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"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally released by their blues rock band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their album ''Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'' (November 1970). Its famously contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. The song was inspired by the classical poet of Persian literature, Nizami Ganjavi's ''The Story of Layla and Majnun'', a copy of which Ian Dallas had given to Clapton. The book moved Clapton profoundly, as it was the tale of a young man who fell hopelessly in love with a beautiful, unavailable woman and who went crazy because he could not marry her. In his autobiography, Clapton states, "Ian Dallas told me the tale of Layla and Manjun (), a romantic Persian love story in which a young man, Manjun (), falls passionately in love with the beautiful Layla, but is forbidden by her father to marry her and goes crazy with desire."〔Clapton, Eric. Clapton: The Autobiography. New York: Broadway Books, 2007 at p. 107.〕 The song was further inspired by Clapton's then unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison of The Beatles. "Layla" was unsuccessful on its initial release.〔Paul Gambaccini et al. (''Derek and the Dominoes (sic) – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'' ). Retrieved 6 July 2005.〕 The song has since experienced great critical and popular acclaim, and is often hailed as being among the greatest rock songs of all time. Two versions have achieved chart success, the first in 1972 and the second (without the piano coda) 20 years later as an acoustic ''Unplugged'' performance by Clapton. In 2004, "Layla" was ranked number 27 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and the acoustic version won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. ==Background== In 1966 George Harrison married Pattie Boyd, a model he met during the filming of ''A Hard Day's Night''. During the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison became close friends. Clapton contributed uncredited guitar work on Harrison's song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on The Beatles' ''White Album'', and Harrison co-wrote and played guitar pseudonymously (as L'Angelo Misterioso) on Cream's "Badge" from ''''Goodbye''''. However, between his tenures in Cream and Blind Faith, Clapton fell in love with Boyd. The title, "Layla", was inspired by the story of ''Layla and Majnun'', by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Neẓāmī )〕 When he wrote "Layla", Clapton had been told the story by his friend Ian Dallas,〔 who was in the process of converting to Islam. Nizami's tale, about a moon princess who was married off by her father to a man she didn't love, resulting in Majnun's madness, struck a deep chord with Clapton. Boyd divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Clapton in 1979 during a concert stop in Tucson, Arizona. Harrison was not bitter about the divorce and attended Clapton's wedding party with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. During their relationship, Clapton wrote another love ballad for Pattie called "Wonderful Tonight" (1977). Clapton and Boyd divorced in 1988 after several years of separation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Layla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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