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  • Thanks for checking out our Eric Clapton reaction. Cocaine is a song about exactly what we thought it would be about lol.
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  • @scrambler69-xk3kv
    @scrambler69-xk3kv Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +8

    As a 70 year old I just love watching you two enjoying the music we listened to as teenagers. The one thing that always stands out to me is how you two analyze these songs, because back then we just listened to them and enjoyed the music. Maybe it is because we were so stoned at the time.

  • @hellscornalien8286
    @hellscornalien8286 Pƙed 2 lety +112

    Layla came out in 1970 when he was in a band called Derek and the Dominoes. Cocaine is originally by J.J Cale from 1976 and was covered by Clapton and put on his solo album Slowhand released in 1977. Another great reaction. Peace and love.

    • @martinlepper4522
      @martinlepper4522 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      JJ Cale also wrote another Clapton hit....After Midnight. Made JJ Cale a sought after writer. He also wrote....Call me the Breeze...by Lynrd Sknrd. He was also a fine musician on his own.

    • @hellscornalien8286
      @hellscornalien8286 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@martinlepper4522 Yes he is and thanks for sharing, even though I did know those. Lynyrd Skynyrd is my favorite band. Peace! 😁

    • @hellscornalien8286
      @hellscornalien8286 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@heliotropezzz333 thx didn't catch the typo. Happens often when I use my phone, instead of my desktop. Peace.

    • @stephentaylor6617
      @stephentaylor6617 Pƙed rokem

      In the 1990’s, Eric Clayton re recorded “Layla” unplugged that I prefer to the original version.

  • @derwoodbowen5954
    @derwoodbowen5954 Pƙed 2 lety +66

    Eric Clapton goes back to the 60's, so he is certainly an originator of music. Starting with the Yardbirds and the Bluesbreakers and then Cream before he went solo. A lot of music history with the man.

    • @pulsarlights2825
      @pulsarlights2825 Pƙed 2 lety

      "Just another white boy ripping off our music" Willie Brown from the movie Crossroads

    • @sie11pervan
      @sie11pervan Pƙed 2 lety +6

      @@pulsarlights2825 Just another black artist mad that someone else took an existing genre, and successfully created something new with it. Instead of staying in the old-old.

    • @dayleclarke4433
      @dayleclarke4433 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@pulsarlights2825 actual blues musicians 'theres another great player inspired by us, let's be friends and work together with love and respect for decades'

    • @mvellis3863
      @mvellis3863 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@pulsarlights2825 Yeah, well Clapton and the rest of the "white boy" British blues artists from the late 60's - early 70's were responsible for reviving the careers of many American bluesmen who were broke because their music was out of style in the U.S. at that time. Many of the greats, like Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, etc. were grateful for all their new British fans and went to England to record and tour with Clapton, the Yardbirds, Steve Winwood, Rory Gallagher, Ronnie Wood, etc, etc.

    • @mvellis3863
      @mvellis3863 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Don't forget Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominoes

  • @jeffthompson1869
    @jeffthompson1869 Pƙed 2 lety +68

    "Cocaine" is a song written and recorded in 1976 by singer-songwriter J. J. Cale. The song was popularized by Eric Clapton after his cover version was released on the 1977 album Slowhand. "Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded by Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970).
    J. J. Cale is a well renown singer songwriter of the 70s - and had another major hit with Clapton singing his songs "After Midnight". I would recommend playing some J.J. Cale - and the song I would recommend is "The Sensitive Kind".

    • @johng.7
      @johng.7 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Here is a video of JJ Cale's version of Cocaine. czcams.com/video/ROpjJ86VhJQ/video.html

    • @brolinofvandar
      @brolinofvandar Pƙed 2 lety +3

      J.J. Cale's original version was actually the first version I ever heard. It appeared on his Troubadour album, which we had at the radio station as a promo copy. Even after hearing Clapton (and others) cover it, I still prefer the original JJ Cale version.
      "After Midnight" appears on JJ's Naturally album. There's also a couple of songs on the Naturally album that were covered by others (though most don't know it). There's "Call Me The Breeze", covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and "Bringing It Back", covered by Kansas.

    • @dawgeedawg
      @dawgeedawg Pƙed 2 lety

      Love reading these comments and learning so much!

    • @cavecookie1
      @cavecookie1 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      JJ Cale also wrote and was the first to record "The Breeze", later covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd. JJ was a fantastic writer, and performer, one of my favorites since the 70s.

    • @johnl7710
      @johnl7710 Pƙed 2 lety

      I prefer the JJ Cale version of this song myself. From the album Naturally if memory serves.

