Derek & The Dominos - Layla (REACTION!)

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  • @careym3901
    @careym3901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    "When they found Carbone in the meat truck it took them 3 days to thaw him out for the autopsy.."

    • @ChrisOliver4307
      @ChrisOliver4307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      "Still, I've never seen Jimmy so happy..."

    • @bryanoliver4736
      @bryanoliver4736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My first thought haha.

    • @Wadzillia
      @Wadzillia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@ChrisOliver4307 Jimmy and I could never be made because we had Irish blood, didn't even matter that my Mother was Sicilian

    • @ericanderson8886
      @ericanderson8886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Scorsese picked the best songs in his movies. Raging Bull has some masterpieces.

    • @Nico_Tena
      @Nico_Tena 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way"

  • @nickynuke6390
    @nickynuke6390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +957

    The piano solo always makes me think of the part in Goodfellas when DeNiro is whacking everybody.

    • @pkrpmp
      @pkrpmp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Frankie Carbone hanging frozen on a meat hook.... I think of it every time I hear this song!

    • @TheBlackQueen
      @TheBlackQueen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Kinda like that Family Guy scene where Meg and Chris were murdering the entire cafeteria to Free Bird

    • @pyromask
      @pyromask 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Knew I wasn’t the only one

    • @nickynuke6390
      @nickynuke6390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheBlackQueen yeah that was stolen from the movie the kingsman. Basically a battle royale to the death in a church till only one man walks out, w
      might be one of the most badass scenes in movie history!

    • @chaost4544
      @chaost4544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Same. It's an iconic film moment and for me adds more weight to the original song for some reason. I can't get out of my mind every single damn time I hear this song on the radio the epicness that Martin Scorsese showed us. I'm sitting in traffic, this song plays on my local classic rock station, and I think to myself "good lord... I can't unsee Frankie Carbone hanging in a freezer.". Every time I hear this damn song I want to watch Goodfellas. It's one of the few films I would call "perfect".

  •  2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    George is definitely thinking about "Goodfellas". I just LOVE when the piano starts to play in the movie and Ray Liotta´s voice talks over the song. One of Scorsese´s best films.

    • @hollyroxy25
      @hollyroxy25 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scorsese always picks the best songs to put in his movies

  • @Joe-to8og
    @Joe-to8og 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    One of the best guitar riffs of all time.

  • @JKM395
    @JKM395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    "Don't start Layla over again!" ~ No one in the history of ever

    • @diegomarroquin4662
      @diegomarroquin4662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was constantly skipping it when it popped on spotify, after one GOOD listening i can't stop playing it.

    • @idatekatemoss
      @idatekatemoss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahhahaha FACTS

  • @ronaldpena8990
    @ronaldpena8990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    He is singing about Pattie Boyd, who was George Harrison`s wife at the time. She divorced George in 77` and married Eric in 79`

    • @chrisgross2043
      @chrisgross2043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      George Harrison was saying "you can have her when I'm done with her"

    • @jasonhaynes2952
      @jasonhaynes2952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Man she was smokin too! Imagine having such a famous and iconic song written TO you, begging you to leave your husband!

    • @dreco3658
      @dreco3658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I heard that George was still Eric's best man at the wedding

    • @jasonhaynes2952
      @jasonhaynes2952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@dreco3658 I don't know if he was the best man, but he definitely attended...I believe all the Beatles attended. Surprisingly, George and Eric Clapton remained good friends. This may be due to the fact that George was having numerous affairs with women all over the world (including one with Ringo Starr's wife), so I guess it didn't bother him.

    • @perosa99
      @perosa99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Goodfellas

  • @Ziggetren
    @Ziggetren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Oh man... this one hit home! Growing up my father always had Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, the Allman brothers band, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and so many more... But this song was mostly on! Thank you for picking this one!

  • @tammylewallen8493
    @tammylewallen8493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way you both analyzed the song. Your reactions with each other is Price

  • @flash218ily
    @flash218ily 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Transitioning from one of the most iconic guitar riffs to one of the most iconic piano riffs all in one song.....that's how you create a song that stands the test of time!

  • @bradleyconrad678
    @bradleyconrad678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    “Derek” is Eric. He just wanted to do something that didn’t have his name directly attached to it so that it would stand on its own.

