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ripcord

(5,084 posts)
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 05:41 PM Jul 2021

Eric Clapton won't play venues if they require vaccinations

Source: NBC News

"Following the PM's announcement on Monday the 19th of July 2021, I feel honor bound to make an announcement of my own: I wish to say that I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present. Unless there is provision made for all people to attend, I reserve the right to cancel the show," Clapton said via statement posted onto architect, film producer and anti-vaxxer Robin Monotti Graziadei's Telegram account.

The news follows U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement Tuesday that as restrictions on social gatherings lift, nightclubs must require guests to show a Covid Pass from the U.K.'s National Health Service upon entry for everyone over the age of 18.

Clapton has been releasing anti-vaccination and anti-lockdown statements and songs for close to a year now. In December 2020, Clapton joined fellow classic rocker turned anti-vaxxer Van Morrison on his song, "Stand and Deliver." The song features lyrics including, "Do you wanna be a free man / Or do you wanna be a slave?" and "Dick Turpin wore a mask too."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/eric-clapton-won-t-play-venues-if-they-require-vaccinations-n1274740



I didn't know Clapton was a whack job.
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Eric Clapton won't play venues if they require vaccinations (Original Post) ripcord Jul 2021 OP
"Or do you wanna be dead" Fixed it for ya Eric C Budi Jul 2021 #1
Indeed. Free to do what, preciesly? paleotn Jul 2021 #57
Actually Eric Clapton PatSeg Jul 2021 #78
I guess he could have refused it and took his chances of dying a painful COVID death. C Moon Jul 2021 #93
I know PatSeg Jul 2021 #97
I wasn't being personal, I just can't stand that guy. Each time he's in the news... C Moon Jul 2021 #112
I didn't realize that PatSeg Jul 2021 #113
Don't know if he's a RWNJ, but certainly sways that way. C Moon Jul 2021 #114
Probably PatSeg Jul 2021 #115
I think a concert for the un-vaccinated is great idea and they can infect each other. Problem solved. olegramps Jul 2021 #98
Haa.....Sure Eric..go ahead & have that big ole super spreader concert Budi Jul 2021 #102
Who? niyad Jul 2021 #2
I guess you weren't listening to music SharonClark Jul 2021 #17
Actually, I was. Classical music. Folk music. Women's music. Pagan music. Showtunes. niyad Jul 2021 #24
Clapton is pretty famous. He is, as the other poster points out, the ONLY PatrickforB Jul 2021 #34
Thank you for introducing me to them. The video did not play, so I will try youtube. niyad Jul 2021 #79
Fortunately, they are on youtube. Very talented young women. niyad Jul 2021 #80
neither were the Beatles stopdiggin Jul 2021 #83
Knew them prior to the '70's. niyad Jul 2021 #85
Adverse reactions from vaccinations are very real, do your research... SayitAintSo Jul 2021 #3
He doesn't object for any medical reasons ripcord Jul 2021 #5
He said he had serious nerve problems with his hands after the shot. uberblonde Jul 2021 #87
*Snork* "Do your research. Vaccines are DAAAAANGEROUS" Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author cstanleytech Jul 2021 #22
Well they can be for a variety of reasons from improper production, storage and transportation for cstanleytech Jul 2021 #23
Same thing can be said about all food Traildogbob Jul 2021 #47
If you want to you can. I intend to keep on eating though and using vaccines as the risk is cstanleytech Jul 2021 #53
Same here Traildogbob Jul 2021 #69
Far better chance dying on my way to the grocery store tomorrow. paleotn Jul 2021 #61
Maybe you should read his vaccination story oldsoftie Jul 2021 #26
I've heard enough tall tales from anti-vaxxers Major Nikon Jul 2021 #49
He pretty much is just yapping for no reason. And helping a plague along on it's travels. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #52
If it's about his hand, he's lying rpannier Jul 2021 #67
I remember that too. oldsoftie Jul 2021 #71
thank you. that pretty much spiked the whole stopdiggin Jul 2021 #84
How about a big huge NO Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #27
PHHHHhhhtthhttt!!!!!!! paleotn Jul 2021 #58
We got our very own nutcase it seems. Lucky Luciano Jul 2021 #60
The poster said "Adverse reactions from vaccinations are very real" Polybius Jul 2021 #94
The tone of the message was clear. Lucky Luciano Jul 2021 #106
How about you share your sources of information Rural_Progressive Jul 2021 #81
+100 Duppers Jul 2021 #88
I have read that it is usually the serum it is delivered it that some people can react to. olegramps Jul 2021 #100
Never thought he was a "just say no to drugs" type of guy. Sneederbunk Jul 2021 #4
He's been a whack job for a long time. Bleacher Creature Jul 2021 #7
And how many countries Mr.Bill Jul 2021 #51
Rock Against Racism started in part in reaction to him Withywindle Jul 2021 #72
