Eric Clapton - Layla (Live Aid 1985)
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- Eric Clapton performing with Phil Collins at Live Aid in front of 100,000 people in the John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia USA on the 13th July, 1985. The event was organised by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population.
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The second drummer in this video, Jamie Oldaker, passed away 3 days ago
RIP Jamie
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RIP Jamie
RIP
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Rip🙏
people NEED to remember that there was more to Live Aid than Queen
Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸
Liam Jake still put on for a good reason
And that Queens best concert still is at Wembley.
When I think of Live Aid, I think of this song
Bradford Langston
I think Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing. Also really iconic. The talents at that show were insane.
Phil Collins had performed in London earlier in the day, then took a helicopter to Heathrow and there the Concorde to US. Before he started his solo set he said "I was in England this afternoon. Funny old world, innit?" He also played drums for over 15 minutes while Clapton performed. All those artists deserve the best, they give themselves completely. Loads of Love to them and to you all.
Why did he do it? Because they were big friends?
@@kateushko5320 Thanks for your interest, Kate. I'm afraid I can't answer that question. But there are loads of articles about Phil as the transcontinental MVP at Live Aid. You might find sth there. If you do, would you mind sharing that here?😉 Regards!
Completely agree - If that isn’t rock n roll I don’t know what is!?
@@kateushko5320 Absolutely. Phil produced Eric's "Behind the Sun" album (She's Waiting, Forever Man etc.) that was released a couple months before the Live Aid show.
@@stevedrake604 thank you. That is very interesting
Yes Clapton is a sensational guitarist but what a voice too, he makes singing and playing look so effortless.
Amazing what 20 years practice will do for a bloke...
@@paulwestlake4278 I could practice for 100 years and still suck
@@masterofdisaster9194no you couldn’t
Great guitarist but only a passable singer.
@@rossogden9920 he wouldnt be popular if he couldnt sing. thats how music works. theres gotta be a good mix of everything. cant be a bad singer back then, music actually took talent back then
Anyone who thinks Phil Collins sucks, just remember that he played drums on Layla and Stairway To Heaven in the same day.
To fly from England to Philly, directly after one performance, just to do another performance for the same concert is some hardcore dedication. Major props to Collins. Really shows what kind of guy he is.
He also wrote the soundtrack for tarzan and that's enough to cement him as one of the best.
biblical
And he was a great drummer with prog. Genesis and with pop too (but I prefer prog genesis 1000 times more)
oh he's a fantastic drummer just don't care for him in any other capacity
- Hey Eric, wanna grab a beer after work?
- No, sorry. Gotta be somewhere.
Normalne Konto lmaooooo drunk on stage ass
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I love Led Zeppelin but their live aid performance was horrible at least MSG was good .
i dont get it
@@taylorbernier7966 so Eric Clapton performed after work and the joke was his friends said "let's get a drink" and the joke says Eric refuses so there's a Guitarist named Jimmy Page who plays for Led Zeppelin and during this time he wanst sober, so not being sober he played horribly in Live Aid.
When the opening solo kicks in, it just sends chills down your spine.
Wym? Have you heard the insane intro solo?
yex
Every time
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honestly , I come back for the intro.
I never get tired of this song! That intro chords grabs me every time.
he's got the looks of both Chuch Norris and bob Ross mixed together
Perfection
Lol. Perfect
Beautifull but deadly....
And he's also a big legend.just like those two...
Haha 🤘
I was 17 in the crowd in Philly. As a matter of fact, this is the ONLY video where I can spot myself. At 1:52 I’m just left of my friend Mark in a red Phillies cap (screen right center). We were just kids and we didn’t know this would be the best concert of our lives.
When you said Red cap. I just noticed that there are alot of white caps
General Captain, I noticed that too. They might have been for sale. I ended up buying a Live Aid T-shirt. I still have it somewhere
I wished I could see the concert too 😭😭😭😭😭😭
the cat, rewatching this video again, I can see the back of our heads right when Clapton plays the opening notes of “Layla”, right around 0:49. That was my favorite Clapton song (still is), and I remember going completely apeshit at that moment. He had a lot of new music out around that time, and I didn’t dare hope for this one.
@@bradforddillman7671 I wish I was born at that golden era
This, my friends, is Eric Clapton.
No cellphones in sight, people just rocking their hearts out and having a blast, what a time to be alive!
Eric Clapton and Phil Collins on drums. Pure perfection.
