Not in this video it isn't. His 70's original Sex Pistols voice was unique. His PIL voice is not so good. He has sang in his PIL voice ever since. Hearing him singing Pistols songs in that PIL voice is awful. His Sex Pistols voice disappeared in 1978.
My favourite pistols song. Top of the pops night (thursday) in 1977 happened to be my youth club night and we all sneaked off to the school library where the telly was to watch the pistols on totp. Blew all us teenagers away!
It's not good enough to just say it's brilliant... nooooo.... it has to be "absolutely" brilliant, huh? Truly, one of the most overused words on TH-cam.
I used to play bass in a covers band. We were good, not great and played this as the last song in the second set and really turned up the sound. Bought the house down!
Actually, the Damned released their first record slightly before the pistols. But they were definitely the band that brought it to the public eye. I was just 8 years old in 1977. And I adored this band. Still do.
Hello Mr. Carlo! Yeah man, I was about ten when I saw the Sex Pistols on TV in 1977 and they scared me! But a few years later I was rocking Bollocks and went from there! Still a great record! All Hail The Pistols!
They completely fucked up not only the establishment but also the tired "Led Zep" music press who hadnt a clue what was happening. The most important band in music history...
Probably won't happen because John recently sued the other three because of the Danny Boyle film "Pistol" and while they all get along they can't stand John's narcissistic, self-important personality.
nah plenty old dudes still rock especially with how advanced technology has become the stuff you can to on stage is near unlimited but the Pistols dont need all that Just a beautiful guitar with loud drums and I think John has just kept the "Rotten" voice in his back pocket and can pull it out whenever and its just as electrifying and ear grabbing as it was in 1977
Next time you say "fuck the BBC, why the fuck should I pay for a television licence??", just remember this piece of absolute quality brilliance. The Wildhearts rock on forever... ✌️
Dont think the Americans can understand the indept cultural and psycholigal gravity of such an incredable song born out of the socio economic conditions of britian of the late 70s put now as they are experiencing similar conditions their is hope they will soon.
completelly agree! they have their Richard Hell and Marky Ramone as the only two arguments they can use against the statement that Sex Pistols started it all. And I think these arguments are invalid..
f thatcher, we understood nixonford and the path to reagan. the difference was conservative britain is a linen closet compared to the revanchist airport that is amerikka: the sound that blew up England got lost in the airspace of billy joel-land
My good maxbillie. I imagine you to be quite young though I confess I may be wrong. Do give a listen to the Stooges (Iggy Pop) 1967, New York Dolls 1971 and the Ramones 1974 who gave birth to the Sex Pistols and punk in the UK. There were others as well but this should give you a good start.
Lydon wrote this song to bypass UK censors. He wanted to use the word c-u-n-t on TV and wrote Pretty Va-c-u-n-t. You have to admire someone who challenges the establishment. He still does to this day.
Beautiful tune.The whole fuckin album is mint,from Jamie Reid (RIP) artwork on the album cover to all the songs inside.Punk started with these guys folks.From the Expletive on the Album title to the banned gigs and the blanked out number one God Save the Queen.
@@paulbrown8402 spot on, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock were all decent musicians. Johnny Rotten proved during his PIL days he could sing - only Sidney Vicious was a pretender.
Somos a turma que mais fuma maconha . Somos todos bêbados e não temos vergonha . E o nosso lema dizia assim: - fuma e bebe, não pensa em trabalhar . Fuma e bebe, queremos é descansar 😎🍺🍺
Many people would dispute whether the asexuals were actually the "founders" of the punk rock movement. They were the "first" mainstream to capitalize on the subcultural genre.
nobody associated with the celibate derringers except mcclaren made the claim you're "first"ing; but if they were MAINSTREAM why were they so reviled by Kapital's senescient status quo ?
John Lydon`s voice in the last verse of "Anarchy in the UK" is the best punk-sound this world has to offer
punk music and his aesthetics and character started with them
I love that Lydon always seems so incensed and annoyed but in reality it’s steeped in humor.
Yeah he is a great actor
Thank God for Glenn on bass.
nowhere near as good as Vicious, though
And lead and everything else. He did the music.
Glenn Matlock ftw m8
@@peterobbo7512 but sid vicious was the star
These guys are immortal.
Yeah but the Ramones are The epitome.
@J. Adams fuck the Ramones. Discharge and sex pistols define punk. I'm American and still I cede the punk legacy to the Brits
Np they are jealous of the cĺlash
Immoral..ya say..😂
This isnt the real johnnie rotten.
A 10yr old's mind was blown back in 1977, and I still listen to them all the time today in my mid 50s
I agree I was 13 then and 60 now, one of my three favourite bands.... effing iconic
The best rock n roll band in the world. Proper
Lydon has turned into Rik from the Young Ones
😆I think he`d find that comment amusing
Jonesy is the soul of this band, brothers.
and Rotten is the mind
Yes
It's the drummer.
Saw this a couple of years ago - just watching it again. What a voice!
Lydon's voice is one of the most fascinating in the history of popular music.
