@Goesdeep yes it was this version. From the movie the great rock and roll swindle. I thought it wax so cool at the time I heard it in goodfellas as punk had fizzled out and been a bit forgotten then wow their playing sids my way
He tried to get Sinatra's version for the film but the Sinatra family denied him it, so he used Sid's version instead. Glad it turned out that way as Sid's version was perfect for Goodfella's.
Sid was shitting all over this song when he did it, and yet he performs it with the most authenticity. Even the guy who wrote the original has said that this is the definitive version.
"The guy" was Paul Anka, a legend in his own right. And he never said Sid's version was the definitive version. He said, and I quote, “I loved it; I was really flattered and amused by his version. What he did worked as both a goof and a sincere take - which was a pretty amazing accomplishment."
Sid was widely known as the worst member of the band, even to the point where they world unplug him for most of their concerts, BUT the pistols wouldn't have been the Pistols without him!
Yo T. You ought to check out some Black Flag. The guitarist/founder Gregg Ghin has got wild riffs unique in the entire animal kingdom. Sometimes sounds noisy, but I checked the math.
in many ways i feel punk fo the 70's and 80's are similar in many ways. kids talking about their hood or punks talking about they way of the young on the streets.
Leonard Cohen about Sid Vicious singing My Way: "I never liked this song [“My Way”] except when Sid Vicious did it. Sung straight, it somehow deprives the appetite of a certain taste we’d like to have on our lips. When Sid Vicious did it, he provided that other side to the song; the certainty, the self- congratulation, the daily heroism of Sinatra’s version is completely exploded by this desperate, mad, humorous voice. I can’t go round in a raincoat and fedora looking over my life saying I did it my way - well, for 10 minutes in some American bar over a gin and tonic you might be able to get away with it. But Sid Vicious’s rendition takes in everybody; everybody is messed up like that, everybody is the mad hero of his own drama. It explodes the whole culture this self-presentation can take place in, so it completes the song for me."
I was a young punk in the 70's and Sid was a punk icon and a role model for me and my friends. I remember seeing this on TV late one night and it blew me away! Great nostalgia, cheers! Check out 'Pretty Vacant', 'Anarchy in The UK', or any track off the Bollocks album, they're all class
Sid was obviously having fun goofing on this song, but his solo version of the old Eddie Cochran classic "Something Else" is legitimately straight-up great rock & roll. Check it out.
They didn't do much their way other than drug themselves to death. Not much time for actually doing anything their way. John Lydon's still around 40+ years after Sid and Nancy's deaths. Lots of time to do things his way.
I'd disagree- you can call him "iconic" but he was a car crash of a personality, fundamentally part of the Pistols demise and a drug addict who ended up a murderer. Not a legend in my book.
@@Thesortvokter He was a terrible bass player who could hardly play the instrument. Not my view but the views of his band mates. He was an awful musician.
You should dive into more punk rock, T. There's a big rich history of tongue-in-cheek, humor, sarcasm and absurdity under-lying it all. It can be very serious social-commentary while also being absurd. I particularly enjoy the 80s American underground punk scene. The interesting thing about that era is that the mainstream completely ignored it so artists weren't concerned with fame nor money (for the most part) and they just did what they did. Very interesting time. You should start doing a deep-dive.
It’s been YEARS since I‘ve heard this. I was obsessed with the Sex Pistols n the mid-80‘s as a teenager and this was always a favourite. Who Killed Bambi or The Great Rock n Roll Swindle were great tunes from this same movie.
I agree, I think he was talented, he played drums for Siouxsie and the Banshees, he learned bass when he joined the Pistols. But when your mom supplies you with heroin from a young age.. He tried to kick it on the US tour, couldn't. When they got back to the UK, 1st thing, he got some and O.D.'d.
I was already laughing once I saw this name of this video and before literally playing it. Gary Oldman did a pretty good rendition of this to in the movie Sid and Nancy.
