Posted on 05/14/2021 7:12:42 PM PDT by Enlightened1
“Where are the Rebels?” he rightfully asks,...
He didn’t look very hard. He is just a sheep like so many others.
Half of the early adopters of the counter culture were plain nuts. The gang that piled in during the mid to late 60s were conformists. Bumper sticker rebels all.
It really is amazing to see how weak most people are and how easily they give in to social pressure just so they can be “part of the crowd.”
We should never again wonder how societies murder millions. The reality is your average human will do whatever a person in authority tells them to do.
He gets the jab and THEN wonders
Eric should have thought about avoiding the needle
a long long time ago.
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He did.
I read his autobiography a while back, very interesting. Yes, he got into heroin and had to kick it twice, the first time cold turkey on his own. Locked himself in a room and didn’t come out for 3 or 4 days till he was clean.
But he never used needles, he snorted it. He said he probably wasted a hell of a lot of it since snorting takes a lot more than mainlining does.
He also quit alcohol and cigarettes eventually, he’s been addicted to just about everything at some time or other. And eventually quit it all too. At one point he was drinking so heavy his playing was really going downhill, he basically stayed too drunk to play. Audiences were leaving concerts disappointed...I think he said the Journeyman album was done right after he sobered up. I know it’s great, some of his best work on that one. Several tunes I really liked a lot.
He had to go into a rehab to get off the booze, he finally ended up on his knees crying, hit rock bottom and realized it was time to get help.
But he never used needles. Always snorted it.
Those were the days!
Kind of bizarre.
Yardbirds
Blues Breakers
Blind Faith
Derek & the Dominoes
I probably left out several ....
Feel sorry for the guy. And it is very helpful to hear of “celebrities” with EC’s profile and stature speaking out in this way.
He should put out a version of “We Won’t Get Fooled By the WHO Again”.
(Historical footnote: The Who is/was a British rock band formed in the 1960s; one of their songs from several decades ago included the line “We won’t be fooled again.”
The orders are being given by progressives, out of love. Not by white male supremacists, out of hate. Therefore, people will naturally obey. /s
Closet Conservative?
He said he opposed Brexit?
2+2 = 17 now?
Tin Pan Alley and Riviera Paradise, opposite ends of his musical spectrum. Two of the most beautiful pieces he ever performed.
Not all conservatives supported Brexit. It wasn’t a litmus test in that regard. His support for Enoch Powell, I think, was more revealing.
Where’s the rebel? Right here. Trader Joe’s announced today that masks were no longer required. I went shopping there today, and as approach the store, I see from the parking lot, that everyone is masked who is entering. I looked for a sign on the door, “Masks not required,” but see none. Thinking this store may still require masks, I don my mask and, as I enter the store, I can see everyone is masked, including the personnel. At the checkout, I ask the two attendants who are masked, “Are masks still required?” They both answer, “No.” To their astonishment, I whip my mask off my face with one of the attendants saying, “COOL!” Here is your rebel.
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