Eric Clapton - Layla (Live Aid 1985)

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  • Опубликовано: 10 окт 2018
  • 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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  • @Nathan-gd7xq
    @Nathan-gd7xq 5 лет назад +21587

    Anyone who thinks Phil Collins sucks, just remember that he played drums on Layla and Stairway To Heaven in the same day.

    • @kroakie4
      @kroakie4 5 лет назад +2891

      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.

    • @hugodogobob
      @hugodogobob 5 лет назад +1465

      He also wrote the soundtrack for tarzan and that's enough to cement him as one of the best.

    • @therotiv4
      @therotiv4 5 лет назад +267

      biblical

    • @ajove250
      @ajove250 5 лет назад +434

      And he was a great drummer with prog. Genesis and with pop too (but I prefer prog genesis 1000 times more)

    • @chriscollum5658
      @chriscollum5658 5 лет назад +204

      oh he's a fantastic drummer just don't care for him in any other capacity

  • @natedogwilder2137
    @natedogwilder2137 4 года назад +8880

    people NEED to remember that there was more to Live Aid than Queen

    • @Braglemaster123
      @Braglemaster123 4 года назад +67

      Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸

    • @Throckmorton_the_great
      @Throckmorton_the_great 4 года назад +25

      Liam Jake still put on for a good reason

    • @taunokekkonen5733
      @taunokekkonen5733 4 года назад +301

      And that Queens best concert still is at Wembley.

    • @bradfordlangston836
      @bradfordlangston836 4 года назад +83

      When I think of Live Aid, I think of this song

    • @peesesruffs7423
      @peesesruffs7423 4 года назад +160

      Bradford Langston
      I think Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing. Also really iconic. The talents at that show were insane.

  • @megaalvon3060
    @megaalvon3060 Год назад +1269

    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.

    • @kateushko5320
      @kateushko5320 Год назад +9

      Why did he do it? Because they were big friends?

    • @megaalvon3060
      @megaalvon3060 Год назад +19

      @@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!

    • @christopherburke3241
      @christopherburke3241 Год назад +7

      Completely agree - If that isn’t rock n roll I don’t know what is!?

    • @stevedrake604
      @stevedrake604 Год назад +9

      @@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.

    • @kateushko5320
      @kateushko5320 Год назад +3

      @@stevedrake604 thank you. That is very interesting

  • @jeffallinson8089
    @jeffallinson8089 Год назад +899

    Yes Clapton is a sensational guitarist but what a voice too, he makes singing and playing look so effortless.

    • @paulwestlake4278
      @paulwestlake4278 Год назад +10

      Amazing what 20 years practice will do for a bloke...

    • @masterofdisaster9194
      @masterofdisaster9194 Год назад +19

      @@paulwestlake4278 I could practice for 100 years and still suck

    • @jeff-hd9og
      @jeff-hd9og 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@masterofdisaster9194no you couldn’t

    • @rossogden9920
      @rossogden9920 9 месяцев назад +2

      Great guitarist but only a passable singer.

    • @jackpierre1839
      @jackpierre1839 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@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

  • @PremierLeaguesnubben92
    @PremierLeaguesnubben92 4 года назад +7299

    - Hey Eric, wanna grab a beer after work?
    - No, sorry. Gotta be somewhere.

    • @ArmanBaig
      @ArmanBaig 4 года назад +18

      Normalne Konto lmaooooo drunk on stage ass

    • @bernhardsonn8996
      @bernhardsonn8996 4 года назад +11

      ?

    • @hejsjsjjjsjsjjs4968
      @hejsjsjjjsjsjjs4968 4 года назад +66

      I love Led Zeppelin but their live aid performance was horrible at least MSG was good .

    • @taylorbernier7966
      @taylorbernier7966 4 года назад +3

      i dont get it

    • @hejsjsjjjsjsjjs4968
      @hejsjsjjjsjsjjs4968 4 года назад +91

      @@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.

  • @dangelorussell9844
    @dangelorussell9844 3 года назад +3445

    The second drummer in this video, Jamie Oldaker, passed away 3 days ago
    RIP Jamie

  • @dejiko
    @dejiko 2 года назад +528

    When the opening solo kicks in, it just sends chills down your spine.

    • @Mastertexter
      @Mastertexter 9 месяцев назад +3

      Wym? Have you heard the insane intro solo?

    • @amedeetsota420
      @amedeetsota420 8 месяцев назад +1

      yex

    • @marklane61
      @marklane61 7 месяцев назад +1

      Every time

    • @luclx
      @luclx 6 месяцев назад

      you mean lick????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    • @thecoffeehouse5714
      @thecoffeehouse5714 3 месяца назад

      honestly , I come back for the intro.

