Best version ever! I always listen to this with my wife... Time passes and a rare disease is taking her away... We hold on fighting, and every day I say to her "my darling you are wonderful today". Love is the most important thing in our lives. Don't underrate it.
I love how slower Eric Clapton did this version. It sounds more intimate with a bluesy style. Well orchestrated and sentimental. You can't get this song sounding any better than this.
I cannot say for sure what year this was performed, but Wonderful Tonight was originally recorded in 1976, so judging by Clapton's look and hairstyle, I would say this performance was late '70's- early '80's.
@@kapuagutchen8171 That ugly little bitch couldn't sing to save her life...Oh, wait, Hit the autotune, make the little turd a star....A human would pay money to hear that little brat? The world is over.
Io...62 anni... mia moglie 63.... fidanzati a 18 anni... sposati a 30... senza figli ma ancora felicemente assieme... e non la cambierei con nessun'altra al mondo... Amore e rock forever ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My dad loved this version of this song so much. Ever since I started playing guitar he’d always bug me about learning this song. He passed away a couple months ago, and now I’m determined to learn this in his honor wish me luck.
Thank you so much for bringing this to us. It's June 30th 2024, in Brookings Oregon. Tomorrow, July 1st is my birthday, turning 76. This "is" my generation. It's every generation ~ it's timeless
this is indeed dedicated to the woman of eric clapton who is also the girlfriend of george harrison of the beatles. they havw a feud with each other but still the woman chose eric clapton hence this was dedicated to her, she has a long blond hair
This is the song my husband and I danced to at our wedding... we were both huge EC fans and loved this song. He died 5 years after we married in a tragic accident (I was then 27). 30+ years later, I still can feel us dancing on our wedding day when I listen to this song.
When i first met my beautiful wife Kathleen we went to a friends wedding reception and everybody turned to see this beautiful lady walking around with me. 12/6/2013 Kathleen went to be with the angels in heaven. I miss her so much
This was the only thing my husband would dance to with me - he didn't really like dancing but he loved this song! I had it played for him at his funeral three years ago today. Taken far too soon.
i AM SO SORRY....YOU BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. YOU DON'T KNOW ME, BUT i WILL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU. REMEMBER, YOUR HUSBAND LOVED YOU AND WANTS YOU HAPPY TO FIND PEACE. A SMILE WILL BE WHAT HE WANTS TO KNOW. AND HE WILL.
My husband just passed away last August and he was 24 years my senior. He was my best friend, lover and soul mate ❤ He was very proud to bring me to any event, and I would show so much affection to him without being shy to his friends so they will say how lucky he was, but it was me that got very lucky to have a beautiful man like him into my life. I always dreamt to watch this beautiful masterpiece with him, but instead, he had Alexa played it in a dimly lit room and we danced to it in a very romantic slow-motion. I hope we can dance again and watch it live, one day in heaven! ❤ 7/26/21 It's almost a year now my love, but the pain is creeping on me and mercilessly choking me especially at night! My God how I miss you my beautiful angel! I adore you with all my heart and soul! One day my love, I'm gonna see you again, in Heaven!
I've loved this song for the last 48 years. I never grow tired of listening to it. It really takes me back to another time, another age in America, and memories of days gone by. Wish those days of thoughts were of this time. Was a better world in the 70's. We need to get back there!!!
I had the pleasure to see this along with the whole concert in '91 on The Journeyman tour. And then I won 2nd row tickets for The One More Rider tour in 2002 where I had the pleasure to see that he had the one and only Billy Preston on keywords. Yeah!
I also saw the Journeyman tour in '91. I saw it in April and I just realized that it was just one month after his four year old son Connor died. How sad that was
Wow... lucky break on those 2nd row tickets... I would have loved to have even been there... I listen to the entire One More Car/Rider album multiple times a week (with Dark Side of the Moon and a few others) as my staple playlist.
Mark W Thanks Mark. He definitely was much more laid back on The One More Rider tour. I have to say Billy Preston was a nice surprise! He was sometimes called the 5th Beatle. George Harrison met him in the early 60's and the rest is history!
Me and my beautiful bride danced to this song at our wedding. I remembered the words and sang them softly to her as we danced. 30 years later, and I do this every time this song is played. She always smiles even though my singing voice is terrible (LOL). She is my rock, my soulmate, and my best friend. I am the luckiest man in the world.
This is one of the versions that was popular back in the 90's. I had one of the first live cd's of Clapton live. This song, especially taught me so much as a teenager. I know that I listened to this thousands of times. May sound silly now(2018), but I credit this song for actually teaching me the real meaning of romance, and how to actually give romance to someone whom I really loved. Thank you, Eric, Kattie, and everyone involved in making this recording. It shaped the rest of my life. Thank you, Gayle. And thank you, Mary.
I love the fact you wrote that you learned about how romance is supposed to feel. I'm a bob dylan teenager song feeler and learner from the way music justifies our feelings and the way you put it that we learned how to feel our way of learning through music. PEACE...
