There’s a moment in most lives when you notice that you’ve been going through the motions for some time. You say the right things, you turn up on time, youContinue readingThe Meaning of “Pretending” by Eric Clapton

It’s late 1978 and the charts are in a state of mild rebellion. Punk has been and gone, disco is everywhere, and somewhere in the middle of all this aContinue readingThe Meaning of “Promises” by Eric Clapton

Some songs end when the music stops. Others carry on in the back of your head for the rest of the afternoon, rather like an unwelcome visitor who’s overstayed. “OldContinue readingThe Meaning of “Old Love” by Eric Clapton

Every blues singer eventually gets round to the argument. Not the grand argument about God or money, but the small, bitter, domestic one, in which somebody comes through the doorContinue readingThe Meaning of “Before You Accuse Me” by Eric Clapton

There’s a certain kind of song that arrives in the world with a job to do. Somebody making a film needs three or four minutes of heartbreak to float overContinue readingThe Meaning of “Blue Eyes Blue” by Eric Clapton