Sex Pistols on Letterman late show

[@louismastrangelo3781]

Johnny’s hair looks like a MasterCard credit card

[@andy1179]

It was the filthy lucre tour after all ! Maybe a pun by Mr Lydon ?

[@louismastrangelo3781]

@@andy1179 That’s a good point

[@retlaw190]

Or McDonald Fires

[@bobo0202]

Johnny Rotten sold out

[@d1egosmusic]

Abahahhaha 💳

[@briantruitt5218]

Steve Jones crunchy guitar tone is freaking amazing!

[@heygringo7]

absolutely!

[@kingcormack8004]

By Steve Jones' own admission he stole his style from Johnny Thunders.

[@heygringo7]

@@kingcormack8004 Borrow from the best

[@faradayfelix]

Jones's guitar sound on the albums was a combination of two guitar tracks played an octave apart, giving a solid wall of guitar sound. Simple, but hugely effective.

[@kencummings953]

​@@kingcormack8004he wasn't alone. Look at Greg Ginn from Black Flag

[@brucehartnell1475]

About ten years ago, I was walking in downtown Eugene, Oregon when I passed Luckeys, a really old local bar. It was a Monday night and sorta slow in town, but I looked at the poster in the window and it said “ The Stranglers”. I thought “ no fucking way”, so I go in and it’s the fucking stranglers playing to three other people- I made it the four. They play “ Peaches”, then Hugh says “ we have a guest with us and we’re gonna play some of his songs”. Up steps Glen Matlock, and they did a Sex Pistols set. It was the original stranglers except for the drummer, who was Clem Burke from Blondie. Amazing night, and I got to drink with them.

[@dad_jokes_4ever226]

Bloody hell !!!

[@mentari147]

still good

[@olivierbourbonnais328]

I love it when it happens by surprise. When I was a kid, I went out to a Goth dive bar and there was a guy from the Virgin Prunes On many occasion I saw some cool chaps and chapesses from various bands by occurrence and it felt great just like your story.

[@redghettosun]

Was it a secret, unannounced show? Eugene is not that big of a town but 3 people!

[@TheRobman]

That wasn't the Stranglers, it was Hugh Cornwell solo. He did a tour with Glen and Clem, I saw them do this in Chicago.

[@EverendeverGroup]

The ORIGINAL Sex Pistols with Glen Matlock!!!! Epic!!

[@killingheros3554]

Glan is an amazing bassplyer too.

[@raithebatou]

100 percent agree!

[@elenchus]

I wonder if he still liked the beatles lol

[@Obiniu]

@@elenchus Glen's affinity for The Beatles made him such a good songwriter responsible for most of the Pistols songs.

[@elenchus]

@@Obiniu I agree, I love the Beatles, I'm just jokin'. I doubt that the reason Matlock was kicked out was really because of his affinity for the Beatles

[@ivanrainbird2416]

It still give goose bumps at 64 amazing i was 17 when bought the single

[@mariusbabii]

AND I'M 54 YEARS OLD AND STILL INTO PUNK, AND DRESS PUNK TOO 70S AND 80S STYLE ONLY,...i also like new wave(80s), metal,goth, rock, ska,..you know the cool stuff of the 80s,.......marius(punk rules).

[@peterericson8170]

​​@@mariusbabii But if you are 54, you missed out on punk.

[@punklesam94]

@@peterericson8170Dude, I’m 30 and well into the scene. Plenty of underground punk gigs are still going strong in this day and age. Punk is an ageless phenomenon…

[@peterericson8170]

@@punklesam94 Nice enough, Dude. But my answer aimed at "still into"; as anybody born in 1970 certainly missed all trains in 1976 and 77.

[@seanherron0330]

@@peterericson8170 SHUT IT

[@tz7813]

I actually think their mid 90’s comeback was ‘peak Pistols’. They sounded fantastic and were still young enough to carry it off.

[@mikeburgoyne9133]

Perfectly said

[@JonahsWail]

Makes sense, experience makes you better at whatever it is you’re doing.

