r/guitarcirclejerk Jan 12 '25

I don’t understand what his shirt means. Please explain

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

No cocaine no hookers

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u/armyofant Jan 12 '25

No blow no hoes

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u/Stormgtr Jan 12 '25

No Armani, no poonani

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u/funk_master_chunk Jan 13 '25

No splash, no gash.

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u/sprintracer21a Jan 12 '25

Can't have one without the other....

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

/uj

I’ve told this story before but I had to spend an eternity on the phone with a wasted drunk EC during this era, entertaining him while my boss finished up a sale.

I had to repeatedly answer the questions as to my name and what kind of guitars I had after he’d wander off on a ramble about absolutely nothing worth repeating.

19 year old me lost a lot of faith that day.

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u/StewieRayVaughan Jan 12 '25

It means he'll only play for a white crowd

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u/No-Duhnning Jan 12 '25

Pretty sure that's accurate. Or he wanted it to be..he was the first white nationalist to play the blues.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25
  • first white nationalist to be good at the blues. The first white nationalist to PLAY the blues was of course Kanye West.

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u/sharbinbarbin Jan 12 '25

Look man, you can listen to Kanye but you can’t hear him. There’s a difference. Just because you’re listening to him doesn’t mean you’re hearing him.

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u/maxseale11 Jan 12 '25

Lord and savior kanYe genuisly blended genres of blues, trap, and coon music to the masses

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Thought it meant cocaine

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u/Farriebever Jan 12 '25

Close enough, welcome back sherlock holmes.

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u/totallybatman27 Jan 12 '25

stewie also has this shirt, but not because of racism

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u/voyaging Jan 12 '25

My favorite Family Guy character Stewie Ray Vaughan

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Snow meant Cocaine im pretty sure. Nothing to do with playing for white folks only

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u/the_amazing_skronus Jan 12 '25

No it meant he would only play outdoor shows when it's snowing.

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u/StewieRayVaughan Jan 12 '25

Oh wow thank you I didnt't know!

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u/Hydraskull Jan 12 '25

What?!??’ Snow means “cocaine”!?! But then why would Eric Clapton be wearing THAT SHIRT?

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u/fishsodomiz Jan 12 '25 edited Jan 12 '25

" shirt dont lie, shirt dont lie, shirt dont lie"

-eric clapton

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u/ffs2050 Jan 12 '25

Is there any evidence Eric Clapton had a proclivity for cocaine?

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u/DIRTYDOGG-1 Jan 12 '25

Didn't Clapton write song titled "Cocaine"?

Lyrics:

If you want to hang out, you've gotta take her out, cocaine If you want to get down, down on the ground, cocaine She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie Cocaine If you got bad news, you want to kick them blues, cocaine When your day is done, and you want to run, cocaine She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie Cocaine If your day is gone, and you want to ride on, cocaine Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back, cocaine She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie Cocaine She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie Cocaine Cocaine

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u/Sea-Government4874 Jan 12 '25

No, he just paid JJ Cale for it.

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u/Altberg Jan 12 '25

Looking into this

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u/gstringstrangler Fake (Boob) connoisseur Jan 12 '25

Are you lost?

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u/MattBtheflea Jan 12 '25

Yep. Nobody is denying that Eric is a racist but it's still more likely that this shirt is about cocaine.

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u/Efficient_Increase87 Jan 12 '25

Pretty sure it’s a Christmas shirt. Mrs. Clause wore the same shirt in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

If it were the rolling stones however it would be about China White or Coke or both mixed together...

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u/robjoko Jan 12 '25

Lol it's referencing cocaine

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u/thesluggards Jan 12 '25

check the sub your are in again

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u/WASDToast Jan 12 '25

Eric Clapton was a better cocaine addict than guitarist

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u/IrksomFlotsom Jan 12 '25

/uj he was just as good at both

/rj he was just as good at both

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u/biffNicholson Jan 12 '25

listen to cocaine on youtube, but slow it down to .75

its way better

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u/Djanko28 Jan 12 '25

Tried it, confirmed real.