  • @deejayimm
    @deejayimm 2 года назад +321

    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.

    • @santibanks
      @santibanks 2 года назад +3

      Phil was Clapton's touring drummer in I think it was 1988.

    • @deejayimm
      @deejayimm 2 года назад

      @@santibanks no shit? Thats cool...

    • @johneeeemarry34
      @johneeeemarry34 9 месяцев назад

      Would have been even better if Phil was completely naked apart from Adidas Sambas.

    • @Simmo_Cars
      @Simmo_Cars 6 месяцев назад

      Yeah and what looks to be Phil Rudd on the piano 🤣

    • @Simmo_Cars
      @Simmo_Cars 6 месяцев назад

      Yeah and what looks to be Phil Rudd on the piano 🤣

  • @wiola7865
    @wiola7865 5 лет назад +5087

    Eric Clapton and Phil Collins on drums. Pure perfection.

    • @tahditon9408
      @tahditon9408 5 лет назад +208

      Eric Clapton is not on drums. He plays guitar

    • @ced95570
      @ced95570 5 лет назад +54

      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.

    • @2010georgian1
      @2010georgian1 5 лет назад +46

      Clapton and Ginger Baker is the best...

    • @ced95570
      @ced95570 5 лет назад +3

      a performance!!!

    • @fedbumoz987
      @fedbumoz987 5 лет назад +5

      Wiola extracted distilled perfection. I've never heard an off note from Clapton. Ever. Kinda spooky!

  • @anarkyautismo1646
    @anarkyautismo1646 4 года назад +2652

    he's got the looks of both Chuch Norris and bob Ross mixed together

  • @Fed-np9ez
    @Fed-np9ez Год назад +75

    No cellphones in sight, people just rocking their hearts out and having a blast, what a time to be alive!

    • @ChoTakoeTV
      @ChoTakoeTV 22 дня назад +4

      Why can't you just go to a concert and not filming and just have joy? Why should you be so worried about what other people do in the crowd? Have fun, enjoy your life don't worry about what others do

    • @guisousa7139
      @guisousa7139 6 дней назад

      ​@@ChoTakoeTVis really hard to enjoy a show when 100s of goofy ass bros pull out a $300 phone at your face and you can barely see what's going on.
      Last time there were so many phones that the only way for me to see the the band was to peep at someone's screen.
      It's not about recording a show, it's about other people being able to watch it with their own eyes.
      I paid for a concert, not an iPhone recording session.

  • @bradforddillman7671
    @bradforddillman7671 2 года назад +382

    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.

    • @GoDawgs18
      @GoDawgs18 2 года назад +5

      So lucky I wasn’t even born yet

    • @juliahickey810
      @juliahickey810 2 года назад

      And kills it on the piano !!

    • @jamesrobert680
      @jamesrobert680 2 года назад

      Favourite performance you saw Bradford at JFK?

    • @bradforddillman7671
      @bradforddillman7671 2 года назад

      @@jamesrobert680 Zeppelin. Definitely. That’s why we were there!

    • @jamesrobert680
      @jamesrobert680 2 года назад

      @@bradforddillman7671 and who was your least favourite performance?

  • @laartwork
    @laartwork 3 года назад +2670

    Me 1985: Wow Eric Clapton looks so old.
    Me 2020: Wow Eric Clapton looks so young.

    • @smartviewer7346
      @smartviewer7346 3 года назад +7

      LMFAO. So true!

    • @fidelb1957
      @fidelb1957 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/LGDqBlMc860/видео.html

    • @asm1
      @asm1 3 года назад +91

      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.

    • @BRUTUSPLAC
      @BRUTUSPLAC 3 года назад +2

      March 2021 Im 54 GREW UP on EC .

    • @guanweihe7614
      @guanweihe7614 3 года назад +11

      peak clapton looks has to be the unplugged year, the glasses and hair just look right

  • @alexmetcalfe9341
    @alexmetcalfe9341 3 года назад +2870

    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.

    • @swagpoopy9359
      @swagpoopy9359 3 года назад +95

      fun fact. he had very little time to rehearse this set. also all the equipment was wrong except the guitars

    • @firetheman
      @firetheman 2 года назад +62

      and layla was a last minute adittion, he wanted to play cocaine but bob geldof said no, so he played layla without rehearsing

    • @ratiod2289
      @ratiod2289 2 года назад +7

      It’s the only way!

    • @racecarjonny8460
      @racecarjonny8460 2 года назад +51

      If practicing was all, many people would be Clapton. I have seen people who play 8-10 hrs a day. They aren’t Clapton.

