At 79, Eric Clapton Finally BREAKS His SILENCE About Layla Story

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At 79, Eric Clapton Finally BREAKS His SILENCE About Layla Story

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At 79, Eric Clapton Finally BREAKS His Silence About Layla Story
Layla is a 1970 love song that was released as a part of the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by the band Derek and the Dominos. The song had many contrasting elements, displaying pain and longing in multiple forms, and has been mainly credited to Eric Clapton, a successful rock and blues artist who has been declared one of the most influential artists of all time. It has also been partially credited to Jim Gordon and, more controversially, his girlfriend Rita Coolidge. The lyricism in Layla paints a picture of a desperate lover, but there is more behind the song than just words and a melody-a painful and tragic tale that makes it all the more real and relatable because the best music comes from the heart. But how far was the reality from the themes depicted in the song? What dark secrets lay behind the scenes that inspired such pain and longing? It appears that Layla has a tragic history and aftermath-one far more rough and concerning than you think.
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@cordeliaadams4898 Ай бұрын

So sad, men destroy their own happiness (and other people’s) and become so vile when alcohol is in the equation.

@steveoconnor7069 Ай бұрын

Eric's mother's rejection of him during his childhood set the die for most of his relationships. He would obsess about a goal whether it be a successful band or a girl, reach his goal and then reject that thing or person. Alcohol was a means of blocking his pain. Not only was it totally toxic to him, it was another means to punish himself for being a tool. Just like how he couldn't have a successful long-term relationship, he couldn't stop drinking either.

@emanuelstanley2523 Ай бұрын

Love is just a feeling, sometimes there is nothing behind it, sometimes it's just an error - most of us go through this experience.

@cmkilcullen8176 Ай бұрын

Sounds like you're breaking EC'S silence. I didn’t hear him say anything .

@zyzzyvacation 18 күн бұрын

Pattie was the inspiration behind Harrison's songs, "Something," "I Need You," "If I Needed Someone," and "For You Blue." She also inspired Clapton's, "Layla," "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Wonderful Tonight." She should be in the Guinness Book of World Records.

@steveferry4922 Ай бұрын

Don't know about all that, but you can credit Duane Allman with that opening riff.

@virginiamiller9765 Ай бұрын

Credit Duane Allman, and music man Tom Dowd.

@gmb858 23 күн бұрын

EC borrowed a line from Albert King's vocal from "As the Years Go Passing By." Specifically the line "There is nothing I can do". Clapton already had the "bendy" half of the riff down, but he needed a line to go before it. The line "There is nothing I can do" is nearly identical, Duane just sped it up.

@dereks8532 Ай бұрын

"it appeared Clapton had gone crazy, but not for the reasons anyone could sympathize with"

@richardfederico9461 29 күн бұрын

Shit story He’s spoken of this before Harrison was leaving Boyd when EC starting dating her with George’s blessing

@ursulabornhauser1091 Ай бұрын

Eric a brilliant guitarist love you for ever❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@Quinton-zu6hy 23 күн бұрын

I love the Tedshi, Trucks version of the song!