    • @robertb1849
      @robertb1849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It’s a combination of Duane and Eric’s name.

    • @bradleyconrad678
      @bradleyconrad678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@robertb1849 I’m not so sure about that. They were already performing under the name Derek and the Dominoes well before Duane Allman became involved with the project.

    • @keeroe2020
      @keeroe2020 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Contractual obligations force artists sometimes to perform under pseudonyms.

    • @johnpreiss304
      @johnpreiss304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Never ,and by the way,how Clever is Derick to hide Eric!!
      I'm so,so,so,sold on this Gentlemans wonderful style blues,swagger,Elec.,accuistic, playing.
      Only one more I can think of that's par w/ him??? Mr.David Gilmore .Handsdown
      I think at times God here's their music,all is right w/the world.
      AMEN.

    • @colbymagee8852
      @colbymagee8852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It was originally eric but a drunken announcer slured it into derek they thought it wqs funny do kept it

  • @ChokyoDK
    @ChokyoDK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wooooow. I haven't watched your guys' vids in a minute.
    I last watched y'all on 60k subs and now you are on 1 million?!
    Congrats!!

  • @MustLoveDogsSA
    @MustLoveDogsSA 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are great! No pressure, but you really are top of your game, and I would ADORE more content. Take care x

  • @weej1094
    @weej1094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    “Bell Bottom Blues” was the second song about Patty Boyd on this album. Another great song. (Jack Bruce sang “White Room.”)

    • @voodoochild2968
      @voodoochild2968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I agree,flip the album over and play Bell Bottom Blues,so much soul and passion in his voice,and guitar work is awesome of course

    • @andreameehan9564
      @andreameehan9564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The “Bell Bottom Blues” version off the 24 Nights album might be the only time a live version is better than the original.

    • @frandellaporta4791
      @frandellaporta4791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bell Bottm Blues from this album is one of my all time favorite songs

    • @mattm1982
      @mattm1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The entire album is about Patti Boyd.

    • @jokeradam2278
      @jokeradam2278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As were Something on Abbey road.and Have you Ever Loved a Woman....she must have been some awesome chick!

  • @denisetowe895
    @denisetowe895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    This is one song you can start over & over again for this 63 year old grandma! I do it myself when I’m in the car....😂

  • @taylorriccelli4062
    @taylorriccelli4062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I cant belive its been almost 4 years since I started watching this channel. damn time flies.

  • @scottabbott5469
    @scottabbott5469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The version of Layla he did in his solo career was an acoustic version. Much slower and laid back. Right around the time his son died and he did Tears in Heaven.

    • @thefakenotckh5062
      @thefakenotckh5062 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it was in the same mtv unplugged show that they were debuted

  • @davidmatheny1993
    @davidmatheny1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    R.I.P. to both Allman Brothers. Obviously losing Gregg was sad, but Duane truly was cut down well before his time. Imagine the legendary guitar material he could have kept making if not for one motorcycle ride in Macon,GA.

    • @ash80510
      @ash80510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Duane was the best of all time

    • @BRLaue
      @BRLaue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And given his massive work ethic, he would have outdone Eric for sure.

    • @TheGuitarMan71
      @TheGuitarMan71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Duane Allman is the goat

    • @robertb1849
      @robertb1849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Duane was extremely talented.

  • @jasonremy1627
    @jasonremy1627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    Between Cream and Derek and the Dominos, Eric was in a band called Blind Faith with Stevie Winwood and Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. You should do "Can't Find My Way Home"

    • @PJErvin
      @PJErvin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great jam.

    • @1972mrkleen
      @1972mrkleen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      & Presence of the Lord

    • @rafterman5072
      @rafterman5072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He also did some stuff with Delaney and Bonnie. There are some cool videos of Eric of them on TH-cam.

    • @IronMaiden4281
      @IronMaiden4281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do what you like. best track from Blind Faith

    • @TexasPride62
      @TexasPride62 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be an excellent reaction.

  • @gunkmasterflex942
    @gunkmasterflex942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When the song transitions into the piano part.... the movie "GoodFellas" uses it for the sequence when the cops start to find all of the dead bodies who were tied to the heist.

  • @stormmontpelier8681
    @stormmontpelier8681 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I laughed so damn hard at this vid... and still loved every second of it!

