@@ninjanne it is not dude . I HAVE seen more than 1,200 Bands live since 1984 & that sound is just the sound of PIL , nothing else . THe Damned also have great guitar sounds & so many other fantastic bands . GROW up from your little box of preferences & open up to the other amazing guitar sounds that exist world wide for more than 100 years .
The guitar tone that Keith Levene gets on this, the very first PIL song, was something else. If you were lucky enough to be around at the time, it was so, so different. I was 14 when I bought this single, and fortunate that my Da spent a lot on his sound system. To hear this blasting through speakers that he used at discos, via a savage pre-amp and amp, ... you'd grit your teeth in the last bit. The neighbours complained, most of my friends thought it was insane. And today, it still sounds better than 80% of the music made now, because it was real. Because they meant it. It's art.
Nope I'm still around , you don't know who's dead and who's alive on here , one can sit and read ones own obituary :-) Don't believe all you see and hear on here its not always true :-)
@@andrewphippsphillips1455 F**k off pal,Echo and were f**king shit.U2 are in the top league.The Joshua tree and Achtung Baby are two of the best albums of all time
the reason it sounds so modern is because the actual guitaring was a take of Steve Howes guitar work on a song by the geniuses of 'YES' called 'Starship Trooper' by Keiths own admission, have a listen..... th-cam.com/video/VNCjQ1SulDI/w-d-xo.html
3.08 of relentless propulsion. It's so tense from beginning to end. Not a second is wasted. Bass, drums and guitar are killing it in every second. Lydon's finest moment and the best British single of 1978 by a long fucking way.
Nah this shits on kate bush especially now shes assoicated with stranger things running up that hill was wicked compared to wuthering heights the hooks are all there but sorry its something about stranger things really put me off
Christopher Raffell Can you give me names? I'd love to check out any new great artists I don't know of. Closest to Rotten I can think of right now is maybe Kanye West.
no sorry there is so much talent today thanks to media and globalisation people allways like to thinkin the past was true but if you think pil are anything like kayne west your misstaken try william
Keith Levenes guitar work in this song is so under rated. There is one bass line that plays thru the entire song (great one too), but there is no verse, chorus, bridge or middle 8 like most songs. The song moves along thru Levenes amazing use of chords and rhythm on the guitar. He flavors the song with brilliant guitar work. So many players could learn from his style.
kortick50 Great song.....but everything about this is very simple. The guitar parts are a piece of piss. Any half decent guitar player could learn and play this in no time at all. .....I know I did.
He was badass. Literally, back then: a lot of people were scared of him, rightly or wrongly, because he was something of a fighter and at that time also had major alcohol problems - which he very honestly describes in his autobiography.
Can't believe this song still gives me goosebumps, and hardly ever failed to. How much I love Keith's guitar sound, and Wobble's "impossible bass" lines. Not to mention John's voice, simply sublime.
A classic single heralding the birth of post punk and a mandatory contender for my top ten. Keith Levene delivers one of the greatest riffs ever with Wobble in the drivers seat and Lydon in peerless form. Fantastic. It blew me away when I first heard it on initial release and still does. Timeless and exemplifies the vacuity of current chart music. Goodbye
Bought this single when I was a 15 year old part-time punk living in the suburbs. For me, this song still stands up 40 years on. It's simplicity, power, anger and beauty have not dimmed. If anything the lyrics are even more pertinent today than when they were written in 1978. The bass is a work of the simplest genius.
I still have this on vinyl! It's a stonkingly great song from a great band and artist! Sad to hear that John's wife Nora has Alzheimer's. John has given a very moving interview in the Mail about that. The Sex Pistols were a big part of the soundtrack to my youth. I want to send out POSITIVITY and GOOD VIBES to John and Nora.
Just a great song , one of the best . The driving bass , the melodic shards of guitar , coruscating lyrics and delivery . Is there anything better? Not much.
My god, the power of music! The sound of this song made the last 30 years of my life flash back into my mind. Thank you PiL for a trippin flash back! But why do I hold back these tears and my chest has gone tight? Feelings I have repressed from a time long ago. Pain, Love, Angst, Fear, Anger. The shortness of life, we are all here for a reason, find it and do what makes you the person you are. The power of music to take a person back in time to another place and see your journey in full perceptive. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'm fast approaching 61... But I still listen to the bands that made an imprint in my brain that will not fade. I will listen to 'Real Music' until the grave. Rotten Rocks Big Time....