[@carolecksit2947]

@@JonahsWail except for rock and roll

[@JonahsWail]

@@carolecksit2947 aye that’s true, I guess it depends. Some people age well, others not so much.

[@Davidjagoartist]

I agree, I heard the hyde park show on the radio in 96 and it got me into them because I thought they sounded amazing and loved the songs

[@PauloCezarSouza-gc7jd]

Steve is a great guitar player. If Glenn Matlock stayed with the band they’d have lasted.

[@Frank-Discussion]

Agree!

[@AtomicMickey]

Yes, but who cares about quantity or what could have happened. They already reached mythological status with Sid Vicious. That's the reality, whoever likes it or not.

[@davidtomlinson907]

You should read Steve Jones' book. Lonely Boy. There was no way they'd have stayed together.

[@eugenemclemmont4045]

Not with Malcolm about they wouldn`t.

[@faradayfelix]

​@@AtomicMickeyUnfortunately, 'Sid' was all image and nothing else. Couldn't play bass, didn't play live. Just a face with spiky hair. That's his legacy.

[@navasaband]

Steve’s guitar tone is pure fire.

[@chetsacharko4147]

Never mind the bollocks essential album for every rock music fan!

[@runarhamre3152]

Punk! There is a difference..

[@chetsacharko4147]

@@runarhamre3152 punk what?punk ROCK?yeah...that's what I thought.

[@faradayfelix]

​@@runarhamre3152 It's punk rock.....a form of rock music. It's literally the title of the genre.

[@grahamfraser2150]

@@faradayfelix I didn't see Sid there.I hope he is well.

[@runarhamre3152]

@@chetsacharko4147 I was not trying to make you upset or anything, so lets play some Abba pop rock or some a-ha heavy rock and compare it to Ozzy and so on.. I am 61, when I was young there was rock, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis with rock and roll, and then. PUNK. With the first single I got, Ramones and she is a punk rocker, so yes, you got me..

[@jamesheine2955]

I have that CD, and I saw this episode on TV that night in 1996. I later saw and met Glen Metlock himself in a university area bar/cafe in 2014. Cool gent.

[@RudyGaLLant]

Hells yeah! Steve Jones is firmly rock, call it punk if you want

[@merlinambrosius4398]

@@RudyGaLLant punk rock! 👌

[@lisahello382]

J'adore son jeu de scène.. Gestuelle de mime et de clown 🧡🔥🐼🎶

[@patrickryan5570]

Filthy Lucre Live is a 1996 live album by the reformed Sex Pistols. The album was recorded live at London's Finsbury Park on 23 June 1996... I was at that gig - it was pretty awesome... Iggy Pop was a support act and he was fantastic.

[@bryanmajor9264]

I was there too, fantastic day👍

[@robgraham9947]

I was there too. What a day it was.

[@thorael]

the iggy, he like cable around his body

[@baianobebe5701]

John Lydon cuts his own hair. In the dark. With a blindfold on.

[@PunkMonster]

If he's already in the dark, what does the blindfold do?

[@elenchus]

@@PunkMonster It's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.

[@violentshemp7776]

with crayola scissors

[@cooperminion825]

​@@violentshemp7776and with his feet 🤣

[@billyshane3804]

Johnny Rotten - Champion and Legend

[@MothGirl007]

I've always loved his singing - more of a PIL fan, but this is great.

[@sexobscura]

*I don't believe illusions*

[@paulgoody9342]

Loving The Fall videos...youve got some real skills Eric..keep the Fall ones coming...i love the bass on Bournemouth Runner

[@bertiodvonrastenburger1129]

Bloody brilliant mate.......

[@rigsby1454]

That first 30 seconds is quite something from the music to the Lydon stare. What a band

[@markgiordonello6710]

this could possibly be the greatest thing ever uploaded to you tube......

