10.The Core
Eric Clapton*s career as a pop hitmaker peaked in 1977 with the release of his fifth album, Slowhand. It produced the hit singles "Lay Down Sally," "Wonderful Tonight" and "Cocaine." It probably could have become a Number One album, but it was up against the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack*s 24-week reign at the top of the charts. One song off the album that didn*t get much attention was "The Core," a nearly nine-minute duet with backup singer Marcy Levy, who also co-wrote the tune. The song has slowly developed a following over the years, and today it*s seen as one of Clapton*s finest love songs.
全部我就不翻译了，大致意思就是随着1977年《Slowhand》的发行，专辑中很多歌曲受到欢迎，但The Core这首歌是被大多数人忽略的一首情歌

9.Badge
Eric Clapton and George Harrison had a complicated relationship. They became close friends in 1968, and they worked together on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the Beatles and "Badge" for Cream within the period of a few weeks that year. The latter song is a standout track on Cream*s final album, Goodbye. They wrote it together and Harrison joined the power trio for the recording session, but he wasn*t credited for contractual reasons.
Two years later, Clapton wrote "Layla" about his mad love for George*s wife, Pattie Boyd. They eventually married, though Harrison and Clapton somehow remained tight through the whole ordeal. "Badge" remained a part of Clapton*s live set for years, though he never played it with Cream until their reunion shows in 2005. According to legend, it*s called "Badge" because he misread the word "Bridge" off the sheet music
《徽章》这首歌是老克在奶油时期的一首经典作品，是与乔治哈里森一起合作的。众所周知老克与乔治虽然因为帕蒂关系紧张过一段时间，不过在音乐道路上两人都是十分要好的朋友。Badge这首歌算是他们友情的见证吧。（以上非翻译，我只大概介绍其中内容）

7. *Old Love*
In the 1980s, Eric Clapton lost battles with booze and drum machines, but he ended the decade on a pretty strong note with Journeyman. The standout track is "Old Love" (co-written with Robert Cray), though it*s hard to argue that the definitive version of the track came three years later on Clapton*s Unplugged album. His pain sounds far more real when the 1980s production is removed in favor of acoustic guitar and piano.
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Old Love这首歌相信大家也非常熟悉了，92不插电版本以及在《Journeyman》中的录音室版都很赞，原唱是雷查尔斯。

6. *Cocaine*
Eric Clapton has described his 1977 JJ Cale cover "Cocaine" as an "anti-drug" song, but he certainly wasn*t living a drug-free lifestyle when it first hit the charts (or over the next decade). The song reached Number 30 in 1977 (helping Cale pay some bills), but Clapton took it out of his setlist in later years, fearing its message would be misunderstood. When it came back, he added the line "dirty cocaine" to make his point quite clear.
《Slowhand》中的一首经典歌曲，翻译大概意思是：可卡因是老克表达反对可卡因的一首歌，但之前有很多人误解。另外老克也有吸毒史，海洛因居多，他也深受其害。

4. *Tears in Heaven*
There are about three people on the planet who remember the 1991 Jennifer Jason Leigh movie Rush. It*s about two undercover cops who become drug addicts. The handful of people who saw it in the theaters were the first to hear "Tears in Heaven." Eric Clapton composed the soundtrack, and he included a new song he wrote about the tragic death of his four-year-old son, Conor. The video played in a constant loop on VH1 for months on end and shortly afterward, Clapton rerecorded the song for Unplugged, giving it another boost on the charts. It became one of the biggest hits of Clapton*s career, but by 2004, he could no longer face singing the song and he dropped it from his setlist.
泪洒天堂大家都非常熟悉，我简单介绍下吧。
这首歌是写给死去的爱子康纳的，康纳是老克与意大利模特洛丽所生。那段时期老克也面临酒瘾的麻烦，并最终为了康纳第二次去海瑟顿戒酒。这首歌最早收录在92不插电中，泪洒天堂也是老克生涯中第一次登上榜单冠军的原创歌曲。

3. *Wonderful Tonight*
No woman in rock history has inspired more classic songs than Pattie Boyd. George Harrison met the stunning blonde on the set of A Hard Day*s Night in 1964 and fell madly in love with her. Eric Clapton met her a few years later and had the same reaction, even though she was married to Harrison at that point. She turned down his advances, throwing him into a massive downward spiral of heroin and depression. Fortunately for Clapton, Pattie and George*s marriage fell apart by 1974 and she fell into Clapton*s arms. He wrote "Wonderful Tonight" about waiting for her to get ready for Paul and Linda McCartney*s Buddy Holly-themed party in 1976.
*Wonderful Tonight*实在太经典了，放在以后的任何年代都不会过时。
这首歌是写给帕蒂的，值得一提的是这首歌是老克处在不耐烦、略带生气的情绪写出来的，因为帕蒂化妆打扮的时间实在太久了。而这首歌老克本人当时也不在意，只是当做一首可有可无的小创造，但后来弹给朋友听后，朋友建议他留下来，后面经过加工才有现在的*Wonderful Tonight*....
*Wonderful Tonight*有很多版本，现场版都十分深情。特别是One more car,one more rider的现场版我每次听都是心酸、心碎的感觉，可能由于楼主是屌丝的原因

2. *Bell Bottom Blues*
Eric Clapton wrote the music for the one and only Derek and the Dominos album while still completely obsessed with Pattie Boyd. "Bell Bottom Blues" was the first song he finished for the project. "Pattie asked me to get her some pairs of these jeans we used to call Landlubbers," Clapton wrote in his memoir. "Which were hipsters with two little slip pockets at the front. She had asked for flared rather than straight bottoms." That simple request led to one of the all-time great unrequited love songs in rock history, and Clapton*s anguish is painfully clear in every note of this song.
*Bell Bottom Blues*是写给帕蒂的。当时老克正对帕蒂疯狂的迷恋，一天老克去美国巡演，帕蒂知道后希望老克能给她带一条喇叭裤，于是老克有感而发写了这首歌。
这首歌最初收录在德雷克与多米诺时期的专辑《Layla and Other Assorted Love》中。而在One more car,one more rider中的木吉他现场版也是非常非常的好听。
个人觉得这首歌和Layla相比感情更加强烈些，也更加动人些....像楼主这种单身狗每次听都招架不住的。总之这首歌排第二也是很合理的！

第一是哪首呢？我也没看
我先留个悬念，大家可以猜猜，我猜是Layla..百分之八十是！
晚上我再公布答案。

我也觉得是Layla

觉得layla和change the world没wonderful tonight和old love好听啊？

在接下来的日子，我会继续关注老克在推特上的微博。
如果有好的内容我都会在贴吧与大家分享，同时也希望大家多多来贴吧逛逛，多发帖哦

sunshine of your love没有不幸福，in the prensence of the lord必然经典名曲

排名很赞！

可惜没有 my father*s eyes

Layla 巨好听

Tears in heaven 也是

我个人觉得layla比加州旅馆的solo更出色

都是单曲重复，没法比