It set out to destroy the passer-by
― Mark G, Thursday, 11 June 2015 12:19 (nine years ago) link
well in that it succeeded. or did it? have your say in the comments
― Joan Crawford Loves Chachi, Thursday, 11 June 2015 12:26 (nine years ago) link
when the kids fly United, the airfares will be divided.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 11 June 2015 17:32 (nine years ago) link
p much every musical movement "fails" at achieving non-musical goals
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 June 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
What kind of weirdo would get one of those cards
― JRN, Tuesday, June 9, 201
Urban Outfitter shoppers.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 June 2015 17:44 (nine years ago) link
the monarchy still endures, but maybe it wasn't sarcasm and he really did mean it, man.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 11 June 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
he never did get to go over the berlin wall, never understood that bit at all
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 11 June 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
No "Your future dream is a shopping scheme" jokes no cred
0/10
F-
No stars
― Hell Books (latebloomer), Thursday, 11 June 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
i started thinking about making an 'is this the APR?' joke but
― irl friend of the geir (NickB), Thursday, 11 June 2015 21:53 (nine years ago) link
"I've got a card machine ready for you, baybeh"
OK, no more..
― Mark G, Friday, 12 June 2015 09:53 (nine years ago) link
Oh Sex Pistols, they're like my favourite brand of t-shirt. They do a visa card? Booooring. I pay for everything with my weird mobile phone chip these days.
Or
40-60-something old punks who now wear ties to work.
Who knows?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 12 June 2015 11:49 (nine years ago) link
http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/why-it%E2%80%99s-time-to-say-bye-to-the-tie
― hongro strulkington (dog latin), Friday, 12 June 2015 13:06 (nine years ago) link
For me the most important thing that punk did was open up possibilities of making music, expression etc... for a greater number of people. In this sense it.completely succeeded.
― Hinklepicker, Friday, 12 June 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link
New vinyl boxset of 1976 concerts: 4th June – 1976: Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester29th August – 1976: Screen on the Green, Islington17th September 1976: HM Prison, Chelmsford25th September – 1976: 76 Club, Burton on Trent
Probably no band ever been so well documented live (except Grateful Dead obv) so for diehards only I guess. First two mostly for historical documentation purposes. Chelmsford recording is great quality - the best recording of the Matlock era, and I don't think has been officially released with all it's tracks in the right order and without overdubs (but probably has), so that's good.
― everything, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
The 4cd box is £30, which seems steep..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 21:23 (eight years ago) link
Oh, didn't notice it was on CD. That's better. But yeah, silly price for CDs considering everyone who's likely to care has already heard it all before.
― everything, Thursday, 9 June 2016 00:31 (eight years ago) link
The other day I heard Did You No Wrong for the first time, they played it on satellite radio. I had no idea it even existed. What a fantastic song.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 9 June 2016 00:59 (eight years ago) link
Yes, its a not of a lost b-side. Also "Sattelite" which didn't even make it to the "Flogging a dead horse" singles album for some reason.
― Mark G, Thursday, 9 June 2016 06:38 (eight years ago) link
Yes, it's a bit of a lost etc.
― Mark G, Thursday, 9 June 2016 06:39 (eight years ago) link
it's always bugged me that it's so hard to come by the handful of "real" sex pistols tracks that aren't on NMTB (i.e., sung by lydon, studio-recorded): "i wanna be me," "satellite," "no fun," "did you no wrong." those are fantastic performances that should've been tacked onto the one real album at some point as bonus tracks, not scattered across a bunch of crummy ripoff albums among those shitty ronnie biggs singles and malcolm mclaren spoken word tracks or whatever.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 9 June 2016 07:17 (eight years ago) link
Those are all on Kiss This
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 9 June 2016 07:28 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, main reason for investing in it.