[@K7ALMIGHTY]

Bass player is so so good! Bought couple there dvdz last night at the gig at the barras! Girlschool so good! Remember them from years ago brings back memories from my youth! Then almighty...... phenomenal as per 😆 lost count the amount of times I've seen them. Great gig and one which I will cherish in the memory Girlschool and the Almighty 🤘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 thanks guys and girls 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤘

[@andrewwilson888]

Growing up in the '70s, the Sex Pistols rung true. This will always be relevant.

[@AZ-kr6ff]

Nah. They're pretty irrelevant now.

[@stevesmindcarnival673]

Great live performance of a classic Pistols track! I love drummer Paul Cook significantly speeding up the tempo of the song as soon as he kicks in at :27 in the video. You can see Steve Jones turn to look at him in surprise and Glen Matlock on bass just smiling as they have to speed up! Cook was amazing on that tour.

[@annstevens6223]

I really miss Letterman on NBC. The show was so much more spontaneous and exciting.

[@jackbrel]

The best version of Pretty Vacant EVER

[@MeanCommentz]

technically it is the same version they always played I think what you meant to say was best performance of Pretty Vacant ever which of course is a subjective opinion and not based in fact with absolutely no metric to qualify such a statement its moot really

[@jackbrel]

The rage in the vocal ...

[@muzzymuzzmuzz1]

It is. And i've watched hundreds of versions live. Tight as tight can be. Cook in the pocket. Matlock driving. Lydon raging. And Jones, well what can I say? One of the greatest, natural, yet modest rhythm players of all time. A brutal sound - certainly the definition, for me, of a rock n roll guitar tone. Other guitars sound like a wet fart compared to this. Why do you think Slash idolizes him? He's cranked up well high in the mix here, but it works without drowning out Matlock and Cook. Chuck Berry riffs all over the place. This ain't "punk" folks. It's pure rock n roll by the Sex Pistols. Punk came after. This sounds like Jones is playing a thousand Les Pauls, not one. And it is just magic.

[@dakinikiss]

agreed

[@PunkMonster]

Yeah, loads of energy in this particular performance.

[@rcampbell1981]

Was lucky enough to see them live at a festival in 2008, couldn't believe my luck. Of the hundreds of huge bands i've seen, these guys deserve their place at the top. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@jumofi]

Thanks for giving us JOY DIVISION

[@MichaelSmith-mc8bd]

Amen.

[@batphink2655]

That friggin guitar sound is HUGE what tone Steve Jones has love these guys, shame they seem to love each other as currently in 2024 another bloke filling in for Jonny!

[@VictorianDarkwave]

Saw them play in LA on the Filthy Lucre tour at the palladium. Fantastic!

[@david-wall]

I was there!

[@normerxleben9882]

....right to the top of my playlist!

[@emmenneysuppliesandservices]

Johnny looks like Beaker of The Muppets Show. Or Beaker looks like Johnny?? 😳

[@Left_Syndicate]

Just incredible power razor live performance… to the sound engineer masterclass… eternally dangerous the whole ethos

[@BigPoppa-t3z]

What a fking band.

[@chadgeissler4544]

I saw them at the Hollywood Palladian this same year. It was an amazing show. The raw energy was something I've never felt at any other show in my life since. The entire platinum floor was a giant circular mosh pit.

[@cw1960]

The music industry didn't know whether to sh1t or go blind when these guys came on the scene. They killed Disco and I am forever grateful for that

[@markbarnes2238]

Checked out -- great job Freddie this was once theme music for a well known TV programme over in UK 🇬🇧

[@illiamdeebe7579]

Johnny never phoned it in that's for sure.

[@juanmakiki3242]

Cada vez disfruto más de tus videos!!!!! Está genial!!!!!

[@mennobults6464]

Sarcasm drips out of Lydons mouth. Voice of an angry nation. How angry are we in 2024?

[@ichbin4122]

Not enough…too much money floating about…yet mass insanity

[@bellavia5]

So much so that I think the seams are bursting with angst and they're going to bust .

[@danthegreaser71]

Great Performance! I wasn’t ever a big fan of the Pistols but I certainly respect what they did musically for punk. Too bad Sid isn’t still here with us. R.I.P

[@tonygreen6185]

great to see them doing a great job belting out real rock n roll....

[@Gradhmhor27]

There are so many great audience-shot videos! Phones are a pain in the arse but I have to admit they have caught some great performances. I hope you are collecting them to make a catalogue of these great songs performed live. The way the band and the audience calls and answers is fantastic!

[@robsilvester3068]

And they call green day punk !!

[@jamesheine2955]

Punk? Green Day isn't even 'filthy lucre, they are JUNK.

[@stephenstone8480]

Imitation punk...

[@johnoleary8751]

Even funnier,they called ramones punk 😅😅

[@shannonschaerer1010]

I'll give ya that now, but a lot of their EARLY stuff WAS really good & I'd classify THAT as punk. Even 1/2 of Dookie was good. They have some true punk songs thru the yrs, but they HAVE become more and more "punk-pop" as time has passed, & haven't put out a decent album in a LONG time, but at one time - they WERE a punk band. Just my opinion.

[@frogmantoad8110]

Any band that plays with a symphony is not punk.

[@alanarmer8069]

Fantastic 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@katnip8228]

Now, that was a breath of fresh air! Awesome! 🤬

[@thorstenlangenbach25]

Awesome Cover. Thanx for playing in Hamburg ❤

[@trombone7]

I like how with the thumbnail we got a snow miser, heat miser hair-theme going, (( "The Year without a Santa Claus" kids special 1974 ))

[@regplasma7906]

You won't get a better live version than this.Majestic Pistols.

[@Atitlan1222]

What was Letterman's band going to play after that performance?

[@rockhopper01]

Probably something 90’s edgy like Foo Fighters.

[@Itelkner]

I don't about the song at the end. But when the Letterman band came back from commercial before the Pistols played, they were playing "London Calling." When they stopped, Lydon yelled into the microphone, "That'll be enough of THAT rubbish!"

[@BBlooger]

Some Steely Dan.

[@jivesideproductions]

they played sly and the family stone’s “sex machine”, a funky down-tempo instrumental. a perfect choice 🤘

[@rodney3080]

I only wish they could get along enough to play these songs together again, time doesn’t stop and it will become too late…. Much Love!

[@garyconner6151]

When the band is just happy to be alive and together.

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

Looked like a very proud gentleman 🫡 And a good dedicated family man,with a great happy smile 😃 lovely tribute Rip Terry 🫡

[@JohnKuhles1966]

John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known as "Johnny Rotten" 68 years old !!!

[@SAMcWaters]

I once got Radio Netherlands world service to play this on the last episode of the Happy Station.

[@Maxdeexx]

More than music ! Crazy

[@BlowersJason]

This band got me into punk, my second was the band SNFU🤘😜🤘

[@karl-heinzhirseman6264]

I like Steve Jones: "I'm a freedom fighter"! Here we go! 💙✌️💙☀️💙👏💙👍💙🇩🇪💙

[@Itelkner]

He's fighting for freedom from bland music, with that rippin' guitar!

[@charliecroker6445]

Still gives me goose bumps nearly 50 yrs on ,

[@heygringo7]

It is mind-blowing at first in this clip when you realize the best and most classic punk band ever is back and playing on David Letterman. They sound incredible. I wonder if the crowd were aware of the magnitude and caliber of what they were witnessing?

[@matt-dp1kf]

I love Bollocks but I’m not sure if I could call them the best punk band ever. They made very little music. Meanwhile, Ramones released a string of classic punk records and played a million shows over many years. There would be no Sex Pistols without the Ramones.

[@heygringo7]

@@matt-dp1kf Never Mind the Bollocks, I believe it is a matter of individual taste, and for me, no band is as punk as the Pistols. No band sums up the spirit and ethos of punk rock like the Sex Pistols. But again, it is up to the individual as music is art, not mathematics.

