Winwood, Steve - After Midnight Lyrics






After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout.
We're gonna stimulate some action;
We're gonna get some satisfaction.
We're gonna find out what it is all about.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine.
After midnight, it's all gonna be peaches and cream.
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion;
We're gonna give an exhibition.
We're gonna find out what it is all about.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

[Repeat Second Verse]

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.





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  1. A.... M....

    Steve and Eric SO FANTASTIC TOGETHER 👍👍👍🎼🎙🎹

  2. M.... D....

    Damn don’t get much better ......

  3. K.... ....

    This is not the best version. This is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeDtmbt4JS4
    ENJOY!

  4. c.... b....

    best version

  5. k.... o....

    ... TWO OF THE BLOODY GREATEST EJOYING WORKING TOGETHER AGAIN .... GOD BLESS ....

  6. T.... M....

    what fun. what talent. what music by the best musicians you could imagine

  7. L.... R....

    The best accidental tempo of all time

  8. A.... M....

    VERY GOOD TOGETHER!✌❣✌❣👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  9. J.... S....

    Clapton is God... And Winwod too... Oh yeeeaaah!!!!

  10. J.... S....

    Sucky version.

    J.... S....

    Asshole

  11. D.... T....

    Amazing!

  12. R.... ....

    These two guys are on. Fire Eric is simply the best blues guitar player ever. Period. Great Style. He has an unbelievable sense of memory and attention .
    Uses the tone and volume at the precise time. One Reason His hands and fingers are big so he can hit notes with ease and never misses any. Plays every single note. No short cuts, No blends , Nothing unadulterated. And learned to play by just having patience and listening carefully. No Lessons. The guy is Unbelievable!!

    R.... ....

    ... agree ray... this might be a perfect storm of artists and song... beautiful to look into isn't it...

  13. C.... B....

    It's Ian Thomas. Great all round drummer from UK.

  14. C.... B....

    Who is the drummer? I love this version. Almost a Latin feel.

    C.... B....

    I believe the drummer is Ian Thomas. Not to be confused with the Canadian musician with the same name.

  15. C.... R....

    Why did they ever split up? They are two halfs of a whole and compliment each other so beautifully! My two favorite musicians who never should have quit playing together. I've seen Clapton in concert but it is on my bucket list to see them play together again. Just tell me where and when!!

  16. S.... S....

    This Version Is Absolutely Brilliant!👍👍😃😃😺😺 Steve & Eric Were Born To Play Together!

  17. C.... ....

    Willie at 19s - look on face says it all! .. and that's before this performance has barely started!

  18. H.... S....

    the looks on their faces says everything!!!

  19. L.... T....

    the tulsa sound. winwood is the better musician...eric gets repetitive with his playing but comes out on top with his catalog...

  20. L.... K....

    Does it need any other words than..WOW! ?

  21. r.... r....

    Cant be better than this

  22. F.... V....

    AWESOME!

  23. C.... B....

    There'll never b a guitarist like Eric Clapton...hes the GREATEST...i could watch his videos 24 /7 .

  24. R.... v....

    there is no natural sound better then this!

  25. A.... S....

    Willie Weeks kickin ass on the bottom end !!

  26. j.... p....

    Channeling 1970, wow

  27. Y.... D....

    Clapton is getting older, just like everyone else.

  28. T.... C....

    I really enjoy this faster version. EC and SW must really enjoyed themselves together. This is the most I've ever seen EC smile at a concert. He usually looks like he just wants to get it over with. In all of these videos from this concert he and SW are smiling and even laughing. It is nice to see. I would have loved to see this concert. I've always been a big fan of both.

    T.... C....

    Taya C c

  29. M.... ....

    This is so much better than the albumversion

  30. W.... L....

    What year is this?

    W.... L....

    2008, live from Madison Square Garden in New York City.

  31. J.... C....

    Can't get enough of that stuff !

  32. B.... !....

    best version ever

  33. U.... M....

    brilliant... fantastic bass

  34. P.... -....

    Beautiful live

  35. S.... P....

    Don't like the fast version.