  • @vegasviking86
    @vegasviking86 Pƙed 2 lety +46

    Story time: over a decade back I went out with some friends to go play some pool. After getting our drinks and table(next to the women's restroom) I walk over to the juke box as I always do. Made a few selections, with this song being the second pick. I ended up at the juke box for a while with my first selections playing. As soon as this song starts I hear everyone at my table laughing as they look over at me. When I eventually get back to the table I ask what was so funny. Well, apparently there was a table of girls who had been taking turns going to the restroom by the pair and the one female friend in our group went in out of curiosity. And they were doing blow off the counter, all the while this song was playing. My friends thought I had done it on purpose but it was merely a happy accident 🙃

  • @darkmagus64
    @darkmagus64 Pƙed 2 lety +16

    Layla was about George Harrison’s wife Pattie Harrison, the wife of Beatle George Harrison. Eric Clapton was in love with her and she eventually left Georgia for Eric. Eric and George did remain as friends.

  • @rayj1011
    @rayj1011 Pƙed 2 lety +164

    This is really an anti-drug song. Toward the end, the writer, JJ Cale, said: "Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back." Cocaine. The song points out that you use Coke if you are down, up, whatever the situation is, and with addiction, that is certainly the case. After founding the rehab center Crossroads in Antigua, he said he didn't even want to play this song because many felt it glorified the drug's use.

    • @chrisfloyd9224
      @chrisfloyd9224 Pƙed 2 lety +19

      Glad you mentioned JJ Cale, most people don't know this is a cover.

    • @MaxxRemKing1
      @MaxxRemKing1 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@chrisfloyd9224 most of Clapton was a cover of JJ Cale

    • @balderdashpoppycockwellmay9498
      @balderdashpoppycockwellmay9498 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      Yep, cocaine sucks, big time! Eric found out the hard way, too.

    • @bgaona
      @bgaona Pƙed 2 lety +7

      I don't doubt what you're saying about Clapton's intentions, but this is not a great way to spread an anti-cocaine message! 😂😂

    • @72KingDavid
      @72KingDavid Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Eventually he’d play it live adding, “that dirty cocaine “ to the chorus
which is a nice touch.

  • @bobshaffner1639
    @bobshaffner1639 Pƙed 2 lety +22

    The live version from Clapton's Budokan album is epic. Really bring the jam to another level. Keep up the good work friends.

    • @bobbymcbay1586
      @bobbymcbay1586 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      The live version is THE version to me but hey what do I know lol

    • @Guitaural.
      @Guitaural. Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Yep - live version is the one that was all over the radio too. One of the few instances where a live version is better...

  • @ice-iu3vv
    @ice-iu3vv Pƙed 2 lety +7

    jj cale wrote 3 songs that became much more famous when covered by other groups. clapton covered this track as well as "after midnight", and lynyrd skynyrd covered "the breeze".

  • @smittybenzo4693
    @smittybenzo4693 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    In this episode of Brad & Lex, she don't lie.....Lex gets right in "line" as she gathers up a healthy "bop" to this Clapton classic. Brad seems to have a bit more pep in his proverbial step as he works up a strong signature "side to side sway".

  • @GeorgeProwse
    @GeorgeProwse Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Clapton is one of the 2 or 3 greatest guitarists of all time. His blues in John Mayall was extraordinary and his created of blues-rock with Cream in the mid-to-late 60s was visionary. That is even before the 70s and Layla etc. Crossroads has perhaps the greatest guitar on it ever.

  • @youtmeme
    @youtmeme Pƙed 2 lety +4

    when he plays like this, one of his monikers, slowhand, is apparent.😉 his playing is all tribute to what he learned from the great blues players in the states!đŸ˜ŠđŸ€žâœŒđŸ€˜đŸ€Ÿ

  • @jeffreyjernigan7125
    @jeffreyjernigan7125 Pƙed 2 lety +19

    Eric Clapton, the only person inducted into the rock n roll Hall of fame 3 times.

    • @pulsarlights2825
      @pulsarlights2825 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Oh yea, because Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine really know what is good and bad in terms of music....I believe everything they say too

    • @RSpracticalshooting
      @RSpracticalshooting Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@pulsarlights2825 take your tampon out and eat a snickers

    • @jasonrider825
      @jasonrider825 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Jeffrey jernigan actually eric clapton was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame 4 times.

    • @jessediaz1293
      @jessediaz1293 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@jasonrider825 Eric Clapton, Derek & the movie Dominos, Blind Faith, Yardbirds, Cream.
      It feels like there’s one or two more bands he played with. 😂

    • @littlejohn1432
      @littlejohn1432 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@jessediaz1293 Plenty. Delany and Bonnie and Friends. He played George's lead guitar on the Beatles' White Album ("Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." He's a very generous musician who cheerfully shares his skills with any band that need a little help in the studio. Unfortunately, his right-wing political views have lost him a lot of fans recently.