This is timeless. The riffs are on point, the lyrics are on time and how many of us have not been there. If you haven't experienced this at some point in your life you have missed out and the ones who have are truly blessed because she looked wonderful tonight. A true lady and a queen and should be treated as such.
"... and the wonder of it all, is that you just don't realise, how much I love you" -> One of the most painfully beautiful, poignant lyrics ever written 🩷 Edit- That guitar gives me pure chills!!!
I have loved this song for years. 28 years ago this was my wedding song. On Sunday my wife of 28 years passed away. I love her very much. Thank you for posting this beautiful version of this beautiful song.
Getting older now 60,time for a little reflection. The thing about music,at least to me is that it can melt the years away. To remind you of all that was good and the passion you had for love and to be loved! The fire dosen't burn as hot as it use to but the passion never dies.
+Jeralyn Thomson That's exactly what my son and I both thought although my son put it more bluntly by saying he was fu@#$% up. But he does a great job on this song which is just about my favorite song ever.
that is SOOOO sweet.... Because it means so much to him to do it... and so much to you that he does! You are both on the right track!!! Bless you both!
The ending is the best part. All the band is in the right place. The lady in the backing vocals sends just enough “perfume” into the air, and those episodic moments of guitar-voice intertwined are golden. Also, it seems the “slower” this song is played, the “heavier” it feels to the heart. All in all... a gem.
I've figured out why I keep coming back to this song, especially this version - because the story behind it is ultimately sad. Eric wrote Pattie a beautiful song, but the relationship quickly turned miserable, and Pattie herself said that she couldn't even stand to listen to this song during the bad times, for it was too painful. This performance happened once they were no longer together. So while the song is nothing short of gorgeous, there's an underlying sadness... and sadness is somehow such a gripping emotion, possibly even more so than happiness. The juxtaposition just reels me in... That and the incredible guitar, vocals, and everything else about the song.
I agree Rachel. The pain in Eric Clapton's voice is so raw, you can tell that he is feeling every word he sings. He sure loved Pattie deeply, there is no doubt about it.
This is really an excellent comment, Rachel. There's a wonderful scene in the obscure blues movie "Crossroads" that stars Ralph Macchio as a brilliant guitar student at Juliard and Joe Seneca as an old Mississippi blues harmonica player. Macchio loves the blues and springs Seneca from an old folks home in New York, because he thinks the old guy can help him find a lost Robert Johnson song. Seneca has other plans. He wants to get to the Crossroads in order to get his soul back from the devil. So they begin a journey from New York to the Mississippi Delta, as Seneca tries to teach the boy about the blues. It doesn't happen until Ralph gets his heart broken. The scene is a dump motel room in Mississippi. The door is open, and it's pouring rain. With Macchio playing the blues in the background, Seneca's character says these wonderful words: "Lots of towns. Lots of songs. Lots of women. Good times. Bad times. All he ever wanted to hear anybody say was, 'He was good. He could really play.'" And so it is with those of us sensitive enough to touch the blues. It's the soul crying, and yes, sadness is its doorway. Thank you, Rachel. May you always be so blessed.
Your comment was wonderful (tonight) as well. Once we can really understand and feel sadness, I think music becomes so much more meaningful. Thank you for your kind words, may you also be blessed.
I saw and heard a lot of versions of this masterpiece - played by Clapton and many others. But this is the only one that makes me shiver EVERY time I listen to it.
Watched this version a hundred times and it always gives me the chill and trembling knees. Thank you, Eric for this very beautiful song that makes women feel so beautiful and loved. :)
Yep. Every evening after dinner I sit down and watch this video, letting the music work its magic. Some people relax with wine...I relax with Clapton. Best version of this song for sure - perfect tempo.
Asokan Ponnusamy .Well said being in 💘 nothing compares when playing Eric Clapton💞 still with my Hubby Mark💚 Tamelia of Haines City , Florida 08- 15-1995 DOM💗🎶👰🎩
Listened before lockdown, listining during lockdown, and I'll listen after lockdown. I love this song, and in this performance you just know he means every word he says, straight from the heart.
This song is so sad for those who have lost their loved ones too quickly. May God Bless you all. It makes me feel so wonderful and so lonely, but it's worth every minute to listen to. Love you Eric and tyvm for such a beautiful, heartfelt song.
This particular, specific, version is the best I've ever heard. The Definitive 24 Nights album has the rock version which is pretty much the same, but from another day. However, this one sounds somewhat better to me, somehow. I think it's because of the opening bars by Eric. They're absolutely perfect here!
