🎵 Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the UK" REACTION
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Note that in England, "I get pissed" means I get drunk.
The Sex Pistols by definition is as punk as it gets.
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Nah they were posers
@@RealCanadianGaming Matlock, Jones and Cook. Johnny and Sid were the real ones
It's funny because they only made one album
@@jonathanshaw7355 the real deal didn’t make any albums 🤫
What is entirely lost in this analysis is the context of inner-city malaise in mid/late-70's Britain. Lydon's voice oozed real anger and frustration, that cut through the self-indulgent inanity of glam-rock, prog-rock and disco of the time.
yep, hes saying its just a welfare state and a police state, burn it all down
While that's true, give these 2 credit for even listening to it.
As rotten said ‘Yanks don’t understand rock’ About the only thing the man ever said that’s true
@@bessallin459 I would argue that Rage against the Machine or Dead Kennedy’s invalidates that statement.
@@bessallin459 There are a multitude of great American punks that invalidate this.
A friend of mine once described Johnny Rotten's voice as one of those few voices in music that makes you want to pick up a brick and start a riot.
I always feel that too...
he really sounds right fucking pissed off he does. if you've got that pissed off inside you and someone can vocalize it, well you get right fucking pissed off withem and want to burn the entire motherfucker down.
best description ever!
YES! I completely agree!
The absolute beauty of TOTAL RAGE!!! They're not "having fun" or recovering from the night before. This is a political statement. All Sex Pistols songs are fantastic.
Well said!
right on, Frank....this ain't no fronting.
Absolutely! This was REAL and meant. From the heart and head. Yes, Malcolm McLaren’s paws are all over it, but I still play my EMI single regularly. And it keeps my head balanced.
Not really. Malcolm McLaren set them ticking and never expeted that they'd take off the way that they did. John Lydon got the joke but many others didn't. There was a serious core and punk stripped things back and made music accessible again after years of prog rock and the like but the Sex Pistols spent most of their time taking the piss. Lydon himself confirmed this in interviews years later, laughing at lyrics like making anarchist rhyme with antichrist
@@michaelkelly339 was the first manufactured boy band...
oddly, Rottens diction and pronunciation is brilliant and part of his singing style... how he rolls words into halves is unique.
The greatest punk album ever made. Every track on Never Mind the Bollocks brought the sneer and buzzsaw guitar. It was a punch to the face, and The Sex Pistols only needed one punch to snap rock n roll out of its own over produced self indulgent bombast. The only true punk rock masterpiece to this day.
Exactly!
crass is better
It’s not in the same league as The Stooges debut, great though Bollocks is.
Most true to themselves band ever
Great summary
To hear this without seeing John Lydon is missing a lot. His great book about his childhood is called "No dogs or Irish allowed"
Yes he was angry. Sex Pistols were banned from BBC TV and Radio. It wasn't fun at the time. It was scary to the government.
Excellent book
Johnny Rotten rightly outed pedophilia within the BBC and thus was a true enemy of the state. After the Sex Pistols l saw him front a band called PIL public image ltd.
The song ......Rise is definitely worth a listen......
@@andrewmccabe414 awesome band ....great person...
That sign 'No dogs etc' never existed. An image of the sign was pinched from an Art Exhibition in 1965 & a TV documentary imposed it rather poorly onto a house window - for effect. Everyone remembers it seeing it (on TV) & heard about it. No one can say where it was because it never happened.. Sadly many people today believe it existed.. If it had it would've not have been tolerated ... The Guardian looked into it over a decade ago
@@Mute040404 thx 4 the 411..
As i said b4...
Anger is an energy and the 1st book "no nuthin" are excellent reads.
Anarchy is as unacceptable to some people as communism. To be doing music like this now wouldn't raise any eyebrows, but to be doing music like this in 1976 is a different story. Also I know the '70s were a rough time for a lot of people in the UK so this song sounds like an expression of that rage and frustration. Inciting a riot is what it sounds like to me and I think that's why it still resonates today. It's not just some guy saying he hates everything. There's a point it.
Communism should be unacceptable. It is slavery.
