@@TheWilliamHoganExperience so PIL has been nothing? I disagree. He's a musician. He doesn't care what people think of his output....he does it because he's a musical artist. Like many others. I know what you mean about arrested development, and success in rock n roll can certainly lead to it....but I don't think this is the case with Lydon. Agree to disagree.
@@cleverhardy5230 It's Glen Matlock, not John, and Lydon didn't fire him; he quit. Malcolm McLaren slagged him off in a press release for doing so by writing "He was always going on about the Beatles."
He always strikes me as someone who in his younger days wanted so badly to be seen as an asshole, but just didn't have it in him to be genuinely cruel to people he didn't legitimately dislike.
Exactly. He is a massive fraud. Its all an act. He can't even shut up when his interview is over, piping up still with whatever he thinks is hilariously amusing, usually some pathetic 'I'm the greatest' reference which he has to keep reaffirming to himself.
@@rnw2739 you think he’s being serious with that whole shtick? i feel like that’s part of the joke. plus how is he a fraud? he’s always spoken his mind honestly and freely, no matter who he’s being interviewed by.
@@mckennuhhhhhhhhh So how comes he didn't just say what Savile was then, rather than the cryptic 'I'd like to kill Jommy Saville..". No different to anyone else.
@@rnw2739 you could just outright say something like that if you wanted to, but sometimes you have to be tactful about it. he didn’t say anything specific about what Saville did, but he implied it through what he said and it later rang very true. he knew what was going on but he also realized you have to be smart when talking about things like that in certain ways, even though he’s known for being very brash and outspoken. that doesn’t make him a fraud, he just knows how to play his cards right.
You do realise before the internet anyone could invent a character and play it - that was part of the entertainment and if that character worked and Influenced millions of kids to get into music or positively influence them who cares if the entertainer is not entirely genuine the jobs been done
When God Save the Queen was on the charts, the Sex Pistols were literally chased out of England, they fled from attacks. Johnny was asked by a reporter, "Why do you think that people reacted to you like that?" He said, sincerely, "I don't understand what they were so upset about, all we want to do is destroy everything..."
@Wally Banter Except no, its the objective truth. Steve Jones and Paul Cook and Glen Matlock already had the band formed before they even met McLaren and even after that, all he did was market them in a way that learned into the controversies. The only things he ever did that was influential on the actual band was hiring Johnny Rotten and replacing Glen Matlock with Sid Viscous.
@@officeaddict33 actually, no. The left are the ones pushing bans on the first and second amendments...the right are fighting to save them. Know what you're talking about before calling others idiots.
I just read your comment and thought of how young girls who may have been victimised by Saville would in some cases probably be drawn to the punk scene as a result... JL probably heard some very sad stories from the actual victims or close friends. He was unequivocal in his condemnation which makes me think he was 100% sure of what he was saying.
He didn't say fuck all....just he'd like to kill him. Did he kill him? No. You mob go on like he said "Jimmy Saville is a dirty paedo!!!" on live TV but he didn't. He let him carry on unchallenged like everyone else.
@@rnw2739 Spot on! If he was banned by the BBC what else could they do to him? Begs the question why didn't he say about it again, Any rational person would have been spurred on to get it out there. As for the BBC Ban, he was banned from the radio, he still took part in BBC TV shows, he was still happy to take their money. He's a witless asshole who has never deserved screen or radio time. Kills me when I see the interview on the Grundy show, all the comments saying how amazing he is when he was literally put to shame by Grundy. He was given the floor to say anything he wanted and the best he could do was swear....again. He still acts like an 8 year old now. As for the whole 'Punk' thing his fans are all to quick to forget he did an advert for butter. Let that sink in......He did an advert for butter!
@@TerenceA72 One of the most arrogant and talentless frauds that ever drew breath! His voice is the loudest whenever the subject is his own 'talent' or the contribution to British music (don't laugh). I love the fools who claim his illiteracy and inability to construct two sentences that rhyme are more signs of his genius - antichrist and anarchist - Yeah .....of course....
@@rnw2739 @RNW The 'punk thing to do would have been to write a song called 'Jimmy the BBC paedo' if he knew about it (that's a big 'if') he's as bad as the rest of them for keeping to himself for 30 years! How many live shows sand interviews did he do in that time and not a word about it. I said this on another vid, looking at the media explosion when it all came out (rightly so) there's not a paper in the world that wouldn't have run with 'Banned from the BBC for calling out a paedophile' I'm honestly glad to see theres someone else who can see him for what he is, (please excuse my language) a f*%king idoit.
I have to side with SCFC47 on this one. As a musician for 14 years now I have been following the career music and interviews of so many artists, music producers, fashion designers, painters etc.. And the ones with real points and actual wisdom are not those in the limelight.
To be a successful artist who is in the spotlight and can stay there requires a certain type of personality. An artist is tately a scientist just like a scientist is rarely an artist. Both will sound uninformed or stupid if they talk about the field of the other. And those commercially successful artists the most due to the many personality characteristics and backgrounds necessary to want to be in the spotlight.
Another thing that I always say is that calling the artists the leaders of a generation is not so clever in my opinion. They say Madonna broke down barriers and questioned certain taboos as if she was the leader winning the war all in her own. But I disagree with this because it is the crowd who chooses the artist no the other way around. So if the artist's message is not resonating with the crowd the crowd boos them off stage. She can be called the voice of a generation but not the leader in my opinion.
@SCFC47 I agree, Madonna's story is a succes because she got what she wanted and dreamt for for many years :fame. And she will do anything to be famous or stay famous. If they slap a political label on her she'll roll with it as long as it serves her bigger goal of being famous. Although I myself cannot ever imagine being this easy for fame I do recognise that she is very competent, had and still has a beatiful career that she can be proud of.