    • @cris5555
      @cris5555 2 года назад +62

      @@racecarjonny8460 Yeah the implication doesn't go both sides, to be Clapton you have to practice, but practice doesn't make you Clapton

  • @jebanzam1989
    @jebanzam1989 2 года назад +25

    This ain't live aid. This was the greatest concert of Phil Collins ever.

  • @gwennlong5915
    @gwennlong5915 3 месяца назад +15

    This, my friends, is Eric Clapton.

  • @bradforddillman7671
    @bradforddillman7671 3 года назад +3366

    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.

    • @jamqc24
      @jamqc24 3 года назад +185

      When you said Red cap. I just noticed that there are alot of white caps

    • @bradforddillman7671
      @bradforddillman7671 3 года назад +100

      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

    • @ekbilli5074
      @ekbilli5074 3 года назад +26

      I wished I could see the concert too 😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @bradforddillman7671
      @bradforddillman7671 3 года назад +57

      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.

    • @ekbilli5074
      @ekbilli5074 3 года назад +24

      @@bradforddillman7671 I wish I was born at that golden era

  • @CurtisLinder
    @CurtisLinder 5 лет назад +1935

    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

  • @prathameshbhambure
    @prathameshbhambure 11 месяцев назад +30

    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!*

  • @bretarmstrong6303
    @bretarmstrong6303 Год назад +103

    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.

    • @cancercancer7641
      @cancercancer7641 8 месяцев назад +2

      Witam zgadzam się jest piękny pozdrawiam 🇵🇱

    • @Miaouterspace7
      @Miaouterspace7 7 месяцев назад +2

      Clapton didn’t play the guitar solo on the album Layla. It was played by Duane Allman.

    • @cancercancer7641
      @cancercancer7641 7 месяцев назад

      @@Miaouterspace7 Dziękuję za informację pozdrawiam serdecznie miłego dnia życzę

    • @bretarmstrong6303
      @bretarmstrong6303 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@Miaouterspace7 Wow really? Talking about the original Derek and the Dominoes version?

  • @markt44
    @markt44 4 года назад +707

    God damn, Phil Collins played with Eric Clapton, Sting, & Led Zeppelin, in the same afternoon!

    • @JackKincaid..
      @JackKincaid.. 4 года назад +7

      You can make a comment without taking the Lord's name in vain!!!!

    • @shittymytits5220
      @shittymytits5220 4 года назад +44

      Dennis Smock God damn it man chill

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 4 года назад +14

      Everyone should have a Phil Collins in their lives!

    • @markt44
      @markt44 4 года назад +1

      @@zackzallie8735 indeed.

    • @jacobscherlinger3953
      @jacobscherlinger3953 4 года назад +1

      Wasn’t Sting at the London gig with Dire Straits?

  • @ClaptonFan91
    @ClaptonFan91 3 года назад +4784

    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

    • @kushalgarg6651
      @kushalgarg6651 3 года назад +198

      He was nervous?? This is such an awesome performace

    • @naaveenmahadeshwar7889
      @naaveenmahadeshwar7889 3 года назад +93

      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! 👌👌👌👌👌😎

    • @Purchata
      @Purchata 3 года назад +51

      @@naaveenmahadeshwar7889 yeah, sounds like lies to me. Clapton is a legend and he was even more famous back in the days.

    • @alexm8859
      @alexm8859 3 года назад +121

      Bowie and Elton played at wembly. Clapton played Philly. So no he wasn’t nervous going after them.

    • @sowmyannag
      @sowmyannag 3 года назад +49

      He played at JFK while David Bowie and queen played at Wembley

  • @macfunkey
    @macfunkey Год назад +49

    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."

  • @IAMDRREMULAKK
    @IAMDRREMULAKK Год назад +52

    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.

  • @gregsimpson621
    @gregsimpson621 5 лет назад +1378

    And Eric Clapton is still playing this in 2019 as I'm headed to Dallas to see him....at age 74!

    • @mandatorymist7792
      @mandatorymist7792 5 лет назад +50

      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

    • @gregsimpson621
      @gregsimpson621 5 лет назад +67

      @@mandatorymist7792 Yes. He was extremely ill for awhile. I'm actually surprised he's touring. But I've seen some RUclips 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.

    • @tomasaledo9316
      @tomasaledo9316 5 лет назад +1

      you are also very old baby.

    • @bullwinklejmoos
      @bullwinklejmoos 4 года назад +4

      Lucky SOB. Enjoy the performance of a true virtuoso.

    • @gregsimpson621
      @gregsimpson621 4 года назад +8

      @@tomasaledo9316 I am not old yet! LOL

  • @gerrygreene6354
    @gerrygreene6354 4 года назад +1110

    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.