  • @kennethjenkins3972
    @kennethjenkins3972 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    His nickname was “slow hand” he was such a good guitar player, that he made it look so easy.

  • @ptrlxc
    @ptrlxc Pƙed 2 lety +2

    This is another JJ Cale song that was covered by Clapton (After Midnight is the other). Eric was a big fan of JJ Cale. And funny enough JJ Cale was about to quit the music industry because he wasn’t getting any bites on his songs; that is until Eric heard After Midnight and covered it. Suddenly everyone wanted to know who this JJ Cale was and started buying his albums, which he couldn’t give away. JJ Cale was from Oklahoma, with that laid back Okie music style. I love JJ Cale albums, they’re so smooth

  • @kurtsaxton823
    @kurtsaxton823 Pƙed 2 lety +22

    I've seen him several times live since the mid 70s, you must listen to him live to get his true genius. I recommend crossroads. Great reaction though. Y'all are quickly becoming my favorite reactors.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 Pƙed 2 lety

      Good job you were white Kurt, coz Clapton was no fan of the race he ripped off!

    • @kurtsaxton823
      @kurtsaxton823 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@Katehowe3010 what does me being white have to do with the comment in which I made? Also, it's well known Clapton patterned himself after American blues greats, in fact he toured with most of them from the sixties till now, and all of them have shown him the utmost respect, including BB King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, just to name a few. Sounds like you have a personal problem with White people .

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@kurtsaxton823 How dense how you people? He said what he said in 76, and that's it. And damn right i've got a problem with whites, but only the racist type!

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@kurtsaxton823 Look up Rock Against Racism '76 to see what caused it. Or you can forever live in ignorance!

    • @AB-C1
      @AB-C1 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Clapton (live versions are best) he is considered by many the greatest guitarist if all time, as one of the pioneers in the 60s, but then again there are a few who stand with him as being among the greats! But he is definitely a Genius on guitar for sure and one of the earliest guitarists to rediscover and introduce the Blues to the mainstream aswell as Rock and some great ballads aswell.. ABSOLUTE LEGEND! Along with Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, BB King, Jeff Beck, and Peter Green and a handful of others at that time... But clapton was up at/sharing the top of the pile at his best for sure..

  • @stefankrawec1799
    @stefankrawec1799 Pƙed 2 lety +12

    FYI Clapton wrote and released Layla in 1970. Cocaine was written by J.J. CALE in 76 and covered by Clapton in 77. Its an ambiguous anti drug song. There is no connection between his love for Patty Boyd, George Harrison's wife and cocaine.

  • @darrellpowell6042
    @darrellpowell6042 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Eric Clapton a living icon and legend.

  • @ianhamilton2035
    @ianhamilton2035 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Some of the best cymbal sounds ever!!! 😃

    • @roblastem2905
      @roblastem2905 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Jamie Oldaker was the man! I contacted him on Facebook some odd years ago inquiring about what China cymbal he used on this album. Sadly, he was sick with cancer at that time and never replied. He passed away in 2020. RIP

  • @guitarman8462
    @guitarman8462 Pƙed 2 lety +28

    This is an anti drug song written by JJ Cale. He just covered it making it a more bluesy style .

    • @guitarman8462
      @guitarman8462 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@John_Locke_108 but that wasn't the topic . The topic was , what's the song about ?

    • @guitarman8462
      @guitarman8462 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @Robert Slack watch an interview with JJ Cale.

    • @John_Locke_108
      @John_Locke_108 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @Robert Slack Just read the lyrics. It's pretty straightforward. If you want to be on the ground, aka dead, do cocaine.

    • @John_Locke_108
      @John_Locke_108 Pƙed 2 lety

      @Robert Slack That's the perception of cocaine but then he lays down the truth.

    • @John_Locke_108
      @John_Locke_108 Pƙed 2 lety

      @Robert Slack I was hooked on baby food in the late 70's. And it would appear that I have gotten myself confused. I was attributing Clapton quotes to JJ Cale. I'll see myself out.

  • @patron40silver
    @patron40silver Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Best musical concert I've ever been to. Robert Cray opening for Eric Clapton at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa back in the late 80s.

