Public Image Limited - Death Disco

Music video by Public Image Limited performing Death Disco. (C) 2013 Virgin Records Ltd

[@merlussaoficial]

2021, the world needs PIL's post punk and craziness again

[@patjedub]

this is so true,i,m almost60yrs old,14yrs ols when punk opened a new world for me,i met so many diffirent people,black,white,brown,didn,t matter,we were allready kicked out by the consumption society,reggae,rai,techno,dub,drum&bass etc i enjoyd ,but the beginning from this fantastic journey was punk,if i see the young generation nowadays,i think damn what went wrong?Emptyness all around,tik tok,facebook,instagram ,...the most boring fucked up stuff ever created,get a grip and choose something else!choose life!

[@szarzyniecszczurzynski1902]

True, but Johnny is too old already.

[@idk1962]

@@patjedub with all due respect, you’d be the same if you was born in this generation.

[@PaulBrowse1]

You are not worthy.

[@MechaUsagi]

They're still going!

[@RaBob]

KEITH LEVENE (RIP) 11/11/22. One of the GREATEST AVANT GARDE guitarists EVER. SO FAR AHEAD of the curve. Made 21st century music way back in the 1970s. So sad. :( :( :(

[@sexobscura]

*made 'timeless' music*

[@JfK--OBJECTivE]

21st century music is s**t. He made 1970s music (the greatest in history).

[@davidcaddis7449]

Yeah definitely ahead of his time but then pil were when you look back

[@flashiereagle2213]

@@JfK--OBJECTivEok boomer

[@malcolmbeckett9802]

​@Groovys whatever decade, there are always people doing interesting stuff, might be hard to find sometimes, but...

[@lindso6105]

bass line of the century

[@rhodsullivan7773]

Sorry to disagree. Jah Wobble was a rubbish player. Listen to Norman Watt Roy from Ian Dury and The Blockheads. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. That is the bass line of the last century.

[@trucker-zv4nh]

that bass intro is up there

[@paulw1798]

A good bass player never remains seated.

[@trucker-zv4nh]

he must be the exception to the rule

[@leoflores7934]

@@rhodsullivan7773two very different approaches to bass. there is nothing to compare in this case..

[@EngelTess123]

This song was for the loss of his mum. Very powerful lyrics and a great tune.

[@thestaunt]

did it kill her listenin to it?

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

No cos she was already dead she never heard it, she had asked John to write a disco song for her funeral, hence the title.@@thestaunt

[@CrossPurposes]

She did hear it and loved it, words from the horse's mouth.

[@t.n.3819]

Wow thanks, I hadn't already read this 57 times in the comments. Thanks for clarifying.

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

@@t.n.3819 Did you know

[@TheIkaraCult]

He was singing into the void in pain on this song, it's a magnificent song

[@stephenbailes2750]

Absolutely, proper catharsis.

[@napalmenema1]

The way the guitar, bass and drum come together at 18 seconds in. Sublime 👌

[@growlerthe2nd712]

I can identify with this song I’ve been a fan of PIL since early 80s and I know it’s about his mum dying from cancer, years later the same happened to my mum the last week of her life she was unable to speak and these lyrics kind of resonate with my mum, I miss her ❤

[@peterburry2014]

Bless you mate. Lost my mum recently and miss her as well.

[@berwhaletheavenger]

I didn't really care much for the Pistols but loved PIL. Am I alone here? This seems to be what J Lydon excelled at and what he should be best remembered for. This and Careering - pure magic, distilled intoxicating misery. Fantastic.

[@thingsss]

one of the best bass lines in the history of mankind

[@coldwar1977]

From "God save the Queen" to this in only a couple of years. That's quite impressive!

[@szarzyniecszczurzynski1902]

Talented bastard!

[@vals_loeder]

The bit of Tjaikovski used is brilliant.

[@atomkraftteddy]

Swan Lake!

[@tutubism]

Good catch! The melody was inspired by Tchaikovsky's _Swan Lake_

[@andrewbarrett8178]

Never seen someone in as much distress as in this video. Pure adrenaline and raw emotion driving this song.

[@muraya_music_NL]

I rather think it's amfetamines.

[@Sr19769p]

This song makes me feel like I'm riding a horse into the deep, dark woods. Crackin' bassline

[@myfragilelilac]

When punk began to explore new territories... was the onset of a remarkable era... here the raw energy combined with the lyrical and introspective

[@patkelly3966]

Was that a quote from yr exams?