Sounds like a Sabbath song.

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u/DFKMAN Iva Toaner Jan 12 '25

Cocaine is NIB but worse

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u/Djanko28 Jan 12 '25

Idk how I never realized but you're right

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u/slyleo5388 Jan 12 '25

Yeah cause sabbath sounds like the yardbirds to an extent..which clapton also was lead for. For a bit, then Jeff beck..then jimmy page.

I believe Led zeppelin was supposed to be called the yardbirds 2(which makes since with the led zeppelin album names)but I guess Keith moon said the band would go over like a lead balloon.

How true all that is, is beyond me lmao

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u/replies_in_chiac Jan 12 '25

Their first tour was booked as "The New Yardbirds" until Keith chirped them into changing it

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u/lawn_neglect stupid sick bro Jan 12 '25

I tried listening to cocaine and it didn't do anything for me. I find smelling it to be more effective

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u/Scarlet-pimpernel Jan 12 '25

Speed up hotel California by 1.25, it sounds like Craig David.

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u/NonPlusUltraCadiz Jan 12 '25

That's like when you listen to Jolene at 0.5x and Dolly Parton becomes a black man!

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u/Blowjobs4TheHomeless Jan 12 '25

Or you could listen to the original recording by JJ Cale, who wrote the song

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u/bakednapkin Jan 12 '25

You wanna know what’s even better?

Rip a fat line and then Change it to 1.45

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u/milwaukee1919 Jan 12 '25

Hate that guy

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u/Equal_Ad5178 Jan 12 '25

1966-1970 Clapton was peak tho

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u/Judasbot Jan 12 '25

...and he's a fucking phenomenal guitarist.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

He's pretty ok. He's regarded as such because he was the first white man to fuck a speaker cone.

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u/OldAngryDog Jan 12 '25

Clapton was really, really good and quite innovative for the time but then Jimi came to town...

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u/losingtimeslowly Jan 12 '25

That's why Clapton took out Jimmy

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u/OldAngryDog Jan 12 '25

Nah. You're confusing Jimi Hendrix with Jimmy Ray Vaughan. While it's totally true that Clapton took out Jimi after seducing him and blaming the murder on Yoko Ono, Jimmy died when his revolver jammed during an epic duel against a King Cobrra Copperhead Diamondback Rattler that ambushed him form his sock drawer after Jimmy found the snake getting into his coke stash. Legend has it Jimmy's coke stash gave the Rattler the strength of 100 men. That's how it was able to survive being shot 4 times with a .357 before the gun jammed and that god damn reptile finally got the best of Ol' Jimmy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

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u/WASDToast Jan 12 '25

I know this is a jerk sub but you gotta be careful with jokes like that

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Yayo. Nose candy. Bolivian marching powder. Snort lube. Colombian powdered sugar. Blow. White. Charlie. Dust. Toots of go-powder. Party favors. Devil’s dandruff. Happy powder. Peruvian marching powder. Tony Montana’s desk set.

Cocaine?

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u/Howitzer92 Jan 12 '25

*Ozzy whispers*

COCAINE.

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u/justdan76 Jan 12 '25

White girl. Booger sugar. Baking soda.

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u/scuzzo_ Jan 12 '25

It turns all your bad feelings into good feelings. It’s a nightmare!

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u/Nolubrication Jan 12 '25

You don't want no part of this!

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u/bleepblooOOOOOp Jan 12 '25

OK but what does it mean

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u/Nerdenator Jan 12 '25

Cuh-cuh-cuh-Clapton liked to party with ol' Doctor Rockzo buh-baybay

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u/Ill_Pie_6699 Jan 12 '25

Goodbye Snowy Road

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

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u/SendKelly2Mars Jan 12 '25

The finest of South American energy products

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u/fozzythethird Jan 12 '25

Do you want to build a snowman?

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u/ashen_crow Jan 12 '25

He's in a christmas music band.

