In the UK, Punk was working class kids who felt that they faced a future of No Jobs, No Future, No Fun…. It was two fingers to the establishment. Life couldn’t get any worse, and then it did 😂
Despite the Pistols democracy of crediting all four guys to each song, Glen Matlock (Orig & current Bassist) wrote this song in its entirety (except two lines), 'Pretty Vacant' was his answer to NYC's 'Blank Generation' type of thing. Cheers! (David - Drummer w/ Glen Matlock 2010 - 2015))
Hey, thanks for the insider's view David. That's cool. The first time I heard the Sex Pistols, we got drunk on the full quart of Jack Daniels, tore all the Aerosmith and Van Halen and Ted Nugent posters off my bedroom wall; then we made frisbees out of my record collection, even most precious Judas Priest (one of the two guys said that to be punk was all or nothing, I was in) albums. That was September 1981. I was at the Hollywood Palladium in 1983, and PiL's camera caught me in line; it made the PiL '83' Toyko/Hollywood video, and is on RUclips. In the U.S. Army in South Korea, a guy in the chow hall actually recognized me. Oh, my fifteen minutes. Cheers, and thanks for your post.
Rob- There's so much I don't know about this group. I appreciate the info! When you say NYC's blank generation, is that in reference to the punk scene or the city at large? Thanks!
Jason (SWYL Producer) - David, Truly Honored that you watched & took the time to comment. We can’t imagine that stories that you might have with your musical background. If you’d ever like to review a song with us and do a Q&A, we’d be thrilled. ❤️
As a teenager hearing this in 1977 I knew I'd found my place in the world, still gives me goosebumps hearing it now. They're saying we are who we are, deal with it.
Most reactions are about the Sex Pistols, I was a teenager at that time & there was so much more in the British punk scene, Sham 69, Stiff Little Fingers, Siouxie & the Banshees, Buzzcocks, Poly Styrene to name but a few.
Rob- I know Kat is a HUGE Siouxie & the Banshees fan. My knowledge is a mile wide and an inch deep down the most part. Any specific recommendation you might offer to continue the punk journey?
Pretty Vacant is my favourite Pistols song musically speaking - though their other songs were more "punk". This list of songs were the first I heard from each of these punk band in the late 70s /early 80s, which made me want to search out more from each. Some went on to fame, fortune & importance, and some stayed fairly obscure: Peaches - The Stranglers Metal Postcard - Siouxsie and the Banshees Danced - Toyah Emergency - 999 Dog Eat Dog - Adam and The Ants Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts Oh Bondage, Up Yours - X-Ray Spex Don't Dictate - Penetration
Many great bands owe everything to the Sex Pistols in breaking the mould in new rock music. - AD/DC, The Clash, Midnight Oil, The Knack, The Radiators, Ramones etc
Theres a band from Australia , The Saints , who had also had that sound and attitude even a year before the Sex Pistols album also check out , Amyl and the sniffers ,
If you want to know how the Sex Pistols got their sound then you need to listen to Stranded by The Saints. There is a story going around that The Sex Pistols manager heard the Australian bands record and told the band “this is what we have to sound like”. Stranded was from around 1973 before the band made a few hundred copies. One of which made it to the UK and was played on radio where it became a hit.
Two of the best hardcore punk songs you will ever hear are "Your a fucking bastard" "Fuck the system" By the exploited. Superbly aggressive punk songs with an absolutely phenomenal piece of album cover artwork (2 mohawk skulls facing each other) The whole album called "Fuck the system" is fantastic. ENJOY !
Tommy Gun - The Clash ‘Orgasm addict’ - the Buzzcocks On the edge - SLF Kids are united - Sham 69 No more heroes - The Stranglers New Rose - The Damned
We are pretty vacant was about not having work in a period of mass unemployment.I was 18 living in the north of England that was pretty grim The Pistols anti establishment ,no future spoke to us.I was young,,pissed off and ready for the revolution.Now I.m old,pissed off and still waiting
Yeah! Glad you suggested Dead Kennedys! They were free speech warriors in court. Dig Ramones, MDC, Clash, Slits, Dicks, Damned, Crass, Conflict, Poison Girls, Lydia Lunch, Dead Boys, Bad Brains, Minutemen, Black Flag. Punk rock is essential.
