PIL - Anarchy In The UK The Tube

[@myowmyow]

hahahaha I'm the idiot with the blond spiky hair who gets on the stage at the end, those were the days

[@raykelly2854]

No one has ever sounded even close to his voice. Unique. Brilliant

[@marguskiis7711]

Phil Collins during the Abacab era.

[@AthelstanEngland]

Agreed. I remember seeing Sam Philips (of Sun Studios fame) in talking about Elvis saying all you should aim for is to be DIFFERENT. Lydon, like Elvis, was exactly that - different and both shocking in their time.

[@SlayingMantis676]

@@marguskiis7711 I wouldn't say all that, but I would say the closest to his style that I've ever heard would have to have been Jello Biafra (but far from the same)

[@454ss_chevy]

I was listen to early black flag songs and I really thought Keith was Johnny

[@Richard-bz1ku]

I would say thank goodness no one has ever come close to his voice.... he really can't sing. However, that's the point..... it's not about autotuning pitch perfect beautiful people, it was all about the ugly normal people who were dare I say more than just pretty vacant

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

Awesome. I'm sure all the punkers in the house were thrilled. One of my favorite times in music history, so much going on: hardcore, post punk, new wave, goth, rockabilly, early thrash, etc.

[@dannycheesums]

I think this is totally in keeping with Lydon’s ethos, as opposed to unintentionally cringeworthy. The Pistols had the aim of getting up people’s noses, and this arrangement proves that doing that to the Pistol’s own fans wasn’t off the table. Plenty of people wanted PiL to be Pistols 2, and it never was going to be, and I take this performance to be a big “fuck you” to them

[@ronb5714]

I dunno, sometimes I feel that whatever Rotten/Lydon does, someone somewhere will defend even the terrible stuff as “Yeah, this is a big FU to the people who expected him to do it well.” I think this is a bit rubbish, personally. But each to their own.

[@asthmaticchic]

The piano is really funny! I love both versions of this song!

[@nanchanger]

I don't get it...

[@marguskiis7711]

It sounds very Elton John now

[@steves1460]

Yeah, get rid of that. Also, not sure about the drummers shiny jacket either!

[@2ivanhoe]

nobody could ever acuse him of not doing it his way! keep the cliches, we love ya john!

[@dryliner65]

the tube was essential friday evening viewing back then .

[@Ronalti65]

Watched it live, WHY WOULDN'T YOU? GENIUS!🖖

[@garethjohn6067]

This line up really kicked ass live!

[@stephengodsmark4353]

Lydon backed by chas and dave. Brilliant

[@josejones7025]

I hear they are still good on their ‘reunion’ tour’ I had the fortunate chance to see them perform in a small bar back when they started

[@captainchaos4108]

The best version I've ever heard - the piano lifts the song into another stratosphere & Lydon's voice is awesome 🤘✌✊👊

[@loungehound4906]

kind of glam rocky with piano- almost a boogie t rex thing or roxy

[@InternalMind]

It's a PIL thing...

[@soysaucefool]

Well, seeing as Steve was inspired by glam, it isn't shocking that it would have that sound.

[@fredrikstadwhite]

It all stems from him hiring a cheesy club/covers band as his backing band during this period.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Very Chuck Berry of him hiring whoevers as his PiL band...50s piano tinkling is hilarious 😂

[@gonzalorodriguez9679]

2:03 guitar sound respects to studio version way . Not several covers did it

[@ANDREWMACCONNAL-MASON]

Clearly the very Last song he wanted to be singing at that stage of his career and development. Superb song in its original state. Way beyond Dire here - and I am fairly certain that he would (gleefully) agree.

[@hopebgood]

Pil doing Anarchy in the UK? Mmm...it's only music but I'd love to hear Lydon's excuse for doing this song.