Danced this with my mom , it was last time I saw her , she fell following week and went to Heaven shortly after . She was done here , however , while at a party , out Doorz honoring My Dad and others who had died Proud Veterns , the Band Leader asked from stage ; Wheo that beautiful lady seated next to You ? i yelled back with My booming voice projecting over the headz in crowd that This My Mom.... He went and played this , my Mom being gently swayed in the high type terrace chair , as sun was setting on Intercostal , she could not stand and dance , nor could she hear the song , but she smiled entire time and crowd clapped afterwards , and i , laughed , not realizing it was last time I would ever see her again.... Until I finished here , because she told me when God decides to bring Me home , She be there , with My Brother and Dad , too....... greeting me . I good w that . Rock On !
Masterpiece! About 40 years ago when I was early 20's, I heard this song first. It always reminds me of some guy. Until now it's my favorite song. Jan/15/2020 Seoul
This was my song to my wife I use to play it for her all the time and after 32 year's of marriage she left me and it has been 2 year's now but the pain will never go away and in a way listening to this song I close my eye's and I can almost go back to those day's
Only 4.7 k what wrong with people ears know a days.this song moves my spirit. just as much as the first time I heard it. music is the gateway to the soul n i feel blessed with this life. Life is amazing!!!!!
AMAZING ERIC.......so much feeling coming from that Strat. One of the greatest songs you ever made.......for sure. Thank you Eric. - - - This one is for my wife Pamela. I Love you sweetness. You look wonderful tonight. Joe....
an true artist.....people nowadays who call themselves an celebrity/artist cant even come this close even if they were to create it in the studio after a million tries ....and here is clapton performing live
My husband passed when were very young , he 28 n I 24 our 34 yr. Old son was 2 n I was 4 months pregnant w our 32 yr. Old daughter . This was our song and still. Never remarried .
@@tommyatchley7042 and all others...such love can never be replaced. It's hard not to measure the new against what you had. Magical love is amazing, but most love needs patience, kindness, forgiveness to grow.
I'm picking guitar back up after 20 years. This was the best performance of this song that I've seen so far. We didn't have TH-cam in the 90's. All I had was guitar world magazine that I would shoplift from the grocery store every month just so I could get the tabs in the back. Then wait for that song to come on the radio so I could tape it and be able to practice it. Now I can just slow it down and learn by watching the masters hands. We've come a long way guys.
I'm sad to hear Erick Clapton is no longer performing. He played such a large part in music for me! I saw the cream at Massy Hall in Toronto 1969-70? Great seats believe or not first row. He had on a purple blue suite , his hair was long and black. How can you not forget a concert like that...fantastic music
I literally heard this song from my grab driver, I swear when I got home I searched for it immediately. I'm crying because I saw it uploaded here! 🥺 This is really really reaaallly the best version ever of this song. It's slower than the usual and I can feel all the notes to my bones. 🥺😭
Clapton touches something inside me in this song. Is it my good ol' heart or is it my soul? Hard to tell. I hope tears in heaven are sweetest to swallow, and Clapton's woman looks wonderful every night.
Man, what id give to go back 33 yrs ago & still be waitin on her to get done brushin her hair & gettin ready to go out on a fri or sat night. I swear i hear this & can sometimes. 8:57 catch a wiff of her hair spray & perfume. Miss u always baby
Heard this song makes my tears came out all of sudden..all memories with my wife will never be forgotten..May God bless our marriage lives..12years have passes,may we could be together till our last breath..My love will always for u,honey..May God bless our marriage lives..💏
never able to move on from this live version.. the tempo, the great slow hand solos, the incredibly played band (that noone in these comments mention), the new way of playing this song... it's an expensive music arrangement...
I've spent the last year hankering after a man who has hurt me and let me down. Recently he sang this for me on text yet still remains elusive. His loss for sure. He can never destroy how much this song means to me...... a truly beautiful song...one of the best. Eric.you rock. Maybe get to dance to it with a man that deserves me.
I’m 33 yo and remember my mother playing this song when I was a boy . I remember thinking how beautiful this song was even at that young age. Probably one of the first pieces of music I liked on my own . Clapton is a king
I was born 5 yrs after this song was released. And I can't remember how I come to know and love this song back when I was in my elementary days. Im just waiting for someone to sing this to me 🥺✌🏻
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Best version ever! I always listen to this with my wife... Time passes and a rare disease is taking her away... We hold on fighting, and every day I say to her "my darling you are wonderful today". Love is the most important thing in our lives. Don't underrate it.
Zio Fanale Right
keep fighting..blessings to you & your wife..
My wife is severely disabled and losing ground. This song is a heartbeat...not just words on a page. Bless you and your wife.
❤️
Bless u n ur wife
I am 85 and married 63 years and I still think she looks wo derful
WONDERFUL CHUCK
Congrats
L)) l) l) l))) llllll
I wish I had a man that felt that way about me!
I don't think God makes them like that anymore
@@teresajohnson1375 Bullshit there is an ass for every seat he is out there.
I love how slower Eric Clapton did this version. It sounds more intimate with a bluesy style. Well orchestrated and sentimental. You can't get this song sounding any better than this.
year please?