― Horizontal Superman is invulnerable (aldo), Thursday, 9 June 2016 08:35 (eight years ago) link
It also has the entire NMTB on it, so it's the only Sex Pistols I own.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 9 June 2016 09:01 (eight years ago) link
Glen Matlock at tail end of a tour? Could be a good idea for next Friday night at the Phoenix Artists Club in London?
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/EIKEEJ
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 November 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG7N9pFGqHM
― MaresNest, Sunday, 1 September 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiUKJF16HZ4
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 August 2020 04:44 (three years ago) link
Comment from six months ago says Steve Jones had a heart attack.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 August 2020 04:45 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMoJs2JSH9I
― Stevolende, Sunday, 2 August 2020 07:55 (three years ago) link
Jones has been recovering, though it required emergency surgery and like any heart attack survivor, he's had to make some adjustments. Interview where he discusses life after his heart attack.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 2 August 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
Kinda sad re: his wife but also Lydon is sorta too online, for the worst.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/13/john-lydon-sex-pistols-johnny-rotten-danny-boyle-the-queen
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 13 June 2022 10:29 (two years ago) link
Skimmed quickly. Nothing other than what I’ve come to expect.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 June 2022 11:15 (two years ago) link
did anyone watch Pistol yet?
― stirmonster, Monday, 13 June 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
about halfway through. Watchable if you're not like totally hung up on historical accuracy and all like that.I think I need to read the source book but have half wanted to for a while.It's ok I guess, one of several things i'm trying to watch so not getting overly prioritised.
― Stevolende, Monday, 13 June 2022 16:59 (two years ago) link
I think Chrissie Hynde reportedly watched and contacted Steve Jones, basically saying she was stunned how much they inflated and exaggerated both her relationship with Jones and her role in Sex Pistols lore.
― birdistheword, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
the steve jones book is very readable
― mark s, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link
Viv Albertine's first book is really good and has a different perspective on some of the characters here than I've heard elsewhere. Sid actually seems human.Might make an interesting series if people get into doing things like this. But definitely one of the best memoirs I've read, think not just of this era. Jordan's was quite good too. NOt sure about John's 2 and has been a while since I read them.
― Stevolende, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:18 (two years ago) link
What about Glen Matlock’s book?
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 June 2022 17:21 (two years ago) link
xxxp kind of weird thing, in that Hynde was supposedly an advisor at some point, according to an article I read?
it did very much feel like they needed some hook to hang a second-party perspective on, and they decided to set her up as this lingering love interest/moral support for Jones's character
― mh, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:21 (two years ago) link
Jones seems a much more sympathetic character than Lydon, for what that's worth. And I've always been impressed that he robbed Bowie's touring gear.
― calzino, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:22 (two years ago) link
i thoroughly enjoyed Pistol although a big part of that was enjoying the level of detail the production design dept went to - eg the '75 Hawkwind gig Steve Jones was robbing equipment from, the interior of 'Sex', the 'Grundy' scene etc.
i wondered about this as i had previously had no idea she had such a big role in the proceedings. i guess she didn't!
― stirmonster, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
Her arse cheek is among those photographed in the Sex group photo I think. & I know she was around trying to get bands together at the time. But yeah does seem to have had her role specific to teh Pistols increased i think.
― Stevolende, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link
she did work at sex alongside jordan and was for a time an item w/jones -- who clearly holds her in much affection and says they remain (as of 2017) on good terms. he also says it's why sid attacked a subsequent hynde bf who (acc.jones) treated her badly = nick kent. so there is a kind of a beefable-uppable plot throughline
― mark s, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:32 (two years ago) link
the wild thing about that Lydon interview that xyzzzz__ posted is that he sounds exactly like the character in the show
― mh, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:33 (two years ago) link
xp definitely. Jones admitted as much saying they "showbizzed up" her role to make the show more "interesting." They were definitely a couple but for a very brief time. I won't spoil the show for anyone, but it also shows her having a big role in some significant events when she had absolutely no involvement whatsoever.
― birdistheword, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:46 (two years ago) link
"We'll always have Huddersfield"
indeed!
