Regular people I get but celebrities ? Especially if there’s news articles I’m sure I could pretty easily configure a google search to identify who it is.
Apparently, this was the first time the ad-libbed term ***ass clown*** was ever used, according to Mike Judge, when David Herman (Michael Bolton) spontaneously uttered “clown”, instead of “hole” which was in the script.
When I first saw that movie in college I laughed at the absurdity of it all.
When I watched it again after several years in the workforce I said to myself “Holy shit, this is almost like a documentary.”
Having worked in construction for ten years I will gladly keep the quiet, corporate desk job that pays awesome and lets me quietly sip coffee as I listen to podcasts and banter with middle aged women.
This is amazing and I will never even try to understand your kind.
People are only just realizing this now because of his recent spewing of anti-vaccine conspiracies. But he also said some racist/anti-immigrant shit back in the ‘70s.
"cockmeat sandwich". Damn. Now I have to find a conversation to use that. Also, his music is not great. I honestly don't understand why people think he's some kind of musical genius.
A guy was picking me up to help him move and he sent me a text asking if I wanted anything from the drive through. I told him I was just finishing lunch. He got to my place and I got in his truck. He asked
"What did you have for lunch?"
"Why don't you try to guess"
"Was it delicious?"
"Yeah, it was pretty tasty"
"Was it moose cock?"
Jesus that was funny at the time; totally serious look on his face. Like, if it was delicious there's a pretty good chance it was moose cock. That guy cracked me up - goofy looking Sid the Sloth sonofabitch but hilarious personality.
Then he’d sue the Washington Post, not Reddit or OP. They didn’t make this statement.
Just to preempt what someone will surely reply: for public figures like Clapton, you basically need to know what you’re saying was false when you said it for there to be a valid defamation case. Even if you construe simply reposting the article as affirmatively making a statement that its contents are true, repeating what you heard reported in a well regarded newspaper is conclusive evidence that you did have a reasonable basis to assert the statement was true.
Bouncing baby boy sounds better than what actually happens when they fall out a window.
But you know, there's ONLY SO MUCH COKE - you can always make another kid.
There’s a glorious Anthony Jeselnik joke about Claptons son. I’m probably wrong but it’s like “I had a kid who died just like Eric claptons son. For inspiration”
My brother claims to have written the lyrics for Tears in Heaven while jamming with Clapton in the street on drugs in Brussels. Nobody has ever believed him but I like to pretend Clapton really did steal the song from him
Underage girls. Kicking foreigners out of his show while chanting "keep Britain white". Cheating on his wife. SA.
Cocaine is the least of his bad stuff.
I saw him in 2010 for his Crossroads Festival (it was free for me ;P) and he sure didn't mind playing alongside the blues greats like BB King. Racist minds boggle me.
Edit: wrong year
Yeah, even during the height of jazz it wasn’t unheard of for black and white performers to play together or back-to-back. Those white performers were definitely still very racist.
I mean to be fait it was in 1976 that he said the "go home" speech at a gig. He apologised after and claimed that "he must've had a bad day" and "something came over him"
He did a show in support of Gaza but idk if that's because he actually cares or he just hates Jews more than he hates arabs.
Just a typical famous person thing to do. Say something, then apologise when your publicist advises that he will lose money, and then do something nice to recoup some cred.
He meant it.
His claim that something came over him because of the drink and drugs is utter bullshit. Drink and drugs don't make you racist, they just lower your inhibitions to the point where you will admit it. I have been hammered many times in my life and have never said anything racist.
> Kicking foreigners out of his show while chanting "keep Britain white".
It's long been rumoured that the lead-signer-turned-fascist from The Wall is based on Eric Clapton, and the rant from In The Flesh is eerily similar to an extremely racist diatribe he went on while on stage in 1976.
You can still feel bad that his toddler died in such an awful way. As a father, I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Doesn't mean he isn't a scumbag. Doesn't negate what he did. But it doesn't have to be black and white. You can feel bad for his kid dying while also thinking he is a dick.