I cannot say for sure what year this was performed, but Wonderful Tonight was originally recorded in 1976, so judging by Clapton's look and hairstyle, I would say this performance was late '70's- early '80's.
@@jtjvlj This one is taken from one of Clapton's series of concerts from 1990-1991 at the Royal Albert Hall, the famous 24 Nights.
His high as fuck!!!
@@jtjvlj wow really!!!
My husband of 30 years passed away at 60 years old. This song reminds me of our love. I miss him.
so sry
Gone too soon 😔
I love this song very very very very much
Until you both meet again...
Bless u
Now this is real music, I hope it stays on TH-cam forever, this song is one of the best things left in the world...
No its not this song is borning and sucky my mom likes it but its slow to slow and its terrinle
Ginger Riddick oh then makes sense that you’re listening to it then
@@gingerriddick5843 youre exactly the last 4 letters of your name
Timeless music. I reckon take the autotune and modifications away from nowadays singers would sound so so Off. I hear Rihanna was awfull no offence.
@@kapuagutchen8171 That ugly little bitch couldn't sing to save her life...Oh, wait, Hit the autotune, make the little turd a star....A human would pay money to hear that little brat? The world is over.
Who’s here in 2024 wishing they still made music like this!?
2024 ben, régen megtőrtént velem is, lájkoljon az akivel szintén megtörtént ez e csodálatos élmény...
Me. 72 years. Still rocking
Me. 😂
Io...62 anni...
mia moglie 63....
fidanzati a 18 anni...
sposati a 30...
senza figli ma ancora felicemente assieme...
e non la cambierei con nessun'altra al mondo...
Amore e rock forever
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This came out in 77! Way ahead of its time.
My dad loved this version of this song so much. Ever since I started playing guitar he’d always bug me about learning this song. He passed away a couple months ago, and now I’m determined to learn this in his honor wish me luck.
Your dad was a man of culture
Best of luck
Good luck!!!!
Good luck
best of luck!!
How's it going so far bud
My son, who has Autism, his first words were "wonderful tonight", that was 30 years ago. What a blessing...
💛🙏
Who's here in 2021 for this masterpiece
I am from france
Ci sono io...I Am...from Italy...
Me!!!! Can’t sleep that’s why
duh
🙋🏻♀️
Thank you so much for bringing this to us.
It's June 30th 2024, in Brookings Oregon.
Tomorrow, July 1st is my birthday, turning 76. This "is" my generation.
It's every generation ~ it's timeless
The most romantic guitar riff of all time.. just hearing the opening part you know that this song is dedicated for the woman you love.
Yes, this and that lil riff in Faithfully hit my heart like nothing else.
I agree, makes me want to cry just hearin it start. ❤
this is indeed dedicated to the woman of eric clapton who is also the girlfriend of george harrison of the beatles. they havw a feud with each other but still the woman chose eric clapton hence this was dedicated to her, she has a long blond hair
This is the song my husband and I danced to at our wedding... we were both huge EC fans and loved this song. He died 5 years after we married in a tragic accident (I was then 27). 30+ years later, I still can feel us dancing on our wedding day when I listen to this song.
god bless you !!!!! i wish you the best
:( I‘m sorry
❤
❤️
My darling passed away 06/12/2013 She still looks wonderful every night in my heart & soul
You are here for a Reason. You will be together again. Something to look for. God Bless
Tom d ..... this song touching in my heart
I'm very sorry for your loss Tom
Dennisberri
Tom d sheim sorry
When i first met my beautiful wife Kathleen we went to a friends wedding reception and everybody turned to see this beautiful lady walking around with me. 12/6/2013 Kathleen went to be with the angels in heaven. I miss her so much
Godbless you Tom and God bless Kathleen. Such a beautiful song will bring back beautiful memories.
That almost brings a tear to my eye. May her soul and yours be in peace until you meet again.
Tom...may time brings confort to your heart.....love always remains...
Tom d God bless you ❤
+Susan Burke... bless you too!
When your wife take a long time to get dressed, you have much time to wrote a masterpiece
lol
Hahaha
*Thank you*
#Panraphee💛💜💝💞
and sing to her too.
LOL 😂😂
I am just 37 and I appreciate this song. It's my ant and uncles wedding song and they danced to it at their 30th anniversary. Just beautiful.
This was the only thing my husband would dance to with me - he didn't really like dancing but he loved this song! I had it played for him at his funeral three years ago today. Taken far too soon.
how touching😢
So sad..
ı’m sorry for your loss..
Chris Ralphs May he Rest In Peace.
I love this song and my wife hates it.
i AM SO SORRY....YOU BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. YOU DON'T KNOW ME, BUT i WILL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU. REMEMBER, YOUR HUSBAND LOVED YOU AND WANTS YOU HAPPY TO FIND PEACE. A SMILE WILL BE WHAT HE WANTS TO KNOW. AND HE WILL.
