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.
You must be joking. His voice was great when he was in The Pistols originally. This doesn't even sound like the same person. He hasn't got that voice anymore.
@@antialtaic l am well aware of how old he is. Even in 1996 when they first reformed his voice was totally different to how he sang the songs originally.
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 RUclips.
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.
Sex Pistols songs are so great everything the lyrics the playing/voice/instruments that s why today they are respected in the music industry.every S P song is brilliant,with no music study or training they created a work that it s tried to be replicated but never as close to the real thing.i love the SeX PiStOlS!!!
I agree. Every song is pretty motherfucking killer. There really isn't a moment that is not. There isn't a part that is different than how I'd want to do it if i was trying to get this punk thing to take off. They're the funnest punk band. I don't want to ask for more because that would just be Ego. I understand there is no way they could have kept it up for more than the one album. It is just the right amount and it is as close to perfect as a rock band has ever been.
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.
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!
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
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.
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...
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.
@@Always_Look_Up I was just a few years older at 18 when it dropped but was already into the punk music. There was a pretty good punk scene in SF clubs My favorite was the 'Mabuhey Garden' ...saw some of the greats there as MC Dirk insulted the crowd and bands shouting 'eat it' when croud wanted encore
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.
Wrong, you're WAY off. "Boy band" is a modern dancepop concept, nothing to do with the Pistols or how they formed. Care to learn the ACTUAL history? The Pistols were originally self-formed in 1972 by Steve Jones and Paul Cook - band members - and their mate Wally Nightingale. Bassist and songwriter Glen Matlock joined in '73 and John Lydon in '75. The term "boy band" didn't even exist until the nineties. Nothing to do with manufactured dancepop groups.
@@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.
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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.
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
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.
we need more of this again
The best rock n roll band in the world. Proper
Lydon's voice is one of the most fascinating in the history of popular music.
Same year, full Brixton show;
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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 🤐
Saw this a couple of years ago - just watching it again. What a voice!
RIP Nora and so sorry for you Johnny
Lydon has turned into Rik from the Young Ones
😆I think he`d find that comment amusing
John's voice is still in it's prime. Right on!
You must be joking. His voice was great when he was in The Pistols originally. This doesn't even sound like the same person. He hasn't got that voice anymore.
@@BillyJangoAre you aware that he's 67yo?
@@antialtaic l am well aware of how old he is. Even in 1996 when they first reformed his voice was totally different to how he sang the songs originally.
Sorry .. Johnny Rottens dead!
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 !!!
A 10yr old's mind was blown back in 1977, and I still listen to them all the time today in my mid 50s
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 RUclips.
They’re crap
Jonesy is the soul of this band, brothers.
and Rotten is the mind
Yes
Those dance moves at 2.06 are killer, talk about timing. 😂
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.
Sex Pistols songs are so great everything the lyrics the playing/voice/instruments that s why today they are respected in the music industry.every S P song is brilliant,with no music study or training they created a work that it s tried to be replicated but never as close to the real thing.i love the SeX PiStOlS!!!
I agree. Every song is pretty motherfucking killer. There really isn't a moment that is not. There isn't a part that is different than how I'd want to do it if i was trying to get this punk thing to take off. They're the funnest punk band. I don't want to ask for more because that would just be Ego. I understand there is no way they could have kept it up for more than the one album. It is just the right amount and it is as close to perfect as a rock band has ever been.
It’s a great tune. Pretty Vacant & London Calling by the Clash were two of the great songs of that era.
That was their song that my favorite of theirs back then.. Lyndon has impressed me over the years, keep on guys.
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?
Hey hey Rock An Roll will never Die
Brilliant as usual!
Thank you so much and God bless you a million times for posting this.
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!
John and the lads at their best! Gawd bless ya!
I love that Lydon always seems so incensed and annoyed but in reality it’s steeped in humor.
Yeah he is a great actor
I was in the audience. Taped at CBS Television City at Fairfax & Beverly.
utterly brilliant!
Steve Jones and (RIP) Tom Verlaine... unsung guitar virtuosos
Don't know if old Steve is quite a virtuoso but he's certainly no slouch
Best intro, those drums.