    • @thangabaalg5840
      @thangabaalg5840 4 года назад +8

      Wish I was there

    • @jacobscherlinger3953
      @jacobscherlinger3953 4 года назад +16

      Most of us can tell when he plays a slow build in a certain key now.

    • @jakeforgione3138
      @jakeforgione3138 3 года назад +5

      Gives me the chills

    • @jameswiggin2631
      @jameswiggin2631 3 года назад +13

      One of the best opening riffs of all time.

    • @SuperOCHomes
      @SuperOCHomes 3 года назад +2

      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!

  • @robbender4129
    @robbender4129 6 месяцев назад +14

    Omg. Clapton in white linen...looking great... looking healthy...just shredding it...Phil on drums....this is pure magic😮

  • @SuzanneWilliams-dz6tj
    @SuzanneWilliams-dz6tj 28 дней назад +6

    I never get tired of this song! That intro chords grabs me every time.

  • @callumfriend2523
    @callumfriend2523 3 года назад +698

    The story of Phil playing at both venues in the same day just makes this whole performance better!

    • @alansimon1354
      @alansimon1354 Год назад +11

      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

    • @dethmaul
      @dethmaul 11 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@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? '

    • @tomgriffith1057
      @tomgriffith1057 10 месяцев назад

      Yeah it seems Collins kinda shoved his way in on this set.

    • @caliente-frio3966
      @caliente-frio3966 8 месяцев назад

      @@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.

    • @pauliefromphilly
      @pauliefromphilly 5 месяцев назад

      I was there in Philly and Phil was awesome!!!!

  • @stevenwalkenberg8879
    @stevenwalkenberg8879 5 лет назад +2204

    Need to invent time machine. Must be there

  • @epii3503
    @epii3503 4 месяца назад +4

    If the music God came to earth, it would be Clapton...

  • @VideoAssociates
    @VideoAssociates Год назад +4

    Beat second half of any song ever written

  • @MordeKaiser29
    @MordeKaiser29 5 лет назад +1060

    Who in this world can dislike songs by Eric Clapton?!

    • @gagequinn1438
      @gagequinn1438 5 лет назад +23

      I dunno... People who don't like him music?

    • @johngmckee0
      @johngmckee0 5 лет назад +26

      Layla is good but mostly he is overrated.

    • @arijeet6357
      @arijeet6357 5 лет назад +19

      @@johngmckee0 everybody is overrated in the music business.

    • @Kowasi
      @Kowasi 5 лет назад +15

      Fans of Mr. Hendrix who feel threatened?

    • @invalide
      @invalide 5 лет назад +8

      Punk_69 people who know more than a pentatonic scale

  • @wannabepoet9647
    @wannabepoet9647 4 года назад +1043

    Like his relaxed businessman/middle school math-teacher-look here

  • @Glenn-dp8vn
    @Glenn-dp8vn 28 дней назад +4

    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.

  • @redflats
    @redflats Год назад +15

    Damn! I wish I could go back to this decade 😩 This is music people!

    • @garycunningham9216
      @garycunningham9216 4 месяца назад +1

      Could you drop me off in the 60s first, and work your work back to the 80s ? Thanks

    • @bjc12566
      @bjc12566 3 месяца назад

      4 decades for me 😮

  • @elsaluvsnutella
    @elsaluvsnutella 4 года назад +454

    most underrated live aid performance imo

  • @chironapolonio
    @chironapolonio 4 года назад +459

    Phil Collins is the hardest-working man in rock. He sings and drums his HEART out.

  • @indigocheetah4172
    @indigocheetah4172 Год назад +5

    The most famous start to a song this century , brilliance .

  • @puri6546
    @puri6546 Год назад +4

    Happy 78th Birthday, dear Eric!🎙🎸🎶💫

  • @davidgifford8112
    @davidgifford8112 5 лет назад +2134

    Sad to think this cannot be done today: Phil Collins on both UK & US stages.
    No Concorde.

    • @braintumor9429
      @braintumor9429 5 лет назад +60

      What an observation

    • @andriealinsangao613
      @andriealinsangao613 5 лет назад +2

      How so?

    • @braintumor9429
      @braintumor9429 5 лет назад +210

      @@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.

    • @schmoosmith
      @schmoosmith 5 лет назад +26

      Brain tumor 15 years actually.

    • @TMthe33rd
      @TMthe33rd 5 лет назад +50

      80s are the best time to be alive for sure

  • @princevalium25
    @princevalium25 5 лет назад +4891

    Its double time because for clapton in 1985, there was no food. only cocaine.

    • @rangv733
      @rangv733 5 лет назад +12

      What do you mean by double time?