  • @Jrup2110
    @Jrup2110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    “Jimmy was cutting every link between himself and the robbery, but it had nothing to do with me.” Always think of this scene when I hear this song

    • @sanfordallen3435
      @sanfordallen3435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too.

    • @angelskunk2206
      @angelskunk2206 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It always reminds me of the movie "Blow"

    • @SteveHuffer
      @SteveHuffer ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazing how Henry Hill is always looking shocked in the scenes where gangster shit is going down.

  • @keeroe2020
    @keeroe2020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    The slide by Allman on this song is the best slide guitar in recorded music.

    • @daveguitarnowski4402
      @daveguitarnowski4402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      subjectively, but I'm with you!

    • @jokeradam2278
      @jokeradam2278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It laid the base...but....Derek Trucks....who was literally named after this song ...has him beat IMHO. You can listen to any tedeschi trucks album.....it's all there.

    • @FirearmsGunGear
      @FirearmsGunGear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jokeradam2278 the live solos to Midnight in Harlem are just out of this world, saw Derek live with Clapton on 2006 at the Royal Albert Hall, had never heard of Trucks before that night, huge fan ever since

    • @bryantrippe6797
      @bryantrippe6797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I believe the slide is played by The late Great Duane Almond!

    • @presley9799
      @presley9799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My sweet lord is better imo

  • @djrodney13
    @djrodney13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started watching your videos a couple days ago, going back to the Metallica records. Today, I come across this reaction and song review and you've made a fan out of me. Definitely dropping a like and sub. Looking forward to future videos and continuing to see your past posts.

  • @Giulorma1121
    @Giulorma1121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I was a kid I thought the second part of the song was a completely different song..... it blew my mind when I found out it was the same song.🤯

  • @blackbird8900
    @blackbird8900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Derek is Eric (D-Eric), maybe just a bit of an anonymity type of thing. The entire album (the only one from this band) is basically of declaration of Eric’s love to Patti Boyd, who was George Harrison’s wife at the time. Crazy story I won’t get into all the details. Clapton did eventually get married to her. Incredibly Eric Clapton and George Harrison remained close friends through the entire thing. George and Eric ( and maybe other men) wrote a number of songs about Patti. Arguably two of the greatest love songs of all time, this one, Layla and Something by the Beatles (written by George) were written about the same woman. Quite the muse.
    There are several great tracks on this album. My two favourites (besides Layla) are Bell Bottom Blues and Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad. Great review!

    • @jessdunaway8423
      @jessdunaway8423 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget after they married the song also written by Eric about Patti in 1976 th-cam.com/video/vUSzL2leaFM/w-d-xo.html

    • @jasonremy1627
      @jasonremy1627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also, Eric's "Wonderful Tonight" is about her

    • @Deeplycloseted435
      @Deeplycloseted435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can you imagine being so hot, that two of the most famous/desirable men in the world, who can pretty much have anyone they want, are writing songs about you? Man, she must’ve been something else. She had these dudes wrapped around her finger.

    • @GivnoFyux444
      @GivnoFyux444 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eric Clapton was billed as Derek Claptoe as a member of John Lennon's Plastic Ono Supergroup (1969) along with Jim Bordom, George Harrisong, Sticky Topkins, Robbie Knees, Kief Spoon, Billy Presstud, and Raus Doorman.

    • @stpnwlf9
      @stpnwlf9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She is also said to have inspired George Harrison's "Something" recorded by the Beatles, though George told a variety of stories about the song's origin.

  • @laylakenward2844
    @laylakenward2844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    This was wonderful! My name is Layla (my Dad definitely was part of the ‘Clapton is God’ fandom!) and so many people have sung this to me over the years, then get worried they’ve offended me! I actually love it when people do that! Well done guys!

    • @Ziggetren
      @Ziggetren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is a lovely name none the less :D

    • @carlosdominguez3788
      @carlosdominguez3788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I named my daughter Layla because of this song. I love the piano part, most beautiful song for the most beautiful girl!

    • @nicksanchez6667
      @nicksanchez6667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This comment gives me hope. I named my daughter after this song and I’m afraid she’ll grow to hate it.