Eric Clapton is not on drums. He plays guitar
LOL, we all know that,to see Clapton and Collins together on stage is always good;it's like Robert Plant with Collins on drums.
Clapton and Ginger Baker is the best...
a performance!!!
Wiola extracted distilled perfection. I've never heard an off note from Clapton. Ever. Kinda spooky!
Me 1985: Wow Eric Clapton looks so old.
Me 2020: Wow Eric Clapton looks so young.
LMFAO. So true!
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To be fair to him, he's 40 here and an ex heroin and drug addict, but still very much an alchoholic (although he looks pretty sober in this performance).
In 2 months he'll be 76, completely sober and drug free. I'd say he's doing ok.
March 2021 Im 54 GREW UP on EC .
peak clapton looks has to be the unplugged year, the glasses and hair just look right
I love that Phil Collins is just casually pounding away on the drums lol
I always love to see collaborations...
1985 is when music peaked for this generation.
Phil was Clapton's touring drummer in I think it was 1988.
@@santibanks no shit? Thats cool...
Would have been even better if Phil was completely naked apart from Adidas Sambas.
Yeah and what looks to be Phil Rudd on the piano 🤣
Yeah and what looks to be Phil Rudd on the piano 🤣
It was almost exactly 36 years ago, down to the time of day. Right around sunset, Clapton tore into this one. One of the highlights for a 17-year-old me in the crowd.
So lucky I wasn’t even born yet
And kills it on the piano !!
Favourite performance you saw Bradford at JFK?
@@jamesrobert680 Zeppelin. Definitely. That’s why we were there!
@@bradforddillman7671 and who was your least favourite performance?
God damn, Phil Collins played with Eric Clapton, Sting, & Led Zeppelin, in the same afternoon!
You can make a comment without taking the Lord's name in vain!!!!
Dennis Smock God damn it man chill
Everyone should have a Phil Collins in their lives!
@@zackzallie8735 indeed.
Wasn’t Sting at the London gig with Dire Straits?
One thing most non-musicians won’t understand is how many uncountable hours of practice Clapton put in to get that good and make playing live seem so easy. Practice isn’t sexy, but it’s damn necessary.
fun fact. he had very little time to rehearse this set. also all the equipment was wrong except the guitars
and layla was a last minute adittion, he wanted to play cocaine but bob geldof said no, so he played layla without rehearsing
It’s the only way!
If practicing was all, many people would be Clapton. I have seen people who play 8-10 hrs a day. They aren’t Clapton.
@@racecarjonny8460 Yeah the implication doesn't go both sides, to be Clapton you have to practice, but practice doesn't make you Clapton
This ain't live aid. This was the greatest concert of Phil Collins ever.
It "eases my mind" to know that this historic performance was recorded and is available for us all for free. Unlike the older generations, we don't always have to buy cassettes to watch specific concerts every time. Sometimes, I take the internet for granted but I always feel grateful for having my beloved musicians' live performances available on one search.
Finally, I don't think I'll saycthis enough times, but *thank you, Eric. Thank you for everything!*
Fun fact, Eric was extremely nervous and uncomfortable about this performance because they were going after guys like Elton John and David Bowie and didn't feel they deserved to be there, they also had an extremely short time to rehearse and upon arriving learned the they did not have the sound equipment they had asked for. Amps, monitors, board, pianos, microphones etc were all the wrong models... The only thing that they had right were the guitars, and that's because they brought those themselves
He was nervous?? This is such an awesome performace
Good God! NO WAY 🙏🙏🙏🤣 no one should ever forget that he was and still is one of the best guitarists on the planet.pretty much from his Cream days🙏🙏🙏 BACK THEN there was a saying that said that WHEN IT COMES TO PLAYING THE GUITAR,
FIRST CAME GOD AND THEN CAME ERIC CLAPTON! 👌👌👌👌👌😎
@@naaveenmahadeshwar7889 yeah, sounds like lies to me. Clapton is a legend and he was even more famous back in the days.
Bowie and Elton played at wembly. Clapton played Philly. So no he wasn’t nervous going after them.
He played at JFK while David Bowie and queen played at Wembley
Need to invent time machine. Must be there
We need another one!
Like i say that too
If you find the way there - please, notice me!
We should've had one by now
Sign me up 😍
Omg. Clapton in white linen...looking great... looking healthy...just shredding it...Phil on drums....this is pure magic😮
imagine being from a famous band and being asked to play for another band! live aid must have been amazing if you admired your peers and able to play with them and them with you WOW!
