First time hearing Sex Pistols "Anarchy In The UK" Reaction | Asia and BJ

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  • @steveparker8065
    @steveparker8065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    An@rchy in the UK was a big middle finger to the government, society and the establishment (Class system, Royalty). Glad you listened to it and got the message! Don't be shy in calling this a protest song, it definitely was. PS Asia it wasn't a one-off, try 'God save the Queen' :)

    • @scottwatschke4192
      @scottwatschke4192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "God Save the Queen the facist regime"

    • @orangeandblackattack
      @orangeandblackattack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pretty Vacant, EMI, Bodies all great tunes

    • @defendfreedom1390
      @defendfreedom1390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My favourite is "No feelings"

    • @horrorbizness2043
      @horrorbizness2043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      God Save The Queen was great. They actually rented a flotilla and played it behind the royal palace during the queens jubilee. Their Manager got arrested for that one...

    • @hefellump1
      @hefellump1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like their ideals are establishment now.

  • @69opsman
    @69opsman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    This album was groundbreaking, a masterpiece.

    • @ryancoke777
      @ryancoke777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      one of the greatest of all time

    • @BossDM-2
      @BossDM-2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Every song on that record is good, and it never ever gets old.

    • @patgreen3534
      @patgreen3534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Still my favorite album of all time

    • @MrJocky82
      @MrJocky82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely.
      One of them albums you can play on repeat, and never get tired of it.
      Sensational album.

    • @FlamesCagney
      @FlamesCagney ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The world was fractured and was never the same again.

  • @ExpendableRedshirt
    @ExpendableRedshirt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    When this came out it was like a bomb going off! We had just come out of a major recession and though the government had changed, things remained the same. People were wondering what they had to do for things to get better. It was incredibly exciting to hear at that time. What were they rebelling against? What have you got?

    • @braxtonagee412
      @braxtonagee412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Beautifully put.

    • @Misitheus
      @Misitheus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yea....but the 80s were just around the corner....and if you remember 80s.....you weren't there...great decade....I think? Peace!

    • @miketreacy5712
      @miketreacy5712 ปีที่แล้ว

      The song came out in 1977, but the Government didn't change until 1979. It was as you say like a bomb going off. Mainstream music was bland, small bands just couldn't get a look in with the whole industry ruled by massive corporations,. It (punk) was also cleverly manufactured too by the influences of Westwood, McLaren and a few others and initially concentrated around Kings Road. London before spreading. Punk absolutely changed so much and its influence style influences our culture today.

    • @ExpendableRedshirt
      @ExpendableRedshirt ปีที่แล้ว

      Labour won in 74.

  • @marcharley6465
    @marcharley6465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    If you want to react to another Sex Pistols song, check out "God save the queen". The Pistols were the fuse which led to punk rock exploding in the UK in 1976/77.

  • @CalixYukon
    @CalixYukon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I went to a Sex Pistols concert once, and it was BY FAR the most off the hook crazy concert I've ever been to. There were at least 5-6 people that jumped on stage to fight the band, and Johnny Rotten ended the concert early and told everyone in the crowd they were (well bad names) and then to beat up some guy in the crowd for making them leave early. lol, all punks in the crowd it was insane. I love it lol

    • @robertkees6048
      @robertkees6048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And that's like a Disney ride compared to the stories of GG Allen. By all accounts he was a crazy how shall I put it... shit flinger extraordinaire. Yeah apparently he'd take laxatives before shows so he could strip, squat, shit, scrap, and fling.

    • @sirrobinofloxley7156
      @sirrobinofloxley7156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @D G Which country? They were the best band around, check out The Vicious White Kids, and off shoot of the Pistols that only made one recording, it's on youtube. There's another, by the Idols, with Sid Vicious, that's good too.

    • @sirrobinofloxley7156
      @sirrobinofloxley7156 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @D G There's an interview with two of the band being interviewed by Australian tv, that's worth a look, if you haven't seen it.

