He was spot on with the man in the street though. Vast swathes of the public are ****s.
I don’t disagree with that! Sid was one of them though imo
That might be the case with many, I’m the opposite, I’m a prick.
No tin hat required. I might need to borrow it when I state that I thought the Sex Pistols were overrated in terms of their contribution to the musical landscape back then.
Agreed. Including most of us on here.
I will bite
. In what way were they overrated? They certainly had a significant impact to both music and culture, this cannot be denied in my opinion, but I’m interested to know why you think this is overrated.Apologies old boy, you are spot on, a Friday I recall as it was front page on my Grandad's Daily Mail on the Sat.
The sound at the time was dominated by those who released music that sounded different. The Clash. The Damned. I liked the Pistols but Jones and Matlock were into 70s British pop rock and it shows. Anarchy in the UK did an awful lot of heavy lifting, but it was hardly archetypal 'punk rock'.I will bite
I don't normally remember what day celebrities (using the term loosely) die but that one was a vivid memory.
I would say the original line up were very significant in the history of British popular music, is it not the case that their Manchester gig at the Free Trade Hall in the mid 70's spawned the Buzzcocks, Joy Division/New Order and Simply Red (I will bite
), as the likes of Pete Shelley, Peter Hook, Barney Sumner and Mick Hucknall were all in attendance and said the experience prompted their own musical ambitions?
Ran the Hacienda and Factory records. Pretty much responsible for “Madchester”.Who is Tony Wilson and why would he be asking Sid Vicious about producing music? Sid could barely play music let alone produce it
I grew up during the punk era and still listen to the Sex Pistols today. But Sid "producing his music" not a chance.
Is this Groundhog Day?Of course the Pistols were overrated. They took all the plaudits, but as the music press has since confirmed, punk, like blues, country, soul, hip hop, jungle, funk, metal, electro, disco, reggae, opera, folk, chamber music and cavemen bashing stretched animal skins with bones, was all the invention of four young lads from Liverpool.
Blimey, did they invent Polka too?