  • @thefalloutshelter7799
    @thefalloutshelter7799 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    Cool tune. This is a cover of a JJ Cale song

  • @ryann5247
    @ryann5247 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    The mastery of Clapton that inspired Eddie van Halen came from songs like "white room" by cream and "steppin out" by John mayall and the bluesbreakers

  • @daviddelaet8116
    @daviddelaet8116 Pƙed 2 lety

    Ah, the mid 70s into the mid 80s. So much snow. Slow hand has been an influence for over 50 years.

  • @skoop7641
    @skoop7641 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I’m really glad to see Brad get that same confused look every time Eric sang “she don’t lie”, but somebody typed “she doesn’t lie”. Real head scratcher.

  • @garysheffield5445
    @garysheffield5445 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    This song was written by the late great J.J. Cale you should really check out his music especially Durango, he also wrote After Midnight and They call me the breeze

    • @winstonsmith8441
      @winstonsmith8441 Pƙed 2 lety

      And J.J. Cale first performed this song. I like Clapton's version but Cale's is better.

    • @cesarnarro6013
      @cesarnarro6013 Pƙed 2 lety

      JJ Cale & Clapton's collaboration on album " Road To Escondido " opening track 'Danger' is a good one.

  • @RideAcrossTheRiver
    @RideAcrossTheRiver Pƙed rokem

    THAT is THE most laid-back bass line ever.
    Carl Radle

  • @chrisbelos2834
    @chrisbelos2834 Pƙed 2 lety

    Another banger video! i'm so glad to have suggested this song in the livestream :D

  • @marc2397
    @marc2397 Pƙed rokem

    How many times have I played this song in clubs, dumps, and honkey tonks. People love it.

  • @primusfan87
    @primusfan87 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    I love how the lyrics say “Doesn’t” when he’s obviously saying “don’t” like “who wrote these lyrics?”

    • @chadb7252
      @chadb7252 Pƙed 2 lety

      Someone who doesn't know English, apparently.

  • @lidlett9883
    @lidlett9883 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Clapton is one of the best guitar players of all time. He's been Inducted in to the Rock and Roll hall of fame with different bands
    1 The Yardbirds
    2 Cream
    3 Clapton. Solo work.

  • @Beach5289
    @Beach5289 Pƙed 2 lety

    78 - 81 This always filled the dance floor .

  • @johntremmel3949
    @johntremmel3949 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    I’ve seen Clapton 5 times he is fantastic this is a good intro also you folks need to find Steve Winwood another door to open!👊

  • @heypatio8948
    @heypatio8948 Pƙed 2 lety

    I just got reminded of when I saw Eric Clapton play this live in concert. It was November 1979. I was 17 and a senior in high school.

  • @andythrush3341
    @andythrush3341 Pƙed 2 lety

    The first time I went to see Eric was in the mid-70s at Rich Stadium Buffalo, NY. With a full stadium, he came out and stumbled through 2 songs and then left the stage. Freddie King finished the concert. The second time I saw him was 1991. Derrick Trucks and someone else were touring with him, and it was a great concert. Eric lost a decade to drugs (heroin) and nearly died from that and alcohol. He has been straight for a long time now. When he did this song in 91, he sang "dirty cocaine."

  • @Golddust427
    @Golddust427 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I like a live version with JJ Cale, the writer, & Eric performing this together. Eric also had another huge hit by JJ, After Midnight. I met JJ, he is from my state & used to play the clubs.

  • @teamdata
    @teamdata Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Slowhand! Yes, this man can play some guitar.

  • @steveboyes3367
    @steveboyes3367 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    great reaction. played in a cover band in HS and couple years after late 70s, we practiced all day Saturday at one of the guys house, and his parents were gracious as we took up the whole living room and kitchen and it was loud. But in order to practice this song with them around, we had to sing it: Its all right, its all right, OK. haha

  • @musician4life451
    @musician4life451 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    'After Midnight' by Eric also has a good groove. Cocaine was a high-end drug in those days. It wasn't until the 80's where it was more common and inexpensive especially when crack cocaine was unfortunately introduced.

    • @TubetakerBHV
      @TubetakerBHV Pƙed 2 lety +2

      "After midnight" and "Cocain" are both songs by J.J. Cale and are just covered by Eric Clapton.

  • @stephenkittle6586
    @stephenkittle6586 Pƙed rokem

    I Saw Eric 7 times , 2 times at RED ROCKS CO, July 11 Thurs, 1985, then Eric played at LIVE AID PHILLY,PA July 13th Sat, then back at RED ROCKS Sun the 14th!! Eric told the crowd when He played thursday , He LOVED the SOUND of RED ROCKS So much He came back 2 days later!! AWESOME BLUES SHOWS!! đŸŽžđŸđŸ”„đŸ˜đŸ˜!!