  • @jerryhayes9497
    @jerryhayes9497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Noel Gallagher (of Oasis ) described Johnny Rotten voice as "anti - singing"...
    Before adding that he absolutely loved it

  • @fredbloggs4896
    @fredbloggs4896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "I felt the Sex Pistols wanted to rule the world... and I was rooting for them" - Kurt Cobain

  • @TheFrem1
    @TheFrem1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Imagine the UK in the 70's, Broke, Social unrest, Strikes, Poverty, High Unemployment then Punk came along and shook the establishment and The Sex Pistols led that movement, They behaved badly but made a huge impact on the youth at that time like me.

    • @hughreed621
      @hughreed621 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Conditions haven't changed much if anything have got worse

    • @TheFrem1
      @TheFrem1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hughreed621 Yep, It's like one big continuous bad dream!

    • @hughreed621
      @hughreed621 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFrem1 I agree

    • @stormhawk3319
      @stormhawk3319 ปีที่แล้ว

      High Unemployment in the 70s? At most it was 1 million in 1979. It tripled to 3 million by the mid 80s.

  • @mikephillips8810
    @mikephillips8810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You just had to live through it. I was 15 when this came out in the UK. Shockwaves is an understatement. The establishment hated them.

    • @Katiebop89
      @Katiebop89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was born in the 1980's my dad was a Punk back then. The music resonates with me.
      Anarchy 🤘

  • @blitztim6416
    @blitztim6416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sex Pistols were raging against the machine in ‘77.
    When the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame called, they said ‘Fuck off’

  • @braxtonagee412
    @braxtonagee412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    John Lydon is a fascinating guy.
    Smart, honest and capable of seeing through bullshit in an instant.
    He grew up a dirt poor Irish immigrant in the U.K. and his book Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (the title refers to signs he used to see as a kid posted in store fronts to keep out supposed 'undesirables') is a wonderful, detailed breakdown of England at the time and how the punk scene came to be. One of my favorite tidbits is about how respected he became among the different lower class cultures throughout England while truly pissing off the wealthy establishment. Strongly recommend.

    • @sirrobinofloxley7156
      @sirrobinofloxley7156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was on, I think Conan O'Brien, with Steve Jones, whatever talkshow it was, it was with Steve Jones. So, the interviewer asks "What if everything you were complaining about had been fixed?"
      Rotten replies "That would have been great"
      Conan "So, that's it, there would have been none of this?"
      Rotten "Yep".

    • @getawaycampers3412
      @getawaycampers3412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      John Lyndon is a real genuine guy . Read his biography anger is an energy. He has been married once .. for 45 years! He was in the jungle in I’m a celebrity and sent his performance money to a chimp sanctuary in Africa. His wife now has Alzheimer’s…. Read his book 👍

    • @getawaycampers3412
      @getawaycampers3412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The song is 45 years old!!!!

    • @jennymagidson1925
      @jennymagidson1925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And now he's a Trump supporter! Make Johnny Rotten again!

    • @davidpryle3935
      @davidpryle3935 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jennymagidson1925 Well, Trump has a big working class support, and as John Lydon says, “I’m one of them” (the working class).

  • @Jamesscearce
    @Jamesscearce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Rock music is supposed to scare your parents... by the mid-seventies disco music and easy listening pop were starting to dominate the charts... and then the Sex Pistols came along and became the (sneering) face of punk rock and parents got scared again. This music is more about attitude than talent and you sort of need the visuals of punk to emphasize the rebellious nature of what's going on here. Find any picture of Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious and you'll get the idea...

    • @sirrobinofloxley7156
      @sirrobinofloxley7156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My mum liked them though, haha and me dad didn't mind.