[@myfragilelilac]

@@patkelly3966 No haha 🤣🤣 just my own thoughts.

[@liquidsnake6879]

Punk died as soon as it was marketed and turned into a "genre" Johnny was always his own genre and he's likely damn proud of it

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

Virtually a mourning song you can hear John's screams of anguish come through at the loss of his mum.

[@missplaguedoctor5927]

Je dédie cette chanson à mon grand père, décédé du cancer cette année. La signification prends tout son sens lorsque l'on est confronté a la perte d'une personne atteinte de cette terrible maladie. Les yeux silencieux, que Lydon décrit dans la chanson, sont une réalité... C'est pour toi, qui est là-haut...

[@michaelconnell7808]

❤🙏💛🙏💚

[@SpotlessLeopard]

He's still looking out for you.

[@blackvogue]

RIP KEITH LEVENE, THE MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED, INCOMPREHENSIBLY GENIUS PLAYER EVER

[@jimmytgoose476]

Heroin ☹

[@JfK--OBJECTivE]

This is what disco music should've sounded.

[@lejlatiric7037]

He's literally one of the coolest musicians ever

[@thewhoman3182]

Eh he was now he's just an egotistical twat who can't shut up for two seconds.

[@gostrum1]

Who

[@mrjohnnytoobad]

@@gostrum1 Keith Levine, RIP

[@hararekharam]

All of them tbf

[@andrewbarrett8178]

Seeing in your eyes Words can never say the way Told me in your eyes Final in a fade Never no more hope away Final in a fade Seeing in your eyes Seeing in your eyes Never really know, never realize Silence in your eyes Silence in your eyes Never really know, till it's gone away Never realize The silence in your eyes Seen it in your eyes Seen it in your eyes Never no more hope away Final in a fade Watch her slowly die Saw it in her eyes Choking on a bed Flowers rotting dead Seen it in her eyes Ending in a day Silence was a way Seeing in your eyes Seeing in your eyes Seeing in your eyes I'm seeing through my eyes Words cannot express Words cannot express Words cannot express

[@jacksonirving4594]

Cheers marra..

[@timarnold1634]

Thanks for the lyrics. Lyndon expresses the memory of my feelings the last time I saw my mother barely alive in an NHS hospital. Say no more.

[@theoriginalbluey]

@@timarnold1634 Exact same Tim :(

[@TheMadFerret]

​@@timarnold1634 snap mate.

[@mzoefigueroa6353]

I love Jah Wobble.

[@Maximillion666]

The late 70's / early 80's were an amazing time for music . This was a time music was mixing styles so much . Listening to this reminds me of ESG and some of the early post Disco .

[@Johnconno]

+IAN m Gosh! Have you thought about becoming a Music Journalist?

[@RobertoGinsburg]

+IAN m Yeah: James White & The Blacks, Liquid Liquid, Gang Of Four, Magazine, Devo, etc..

[@Maximillion666]

+Roberto Ginsburg Hey thanks forgot about Liquid Liquid

[@RobertoGinsburg]

***** Cabaret Voltaire..many more

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

The Pop Group, The Fall, early Simple Minds

[@marksupeotmail.co.ukrbrain2564]

Never heard that before - shit that's good. RIP John's mum.

[@philhode5104]

Rest in peace Keith,so many great moments

[@davidwaterhouse2552]

I won the 'Metal Box' on John Peel's radio show ! dx

[@jimmytgoose476]

Cool 😃👍

[@organicketchup5171]

A standout bass line and one of my favourite PIL songs

[@alowishusdevadanderabercro5487]

My favorite PiL song, probably one of my favorite songs period

[@vladdrakul7851]

The very best of Pil. A far more interesting band musically than the 'Sex Pistols'. One of the truly important UK bands. Seminal, original, passionate inspiration. I used to play this all the time very loud driving everyone else crazy. Got me into bass. One of Lydon's very best. Also 'Bad Life', truly punk. No faking it 'Rock N Roll', like the relatively lightweight Pistols, A 'top of the Pop's parody of rebellion. *'Ever felt you've been had'?* With the talented Keith Levine and Jah Wobble, good drumming! Intense mourning his mom. Lydon's best. Mesmerizing darkness and pain!

[@rockingchairsofpiss1404]

may not be of my taste but very creative lyrics when analysed with a deep mindset... Massive respect to him for doing this for his mum, top lad John!

[@timarnold1634]

Woke up this morning with this in my head. Don't know why. Don't know if that's good or bad. I'm here now tonight listening to it anyway..

