I don't find it hard to believe you. We see that he was a kind and good-natured person. This guy who interviews him does it in an intrusive and arrogant way. Yet Johnny, even if he shows a certain nervousness, instead of sending this Danny in the ass, answers the same questions. A real gentleman ... I would have liked to have your luck, but I was very young when he played and I am Italian, so it will be for the next "life". Maybe...
@@x-sunelena5766 Danny just doesn't make many concessions to a very stoned individual. JT wasn't the first spaced out person he's ever met. Johnny could have adjusted his dose if he'd wanted to.
Baker's whole attitude is wrong. He sounds like he's interviewing Jim Davidson or Cannon and Ball. It's quite cringeworthy really, we all know JT wasn't a showbiz personality, why talk to him like that?
@@louistracy6964 Ah, come on - he wasn't *that* bad! He could string a sentence together. A bit subdued but I think maybe he probably *did* adjust his dose... (ha) Danny Baker joking that he's a has-been "that bloke who was in the New York dolls" wasn't necessary. The energies were polar opposites. But honestly, the interviewers who have that energetic, "cool" radio DJ stereotype energy are always pretty fucken annoying, let's be honest... Just my opinion though. Sorry for replying to a 2 year old comment, no idea why I'm doing it.
Johnny was a one off, and would've given a good interview but Danny hasn't a clue he was probably on speed and too full of his own importance. He's not even listening to Johnnie. Johnnie should've told Danny to go and sort out his personality crisis.
Johnny smacked out of his face and Danny Baker on some crazy e-number induced, sugar rush. As expected car crash interview. Each them needed a bit of what the other was on.
@2:07"venturish" ( as in " the ventures") golden!....proves a lot of theory that surf rock and hot rod music was 1 of the major influences of punk rock
probably not ....probably be self righteous "well , what was i supposed to do with a junkie " ....well....he could have really talked at a measured pace to start with and asked questions that led to a conversation ...instead of a lot of incendiary remarks .
He was close to death here. The autopsy said he had advanced leukemia. That coupled with his other problems caused him to look like this. It's sad. Also this interviewer is the absolute worst. He talking at Johnny instead of to him.
@@ahippy8972confidence to live, if your one of the other "two types of people who take drugs, junkies with junkie mentalities then me; a person who simply uses drugs"- Johnny thunders- Et mona et moi
@Anderson Cooper no baker was Gaza’s mate at the ginger guy who did don’t forget yer tooth brush and other crap Friday tea time shows around this time. The three of them bumped into us in le cafe du Paris and baker was exactly like this he was a complete tit. And racist too.
Weird seeing that Rolling Stones clip before Johnny starts playing his song. Seeing a huge band that has gone so far, and then suddenly transitions into Johnny, a huge fan of the Stones, playing his song. Very strange
YEA PICK ON THE INTAVEIWA...LEAVE DANNY ALONE ...ITS a sweet interveiw... made me cry ........I feel hurt ..i feel sad... i feel lonly ...i feel mad.... i feel hurt...GREAT PERFORMANCE BY THOSE 3 AW SOME CATS ,I MISS JOHNNY SO MUCH ...I FEEL.....
the other interview is from April 1990, on Irish TV show Nighthawks. Johnny was in Dublin for a week which included some concerts, it's all in this article www.bpfallon.com/2014/04/johnny-thunders-23-years-gone-but-not-gone/
Some of these questions he ask,come on now - Would you ever want to coach baseball.Yeah Sure Johnny will fit some time in to coach a little league team in between going to the methadone clinic & coping some dope & coke in the ghetto. He only sleeps to about 3pm he has a good hour or so to whip that team into prime playing shape. That is only when he is not nodding out in the dugout or pawning off the teams equipment for another bundle of dope and a fix
It's not a daft question ,JT stated a few times how dedicated he was to playing baseball- if things had been different who knows how anybody's life might have been....
kc ramone This is the first time that I have evah seen "JT" sitting upright,with legs crossed,and moving back,and forth! Yeah,Somethang ain't right here! Poor Guy,It's really Fuckin hard, because one either needs less Heroin (NOT,LOL),or more Methadone! I know a lot about that,like in 1982 at 16 years old,I was on 100 mgs of Liquid Methadone. When I left NYC again in 1987,and moved back to Seattle, and while pregnant in 1990,I had another double habit,and was on 100 mgs,and shooting about a ball(3 grams)for the whole 9 month's! My son was born on April,26, 1991,3 day's after "JT" died! I named my son Johnny,and when he was 16 year's old,and came out of his room wearing waaaaayy too much make-up,and asked me......"If instead I had given birth to a girl,what name would you have given her? I replied...... Tatiana! My beautiful 27 year old Transgender daughter named Tatiana has only been strung out three time's! The first being 9 Month's in my womb,3 month's after giving birth,so they could detox him off of the Heroin,and Methadone, and again in 2001 at 11,after a near death experience from an extremely ruptured,and very septic Appendicitis Burst,and was in the Hospital hooked up to a Morphine Drip,and taking Percocet for the full 16 day stay! While I was running my Drug Business out of the Hospital,with help from my runner's! Then again,not my first,but my last raid in 2006! I was fortunate enough to have gotten back on Methadone(175 mgs) before my front door was batter rammed,and my 15 year old kid was pulled out of a sound sleep onto the floor,with a gun to his head,as he was cuffed up,by what he probably thought were Ninjas all dressed in Head to Toe Black! His eyes couldn't read D.E.A, Swat,and Police across the front,and back of their Kevlar Vests! I am very fortunate that they let my friend,also a custy come get him,as I am taken to Jail wearing nothing but Leopard Print Shorts,a Black Wife Beater with an Iron Cross and AbsoFUCKINlutely nothing on my feet! I was Fucking freezing in that Metal Tank! Fast forward to 2018,I finished my 10 year Deferred Sentence, and have been clean,and off Heroin since 2007! I now everyday take,350 mgs of Methadone,8 mgs of Xanax,and 150 mgs of Phenegran,but just to prove a point that I suffer from the 3 T' s Tolerance,Threshold,and Titration,or I'm an Alien? I drank two of my carries at once(500mgs)16 mgs of Xanax,200 mgs of Phenegran,and a four Loco to wash it all down,and I haven't even drank since 2001! My BFF didn't even have to Narcan me,I just pissed her off from talking her ear off! I despise 99% of people! I'm a recluse who is Poor as Fuck,I live alone with my last two Caternal Twins😻😻 "Achilles,and Athena"! I live in "Head to Toe" "Chronic Daily Pain," and all that shit is just a Band-Aid,if I don't get a Methadone Increase,or some Doctor will write me for Methadone Pills, as they are stronger than the Liquid! I will either revert back to Opioids,or Commit Suicide,and if I start using again,then if I'm raided again,I'm just going to point my gun at them,since my 27 year old kid just moved out to live right down the hall from me,and where she was raised,but now lives with her first boyfriend who's name just happens to be Jonny! That's some Motherfuckin Synchronicity shit going on there,but it's par for the course,as I'm an Empath,Energy,and Aura reader,and have Psychic Synchronistic Intuition! I really miss living in NYC, and shooting up a Bundle of some "Chinese Rocks," Liberty,Tiger,Poison,Blue Moon,A,B,C,D,and all the other name's that we're stamped onto a $10 Buck folded white paper bag,deck,or bundle! I have had every kind of Dope flow through my veins,even Raw Opium! Talk about Needles,and Pins,and getting hot,and red all over! The best thing though is that "NYC" is not just the greatest city anywhere, but due to my age,and being in that scene from 1977-1989 were some of the best time's of my life! Though unlike "JT" I have had to "Kick in Jail" way to many time's,and now if you we're on Methadone before being Arrested, and you we're doing no more than 12 month's, they bring you your Methadone every morning! I wish that it was like that back then, but once I got Lucky, because some Crack Head was sleeping like a baby,and didn't notice the "Black Tar" she smuggled in,fell right down to the floor,it was like a "Divine Intervention," Fate, Destiny,or just "Good Luck",but I sure the "FUCK" was happy to have found it! Unfortunately "NO"💉💉then again,"Ya Can't Always Get what Ya Want"! p.s. "I Don't Mourn the Dead,I Envy Them"! Too bad places like Vancouver B.C where I lived until I was Deported,Portugal,and Switzerland give their "Heroin Addicts" 3 shots a Day of Medical Grade Heroin!! Not in the USA, as that Shit would never happen here at least Not in "My Lifetime"! People always say......Alex,You need to write a Book! I say that I will keep telling people "My Stories," but it's just way to Cliché to write a Book about it,I'd rather take "My Lifes" stories to "My Grave," whenever,& however that day comes!! Namaste💖🐾👣
Gretchen Hagenlocher Sweetheart congrats on being off Dope since 2007. I’m a Suboxone user myself. I’m a Cali girl but I’ll bet you know my ex. He hung with all them Brett Smiley may they all rip I only knew JT for two yrs and I read your whole comment and I have similar stories. You ain’t missing anything because nyc isn’t even a sliver of what it was. It’s horrid now. I just lost my mother and it’s good to hear you have some kids who love you. I wish you nothing but peace, you deserve it. ;)
@@gretchenhagenlocher5254 congratulations from another recovering user, and thank you for sharing your amazing story. best wishes for you and your daughter!