Like his relaxed businessman/middle school math-teacher-look here
Clapton make that looks cool
I do too. Sure beats the junkie look of ten years before.
he looked good AF here! 💖
Ohhoh, suomalaisiakin näkyy
Kato perkele.
Sad to think this cannot be done today: Phil Collins on both UK & US stages.
No Concorde.
What an observation
How so?
@@andriealinsangao613 the Concorde could fly from London to NY in under 4 hours. The Concorde was pulled out two decades ago, so that can't happen.
Brain tumor 15 years actually.
80s are the best time to be alive for sure
That riff just gets me everytime. It's so good. Everytime he plays it, I'm like, "Oh boy, here we go." One of the best riffs in rock history.
Witam zgadzam się jest piękny pozdrawiam 🇵🇱
Clapton didn’t play the guitar solo on the album Layla. It was played by Duane Allman.
@@KarenW474 Dziękuję za informację pozdrawiam serdecznie miłego dnia życzę
@@KarenW474 Wow really? Talking about the original Derek and the Dominoes version?
Damn! I wish I could go back to this decade 😩 This is music people!
Could you drop me off in the 60s first, and work your work back to the 80s ? Thanks
4 decades for me 😮
Eric Clapton - guitar / vocals
Tim Renwick - guitar
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Donald 'Duck' Dunn - bass
Phil Collins - drums
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Marcy Levy - backing vocals
Shaun Murphy - backing vocals
I thought that duck dunn on bass
Pattie Boyd - inspiration
Thanks Curtis Linder!
Thanks, was wondering who the keyboard player was!
perfect bands
And Eric Clapton is still playing this in 2019 as I'm headed to Dallas to see him....at age 74!
Enjoy it while you can. Clapton is going deaf and he has a condition which is affecting his guitar ability. He said that he will be retiring soon aswell
@@mandatorymist7792 Yes. He was extremely ill for awhile. I'm actually surprised he's touring. But I've seen some TH-cam videos of him that are just months old. His voice is still there, although not as "strong" and he still "sings" music from his guitar. I saw him down in Texas like 20 years ago. 1999 I believe. He was fabulous. But that would have made him 54. I was going strong at age 54, even 64. But I just turned 65. And for the first time in my life, I can physically feel the difference. I still go 90 mph but the next morning, I hurt like hell the first couple of hours. Then I go like I'm 21! Knowing I'll pay for it the next day. But it's worth it. Much admiration for him! He has nothing to prove to anyone.
you are also very old baby.
Lucky SOB. Enjoy the performance of a true virtuoso.
@@tomasaledo9316 I am not old yet! LOL
Born in 1970 the 80’s were a great time to be alive….they couldn’t attempt to put something like this together too many animals around…
I believe that somewhere in the world, there are people who feel the same emotions that I feel when I listen to masterpieces like this song.
Eric's dressed like a 9-5 office worker
I guess it was a style in 1985
@@only_pps It was definitely THE style of the 80s. Classic Michael J Fox.
He looks as miserable as one too
@Babis Tse TH-cam wouldn't be the wonderful troll cave it is today if these things didn't matter.
I think he ran Sire Records London office on the side. He may have come from his office prior to this. J/K.
Watched this live. This to his third and final song in his set. Everybody was hoping Layla.The intro disguised it, But when he played the first notes of Layla. Quite a moment in Rock History.
Wish I was there
Most of us can tell when he plays a slow build in a certain key now.
Gives me the chills
One of the best opening riffs of all time.
Saw him at Dodger Stadium in 92...played similar intro before you could see him but knew only Clapton can make a strat sound like that, the , opened to White Room. Music let's you remember things like thAt after 40 years!
its like the whole song eric just holds it in and when its time for the solo, he lets out the bull. one of my fav solos. truly a masterpiece.
Listen to the 1985 Birmingham solo of this song.
OMG ..............1985..........Eric playing lead, Donald 'Duck' Dunn on bass & Phil on the drums, it just did not get any better.
Not only a great live song, great Concert ....But a great time to be alive.
Life was just so much simpler.............people talked 1-1 not via text or cell phones.
Our greatest question was .....what would be No 1 on Casey Kasem's weekly countdown???
Loves lost and opportunities not taken .......all things that we reminisce about BUT we wouldn't have changed it for the world.