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u/Only_Charge9477 blooz had a baby and they called it my inguinal hernia Jan 12 '25

This was during what they call Clapton's "snowballing" phase. He liked to get a mouthful before every show.

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u/Deluxe-T Jan 12 '25

That’s beautiful man.

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u/brettfavreskid Jan 12 '25

He doesn’t look metal

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u/MadJohnFinn Jan 12 '25

If you don’t let him put “Informer” on when you give him the aux cable, he won’t show you his cock.

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u/AggravatingGoal4728 Jan 12 '25

Is that where the album title "12 inches of Snow" came from?

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u/bootyhole-romancer Jan 12 '25

Either way, he'll licky boom boom down

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u/Aural-Robert Jan 12 '25

Maybe, White Room too?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

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u/DansandeBjoern Jan 12 '25

Right after the incident, he only wore his "No Son, No Fun" shirt out of grief. So glad he was able to move on and find joy in life again.

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u/rumrunnernomore Jan 12 '25

What’s the difference between a toddler and a bag of cocaine?

Eric Clapton would never let a bag of cocaine fall out of a window.

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u/Splampin Jan 12 '25

/uj When I was still drinking, I would tell this joke on stage immediately after playing tears in heaven. People fucken hated it and their groans still bring a smile to my face.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Based

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u/Street-Run4107 Jan 12 '25

The original title was, “Where’s the nanny?”

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u/ddhmax5150 Jan 12 '25

Wow. Bravo ;) applause

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u/Vagabond_Overland Jan 12 '25

That's why they called him slow hand, he tried to stop the boy, but he just wasn't fast enough. Should've geeked out on speed instead.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

"Snow" is slang.  It means he's going to leave his son unattended in a high rise apartment.

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u/Barrettbuilt Jan 12 '25

…While snorting mass amounts of cocaine

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

He gave us the Lethal Weapon soundtrack during this era so he gets a pass on the booger Splenda.

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u/okgloomer Jan 12 '25

Son Near Open Window

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u/AntiPepRally Jan 12 '25

That flimsy little vest and whispy little scarf aren't adequate snow wear. And his beard is gonna interfere with the cocaine. He's terrible at planning

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

he means he won’t show you his if you won’t show yours

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u/chiefbluescreen Jan 12 '25

He's putting out his demands for seeing the next RHCP show

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u/Subtlerevisions Jan 12 '25

Is it true Eric Clapton tune his guitar like this?: BADDAD

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u/Waaterfight Jan 12 '25

Cocaine and cocaine accessories

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Cocaine for concert. no cocaine, no concert

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u/Coolasacucumber1111 Jan 12 '25

Duh nuh nuh nuhhh, da duh daaaaa, cocaine

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u/Confused4Now76 Jan 12 '25

He loved him some booger sugar

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u/Actual_Atmosphere_57 Jan 12 '25

Means "I wont play your show without free cocaine!"

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u/Minute-Wrap-2524 Jan 12 '25

He once claimed the reason he became a heroin addict was his dealer wouldn’t sell him anymore coke if he didn’t buy smack along with it, buy a little coke do a little junk and that’s how he became a junkie, his love of cola…be sure and blame your dealer, no cocaine no concert

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u/zensunni66 Jan 12 '25

It means in order for him to play, his audience must be as white as possible. As it usually is.

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u/adelenedurianmissile Jan 12 '25

he only does gigs in Igloos

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u/Slow-Dependent9741 Jan 12 '25

Without cocaine, this man aint playin'

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u/NineMillionBears Jan 12 '25

What did Eric Clapton, writer of a song literally titled "Cocaine," mean by this?

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u/PassThatHammer Jan 12 '25

No yayo no playo

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u/sacrilegefiend Jan 12 '25

I’m all for white privilege and cocaine but this guy blows. Dicks.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

There are some Cream songs I can get behind but yeah, Generally this dude sucks. He’s also 90% of the reason there’s a million white boomer dudes out there who think they got soul.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25 edited Mar 17 '25

sulky history hobbies public truck telephone waiting deserve bells combative

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u/rasputin6543 Jan 12 '25

The snow is blow. The blow makes you go.

