World News – CA – Eric Clapton, Van Morrison under fire for anti-lockdown song « Stand and Deliver »

Legendary rock musicians Eric Clapton and Van Morrison are under fire for teaming up on an anti-COVID lockdown song called Stand and Deliver.

The blues-inspired track was written by Morrison in support of his Save Live Music campaign and the song is performed by Clapton. It will be open to the public on December. 4th.

Proceeds from the song will go to Morrison’s Lockdown Financial Hardship Fund, which helps musicians facing financial difficulties due to coronavirus and lockdown restrictions.

This is the fourth song Morrison wrote about lockdown efforts around the world to fight the spread of COVID-19 – although the titles of the three existing songs are much more obvious: No More Lockdown, released towards the end of October, Born to Be Free, released Sept.. . 25 and As I Walked Out, which fell on Oct. 9. As with Stand and Deliver, all proceeds from the sale of this music go to struggling musicians.

« No more lockdown / No more transgressions of government / No more fascist bullies / Disturbance of our peace / No more freedom / Our God-given rights / Pretend it is for our safety / If it really is to be enslaved. ”

« I’m not telling people what to do or think, the government is already doing an excellent job, » Morrison said in a statement on his website. « It’s about freedom of choice. I believe people should have the right to think for themselves. « . ”

Clapton, who told industry publication Variety that the lack of live music events in recent months has been « deeply annoying, » supports Morrison’s quest to help musicians and the live music experience.

“There are many of us who support Van and his efforts to save live music. He’s an inspiration, ”Clapton told Variety. “We need to get up and be counted because we need to find a way out of this chaos. The alternative is not worth thinking about. Live music may never recover. ”

Social media users weren’t too happy with the anti-lockdown song. Many said it was dangerous to send this message almost uniformly around the world with COVID-19 infections. (Most could not be embedded in this article due to the extensive amount of explicit language. )

I get a better idea of ​​who loves to be selfish. I expected something better from @EricClapton. Sad. I’m interested in arts and entertainment, but we can’t put lives at risk because people act so selfishly. https: // t. co / 89qZH36qms

I haven’t always made the right decisions, but my childhood decision to stand firmly and solely on the Jeff Beck side of the Jeff Beck / Eric Clapton War is paying off today

Now that Van Morrison and Eric Clapton have received worldwide media attention for criticizing public health experts in a runaway deadly pandemic, I can give my own opinion on why you performed brain surgery incorrectly.

Canada has on Thursday 5. 631 new coronavirus cases and 89 deaths added. It is the third highest daily increase in cases in the country.

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Eric Clapton, Van Morrison