    • @laylakenward2844
      @laylakenward2844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nicksanchez6667 she will love it! I’m 34 and it’s still wonderful to hear it and I get to tell others the story of both the song and the Persian story of Layla. Feels like an honour 😊

    • @greatknightcyber1131
      @greatknightcyber1131 ปีที่แล้ว

      bro is the rizzler

  • @danielsinnott2343
    @danielsinnott2343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't expect to hear the Charles in Charge theme song when clicking this. lol. Great reaction as always.

  • @bguzewi0
    @bguzewi0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This track when the rhythm slows down is Marty Scorcese's favorite soundtrack to people getting clipped.

  • @daryl7531
    @daryl7531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    You probably recognise this song from "GoodFellas". It gets playing during a montage when many of the gangsters are killed off by their friends for a larger sum of the money.

    • @writerjohnmcnally
      @writerjohnmcnally 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And definitely not ‘80s sitcom.

    • @tarachamp
      @tarachamp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Definitely not Charles In Charge lol

    • @daryl7531
      @daryl7531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well I'm sorry but I was born in 2002 and guess what has stood the test of time? It certainly wouldnt be the 80s sitcom 😂

  • @rosycheekedsuccubus
    @rosycheekedsuccubus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The piano ensemble - that second part where they mix it up- is played on the movie Goodfellas, so if you're into gangster films, that may be where you've heard it.

    • @jasonhaynes2952
      @jasonhaynes2952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think of Goodfellas every time I hear this song now.

    • @googlebotkiller7118
      @googlebotkiller7118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I play it every time I hide a body in a meat truck.

    • @rosycheekedsuccubus
      @rosycheekedsuccubus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@googlebotkiller7118 "He was frozen so stiff it took them three days to thaw him out."

  • @jimmilburn645
    @jimmilburn645 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am a few months late but you guys still crack me up. Shout out to Derek.

  • @allan8364
    @allan8364 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The piano part feels like the calming sensations that comes after a whirlwind of emotions.

  • @just4me453
    @just4me453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Speaking of Duane Allman, you guys should react to Whipping Post from Allman Brothers, Live at Fillmore East...

    • @BradCross1982
      @BradCross1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree...Love that. Greg is one of my top 5 vocalists and Duane is one of my top 5 guitarists.... They were great 🤘🏽

  • @matthewdigiacomo2580
    @matthewdigiacomo2580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The "Piano Exit" of this song is featured in the movie Goodfellas. Perhaps that is why you recognize it.

  • @ralch9129
    @ralch9129 ปีที่แล้ว

    The contrast between both parts takes the song to another level, layering the emotional charge.

  • @RichSmithson
    @RichSmithson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I grew up in a house with parents that listened to Eric Clapton. Layla always will make me think of my family home.

  • @bulletinthechamberband
    @bulletinthechamberband 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The second movement (piano & slide guitar) was prominent in the Goodfellas scene where Robert DeNiro had the entire crew of the airport heist whacked...also there was no "Derek" - the name was derived from the combination of Duane Allman and Eric Clapton's first names...

  • @symbiosisai
    @symbiosisai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    "When your old man let you down" yeah that's George Harrison 😂

    • @ericlevi5729
      @ericlevi5729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      George Harrison wife Patti

    • @tayloredwards2575
      @tayloredwards2575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I feel like they won’t ever know what this means. It’s almost as good as the song itself, with all due respect to the Goodfellas scene, the only thing better than the song is the drama behind the song.

    • @julienyvan336
      @julienyvan336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you

  • @DavidDArcy1975
    @DavidDArcy1975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i saw Eric live in Dublin back in the early 90's, he had Phil Collins on drums for the gig and Robert Cray came out to jam too... savage

  • @daveman_50
    @daveman_50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The incredible Jim Gordon on drums! What a groove, such great tight fills.

  • @mistyman67
    @mistyman67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    “Layla” was a song Clapton wrote, with Dominos drummer Jim Gordon, about his forbidden love for the wife of his close friend George Harrison she eventually became Clapton's wife.

    • @FloridaManRacer
      @FloridaManRacer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      and because he was honest, George stayed his friend too. Which I doubt could EVER happen today with as childish and immature as fully grown adults act now lol.