Well, I won't go to a venue unless vaccinations ARE required. Auggie Jul 2021 #8
Both he and Van Morrison have gone bonkers. LakeArenal Jul 2021 #9
Yep. I've deleted their music from my library and won't miss it. ancianita Jul 2021 #16
That'll show them. SharonClark Jul 2021 #18
Nope. I don't want to be reminded of their stupidity. ancianita Jul 2021 #20
Just never going... zentrum Jul 2021 #65
Slow Hand is now Slow Brain Blue Owl Jul 2021 #10
Old slow hand can't play fast. spike jones Jul 2021 #15
To quote the now deranged EC... orwell Jul 2021 #11
Did I miss a memo where celebrities are FORCED to perform in Venues? n/t JustFiveMoreMinutes Jul 2021 #12
Oh Eric, BigmanPigman Jul 2021 #13
With all due respect .... SarcasticSatyr Jul 2021 #14
He can still fill a stadium. He's relevant enough. LakeArenal Jul 2021 #73
Never cared for the Stones. I prefer the Doors. rockfordfile Jul 2021 #90
Okay. Except a dead guy can't get vaccines at this point. LakeArenal Jul 2021 #103
yeah he sounds like a nut-job. rockfordfile Jul 2021 #19
Nut Job Roy Rolling Jul 2021 #21
'If you wanna get down--- DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #42
Yay Rollo Jul 2021 #68
Then stay your tired ass at home where you belong. oasis Jul 2021 #25
I wonder if he's available for a babysitting gig Orrex Jul 2021 #28
Grew up with his music, now ... BlueWavePsych Jul 2021 #29
So..play venues packed with non-vacinated idiots swimming in a cesspool of the Delta variat Eric Bengus81 Jul 2021 #30
Clapton is a huge prick Dopers_Greed Jul 2021 #31
It's about the $ Red Mountain Jul 2021 #32
my understanding is that Van Morrison is too. barbtries Jul 2021 #33
Disappointing ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #35
I lost respect for Clapton riverbendviewgal Jul 2021 #36
He is a vile individual. The King of Prussia Jul 2021 #37
Ironic he said that Dopers_Greed Jul 2021 #38
Wow. So he is a bigot on top of everything else. Maggiemayhem Jul 2021 #45
Holy shit. He's totally racist. Disappointing for one so talented and revered. nt Evolve Dammit Jul 2021 #82
OK, so robleb Jul 2021 #39
Here's an opinion from someone who knows him personally renate Jul 2021 #40
I just saw something funny ........ SarcasticSatyr Jul 2021 #41
HA! Indeed! nt DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #43
I've been using a corollary to that for some time. NNadir Jul 2021 #44
I didn't know he was still alive. old guy Jul 2021 #46
We can still hear your music when you (EC) are dead. NT dclarston13 Jul 2021 #48
Fuck him. Write Layla all you want, but you musta been a creep then with Pattie Boyd as well. somaticexperiencing Jul 2021 #50
Patty Boyd had two sisters that also had relationships with him LakeArenal Jul 2021 #75
He old, cranky ad121rome Jul 2021 #54
Too much cocaine I'd guess. paleotn Jul 2021 #55
Fuck him and that crossroads BS.....you weren't even at Woodstock.... turbinetree Jul 2021 #56
Covid is showing us everyone's true colors. Joinfortmill Jul 2021 #59
If he wants to limit his income ... rustysgurl Jul 2021 #62
Like all of us, he's getting up there Warpy Jul 2021 #63
🎶 I'm being followed by a Covid shadow... 🎶 NurseJackie Jul 2021 #64
This message was self-deleted by its author Cetacea Jul 2021 #66
The lying racist says what now? rpannier Jul 2021 #70
TY for posting this! Duppers Jul 2021 #89
Proof Clapton is a rock solid racist to the core. oasis Jul 2021 #111
'a discriminated audience' elleng Jul 2021 #74
Prince was way better. Jimi Hendrix was way better IronLionZion Jul 2021 #76
"I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present." LudwigPastorius Jul 2021 #77
F**k you Eric Clapton. I hope no one goes to your concerts JohnSJ Jul 2021 #86
I'm so glad anti-vaxxers weren't around when I was young and polio raced through the country. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2021 #91
Waaaaay too many drugs. intheflow Jul 2021 #92
is he auditioning for a gig at the 2024 GQP Con? pstokely Jul 2021 #95
Guy who made a fortune copying Black culture is a Reich Wing Magasnowflake. Shocked. (Nt) FreepFryer Jul 2021 #96
Saw Clapton in 1975. Things have changed some since then. twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #99
Eric Clapton is and has always been an ass. lark Jul 2021 #101
Greatly disappointed in the guy who used to be my favorite rock guitarist. (nt) Paladin Jul 2021 #104
Eric has had a lot of troubling things to say about race, too. Fuck him and Van, both ... marble falls Jul 2021 #105
I heard he was going to open with a rousing cover of "Delta Dawn" Blues Heron Jul 2021 #107
That whole "EC is God" thing has gone to his head. maddogesq Jul 2021 #108
Mr Clapton needs to learn the difference between discrimination... malthaussen Jul 2021 #109
I got to see Clapton play live in 82 with Muddy Waters. iscooterliberally Jul 2021 #110
Will his next band be pressbox69 Jul 2021 #116
He is just greedy dansolo Jul 2021 #117
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
1. "Or do you wanna be dead" Fixed it for ya Eric C
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 05:45 PM
Jul 2021

