Assignment8: Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton

1974 1977




You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qneh8eJTcas

Wonderful Tonight
Artist: Eric Clapton Album: Slowhand Released: 1977
It's late in the evening

She's wondering what clothes to wear

She puts on her make-up

And brushes her long blonde hair

And then she asks me

Do I look alright

And I say yes, you look wonderful tonight

We go a party

And everyone turns to see

This beautiful lady

That's walking around with me

And then she asks me

Do you feel alright

And I say yes, I feel wonderful tonight

I feel wonderful

Because I see the love light in your eyes

And the wonder of it all

Is that you just don't realize

How much I love you

It's time to go home now

And I've got an aching head

So I give her the car keys

She helps me to bed

And then I tell her

As I turn out the light

I say my darling, you were wonderful tonight

Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight

今晚真美　　　　
已是傍晚時分
她心想：該穿哪件衣服好呢？
她略施脂粉
梳了梳金色的長髮
然後問我：「我看起來如何？」
我答道：「你今晚看起來真美！」

我們到了宴會場合
每個人都轉過頭來
盯著這位走在我身旁的美女
然後，她問我：「你覺得還好嗎？」
我回答說：「我今晚覺得好極了！」

我感覺很好
是因為我看到了你眼裡愛的光芒
而且最棒的是
你並不了解我有多麼愛你

是回家的時候了
我的頭有點痛
於是，我把汽車鑰匙交給她
是她送我回家上床休息的
熄燈時，我告訴她
我說：「親愛的，你今晚真美！
　　　　噢，親愛的，你今晚真美！」

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Today, I am going to introduce Eric Clapton who is an English blues-rockguitarist, singer, songwriter and composer.

He is good at playing guitar (you can see how well the performance of guitar he has in the beginning of the video) and he was called "Slowhand."

Because whenever Clapton broke a guitar string during a concert, he would stay on stage and replace it, the audiences would wait out the delay by doing.

The song "Wonderful Tonight" is my favorite song.

I heard the song from one of my brothers. He taught me how to play guitar when I was in the senior high. Although I finally gave up leaning the chores of the guitar, I still remember how my feelings are when he was singing with his guitar playing in front of me. After I went home, I quickly search the lyrics of the song and music videos.

I think the song is so beautiful that I can't help to start to imagine a lot of romantic scenes where I encounter a boy in a ball. : )

The song isn't just some words that put together, it seems like a man and a woman who are talking to each other in a wonderful night. We can see some of Chinese songs are also like that. The song makes me feel real and ususal and the scene of the song probably will happen to some of people. Isn't it romantic?

Also, I am fond of a boy who can sing love song plays guitar.

Do you think it will fascinate girls whatever the boy looks like?

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The following information is from http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1373

Clapton wrote this in 1976 while waiting for his girlfriend (and future wife) Pattie to get ready for a night out.

(Eric Clapton ans Pattie Boyd)

They were going to a Buddy Holly tribute that Paul McCartney put together, and Clapton was in the familiar position of waiting while she tried on clothes

Pattie was married to George Harrison when Clapton expressed his love for her on the song "Layla."

Clapton and Harrison remained good friends, and Harrison even played at their wedding in 1979 (Pattie married Eric after Harrison).

Pattie inspired a lot of great songs. George Harrison wrote "Something" and "For You Blue" for her, while she inspired Clapton to write this, "Layla," "Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad," and "Forever Man," among others.

The day after they were married, Clapton brought Pattie on stage and sang thisto her at his show in Tucson, Arizona.

Pattie Boyd recalled to The Guardian December 13, 2008 that Clapton "was sitting round playing his guitar while I was trying on dresses upstairs. I was taking so long and I was panicking about my hair, my clothes, everything, and I came downstairs expecting him to really berate (scold) me but he said, "Listen to this!" In the time she had taken to get ready Clapton had written this song.

