Rappers React To Eric Clapton "Cocaine"!!! 

Fun Fact: The lyrics are about drug addiction, something Clapton knew quite well. As he explained in his autobiography Clapton, when he recorded this song, he had kicked a serious heroin habit but was filling his body with cocaine and alcohol. His attitude at the time was that he could manage his addiction and quit at any time - he just didn't want to; that's why he could sing so objectively about a drug that was consuming him. When he finally did get off drugs and alcohol, he had to learn how to make music while sober, which was a big transition because everything sounded very rough to him. He also realized how damaging his addiction was to himself and others on a personal level, and became active in helping others get through their addictions; in 1998 he opened the Crossroads rehab center in Antigua, where clients go through a 29-day wellness-centered approach to treatment.

Eric Clapton was far from straight edge! He had just kicked a heroin addiction when he recorded this song, but was still heavy into Cocaine and alcohol! This song was originally written by J.J. Cale!

Jj Cale wrote this in 1976 Clapton covered it in 1977 and released it in on his Album “SlowHand” . It was my dad’s favorite but I remember my mom not liking it much 😂

She dont lie......cocaine.

Tears in Heaven was written in the 90s for his young son that fell from the balcony to his death. 4 years old. Fell 53 floors. I can't even imagine having to cope and go on from that😣

Clapton was the opposite of straight edge. He was an addict for years. Love this song too 🤘

He was a massive druggy on par with Keith Richards. Cocaine, psychedelics, heroin, two bottles of vodka a day. He was hardcore in the day

In 1982 we got married and the dj was playing music you could dance to. Everyone was having a good time then my new wife requested this song. Never saw a dance floor empty faster in my life. It was just her and her best friend out there dancing to it. Lol!!!

Nice reaction on a slippery subject. Yeah, there was a famous 2 year period of inactivity around 1970. It was heroin. It was Pete Townsend of The Who that helped pull him out. See "The Rainbow Concert" from 1973. Pete gathered other legends Ron Wood, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Rick Gretch. They recorded 2 shows at the Rainbow Theater and it helped Eric dig his way out of that addiction. I read where he thought Cocaine and alcohol were better and he could handle them. But I think it was alcohol that did him worse in the 80's. His rehab included setting up a center in Antigua called Crossroads. To support it, he produced star studded benefit concerts, (check out ZZ Top's performance). And as others said, this is a song written by his friend, JJ Cale.

You can NEVER go wrong with some EC and this didnt disappoint. Can you guys ever review his cover of Bob Marleys " i shot the sheriff"

I never was into coke, I just like the way it smells.👍

The music that I love from the late 60's & the entire 1970's will NEVER be topped❤

Cover of a J.J. Cale tune

Originally written. By JJ Cale

There's a RU-vid video of Mike Patton and Rahzel doing a live beatboxing version of this song from 2004 and it's as weird and brilliant as you would imagine.

You guys should do something by the songwriter. J. J. Cale has contributed to the catalog of several different popular artists. ✌🏼😎🇺🇸

thank you for your great performance! I‘m a 51 years old german guy and i love your Taste of music. I Watch a lot of Rammstein reaction Videos from your side. You are the best, Keep it up!

Written by the great JJ Cale!! Worth checking out!!

Wikipedia: In 2012, Ferrari honoured Clapton with the one-off special project car, the Ferrari SP12 EC. In July 2013 Clapton displayed it at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England in the Michelin Supercar Run. In 2014, Clapton explained that Ferrari is still his favourite car brand. Among the other vehicles Clapton owns or has owned are a vintage Mini Cooper Radford that was a gift from George Harrison. Ironic when you know the history they share.

