You guys never tell me anything. Clapton, 1976:
I used to be into dope, now I’m into racism. It’s much heavier, man. Fucking wogs, man. Fucking Saudis taking over London. Bastard wogs. Britain is becoming overcrowded and Enoch will stop it and send them all back. The black wogs and coons and Arabs and fucking Jamaicans and fucking (indecipherable) 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. England is for white people, man. We are a white country. I don’t want fucking wogs living next to me with their standards. This is Great Britain, a white country, what is happening to us, for fuck’s sake? We need to vote for Enoch Powell, he’s a great man, speaking truth. Vote for Enoch, he’s our man, he’s on our side, he’ll look after us. I want all of you here to vote for Enoch, support him, he’s on our side. Enoch for Prime Minister! Throw the wogs out! Keep Britain white!
Okay, now back to my regularly scheduled life of never thinking about Eric Clapton at all ever. But first!
Did Everyone But Lindy West Already Know that Eric Clapton Used to Be into Dope But Now He’s into Racism?
Nixon has resigned, film at 11!
News from this millennium please…
I didn’t know this! HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS?
All I know is that he somehow manages to make the blues suck-ass.
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He was hanging out with Ian Stuart quite a bit back then.
He was just ahead of his time. Wasn’t this what the Prime Minister said the other day? 😉
interesting coming for a guy who made a living plagiarizing music originated by black people.
@econoline was right spot on.
I thought this article was at least somewhat recent, but 35 years ago – from a ‘visibly intoxicated’ Clapton?
It don’t make it right, and I never dug his music…
but c’mon Lindy.
I want to save my outrage for current events.