― calzino, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:53 (two years ago) link
I'm surprised Boyle has managed to make something quite fun and watchable out of this. He even includes a scene where McLaren seals his own fate by bashing holes into some asbestos tiles, which was kind of simultaneously grim and lol!
― calzino, Monday, 13 June 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
I had a brief "oh god, is that.." moment when noticing who was cast as Vivienne Westwood
yes, that is Talulah Riley who was married to Elon Musk, twice!
kind of funny that she's playing a character who's partnered with huckster and sensationalist Malcom McLaren
― mh, Monday, 13 June 2022 19:01 (two years ago) link
I know old John has endorsed Trump and all, and may be too much with us in other ways, but, as someone who's seen other people deal with this, and done so myself, may have to do so again, I can see he's learned some things:
John Lydon said his mental health took a beating over the last three years spent caring full-time for his 78-year-old wife.Of his days spent feeding, dressing and caring for her, the 65-year-old admitted: “You can as a full-time carer get quite suicidal. I will have moments that are overwhelmingly sad and at the same time full of rage.“You have to get to grips with it and lay off the self-pity. That’s one thing I can proudly say my mum and dad instilled in me from an early age: don’t feel sorry for yourself, get on with it.”He has this advice for others caring for people with dementia: "Keep yourself intact mentally and be proud of what you’re doing. Life must continue to the absolute; you must fight for life to the very bitter end.“This is how the cards have fallen. This is what it is. This is your future. But that’s not the end of your future."
Of his days spent feeding, dressing and caring for her, the 65-year-old admitted: “You can as a full-time carer get quite suicidal. I will have moments that are overwhelmingly sad and at the same time full of rage.
“You have to get to grips with it and lay off the self-pity. That’s one thing I can proudly say my mum and dad instilled in me from an early age: don’t feel sorry for yourself, get on with it.”
He has this advice for others caring for people with dementia: "Keep yourself intact mentally and be proud of what you’re doing. Life must continue to the absolute; you must fight for life to the very bitter end.
“This is how the cards have fallen. This is what it is. This is your future. But that’s not the end of your future."
― dow, Monday, 13 June 2022 19:10 (two years ago) link
Halfway through the series and enjoying it, I mean it's basically The Young Ones, but it's a lot of fun.
Only nitpicking this because it is an oddly weird and specific detail about poor Pete Ham from Badfinger having hung himself in the lock-up in Denmark Mews, pretty sure that's not correct.
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:20 (two years ago) link
i googled that while watching that episode and fwiw the internet thinks it is correct, although it didn't specify it was the exact same lock-up.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:33 (two years ago) link
Late to this - had no idea this show had been unearthed. Not an official release, unfortunately mixed on the fly (thus imbalanced) but a great performance nonetheless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iefy37rMe8o
― birdistheword, Thursday, 25 April 2024 05:17 (one month ago) link
I wish I could hear "Anarchy in the U.K." again for the first time. They, and it, seem so distant--more than many famous songs that are even older.
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 April 2024 05:29 (one month ago) link
Yes. That Pistols miniseries wasn't going to be good, but I was surprised at how it couldn't even find a context to seem relevant. I think I watched one and a half episodes. How Chrissy Hynde ended up working at Sex seemed like a more intriguing storyline.
― sox concrète (bendy), Monday, 29 April 2024 16:24 (one month ago) link
I'm not really a fan of Danny Boyle's work - more often than not, his films are terrible, and I didn't get the impression from anyone who saw the show that he exceeded even the most modest expectations. I can't remember if it was Jones or Matlock, but one of them apparently talked with Hynde over the phone after every episode and they were both flabbergasted how the show's depiction of her role in the band's history was drastically overblown and close to complete fiction.
― birdistheword, Monday, 29 April 2024 19:30 (one month ago) link
Ha! It’s not like their songs are even completely topical, yet they do feel like they’ve served their purpose.
― sox concrète (bendy), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 01:00 (one month ago) link