Gretchen Hagenlocher fuck me you should write a book .from bonnie Scotland would love to hear more and talk to you some time ...what a story that's a trainspotting movie right there ..what a story 👍👍
It is so sad to think that so many of these stupid journalists all wanted to exploit his known drug use and treat him as though he is some sort of cartoon character. Yes he was incredibly sick at this point and dying of lukemia..so fucking sad.
The thing that amazed me when reading Danny Bakers memoirs, was that he has not so much as smoked a joint. I always assumed he was a coke fiend or speed freak, due to seeing terrible interviews like this in the 80’s and 90’s. Constant fidgeting, random stupid questions fired off just as your guest is answering your previous one, cocky, arrogant, laugh at your own jokes and try to mock your guest. Text book how not to conduct an interview
I’m still sad that I never got to see Johnny. Went to see him play live once, but unfortunately was greeted at the venue door by a sign stating that he wouldn’t be appearing due to ill health. Shame, he was one of the true great rock & roll stars
What's also funny about Johnny,is you never ever see him eat! The guy lived off Music,Playing, Heroin,Opioids(Pharma Drug's)Cocaine, Methadone,Cigarettes Weed,Beer,Liquor, Milkshakes,Junkiefood,and Looking Cool,with His Ego! He would have been a Genius at Anything!
@@ellemjay Are you really being serrious,because you certainly have never been a "Heroin Addict"! Sugar doesn't constitute a "Healthy Appetite",but that's Just what "Real Junkies" live off...... Sugar,and "Junkie Food"!
This is likely about Sept 1989, going by the videos. Interesting JT song...Stiv would be gone in months, then JT himself. He's about 36. Seems serious here, not high.
I'm one of few people who saw the first Heartbreakers gig, at the Coventry. J&J only invited 15-20 people, if that. When they did Chinese Rocks, I knew the band was doomed to fail. My biggest fear was that Johnny would OD.
This was Baker's schtick -- he did this sort of thing with everybody he interviewed. Johnny's people -- if he had any left that cared enough -- shoulda had him avoid the jackass entirely. JT looked great though and told the Dee Dee in Paris story.
What kills me about this video is the sense of context. Listen to the shit music in the ads and what bands like the Stones and Blondie and of course Buster. Then you hear Chinese Rocks and go, yeah, this is Rock and Roll. Everyone in the 80's seemed to end up being sell outs. All coked up and no inspiration except to get more coked up. And the company paid for it. I hate the 80's! What a great performance of "Disappointed In You", made the whole thing bearable.
did johnny say "i play squash every morning" ? ... hahaha... he was trolling this clown interviewer all way ... people dont get that, thunders didnt give a shit... he wasnt there thinking he needs to promote anything... he didnt give a shit...
the incident he refers to might've been 1989 - 1991 so I would date this 92/93 maybe + Bakergrunt wears his Walt Disney jacket but you can't see the back of it and he'd gone to Disneyworld with the kids and the missus round that time. Johnny had 3 years to live
And they apparently asked Johnny of one of the songs/clips of other artists they played and showed a clip of Johnny request Rolling Stones, and they play and show that fucking song and video. Just a total shite tune by the Stones. They could have played s hundred better songs by the Stones. They show Johnny no respect in this interview. It's like asking a prominent guest if there are some particular band he or she would like them to play/show and he or she says "what about some Beatles" expecting some good one to be played but then they show and play the video to "Yellow Submarine" or "Obla-di-obla-da" with comments like "yeah now for some Beatles as requested by ****". Okey, he did say Johnny didn't request just that particular track. If it was me though, being asked and wanting some good ol' Rolling Stones and they show that utter shit piece of fucking shit garbage song and clip, I'd go fucking mental... And what about that Baker guy asking about Buster Poindexter. Johnny doesn't want to talk about that. They have nothing to do with each other. They both were in New York Dolls, but that's it...
In 1988/99 American apparel and to S of other Spanish cowboy boot makers sold these in U.K. everyone wore them. In France Spain Italy all over Europe. They have been made in Spain longer than in America. 😂🤷🏼♀️sorry!
The part after Chinese rock video when Danny asks him about Chinese rocks and Johnny looks away to the side, he's so high it's crazy. I wondered if that's how I was when I was all strung out, when you're high you don't realise how high you are. I've been fired from jobs kicked out of places I lived at cause of me not realizing how high I was
In every single JT interview I've ever seen he seems barely coherent and on the verge of passing out-- but all the RUclips comments are about how tedious the interviewers are. If someone is about to nod out and giving one syllable answers it kind of gives the impression they're bored with the questions--and that mainly makes the interviewer look bad to the viewers.
Nothing wrong with Danny Baker. How else do you deal with someone who is so out of it and just spewing out bullshit. Johnny playing squash come on he couldn't lift the racket.He looks horrible in this tape. Cheers
This is like the third time I heard JT tell that Dee Dee Ramone story when being interviewed. Drunks and junkies tend to tell the same fucking story over and over again. That's what makes them soooo fucking boring.
Danny Baker is terrible ! I met Johnny at CBS Records in 1977. He was such a sweet man.
Derek Lyons lucky
I don't find it hard to believe you. We see that he was a kind and good-natured person. This guy who interviews him does it in an intrusive and arrogant way. Yet Johnny, even if he shows a certain nervousness, instead of sending this Danny in the ass, answers the same questions. A real gentleman ... I would have liked to have your luck, but I was very young when he played and I am Italian, so it will be for the next "life". Maybe...
@@x-sunelena5766 Danny just doesn't make many concessions to a very stoned individual. JT wasn't the first spaced out person he's ever met. Johnny could have adjusted his dose if he'd wanted to.
Baker's whole attitude is wrong. He sounds like he's interviewing Jim Davidson or Cannon and Ball. It's quite cringeworthy really, we all know JT wasn't a showbiz personality, why talk to him like that?
@@louistracy6964 Ah, come on - he wasn't *that* bad! He could string a sentence together. A bit subdued but I think maybe he probably *did* adjust his dose... (ha)
Danny Baker joking that he's a has-been "that bloke who was in the New York dolls" wasn't necessary. The energies were polar opposites. But honestly, the interviewers who have that energetic, "cool" radio DJ stereotype energy are always pretty fucken annoying, let's be honest... Just my opinion though. Sorry for replying to a 2 year old comment, no idea why I'm doing it.
Johnny is ALWAYS well restrained when giving interviews to jerk people..
Danny Baker is a legend pal.
@@dannygray4898 In being a complete idiot, I see.
Heroin talking.
Johnny was a one off, and would've given a good interview but Danny hasn't a clue he was probably on speed and too full of his own importance. He's not even listening to Johnnie. Johnnie should've told Danny to go and sort out his personality crisis.
Danny Baker is a legend pal.
Poor Johnny, he's such a badass keeping it together for this boring interviews
Every interview I've ever seen of him by halfway I'm saying, "Please put out your cig in his eye."
What a genius. Johnny was.
luv thunder's haunted, faraway composure. he looks like an antique doll in a spooky kinda way..... danny baker is sooo patronising here....
Dannys a prat. Trying to speak down to johnny thunders.
Johnny Thunders Genzale !! You're great Man !! Parents of Johnny are Avellino , Italy !!! 💔
Really ? My grandparents are from Montella near Avellino ! How do you know ????
I used to have a beer with Johnny on a few occasions in the 80s at the ad lib Kensington nice geezer👍🏼
Last thing Johnny wanted to see was a video of David raking in some cash.
Good on ya darling for keeping it together. He's rattling like buggery and dealing with this jerk. RIP. 💓💓
No he had stage 4 cancer. He wasn’t rattling. Idiots
Rattling, I think not.
" I play squash every morning " Johnny was a comedian hahahah
I remember seeing photos of JT playing squash. It's not a joke.
I wish that Al Pacino would have used his own money,and played the role of Johnny in a movie?
Wow his voice does sound like Al Pacino! Both New York legends!
They have a lot of similarities. Same facial features, height, hair color and both Italian. Just look at Pacino in cruising
@@smileprettymusic How about Adrian Brody?!
Adrien brody
Keith Richards + Al Pacino love child.
It's a good thing Johnny was so high he didn't give a toss what a total nob that Danny Baker was...
Johnny smacked out of his face and Danny Baker on some crazy e-number induced, sugar rush. As expected car crash interview. Each them needed a bit of what the other was on.
RicTic66 shut up
johnny looks sick rather then being high
@@sergez6172 I was gonna say that. He keeps kicking his leg out - typical when youre sick. You cant sit still.
IF HE WAS SICK HE WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN THIS INTERVIEW ! He is smacked out ! RiP JT
I'd like to hear Johnny do that Stones song MIXED EMOTIONS THUNNDERS STYLE⚡
Danny I've listened to you over the years, you can be entertaining...have you ever listened to anyone else?
Danny Baker gave Bob Marley the ankle injury the led to his death in a charity football match. True story
No wayyyyy thats fucking wild
Dee Dee really got to him. It all started when Johnny stole Dee Dee's coat in Paris in 1989.
Dee Dee was cruel. He took pleasure in torturing and killing a stray cat. He wrote about it in one of his books.
Wooooooooooh this Danny Baker was a real English Wanka!
Trust me. Most Englishmen are not like this pompous buffoon
And proud of it pal. Danny Baker is a legend.
@2:07"venturish" ( as in " the ventures") golden!....proves a lot of theory that surf rock and hot rod music was 1 of the major influences of punk rock
Danny Boy couldn't be less "connected" to Johnny. Terrible interview. There was so much more to be mined here,seriously blown opportunity.
danny baker, i hope you look back on this and cringe.
probably not ....probably be self righteous "well , what was i supposed to do with a junkie " ....well....he could have really talked at a measured pace to start with and asked questions that led to a conversation ...instead of a lot of incendiary remarks .
Dork presenter. I met Johnny. Nice guy. Easy to get along with. Surprised he didn't punch the host. I would've.
He was close to death here. The autopsy said he had advanced leukemia. That coupled with his other problems caused him to look like this. It's sad. Also this interviewer is the absolute worst. He talking at Johnny instead of to him.
would be nice if you took the time to post the date of the interview. thanks
man, the smack ruined a lot of my heroes
and it also kept them calm
@@sergez6172 kept a lot of us calm, and gave us confidence to entertain
@@ahippy8972confidence to live, if your one of the other "two types of people who take drugs, junkies with junkie mentalities then me; a person who simply uses drugs"- Johnny thunders- Et mona et moi
@@sergez6172 The word is "high". Johnny didn't do dope out of stage fright.
@@ahippy8972 If you couldn't "entertain" without doing dope, you shoud have done something else. Some people find performing fun and exciting.
great vid thanks for the upload
"My friend, Busta"- lol!
My lap is wet./ Thank You.
What a massive tool Danny Baker is
@Anderson Cooper no baker was Gaza’s mate at the ginger guy who did don’t forget yer tooth brush and other crap Friday tea time shows around this time. The three of them bumped into us in le cafe du Paris and baker was exactly like this he was a complete tit. And racist too.
A REAL CORN BÀLL !!!
No wonder JT checked out. This interview makes me sad.
WHAT A PRAT BAKER WAS
Weird seeing that Rolling Stones clip before Johnny starts playing his song. Seeing a huge band that has gone so far, and then suddenly transitions into Johnny, a huge fan of the Stones, playing his song. Very strange
I'd rather listen to Johnny anyday
YEA PICK ON THE INTAVEIWA...LEAVE DANNY ALONE ...ITS a sweet interveiw... made me cry ........I feel hurt ..i feel sad... i feel lonly ...i feel mad.... i feel hurt...GREAT PERFORMANCE BY THOSE 3 AW SOME CATS ,I MISS JOHNNY SO MUCH ...I FEEL.....
thanks that was great.
What year was this shot? Cause I remember him telling the Dee Dee story in another interview in 1991
yer I think I heard it in the nighthawks, Ireland interview?
same brass player as he played with the night of that interview too
Jane Hartley he passed in 91
the other interview is from April 1990, on Irish TV show Nighthawks. Johnny was in Dublin for a week which included some concerts, it's all in this article www.bpfallon.com/2014/04/johnny-thunders-23-years-gone-but-not-gone/
It was 89
year??? must have been the early 90s dude looks like the walkin dead. god love him tho. he had leukemia per his family
89
Yeah Danny baker is a lemon. Johnny thunders wasn't really a bad interviewee, just replied like any good heroin addict would,
This is why you shouldn't mix heroin and cocaine.
Ya right there mate. I iv'd W & B for 15 years.... nearly lost my leg, had a heart attack, but I'm still f'in here.
Some of these questions he ask,come on now - Would you ever want to coach baseball.Yeah Sure Johnny will fit some time in to coach a little league team in between going to the methadone clinic & coping some dope & coke in the ghetto. He only sleeps to about 3pm he has a good hour or so to whip that team into prime playing shape. That is only when he is not nodding out in the dugout or pawning off the teams equipment for another bundle of dope and a fix
It's not a daft question ,JT stated a few times how dedicated he was to playing baseball- if things had been different who knows how anybody's life might have been....
