The story of Layla is much weirder than you thought

This video is sponsored by EaseUS

//

//

The story of Pattie Boyd, Eric Clapton, and George Harrison is heartbreaking and fascinating. It led Eric and George to write some of the greatest love songs of all time such as Layla, Something, and Wonderful Tonight. This video follows their relationships in the 1960s and 1970s and the music that came out of this time.

//

This video took ages to make. I took a break from YouTube for a few months, but not intentionally, I just couldn't get anything to work. I think I was trying too hard. I initially started this video in October '22 but I had writer's block for ages. I kept trying to write the script but I wasn't getting anywhere. It just got worse and worse. In the end, I revisited the script in early '23 and was able to make a pretty good story out of it, I'm quite pleased with how this video turned out. I didn't want to make anyone in the story appear in a bad light, EC was one of my guitar heroes when I was younger. As I write this the video has 5.4k views, but I reckon it has the potential to get some more.

18th May 2023

[davidhartley]

Thanks for watching! Please subscribe and check out my other videos if you enjoyed this one! 🙂

This video is sponsored by EaseUS

[rosieHolliday]

Poor woman. Just goes to show that mega famous men can write love songs about you all day long, but it doesn't mean they're going to love you any better.

[lorrilewis]

I read Patti Boyd's memoir. Her marriage to George started out well. Then George found eastern religion and completely checked out. Eric was obsessed with her as long as he couldn't have her. She was in the crossfire of two immature men, and she kept trying to do the right thing in an impossible situation. The good news is that she married a third time to a real grownup and it seems to be a happy marriage.

[MusedeMented]

They both "loved her so much", but somehow they couldn't treat her right.

[PowerSynopsis]

Finding your friend and wife talking in an out of the way spot at a party and asking "what's going on" and having your friend flatly reply "I'm in love with your wife" sounds like a Wes Anderson scene and dialogue.

[bugsby]

Poor Pattie. Yes she had two of the greatest songs ever written about her but the men who wrote them treated her as an inconvenience after she ceased to be their muse.

[pamgconley]

Patti commented on a video once that Eric just wanted what George had so he went after her but treated her poorly once he “had” her.

[thDecember]

Eric Clapton is one of those people who are infatuated with the _idea_ of being in love, but they never truly reach the level of commitment and emotional depth to actually _love_ someone.

[tonya]

I meet Patti a few years ago at one of her art shows in San Francisco California. She also brought the original oil painting for the Layla (Derek and the Dominos) album cover. Patti is one of the most beautiful people (inside and out) I ever met in this lifetime. I also gave her one of my photos of George. That moment in time I will forever cherish.

[genevarh]

I read Pattie's book "Wonderful Tonight" (it's a really good read if you're interested) and it was sad to read about how her divorce with George went down and how Eric treated her during their marriage. Marrying musicians and having beautiful songs written about you isn't what it's cracked up to be at all.

As a side note, Pattie seems like a really sweet lady. Love her.

[TheArmchairrocker]

Clapton and Harrison loved themselves more than they loved Patti.

[billywylie]

She should be in the rock and roll hall of fame for inspiring so many great songs imo

[brendamoon]

Im glad to see this perspective on this. When i was a kid the media portrayed Patty as a casual bedhopper who was playing two men against each other.

[nigeh]

I’m a Beatles and Clapton fan and over the years I’ve heard many talk about Pattie Boyd. Not once have I ever heard someone say anything bad about her.
She seems to be a genuinely nice person who people take to

[beekay]

Everybody talks about how deep his love for Patti was, how much he suffered, etc. He ended up being physically and verbally abusive to her. Bastard.

[Kpictures_NYC]

It’s so sad that both of her husbands claimed they were so in love with her and yet both cheated on her multiple times. It’s almost like they were in love with the idea of being in love, but not with the actual person which takes work and dedication.

[ruthanna]

Try not to fall in love with idealists. You'll never live up to their idea of who you are.

[stevecowder]

Wow I never realized until watching this video how wrong things went for Patti. She finally marries Eric at the end of the 70s and then it didn't last as Clapton found another woman.
What a rock and roll soap opera. Gotta feel for her.

[starrynight]

Eric only wanted what he couldn’t have and then when he got it, he mistreated her, then married her on a bet showing off how he had her wrapped around his little finger. I used to think he was romantic, now I see how narcissistic he and George both were towards a woman they claimed to love.

[MamaGil]

Substance abuse, ego, rejection, emotional abuse. And then we honor these people for a great song. Amazing how seductive music is.