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Eric Clapton — After Midnight
Album: Time Pieces
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Released: 1970
Length: 3:01
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 kirkaracha wrote:

The alternate version with horns is much better.




I Agree!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 gregskrtic wrote:

How is it that this song has been out for 50+ years and there are (no lyrics available)...... ???


Question answered: 
http://www.songlyrics.com/

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out
after midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout
we're gonna cause talk and suspicion
give an exhibition
find out what it is all about
after midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out
after midnight, gonna shake your tambourine
after midnight, it's gonna be peaches and cream
we're gonna cause talk and suspicion
give an exhibition
find out what it is all about
after midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out
after midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out
Posted 2 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
How is it that this song has been out for 50+ years and there are (no lyrics available)...... ????
Posted 3 years ago by gregskrtic    [ Reply ]
 MattRudely wrote:

No-one's ever improved a JJ Cale song.



   except Clapton.. 💪
Posted 3 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
Great transition today, going from Ozark Mountain Daredevils "If You Wanna Get to Heaven" to this track.  Nicely done!  
Posted 4 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
3 gems in-a-row: Crazy Mama, Traveling light, After Midnight. Great ! Very much appreciated.

Posted 4 years ago by Carlo9151    [ Reply ]
No-one's ever improved a JJ Cale song.
Posted 4 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:
Crazy Mama  -  JJ Cale
Traveling Light - Widespread Panic
After Midnight - Eric Clapton

Perfect set of JJ Cale tunes for a Sunday afternoon!
 

They're playing this set again...and I'm really digging it.  I just wish it was the '88 bluesier remake of After Midnight.
Posted 4 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
The alternate version with horns is much better.
Posted 4 years ago by kirkaracha    [ Reply ]
Crazy Mama  -  JJ Cale
Traveling Light - Widespread Panic
After Midnight - Eric Clapton

Perfect set of JJ Cale tunes for a Sunday afternoon!
Posted 4 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
Nice young man on the album cover!  Polyester suit, I wonder?
 
Ha ha!  Knowing EC's longstanding love of fine suits, I reckon Italian wool would be more likely. :)
Posted 4 years ago by trekker308    [ Reply ]
 jjbchansen159 wrote:
Still like JJs better. This seems rushed.
 

Yes, it does sound rushed. Also overplayed from back in the day. Apparently Delaney and Bonnie were heavily involved with making this album; you can hear it on this track. I'm not a big fan of Clapton's work with Delaney and Bonnie...

I can't quite remember Cale's take, but Clapton's live version is still pretty good.
Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Nice young man on the album cover!  Polyester suit, I wonder?
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Pure joy!
Posted 5 years ago by onerb    [ Reply ]
Cool song but after midnight I’m in bed these days
Posted 5 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
I found JJ Cale via this song.... at some record store on Main Street, Peoria IL, 1972 or so. 
Posted 5 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
If I am not mistaken, Bill matched the last note of the previous song ("If you want to get to Heaven" by Ozark Mountain Daredevils) with the first note of "After Midnight." Cool move, Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by NickDanger    [ Reply ]
Still like JJs better. This seems rushed.
Posted 5 years ago by jjbchansen159    [ Reply ]
 indatube1 wrote:
Hey -maybe I'm just a bit disappointed - Bill doing reruns. Thought it might be true, just didn't want to believe it. 


Posted 2 years ago by fatcatjb:I am lovin this JJ Cale fest! Keep it coming!!!

JJ Cale Crazy Mama
Widespread Panic Travelling Light
Eric Clapton After Midnight

oh my
 
Oh My indeed!  A great set of JJ Cale tunes, and I for one like having these repeating sets (if it ain't broke, don't fix it!!)  Long Live RP!!

And Oh....this one's a 9 to me, I really love the "whohoos" and how his voice kinda cracks....makes me giggle every time I hear it. 
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Hey -maybe I'm just a bit disappointed - Bill doing reruns. Thought it might be true, just didn't want to believe it. 


Posted 2 years ago by fatcatjb:I am lovin this JJ Cale fest! Keep it coming!!!

JJ Cale Crazy Mama
Widespread Panic Travelling Light
Eric Clapton After Midnight

oh my
Posted 5 years ago by indatube1    [ Reply ]
 mread wrote:
1970 ?!  Wow.
 
You're right.  Look at that album cover.  Wow!
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
1970 ?!  Wow.
Posted 5 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
 chinaski wrote:
The long drawn out detailed lowdown on the Eric Clapton / Delaney and Bonnie association:
https://www.eric-clapton.co.uk/collection/albums/ericclapton.shtml
 

I always liked D&B so I was interested to read this.  However, I just get 'Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead'.   Just a head's up, eh?
Posted 5 years ago by skibbenr    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:
Saw him in Hyde Park last year.  I went for Sheryl Crow and John Mayer thinking i would probably like Clapton and he just blew my freakin mind.  Can't hear him now without wanting to get down and funky.
 