Rob-That easily goes beyond my punk knowledge! I know a handful of Dead Kennedy's songs, and I can definitely get behind the sound and message. I definitely dig the Ramones and the Clash. Maybe a touch of Bad Brains. And I want to get into some Black Flag because of Henry Rollins. But that's a lot of new music for me and know that's just scratching the surface. Feel free to hit us with some specific tunes if you get a moment.
@@ShareWhatYouLove Cool! Black Flag- Drinking & Driving The Clash- The Call-Up Minutemen- Corona Slits- Typical Girls Poison Girls- Political Love Ramones- Bonzo Goes To Bitburg, Pet Sematary, Teenage Lobotomy, Censorshit☠️
The Germs were a notorious early LA punk band I like. Their guitarist Pat Smear was later in Nirvana and Foo Fighters. Also Minutemen's Mike Watt later joined Iggy and the Stooges
Rob- I might have heard some Germs, but I wouldn't swear to it. I definitely know Pat Smear from Nirvana and Foo. I feel like I need more Iggy and the Stooges in my life!
Which part of the video are you referring to? I’m not catching any sound problems on this end. If it’s the echo at the beginning, it’s because the producer is not mic’ed up (that’s why he sounds a bit distant compared to the mic’ed up talent) That was just some BTS banter that we included because we thought it was funny.
The only people who are mic’ed up are the talent. The producer was talking in the background, said something that caught Kat & Rob off guard and prompted some burst out laughter. We wanted to share that behind the scenes footage with the audience because we thought it was funny (despite the echoey audio) and we knew the rest of the audio was spot on. We hope you at least found the exchange funny and we’ll mic the BTS for future episodes in case we have moments like this happen again that we’d like to use. Thank you for watching. We hope you enjoyed it. 🙂❤️
@@ShareWhatYouLove I think what @Theo-be1wd means is that maybe the mics you were wearing were picking up the music and putting a delay on it which got mashed up with the original audio. I hope what you were hearing in the studio didn't sound like that.
No, it didn’t sound like that at all. I really appreciate you letting us know so we can be more aware of that for future episodes. Good looking out, Thank you. ❤️
So that was just BTS audio & video between the producer and the talent. The producer obviously is not mic’ed up. We’re thought that it was a funny exchange (clearly the producer said something that caught Kat off guard and prompted a burst of laughter) and we wanted people to enjoy it as well. It might be a little bit echoey, but the rest of the audio throughout the video is spot on. Despite the echoey audio, we hope you at least enjoyed the exchange and we’ll make sure we have our BTS mic’ed up in case any other magic happens in the future. 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
This doesn't sound right. It sounds like it's only on one channel of old school stereo. There's no depth to the drums and there's no proper bass. Sounds like you've only got half the recording. Vocals and guitar, bass and drums are in the background, not where they should be, up front with the rest.
In the UK, Punk was working class kids who felt that they faced a future of No Jobs, No Future, No Fun…. It was two fingers to the establishment. Life couldn’t get any worse, and then it did 😂
Despite the Pistols democracy of crediting all four guys to each song, Glen Matlock (Orig & current Bassist) wrote this song in its entirety (except two lines), 'Pretty Vacant' was his answer to NYC's 'Blank Generation' type of thing. Cheers! (David - Drummer w/ Glen Matlock 2010 - 2015))
Hey, thanks for the insider's view David. That's cool. The first time I heard the Sex Pistols, we got drunk on the full quart of Jack Daniels, tore all the Aerosmith and Van Halen and Ted Nugent posters off my bedroom wall; then we made frisbees out of my record collection, even most precious Judas Priest (one of the two guys said that to be punk was all or nothing, I was in) albums. That was September 1981. I was at the Hollywood Palladium in 1983, and PiL's camera caught me in line; it made the PiL '83' Toyko/Hollywood video, and is on RUclips. In the U.S. Army in South Korea, a guy in the chow hall actually recognized me. Oh, my fifteen minutes. Cheers, and thanks for your post.