  • @davidotto3731
    @davidotto3731 Pƙed 2 lety

    Wonderful Tonight and Bell Bottom Blues are my favorite Clapton songs.

  • @nancymartineau-bauman6018
    @nancymartineau-bauman6018 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Eric Clapton is an amazing guitarist, singer, songwriter. He has been in a few bands and has a solo career. It it explained quite well in the message below me. Great review!

  • @pauljansen1137
    @pauljansen1137 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    wasn't this a song from J.J. Cale?

    • @stevenlee6883
      @stevenlee6883 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Yes

    • @mikesmith3481
      @mikesmith3481 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Yup

    • @muriel2267
      @muriel2267 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Yes! I wish someone would react to J.J.Cales Crazy Mama â˜ș

    • @cesarnarro6013
      @cesarnarro6013 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I picked up a cd of JJ Cale & Eric Clapton's album " Road to Escondido " for a buck at a thrift store. Got some good songs on it. Opening track " Danger " my favorite.

  • @twolaneasphalt4459
    @twolaneasphalt4459 Pƙed 2 lety

    Written by J.J. Cale, Clapton's idol, who also wrote, They Call Me the Breeze, After Midnight, Magnolia, Any Way the Wind Blows, etc., etc., etc.!

  • @kingspeechless1607
    @kingspeechless1607 Pƙed 2 lety

    "Bell-bottom Blues" is another fine Clapton track

  • @RichardinNC1
    @RichardinNC1 Pƙed 2 lety

    Eric Clapton, a long history with several 60s bands and a long solo career. One of the top rated guitarists ever. An easily recognized style once you learn his music. The “Just One Night” live version of Cocaine is my favorite with a longer better first solo. But there is a recent live performance of Cocaine at Royal Albert Hall in London that EVERYONE gets into. Layla was an earlier hit. Another great solo hit was Wonderful Tonight. And yes, Clapton fought a cocaine addiction for years but got through it, now having performed for nearly 60 years!

  • @porgy
    @porgy Pƙed 2 lety

    This song was originally written by JJ Cale in 1976 and then one year later in 1977 released by Eric Clapton off of his Slow Hand album

  • @hog7203
    @hog7203 Pƙed 2 lety

    Clapton has been making amazing music throughout his career. "Old Love" from the 24 Nights album is great. "I'm Tore Down" on the album From the Cradle is a rocker.

  • @braintrustslayton8755
    @braintrustslayton8755 Pƙed 2 lety +11

    YES.. it was an anti-drug song. As it says "she don't lie" aka when the drug says it will keep you going...it will. It also doesn't lie about its "bad" side. By being "up" you miss out on life because YOU pass it by (and there's no getting it back).

    • @justaguy214
      @justaguy214 Pƙed 2 lety

      Everything in moderation.

    • @classic-kool
      @classic-kool Pƙed 2 lety +1

      ..... .and the 💰 💰 you spend on blow..... it's GONE right up your f'n nose!!!

    • @ksoliel9347
      @ksoliel9347 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@justaguy214 Bc of my profession, (musician), in my 52 yrs I've witnessed unfathomable amounts of cocaine abuse, & i got asdictedy too for over a decade. I sobered up. Too many friends of my past, are now dead fr. cocaine ODs. IMO, Cocaine is NOT a drug u can do in moderation! If u think u can, u just don't know you're addicted yet! Stay far away from her! Pls!
      đŸ—șïžđŸ•Šïž!

    • @justaguy214
      @justaguy214 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@ksoliel9347 I wasn't being serious. I've had my run with it as well, as a fellow pro.

    • @ksoliel9347
      @ksoliel9347 Pƙed 2 lety

      * addicted.....typo :/

  • @joydunn2109
    @joydunn2109 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

    This Album Slow Hand that featured Cocaine came out in 1977 and the Derrick and the Dominos the album with Layla was in 1972.

  • @juliobarreiro7345
    @juliobarreiro7345 Pƙed rokem +1

    One of the greatest Song from 1970😊

  • @joecollie4314
    @joecollie4314 Pƙed 2 lety

    Cocain was 1 of the original ingredients in Coca-Cola which is how it got its name It was taken out in the early 50s. Eric Clapton also played on some Beatles songs . Along with George Harrison. . There was quite a few collaboration among the rock stars of the 60s and 70s.

  • @romanrodriquez3816
    @romanrodriquez3816 Pƙed 2 lety

    more Clapton background would be CREAM! Sitting on Top of the World, Outside Woman Blues, Sunshine of Your Love, and Badge. ALL are must listens and you'll understand why clapton is GOD

  • @leetroy3129
    @leetroy3129 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Next? The original (not unplugged) version of Layla or Wonderful Tonight. Eric Clapton is a legend for good reason!

