While the United States faces its own the worst numbers COVID-19 yet i The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, cancels everyone’s Christmas trips in the light of a “new variant” of the coronavirus that is more contagious, Eric Clapton and Van Morrison have decided the timing is right to launch a song against home stay orders that leaders have set out in an effort to curb the spread of the disease and save lives. “You want to be a free man,” Clapton sings. “Or do you want to be a slave?”
Worse, Morrison and Clapton seem to be buying conspiracy theories that world governments are somehow involved in an organized conspiracy to overestimate the severity of the pandemic in order to wield its power: over you / Free yourself / But no word you heard was true. “(We’re not above a good conspiracy theory, we just don’t have enough faith in politicians to get something out of it effectively).
This is actually the fourth anti-blockade Morrison has launched in recent months. Starting in September, the artist released “Born to Be Free,” “As I Walked Out” and “No More Lockdown,” with all proceeds going to Morrison’s Lockdown Financial Hardship Fund, which helps musicians who meet difficulties due to coronavirus and the resulting blocking measures. “Many of us support Van and his efforts to save live music; it’s an inspiration ” Rolling stone informs Clapton about the collaboration. “We have to stand up and count because we have to find a way out of this mess. It’s not worth thinking about the alternative. Live music may never recover. ”
It’s a noble cause, though home do they make it difficult to withstand the effort?
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