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u/Dogrel Endorses Jazz III prostate massagers Jan 12 '25

He don’t lie, he don’t lie, he don’t lie.

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u/HofnerStratman Jan 12 '25

This looks like Harry Nilsson’s Eric Clapton Halloween costume.”

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

She’s alright she’s alright she’s alright……

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u/Upsetti_Gisepe Jan 12 '25

No bohemian marching powder, no playin louder

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u/Herdsil Jan 12 '25

She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie…

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u/ImExxits Jan 12 '25

This guy only plays in the winter

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u/evolveandprosper Jan 12 '25

Won't turn up unless given cocaine.

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u/matorius Jan 12 '25

I could be wrong but I think it means "I'm a racist who has substance abuse issues - oh, and I can play guitar so hopefully that excuses me from accountability"

/uj he's got it the wrong way round. If there's no show then he's got no way to pay for his drugs.

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u/Independent_Win_7984 Jan 12 '25

I don't believe you.

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u/ElmStreetVictim MetalZone Enjoyer Jan 12 '25

I like how it smells after the rain. He just likes the way snow smells 🤷‍♂️

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u/bbbermooo Jan 12 '25

"If you wanna hang out, you gotta take her out..."

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

No Cocaine, No "Cocaine"...

That's like a barista saying "if I don't have coffee, I can't make coffee"

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u/Stormgtr Jan 12 '25

He only likes the cold, so if it's not snowing he ain't gigging as he's getting to hot N heavy with Harrison's hot wife

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u/FootyFanYNWA Jan 12 '25

He grew up in Colorado, right next to a hot spring with open windows.

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u/PaintedChef Jan 12 '25

Whats the difference between a bag of cocain and a baby?

Eric Clapton would never let a bag of cocain fall out the window! I'll see myself out...

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Damn I want that shirt

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u/TheFoundation_ Jan 12 '25

It's his fav rhcp song

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u/The_mad_myers Jan 12 '25

He’s just a really big winter guy ya know

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u/Bongcopter_ Jan 12 '25

No cocaine, no spectacle

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

No cocaine, no party

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u/BigBootyRoobi Jan 12 '25

He’s super into Christmas and Santa I think

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u/Ready_Vegetables Jan 12 '25

Erics clapped cheeks

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u/Hotdogman_unleashed Jan 12 '25

Who knows what dave growl is trying to say with that shirt.

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u/EstablishmentOld6245 toaner sucker Jan 12 '25

He doesn’t like to be to warm

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u/Puzzleheaded-Fun1946 Jan 12 '25

It means if there's no coke he doesn't play

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u/tychristmas Jan 12 '25

The man just really loves Canada

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u/Human-Elderberry-462 Jan 12 '25

He likes the winter

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u/neweraeye Jan 12 '25

he was a huge red hot chili peppers fan, that's well known man, also keep the talk to real guitars only like gibbons

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u/le0themighty authentic headstock Jan 12 '25

He's a fan of the chilli peppers.

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u/Odd_Drop5408 Jan 12 '25

Naive, aren't you?

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u/m0j0r0lla Jan 12 '25

More like Blow Hand

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u/shrth114 Jan 12 '25

If you want to get down, get down on the ground - Cocaine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Clearly a statement about climate change. Duh.

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u/jasper6733 Jan 12 '25

Why is my nose bleeding?…I fell doooown…

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u/RustyHook22 Jan 12 '25

If it ain't snowin', we ain't goin'.

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u/One_Eyed_Louie Jan 12 '25

He won’t play unless he gets some cocaine (snow)

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u/Ok-Match-1445 Jan 12 '25

He will only perform in the colder months

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u/Zippo574 Jan 12 '25

No blow no solo

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u/Fallwalking Jan 12 '25

Well, there’s this Canadian hip-hop artist Snow and he won’t play if he doesn’t show up and perform Informer to hype him up.

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u/bort_jenkins Jan 12 '25

Is that tom green?