It was the best of times, the worst of times .......But, no doubt, it was the best time to be alive.......
An era of the greatest bands Ever, we were so spoilt.
But most importantly, we were privileged to live at a time when there was respect, love, old fashioned values and dreams to be made.
I miss those days of simplicity.......what a better world this would be, if we could turn back the clock!!!!
Much love & respect,
Jim (New Zealand)
Its double time because for clapton in 1985, there was no food. only cocaine.
What do you mean by double time?
Ranganath Vaikuntham he means the song is sped up significantly
@@ogpd4898 Ah yes it makes sense. Thanks
This is the speed of the original recording - check out Derek and the Dominos.
Donna Cianciosi it’s not it’s slower in the recording version
The story of Phil playing at both venues in the same day just makes this whole performance better!
I was at Wembley. The only thing that sucked about that day was that while every other superstar dropped their big egos for a day Phil Collins had to stand out and play at both gigs. Always left a sour taste
@@alansimon1354
Was it him being an attention whore, or was it just a stunt to bring in more viewers? I wasn't there, but i could imagine it coming from the angle of 'how cool is that, we have a jet that can get us from here to there so fast we can do simultaneous gigs across the world! How many more people would tune in just for THAT? '
Yeah it seems Collins kinda shoved his way in on this set.
@@dethmaul I'm gonna go with attention whore here. I wasn't old enough to really experience the '80s (born in '87), but for some reason, it seems like Phil Collins was the only drummer people had heard of (even though he was more of a singer by that point).
Whenever you see clips of any sort of '80s collaboration (Live Aid, that _Do They Know It's Christmas?_ song, etc.), they always seem to have Phil Collins playing some extremely simple beat, followed by some simple tom fills (banging them as hard as he can). Surely there were better drummers around. I don't know why Eric Clapton couldn't have just used his own drummer.
I was there in Philly and Phil was awesome!!!!
Shaun Murphy (singer) said of this performance - "We came out and the audience was kinda cheering. Then Eric hit the chords for Layla and I have to tell you it was the most incredible feeling, it was absolutely physical. The shouting and the clapping pushed us all backwards about 3 steps. We just kinda looked at each other and continued on. But, I’d never felt like that before or since, it was an amazing experience."
One of the top 5 most recognizable opening guitar riffs ever played. Satisfaction by Keith Richards is one too as well as Money for Nothing and Smoke on the Water.
When you need to play at live aid but there is an urgent meeting at the office
😂😂😂😂
most underrated live aid performance imo
Not a bad shout that 👌
Not for me
He and Phil were in sync.
Status quo
What a powerful performance. He just walked on stage, and blew the crowd away. And not just his guitar, but his voice was sounding awesome too.
Nathan right Phil Collins is a national treasure 😊😊😊😊😊
Phil was playing this tempo because he had to pee. True story.
What a professional!
Mike Sam, at 6:50 Phil looks very relaxed. Too late?
61Ldf utilised the kick drum as a piss bucket perhaps 😂
Yeah cocaine'll do that to ya
I have to pee now after watching that set
Everyone: I love how Eric is just wearing work clothes
Eric: but- I like these clothes
He loved the look and loved clothes so much that he purchased a clothing store. A man of many talents. All of the rock gods back in the 80s dressed in suits--Mark Knopfler did in his concert with Clapton. Bowie & Phil Collins as well. Some of the best music ever! Great concerts. Glad to have seen some of these greats live!
Well he is working, so him wearing "work" clothes is appropriate. He likes the everyman look anyway 👍
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I actually didn't like this bearded guy with his old-fashioned cloth, this ugly guitar and the no-dancing singers. I was young and sooooo stupid! Now I'm old and one of the biggest EC-Fans. May he live forever and one day!
@@zekepliskin6398 I agree...
For me the greatest guitar player of his generation.
Unbelievably talented.
Knopfler?
Townsend
0ne of the greatest songs of all time!!
Clapton, if you ever read this. My baby girl is named Layla
He Probably isnt
If you are into music and appreciate that Clapton is maybe the greatest guitarist, singer, and song writer of modern times, then that is a great name in honor of this man and his achievements.
Thats a bad name and he probably won't see it sooooo
@@petervamvakaries sooooooo
@@smartviewer1708 Nice opinion.
Go listen to Billy S. Gibbon or Joe Walsh.