One of the best Sex Pistols songs is Friggin' in the Riggin, i believe it's an old Irish folk song that was first written in the 17th century. It has been covered by a lot of artists over the years but the Sex Pistols version will blow your mind and you will be singing it all day.
Paul Anka who wrote the english version of the song for Sinatra loved this version more and gave the green light for the cover and for it being in Good Fellas.
This was actually a Sex Pistols song as Jones and Cook play the punk part, in fact the guy at the end holding up the Ten Commandments of punk is the Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.
I gave the Pistols a spin after learning that many of my favorite hair metal stars were Pistols fans. There was also the large number of punk albums (including Never Mind the Bullocks) in a 1988 list of 100 greatest hard rock albs in hair metal magazine Circus.
Oh this takes me back to my youth, it sounds pretty good actually even after all those years, the pop stars of today have no soul or originality, even the "punk" bands of today sound bland compared to this. Brilliant stuff
The singer is Johnny Rotten the bassist is Sid Vicous who half the time wasn’t even plugged in, because he was so doped out. But Johnny wanted him in the band because he fit the lifestyle and aesthetic of punk.
"half the time wasn’t even plugged in" That's not true. You can hear him playing in the live concert videos. And he didn't play bass on the studio album, Glenn did.
This is from the video "The Greatest Rock-n-Roll Swindle". A similar, but more fun version of this song was done by the German "Mother of Punk" Nina Hagen.
Fun fact: the Pistols' manager, Malcolm McClaren, had this played at his funeral. Fun fact 2: Gary Oldman did a good job reprising this in the biopic, "Sid and Nancy".
Sid Vicious did two other songs on the Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle. Both covers of Johnny Cochran songs. Something Else and C'mon Everybody. Actually quite great songs. The story goes that Malcolm McLaren's then girlfriend Vivienne Westwood told him about this John guy who would be perfect for Sex Pistols as a vocalist. They got John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) but Vivienne was talking about John Simon Ritchie (Sid Vicious). He was in a band called The Flowers of Romance before joining Sex Pistols. Wrote the song Belsen Was A Gas back then. Lydon and Ritchie shared a flat with two other John's. Grey and Wardle. Locally the were known as the 4 John's. Wardle later changed his name to Jah Wobble and played with Lydon in Public Image Limited or PIL
Sid was John Lydon's friend Westwood had fuc all to do with it. When the only bloke he could play an instrument bass Glen Matlock left Lydon got his old time mate to join. Something Lydon regretted in later life. He blamed himself for the tragic end it ended up in. Lydon was the vocalist in the band Sid just messed about with the bass.
Jah said in a book that when he was introduced to Sid and Sid asked him his name, because he was so pissed that instead of John Wardle it came out as Jah Warble. I read that in a book that Jah was being interviewed for. Sid thought that was hilarious and the name stuck.
@@fredshred5194 Westwood told Malcolm that she thought John (Sid ) would make a good front man. So when John (Lydon) came into the shop(SEX) Malcolm got him to sing and thought he was ok. Later Vivienne said to Malcolm, I meant the other one.
I remember at the time when Sid was in the news about something or other, his mother was interviewed outside her house and the TV company put the caption 'Mrs Vicious' underneath her image.
This was part of the Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock'n'roll Swindle, which is where the guy holding up the 10 commandments comes in, they are 10 lessons in getting to the top on the music industry. The film wasn't released until 1980, but was mostly filmed in 1978. This single and video were released in 1978 and I remember part of it being shown in news coverage of Sid Vicious death in 1979.
The video was a clip from The great rock n roll swindle film. My way / The biggest blow 12" was the first punk single i ever got, in 1983. My fave Sex Pistols songs are Satellite, Belson was a gas and Friggin in the riggin
SId could actually sing if he tried but never did and was Malcoms first choice for lead singer of the Pistols. He became a parody of himself and was used to death.