Keith Levene's guitar riff is maybe the most original and simplest. I love it for the first time I heard this brilliant song in 1979. My life means nothing without it!
Probably one of the best Bass intros of all time. The rest is up there as well ta boot. Was a late teen at the time and clearly remember this for the first time. Rottens voice and the most well structured noise anybody has ever created
"the public image belongs to me, its my entrance to my own creation my grand finale my good bye" dunno about anyone else but these lyrics are powerful to me
*Timeless genius* 💜 Some still bleat about Lydon doing TV ads - to finance studio time, so what; not like he was an arms dealer, or estate agent - But they can't cope with him not being their caged pet punk, actually having a mind of his own. He's still as true as he ever was & they hate that..
Wish I could add another like everytime I watch this. I went back through the last 2 days comments. The guitar on this is absolutely unforgettable on its own. Another plug pulled from this mortal amplifier. Rest in Noise Keith Levene.
Thank you so much Keith! Without rupture and transgression, there is no evolution in anything in life! Thank you for your music and chords! Cheers from Brazil!
One of the things I love so much about this song is that the lyrics have meaning. They actually sat down and wrote a song and sang it. I've heard so many songs lately that are just one or two sentences repeated over and over and they don't mean anything.
The lyrics are more so true today, than when the song was written. Image is everything in life, to most people, but the people who break the mould and make their own image,and do not conform, are the real people of this world.
To come out of the starting blocks with a song this great is pretty bloody seldom seen. Lydon cast off the Pistols and his former image with this manifesto of intent, but the music! My God, nothing sounded this powerful since early punk made us sit up and listen. Levine's amazing Eastern guitar, Walker's krautrock drum beat and perhaps the most important element, Wobble's dub loop bass line. Genius.
I doubt I've ever been as happy about anything in my life, as I am about having lived my teenage years through this era. I was thirteen when this came out, and can still remember buying the newspaper-clad single and monopolising my parent''s record player for weeks after.
You never listen to a word that I said You only seen me For the clothes that I wear Or did the interest go so much deeper Imust have been The colour of my hair CHORUS Public image What you wanted was never made clear Behind the image was ignorance and fear You hide behind this public machine Still follow same old scheme CHORUS Two sides to every story Somebody had to stop me I'm not the same as when I began I will not be treated as property CHORUS Public image you got what you wanted Public image belongs to me It's my entrance My own creation My grand finale My goodbye
Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand. A totally profound moment in time, it was fabulous then, but most probably even better now, superb sounds. I can remember watching Public Image, perform live on Top of the Pops (BBC1) during the late 70's, when these guys first released this trademark song. It's true the whole British Punk Rock scene, will go down in history as being a time of rebellious young individuals (there where so many fabulous groups) If truth be known we all enjoyed being different, mixed together with it's unusual lyrics & explosive fast paced music. I guess it's ingrained in our DNA. Long live British Culture. Freedom & Peace, always.
Can't think of a better place to pop by and pay my respects to Keith. This single was a defining musical moment for this teenager back in '78, and unlike me, never gets old. The melodious B-side "Cowboy Song" was always good if you needed an endless cough track. 😼
The greatest guitar riff , the greatest lyrics ever recorded and the greatest performance ever by John Lydon. Doesn't get any better than this. R.I.P Keith Levene. ❤
Absolutely, I totally agree. It’s one of the finest songs ever written. I remember first listening to this on Top Of The Pops and it made me sit out of my chair and 40 + years later, it still does.
RIP indeed Keith, one of my heroes, from a time when music meant something!!!! And Jah Wobble also legendary, in fact with John Lydon it doesn't get much better does it!!!!
Me and you together...How he can tour again after his personal loss is breathtaking. Looking forward to the new album...End of world...I am convinced an album to pay tribute to Nora but also have other meaning's.