Same year, full Brixton show;
th-cam.com/video/o_SQI9kgqIc/w-d-xo.html
Not in this video it isn't. His 70's original Sex Pistols voice was unique. His PIL voice is not so good. He has sang in his PIL voice ever since. Hearing him singing Pistols songs in that PIL voice is awful. His Sex Pistols voice disappeared in 1978.
@@BillyJango ok, BillyJackoff👌
@@sentimentalbloke185 But it is true.
@@BillyJango my word, little one, you certainly take your own opinion very, very, seriously 🤐
It’s a great tune. Pretty Vacant & London Calling by the Clash were two of the great songs of that era.
My favourite pistols song. Top of the pops night (thursday) in 1977 happened to be my youth club night and we all sneaked off to the school library where the telly was to watch the pistols on totp. Blew all us teenagers away!
That made me smile. When i first heard the band name back in the day i said, "Thats my new favorite band!"
1977 a great year. Now I'm just old😢
Love them they are just awesome !!!
The raw heaviness of Steve Jones' tone is unbelievable. So distinctive and he doesn't move his wrist or hand so much - it's just him. Incredible.
Agree with you 100%
That was fantastic.
so dreary is the new fantastic, then
Absolutely brilliant
It's not good enough to just say it's brilliant... nooooo.... it has to be "absolutely" brilliant, huh? Truly, one of the most overused words on TH-cam.
They’re crap
I was in the audience. Taped at CBS Television City at Fairfax & Beverly.
I used to play bass in a covers band. We were good, not great and played this as the last song in the second set and really turned up the sound. Bought the house down!
Best intro, those drums.
Cook is a class drummer
Brilliant as usual!
Actually, the Damned released their first record slightly before the pistols. But they were definitely the band that brought it to the public eye. I was just 8 years old in 1977. And I adored this band. Still do.
you know the Buzzcocks?
you can't have been adoring the pistols at 8?
The Ramones blew the Dammed away.
Or the Modern Lovers or Iggy Pop or The Velvet Underground or The Kinks.
Thank you so much and God bless you a million times for posting this.
What a beautiful song he has just written for his beloved wife.
Totally agree. Hair on my arms stood up the first time I heard it. Brilliant song.
i didn't know that ...
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Hawaii (PIL) is beautiful. And in a completelly different way, Pretty Vacant is beautiful. Lydon is a giant. A hero,
He is a prime example of what it really is to be a Man
Yes agree 👍
One of the best records, ever!
Seeing them at 9 years old for the first time on late-night news in 1977, I was scared. I thought the punks were all coming to get us. I was right!
Hello Mr. Carlo! Yeah man, I was about ten when I saw the Sex Pistols on TV in 1977 and they scared me! But a few years later I was rocking Bollocks and went from there! Still a great record! All Hail The Pistols!
Still brilliant!!!
The Pistols absolute fookn class
They completely fucked up not only the establishment but also the tired "Led Zep" music press who hadnt a clue what was happening. The most important band in music history...
I know there is no money in recording music any more but wish The Sex Pistols could give touring one more chance..
Steve Jones is dead.
@@billymack333 ...he should be..but he is not.
Probably won't happen because John recently sued the other three because of the Danny Boyle film "Pistol" and while they all get along they can't stand John's narcissistic, self-important personality.
one of the few bands that can continue to rock even old
We are fukin' CRAP! And who does care?? Sex Pistols 4evah!
nah plenty old dudes still rock especially with how advanced technology has become the stuff you can to on stage is near unlimited but the Pistols dont need all that Just a beautiful guitar with loud drums and I think John has just kept the "Rotten" voice in his back pocket and can pull it out whenever and its just as electrifying and ear grabbing as it was in 1977
And we don't CAAAAaaaaaaaare !!!
utterly brilliant!
Magnificent.
Next time you say "fuck the BBC, why the fuck should I pay for a television licence??", just remember this piece of absolute quality brilliance. The Wildhearts rock on forever... ✌️
Can Kenneth introduce me wherever I go?
Great band. Cookie playing his heart out, as usual.
One of the best in the business, he is the driving beat behind the lunacy
I saw them in Manchester uk around this time. Great gig
An Irish man, a Scotsman and some Englishmen walked into America………..no joke.
Whos Scottish?
@@GG-ml3vr the host is Craig Ferguson. He is Scottish.
Lydons English with Irish parents
@@charlie421 Pretty much. Not Irish.
Love it !
I'm glad they had a comeback for Glen Matlock, a great bass player and a nice bloke all round!. I still love Sid though!
Dont think the Americans can understand the indept cultural and psycholigal gravity of such an incredable song born out of the socio economic conditions of britian of the late 70s put now as they are experiencing similar conditions their is hope they will soon.
completelly agree! they have their Richard Hell and Marky Ramone as the only two arguments they can use against the statement that Sex Pistols started it all. And I think these arguments are invalid..
f thatcher, we understood nixonford and the path to reagan. the difference was conservative britain is a linen closet compared to the revanchist airport that is amerikka: the sound that blew up England got lost in the airspace of billy joel-land
les meilleurs ! des groupes de rock anglais ........je les adore .................
"Bloated" yes.