  • @mrbrad4566
    @mrbrad4566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Pistols were the creation of Malcolm McLaren after spending time in New York closely associated with the New York Dolls. He wanted to shake up UK culture, through music and fashion, and succeeded. The Pistols were at the front of the UK punk scene which exploded in 76/77, their primary aim was to shock and have fun, but soon descended into chaos. Their second album was the aptly named Great Rock n Roll Swindle made after Johnny Rotten (Lydon) left the band to form the excellent Public Image Limited.

  • @dead_beat_poet
    @dead_beat_poet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This whole record is incredible 👏

  • @Congaman41
    @Congaman41 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    50 years on and this song is still a party starter!

  • @Thundermuscle
    @Thundermuscle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It was the sound of the street. Great innovators and the punk era produced some the greatest musicians ever.

  • @tatethompson1234
    @tatethompson1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Arguably the greatest album of all time. Brilliant production/engineering start to finish and just a full panzer assault of energy of truth and everyday life.

  • @avestuart
    @avestuart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    There was a lot going on in the UK when this came out in 1977. Massive inflation, problems with the IRA and violence in Northern Ireland, etc. Another band you should cover is Stiff Little Fingers who were from Northern Ireland in the late 70s. They wrote a lot about The Troubles in Northern Ireland at the time. "Suspect Device" and "Alternative Ulster" are my two good songs to start with.

    • @TheRetroManRandySavage
      @TheRetroManRandySavage 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love suspect device. Great song.

    • @lavenderllamamusic
      @lavenderllamamusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Suspect Device!

    • @karmannghiaman1041
      @karmannghiaman1041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Had the energy of the Pistols with the writing ability of Weller. Suspect Device, as you said, Tin Soldiers. They don't get enough coverage.

    • @davidpryle3935
      @davidpryle3935 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ave Stuart. It actually came out in 1976.

    • @avestuart
      @avestuart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidpryle3935 "Anarchy in the UK" was released as a single in November 1976, but the album was released in October 28,1977 in the UK and released in November 1977 in the US.. But honestly, who cares, anyway?

  • @timholder6825
    @timholder6825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    God Save The Queen, by The Sex Pustols. Released in the Queen's jubilee year of 1977. This year is another Queen's jubilee. You gotta do it. You'll love it!

  • @geneticrex
    @geneticrex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Listen to "Bodies" off this album. It is the Pistols at their best.

    • @sirrobinofloxley7156
      @sirrobinofloxley7156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like Submission... Suuubbbmisssssiooooonnn, I can't tell ya, how a feeeeellll

    • @beebela13sh
      @beebela13sh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best!!! I still go around saying "F this and F that. F it all and F her effing brat!"

  • @rayzerbone4197
    @rayzerbone4197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As an old punk rocker Sex Pistols hated the royals

  • @NebulizerChi
    @NebulizerChi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That whole album....ideal soundtrack to a totally beer-drunk pie fight ---and to be taken just about as seriously (although it did speak truth to those suffering thru 1970s Britain). First time I heard N.W.A, I was like, "If the Pistols came from Compton"; first time I heard the New York Dolls, it suddenly dawned where the Pistols' sound came from...

  • @sarablack2547
    @sarablack2547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In the 70's we had hippies, glam rock,disco then end of 70's beginning of 80's you were either a punk or a new romantic like Spandau ballet and Duran duran.punks wore Dr martens,tartan bonage trousers sometimes mohawks shaved heads different colours.

  • @davidbarnes4772
    @davidbarnes4772 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This tune came out in 1977 at a big time of unemployment, disillusionment, and class struggle. It was a big sticking it to the man and quite shocking at the time. God Save the Queen was banned for a time.

  • @iliketowatch.
    @iliketowatch. ปีที่แล้ว

    I got this album back when it came out. I was 13. I still love it.

  • @ked7426
    @ked7426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My husband was into Punk it is angry music, we didn't know each other then, he's Australian me English, so I was around for this 1975. There were lot of punks with there colourful hair, spiky, and mohican styles, cut t-shirt, and jeans with safety pin🧷 . Kind of cool as I dress up as one, and attracted an albino, which is cool. My husband is actually an albino strain, with his brother, both blonde and blue eyes, his bother is nearly blind, has very strong class. His brother was nicknamed snowman ⛄️. Went off listen to "God Save The Queen" by them it was banned when it came out.

    • @7colliemac
      @7colliemac 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I’m Australian & was into punk .. never saw punks until 1976.. but more so 78-79…

  • @ronaldmilner8932
    @ronaldmilner8932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So nice to see Asia & BJ reacting to '70's punk!!! Here is a punk song that will please your audience : Oh Bondage! Up Yours! by X-Ray Spex!

    • @sheilathompsett2570
      @sheilathompsett2570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      X-Ray Spex were up there with the Pistols. Polystyrene, a woman before her time.

    • @wayne_twentyfive
      @wayne_twentyfive 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sheilathompsett2570 Yep, I absolutely loved Poly Styrene ! .. The whole "Germfree Adolescents" album by X-Ray Spex is just brilliant, and particularly the title song .. Her debut solo album "Translucence" while a total change of pace and very reflective sounding, is also a favourite of mine .. RIP Poly .. Gone way too soon.

    • @wayne_twentyfive
      @wayne_twentyfive 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still have the single "Oh Bondage Up Yours", and it still kicks ! .. One of the first punk records, and what a classic .. Poly Styrene's voice is killer, and the attitude and passion of the song is unforgettable .. Great suggestion !

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones and the drummer's name escapes me just now, getting Punk Rock started in England. The Sex Pistols were really trying to become a media sensation by stirring up a ruckus and almost emulating The Beatles success. It worked for a while, but went south soon after they hit the USA. Sid wound up ODing in New York and that was that for The Sex Pistols. A good companion song to "Anarchy In The U.K." is "God Save The Queen". Same attitude and even more focused.

    • @normandavidtidiman9918
      @normandavidtidiman9918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Paul Cook - drums. Glen Matlock was the original bassist and played on this before Vicious joined.

    • @bobschenkel7921
      @bobschenkel7921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@normandavidtidiman9918 Thanks man. I used to know that.

    • @TheBobbymcd
      @TheBobbymcd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @John Foxton he looks after his wife of 20 years marriage..she has dementia and he still loves her and looks after her

    • @sirrobinofloxley7156
      @sirrobinofloxley7156 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheBobbymcd She's German, which says a lot about everything.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Beatles had The Top 5 in The USA Charts at the same time. 500,000 greeted them at Adelaide, Australia, and led the 7-mile route from the Airport to their Hotel.
      One of their songs has been recorded by a world Record of over 3,000 Artists. 230 Songs and they did the first-ever Live Stadium gig--55,000 @Shea Stadium, New York.
      The Pistols were a mile behind as The Beatles did not just change the World of music but the whole World:)

  • @pleasantvalleypickerca7681
    @pleasantvalleypickerca7681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They put out one album while they existed as a band and had a bigger impact then some bands with multiple albums.

  • @gizmoitus
    @gizmoitus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's actually a great somewhat forgotten movie called Sid and Nancy that documents the period of time when the band was formed, and recreates some of their most legendary moments, including their disastrous tour of the US. It's an incredible movie, that kind of launched Gary Oldman's career. Oldman plays Sid Vicious, in a much lauded performance, where his ability to disappear into a character was first noticed. SId was the sometime bass player (who really couldn't play the bass) in this band.

  • @paulncolo
    @paulncolo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not quite the same genre but also an overlooked band in the US is April Wine. Consider “Say Hello” from 1979.

    • @erniebuck659
      @erniebuck659 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      April Wine is Canadian .

