Layla
Жила-была в 12 веке некая Nizami's epic poem, "Leyli and Majnun".
Спустя некоторое количество веков одаренные дяденьки Eric Clapton и Jim Gordon написали на ее основе популярную песню.
What'll you do when you get lonely
And no one's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.
Chorus:
Layla, got me on my knees,
Layla, Begging, darling please, Layla,
Darling, won't you ease my worried mind?
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain
Вот так она звучит в оригинале, если кто подзабыл:)
Layla-Derek and the Dominos
Но я, как выяснилось, росла на версии Unplagged.
Нравятся мне все, но привычнее последняя.
Конечно, легче сказать, кто НЕ исполнял эту песню)) Но абсолютно потрясающая и зажигательная версия нумеро уно -
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Layla
Следующая - отличная версия с вокалом, на видео лучше внимание не обращать -
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Layla
А вот этот вариант при всем моем уважении к классической музыке - из разряда "что, ЧТО курил автор?!" о_О
London symphony orchestra - Layla (1981)
Кто дослушает до конца - поделитесь впечатлениями.
И просто хороший кавер - Schenker/Pattison Summit's cover of Clapton's LAYLA.
Michael Schenker(Guitars)
Davey Pattison(Vocals)
Tim Bogert(Bass)
Aynsley Dunbar(Drums)
Most people know "Layla" is about Patti Boyd but not that the lyrics were based on a book by the poet Nizami- "Layla and Majnun" about a man in love with an unobtainable woman. When he accepts the futility, he goes insane. Ironic, because George Harrison allegedly told Clapton (about Boyd) "You can have her". Once Clapton had her, it wasn't all he thought it would be and he soon left her for Lory Del Santo... (mother of his son, Conor, who died tragically in '91- "Tears in Heaven")
Jim Gordon, "Dominoes" drummer, percussionist & pianist... who wrote the haunting piano coda for "Layla", murdered his mother in 1983. He was imprisoned and eventually diagnosed an acute paranoid schizophrenic.
'Layla' is a difficult one, because it's a difficult song to perform live. You have to have a good complement of musicians to get all of the ingredients going but, when you've got that... It's difficult to do as a quartet, for instance, because there are some parts you have to play and sing completely opposing lines, which is almost impossible to do. If you've got a big band, which I will have on the tour, then it will be easy to do something like 'Layla' - and I'm very proud of it. I love to hear it. It's almost like it's not me. It's like I'm listening to someone that I really like. Derek and The Dominos was a band I really liked-and it's almost like I wasn’t in that band. It's just a band that I'm a fan of. Sometimes, my own music can be like that. When it's served its purpose to being good music, I don't associate myself with it anymore. It's like someone else. It's easy to do those songs then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla
Спустя некоторое количество веков одаренные дяденьки Eric Clapton и Jim Gordon написали на ее основе популярную песню.
What'll you do when you get lonely
And no one's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.
Chorus:
Layla, got me on my knees,
Layla, Begging, darling please, Layla,
Darling, won't you ease my worried mind?
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain
Вот так она звучит в оригинале, если кто подзабыл:)
Click to viewLayla-Derek and the Dominos
Но я, как выяснилось, росла на версии Unplagged.
Нравятся мне все, но привычнее последняя.
Конечно, легче сказать, кто НЕ исполнял эту песню)) Но абсолютно потрясающая и зажигательная версия нумеро уно -
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Layla
Следующая - отличная версия с вокалом, на видео лучше внимание не обращать -
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Layla
А вот этот вариант при всем моем уважении к классической музыке - из разряда "что, ЧТО курил автор?!" о_О
London symphony orchestra - Layla (1981)
Кто дослушает до конца - поделитесь впечатлениями.
И просто хороший кавер - Schenker/Pattison Summit's cover of Clapton's LAYLA.
Michael Schenker(Guitars)
Davey Pattison(Vocals)
Tim Bogert(Bass)
Aynsley Dunbar(Drums)
Most people know "Layla" is about Patti Boyd but not that the lyrics were based on a book by the poet Nizami- "Layla and Majnun" about a man in love with an unobtainable woman. When he accepts the futility, he goes insane. Ironic, because George Harrison allegedly told Clapton (about Boyd) "You can have her". Once Clapton had her, it wasn't all he thought it would be and he soon left her for Lory Del Santo... (mother of his son, Conor, who died tragically in '91- "Tears in Heaven")
Jim Gordon, "Dominoes" drummer, percussionist & pianist... who wrote the haunting piano coda for "Layla", murdered his mother in 1983. He was imprisoned and eventually diagnosed an acute paranoid schizophrenic.
'Layla' is a difficult one, because it's a difficult song to perform live. You have to have a good complement of musicians to get all of the ingredients going but, when you've got that... It's difficult to do as a quartet, for instance, because there are some parts you have to play and sing completely opposing lines, which is almost impossible to do. If you've got a big band, which I will have on the tour, then it will be easy to do something like 'Layla' - and I'm very proud of it. I love to hear it. It's almost like it's not me. It's like I'm listening to someone that I really like. Derek and The Dominos was a band I really liked-and it's almost like I wasn’t in that band. It's just a band that I'm a fan of. Sometimes, my own music can be like that. When it's served its purpose to being good music, I don't associate myself with it anymore. It's like someone else. It's easy to do those songs then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla