bearmassaro I would never put the words “blunt” and “intelligence” together. “Sharp” is the adjective for me. But, ah, thinking here, perhaps you mean “blunt” as in “honest, saying it like it is”? Well, no matter. Mr Lydon is brilliant!
He's really lucky to have survived meningitis, many kids don't. I can understand his hatred of liars, if you have a blank mind you need the truth to get better you're so vulnerable.
VERY well said, Michelle...& the mortality rate back then, in the '60s & in his impoverished circumstances, was EVEN WORSE than it is now. I'd not actually thought of his dependence upon the truth, even more than most kids, due to his severe illness & resultant memory loss.
There's only a few artists who put an unconscious smile on my face - either through their wit, honesty or outlook (or all of the above). Lydon is one of them.
+sennikram. And hopefully he will be every bit as opinionated, forthright & wise as is Mr John Lydon, my friend! He could do FAR, FAR worse than being like him IMO.
John is so much more approachable and enjoying life these days, really glad to see him finally enjoying his impact on music and able to finally appreciate good qualities in others.. He has very insightful perspectives that deserve a broad audience
I saw John Lydon at the Cheltenham Literature Festival last year and he was the most interesting and captivating speaker i think i've ever seen. Great interview here too :)
@Twisted Fister i will be honest with you im not sure what i liked at that time lol probably to many drugs inbetween thats fried my brains out lol sex pistols never my thing but love the way john lydon s way of thinking
After seeing him doing an interview on a chat show about John when he was asked about his meningitis, the effect that it had on his memory and it resonated with me. I had autoimmune encephalitis 8 or 9 years ago which affects the brain and the memory in a similar way so I could relate to what he said about trying to regain his memories. It’s not bloody easy and has profound effects on all ways of life, I’m going to have to find his book (it’s amongst my other books) and read it again.
I think many people do not realise how rich he is...he is always going on about how poor he is, how PIL can't afford to make a record, PIL are in debt to the record company and so on..it's just lies....he lives a very very comfortable life with Nora Forster..they don't have to worry about the rent
Against all odds, he's added to humanity as a whole and made us feel status quo doesn't define who we are. Brave, bold, intellectual and quite humorous.
JOHNNY IS SO DELIGHTFUL. HE'S CHARMING AND VERY INTELLIGENT. HE'S WORKED SO HARD AND HE'S NEVER COMPROMISED HIMSELF OR HIS MUSIC FOR ANYONE OR ANYTHING. EXTREMELY ADMIRABLE. ❤ LOVE JOHNNY. HE'S ENDURED SO MUCH HEART ACHE AND LOSS IN HIS LIFE AND HE KEEPS ON GOING, ❤. 💔😢.
what a great genuine bloke, when i was in jail there was not a great selection of books and i ended up with Malcolm Mclarens autobiography and enjoyed it alot, he said that when they went to America he had to keep locking them on the bus to keep them from fucking up, he said they stopped at a diner, a cowboy who was in there with his wife and child after his wife and child had left came over to the table. he went up to sid and sneered,"sid vicious" and put out his cigarette on his own hand, he said sid didnt even look up at him, picked up a knife and slashed his own hand open and just carried on eating
I was left handed, had a Jewish mother and red hair. I was the devil incarnate. I got the wooden ruler of correction across my knuckles and forced to write with my right hand. Today I write with my right hand and do everything else left handed. I understand John's angst. I love John's wicked wit. He's a very intelligent person.
I find anything with john intoxicating. He is funny, grounded, talented and so flawed. Top person. Married for decades to a German. You couldnt make it up. He needs to be knighted asap. He's a punk and a conservative - loves the Queen
here is a genuin bloke that i would trust with my life he speaks it as it is there should be more british people like him the only thing is i am a jazz lover but nobody is perfect cheers john
I had the Mumps at about 7 yrs old that hit me hard my head felt so hot and dizzy lost my ballance for a few days. Now magnify that and this is worse..
I was 15 yrs old in Wakefield west Yorkshire the first time I heard the sex pistols . I saw every shit hot band except the pistols in Bradford , Leeds, Doncaster, Wakefield, Huddersfield I had to sleep in the Sally army and the train station. loved your stuff mr Lydon. I never got to see you live but always felt connected.
What artist nowadays will seat in front of an audience and show this defiance and bluntness? None. No American for that matter. But those who do, such as Liam Gallagher, only do so because of Lydon. He is the original thing.
Read No dogs, No blacks, No Irish. An eternal complaining, hatred, loathing etc for Glen Matlock,who wrote Pretty vacant, the melodies for Anarchy and God save the Queen. While all the time praising Sid(who actually COULD play and had a really good voice).
In my experience, Bi Polar is actually that in between time of whether or not one is going to continue to let past pain dictate ones reality and eventually create an alter ego or go through and let go of past pain and take accountability for ones own reality and therefore ones better intentions making a more higher octave quality of life. It's the one big human challenge. Free will makes an individual what it/they are/is....alter egos can seem so brilliant and witty, cant they?
I really don't like the host of the program but am impressed with the person of John Leyden. Interesting chap just like the rest of us disagree with the way things have turned out with our governments and our history being wiped away. God-bless
No wonder Lydon likes Claude, who appears to be the size of a tank + got his face tattooed on him + looks like he could crush everything around him. And he's there at every show. Go Claude!
I wish there was a question of how Flowers Of Romance really came to be? I like all of PiL's stuff, but Flowers is so OUT THERE, but brilliantly done! I'm mean I loved the Pistol's and PiL over here, but didn't know much of the background to it all. Yet Johnny's lyrics were just MASSIVELY encompassing to so many things globally and personally. 'Flowers' just seemed to speak volumes of issues on such a heartfelt level that transcended EVERYTHING at that moment. (New wave, new romantic, industrial, heavy metal, disco, etc.). And then to learn Flowers was mainly for/from Sid's life and the Bromley Contingent. It paints that picture so well for me now to get an understanding, YET - still is so poetically and creatively out there that it still stands as prophetically universal. Or is it just me? (And John would no doubt simply answer "It's all you mate!" LOL)
I LOVE that record. Right up there with Metal Box. Ferociously original and esoteric, but I loved it immediately. I would also completely understand anyone who couldn't stand it. Maybe the most non-commercial album ever made by a band on a major label. Kudos to the label for letting them get on with it.
Indeed! And I think it was WB totally by that point, whereas I think PiL had ties with Virgin for the first two releases. But to think WB had just signed Devo, Kraftwerk, and let Keith and John get away with 'Flowers'. They really took a gamble. But I believe all 3 of these iconic releases are STILL getting issued by WB today - 40 years later!
As a lifelong fellow Gunner (Arsenal FC fan if you don't know) & devoted fan of John Lydon the man, I just want to HIGHLY recommend the following half-hour clip here on YT: ruclips.net/video/_SkUPM_T7FE/видео.html which is the final 35 minutes of The Sex Pistols Tour of London (also on YT in full version), during which he drives around London upon the top of a double-decker bus, sharing his opinions re: how ghastly the modern architecture of London has become (including Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, where they moved to in 2006 from beautiful old Highbury, a stadium that he grew up nearby, in Finsbury Park) & how much the city has lost its former spirit, which is both highly entertaining & sad (because he's 100% right).
Johnny was a nice performer and he played as good or better than Steve in those times and wasn't the Dolls that hit so hard was the Heartbreakers which liked to hang together after gigs with Sid and Steve for endless partyes..
I remember them etc in 77 , Brought Never mind [ 14 ] still a great album ....But I agree with him on certain things but there is no pride in being poor and staying that way DREADS , ok 4 im in LA DOING OK , But if he had never made it with the pistols....???
I'm not sure what I think of the guy but he always makes an interesting interview. I do have to say the base of his fans now look like an AARP meeting. :)
This is fun to watch. He gets gradually drunk as the interview goes on and, consequently, he gets funnier. What a great lad. An artist, a legend
His blunt intelligence can only be admired...
bearmassaro his blunt intelligence if only a perfect world?
bearmassaro I would never put the words “blunt” and “intelligence” together. “Sharp” is the adjective for me. But, ah, thinking here, perhaps you mean “blunt” as in “honest, saying it like it is”? Well, no matter. Mr Lydon is brilliant!
Excepting that multicultural rubbish and his fucking classism, that is. Lost any vestiges of respect for an otherwise insightful little puff.
When everyone comes to their senses they’ll realize that he’s the best!
I don't agree with all his opinions but I've grown to admire and respect John's honesty and sincerity. The guys's a legend and matured well.
He's really lucky to have survived meningitis, many kids don't. I can understand his hatred of liars, if you have a blank mind you need the truth to get better you're so vulnerable.
VERY well said, Michelle...& the mortality rate back then, in the '60s & in his impoverished circumstances, was EVEN WORSE than it is now. I'd not actually thought of his dependence upon the truth, even more than most kids, due to his severe illness & resultant memory loss.
I have aspergers and I hate liars
sean sands I have bursitis and I hate liars.
@@seansands424 Then you must hate John, the king of Narcisstic situationist
@@royalston2324 No I like John
Absolute treasure. A kind thoughtful sensitive man. Love his attitude.
His autobiography is wonderful. John is a national treasure. What a sweetheart.
Love the guy ....ever since I heard him speak in 76
There's only a few artists who put an unconscious smile on my face - either through their wit, honesty or outlook (or all of the above). Lydon is one of them.
I would love to chat with John over a beer. I love listening to him. He seems such a down to earth genuine bloke. Top man John!
He's a really likeable person
@Big Rig69 an
Gen. Lee Interested plz continue the story
Id think so but alot of people really dont like him
@Big Rig69 well my question to you is why are you watching this then?
I love Mr.Lydon.
Could listen to him all day long
Same!
I named my son after him , one day he will understand why.
Rotten? Nah I getcha and good on you ;)
LYDON,,,,,,COOL NAME
+sennikram. And hopefully he will be every bit as opinionated, forthright & wise as is Mr John Lydon, my friend! He could do FAR, FAR worse than being like him IMO.
John? Quite a popular name! Rotten? Not the best idea
I love John Lydon! I bought the book and it's awesome!! Thank you for posting.
John is so much more approachable and enjoying life these days, really glad to see him finally enjoying his impact on music and able to finally appreciate good qualities in others.. He has very insightful perspectives that deserve a broad audience
I saw John Lydon at the Cheltenham Literature Festival last year and he was the most interesting and captivating speaker i think i've ever seen. Great interview here too :)
Seen him last week in Bangor and he took over the show from the start and the compere was well out of his depth as would anybody belol
never like the sex pistols but omfg john lydon is an amazing person and a clever bloke
Paul Lynch the sort of person i would love to have a pint with lol
Paul Lynch forgot to switch accounts lol
Paul Lynch snap, but loved PIL
Sugar and feathered lmao
@Twisted Fister i will be honest with you im not sure what i liked at that time lol probably to many drugs inbetween thats fried my brains out lol sex pistols never my thing but love the way john lydon s way of thinking
Love the guy till I die.
Awesome; thanks, Johnny. Nice interviewer, too.
I could listen to him all day!
Well done QA! Brilliant :) Watched the clips before and so happy that the full interview is here. :)
After seeing him doing an interview on a chat show about John when he was asked about his meningitis, the effect that it had on his memory and it resonated with me. I had autoimmune encephalitis 8 or 9 years ago which affects the brain and the memory in a similar way so I could relate to what he said about trying to regain his memories. It’s not bloody easy and has profound effects on all ways of life, I’m going to have to find his book (it’s amongst my other books) and read it again.
We don't have working class heroes like john lydon today.
It's great to see him finally enjoying a bit of his success. His stories are essential lessons.
Looks pretty alive to me IDK
Working class?? The man is a narcissistic asshole.
no we don't
I think many people do not realise how rich he is...he is always going on about how poor he is, how PIL can't afford to make a record, PIL are in debt to the record company and so on..it's just lies....he lives a very very comfortable life with Nora Forster..they don't have to worry about the rent
Could listen to him all night, when you really listen to John there is so much truth in what he says.
Against all odds, he's added to humanity as a whole and made us feel status quo doesn't define who we are. Brave, bold, intellectual and quite humorous.
Would of loved to been there. John is such a personality, best british legend? hope to be able to meet him one day in person!
Brutally honest, and usually right. His emotion over Sid is still very evident and touching.
JOHNNY IS SO DELIGHTFUL. HE'S CHARMING AND VERY INTELLIGENT. HE'S WORKED SO HARD AND HE'S NEVER COMPROMISED HIMSELF OR HIS MUSIC FOR ANYONE OR ANYTHING. EXTREMELY ADMIRABLE. ❤ LOVE JOHNNY. HE'S ENDURED SO MUCH HEART ACHE AND LOSS IN HIS LIFE AND HE KEEPS ON GOING, ❤. 💔😢.
I could Listen to John till I’m old and weary i jus love him
This is how you do an interview with John. Just treat him like a person
what a stylish, cool bloke. love his sense of humour and dry wit.
I could listen to this man takk 25/8 just such a great storyteller and it’s all HIS truth
Great interview! Cheers,& peers, not fears, or sneers!
I like this man very much X X
Really brilliant & honest. God save John, PIL & the SeX PiStOls. - forever. Peace. Rx
what a great genuine bloke, when i was in jail there was not a great selection of books and i ended up with Malcolm Mclarens autobiography and enjoyed it alot, he said that when they went to America he had to keep locking them on the bus to keep them from fucking up, he said they stopped at a diner, a cowboy who was in there with his wife and child after his wife and child had left came over to the table. he went up to sid and sneered,"sid vicious" and put out his cigarette on his own hand, he said sid didnt even look up at him, picked up a knife and slashed his own hand open and just carried on eating
I love this guy! He is so smart!
I was left handed, had a Jewish mother and red hair. I was the devil incarnate. I got the wooden ruler of correction across my knuckles and forced to write with my right hand. Today I write with my right hand and do everything else left handed. I understand John's angst. I love John's wicked wit. He's a very intelligent person.
He's brilliant & very funny... ty, Johnny 4 being "u"... love u
I find anything with john intoxicating. He is funny, grounded, talented and so flawed. Top person. Married for decades to a German. You couldnt make it up. He needs to be knighted asap. He's a punk and a conservative - loves the Queen
This is great. I love him.
So much charisma
Good stuff. I've always liked John. And I've always thought Miranda Sawyer is rather lovely and good at what she does too.
my hero
here is a genuin bloke that i would trust with my life he speaks it as it is there should be more british people like him the only thing is i am a jazz lover but nobody is perfect cheers john
love johnny!
Great interview :)
Nice hearing he is growing.
Miranda Sawyer is yummy and really intelligent, a great combination.
Her giggles are adorable.
all ways good tae see Mr lydon
Christ that Alvin Stardust impression was golden aha. God bless you John!
He is pretty cool guy, liked listing to him and it was interesting and funny .
He cry’s like the rest of us l have seen it. He is honest.
What a frickin' survivor.
Libraries are my church...
the Truth is the Key. 🕶️🙏✊✊👍
good interview
He is a text book genius.
Gotta love him 😇
I had the Mumps at about 7 yrs old that hit me hard my head felt so hot and dizzy lost my ballance for a few days. Now magnify that and this is worse..
I was 15 yrs old in Wakefield west Yorkshire the first time I heard the sex pistols . I saw every shit hot band except the pistols in Bradford , Leeds, Doncaster, Wakefield, Huddersfield I had to sleep in the Sally army and the train station. loved your stuff mr Lydon. I never got to see you live but always felt connected.
"What's that new party that sounds like the dog in Star Wars?"
John è un uomo molto intelligente. Spero di vederlo il prossimo autunno.
Just learned he's left handed, much like I am and Jimi Hendrix and Sir Paul.
What artist nowadays will seat in front of an audience and show this defiance and bluntness? None. No American for that matter. But those who do, such as Liam Gallagher, only do so because of Lydon. He is the original thing.
The Man
21:15, thank you very much, John
John! Enough said. A local lad made good. As he said to me.....
Read John's book ......he was "mealy mouthed" about people in it.
He generally never has a good word to say about Siouxie either....
Read No dogs, No blacks, No Irish. An eternal complaining, hatred, loathing etc for Glen Matlock,who wrote Pretty vacant, the melodies for Anarchy and God save the Queen. While all the time praising Sid(who actually COULD play and had a really good voice).
@@rolandvidsater5648 Glen seems boxed into a lot of negative representation that I dont believe he is deserving off .
Tells it the way it is...always has done....always will....unlike most people...????
Hell yes.
He's great Jon, can sit up on stage like, right boys and girls.
I fucking love the BeeGees too!