Comprehend much? Re read
That is one of the issues with doing a reaction to a song like this. Unless you are going to do a miniature history lesson and then imagine yourself in the headspace of the time you cannot really appreciate it properly. This song was banned from tv when it came out. These days they would have it in a commercial, if they haven't already.
Most Americans don't even know what Anarchism or Communism mean. Many have been brainwashed to believe that fascist state Capitalism is communism, despite being literally an extreme opposite. As for Johnny Rotten, he never really knew what anarchy or anarchism means either. Hence the lack of surprise at him becoming a brainwashed Trump-supporter fooled into believing he's some kind of anti-establishment underdog.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie While you still have forced labour of prisoners (predominantly black) in the US, you're in absolutely no position to preach which political system has slavery.
Johnny had been through a lot. He'd got meningitis around age 9 I think. Was very ill, was in a coma for a couple weeks and when he woke he had no memory of his life, didn't even know his parents or siblings. Had to start all over. Brought up in a very poor part of England and that alone is reason for angst.
The concourse area outside Arsenal's stadium, where the anti-ESL protests took place, is where his house used to be.
I guess he had another bout of not remembering his life when he shilled for Virgin Credit Cards in 2015 with " It's time to put a little rebellion in your pockets" (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
@@willieluncheonette5843 yeah, but those adverts fund PIL on the road and recording. You do what you must to realize the dream.
@@rickdaniels1789 Someone once told me maybe he needs the money. so yes, thank you for your comment.
Not to mention the strong anti-irish sentiment that was prevalent at the time. Lydon was of an Irish background.
The Pistols were great , stirred up the system. Try "New Rose" - the Damned and "teenage Kicks " - The Undertones . Both great UK punk bands from the 70's
New Rose yeah, love old Damned.
I'd add to that Nasty Nasty by 999, a much overlooked true punk number imo. Oh, and Alternative Ulster by Stiff little Fingers!
Hell yeah Teenage Kicks! I'd throw "Wasted Life" by Stiff Little Fingers in there as well.
Damned New Rose definitely, mebbe Identity by X-Ray Spex too.
@@Grymm23 I prefer Oh Bondage, Up Yours. I played it for an ex girlfriend of mine years ago and she said it was the most offensive thing she ever heard hahaha
Lex bounces around feeling every beat with pure enjoyment.
Brad always looks like me trying understand algebra.
punk is supposed to be political and extremely offensive
This album is the beginning, the very beginning of fast, loud, violent, profane rage. And it scared the living shit out of everybody back then!
I'm telling you she is a punk rocker at heart
Johnny Rotten is for sure a character. He's an old man now, but still that guy.
He was, is and always will be a massive c*** !! 🤣🤘
he was fun on the Masked Singer this season.. as the Jester
He is a knob end.
Yes , and he has a SOLID backbone, he warned the public about jimmy savile but nobody wanted to listen.
People call him a twat and that because he sticks by everything he says and does things purposefully to piss people off, which is the true punk way. He might be a bit of a narcissist but everyone has their issues
The pistols are a legend. There was no one like them, until later. They molded it into punk. John was almost put to sleep, they let him live. God save the queen.
I love it that Lex is more into the instrumental side of rock/metal whereas Brad analyzes the lyrics.
It’s a perfect balance of being authentic music critics.
I agree!
Gotta check out X-Ray Specs. Lead singer is teenager Poly Styrene and she is dynamite and sings with a thick Cockney accent. Her rebel anthem is "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" She begins the song with the declaration: "Some people think girls should be seen and not heard. But I say, Oh Bondage Up Yours!"
Got to see Johnny Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) when he was fronting Public Image Limited (PiL), and he came up with a great quote while mocking a sedate section of the crowd, "Rock and Roll is to be danced to, not looked at." Now that's punk!
Many feel that this band initiated the genre, or at least were the first to bring it in the mainstream consciousness. This is the one and only studio album that they ever put out, but it's truly classic and historic for it's influence, in that inspired hundreds of bands for decades after. I wrote a paper on it in high school lol
How could they invent punk if there were so many punk bands before them...
