Ed
Sheeran, king of
angsty love songs, absolutely crushes cover of
Eric Clapton's 'Layla'
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There's no song on earth that better captures the agony of unrequited
love than
Eric Clapton's "Layla".*
And, Ed Sheeran—king of
angsty songs about love—is the only person on earth equipped to
cover it.*
The 1971 song was written about
Clapton's then-unrequited
love for his friend's wife, Pattie Boyd. Oh, and his friend just so happened to be George Harrison, lead guitarist of
The Beatles. TL;DR Clapton later married Boyd.
Revellers ringing in the New Year in the UK were treated to a performance of Ed singing his heart out to "Layla" on
Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny. And, he
absolutely nailed this rendition.*
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