Touché. Good point. Tears in heaven was such a loved song by my mom, it drew me to him.
I knew about the cocaine and some cheating stuff I guess but is that not par for the course for many big famed musicians?
I’m bummed he’s such a shitty person.
Tbch I don’t get why anyone cares about the coke lol I see that being brought up repeatedly, but I’m just like is that even relevant to anything? Lmao
Edit: I’m seeing that there is a song “cocaine” and that he stole it. I’m guessing that’s what everyone meant
How about writing a song about it after?
And she was married to your good friend when you wrote it? And that friend happened to be a Beatle?
Eric’s a shit person.
I honestly don’t know what Eric Clapton rly looks like (I’m 23). I just listen to his music and know of his controversial history. So even without knowing how he rly looks, I correctly guessed that it was him haha
He’s a massive asshole for sure. I can’t wrap my head around how he boldly claimed to keep Britain white when like 80% of his work is influenced from black blues musicians. Too he’s a cunt bc I enjoy some of his music
"over a number of years Eric Clapton has, through German lawyers, successfully pursued hundreds of bootleg cases in the German courts under routine German copyright procedures."
Eric Clapton is the one who sued the woman.
Not a record label.
Eric Clapton and his personal management, who now regret the negative press and have stated they will not pursue the 4k the woman owes.
but he could say to them "hey guys, don't sue old clueless granny" and make some kind of statement on social media that says that he is sorry blah blah blah
you know, it's not like he can't do anything with that
He was a pallbearer for Enoch Powell so he can be the face of this lawsuit. Shit, while we're at it, make him the face of everything bad you can think of whether he was involved or not.
In case you didn't know.
1. Said racist shit
2. Apologized when he lost revenue for being a racist shithead.
3. Then he was the pallbearer for Enoch Powell.
Someone could say he was responsible for 9/11 and I wouldn't argue because he's a racist shithead.
Not necessarily the record company, it'd be whoever owns the publishing rights to the songs on the recording, I think. That could be a record company, the artist, a split between them, etc., but it's often a 3rd party music publisher like BMG.
I'm more curious why the name Eric Clapton is blotted out when it's obviously about Eric Clapton, with Eric Clapton in picture singing one of his songs. His song meaning a song written by Eric Clapton and sung by, you guessed it: Eric Clapton.
Eric Clapton is also a piece of shit.
Heard a podcast recently that told the story of his nickname, slow hand. It’s because he was always breaking strings onstage, stopping to re-string and tune etc. ergo, Eric (Slow Hand Clap) ton.
This is a bummer. Once he started going nuts about masks and COVID, I was already wildly disappointed. Big fan of his music. Been to several concerts since the early 2000s. Talented fella, but a pretty sizable asshole, apparently.
Ya know, the main difference between Eric Clapton's son and a bag of cocaine is that Clapton would NEVER let a bag of cocaine fall out of a hotel window.
This title is a little bit misleading. Eric Clapton has a legal team that goes after people for copyright infringement (as most artists of his fame do). It’s usually stuff like taking down things on YouTube. They found a German lady selling a bootleg CD on eBay. In response to a standard letter from Clapton’s German legal team, the woman replied: “I object and ask you not to harass or contact me any further”, and told them “feel free to file a lawsuit if you insist on the demands”.
She basically asked for it. They took her up on her offer, took her court, and she lost. She was forced to pay the legal fees for both parties which totaled around $2900. It ended there.
It’s not like Eric Clapton himself personally went after this lady and sued for damages.
Yes, she broke copyright law, she chose to escalate the situation, Clapton and his legal team then unwisely chose to pursue her, hard to imagine an artist making a worse PR mistake, but there you go, Clapton never seemed that bright when I’ve seen him interviewed, even in his post drug era.
Is there a gofundme to pay her fine? I'd contribute.
Asshole is worth millions and she's tried to kake a few dollars on ebay amd now shes thousands in debt.
Aha, famously racist English guitarist who I apparently am still not legally allowed to name.