@@manofconstantsorrow don't know; didn't say they did...I said many people feel that way...or that they brought it to the forefront The album debuted at #1 on the UK charts
@@benshafer5198 Well, that's the difference. They might be the greatest punk band, but definitely not the first one. And "mainstream" is a term kinda opposing everything that punk stands for.
@@manofconstantsorrow lol. If you're saying they're not a real punk band because they gained notoriety, I highly disagree. It's OK to disagree though. Good day
@@benshafer5198 I never said they're not punk. They're the quintessence of punk. Learn reading with understanding.
"He just sounds like he's going through some things."
No, it was the UK that was going through things. This is a bomb lobbed at Maggie Thatcher, the Tories and the Royal Family during some of the darkest days the British working class has endured.
Isn't it a bit early for being aimed at Thatcher?
When there was a Labour government in power.
@@Vectrex-xd6qi she was leader of the conservative party starting in 1975, but Prime Minister starting in 1979. The song came out in 1977
1976: James Callaghan and Labour. He was to stay PM until the Winter of Discontent triggered a vote of No Confidence in his government. The election that followed brought Margaret Thatcher to power with a majority of 44. She stayed in office for almost 12 years - a record for the 20th century and not beaten since.
UK was going through shitty economic times during the 70s but it was all under Labour. It was grim and dark, strikes, power cuts, inflation. You left school at 16 to nothing, no job, no university, no opportunity and no hope. We were young, were were full of anger and rebellion and it was expressed like this.
I'm not a big fan of punk rock, but I am a huge fan of The Sex Pistols, X, and The Clash. They each have their own sound and style that stand out against the rest of the punk bands of the 70's and 80's.
"I guess this is real Punk." Yes indeed! A great song from a great group in a great genre.
Megadeth did a cover of this song. It is faster but worth listening to.
Yes and better cover then Motley Crue
Megadeth version of this song is fire.
Iconic song. Love the Megadeth cover.
Johnny Rotten is such an icon. His attitude, voice and lyrics kickstarted the english punk movement.
Check out The Clash early stuff. Not just London Calling and later. Great stuff too but the early songs were just more energetic. Try I'm so bored with the USA, London's Burning, English Civil War, Tommy Gun, White man in Hammersmith Palais.
JR is really smart and well spoken. I was shocked when I found that out.
He played his part as the Jester on the TV series "Masked Singer" so well.. was great hearing him again, is Great that he and his wife have been married for 45 year
The Ramones touring England is what kickstarted all those bands like the Sex Pistols and Clash forming.
@Christopher Meisner He said a lot of things to provoke. In the end he was an icon no matter what!
@@faustusgood8194 In a musical way, yes. But the Ramones cartoonish lyrics had nothing to do with british punk. The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Damned, Stranglers etc all took lyric writing to another level.
"I think he's just having fun". Spot on description, Brad. Johnny Rotten/Lydon was a great wind-up merchant, as we say in Blighty. He loved being mischievous (unfortunately, he's also a tedious, self-important bore a lot of the time - particularly in later years, trying to stay the brash and edgy young punk). The Sex Pistols certainly wound-up the establishment in 1976 and 1977. The media became hysterical, thinking that the deranged youth were really trying to bring society crashing down.
True, a lot of it was to shock the old fuddy duddys but the lyrics to their 3 political singles were spot on IMO. And sometimes the shocking gave a shock to the shockee. I''ve read the Siouxsie Sioux wore a swastika armband or some such thing and one day she had the crap beaten out of her on the street. After that she learned her lesson and never did that again.
They need notes for this one....like 'N.M.E.' means New Musical Express, current 'establishment' music paper. This song definitely inspired a million punks
Yeah, the lyrics are very Brit-centric and that's ok cuz he was singing about his country. I almost need a glossary but learning that stuff is something I enjoy so thanks for the explanation. I don't really think of Punk as a time-fixed genre. Punk to me is more songs about attitude and opinion and protest, with certain musical characteristics, like the raw vocals and loud guitars.