Oh man this takes me back, I can see myself as a tiny child in the car with mom im singing every word of Cocaine as loud as possible LOL even now as she is bedridden and I take care of her all I have to do to make her laugh is start singing at the top of my lungs to whatever song is playing even the commercials LOL another great song about snow comes from Fleetwood Mac, Gold Dust Woman check it out sometime ✌🖤🤘🌟😎 The Icebreaker about your most illegal thing you've ever done has me rethinking my entire life... I've been a pretty good girl most of my life, aside from buying and selling party favors, having Instant Karma and a hypersensitive conscience has kept me in check LOL I'm going to say shoplifting, did it three times in my life, once as a kid I stole chapstick which my mom made me take back to the manager with my tearful apologies, once as a young adult I couldn't afford dog food for my shepherd so I stole a gigantic bag of it from the grocery store, just left it on the bottom of my cart as I paid for everything else and walked out with the dog food, I will never forget that panicking my heart was racing so fast, probably because of what happened to me the second time as a teenager... I stole some fake fingernails from a drugstore and I got caught, they decided to make an example out of me and it was horrific! The security guard could tell that I was young and stupid and didn't know my rights and he really took advantage of that and became abusive. He called the police to have me arrested and when they handcuffed me my nose started bleeding profusely, we ended up sitting in the office for like a half an hour before it stopped, they insisted on walking me out the doors in handcuffs instead of just letting me walk out holding a rag under my nose, they started getting pissed off at me like it was something I could control and then the snotty rebellious teenager in me told them 'fine go ahead and handcuff me you can hold the rag under my nose at this point I don't care!' I'm sure they didn't want to be accused of hitting me so they waited for the bleeding to stop, they handcuffed me again and took me out to the police car, looking back the bleeding went on for so long they should have called paramedics, f****** idiots! I was an idiot too or I would have insisted that they did, if only I knew then what I know now... when I got to court I found out that they lied and said I stole everything that I already had in my purse on top of the fingernails, I lucked out with a decent judge who actually believed me, he gave me probation and said as long as I didn't get in trouble until I was 18 that it wouldn't go on my permanent record❤

Damn Hollywood was thinking of so many "illegal things" he did and couldn't telling lol you guys are f hilarious thanks for make me laugh on this hard times to me keep it up just how you two are greetings.

ex husband and I went to a Clapton concert in the late 70's and he had some of the white powder in his sock. They searched all of us coming through the doors of the concert venues (checking purses and patting people down) There were big black trash cans where they threw whatever they found that people were trying to smuggle in. Lots of liquor bottle, drugs ect.... Needless to say they found his stash and trashed it. During the concert people were pulling out huge liquor bottles and mirrors to do the coke, no idea what door they managed to come through. When Clapton played this song my ex cried. Decades later it still makes me laugh.

2000 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the third time, this time as a solo artist. He was earlier inducted as a member of the bands Cream and the Yardbirds, pre New Yardbirds becoming Led Zeppelin. Collaborations Riding with the King (with B.B. King) (2000) The Road to Escondido (with J. J. Cale) (2006) The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale (by Eric Clapton & Friends) (2014)

‘If you wanna grill out, with burgers and dogs, propane. Flip each side, filp each side, filp each side, propane’ Hank Hill - ‘Propane’ Sing it out, if you ain’t laughing you ain’t alive 😂

Starting the day with some EC always a good thing. He always plays this at his concerts which gets everyone going! And yes, coke was prevalent back in the day. EC still god on guitar. He inspired so many to play and learn guitar and has helped so many with his rehab center in Antigua which he funds with his Crossroads concerts. If you can't afford to go, they will treat for free. He is a legend!

You might want to check out “I Shot the Sheriff “.

This ny fave Clapton track and Crossroads when he was in Cream. Loved your take on it. a Commercial.😆

The crazy shit about Layla is the fact that the drummer on the session (who also wrote the beautiful piano outro) went on to murder his own mother not long after the songs release

Speaking of Eric Clapton, you should check out some Cream!! I saw what you did there bro, "I think this is exactly.. on the nose, man!" even though your buddy didn't seem to catch on!! :p

Love the nwo shirt

Yes h6 this great guitar rift

Aaaaaahhh...rich man's aspirin. Hollywood: It's on the nose. Me: No. It's in the nose. 😂

I'm up early enough to catch this as it posted. Nice.