@SCFC47 I personally have stayed clear of writing anything negative about artists on TH-cam because, as you said, however articulate my point is I always get into some kind of trouble.
That would be a good thing to say if it wasn't for the fact that the most likely thing is that he turn her mad in the first place. Imagine living with a guy like this 24/7. Because I don't think for a second this is an act. He is genuinely like this. Which would also be a good thing to say about someone, being genuine, if it didn't make him a world class a-hole
Lost both my grandmother/great aunt to both dementia and Alzheimer's there diseases I wouldn't wish on my worse enemy seeing the person who used to care for you needing care themselves forgetting who people are heartbreaking wasn't even there to say goodbye to my man weekend passed lived other end of the country 😥
@E Fox He says "I am Jew" NOT "I am a Jew". It's an obvious statement of solidarity with Jews b'cos of Corbyn's bigotry BUT it doesn't mean he is a Jew. If u look up Johnny's background you'll find he's of Irish background (parents/family) and was raised a Roman Catholic. You won't find anything about him being Jewish. If u do find anything please let me know but tbh I don't think you will. Malcolm Mclaren on the otherhand was partly Jewish as was Bernie Rhodes. And for the record I don't have any issue with Jews in the entertainment industry. i didn't make any statement about that whatsover, so how u came up with that just b'cos i asked a question about Lydon is beyond me.
So many layers to his presence: hes a smart guy playing a dumb guy playing a smart guy playing a jerk trying to justify being a jerk but also just being a jerk but being dead on accurate in what he says. It must be really hard to be him....
Diego B nah fuck that all teenagers who want to be fucking edgy think of Bart Simpson just fuck off stop tryna be someone who isn’t real or relate urself in anyway to them
40 odd years a go a friend of mine was collecting donations for charity in islington. She met John in a pub and the story goes that he emptied his wallet into her collection bucket and told her not to tell anyone. I always love John for being a good human.
He's the reaction of a bored, 'rebellious' 14-year old when asked a question in Geography class that he doesn't know the answer to. I have a feeling the real John Lydon is a likable and smart guy - but his cartoon alter ego is a childish joke.
@1st lady of the american theatre I'm not sure the word brain belongs in the same sentence as the phrase, "mad respect". :'D On a separate note, when establishment figures, such as the BBC, "ban" something, what they are doing is hoping to propel it towards the youth, fuelled by reverse psychology. How do you engage the youth in detrimental pursuits, or unworthy role-models, simple, you ban it. You may not drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, you're too young...... and the dullards lap it up. Yummy.
@@onepalproductions I'm not sure you understand that somebody with a decent brain may choose to use their preferred choice of lingo. That statement made you sound like a pretentious arsewipe. You might not be, but that's how it sounds. Also, the BBC were not that smart or clever, and neither are you, if I had to judge based only on this comment. Point us to a scrape of evidence that suggests the BBC are engaged in a covert conspiracy to "engage the youth in detrimental pursuits" etc.. Bloody claptrap. At least you upload some interesting videos on your page, so you can't be all bad.... silly comment though.
@@onepalproductions you really think the bbc leadership at the time gave a flying fuck about what the youth was thinking.....? you can't be that dense, can you?
He didn't call out Saville specifically, he used to make inflammatory statements about many things and people, he was McLaren's puppet . He now makes reference to an interview and implied he'd tried to highlight Saville's crimes. He spent a couple of years in a manufactured boy band and the rest of his life selling butter and now supports Trump.
One of the best hours I have ever spent , talking with him for an hour after aPIL gig . A brilliant man , an interesting conversation, mostly philosophy. He signed an old Silver Jubilee plate I had taken to the gig , which some bastard then stole. A very intelligent man and honest to core .
I met him on a train once in first class. He was drunk, offered me a job as a producer for his transvestite friend (who promptly told me to hand the phone back when I talked to them) Finally, asked how long I’d been dating with the girl who sat next to me... who was a stranger ... moreover she was 13 at most 🙄 I had to keep telling him to stop saying we are dating lol
John is the OG and the most amusing Troll of all time. One of the most interesting Artists to come out of the UK and i grew up on the Sex Pistols and then PIL. He's mellowed in his old age but that devil still lurks within. In his youth - the mad intense stare he would give interviewers, while destroying their questions, plans, and show formats with a grin. Lord of Misrule.
Agree. What I love a lot about British culture is that a person like him could only be made there in a time where UK still (forgive me if I'm wrong) always celebrated politeness and royal manners. Of course the Stones and other bands rebelled before and Monty Python. But just being so blunt as John is so refreshing. My god how good it must have felt just saying stuff in those days....
Johnny looked exactly like the Artful Dodger in that top hat. This guy is a National Treasure who knew the score about the elite and made some iconic music putting the Punk genre on the Map 45 years ago. God Bless him
@@anthonyparkinson8547 True. He seems like an out-of-his-depth kid. His aggression toward interviewers seems like a mask for some kind of inferiority complex.
@mattjenkins76 exactly! Just check him out in the jungle when he realises that he isn't the centre of attention and works out that he doesn't have the quips to last the amount of time needed so he just petulantly declares himself the winner, storms off and collects his unearned (again) cash! He is the most embarrassing thing that I can remember being into when I was a kid and I'm glad that I didn't fall for it for long, soon discovered Lou Reed etc and got on the road to recovery. Guys a knobhead..I'm not getting anywhere near those Ostrich as I don't want to take part in the show's basic premise is to take risks to get rewards for your team etc so you'll get food and entertainment maybe as a result. But not Mr.Lie Down. Oh no. He'll just hang out in there until it gets too much hassle i.e needing to stand up. Then he just says "You lot don't have a look in with me around, so I'll give you a better chance by leaving and putting up with all the shit hotel food and drinks and you can share my bits and pieces which is a great thing to do sacrificing the brilliant jungle for that crappy hotel." He won't fool me any more!
