Behind The Mask

[@MrSrv79]

cant believe i found this. i was 15 and in the second row for this very concert and still say its the best concert i have ever seen. after seeing this show i saved all my pocket money (and with a little help from my oldman) and went and bought a white usa strat with maple neck just like his, and its still my number 1 guitar today. many many thanks for putting this up. EC still number 1.

[@tezmor6343]

Sounds real cool. Jealous in Coventry England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, , I’d love to have seen this show

[@Cream1968]

Saw Eric in 68 at age 15, 3 years later I bought a used Strat like he used on his solo album Still own it today a 54 Strat….😉

[@prathameshbhambure]

Never before seeing this have I ever loved this kinda songs. Eric makes me fall in love with everything he makes!

[@prathameshbhambure]

Whoever shoots all these Eric's performances on their own devices and then share em with us are nothing shorter than angels. Pure angels! Eternally grateful to Eric and such people!

[@carlosconesa]

Man, 1996's Clapton was AWESOME.

[@carteyano]

One of the best Clapton's sound, all the nineties.

[@samarajames8869]

Superb vocals, love this track...

[@johnnybowe]

He sings better than most and his guitar skills are awesome.

[@FantasyIsLifeWela1955]

As usual, Clapton makes it his own. Wow!

[@DepecheFan1]

thanks for this, I feel like I was there, and it gives me insight on what it would have been like to see him in concert. amazing! I so jealous of everyone who got to see him in his prime...

[@allankennethsimpsonesq.9813]

MusicLover1 he’s still in his prime! 😎

[@allankennethsimpsonesq.9813]

Didn’t know he was still playing this song in the mid 90s. I had only seen live versions in 86 or 87. Thanks for posting this rare performance!

[@rizzalater72]

Sorry pal. I'm as big a Clapton fan as anyone. He's deteriorating. Has been for a few years now. Saw him 15 times going on 16. The last 2 shows were not worth those outrageous prices of admission. They were mediocre. And it hurts me to say that. But facts are facts. He's still "Da Man" though.

[@rjo9113]

Awesome; thanks for the video; THE GREATEST!

[@FencePost-2024]

great vid.rare. was this one of the last tours he played this song? very odd seeing him play this without eighties shoulder pads !

[@JamesPCroad]

Excellent. Clapton before oldness got to him proper. Love the bum note at 2.59 as well :P

[@richardv.582]

there use to be another vid. where he really chunked, but they took it down..

[@pabloperez4063]

Full of energy !

[@TheTokenBrit1986]

A Great Clapton performance!

[@susanreed2802]

Good upload columbo, thanks

[@gw2031]

What a voice ,Clapton is one cool dude !

[@Ich1go5lover]

Obsessed with Eric's version.

[@zoltanverdon7158]

ONE WORD.......GOD.

[@tnewton1988]

All along, had to talk about it, Like a two-edged sword, he touched you and it stabs me All along, knew you were a phony girl, Sit behind the mask where you control your world Yesterday he had you in his arms When I'm holding you, I feel his bitter charms I can't judge what you do to me Camoflage the truth, indulge your fantasy Who do you love? Is it me now, is it him babe? I don't know Who do you love? Is it me babe, is it him now? I don't know There is nothing in your eyes that's the way you cry All is grand, all is bright You're just studying my mind There is nothing in your eyes that's the way you cry All is grand, all is bright You're just studying my mind Was I invited to your masquerade? Well the party's over so now take off your face You say you love, but it's hard to see When you're in his arms, throwing rocks at me I walk around suffering in my doom When I come to you, you're sitting in your room The truth is news, I have longed to trace So take off the mask so I can see your face Who do you love? Is it me baby, is it him now? I don't know Who do you love? Is it me babe, is it him baby? I don't know Who do you love? Is it me babe, is it him now? I don't know Who do you love? Is it me now, is it him baby? I don't know Who do you love? Is it me baby, is it him now? I don't know Who do you love? Is it me baby, is it him now? I don't know Who do you love? Is it me baby, is it him? I want to know Who do you love?

[@DeOmnibusDubitandum76]

Great footage and sound for the year. The camera must have been top notch.

[@りんりんのYouTubeちゃんねる]

世界的名曲

[@ERENA771]

YMO

[@I-am-the-walrus]

Shiny guitar

[@slowhand5160t]

man does he sound good play good clapton in his prime incrediable

[@houseofguelph8825]

Predicts the future here

[@Darkcydesreign]

Wow

[@pabloperez4063]

Year...? Looks like 95...by his look....(?)

[@michaelrawson6261]

Feb '96 by my reckoning... matter of fact, I know it was... I was there.

[@paulthompson6832]

Mj's words probably about diana ross at the time it was wrote

[@michaelrawson6261]

*WRITTEN*

[@javiergiacomone9861]

Last behind the mask Performance alive?

[@jbawn]

He played it last night in Buenos Aires

[@luise.arista125]

@@jbawn HA! I came to reply the very same thing. I didn't know it, searched for it and ended up here.

[@jbawn]

​@@luise.arista125it's one of his biggest songs of the 80s. Has a real 80s cheesy sync which sounded cheesy as f in the late 90s and 00s. But is cool again now. Check out the version from Princes Trust concert with all star line up. Also Michael Jackson wrote the lyrics for this and his version was meant to be on the Thriller album but was rejected. It's originally a some from some mad Japanese disco/ Kraftwerk trow band from 1979

[@luise.arista125]

@@jbawn WOW, thanks for sharing all of this. I thought I knew Clapton from the 80's, but I completely missed this one. Now I'm reading the whole story: it was written by Ryuchi Sakamoto's band, MJ wrote some words, Greg Phillinganes recorded it and eventually suggested Clapton to make a version. I'm reading it wasn't performed very often after the 80's, so it was a real gift to seeing it live yesterday (he also played Believe in Life, a first-timer, according to setlist.fm).

[@benjaminsmith3753]

Christ the brass detracts from this great song. Not supposed to be a feel-good number.

[@justafanintexas7913]

This version has no pop to it. Needs Midge Ure and Mark Hill.

[@robmorrison1043]

This version blows the pop crap version away! Comparing Clapton to those dopes is as n insult!

[@CiscoDuck]

Needs Phil Collins!

[@sirkayda7205]

@@CiscoDuck - Love Phil

[@オヤジデラックス-u4t]

マイコーでもクラプトンでもない 誰やねん! Who is he

[@robertkirk4387]

worst version of this ever

[@michaelrawson6261]

Absolute bollocks...! Great version!