  • @willasacco9898
    @willasacco9898 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    I saw EC twice, maybe more(not so sure) and when the first few chords came on the crowd would go wild.
    It is definitely an anti-drug song and it took me decades to figure that out.

  • @kimbirch1202
    @kimbirch1202 Pƙed rokem

    When I was a teenager, some folk would write on their jackets " Clapton is God ".
    He was hugely influential.

  • @Bekka_Noyb
    @Bekka_Noyb Pƙed 2 lety +1

    One of the best Clapton tunes! ♄

  • @ScottBondradioflier
    @ScottBondradioflier Pƙed 2 lety +17

    I suggest you listen to the live version from the album “Just One Night”. The guitar solos are amazing.

    • @ericelander9936
      @ericelander9936 Pƙed 2 lety

      💯

    • @ICU2B4UDO
      @ICU2B4UDO Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Dude, I was 15 when I bought that album on vinyl in 1980 when it came out...I still have it and the damn album is in better shape than me!!

    • @ScottBondradioflier
      @ScottBondradioflier Pƙed 2 lety

      @@ICU2B4UDO
      I was 17 and I still have the vinyl but don’t have a record player!

  • @angelinaalexander3541
    @angelinaalexander3541 Pƙed 2 lety

    One of my favorite jams when I go to the bar I always play this on the jukebox 😎💜

  • @brentmcwilliams4332
    @brentmcwilliams4332 Pƙed 2 lety

    Yet another masterpiece by another real o.g. - JJ Cale. His entire first album "Naturally" Was excellent. He also wrote "Call me the Breeze", "After Midnight" and "Same old blues" among others.

  • @tatearroyo8663
    @tatearroyo8663 Pƙed 2 lety

    Clapton is the only artist inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 3 times

  • @shanehebert396
    @shanehebert396 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    "That rocks the house, dude!" (inside joke from college... would take at least 15 minutes to cover it ;) )

  • @erikstrohl286
    @erikstrohl286 Pƙed 2 lety

    Tears in heaven is another to listen to.

  • @warrennicholsony.fernando4513

    Man on Fire (Man Overboard) and Rock and Roll Heart are great tunes from Eric.

  • @dcinsc
    @dcinsc Pƙed 2 lety

    I always hear this song sung by Hank Hill substituting the tile as "Propane"

  • @williameller7002
    @williameller7002 Pƙed 2 lety

    So so glad you did this song.

  • @FarmWeigh
    @FarmWeigh Pƙed 2 lety

    Great song. Originally written and sung by the late, great JJ Cale (Claptons hero). Listen to JJ Cale sing The Breeze, After Midnight and/or Crazy Mama.

  • @senseandsensibility3636
    @senseandsensibility3636 Pƙed rokem

    That’s how we looked at it, as a groove. Biggest line of the song, ‘Don’t forget this fact, you can’t get it back
Cocaine. It was not a pro drug song. Like you said Lex, it’s a funky groove. Layla was before the white stuff. He was an extreme alcoholic and drug addict (Heroin, coke, acid, alcohol). He got clean and sober and has given back so much to the alcohol drug addition community. He built a rehab. He raised money through Crossroads concerts to help those who couldn’t afford to pay. He sold dozens of his guitars at auction for the Rehab Center and its patients. He has spoken openly and transparently about his addictions. His autobiography, ‘Clapton’. It’s like a course in rock/blues history. He knew everyone.
    Clapton’s 5 year old son fell out a 20+ story window in NYC. Clapton was on the way to his son’s mom’s (they weren’t together anymore ) apartment to take him to the zoo. He sees all these ambulances, firetrucks , police around the building. His ex-girlfriend had called him right before he left and said Connor, his son, was dead. His brain wouldn’t allow him to believe it. Can you imagine? He did not turn back to his demons after this tragedy. He locked himself in his house for a year and played. Out of that awful period, came the Unplugged Album, incredible. Eric Clapton has lived the blues. But he’ll tell you his son, Connor, saved his life. After his birth, he gave it all up. Not only is he one of the greatest artist of all time - he’s an inspiration.

  • @saturnracer156
    @saturnracer156 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Yeah he was one of the originals. He was in a band called The Yardbirds. When he left them, he recommended a new guy nobody ever heard of named Jimmy Page. When Jimmy Page left to join that band called Led Zepplin, he recommended Jeff Beck to replace him.