@@bendream544 haha ha you crack me up here. Your stupid comment really made my day. Talking about how bad John Lydon is, try to come along as someone became so much more intelligent in listening to Lou Reed - what is not bad of course - and then watching "The Jungle" and take it for real - this is like QUALITY - actually english humor at it best!
I was in Glastonbury town high street reading a newspaper outside the then backpackers hostel come bar and John walked passed me , i stood up to acknowledge him saying " hi John, you are my hero" and he replied " No i aint" typical johnny lydon, hes a genuine guy, what you see is what you get, love the man.
Honestly he seems like a pretty funny and polite albeit super sarcastic dude. You just got to accept that you will never, ever, ever win against him if he doesn't wanna do something or if you don't agree with him. Don't even try, it's not gonna help.
@@jessthehuman He is, a lot of the time. He was apparently involved in a homophobic incident 11 years ago (Kele Okereke was the victim). He's also said a ton of crap and Keith left PiL because of John's irresponsibility regarding the band
His answer to 0:54 won me over... this guy may come across as a psychotic arrogant asshole, but there is substance to what he says. He called Jimmy Saville a paedophile back in 1978 when he as untouchable and Rotten called him out on one of the radio interviews... of course nothing came out of it due to Jimmy's connections but 30 years later it all came out anyway.... he was right.
0:54 Hella admire John for his courage and clarity in delivering a message that powerful people wouldn't want to hear and most everyone else would be afraid to say
Look up Rotten TV it’s a hidden gem. He auditioned a bunch of people for a talent show that didn’t exist and blew up a bunch of rare rock memorabilia for a laugh.
@@mozdickson Only because the norm is to fuck around on Tinder, these days. Everything nice is suddenly considered daring and "punk rock". Pfft. Fucking hell, what a shithole we live in.
The Queen and Prince Philip are both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Charles and Princess Diana were 7th cousins once removed. Will and Kate are 11th cousins once removed.
@@wndrwmn72a44 the Habsburg royal family were the ones who thought that incest was a good idea, the British royal family married off their kids to different bloodlines for political proposes (there probably was some but less than people think). Yes some are related like the Queen and Prince Phillip but the distance between them is of no concern in terms of health issues in children etc. Also many many peoples around the world will happily marry a second or even a first cousin and no one bats an eye lid but when it's the royals and the blood connection was in the 1800s it means they're inbred?
Reece B even if that is true, doesn’t change the fact that they’re a bunch of ‘lazy good for nothing inbreds’ who don’t do shit nor work for anything yet they’re handed money on a silver platter
Title: John Lydon being the wittiest person alive for 8 minutes straight Actual: John Lydon being the most difficult person alive for 8 minutes straight
@@vestysteiner9480 Nah. There was nothing quick, clever, or inventive about anything he said. You might think he was humorous - that’s up to you. But if you think this is wit, then you’ve clearly never seen a Tom Waits interview.
Fuck TH-cam yeah really. Tom Snyder was an excellent interviewer too but Americans weren’t used to English wit, especially punk culture. Then again The Clash were on his show too and they treated him kindly.
I think he tried his best to be nice to John. When he said “You really don’t care what your audience thinks” I think he meant it in a respectful way and was trying to understand his attitude.
it's a tv personality (the interviewer), it's all a representation of something and has it's role presented in particular manner for people's household. The Johnny Rotten character is opposed to that .... that's all this is. This has always been the meaning of punk... the attitude towards a status quo. It is nothing personal towards a man to a man. That's not how television works... entertainment... art. You're looking at it all improperly if you think anything other than that.
This mans confidence is fantastic. I dont want to be on the receiving end of his trolling but its utterly amusing. He's just got no patience for stupidity and people take his bait. Hysterical.
It's called being a Lil smart-ass punk who needed his ass kicked many times but.gotnby without receiving any of them for 1 or 2 reasons I'm guessing. He's the type of guy who would call the authorities or his body guard and have him do his fighting or the cops to put whoever in jail or 2. He runs and hides behind the body guards and authorities only to keep saying he same smart-ass comments .
One of the few things I learnt from John as a teen was why lie? When the truth is so much more powerful. Because I never lie, when I tell someone something that needs to be said, it carries infinitely more weight than a lie ever could. And they know I mean it.
Hard to believe he's even still alive and relevant . Now he takes care of his wife who has dementia . Man the Pistols kicked merry old England and music dead center in the knackers I suspect they did it for the love of both. We need something like that now
No matter what anyone says or has said. He didn’t lie and I love him when he’s a wanker or a sterling silver fella. And he’s taken such care of his wife. Long live mr,Lyndon!
hotdog By the time that interview was over, The Queen would be raging and order a one way trip to the gallows for Mr. Lydon... but the exchange of words beforehand would go down in both comedy and world history! 🤣
John lydon was of a much higher intelligence, his awareness of the world and the nature of people and societies makes him on another level to the arrogant interviewers
5:42 See the two passerby who turn around to stare? I think people today take for granted that dressing differently back then was just plain risky and took a massive amount of balls.
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Meh
Huh?
@@TheWilliamHoganExperience you really don't get it, do you
@@TheWilliamHoganExperience Peaked as a teenager. Hunh. Yeah, some do that. Lief Garett. Girls especially, though. Brooke Shields.
Ok Boomers....
@@TheWilliamHoganExperience so PIL has been nothing? I disagree. He's a musician. He doesn't care what people think of his output....he does it because he's a musical artist. Like many others. I know what you mean about arrested development, and success in rock n roll can certainly lead to it....but I don't think this is the case with Lydon.
Agree to disagree.
