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John Lydon: can anyone else smell the corpses?
Of course, he could just be trying to be ironic, but we suspect that John Lydon really doesn't see that The Police reunion and the latest in a long line of anniversary get-togethers by the Sex Pistols are the same thing. Lydon rails against The Police:
"That's really a reformation, isn't it but, honestly, that's like soggy old dead carcasses. You know listening to Stink try to squeak through 'Roxanne' one more time, that's not fun. It's like letting air out of a balloon."
Whereas hearing a tubby estate agent trying to pogo his way through Anarchy In The UK would be... what, exactly, Lydon? At least Sting never pretended to be anything other than a dull old conformist.
Meanwhile, NME.com is embarking on a pointless bid to get God Save The Queen to number one:
The song was reportedly denied the top spot when it was originally released way back in 1977 because authorities didn't want the band's punk sentiment to jar with the Queen's Jubilee that year.
As the single is reissued on seven-inch vinyl to celebrate its 30th anniversary, we are calling on all fans to buy or download it during the week beginning October 8 and hopefully we can send it back up the charts, where it rightfully belongs.
As the single is reissued on seven-inch vinyl to celebrate its 30th anniversary, we are calling on all fans to buy or download it during the week beginning October 8 and hopefully we can send it back up the charts, where it rightfully belongs.
Perhaps it rightfully belonged at number one in 1977, but in what way does it have a claim to be number one in 2007? Besides, the record missed out on the number one slot not because of some Authoritarian sleight of hand, but because a number of chart return shops refused to stock the record, costing it sales.
Indeed, had the Sex Pistols really been as outrageous and shocking as they wished to be, it's arguable being in enough shops to get to number two was the failure they should worry about, not the missing out on number one.
9 comments:
man, how many times have nme tried to get god save the queen 'back up the charts'? give it a fucking rest!
Come now, come now. When big bad Johnny R has a witty joke us his sleeve like referring to Sting as, get this, 'Stink' how can you not lov e 'im?
The difference is that the Pistols were genuinely original, whereas the Police were tired "rock/reggae" then just as they are now. The other difference is that Lydon is interesting whereas Sting is an insufferable wanker THEN and NOW.
Got your Sting poster up have you? Want some tissues?
God Save The Queen WAS actually the no.1 selling single in June 1977, the people responsible for the charts and the BBC changed the charts so that the fuckwit public wouldn't be offended.
As well you know, so fuck off you brainless fucking twat.
yes, God Save The Queen WAS the no. 1 selling single 30 years ago. Sending a song irrelevant to youth today one more tired time up the charts is THE best way to Stick It To The Man. And launch another creaky reunion tour.....
it wasnt even as good as pretty green either
The Pistols genuinely original?? Now much as I used to love them when I was 16, even I have to acknowledge that the music is taken straight from the Stooges/Dolls template with nary a twist employed to make it their own. Lydon's lyrics are the only original element. The Police on the other hand, love em or hate em, er, INVENTED rock/reggae, which may seem tired now but at the time was such a new idea that countless people copied it.
Sting and his fecking lute or Lydon and his now rather tedious carping? I think I'd like to put them both in Room 101 please Paul.
Anonymous 9.20pm:
No, no it wasn't number one. And if the BBC and the British Market Research Bureau had been in cahoots to prevent "offending" people by mention of the single, why would they place it at number two? Are Royalists only offended by the record at number one in any given week?
It's fun to think that there might have been some top-level conspiracy, but it doesn't really stack up.
Actually Duckie, to a huge extent you're wrong.
Yes, Johnny Thunders influence can be heard on Never Mind The Bollocks, as can a touch of Eddie Cochran...but that's about all.
The Pistols were variously huge fans of The Faces, The Who, Roxy Music, Hawkwind and Alice Cooper. How much of that do you hear in their original compositions? None.
Now go listen to the New York Dolls...what do you hear? The Rolling Stones. Blatantly.
No band is truly original, but the Pistols were far more original than most. You also have to view the music within it's original context to understand exactly why they earned the label as originators.
And The Stooges? The Pistols covered 'No Fun'....as a B-Side. That hardly makes them the Stooge-copyists you claim. There's zero James Williamson or Iggy Pop influence to be heard in their original material....which is odd, as Steve Jones said he taught himself to play after locking himself in his room for 2 weeks with some amphetamines and a copy of Raw Power....
Still, I won't hold your incorrect attitude against you. You're 16. Got a lot to learn....
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