I'm sure in an interview John Lyndon said when they first got together they were still learning to play their instruments which is what gave them such a raw sound
Later on Sid Vicious asked Lemmy of Motorhead to teach him how to play bass - "I don't know how to play bass guitar Lemmy!"
"I already know that son!" 😂
Old school punk! Brad is right. Thats what punk is all about. Theme and musical style.
I named my daughter, Sydney, after Sid Vicious because I was obsessed with him as a teenager and knew if I had a daughter, she would carry his name! RIP Sid 🖤
Punk Rock is surely missed within current society. Just having a blast and raging against perceived societal flaws. Rock on!
We are here
Johnny Rotten was one of the Masked Singer’s this season… and he was fucking awesome really 🤘🤘🤘🖤
A lot of good stuff came out of punk; and not just the music and fashion. Quite rightly they had contempt for our corrupt and hypocritical system (big business, politicians, policing)!
I just remembered that Johnny Lydon was on Judge Judy :-)
Problem is there's no votes in The Yoof so politicians don't really give a monkey's. More interested in appealing to old farts (like me).
Johnny Rotten is a legend! He hasn't changed a bit. May the road rise with you!
I am an old punk rocker. I love Brad & Lex’s fresh perspective of music I grew up with. They are responding how the music feels and what it brings up in their minds. This is what good music does. Hey Brad & Lex! Keep doing what your doing and ignore the na sayers and punksplaining from the critics. Trust yourself!
By allowing poverty, Govts seed the rebellion that will bring them down.
Both Megadeth and Motley Crue recorded covers of this song by the Sex Pistols.
The Sex Pistols only lasted that 1 album "Never mind the bollocks"... they imploded in 1978 after their bassist Sid Vicious was arrested for allegedly murdering his gf in a drug haze... Vicious died from an OD awaiting trial.
Fun fact, Johnny rotten once came out on judge Judy and won his case.
He’s no idiot, right?! I love listening to him, actually. That episode was great! Cheers!
Love you guys! You are actually reacting to my playlist! Everyday I can log on and see a new song that I have on my phone, or that I have knew for years and years. THIS IS PUNK! The beginning of punk in the mid to late 70's.
The "Another Council Tenancy" is a reference to the working class (ironically unemployed) people who are given a home to live in by the local council. These areas are called Council Estates and depressing to exist in.
I wasn't sure if you knew so thought I would explain just in case. Love your content!
Exactly. What we call The Projects in the USA
There's a lot of inside UK sociopolitical stuff in this song. To this day I'm not sure what all those acronyms are, aside from the IRA.
@@mistabook UDA stands for Ulster Defence Association, they are opposing side to the IRA. Ulster being a town in Northern Ireland.
They are known as Royalists and want Ireland to stay in the UK.
@@spurtikus1 Thanks! I feel like this is something I should know abput
@@mistabook - NME - New Musical Express (the music paper) or "enemy". Debateable which is meant there.
MPLA - Peoples Movement for the Liberation of Angola! A left wing armed force who fought for liberation from the Portugese (and won).
You know the other two, now you know all of them, lol 👍
My favorite punk bands from a 49 year old fan of punk from East Coast s. N.C.
CircleJerks
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Bad Brains 🧠
Fear
GERMS
Corrosion of Conformity
Can’t forget agent orange!
@@beetlejuice3925 also good
These guys were anti-establishment kind of band. This one rustle the feathers of many in the UK...
They were just a mouthpiece for Malcolm McClaren!
this was a HUGE thing in the UK in 1977 or so. The establishment were terrified cos an awful lot of young people (including myself) loved this. They thought their whole world was under attack. Looking back it's just basically rock n roll with a simple nihilistic lyric but the powers that be were really threatened.
I had such a cracking time growing up in the 70’s, didn’t realise just how good it was until you compare it with now.
He’s not having fun. He’s pissed off at the ruling class and asking pissed off questions. The music and lyrics are both catchy and some
of the most anthemic around aside from the Misfits. But the Misfits rarely made statements in their music.
Please do Holidays in the Sun….glad that Brad is getting the punk vibe.
