American Singer/Songwriter Reacts "The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK" | 1st Time Hearing

[@markbebber2284]

Everyone should have the “Never mind the bollocks” album in their record collection

[@BertSmithLondon]

I wouldn't have it as a gift. 😀

[@honestpolitician6366]

on the vinyl

[@JillDinardo-mb6ii]

Absolutely!! A must!

[@jakesolo2872]

Correct 👍 It’s a huge thing in the history of popular music. One of the before/after junctions.

[@liamwarwick2710]

one of if not the best record i own

[@JustANobody9757]

I remember hearing this for the first time. Changed my music taste forever. One of the most influential bands ever.

[@Pietimethailand]

Waiting for this docile generation to break from the ,"got talent" shit and take the music scene back to the streets as these did. Wow I was shaking just watching this. ❤

[@chamberpot969]

​@Pietimethailand Yes, where are all thr angry young men today? There's plenty to be angry about.

[@bradpearce3407]

​@@Pietimethailandevery generation is docile!

[@kevinturner3997]

Just a little bit of trivia, Jonny Rotten (vocalist) outed Jimmy Saville in 1978 so the BBC banned him.

[@jimmydodds7897]

Came here to say this, I remember the interview. Only guy to ever open his mouth.

[@AncientBriton1948]

The Pistols were certainly not best musically but they were easily the most notorious. John Lydon (Rotten) was the first to call out Jimmy Savile and got himself banned from the BBC for 25 years. Have a listen to Teenage Kicks by The Undertones, quality. 🇬🇧

[@manmountain108]

You havin a laugh. Steve, Paul and Glen are well capable musicians. Fuck Sid who was enlisted for the look. Steve Jones plays both guitar and bass on never mind the bollocks. Glen had been kicked out and Sid didn't have a clue.

[@iainc1965]

The Pistols changed everything for me. Giving a middle finger to the establishment and Steve Jones is one of the most underrated rhythm guitarists in rock n roll history

[@fionadutton8149]

My youth, 1975-1977 we had such a great time (didn’t bother so much with the pistols after Glen left though). So many great memories, still have some of the clothes

[@ned_1963]

I'm English & remember the Sex Pistols first appearing on our TV when I was about 13 years old, nothing has ever had the same impact, ever! Check out their infamous live interview with Bill Grundy, he got removed from TV because of it!! 😵😵😵

[@paulhollett7183]

It would be great if they could react to that interview and then follow it up with the Kevin Eldon spoof.

[@annephillips8494]

They were great fun back in the day.I suppose you could say the are National Treasures now. Johnny's wife Norah died recently He was her carer and had many happy years together. Pretty Vacant is my fave .

[@707fest4]

Weirdly, last night I was at a Pretty Vacant acoustic sing-along with Glen Matlock. Never thought I'd witness that!

[@chrismcdonagh688]

In the 70s I hated punk but started to appreciate it in the 80s and ended up loving it. Holidays In The Sun and Pretty Vacant are my favourites by the Pistols.

[@Smoshy16]

God Save the Queen by the Pistols changed my life when I was 14.

[@daves3893]

At 62 this was my youth, really funny to see you hearing it for the first time.

[@neilgayleard3842]

This is real original British punk.

[@joaoalmendra65]

I'm 59 now and this band the SeX Pist0ls changed my life for ever .Must have been 13 or 14 . What a blast ! Most important band ever for me that is .

[@MrStephenLodge]

This group came along at the Hight of Disco in the UK and got little airtime on mainstream radio.

[@MrJimithee]

In the early days of Oasis, I remember some journalist describing them as "The Sex-Beatles" ! I always loved that comparrison, young Liams voice Definitely (see what I did there) have that Johnny Rotten venom

[@davidmontgomery9846]

Punk came along and showed that you didn't have to be a tremendous musician in order to make music , in fact anyone could do it .Punk in the U.K. was a reaction not just to the music scene but also to the state of the country .The Pistols were just one of many bands around at the time who had far more energy than musical ability .As a heavy rock lover , I embraced Punk as well and it still excites me now forty odd years later .

[@barcelonatery]

I saw them a couple of times in London venues in the 70's when I was a punk, they blew my mind!

[@markjones127]

Noel Gallagher who I know you both love rates 'Never Mind the Bollocks' as one of the greatest albums of all time, you should look into their legendary lesser free trade hall gig and the influence it was said to have had on so many musicians of the day, being cited as the catalyst for many now iconic bands in their own right.

[@ghichens3418]

Short lived , but they frightened the living shite out of the Government !! what a time ! Ace !!!

[@themacraecase4323]

Naturally, the references to IRA & UDA got it banned from a lot of radio stations. Also, local councils banned the Pistols appearing at local venues, but a Miners Welfare Club in Huddersfield booked them for a Kids Christmas party! And kids, parents and Pistols had a whale of a time!

[@RevStickleback]

Their last ever UK performance (at least before reforming)

[@anniemoore6455]

Incredible to think that they only made One LP!!!

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

I'm in the UK and was only a child when this came out but my 2 young uncles were punks and I have vivid memories of this and the energy and different vibe of these guys and the Clash ....I was so lucky looking back I was raised by hippy parents grew up with punks and rasta and by time I was 13 Hip Hop and the graff culture I have lived by all my adult life was born and then in my late teens the whole illegal rave scene was born...I have been immersed in rich working class street cultures all my life and kinda feel bad for the generations since as there hasn't been a totally new culture since ,I paint at various festivals and it's real sad to see how tame and safe your average 16yr old is nowadays.

[@tobeski]

Paul Cook (drums) and Steve Jones (guitar) were the two people who picked up a drunk and morose Pete Townshend in London and so contributed to the creation of "Who Are You?" which he wrote about the experience. Although they started as complete amateurs (playing with instruments stolen from David Bowie's band when they played Hammersmith Odeon in London) Steve Jones is actually one of the tightest guitarists of all time

[@Pietimethailand]

Agreed 💯 I never got the critics saying they couldn't play. That was as good guitar sound as was ever produced

[@LordEriolTolkien]

I was about 10 when Punk hit big. It has attitude, but Metal was always better musically. There's no denying the pure raw attitude of the Pistols. They were the cutting/bleeding edge of sound so many decades ago. The energy still remains

[@GroinStrain_]

1 album is all you need to change music forever. Punk is just an attitude that was really needed at this time in the 70s. At the Queens 25th jubilee - God Save the Queen was the real number one record, but it wasn’t the poncy national anthem this one was the anthem of the real nation. Also Johnny Rotten exposed Jimmy Savile in 1978 but the BBC shut him down, he knew and told the real truth

[@warwickofnorwich]

The Filth and the Fury is an awesome documentary. My band used to finish our set with Anarchy in the UK. Really fun song to play.

[@davidbirchall832]

It's said that almost everyone who went to see them play in Manchester went on to form a band...The Smiths, Joy Division, The Chameleons...

[@MeganSmith-xx2ih]

Unless you were there at the time, you simply cannot understand how amazing the time was. Punk was not just music, it was style snd energy from the youth and from the streets, born out of difficult political times and hardship. No money? Get a bin bag, share some make up, listen to raw, brilliant NEW music. I loved every SECOND of it. We'll never see anything like it again, sadly, todays youth don't have it in them, and music is all about money now.

[@themacraecase4323]

This x 10000.

[@williamwebb8908]

Exactly right. You had to see it from the beginning to see how different it was from all that came before. Later generations missed out on that incredible moment. I'm so glad I was there.

[@peterhardy5011]

Absolutely bang on, bands like the pistols were the driving force behind my youth, I wouldn’t change a fucking thing about those times , musically we were very lucky to live through those times :-)

[@thegrumpymuso5418]

Saw them twice in 1977 at the Electric Circus in Manchester, along with the Buzzcocks, The Jam, Clash, The Damned, AC/DC and a raft of others. Took your life in your hands getting to and leaving the venue as groups used to gather outside to try and beat you up. Still worth it. Think the ticket to the pistols was around £1 or less. Anarchy in The UK was a breath of fresh air at the time. Our equivalent of the 50's rock and roll revolution.

