Every time I hear this song, I think about my own kids, and it raises the hairs on the back of my neck…

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Clapton is a wanker.

To trace the history of my love for the word "wanker", see this thread.

Thanks again Gramsci...

Walter?

Theswede wrote:Walter?

Those were my thoughts exactly.

Jeffy Xenohoy wrote:Every time I hear this song, I think about my own kids, and it raises the hairs on the back of my neck…

Every time I hear this song, I think about someone pushing me roughly off the balcony of the 50th floor.

Eh! Oh! Ey!

The Mr. Show parody of that song is one of the meanest comedy bits I've ever seen. And I don't mean that derisively. An Eric Clapton stand-in played by David Cross wins Best Sad Song at the American Song Awards (or something), for a "Tears In Heaven"-like song he's written about his dead son. While accepting the award, he's so jubilant that when he triumphantly hoists it over his head it flies into the audience and kills the son of another contestant. The "Clapton" character then writes a song about this guy's dead son, and at next year's awards show, the sad song award is a tie between "Clapton" and the guy who's son "Clapton" killed. The other guy angrily stabs "Clapton" to death on the podium, and the announcers discover that "Clapton" has already written a tribute song to himself to be played in the event of hid death.

Comedy gold, I tell ya.

without going into much detail, i'll say that Eric Clapton ranks VERY high on my list of people who get way more credit than i believe they merit. him and Lou Reed are practically giving each other handjobs.

that being said, there's no way this song could be one of the best ever, cause it's his.

yes, it's about something terrible and tragic.

no, it's not a song i want to listen to. no, it's not one of the best ever. not even remotely close.

good job though, you're trollin with the best of 'em dere guy!!!

This great touching ultra emotional song about his kid that ment so much to him was a toss off given to a fucking shitty action movie soundtrack.
He's an asshole.