"Do you wanna be a free man / Or do you wanna be a slave?"

Or do you wanna be dead"?

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
57. Indeed. Free to do what, preciesly?
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 08:32 PM
Jul 2021

Doing stupid shit because you're free isn't exercising freedom. It's doing stupid shit.

PatSeg

(46,803 posts)
78. Actually Eric Clapton
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:32 PM
Jul 2021

did receive the AstraZeneca vaccine and had such a severe reaction that he wondered if he would even be able to play the guitar again.

In his case, his attitude is very subjective and based on his own personal experience. I think anyone who has had a serious reaction to a vaccine might be biased. He doesn't appear to be the average anti-vaxxer kook, just unlucky apparently. I don't know what Van Morrison's problem is though.

Obviously, people's odds are much better being vaccinated, but occasionally there will be those who do get sick from a vaccine and that will affect their objectivity. I understand how he feels, but encouraging others not to get the vaccine because of his experience could cause a lot of unnecessary pain and suffering.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
93. I guess he could have refused it and took his chances of dying a painful COVID death.
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 12:17 AM
Jul 2021

But instead, he gets one, has a bad reaction, survives, and tells others not to get a vaccine...let them suffer a painful COVID death.

PatSeg

(46,803 posts)
97. I know
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 08:21 AM
Jul 2021

But I think it is hard to be objective when it happens to you. I don't agree with what he is doing, but I can understand how he came to feel that way. I was just making the point that Clapton was not a typical whacko anti-vaxxer - the "Bill Gates is planting microchips in people's arms" type. Meanwhile, our attitudes towards anything is often colored by own personal experiences.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
112. I wasn't being personal, I just can't stand that guy. Each time he's in the news...
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 07:48 PM
Jul 2021

it's some blowhard rightwing thing he did or said.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
114. Don't know if he's a RWNJ, but certainly sways that way.
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 10:07 AM
Jul 2021

Probably still sees himself as a 70s guitar god.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
98. I think a concert for the un-vaccinated is great idea and they can infect each other. Problem solved.
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 08:39 AM
Jul 2021
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
102. Haa.....Sure Eric..go ahead & have that big ole super spreader concert
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 09:25 AM
Jul 2021

K & R your post, olegramps

That's about all I got left for those people.
~

SharonClark

(10,005 posts)
17. I guess you weren't listening to music
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:28 PM
Jul 2021

from 1970-2000.