  36. L.... H....

    talkin' bout my generation

  37. E.... G....

    Call me heretic - but I have never much cared for Clapton's vocals. Now seeing here mr. Winwood mute for the whole duration of the song - how I wish he would have done the vocals instead ...

  38. S.... W....

    Eric Clapton the Master. He just blows your mind away. Doesn't matter what he plays it is sure to be UNbelievable. Just love him.

  39. A.... B....

    J.J. CALE.

  40. C.... ....

    Excellent- (great drummer).

    C.... ....

    Cerph the drummer is real good. Who is he. ?

  41. T.... A....

    https://youtu.be/nVjL_3gQGrE

  42. C.... ....

    Quel virtuose! Le solo est terrifiant

  43. S.... S....

    Yeahhhhhhh

  44. S.... S....

    Lekker man

  45. T.... T....

    For real, we are not fucking WORTHY. Eric Clapton is the Guitar God, forever and ever, no doubt about it. I bow down...

    T.... T....

    Gerry for me.

  46. P.... M....

    l seen them both, wonderful, doesnt matter if its not a clapton song, old southern tune, enjoy, eric plays it the best ever, music is to play and express urself, crank it after midnight, and whenever the fuck u want, sweet cakes, paulie.

  47. T.... S....

    debo decir que es un Grande Eric Clapton ..brilla y brilla..uno de los mejores guitarristas y compositor..un genioooo!! todas sus canciones encantan

  48. R.... P....

    Mi versión preferida es con JJ Cale en Croosroads, pero desafortunadamente para mí la han dado sin audio por reclamaciones de derechos de autor, estoy deseando volver a escucharla

  49. H.... D....

    Bit fast eh

  50. C.... E....

    We gonna find out what it's all about. Lord have mercy!!!

  51. m.... ....

    The feckin dogs bullocks! rock on!

  52. J.... H....

    There's no perfection! But this is perfect!!!

  53. M.... M....

    Still alive and well

  54. F.... �....

    what is name of this drummer? anyone know?

    F.... �....

    Franjo Šušak Ian Thomas

  55. L.... S....

    Love it when Eric smiles at the end of After Midnight ‼️

  56. C.... N....

    I discovered both Eric and Winwood about the same time...didn't realize how rich it made me back when I was just a kid.

  57. n.... c....

    This is not a Clapton song. It is JJ Cale's ,one of the most underrated guitar players/song writers ever. He also wrote Cocaine, They Call Me The Breeze, The Same Old Blues Again. He has an album with Clapton The Road To Escondido. .

    n.... c....

    noobi core ye man,you're right, Clapton, and so many other Brits took the blues from JJ Cale and from, other blues masters like BB King and changed the ritm before they sold it to the world like it was there own music. is this justified I wonder, and wonder everyday!

    n.... c....

    ....and J.J. Cale learned the blues from Africans who needed to sing the blues because they were enslaved, used, and abused by white Brit settlers & the many generations of fervently-racist Americans that followed. And when blues & blues-rock hit the mainstream, the white-dominated music industry & white musicians enjoyed big-time paydays, and not many of them did much to reward the poverty-stricken blues greats they had been ripping-off.

    So Ali, the real story is not about "Americans" versus "Brits" or any other of form patriotic bullsh*t. If you feel the need to take a historical perspective of the blues & any injustices that should bother people, you should be talking about decades of cultural appropriation of/profiteering by 'white America', ie. The theft of an authentic art form & music born out of racial oppressiion against African-Americans - an opprression that was perpetrated by white-America.

    (note: not all musicians & corporate management 'used' black artists or 'ripped-off' the blacks...for example, Eric Clapton has always acknowledged his sources of inspiration...but I would suggest that a significant percentage of the music industry did, especially during the 50s, 60s, and 70s.)

    n.... c....