Rob- There's so much I don't know about this group. I appreciate the info! When you say NYC's blank generation, is that in reference to the punk scene or the city at large? Thanks!
Jason (SWYL Producer) - David, Truly Honored that you watched & took the time to comment. We can’t imagine that stories that you might have with your musical background. If you’d ever like to review a song with us and do a Q&A, we’d be thrilled. ❤️
The riff was inspired by SOS by Abba
As a teenager hearing this in 1977 I knew I'd found my place in the world, still gives me goosebumps hearing it now. They're saying we are who we are, deal with it.
Alternative Ulster and Tin Soldiers by Stiff Little Fingers
Rob- Thank you! It's on the list.
Most reactions are about the Sex Pistols, I was a teenager at that time & there was so much more in the British punk scene, Sham 69, Stiff Little Fingers, Siouxie & the Banshees, Buzzcocks, Poly Styrene to name but a few.
Rob- I know Kat is a HUGE Siouxie & the Banshees fan. My knowledge is a mile wide and an inch deep down the most part. Any specific recommendation you might offer to continue the punk journey?
Bloody Revolutions - Crass
From the Cradle to the Grave - Subhumans
Warhead - UK Subs
So What - Anti Nowhere League
Every one of those 👍
Pretty Vacant is my favourite Pistols song musically speaking - though their other songs were more "punk".
This list of songs were the first I heard from each of these punk band in the late 70s /early 80s, which made me want to search out more from each. Some went on to fame, fortune & importance, and some stayed fairly obscure:
Peaches - The Stranglers
Metal Postcard - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Danced - Toyah
Emergency - 999
Dog Eat Dog - Adam and The Ants
Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts
Oh Bondage, Up Yours - X-Ray Spex
Don't Dictate - Penetration
Rob- Thank you for sharing! Kat will be happy to see that Siouxie and the Banshees made the list!
Many great bands owe everything to the Sex Pistols in breaking the mould in new rock music. - AD/DC, The Clash, Midnight Oil, The Knack, The Radiators, Ramones etc
Theres a band from Australia , The Saints , who had also had that sound and attitude even a year before the Sex Pistols album also check out , Amyl and the sniffers ,
If you want to know how the Sex Pistols got their sound then you need to listen to Stranded by The Saints. There is a story going around that The Sex Pistols manager heard the Australian bands record and told the band “this is what we have to sound like”. Stranded was from around 1973 before the band made a few hundred copies. One of which made it to the UK and was played on radio where it became a hit.
'bodies' by the sex pistols, is a good punk song, ive been listeing to pretty vacant for decades i lov eit, i hav enoidea what the lyrics are about
Two of the best hardcore punk songs you will ever hear are
"Your a fucking bastard"
"Fuck the system"
By the exploited.
Superbly aggressive punk songs with an absolutely phenomenal piece of album cover artwork
(2 mohawk skulls facing each other)
The whole album called
"Fuck the system" is fantastic.
ENJOY !
Tommy Gun - The Clash
‘Orgasm addict’ - the Buzzcocks
On the edge - SLF
Kids are united - Sham 69
No more heroes - The Stranglers
New Rose - The Damned
Rob- Thank you for your recommendations! They're on the list.
We are pretty vacant was about not having work in a period of mass unemployment.I was 18 living in the north of England that was pretty grim
The Pistols anti establishment ,no future spoke to us.I was young,,pissed off and ready for the revolution.Now I.m old,pissed off and still waiting
Rob- Thank you for the context. That certainly makes sense. Kat and I do this as one of many ways to blow off steam from the grind.
Yeah! Glad you suggested Dead Kennedys! They were free speech warriors in court. Dig Ramones, MDC, Clash, Slits, Dicks, Damned, Crass, Conflict, Poison Girls, Lydia Lunch, Dead Boys, Bad Brains, Minutemen, Black Flag. Punk rock is essential.
Rob-That easily goes beyond my punk knowledge! I know a handful of Dead Kennedy's songs, and I can definitely get behind the sound and message. I definitely dig the Ramones and the Clash. Maybe a touch of Bad Brains. And I want to get into some Black Flag because of Henry Rollins. But that's a lot of new music for me and know that's just scratching the surface. Feel free to hit us with some specific tunes if you get a moment.
