This from Massy is a must see
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...against-woman-selling-bootleg-live-cd-for-845
Likewise National Front Disco. Not ironic, not ambiguous, but total racist crap. He’s always been dodgy.Young Morrissey was a massive twat too. I thought Bengali in Platforms was totally racist when it was new.
RAR was in direct response to Clapton’s outburst. But yes, your correct. He wasn’t the only one. The difference is Bowie later recanted, admitted he’d been a coked up knobhead and made a substantial donation to RAR whereas Clapton has never made a proper or adequate apology. Indeed he seems to be getting worse.IIRC RAR was also in response to Bowie's perceived dalliance with the far-right. But David was cool....
I’ve never got Roxy Music but I can accept that they’re held in very high regard. Ferry however, is a complete penis of a human being.And Bryan Ferry saying the Nazis had the best uniforms.....
About multi-millionaires recycling another culture's music, we could also mention Charlie Watts
Well, I guess it still shouldn’t be a problem for a professional taylor of today to say that the German uniforms were the best, for the technical reasons he understands. Or for a military engineer to say that, say, the Blitzkrieg strategy was ahead of its time in Europe. Or that the V2 were a brilliant technical achievement. I can’t help it, they were.And Bryan Ferry saying the Nazis had the best uniforms.....
Plenty of other amazing guitarists out there; try Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Joe Pass, George Benson etc.
If you want blues go right to the source; Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters etc.
And Bryan Ferry saying the Nazis had the best uniforms.....
A fine rant from Ken Micallef on precisely this thread’s topic and just how many great artists right through history were deeply flawed people.
Everybody has to draw their own line. I'm much more likely to ignore Clapton because he's boring than because of any of his other failings.