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Clapton Puts 'Tears in Heaven' to Rest

#1 Postby TexasStooge » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:23 pm

NEW YORK (AP) - Two of Eric Clapton's best-known songs are gone from his concert repertoire — perhaps for good.

The guitar legend found, during a series of concerts in Japan a few months ago, that he couldn't perform "Tears in Heaven" and "My Father's Eyes."

The songs, both Grammy Award winners, deal with the loss of his 4-year-old son, Conor, who died when he fell from a New York apartment in 1991.

"I didn't feel the loss anymore, which is so much a part of performing those songs," he said in an interview with The Associated Press.

"I really have to connect with the feelings that were there when I wrote them," he said. "They're kind of gone and I really don't want them to come back, particularly. My life is a different life now."

He said he'd feel conflicted to sing the songs at a time when he's happy.

"They probably need a rest," he said, "and maybe I'll introduce them from a much more detached point of view."
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#2 Postby azsnowman » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:43 pm

That's an incrediable bummer, I love "Tears in Heaven"

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#3 Postby sunnyday » Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:12 pm

How could he not feel the loss anymore? That sounds so cold. I'm glad he has adjusted, but I would think he would feel the loss forever. :cry:
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#4 Postby chadtm80 » Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:24 pm

Bummer.. I LOVE that song.
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