    • @michaelwoods9005
      @michaelwoods9005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She became his wife and he treated her like shit, lol. Before they were married he told her that if she didn't leave George for him then he'd go get addicted to heroin. After she left George he only married her because the tabloid press leaked that they were married, and he didn't want to look bad. Eric was manipulative and only cared about the chase.

    • @FloridaManRacer
      @FloridaManRacer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelwoods9005 sounds like you were a fly on the wall, I've never heard that. can you show me something where it says any of that? Seriously...

    • @sharona256
      @sharona256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pattie said it in her autobiography and I believe he mentioned it as well in his autobiography

    • @cml007
      @cml007 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@FloridaManRacercrickets lol

  • @billymuellerTikTok
    @billymuellerTikTok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    When they found Carbone in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff it took them three days to thaw him out for the autopsy

  • @ovetaford9738
    @ovetaford9738 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The group debuted at the Lyceum Theatre in London on June 14, 1970 where the announcer mispronounced their provisional name of Eric and the Dynamos to Derek and the Dominos, the band decided to take up the new name and undertook a summer tour of England.

  • @DavidDArcy1975
    @DavidDArcy1975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lads, Eric started out in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, then The Yardbirds, then Cream, then Blind Faith.... and then Derek & The Dominos

  • @alexo.4324
    @alexo.4324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Love sick + Heroin + Clapton = Masterpiece

  • @VinceFerrante
    @VinceFerrante 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Eric Clapton just had a birthday so this post is extra special, great reaction fellas

    • @shoesagogo1
      @shoesagogo1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes we share a birthday.

  • @deannajones3849
    @deannajones3849 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely love this one!

  • @stephenlackey5852
    @stephenlackey5852 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are awesome

  • @greggbiamonte156
    @greggbiamonte156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Duane Allman was an absolute beast- always loved Anyday from this album, this might be some of his best playing... that was a loss for sure

  • @SoxArizona
    @SoxArizona 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Hope everyone is having a beautiful night

    • @guttergods8735
      @guttergods8735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You too!!! Ty

    • @jessdunaway8423
      @jessdunaway8423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Possibly even " wonderful tonight". @ 😎

    • @guttergods8735
      @guttergods8735 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jessdunaway8423 👌

    • @denisetowe895
      @denisetowe895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Duane Allman! Intro guitar riff....

    • @zk3212
      @zk3212 3 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @seanriley9633
    @seanriley9633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now y’all gotta listen to the acoustic version so much different but just as good

  • @mikepeace2112
    @mikepeace2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clapton's "River of Tears" (Live at Staples Center particularly) is beyond amazing. Definitely worth checking out.

  • @morganlambley8655
    @morganlambley8655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Only time I won’t be mad at restarting a song 4 times. I absolutely love the start to this song

  • @Saint-14s-Shadow
    @Saint-14s-Shadow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The greatest guitar riff in history in my humble opinion. You guys could've restarted the song 100 times and I would never ever get tired of it.

    • @brucedonaldson3627
      @brucedonaldson3627 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought they were April Fooling us!

    • @joefriedman9843
      @joefriedman9843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep and Duane actually wrote the riff, not Clapton

  • @laserfloyd
    @laserfloyd ปีที่แล้ว

    I've seen him twice and when he starts this riff, it brings the house down. He'll do some Spanish sound improvisation stuff before he suddenly plunges into this riff. We all know it's coming and it's oh-so satisfying.

  • @WhizzingFish12
    @WhizzingFish12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Clapton was tired of the "guitar god" adulation that made him feel stifled with expectations. He wanted to be a pure musician and "lose" himself in the larger group. Hence his immersion in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney and Bonnie... And Derek and the Dominos. Their only studio album, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" is one of the truly great albums in history, especially with the contributions of Duane Allman (best slide guitarist of all time), and the best backing band probably ever. Jim Gordon was astonishingly good on drums, Carl Radle terrific on bass, and Bobby Whitlock was AWESOME keyboardist, singer, songwriter. And Layla was built around Clapton's love for Patty Harrison, the wife of Beatle George Harrison. Mix his tortured soul with heroin addiction and guitar virtuosity, pushed hard by Duane's genius and propelled by the Dominos - together they were an incredible band. My favorite album of all time, with gorgeous songs all over the place. Try "Bell Bottom Blues," "Key to the Highway," "Little Wing" (their tribute to Jimi Hendrix), "Keep on Growin'," "It's Too Late..." Man it is all just fantastic.