@@ShareWhatYouLove Cool!
Black Flag- Drinking & Driving
The Clash- The Call-Up
Minutemen- Corona
Slits- Typical Girls
Poison Girls- Political Love
Ramones- Bonzo Goes To Bitburg, Pet Sematary, Teenage Lobotomy, Censorshit☠️
X - "Los Angeles" / The Clash - "Jenny Jones" / Sex Pistols - "Bodies"
Rob- Added to the list! Thank you.
"Bodies"......is the track.
NOBODY did punk like the Brits.
Highly recommend you check out the stooges, especially “down on the street” and “I wanna be your dog.”
Ruts- Babylon's Burning
Stiff Little Fingers- Suspect Device
Xray Spex- Art I Ficial
Rob- Thank you for your recommendations! I've recorded them to the list.
No one could vomit as well as Sid Vicious on stage.
The Germs were a notorious early LA punk band I like. Their guitarist Pat Smear was later in Nirvana and Foo Fighters. Also Minutemen's Mike Watt later joined Iggy and the Stooges
Rob- I might have heard some Germs, but I wouldn't swear to it. I definitely know Pat Smear from Nirvana and Foo. I feel like I need more Iggy and the Stooges in my life!
My favourite Pistols track.
How could you not love it?
motorhead wouls also be a good start
You want to sort that sound out.
Which part of the video are you referring to? I’m not catching any sound problems on this end. If it’s the echo at the beginning, it’s because the producer is not mic’ed up (that’s why he sounds a bit distant compared to the mic’ed up talent) That was just some BTS banter that we included because we thought it was funny.
@@ShareWhatYouLove We hear your mic recording the video's audio and the audio of the video, i think that's what they are referring to
The only people who are mic’ed up are the talent. The producer was talking in the background, said something that caught Kat & Rob off guard and prompted some burst out laughter. We wanted to share that behind the scenes footage with the audience because we thought it was funny (despite the echoey audio) and we knew the rest of the audio was spot on. We hope you at least found the exchange funny and we’ll mic the BTS for future episodes in case we have moments like this happen again that we’d like to use. Thank you for watching. We hope you enjoyed it. 🙂❤️
@@ShareWhatYouLove I think what @Theo-be1wd means is that maybe the mics you were wearing were picking up the music and putting a delay on it which got mashed up with the original audio. I hope what you were hearing in the studio didn't sound like that.
No, it didn’t sound like that at all. I really appreciate you letting us know so we can be more aware of that for future episodes. Good looking out, Thank you. ❤️
The secod best band, ever, after PIL!
Rob- You'll have to help me out on the acronym...
@@ShareWhatYouLove Public Image Ltd. The subsequent band of Pistols singer John (Rotten) Lydon. They're a legendary post-punk act
Vivienne Westwood completed their look then went on to be the premier number one fashion designer of the planet. Check her out
Rob- Moving outside of music! Thank you. That's on the list.
cardiacs: To go off and things. Enjoy the rabbit hole of this band, thank me later
@@PuzzledlifeTV Rob- Thank you! I'll add it to the list.
I can hear an echo on the sound.
What echo? At the very beginning?
@@ShareWhatYouLove yes, that shouldn't be there.
So that was just BTS audio & video between the producer and the talent. The producer obviously is not mic’ed up. We’re thought that it was a funny exchange (clearly the producer said something that caught Kat off guard and prompted a burst of laughter) and we wanted people to enjoy it as well. It might be a little bit echoey, but the rest of the audio throughout the video is spot on. Despite the echoey audio, we hope you at least enjoyed the exchange and we’ll make sure we have our BTS mic’ed up in case any other magic happens in the future. 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
This doesn't sound right. It sounds like it's only on one channel of old school stereo. There's no depth to the drums and there's no proper bass. Sounds like you've only got half the recording. Vocals and guitar, bass and drums are in the background, not where they should be, up front with the rest.
This song older than you? Wow! I thought you were older than me as (no offence) you look way older than me. I was born in 1976.
@@robertmarriott6767 Rob- You've got me by a few!