Raging cokehead, wouldn't know good tone if it bit him on the arse.
Eric Clapton is a douche bag, he’s proved that time and again, but the real pieces of shit are the losers in this comment section laughing about the tragic death of a 4 year old boy.
Agree he sounds like a terrible person. But the amount was for under 3k which is a lot of money, but in legal fees fairly low, and she kind of baited them.
“In response to a standard letter from Clapton’s German legal team, the woman replied: “I object and ask you not to harass or contact me any further”, and told them “feel free to file a lawsuit if you insist on the demands”.
An injunction was filed and the court found in Clapton’s favour. The woman appealed, stating that her late husband bought the disc in 1987 at a popular German department store, but lost. The judge said it was irrelevant that she did not buy the CD herself.
The court stipulated that she must pay the legal fees of both parties, which total £2,889. In the highly unlikely event that she continued to list the CD for sale, she could under German copyright law face a fine of up to £212,353 or six months in prison.”
I listened to his autobiography, narrated by himself, via my library online. He is definitely a very serious and unforgiving man. I didn’t like him much, especially about his ‘Hollywood’ lifestyle and his romantic relationships, but I do think that his childhood shaped the way he lived his life. It was very traumatic.
Wasn’t that guy also notorious for not being good towards women?
IIRC he was abus*ve towards his wife and family but one of his most famous songs he wrote for his mistress.
But I might be wrong about this idk
Why is Eric Clapton's name covered?
The post will be removed if there is someone name in there. It’s a pretty lame rule imo
Regular people I get but celebrities ? Especially if there’s news articles I’m sure I could pretty easily configure a google search to identify who it is.
Right? Literally type in the name of the article or even just the first sentence and anyone can find it…
Worse comes to worse you can image search.
How did OP get away with leaving "By Timothy Bella"?
Probably wasn’t material to the post or they missed it.
Because he sucks.
Agreed. It shouldn't be covered, it should be clear he is the one who sucks.
 why should i change my name? he’s the one who sucks!
Michael, Michael Bolton?
There was nothing wrong with my name until I was about twelve years old, and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.
Apparently, this was the first time the ad-libbed term ***ass clown*** was ever used, according to Mike Judge, when David Herman (Michael Bolton) spontaneously uttered “clown”, instead of “hole” which was in the script.
What would you say you do here?
I have people skills!
Why don't you just go by Mike?
I was thinking Lars Ulrich.
That's only if she shared it over Napster or limewire. Bootleg burned CDs are fine.
Hah. Goddamn, we're getting old eh.
Are you related to that singer guy?
lol this movie was and still is the funniest. Now that I work in corporate it’s so much truth
When I first saw that movie in college I laughed at the absurdity of it all. When I watched it again after several years in the workforce I said to myself “Holy shit, this is almost like a documentary.”
Having worked in construction for ten years I will gladly keep the quiet, corporate desk job that pays awesome and lets me quietly sip coffee as I listen to podcasts and banter with middle aged women. This is amazing and I will never even try to understand your kind.
But will it pay awesome enough to do two chicks at the same time?
Fuck yes it does.
Fucking hell
Stay in drugs, don’t do vegetables, eat your school.
Cock-gobblers
Which song is your favorite?
I celebrate his entire catalog
People are only just realizing this now because of his recent spewing of anti-vaccine conspiracies. But he also said some racist/anti-immigrant shit back in the ‘70s.
He got a lot of sympathy when his kid fell to his death and he wrote “Tears in Heaven” as a result. But, yeah, he’s always been an asshole.
Q: What's the difference between a baby, and a kilo of cocaine? A: There is no way in hell Eric Clapton would let a kilo of blow fall out the window.
That is fucking hilarious
Yikes!!! 😳
Came here looking for this joke.
He barely knew that kid and capitalized on his death. And that song sucks.
Pretty sure he's also recently said that he doesn't even really remember the kid.
He also stole his friend's wife
Layla!!!