    • @ogpd4898
      @ogpd4898 5 лет назад +363

      Ranganath Vaikuntham he means the song is sped up significantly

    • @rangv733
      @rangv733 5 лет назад +9

      @@ogpd4898 Ah yes it makes sense. Thanks

    • @donna25871
      @donna25871 5 лет назад +128

      This is the speed of the original recording - check out Derek and the Dominos.

    • @pfx7th896
      @pfx7th896 4 года назад +52

      Donna Cianciosi it’s not it’s slower in the recording version

  • @litorolle7950
    @litorolle7950 6 месяцев назад +3

    i remember this song wen i was in Baghdad iraq this my favorite song of Clapton

  • @yush158
    @yush158 8 месяцев назад +15

    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.

    • @cocoamaster9200
      @cocoamaster9200 7 месяцев назад +1

      Listen to the 1985 Birmingham solo of this song.

  • @ARon82
    @ARon82 5 лет назад +1469

    Eric's dressed like a 9-5 office worker

    • @only_pps
      @only_pps 4 года назад +29

      I guess it was a style in 1985

    • @yargnad
      @yargnad 4 года назад +30

      @@only_pps It was definitely THE style of the 80s. Classic Michael J Fox.

    • @drpepper694
      @drpepper694 4 года назад +13

      He looks as miserable as one too

    • @yargnad
      @yargnad 4 года назад +2

      @Babis Tse RUclips wouldn't be the wonderful troll cave it is today if these things didn't matter.

    • @jamesgretsch4894
      @jamesgretsch4894 4 года назад +3

      I think he ran Sire Records London office on the side. He may have come from his office prior to this. J/K.

  • @AntonioSedicina
    @AntonioSedicina 3 года назад +721

    2019: I miss guitars and real music.
    2021: I miss crowds and gatherings.

    • @linjicakonikon7666
      @linjicakonikon7666 3 года назад +12

      Well, tell your politicians that from now on you will ignore them.

    • @BRUTUSPLAC
      @BRUTUSPLAC 3 года назад

      CHEERS !

    • @pepsicocal262
      @pepsicocal262 2 года назад +2

      You can still go to them. The virus is never going away

    • @AntonioSedicina
      @AntonioSedicina 2 года назад +3

      @@pepsicocal262
      I miss the real life without masks and without social distancing.
      Idgaf about the "virus"

    • @pepsicocal262
      @pepsicocal262 2 года назад +1

      @@AntonioSedicina lmao we’re on the same page

  • @iveyx001
    @iveyx001 Год назад +8

    0ne of the greatest songs of all time!!

  • @shanekimes6204
    @shanekimes6204 Год назад +6

    Nathan right Phil Collins is a national treasure 😊😊😊😊😊

  • @pinja.leppaaho
    @pinja.leppaaho 3 года назад +532

    During this pandemic seeing videos of these kinds of concerts where there are thousands of people feels surreal. It’s like a different world.

    • @hartlinebling5764
      @hartlinebling5764 3 года назад +7

      Just thinking the same damn....

    • @litgirlablaze3432
      @litgirlablaze3432 3 года назад +3

      Can’t wait to goto live shows again!

    • @WannaKnowMyName
      @WannaKnowMyName 3 года назад +2

      @@litgirlablaze3432 sorry, they won’t let you

    • @FreedomIsntFree-gd2hg
      @FreedomIsntFree-gd2hg 3 года назад +24

      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.

    • @romyflowerpower154
      @romyflowerpower154 3 года назад

      my heart aches for it..

  • @cathymeredith3403
    @cathymeredith3403 3 года назад +1319

    Clapton, if you ever read this. My baby girl is named Layla

    • @fripsebibs
      @fripsebibs 3 года назад +57

      He Probably isnt

    • @smartviewer1708
      @smartviewer1708 3 года назад +40

      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.

    • @petervamvakaries
      @petervamvakaries 3 года назад +7

      Thats a bad name and he probably won't see it sooooo

    • @fripsebibs
      @fripsebibs 3 года назад +1

      @@petervamvakaries sooooooo

    • @Hellwyck
      @Hellwyck 3 года назад +2

      @@smartviewer1708 Nice opinion.
      Go listen to Billy S. Gibbon or Joe Walsh.

  • @deb523
    @deb523 Год назад +22

    Best version of Layla ever! Phil Collins on the drums. Superb!💖. Best looking Eric too!😍

    • @legendaryTMNICO
      @legendaryTMNICO 9 месяцев назад

      The unplugged version doesn’t even come close.

    • @CyclingMartialartswithMusic
      @CyclingMartialartswithMusic 12 дней назад

      I prefer the NYC version around 1999 or 2000. Best solo I have heard. It gave me the "That would be my future daughters name" feeling.