Simply a perfect song, the essence of post punk, smart, intellectual, critical, brilliant bass line, brilliant guitar riffs, Lydon's inimitable voice. It doesn't get better than this. It's up there with other Platonic essences like Tomorrow Never Knows or GBV's Gold Star for Robot Boy.
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One of the greatest guitar sounds ever, sadly never to be heard again. RIP Keith
one of the greatest guitar sound ever ? u must by coming out a cave ..... or something similar .
@@BlueHopi144 what is wrong with you. It is one of the greateste guitar sounds ever.
@@ninjanne it is not dude . I HAVE seen more than 1,200 Bands live since 1984 & that sound is just the sound of PIL , nothing else . THe Damned also have great guitar sounds & so many other fantastic bands . GROW up from your little box of preferences & open up to the other amazing guitar sounds that exist world wide for more than 100 years .
@@BlueHopi144 who?
@@ninjanne what is that stuff u have put for profile picture ? is it not from your childhood u had issues with ? 😂
Rest in peace Keith Levene. That guitar sound is breathtaking. Thank you.
Davi the great , hi na s a , 300,000 , 3hrs , k
Public Image Limited - Public Image 1359pm 5.1.23 aye; they all seem to be jossing it. hello....
Spot on
I DUNNO BUT IF THE GUITAR ADDS SOME FLANGER EFFECT WOULD BE MORE SPACEY PUNK ROCK WONDERFUL. IT JUST DOES IT.
The best punk guitar ever .
The guitar tone that Keith Levene gets on this, the very first PIL song, was something else. If you were lucky enough to be around at the time, it was so, so different. I was 14 when I bought this single, and fortunate that my Da spent a lot on his sound system. To hear this blasting through speakers that he used at discos, via a savage pre-amp and amp, ... you'd grit your teeth in the last bit. The neighbours complained, most of my friends thought it was insane. And today, it still sounds better than 80% of the music made now, because it was real. Because they meant it.
It's art.
Great comment, apart from 'its art', its music!!
Not all music is art, though!
A lot of modern stuff is art, with a capital F.........
Baahahahah! Indeed Sir.
SOOO true bud never ever been beaten
Now aged 66, this remains one of my all time faves. A classic!
Me,66 yearz..our grand finale,but not goodbye ..Pil belongs to us..
Superb Track ❤
yep, me at 60 , luv it
Absolute classic. Age 75 I have to turn it up a bit on the headphones to hear it properly. 3 geniuses on stage.
Tf... Yeah thats why he never had any success with PIL and nobody cared about him until the 1990's sex pistols reunion.
Julian Keith Levene (18 July 1957 - 11 November 2022) Will Never Be Forgotten 🖤
Nope I'm still around , you don't know who's dead and who's alive on here , one can sit and read ones own obituary :-) Don't believe all you see and hear on here its not always true :-)
@@user-us4vr3fq6ithat’s the most dead brained thing I’ve heard
One of the best songs ever made. I still stand by that. Hasn't aged at all
Absolutel classic timeless 👌👌
It's number 1 for me without a shadow of a doubt, PIL are one of my favourite ever bands though!!!
@@englishorchard-haze4708 I love Poptones!!!
It is ace isn't it. Did he base his stage act on Larry's Richard III ?
Top 3 post-punk song of all time
I'd never heard such a distinctive guitar sound as this back in 1978. The Edge owes it all to Keith.
And a nod of acknowledgement to Will Sargeant from Echo & the Bunnymen
@@andrewphippsphillips1455 F**k off pal,Echo and were f**king shit.U2 are in the top league.The Joshua tree and Achtung Baby are two of the best albums of all time
@@andrewphippsphillips1455Most Definitely
@@andrewphippsphillips1455I Love Echo & the Bunny Men, Over the Wall. Best Bunnymen Tune IMO 🤔
Yeah I can really hear the influence this had on the Edge for sure. Good call!
RIP Keith Levene. His distinctive guitar sound makes this song one of the greats.
Written and recorded 40 years ago. And still sounds so modern... That guitar riff is the reason.
Wasn’t this the first one they released? The mind plays tricks these days but I am sure it was.