Only 3-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 4th greatest guitarist of 100 from Rolling Stone. 2nd greatest guitarist of 50 from
Gibson Guitars.

Nobody at all.

niyad

(112,434 posts)
24. Actually, I was. Classical music. Folk music. Women's music. Pagan music. Showtunes.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:37 PM
Jul 2021

This individual wasn't in any of those genres.

PatrickforB

(14,516 posts)
34. Clapton is pretty famous. He is, as the other poster points out, the ONLY
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:27 PM
Jul 2021

person inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, solo, as a member of Cream, and as a member of the Yardbirds.

Now, I am crazy about the old British Invasion - Beatles, Stones, Manfred Mann, Animals and others, including Zep, Pink Floyd, and later, Elton John.

Now, like many of the old British rockers - who all knew each other - Clapton considered that his roots were in the old R & B songs by black artists like Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim and others. These guys were crazy about this music. Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Clapton and others got their start playing skiffle and were heavily influenced by these black artists.

Back in the days of segregation, radio stations did not play this blues music because it was performed by black artists. So, when guys like Clapton came along in groups like the Yardbirds, and later Cream, the American kids literally went crazy for it. You can argue that most of these British Invasion artists were influenced by the old 1920s and 30s blues. Consider that much of Zep's music, like 'When the Levee Breaks' are modified covers of earlier American black artists. For example, When the Levee Breaks was first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song reflected the black experience around the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

So, anyway, Clapton started with the Yardbirds and Cream, but went on to Derek and the Dominoes, and Blind Faith, and later had a long solo career. He performed with the likes of Jimmy Page, Ginger Baker, John Mayall, Bob Marley and even Zappa. He performed Cocaine, Layla and many other mega hits of that era.

It is sad to me that this guy is now an anti vaxxer and possibly a right wing nut. Very sad. He was part of the soundtrack of my own youth.

By the way, if you are into women's groups, there is a great busker band from Ireland called Dea Matrona. They play some covers of old rock and roll, but they also have written a number of really good songs. The music industry has become such an 'industry' that it is really hard for creative new people to get recognized. Here is a link to a live show they did at a place called Whelen's in Dublin:

?list=LL

Especially notice that Molly plays keyboards, guitar and bass. Orlaith plays guitar and bass, and Molly's little sister plays the drums. I like them because they are really sound musically. Plus they got their start busking - that's how I found them. I was searching for versions of Crossroads, a favorite of mine, and I ran across their video, and got hooked. It's modern because they probably aren't even 20 yet - the drummer is 16. But it is old fashioned Rock and Roll. Really good.

niyad

(112,434 posts)
79. Thank you for introducing me to them. The video did not play, so I will try youtube.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:37 PM
Jul 2021

However, it did remind me of something I have been meaning to check out again, so I finally did, and revived some wonderful memories. I went to what was the Ladyslipper women's music catalogue, where I used to find feminist and pagan music. It is now an incredible archive (www.ladyslipper.org). So thank you ever so much.

stopdiggin

(11,092 posts)
83. neither were the Beatles
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 10:39 PM
Jul 2021

or Presley, or Coltrane, or Louis Armstrong

go ahead - I'll be embarrassed for you.

 

SayitAintSo

(2,207 posts)
3. Adverse reactions from vaccinations are very real, do your research...
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 05:55 PM
Jul 2021

And throttle the judgement a bit.

ripcord

(5,084 posts)
5. He doesn't object for any medical reasons
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 05:59 PM
Jul 2021

He believes masks, vaccines and the lock downs are wrong because they violate freedoms, he is as nutty as our conservatives.

uberblonde

(1,215 posts)
87. He said he had serious nerve problems with his hands after the shot.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 11:19 PM
Jul 2021

What he doesn't mention is that he's had nerve problems for years that were so bad, he thought he'd have to quit playing. So make of that what you will.