  • @bumbleandprincess
    @bumbleandprincess Год назад +11

    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)

  • @davidgourlay5892
    @davidgourlay5892 5 лет назад +603

    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

    • @gregsimpson621
      @gregsimpson621 5 лет назад +5

      Wow. I saw him in 1999. Now I'm going to see him in Texas. And he is 74!

    • @luisandresperez807
      @luisandresperez807 4 года назад

      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
      @@gregsimpson621

    • @titoh.9461
      @titoh.9461 4 года назад +1

      Awesome stories guys thanks for sharing 👌🏼

    • @CK-dd7eq
      @CK-dd7eq 4 года назад

      Love stories like this about music 👌🏻

    • @yargnad
      @yargnad 4 года назад

      On this side of the pond his tickets are usually $100+ per show, so I've never had the chance to see him live.

  • @MarcusReinerBMugas
    @MarcusReinerBMugas 3 года назад +266

    When you need to play at live aid but there is an urgent meeting at the office

  • @Bastikok
    @Bastikok 11 месяцев назад +7

    Eric Clapton AND Phil Collins. Greatness meet Greatness

  • @mikemcf33
    @mikemcf33 10 месяцев назад +15

    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.

  • @Kellsboro
    @Kellsboro 5 лет назад +949

    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!

    • @PaolaScissorhands
      @PaolaScissorhands 5 лет назад +65

      Kellsboro I dont know why I laughed so hard at “rented mule”.

    • @caseyxiang
      @caseyxiang 5 лет назад +1

      Diane Young me too

    • @ridge318
      @ridge318 5 лет назад +83

      He was dedicated towards the cause for LiveAid.

    • @Starry_Night_Sky7455
      @Starry_Night_Sky7455 5 лет назад +3

      Interesting. I've got to find these clips.

    • @Kellsboro
      @Kellsboro 5 лет назад +12

      @@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 ruclips.net/video/PNa8pJPB4oU/видео.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

  • @Jazzadrin
    @Jazzadrin 3 года назад +431

    Exceptional, Eric Clapton in his prime is something truly special, he wasn’t just a master guitarist, but truly a master songwriter.

    • @linjicakonikon7666
      @linjicakonikon7666 3 года назад +2

      For a year or two

    • @vanillagorilla8236
      @vanillagorilla8236 3 года назад +2

      He wrote most of his songs with a least one other person.

    • @Jazzadrin
      @Jazzadrin 3 года назад +1

      @@vanillagorilla8236 and?

    • @vanillagorilla8236
      @vanillagorilla8236 3 года назад

      @@Jazzadrin and it was not just him and !

    • @Jazzadrin
      @Jazzadrin 3 года назад +3

      @@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.

  • @chadandrew4762
    @chadandrew4762 4 месяца назад +2

    3:47...some of the most cathartic and heartwarming music ever written. It's simply beautiful. Much love Eric.

  • @Sidgeee
    @Sidgeee 7 месяцев назад +4

    Just discovered today that Clapton, Beck and Page played for the Yardbirds. God freakin damn, that's so freakishly awesome!

  • @cosmodog1803
    @cosmodog1803 4 года назад +304

    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.

    • @shahaffiq5860
      @shahaffiq5860 2 года назад +7

      I don't.

    • @brendadrumm9451
      @brendadrumm9451 2 года назад

      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

    • @dansullivan8648
      @dansullivan8648 2 года назад

      100%!!! There had to be something in the air and water back then. Best music ever!!

    • @themaskedviolinist1075
      @themaskedviolinist1075 2 года назад +6

      Who laughs? Only stupid persons... There s nothing to laugh about.

    • @miketiger6205
      @miketiger6205 2 года назад +1

      Everything was better back then todays is shite

  • @hallenettles5622
    @hallenettles5622 5 лет назад +945

    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

    • @migueldelillo7971
      @migueldelillo7971 4 года назад

      No xd

    • @ronanmusic118
      @ronanmusic118 4 года назад +5

      Facts

    • @gag3rs
      @gag3rs 4 года назад +2

      I think it’s nice cause it allows his takes to carry more weight in the song than normal

    • @strungalong9081
      @strungalong9081 4 года назад +2

      it might have something to do with the guitar fill hes playing when "layla" is sung.

  • @epii3503
    @epii3503 Год назад +6

    Clapton earned his way here, and it is the best of the best. True Clapton ---

  • @lindabrown8795
    @lindabrown8795 4 месяца назад +4

    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.

  • @rangeofmotion5993
    @rangeofmotion5993 5 лет назад +1657

    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?!?