It's all of it; lyrics, vocals, guitar, bass, drums, no use separating them but together it's timeless genius.
the reason it sounds so modern is because the actual guitaring was a take of Steve Howes guitar work on a song by the geniuses of 'YES' called 'Starship Trooper' by Keiths own admission, have a listen.....
th-cam.com/video/VNCjQ1SulDI/w-d-xo.html
@@oleggorky906 You're Correct..
@@niad5630 👍 Thanks. I thought so.
3.08 of relentless propulsion. It's so tense from beginning to end. Not a second is wasted. Bass, drums and guitar are killing it in every second. Lydon's finest moment and the best British single of 1978 by a long fucking way.
Second to Wuthering Heights
@@richardbrooks50 absolutely - Kate's voice and playing was extraordinary and even Lydon knows that
One of the best songs of the 1970's!
@@JfK--OBJECTivE you work for the un peacekeepers i take it
Nah this shits on kate bush especially now shes assoicated with stranger things running up that hill was wicked compared to wuthering heights the hooks are all there but sorry its something about stranger things really put me off
Rotten, one of the most forward thinking and bravest artists of the last 50 years. They don't make them like that no more.
get realhave a good think about your comment yes they do make them like that any more actualy
Christopher Raffell Can you give me names? I'd love to check out any new great artists I don't know of. Closest to Rotten I can think of right now is maybe Kanye West.
no sorry there is so much talent today thanks to media and globalisation people allways like to thinkin the past was true but if you think pil are anything like kayne west your misstaken try william
He hawked butter.
boknowsbaseball so what !
That bass, that guitar, the venom in that voice ...
Levine and Wobble are very underrated guitar players.
The drums are as equal and excellent and driving the march of the beat with menace and precission timing.
Is it Wobble ? Definitely not Allan Dias ...
@@22Bruinsdude Jah Wobble is the coolest dude. You don't mistake the Wobble.
Don't forget "Those drums..."
Keith Levenes guitar work in this song is so under rated. There is one bass line that plays thru the entire song (great one too), but there is no verse, chorus, bridge or middle 8 like most songs. The song moves along thru Levenes amazing use of chords and rhythm on the guitar. He flavors the song with brilliant guitar work. So many players could learn from his style.
kortick50 ..
Haha, what are you talking about? its like the most simple guitar stuff ever..
kortick50 Great song.....but everything about this is very simple. The guitar parts are a piece of piss. Any half decent guitar player could learn and play this in no time at all. .....I know I did.
kortick50 spot on fella
SuperEdge67 So what? Just because it’s simple doesn’t mean it don’t kick ass!
The bass line is prefect. Just perfect. Not too much, not too little. Just what the song needs. The bassist looks badass too
That is Jah Wobble, who is a fuckin' LEGEND.
Jah Wobbles solo work is also amazing, really varied discography. Loads to love whether you’re in to punk, new wave, dub or industrial.
He was badass. Literally, back then: a lot of people were scared of him, rightly or wrongly, because he was something of a fighter and at that time also had major alcohol problems - which he very honestly describes in his autobiography.
Can't believe this song still gives me goosebumps, and hardly ever failed to.
How much I love Keith's guitar sound, and Wobble's "impossible bass" lines.
Not to mention John's voice, simply sublime.
Wobble and lydon game over
I was a 78er, best punk song apart the light shines out of me.
@@johnvine3985you mean the great magazine song?😊
@@Bavodekat yep.
It’s September 2020. The need for some great music bought me here.
2021!!!!!!!
Me too
And in 21 !!!
Yes 2021 and 52 just had the best flash back ever
A classic single heralding the birth of post punk and a mandatory contender for my top ten. Keith Levene delivers one of the greatest riffs ever with Wobble in the drivers seat and Lydon in peerless form. Fantastic. It blew me away when I first heard it on initial release and still does. Timeless and exemplifies the vacuity of current chart music. Goodbye
WEll said
Don’t listen to chart music. There’s an underground post punk scene right now which genuinely might be as great as that of the late 70s/80s
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Absolutely agree .👍
I was 13 in 1978.....this song meant everything.....
Just listened again, first time since 1980. Sounds just as exciting today.
Me too 13 in '78
The best thing Lydon ever did, absolutely brilliant.