Cook is a class drummer
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 !!!
Magnificent.
One of the best records, ever!
Man....seeing them live in 1996 was a dream come true.
awww, you went to Filthy LUcre? niceeeee.
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 👍
Still brilliant!!!
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.
Love it !
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!
I saw them in Manchester uk around this time. Great gig
Flat out EPIC!
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 love that they didn't even try to pretend they were still young... or that they gave a shit about getting older.
I’ve been waiting years to see that again.
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'll bet the yanks watching that on their tv's were thinking WTF!!!!!
Not all "yanks"...
ruclips.net/video/TUxFQ5QBiYk/видео.htmlsi=I75Jao6UwOyGXaLR
Sorry man, American punk rock surpassed this in lots of ways long ago
@@PoopscoopMcgoop204 Yeah but those boys started it didn't they.
@@sharonsimmonds3197nope the americans started it
superb
Can Kenneth introduce me wherever I go?
Los AMO!
y él te odia
les meilleurs ! des groupes de rock anglais ........je les adore .................
Pretty Excellent!
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.
Old great music
The best of England
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.
Still own the classic 'Never mind the Bollocks' LP bought in 77' and memories of the messy last show @Winterland in SF ☠️
Yes... Winterland was a disaster
👉👉BOLLOCKS👈👈
@@Always_Look_Up *corrected ty 🤣 .......it was almost 50 years ago but I remember like yesterday
@@davekat4680 Very same mate, I was 15 back then...fun times!
@@Always_Look_Up I was just a few years older at 18 when it dropped but was already into the punk music. There was a pretty good punk scene in SF clubs
My favorite was the 'Mabuhey Garden' ...saw some of the greats there as MC Dirk insulted the crowd and bands shouting 'eat it' when croud wanted encore
Unreal
John Lydon best interview in history
The best music band... EVER!
They’re shit
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
"Bloated" yes.
Oucch!!
I sex pistols sono stati il mio primo gruppo punk ascoltato..avevo una loro toppa cucita nel giubotto
Grandiii
They are the best.🧷
Always be the song that woke up a generation 😱.
Jonesy would go on to appear on Craig's show a few more times including Craig's final episode.
Mi cancion favorita de los sex pistols
Never to be outdone ♾️💋
Cookie... you make me dance anywhere, anytime!
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.
Fucking powerfull band in this World …. Lydon is a genius
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.
Smokin!!!
The best manufactured Bou Band Ever. And Sid Vicious was a born ROCK STAR
Wrong, you're WAY off. "Boy band" is a modern dancepop concept, nothing to do with the Pistols or how they formed. Care to learn the ACTUAL history? The Pistols were originally self-formed in 1972 by Steve Jones and Paul Cook - band members - and their mate Wally Nightingale. Bassist and songwriter Glen Matlock joined in '73 and John Lydon in '75. The term "boy band" didn't even exist until the nineties. Nothing to do with manufactured dancepop groups.
Music that spans 3 generations easy.
Gut!!
Es increíble como esto suena tan actual
👑
Fucking awesome.
craig called them the sexy pistols - and fat is this years slim - fking brilliant
Bleedin row.
Bravo me compre ese cassette por los años 80 con unos deberia tener 15 años. Saludos desde Argentina.
Qué canción más potente
Todas são
U ever feel uve been cheated
This cover band is very good. I have watched their videos since 2021 and i've enjoyed too much.
The fucking gun’s n roses of punk rock!
so who are the pistols of narcissusrock?
This is no crabb this is art, like them honost saying doing whas a heavy time in Dodrecht wauw man
A glorious racket
good
I'm 60 soon . Wish i had her bone stucture and voice .. amazing . Funny how keith richards ... Tom jones ..jagger still worshipped!
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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.
Wow they're big. Literally.
Le punk anarchy le punk provocateur le vrai punk dans toute sa splendeur se sont les sex pistols
👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍
Play it loud, guys
The Alley Chicago Needs To Bring In Punk T-shirts Vive le Rock Little Richard Version Because Of Sid Vicious
Rik Mayall
J'adore ça mère