“ say no to drugs. There’ll be more for me.” This mans a legend
Lmfao
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But what about me
“That means more for me”
I've neve rseen this guy before but sell them off to Disney lol
" I really love the Beatles but I'll never admit it " john Lydon.
Guess that's why he knows so much about Paul McCartney's conservatism that he compared John Matlock to Paul as grounds for firing him.
@@cleverhardy5230 he was talking about the music .
@@twomindz79 Got it. They are quite influential.
@@cleverhardy5230 It's Glen Matlock, not John, and Lydon didn't fire him; he quit. Malcolm McLaren slagged him off in a press release for doing so by writing "He was always going on about the Beatles."
@@jpollackauthor the six pistols killed Sid biscuits.
“A lot of people are totally wrong”
Such a simple statement, but it’s so brilliantly delivered
he's also one of them
Kenneth Horne did it better.
"A lot of people think the BBC is a heartless institution staffed by automatons.
...a lot of people are right!"
He always strikes me as someone who in his younger days wanted so badly to be seen as an asshole, but just didn't have it in him to be genuinely cruel to people he didn't legitimately dislike.
Exactly. He is a massive fraud. Its all an act. He can't even shut up when his interview is over, piping up still with whatever he thinks is hilariously amusing, usually some pathetic 'I'm the greatest' reference which he has to keep reaffirming to himself.
@@rnw2739 you think he’s being serious with that whole shtick? i feel like that’s part of the joke. plus how is he a fraud? he’s always spoken his mind honestly and freely, no matter who he’s being interviewed by.
@@mckennuhhhhhhhhh So how comes he didn't just say what Savile was then, rather than the cryptic 'I'd like to kill Jommy Saville..".
No different to anyone else.
@@rnw2739 you could just outright say something like that if you wanted to, but sometimes you have to be tactful about it. he didn’t say anything specific about what Saville did, but he implied it through what he said and it later rang very true. he knew what was going on but he also realized you have to be smart when talking about things like that in certain ways, even though he’s known for being very brash and outspoken. that doesn’t make him a fraud, he just knows how to play his cards right.
You do realise before the internet anyone could invent a character and play it - that was part of the entertainment and if that character worked and Influenced millions of kids to get into music or positively influence them who cares if the entertainer is not entirely genuine the jobs been done
When God Save the Queen was on the charts, the Sex Pistols were literally chased out of England, they fled from attacks.
Johnny was asked by a reporter, "Why do you think that people reacted to you like that?"
He said, sincerely, "I don't understand what they were so upset about, all we want to do is destroy everything..."
@Wally Banter Except no, its the objective truth. Steve Jones and Paul Cook and Glen Matlock already had the band formed before they even met McLaren and even after that, all he did was market them in a way that learned into the controversies. The only things he ever did that was influential on the actual band was hiring Johnny Rotten and replacing Glen Matlock with Sid Viscous.
@TheBrabon1 The Sex Pistols and The Beatles were the system.
@@lizzy4699 oh ffs
The press and fashion world jumped on the punk movement and tamed it. Still, Nevermind The Bullocks is a great record.
@@lizzy4699 what made them sexist and homophobic this isn't a mean comment I am just genuinely asking?
"The most offensive thing in the world is honesty."
thats why the left wants to ban free speech
Hadn't seen this until after. My bad boss.
@@joesmith5159 - It's the right side putting restrictions on everyone. Idiot.
@@officeaddict33 no....its tech censorship from leftists and leftists claiming everthing is hate speech that has to be banned
@@officeaddict33 actually, no. The left are the ones pushing bans on the first and second amendments...the right are fighting to save them.
Know what you're talking about before calling others idiots.
He was the first celeb person to speak out against Jimmy Saville in tv and he go banned for it. Good on him.
I just read your comment and thought of how young girls who may have been victimised by Saville would in some cases probably be drawn to the punk scene as a result...
JL probably heard some very sad stories from the actual victims or close friends. He was unequivocal in his condemnation which makes me think he was 100% sure of what he was saying.
He didn't say fuck all....just he'd like to kill him. Did he kill him? No. You mob go on like he said "Jimmy Saville is a dirty paedo!!!" on live TV but he didn't. He let him carry on unchallenged like everyone else.
@@rnw2739 Spot on! If he was banned by the BBC what else could they do to him? Begs the question why didn't he say about it again, Any rational person would have been spurred on to get it out there. As for the BBC Ban, he was banned from the radio, he still took part in BBC TV shows, he was still happy to take their money. He's a witless asshole who has never deserved screen or radio time. Kills me when I see the interview on the Grundy show, all the comments saying how amazing he is when he was literally put to shame by Grundy. He was given the floor to say anything he wanted and the best he could do was swear....again. He still acts like an 8 year old now. As for the whole 'Punk' thing his fans are all to quick to forget he did an advert for butter. Let that sink in......He did an advert for butter!
@@TerenceA72 One of the most arrogant and talentless frauds that ever drew breath! His voice is the loudest whenever the subject is his own 'talent' or the contribution to British music (don't laugh). I love the fools who claim his illiteracy and inability to construct two sentences that rhyme are more signs of his genius - antichrist and anarchist - Yeah .....of course....
@@rnw2739 @RNW The 'punk thing to do would have been to write a song called 'Jimmy the BBC paedo' if he knew about it (that's a big 'if') he's as bad as the rest of them for keeping to himself for 30 years! How many live shows sand interviews did he do in that time and not a word about it. I said this on another vid, looking at the media explosion when it all came out (rightly so) there's not a paper in the world that wouldn't have run with 'Banned from the BBC for calling out a paedophile' I'm honestly glad to see theres someone else who can see him for what he is, (please excuse my language) a f*%king idoit.
"You went into a bit of a tantrum as I rightly remember." I can't wait to use this line on someone.