Well... No it's not the first thing he did
@@mtvso8000 he said best not first thing
@@HostileLemons oh I must've read that wrong haha sorry
Next to the country life butter ads
Rise is better
One of the best guitar riffs of all time. What a comeback for Lydon after the pistols with this truly great song.
He never went away. This was a tremendous followup!
You're kidding, right?
@@Helena-xu4lq Is who kidding about what?
Quite possibly one of the finest Punk singles of all time.
Post-punk 🙂
@@anorakus8272 Always considered this the PIL Punk single after he left the Sex Pistols all the rest was Post-Punk.
@@anorakus8272Yeah, post-*punk* singles
It's obvious where those U2 riffs first came from.
Everybody rips riffs.
It's true though, it has been argued that Keith Levene invented the style that made The Edge a very rich man.
Chris Jay Becker
he totally did haha
The riff from I Will Follow always reminded me of this song :p
is it realy obviousmicheal angelo lolyou little copy cat comment maker you high fiveangelo
Jah Wobble is so chill, just sitting in a chair playing bass.
he couldn't play standing up
@@budlightdrinkeriswear it's a little more difficult to play standing up
They had to duck tape him onto the chair so he didn't start to walk off and swear at the other band members.
@@budlightdrinkeriswear Because he learned bass sitting down. That's the story.
Bought this single when I was a 15 year old part-time punk living in the suburbs. For me, this song still stands up 40 years on. It's simplicity, power, anger and beauty have not dimmed. If anything the lyrics are even more pertinent today than when they were written in 1978. The bass is a work of the simplest genius.
R.I.P Mr Keith Levene ,such a talented musician 🎸🔥🔥
Rest in PiL! Keith Levene, founding guitarist dead at age 65. 🎸 His riff on this song .....
Very cool....That bass intro is awesome
joy division, siouxsie and the banshees, pil... this is it
amen!
pls don't kill me for adding the cure, bauhaus and magazine to that list.
And Killing Joke. Never forget Killing Joke.
i don't want this to become pointlessly long list, but New Order must be added.
For you and you don't speak for me!
In my opinion John Lyndon is one of the best 20th century singer song writers out there. Think he speaks for the common man 👍🏼😃
British music is the best music, greetings from Dalmatia
You are so right. (69yr old brit,)
The yanks like to take credit for everything but they're full of shit
I saw Croatia play at euro 96 and their fans were awesome
Proof that chaos can breed perfection.
A swirling, hypnotic masterpiece, P.I.L. invented Post Punk with this. Lydon's dance and diatribe is incomparable.
Dance&Diatribe...Good name for an album.
@@davidmatthews3131 Dance, Chants and Diatribe. Now that would be an awesome album. 😂
Keith Levene and Jah Wobble. Does not get better than this. Timeless greatness.
Is Keith the skinny hippy looking guitarist at the Glastonbury concert? I love the guitar sound on this song...
Rest in Peace Keith Levene. Your guitarsound is absolutely amazing
"I will not be treated as property"
Those words resonated back then and I still hold them dear.
I still have this on vinyl! It's a stonkingly great song from a great band and artist! Sad to hear that John's wife Nora has Alzheimer's. John has given a very moving interview in the Mail about that. The Sex Pistols were a big part of the soundtrack to my youth. I want to send out POSITIVITY and GOOD VIBES to John and Nora.
That guitar sound was a complete precursor to The Edge`s style in U2
I remember him saying he was influenced by this.
Courtesy of Keith Levene
Just a great song , one of the best . The driving bass , the melodic shards of guitar , coruscating lyrics and delivery . Is there anything better? Not much.
The Clash.
the whole discography of the sex pistols 😭 i just don't like pil that much
My god, the power of music! The sound of this song made the last 30 years of my life flash back into my mind. Thank you PiL for a trippin flash back! But why do I hold back these tears and my chest has gone tight? Feelings I have repressed from a time long ago. Pain, Love, Angst, Fear, Anger. The shortness of life, we are all here for a reason, find it and do what makes you the person you are. The power of music to take a person back in time to another place and see your journey in full perceptive. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Music literally allows you to time travel!
I'm fast approaching 61... But I still listen to the bands that made an imprint in my brain that will not fade. I will listen to 'Real Music' until the grave. Rotten Rocks Big Time....