My husband just passed away last August and he was 24 years my senior. He was my best friend, lover and soul mate ❤
He was very proud to bring me to any event, and I would show so much affection to him without being shy to his friends so they will say how lucky he was, but it was me that got very lucky to have a beautiful man like him into my life.
I always dreamt to watch this beautiful masterpiece with him, but instead, he had Alexa played it in a dimly lit room and we danced to it in a very romantic slow-motion.
I hope we can dance again and watch it live, one day in heaven! ❤
7/26/21
It's almost a year now my love, but the pain is creeping on me and mercilessly choking me especially at night!
My God how I miss you my beautiful angel! I adore you with all my heart and soul! One day my love, I'm gonna see you again, in Heaven!
I read this and I will do it with my wife I have still not met. Wherever she is, I love you.
I'm sorry to hear, my condolences. May this song reach him wherever his energy is at.
@@squallthegriever thank you!
what a lucky man he was to have found you to go through life
@@alfonsecoppola5938 thank you, i believe i am the luckiest one to have a beautiful and amazing husband.
My Dad always told me, Eric Clapton can sing a guitar
Yea he's very good
He is amazing no doubt ❤
That’s an amazing way to put it!
Your dad's true
My Husband of 44 years Died in January we loved this song and indeed all of Erics songs so this is painful but comforting
I heard this coming out of a hi - fi when I was a kid ,& it went straight to my heart back then . Nothings changed and I’m 49 now !
I've loved this song for the last 48 years. I never grow tired of listening to it. It really takes me back to another time, another age in America, and memories of days gone by. Wish those days of thoughts were of this time.
Was a better world in the 70's.
We need to get back there!!!
I agree with your emotional synopsis, however, this world we live in isn't so bad.
He didn't write till 1976. You said 48 years, two years ago. That makes 50 years.
I had the pleasure to see this along with the whole concert in '91 on The Journeyman tour. And then I won 2nd row tickets for The One More Rider tour in 2002 where I had the pleasure to see that he had the one and only Billy Preston on keywords. Yeah!
I also saw the Journeyman tour in '91. I saw it in April and I just realized that it was just one month after his four year old son Connor died. How sad that was
nice
Cool! I saw him in 2007, with Robert Cray as the opening act. Billy Preston was a great keyboard player.
Wow... lucky break on those 2nd row tickets... I would have loved to have even been there... I listen to the entire One More Car/Rider album multiple times a week (with Dark Side of the Moon and a few others) as my staple playlist.
Mark W
Thanks Mark. He definitely was much more laid back on The One More Rider tour. I have to say Billy Preston was a nice surprise! He was sometimes called the 5th Beatle. George Harrison met him in the early 60's and the rest is history!
Me and my beautiful bride danced to this song at our wedding. I remembered the words and sang them softly to her as we danced. 30 years later, and I do this every time this song is played. She always smiles even though my singing voice is terrible (LOL). She is my rock, my soulmate, and my best friend. I am the luckiest man in the world.
This is one of the versions that was popular back in the 90's. I had one of the first live cd's of Clapton live. This song, especially taught me so much as a teenager. I know that I listened to this thousands of times. May sound silly now(2018), but I credit this song for actually teaching me the real meaning of romance, and how to actually give romance to someone whom I really loved. Thank you, Eric, Kattie, and everyone involved in making this recording. It shaped the rest of my life. Thank you, Gayle. And thank you, Mary.
Very beautiful.
I love the fact you wrote that you learned about how romance is supposed to feel. I'm a bob dylan teenager song feeler and learner from the way music justifies our feelings and the way you put it that we learned how to feel our way of learning through music. PEACE...
This is timeless. The riffs are on point, the lyrics are on time and how many of us have not been there. If you haven't experienced this at some point in your life you have missed out and the ones who have are truly blessed because she looked wonderful tonight. A true lady and a queen and should be treated as such.
"... and the wonder of it all, is that you just don't realise, how much I love you" ->
One of the most painfully beautiful, poignant lyrics ever written 🩷
Edit- That guitar gives me pure chills!!!
Yes it is. He also wrote "I don't want to lose this feeling. And if I could choose a place to die it would be in your arms".
I have loved this song for years. 28 years ago this was my wedding song. On Sunday my wife of 28 years passed away. I love her very much. Thank you for posting this beautiful version of this beautiful song.
Getting older now 60,time for a little reflection. The thing about music,at least to me is that it can melt the years away. To remind you of all that was good and the passion you had for love and to be loved! The fire dosen't burn as hot as it use to but the passion never dies.
This truly is the best version of this song ever recorded. Amazing. Katie Kissoon, so beautiful.
tank you
+Malcolm Jones I agree with u
+Malcolm Jones Maybe because he was high as a kite.
+Jeralyn Thomson That's exactly what my son and I both thought although my son put it more bluntly by saying he was fu@#$% up. But he does a great job on this song which is just about my favorite song ever.
2016 and it still is.
my dad's favourite song. he used to sing it to my mom. I love u papa we miss u.... RIP..😢😢😢😢
sorry man: (
sorry for u ...