The term "guitar god" for Clapton was waaay over used.  That said... if you've ever seen him play live, you quickly realize why it was applied to the man.  The effortlessness with which he rips on the guitar is sublime.   He leans back and it just flows out of him. Very few can match.
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 {#Clap}senorcerveza wrote:
Great trio of JJ Cale's pieces.  Thanks, Bill!

 


Posted 7 years ago by NickDanger    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Clapton's Dad Rock phase began in earnest with this lame album. 

 
I have to say....I laughed quite a while when I read this.....
Posted 7 years ago by dmarshalldavis    [ Reply ]
Somewhat uninspired....
Posted 7 years ago by Bokmakierie    [ Reply ]
Great trio of JJ Cale's pieces.  Thanks, Bill!
Posted 7 years ago by senorcerveza    [ Reply ]
I always liked Delaney & Bonnie
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Clapton's Dad Rock phase began in earnest with this lame album. 
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
I enjoy this original version much more than the one with the addition of horns.
Posted 7 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
That was fun with the JJ Cale!
Posted 7 years ago by vpliver    [ Reply ]
Overplayed..
Not here so much, just in general.. 
Posted 8 years ago by moonridge2001    [ Reply ]
I am lovin this JJ Cale fest! Keep it coming!!!

JJ Cale Crazy Mama
Widespread Panic Travelling Light
Eric Clapton After Midnight

oh my 
Posted 8 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}One of his Best! {#Clap}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Blew Wad With Cream

 
...or was it Blind Faith?
...or Derek and the Dominos?
...or Slowhand?
...maybe, Journeyman?
...Riding With The King??

...or is this just a stupid question to even be pondering?
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
What a nice set to settle into work here on the southeast coast.  Great job Bill and Rebecca.
Posted 8 years ago by Chrisjea    [ Reply ]
The long drawn out detailed lowdown on the Eric Clapton / Delaney and Bonnie association:
https://www.eric-clapton.co.uk/collection/albums/ericclapton.shtml
Posted 8 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
"We gonna shake your tambourine"?

Is that a euphemism for something naughty?

 
Like "strummin' on the old banjo"?
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Have a listen of the live version on Just One night- suddenly you remember why he is remembered for playing paint-blistering guitar. I agree that this version is a bit meh (but I still like it, probably more for the memories rather that the playing).
 
kingart wrote:
After Cream and Blind Faith and Derek and the D's, this pop stuff has always been a disappointment to me. How did such a high-power paint peeling Fender bender come to be singing tambourine harmonies with Delaney and Bonny? Still, it's a good song. I can listen to it 100 times and not want to change the channel. Still, it's not E.C.'s song, really. And he missed the boat by not turning that guitar loose. 
 

 


Posted 9 years ago by catnip    [ Reply ]
What a nice set since hours , thank you!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Blew Wad With Cream
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
After Cream and Blind Faith and Derek and the D's, this pop stuff has always been a disappointment to me. How did such a high-power paint peeling Fender bender come to be singing tambourine harmonies with Delaney and Bonny? Still, it's a good song. I can listen to it 100 times and not want to change the channel. Still, it's not E.C.'s song, really. And he missed the boat by not turning that guitar loose. 
 
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Ok. That's all. Ok. Wealthy, British rock 'n roll star should stick to this stuff. Not trying to play 'blues'. This does have a nice feel to it...but rather than the frantic tempo...it would have served it well to have it slowed down with a nice greasy groove. This is too gospel sounding. Another department he has no business lounging in.


 
Absolutely.  This sounds like a 70's Kenny Everett version.


Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Nice JJ Cale set with this rounding out the others. Fun to hear.
Posted 10 years ago by k1j2cat    [ Reply ]
"We gonna shake your tambourine"?

Is that a euphemism for something naughty?
Posted 10 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
I'll take the JJ original over this, any day.
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
nice sequence for jj
 thanks Bill
Posted 11 years ago by PaoloManana    [ Reply ]
We'll miss you JJ.
Posted 11 years ago by secretsauce    [ Reply ]
prefer the slower, less 60s-flavored version
Posted 13 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
This made a ton of $ for J. J. Cale, who wrote the song. How about playing his recording sometime?
Posted 13 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

Don't understand that whole Clapton is God bit, but he had some good tunes and was a pretty good guitar player.


 
Clapton as God is an overstatement, but pretty good guitar player is an understatement.

Posted 13 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]

Don't understand that whole Clapton is God bit, but he had some good tunes and was a pretty good guitar player.


Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
one minute past midnight , here in Wellington NZ.
Happy New Year everyone! 
Posted 13 years ago by Dickieb68    [ Reply ]
Halleujah!
Posted 13 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
Love Clapton, but this song is very tired. Waiting for the next tune.....
Posted 13 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
I admit I wasn't listening, but there are two Clapton versions of this song.  This first time out it was a fairly fast take while the second revisted 10 or so years later is much slower and kinda sleepy.

I'd give the fast version a 9 and the slow one a 7.  I'll be listening the next time around, I hope.

I've seen most of his incarnations since Derek and the Dominoes and its always been a good satisfying show live.

It really would have been sweet if he would have joined the ABB replacing Duane.  But oh well.  It would be nice if those guys actually did get together before anymore of them die.


Posted 14 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Ok. That's all. Ok. Wealthy, British rock 'n roll star should stick to this stuff. Not trying to play 'blues'. This does have a nice feel to it...but rather than the frantic tempo...it would have served it well to have it slowed down with a nice greasy groove. This is too gospel sounding. Another department he has no business lounging in.

Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]

Slow Hand How? by ~RetroLoony
©2010 ~RetroLoony

I can guarantee you, their is nothing "slow" about a Clapton shred.
And only seeing him play live will give you that revelation.


Location: FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tn.
Occasion: Eric Clapton & Roger Daltrey.
Date: 3/5/2010


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
keller1 wrote:
JJ's version of this is definitive. The best that could be said here is that Clapton helped him reach a bigger audience —- and I'm sure JJ appeciated the royalties too.
 
They collaborate, so you know, it's cool.  But agreed,  JJ owns this one - the better version of a good version. 

Posted 14 years ago by albatross    [ Reply ]
The beginning of the end for this schmo
Posted 14 years ago by Pharlap    [ Reply ]
Saw him in Hyde Park last year.  I went for Sheryl Crow and John Mayer thinking i would probably like Clapton and he just blew my freakin mind.  Can't hear him now without wanting to get down and funky.
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]

A crap day, where I want to take an axe to my laptop....a long, frustrating, hair pulling, time wasting kind of day.....
then this tune comes on, reminds me that 'this too shall pass', especially after midnight, and all is well with the world....


Posted 15 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
 tompoll wrote:
Great pic. How about the collar on that shirt? Yikes. I had a few like that...
 
I had almost forgotten about those.  "Yikes" indeed.

Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 keller1 wrote:
JJ's version of this is definitive. The best that could be said here is that Clapton helped him reach a bigger audience —- and I'm sure JJ appeciated the royalties too.
 
I really like JJ's version, but I was surprised how enjoyable this is after not hearing it for a while. Certainly has a lot more energy. And tambourines.

Posted 15 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
J.J. writes some real winners but seems to lack ambition, though I hear he's touring again. His album, Naturally is great. I like this cover.
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:

Trout Fishing In America
 
{#Lol}        Was Brautigan's book actually good, or did we just read it because it was the thing to do back when?

As for EC, it was two visits to the dryout clinic in MN that helped him get his sh%t together; that, plus a very real confrontation wth mortality when his young son, Connor, fell out of an open highrise window to his death. (EC was not at fault and wasn't there: imagine the guilt he would have had to bear if he had.)


Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

The trout fishing saved him.
 
trout fishing in America
Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
EC does a great job on this but love JJ Cales version
Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]
 toterola wrote:
Who would have thought, thirty years ago, that Clapton would "pull it together" enough to be where he is today?
He is such a talent, and I am glad he's still around!
 
The trout fishing saved him.

Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
EC's "comeback" album....
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Another great Halloween song, Bill!
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
I love Eric, but this is hard to compare to JJ, for mine.
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
While I loved this album at the time and played it to death....this is the last song I want to hear from it! Come on RP....the hits? This goes along with the Brewer & Shipley heard a few plays earlier.

Not good.....not good at all.
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
back when albums had liner notes, this song led me jjcale, somewhere back in the early seventies
thanks for the tip EC!
Posted 16 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
Who would have thought, thirty years ago, that Clapton would "pull it together" enough to be where he is today? He is such a talent, and I am glad he's still around!
Posted 16 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
The version on the EC box set of this is the best of them all. It's the one that was used on the beer commercial many years ago...
Posted 16 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
keller1 wrote:
JJ's version of this is definitive. The best that could be said here is that Clapton helped him reach a bigger audience --- and I'm sure JJ appeciated the royalties too.
Agreed!
Posted 16 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
obviously good but not exactly what i want to hear right now for some reason.
Posted 16 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Great pic. How about the collar on that shirt? Yikes. I had a few like that...
Posted 16 years ago by tompoll    [ Reply ]
JJ's version of this is definitive. The best that could be said here is that Clapton helped him reach a bigger audience --- and I'm sure JJ appeciated the royalties too.
Posted 16 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Wow, first time played?
Posted 16 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]