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https://uproxx.com/indie/eric-clapton-covid-cancelling-shows/
May 18, 2022 2:16 AM
BluesFish
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https://uproxx.com/indie/eric-clapton-covid-cancelling-shows/
StabbyMcMurder
Lol
BoboTheIceMan
Is it wrong to wish it fucks him up enough he can never sing again?
chittychittybangbanglovesustoo
This was heartbreaking to find out he's an anti vax. I love his music and his collaborations with Mark Knopfler. Didn't know about racism..
MTshanAnimal
You love to see it.
Dannyalcatraz
It don’t care, it don’t care, it don’t care- COVID.
derekjohn
Being able to play a musical instrument (or kick a ball) does not make somebody intelligent, knowledgeable or scientifically-literate.
FlintNorth44
But somehow Kanye West is a genius for being in a plexiglass box for a concert.
derekjohn
It was that or the 'ole chickenwire screens.
DemonFluffer1000
He also let his toddler walk off the balcony of his 30 storey apartment building while he was passed out drunk. Top bloke.
billstranger
And then milked it for a hit song (that sucks and is boring)
thatonewiththeface
One of my dads friends went to school with him in the UK. I asked him what he was like. The answer was, "A twat."
MicahtheMartian
For the same reasons I don't get my car serviced at the local sushi bar, I don't take medical advice from famous people.
rukeman
I've been a Clapton fan for a long time but his stance on this has really dampened my enthusiasm for him.
DefNot7thAccount
This? Not "Keep Britain White" or "Expel all the Wogs and Coons" or "Round up all the foreigners" or "Dont let us become a Black colony" ?
rukeman
I'm in the U.S. Happily or sadly I missed all that.
BootsNCatsNBootsNCatsN
Cocaine?
narniasreal
Old people are stupid, regardless how good their music is.
justplainvanilla
witalaska4
Exactly!! He doesn’t trust Covid vax, but he doesn’t even know what are in the multiple types of drugs he took in the 70’s, 80’s, & 90’s
stupiddevotchka
CongratsYouAreHereNow
There’s nothing wrong with pure heroin
Quixus
Also the effects and side effects are well documented.
therealamh
Well of course not. It’s pure. If it’s pure that means there’s nothing wrong with it.
DerpMeister
Missing an /s
WeekendWarriorMark
Not sarcasm. It’s just a play on words/pun.
Davincimode
" Never meet your heroes"... Marcel Proust
Jackospade
ICannotSanctionURBuffoonery
Killem all. I'm done with these fucktard traitors. One less voter at the polls
Sageypie
I mean, the upside here is that maybe soon he can find out whether the kid knows his name or not
MatthewBecker
He is also super racist
fowlersleftfoot
Amazingly the least offensive thing that cunt has done.
Merky600
Rewrite his song “Cocaine” with “Herman Caine.”
billstranger
Or..."smooth brain"
Primotimewaster
Saw him in concert in 84/85. He passed out on stage but his guitar playing & singing never stopped. He had been lipsyncing & air strumming.
Primotimewaster
Turned out he hadn't cleaned up his act, as he stated. It almost started a riot with all the bikers in the audience.
cuntybumsox
Where was this?!
Primotimewaster
Poplar Creek, an outdoor music venue near or in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
cuntybumsox
Shit eh? Disappointing but not surprising
SoundBites
He's been garbage since 1968.
potatoispeople
A lot of our idols have turned out to be total dickbags the past 2 years, huh?
ChristopherHallett
Famously racist coke-head that let his son fall out a window and die whilst he was absolutely boogered on powder was your idol?
BootsDusty
ILikeClipperShips
Now THAT'S funny!
NotAHugeSpider
That dog's talent for graffiti is incredible. Also, if that dog is spraying paint from his wiener, he needs serious medical attention ASAP.
MrKomisiripala
ImBrickinIt
This meme would make more sense if the 2nd pic was a grave stone
MrKomisiripala
Rectalexam
JackHL01
not early enough
Ambipolar
Is it a coincidence that he's also a racist?
JackalopeElope
It's correlation vs causation. Is he racist because he buys into conspiracy theories or a conspiracy nut because of racism?
kojenk
Same source of weak moral fibre and poor self esteem leading to both givem the right circumstances
recury
He’s an idiot, the reason for both
saturatedcottonballs
Either way, Clapton = Trash.
rambot
there's plenty of GREAT fucking blues guitars and GREAT 60s blues bands to avoid giving a fucking dollar or thought toward clapton.
zHurk777
To be fair he shot the sheriff. ha ha.
SoundBites
Hear, hear! Fuck. That. Guy.
brittcantgetany
Who do you recommend? He is considered the greatest by many.
metalrulercid
Guy with a song named cocaine worried about what they're putting in his body. Got it.
onecowboytoo
It is Spokane.
OhIfIMust
*Propane
ThatBastardIdiot
That is a cover. Originally by J.J. Cale.
muchLongerUsername
Well, she don't lie.
jbrontey
If you look at the lyrics, that song actually a *critique* of cocaine use.
metalrulercid
I mean, that's an interpretation of the lyrics, but I would bet most people view them as an exaltation of all it does FOR you.
VisaliaJim
His kid fell out of a window…..again?
ImpossibleAgenda
MotorBoatMyButtCheeks
Northstar219
Anthony jeslnik has a BRUTAL joke about Clapton and I cannot do it justice here
Azazellosarmour
A comment so dark light cannot escape
RARusk
So dark it got shot by the cops and then got sued by Anish Kapoor.
vakler
itdweeb
shuttlecockinakumquat
Bruh. I went to desktop mode on my phone and you already made the comment. I hate it, but you win.