  • @iremainproductions4827
    @iremainproductions4827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I haven't watched your guys' videos in a while due to the hectic schedule of my life. But you guys are still the best! Hopefully I make it out to Vegas again soon. Still regret not bugging you guys at Planet Hollywood back in 2019...lol but keep killing it..... hope you and your families stay safe and healthy.

  • @derpy.1
    @derpy.1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    So to answer of a few of your questions in the video,
    Cream’s lead vocalist was there Bass Player Jack Bruce, As Eric only has sang one or 2 songs for the band. One of them is on there live album, which is a cover of Robert Johnson’s (Grandfather of Modern Rock, Blues, and Metal) Crossroads.
    Derek and the Dominoes was only active for 1 year, 1970 to 1971, releasing there Self-Titled album with this song being featured on it.
    Fun fact, Duane Allmen of the Allmen Brothers played on this track, and on the majority of the album itself, recording 11 or 14 tracks.
    The song is about George Harrison’s then Wife Patti Boyd, Eric made this song specifically for her. She divorced Harrison in the mid 70’a and married Eric in 1979
    They divorced in 1989 😂
    This song is widely known as Eric’s greatest musical achievement.

    • @Okayyycool
      @Okayyycool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don’t forget the stolen piano outro that was never credited to Rita Coolidge!

    • @endocry
      @endocry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Okayyycool according to her... Even if her claims are true, she only said she helped Jim Gordon write it, and the original melody was his. Personally from reading about her she doesn't seem to be of particularly high character. The phrase gold digger comes to mind...but, believe what you will.

    • @marymargaretmoore9034
      @marymargaretmoore9034 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Allman Brothers is how it's spelled

    • @endocry
      @endocry 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marymargaretmoore9034 No one cares, Mary.

  • @jennifersixx3740
    @jennifersixx3740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is perfection. 😍

  • @lefty5757
    @lefty5757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bobby Whitlock was a big part of Derek & the Domino’s, he co wrote a lot of the songs on this album, Keyboards & vocals.

  • @r.m2192
    @r.m2192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    You gotta do sunshine of your love by cream now

  • @CLYDOL
    @CLYDOL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Never gonna be able to unhear “stand up” 😂

  • @MainOffenderKZ
    @MainOffenderKZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i was delivering pizza in my car first time i heard this song on the radio. It changed me.

  • @oncearoundtheparkpls
    @oncearoundtheparkpls 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These guys are fkn awesome 😂😂

  • @Jacob_Junge
    @Jacob_Junge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The name 'Layla' is from an old Arabic love story about a poet, who was madly in love with a woman who was married to another man, and because he couldn't have her, he went crazy and ended up wandering the desert carving poetry into rocks.

    • @primepap
      @primepap ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ironically Eric wrote this after he was in love with his friends wife and that friend was George Harrison

    • @RoarOfWolverine
      @RoarOfWolverine ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, he fell I love with George Harrison’s wife. The same George Harrison of the Beatles. Clapton fell I love with her when she found comfort with him when her marriage wasn’t going too well. George finally did divorce his wife, but I’m not sure if Clapton every married her?

  • @cmaz6638
    @cmaz6638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Knowing you’re not getting a lot of requests for him, Bell Bottom Blues is one to kick around.

  • @coreyrees840
    @coreyrees840 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The second half when the piano comes in, that portion is used at the end of Goodfellas and always reminds me of the movie whenever I hear this

  • @JackieAtUPS
    @JackieAtUPS 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Motown you hear is from Duane's time as a session musician down in Muscle Shoals at FAME studios. He is the one who pushed Wilson Pickett to cover Hey Jude and he is the one who lights it on fire at the end. Statesboro Blues live runs circles around Soulshine. The Live recordings really have Duane shining.

  • @kikivon3501
    @kikivon3501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how you (Ryan) get excited when you start liking what you are hearing and you throw a “hey” in there. I watched enough now I can tell when the “hey” is coming. So endearing

  • @bfernuttz3737
    @bfernuttz3737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    If you never knew this song, it's ABOUT TIME! Masterpiece that does, indeed, stand the test of time. Duane's haunting slide parts, in addition to the main riff, are just amazing...

