"...darling won't you ease my worried mind."

[domino43]

So...is it normal to love a song, but have it make you rather angry everytime you hear it? And you still insist on listening to it?

Everytime I hear Layla by Eric Clapton, I get mad. Especially at the line:

I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.

Not angry at him, angry at her. For the uninitiated, I mean Pattie Boyd-Harrison-Clapton. He wrote it for her while she was still married to my Georgie. I love the song, especially the MTV Unplugged version. Unfortunately, I get mad whenever I hear it.

I also get angry when I hear his song Wonderful Tonight. It's about her, too. Of course I get more angry about that one for a totally different reason, as well...

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[urgayleswoman.livejournal.com]

That's about her too? Oooh didn't realize that.

[domino43.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. A lot of Clapton's love songs from the 70's and 80's are about her. ie. "Pretty Blue Eyes", "Golden Ring", "Never Make You Cry", "Pretty Girl"...