Luficer
JorgeLourenco
He ignored his kid and didn’t like being a father.
SeasonedCitizen
He never let a bag of heroin fall out a window.
gotmojomang
Or a kid. Mom had the baby whit fell out
hashomerachianochi
Wasn't it coke?
tmtowtdi
GpaSags
I mean, he wrote songs about his kid AND coke.
RetrogradeLlama
He also refused to play anywhere they had a vaccine requirement for admission. He's also a racist.
CatsandDnD
Damn. My mom was/is? a Clapton fan. She has a shitty taste in men so I should have known.
HumtyFuckty
I legitimately thought he was dead.
dfhowes
He is . . . . inside.
PetCamperProject
who would have imagined the racist part lol
yoyo42
Oh, really? I wonder which way he votes?
Justalobstercowboy
What happens to some people when they get old
Pooprocketpower
He's been this way for decades
RednapxpandeR
Racist you say? https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eric-clapton-rant-rock-against-racism/ Disgusting rant, there you go.
Chefpnut
Legit question. Did he change since then? It was 1976 when he said that.
CandidGamera
Yep, he's concentrated boomer garbage personified all around.
Peeekoss
Not sure about the racist thing tho. He did make his career playing Blues.
Peeekoss
Well shit. I just got an education! Seriously. I guess he’s just a mega hypocrite then.
Freak0zoid
“I’m not racist, I have a colour tv”. Simply playing blues ≠ not racist
voidmain
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton oh he was very racist (even said so himself) look at personal life and keep Britain white
CGWN
Rock Against Racism was started because of his racism (and Bowie's support of Hitler) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism
areyouelonmusk
Wow. Fucking gross.
Notuniquesnowflake
Not sure I follow your logic. To me, that's like saying Southern slave owners weren't racist b/c the spent their lives eating soul food.
CatDadBod
What's the difference between a bag of coke and and a small child? Answer: Eric Clapton would never drop a bag of coke out of a window.
shorey66
Willowknowsall
Which is pretty weird for someone who made a career off the backs of black blues musicians
voidmain
I think it’s minor but he is also against banning fox hunting .. I don’t know how those people get not just one thing but everything wrong
ArdentSlacker
Depends on how fundamental the flaw is. Conservatives do not believe life has value, save as their property.
TheN8
Because he's a Tory?
shorey66
Yeah, they're all a bunch of cunts
KillerQueen90
I don't think that's minor, fox hunting is disgusting. But I think all hunting for sport is disgusting, vile and cruel.
RetrogradeLlama
Classic Right wing POS.
Ac1dBurn72
Massive amounts of money, mate.
youcanreachmenow
Yea, isnt he just an outright cunt in general?
DrDadJokes
altright cunt
IusallypoopwhileImonhere
Why not both
MickHucknallspinkpancakes
And he throws kids out of windows
iaskedQueen
youeitherlikeordislike
doktorivan210
I'm just saying, if that would have been a kilo of cocaine instead of his kid, it wouldn't have fallen.
KillerQueen90
I thought that was Michael Jackson?
DiamondDogLedTasso
His child crawled out a window and fell many stories to his death, lead to the song "Tears in heaven"
KillerQueen90
Oh wow! I guess I have been living under a rock.
Merky600
Can I get spreadsheet on these entertainers ? I’m loosing track. AntiVax/racist/bed shitter/Ted Nugent.
MadamPuddifoot
Losing
HiVizDiver
A starter list: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/celebrities-anti-vaxxers-jessica-biel-847779/
Thedewk
This summer, Rob Schneider is... Anti-Vax!
MarleafChef
Damn. Two people disappointed the hell out of me on that list.
eddiekilgore
It's behind a paywall,, but I'm curious. Who all is on it?
MarleafChef
The ones that mattered for me were Jim Carrey and Deniro. But Carreys comment was from 2015. So not sure if hes changed for covid.
Dasiana
Damn. I somehow missed following him in the news and didn't know all this.
MushroomFiend
He went on a vicious tirade in the '70s that influenced a massive anti-racism concert movement.
MushroomFiend
Those in the UK might be familiar with it as "Rock against racism"
ruste
The racist part isn't new
imnotinthewitnessprotectionprogram
Yea, I recall him spouting some England for the English nonsense
CGWN
Even better, it was "Blacks get out; keep Britain White" nonsense. Cut out all pretense that he meant anything else.
Jt68686
Wow, he's not even trying to hide it. Well I'm glad he's at least honest about it. Makes it easier to say "fuck that guy"
Dasiana
yeah, apparently I've been living under a rock. to be fair, I only like maybe 2 of his songs and those only "meh" so maybe I just skimmed
koireworks
I didn't know, but the fact that my dad has always been obsessed with him should've really clued me in tbh.
Dasiana
over his name whenever I saw it
weirdcalculator
Without knowing any of this, I hated him for stealing the best Beatle's wife. George didn't hold a grudge, but I still can.
MeatraffleJackpot
I hated him for being an overrated dullard.
CGWN
George was honestly too busy trying to sleep with Ringo's wife to even notice.
CGWN
Upon further research, there's a possibly apocryphal story that George lost Pattie to Clapton in a two-hour long guitar duel.
dontfloatmygoat
So which one had the sobriquet ’the devil’ - so I know who went down on Georgia?