Oh, that crazy Anton

[ggw]

"People talk about Eric Clapton. What has he ever done except throw his baby off a fuckin' ledge and write a song about it?"
 
 - Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe in the new "Entertainment Weekly"

[godsshoeshine]

completely true statement

[Frank Gallagher]

I didn't realize it was murder.  :roll:

[redsock]

Sweet, great publicity for the DC show. Though, i guess i have to be sure everything goes well, don't want Anton not to be happy.

[J'Mal]

that is a repulsive thing to say.
 
 i don't know who this anton character is, but the odds of him being fit to breathe in the same room as clapton are low.
 
 if this anton character was any good as a musician, he wouldn't need to generate publicity by saying outrageous things.  any no talent fuck can make outrageous statements.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  completely true statement

Many a blues guitarist would argue with that.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  "People talk about Eric Clapton. What has he ever done except throw his baby off a fuckin' ledge and write a song about it?"
 
 - Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe in the new "Entertainment Weekly"

well anton needs a fact checker...  but it's does seem to be the song which defines Eric Clapton's career and also Babyface's  for that matter for many people.  he let it become another monkey on his back.
 
 re: Change the world.
 
 Clapton sang this as a duet with R&B singer Babyface. He played on Clapton's album Pilgrim in 1998.
 This was originally recorded by Wynonna Judd earlier in 1996.
 This was featured in the John Travolta movie Phenomenon.
 Clapton and Babyface performed this at the Grammys in 1997.
 This was written by the songwriting team of Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  well anton needs a fact checker...  but it's does seem to be the song which defines Eric Clapton's career and also Babyface's  for that matter for many people.  he let it become another monkey on his back.
 
 re: Change the world.
 
 Clapton sang this as a duet with R&B singer Babyface. He played on Clapton's album Pilgrim in 1998.
 This was originally recorded by Wynonna Judd earlier in 1996.
 This was featured in the John Travolta movie Phenomenon.
 Clapton and Babyface performed this at the Grammys in 1997.
 This was written by the songwriting team of Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick.

isnt he referring to Tears from Heaven, or is that the same song

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  completely true statement

Many a blues guitarist would argue with that. [/b]

well, my statement was an agreement with hyperbole. i know eric is a talented player, and i like cream, but his solo stuff is pretty uninteresting unless he's playing someone else's songs. except tears in heaven, which is mostly interesting because he threw his kid off a balacony (exagerating again)

[kosmo vinyl]

ooh there is another song by that name... don't know  then without some research

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by general grievous:
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  well anton needs a fact checker...  but it's does seem to be the song which defines Eric Clapton's career and also Babyface's  for that matter for many people.  he let it become another monkey on his back.
 
 re: Change the world.
 
 Clapton sang this as a duet with R&B singer Babyface. He played on Clapton's album Pilgrim in 1998.
 This was originally recorded by Wynonna Judd earlier in 1996.
 This was featured in the John Travolta movie Phenomenon.
 Clapton and Babyface performed this at the Grammys in 1997.
 This was written by the songwriting team of Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick.

isnt he referring to Tears from Heaven, or is that the same song [/b]

yeah, i thought it was tears in heaven too.

[SalParadise]

that reminds me...
 
 *adds Dig! to netflix queue*

[bearman🐻]

It's just an outrageous statement, and from what I know about BJM, it's par for the course. They're out there. They beat each other up. They have violent outbursts. They are verbally abusive. Etc. etc. etc. It is a pretty awful thing to say, and yet because of its shock value I laughed. That doesn't make me agree with him or even condone it. But I can appreciate a rock musician trying to cause a stir. Sometimes when people don't know how to do it through their music, they do it in other ways, which is never as effective or interesting or relevant.

[kosmo vinyl]

pollard and bebe are  correct
 
 maybe it's because i find the "change the world" so bland, annoying and over played, basically a coldplay song.  and yet it's stuck in my head at the moment....

[kosmo vinyl]

in a very colorful way anton is just stating that clapton did serious damage to his legacy with one song...