[@bobbyboko6317]

The best punk voice ever

[@richt71]

John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) has managed to appear on some big records that are genres apart. Thinking of this song and comparing it to his vocals on Leftfields dance anthem 'open up'. Definitely check out PIL songs as well. They created some cool songs.

[@CravingBeer]

I saw PIL live last week on their 45th anniversary tour; they are still putting out some decent music.

[@lennymarsh1323]

Punk was my first love. This song is my ringtone and i never get tired of hearing it. No one in my house get confused whos phone is ringing 😂😂

[@nicholakeeble7172]

OMG the memories that came flooding back listening to that haha thanks guys great as always ❤❤❤

[@chrisperyagh]

Siouxsie and the Banshees were my favourite mainstream Punk band from the '70s and that also created a bridge between Punk and Goth and I got into Goth bands from 16 onwards, then digging deeper into more obscure Goth bands from 18 onwards. The funny thing being back in the '70s it was said you only need three chords to form a Punk band when there's plenty of Indie bands later on in the '80s and '90s who only used two chords (I and IV) in most of their output. You've got to check out Sham 69 as well.

[@stever7732]

Daniel has already had some exposure to the Faroese singer Eivør (theme to ‘The Last Kingdom’). Why don’t you both listen to her live recording of ‘Falling Free (Live from the Old Theatre in Torshavn)’. One of the truly great live performances that has left every reaction who has done this one stunned.

[@stevesoutar3405]

Well done Spencer - introducing Daniel to the Pistols 🙂 Journalists were banned from early Sex Pistols gigs in the 1970's - with the door staff ordered to stop them getting in If any music journalist (or anyone else who didn't fit it, not looking like a genuine punk rocker) was spotted inside the gig, random fans were sometimes paid to rough them up & throw them back outside ... adding to the buzz & mystique behind this new band. Genius marketing!

[@gregorylast6524]

One minute into Holidays in the Sun on my first listening to NMTB and my musical world changed.

[@kevinturner3997]

I think you guys would enjoy Sid Vicious singing his version of My Way or Sex Pistols Pretty Vacant.

[@whitedwarf4986]

You need to watch 24 Hour Party People. Highly recommended.

[@kevinblake839]

Unsurpassed pissed off, sneering attitude and one of the best guitar sounds ever recorded. They layered something like 16 tracks of guitar on this album to create a wall of guitars and it sounds awesome.🤘🎸

[@Pietimethailand]

Left school in 77. The music scene came alive for us and rescued the world from the creeping Middle of the Road shite . Captain and Tenille and Gilbert o Sullivan, songs about dead dogs, cute puppies and and. Well, thank god they came along.

[@FlamesCagney]

"Let's burn some shit down" Love it.

[@waynenorth5322]

OH MY GOD Born in 68 I was around 10 when this came out. I immediately became a punk! Couple of stories haha I was like proper blonde and spiked my hair like the drummer Paul Cook and went to school one day in the winter after putting blue food colouring in my hair. As punk was seen as the devil incarnate the teacher told me to wash it out, so I used a lump of ice from the playground and the dye just ran and dried all over my face, ended up going home Another was my brothers friend about 3 years older than me. He was playing the Bollocks album and his old man 'bollocked' him and sent him to bed for "listening to such crap", later that night, the lad woke up to the sound of the Bollocks playing downstairs hahaha his old man had a listen! Great days - I was also into the Buzzcocks, SLF, the Damned and later the Clash. I wish I had got into the Clash earlier but at 10 years old I would be understanding the messages in their music along with their constant changes. Its common that no-one literally owns an album where they can truly say they love EVERY track on that album and the albums of the Clash were very much like that for me. London Calling was up there but maybe 3 or 4 I wasnt fond of! Same for all their albums. Hanx was a class album from SLF. If you wanna hear powerful punk that isnt just noise, then Hanx has got it all. I notice how Daniel's eyes light up just as Im getting into stuff you play, the last time I had that feeling was Carter USM and Sheriff Fatman Nice one. I will try and watch the doc on the Pistols at some point as its 2 hours plus Punk and the indie sound of the 90s from Manchester were the best musical times although I was more into the Stone Roses and Charlatans type stuff than Oasis