Eric aside but Phil was used like a rented mule for Live Aid! He performed with Sting in London then flew to Philly and did sets with Eric (3 songs), 2 solo works, and then drums with Led Zeppelin for 3 songs!
Kellsboro I dont know why I laughed so hard at “rented mule”.
Diane Young me too
He was dedicated towards the cause for LiveAid.
Interesting. I've got to find these clips.
@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 Alas Plant & Palmer never rehearsed and the LZ reunion was a mess with exceedingly skilled Phil dragged in. Watch at your own peril th-cam.com/video/PNa8pJPB4oU/w-d-xo.html ; Phil in his book describes why it was just a car wreck unfolding: www.loudersound.com/features/phil-collins-why-im-not-to-blame-for-led-zeppelins-live-aid-fiasco
Eric Clapton AND Phil Collins. Greatness meet Greatness
The most famous start to a song this century , brilliance .
During this pandemic seeing videos of these kinds of concerts where there are thousands of people feels surreal. It’s like a different world.
Just thinking the same damn....
Can’t wait to goto live shows again!
@@litgirlablaze3432 sorry, they won’t let you
Yea. Communism sucks. Controlling people thru chaos and manufacturing viruses is an evil thing. Our world will never be the same because of mans lust for power and control. Greed is a destructive thing.
my heart aches for it..
Who in this world can dislike songs by Eric Clapton?!
I dunno... People who don't like him music?
Layla is good but mostly he is overrated.
@@johngmckee0 everybody is overrated in the music business.
Fans of Mr. Hendrix who feel threatened?
Punk_69 people who know more than a pentatonic scale
Clapton earned his way here, and it is the best of the best. True Clapton ---
For generations they were saying world is coming to an end, and now we now what they really meant. Those were the Beautiful Days, Rock Concerts, Magnetic Crowd, and Eric Clapton. Today, Social distancing, Stay Home and eat pizza and drink soda, think: "What a wonderful world it was". Of course to those of you'all negating the fact that Eric wasn't nervous at the start of the song, It is imperative to state here that "Layla" never featured in the performance chart, and it was a last minute swap.
I prefer when he shouts Layla rather than the girls tbh
Edit: really he can only do this in the studio version because “Layla” is the only time he gets to breathe
No xd
Facts
I think it’s nice cause it allows his takes to carry more weight in the song than normal
it might have something to do with the guitar fill hes playing when "layla" is sung.
Phil Collins is the hardest-working man in rock. He sings and drums his HEART out.
That's right!! I love his music.
No he just had to pee
Was !
@@unclejim2079 yeah
He was singing and drumming in both venues that day.
My God this song ROCKS! Just rediscovered it. Have we all forgotten forgotten how great Clapton is or was it just me??? Can't believe how young he looks! And the instrumental part is great too.
Didn't realise what a good singer Eric Clapton was ❤
His vocal abilities grew over the years. After playing with Jack Bruce and Winwood he definitely took off.
You can laugh at the clothes, hair and the old school tech, but the music was real. Some of the best live performances in rock n roll history.
I don't.
This song holds a load of memories for me 26yrs ago my son was left for dead after a double road accident he lived and still does many probs this song was playing in intensive care strange enough a few days after it was playing again as I sat by his side he was in a coma I heard loud gun shot nothing to do with us a young lad had been gunned down I will not comment the poor lad died xx
100%!!! There had to be something in the air and water back then. Best music ever!!
Who laughs? Only stupid persons... There s nothing to laugh about.
Everything was better back then todays is shite
Is it just me or does it feel like they are playing this at 150 BPM after a few bumparooskis of that white fairy dust?!?
Range of Motion performance enhancing drug of all legends..the dude on the red kit should have let Phil lead
I'd be shocked if they weren't yacked out for this performance, Eric Clapton was a very well known lover of such substances he even wrote a song named cocaine
Andrew Geier True..but due to the modern miracle of TH-cam we can slow the video down..try the quaalude speed of 0.5..
@@andrewgeier83 Clapton didn't write the song cocaine. He just covered it and made it popular in 77 with his version on his Slowhand album. Its originally a J.J. Cale song. He wrote it in 76.
It's cause they had 5 songs to do in 20 minutes
Chris Stainton that plays the keyboard here, is still touring with clapton till this day, that is some time
Fun fact: About 2 weeks after this show, Eric's drummer, Jaime Oldaker, was on my gig at the Alibi Club in Claremore, OK. We made jokes for years about "Where are they now? Jaime Oldaker, Live Aid to the Alibi."