Ha - I was thinking that too
"Lazy good for nothing inbreds" 😂😂😂 this man is iconic
I have to side with SCFC47 on this one. As a musician for 14 years now I have been following the career music and interviews of so many artists, music producers, fashion designers, painters etc..
And the ones with real points and actual wisdom are not those in the limelight.
To be a successful artist who is in the spotlight and can stay there requires a certain type of personality. An artist is tately a scientist just like a scientist is rarely an artist. Both will sound uninformed or stupid if they talk about the field of the other. And those commercially successful artists the most due to the many personality characteristics and backgrounds necessary to want to be in the spotlight.
Another thing that I always say is that calling the artists the leaders of a generation is not so clever in my opinion. They say Madonna broke down barriers and questioned certain taboos as if she was the leader winning the war all in her own. But I disagree with this because it is the crowd who chooses the artist no the other way around. So if the artist's message is not resonating with the crowd the crowd boos them off stage. She can be called the voice of a generation but not the leader in my opinion.
@SCFC47 I agree, Madonna's story is a succes because she got what she wanted and dreamt for for many years :fame. And she will do anything to be famous or stay famous. If they slap a political label on her she'll roll with it as long as it serves her bigger goal of being famous. Although I myself cannot ever imagine being this easy for fame I do recognise that she is very competent, had and still has a beatiful career that she can be proud of.
@SCFC47 I personally have stayed clear of writing anything negative about artists on TH-cam because, as you said, however articulate my point is I always get into some kind of trouble.
Imagine someone who can unsettle Gordon Ramsey...
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Gerry Ryan
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Someone, like a... vegetarian? Like a Nazi Vegetarian?
@@stanislavdaganov574 I don't think Lydon is a Nazi.
For whatever you can say good or bad about about Lyndon he’s stood by and continues to look after his wife who suffers from dementia.
So what? Thats the normal thing.
That would be a good thing to say if it wasn't for the fact that the most likely thing is that he turn her mad in the first place. Imagine living with a guy like this 24/7. Because I don't think for a second this is an act. He is genuinely like this. Which would also be a good thing to say about someone, being genuine, if it didn't make him a world class a-hole
@@alejandrovillalba3143 she’s probably as frantic as him.
@@alejandrovillalba3143 You think dementia works like that huh? well Alejandro 1-0 science.
Lost both my grandmother/great aunt to both dementia and Alzheimer's there diseases I wouldn't wish on my worse enemy seeing the person who used to care for you needing care themselves forgetting who people are heartbreaking wasn't even there to say goodbye to my man weekend passed lived other end of the country 😥
"Honesty is the most offensive thing in the world." How prophetic.
You spelled pathetic wrong. What does that even mean? Honesty is more offensive than genocide? Paedophilia? Grow up.
He's unapologetically straight forward.
Yeah, I wish I was more like that
Subhuman Trash what?
You mean a dick?
Is that German for 'douchebag'?
His public image (pun intended) is a caricature. Not straight forward at all, in fact the complete opposite of what you said.
"My attitude would be about them now to sell them off to Disneyland"
You gotta love him
that was by far the better
Nah i don't
@E Fox Jewish? Where'd u get that from???
@E Fox Is that your evidence???? Ur joking right? The bloke's singing a song. He also says "I am a warrior". Doesn't mean he is one.
@E Fox He says "I am Jew" NOT "I am a Jew". It's an obvious statement of solidarity with Jews b'cos of Corbyn's bigotry BUT it doesn't mean he is a Jew. If u look up Johnny's background you'll find he's of Irish background (parents/family) and was raised a Roman Catholic. You won't find anything about him being Jewish. If u do find anything please let me know but tbh I don't think you will.
Malcolm Mclaren on the otherhand was partly Jewish as was Bernie Rhodes. And for the record I don't have any issue with Jews in the entertainment industry. i didn't make any statement about that whatsover, so how u came up with that just b'cos i asked a question about Lydon is beyond me.
So many layers to his presence: hes a smart guy playing a dumb guy playing a smart guy playing a jerk trying to justify being a jerk but also just being a jerk but being dead on accurate in what he says. It must be really hard to be him....
“Sell them off to Disneyland”, both absurd and yet genius at the same time.
Sometimes he was the most clever, well-articulated guy you'd ever see. Other times, he was a complete shithead edgelord. But we love him for both
Felix Blacksher so true
Also the butter ads.
i don't love him for the latter ...but he was right ...we did need him ..but he also needed people ..to pull him in!
That’s speedfreaks for yuh
Love the man. He is honest to himself.
John Lydon is a successful Bart Simpson.
You are right!..now my childhood, teenage years & adulthood all add up too..
Diego B nah fuck that all teenagers who want to be fucking edgy think of Bart Simpson just fuck off stop tryna be someone who isn’t real or relate urself in anyway to them
I was thinking sideshow bob
i see what you did here
@@chief6078 no really tho in an episode he was john lydon th-cam.com/video/zn_cvm2J4Fg/w-d-xo.html
2:22 most iconic moment, really shows his straight-forward, unique and fun attitude
40 odd years a go a friend of mine was collecting donations for charity in islington. She met John in a pub and the story goes that he emptied his wallet into her collection bucket and told her not to tell anyone. I always love John for being a good human.
John Lydon doesn't look for a reaction....
He *is* a reaction
Yawn !
@@josephomalley1526 a man with fuck all talent when it comes to music...
Well done! You reacted.
He's the reaction of a bored, 'rebellious' 14-year old when asked a question in Geography class that he doesn't know the answer to.
I have a feeling the real John Lydon is a likable and smart guy - but his cartoon alter ego is a childish joke.
@@user-yz9kz6vt9y they are FANTASTIC albums - but he did NOT write the music
John was pretty much the first person in mainstream media to call out Savile in an interview in 1978. The BBC banned him after it.