    Derek Baker + are you crazy? These guutar players practiced night and day to play like this also channeled music from angels lost souls in the spirit world. The songs are from one ancient soul to their astral traveling time traveling lovers who jilted them. After midnight is when they turn their bodies over to entities that tricked them into believing they wrote their songs. They create portals on stage and allow many spirits to flow into their bodies to keep up tgat pace. At some point the spirit tgat wrote the songs shows up and the musician is no longer in control. Somcne else is driving the car. Ancient souls wrote the blues. Celestial spirits that are still on a spinning wheel ride in the sky to be sent off in another direction next time they show up to take acchance on finding their first love. Dig it? Selah!

    n.... c....

    Clapton never said it was his song, but he made it famous! We all know Clapton & Cale were close and worked together. How the fuck does White Privilege come into this? Clapton with his Crossroads Concerts has helped addicts of ALL races!

  58. l.... ....

    The master

  59. R.... X....

    Echt heel mooi!

  60. C.... ....

    Impressive rolling up of sleeves at about 1m and then back down again 10s later. Hardly noticed :)

    C.... ....

    Best comment ever. Slowhand as if

    C.... ....

    yeah I practice that thing he does hammering and picking-off for hour after hour year after year ! I get faster but not like Eric's effect.

  61. B.... B....

    Why can English dudes pronounce an R when singing, but not when talking? :P

  62. L.... ....

    it's like a freight train !

  63. N.... N....

    Yes steve eric clapton is great. you both are

  64. S.... C....

    they seem like brothers

    S.... C....

    Yeah Scott they do don't they

  65. l.... b....

    or is it the other way around

  66. l.... b....

    is after midnight Erics song?
    isn't it from jj cale

    l.... b....

    Lorenzo, I think you are right, I really like the Yu Tube video of EC with JJ , its really good, in that same video they do The Breeze , check it out, you will like it.

    l.... b....

    It is J.J. Cale's song. Eric covered a bunch of his songs. He adores J.J. Cale, made an album togheter and brings out a tribute album when J.J. passed away. When you look the Crossroads Guitar Festival version where they play together. You see how much Eric respects J.J. Cale.

    l.... b....

    yes jj cale
    but i love them both!

  67. V.... M....

    STEVE WINWOOD with Eric Clapton.

  68. o.... ....

    This is one of the best bands i have heard Eric play with. Why? Well they dont try to do anything else than back Eric but MY GOD this number swings...:-)

  69. P.... B....

    Det var godt for os- at han havde en forstående moster, der tog sig af ham-og gav ham en guitar.. Han er en gudbenådet guitar-spiller! Han er god at arbejde til i min kolonihave. Preben Bavngaard.

  70. J.... F....

    Saw him play this in my home town of tulsa when he toured with the great muddy waters what a show

  71. J.... F....

    Coming from jj cales relative (me) I love hearing e.c. play this tune

  72. E.... S....

    So good, so good, so good!

  73. D.... B....

    Grande rivisitazione di un pezzo di JJ Cale

  74. C.... W....

    at home, this concert's dvd is going round and round and round ....so brilliant!!

  75. M.... H....

    Fuckin hell!!! Thats Eric innit haha? fuckin brilliant!!!

  76. T.... T....

    Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood playing together still brings tears to my eyes, they're so fucking perfect together.

    T.... T....

    Ab-SO-lutely. Two masters, growing old gracefully, and ROCKING the joint! Long live all these guys.

    T.... T....

    enjoy while you can......things like this won't happen much anymore with legends like this.

    T.... T....

    Ab-so-lut, two masters of music, perfect, something alittle diff , check out Lilly !

    T.... T....

    Brilliant comes to mind.

    T.... T....

    They even sound like each other when they sing

  77. C.... V....

    fantastic....like old days...yea

    C.... V....

    +Crunch Voodoolounge It's like listening to one-half of Blind Faith from the days of yore, and could we ask for more? Do the young people realize that they're listening to a legend? A guitar god? Someone who is incomparable as far as playing the guitar is concerned? This is a perfect example of becoming one with your instrument. We're not worthy...