  • @Gravel-Idle
    @Gravel-Idle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this was just so exciting when it exploded in the mid 70's, I loved it then and I still do now

  • @bmoak
    @bmoak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Sex Pistols had a pretty brief career, but this song was a good sum up of what they were about. You also have God Save the Queen, Pretty Vacant, and Holiday in the Sun

  • @mokokawi
    @mokokawi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is the Punk Rock scene,i always think of Sex Pistons, the Ramones,and the Rocky horrow picture show at theaters

  • @rickyfandango6054
    @rickyfandango6054 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    First time I heard this song was in 1976 on the Dr. Demento Show on my little am/fm transistor radio when I was supposed to be asleep.
    It scared the shit out of me and i had to turn the lights on to go back to sleep.
    I was 12.

  • @raymondreid4987
    @raymondreid4987 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the most important albums of my time as a youth true punk rock Johnny Rotten and the sex pistols listen to it front and back real loud.

  • @forevalearning
    @forevalearning 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yep totally a protest song. Manager Malcolm Mclaren loved to stir the pot and Anarchy in the UK, and God save the Queen were two songs that were controversial as hell 😂. One of the most famous Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious hadn't yet joined the group when this was first released. He took over from bassist and original member Glen Matlock. In a twist of "genre", Malcolm McLaren would later turn to Hip-Hop and manage american DJs the Worlds Famous Supreme Team. McLaren would release an album called Duck Rock in which two hip-hop songs Buffalo Gals and Double Dutch would hit the Top 10. On point reaction Asia and BJ ❤️

  • @ratface324
    @ratface324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God Save The Queen is another gem by them. Whole album is all killer no filler. ✌🏼

  • @Ingens_Scherz
    @Ingens_Scherz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved these nutters when I first heard them as a kid in the 80s, long after they'd imploded. I was probably just trying to be a difficult teenager, but they instantly inoculated me against the bloody 80s and I'm eternally grateful for that!

  • @ledzepandhabs
    @ledzepandhabs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The album that changed music and attitudes.

  • @neonknees
    @neonknees 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1 album is all they needed. One of the greatest albums of all time.

  • @Roh_Echt
    @Roh_Echt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    *Probably the best Punk Rock album of all time, right there. Was released in 1977...I was 15 yrs.. I had the album, and Punk Rock really took off after the release of the album. Yes, there were other Punk acts previous to this album. But this one was a shot of adrenaline for Punk expansion for it being a great album with every song being really good. Unfortunately...it was their only album, but again...every song on it is great.*

  • @alexanderbeta-werburghii6176
    @alexanderbeta-werburghii6176 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Punk in the UK was a revolutionary movement, led by the music, between 1976 and 1978.

  • @yolandabrooksqueenofsevens
    @yolandabrooksqueenofsevens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes indeed 🔥🔥🔥🔥I love this song ❤️

  • @RevStickleback
    @RevStickleback 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Americans tend to think of The Sex Pistols as just another old punk band, but in the UK their cultural significance is probably only topped by The Beatles. They made a massive wave in a very short space of time.

  • @mikecaetano
    @mikecaetano 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "This is the story of a Johnny Rotten \ It's better to burn out than it is to rust" --Neil Young "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)". The Sex Pistols came to burn it all down, mostly! They were a cheeky lot. Also check out "God Save The Queen", "Pretty Vacant", "Submission", "Holidays In The Sun", "Bodies" ....

  • @dylancampbell7633
    @dylancampbell7633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Respect for taking ur time to listen to this

  • @simonpanter3627
    @simonpanter3627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a great reaction. You nailed it with your description.

  • @l.A.0
    @l.A.0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Megadeth did a cover: "Anarchy in the U.S.A."

  • @bashab3098
    @bashab3098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They were all teenagers incredible , changed music for ever

  • @jerryhayes9497
    @jerryhayes9497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nearly 50 years later , and we still got the same establishment and royalty.
    In a lot of ways , we are so fucking backwards 😡😡

  • @meenki347
    @meenki347 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This another great British rebellion song by the Jamaican dub poet,
    Linton Kwesi Johnson: The Great Insurrection
    It came out 5 years after Anarchy.