@1st lady of the american theatre I'm not sure the word brain belongs in the same sentence as the phrase, "mad respect". :'D
On a separate note, when establishment figures, such as the BBC, "ban" something, what they are doing is hoping to propel it towards the youth, fuelled by reverse psychology. How do you engage the youth in detrimental pursuits, or unworthy role-models, simple, you ban it. You may not drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, you're too young...... and the dullards lap it up. Yummy.
@@onepalproductions I'm not sure you understand that somebody with a decent brain may choose to use their preferred choice of lingo. That statement made you sound like a pretentious arsewipe. You might not be, but that's how it sounds. Also, the BBC were not that smart or clever, and neither are you, if I had to judge based only on this comment. Point us to a scrape of evidence that suggests the BBC are engaged in a covert conspiracy to "engage the youth in detrimental pursuits" etc.. Bloody claptrap. At least you upload some interesting videos on your page, so you can't be all bad.... silly comment though.
@@onepalproductions you really think the bbc leadership at the time gave a flying fuck about what the youth was thinking.....? you can't be that dense, can you?
@@gnuPirate It can probably be found somewhere in The Collected Annals of Mary Whitehouse.
He didn't call out Saville specifically, he used to make inflammatory statements about many things and people, he was McLaren's puppet . He now makes reference to an interview and implied he'd tried to highlight Saville's crimes. He spent a couple of years in a manufactured boy band and the rest of his life selling butter and now supports Trump.
I've allways loved John Lyndon. There is no one else like him
One of the best hours I have ever spent , talking with him for an hour after aPIL gig .
A brilliant man , an interesting conversation, mostly philosophy.
He signed an old Silver Jubilee plate I had taken to the gig , which some bastard then stole.
A very intelligent man and honest to core .
How brilliant, thanks for sharing 😂❤
What philosophical questions did you ask him?
I met him on a train once in first class.
He was drunk, offered me a job as a producer for his transvestite friend (who promptly told me to hand the phone back when I talked to them)
Finally, asked how long I’d been dating with the girl who sat next to me... who was a stranger ... moreover she was 13 at most 🙄 I had to keep telling him to stop saying we are dating lol
I think he knew you weren't dating lol
When Gordon Ramsey said “holy shit” he knew immediately what he got himself into
and right after Lydon's "excrement"
Underneath all the many faces of John Lydon is a thoroughly decent bloke who's heart and mind are in the right place...
he called out jimmy saville while the men in suits protected him. safety pins and leather seems to be more honest and truthful than the suits.
"sell them off to disneyland" is like the funniest thing ive heard in a long time
karatecousine get out more.
What a sheltered life you lead.
Sounds like you hit a nerve with 2 royalists lol. I thought it was funny af
He's right tho 😂
What are you on about "space monkey"? Guess you're just throwing excrement against the wall, seeing if it sticks? You've not a clue do you?
Oh god... Gordon Ramsey and Johnny Rotten?... comedy gold
I want more of that!
@@richardgiudice7528 me fuckin too
They should have their own talk show together! Brilliant! 💛
Yeeee-haaa. Festival of fireworks and scathing honesties
I think Johnny stole his act and made it better
1:50 💀 I’m Deceased
Gordan: “Holy shit”
John is the OG and the most amusing Troll of all time. One of the most interesting Artists to come out of the UK and i grew up on the Sex Pistols and then PIL. He's mellowed in his old age but that devil still lurks within. In his youth - the mad intense stare he would give interviewers, while destroying their questions, plans, and show formats with a grin. Lord of Misrule.
That look was cuz he was on speed
Agree. What I love a lot about British culture is that a person like him could only be made there in a time where UK still (forgive me if I'm wrong) always celebrated politeness and royal manners. Of course the Stones and other bands rebelled before and Monty Python. But just being so blunt as John is so refreshing. My god how good it must have felt just saying stuff in those days....
Gordon Ramsay was visibly intimidated
he was probably a fan of the Pistols lol
No, he’s a fan.
@@markporter1901 That doesn't mean he isn't intimidated
He was loving it
Gordon Ramsay does not experience that emotion.
Which sounds good, but it's not,
His sarcasm is off the scale but very very funny
"Honesty is the most offensive thing in the world." That's a hammer and a nail, if ever I heard one!
Johnny looked exactly like the Artful Dodger in that top hat. This guy is a National Treasure who knew the score about the elite and made some iconic music putting the Punk genre on the Map 45 years ago. God Bless him
Definitely a man of his time. If he would've been born 100 years earlier he'd have been in the nut house!
Or at the gallows
He is so arrogant I think he equates rudeness with intelligence
Or Conan the barbarian
200 yrs earlier he'd a been the King
@@anthonyparkinson8547
True. He seems like an out-of-his-depth kid. His aggression toward interviewers seems like a mask for some kind of inferiority complex.
“Wittiest person alive”
Jonny: farts 💨
*Wittiest person alive*
Johnny: this is a kitchen
Stop it I m dead 😂
I love the random intercuts of "This is the bathroom" and "This is the bedroom"
One thing about this man there's never a dull moment.
“You know what this is John” “F I S C H”
Ramsay: "Think Of Something Classic"
Lydon: "Toilet Paper"
*That Nearly Killed Me*
Fucking hell, you must be a godsend for a shit stand up.
I could listen to John Lydon say “Your limes are old” to Gordon Ramsay for centuries
He is literally the Mad Hatter, and the March Hare, in one person.
And I am indeed endlessly swooning over it, tbh. 😌
if someone just took Lydon to Disneyland as a kid we wouldn't have the Sex Pistols.
Good job they didn't then
Or we wouldn't have Disneyland.