    • @tacogladiator7503
      @tacogladiator7503 5 лет назад +57

      Range of Motion performance enhancing drug of all legends..the dude on the red kit should have let Phil lead

    • @andrewgeier83
      @andrewgeier83 5 лет назад +109

      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

    • @tacogladiator7503
      @tacogladiator7503 5 лет назад +37

      Andrew Geier True..but due to the modern miracle of RUclips we can slow the video down..try the quaalude speed of 0.5..

    • @hendrix1128
      @hendrix1128 5 лет назад +110

      @@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.

    • @BrotherDoesMinecraft
      @BrotherDoesMinecraft 5 лет назад +46

      It's cause they had 5 songs to do in 20 minutes

  • @Lindforce1
    @Lindforce1 4 года назад +309

    3:50 is without a doubt one of the most famous keyboard sounds ever.

    • @j1thom
      @j1thom 4 года назад +5

      Rita Coolidge...

    • @roszela1
      @roszela1 3 года назад +2

      @@j1thom I just posted about Rita and then saw your post. Well, we're helping spread the word about who really wrote that part.

    • @roysabo5319
      @roysabo5319 3 года назад +3

      Jump by Van Halen would like to have a word with you.

    • @oldschool1107
      @oldschool1107 3 года назад +2

      @@roysabo5319 the Final Countdown is laughing

    • @jestermindcrime1773
      @jestermindcrime1773 3 года назад

      @@roszela1 we all know

  • @screamingguitars124
    @screamingguitars124 4 месяца назад +2

    Best version of this song ever imo

  • @christabelboatemaa1523
    @christabelboatemaa1523 Год назад +3

    This is the best version

  • @Realmikesambo
    @Realmikesambo 4 года назад +8881

    Phil was playing this tempo because he had to pee. True story.

    • @steverounds8574
      @steverounds8574 4 года назад +437

      What a professional!

    • @61Ldf
      @61Ldf 4 года назад +843

      Mike Sam, at 6:50 Phil looks very relaxed. Too late?

    • @KermitTheFud
      @KermitTheFud 4 года назад +210

      61Ldf utilised the kick drum as a piss bucket perhaps 😂

    • @heggy_69
      @heggy_69 4 года назад +242

      Yeah cocaine'll do that to ya

    • @bobbbobb4663
      @bobbbobb4663 4 года назад +95

      I have to pee now after watching that set

  • @EatThan
    @EatThan 4 года назад +460

    Everyone: I love how Eric is just wearing work clothes
    Eric: but- I like these clothes

    • @sharonfaithgraves4329
      @sharonfaithgraves4329 4 года назад +11

      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!

    • @zekepliskin6398
      @zekepliskin6398 4 года назад +9

      Well he is working, so him wearing "work" clothes is appropriate. He likes the everyman look anyway 👍

    • @tienvannetten3463
      @tienvannetten3463 3 года назад

      8 Williams Europol euro'shad vreemde v R warme to pay to me

    • @mattilangofficial
      @mattilangofficial 3 года назад +2

      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!

    • @sarahlbeeney1920
      @sarahlbeeney1920 3 года назад

      @@zekepliskin6398 I agree...

  • @vinnahatcher4952
    @vinnahatcher4952 11 месяцев назад +3

    Very hot day. Firetrucks hosed is down. So happy I attended. Beautiful day and the music in Philly and London was awesome.

  • @sugargold4126
    @sugargold4126 Год назад +5

    The greatest 7 minutes in rock history, IMO!!

  • @edwindude9893
    @edwindude9893 4 года назад +82

    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 !

    • @jamesrobert680
      @jamesrobert680 2 года назад +1

      Who was her favourite performance?

    • @jamesquinn4306
      @jamesquinn4306 Год назад

      It was also the best concert i ever attended Your sister was right.

  • @diegom.2026
    @diegom.2026 5 лет назад +455

    It's just me or he looks SOOO BADASS

  • @nkrfishingandoutdoors2007
    @nkrfishingandoutdoors2007 2 года назад +9

    I love Eric Clapton he’s so talented from playing with a plastic guitar as a boy to bein a guitar legend! Definitely my fav artist

  • @michaelzielinski4030
    @michaelzielinski4030 8 месяцев назад +6

    He is a guitar god..he still is amazing

  • @thomaswatt9256
    @thomaswatt9256 5 лет назад +418

    When Britain rocked. The world

    • @sratus
      @sratus 5 лет назад

      What do you mean?

    • @thomaswatt9256
      @thomaswatt9256 5 лет назад +75

      We used to have rock bands now we've got manufactured girl and boy bands

    • @Defrap22
      @Defrap22 5 лет назад +19

      @@thomaswatt9256 80s was all america. Britain had the 60s.