Eric and Pattie divorced in 1988. Their divorce was granted on grounds of "infidelity (disloyalty) and unreasonable behaviour (his affair with Italian model Lori Del Santo, who gave birth to their son Conor in August 1986)."

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More information about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton

Clapton's close friendship with George Harrison had brought him into contact with Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd, with whom he became deeply infatuated(fascinated).

The Story of Layla and Majnun, a copy of which his friend Ian Dallas had givenhim. The book moved Clapton profoundly as it was the tale of a young man whofell hopelessly in love with a beautiful, unavailable woman and who went crazy because he could not marry her.

The two parts of "Layla" were recorded in separate sessions: the opening guitarsection was recorded first, and for the second section, laid down several monthslater, drummer Jim Gordon composed and played the elegiac (mournful) piano part.

In 1974, now partnered with Pattie (they would not actually marry until 1979)and no longer using heroin (although starting to drink heavily).

In 1984, while still married to Pattie Boyd, Clapton began a year-long relationship with Yvonne Kelly. The two had a daughter, Ruth, in January 1985. Clapton and Kelly did not make any public announcement about the birth of their daughter, and she was not publicly revealed as his child until 1991.

Boyd did not know of the existence of Ruth until 1991; she stated that "[what] cut deepest was that Eric had known about the child all along. While declaring undying love to me and pleading with me to go back to him, he had been paying Yvonne maintenance (means of subsistence) for the past six years."

Kelly and Ruth moved back to England, and the myth of Eric's secret daughter began as a result of newspaper articles published at the time.

Clapton and Boyd divorced in 1989 following his affair with Italian model Lori Del Santo, who gave birth to their son Conor in August 1986.

Boyd herself was never able to conceive (give birth to) children, despite attempts at in *vitro fertilization.

* 試管嬰兒胚胎植入 (In Vitro Fertilization, IVF).

* 受精後胚胎植入子宮腔者，稱為體外受精胚胎植入術
(In Vitro Fertilization Embryo Transfer, IVF-ET)

Their divorce was granted on grounds of "infidelity and unreasonable behaviour."

The early 1990s saw tragedy enter Clapton's life again. On 27 August 1990, fellow guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, who was touring with Clapton, and two members of their road crew were killed in a helicopter crash between concerts.

Then, on 20 March 1991, Conor, who was four years of age, died when he fell from the 53rd-story window of his mother's friend's New York City apartment, landing on the roof of an adjacent four-story building. Clapton's grief was expressed in the song "Tears in Heaven", which was co-written by Will Jennings. He received a total of six Grammys that year for the single "Tears in Heaven" and the Unplugged album.

(Eric Clapton,Lory Del Santo, and their Son)

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Additional Songs:

You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX5USg8_1gA

Full of excitement but comfortable, and relax.... : )

Layla
What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.

Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm 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.

(Chorus)
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.

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.

(Chorus)
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.

(Chorus)
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.

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You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g2IlaDLVLo

Tears in heaven

Would you know my name?
If I saw you in heaven
Would it be the same?
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven

Would you hold my hand?
If I saw you in heaven
Would you help me stand?
If I saw you in heaven
I'll find my way through night and day
Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven

Time can bring you down
Time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart
Have you begging please, begging please

Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven

Would you know my name?
If I saw you in heaven
Would it be the same?
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven

And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven

淚灑天堂
你還記得我的名字嗎？
如果我在天堂遇見你
我們還能像從前一樣嗎？
如果我在天堂遇見你
我必須堅強，堅持下去
因為我知道我並不屬於天堂

你會握住我的手嗎？
如果我在天堂遇見你
你會扶我起來嗎？
如果我在天堂遇見你
我會找到度過日夜的方法
因為我知道我不能留在天堂

時間使人意志消沈
時間使人屈膝臣服
時間使人傷心
你是否曾向它求饒？

跨越那道門後，我相信是一片祥和
而我知道，不會再有人淚灑天堂

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2008