Other Sex Pistols recommendations: Bodies EMI Friggin' in the Riggin' Rock and Roll Swindle Johnny B. Good/Roadrunner (cover) :) Edit: Also, Public Image Limited aka PIL is Johnny Rotten's band after the Sex Pistols. Their song, Rise, is really good and very different from the Sex Pistols. It has more in common with 80s reggae.
For a great read and a really good look at Sid, the Sex pistols and the birth of punk, I suggest the book 12 Days On The Road: The Sex Pistols And America by Noel Monk who was the road manager for their one and only tour which was thru the southern US. and ended at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Noel was also the stage manager for Woodstock.
@@kevinbrewis6014 The Cow Palace is where a crowd of Evel Knievel fans kicked the crap out of a bunch of Hells Angels, there's a great video on the Tube. I got em mixed up!
I don't know if you've ever heard of it or not but there is a movie called Sid and Nancy about the life and times of Sid and Gary Oldman Portrays Sid Vicious and sings this song in the movie and doesn't absolutely phenomenal job like always I mean Even actors say that they believe that Gary olman might be the greatest actor in history because he is so diverse but you should check it out it's it's pretty awesome actually. I would say that I think this Sex Pistols biggest hit was Anarchy in the UK. But I could be wrong.
I am quite new to your channel and got here by searching some stuff I used to listen to a lot in the 90s like the Dead Kennedys, Crass and the Exploited. Maybe you can listen to Minor Threat or Fugazi. They are really worthwhile too.
Originally some French jazz musicians played on this song but later that was scrapped and Steve Jones re-recorded the guitar. Not sure if Jones did the bass. I think Paul Cook was on drums. I'd love to hear the version with the French guitarist and love to know who they are and if they are well known guitarist.
More punk, please. The Damned, Minutemen, Black Flag, DK, MDC, The Dils, Poison Girls, Conflict, Varukers, Bad Brains, Reagan Youth, Articles Of Faith, CRASS etc.
The Dead Kennedys, The Stooges, The Clash, The Boys, Television, Siouxsie and the Banshees, MC5, The Dead Boys, The Germs, The New York Dolls, Generation X etc...
I got to see Johnny live with his band PIL. They were amazing. Only time I ever saw an opening act do an oncore. They did Holidays in the Sun by the Sex Pistols. The place went insane. The main act didn't get close to that fan energy.
He was going to be the singer for the Damned ,but missed the audition so Vanian got it instead.According to Lydon's book he didn't want to do My Way and spent all his time trying to learn the bass.
Here's another unexpected crossover deserving a reaction clip: Legendary Punk singer Wendy O. Williams (The Plasmatics) joining Metal deity Lemmy (Motörhead) in singing Country music icon Tammy Wynette's ''Stand by your man.'' A rendition which makes Tammy's soul cry tears from heaven. 😂 PS - Don't miss (YT): "Butcher Baby - Plasmatics live television performance.''
This is a scene from the Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock N Roll Swindle, which was pretty much an unwatchable mish-mash. This is the best thing in it.
John lydon , the best front man ever , smart guy The Pistols revolutionised music in the 70s, paved the way for bands such as The Clash , The Banshees , Sham 69 etc . They encouraged the younger generation to think more critically about matters that affected their lives , to question authority, don't trust establishment figures, be mindful of corruption within power structures etc .Punk embodied an attitude of " f..k you, " , and it waa both emancipating and liberating. Those who grew up as teens in the 70s , and who were on the punk scene , still embody those same attitudes , I can still detect a punk at 50 paces lol 😆
His "work" was mostly being an obnoxious and violent junkie. His musical legacy was near zero. This was quite a fun video though even if it's not that good. Not half bad Johnny Rotten impression.
I didn't even know he did anyone solo stuff....I know this though, John Lydon/Johnny Rotten in the later years had said he wished he didn't bring Sid into the band as either he couldn't handle it or the fame got to him and took things too far or both..,,,something like that? Actually I do remember seeing this video, the shooting at the end reminded me of it
You know it's a great song when Martin Scorsese uses it for closing credits in Goodfellas The man knows how to score a movie
Scorcese knows the score
Perfect song for the end of that film.
