![]() I just wanna do my job playing the blues for friends.īoth Clapton and Morrison are capable of doing their jobs from the comfort of their mansions with their millions of dollars, so they should spare us the cry for sympathy. And if they’re trying to relate to fans who mostly have ordinary, working-class incomes, why imply they shouldn’t accept financial aid from their government during a pandemic lockdown - one which they’re arguing in this very song is damaging people’s livelihoods? Surely the Denying Duo's careers and finances weren’t entirely dependent on playing live music in 2020. I don't wanna be a pauper, and I don't wanna be a prince. Pretty sure all three of those references support the idea that knowingly harming or killing innocent people is bad. Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, Constitution, what’s it worth? It’s likely that the closest these guys have felt to being constrained in any way is through a bad record deal. Here we have it: two rich white men likening quarantining during a pandemic to slavery. ![]() Remind me of you van morrison free#Let’s take the lyrics of “Stand and Deliver,” written by Morrison and performed by Clapton, one by one:ĭo you want to be a free man or do you want to be a slave? Do you want to wear these chains until you’re lying in the grave? “We should applaud the bravery of those in the medical profession challenging the official narrative.” –Van Morrison via Twitter tweet this Which, to their only credit, does financially benefit Morrison’s live music charity, Save Live Music. Just use your platform and celebrity for good - as in, not to spread lies and encourage dangerous behavior like Morrison and Clapton have in their new song. In April, she told Today: “I felt like this was the time for me to open my heart and my hand and try to help.” We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Bless you, Dolly. Parton donated $1 million to COVID research, ultimately helping fund the Moderna vaccine. That is stupid … I don’t want to give it to anyone, and I don’t want to get it.’” He also used his free time during the lockdown to write, record and release McCartney III, the final in a trilogy he began decades ago. McCartney recently told CBS Sunday Morning: “When people sort of say, ‘Wearing masks is infringing on my civil liberties,’ I say, ‘No. A recent tweet of his reads: “We should applaud the bravery of those in the medical profession challenging the official narrative,” followed by a retweet introducing a “Dr Hodkinson” followed by four random quotes: "Unfounded public hysteria," "Greatest hoax ever," "Politics playing medicine" and "Nothing more than a bad flu season.” The least Morrison can do is not spread misinformation to his 67K Twitter followers. For starters, they don’t use their social media accounts to promote those on the fringes of the medical community who denounce the virus as unfounded, as Morrison does. Take Paul McCartney and Dolly Parton, for example. While it’s not an artist’s responsibility to make relatable content for each and every fan, at the bare minimum, we should hold those with such sizable public platforms accountable for their words and actions as it relates to the lives of millions of people. ![]() Morrison and Clapton could’ve done something productive with their time, or at least not spent it encouraging irresponsible behavior (we’ll get to the lyrics soon). ![]() ![]() The 4.5-minute, call-and-response style diatribe is not just objectively bad (first rule of writing: limit vague pronouns, second rule: be interesting) but it’s a dangerous call to action for the anti-maskers and virus deniers of the COVID-19 pandemic. We should’ve been able to make it through the year without something like Van Morrison and Eric Clapton’s “Stand and Deliver” hitting the music circuit and repopularizing the two privileged, out of touch old white dudes, but here we are. ![]()
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