And me to mate I'm 61 and saw the pistols the stranglers as a punk in 1976 the best time ever was all at the London clubs watching the bands.
Jah Wobble's bass line intro grabs you from the get go! This is Brilliant!
It's fucking glorious in every sense possible. Always was and always will be.
Lys - well said!!!
yep!
Bit like yourself woman, great song though
Who Are You ?
'Hello'
'Goodbye'
Its doesn't get any better than this boys and girls
😸
My generation great
Agreed
Yep totally.... or shouldn't that be "guys and gals" ?
really ... okay
RIP Keith, one of the most underrated guitarists ever, this riff man 👌
one of the most underrated songs from the 1970's .. so so good
If you play guitar, you know exactly just how innovative these early punk and New Wave compositions were!
Something simple is not so simple: it's a masterpiece.
Keith Levene's guitar riff is maybe the most original and simplest. I love it for the first time I heard this brilliant song in 1979. My life means nothing without it!
RIP Keith Levene an absolute visionary guitarist
One of the very best songs ever. Absolutely amazing tune.
Probably one of the best Bass intros of all time. The rest is up there as well ta boot. Was a late teen at the time and clearly remember this for the first time. Rottens voice and the most well structured noise anybody has ever created
1978. Russel Club, Hulme. This song blasting out of the building as I approached. Brilliant.
A fine piece of Shakespearean rock teathre. John Lyndon is absolute genius and PIL amazing band. This is pure art.
I agree!
RIP Keith Levene. What a loss for music. 😥
I agree
Wow, this has aged so well. He was (and still is) way ahead of his time. John is the voice of a generation.
"the public image belongs to me, its my entrance to my own creation my grand finale my good bye" dunno about anyone else but these lyrics are powerful to me
One of my favourite pieces of music from the 1970s. I can listen to this and Anarchy in the UK on repeat.
*Timeless genius* 💜 Some still bleat about Lydon doing TV ads - to finance studio time, so what; not like he was an arms dealer, or estate agent - But they can't cope with him not being their caged pet punk, actually having a mind of his own. He's still as true as he ever was & they hate that..
Wish I could add another like everytime I watch this.
I went back through the last 2 days comments.
The guitar on this is absolutely unforgettable
on its own.
Another plug pulled from this mortal amplifier.
Rest in Noise Keith Levene.
Thank you so much Keith!
Without rupture and transgression, there is no evolution in anything in life!
Thank you for your music and chords!
Cheers from Brazil!
One of the things I love so much about this song is that the lyrics have meaning. They actually sat down and wrote a song and sang it. I've heard so many songs lately that are just one or two sentences repeated over and over and they don't mean anything.
The lyrics are more so true today, than when the song was written. Image is everything in life, to most people, but the people who break the mould and make their own image,and do not conform, are the real people of this world.
John Lydon sings his Open Letter to Malcolm McLaren.
That is me
I see how it fits superficiality of social media like Facebook and Instagram. It's all about your public image anyway
Indeed!
Best thing ever pressed to 7" Vinyl. Keith Levene is proper stand out, that Veleno Guitar with him playing is awesome. 2:31 sec is amazing 🙂
To come out of the starting blocks with a song this great is pretty bloody seldom seen. Lydon cast off the Pistols and his former image with this manifesto of intent, but the music! My God, nothing sounded this powerful since early punk made us sit up and listen. Levine's amazing Eastern guitar, Walker's krautrock drum beat and perhaps the most important element, Wobble's dub loop bass line. Genius.
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Got to be one of the best intros ever.
Yep superb intro
I love the way the band projects the I dont give a fuck attitude in this song. Pure brilliance.
Sounds fantastic...from the word go right through to the end....bags of balls....bags of attitude and great impact the music has on me here.
This is one of their most underrated songs for sure.
I still love it
RIP Keith Levene. Gone too soon. Such a good sound.
This Is One of the most beautiful Guitar sound I ever Heard .
I doubt I've ever been as happy about anything in my life, as I am about having lived my teenage years through this era. I was thirteen when this came out, and can still remember buying the newspaper-clad single and monopolising my parent''s record player for weeks after.
