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October 3, 2006

The Day In Cocaine

Since getting sober, Eric Clapton has refused to play his classic cover of J.J. Cale's "Cocaine" because, as he recently told the AP, "I thought that it might be giving the wrong message to people who were in the same boat as me." That's fair, 'cause no matter how anti-coke the opening lines of the song are, that guitar riff just makes it feel like a four-minute ad for the Bolivian marching powder.

But now Clapton feels comfy enough with the song's true, anti-drug message that he will, once again, add the song to his repertoire, saying that he missed performing it "just purely from a musical point of view." Will it outrage soccer moms taking their kids to his rock shows? Not nearly as much as "Cocaine" the energy drink is outraging New York City Councilmen.

This stuff is truly ridiculous. It has three times more caffeine than Red Bull and, oh yeah, it's called Cocaine. A Queens Councilman told the New York Times the only reasons you would use "this infamous and insidious name" to market your product:

"Either you are woefully ignorant of the horrors of cocaine addiction, or your god is the dollar bill, and not even human life is more sacred."
And so, officially, Clapton could not have picked a worse day to make his announcement.

 

BWE tried the drink and said it "resembles clown piss" –- enough to keep us at bay –- but if you're in Midtown Manhattan and feeling adventurous, you can grab a can at Rupert Jee's Hello Deli (near Letterman's studio). Once you've stopped grinding your jaw long enough to type, you can let us know how it is.

Posted at 2:05 PM




18 Comments

But, of course, "coca cola" is just fine for a soft drink name since coke owns the planet.

Posted by: Sarah at 10/03/06 2:11 PM  | Reply
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We should do a blind taste test:

Diet Pepsi Vs. Clown Piss

Posted by: scott at 10/03/06 2:28 PM  | Reply
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Good thing you drank clown piss so you could compare them...

Posted by: Yumm Clowny at 10/03/06 2:37 PM  | Reply
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Attnetion Black People: Clown is not a verb

Posted by: HoDeDo at 10/03/06 2:38 PM  | Reply
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no mention of the tour bus carrying 500lbs of cocaine?

http://www.idolator.com/tunes/drugs/the-greatest-musical-drugbust-of-all-time-204944.php

Posted by: krist at 10/03/06 2:44 PM  | Reply
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No, Best Week Ever drank clown piss! We're afraid of clowns (piss).

Posted by: scott at 10/03/06 2:45 PM  | Reply
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What is cocaine addition? Is it adding numbers really fast?

Posted by: JAck at 10/03/06 2:46 PM  | Reply
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haa ... very clever, JAck! Fixed.

Posted by: amrit at 10/03/06 2:57 PM  | Reply
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i can think of a few others in this country whose "god is the dollar bill, and not even human life is more sacred"...

so who the fuck cares about some clown piss drink that makes your heart race?

Posted by: balumpus at 10/03/06 3:05 PM  | Reply
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Cocaine Addition

good band name!

Posted by: scott at 10/03/06 3:50 PM  | Reply
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What's the band? Anyone know?

http://www.newschannel5.tv/2006/10/2/29211/-Cocaine-Found-on-Tour-Buses-

Posted by: scott at 10/03/06 4:12 PM  | Reply
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countdown until videos of high schoolers attempting to consume energy drinks via nostril begin appearing on YouTube starts now.

Posted by: matthewaaron at 10/03/06 4:24 PM  | Reply
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I always thought Cocaine sounded like a rip-off of an early Clapton song and found it amusing that he covered a song that sounded so much like his earlier stuff. Maybe that's why he liked it though.

Posted by: Nylund at 10/03/06 4:26 PM  | Reply
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oh, man, that clown piss comment. I'm dyin' here!

Posted by: Jeff at 10/03/06 4:28 PM  | Reply
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this drink looks great...not nearly as great as that movie Cocaine Cowboys magnolia is releasing this month though...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8WtNQyk7E-0

Posted by: evan at 10/03/06 5:30 PM  | Reply
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By the way, 2 Excedrin tablets have 130mg caffiene, red bull = 80mg, so this crap has 240mg. BFD, thats not that much, you can get the caffiene pills with 350mg and take 2 or more of them if you want to be jittery.

Posted by: MooHammed god of cows at 10/04/06 4:58 PM  | Reply
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I saw Clapton just a year ago and he played Cocaine then...

Posted by: Green Hornet at 10/04/06 5:46 PM  | Reply
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Together we can stop this product in its tracks! Hate Cocaine is here to stop Cocaine Energy Drink from spreading! Join the fight!

Posted by: Jen at 10/09/06 2:43 AM  | Reply
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