@Goesdeep yes it was this version. From the movie the great rock and roll swindle. I thought it wax so cool at the time I heard it in goodfellas as punk had fizzled out and been a bit forgotten then wow their playing sids my way
He tried to get Sinatra's version for the film but the Sinatra family denied him it, so he used Sid's version instead. Glad it turned out that way as Sid's version was perfect for Goodfella's.
Sid would have been a big star
Sid was shitting all over this song when he did it, and yet he performs it with the most authenticity. Even the guy who wrote the original has said that this is the definitive version.
"The guy" was Paul Anka, a legend in his own right. And he never said Sid's version was the definitive version. He said, and I quote, “I loved it; I was really flattered and amused by his version. What he did worked as both a goof and a sincere take - which was a pretty amazing accomplishment."
@@Capnsensible80 Well then, I stand corrected.
@@Capnsensible80it must be the best version coz my mum said it was n she wouldn't lie to me surely
Just an American adaptation of the original song "Comme d'habitude" by Claude François...
A masterpiece- RIP Sid 😢
Yep
Sid was widely known as the worst member of the band, even to the point where they world unplug him for most of their concerts, BUT the pistols wouldn't have been the Pistols without him!
except he had nowt to do with their only album.. or song writing. so... no
I cant get over my joy seeing my African American brothers enjoying punk 😊
Yo T. You ought to check out some Black Flag. The guitarist/founder Gregg Ghin has got wild riffs unique in the entire animal kingdom. Sometimes sounds noisy, but I checked the math.
Dude.... Bad Brains?
There was also Death. Can’t ever forget them.
@@teddydog6229 And every member of all those bands loved the New York Dolls.
in many ways i feel punk fo the 70's and 80's are similar in many ways. kids talking about their hood or punks talking about they way of the young on the streets.
Him sticking his two fingers up after firing always makes me laugh
Leonard Cohen about Sid Vicious singing My Way:
"I never liked this song [“My Way”] except when Sid Vicious did it. Sung straight, it somehow deprives the appetite of a certain taste we’d like to have on our lips. When Sid Vicious did it, he provided that other side to the song; the certainty, the self- congratulation, the daily heroism of Sinatra’s version is completely exploded by this desperate, mad, humorous voice. I can’t go round in a raincoat and fedora looking over my life saying I did it my way - well, for 10 minutes in some American bar over a gin and tonic you might be able to get away with it. But Sid Vicious’s rendition takes in everybody; everybody is messed up like that, everybody is the mad hero of his own drama. It explodes the whole culture this self-presentation can take place in, so it completes the song for me."
Sids was the first version of My Way I heard when I was 12. I didn't hear Frank's til years later so for me this is the original.
Haha - same here! 😁
And Frankie was too wish washy for me after this 😆
@@Lilione111 I like them both. Had a swing phase when I was about 19 lol
Such an epic version
This was voted the best ever version of this song
I was a young punk in the 70's and Sid was a punk icon and a role model for me and my friends. I remember seeing this on TV late one night and it blew me away! Great nostalgia, cheers! Check out 'Pretty Vacant', 'Anarchy in The UK', or any track off the Bollocks album, they're all class
Sid will always be a punk icon
I remember it being shown on a t.v. programme called Revolver in 1978 the
Show was hosted by the late great peter
Cook. R.I.P Sid ⛓️🔒🔗
I think the point of the song was that it was a horrible degenerate take on the original
I am totally wiv you . The Pistols and Sid was and still is a big influence in my life
SID Lives!! He was and will always be an epitome of punk!
So that is the greatest rock video ever made., Thank you Sidney.
Dude i cant believe you actually put this up. True blue punk 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘❤️❤️🤘🤘🤫🤘🤘🤘🤘 rest in peace Sid vicious🥵
Sid was obviously having fun goofing on this song, but his solo version of the old Eddie Cochran classic "Something Else" is legitimately straight-up great rock & roll. Check it out.