[@alanrenshaw5497]

"Get pissed - Dessttrroooyyyy! Jonesy's guitar tone though!! 👌

[@lawrencegt2229]

This is 56 years old! More than half a century away but still feels fresh,harsh & relevant.

[@darklybright]

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[@oldtimer7635]

It's worth remembering that the band as we remember it was largely the creation of then manager Malcolm McLaren. He was already involved with fashion business (punk fashion) in London. Everything was more or less pre-calculated and in the end there was quite little of spontaneity involved. All the more business.

[@Smoshy16]

Bullshit! To paraphrase Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) "You didn't make me, I am me." Malcom had nothing to do with the music.

[@Accountforstuff]

Definitely. Just look up some of John's real views expressed in interviews about anarchy, the monarchy, etc, and it turns out he's not really all that punk after all

[@davidpryle3935]

You’ve certainly fallen for McLaren’s propaganda. The sex pistols were a glorious runaway train of a band, uncontrollable by McLaren, or anybody else, for that matter. Why do think they were gone after one album !

[@oldtimer7635]

@@davidpryle3935 Hah hah, McLaren got exactly what he wanted, promotion for his other businesses. He just used those dummies. He had enough, what happened to the band? "glorious runaway train" gone. : )

[@davidpryle3935]

@@oldtimer7635 If you want to believe McLaren’s after the fact propaganda, about how he planned everything, that’s entirely a matter for you.

[@chrislemoh2019]

"Fuck yeah, let's go outside and turn some shit down!" Correct.

[@tomhogan9046]

Remember this coming out and the battles of the Kings Road Punk bashing boogie was played in all the rock and roll clubs I used to go to😅

[@merlin5476]

Being into music & not ever listened to the sex pistols is like saying I've never heard anything by the beatles !

[@ulricaandrae4381]

You should watch the movie ”This is England” (2006), great movie! And some brit punk culture and history.

[@kevinashby291]

This Is England being the name of a song by the other great English Punk Rock band, The Clash.

[@ulricaandrae4381]

@@kevinashby291yes, and London calling by The Clash is one of the best punk songs out there imo

[@derekjamieson6986]

The Damned started it all for me but the Pistols nailed it with and the Bollocks album. Turned the world on its head for a while and helped make most older bands look geriatric.

[@GazBobtalks]

I love it when the band looks angry and intent on violence, and then flashes a smile. They're just having a ball and so were the fans.

[@diogenesagogo]

A guy called Tony Wilson had a tv show in the UK in the 70s called So It Goes. It had a variety of bands on there & was a bit more interesting than the usual pop show. Anyway this bland folk group had just been on (all cable knit sweaters & penny whistles) when Wilson, grinning, said "now we've got something a little different for you ..." & there they were. My jaw hit the floor. And then I started grinning. Two things were immediately apparent : a) they couldn't play or sing a note & b) they didn't give a flying fart. The energy levels were insane. It was glorious. Punk was the best thing to happen in music since the 60s. It blew all the boring pretentious crap away & rediscovered the energy & attitude that drives all good music - because they, & many others did improve technically, which can always happen, but without that fire in your belly rock music is nothing.

[@VeteranHedonist]

Watching you lads from my hospital bed. Got open heart surgery Tuesday to replace a valve.

[@sambirch6784]

When you listen to the guitar parts on Pistol songs they're actually more complex than you'd expect. Punk guitarists have a reputation for being rather basic but Steve Jones of the Pistols is actually a very able guitarist who often creates a variety of different guitar parts in his songs, both picked and strummed, and goes against the stereotype of a three chord thrasher.