    C.... V....

    +Tigger Too ... a big ditto

    C.... V....

    Crunch Voodoolounge

  78. f.... ....

    Starts at 0:03

  79. D.... ....

    The best version in my view. The other is something of a dirge.

    D.... ....

    +DickusCopernicus I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE, MY FRIEND! Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood performing "After Midnight" together live is awesome enough in itself, but the faster version is definitely the best! The song, of course, is great in any form, but the slower version IS kinda boring. This video is by far the best live performance of "After Midnight" ever! Clapton is, without a doubt, one of the best guitarists to ever grace the world with his presence. WE'RE NOT WORTHY!

    D.... ....

    +Tigger Too ... omg, ditto, I never thought I'd use such extreme language but you're right, Tig, we're not worthy. To take it one step further ... (am I really saying this?) ... almost like a Beethoven, that's how good he is. Can't understand the Nay-sayers... basing opinions on this little concert or that little concert.

    D.... ....

    +Colette Davis As a college student of classical music (and Ludwig von Beethoven happens to be my favorite!), the crapulous garbage being released these days cannot hold a candle to Eric Clapton. He's listed as #2 on the "Rolling Stone" best guitarists of all time, second only to Jimi Hendrix. I'd even consider selling my soul just to be able to play music like Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood. Indeed, we ARE not worthy in the presence of these legends.

  80. j.... c....

    just brill

  81. A.... ....

    Hands down the best after midnight version!

    A.... ....

    There are so many.....

  82. T.... ....

    I want to marry the woman dancing at 3:01

  83. S.... ....

    Did he retire? If so, he'll be back. It's in their DNA.

  84. H.... S....

    Clapton at his best...and there's nobody better.  I'm sorry we won't be able to see him live in concert again.

    H.... S....

    why not? :O

  85. p.... ....

    quel géant  !!!!!

  86. r.... ....

    wow, this rocks!!!

  87. G.... ....

    Magic, one of the best performances of an old favourite that I've ever heard :) Doesn't get any better than this. Thanks for posting.

  88. M.... E....

    The great thing about this version (and I've seen it 1,000 times now, it seems) is the speed of the song.  It's fast - very fast.  When you see the bass player smiling broadly at the beginning, it's almost as if he's saying, "Really? This is going to be the tempo?"  The laughing by the entire band at the end confirms it.  What a blistering version of a song that, quite frankly, wasn't much of a favorite of mine, but has since become one because of this version.

    M.... E....

    You just know a live performance is gonna be good when everybody, including Clapton and Winwood and the entire fucking band, are smiling and having a good time. That's what it's all about, my friend!

    M.... E....

    P.S. The fast version of "After Midnight" is the BEST.

    M.... E....

    I much prefer the 'slower version' that Clapton released later in his career. IMHO, it has a much sexier groove which more closely fits the message in the song. (versus "sexy" from the perspective of someone high on coke? lol)

    Having said that, based on the 'fast versions' I've enjoyed when I seeing Claption in concert & the version in this video, I will say that the live 'fast version' does sound much better than the 'fast version' recorded in the studio. :)

    M.... E....

    Willie Weeks laying it down on bass!!

    M.... E....

    This way faster version is so much better than the laid back one from album from 70's. I noticed the bass players smile, too. More fun.

  89. S.... B....

    this is spot on, best I've ever heard.

  90. r.... r....

    Sure HI IS !!!!

  91. A.... A....

    wAAAAY too fast for my taste... but wtf? Clapton can do whatever he wants.He is kinda gooood , yes?.

  92. J.... J....

    Lord, Lord have mercy !!!! Mercy, mercy, mercy.....

  93. A.... S....

    Eric Eric Eric what can i say :)

  94. R.... H....

    Winwood

  95. W.... ....

    Clapton owns everything about this tune,,,,,except the copyright..JJ Cale's original version is slower and I agree more trancelike. Very much like his Call Me The Breeze that another not to be ever forgotten group recorded..I am just thankful that JJ wrote them..