Blood on the Turntables : The Sex Pistols one

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For the most part, a run through of the sex pistols story, Malcolm, Johnny and Glen (separately filmed) telling the story once more.

I am always amazed at how John and Malcolm can tell the story like it was the first time of telling, and retain enthusiasm!

New stuff?

1) Actually getting bods telling their half (Sir John Reid, Rick Wakeman, David Shayler on behalf of the MI5, etc, adding credence to Malc's/John's originally paranoid inventions)

2) Malcolm insisting it was Viv Westwood's idea to get that strange bloke called John to audition, only to find out a week later after rehearsals had started that she meant the other John (i.e. Beverley). Do I buy that tale? No I do not.

3) The details of the court case. That was what the programme was meant to be about. Still cheered John on with it, even though I knew the outcome.

Your thoughts?

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 07:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm kicking myself for missing this. Do you have any idea of the subjects for the rest of this series?

― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

the next one's on hip-hop censorship. cop killer v t gore etc

― Peter Watts (peterw), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

and i fell for the rick Wakeman story at the time so was fun to hear the real story. i just love em both (John and Mal) they are both huge characters and make for a great sitcom.

― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 09:30 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

Never saw this in the U.S. What's the Wakeman story? The "real" one, that is.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 3 April 2008 11:11 (seventeen years ago)

OK,

When the SP's signed to A&M records, Rick Wakeman sent a jokey telegram about how "we'll all have to wear safety pins through our cheeks now!"

Malcolm saw this on A&M Bloke's desk during one of their meetings.

Later, when the SPs got dropped, Malc said something about other artists complaining. This got amplified, by all accounts, by the A&M PR people into "he threatened to quit if the Pistols continued to be on the label."

At which point, Rick Wakeman objected to being portrayed as being the bad guy, and actually did quit at the end of his contract.

― Mark G, Thursday, 3 April 2008 12:02 (seventeen years ago)

Haha! Anybody who orders Indian food while onstage with Yes can't be all bad, eh?

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 3 April 2008 12:13 (seventeen years ago)

In any case, some say it was Supertramp.

― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 3 April 2008 12:14 (seventeen years ago)

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