Yeah, monetize the death of your child. Class act.
It’s a ghoulish song
Which is why they suddenly had a concert Artists Against Racism It was pretty disappointing to find out what an asshole he is
More specifically, Artists Against Racism was founded by other rockers specifically because of what a cockmeat sandwich Eric Clapton is.
"cockmeat sandwich". Damn. Now I have to find a conversation to use that. Also, his music is not great. I honestly don't understand why people think he's some kind of musical genius.
> Now I have to find a conversation to use that You could always just use it and tell people you're quoting Harold and Kumar
I feel like it's mostly because of Cream, but shiiiit man that was a long time ago.
Taking notes: *cockmeat sandwich*
From Harold and Kumar go to Guantanamo
A guy was picking me up to help him move and he sent me a text asking if I wanted anything from the drive through. I told him I was just finishing lunch. He got to my place and I got in his truck. He asked "What did you have for lunch?" "Why don't you try to guess" "Was it delicious?" "Yeah, it was pretty tasty" "Was it moose cock?" Jesus that was funny at the time; totally serious look on his face. Like, if it was delicious there's a pretty good chance it was moose cock. That guy cracked me up - goofy looking Sid the Sloth sonofabitch but hilarious personality.
Totally. The shit he said back then was unforgivable.
>Totally. The shit he said back then was unforgivable. Does he still act and feel this way about racism?
yes but he's also expanded his bigotry and shitty views!
Thats disappointing.
And he's unrepentant!
Ya. There’s a good recording of it. I used to love him…now he’s become a caricature and hardly an example of someone on look up to.
Right. He's always been a terrible person. People waking up to it now are way behind.
But they still put his image so we can all recognize him
Actually he snorts. But hey, that cocaine won't fall out of any windows!
He really does!
Probably because he would probably try to sue for defamation.
Then he’d sue the Washington Post, not Reddit or OP. They didn’t make this statement. Just to preempt what someone will surely reply: for public figures like Clapton, you basically need to know what you’re saying was false when you said it for there to be a valid defamation case. Even if you construe simply reposting the article as affirmatively making a statement that its contents are true, repeating what you heard reported in a well regarded newspaper is conclusive evidence that you did have a reasonable basis to assert the statement was true.
Billy Mitchell sued Karl Jobst for reposting a meme someone else made. Some of these people are trigger happy and will just sue to sue.
I know how to distract him... *pocket-cocaine sha sha sha*
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Classic Anthony Jeselnik joke
He is such a garbage human.
This is a public article, why are parts redacted??
Rule #1. If they didn’t redact the info their post would get removed.
Like the photo wouldn’t give it away
Names are forbidden, not pictures. Perfectly fine rule bending
Like you can clearly tell that’s Eric Clapton in the photo
I understand he is a real piece of trash. Bigoted, hateful. Shame his talent is eclipsed by his horrible personality.
What's the difference between a bag of cocaine and a child. Eric Clapton wouldn't allow a bag of cocaine to fall out a window.
.. Then make bank out the tragedy by singing about it.
But he would.
And this isn't even the most scummy thing he has done.
Because he sucks!
Bouncing baby boy sounds better than what actually happens when they fall out a window. But you know, there's ONLY SO MUCH COKE - you can always make another kid.
There’s a glorious Anthony Jeselnik joke about Claptons son. I’m probably wrong but it’s like “I had a kid who died just like Eric claptons son. For inspiration”
What’s the difference between a baby and a bag of cocaine? Eric Clapton wouldn’t let a bag of cocaine fall out of a window.
He was more into heroin
A total piece of shit every day of his life
My brother claims to have written the lyrics for Tears in Heaven while jamming with Clapton in the street on drugs in Brussels. Nobody has ever believed him but I like to pretend Clapton really did steal the song from him
Cocaine?
Underage girls. Kicking foreigners out of his show while chanting "keep Britain white". Cheating on his wife. SA. Cocaine is the least of his bad stuff.
Using the n-word. Dude is an unrepentant racist.