Danny Baker acted like he was “better” than Johnny thunders
Well he was dead wrong
at this point, Johnny is literally dying. His energy is low. He's not necessarily so stoned; he's sick.
kc ramone This is the first time that I have evah seen "JT" sitting upright,with legs crossed,and moving back,and forth! Yeah,Somethang ain't right here! Poor Guy,It's really Fuckin hard, because one either needs less Heroin (NOT,LOL),or more Methadone! I know a lot about that,like in 1982 at 16 years old,I was on 100 mgs of Liquid Methadone. When I left NYC again in 1987,and moved back to Seattle, and while pregnant in 1990,I had another double habit,and was on 100 mgs,and shooting about a ball(3 grams)for the whole 9 month's! My son was born on April,26, 1991,3 day's after "JT" died! I named my son Johnny,and when he was 16 year's old,and came out of his room wearing waaaaayy too much make-up,and asked me......"If instead I had given birth to a girl,what name would you have given her? I replied...... Tatiana! My beautiful 27 year old Transgender daughter named Tatiana has only been strung out three time's! The first being 9 Month's in my womb,3 month's after giving birth,so they could detox him off of the Heroin,and Methadone, and again in 2001 at 11,after a near death experience from an extremely ruptured,and very septic Appendicitis Burst,and was in the Hospital hooked up to a Morphine Drip,and taking Percocet for the full 16 day stay! While I was running my Drug Business out of the Hospital,with help from my runner's! Then again,not my first,but my last raid in 2006! I was fortunate enough to have gotten back on Methadone(175 mgs) before my front door was batter rammed,and my 15 year old kid was pulled out of a sound sleep onto the floor,with a gun to his head,as he was cuffed up,by what he probably thought were Ninjas all dressed in Head to Toe Black! His eyes couldn't read D.E.A, Swat,and Police across the front,and back of their Kevlar Vests! I am very fortunate that they let my friend,also a custy come get him,as I am taken to Jail wearing nothing but Leopard Print Shorts,a Black Wife Beater with an Iron Cross and AbsoFUCKINlutely nothing on my feet! I was Fucking freezing in that Metal Tank! Fast forward to 2018,I finished my 10 year Deferred Sentence, and have been clean,and off Heroin since 2007! I now everyday take,350 mgs of Methadone,8 mgs of Xanax,and 150 mgs of Phenegran,but just to prove a point that I suffer from the 3 T' s Tolerance,Threshold,and Titration,or I'm an Alien? I drank two of my carries at once(500mgs)16 mgs of Xanax,200 mgs of Phenegran,and a four Loco to wash it all down,and I haven't even drank since 2001! My BFF didn't even have to Narcan me,I just pissed her off from talking her ear off! I despise 99% of people! I'm a recluse who is Poor as Fuck,I live alone with my last two Caternal Twins😻😻 "Achilles,and Athena"! I live in "Head to Toe" "Chronic Daily Pain," and all that shit is just a Band-Aid,if I don't get a Methadone Increase,or some Doctor will write me for Methadone Pills, as they are stronger than the Liquid! I will either revert back to Opioids,or Commit Suicide,and if I start using again,then if I'm raided again,I'm just going to point my gun at them,since my 27 year old kid just moved out to live right down the hall from me,and where she was raised,but now lives with her first boyfriend who's name just happens to be Jonny! That's some Motherfuckin Synchronicity shit going on there,but it's par for the course,as I'm an Empath,Energy,and Aura reader,and have Psychic Synchronistic Intuition! I really miss living in NYC, and shooting up a Bundle of some "Chinese Rocks," Liberty,Tiger,Poison,Blue Moon,A,B,C,D,and all the other name's that we're stamped onto a $10 Buck folded white paper bag,deck,or bundle! I have had every kind of Dope flow through my veins,even Raw Opium! Talk about Needles,and Pins,and getting hot,and red all over! The best thing though is that "NYC" is not just the greatest city anywhere, but due to my age,and being in that scene from 1977-1989 were some of the best time's of my life! Though unlike "JT" I have had to "Kick in Jail" way to many time's,and now if you we're on Methadone before being Arrested, and you we're doing no more than 12 month's, they bring you your Methadone every morning! I wish that it was like that back then, but once I got Lucky, because some Crack Head was sleeping like a baby,and didn't notice the "Black Tar" she smuggled in,fell right down to the floor,it was like a "Divine Intervention," Fate, Destiny,or just "Good Luck",but I sure the "FUCK" was happy to have found it! Unfortunately "NO"💉💉then again,"Ya Can't Always Get what Ya Want"! p.s. "I Don't Mourn the Dead,I Envy Them"! Too bad places like Vancouver B.C where I lived until I was Deported,Portugal,and Switzerland give their "Heroin Addicts" 3 shots a Day of Medical Grade Heroin!! Not in the USA, as that Shit would never happen here at least Not in "My Lifetime"! People always say......Alex,You need to write a Book! I say that I will keep telling people "My Stories," but it's just way to Cliché to write a Book about it,I'd rather take "My Lifes" stories to "My Grave," whenever,& however that day comes!! Namaste💖🐾👣
Gretchen Hagenlocher
Sweetheart congrats on being off Dope since 2007. I’m a Suboxone user myself. I’m a Cali girl but I’ll bet you know my ex. He hung with all them Brett Smiley may they all rip I only knew JT for two yrs and I read your whole comment and I have similar stories. You ain’t missing anything because nyc isn’t even a sliver of what it was. It’s horrid now. I just lost my mother and it’s good to hear you have some kids who love you. I wish you nothing but peace, you deserve it. ;)
@@gretchenhagenlocher5254 congratulations from another recovering user, and thank you for sharing your amazing story.
best wishes for you and your daughter!