And come on everybody!
Jacques Revaux who wrote My Way said out of all the people he has heard sing MY WAY Sid Viscous did it the best with so much enthusiasm...
Nobody did it their way more than Sid and Nancy.
They didn't do much their way other than drug themselves to death. Not much time for actually doing anything their way. John Lydon's still around 40+ years after Sid and Nancy's deaths. Lots of time to do things his way.
Nancy sucks though. If he didn't hook up with her he would have lived a full life.
@@alukuhito really, dude?
@@johnjohn37371 Really.
Murder/suicide is kind of only one person doing it their way
Truly a great song and interpretation, of all the people who have sing my way, he is the one who mean it the most
An absolute Legend
RIP Sid Vicious
🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘
I'd disagree- you can call him "iconic" but he was a car crash of a personality, fundamentally part of the Pistols demise and a drug addict who ended up a murderer. Not a legend in my book.
@@simontomlinson6484 yeah exactly I liked him as a kid but he was a complete bum.
Absolutely ripping bassist...
@@Thesortvokter - You are taking the piss i hope, he was a shit bass player.
@@Thesortvokter He was a terrible bass player who could hardly play the instrument. Not my view but the views of his band mates. He was an awful musician.
What an incredible video. I've never seen anything like it. I don't know how Sid did it, but it's super entertaining.
Love steve jones on guitar.
I love this Version.
Yep. On board. Sid got me for sure. Been a punk fan entire life. This song was my 7th grade anthem! Great reaction.
Gary Oldman is really having a blast of a debut as Sid, love it
Gary the Great 👌
You should dive into more punk rock, T. There's a big rich history of tongue-in-cheek, humor, sarcasm and absurdity under-lying it all. It can be very serious social-commentary while also being absurd. I particularly enjoy the 80s American underground punk scene. The interesting thing about that era is that the mainstream completely ignored it so artists weren't concerned with fame nor money (for the most part) and they just did what they did. Very interesting time. You should start doing a deep-dive.
Like Zero Boys. What an absolute gem that Vicious Circle album.
Some punk needs a context to understand it
Sid Viscous!!!!! ❤ he was irreverent, rowdy and rebellious for the sake of being so.
And what's wrong with that?
Vicious
Viscous is funnier. And he was thick. @@kevinbrewis6014
It’s been YEARS since I‘ve heard this. I was obsessed with the Sex Pistols n the mid-80‘s as a teenager and this was always a favourite. Who Killed Bambi or The Great Rock n Roll Swindle were great tunes from this same movie.
I have no doubt had Sid not died and was able to get his life in order he would have had success as a solo artist.
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Billy Idol filled the void
I agree, I think he was talented, he played drums for Siouxsie and the Banshees, he learned bass when he joined the Pistols. But when your mom supplies you with heroin from a young age.. He tried to kick it on the US tour, couldn't. When they got back to the UK, 1st thing, he got some and O.D.'d.
Sid in full 'I don't give a f***' mode
I was already laughing once I saw this name of this video and before literally playing it. Gary Oldman did a pretty good rendition of this to in the movie Sid and Nancy.
on a other video you see him buy a gun in a PARIS shop, Rip SID !!!
Wow this reminds me of my CBGB, Max’s Kansas City Days, and my Mudd Club days, when I was in college in The Big Apple 🍎
One of the best Sex Pistols songs is Friggin' in the Riggin, i believe it's an old Irish folk song that was first written in the 17th century. It has been covered by a lot of artists over the years but the Sex Pistols version will blow your mind and you will be singing it all day.
Paul Anka who wrote the english version of the song for Sinatra loved this version more and gave the green light for the cover and for it being in Good Fellas.
This was actually a Sex Pistols song as Jones and Cook play the punk part, in fact the guy at the end holding up the Ten Commandments of punk is the Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.
I was always a glam rocker but I loved the Sex Pistols.