  • @cjjoe2385
    @cjjoe2385 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
    1977 during the Queens silver jubilee, the Pistols hired a boat called Queen Elizabeth and sailed down the Thames dining this song. Their boat was boarded and they were arrested. Their record label ditched them, they were band from playing in the UK and the song went to number 2 in the charts.

  • @Stephan74
    @Stephan74 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How the hell could young black Americans understand 70,s Britain 🇬🇧. Love to you from Britain 🇬🇧 ❤️

  • @klausrain111
    @klausrain111 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was 30 in 1977. I'd been reading about the Sex Pistols a lot, so when God Save the Queen came on my little clock radio on top of my fridge, it TOTALLY blew my mind. I had no idea it would change the world the way it did. Come to think of it, the Stones and Kinks and Who were the first British punks! 😂

  • @JoeSmith-ey2xp
    @JoeSmith-ey2xp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    my fav SP song is "pretty vacant" was kinda my theme song as a 16 year old.

  • @thepsychophonic
    @thepsychophonic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There will never be a band that represents the essence of punk music as well as the Sex Pistols, and there will never be a song that expresses so well the frustration, rage and nonconformity that gave rise to this artistic movement in the 70s, such as "Anarchy in the UK". This song is pure history, of music, and of society.

  • @jonathanbsmith5178
    @jonathanbsmith5178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They were one of my favorite bands when I was younger I remember playing covered this anarchy song couple times when I was playing in a band. They were dropped by their music label for doing God save the Queen. It was rebellion against the queen yes they rebelled against everything that was not for the people

  • @waltere.dancsecs3192
    @waltere.dancsecs3192 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song and the entire album reflected absolute angst and anger and frustration of the time. He MEANT every word he said.

  • @rachystew4
    @rachystew4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They were legends and changed the world of music at the time. The press, parents, teachers feared them, as the kids started to rebel against the system. This was when there were no jobs, strikes and generally a shitty time in UK history in the 70s

  • @stevenator0281
    @stevenator0281 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's on the short list of records to take to a desert island. Masterpiece.

  • @johnfloyd4166
    @johnfloyd4166 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most interesting thing 2 me. I'm 54 back then I was 9 year England..both parents dead and I heard this altered my perception of. Everything.

  • @markkinder6275
    @markkinder6275 ปีที่แล้ว

    As an Englishman living in America I can say with the exception of a few like the Band members of Blondie, or Henry Rollins, or others that were in the midst of the 1970's UK punk scene, most Americans will never understand the true impact and meaning of this song or the Sex Pistols, as they never had any movement, or scene that was remotely comparable. As Henry Rollins once said, "Most Americans think the English are all sitting around drinking tea, talking posh, with their pinky fingers in the air." However, the reality is, especially at that time, if you showed up in their scene talking like that, you would have got beaten to a pulp. Violence, vandalism, alcoholism, theft, dodgy wheeling and dealing, racism, football hooliganism, street fighting, and mass bar fights, were certainly a weekly or daily occurrence in all working class neighborhoods. I can also attest to meeting the scariest, most evil people I ever met in those days too...As one of my American friends told me. He went to Barnsley in the early 1980's to visit long lost relatives, said it was the craziest, scariest experience of his life, was in complete culture shock! "The men were rough, hard as nails, very macho, and not afraid of a fight, the women right there with them. hard as fuck, and don't take any shit, They call it as it is, there's absolutely no bull. It's not for the faint of heart. I got my arse whooped several times while there." Quoting my friend Dave.

  • @skapunker21
    @skapunker21 ปีที่แล้ว

    one of, if not the first, big punk song ever. everything else has just grown off of this song. of course, there was the ramones, the dead boys, etc. but this song i think, more than any other, paved the way.

