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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEric Clapton claims that we were all hypnotized to get the Covid vaccines.
I wonder if he has any comments on radical right-wingers who have listened to hate propaganda on radio and TV for decades then support Fascist like Trump? Screw Clapton and the whore he rode in on; he is just another ignorant redneck who happens to play a guitar.
Lunabell
(6,687 posts)Spouted some racist bull in a concert a few times. Scum.
BSdetect
(9,046 posts)EYESORE 9001
(27,412 posts)or so Im told. Cant think of any others.
John Ludi
(590 posts)friends named Eric (and/or Erik)...they're nice...and one of them is a better guitarist than Clapton.
Paladin
(28,697 posts)Blues Heron
(6,093 posts)his fingers play the one lick automatically now, no brain needed.
multigraincracker
(33,835 posts)if you want to hang out, you've gotta take her out, cocaine
If you want to get down, get down on the ground, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie,
Cocaine
John Ludi
(590 posts)show in Detroit was the second concert my young little self ever went to...and I was hypnotized by it...
so much so that I slept through much of it.
MagickMuffin
(16,956 posts)I never thought he was a great guitar player. I could name a dozen better guitar than Eric. And I'll have to admit I never saw what George Harrison saw or heard in Eric's guitar playing that made George think he was a guitar god. Eric Clapton is a dime a dozen.
Ocelot II
(119,787 posts)I like some of Claptons old stuff but hes been a tiresome douche for years.
jcgoldie
(11,926 posts)Clapton is one of the most talented blues guitarists to ever play rock n roll. Thats just my opinion of course. Mine is based on almost 50 years of listening to rock n roll and blues and having seen him play live on multiple occasions over 4 decades along with many other blues guitarists from BB King to John Mayer and Derek Trucks and many in between. Clapton's a fucking idiot its true. And that may or may not be valid justification for not listening to his music. Its all aesthetic so theres no right answer, but I do not believe there is much support for saying he is not a phenomenal guitarist. I'll sort of defer to the opinions of the blues greats like BB who have over many years held Clapton's talents in high esteem.
shrike3
(5,370 posts)ProfessorGAC
(69,271 posts)As irritated as i am over his anti-science, "cranky old man" schtick, he is an all-time great.
To say otherwise shows a lack of understanding of what good guitar playing is.
Very common. There are people who think nugent is a good guitar player. He's mediocre, at best.
Guitar players know Clapton is very, very good & a linchpin in rock history.
MineralMan
(147,253 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)MineralMan
(147,253 posts)by pop musicians. I can't imagine why I would pay any attention to them with regard to anything not related to music. What Eric Clapton has to say about just about anything is of no interest to me.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)MineralMan
(147,253 posts)It was very popular. It's a pretty good song, musically, too. However, it's just another run-of-the-mill seduction song. Pretty much every male pop singer has performed at least one seduction song. Now, trying to get some girl to sleep with you is a pretty common theme in popular music. But, there's nothing special about seduction songs, and much to dislike about them.
shrike3
(5,370 posts)DBoon
(22,969 posts)just speculating
ProfessorGAC
(69,271 posts)In nearly every form.
heroin, massive alcohol problems.
I saw him once, the open act was much better; Muddy Waters.
whathehell
(29,620 posts)is the "'whore' he rode in on"?
What's with the gratuitous misogynistic slur?
MagickMuffin
(16,956 posts)But I hope the OP makes it clear what how he was referring to this use of the word whore.
whathehell
(29,620 posts)What would be up with calling your guitar a "whore"?
It's a gratuitous slur, imo, and should be removed.
Patterson
(1,569 posts)whathehell
(29,620 posts)but denigrating "cleverness" at women's expense is NOT okay.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Hypnotism usually is carried out one on one. Did Dr. Fauci do it over video medium?
PatSeg
(49,583 posts)Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)With an inferiority complex
- Eric Clapton actual quote
Maybe he has a tiny penis
milestogo
(17,251 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,716 posts)struggle4progress
(119,682 posts)Deep State Witch
(11,111 posts)To Eric Clapton doing a duet with Meat Loaf.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Now hes decided hed add brainwashed anti-vaxxer to his list of character defects. If youve got the time, watch Eric Clapton a Life in 12 Bars. His drunken racist raging rants are a real eye opener.
There are better guitarists and much better human beings than Eric.
Initech
(101,455 posts)And Eric Clapton can go fuck himself.
Orrex
(63,845 posts)Stole that from a friend, who may have stolen it from someone else.
But it kind of sums up my feelings.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)I hear Top Topham was an excellent improviser.
Fourth best?
Orrex
(63,845 posts)CentralMass
(15,447 posts)I
elias7
(4,178 posts)I have been brainwashed into believing over 95% of people dying in my dream were unvaccinated. What a sheep am I .