Ok, acronyms explained:
N.M.E = New Musical Express, a british magazine dedicated to music (and other stuff) which started as a newspaper in 1952.
M.P.L.A = Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Angolan People's Liberation Movement), an armed group who fought for Angola's independence and later became a political party, which is in office since the independence in 1975.
U.D.A = Ulster Defence Association, the pro-UK North Ireland's protestant terrorist group.
I.R.A = Irish Republican Army, the anti-UK North Ireland's catholic terrorist group.
thanks for this.
My first records i ever owned was Sesame Street does disco and Never mind the Bollocks as a kid and it helped me grow my anarchist ways. I will always have a soft spot for this album
Sex Pistols rule!!!
The Sex Pistols were all about the VISUALS so you can see,feel and experience Punk Rock Guys..
You have to remember this is 1976/77 - these guys were the forerunners (after The Ramones!)
"I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max." John Lydon 2012.
This is punk rock and also old skaters music I used to listen to this along long long time ago
I feel like an entire generation found punk through the Tony Hawk Pro Skater games tbh. I know I learned about so much music playing those games.
NME (New Musical Express) was a music paper but also a great use of the word for John Lydon in this song (enemy).
Took my daughter to her first concert with a mosh pit and picture Lex's face at her first the same way.
Watch a Pistols documentary to understand how much of an impact they had back in the very different world of 1977. The UK didn't know what hit them. No one had heard anything like this before. The chaos and controversy that followed them was insane. They set the template for what punk was the be both aesthetically and musically. John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) is as outspoken as they come to this day. Legendary
Aww they have no clue, it's very sweet
Proper old-school Punk!
This band changed my life. This was the first single and as has been said, was banned from the radio and tv in the UK, as was the 2nd single "God save the queen". I first heard the 3rd single " pretty vacant" in a car on the way to church with my parents. It blew my mind. From that moment on I bought a bass Guitar for £30 quid and just got involved; I was 13 yrs old. I'm so glad it happened. "Smash it up" by the Damned was a favorite also " Ever fallen in love" by the Buzzcocks is also a blinder. Great vid guys
Punk was formed in the Bowery in NY around ‘76, ‘77.
Patti Smith, Iggy, NY Dolls.
The Ramones popularized it (to a degree).
Pistols had 1 record and made it international.
I love love love love love the Sex Pistols. I'm also an accomplished musician that loves them. I'm also someone that would punk Brad with a song that doesn't have lyrics and tries to feel what the music says.
That song is from the 1970s. Its an Anthem here in the UK. They were effectively the first REAL punk band. I do this song in Karaoke all the time. Ive watched a lot of Americans react to this song and also GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, also by the pistols and generally they are shocked as if its blasphemous in some way. But to us Brits its just a classic anthem!!
Nah. I’m American and we loved this song (as teens). I’m sure older people would have hated it.
The Ramones came first.
@@neillenet291 Ramones weren't punk. they came off the back of 60s rock n roll.
@@neillenet291 also, the pistols formed in 72, and the ramones formed in 74.
@@COMICCOVERSTV and the Ramones first album came out in 76 and the sex pistols first album came out in 77
This was fun to sing along to in high school (at parties). It came out in the 70’s, but we loved it in the 80’s. I just have to believe the 80’s was the best time to be in high school. So much great music and MTV.
This is the quintessence of 70's punk rock!
At the time some people were outraged by this. Now the lyrics sound hilarious. Petulant teenager lyrics 🤣
"That guy is a character"... so true.
The Ramones set the table, Sex Pistols kicked the door in, and The Clash, turned out to be the only band that mattered. They influenced so many, including most of the skate pop you mention.
The Stooges and New York Dolls started punk long before The Ramones.
@@manofconstantsorrow I don't disagree with you, but you can make yourself crazy (and get into a lot of arguments) deciding who was the 1st. Some would say without the garage bands of the early 60's that punk never happens. Were the Velvet Underground punk? Their songwriting and attitude certainly was. There is a Peruvian band called Los Saicos who were recording in 1964 and some people feel they predated everyone.
