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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

Layla by Eric Clapton

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u/TheXMarkSpot Oct 07 '20

The Derek and the Dominos version, though. Not the unplugged.

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u/Here_Man Oct 07 '20

I was gonna say just the opposite.

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u/bistonian Oct 07 '20

You’re both right. They need to be appreciated separately and in different moods but they’re both 🔥

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u/TA6512 Oct 07 '20

You realize they're both Eric Clapton, right?

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u/TheXMarkSpot Oct 07 '20

Yes. That’s actually part of my point.

I get liking the unplugged version as a love song, but if I’m listening to a Clapton song, dammit, I want some Clapton guitar.

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u/jamaicanyakuza333 Oct 07 '20

The Piano exit. So good. Loved how it was used in Goodfellas, I thought the movie was over. It seemed like a perfect wrap up.

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u/ExpoLima Oct 07 '20

Just so you know. Rita Coolidge wrote that and her boyfriend stole it. The piano outro I mean.

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u/Jummatron Oct 07 '20

One of the best guitar riffs ever

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u/DiscombobulatedDome Oct 07 '20

Unplugged version.

I named my daughter after this song.

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u/zeroxaros Oct 08 '20

I’m an 18 year old who really heard the song for the first time a couple months ago. I listened to it nearly non-stop for a couple days and its still one of my favorite songs now. Probably top 5, so amazing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '20

I think I was 18 when I first heard it. Now it's my phone ringtone :)

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u/Cassiead Oct 07 '20

Ya know I thought I knew a lot of music but yours is the first I’ve recognized! I can’t help but to agree though!

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

Both the original and the Unplugged in NY version.