He was a great sport...
I haven't searched, but at the time, I remember The Thompson Twins being the next act. Throughout their set, the MTV hosts kept raving about the powerful performance they witnessed with Clapton. This show brought him back to the forefront of pop music in the USA. He proved that music minus machines was timeless.
It all started here for me - I was 14, lived in London and loved music. I had to wake up in the middle of the night to change the VHS tape (oh those were the days) as Eric's performance was overnight live from Philadelphia. I was a huge Phil Collins fan and had to ask my Mum the next day who was this guy playing guitar with Collins.....33 yrs later I have now seen Eric 25 times in concert. Thanks Live Aid
Wow. I saw him in 1999. Now I'm going to see him in Texas. And he is 74!
i was 19 years old and i watched live on TV , although believe they edited the video, I saw other angles of the performance , rember clearly , the camera was focusing on the solo , and eric was sweating , that was the first time I saw Eric clapton , I said wown thats the legend from the records i had , just one night , the cream and dreck and the dominoes , since then i ve seen him 3 times
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Awesome stories guys thanks for sharing 👌🏼
Love stories like this about music 👌🏻
On this side of the pond his tickets are usually $100+ per show, so I've never had the chance to see him live.
Clapton looks like a dad that picked up a hobby in his garage and he plays his songs just as he would while doing so
Just discovered today that Clapton, Beck and Page played for the Yardbirds. God freakin damn, that's so freakishly awesome!
I just realized Phil Collins was on drums for this, wild how he was EVERYWHERE that day. mans a beast!
My sister was there. She always said it was the best concert she’s ever been too. I was nine so I couldn’t go !
Who was her favourite performance?
It was also the best concert i ever attended Your sister was right.
3:50 is without a doubt one of the most famous keyboard sounds ever.
Rita Coolidge...
@@j1thom I just posted about Rita and then saw your post. Well, we're helping spread the word about who really wrote that part.
Jump by Van Halen would like to have a word with you.
@@roysabo5319 the Final Countdown is laughing
@@roszela1 we all know
Phil was in London a few hours before. So legendary!
if this doesnt give you a thrill you don’t have a pulse... wow, it really just takes you away. awesome Phil Collins on drums and don’t overlook Chris Stainton on piano. I remember watching this live.
2019: I miss guitars and real music.
2021: I miss crowds and gatherings.
Well, tell your politicians that from now on you will ignore them.
CHEERS !
You can still go to them. The virus is never going away
@@pepsicocal262
I miss the real life without masks and without social distancing.
Idgaf about the "virus"
@@AntonioSedicina lmao we’re on the same page
Exceptional, Eric Clapton in his prime is something truly special, he wasn’t just a master guitarist, but truly a master songwriter.
For a year or two
He wrote most of his songs with a least one other person.
@@vanillagorilla8236 and?
@@Jazzadrin and it was not just him and !
@@vanillagorilla8236 That doesn’t take anything away from him. That’s like saying because Lynyrd Skynyrd had 3 guitarists, they were nothing without each other. Simply false.
He is a guitar god..he still is amazing
Eric Clapton and Phil Collins playing together is a dream come true!
Eric clapton looks like he just fire his own boss from office, go out while throwing all the paper works and then go to the stage to perform
It's just me or he looks SOOO BADASS
He IS badass!
Ye ye ye!
Yeah, Eric Clapton is a rock'n'roll badass.....
It's just you 👌
@@RNCerus no its not, he is badass hon
Oh, 13 July 1985, just returned from working in Indonesia. And then later that day Live Aid happened. Tell you what, one of the happiest days of my life - bar none!!
Eric in fine form here. He rose to the occasion. He said the microphone was hot, meaning that every time he went to sing he would get a shock! IMO one of the all time greatest guitarists
For those of us watching this live, it was the greatest day in music ever. I remember exactly where I was. Nothing better than the 80's
Damn right!
I remember exactly where I was! I was there!
Was a 19-year-old kid with my best friend at this concert! We drove from New York to Philly. It was an amazing lineup but Clapton is my favorite! My car license plate said LAYLA! Eric’s smile at 6:25! Love ❤️
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Very hot day. Firetrucks hosed is down. So happy I attended. Beautiful day and the music in Philly and London was awesome.
How this excellent musician hasn't got a Kennedy honors award amazes me!!