@@skullsaintdead sounds more realistic
@@skullsaintdead made me laugh lolol
He has the guts to say what he thinks in a world where people on TV, radio try extremely hard to say something cool. Then and now
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s sad because humor isn’t the same way it used to be especially jokes. Nowadays you can’t even say a joke without starting a dumb twitter fight.
He calls a spade a spade
@mattjenkins76 exactly! Just check him out in the jungle when he realises that he isn't the centre of attention and works out that he doesn't have the quips to last the amount of time needed so he just petulantly declares himself the winner, storms off and collects his unearned (again) cash! He is the most embarrassing thing that I can remember being into when I was a kid and I'm glad that I didn't fall for it for long, soon discovered Lou Reed etc and got on the road to recovery. Guys a knobhead..I'm not getting anywhere near those Ostrich as I don't want to take part in the show's basic premise is to take risks to get rewards for your team etc so you'll get food and entertainment maybe as a result. But not Mr.Lie Down. Oh no. He'll just hang out in there until it gets too much hassle i.e needing to stand up. Then he just says "You lot don't have a look in with me around, so I'll give you a better chance by leaving and putting up with all the shit hotel food and drinks and you can share my bits and pieces which is a great thing to do sacrificing the brilliant jungle for that crappy hotel." He won't fool me any more!
@@bendream544 haha ha you crack me up here. Your stupid comment really made my day. Talking about how bad John Lydon is, try to come along as someone became so much more intelligent in listening to Lou Reed - what is not bad of course - and then watching "The Jungle" and take it for real - this is like QUALITY - actually english humor at it best!
Unique individual, totally original, and a total legend
I was in Glastonbury town high street reading a newspaper outside the then backpackers hostel come bar and John walked passed me , i stood up to acknowledge him saying " hi John, you are my hero" and he replied " No i aint" typical johnny lydon, hes a genuine guy, what you see is what you get, love the man.
Say no to drugs that means more for me!! Priceless...
He said that as I read this. Flawless lol
Honestly he seems like a pretty funny and polite albeit super sarcastic dude. You just got to accept that you will never, ever, ever win against him if he doesn't wanna do something or if you don't agree with him. Don't even try, it's not gonna help.
I reckon he's an asshole and a moron and he's an asshole because he's a moron.
@@jessthehuman He is, a lot of the time. He was apparently involved in a homophobic incident 11 years ago (Kele Okereke was the victim). He's also said a ton of crap and Keith left PiL because of John's irresponsibility regarding the band
John Lyden is a straight-up legend, and a good man. Love and respect for him ❤
I love him he's the like the supreme emperor of trolling people in real life!
His answer to 0:54 won me over... this guy may come across as a psychotic arrogant asshole, but there is substance to what he says. He called Jimmy Saville a paedophile back in 1978 when he as untouchable and Rotten called him out on one of the radio interviews... of course nothing came out of it due to Jimmy's connections but 30 years later it all came out anyway.... he was right.
Gordon ramsay:you know what that's called John?
John: *FISH*
I saw that part too...
i liked the part where he said fish...........................lol!
Oh wow! The Ramsay/Lydon interview!! I bet that was a hoot! I must go find it to watch and my day will be complete!
0:54 Hella admire John for his courage and clarity in delivering a message that powerful people wouldn't want to hear and most everyone else would be afraid to say
John: your limes are old
Gordon: thank you
Gordon was John's bitch on that show...something he's definitely not used to!
Gordon understands levels of cray cray
Wish John has his own talk show and interviewing people
Look up Rotten TV it’s a hidden gem. He auditioned a bunch of people for a talent show that didn’t exist and blew up a bunch of rare rock memorabilia for a laugh.
@@imnobody115 I am a qualified lesbian
I think he's still on 95.5 KLOS.....
He's put out a lot of Countryside Butter work of late - Lad knows how to shift dairy products (his real calling)
That would go nowhere because he can’t shut the fuck up
John Lydon Is The Wiseman
I'd love to have been a fly-on-the-wall if Johnny and Rik Mayall ever met.
YES
I had the privilege of sitting next to him on a sofa and he was terrifyingly funny and charismatic. Never been a fan but I respect the guy!
I also can tell you he was eating ham sandwiches. Btw I also think he might be mad Rod Stewart
@@StudioSamSmith mad Rod Stewart what?
@@catheadmoon Have you ever been familiar with the nelson mandela effect ?
He was better in Drop Dead Fred.. lol
Sad to hear Mr. Lydon’s wife has Alzheimer’s. Very long marriage. Almost 40 years.
So true,yes his wife Nora has Alzheimer´s and two of his brothers have cancer,very sad to hear that John Lydon...Over 40 years!!!!
Faithful long term marriage. That's so punk rock.
@@mozdickson Only because the norm is to fuck around on Tinder, these days. Everything nice is suddenly considered daring and "punk rock".
Pfft. Fucking hell, what a shithole we live in.
Wait, he's married!?!? Someone actually puts up with him on a full time basis? Damn.
@@SpaceCattttt agreed
This is one of the best-titled videos on TH-cam. Creative.
How does he still got frontteeth ? That nobody kicked them out yet is truly amazing
Ikr
His facial expressions can be quite unnerving 😂
Yes, Iove them
What he said about the royal family was correct !
they aren't inbred, to be fair! the rest is about right
The Queen and Prince Philip are both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Charles and Princess Diana were 7th cousins once removed. Will and Kate are 11th cousins once removed.
@@gavb9816 The royal family thought inbreeding would keep their family line pure. They're definitely inbred.
and the rest you dont know . and you dont know cos you dont listen to punk.