Epic Q&A
Do you have the patch for this? Sounds brilliant along with your pkaying
What a very nice guy,hope I never meet him he will be off on a bad day and I'll be saddened.
Interviewer was great
Ansley Dunbar a brilliant guitarist, he was a drummer!
In my experience, Bi Polar is actually that in between time of whether or not one is going to continue to let past pain dictate ones reality and eventually create an alter ego or go through and let go of past pain and take accountability for ones own reality and therefore ones better intentions making a more higher octave quality of life. It's the one big human challenge. Free will makes an individual what it/they are/is....alter egos can seem so brilliant and witty, cant they?
RIP sid, he will be missed especially by Johnny Rotten
I really don't like the host of the program but am impressed with the person of John Leyden. Interesting chap just like the rest of us disagree with the way things have turned out with our governments and our history being wiped away. God-bless
No wonder Lydon likes Claude, who appears to be the size of a tank + got his face tattooed on him + looks like he could crush everything around him. And he's there at every show. Go Claude!
Farkin legend.
theres something quite sexy in his eye movements/ facial expressions so judge me
I wish there was a question of how Flowers Of Romance really came to be? I like all of PiL's stuff, but Flowers is so OUT THERE, but brilliantly done! I'm mean I loved the Pistol's and PiL over here, but didn't know much of the background to it all. Yet Johnny's lyrics were just MASSIVELY encompassing to so many things globally and personally. 'Flowers' just seemed to speak volumes of issues on such a heartfelt level that transcended EVERYTHING at that moment. (New wave, new romantic, industrial, heavy metal, disco, etc.). And then to learn Flowers was mainly for/from Sid's life and the Bromley Contingent. It paints that picture so well for me now to get an understanding, YET - still is so poetically and creatively out there that it still stands as prophetically universal. Or is it just me? (And John would no doubt simply answer "It's all you mate!" LOL)
I LOVE that record. Right up there with Metal Box. Ferociously original and esoteric, but I loved it immediately. I would also completely understand anyone who couldn't stand it. Maybe the most non-commercial album ever made by a band on a major label. Kudos to the label for letting them get on with it.
Indeed! And I think it was WB totally by that point, whereas I think PiL had ties with Virgin for the first two releases. But to think WB had just signed Devo, Kraftwerk, and let Keith and John get away with 'Flowers'. They really took a gamble. But I believe all 3 of these iconic releases are STILL getting issued by WB today - 40 years later!
@@DungeonStudio Would NEVER happen today
Superb mr Lydon
Should do another photo shoot with David Bailey
As a lifelong fellow Gunner (Arsenal FC fan if you don't know) & devoted fan of John Lydon the man, I just want to HIGHLY recommend the following half-hour clip here on YT: ruclips.net/video/_SkUPM_T7FE/видео.html which is the final 35 minutes of The Sex Pistols Tour of London (also on YT in full version), during which he drives around London upon the top of a double-decker bus, sharing his opinions re: how ghastly the modern architecture of London has become (including Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, where they moved to in 2006 from beautiful old Highbury, a stadium that he grew up nearby, in Finsbury Park) & how much the city has lost its former spirit, which is both highly entertaining & sad (because he's 100% right).
Let's get John on Piers Morgan's show ! Now that would be fun !!😃😃
LOVE John Lydon , good man, coming over like a punk Del Boy Trotter
Funny guy👏👏👏❤️
Johnny was a nice performer and he played as good or better than Steve in those times and wasn't the Dolls that hit so hard was the Heartbreakers which liked to hang together after gigs with Sid and Steve for endless partyes..
i really just sat here for 45 minutes....
my early school was the same, tried to make you use your right hand to write.
I lived opposite the 100 club in 1976. Used to pop over the road to watch the Pistols...
You lived opposite the 100 Club in '76? How lucky you were!
I remember them etc in 77 , Brought Never mind [ 14 ] still a great album ....But I agree with him on certain things but there is no pride in being poor and staying that way DREADS , ok 4 im in LA DOING OK , But if he had never made it with the pistols....???
That Miranda sort looks like that Vulcan bird from the TV show Star Trek Enterprise especially in the lip department
I'm not sure what I think of the guy but he always makes an interesting interview. I do have to say the base of his fans now look like an AARP meeting. :)
Is this interviewer around the twist ?