Gretchen Hagenlocher fuck me you should write a book .from bonnie Scotland would love to hear more and talk to you some time ...what a story that's a trainspotting movie right there ..what a story 👍👍
It is so sad to think that so many of these stupid journalists all wanted to exploit his known drug use and treat him as though he is some sort of cartoon character. Yes he was incredibly sick at this point and dying of lukemia..so fucking sad.
"I like Debby Harry"
The thing that amazed me when reading Danny Bakers memoirs, was that he has not so much as smoked a joint. I always assumed he was a coke fiend or speed freak, due to seeing terrible interviews like this in the 80’s and 90’s. Constant fidgeting, random stupid questions fired off just as your guest is answering your previous one, cocky, arrogant, laugh at your own jokes and try to mock your guest. Text book how not to conduct an interview
No mate. Danny Baker was on speed with everyone else who made the Mag "sniffin Glue" in the 70s.
They’re on two different wavelengths , but interesting to watch
This is funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m still sad that I never got to see Johnny. Went to see him play live once, but unfortunately was greeted at the venue door by a sign stating that he wouldn’t be appearing due to ill health. Shame, he was one of the true great rock & roll stars
What's also funny about Johnny,is you never ever see him eat! The guy lived off Music,Playing, Heroin,Opioids(Pharma Drug's)Cocaine, Methadone,Cigarettes Weed,Beer,Liquor, Milkshakes,Junkiefood,and Looking Cool,with His Ego! He would have been a Genius at Anything!
You have no freaking clue
Heroin kills your appetite.
@@ellemjay Are you really being serrious,because you certainly have never been a "Heroin Addict"! Sugar doesn't constitute a "Healthy Appetite",but that's Just what "Real Junkies" live off...... Sugar,and "Junkie Food"!
@@georgemartin3072 Yes,I who has been a Junkie since 1979,and shot Speedballs with JT hasn't any clue!?
@@gretchenhagenlocher5254 go to bed
This is likely about Sept 1989, going by the videos. Interesting JT song...Stiv would be gone in months, then JT himself. He's about 36. Seems serious here, not high.
It was 89 we met up with him in the Swan in Hammersmith a day after this. I was living with the producer Jimmy Miller
He's on the verge of nodding.
....and cut to Chinese Rocks!!!! hello this guy rules
I'm one of few people who saw the first Heartbreakers gig, at the Coventry. J&J only invited 15-20 people, if that. When they did Chinese Rocks, I knew the band was doomed to fail. My biggest fear was that Johnny would OD.
This was Baker's schtick -- he did this sort of thing with everybody he interviewed. Johnny's people -- if he had any left that cared enough -- shoulda had him avoid the jackass entirely. JT looked great though and told the Dee Dee in Paris story.
Forcing Johnny to watch Buster P.!!!
go and make some bread danny
Please anyone. What songs name around 12min?
12:36 Disappointed in you.
Baker doing his 'I'm not like other interviewers, I'm your mate' schtick and falling flat on his arse. What a waste of an opportunity.
What kills me about this video is the sense of context. Listen to the shit music in the ads and what bands like the Stones and Blondie and of course Buster. Then you hear Chinese Rocks and go, yeah, this is Rock and Roll. Everyone in the 80's seemed to end up being sell outs. All coked up and no inspiration except to get more coked up. And the company paid for it. I hate the 80's! What a great performance of "Disappointed In You", made the whole thing bearable.
What year was this interview?
89
Johnny Thunders should have just walked out....
4:37 johnny as clumsy as ever haha
did johnny say "i play squash every morning" ? ... hahaha... he was trolling this clown interviewer all way ... people dont get that, thunders didnt give a shit... he wasnt there thinking he needs to promote anything... he didnt give a shit...
He looks like death. Sad.
Anyone know the date of this interview?
no
at least i've replied
the incident he refers to might've been 1989 - 1991 so I would date this 92/93 maybe + Bakergrunt wears his Walt Disney jacket but you can't see the back of it and he'd gone to Disneyworld with the kids and the missus round that time. Johnny had 3 years to live
@@hellobonappetit1657 so u think Johnny came back from the grave?