Oucch!!
the best and only punk band !!! SEX PISTOLS
You mustn't have ever heard The Damned then.
@@careful...Icarus HAHAHAHAHAA
Ramones
@@WillieDuitt1 this not punk
My good maxbillie. I imagine you to be quite young though I confess I may be wrong. Do give a listen to the Stooges (Iggy Pop) 1967, New York Dolls 1971 and the Ramones 1974 who gave birth to the Sex Pistols and punk in the UK. There were others as well but this should give you a good start.
Lyndon knows how to deliver a song ✌️
I’ve been waiting years to see that again.
Flat out EPIC!
John Lydon best interview in history
Man....seeing them live in 1996 was a dream come true.
awww, you went to Filthy LUcre? niceeeee.
Lydon wrote this song to bypass UK censors. He wanted to use the word c-u-n-t on TV and wrote Pretty Va-c-u-n-t. You have to admire someone who challenges the establishment. He still does to this day.
Glen Matlock wrote the enitire song, including the lyrics.
Old great music
Music that spans 3 generations easy.
Fucking powerfull band in this World …. Lydon is a genius
Beautiful tune.The whole fuckin album is mint,from Jamie Reid (RIP) artwork on the album cover to all the songs inside.Punk started with these guys folks.From the Expletive on the Album title to the banned gigs and the blanked out number one God Save the Queen.
I sex pistols sono stati il mio primo gruppo punk ascoltato..avevo una loro toppa cucita nel giubotto
Grandiii
Always be the song that woke up a generation 😱.
I believe the Ramones first record was in 1974 .
And so what, they were nothing like the sexpistols
don't get defensive ,they were both good. @@matthewjdouglas6471
Ramones invented punk rock. And if ramones didnt exist will Johnny rotten sell fish and chips
Blitzkrieg Bop 1976, same year as Anarchy In The UK. Both great bands but not even similar.
@achilleus1974
Utter bollocks.
The pistols would've happened whether the Ramones existed or not
Sounded great! 'Pistols play their instruments too well now. Maybe when they hit their mid 70s they'll be back to the original sound.........
Only Sid was a musical dunce
@@paulbrown8402 spot on, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock were all decent musicians. Johnny Rotten proved during his PIL days he could sing - only Sidney Vicious was a pretender.
Pretty Excellent!
Cookie is the best!
Mi cancion favorita de los sex pistols
They are the best.🧷
Rik Mayall
Cookie... you make me dance anywhere, anytime!
3:17 moves like Jagger. ....JOHN IS SO FKN COOL
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Paul Cook sounds great on drums as well.
The Alley Chicago Needs To Bring In Punk T-shirts Vive le Rock Little Richard Version Because Of Sid Vicious
This is no crabb this is art, like them honost saying doing whas a heavy time in Dodrecht wauw man
Le punk anarchy le punk provocateur le vrai punk dans toute sa splendeur se sont les sex pistols
Fucking awesome.
Smokin!!!
craig called them the sexy pistols - and fat is this years slim - fking brilliant
This cover band is very good. I have watched their videos since 2021 and i've enjoyed too much.
Still think it's brilliant hiw Johnny got away with the C word 👏 👌
Badass pure class .
The fucking gun’s n roses of punk rock!
so who are the pistols of narcissusrock?
Gut!!
Crazy seeing old fat dudes playing punk rock but this is probably the best they ever played, all the energy is still there. The bass sounds great.
good
Vive le Rock
A glorious racket
美しい
Somos a turma que mais fuma maconha . Somos todos bêbados e não temos vergonha . E o nosso lema dizia assim: - fuma e bebe, não pensa em trabalhar . Fuma e bebe, queremos é descansar 😎🍺🍺
Seen them in 1996 at Great woods in Manfield, ma. with Stabbing Westward.
Jhon Lydon .. Sid .. Sex Pistols are crap? I don't fuckin' care!
I don't think that introduction was long enough.
Best band.Ever.
Wow they're big. Literally.
Some things do not get better with age.
Did Johnny rotten eat Johnny rotten
Pistols, absolutely mega!👍 Their Brixton 2005 anniversary performance was the best🖕
2007
Why do anti establishment punk rock bands from England bring out the English flag? Its the symbol of that class which oppresses.
what the hell are you raving about? the flag is religious in origin, not class based
Many people would dispute whether the asexuals were actually the "founders" of the punk rock movement. They were the "first" mainstream to capitalize on the subcultural genre.
nobody associated with the celibate derringers except mcclaren made the claim you're "first"ing; but if they were MAINSTREAM why were they so reviled by Kapital's senescient status quo ?
Band playing very well, but Lyndon overdoing the vocals a little..
The Ramones were the first Punk band by years.
velvet underground by eons
The riff in this was taken from an ABBA song
It was indeed...SOS
I like SOS 🤓
It just is.......
They are friends of mine I’m fuming at this summary as well
Eu conheci Jonh o dersodeiro ele anarquisava o mundo inteiro era cara mais punk que conheci ele agitava como nunca vi G.Podres
They're Templars. Explains a lot
"They burst onto the scene in 1977" - eh, no they didn't...