Response to Scrivener7 (Reply #6)

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
23. Well they can be for a variety of reasons from improper production, storage and transportation for
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:32 PM
Jul 2021

example not to mention the odd allergic reaction some people might experience.
All of those things though are very rare and overall history has shown that vaccines are both safe and effective.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
53. If you want to you can. I intend to keep on eating though and using vaccines as the risk is
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 08:27 PM
Jul 2021

negligible.

Traildogbob

(8,576 posts)
69. Same here
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:06 PM
Jul 2021

I can not count the shots I had to get in the navy for two Med cruises, one Middle East Cruise. Not to mention boot camp jabs. No whining, no religious or political objections. And the food on a Destroyer for 7 months at a time, ha, sanItation with E2 and E3 seaman serving and cleanup. I survived that. No problem with these shots. Damn glad the VA gave me them. Will gladly take booster if needed. Damn glad for shingles Vax as well.

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
61. Far better chance dying on my way to the grocery store tomorrow.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 08:42 PM
Jul 2021

But hey! Ya gotta eat. The payoff far outweighs the risk.

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
26. Maybe you should read his vaccination story
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:46 PM
Jul 2021

While I certainly think EVERYONE should be vaccinated, he had some bad side effects and at one point thought he wouldnt be able to play again. He got the Atsrazenica. Sure, he could be lying, but he's not just yapping for no reason.
And again, I think everyone should get the shots


https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-05-17/eric-clapton-astrazeneca-vaccine

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
49. I've heard enough tall tales from anti-vaxxers
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 08:07 PM
Jul 2021

They all seem to have bullshit stories about alleged vaccine reactions. This is the same dude who had no problem putting all sorts of shit in his body for decades and there’s little doubt much of that rotted away his brains.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
67. If it's about his hand, he's lying
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:01 PM
Jul 2021

or if he tries to tie it to his hearing loss

A 2016 story in Classic Rock Magazine quotes the then 71-year-old rock icon that peripheral neuropathy may end his career. In a 2018 BBC radio interview, he disclosed he was also suffering from tinnitus. Tinnitus is a symptom of an underlying health issue such as age-related hearing loss, and past ear injury or a circulatory system disorder.

stopdiggin

(11,092 posts)
84. thank you. that pretty much spiked the whole
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 10:49 PM
Jul 2021

'adverse reaction' sob story.

(adverse reactions are a real thing ... people lying their asses off in service of their agenda is getting to be a pretty common thing too. sadly.)

Lucky Luciano

(11,242 posts)
60. We got our very own nutcase it seems.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 08:40 PM
Jul 2021

Throttling my judgment up to light speed for any and all retarded antivaxxers.

Alerting on this antivaxx garbage.

Polybius

(15,238 posts)
94. The poster said "Adverse reactions from vaccinations are very real"
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 12:41 AM
Jul 2021

Last edited Fri Jul 23, 2021, 02:02 AM - Edit history (1)

I don't know if I'd consider that an anti-vax post. There are rare cases where people get a bad reaction. Clapton did. I can't speak for the poster, but I got the vaccine.

Lucky Luciano

(11,242 posts)
106. The tone of the message was clear.
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 11:13 AM
Jul 2021

If they also said, you’re goddamn right people should get vaccinated, I would be more sympathetic.

Don’t forget that there exists the granola left that believes in “natural healing” and they too need to be shunned.

Rural_Progressive

(1,105 posts)
81. How about you share your sources of information
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 10:17 PM
Jul 2021

Polio vaccine had side effects, as did smallpox, diphtheria, and measles.

Are you suggesting that people refrain from getting those vaccinations?

You're going to make statements like that the onus is on you to back up your claims and justify your statement.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
100. I have read that it is usually the serum it is delivered it that some people can react to.
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 08:43 AM
Jul 2021

There are warning if you have certain allergies to not take some vaccines.