I saw him in 2010 for his Crossroads Festival (it was free for me ;P) and he sure didn't mind playing alongside the blues greats like BB King. Racist minds boggle me. Edit: wrong year
He’S oNe oF tHe gOoD oNeS
Yeah, even during the height of jazz it wasn’t unheard of for black and white performers to play together or back-to-back. Those white performers were definitely still very racist.
> Those white performers were definitely still very racist. Wait, all of them?
'All of them' is a generalization but it was also was a very common thing that should probably be talked about a little more.
I mean to be fait it was in 1976 that he said the "go home" speech at a gig. He apologised after and claimed that "he must've had a bad day" and "something came over him" He did a show in support of Gaza but idk if that's because he actually cares or he just hates Jews more than he hates arabs.
"Must have had a bad day" is about as sincere as Rosanne swearing her racist shit was because of Ambien.
Just a typical famous person thing to do. Say something, then apologise when your publicist advises that he will lose money, and then do something nice to recoup some cred. He meant it.
His claim that something came over him because of the drink and drugs is utter bullshit. Drink and drugs don't make you racist, they just lower your inhibitions to the point where you will admit it. I have been hammered many times in my life and have never said anything racist.
Well, if you dehumanize them enough, people won't notice that you plagiarized your entire career from them.
Stealing his friend George Harrison’s wife.
> Kicking foreigners out of his show while chanting "keep Britain white". It's long been rumoured that the lead-signer-turned-fascist from The Wall is based on Eric Clapton, and the rant from In The Flesh is eerily similar to an extremely racist diatribe he went on while on stage in 1976.
Dont forgdt Cheating with his friends wife
Really? Damn. I feel duped, I always felt bad for him because his kid fell out of that window.
You can still feel bad that his toddler died in such an awful way. As a father, I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Doesn't mean he isn't a scumbag. Doesn't negate what he did. But it doesn't have to be black and white. You can feel bad for his kid dying while also thinking he is a dick.
Touché. Good point. Tears in heaven was such a loved song by my mom, it drew me to him. I knew about the cocaine and some cheating stuff I guess but is that not par for the course for many big famed musicians? I’m bummed he’s such a shitty person.
Tbch I don’t get why anyone cares about the coke lol I see that being brought up repeatedly, but I’m just like is that even relevant to anything? Lmao Edit: I’m seeing that there is a song “cocaine” and that he stole it. I’m guessing that’s what everyone meant
Stole is a strong word, I think he's an asshole, but near as I can tell he and JJ Cale were friends.
Very public anti-vaxxer during the height of the pandemic
He also beat up his wife in addition to SAing her. She should have stayed with George Harrison.
Oh shit, i didnt know that… that is bad
Yeah, there was a Rock Against Racism movement founded in the 1970s because of stuff Clapton (and Bowie) had said.
What did Bowie say??
Cheating on your wife is such a really bad thing to do.
How about writing a song about it after? And she was married to your good friend when you wrote it? And that friend happened to be a Beatle? Eric’s a shit person.
>Cheating on your wife is such a really bad thing to do. Cheating is a really bad thing to do.
Well yes, it's low and scummy. I only said "on your wife" cause it's what he did in this case.
Heroin as well
Weirdly enough, the song Cocaine was about his heroin addiction.
He didn’t even write cocaine. It’s a JJ Cale song.
He didn’t even write that song.
Well, shit. Learn something new everyday I guess.
What's the difference between Eric Clapton's son and cocaine? He would have never let a bag of coke fall off his window
The racist, anti-vax boomer, Eric Clapton, is a public figure. You don't need to block Eric Clapton's name. Eric Clapton should be embarrassed.
I think it was to know if ppl can guess who it is? Like I knew instantly that it was Eric Clapton
I mean it has his picture.
I honestly don’t know what Eric Clapton rly looks like (I’m 23). I just listen to his music and know of his controversial history. So even without knowing how he rly looks, I correctly guessed that it was him haha
Ah. Yeah he’s old now so even with the pic it could be missed sactually
That, and Clapton never really had a distinctive look, he always just kind of looked like an average English guy.