[@MiceOnParole]

Post Punk genius

[@jeffreylebowski519]

Remember when music was THIS exciting? I miss it. RIP Keith. I never met you but you formed my late teenage guitar playing years with this work, along with John McKay, John McGeoch, Bernard Sumner and Paul Reynolds. Oh and anyone who comments that this is "rubbish" or "piffle" or whatever, have a look at "John Hassell - Vernal Equinox" and marvel at what passes for "genius" these days before you snipe at this work.

[@jimmytgoose476]

You should check out Keith's biggest inspiration, Steve Howe .

[@nicensleazy1892]

The best ever PIL line-up - the original !

[@bbandthesv]

One of the greatest post-punk songs ever written right here👍

[@robbiethepict2783]

The cross before you, the world behind you. RIP Keith Levene.

[@TheBrawlBox]

Musicians deserve a lot of credit too for this classic

[@iandowney5162]

I love the use of the theme from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake". (In fact, PiL recorded another version of this song with that title.)

[@theweirdo8622]

Ian Downey Isn't it the same, just an alternate title?

[@andrewbarrett8178]

Like saying croatian isnt the same as serbian?

[@chrisiak5720]

xddd

[@theweirdo8622]

Andrew Barrett Hehehe, for me, Swan Lake and Death Disco are the same song.

[@chrisiak5720]

The death disco version i slightly different than the swan lake album version. But yeah its the same song

[@tracyking2296]

Privileged to of grown up through the best music and talented musicians of all time

[@vladdrakul7851]

I see two Golden eras. The first, the better known Hippie era (the Beatles, Doors and Hendrix etc) and then the lesser known equally creative and brilliant 'Post punk era'. Pil, Lene Lovich, Siouxsie, The Cure, the Clash, The Furs, The Talking Heads, Ian Dury, and later Depeche Mode and the Stone Roses. Both creative peaks with mucho talent.

[@carlosalcarazlopez6736]

Hace más de un mes murió mi hermano. Cuando veía a mi madre frente a la caja me dolía y en mi mente sonaba está canción ... Más que nada por mi madre y me acordé de Juanito rotten y lo que sintió cuando veía a su mamá. Rayos. Que triste y que feo. Dios le de paz a mi hermano. Dios bendiga a todos y valen a sus padres.

[@bethshadowen6928]

Seriously, this is my favorite John Lydon song He is remarkable!

[@drstevie]

Beauty guitar sounds from Keith.

[@christopherjameslee3341]

I hope somebody writes something even half as good as this for me when I'm dying.

[@allangallagher8803]

god they were good. I remember playing this on my grans old record player on repeat lol.

[@mackychloe]

This may be a weird question but Was John Lyden a fan of Jim Morrison?? 'Cause John's stage presence & body language remind me so much of Jim!

[@MsTrotwood]

mackychloe Yes! He loved the Doors. Is written on his autobiography.

[@mackychloe]

Thank you, Livia.

[@kevinedwards2573]

Jah wobble and the bassline pure genius 😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@broncycolon7020]

Respect...43 yrs Nora....a wellrespected man ...aye...Nora....

[@dbwrc]

brilliant song from one of the best albums ever

[@ninjanne]

On that lydon proved, that you doesn't need a sad melodie to write a song about losing people (his mother). This Is much more powerfull than the other klichee-songs about this thema

[@malcolmstirling9521]

RIP Keith Levene,,,,,another sad day in music

[@chrismason5582]

Yes jah wobble,went to the same school,st Mary's and st Michel's,st George's baths,good swimmer,bass player extreme,one of the original 4 John's,east end of London meets the Finsbury park, hackney misfits,cherry's at hackney dog,the pistols verses staying alive,bee gees,it wasn't Saturday night fever,it was Friday night,get up off your arse and dance till you feel better,soulboys meets the unwashed,good times,lvcx

[@hjillumi880]

where is/was st george´s baths ?

[@chrismason5582]

@@hjillumi880 the highway London E1,

[@Andy19212]

remember buying it in woolworths in shotton deeside

[@jimmytgoose476]

Praise Jah !

[@gustavnovak]

I still own my metal box/second edition n flowers of romance and they ARE MASTERCLASS !

[@jimmyboulch5652]

Just brilliant! That distorted disco is awesome!

[@cosmicdrifter287]

this pil works.