Phil Collins playing the hell out of those drums
ROKK STAR he’s right on too
"Things got off to a shaky start. When I moved up to the microphone to sing the first line of “White Room,” I got a great big shock off it, further unnerving me, and meaning that I had to sing the rest of the show with my mouth not quite touching the mike, but still close enough to hear myself, since the monitors weren’t very good. We played two more songs, “She’s Waiting,” a song from Behind the Sun, and “Layla,” and then we were off and it was all over. Phil Collins came on, followed by Led Zeppelin, then Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. After that I remember very little other than being herded back onstage at the end to join in the finale, singing “We Are the World.” I think I was just in a state of shock."
E.C.
Wow! Where can I read more of this? Which book or article? Could you please cite?
@@ExtremeWays4Bourne ERIC CLAPTON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Neo-Sounds 2008)
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Phil Collins woke up wherever he was that day, drummed and sang at Wembley for a few songs, got on the Concorde, met Cher on the jet, got to Philly and drummed for "Layla" and "Stairway To Heaven"!! Now THAT'S A FULL DAY!
Phil Collins is everywhere and associated with everyone.... amazing
Royal Rock Gala 1987!
anyone else's favorite perfomance of layla by clapton?
Yes mine too
Me
Yep a tour de force...
Forever
Yes
Criminally underrated singer
The greatest 7 minutes in rock history, IMO!!
2:47 This is by far the best solo from what I´ve seen Eric play. Of course he varies the solos in different live gigs, but somehow this feels so complete.
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Yeah I'm no fan of his but I love this solo, remember it from when I was a teen.
it’s his best one
no fan of Clapton? How is that possible lol. Guy is a pioneer.@@frankslade33
@@ruud9691people don’t have to like what you like lol
Just learned how to play the full song today feeling happy now
Teach me
@@pimprijs8836 @martymusic is the way
@@LuckyLuke360 Using your ear is the way.
@@thejimmymeister Yea, but its hard and takes time to learn😉
where did you learn the solo
I once love a man deeply like Clapton. He had a thing for his friends wives and I was married to his best friend. RIP Randy and Tommy.
The 80s. Double speed and high on cocaine and yet Clapton manages to pull off an absolute masterpiece due to his genius guitar playing. Great assist by this incredible band featuring Donald Duck Dunn on bass and Phil Collins on drums . Bravo !!
I watched this live on TV while they simulcast on our local FM station, this is one of my favorite versions, they were Haulin' Ass 😁
Somewhere I have a cassette of the audio.
I remember being in front of the TV the entire day that Live Aid aired. Truly unforgettable. Sad to say, but this type of event wouldn't happen today. So simple...a stage, a crowd, and great music! Wow!
it happens all the time these days. Just go to a concert
@@benparsons4979 a concert for a whole day with that amount of Bands/Singers/...???
Show me that concert please!
@@jw8599 it's not hard to find "a stage, a crowd, and great music" nowadays. Go to literally any concert and you'll find "a stage a crowd and great music"
Any festival
@@jw8599 Come up to Milwaukee, Wisconsin every late summer for "Summerfest". Bob Seger, Kid Rock, Foreigner as well as a boat load of other newer talented bands.
Normal people: I hold the guitar with my arms
Clapton: The guitar is my arm
Clapton's vocals are underrated
Best version of Layla ever! Phil Collins on the drums. Superb!💖. Best looking Eric too!😍
The unplugged version doesn’t even come close.
Back when concerts were about music artistry. Now the 'big stars' need explosions, 30 costume changes, backing tracks, auto-tune,...
Give Clapton a guitar and he will entertain you the whole evening.
AMEN to that
All that stuff is what they did then. It's nothing new. Either you have never seen a seen concert before or you are one of those shit brains who think everything was better and simpler when you were younger. Piss off.
Shittty comment... To me, having 30 costumes and backing tracks are parts of their artistry. But for you, there's no problems with Clapton's 30 guitars, pedalboards and stuff... That's just something different.
@@gilianledall8495 i dony understand your guitar comment theres nothing wrong with using multipke fuitars btw clapton didnt use a ton of guitars during a single show and theres nothing wrong with using a pedal board it just gives you a diffeent tone and clapton isnt using wah so i dont understand your problem?
You don't go out much if you think that nowadays "'big stars' need explosions, 30 costume changes, backing tracks, auto-tune" anymore than 30 years ago.