[@seanclark2085]

The greatest single of all time, changed music, fashion, attitude , society like no other in history .

[@BazzSelby]

Being a musician, I'd love to see Spencer's reaction to 'Ghost Love Score' by Nightwish. But, it HAS to be the LIVE video from Wacken 2013. Enjoy, boys, as ur in for a real treat!

[@MrsMillwall]

I go punk gigs all the time, was at the 100 Club watching Menace on Friday, bloody fabulous 🌟

[@KevPage-Witkicker]

Stand-out punk singles you may have missed; Swords of A Thousand Men by Tenpole Tudor, Shot By Both Sides by Magazine, Tommy Gun by The Clash, So What by The Anti-Nowhere League (Metallica covered that one to GREAT effect).

[@nealwillis4361]

My youth what a time to be alive a legendary album so many stand out songs.

[@FernandoGarcia-ge6mp]

That sneer in Rotten's voice is frickin perfect for Punk.

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

gotta do God save the QUeen, by this band.....

[@carlosdeferrer3585]

Nice one guys. If your looking for a good Christmas documentary you could try Never Mind The Baubles - Christmas '77 with The Sex Pistols. (Edit for spelling)

[@simonatkinson6389]

Holy Cow! Daniel, How did you miss this genre of music? This is punk at it's best!! The two front men were Jonny Rotten and Sid Vicious. Bands like The Sex Pistols, The Damned, The Clash and The Stooges, all brilliant bands and all worth checking out. Punk was always meant to be 'in your face' compared to the 'chilled out 'Hippie' vibe. If you want some Classic 'Post Punk' bands check out The Jam, Siouxsie and the Banshees, (pronounced Suzie), Public Image Ltd and The Cure.

[@FlamesCagney]

Understand when this came out FM radio was the main source of music. And it was full of Boston, Foreigner, Aerosmith. Classic Rock. When this came out it wasn't well received at first. Most people didn't know what to do with it and hate "That punk shit". After a while people started to get it.

[@OldGeezerstoolbox]

The one thing about that tune as an introduction to the Sex Pistols--9 out of 10 times, you can watch the listener as their face goes from a bit neutral to a growing smile in the first 15 or so seconds of that song. Then they can't wipe the shit-eating-grin off their face no matter how hard they try.

[@lynnhamps7052]

In reality true punk only lasted for five minutes in 1976/1977, I was seventeen and fully embraced everything about it but a year later was a goth..you are fickle at 17 lol..wasn't a fan of Malcolm McLaren, punk quickly became too commercial and ' fashionable ' ..lost its original meaning. Met John Lydon once, he was actually a really bright and decent bloke...apparently he only really wanted to sing Pretty Vacant so he could say 'Cant (pronounced 'Cunt' ) on the BBC..lol. Legend!!

[@fionadutton8149]

I always felt it was over when The Clash played the Rainbow at the end of the White Riot tour, can remember thinking 'where have all these people come from'.

[@feebeejeebees]

The whole punk genre is a rabbit hole you should definitely descend into. The Clash, The Damned, The Ruts etc etc. You'll be amazed at the amount of bands you have never even heard of who have world-class ATTITUDE ! How about starting with New Rose, by The Damned. I guarantee you'll love it.

[@michaelcaffery5038]

I loved their version of 'No Fun'. I don't have it now but I think it was the B side of the Pretty Vacant single.

[@northernvoice7288]

Much better than that Oasis crap you normally listen to.

[@TheSamleigh]

Haven’t watched this yes BUT I LOVE THE SEX PISTOLS I saw an old vid years ago - didn’t know anything about them - nothing But their music vid glued me to the screen. I love them.

[@frankw9619]

As someone who was around at the time this came out, it seems odd that it doesn't sound like what we came to know as punk. Also, has anyone else noticed how all the best punk bands each had an excellent drummer?

[@LordEriolTolkien]

Punk's Not Dead... just Thick

[@DropdudeJohn]

Checkout Holidays in The Sun

[@robertkillen4797]

The singer, Johnny Rotten, was blacklisted by the BBC after calling out Jimmy Saville on air about 30 years before anyone else did

[@guybartlett9587]

Gives me a smile every time!