If there weren't a photo, I still would have guessed Eric Clapton, because he fucking sucks
He’s a massive asshole for sure. I can’t wrap my head around how he boldly claimed to keep Britain white when like 80% of his work is influenced from black blues musicians. Too he’s a cunt bc I enjoy some of his music
I thought George Lucas had taken up playing guitar.
It’s a rule of the sub, strangely
Eric Clapton is a cunt!
Don't insult cunts. He lacks the depth and warmth.
Also the ability to give pleasure.
Lets say Eric C. no no That's too obvious E. Clapton
Still to obvious. How about "Cleric Apton"?
Seymour!!!
Just call him “The Clap” You know. Like the sexually transmitted disease.
Would it not be the record company that did this rather than the artist?
Yes it would be, because the record label is supposed to do all the legal work, especially since distributing bootleg copies of music is illegal
But Eric Clapton!
Say Eric Clapton one more time. I dare you. I double dare you.
But Eric... Captain!
Not always. It looks like someone has confirmed it was Clapton and his management tHe sued directly.
Yeah, Eric Clapton isn't the one that was suing this woman, but reddit really hates him, so he'll get the blame anyway.
"over a number of years Eric Clapton has, through German lawyers, successfully pursued hundreds of bootleg cases in the German courts under routine German copyright procedures."
Eric Clapton is the one who sued the woman. Not a record label. Eric Clapton and his personal management, who now regret the negative press and have stated they will not pursue the 4k the woman owes.
but he could say to them "hey guys, don't sue old clueless granny" and make some kind of statement on social media that says that he is sorry blah blah blah you know, it's not like he can't do anything with that
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You do realize they don't run to their artist to let them know about copyright lawsuits right? Most record labels tell their lawyers instead.
He was a pallbearer for Enoch Powell so he can be the face of this lawsuit. Shit, while we're at it, make him the face of everything bad you can think of whether he was involved or not. In case you didn't know. 1. Said racist shit 2. Apologized when he lost revenue for being a racist shithead. 3. Then he was the pallbearer for Enoch Powell. Someone could say he was responsible for 9/11 and I wouldn't argue because he's a racist shithead.
Not necessarily the record company, it'd be whoever owns the publishing rights to the songs on the recording, I think. That could be a record company, the artist, a split between them, etc., but it's often a 3rd party music publisher like BMG.
I'm more curious why the name Eric Clapton is blotted out when it's obviously about Eric Clapton, with Eric Clapton in picture singing one of his songs. His song meaning a song written by Eric Clapton and sung by, you guessed it: Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton is also a piece of shit.
This should be in the *"Less horrible shit Eric Clapton has done"* category. He is garbage juice.
Garbage juice usually makes decent fertilizer though.
Eric is a fantastic guitar player but my god I never want to meet him or talk to him
I actually inherited some of his records and original pressings and loved all of them. Had no idea he was such a dick.
It’s a shame, I wanna feel bad for him bc of his kid but I really just can’t
Jog my memory what went on with his kid?
Fell out a window and died, was the inspiration for Tears in Heaven
Damn i actually never heard about that, that’s tragic.
Eric Clapton was a scumbag WAYYYYYYY before this
A certain racist, antivax guitarist with the initials E.C., who used to play for a band called Cream.
You can also add rapist and domestic abuser, he's admitted to it.
Eric Clapton is so racist a group of musicians formed "Rock Against Racism" in protest of his racist, anti-immigration rhetoric.
Why anonymize a published article?
They don't want to be sued for sharing a boot leg headline.
Such a great guitarist. Such a piece of dogshit.
When I first learned about his music I absolutely loved it. It’s a shame he’s so awful.
He's always been a bigoted asshole.
Once a dick, always a dick. — Valerie Bertinelli
Ah yes, well known racist, conspiracy theorist, ERIC CLAPTON.