I gave the Pistols a spin after learning that many of my favorite hair metal stars were Pistols fans.
There was also the large number of punk albums (including Never Mind the Bullocks) in a 1988 list of 100 greatest hard rock albs in hair metal magazine Circus.
@@davidtingley9978 🎶🐦🇬🇧 Now why do I have a sudden desire to watch Airheads? Lol.
Stand and deliver
Oh this takes me back to my youth, it sounds pretty good actually even after all those years, the pop stars of today have no soul or originality, even the "punk" bands of today sound bland compared to this. Brilliant stuff
Love it. I actually prefer this cover.
I think Sid Vicious' version actually gets to the reality of the defiant self-pity in this song.
I agree. If you want melancholy self awareness from Sinatra, I have always preferred, "It Was A Very Good Year".....
I had 3 red bellied piranhas, Sid, Vicious and Nancy I named them.
lol! Sis Fishous
The singer is Johnny Rotten the bassist is Sid Vicous who half the time wasn’t even plugged in, because he was so doped out. But Johnny wanted him in the band because he fit the lifestyle and aesthetic of punk.
"half the time wasn’t even plugged in" That's not true. You can hear him playing in the live concert videos. And he didn't play bass on the studio album, Glenn did.
This is from the video "The Greatest Rock-n-Roll Swindle". A similar, but more fun version of this song was done by the German "Mother of Punk" Nina Hagen.
The original version was from Claude Francois a French Idol and Frank Sinatra was the first one who covered the song, it was not his song...
Yes it s True. Claude François wrote lyrics with Gilles Thibaut in 1967 music was composed by Jacques Revaux. Original title is Comme d habitude
When he goes punk, then Sid Vicious is doing it HIS way. As promised. 😂
This version will not make you tear up 😢😂lol!!
Hahaha you did a funny one
Fun fact: the Pistols' manager, Malcolm McClaren, had this played at his funeral.
Fun fact 2: Gary Oldman did a good job reprising this in the biopic, "Sid and Nancy".
I remember this so well from Goodfellas!!!
Sid Vicious did two other songs on the Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle. Both covers of Johnny Cochran songs. Something Else and C'mon Everybody. Actually quite great songs. The story goes that Malcolm McLaren's then girlfriend Vivienne Westwood told him about this John guy who would be perfect for Sex Pistols as a vocalist. They got John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) but Vivienne was talking about John Simon Ritchie (Sid Vicious). He was in a band called The Flowers of Romance before joining Sex Pistols. Wrote the song Belsen Was A Gas back then. Lydon and Ritchie shared a flat with two other John's. Grey and Wardle. Locally the were known as the 4 John's. Wardle later changed his name to Jah Wobble and played with Lydon in Public Image Limited or PIL
Sid was John Lydon's friend Westwood had fuc all to do with it. When the only bloke he could play an instrument bass Glen Matlock left Lydon got his old time mate to join. Something Lydon regretted in later life. He blamed himself for the tragic end it ended up in. Lydon was the vocalist in the band Sid just messed about with the bass.
Jah said in a book that when he was introduced to Sid and Sid asked him his name, because he was so pissed that instead of John Wardle it came out as Jah Warble. I read that in a book that Jah was being interviewed for. Sid thought that was hilarious and the name stuck.
@@fredshred5194 Westwood told Malcolm that she thought John (Sid ) would make a good front man. So when John (Lydon) came into the shop(SEX) Malcolm got him to sing and thought he was ok. Later Vivienne said to Malcolm, I meant the other one.
@@helenbartoszek243 This is what I heard as well and I think that came from Lydon.
My fav pistols song is silly thing, Steve Jones wrote it about Paul Cook and his drug habits, the original title was silly c#=t, great tune
Actually Paul wrote it about Steve's habit. Steve Jones only found that out many years later.
I remember at the time when Sid was in the news about something or other, his mother was interviewed outside her house and the TV company put the caption 'Mrs Vicious' underneath her image.
