seeger on RP!! Gimme "Sunspot Baby"!! Please, Bill, pretty please??? |
| BCarderMA (Leominster, MA) | Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 05:46 That commercial is my BlackBerry ring tone believe it or not. It's very popular at my work, haha. renegade_X wrote: LMFAO. I am glad I am not the only one that remembers that commercial! 
The ending of this song I always loved. I wish they could have made a seperate song out of it. |
| renegade_X (My House) | Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 05:45 BCarderMA wrote: Hey man is that freedom rock?
 "> LMFAO. I am glad I am not the only one that remembers that commercial!
The ending of this song I always loved. I wish they could have made a seperate song out of it. |
| prophetzarquon (woodstock 1969) | Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 05:45 thewiseking wrote: interestingly the mix on this is bad. Duane's guitar work on the solo is incredible artistry which for some reason is rendered inaudible by Tom Dowd while the rather mundane piano is front and center.
Go figure. Maybe Clapton's ego got in the way. Saw them live in '71 and duane's playing was well up front - maybe a record company battle rather than 'god's' ego? |
| Pharlap (Bahama, NC) | Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 05:45 Eric, what happened to this kind of passion? |
| BCarderMA (Leominster, MA) | Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 05:44 Hey man is that freedom rock? "> |
| aeknust | Posted: Jun 14, 2008 - 17:30 Papernapkin wrote: 'Classic' rock. Will it ever go away?
Bob Seeger said it best: "Rock'n'Roll never forgets!" |
| sharkartist | Posted: Jun 14, 2008 - 17:26 thewiseking wrote: interestingly the mix on this is bad. Duane's guitar work on the solo is incredible artistry which for some reason is rendered inaudible by Tom Dowd while the rather mundane piano is front and center.
Though I'll agree on the merits of Duane's work on this segment of the song, I think it's balanced well against the foreground of the piano.
Go figure. Maybe Clapton's ego got in the way. Coincidently, I once had a student turn up in my drawing class by the name of Travis Whitlock. Turns out to be Bobby Whitlock's (the pianist) nephew. Told me stories of being a kid at family BBQ's where his uncle would show up with Clapton, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon amonst others. This kid was a gifted artist and musician as well. Guess it runs in the blood. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jun 14, 2008 - 17:20 'Classic' rock. Will it ever go away? |
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