Eric Clapton - Forever Man (1985) HQ

Eric Clapton, playing live at the Hartford CT Civic Center, on May 1st, 1985. It's from Behind The Sun tour. Song's called Forever Man.
Lineup:
"Duck" Dunn - bass
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Tim Renwick - guitar
Eric Clapton - guitar
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Marcy Levy & Shaun Murphy - backing vocals
//////Lyrics:
How many times must I tell you babe,
How many bridges I've got to cross?
How many times must I explain myself
Before I can talk to the boss,
'Fore I can talk to the boss?
How many times must I say I love you
Before you finally understand?
Won't you be my forever woman?
I'll try to be your forever man,
Try to be your forever man.
Second Verse
Forever man, forever man, forever man.
Forever man, forever man, forever man.
Try to be your forever man.
Forever man, forever man, forever man.
Forever man, forever man, forever man.
Try to be your forever man.
Enjoy!

[@prathameshbhambure]

Tim Renwick's solo was so melodic... won my heart❤

[@thomasbell7033]

Tim Renwick? I know him from Al Stewart records.

[@MaxMontauk]

You are absolutely right. Tim‘s solo is the best by far. Best live version of Forever Man in KZbin universe.

[@erikthys3911]

@@MaxMontauk Has a Knopfler ring to it

[@user-xd6fl7dr8b]

This song Reminds me of my late father. He'll always be my forever man

[@shawnbrennan1]

I was at this show. Row 5. I actually bootlegged it only to find out they were recording it anyway!

[@DaveLeach697]

+shawnbrennan1 I'm extremely envious.

[@NYVoice]

Eric was in such good vocal form here.

[@SebastiaanSweers]

NYVoice yes indeed

[@deldia]

With the increased competition from the new wave of guitar heroes Clapton did very well to establish himself as a great singer.

[@tomvaudrey6068]

He was sober in 85. Relapsed again not long after mind.

[@BackToTheBlues]

Lovely seeing those dual tambourines in action. Percussion like that makes a huge difference to the energy of a track.

[@bloozedaddy]

tempo can be everything....this just got insane. Good to see the Duck though.

[@jkckmarcumful]

Yeah, played it a little fast. Might've done some yeyo before and during the show.

[@duanesealy3592]

Totally agree Duck Dunn was a great bass player R.I.P.

[@jkckmarcumful]

​@@duanesealy3592 f'n A, he was. He's up there with the best bass players of all time.

[@davidevans3227]

yes! thankyou i was trying to remember name of chap on the bass... 🙂

[@tomlehr861]

Not porcaro

[@njdrummer7120]

80s Clapton often overlooked but I think he had some KICK ASS songs in the 80s....

[@oscarmologni2723]

...and the great Jamie Oldaker 💙

[@sunnyzorro]

He had an unique style of drumming...😊

[@DaveLeach697]

Eric Clapton...say n'more. I'm in my declining years now but this amazing man has influenced my rock since I first discovered radio. Seems like the first 'long' song I heard was Layla. We were so used to the Beatles' short songs and Layla just jumped out at us. Incredible guitarist and lyricist, Clapton is one for the books :) Cream, Derrick and the Dominos, Clapton. 'Nuff said.

[@matthewthurmond1991]

Your end is nie

[@DaveLeach697]

@@matthewthurmond1991 NEE!!!

[@Ittybittythetwofacedkitty]

Dang that’s fast paced

[@ariellyn7253]

He's at the top of his game during the 80's thru the 90's. And this song had special significance between me and my late husband; it was a private joke. Love it!!

[@Tony-rd9rc]

Foam-rubber man! I remember you from the original, what a sweet story thank you for sharing

[@texocalistation6049]

I knew someone who joked that it sounded like he was singing "Poor Rebel Man", lol.

[@texocalistation6049]

I knew someone who joked that it sounded like he was singing "Poor Rebel Man", lol.

[@texocalistation6049]

@@Tony-rd9rc I knew someone who joked that it sounded like he was singing "Poor Rebel Man", lol.

[@Tony-rd9rc]

@@texocalistation6049 lmaoo

[@drummercook60]

One kick ass tune!

[@James-cc6mn]

Beautiful,perfect, thanks....

[@tomlehr861]

Great drummer

[@neilsanyal3723]

Bloody hell! Hits you like a bullet , it's sung that fast.

[@Malaparte1000]

I really think that Tim Renwick's guitar solo is better than Clapton's one, especially at 2:36. Really beautiful.