  • @fynixx24
    @fynixx24 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great review, I laughed my ass off. Plus, great breakdown of the song. Piano solo, we all know it’s when the bodies start appearing in GF

  • @juansecar2
    @juansecar2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw clapton back in 2000, in Barcelona. He played Layla, but the unplugged version. Also real cool and groovy with the oustanding great nathan east bassin it up there.

  • @scottinokc
    @scottinokc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Now, listen to Bell Bottom Blues from the same album. It's literally heart wrenching to hear Eric sing about his love for Pattie Boyd.

    • @stonebay2111
      @stonebay2111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Glad someone else has heard the rest of the album....one of the other assorted love songs lol

    • @andrewptob
      @andrewptob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Key to the Highway, Anyday, Keep on Growing, on and on. Best record Clapton ever did hands-down.

    • @mick5137
      @mick5137 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's figuratively heart-wrenching.

  • @mickeygoh25
    @mickeygoh25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    To put it simple, Derek & The Dominos is a band formed by Clapton... briefly after he got over the Blind Faith stuff

    • @iancarr8682
      @iancarr8682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Blind Faith another Clapton band with the great Stevie Winwood

  • @lot8717
    @lot8717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite Clapton song and the best version. Yes. I'm here for it.

  • @kevinparker2375
    @kevinparker2375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Eric Clapton has a GREAT live show. The last time I saw him, he played the full set (2+ hrs), no opening act. If you get the chance, go see him...you won't be disappointed.

  • @timavery7984
    @timavery7984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This work is a classic -and the 2nd part really is what makes it so awesome ...instruments thinking and crying for Layla. -but you guys are a hoot to watch ! Kudos.

  • @Samsanite1
    @Samsanite1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I would highly recommend Time by Pink Floyd. One of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard, lyrically and musically.

    • @elegantirony78
      @elegantirony78 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yes!

    • @jordanmellor8229
      @jordanmellor8229 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They've already heard it so they aren't covering it. They said it one of floyd vids

    • @justingutube
      @justingutube 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes and yes!

    • @1972mrkleen
      @1972mrkleen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I totally agree

  • @crispinfrancis1
    @crispinfrancis1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    George - If you've watched Goodfellas, that's where you've heard that melody. It's been used in countless movies but Goodefellas is the most iconic.

  • @leonardwashington6456
    @leonardwashington6456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now you should do the MTV Unplugged version of Layla. And no, that was not Clapton singing on White Room. Y'all killed me with the Charles in charge lmao... one part of the outro always makes me think of the Golden Girls theme song

  • @tomaussy
    @tomaussy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    FIIIIIINNNNALLLLYYYY so happy you guys are hearing this. This song is the reason I play guitar today

  • @ELJimO1985
    @ELJimO1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I would have request this but how the hell was I supposed to know you’ve never heard this legend of a song

    • @perzonne6302
      @perzonne6302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They pretend to not know super popular songs

  • @stevesuv
    @stevesuv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The second part is called the CODA. It was Jim Gordon on piano, and Duane came back after a few weeks to play his parts.

  • @vladimpaler3498
    @vladimpaler3498 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The second part, with the intertwined guitar parts is one of the most beautiful pieces in rock. Eric Clapton bending his Fender off the rails speaks to his love for Layla, but Duane Allman's slide on the Gibson represents the emotional torture of unrequited love. Then there are parts where they rise and fall together. Two absolute masters feeding off one another. No voice is required since both guitars speak. In fact, just before the end there are two back to back slides (I think) where the Gibson is actually saying Lay-La, Lay-La. To me it is overwhelmingly powerful.

  • @seanjockel43
    @seanjockel43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    These were 2 separate songs recorded a few weeks apart. The producer Tom Dowd combined them. The first part was written by Clapton with Duane Allman adding the intro. The piano coda was written by Dummer Jim Gordon and his then girlfriend Rita Coolidge. Rita never got credit and has missed out on a ton of royalty money. The piano coda is best known from the movie Goodfellas

  • @NoNameForThisGuy
    @NoNameForThisGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Home wrecker, exactly. This song was the beginning of Clapton moving in on his good friend George Harrison’s wife, and eventually landing her. Harrison had a bit of a music career himself 😉 Probably worth a listen

    • @michaelkeefe8494
      @michaelkeefe8494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The very beautiful Patty Boyd. Clapton was crazy in love and she was married to his best friend. Bell Bottom Blues was written for her too. No art without pain, eh.