@@clash5j You're confusing inspirations with actually starting particular style.
@@manofconstantsorrow Pink Fairies, Hollywood Brats, Ducks Deluxe, Hawkwind, Hammersmith Gorillas. Slade, Sweet, Edgar Broughton Band, Mott the Hoople, David Bowie!
@@quarkwrok ???
"That guy is a character." I'm guessing that I'm not the only one who immediately thought "You have NO idea..." right after Brad said that.
johns a character alright lol
"I WILL NOT DRINK WATER‼️"
~ Lex
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Nice! Check out "God Save the Queen" and "Seattle" by P.I.L. which is another band the singer (John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten) played in.
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the pistols were also really savvy as well.. they were far from just stupid anarchists. they understood that by being banned by radio and TV in the UK for the content of their songs [as they were] people wanted to hear their music more and the only way to access it was to buy it. they would get invited on to talk shows for the host to admonish them and they would just play up to it even more. they were indeed characters
Fringes of dehydration is the PERFECT way to describe Johnny Rotten’s singing. Perfect.
Not a Sex Pistols fan, and not much of a punk fan at that, but since I first heard this song I've always loved it. Perfect early punk song.
Personally my favorite punk group is Bad Religion- American Jesus and/or I Want to Conquer the World two great songs, out of many.
Never heard of them in England son
Important to rememeber, Lydon asserts the repetition of "no future" indicated the need to change the class system of England to allow mobility to the lower classes, lest they face "no future". It was not a call to nihilism and junkiedom as some made it out to be
cant over state how important this record was when it was released. Rock and Roll had started taking itself very seriously...concept albums, space men, ..if it wasnt '20 minutes long, it wasn't worth playing. It had become very corporate, almost another leisure industry. It needed an injection of new energy...AND IT GOT IT...thanks to these guys and this record.
This is British punk,total anti establishment, this isn`t the ramones.it wasn`t just music it was a movement.
I still think "New Rose" by The Damned is the most punk-sounding song there is (and also the first ever punk song to chart, just beating this one by a few weeks) but this is iconic.
Many iconic and good ones. Buzzcocks "Boredom" too...
@@jonstern7511 Hell yeah, Boredom is to me the most punk sounding punk song. New Rose still got an old style rock and roll feel to it, but Boredom doesn't at all. I think people will recognize Boredom as specifically Punk, it cannot be anything else, while New Rose is just fast rock n roll (but with a load of energy and surprisingly raw sound). One thing I'll give credit to Damned for is they achieved to capture the live sound, unlike the Sex pistols who were quite heavily produced with loads of overdubs.
Nevertheless, Damned never wrote such songs as the Pistols did, like Anarchy and Good Save the Queen. Sex Pistols were the real punks, the whole package, the other bands started usually because they saw the Pistols so the Pistols were essential for the whole British Punk scene, in fact there would have been no British punk whatsoever without the Sex Pistols and punk would not have been a counter culture movement as it was. Sex Pistols created British punk. In fact, they created punk as it was understood in the seventies. The American punk was not known by the mainstream as a movement, musically it was something but as a movement it was noting.
@@kurtwaldheim4048 agree with all of that great analysis (except placing UK punk above US in importance) and all those bands were great bands. Pistols must though have pride of place in importance, for the UK at least 👍👍
@@jonstern7511 I don't place them above US punk, I just think they are different things, because the UK version was much more than just music. It was daily headline stuff at one point, while the US punk was obscure. It only became well known when Blondie made a disco tune.
@@kurtwaldheim4048 👍👍
You could also try "World Destruction" a song Johnny Rotten did with Afrika Bambataa, a sort of punky/electro mix.
One of my faves.
Brad is so right. no corporate rock. it was all about rebellion.
I grew up loving the sex pistols. Thanks for the reminiscent vibes. I love watching you guys. My all time fav reactors.
That live stream was a trip.... I think y'all should do separate old school and new school punk streams. There's so much to absorb in both catagories. I feel like y'all are being bombarded with extraneous shit that really isnt punk. I'm 52. Raised in Los Angeles and have been into punk music since 1979.... My big sister turned me onto the stooges and the pistols at 10.