[@piggygeoff]

Saw this on tv at the time a few weeks later i saw PIL in St Austell Cornwall .. he was 3 hours late getting on stage but brilliant

[@tadgerdavidson5377]

Recorded this on VHS at the time, sounds better than he did with the reunions when his voice had gone (for Pistols songs)

[@oliverrickard9970]

I dont think his voice went its just he transferred to a different singing style

[@Alex-ey9jl]

​@@oliverrickard9970 and his voice got alot deeper... I think his voice Is alot more for those later pistol gigs. And I think the pistol songs are alot more demanding than pil songs so that probably had a big influence on how he sounded

[@oliverrickard9970]

@@Alex-ey9jl I'm not sure, if you listen to his more recent Pil stuff (even the late 80s/90s era) the vocal stuff is quite demanding, more so than anything from NMTB

[@Alex-ey9jl]

@@oliverrickard9970 I suppose I could agree but if you compare a song like rise to bodies I think the aggression and the energy that he has to muster to sing bodies every night for a tour must be straining on his vocals compared to rise... If you watch videos of him performing pistols stuff to pil stuff his stage persona is very diffirent and enegrry levels are very diffirent but I respect your opinion man

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Lydon always said that the Pistols were "Too Conventional" this version of "Arnachy" is even more conventional Rock N Roll with the piano and top class musicians. He's actually making a very bold statement here. That he's not afraid to acknowledge his past and having been "Johnny Rotten" but also that he's not afraid to take the piss out of what the Pistols were and stood for.

[@leeMartin33]

Oh the Liberties of HINDSIGHT what??! We get the 'joke' as u call it..Now. They were ALL/WAYs at their crap'o'gimmickist when Sid was on the tage and Not poor ol Glen.. We often hear John slag all that bands (I'll call it 'MIRAGE') BUT, how many bands you know of make JUST ONE ALBUM and here we are look, still discussing them 42(3)yrs after it!!!? How can anyone deny that Nevermind.... IS one of the best ROCK'n'ROLL albums ever recorded?? John has all the BAGGAGE of Malcom's ab/Use of 4 young men who didnt have the Business acumen, just a pure Will to DO Something. Johnny 'lost' his best buddy in it; trickery like Grundy was most likely a weekly event. Even there u can see his intellect to NOT BE 'Their' puppy. What a Whirlwind for them all in such a short space of time... John will still cry over John Beverly's MIRAGE as 'Sid Vicious' - 1st the mother, then Nancy. Believe me R.Saiyaman; twas no JOKE. AND:- ''..what the Pistols stood for'' you say. WHAT do you mean by that??? It's the *Two Blind Men Feeling Elephants* thing isn't it. I'm pretty darn Zen sure that THEY(or 4 other Pub Rock bands just akin to them) HAD TO HAPPEN -Then AND There. The album name; Johns intellect; AnOK4UK & God Save the Queen... Mission ACCOMPLISHED !!!! Mind yerself bub, lee.

[@ruthmackey4597]

@@leeMartin33 They were at their PUNKEST when Sid was on stage!

[@alanramone4263]

@@ruthmackey4597 Fuck that stupid poseur, Pistols were at their PEAK when glen matlock still in the band.

[@munkymoo3006]

@@alanramone4263 Glen an Sid were friends. Chekoot Vicious white kids

[@MedalionDS9]

The piano keys in a punk song is not original... a lot of the earlier Proto-Punk bands had that sound going on, keys with their distorted guitars because they were following the template of Rock n' Roll bands... hell even Iggy and the Stooges had plenty of that

[@BadLuckLuke]

"It 's a swindle, it 's a swindle..."

[@tylerdurden4392]

You ever feel you've been cheated?

[@gonzalorodriguez9679]

🤣🤣

[@leighbennett1961]

John Lydon's version of Beefheart's 'tragic band'.

[@dankstuff2134]

hearing this song with piano in it made me laugh kindof but still pil is dope

[@DanielLee-l8y]

Empty my heart out to this 💔😊😊😊

[@stephenhensley5631]

I like the piano.Fills the song well.

[@danielscissorhands]

I do not know how I never managed to see this until today. But wow.... hilarious. :D

[@mjlotus]

Jah Wobble, great bass player!

[@pigyob]

This is awesome,but has anyone got them doin' Flowers of Romance from the same show?

[@robertlawson682]

Looks like Black Lace are his backing band

[@RUBBERTANK_3]

Lol wig wam bam

[@Jacqueline-n3h]

Yes he an icon. PiL is a fave of mine

[@mr.cifuentes1779]

The music sounds the oposite of what the lyrics means

[@betaville72]

This line up of PIL sound like they have got their musical chops. Were they session musicians he was using at this time? The piano makes it really good!