    • @fishhookism
      @fishhookism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      George was screwing around with Ringo's wife before this. She wasn't exactly a home wrecker.

    • @michaelkeefe8494
      @michaelkeefe8494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ah.. Rock & Roll in the 60s.

    • @Jonni1027
      @Jonni1027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@fishhookism Those were my thoughts exactly. George, who I loved, was not quite the victim people thought he was 😉

    • @fishhookism
      @fishhookism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Jonni1027 Your right Jonni. A flawed genius.

  • @johnLennon255
    @johnLennon255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This song was about The Beatles lead guitarist George Harrisons wife patti boyd. She left George for Eric Clapton

  • @dentonhunter4494
    @dentonhunter4494 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job guys great music Hunter

  • @benoshuthorpe8741
    @benoshuthorpe8741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Who hasn't heard this. It's a stone cold classic.

    • @einosuhonen4298
      @einosuhonen4298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not everybody heard all of the classic rock growing up. Nothing better than experiencing great older music later in life as well.

    • @user-hu3iy9gz5j
      @user-hu3iy9gz5j 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most have at least snapped up this song

    • @keefriff99
      @keefriff99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This seems like one of those songs that EVERYONE has heard at least in passing, on the radio or in a movie or playing as background music in a department store or something...
      But then I’m 42 so I have no clue what younger peoples’ experiences are.

    • @djentyman4002
      @djentyman4002 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Clapton’s best album

    • @richg0404
      @richg0404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was thinking about this the other day. How can all of these reactors not have heard all of these songs? I would guess it is because no one listens to radio anymore. Everyone chooses what they listen to through playlists and auto-suggestions based on past listens.
      Back in the day we turned the radio on and heard new and different stuff every day.

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Speaking Of Eric Clapton & The Different Legendary Bands/Groups He's Been In....BLIND FAITH "CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME"...An Absolute Classic...Truth!!

  • @djrodney13
    @djrodney13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, you're correct the second part of the song can be heard in the Pretenders "Back on the Chain Gang".

  • @suebrown7358
    @suebrown7358 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always thought of this song as intense agony of unrequited love followed by relief. 😎

  • @VinceFerrante
    @VinceFerrante 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Duane Allman plays slide on this song and guitars on most of this album, passed at 24 at one of the most promising rock musicians in history! The Allman Brothers are one the defining American groups from the 70’s in any genre

    • @VinceFerrante
      @VinceFerrante 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well I clearly didn’t watch too far in haha!! Great catch

  • @mdav30
    @mdav30 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It's not Clapton singing on White Room, it's the bass player Jack Bruce (RIP)

  • @ZacCostilla
    @ZacCostilla ปีที่แล้ว

    This song ALWAYS reminds me of the old “Freedom Rock” tv ad

  • @lisaharrod8386
    @lisaharrod8386 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Duane Allman is all over this recording. The engineer on this record was a legend in his own right. His name was Tom Dowd, and he invented the 16 track...he once worked for the Atomic Energy Commission. He introduced Clapton to Allman, and Layla was the result.

  • @jeramycarroll2769
    @jeramycarroll2769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great video guys. Really funny. Layla was written about a love triangle. Clapton was in love with his best friends wife. His best friend being George Harrison of the Beatles. The song is about Patti Harrison. Incidentally The Beatles’ “Something” and Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight” are also about her... The ending piano part of the song was featured prominently in the movie Goodfellas. That may be where you’ve heard it before

  • @FluffyMcFluffavicMeowskiOFluff
    @FluffyMcFluffavicMeowskiOFluff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great reaction! One of your best in a while!
    The last piano part you'll remember if you've seen Goodfellas... very famously used in the montage where the mob are killing off all their "loose ends"

  • @danielhoskins4690
    @danielhoskins4690 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy fuck! I never realized before you pointed out-strip back the 7 guitar parts and Layla is ABSOLUTELY a Motown song!
    Thanks for helping me hear with fresh ears

  • @EgoChip
    @EgoChip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the greatest guitar riffs ever