Nice. I was born in 1979 and introduced to punk (and rock, hip-hop, metal, electronic forms of music, etc.) in 1991. I grew up in Reading, PA. We had quite the hardcore/punk scene back in the 90`s that has long since disappeared. It must have been interesting to have grown up at the time and place you did. Cheers, man.
The real deal .... Followed by loads of imitators that missed the point !.... groundbreaking ! ...✌️🇬🇧
I remember buying this as it got to number 1 in the UK despite no radio station touching it with a bargepole !!
Oh my God! This was wonderful in 1976 and it still resonates today. How I wish, just for one final time they would all put their differences aside and get together for a final tour. The Sex Pistols where vibrant, colourful and in your face! Just brilliant. God bless you all.
Also, you have to go back and look at the social and political unrest of the time - the summer of discontent, no jobs and mass unemployment, no power (literally, the UK was on a 3 day working week), riots, and these boys gave a voice to youth
They could barely play instruments, but influenced a generation
Hardly, pretty sure ABBA alone influenced it a lot more! lol.
@@danosverige eerm awks 😘
Great great album.
I love the fact you youngsters are find all this great music
When this came out I was 11 years old and living in a quaint little english village, didn't understand what they were singing about but loved rock'n'roll and Chick Berry et al and this is rock'n'roll at it's finest
You really have to understand British politics to understand what the song is about 👍🇬🇧
"Nevermind the Bullocks, here are the Sex Pistols". Great album.
Never mind the bollocks you mean
@Tough Talk with Mac with John McCarthy
Close but no cigar, that's not the correct name of the album.
@@CrazyRamUK wow, you going to troll me for a spelling mistake?
Not just a spelling mistake. Go look it up.
His voice is "the fringes of dehydration"...lol
I love how u guys are smiling as u listen. I still listen to the Pistols alot. For decades. The are great.
Try Bodies, or holidays in the sun
Submission is one of my faves
@@kimberlysaffles9332 yeah, kinda love most of their stuff tbf, been a while since i listened to them
@@kevinburton9270 same here
Yes. Rage Against the Machine always made me laugh, because they’re communists, which is the opposite of anarchists. Communists ARE the “machine”! Anarchists are no government, vs. communists, which is total government control of everything.
Johnny Rotten in the days of the Pistols and even through to today had a constant look of anger on his face for a reason. He came from poverty like a lot of people in the economically depressed UK at the time and felt disenfranchised by the government and at the same time, by pop culture with its cocaine and limousine rock image and stadium concert dynamic…and punk rock was a direct answer to that image. It was people like Lydon (Rotten) drawing a line in the sand and saying “no.” Saying “I’m not rich…I’m not good looking…I may not be super talented so I can’t achieve the poster boy dream life being shoved down my throat…but I still have value. I matter. And I can make music too that actually means something.” The Pistols were not about “just having fun” and doing a light hearted jam about liking anarchy. They were making a strong..and at the time shocking…statement against the status quo.
THIS BAND STARTED PUNK ROCK !!!!!
It’s like you guys are at a wine tasting for music! It’s cool to skit experience different forms of music and where there artist was coming from. And yes, it’s safe to say that Johnny Rotten is/was a character.
Johnny Rotten's collaboration with Afrika Bambaataa called world destruction is a masterpiece pre hip hop Hip Hop
This was 43 years ago you have to remember - Johnny Rotten (aka Lydon) was a typical working-class London youth feeling disenfranchised at a time of massive recession. Reggae was the sound of black music at the time, and it was equally wonderful. At the time here in the UK, we only had long haired rockers and glam-rock like Status Quo, Slade, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath etc. So it was a statement kind of music. Punk in the UK was so full of energy around the late 70s before most of the bands softened and most bands became more musical - loads of bands changed/softened their style, like the Clash, the Jam, the Stranglers, not the Pistols nor the Damned though - they stayed true to their punk roots.
The Sex Pistols created the British punk movement of the late 1970s.