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Also he was drunk and off his face during that gig, who's to say someone hadn't had his ear for the entire day and twisted his mind. Bloke was fucked up beyond all recognition, and in a really dark selfish mind space. He is many things but he clearly is not a racist, I'm not excusing his obviously disgraceful comments but who knows the context this was done in.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
I wasnt referring to the accusations of racism.
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He did do a lot of bad things in his pre clean days that's for sure, as to afterwards I can't say. I guess his experiences with his family had made him very bitter towards things like that. I saw the story as a great redemption tale though, whatever his past mistakes might have been, and it may be clever editing, he certainly seems to have made up for it in some ways.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
He seems to have understood how many people he hurt once he became sober and actively tried to make amends and be a better person which is to be commended.
I say say all this as a huge Clapton fan btw.
Biggest surprise to me was how how drunk he was through the 80s. I thought he was already clean then but he was just clean of smack.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
EC was amazing that day.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
At one extreme do they have to share every opinion you have in order to like the music? At the other extreme could you enjoy mad angry racist music if it was musically good?
A lot of musicians don't speak about their views - is your enjoyment of the music you currently like in constant risk of being destroyed by a life long favourite coming out as a homophobe one day on Twitter?
Recently I've been wanting to get into the Smiths but the things I hear morrissey has said (worse than Clapton by far) put me off - but should it?
It's a weird cognitive dissonance and why companies do sponsorships. We generally want to agree with people whose work we enjoy.
But at the same time I actively shout at the TV/computer every time people praising Chris Brown or working with him.
And Billy Corgan's last decade or so of idiocy has made me listen to the Pumpkins a lot less.
It would be difficult to get into the Smiths now for the first time knowing what you do because back in the day one assumed he was being pithy and ironic whereas now we all know he's a hateful bigoted bellend.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
I'd happily stop being a fan if i found out person was the biggest cock ever and treated people badly. because i have morals and am willing, unlike a lot of people these days, to actually stand up and be counted against abhorant behaviour, treatment of people, homophobic, racist etc. even if it means standing in between said cock and person they are giving a hard time. So i am certainly not gonna let some rich star get away with similar behaviour and just keep on being a fan as if it never happened. Stuff that.
The Clapton racist thing we’ve been around a few times, it helped create Rock Against Racism and Charles Shaar Murray likes to bring it up from time to time. It was a long time ago, he was pissed and it’s been over balanced by any number of deeds ( like the Crossroads foundation) and relationships with black artists. I’ve worked with sex offenders, violent offenders, drug addicts - I’m a great believer that change is possible and Clappo isn’t a terrible example of that.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
As for the racist remarks and the womanising, disgusting and aborent it is to hear now but it was kind of excepted in the 70s. God knows why it was but it was. Not all good times at all the 70s in some respects
Ultimately the question is can a person admit their wrong-doings and seek forgiveness? It seems to me that EC has had quite a journey in terms of personal development - and seems genuine in his recognition of his past behaviour. For those who stand in judgement - may be we should ask whether it’s right not to accept this? None of us live blameless lives - but trying to make things right is brave - and I think deserves some respect.
I also think it was extremely brave of him to allow such a bright light to be shone on his dark days, not too many people would be so willing to admit their shortcomings. Even less would allow it to be shown in public.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
The next day - he returned the card in a sealed envelope. When his wife opened it on her birthday, it contained two tickets for a box at the RAH.
Probably not the action of someone who’s a shit....
Kind of off topic, but that reminds me of George Michael. People had lots of judgemental comments to make about his lifestyle and life choices but after he passed away, lots of stories emerged about the sheer generosity of the guy and just how much help he had given others. Clearly Eric is of a similar mould, none of it advertised as such, just decent people deep down.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...