The urge to go to the bathroom!😆😆😆…EVERY-SINGLE-TIME🤣

It's already been posted that this song was originally written by the late great J.J. Cale. You need to check out him performing his Song After Midnight with Eric Clapton at the Crossroads Festival. My favorite version of that song

When I go to the bar I always put this on the jukebox!! 😎

In the 90s I used to make the mix tapes for my basketball team my senior year. This was a "bonus" song I had at the end if the warmups went too long. I was politely asked to remove it by the Dean a few days later.

You guys have GOT to do some Red Fang. The songs rip and the videos are amazing. “Wires” “Prehistoric Dog” and “Blood Like Cream” would all be great places to start 🙏🏻

Moral of the story: She dont lie....Cocaine!! 😂

You guys should check out J.J. Cale's version of Cocaine. J.J. is the one that wrote the song. Clapton is a massive fan of J.J. Cale and has covered several of his songs.

That stuff had such a unique smell. Couldn't stop smelling that stuff. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, say no to that stuff. I haven't touched that in 12 years.

lol Would your rather: I gradjitated high school in '76. Most of the fun things I did over the next decade involved at least something, if not many things, illegal. Yes, the song is about cocaine. It was written by JJ Cale, though it was authentic to Eric as well, because he most definitely had "better living through chemistry" issues. The song is, in the end, a warning about cocaine...and other things by extension. "If you want to get down, down on the ground cocaine..." "Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back, cocaine..."

The live version in Japan is so much better. And it showcases the amazing guitar of Albert Lee.

This song was originally written by J.J. Cale!

Back in the day Eric Clapton was a heavily addicted to drugs, and he was a fanboy to the song's original writer JJ Cale. You know how we act when we're around a celebrity, especially one we love, Eric was like this with JJ Cale. JJ Cale was from Oklahoma, and introduced the world to the Okie sound, which Eric loved. JJ Cale is one of those very cool, laid back, down home, don't get excited over anything kinda guy. But Eric introduced JJ Cale to the world; at the time JJ Cale was about to give up the music industry when Eric discovered him and covered JJ's songs. The original song and most of his song were very laid back, oozing cool when you listen to them. You must listen to some of JJ Cale's original songs, like Cocaine, Bringing It Back, After Midnight. The whole of JJ Cale;s Naturally album is a must listen to. Sadly we lost JJ Cale not long ago.

Shoutout to Baggie White, point guard for the Snortland RailBlazers! Shoutout to Daryl Strawberry! Nostril Nachos! Schnozz Beers! Disco Dandruff! Nosedelo Time! Shoutout to Christopher Cross and Michael McDonald riding like the wind to escape the Federales with a big ole bag of the Neigh Neigh Whinnie Dust! Shoutout to David Lee Roth!

Often heavily requested at our High School dances in the late 70s. I believe it was the most requested that year at our school.

Her Strut by Bob Seger is a great one!! ❤😊

EC is one of the GOATs. The body of work is stunning.

True story. In 1997? Eric Clapton played a concert for the World convention of Narcotics Anonymous in San Jose CA. He opened the show by saying " my name is Eric, and I am an addict"

Did a great duet with Tina Turner called "Tearing Us Apart". With Phil Collins on drums!

there is also an excellent live version of this song, where the audience very enthusiastically shouts "COCAINE!" at the appropriate point in the chorus...we also have the cautionary example of the who's bassist john entwistle, who decided he needed a little pick-me-up before a nyc show, did some cocaine, and fell over dead.