You never listen to a word that I said
You only seen me
For the clothes that I wear
Or did the interest go so much deeper
Imust have been
The colour of my hair
CHORUS
Public image
What you wanted was never made clear
Behind the image was ignorance and fear
You hide behind this public machine
Still follow same old scheme
CHORUS
Two sides to every story
Somebody had to stop me
I'm not the same as when I began
I will not be treated as property
CHORUS
Public image you got what you wanted
Public image belongs to me
It's my entrance
My own creation
My grand finale
My goodbye
"It's not a game of monopoly!"
You're a legend for the providing the lyrics. Thanks friend!
All time classic. Still sends shivers down the backbone. Teenage angst on steroids.
A Glorious Noise. Anyone hearing it for the first time would just think it was made today. The most ageless song ever.
What a group, what a sound. I’m not a big guitar fan but that boy could Play!!!
Thanks Keith. Sometimes this was the only jukebox track worth playing.
Is this the best 3 mins of music...ever?
This song deserves to be heard.
Started as a guitarist is a punk band many yrs ago and finished as a jazz musician. Still revisit punk though, happy memories.
This was Public Image Ltd’s greatist debut song ! I still love it !John Lydon was so graat ! : ) - jon fisher
Два в одном. Ю ту сэкс пистолс
One of the best new wave tunes.
Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand. A totally profound moment in time, it was fabulous then, but most probably even better now, superb sounds. I can remember watching Public Image, perform live on Top of the Pops (BBC1) during the late 70's, when these guys first released this trademark song. It's true the whole British Punk Rock scene, will go down in history as being a time of rebellious young individuals (there where so many fabulous groups) If truth be known we all enjoyed being different, mixed together with it's unusual lyrics & explosive fast paced music. I guess it's ingrained in our DNA. Long live British Culture. Freedom & Peace, always.
Can't think of a better place to pop by and pay my respects to Keith. This single was a defining musical moment for this teenager back in '78, and unlike me, never gets old. The melodious B-side "Cowboy Song" was always good if you needed an endless cough track. 😼
Voice, lead, bass and drums. So much sound from so little. Probably only the Jam managed that level.
Seen John on his latest tour 2023 and he was bloody brilliant.His vocals and the arrangmenrs to the songs were fantastic..At 65 he,s still got IT..
The greatest guitar riff , the greatest lyrics ever recorded and the greatest performance ever by John Lydon.
Doesn't get any better than this. R.I.P Keith Levene. ❤
Absolutely, I totally agree. It’s one of the finest songs ever written. I remember first listening to this on Top Of The Pops and it made me sit out of my chair and 40 + years later, it still does.
Excelente banda !!!! Desde Tandil Argentina ..ojala consuman esta música las personas😝👏👏👏👏
Keith Levene R.I.P. Unmistakable & unique guitar sound & tone on the early P.I.L records. God bless you fella.
Rest in peace mister Keith Levine. The sound of Post Punk.
Nah the sound of post punk is Joy Division
RIP indeed Keith, one of my heroes, from a time when music meant something!!!! And Jah Wobble also legendary, in fact with John Lydon it doesn't get much better does it!!!!
It certainly don't mate
I had forgotten just how good this was, everything there was needed, not one note too many
R.I.P. Keith Levene
80s music blueprint - guitar sound, oversized jacket, movement - in 1978
Some of PIL's intro's are insane. This, Annalisa, Under The House, Careering, Banging The Door, and many many others. I've loved PIL since 1978.
Me and you together...How he can tour again after his personal loss is breathtaking. Looking forward to the new album...End of world...I am convinced an album to pay tribute to Nora but also have other meaning's.
In my top ten of all time is this song, never changed in decades, utter quality.
Keith Levene.....REST IN POWER
Simple, perfect and timeless.
Simply a perfect song, the essence of post punk, smart, intellectual, critical, brilliant bass line, brilliant guitar riffs, Lydon's inimitable voice. It doesn't get better than this. It's up there with other Platonic essences like Tomorrow Never Knows or GBV's Gold Star for Robot Boy.
Genius song , still so magic after all this time.
Absolute snarling,aggressive,intelligent beast of a song. ..as good as it possibly gets.