Bleacher Creature

(11,235 posts)
7. He's been a whack job for a long time.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:04 PM
Jul 2021

He has a history of being anti-immigration that goes back to the 70s.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
72. Rock Against Racism started in part in reaction to him
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:16 PM
Jul 2021

Went off on a godawful slur-filled rant in 1976. Said later it was because he was drunk. Well, probably, but alcohol doesn't make you say racist shit if you're not already thinking it.

His whole career is based on the blues and his biggest hit was a Bob Marley song. Without Black music he'd be nobody.

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
9. Both he and Van Morrison have gone bonkers.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:12 PM
Jul 2021

Sad but somebody will go senile and I see them exhibiting.

But their music will live on long past them.

orwell

(7,754 posts)
11. To quote the now deranged EC...
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:14 PM
Jul 2021
Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven


LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
73. He can still fill a stadium. He's relevant enough.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:19 PM
Jul 2021

Rolling Stones just announced a new tour as well. They will make millions.

Roy Rolling

(6,853 posts)
21. Nut Job
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:32 PM
Jul 2021

He just insulted every fan who took the time to get a vaccination. He requires they sit next to an unvaccinated person to hear him sing “Cocaine”.

The cola has rotted his brain. My wife wanted to go, now it’s a firm “no”. Fuck him.

Orrex

(63,085 posts)
28. I wonder if he's available for a babysitting gig
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:02 PM
Jul 2021

Fuck him. He has an established history of endorsing bullshit, so I don’t care what he can do with guitar.

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
31. Clapton is a huge prick
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:19 PM
Jul 2021

He's a massive racist too.

Just look up some of the things he's said over the years.

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
33. my understanding is that Van Morrison is too.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:24 PM
Jul 2021

a few months ago they were railing against lockdowns.

two of my favorites. sad.

37. He is a vile individual.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:37 PM
Jul 2021

[link:https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-clapton-racist-rant/|

"Do we have any foreigners in the audience tonight? If so, please put up your hands… So where are you? Well wherever you all are, I think you should all just leave. Not just leave the hall, leave our country … I don’t want you here, in the room or in my country. Listen to me, man! I think we should send them all back. Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white …"

robleb

(162 posts)
39. OK, so
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:43 PM
Jul 2021

he is an outstanding musician, a classic rocker, a hall of famer...

doesn't make him smart or right.

Once admired, now I just feel sorry for him.

SarcasticSatyr

(1,177 posts)
41. I just saw something funny ........
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:50 PM
Jul 2021

There are two things I don't need to hear:

Dr. Fauci playing guitar, and Eric Clapton giving medical advice.

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
44. I've been using a corollary to that for some time.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:56 PM
Jul 2021

In my version it's Glenn Seaborg playing slide guitar and Bonnie Raitt doing nuclear engineering.

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
75. Patty Boyd had two sisters that also had relationships with him
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:24 PM
Jul 2021

One sister was Paula I don’t remember the name of the other.

ad121rome

(151 posts)
54. He old, cranky
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 08:28 PM
Jul 2021

He is 76, senile. Too much loud music has driven him over the edge. Plus he is a jerk and stupid. Can’t fix stupid.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
56. Fuck him and that crossroads BS.....you weren't even at Woodstock....
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 08:30 PM
Jul 2021

Alvin Lee was a better guitarist...for starters





rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
62. If he wants to limit his income ...
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 08:51 PM
Jul 2021

... then more power to him.

There are other artists I will go see and won't give it a second thought.

He was a great musician -- probably still is. But as a person he sucks.

Response to ripcord (Original post)

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
70. The lying racist says what now?
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:06 PM
Jul 2021

A 2016 story in Classic Rock Magazine quotes the then 71-year-old rock icon that peripheral neuropathy may end his career. In a 2018 BBC radio interview, he disclosed he was also suffering from tinnitus. Tinnitus is a symptom of an underlying health issue such as age-related hearing loss, and past ear injury or a circulatory system disorder.

https://mccannltc.net/news/eric-clapton-peripheral-neuropathy-may-end-career-and-more

“Do we have any foreigners in the audience tonight? If so, please put up your hands … So where are you? Well wherever you all are, I think you should all just leave. Not just leave the hall, leave our country … I don’t want you here, in the room or in my country. Listen to me, man! I think we should send them all back. Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white … The black wogs and coons and Arabs and f*cking Jamaicans don’t belong here, we don’t want them here. This is England, this is a white country, we don’t want any black wogs and coons living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome.

https://www.insidehook.com/article/music/eric-clapton-racism

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-clapton-racist-rant/

IronLionZion

(45,258 posts)
76. Prince was way better. Jimi Hendrix was way better
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:27 PM
Jul 2021

I guess I won't be going to any show that requires Eric Clapton.

