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Eric Clapton Unplugged question

post #1 of 13
6/15/08 at 7:58pm
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In the beginning of "Alberta", and Eric says "Hang on, hang on" and the crowd laughs..

What happened?
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post #2 of 13
6/15/08 at 10:09pm
YouTube - Eric Clapton-Alberta

He forgot to remove his finger slide.
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post #3 of 13
6/15/08 at 10:34pm
FTW!
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post #4 of 13
6/15/08 at 10:43pm
Wow, and I thought YouTube was useless!
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post #5 of 13
6/15/08 at 10:44pm
ha i just watched that whole album, i had no idea there was video
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post #6 of 13
6/16/08 at 1:31am
I got this CD and RUN DMC - Raising Hell at my first swap meet a few years back for $5! I need to listen to this more on the cans though, it sounds amazing and Im not really a fan.
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post #7 of 13
6/16/08 at 9:58am
He he
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post #8 of 13
6/16/08 at 10:09am
Anyone who is using vinyl needs to check out the German import pressing of this album. It is really top notch. I got mine from musicdirect.com
A Must own, for your vinyl collection.
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post #9 of 13
6/16/08 at 10:20am
Truly a great album, but a tad overexposed at the time. I remember having a beer with a friend of mine who taught guitar. "If I have to teach one more kid how to play the acoustic version of Layla, I'm gonna die," he said.

I got to the point where I couldn't listen to it anymore. Then I heard it again recently while cruising the FM dial; it sounded great. To me, the sign of a great song has always been its ability to hold up under radical reinvention. The acoustic version of Layla is poles apart from the equally classic original, but as soon as the vocal kicks in, you recognize that sturdy song.
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post #10 of 13
6/16/08 at 1:43pm
Yeah it was played to death on radio and MTV. Especially Tears in Heaven. My step dad had the tab and was learning some of the songs too. I like the acoustic Layla better. Maybe because I dont like how the original version trails off and rambles too long.
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post #11 of 13
6/16/08 at 3:04pm
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Maybe because I dont like how the original version trails off and rambles too long.
Same here, not really a big fan of the original for the same reasons.
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post #12 of 13
6/16/08 at 3:20pm
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Originally Posted by jilgiljongiljing View Post
Same here, not really a big fan of the original for the same reasons.
Well, that's what makes the world go 'round. To me, the original is one of the definitive extended jams in rock music. I first heard that track when I was in the eighth grade (that would have been 1973-1974), and I still get shivers listening to Clapton and Allman playing off of each other. And the piano-led section, featuring the tragic Jim Gordon, is a perfect release of the tension built in the initial, hard-rock part of the track. The fluid gutar melody over that beautiful, elegiac piano approaches the sublime.

As I said, I think the acoustic version is a brilliant reimagining of the song. But the original is, to me, a stone-cold classic.
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post #13 of 13
6/16/08 at 5:43pm
Old love, simply love this song, the best from this recording, imo.
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