    • @paulqueripel3493
      @paulqueripel3493 Pƙed 2 lety

      Um, no. Page didn't leave the Yardbirds to form Led Zeppelin, he was the only Yardbird left when the others left (had a tour contract to fulfill). So he formed the New Yardbirds, then changed the name after the tour.
      Beck was the guitarist in the Yardbirds before Page. They did play together, but with Page on bass.

  • @donaldbrunner6250
    @donaldbrunner6250 Pƙed 2 lety

    Lex Eric Clapton has been around since the 60's. So he has a long list of hits from his days with Derek and the Dominoes to Cream and his solo. It's after Layla Layla wasn't the real name of the woman he was singing about in Layla. Her name was Patti Boyd who just happened to be his best friend George Harrison's wife at the time who Eric fell in love with and eventually married.

  • @Rabessey
    @Rabessey Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    No snow....no show! If you wanna wake up, reach for a cup....caffeine.

  • @beatmet2355
    @beatmet2355 Pƙed 2 lety

    Clapton during the cream era was what was referring to. In an interview, Eddie stated he wasn’t into Clapton after cream broke up. I guess because it wasn’t as heavy as what he did in that group.

  • @m000Theevilcow
    @m000Theevilcow Pƙed 2 lety

    This song transports me to the blockbuster Blues Brothers

  • @markstearns8029
    @markstearns8029 Pƙed 2 lety

    Great song!!!! One of my favorite songs by Clapton is “the core” kinda not one of a well known song but it is excellent. Mixture of voices with saxophone as well as uptempo. I think you’ll love it. I’ll wait and see.

  • @richard_n
    @richard_n Pƙed 2 lety +2

    If you haven't heard Let It Rain, it needs to be your next reaction by Clapton. It's my personal favorite by him.

  • @kennyo6582
    @kennyo6582 Pƙed 2 lety

    the song Layla is about George Harrison's wife Patti Boyd. She was married to him from1966 to 1977. Eric Clapton always had a thing for her. She divorced George Harrison and married Eric Clapton. They were married from 1979 to 1989. The Eric Clapton song ''Wonderful Tonight'' is about Patti Boyd also. It's on the same album as ''Cocaine".

  • @markrobertdevison1227
    @markrobertdevison1227 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    This is one of those songs where I think the live version is better than the studio. I like the guitar part he does in the middle of the live version.

  • @moonlily1
    @moonlily1 Pƙed 2 lety

    Finally a video where you don't have to debate what the song is about.

  • @christymurphy6571
    @christymurphy6571 Pƙed 2 lety

    Clapton did most of the soundtrack for the movie "Rush" released in 1992. I listen to that soundtrack all the time. Some of the best guitar playing I've heard.

  • @anthonypowell6234
    @anthonypowell6234 Pƙed 2 lety

    Oh, that slow bass line offset by the ride cymbal play and the guitar solo!! Ride on!!

  • @dannyneff4231
    @dannyneff4231 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Lex would be so much fun to take to some concerts

  • @Clever01010
    @Clever01010 Pƙed rokem +1

    Its played in the tv series Snow and Narcos. And...đŸ€” well pretty much every show involving cocaine. 😄

  • @adz_b
    @adz_b Pƙed 2 lety

    One of the all time greats, a sweet vibe this tune 🎧👍😁🇬🇧

  • @theotherwalt
    @theotherwalt Pƙed 2 lety

    Lex just groves with the music, which is what we did when we first heard these songs. Unless we purchased the album and the artist put the lyrics on the liner, we couldn't follow along reading the lyrics. I wish Brad would just enjoy the music like Lex.
    This is on of those songs that we were never sure what the lyrics were. I remember people saying "She don't like, she don't like" and "She so high, she so high".

  • @realjaxon
    @realjaxon Pƙed 2 lety

    I bought this vinyl LP record fresh off the rack when it first came out. I still have it.

  • @tanks4dmemories662
    @tanks4dmemories662 Pƙed 2 lety

    "CLAPTON IS GOD" used to be spray painted on overpasses all over the world. Only 3, 3, 3 time Inductee into RR Hall of Fame for Yardbirds, Cream and his amazing solo work. That doesn't even cover groups like Blind Faith, Derrick and the Dominoes and other super groups he started. You are ready now for the ROCK/BLUES legend. Much more Clapton please. Love you guys, keep exploring.

  • @BalbazaktheGreat
    @BalbazaktheGreat Pƙed 2 lety +23

    Clapton is considered to be one of the greatest electric guitarists of all-time, right up there with the likes of Jimi Hendrix. Speaking of which, I would really love if we could get some more Jimi up in here; feels like you've been neglecting the God of Electric Guitar. "All Along the Watchtower" would be a great place to start.

