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I want to write a fictional piece about a character who's possessed by the voice of John Lydon. PiL's "The Flowers of Romance"-era, to be more specific. Not the Sex Pistols. So I ask, if you heard Lydon in your head constantly, what would it make you do? Where would you go? I appreciate any input!

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Thursday, 24 July 2003 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

...SPUNKY IN ME EYE!

― sean g, Thursday, 24 July 2003 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

...not leave the house.

― Ess, Thursday, 24 July 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Wash the dishes

― Keith Watson (kmw), Thursday, 24 July 2003 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

...give him a knighthood.

(he should have his own chat show too - can you imagine it?!)

― russ t, Thursday, 24 July 2003 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

eat toast naked.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Thursday, 24 July 2003 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

>(he should have his own chat show too - can you imagine it?!)

Indeed I can. It should be co-hosted by Madonna. He can be all Regis-y, pissed off about this and that and barking at the stage manager, and she'll be Kelly, burbling on about her spirituality and her kids' fingerpaintings and how brilliant her husband's next movie's going to be, even though she's not allowed to be in it.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Thursday, 24 July 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, and in answer to the thread-title question, John Lydon's voice makes me want to go put some good music on.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Thursday, 24 July 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm.. 'cuz listening to PiL makes me want to throw out all of the rest of my records.

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 24 July 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't he have a guerilla-style reporting show on VH1? Someone told me he went to the Sundance film festival, or something, and just ripped people apart.

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Thursday, 24 July 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

...brush my teeth.

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Thursday, 24 July 2003 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)

he used to have his own radio show. i remember it used to come on my local alternative station on noon every weekday and it ran for 30 minutes. this was long before i heard of the sex pistols, when green day and offspring were my "punk" outlets. he'd play a couple songs and bitch and moan about random music he thought was crap. i always thought he had a horrible speaking voice and was just a bastard in general and i used to wonder why they let him have his own show.

― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 24 July 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

...eq it out of the mix.

am i the only one who thinks 'metal box' would be improved by a dub (vox less) reissue?

― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 July 2003 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Radio - He had a thing called "Rotten Day" where he would do about 1-2 minutes of the days events in the morning.
TV - VH1 - "Rotten Television"

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 24 July 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

...finish this sentence.

― Nick Mirov (nick), Thursday, 24 July 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

...run naked on a barge covered in spilled oil and oil-covered seals.

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Thursday, 24 July 2003 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

John Lydon's voice in Sex Pistols: Classic; makes me want to enjoy life more!
John Lydon's voice in PiL: Dud; makes me think of how much better Metal Box would sound if Lydon and Levene's "contributions" could be stricken from the master tapes.

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Thursday, 24 July 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

marry him

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 24 July 2003 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

...decree him a "pavement philosopher with Dickensian verve that blooms in fragrent, effusive, Jocyean color."

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Thursday, 24 July 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

tape whatever video he's in on VH1 Classic. Except I probably have it already. And it reminds me I need to read his autobiography again. And it reminds me I haven't purchased "Never Mind The Bollocks..." yet, though it's yet to make me buy it.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 24 July 2003 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)

FREAK U.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 24 July 2003 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

... piss on the homeless and the rich alike.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 July 2003 21:06 (twenty-two years ago)

"...screech along in effusive joy, while gigging across the kitchen floor....and buy the other PiL CDs I haven't burned yet"

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 24 July 2003 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

...JUMP JUMP

― sean g, Thursday, 24 July 2003 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

HA! Sean wins.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 July 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

.... be 14 again.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 25 July 2003 07:01 (twenty-two years ago)

am i the only one who thinks 'metal box' would be improved by a dub (vox less) reissue?

Yes

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 25 July 2003 10:14 (twenty-two years ago)

... UNNNGH! NA-NA NA-NA! NA-NA NA-NA! NA-NA NA-NA!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 25 July 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Shout! Throw my hand up (Shout) Kick my heels back (Shout) Throw my head back (Shout) Come on now (Shout) Don't forget to say you will (Shout, Shout) Don't forget to say (Shout) Yeah yeah yeah yeah, come on (Say you will) Say it right now, baby (Say you will) Come on, come on (Say you will) Say it right now, baby (Say you will) I still remember When you used to be nine years old yeah, yeah An' now that you're grown up You're old enough to know An' you wanna leave me You wanna let me go I want you to know I said I want you to know right now You've been good to me, baby Better than I've been to myself And if you ever leave me I don't want nobody else I said I want you to know I said I want you to know right no You know you make me wanna (Shout) Kick my shoes off (Shout) Throw my hands up (Shout) Take my pants off (Shout) Come on now (Shout) Don't forget to say you will (Shout, Shout) Don't forget to say (Shout) Yeah yeah yeah yeah, come on (Say you will) Say it right now, baby (Say you will) (Say) Say that you love me (Say) Say that you need me (Say) Say that you want me (Say) Don't ever leave me (Shout) Come on now (Shout) Come on now (Shout) Come on now (Shout) Come on now (Shout) A little bit softer now (Shout) A little bit louder now Hey (Hey) Hey (Hey) Yeah (Yeah) Yeah (Yeah) Shout now A little shout now Jump up and shout now A little shout now Come on (Shout now) Come on now (Shout now) Come on now (Shout now) Come on now (Shout now) Come on jump up and shout now A little shout now Jump up and shout now A little shout now Jump up and shout now A little shout now Jump up and shout now A little shout now, yeah

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 25 July 2003 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Testify, Brother! Testify!
I can feeeeeel the spirit comin' over me!

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 25 July 2003 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I envision the male character (bearing Lydon) going to a bar, meeting a woman, going home with her, and spying her record collection-heavy on Elton John and Joni Mitchell. No, I haven't read "High Fidelity" lately. She puts on "Rocket Man", and he pretends to like it...for a little while...

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Friday, 25 July 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

....makes me wonder if I've shoved enough toxins down my neck yet to wrangle a nifty, tekno-hard-core voice-box out of the N.H.S.?

Preferably in 'egg-shell blue' with a hint of aquamarine (to match my tongue after my final exhalation).

It's a laff, innit!
That noise you make at the back of your throat!
(Do they do 'laffs' on current 'Blue Box Executive Model' I wonder?)

― aine ne lee, Friday, 8 August 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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