[@nanchanger]

Drummer Martin Atkins was with him for awhile, went on to form Brian Brain, Pigface, etc,, and heavily into the industrial scene...

[@nanchanger]

Also played with Lunar Bear Ensemble, and a heck of a nice guy...

[@tyson6682]

PIL時代のアナーキー・イン・ザ・UKなんて初めて見た。 貴重な映像をありがとう。

[@BonzoGoesToMexico]

@Xiolablu3 is not wobble,the bass player is Lou Benardi.

[@pablobrad100]

Piano courtesy of Chas n Dave! What was he thinking?!

[@ianrobson9601]

I think in all probability he`s actually taking the piss by turning an old Sex Pistols song into a parody. Down the rub-a-dub, all gathered around the ol` Joanna with Chas n Dave and having a right good blitz spirit knees up. Eating jellied eels whilst Les The Barman is heard shouting upstairs to his wife, "Maureen my love , it`s getting a bit busy down here"

[@Sarah-gf9ed]

Absolutely love Johnny! The most fascinating, authentic rock star on the planet! I love Pistols and PIL ❤❤❤

[@cxriotradio]

I love this so much

[@martinmchugh001]

This just proves Pistol's superiority...

[@metafis2490]

Is this the pub version?.

[@Loko9939]

They are briliant❤❤❤

[@fabiandee8178]

His voice is totally shot

[@MichaelD8393]

Yeah he sounds like he swallowed a bag's worth of helium balloons and the entire helium tank they were inflated with. At least his voice improved my the 90s, when the Pistols reformed.

[@ianhitman]

He's flu-ridden here. I remember reading a review of the performance in the Q Magazine years ago, and they buried it. Lydon's voice was usually quite good around this period.

[@MrBabyCoconut]

at 1:22 he gets a bit into The Sex Pistols style- liked that.

[@manskullman6509]

Brilliant !

[@ash231266]

the start of the end of Lydon as a creative force - utter bollocks!

[@ash231266]

I was going to agree with that comment then realised I wrote it! 🐶

[@oliverrickard9970]

Don't think so, pil had some brilliant songs inbetween now and then

[@maxheinrichliebow]

I always find reunion Pistols' Rotten sounds like PIL Rotten haha this was pretty good, although its technically PIL...

[@andysandel9325]

Still relevant today as it was in 1976 still a outstanding issue on a commercial basis society that we still have got today 🔗❤🖤🔒🖇

[@peterfarrell66]

I thought it was going to become a medley with "Heat Wave."

[@sriramaha]

OMG! I love the drummers jacket! Hahaha...!

[@paulsmartialarts]

The piano is great, makes it sound like La Düsseldorf

[@alisonyemm3106]

My best est song by the pistols love the words live the song let's hear the comments then

[@saraivatoledo1842]

Drip is almost accumulating in my throat just by looking at Lydon in this ,hahha .

[@tomtrana3449]

This must be from 1983 'cause Louis Bernardi on bass.

[@lazyjesus6573]

Boogie Woogie in the U.K.

[@missangelic69]

Fancy John as both head of PiL and Sex Pistols but like PiL just a tad more 😉 this was great.

[@abalancedact]

Fuck yeah! Johnny forever!

[@billrivers1236]

I think at the end, looking straight at the csmera, he says 'got that for a giggle!'

[@MarkGrout]

"Not bad for a giggle"

[@OropherThranduil]

@jdude203 try some early live pistols aor the reunion shows.

[@honourethefire5794]

I remember so funny & 100% shit at the same time John with a band full of session players for bit of easy money

[@danielscissorhands]

@johnnycon You mean like when Joey :and Johnny Ramone played Pet Semetary on Letterman. :-P

[@jamesgretsch4894]

What year?

[@姫子-r3u]

声枯れてるw pIlだっけ?レゲエみたい！同時にいつ とか待ってて、ジョニー逸材かな?

[@betaville72]

Nice paced version. His singing is fucked but i still prefer it to how he sung at all the Pistols reunions.