[@andreilucian10]

Eric agree with that smile❤

[@maripisanugreenwood]

totally agree

[@netoribeiro7178]

I've heard Clpaton was kidna druk at this concert tho

[@davidevans3227]

Clapton's doing the solo from the song? ..and the other guy is doing his own thing, maybe?? sorry, who is he?

[@naomilambert4994]

Great Clapton and the drummer WOO

[@kamilebrahimoff3589]

My favorite Clapton song. Fortunately, he is still alive despite the poor life choices he made.

[@scottwagner3694]

This song needs another 2 verses, too short and freakin rocks!

[@kaylaray2768]

Amazing I wanna play my guitar like him!

[@ezrapound2843]

It's all minor pentatonic with an added flat 5th.

[@ZatoichiBlindSword]

lol who wouldn't?

[@capri2673]

It's an easy song to play.

[@nickwride2023]

From this album, a great blues tune called "Same Old Blues". Give it a listen.

[@davidbakerscuba]

One of my Clapton favorites!! Awesome stuff here.

[@chelloufhedi2735]

this version is simply Masterpiece !!!!

[@elaineisabelle427]

Wow, my Favorite Clayton tune, love it, this live version is amazing.

[@niallms83]

Yeah Clayton sho am good!

[@davidevans3227]

fast but great 🙂

[@fadingdimension]

Wish this song was twice as long.

[@jaxflfreebird]

The song WOULD and SHOULD have been longer but the band was playing the song as if they were all on SPEED or something. Jeez, the band was playing WAY TOO DAMNED FAST. I had a hankering to hear this song and I chose LIVE and I was so disappointed right off. This happens though all the damn time. Band members simply play a song too damned fast. It's a problem with any band. The best bands can fuck up a song by either playing a song too fast or too slow.

[@drummerman31]

Wow! That was fast! It actually felt like it was speeding up during the song. LOL Nothing wrong with that. Music should speed up and slow down occasionally. It makes it more real and organic.

[@danmuffley6418]

To my Wife In Heaven 2-20-22.

[@blaskode]

Tim sounds quite a bit like Eric when he takes that outro solo. He was good when he played with Floyd, too.

[@John_Doe643]

He’s an outstanding guitarist- brilliant tone

[@davidevans3227]

sorry, who is he? don't recognise anyone except the bass player and e.c. of course... 🙂

[@kopy567]

it was my first Clapton song I ever heard, it was 1985, it was also the first Lp from Eric, Wow, what a groove. See here Donald "Duck" Dunn, R.I.P

[@loydmac]

Same experience for me. I was 12 or 13 years old when this album came out, so it was my introduction to Eric Clapton. Still one of my favorites from him even though it's probably overlooked on the whole.

[@miguelpena8165]

What a band!

[@user-mc2ih8iq2u]

Just perfect love eric..from Greece

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

Duck shines!

[@donmenza147]

Wow! My favorite Clapton song

[@jaxflfreebird]

Played too fast!!!! Ya like a song all fucked up like this??? Not me.

[@bucurflorin3328]

wow, Chris Stainton was playing with eric ever since. I did not know that,very nice.

[@aadvandersluijs5443]

In 1979 was the first time they play toghether :) Almost 40 years

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Eric is playing this somewhat differently then in later years , just look at where his hands are on the fret board . Genius .

[@barnardcarbajal8506]

He was in the Clapton Box. Presto is to fast. Album version waay betta.

[@dabble778]

Saw him play Sydney Australia 1987. I was mesmerised. God.

[@janellew5474]

yeah.... Sydney, Florida, USA 33527

[@lespaul699]

We was so young Clapo?! And crazy as well!

[@slokim9102]

10 weeks later, Live Aid, Philadelphia, plus Phil Collins, 2nd drummer

[@benkreutzmann49]

I feel even older, seeing these videos over & over, never gets old 🤔Lol🎸😎Eric Clapton/ Cream/ all awesome music 🎵🎶 music 🎧😎👍

[@LC-ht7sg]

My all time favourite. Simply awesome.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Saw this on MTV I think and was properly introduced to EC...mesmerized.

[@ClaptonFan91]

Nice to see brownie come out for the alternate tuning backup

[@ricky86b_iker77]

Tim best solo!

[@joseedson3114]

Grande Clapton! Simplesmente o deus da guitarra!

[@trikkke11]

Very uptempo for ol' slowhand. Which is nice.

[@lazarjevtovic2621]

Great Eric!!

[@petechau9616]

His self titles album "Clapton" which came out in the mid 80s is one fine album.