  • @liquidminds
    @liquidminds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now that you have arrived at UK Punk, The Clash should be next.
    They have so many great songs.
    Should I Stay Or Should I go
    Rock The Casbah
    London Calling
    I Fought The Law
    Bankrobber
    This Is Radio Clash
    Train In Vain
    Tommy Gun
    Guns of Brixton
    ...
    so many

  • @jarmopettersson7081
    @jarmopettersson7081 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    (Beast in Black) is a band you definitely need to check out. Good songs are (Born Again) and (Moonlight Rendezvous)

  • @imrocSupermarketRefrig
    @imrocSupermarketRefrig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grew up on that one. One of the few albums i can listen to from beginning to end.

    • @imrocSupermarketRefrig
      @imrocSupermarketRefrig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The 60’s happened & the hippies began sipping fine drink in their penthouses. Punks like Sex Pistols essentially picked up the torch and angst elevated.

  • @EessaTube
    @EessaTube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You really should check out the punk band, Stiff Little Fingers, who are still touring now.

  • @geoffsimpkins7650
    @geoffsimpkins7650 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The guy went from an Irish/British anarchist , became an American who voted Republican. Crazy life. Loved their version of “Roadrunner “.

    • @davidpryle3935
      @davidpryle3935 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You didn’t seriously think an ex sex pistol was going to vote for Hillary Clinton, did you ?

  • @marinalibslayer
    @marinalibslayer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember being the only Mexican girl into punk back in my inner city LA High school. This song and Stranded by the Dead Kennedys was my jam. I'm still as punk as ever. By the way, Johny as the lead singer, came out as. Trump supporter because he said he never thought the Left would become the party of speech suppression, big pharma and pro Bug Government. Much like him, I also left the Left

  • @rudyzk
    @rudyzk ปีที่แล้ว

    This song influenced many kids around UK, Europe America, South America.and probably the rest of the world

  • @paulcasey5486
    @paulcasey5486 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nearly 50 years later we still talk about the pistols yet they only really made one album who else can do that but its a brilliant album.

  • @d4anzig
    @d4anzig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The pistols were banned from playing in the UK. so the rented a barge and floated down the river Thames playing their music full blast during a royal jubilee of some sort!!

  • @bigfrankfraser1391
    @bigfrankfraser1391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i remember when i was 17 and living off my best mates sofa after parents kicked me out for certain things i aint proud of, i went to one of there shows, and afterwards talked my way into there hotel room, ended up going to some random guys basement where he would tattoo people, and ended up getting a shitty tattoo done on my shoulder by sid vicious, it says "fuck you" and is really rough and nasty looking, when i told my mate about it, he laughed and said "thats how you go from badass to fucking legendary"

    • @nessaseetah1805
      @nessaseetah1805 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whatta cool story, Frank!

    • @bigfrankfraser1391
      @bigfrankfraser1391 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nessaseetah1805 yeah, years later i met johnny rotten, told him the story and no shit, he says to me "wait, that was you,?your a he? i thought sid tattood a 5 quid prostitute he picked up"

  • @assaultpioneer8414
    @assaultpioneer8414 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks, guys and gals, love your content

  • @vincegirvin4324
    @vincegirvin4324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another sex pistols /sid viscious tune thats fun is “my way”… interesting twist on an american classic

    • @sirrobinofloxley7156
      @sirrobinofloxley7156 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which was actually French, until it got mangled by Anka, who is an Arab, lol, for Frank Sinatra.

    • @vincegirvin4324
      @vincegirvin4324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sirrobinofloxley7156 interesting, i never knew that. Thanks!

  • @welshcaesar
    @welshcaesar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    America can't produce bands like this. Legendary

  • @bryanhale5254
    @bryanhale5254 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This Record was banned in the UK they couldn't even tour they found some loophole by doing a charity concert for the fireman in some town and they actually had their kids come out and see the concert and they really dug it

  • @robertmills8640
    @robertmills8640 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The singer has a slightly more mellow band called Public Image Limited, and would recommend "Rise"

  • @richardhanlon8358
    @richardhanlon8358 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song was released in1976 in the UK at a time when there was garbage stacked high on the streets of London and the working man was made to work a 3 day week, electrical and water shortages, so the Pistols were very anti establishment and this was there anthem to a nation whom should have got right behind them and hit this country with an uprising for the people.

