do you like it? do you hate it? love it? why?
i love this song.and yes i know why he wrote the song but it has a strong meaning behind the lyrics.and makes you think.
2006-07-08 15:57:09 · 8 answers · asked by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
he wrote it after his 2 year old son passed away suddenly.he fell out of a hotel window....
2006-07-08 16:12:59 · update #1
sorry....i thought he was 2...i'm sorry....i missheard it.
2006-07-08 16:26:21 · update #2
I think the song itself is beautiful and heartfelt. It shows Eric Clapton's strong love for his son and you can feel some of his sorrow when you listen to the song. It is sure sad that a tragedy in a person's life can lend them a limb to provide such a great piece of work. Eric Clapton has always been a great singer / songwriter and yes the song is warm and emotional.
2006-07-08 17:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by winchamp 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I LOVE that song! It sometimes bring tears to my eyes...
("Clapton wrote this about his 4-year-old son Conor, who died when he fell out of a 53rd floor window in the apartment where his mother was staying in New York City." from http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1274)
(yet...his son was more like the worst of the LAST Straw, so to speak in deaths that generated his creative energy toward that song..."In late 1990, the fates delivered Clapton a terrible blow when guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and Clapton road crew members Colin Smythe and Nigel Browne--all close friends of Clapton's--were killed in a helicopter crash. A few months later, he was dealt another cruel blow when Conor, his son by Italian model Lori Del Santo, fell forty-nine stories from Del Santo's Manhattan high-rise apartment to his death. Clapton channeled his shattering grief into writing the heart-wrenching 1992 Grammy-winning tribute to his son, "Tears in Heaven."
You can listen to it at http://users.cis.net/sammy/tears.htm
2006-07-08 23:23:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great song that is tragically over played.
2006-07-08 23:00:20 · answer #3 · answered by C-Mick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great song.
2006-07-08 23:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by angel13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its mushy and overplayed. i understand the meaning and whatever but seriously....i think i dislike it because when i was in fifth grade by best friend would sing that song to her boyfriend over the phone.
2006-07-08 23:07:24 · answer #5 · answered by guitar_lady81 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always wondered how he can find the strength to sing it in public when it is so extremely personal.
2006-07-08 23:04:56 · answer #6 · answered by Stratman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great song
2006-07-08 23:00:02 · answer #7 · answered by Grand Master Funk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
classic
2006-07-08 23:01:44 · answer #8 · answered by mrs.voils 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