It’s different, that’s for sure! 😂
This was part of the Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock'n'roll Swindle, which is where the guy holding up the 10 commandments comes in, they are 10 lessons in getting to the top on the music industry. The film wasn't released until 1980, but was mostly filmed in 1978. This single and video were released in 1978 and I remember part of it being shown in news coverage of Sid Vicious death in 1979.
The first Ever Karaoke
The video was a clip from The great rock n roll swindle film. My way / The biggest blow 12" was the first punk single i ever got, in 1983. My fave Sex Pistols songs are Satellite, Belson was a gas and Friggin in the riggin
What an absolute legend.
Oh Sid...🖤
Please continue, but try The Damned - Neat Neat Neat or New Rose from their first album.
SId could actually sing if he tried but never did and was Malcoms first choice for lead singer of the Pistols. He became a parody of himself and was used to death.
This is glorious! Thank you!!!
Other Sex Pistols recommendations:
Bodies
EMI
Friggin' in the Riggin'
Rock and Roll Swindle
Johnny B. Good/Roadrunner (cover)
:)
Edit: Also, Public Image Limited aka PIL is Johnny Rotten's band after the Sex Pistols. Their song, Rise, is really good and very different from the Sex Pistols. It has more in common with 80s reggae.
One of my favourite film clips. You should check out the punk band the Saints the tracks I’m stranded and Know Your Product.
This ☝️
For a great read and a really good look at Sid, the Sex pistols and the birth of punk, I suggest the book 12 Days On The Road: The Sex Pistols And America by Noel Monk who was the road manager for their one and only tour which was thru the southern US. and ended at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Noel was also the stage manager for Woodstock.
Winter Gardens 14th of January 1978, it ended there
@@kevinbrewis6014 My bad, I think we both meant Wtnterland Ballroom.
@@kevinbrewis6014 The Cow Palace is where a crowd of Evel Knievel fans kicked the crap out of a bunch of Hells Angels, there's a great video on the Tube. I got em mixed up!
And a complete train wreck of a tour it was.
I don't know if you've ever heard of it or not but there is a movie called Sid and Nancy about the life and times of Sid and Gary Oldman Portrays Sid Vicious and sings this song in the movie and doesn't absolutely phenomenal job like always I mean Even actors say that they believe that Gary olman might be the greatest actor in history because he is so diverse but you should check it out it's it's pretty awesome actually.
I would say that I think this Sex Pistols biggest hit was Anarchy in the UK.
But I could be wrong.
Sid and Nancy was a joke of a movie. Grange Hill in fancy dress.
Oldman
A sad note is the fact that he committed suicide in 1979 at age 21. RIP.
It’s more shocking now than in the 70s, back then we never thought anything like the shooting scene could possibly happen.
They didn't normally kill that many fans at the end of one of their gigs...
I seen this as a kid and been a fan of the Pistols ever since I got their record!
The line he says "Today i killed a cat" is something that actually happened. Sid murdered a cat.
I am quite new to your channel and got here by searching some stuff I used to listen to a lot in the 90s like the Dead Kennedys, Crass and the Exploited. Maybe you can listen to Minor Threat or Fugazi. They are really worthwhile too.
Originally some French jazz musicians played on this song but later that was scrapped and Steve Jones re-recorded the guitar. Not sure if Jones did the bass. I think Paul Cook was on drums. I'd love to hear the version with the French guitarist and love to know who they are and if they are well known guitarist.
It’s a great song, the man at the end was holding the ten commandments naked and that’s why it was cut short
More punk, please. The Damned, Minutemen, Black Flag, DK, MDC, The Dils, Poison Girls, Conflict, Varukers, Bad Brains, Reagan Youth, Articles Of Faith, CRASS etc.
The Dead Kennedys, The Stooges, The Clash, The Boys, Television, Siouxsie and the Banshees, MC5, The Dead Boys, The Germs, The New York Dolls, Generation X etc...