[@zzzzzz5353]

That sounds bad azz bro am glad I was born 92 I got a taste of real punk rock sex pistols

[@bizyizziaz4831]

lol what the fuck are you on about

[@URSSband]

@Tincho730 Sid is he a genious ?

[@KenLieck]

Gosh -- I wonder why the Sex Pistols never did any Public Image songs? (Hyuk, hyuk!)

[@chainrelease]

you´re carrying the bass chest-high again these days...

[@mariaraquelpincheira6788]

Year?

[@srenkaarepetersen9034]

1983.

[@mktekkenx]

God save the john lydon

[@Lucybaby666]

Love!

[@twofreefourtesting]

Wow Paul Metcalfe on bass...

[@danilocastillo8128]

Like this crowd!!!

[@lostinnocence1966]

Remember seeing this on the tube, I still have the same thoughts it's crap..

[@PAULLONDEN]

@ash231266 Weird,yeah,..apart from Lydon...his band look like extras from Wham !

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Morrissey should cover this song.

[@stephanvenner2939]

The Honky Tonk Piano Version for your local Pub.🤪🍻🧷

[@sucsib]

this is not johnny this is john

[@patkelly3966]

sounds better than the pistols! anyone know the year?? Hard to believe ppl were still dressing like the front row after 1979...Mind u I still see the odd herbert who refuses to believe we don't live in a time capsule!!

[@trelard]

1983

[@mogwha]

This sounds rough, Ilove the Pistols, it all ended in 78 though, good riddence too.

[@nickpn23]

AitUK - punk's answer to Herman's Hermits.

[@bonnie8441]

The voice was already struggling to reach that halcyon pitch.

[@purplewoodencustard]

He da man!!!

[@saraivatoledo1842]

The Cabaret phase - pathetic - Martin Atkins is solid af though !

[@pigyob]

I wanna buy 'is fuckin' jacket

[@chefbirdland]

HA! this is my 80's.... fuckin love it

[@pigyob]

@schdwardten Cheers mate but somebody beat you to it,I appreciate your kind offer anyway

[@henryhawk2904]

Never in the history of rock n roll Has one man milked more out of rock n roll Than Johnny Rotten and his four songs!

[@tylerdurden4392]

Henry, it's FIVE songs!

[@gmantramp404]

And good on him !!!😎

[@SM-4359]

Its not his fault punk was suppose to be the pistols and when it wasnt the void became huge as fuck

[@SC-zh6li]

Songs that shaped a generation like no other.

[@robambrose4199]

Have you not heard of one hit wonders before?

[@evilsidsmonkey]

I love it’s on sex ;pistols pretty blank cd 2

[@zorin67]

...Красавец!...

[@samueljohnson1514]

Holy shit this is fucking great 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@j700jam4]

Lydon was a bay city roller anyway, he loves tartan high waister trousers and jackets.

[@robambrose4199]

He's working on a new album with Jedward now. I've never been so excited to hear some new music.

[@カトーンデス]

かっこいい😂🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@derelict74]

Here’s John in the 80’s not “Living in the past”. Still awesome though.

[@T_from_U]

FUN.... as opposed to None... as in 'no fun' ¦;¬] i'll get my coat

[@edsans6832]

Ray Manzarek keyboard

[@addisonjojo2990]

Love 😘 this OMG HERO JOHN!!!!!

[@steves1460]

Cripes, remember watching this live back in the day! he was much better to listen to back then as he was fairly on key, whereas these days he doesn’t even bother trying to sing in tune, and I just can’t listen to it.

[@dynjarren7523]

What a fun song! Token Rebellions are fun it’s always fun to pretend to be a revolutionary until they come for your head with the guillotine good time Rock🎉 rebels are we 😝🤣

[@prototek4187]

Or until you get fat & rich.

[@alejandrorodriguez-do7rj]

i always want to think thar lydoll and malcom mc dowell are the same person indeed

[@heitorj.gartner737]

year year ear year ear !

[@evilsidsmonkey]

Looks joy?

[@chrislewis-n3v]

great but missed the awesome guitar of steve jones

[@rayrose4961]

I like the pil version of pretty vacant much better