@@wndrwmn72a44 the Habsburg royal family were the ones who thought that incest was a good idea, the British royal family married off their kids to different bloodlines for political proposes (there probably was some but less than people think). Yes some are related like the Queen and Prince Phillip but the distance between them is of no concern in terms of health issues in children etc. Also many many peoples around the world will happily marry a second or even a first cousin and no one bats an eye lid but when it's the royals and the blood connection was in the 1800s it means they're inbred?
There's something of Mohammed Ali about Johnny; the swagger, humour and confidence.
The more I see of him the more I realise where me and my dads attitude came from
Hes right about the royal family
Didymus 1999 not really, the royal family generate a shit load more money in tourism than it costs to the tax payers to be in power. Do some research
Reece B even if that is true, doesn’t change the fact that they’re a bunch of ‘lazy good for nothing inbreds’ who don’t do shit nor work for anything yet they’re handed money on a silver platter
Isla ‘ I know being in the military is certainly lazy.
Isla ‘ they do fucking loads of shit? Wtf are you talking about?
@@CHINKICHOU like what
4:30 "Im now getting tips from John Lyden about cooking"
"NO , you're getting tips from John Lyden about eating"
God I fancied Johnny when I was 15-17....was a massive pistols fan in 77-78. I’m almost 60 now but he still fascinates me
great job on the volume there.
you're editing skills are first class
3:07 “This is the kitchen.” Was my favorite part! 😂😂
Title: John Lydon being the wittiest person alive for 8 minutes straight
Actual: John Lydon being the most difficult person alive for 8 minutes straight
yeah he's a total twat. good music tho
He was quite funny in the Gordon Ramsey clips but yeah.
he was being witty but you millennials just too pussy. the interviewers asked dumb questions etc
@@vestysteiner9480 not a millennial, soz, argument void, look up wit as well...
@@vestysteiner9480 Nah. There was nothing quick, clever, or inventive about anything he said. You might think he was humorous - that’s up to you. But if you think this is wit, then you’ve clearly never seen a Tom Waits interview.
great fn video man. Loved those back & forth transitions between interviewers
I love John, He has stayed true to himself, hasn't sold out and is the most honest person in the music industry.
I've got a tub of butter that begs to differ...
I don't think an American interviewer was ready and knowledgeable for John Lydon.
All it would have taken was a quick "Hey Tom, he's a real smartass." Not much knowledge needed there.
Fuck TH-cam yeah really. Tom Snyder was an excellent interviewer too but Americans weren’t used to English wit, especially punk culture. Then again The Clash were on his show too and they treated him kindly.
I think he tried his best to be nice to John. When he said “You really don’t care what your audience thinks” I think he meant it in a respectful way and was trying to understand his attitude.
Youarenot Youarenotthebatman true. I agree with that. Very true. Tom was patient and tried to be nice.
it's a tv personality (the interviewer), it's all a representation of something and has it's role presented in particular manner for people's household. The Johnny Rotten character is opposed to that .... that's all this is. This has always been the meaning of punk... the attitude towards a status quo. It is nothing personal towards a man to a man. That's not how television works... entertainment... art. You're looking at it all improperly if you think anything other than that.
This mans confidence is fantastic. I dont want to be on the receiving end of his trolling but its utterly amusing. He's just got no patience for stupidity and people take his bait. Hysterical.
It's called being a Lil smart-ass punk who needed his ass kicked many times but.gotnby without receiving any of them for 1 or 2 reasons I'm guessing. He's the type of guy who would call the authorities or his body guard and have him do his fighting or the cops to put whoever in jail or 2. He runs and hides behind the body guards and authorities only to keep saying he same smart-ass comments .
If it was anybody else you would say they're being aggressive. . .
"Stop it, that Kangaroo has got a kick". Brilliant.
One of the few things I learnt from John as a teen was why lie? When the truth is so much more powerful. Because I never lie, when I tell someone something that needs to be said, it carries infinitely more weight than a lie ever could. And they know I mean it.
“As for drugs, just say no, that’s more for me”
Can you imagine having a friend like this ?
That should tell you all you need to know why his marriage is so successful and he cares to this day.
Hard to believe he's even still alive and relevant . Now he takes care of his wife who has dementia . Man the Pistols kicked merry old England and music dead center in the knackers I suspect they did it for the love of both. We need something like that now
Oh that we do so very much .. long live lydon .. seen him at a PIL gig there last week ... fantastic fella .. never b anyone like him again
No matter what anyone says or has said. He didn’t lie and I love him when he’s a wanker or a sterling silver fella. And he’s taken such care of his wife. Long live mr,Lyndon!
Thanks you for uploading love always Lindsey 💞💞💞💞💞
The royal family line is bang on the money.
6:07 This will NEVER get old
What will never get old him closing his eyes ..
Like I knew he was crazy but damn this compilation is a gem
lol is that anime on these videos
@@hitakkjismith3115 what videos
I love his personnality.
Still loving the fact that johnny still gets people riled up in 2019
"You can't take the Irish out of me"
4:04 looks like he has a spirit in him...
So right johnny
He is priceless.
So funny and bonkers
But really honest. 👍👍😅😂🇮🇪
"As for drugs, just say no. That means more for me."
I'd like to see John interview the Royal Family.
They're not worthy to stand in his presence
hotdog By the time that interview was over, The Queen would be raging and order a one way trip to the gallows for Mr. Lydon... but the exchange of words beforehand would go down in both comedy and world history! 🤣
Johnny rotten is so legendary he made Gordon Ramsay nervously laugh. That takes skill!
John lydon was of a much higher intelligence, his awareness of the world and the nature of people and societies makes him on another level to the arrogant interviewers
2:48 I fucking died 😭 his delivery
5:42 See the two passerby who turn around to stare? I think people today take for granted that dressing differently back then was just plain risky and took a massive amount of balls.
im pretty sure they turned around cuz of the camera
Love ❤️ or hate him he will always be honest!