@gmb858 23 күн бұрын

Clapton admitted after his divorce from Patti that "the quest fulfilled sated the desire." Once obtained, the reality of their love and life didn't match up with his incensed longing for her. EC said that he thought himself to be "edgy" and "cheeky" to desire the wife of a Beatle, especially his very best friend. Pattie and Eric married March 27, 1979 in Tucson Arizona. Three of the Beatles attended, George, Paul and Ringo. John would have come but the staff had not sent him an invitation. After the ceremony the 3 Beatles jammed with EC marking the last time a possible reunion of the Beatles could have taken place. Lennon was disappointed that he missed it and it’s safe to say all the Beatles would have jammed at the reception of Eric and Pattie's wedding had he been there. Eric was married but it didn't change his rockstar ways. It was drugs and alcohol and groupies all around. It soon became apparent that Pattie could not conceive children. Over the years they sought medical advice and help but she remained childless. Meanwhile, Eric took up with Yvonne Kelly, a studio assistant that he had an affair with in Montserrat. From that union produced Eric's first daughter, Ruth. He hid Ruth's existence all through his divorce from Pattie five years later. Still married to Pattie, Eric was also dealing with his strange and strained relationship with his birth mother Pat, who was in and out of his life leaving him confused. They had alcohol in common and Eric had drugs to go along with it. Whatever passion exuded through the vibrations of "Layla" withered away as reality set in to Pattie as she watched the grotesque dance between a mother and an unwanted son. Fans are all too familar with the story of the tragically short life and death of Conor Clapton and of Eric's relationship with Conor's mother Lory Del Santo. Originally Eric approached Pattie with the hairball idea that they could stay married and they both could parent Conor during Eric's annual custody period. That was the last straw for Pattie, frustrated by her own inability to conceive and asked to be a part time mom to another woman's son. She moved to end the marriage. Knowing the backstory of events that occurred after the song's recording, "Layla" can be seen as a plea for love in the first section, and a mix of romance and ennui in the piano coda, of love's great potential and the inability for two flawed people to realize it fully. It is a very human song, stripped away from spiritual overtones and barren of the happiness that both good souls desperately desired. After the success of "Unplugged" Eric played Layla only in his acoustic arrangement for years, going back to the simpler time of when he first wrote it, when it had the clearer message of love in it. An observer could guess that the singer was pouring salve into some old wounds to smooth out and soothe areas formerly tormented by his demons that had since been vanquished and vanished by years of sobriety. The acoustic arrangement jettisoned the piano coda; its promise of romance and its reminder of a love's potential not realized. The song became what it started out to be; a plain song of love painted in the imagery of an ancient story of unrequited love.

@EviMlcak Ай бұрын

How did that creep Jim Gordon land Rita Coolidge. She was a perfect match to Kris Kristofferson late 70s. Too bad alcohol played a negative part in their marriage too.

@allanbriggs9007 13 күн бұрын

Gordon was a brilliant musician however his mental health problems remained undiagnosed until after he murdered his mother. He remained in a mental health facility until his death.

@sciwiz57 Ай бұрын

Right - Clapton steals his best friends wife , marries her, then he knocks up some Italian actress who allows their son to fall out of a window………. Great guitarist, personally a complete f’ing mess.

@barbarasullivan6752 Ай бұрын

Not to mention that the covid lockdown brought out some racism and nastiness in him.

@virginiamiller9765 Ай бұрын

Patti is one of the worst phoney, that would say anything to make money.

@steveoconnor7069 Ай бұрын

@@virginiamiller9765 I think she was kind of a victim really. Her writing books and selling her pictures is just a means of financial security for her in her senior years. Both George and Eric kicked her to the curb a long time ago and face it, the market for her story is shrinking as we boomers are slowly ushered off the stage of relevance.

@americangirl- Ай бұрын

What!!@ the statement allows their son2 fall out of a window is ABSOLUTELY A LIE!!! NOBODY WOULD ALLOW A CHILD 2CFALL OUT OF A WINDOW IS SO CRUEL...OT WAS A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT..GET UR STORY STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

@gmb858 23 күн бұрын

@@americangirl- The maid left the window open and the boy went through it. It's insane to think that a window on a floor of a skyscraper that high could be opened and closed. Little kids are busy learning about life and curious- it was a horrible accident that left the parents shocked for many years.

@privateprivate4378 21 күн бұрын

You have characterized every bit of this, and it is phony on your part to make it sound like you have anything new from Eric Clapton., while you are claiming that you have any new revelations from Slowhand, The fact is that he's written plenty about this is various books and it makes it ever so clear what he fell for, went about, got addicted to and ultimately screwed up. He has also called his so-called 'love' for Patty Boyd an obsession and/or infatuation, rather than any romantic impulse. His obsessions ruined his and other people's lives and that's been done by many people throughout history.