original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TngViNw2pOo&ab_channel=Derek%26TheDominos-Topic
slow unplugged
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZV7akaSo0s&ab_channel=Shwapples
The acoustic re-working was good (though it eliminated the ending coda), but the original is still the best.
shareThe original. It's not even close. Unplugged version seems like a bad cover of his own song.
shareNever understood the appeal of the Unplugged Layla, but having a modest ego, I figured it was me who was missing something.
Now I see it's the fun of hearing a well-known song put in a different context. Add the popularity of Eric at the time, and it was a snowball's avalanche, but it was mystifying to me.
The unplugged is fine, and the original is only as good as one want's it to be, but unplugged in no way is better.
The unplugged version appealed to a lot of old farts who by then had lost their mojo and to kids who never had mojo to begin with. It's a vastly inferior song without Duane Allman's slide and the piano coda.
shareI love both versions...as a big fan of acoustic guitar music, I'd probably choose the "Unplugged" version. I love the solo and it brings back a lot of nostalgia from the early 90s ( I love so much of the 90s-era music). I can't believe "Unplugged" is just about 30 years old now...what a great, great recording that was.
shareThe unplugged version because I didn't like the ending section of the original.
shareOh JFC. You have one of rock's greatest guitarists doing an a cappella version of his own classic. Ridiculous. That's why they invented guitars.
shareThe original rock version for me, but the unplugged re imagining of it was very good, and gave the song a new life.
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