+Viktor Reznov. it's oke plz don't be sorry. thank u for ur condolences...
+Royal Galayr thank you....💜💜💜
+Geoffrey Ducasse. it's okie thank u...💜💜💜
My husband sang this to me on our first date 7 years ago . Every year since on that day he still does .
that is SOOOO sweet.... Because it means so much to him to do it... and so much to you that he does! You are both on the right track!!! Bless you both!
how lucky are you pamela to have each other,he sounds like a happy man
The ending is the best part. All the band is in the right place. The lady in the backing vocals sends just enough “perfume” into the air, and those episodic moments of guitar-voice intertwined are golden. Also, it seems the “slower” this song is played, the “heavier” it feels to the heart. All in all... a gem.
I really didn't think this song could get any better..then I heard this. Thank you sir
THE most beautiful song ever! You are Wonderful Eric Patrick Clapton.
This is "By Far" the best version of this song, I've ever heard !!!
Yes. The slow intro is perfect. The tempo. The beautiful female solo to the crescendo. Amazing
100% the best version of this song. Goosebumps. ❤️🎸👌🏼
Bring back wonderful memories of my husband that passed away 9 yrs ago
class will always be class this guy has in spades
glendo
Melody Papazian tears in heaven
Sorry for your loss.. :/
@@glennrice985 it g
Dont cry....my two boys died...this was one of their faves to play...pain but joy...
Its very good to praise someone who completes you and say YOU LOOK WONDERFUL!!!
2024 anyone for this amazing masterpiece 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I've figured out why I keep coming back to this song, especially this version - because the story behind it is ultimately sad. Eric wrote Pattie a beautiful song, but the relationship quickly turned miserable, and Pattie herself said that she couldn't even stand to listen to this song during the bad times, for it was too painful. This performance happened once they were no longer together. So while the song is nothing short of gorgeous, there's an underlying sadness... and sadness is somehow such a gripping emotion, possibly even more so than happiness. The juxtaposition just reels me in... That and the incredible guitar, vocals, and everything else about the song.
I play this song when I am hurting. you are right, pain is all consuming. I do believe that we have to experience pain to know joy tho.
I agree Rachel. The pain in Eric Clapton's voice is so raw, you can tell that he is feeling every word he sings. He sure loved Pattie deeply, there is no doubt about it.
Brothers in arms
This is really an excellent comment, Rachel. There's a wonderful scene in the obscure blues movie "Crossroads" that stars Ralph Macchio as a brilliant guitar student at Juliard and Joe Seneca as an old Mississippi blues harmonica player. Macchio loves the blues and springs Seneca from an old folks home in New York, because he thinks the old guy can help him find a lost Robert Johnson song. Seneca has other plans. He wants to get to the Crossroads in order to get his soul back from the devil. So they begin a journey from New York to the Mississippi Delta, as Seneca tries to teach the boy about the blues. It doesn't happen until Ralph gets his heart broken. The scene is a dump motel room in Mississippi. The door is open, and it's pouring rain. With Macchio playing the blues in the background, Seneca's character says these wonderful words: "Lots of towns. Lots of songs. Lots of women. Good times. Bad times. All he ever wanted to hear anybody say was, 'He was good. He could really play.'" And so it is with those of us sensitive enough to touch the blues. It's the soul crying, and yes, sadness is its doorway. Thank you, Rachel. May you always be so blessed.
Your comment was wonderful (tonight) as well. Once we can really understand and feel sadness, I think music becomes so much more meaningful. Thank you for your kind words, may you also be blessed.
Some songs are forever.
Some versions of those songs are for the ages. This is one of them. So Very Fine!
I saw and heard a lot of versions of this masterpiece - played by Clapton and many others. But this is the only one that makes me shiver EVERY time I listen to it.
62 years old.retired . 11:12 in the morning. Getting high drinking beer. no problems in the world. Taking care of my family. It's all good.
Watched this version a hundred times and it always gives me the chill and trembling knees. Thank you, Eric for this very beautiful song that makes women feel so beautiful and loved. :)
No music today can touch this!
Ed ONeill You are so right!
Today everything is the same, but this...... more than great😍
Fewjar Fan
music is shit nowadays
Except a lot of metal. There are a lot of good songs out there.
The Critigamer shut ur fookin mouth
My younger days passed by this version of Eric clapton with a walkman and and cassete. Wish you all forever young.
Shamal Yazdanian forever young... if only!
Wow. You weren’t lying about best version. Wait. Need to go cry for a moment.
With a magical guitar and flowing hair and a beard, the soothing voice of Eric would carry me through the wonderful nights of the rest of my life.
Yep. Every evening after dinner I sit down and watch this video, letting the music work its magic. Some people relax with wine...I relax with Clapton. Best version of this song for sure - perfect tempo.