[@matt-dp1kf]

@@heygringo7 I know the full album title. I just didn’t think it was necessary to type the whole thing out. Of course it’s all a matter of opinion. I just think that, if I were forced to bestow the label of “greatest punk band” upon a particular act, I don’t know how it could be anyone other than the band who launched a thousand other bands, the guitarist who influenced a billion other guitarists and the unmistakable vocals of Mr. Hyman. The look. The name. The fact that they all took the band name as their last names, the number of years they spent on the road, etc. Black Flag, Minor Threat, Descendents, Dead Boys, The Damned, Sex Pistols, The Clash…I love them all. I just can’t think of a way to not crown The Ramones as king. That’s all I’m saying.

[@heygringo7]

@@matt-dp1kf No offense intended Matt. I threw the album title in because it fit with what I was saying in the sentence. We could get into a lengthy debate about the best punk band of all time and never agree in a million years. But for me it will always be the Sex Pistols. My best friend gave me the cassette tape of Bollocks for Christmas when I was in grade 11 and it blew my mind......Johnny Rotten's angry lyrics and furious vocal style, Steve Jones' killer guitar sound, hopeless Sid Vicious, scammer/manager Malcolm McLaren, the controversy and chaos, the filth and the fury, the look, the swindle, the name, flaming out after one killer album....how punk is that? Honestly I find the Ramones' sound repetitive and boring. I could listen to 100 Ramones songs and none would hit me like this live performance on this clip. But alas, it is a matter of personal taste and you are fully entitled to your opinion. PS....I also love the Clash, Damned, Police, XTC and SoCal hardcore punk bands like TSOL, Black Flag, Adolescents, Agent Orange and Social Distortion...and BTW....fake, late-to-the-party, pop pseudopunks Green Day suck, but that is just my opinion 🙂

[@matt-dp1kf]

@@heygringo7 I could never get into Green Day either. It just never really did anything for me. That said, I definitely think Never Mind the Bollocks is one of the single greatest statements in rock history. To me, it’s like Appetite for Destruction. Those records where lightning was caught in a bottle. That said, Guns ‘n Roses put out a lot more material than Sex Pistols but both Bollocks and Appetite rank as two of the greatest debut records in history.

[@timb9720]

Love this, brilliant. Reminds me of The Fall, which is a good thing 👍

[@warrenallsopp]

Bloody brilliant. "Never Mind the Bollocks": An essential rock album. The Sex Pistols. We shall never see their like again.

[@simondavies6606]

It's The Pistols on the Pil. Not into reformations.

[@louislepage5111]

When Johnny Rotten was asked about the the purpose of the tour, he answered " Your wallet " 😅

[@Capnglogs]

Singing it as pill

[@jonnyb12]

What a performance! Lydon's voice is excellent.

[@gerardocarroll1158]

Adrian Belew's demented solo on Bowie's Red Sails, is incredible.

[@Ron-l9d]

Loving that guitar tone. It pure rock and roll.

[@alanwebbguitar]

Is Syd still dead?

[@DavesFootballChannel]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DWbo-r7v]

Yes Syd Barrett is dead

[@ChaosDevin]

What a loophole, he can say the big C-word on national television due to his British accent! Love it!

[@markhamer7220]

when Steve jones fires up that guitar grown men head for the hills.

[@EricvanDorp007]

Growing up in the 70/80s this was energy, now listing to Viagra boys in 2024

[@Science_epitomes]

sid missing u rip

[@shanemcconnell1736]

Sit was a big part of the story, and looked great, but he could not play

[@MeanCommentz]

@@shanemcconnell1736 yes but if he got clean and beat his murder trial he probably would have learned how to play

[@shanemcconnell1736]

@@MeanCommentz lemme said he tried to teach sid how to play bass a couple of times, but gave up, I heard a recording of Sid, playing bass live, bass track. Only, it sounded like a dog sitting on the base. It was terrible, very entertaining fellow, though.

[@squeekywheel9591]

This is great. Fantastic stage presence.