[@billyshears5569]

It certainly does real horror show my droog

[@sidevans1]

this is a ridiculously good piece of music

[@Wimmles_Emily]

Bye Keith thanks for the memories ✌️💗

[@johnwalton7573]

Levine & Wobble send a hard script but Lydon delivers with ease - This is classic

[@sunsetman22]

Except it's actually Lydon's script, written for his cancer-stricken mum when she was dying.......

[@bethshadowen6928]

It'll be 300 million plus in no time. I told my fam to have a beer and sing along with Johnny this song when I croak :)

[@ErikoSlk1994]

I love this bassline

[@user-cg8kt8ir8c]

한국어로 의역하면 망자를 위한 디스코라는 이름을 가지게 되는 곡으로 백조의 호수의 선율에 영감받은 기타리프가 인상적이다.

[@TheVimtoMoustache]

Really quite splendid the way it gains momentum throughout the song. And a top performance by 3 of the worlds top musicians-John,Keith and Hugh Dennis. I never tire of watching this video.

[@jimmytgoose476]

Hugh Dennis 🤣

[@RedGoldGreen-Dub]

Fantastic song but very dark being about John mum 😢💙

[@Maguirearch]

Great songs are inspired by emotional events or experiences that happened the writer either consciously or unconsciously...like this and Yesterday by McCartney and Sing me back home by Haggard

[@paskaliglesimple1529]

Death is this song... Fantastic is this song... Thoses voices like a persitence...

[@THX11382]

Still got Metal Box! Still makes the needle skip across the tracks!!!

[@troyagane8220]

Still got mine.Rusty as fuck!!!

[@THX11382]

@@troyagane8220 Not rusty...just antiqued 😆 but yes, mine was in the attic for a few years, surprised the vinyl didnt warp.

[@robdean704]

PiLs finest moment in my humble opinion

[@paolozak3014]

Masterpiece

[@chrismason5582]

Try birdland by Patti Smith,songs about death,Gilbert O'Sullivan,alone again naturally,good stuff to play at a wake,enjoy,lvcx

[@andysandel9325]

Still Absolutely Outstanding

[@prodige2211]

THIS IS A NEW STYLE OF MUSIC

[@jimmytgoose476]

Was - its over forty years old 😃

[@theo9952]

The sad, distressing lyrics and the way they are sang, reminds me of Genesis P-Orridge of the early Throbbing Gristle.

[@aleksanth5362]

Στην λευκη με αγαπη αλεξανδρος 1991 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@thesmoker6352]

Johnny rotten wiz his special voice 😍

[@waz3128]

Lcd Soundsystem has based its entire career on this song's drum sound

[@josipmalast6314]

Levene’ s gaze at 1:32 is terrifying! Lo ve it

[@angusdavidson8072]

What a bassline.

[@Rogue-cg1rm]

Absolute performer , tonnes going on. Class .

[@stellaboulton9531]

Immediate and real.

[@doooo7348]

best song,,,,

[@markcourtney2205]

Amazing band...unique.

[@BenStone_]

always reminds me of city centre driving late at night..

[@grahamegillespie7121]

RIP Keith 😢

[@rizqiaditiyo]

my fave obksur disko 4ever!

[@dogeatdog3705]

The music is very universal.

[@Hogman666]

JUst a killer tune with bags of energy! Pain is there for all to see

[@66xtopher]

I`m only 5 and I think this is the best song ever.

[@ehcsromret]

RIP Keith

[@user-vh2pc5jn5y]

Ах, Петр Ильич...

[@Freiheit_Faring]

Awesome songgg

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

Jesus what I wouldn't do for music to be this edgy again. Lydon would have made it with PIL without the pistols he was just an inevitable genius

[@ninjanne]

Its not only Lydon. Levene and Wobble are also relevant to the Musik of pil as lydon. Without them it was never the same

[@mickeybaumann]

jah´s great performance...

[@VictorHugo-fv1rf]

O Baixo está sensacional.

[@alfwilliams5446]

Got the single somewhere in the attic! Addictive listening.

[@jis87BE]

Another awesome song, and that riff....I KNOW it from somewhere! Just wonderin' why EVERY SINGLE FCKING PIL song is sooooooo damn low volume??!!

[@CourierSixxx]

this bass

[@caspiangage7989]

...The bitterest Pil. Keith's reggaed up fretting & Tchaik riffoff. RIP fella...

[@mask78fillo]

R.I.P. Keith Levene

[@BlakeEuanMarlow]

Such a great song!

[@enrageant]

To je příšerná kočičárna,ale Johnu Lydonovi to věřim,je to genius.

[@donnybrooklads]

My fave PiL song