LudwigPastorius

(8,944 posts)
77. "I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present."
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 09:31 PM
Jul 2021

You mean like the w*gs and c**ns?

“Do we have any foreigners in the audience tonight? If so, please put up your hands … So where are you? Well wherever you all are, I think you should all just leave. Not just leave the hall, leave our country … I don’t want you here, in the room or in my country. Listen to me, man! I think we should send them all back. Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the w*gs out. Get the c**ns out. Keep Britain white … The black w*gs and c**ns and Arabs and fucking Jamaicans don’t belong here, we don’t want them here. This is England, this is a white country, we don’t want any black w*gs and c**ns living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome. England is for white people, man … This is Great Britain, a white country, what is happening to us, for fuck’s sake? … Throw the w*gs out! Keep Britain white!”


https://archive.is/SwiPI#selection-743.0-763.63

Go fuck yourself, you racist trash.
91. I'm so glad anti-vaxxers weren't around when I was young and polio raced through the country.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 11:45 PM
Jul 2021

Doctors Salk and Sabin were heroes. I remember standing in line in junior high school to get my sugar cube, which had a blue drop of vaccine on it. There wasn't anybody protesting outside the school. I don't remember even having a signed permission slip from my parents. Because it was a time when government was seen to be a good thing (pre-Reagan) we trusted our doctors and schools to do the right thing. Of course, we didn't have Faux News and RW radio blaring disinformation 24/7.

Anti-vaxxers are the Joe Manchins of medicine.

intheflow

(28,407 posts)
92. Waaaaay too many drugs.
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 12:06 AM
Jul 2021

It's hard to wrap my head around how someone can create music that resonates with my very soul and then turn around and spout this bullshit. Then I remember an interview I heard with him once, where he recounted a time he "came to" naked, speeding down the LA freeway in a convertible. Dude is definitely an unreliable source on anything apart from music.

pstokely

(10,510 posts)
95. is he auditioning for a gig at the 2024 GQP Con?
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 01:16 AM
Jul 2021

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or a tour with Ted Nugent?

lark

(23,003 posts)
101. Eric Clapton is and has always been an ass.
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 08:54 AM
Jul 2021

He is a talented asshole, true, but an ass nonetheless. Glad I didn't pay to see him the last time he was in concert here. My husbands work had box seats and he won them and free parking so we went. I like the music, dislike the man.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
105. Eric has had a lot of troubling things to say about race, too. Fuck him and Van, both ...
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 11:12 AM
Jul 2021

... that said, I still listen to Cream and Layla album, and Van's "Tupelo Honey" album.

maddogesq

(1,245 posts)
108. That whole "EC is God" thing has gone to his head.
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 11:42 AM
Jul 2021

For those of my generation, there was that mystique ever since he played the role of The Preacher in Tommy.

OK so I am beginning to think a lot of these anti -vax folks suffer mental health issues which causes them to be willfully ignorant.

Part of me feels angry, but part of feels sorry for them.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
109. Mr Clapton needs to learn the difference between discrimination...
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 12:20 PM
Jul 2021

... and reasonable health precautions.

-- Mal

iscooterliberally

(2,849 posts)
110. I got to see Clapton play live in 82 with Muddy Waters.
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 01:53 PM
Jul 2021

I would not ask Eric Clapton for medical advice in the same way that I don't ask my doctor to teach me blues licks on the guitar. I don't even know if she plays the guitar. It's never come up in our conversations.



pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
116. Will his next band be
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 12:53 PM
Jul 2021

Derek and All White Dominos?

Now his music will never sound the same. To me he comes off as just another lying right wing racist. Soon he will be touring with Ted Nugent and Kid Rock.

"The Sky Is Crying." Indeed.

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