I got to see Johnny live with his band PIL. They were amazing. Only time I ever saw an opening act do an oncore. They did Holidays in the Sun by the Sex Pistols. The place went insane. The main act didn't get close to that fan energy.
Cool. Lucky you. Sid wasn't around long. Poor guy didn't know if he did or didn't kill his true love. Must have been agonizing. Where was this show?
@@nelsonx5326 Worcester Massachusetts 1988. INXS was the headliner. They were decent. I went to see John Lydon. He delivered!
I'd love to see you react to more Sex Pistols. My favorite songs are EMI or Holiday In The Sun.
Surprisingly Sid was a massive Eddie Cochran fan and did a couple of his songs
Always loved this "cover."
Disturbing, yes.
He was going to be the singer for the Damned ,but missed the audition so Vanian got it instead.According to Lydon's book he didn't want to do My Way and spent all his time trying to learn the bass.
Here's another unexpected crossover deserving a reaction clip:
Legendary Punk singer Wendy O. Williams (The Plasmatics) joining Metal deity Lemmy (Motörhead) in singing Country music icon Tammy Wynette's ''Stand by your man.'' A rendition which makes Tammy's soul cry tears from heaven. 😂
PS - Don't miss (YT): "Butcher Baby - Plasmatics live television performance.''
The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle is an awesome movie. That's where this scene is from.
He was the john that was originally suggested to sing for the pistols.
This is a scene from the Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock N Roll Swindle, which was pretty much an unwatchable mish-mash. This is the best thing in it.
Died at 21😢This song is nothing to do with the Sex Pistols,he was trying to branch out on his own,same as Cmon Everybody
This is truly the best version of my way 🤘❤️
I was 10 when I first saw this video and it shocked me when he began shooting his audience. I was left speechless.
Sid covers eddie cocran really well check them out...come on everybody
If you like punks try the stranglers
No more heroes
Something better change
Golden brown
Always the sun. Etc...
And the Clash
Love this version.
Poor lad didn't stand a chance. It was the very early 80's. This is part of The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, brainchild of Malcom McLaren.
The line about a prat wearing a hat and not saying how he feels was about Mr Rotten
Look up the California band around the same time "Dayglow Aborsions". Lots of great songs like "Holiday in Cambodia". "California Uberalis".
Classic rendition of my way by sid vicious
I have heard a lot of Sid vicious but never this. Love him!❤❤❤
John lydon , the best front man ever , smart guy The Pistols revolutionised music in the 70s, paved the way for bands such as The Clash , The Banshees , Sham 69 etc . They encouraged the younger generation to think more critically about matters that affected their lives , to question authority, don't trust establishment figures, be mindful of corruption within power structures etc .Punk embodied an attitude of " f..k you, " , and it waa both emancipating and liberating. Those who grew up as teens in the 70s , and who were on the punk scene , still embody those same attitudes , I can still detect a punk at 50 paces lol 😆
His lyrics are so much better than Sinatra's 😁👍🤣 No one was more punk than Sid.
Joey Ramone is just as punk as Sid was.
His "work" was mostly being an obnoxious and violent junkie. His musical legacy was near zero. This was quite a fun video though even if it's not that good. Not half bad Johnny Rotten impression.
Oh boy,I just got flashbacks from the early 80's childhood at my teenage room back in 🇸🇪 🥳🥳🥳
I didn't even know he did anyone solo stuff....I know this though, John Lydon/Johnny Rotten in the later years had said he wished he didn't bring Sid into the band as either he couldn't handle it or the fame got to him and took things too far or both..,,,something like that? Actually I do remember seeing this video, the shooting at the end reminded me of it
I mean you know the original song "my way" is actually an english cover of "comme d'habitude" by Claude François I hope ...
TSOL - Code Blue
Oh yeah wait a minute...
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Nina Simone's version of My Way is a masterpiece
His voice is all to fuck in this. It doesn't sound the same as it is in the film or on the record. It sounds comedic here.
From the great rockn roll swindle..listen to his version of somethin else..