You can also follow him on Twitter at read his other arts writing at and/or watch his films here. ![]() Ted Mills is a freelance writer on the arts who currently hosts the artist interview-based FunkZone Podcast and is the producer of KCRW’s Curious Coast. Hear Eric Clapton’s Isolated Guitar Track From the Beatles’ ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ (1968)Įric Clapton Tries Out Guitars at Home and Talks About the Beatles, Cream, and His Musical Roots It’s just that, in “Layla”‘s case, the flame is there every time the needle drops into the groove.Ģ3-Year-Old Eric Clapton Demonstrates the Elements of His Guitar Sound (1968) Finally it rocketed up the charts, and it’s kind of stayed in classic rock playlists ever since.Īnd as for Boyd, she actually did leave George Harrison in 1974 to marry Clapton in 1979, a marriage that lasted 10 years. It would find its audience three years later when the full version appeared on both a Clapton anthology and a best of collection of Duane Allman’s work. The song was a flop in the charts, especially as it was cut in half for the single. Jim GordonUnplugged 1992 EPC Enterprises, LLP.“I didn’t want this to happen.” She was also mortified thinking that everybody would know exactly who “Layla” was about. Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesLayla (Acoustic Live) “I couldn’t believe I was the inspiration for putting this together,” she said in an interview. Lord Byron called the tragic poem “The Romeo and Juliet of the East,” as unrequited love leaves both Majnun and Layla dead after the latter’s father forbids her to be with the poet. Youve been running and hiding much too long You know its just your foolish pride Layla, youve got me on my knees Layla, Im begging, darling please Layla, darling wont you ease my worried mind I tried to give you consolation When your old man had let you down Like a fool, I fell in love with you You turned my whole world upside down Layla. Polyphonic takes on the behind the scenes story of this rock masterpiece and rewinds several centuries to the source of Layla’s name: “Layla and Majnun,” a romantic poem from 12th century Persian poet Niẓāmi Ganjavi based on an actual woman from the 6th Century who drove her poet paramour mad. ![]() Is this something tawdry writ epic? Or is this something epic that has the wafting aroma of tawdriness? Dm Bb C Dm Dm Bb C Lay-la, darling wont you ease my worried mind Verse 2 Cm7 G7 Tried to give you consolation, Cm7 C D E E7 Your old man wont let you down Fm B E A Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Fm B E Turned the whole world upside down Chorus A Dm Bb C Dm Lay-la, you got me on my knees. We understand that our rock gods are human, but there’s something about Clapton falling in love with the wife (Pattie Boyd) of one of his best mates (George Harrison, a freakin’ Beatle, man!) and then writing a whole album about it, that is just unsettling. The story of Eric Clapton and “Layla” has always bothered me because to understand it is to understand how fallible and crazed any of us can be when it comes to love.
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