Karen Bond
That's beautiful
New Wave great song
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Asokan Ponnusamy .Well said being in 💘 nothing compares when playing Eric Clapton💞 still with my Hubby Mark💚 Tamelia of Haines City , Florida 08- 15-1995 DOM💗🎶👰🎩
i think he is better with short hair and no beard
Listened before lockdown, listining during lockdown, and I'll listen after lockdown. I love this song, and in this performance you just know he means every word he says, straight from the heart.
Amen brother
When you sing from the heart, not only can everyone hear it but they can feel it as well.
I guess that's why so many like this version of the song!
I'm some kind of a big man
I've seen EC 4 times this was the best with my late best friend and my bride, also passed it makes me cry, but I love ot
Mountain View Row 6
Best version ever
To you and all the love to come Hannah Cobb
30 years later and this version still gives me Goosebumps.
That's the most romantic performance from Eric. Loved it very much
This song is so sad for those who have lost their loved ones too quickly. May God Bless you all. It makes me feel so wonderful and so lonely, but it's worth every minute to listen to. Love you Eric and tyvm for such a beautiful, heartfelt song.
neesie332000 Amen...my late husband used to sing this to me. I miss him so much. So very much.
This is the #1 smoothest ballads of all time. I don't even think you could classify it as any genre because it's just that cool!
Best version I have EVER heard! Gotta share this song with my wonderful wife and ask her for a dance in our home.
JT Thompson I hope guys managed to dance to this ❤️
I’m 17 and I swear that I was supposed to be born wayyy back when just because the music back then fits me more then the garbage we have now
The music was wonderful then!!!!
>listens to post malone and el xxtentacion
Same vibes..
I'm 17 as well and I have one thing to say: AMEN
Lol. These sort of comments are cringe af
this version of Woderful Tonight is really incredible.
This particular, specific, version is the best I've ever heard.
The Definitive 24 Nights album has the rock version which is pretty much the same, but from another day. However, this one sounds somewhat better to me, somehow.
I think it's because of the opening bars by Eric. They're absolutely perfect here!
Eric Clapton always makes s my soul feel good with his music!!!
+Maureen Kindt Check Kindt ... your words are so beautiful, just like clapton's music. Makes my soul soar, just as his soul is soaring obviously.
my dad loved this song. he died 5 months ago x
+Amanda Rachel Sorry for your loss :/
So sorry for losing him ...
We r sorry for ur loss. From Ann n allen
Me and my boyfriend, planning to first dance at our wedding accompany with this music.
2019 I never get tired of listening this song.
@@dominikreichwein 2057 either!!!
Me too
This is the very best version of this song.
yes, Katie Kissoon(sp?) makes it so
Yes! that girl
anyone know where this is? i want to download it it's the absolute best version of this song
Frank Worley, agreed.
Tyler Karmazinuk this version is the 24 nights version
Most Beautiful, Thank You !!! Most Awesome!
Such a beautiful song!
Denise Estes Yes, It Gave Me Goose-Bumps! Really Enjoyed, Thank You !!!
I totally agree with you !!!!!!💖💖💖💖
me too.
Yes ! Thank you ! It is beautiful and totally awesome ! I just love it .
The best version, full of love and soul...simply wonderful.
Every time I listen to this song I cry every time. It is a very beautiful song and wonderful song.
Danced this with my mom , it was last time I saw her , she fell following week and went to Heaven shortly after . She was done here , however , while at a party , out Doorz honoring My Dad and others who had died Proud Veterns , the Band Leader asked from stage ; Wheo that beautiful lady seated next to You ? i yelled back with My booming voice projecting over the headz in crowd that This My Mom.... He went and played this , my Mom being gently swayed in the high type terrace chair , as sun was setting on Intercostal , she could not stand and dance , nor could she hear the song , but she smiled entire time and crowd clapped afterwards , and i , laughed , not realizing it was last time I would ever see her again.... Until I finished here , because she told me when God decides to bring Me home , She be there , with My Brother and Dad , too....... greeting me . I good w that . Rock On !
no woman
Masterpiece!
About 40 years ago when I was early 20's, I heard this song first.
It always reminds me of some guy. Until now it's my favorite song. Jan/15/2020 Seoul
This was my song to my wife I use to play it for her all the time and after 32 year's of marriage she left me and it has been 2 year's now but the pain will never go away and in a way listening to this song I close my eye's and I can almost go back to those day's
Only 4.7 k what wrong with people ears know a days.this song moves my spirit. just as much as the first time I heard it. music is the gateway to the soul n i feel blessed with this life. Life is amazing!!!!!
I remember dancing to this at my high school dance what an iconic song. Eric Clapton is the man!!
That makes me cry ... Such pure beauty in a most beautiful song by an Amazing Musician.
BOY -- SLOWHAND TEARS THIS ONE UP -- AND I LOVE THE BACKGROUND SINGING BY THE GIRL THAT SINGS -- SHE DOES A GREAT JOB !!!!!!