Cool Johnny here reminds me of DiNero in Taxi Driver... .. Baker sounds lame!
Din Ero?
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Danny who ?. Johnny handled it well
Chinese rocks no4 white heroin. So what if he used as he wasnt harming anyone but himself.
The withdrawals were f'in terrible from that stuff.
What year was this ?
89
Hells angels
what the fuck is Johnny wearing???
It's the late 80's early 90's fashion. The worst time ever for fashion...
He says in the interview DeeDee had just burned all of his clothes
It was unfortunately the "fashion" at 1 time.
@@oliverkalamata2753 Johnny never wore ANYTHING because it was "in fashion". He got most of his clothes at thrift stores.
@@dannygray4898 Johnny DIDN'T EVER WEAR ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS "IN FASHION". You guys are idiots, talking out of your assholes.
But Danny Baker has a right squeaky voice
johnny looks like a ghoul ! jeezus, this is how i imagined hed look if his ghost came to haunt me
Johnny is so junked out. The clip of Chinese Rocks is amazing though.
Danny Baker is a jerk, but I've seen worse interviews. Johnny could have made it interesting, but he had nothing to say.
And they apparently asked Johnny of one of the songs/clips of other artists they played and showed a clip of
Johnny request Rolling Stones, and they play and show that fucking song and video. Just a total shite tune by the Stones. They could have played s hundred better songs by the Stones. They show Johnny no respect in this interview. It's like asking a prominent guest if there are some particular band he or she would like them to play/show and he or she says "what about some Beatles" expecting some good one to be played but then they show and play the video to "Yellow Submarine" or "Obla-di-obla-da" with comments like "yeah now for some Beatles as requested by ****". Okey, he did say Johnny didn't request just that particular track. If it was me though, being asked and wanting some good ol' Rolling Stones and they show that utter shit piece of fucking shit garbage song and clip, I'd go fucking mental... And what about that Baker guy asking about Buster Poindexter. Johnny doesn't want to talk about that. They have nothing to do with each other. They both were in New York Dolls, but that's it...
drunken bully
This interviewer is annoying. An Englishman in cowboy boots is ridiculous for a start.
In 1988/99 American apparel and to S of other Spanish cowboy boot makers sold these in U.K. everyone wore them. In France Spain Italy all over Europe. They have been made in Spain longer than in America. 😂🤷🏼♀️sorry!
😥😑😓Poor Johnny...
omg what is up with this interviewer???
Danny Baker is so obnoxious and invasive or Johnnys personal space. Very uncomfortable...
The part after Chinese rock video when Danny asks him about Chinese rocks and Johnny looks away to the side, he's so high it's crazy. I wondered if that's how I was when I was all strung out, when you're high you don't realise how high you are. I've been fired from jobs kicked out of places I lived at cause of me not realizing how high I was
In every single JT interview I've ever seen he seems barely coherent and on the verge of passing out-- but all the RUclips comments are about how tedious the interviewers are. If someone is about to nod out and giving one syllable answers it kind of gives the impression they're bored with the questions--and that mainly makes the interviewer look bad to the viewers.
+Brian Clarke British TV guys tend to be annoying. Piers Morgan is a good example in a long, long line.
Brian Clarke that didn’t happen
Nothing wrong with Danny Baker. How else do you deal with someone who is so out of it and just spewing out bullshit. Johnny playing squash come on he couldn't lift the racket.He looks horrible in this tape. Cheers
Andy McCoy copies this everytime he talks. Or dresses up. Or exists.
PastaRulla I think Andy copied Mr.Richards more. Altourgh he even named Hanoi rocks kinda after Johnnys 'Chinese rocks'
Danny baker has no respect to Johnny thunders
2:25 - 3:00
The fuck was that?
Poor Johnny...🙄
Obviously out of his face on smack.
Who is that goof ? Embarrassing
Heroin sucks
Heroin sucks the life out of you.
no respect
Uncomfortable.
car crash tv.
Waaaasted. Why even do the interview?
ya..but johnny was good tho!!!
He went there to perform his new song. Not talk shite with fatty baker
Definately on drugs,big time and his last time.
This is like the third time I heard JT tell that Dee Dee Ramone story when being interviewed. Drunks and junkies tend to tell the same fucking story over and over again. That's what makes them soooo fucking boring.
Nearly every personality famous enough to be interviewed does that...regardless of if they happen to be a junkie or drunk.
Heroin.
Horrible interview
This interviewer is soooo annoying...
Terrible interviewer, look at the body language.
Wasted as usual.
You know sometimes I wondered if he was not in fact lathering it up. For effect.
@@markjohnson1224 no it’s called smack addiction. It sucks still can’t get off the shit now 35 years later