[@SebastiaanSweers]

eric is,fantastic here,at this,video,sounds,great and,funky toot

[@npspec34]

Fall River Man!

[@daveyt4802]

LOVE IT!! 🤩

[@4rct1c9Ic3m4n]

Perfection

[@user-ie5vw6ub8d]

greate!!!

[@chetg2924]

I like the Layla riff Tim Renwick snuck in there

[@SebastiaanSweers]

love it

[@69Curtdog]

1/2 step faster than recording....sounds amazing.

[@starkstify]

Totally agree

[@facugou]

Brownie!!🤘

[@Twotontessie]

Songs from this era are pretty forgettable but I dig the band from this period with Oldaker and Dunn et al.

[@andrewdoolittle5336]

good thing Eric Clapton plays the solo otherwise I'd be like...whatever...

[@Android_Warrior]

A little bit faster than other videos I have seen but good.

[@anthonypadgett9420]

The Master

[@mamangsbapss7789]

I thought it wasnt clapton at the outro, and its true haha

[@user-ie6cv5fc2j]

私の好きな曲です。

[@sheriwhispers]

This was the beginning of the end for the music industry...............

[@bloozedaddy]

nah...I'm going with Madonna

[@davidevans3227]

lool

[@banditdarval9401]

A little fast compared to the original

[@sweetitis]

Do Much Speed???

[@ezrapound2843]

Rever man rever man rever man

[@Route152Guy]

8 people read the description and couldn't figure out who was doing the lead vocals.

[@njdrummer7120]

Who are backup singers here. They are fantastic

[@gnkgambare9537]

Shout

[@leyetnin1]

Does a band get any better than that?!

[@bodhi_satfa]

Spacecamp (1986) brought me here 😂

[@REO-wy5dl]

松田優作が蘇る優作がまさにフォーエバーマン

[@BlueThunderFan99]

Is that his Brownie strat?

[@sgtpepper1138]

Zane Hamill Looks like it.

[@EthanCruz95]

is this brownie he's playing? or his '54 strat

[@nicholaswindsor536]

This video was sped up. Not the way it was played

[@rafaelguerrero4162]

better at 0,75 speed?

[@u000drl]

whos the drummer, not bad not bad at all

[@daleleonard7575]

who was that drummer?

[@Tiesoto123]

Jamie Oldaker

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[@Sammydx1]

Is that the guy from the fcking Blues Brothers ?!??!

[@frantecar]

Yep.

[@johannesmostert8023]

Radio Caroline on 319

[@Ingridcalifornia]

Who's that other guitarist who comes in and plays the lead....What's his name?

[@paulkelly1994]

That Girl Tim Reddy

[@mh287]

Tim Renwick

[@John_Doe643]

He’s a great guitarist. Played on the later Pink Floyd tours also.

[@thomasgarbe8354]

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[@joogledlay1225]

Cool he let someone else play lead a bit. Not so sure he would have allowed that in his younger years as a solo artist but you guys would know better than I. I am not a huge fan but love this song.

[@tomaszbulaga3590]

Jamie oldaker the Best drumer

[@robintorro1175]

+Supercross junkie, the blues bore you? Really, what are you two?

[@COFFEEISYUMMY1]

This song sounds like the tune Bad Love

[@jaxflfreebird]

Yeah, this happens when bands create new songs. Compare The Allman Brothers Band on Hittin' The Note when the play Firing Line and The High Cost of Low Living. Both songs are in the same KEY I guess since I don't play music. Anyway, both songs seem very similar. That said, I love the two songs. I think the two songs should have been separated by other songs on the CD so the fans wouldn't have noticed how similar the songs are. Bands recycle good solos and riffs and sometimes a good song went another way and this is the story of these two great song. Fans just understand that these two songs should not have been back to back.

[@billybatchelor2863]

Tempo fast on this version,

[@mikeyb300]

… I’m trying to be your warm little man, rubber band, frying pan, level sand… level sand level sand level sand.

[@Der___Dude]

we looked so shity back then

[@Jerry-oo8hd]

Who’s the drummer? Thanks

[@holy-diver1992]

Jamie oldeaker

[@njdrummer7120]

Is that Jeff Pecoro on drums.

[@heshboppins]

That the great Jeff Porcaro on drums????

[@timothy5874]

Jeff played on the album version I think this is Jamie Oldaker but I’m not one hundred percent could not see his face much

[@DougErapps]

And THAT, folks, is what happens when Steve Gadd is NOT on the gig.... ugh.