  • @mm-gz4nb
    @mm-gz4nb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now you can hear where Green Day got their style from..big influence..

  • @lisahalmshaw1275
    @lisahalmshaw1275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For UK protest music…try Crass.

  • @joshlevy3480
    @joshlevy3480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Should have played a live gig performance video!!! Missed out on the energy and the fun!!! Must do it next time for the real effects!!!

  • @mclovin6239
    @mclovin6239 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The entire album, never mind the bollocks, is fantastic. Also, it is the one and only Sex Pistols album. Check out God save the Queen, pretty vacant, and bodies. You will not be disappointed. I love your reaction videos. Keep up the good work.

  • @traherne6726
    @traherne6726 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1977 was the Silver Jubilee for the Queen.. I was in the UK that year and saw many Punks. I wouldn’t look at it … with guns involved… it was fashion, outlook, music.. please watch “God save the Queen” music video, where u can see them in action

  • @georgeknox1822
    @georgeknox1822 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sex pistols . One of the most important British music influencers of all time

  • @marvelharris9540
    @marvelharris9540 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    have to watch this live back in the day to truly appreciate the rawness....

  • @Frank-sm9yl
    @Frank-sm9yl ปีที่แล้ว

    Having been 18 at the time 99. 9 % of people HATED this. I was a DJ at u.d.. I put this on and two other d.j.s came in the booth and threw it against the wall screaming " this sucks " into the mic.

  • @doscojones6404
    @doscojones6404 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch the documentary ‘The Filth and the Fury’ and you will understand what the Pistols were worked up about.
    They were a very important band in the history of music.

  • @murf1201
    @murf1201 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw Johnny rotten on judge Judy once. Can’t remember if he was the plaintiff or defendant but it’s was classic. Cheers all

  • @tracypaper
    @tracypaper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out 'God save The Queen' and 'Bodies' ( best song on the album) from the same album

  • @stevenredmond7455
    @stevenredmond7455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Punk music is protest music. It was the 70’s youth telling their elders who were screwing the country up, they’d had enough & they wanted change. During the 70’s Britain was a mess, still being run by men for men (Victorian) unions ruled the factory floors, we had strike after strike. I spent a lot of the 70’s with candle light & board games as the power companies were on strike because someone called someone else lazy or whatever. As a kid & teenager most went over my head, i just had fun, listened to some great music & chased girls 😉. Drank & smoked stuff i was not allowed too, as many teens all over the world do. Punk just said enough of the old, we want the new.

  • @trials6
    @trials6 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hands down the best album ever..it paved the way for punk rock music. Would love to hear your input on there God Save the Queen song

  • @uMe_underground
    @uMe_underground 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best punk LP ever! And the first punk LP!

  • @TheCornishCockney
    @TheCornishCockney 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ‘76 and London streets were bouncing to the Pistols.
    And it most definitely IS a protest song,a protest against the establishment in the UK at the time.

  • @sparky6086
    @sparky6086 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Council tenancy" is the UK version of the projects in the US.

  • @nedeast6845
    @nedeast6845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They were fighting against the establishment of music, they were cynical, and put their finger up at everyone, including the European Union, in the classical tradition of dissent in England, they were loved

  • @dizastro5437
    @dizastro5437 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Punk rock icon, it will be around forever.

  • @dang5554
    @dang5554 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you’re interested in the modern progression of British punk check out: Idles - Grounds. I think you’ll prefer it musically.

  • @alpine1600s
    @alpine1600s 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The whole Punk vs Mods was big enough that the two gangs were fighting on Brighton Beach.

    • @LynneConnolly
      @LynneConnolly 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      that was mods v rockers, about ten years before Punk.