Eric Clapton made a big mistake recording Van Morrison’s “Stand and Deliver” song.
The anti-lockdown anthem was met with apathy, if not disgust, upon its Friday release. Over the weekend the song sold a mere 1,100 copies.
For the creators of “Layla” and “Moondance,” the total snub by the music community is a sharp rebuke to their short-sighted, nearly racist take on what governments must do to protect everyone from COVID.
The song is so nit-witty that it compares the lockdown to slavery.
Do you wanna be a free man
Or do you wanna be a slave?
Do you wanna be a free man
Or do you wanna be a slave?
Do you wanna wear these chains
Until you’re lying in the grave
Clearly, their cultural appropriation of black music all these years has turned their heads into empty gourdes. What a shame.
Most people would rather hear Adam Ant’s long ago hit, “Stand and Deliver.”
