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Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

Sad, reminds me of way too many times Murph simply said "We'll be back with the recap after this.

2 votes

Good for a things are changing for worse montage, ala what happens to most of the Lufthansa heist crew in Goodfellas.

4 votes

Happy, could signify the singer moving on from this crappy relationship he is singing about.

2 votes

SteveJRogers Jun 14 2012 08:16 PM

Eric Clapton's iconic ballad to Patti Boyd is famous for it's nice piano coda playing out the last few minutes of the song. Normally I always think of how through the 80s, and some of the early 90s, that piece was used under Bob Murphy sending it to a commercial after a loss, saying "We'll back back with the recap after this." With Kool & The Gang's "Celebration" playing under Murph's Happy Recap declarations. And the demise of Henry Hill brings to mind the nice way it was used in the montage showing the various fates of the members of the Lufthansa heist crew and setting up Tommy's death in Goodfellas, another kind of telling that the piece is meant more of a sober piece of music. Yet, interestingly, was chatting with someone in England over Facebook, who suggested the coda, a complete change musically from the rest of the hard guitar rocker, can be seen as a change in attitude for the singer. After being in this horrid and chaotic relationship, he is now content and calmer. I don't know, I still feel like Murph is going to come back on the air in a few moments to give the thumbnail recap of how the Mets lost before sending it to the post game show.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 14 2012 09:07 PM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

I mean, it CAN be seen that way. By someone who hasn't seen Goodfellas.

RealityChuck Jun 15 2012 06:47 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

It tells me the best part of the song has just ended.

Edgy MD Jun 15 2012 07:12 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

I like it, though I'm not a big Clapton guy (not a Clapper). Not sure of my musical read on it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 15 2012 07:42 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

Couldn't be more indifferent.

TransMonk Jun 15 2012 08:24 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

Angry. I hate Eric Clapton.

Mets – Willets Point Jun 15 2012 08:51 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

This thread needs photos of Pattie Boyd.

Fman99 Jun 15 2012 10:15 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

Little known fact: the guy who wrote that part of the song, Derek and the Dominoes/session drummer Jim Gordon, later went bat shit crazy and killed his mother with a hammer.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 15 2012 10:27 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent? Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 15 2012 10:30 AM

There appears to be quite a cleavage on the matter.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 15 2012 10:28 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

I saw D&D second keyboardist Bobby Whitlock at the old Lone Star Cafe about 30 years ago. He played the Layla coda -- just the coda -- as part of his set. As of now, the Whitlock songs are my faves on the Layla album, particularly Anyday and I Looked Away. Anyday [youtube]lFFS_BG80w0[/youtube]

SteveJRogers Jun 15 2012 11:08 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

Heh, and am I'm apparently the only one on here that associates it, well that portion of the song, with it being the music that played under Murph following the final out of a Met loss. Am I the only one that notices that sort of thing?

Frayed Knot Jun 15 2012 11:09 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

I kind of like the idea that a song can actually take a break from lyrics have a long instrumental segment. It serves as a reminder of when even complete instrumentals were permitted to do things like get radio airplay and be counted on billboard charts and the like.

SteveJRogers Jun 15 2012 11:10 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

And so it began...

bmfc1 Jun 16 2012 08:32 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

One of the greatest songs ever recorded. It always gets my attention and makes me a little nuts. Thanks for starting this thread. My answer is d) all of the above.

Fman99 Jun 16 2012 07:33 PM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

I associate it first and foremost with the "Goodfellas" sequence. Having said that, the Derek and the Dominoes is one of my all time favorite albums, and Clapton wouldn't come anywhere close to it on any recording again after that time.

Ashie62 Jun 16 2012 09:49 PM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

Sad..it is still the losers serenade after the last race at the Meadowlands racetrack..

cooby Jun 17 2012 07:04 PM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

I love Layla. It's my ringtone. The ending doesn't make me any of the above; it makes me reflective. It's a good question Steve. It is a very emotional bit of music.

seawolf17 Jun 17 2012 09:06 PM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

(e) I totally remember learning to play this on piano and wish I still played as much I should. (I should scrounge up the money to have this fricking thing tuned, at least.)

metsguyinmichigan Jun 20 2012 04:59 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

I like the bird sounds at the end.

G-Fafif Jun 20 2012 05:56 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

It will always be Heilman to me.

Frayed Knot Jun 20 2012 06:01 AM Re: Layla Piano Coda, sad, happy, indifferent?

G-Fafif wrote: It will always be Heilman to me. Heilman tried to make the best of his situation, and then he finally went insane.