Eric Clapton - Beer Commercial

[Hot80s]

my parents wanted to kill me back then...i would turn this up to max volume everytime it came on the tv.

[shimokita2]

Clapton once said in an interview, "I was an alcoholic when I was making those commercials".

[nardpuncher]

@shimokita2 Yeah, but there aren't many alcoholics that do it with beer.

[undeny]

What?! Not a single 'CRACKED!!' comment yet O_o?? ..FIRST xP!

[Jteether]

@undeny Probably because the article this is mentioned in is 2 years old

[undeny]

@Jteether o..

[HarveyBacktheBeatles]

when did he go sober

[Flerg3]

I always knew God was a beer drinker.

[DodgerInPA]

@75watts - Check out the live version with Mark knopfler; definitely worth your time.

[75watts]

Thank you for posting this. I remember this commercial when I was a kid. This is definitely the best version of the song. Wish there was a full version of it somewhere.

[SplitSpades11]

hahaha was he really that desperate for coin? Come on Eric...your fucking awesome! A beer commercial? What the fuck?

[curtiskick]

Gotta say - 12 years old 1971 - begged quarters to play the original on the jukebox in the local hippy sandwich shop. A good year for rock and roll. Flash forward to 1988 and this is a twisted guilty pleasure - slow and hard and still after midnight. Revisit both in 2011 - it's all good. And a tip of the hat to the great JJ Cale.

[sucoblues]

fuck, now I want beer so much :( gonna get one :)

[1234whatever]

Proud sponsor of the Crossroads Centre...

[srvbluesbb]

having a (former) alcoholic do a beer commercial: fail

[earbeard]

original song played is by JJ Cale

[immatypewholike2lite]

taking JJ cale's song into some fuckin commercial, clapton you greedy asshole... you would sell your ass out for the peanuts

[DCooper720]

@immatypewholike2lite yeah starts up a free rehab clinic to help addicts turn their life around he's sooooo greedy

[TheHawksTalon]

@immatypewholike2lite  shut up you fucking wog

[losaface4]

The Night, belongs to Eric Clapton.

[iRelax101]

@bondman70->yeaaahhh I was saving mines from tht party in 88 til now mmmmmm it's a lil thick but it still has tht great taste yumm

[yamaharider1997]

this is a true beer comerical cuz it doesnot say " please drink resbonsibley

[yamaharider1997]

lol i like how it doesnt say " please drink resbonsably " thats a real beer comerical

[bondman70]

mmmmmmm 24 year old beer............

[blindriv3r]

/watch?v=KSSvzCNBvlQ

Neil's reply, got video of the year on MTV but they never played it lol

[whitewitchoz]

This is a cool commercial.

[tball95672]

As Far as Sell-outs go this is not that Big.

When the Stones started Pimping for Microsoft that was pretty bad.

[Umberto2]

He also did this commercial during a relapse into the booze, so it had added controversy. He thought he could be a social drinker and control it - didn't work too well.

[snoopyboxers]

he might have sold out, but i like this version better than the original.

[LAIDBACKMANNER]

WHY ERIC??? The only reason to make a commercial is:

1) To get exposure.

2) To make money. Clapton does not need any of those... I love his music but this it a classic definition of a "sell out".

[freebrook]

he was a raging alcoholic when he made it

[LAIDBACKMANNER]

that is true. he was an hard core alcoholic. he also was a hard core coke head, but that's not my point dumb-ass. he already could afford any beer/whatever he wanted. he could afford any thing basically. he still sold out.

[freebrook]

Not very laid back of you to call me a dumbass just because i point out that he was an alcoholic.

[LAIDBACKMANNER]

yeah your right. honestly that was a bad call on me man. still, i keep my point.

[CodyzGuitar]

@LAIDBACKMANNER He wasnt a ( Coke Head ). He was a Herione addict for 3 years and a alcoholic for 7. Read his book.

[entertainme3000]

@CodyzGuitar correct!

[boski05]

thats unfortunatly true;/

[skydog46]

Great commercial!!!

[ironboy7777]

CRACKED

[amayagab]

Poor Clapton sold his soul to the devil of marketing, and to a berr in a buttplug shaped bottle at that.

[londontown]

This and Wazzupp were the best beer comercials ever!!

[Griphith23]

yay clapton!