    • @TMthe33rd
      @TMthe33rd 5 лет назад +40

      Well live aid itself is made by british people

    • @neolynx_
      @neolynx_ 5 лет назад +26

      @@Defrap22 queen?

  • @poboypowder7567
    @poboypowder7567 3 года назад +31

    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

  • @abdulaziz_Saud22243
    @abdulaziz_Saud22243 2 года назад +5

    It's so Classic It's so 80s the Light ,The Audience , The Atmosphere is Insane ✌

  • @SofiaZamboni
    @SofiaZamboni 29 дней назад +4

    This song is about Pattie Boyd, such an icon

  • @EJK2099
    @EJK2099 4 года назад +79

    Phil Collins is everywhere and associated with everyone.... amazing

  • @toddhawk4670
    @toddhawk4670 5 лет назад +135

    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!

    • @benparsons4979
      @benparsons4979 5 лет назад +6

      it happens all the time these days. Just go to a concert

    • @jw8599
      @jw8599 5 лет назад +10

      @@benparsons4979 a concert for a whole day with that amount of Bands/Singers/...???
      Show me that concert please!

    • @benparsons4979
      @benparsons4979 5 лет назад +3

      @@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"

    • @StabStabStabStabby
      @StabStabStabStabby 5 лет назад +1

      Any festival

    • @mattseegmiller62
      @mattseegmiller62 4 года назад

      @@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.

  • @amergigolo1442
    @amergigolo1442 2 года назад +4

    Eric was on fire here!!!

  • @themanwholoveswhiskey
    @themanwholoveswhiskey 5 месяцев назад +3

    every performance has its own special thing and that makes every one perfect.

  • @Roe-RoeG
    @Roe-RoeG 3 года назад +67

    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 ❤️

    • @fidelb1957
      @fidelb1957 3 года назад

      35ruclips.net/video/LGDqBlMc860/видео.html

  • @brianb572
    @brianb572 4 года назад +31

    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

  • @caringguy32
    @caringguy32 Год назад +9

    Much respect to Eric on this performance, a great song, a staple for everyone. When I first saw this video I didn't know that Mr. Collins was on the drums. Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, It's great music and there has to be some sort of pause in life for society, take a deep breath and remember that you just heard a great song and performance..Job well done to the band, A great song.

  • @williampayne7678
    @williampayne7678 2 года назад +12

    Eric Capton Is a Awesome Guitarist and Phil Collins is a Awesome Drummer. Great performance.

  • @greypossum1
    @greypossum1 5 лет назад +92

    Less than two weeks after this performance, three out of the top five albums in the U.K were by Eric Clapton

  • @LuckyLuke360
    @LuckyLuke360 5 лет назад +355

    Just learned how to play the full song today feeling happy now

  • @pseudonymlifts2
    @pseudonymlifts2 Год назад +8

    Clapton's vocals are underrated

  • @Hawkrvo
    @Hawkrvo 5 месяцев назад +6

    The end of an era of real music and great artists. Such a sad music scene today.

  • @fuiers
    @fuiers 3 года назад +204

    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.

    • @fidelb1957
      @fidelb1957 3 года назад +1

      Gtruclips.net/video/LGDqBlMc860/видео.html

    • @frankslade33
      @frankslade33 2 года назад +2

      Yeah I'm no fan of his but I love this solo, remember it from when I was a teen.

    • @kevinzeng7077
      @kevinzeng7077 Год назад

      it’s his best one

    • @ruud9691
      @ruud9691 10 месяцев назад +2

      no fan of Clapton? How is that possible lol. Guy is a pioneer.@@frankslade33

    • @pech3617
      @pech3617 9 месяцев назад

      @@ruud9691people don’t have to like what you like lol

  • @coasterfanatic3441
    @coasterfanatic3441 5 лет назад +114

    I’ve rewatched this 4 times
    I’m not done yet

  • @sebastian993
    @sebastian993 Год назад +16

    this & Dire Straits are still my favourite live guitar solo performances of all time

  • @evanh7009
    @evanh7009 Год назад +1

    No phones! Amazing !!!!!!!!❤

  • @giftycustom5560
    @giftycustom5560 4 года назад +110

    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

  • @rokkstar5565
    @rokkstar5565 4 года назад +89

    Phil Collins playing the hell out of those drums

    • @Jleed989
      @Jleed989 4 года назад +5

      ROKK STAR he’s right on too

  • @donnamead3138
    @donnamead3138 2 года назад +19

    Phil Collins on the drums??!!!!! What an amazing song, and beautifully done!!!

  • @chotnt
    @chotnt Год назад +2

    Feels like song is faster than ever ; )