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How the legendary Eric Clapton destroyed his own legacy
NBC News ^ | 15 October 2021 | Jeff Slate

Posted on 10/15/2021 2:13:35 PM PDT by zeestephen

Since last year, Clapton has repeatedly used his vast platform to do his utmost to undermine expert medical advice. He has opposed lockdowns and made suspicious claims about the dangers of vaccines. This spring, he said in videos posted on a friend's YouTube channel that scientific studies, expert opinions and public health recommendations extolling the importance of vaccines were "propaganda..."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: cianewspuppets; ciapuppets; clapton; ericclapton; jeffslate; music; nbsnbc; someassemblyrequired; thankseric; vaccine
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To: zeestephen

At this ‘news’, my favorite guitarist just got favoriter !


81 posted on 10/15/2021 3:54:17 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Chode

Your local MSM stasi liar.


82 posted on 10/15/2021 3:56:20 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: tje

Yep


83 posted on 10/15/2021 3:56:44 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

100%


84 posted on 10/15/2021 3:57:57 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Tunehead54
I listen to Van Morrison more than any other artist. Bought ‘Brown eyed Girl’ on a 45 when I was 13, have about twenty of albums and/or CD’s. Have also seen him six times in concerts. His live bands are always filled with excellent musicians.

As far as guitarists go, which is Clapton’s strength, I listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn and Steve Morse. Also like the older stuff from Jeff Beck and Rory Gallagher.

85 posted on 10/15/2021 4:04:52 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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To: zeestephen

Yardbirds, Cream, The Beatles, solo…

Remind me who Jeff Slate is again?


86 posted on 10/15/2021 4:11:01 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Tunehead54

Got distracted and did not add other favorites: Johnny Cash, Amy Winehouse, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Chris Stapleton, the Steel Drivers.


87 posted on 10/15/2021 4:11:43 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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To: zigmeisterxiv

That’s great. I am sure the shows were excellent. I missed seeing both BF and Cream. Though I did go to a lot of shows back then.


88 posted on 10/15/2021 4:14:40 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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To: tje

Clapton over claptrap.


89 posted on 10/15/2021 4:24:16 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: zeestephen

I kind of agree with this article. I remember when Clapton was in Cream in the late 60’s, he was an outspoken supporter of Smith Kline Labs, and the hippies loved him for it. Then, when he made his big comeback in ‘77 with Slowhand, he started every concert with a speech singing the praises of Merck Pharma, and the crowd went wild. I don’t know what the heck happened to him!


90 posted on 10/15/2021 4:27:47 PM PDT by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joacn Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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To: zeestephen

Clapton is really going the rebel thing by being in a minority and going against “The Man.” Other posers want to act as rebels but sell out the minute any music exec throws them a bone. So this is REAL to him. Which is what the blues and rock should be about. NBC is about as unreal as can be and should in no way judge character.


91 posted on 10/15/2021 4:38:45 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: zeestephen

That’s their opinion, I actually think more of him now..


92 posted on 10/15/2021 5:04:51 PM PDT by vigilante2
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To: dhs12345

NBC went has been going straight down since Hope left.


93 posted on 10/15/2021 5:28:53 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: zeestephen

Even if what Eric Clapton says is wrong, what does that have to do with his guitar-playing abilities on which he built his legacy?


94 posted on 10/15/2021 5:36:43 PM PDT by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: Flick Lives

Funny. the article never bother to mention Clapton was partially paralyzed for several weeks following the covid vaccine.

Thank you, Flick. Neither did the first 49 posters. I hadn’t heard this anywhere before.


95 posted on 10/15/2021 5:42:17 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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To: Michael.SF.

How bout this one.
Eric Clapton, Luciano Pavarotti, East London Gospel Choir - Holy Mother (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9uYu4R2nk8


96 posted on 10/15/2021 5:57:07 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: zeestephen

No one is allowed to voice the impacts of the VID vax side effects. Even Eric Clapton. It amazes me that not a single member of Congress 535 strong has had an issue given their age. Statistics says it isn’t possible.


97 posted on 10/15/2021 6:36:16 PM PDT by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrative)
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To: Flick Lives
Funny. the article never bother to mention Clapton was partially paralyzed for several weeks following the covid vaccine.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/553957-eric-clapton-feared-hed-never-play-guitar-again

“I took the first jab of AZ and straight away had severe reactions which lasted ten days,” Clapton wrote. “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,” he said.

He said he received the second dose six weeks later “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.),” Clapton said.

The songwriter blamed the “propaganda” surrounding the vaccine for what he believes was misinformation regarding its safety.

On what planet does Eric Clapton not have a right if not an obligation to share his horrible experience with the AstraZeneca vaccine? Canceled for this? Is he not permitted to learn from his own experience, and share it with others?

This only adds to my very considerable respect for him.

98 posted on 10/15/2021 7:36:54 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: zeestephen

He did no such thing. He just didn’t go along with your Covid propaganda. Remember when musicians used to be celebrated for questioning authority?


99 posted on 10/15/2021 8:46:34 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: caver

Yes! Thank you. The Nuge is great


100 posted on 10/15/2021 10:49:28 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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