AMAZING ERIC.......so much feeling coming from that Strat. One of the greatest songs you ever made.......for sure. Thank you Eric. - - - This one is for my wife Pamela. I Love you sweetness. You look wonderful tonight. Joe....
an true artist.....people nowadays who call themselves an celebrity/artist cant even come this close even if they were to create it in the studio after a million tries ....and here is clapton performing live
Adit Sapkota yes, not even close.
l likes song . memories 🖒
I love Eric Clapton but different generation of music have different styles.
My husband passed when were very young , he 28 n I 24 our 34 yr. Old son was 2 n I was 4 months pregnant w our 32 yr. Old daughter . This was our song and still. Never remarried .
Why are you making me do Math in my head ;)
So sorry, lost my sons mama when he was 10. He turned 28 1 week ago. Never remarried either. The others don't compare. Hurts still. Love ya.
@@tommyatchley7042 and all others...such love can never be replaced. It's hard not to measure the new against what you had. Magical love is amazing, but most love needs patience, kindness, forgiveness to grow.
Respect for you adelyn scott. Thanks.
Bon courage à vous !
I saw him in concert when this song came out in Cleveland along with Muddy Waters..... quite amazing.
I'm picking guitar back up after 20 years. This was the best performance of this song that I've seen so far. We didn't have TH-cam in the 90's. All I had was guitar world magazine that I would shoplift from the grocery store every month just so I could get the tabs in the back. Then wait for that song to come on the radio so I could tape it and be able to practice it. Now I can just slow it down and learn by watching the masters hands. We've come a long way guys.
Never put it back again man, what an experience you have
I'm sad to hear Erick Clapton is no longer performing. He played such a large part in music for me! I saw the cream at Massy Hall in Toronto 1969-70? Great seats believe or not first row. He had on a purple blue suite , his hair was long and black. How can you not forget a concert like that...fantastic music
Patricia bennett-sicilia
Patricia bennett-siciliaP cream split in 68
I literally heard this song from my grab driver, I swear when I got home I searched for it immediately. I'm crying because I saw it uploaded here! 🥺 This is really really reaaallly the best version ever of this song. It's slower than the usual and I can feel all the notes to my bones. 🥺😭
Clapton touches something inside me in this song.
Is it my good ol' heart or is it my soul? Hard to tell.
I hope tears in heaven are sweetest to swallow,
and Clapton's woman looks wonderful every night.
Man, what id give to go back 33 yrs ago & still be waitin on her to get done brushin her hair & gettin ready to go out on a fri or sat night. I swear i hear this & can sometimes. 8:57 catch a wiff of her hair spray & perfume. Miss u always baby
In April 2021 we will have been together for 41 years and she still looks wonderful to me. Love ya Sue.
Rock on! Cheers!
Great live version, makes me miss someone i lost a long time ago, i miss u babe.
Its So peaceful to me , its one of my favorites Eric!!
Heard this song makes my tears came out all of sudden..all memories with my wife will never be forgotten..May God bless our marriage lives..12years have passes,may we could be together till our last breath..My love will always for u,honey..May God bless our marriage lives..💏
My favorite version! Love how slow it is.. quarantine has me listening to all the different versions!
Couldn’t ask for a better moment to reflect on the talent of this man and the beauty that is in all of us!
Indeed the greatest version. I tear up every time I hear this. This is actually the first time I saw the video.
Katie kissoon, love this great singer.
I love this great song ... slow and powerful.
never able to move on from this live version..
the tempo, the great slow hand solos, the incredibly played band (that noone in these comments mention), the new way of playing this song...
it's an expensive music arrangement...
Doddy BJ jn
Nice, I love u always my wife
For real. I mean look at this thing. Do you have any idea how much money went into making this?
Glad I found this beautiful version of the song. ❤️
Cindi me too Cindy !! it's awesome ! definately not hearing any music like this now a days !!
Tim Horsley
Cindi yes Cindi Im bring it full circle Clopton said that
Stan Williams
The album is called 24 nights if anyones womdering
I've spent the last year hankering after a man who has hurt me and let me down. Recently he sang this for me on text yet still remains elusive.
His loss for sure. He can never destroy how much this song means to me...... a truly beautiful song...one of the best.
Eric.you rock. Maybe get to dance to it with a man that deserves me.
I’m 33 yo and remember my mother playing this song when I was a boy . I remember thinking how beautiful this song was even at that young age. Probably one of the first pieces of music I liked on my own . Clapton is a king
Amazing version. Always a classic. One of my all time favorites
Still listening in 2020. Praying that COVID-19 will pass soon and we really can have a “Wonderful Tonight” and everyday finally 😢
I was born 5 yrs after this song was released. And I can't remember how I come to know and love this song back when I was in my elementary days. Im just waiting for someone to sing this to me 🥺✌🏻
Wunderschön.........so gefühlvoll gesungen.......auch nach all den Jahren nicht zu überbieten.. 🌻