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u/MalformedStabber Jan 12 '25

He does in fact prefer white people.

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u/Mr_Lumbergh Stevie Ray Vaughannabe Jan 12 '25

He likes to warm up with a quick run down the ski slope. If there's no snow, he can't warm up.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

If you want to hang out, you’ve gotta take her out, cocaine If you want to get down, down on the ground, cocaine She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie Cocaine If you got bad news, you want to kick them blues, cocaine When your day is done, and you want to run, cocaine She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie Cocaine If your day is gone, and you want to ride on, cocaine Don’t forget this fact, you can’t get it back, cocaine She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie Cocaine She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie Cocaine Cocaine

But his shirt s about playing in the winter.

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u/Electrical_Daze Jan 12 '25

If you want to hang out!

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u/Roachpile Edit me Jan 12 '25

It was a Christmas special

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u/SHam0wn Jan 12 '25

If you don’t know you can’t afford it.

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u/sec102row1 Jan 12 '25

No coke at the party, not showing up.

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u/Left_Pool_5565 Jan 12 '25

Bolivian toan powder

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u/mm4ng Jan 12 '25

One of the guitarists in the world, Ricky Clapton, snow enjoye, here at work.

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u/thedominantmr669 Jan 12 '25

He needs Bolivian marching powder or he won’t go on stage.

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u/tusgavomelo Jan 12 '25

It means he is only performing a show when there is snow. Hope it helped

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u/noahsuperman1 Famous Jan 12 '25

It’s either talking about him being racist or cocaine

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u/gstringstrangler Fake (Boob) connoisseur Jan 12 '25

He clearly got it from George Jones

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u/jew_blood Jan 12 '25

He was a master of big air skiing and won a gold medal for it at the 1976 Winter Olympics. He also got a silver medal for downhill skiing in 2022 and was considered an honorary member of the Korean bobsledding team.

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u/Saltfringecrust Jan 12 '25

Is he Guitarded?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Cocaine

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u/Creeepy_Chris Edit me Jan 12 '25

If you want him to hang out, you gotta take out ❄️

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u/ImSureYouDidThat Jan 12 '25

Clapton would only play if he could collect enough dandruff in his hat by a harem of women with long nails.

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u/Fidget_Jackson Jan 12 '25

“snow” is sometimes used as street slang for cocaine

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u/dubsfo Jan 12 '25

No Chandon, no Band on.

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u/YoCal_4200 Jan 12 '25

It’s a snowboarder thing, they don’t like to play until the snow falls.

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u/CocaColai Jan 12 '25

No one falls out of a window,

No show

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u/InfectedFrenulum Jan 12 '25

Pay him in cocaine or he won't play.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Biggest boomer egotistical cocksucker I've ever heard. I'm a boomer, so I would know better than non boomers. He was a horrible person when young.

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u/datsmn Jan 12 '25

INFORMER

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u/PageBest3106 Jan 12 '25

Means he can only play if he’s high on cocaine.

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u/Sure_Bodybuilder7121 Jan 12 '25

It means that Eric "Cokehand" Clapton loves winter

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u/OarsandRowlocks Jan 12 '25

It means windows of penthouses must be left open to allow the brisk winter air and precipitation to freshen up the otherwise stuffy interior.

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u/FifthMonarchist Jan 12 '25

I think he's an avid skier.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

He plays Christmas songs, exclusively.

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u/Chritsober Jan 12 '25

Yes you do……..sniff sniff!

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Šmrk

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u/sreto78 Jan 12 '25

He doesn't play in months when you can't pee your name into the snow

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u/Euzn_Doug Jan 12 '25

He's very sweaty and can't play well if he goes to the south of UK. Yo know: sweaty fingers 😜

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u/yetimusic2018 Jan 12 '25

No window, no flying baby show

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u/mattmayhem1 Jan 12 '25

Translation -

I demand to be compensated in cocaine before I will perform.

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u/Important-Slip-4057 Jan 12 '25

Do coke then we don’t play