Covidiots in music

Ah yes

Eric Clapton said he would cancel any shows if the venue requires attendees prove they are vaccinated against Covid-19. https://t.co/ByUi9lLG2V

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 21, 2021

That's like threatening to not take a shit in someone's front lawn.

My racist bluesman is an antivaxxer?

Clapton reminds me of Denis Leary's Elvis joke. Had Clapton died at 27 in 1972 (and he nearly did thanks to his heroin addiction), it would've been seen as an awful human tragedy that left behind an impeccable body of work. There's no romanticizing those 49 extra years, that's for sure.

LOL @ O.L.

“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.”

Oh I didn't realize all his shows were free

There is something especially galling about how poorly these people try to use the language of laws & rights. A society where everyone thinks they're a lawyer is a weird hell

I"d stick my dick in a beehive if Clapton would retire

stop saying that

alright that's it! I have to come clean.

Clapton's PR agent was concerned that his Wikipedia "Controversies" section was too short apparently

lmao have you said that before Neanderthal??

He didn't say it needed to have any live bees in it at the time, tho.
Lacks true commitment.

This dude is one of the last musicians I want to hear say anything about "discriminated audiences", have a feeling he might not object to other forms.

angling to make Jim Gordon the second-most infamous murderer in Derek & the Dominos

— Nate Patrin (@natepatrin) July 21, 2021

lol ex-ILXOR with the ouch!

Once a dick, always a dick. https://t.co/WdlN90tgi1 pic.twitter.com/BQs97vYGia

— Valerie Bertinelli (@Wolfiesmom) July 21, 2021

That post feels especially harsh given how much Eddie Van Halen openly discussed Clapton as being a huge inspiration to him (as a guitar player, pre-'70s bland-out). I guess Van Halen's kind words did nothing to soften him up and Clapton was a shit to him.

Looks like Clap is literally drinking a Michelob in that pic - at least you can't say he doesn't practice what he preaches.

There's got to a good Delta variant/Delta blues joke to be made here. Somebody funny please figure this out

Somebody needs to tell Clapton that THIS Delta variant didn't originate in Clarksdale, MS! Haha

With all the heroin he's done, you'd think the Clap wouldn't be so averse to getting poked.

Supposedly he really is needle-shy, and only snorted heroin (ft. Bobby Gillespie).

that's a really long song title, who's it by

King of the Delta Variant Singers

Outstanding!

King of the Delta Variant Singers

― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, July 21, 2021 7:30 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

THERE we go.

I have the uneasy feeling George Harrison would have been right there along with his buddy Eric in this stuff.

found out recently that the Natural Law Party were partly financed by George and were trying to get him to stand as an MP

there was a documentary about Clapton on BBC4 last week, he did not come across at all well of course, funniest bit was him describing how his parents made him get a haircut when he was a teenager and after that he was unable to trust anyone ever again, think this sums him up pretty well

I saw a documentary on Cream recently and there was a bit where Clapton described almost passing out when, for pretty much the first time in his career, he got a bad review. The main thing I got from it though was that, in a band with Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce was considered the problem.

can you imagine being stuck in a room with those three people?

I'm imagining it. It's a white room.

With Blecch curtains

Really tired starlings. Exhausted even

Noooooooooooo not Kim Gordon

Unless it’s more than just that one tweet, I’m not yet fully convinced. There’s a more charitable way to read that, i think. It’s awkwardly worded, but it sounds like she is arguing for a way to convince more hesitant people… maybe? But part of that more charitable reading is me really, really not wanting her to come out as anti vax.

If there was a liability factor with the vaccine companies maybe more people would get vaccinated .

— Kim Gordon (@KimletGordon) July 23, 2021

Said tweet.

Just paid attention to Jay Rock's verse on "Lockdown" by Anderson Paak. Barf.

Don't Love Lockdown
Don't Love loooockdoooown

Johnson & Johnson just reached a settlement in the opioid lawsuits, and they manufacture the single dose vaccine - within that context, her tweet doesn't necessarily mean she's arguing that vaccinations are medically dubious, but she should clarify that a bit more.

I don't get the analogy - if someone believes the covid vaccine is being pushed/over-prescribed and resulting in 100,000s of deaths (like opioids), then they're a hardcore antivaxxer who will never be convinced.

I don't think there's any sense or reason behind her tweet, it's not even worth wrestling with.

I'm more offended that she left a space before the full stop.

I don't get the analogy - if someone believes the covid vaccine is being pushed/over-prescribed and resulting in 100,000s of deaths (like opioids), then they're a hardcore antivaxxer who will never be convinced.

I didn't mean she believed the two were analogous in that way. If someone was angry/bitter that J&J got off lightly for the opioid crisis, that could color their view about anything they're involved with. But you're right that it's not worth wrestling with, I just thought it was a reasonable interpretation rather than jumping to the worst conclusion and potentially overreacting.

With Blecch curtains

― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, July 22, 2021 8:28 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Just didn't want this A+ post from yesterday to slip by unremarked upon.

Fuck Clapton, but iirc he himself *did* get vaccinated and apparently had a particularly bad experience:

“I took the first jab of AZ and straight away had severe reactions which lasted ten days. I recovered eventually and was told it would be twelve weeks before the second one…,” Clapton wrote.

“About six weeks later I was offered and took the second AZ shot, but with a little more knowledge of the dangers. Needless to say the reactions were disastrous, my hands and feet were either frozen, numb or burning, and pretty much useless for two weeks, I feared I would never play again, (I suffer with peripheral neuropathy and should never have gone near the needle.)

Should never have gone near the needle indeed

I didn't doubt the negative reaction. A lot's already been reported on his physical health issues on recent years and how they've made it difficult for him to play. Before he announced his "last" tour (which, surprise, wasn't his last), he said he feared he'd never be able to play again due to those issues. It's just incredibly douchy and shitty when he uses that as a rationale to trash vaccines AND everything known about the pandemic altogether.

I mean he coulda also got COVID and died

(OT to Neanderthal - I just watched the "Dan Flashes" thing the the other night, that was great)