I was never into cocaine. But if I came across some old school mescaline, I'd be pretty tempted to relive the hours long laughing sessions! 😅😅

It is Eric Clapton ,The Last Waltz

Clapton with Robert Cray Old Love Live

Years later in all live performances, he adds another chorus, cocaine that " Dirty Cocaine"..... she don't lie, don't forget this fact , you can't get it back. ✌️🤔♥️

Just so happens you guys react to this the day after I did that in over a decade hahaha I got a little wild. My chick broke up with me and I was just trying to cheer up and the night at the bar got a little out of hand

No problem listening to this song in 1977 I was 9 years old my older brothers would play it and I would listen to it and my parents did not say a word didn't even care LOL maybe they really didn't listen to the lyrics don't know but life was just a little crazier back then and frear😊

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That was different times in his life

US citizenship Einstein became an American citizen in 1940. Not long after settling into his career at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Thank G, you chose studio version to react to. There are no video of live versions that have proper groove and energy, except Hartford ‘85. And even that is not as good as this.

Most illegal thing I've done? My buddy and I took a quarter pound of marijuana into, and about two ounces of marijuana out of Canada, back in 1980. Almost got busted at the U.S. border coming back in, but the Customs Agents missed it. LOL. This is the song originally written by J.J. Cale, and made famous by Mr. Clapton. "She don't lie, she don't lie, Cocaine".

Damn the '80s runnin around Atlanta from strip club to strip club was a blur for me as they went by so fast due to some white powdery substance ✌💖☮

Ozzy has a new song called Crack Cocaine

thank you thank you thank you, that was awesome, let me remind you , Grandmater & Melle Mel's (white Line) or sweet leaf Blk Sabbath, yeah! the subject is always in music..

How about The Warning.. Evolve from 2023 VMA'S

Smokey with the NWO shirt on🤘

YOU MUST LISTEN TO THE LIVE VERSION FROM 1978's "JUST ONE NIGHT" The guitar work puts this studio version to shame.

Check out the Guitar duel between Clapton and Robbie Robertson of the group The Band --The song --FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD--IT IS EPIC and it is on RU-vid .

I got to see him live in 95

Eric Clapton was about as straight as a winding country road.

U guys should react to the song take cover - Centox

The most illegal thing I did was 20yrs ago. Didn't know it til later but transported 147pounds of weed for the Mexican Mafia.

Not much for him these days. But love the Tool shirt.

I wonder if the nickname “Ole Slow Hand” applied when he was wired outta his skull for about a week? 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

Try a live version

Booger sugar😂😂😂😂roflmbo.

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JJ Cale wrote this he has a lot of good songs you should check him out

One of my favorite Eric Clapton songs. Check out I shot the sheriff live..just incredible. Peace out guys ✌️ ☮️

React to KID LEKS

Also Mr Clapton isn’t wrong with this song, all true, lol.

Nice reaction! HEY this is something that would be VERY interesting to see how you react to: The NEWLY RELEASED song from a Finnish cello metal band: APOCALYPTICA - ONE FEAT. JAMES HETFIELD & ROB TRUJILLO from Metallica (Official Video) A nice experience. Yeah? 😎🤟

Funny how every other song gets censored, but this one.

I believe the time has come for them to listen to “Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll” by Ian Dury.

It’s a hell of a drug, but it helped make some of the greatest music ever. Just ask Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, Motley Crue, DeBarge, Nile Rodgers, miles Davis, Kirk Hammett 😂😂

Well you guys aren’t wrong, and inline with pleading the 5th, not my actions, strictly speaking, but overall, yes, cocaine, was in our soda in the teens, via the government allowing it.

Well, others already said it.

Fun fact….it’s my favorite drug

JJ Cale song

…….#shedontlie 🎱🎱🎱

And nothing wrong with $100 bills and razor blades, just saying.

The original by JJ Cale is much better.

fetti by future.. lol

Fun fact, the og JJ Cale version is much better…

Cap bro I can go buy a rat or mouse trap at Home Depot 😂

Anti drug song. ✌️

Eric Clapton was once asked in an interview what it was like to be the best guitarist in the world. He replied, I don't know, ask prince

The live version is better, I remember it from when I was in middle school around 1978. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JIKLRHiK98g.html