[@stevekenney2804]

Showing yanks how to rock!😅

[@patrickmazaud]

Qu,elle bonheur de revoir mes STARS de 1977 sur scéne en 2024

[@mahzanisa5214]

At least the bassist can really play..

[@Andy_Byrne]

Jonseys a great guitarist!!!

[@arricammarques1955]

Without a nasty smack habit.

[@gogoyubari366]

One of my favorite Pistols songs!

[@Andymancan812]

No one out punks the Sex Pistols

[@Ron-l9d]

It must be great to be a guitarist in a band and nobody is telling you to turn down....

[@andremadeira6916]

Johnny sounds like Margaret tacher with a dongle

[@Jkroger100]

Caught this tour in Detroit. Was freakin incredible!

[@nullvoid244]

It's just capitalism kids, dont get that excited

[@bellavia5]

What does that mean?

[@ezkibela]

​@@bellavia5 they said when reunited , at least Rotten said they were doing it just for the money. Thus the tour reunion was called Filthy Lucre

[@nullvoid244]

@bellavia5 that the battle of punk rock against capitalism, capitalism won. You only need to see all those 70s punk bands reuniting with no new material just to suck in the bucks to realize. Swans is maybe the only band to reunite and actually do something new with it. And Wire too.

[@bellavia5]

@@nullvoid244 Sure. It's all your rock stars who come off as counter culture but drive around in Rolls Royces and live in mansions. Swell.

[@bellavia5]

@@ezkibela ok

[@CarlosCruz-bf9gu]

Nos anos 90 eles vieram para o Brasil eu estive lá, valeu ter esperado cerca de 20 anos !!

[@merlinambrosius4398]

True Punk. Makes the ramones look like the fake tools they are.

[@hernanperez1908]

Los Pistols son un producto de Malcolm McLaren. Una especie de Boys Band que buscaba la juventud del Reuno Unido en los 70s . Por eso duraron como un pedo en el aire. No te olvides que Johnny Ramone le dio cerveza con su orina a Lydon. 😂 Los Ramones están a otro nivel

[@merlinambrosius4398]

@@hernanperez1908 ramones are the herpes of plastic punk.

[@retlaw190]

Yeah but Good Charlotte started punk rock so they both are fake tools

[@merlinambrosius4398]

@@retlaw190 stooges.

[@teeveeparty]

We're still doing this?

[@williamraworth1161]

I was a bit young to appreciate the punk scene but remember seeing girls in the years above at school dressing the part. Bloody good this.

[@dizzyassklown4424]

Johns become a parody of himself...🤡

[@jebarr1]

Most brilliant act IMO. Made a fortune pissing people off. The most important act of the late 70’s. They basically single handedly led to the Demise of disco and the Clash and others finished it off

[@TheBlueSnaggletooth]

I saw them perform live in 1996. I wish they would have recorded a new studio album.

[@pakalmaison]

the sound of the bass is awesome

[@ubuntufrank]

Amazing.

[@danmercado2771]

Saw them on this tour, glad that Glen was part of it

[@fabwax8812]

Glen Matlock's bass tone is fucking KILLER

[@josuemendez3358]

Rifada vera farmiga chulada de voz y guapisima ella Ahora ya tienes un fan mas en México ✌️😅

[@manskullman6509]

Perfect version of their own song ! Long live these men ! ❤ jon fisher

[@samuelmay4823]

Johnny's always looks perfect!!!!!!

[@petermoon-o8t]

Saw Johnny with PIL amazing performer

[@kurtp8833]

Damn, breaking the light night TV mold! Sex Pistols staying true.

[@paulsage6849]

Absolutely top notch, what a sensational performance!

[@inyomanryzn2697]

Once I had the cassette ❤

[@gailtaylor844]

He’s actually learned to play that thing😂

[@JTLAMF]

Matlock's tone is killer here & he was always a solid player. I wonder what would have been had they never gotten rid of him.

[@Seinteressavem]

Pistols without Sid are too much better. They are sounding excellent. A unity. Amazing.

[@revwillyg6450]

Sid was awful. Jonesy played guitar and bass on the album