    • @williamberry2351
      @williamberry2351 Pƙed 2 lety

      the original Dylan version is better

    • @UMfan21
      @UMfan21 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      "Hey Joe" and "Bold as Love" are my favorites.

    • @justaguy214
      @justaguy214 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Clapton? Lmao. He's only regarded as such because Peter Green died young. In terms of pure influence, Jimi takes the top spot. In terms of talent and skill, neither are in the top 100. Malmsteen, EVH, Randy, Holdsworth, Vai and Satriani are a few examples of real guitar players. Enjoy your cocaine.

    • @jamesfoster2238
      @jamesfoster2238 Pƙed 2 lety

      Don't forget his EPIC collaboration with BB King!! (Riding with the King)!!

    • @Kinsen77
      @Kinsen77 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Jimi Hendrix songs get blocked a lot, that’s why you don’t see a lot of reactions

  • @djl9919
    @djl9919 Pƙed 2 lety

    Rock on Brad & Lex

  • @johncampbell756
    @johncampbell756 Pƙed 2 lety

    This is a cover song. So it has nothing to do with Layla. But he was living with Patti Boyd Harrison at this point and later married her. He wrote the song Wonderful Tonight from this album about her.

  • @donbelenger817
    @donbelenger817 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    When I was in the Navy from 79 to 85 this song was banned from being played at naval base clubs.

    • @zapazap
      @zapazap Pƙed 2 lety

      Did they ban you all from singing it?

    • @donbelenger817
      @donbelenger817 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@zapazap they would throw you out of club believe it or not.i seen them stop a band from playing it.

    • @zapazap
      @zapazap Pƙed 2 lety

      @@donbelenger817 Would they allow you to practice in on the guitar in your barracks?

    • @donbelenger817
      @donbelenger817 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@zapazap song was not allowed period.

    • @zapazap
      @zapazap Pƙed 2 lety

      @@donbelenger817 Not even the chord progression I guess...

  • @fausty150
    @fausty150 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    The original by JJ Cale is worth checking out. Love your reactions.

  • @opencarry3860
    @opencarry3860 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    "Cocaine, it's a hell of a drug." Rick James.

  • @glenngraver
    @glenngraver Pƙed 2 lety

    Clapton spent a lot of time in Tulsa with J.J. Cale and Leon Russel when I was a kid in the 70's, in fact when Clapton went solo his entire band was made of Tulsa natives. It was not unusual during that time to see them along with George Harrison at local restaurants and venues. Clapton has often said J.J. was one of his biggest inspirations check out "Tulsa Time" another J.J. Cale wrote that Clapton covered

  • @yellowfin1962
    @yellowfin1962 Pƙed 2 lety

    Slow hand himself! The master of the stratocaster!

  • @wen-nz3sk
    @wen-nz3sk Pƙed 2 lety

    "Layla" was released before "Cocaine." JJ Kale wrote it, Eric covered it.
    3 time RnR Hall of Famer, multiple awards/Grammys, etc.
    Started in the 60s. He was with Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, The Yardbirds and solo, he spans decades and his wizardry on that guitar is legendary. You have to watch Clapton live to grasp it. Very very bluesy.
    Guy lived a life that's seems unreal and tragic so he has lived the blues
    You mentioned documentary on VH (pls share, I'm interested đŸ‘đŸœ), there are a few on Clapton too!!
    Dive deeply here guys!! â€đŸ‘đŸœ
    Ps, couldn't read Brad!! đŸ€”

  • @badbob6689
    @badbob6689 Pƙed 2 lety

    Yard birds were big in their day and if you watch old videos of them playing Eric often had his back turned to the crowd. I think you'll like their bluesy music, Other earlier groups that he played in was Blind Faith, and John Mayalls blues breakers.
    A lot of music.
    .

  • @michaelbolson2658
    @michaelbolson2658 Pƙed 2 lety

    Eric Clapton played the guitar solo on the original studio track of While my Guitar Gently Weeps with the Beetle’s. You guys should check out that version as well.

  • @tomross6652
    @tomross6652 Pƙed 2 lety

    This was written by J.J. Cale, he also wrote Clapton's hit After Midnight and Call Me The Breeze by Lynyrd Skynyrd which I think you did.

  • @ronaldelliott4373
    @ronaldelliott4373 Pƙed 2 lety

    Written by close friend, singer/songwriter JJ Cale. Cale wrote many great songs, he and Clapton performed together many times. Check Lynyrd Skynyrd’s version of Cale’s, “They Call Me The Breeze.”

  • @klintburns7230
    @klintburns7230 Pƙed 2 lety

    Clapton is God.. To your point Lex, definitely an OGđŸ€˜đŸŒ