Sunday, 15 July 2018

Badge of Honour

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London N5, c.1967

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He's not the Messiah
Time was when social media consisted of nothing more than a can of spray paint. If you had something to say then all you needed was a wall; or any surface at all, really.

Long before trending and hashtags it was thought by some in London that Eric Clapton's ability to play guitar had transcended that of a mere mortal, and so he was awarded god like status. Seemingly overnight the sort of graffiti pictured above started to appear all over the capital.

Clapton played it down at the time, but it certainly didn't do record or ticket sales any harm.



Eric Clapton - Badge (co-written by George Harrison)

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  1. The Swede22 July 2018 at 20:03

    Those were the days before trending, hashtags *and* spellcheck. I'm sure I read a tale, possibly apocryphal, that the graffiti artist in question later fessed up that he had actually intended to make a far more modest claim about old Slowhand, but spelled the word 'Good' incorrectly.

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