[@darrenmorgan870]

You wouldn't have seen or heard of them from the BBC because they were the only people who mentioned Jimmy Saville and what he was doing and letting people know what they thought of him and guess what happened they were never allowed back on the BBC, they didn't care about what would happen to them or the band which would kill off many bands because the BBC was the only TV station and radio stations people could hear the latest tunes and without that backing it was near impossible to break out, some bands did do it their own way but they were few and far between, so whatever you think of the lead singer Johnny Rotten, he was the only one "with the band behind him" who had the Bollocks to say it as it was plus he was the sole carer for his wife of many years who had real problems over the last years but he stayed right by her side and did what every husband should do and take care of her but many would need help from family health care stuff like that but he did the lot

[@callumbruce4154]

Daniel, your life just changed forever.

[@bjornnordstrom]

Sex Pistols had great impact on the music scene over here too (everyone can play, anyone can say what they want) and the punk movement sure had some "interesting" attitude. However musically, they were not so interesting. I went the opposite way: Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, Michael McDonald, Joni Mitchell, and most of all, Miles Davis. But even today, I can get the urge to be a punk!

[@gigiiggi7138]

There is not a bad song on NMTBHTSP :-) I'm lucky to be so old and so I experienced this phenomena first hand. My first exposure was "God Save The Queen" on a jule box in Crofton in West Yorkshire UK when i was about 18 but, my favourite has always been "Pretty Vacant" :-) watch the great Rock and Roll Swindle, fabulous :-)

[@EponaDreams-AmbientDreamscapes]

Everyone was listening to Steeleye Span and The Carpenters before this came out.

[@zooemm]

Got to see Public limited unlimited open for inxs in the 80s. It was awesome

[@hognaut]

Along with Sgt Peppers and others, this is one of the most important albums of all time

[@TheSportsShowOnTheDamnYoutube]

🍻Good Choice Boys, Cheers!

[@markasbury1084]

Many so many good memories of my youth :0

[@ericstewart8879]

Never mind the bollocks ftw

[@sekara9866]

This was the 70's version of my 90's Nirvana moment.

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

meh, i always prefer the Clash, when it comes to early Punk. guns of Brixton is a great tune... but there is one Sex Pistols song i like with da riffing, but can't remember it. oh well

[@SeanONeill-ef5vb]

I brought the 90s version by Green Jelly about the Flintstones and Bedrock 😂

[@andrewlaw]

Anarchy In Bedrock. Saw them in concert and still got the signed ticket. They were Green Jello everywhere else in the world but Green Jelly here for obvious reasons.

[@nicholasroberts1374]

I would have thought that you would have gone with "God Save the Queen" which is one of the greatest protests songs EVER!! It was number 1 during the week of the queen celebrating her 25th anniversary on the throne. Though technically there was no number 1 that week "God save the queen 'Cause tourists are money And our figurehead Is not what she seems Oh God save history God save your mad parade Oh Lord God have mercy All crimes are paid"

[@toxlaximus3297]

There was a recent tv series called 'pistols' a good place to start.

[@user-ed9mf5yi2o]

48 years old this song is and you're just doing a reaction now

[@salvessen6100]

The invention of moshing and the first band to record c~nt in a song that got played on air ;)

[@kevinwharton2341]

Saw the original Pistols. Can't remember much about the gig. Off my head.

[@sarahealey1780]

Lead singer Johnny Rotten was the first person to try and expose Jimmy Savil which lead to him being black listed on TV

[@scifimonkey3]

Steady! You might end up doing music reactions again.

[@malachyohara]

my favorite pistols song is Pretty Vacant

[@Smokey2Mc]

Put me in the mood to watch Sid and Nancy movie, Gary Oldman is class as Sid in it.

[@paulsouthern1604]

Albert Steptoe rides again!

[@flea1683]

I kept buying tickets they kept being banned, irritating af😂