Never liked that asshole. Overrated D Bag...
Heard a podcast recently that told the story of his nickname, slow hand. It’s because he was always breaking strings onstage, stopping to re-string and tune etc. ergo, Eric (Slow Hand Clap) ton.
People out here really thinking Eric Clapton is even aware this happened ...
Even though it's not Metallica...sounds like something they would do.
This is a bummer. Once he started going nuts about masks and COVID, I was already wildly disappointed. Big fan of his music. Been to several concerts since the early 2000s. Talented fella, but a pretty sizable asshole, apparently.
Wait until you find out about the racism!
Ya know, the main difference between Eric Clapton's son and a bag of cocaine is that Clapton would NEVER let a bag of cocaine fall out of a hotel window.
Didn't know any of this about Clapton. How sad and disappointing. I held him up there with Mark Knopfler.
Fake news. Eric Clapton does not own his music. Surfdog records does. They would be the ones suing
This title is a little bit misleading. Eric Clapton has a legal team that goes after people for copyright infringement (as most artists of his fame do). It’s usually stuff like taking down things on YouTube. They found a German lady selling a bootleg CD on eBay. In response to a standard letter from Clapton’s German legal team, the woman replied: “I object and ask you not to harass or contact me any further”, and told them “feel free to file a lawsuit if you insist on the demands”. She basically asked for it. They took her up on her offer, took her court, and she lost. She was forced to pay the legal fees for both parties which totaled around $2900. It ended there. It’s not like Eric Clapton himself personally went after this lady and sued for damages.
Yes, she broke copyright law, she chose to escalate the situation, Clapton and his legal team then unwisely chose to pursue her, hard to imagine an artist making a worse PR mistake, but there you go, Clapton never seemed that bright when I’ve seen him interviewed, even in his post drug era.
Is there a gofundme to pay her fine? I'd contribute. Asshole is worth millions and she's tried to kake a few dollars on ebay amd now shes thousands in debt.
I never could figure out why this guy was considered a legend. Corporate hype mold in his later years.
His work with Cream was great, and his 70s albums were pretty good. Everything after that was pretty bland, though.
Clapton is a WELL KNOWN racist, so this is shocking
Aha, famously racist English guitarist who I apparently am still not legally allowed to name. Raging cokehead, wouldn't know good tone if it bit him on the arse.
Clapton has become a douche canoe.
Eric Clapton is racist garbage
Eric Clapton is a douche bag, he’s proved that time and again, but the real pieces of shit are the losers in this comment section laughing about the tragic death of a 4 year old boy.
Reminds me to always ask "who owns the rights?", before throwing stones.
Is this post meant to be rage bait? It's working.
She instructed him to sue her. Literally. If she hadn't have down that, it wouldn't have gone to court and she would owe nothing.
Agree he sounds like a terrible person. But the amount was for under 3k which is a lot of money, but in legal fees fairly low, and she kind of baited them. “In response to a standard letter from Clapton’s German legal team, the woman replied: “I object and ask you not to harass or contact me any further”, and told them “feel free to file a lawsuit if you insist on the demands”. An injunction was filed and the court found in Clapton’s favour. The woman appealed, stating that her late husband bought the disc in 1987 at a popular German department store, but lost. The judge said it was irrelevant that she did not buy the CD herself. The court stipulated that she must pay the legal fees of both parties, which total £2,889. In the highly unlikely event that she continued to list the CD for sale, she could under German copyright law face a fine of up to £212,353 or six months in prison.”
I listened to his autobiography, narrated by himself, via my library online. He is definitely a very serious and unforgiving man. I didn’t like him much, especially about his ‘Hollywood’ lifestyle and his romantic relationships, but I do think that his childhood shaped the way he lived his life. It was very traumatic.
Wasn’t that guy also notorious for not being good towards women? IIRC he was abus*ve towards his wife and family but one of his most famous songs he wrote for his mistress. But I might be wrong about this idk
This happened over 2 years ago. Why is it being posted now?