Public Image Ltd - Disappointed

Music video by Public Image Ltd performing Disappointed (2005 Digital Remaster).

[@HighlandMike325]

This band are not celebrated enough. They are brilliant

[@retrieversqbd]

This is THE song that changed my life. I was a metal head and punk rock kid heading into his freshman year of engineering school at university. I didn’t know it at the time but I had been assigned the dorm hall, wing and floor that was basically the nucleus of the college radio station. I vividly remember hearing this song coming from one of the upper class men’s room. Turns out he was the music director of the radio station. The voice sounded so familiar. I was a shy kid but I had to know what the song was and if it was Johnny Rotten or a pretender sound-alike. I quickly got into the whole college radio scene and alternative music. Next thing I knew I was the guy entrusted with making Metal Wednesdays really take off. Then I was the Metal music director and eventually overall Music Director. Fun as hell and I got to experience a whole lot of new music. Never got my degree due to a severe and chronic health issue but I have a lot of great memories all because of PiL and Disappointed.

[@d0b0d0b]

HUGS, dude! What a great story...

[@te9591]

Cool story.

[@larisaaral1929]

That's awesome!

[@puNk_head]

rotten lefts the sex pistols has a punk rocker and creates Public image ltd has a post-punk band

[@howardwinston7801]

Brilliant song. Johnny needs more credit than he has been given. He is about as honest as they come.

[@permaveg]

Well, not really. He was a firm anti-monarchist once, yet just a few years ago he said how much he admires the then Queen.

[@18JR78]

@@permaveg Because you'd get cancelled if youre anti feminism in 2023

[@a.m8878]

They don't come like john anymore. He's a genius

[@Perceptionisreal]

@@permavegpeople mature. Opinions change. Its allowed. Doesn’t mean he wasn’t being honest. Then or now.

[@kirkegodfrey414]

thats what he WANTS you ti think :+)

[@PostPunkFan]

John is a CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED songwriter. CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED!

[@gdust6579]

i like pil better than that other band he was in pil is awesome. and i was listening to them 9 yrs ago in college

[@jacobr5627]

Rotten or McGeoch?

[@JG_1114]

Well when Hollyweird are over promoting people like Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga? You gotta wonder... you don’t even see Kate Bush getting any recognition anymore... heck as incredible as Peter Gabriel is, you don’t see him much in Hollyweird.... they never promote nor speak much about him and he’s a genius too... I used to wonder about these things... but lately I’ve been learning a lot about Hollyweird and why people like Beyoncé and Jay Z are so overly rated.... it has something to do with “selling out” (literally no joke) I used to think that the whole selling your soul to Satan thing was a crazy Christian conspiracy... but I guess there’s truth to it. Isaac Kappy spoke about it two years ago now he’s deceased...

[@pierrechareau9466]

@@JG_1114 you are indeed correct

[@gogoyubari366]

Where do you get your underrated facts from?

[@deannilvalli6579]

That main guitar riff is simple, yet not easy to play. McGeoch just plays it so smoothly and perfectly and it really makes the song, in my opinion. Not to be overlooked is the importance of the backup singers. Their voice harmonies really give the song an uplifting moment. A great arrangement.

[@HisEntropicHighness]

Agreed. The backup singers are absolute dolls.

[@timjoye3792]

McGeoch and Sara Lee are 2 Secret Weapons and MVP of post/post/new wave/whatever we called it then .

[@TheSolidsoundwavesif]

Always made me think of Brenda Holloway's "Look What You Done" 1967 Motown not 2 mention Chris Squire's bass guitar riff at 2:47 to 2 : 57 !

[@JerryMain1]

Disappointed a few people

[@LightFromADeadStar]

John was always amazing in any band he was in

[@joesmith1830]

Soundtrack of our lives. Summer 1989, 15 years old, riding my bike around a midwestern suburb. Hear the intro to this song (not included in the video) playing on some outside speakers of a record store. I was into alternative. Asked some snobbish college guy working there who it was. He looked at me like I was bothering him and answered me like I should have known who PIL was. Discovered them and bought their stuff when I got the coinage. John Lydon/Rotten developed his own cool character and image post Sex Pistols as seen in their videos. The hypnotic The order of death.

[@daviddill5227]

This is a very well done song. Its so different than the typical stuff of the day and flows so well. He is a really good stand up guy. His wife has dementia very badly and he waits on her 24/7/365 at home. He is hell bent on taking care of her himself. Very devoted to his wife.

[@sexobscura]

wow, I wasn't aware about his wife's condition, it's not like he goes about telling anybody who'll listen about it

[@kingjellybeans7823]

@@sexobscura glad you noticed his constant reference to Alzheimers desease. He has helped bring it to the forefront in regards to people who are not aware that such a delibatating desease can need round the clock care. You're a bit of a smart arse aren't you

[@TaxingIsThieving]

​@@sexobscura Just like the meningitis he had when he was a child

[@rodrigoolvera5983]

Ya se ha ganado la gloria terrenal y ahora con esa acción se ha ganado la gloria celestial

[@bravomarine5144]

Outstanding,true to his wife, you're a good man Jonny.

[@tickedoffnow]

Johnny Rotten deserves his own biopic, he's a really inspiring person

[@talksickvisionz7500]

Jimmy Pop Johnny Rotten is a bum. He talks shit about Sid cuz to this day Sid gets all the attention for Sex Pistols even though he couldn't play for shit. And Mr. Rotten goes from anarchy to singing ballads. What a sellout who couldn't sell records. PiL sucks ass.

[@soulsaw]

@@talksickvisionz7500 if PIL sucks why are you here then? 🙄

[@muziktrkr]

There's the PiL and Sex Pistols documentaries and he's written 2 books... so it could happen. I think he's just trying to keep it together for himself and his wife right now. Johnny Rotten is a stage persona, you might see him around Venice Beach these days...well, probably not with everything going on Mar 2020...

[@Morphstock]

He's already been played onscreen in Sid N Nancy, with a Scottish accent if I remember!

[@yanasungar9000]

Yes

[@fulltiltgonzales]

John McGeoch was such an incredible guitarist (R.I.P.)

[@ideamonkey]

Just heard this for the first time in my life tonight, after " " . Played it a few times already. What a deep song within the pop. A guote about the song I just dug up from John Lydon: "Friends will let you down, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have friends. You should enjoy it for the very fact that they are human beings and fallible, that that very fallibility is what you should enjoy about human contact. Otherwise, really what you're asking for is sycophantic robots that merely compliment your ego. And there's no enjoyment in that."

[@ronvaldez6675]

Great quote

[@pranky4]

Good old Wikipedia

[@adambadam623]

J B nice 👍

[@ArgoLupus]

Edifying and just what I needed to hear.

[@hexyko4850]

Never heard that quote before, I like it. I recommend early PiL (1978-1983). Maybe This Is What You Want... and Commercial Zone. But the rest is kind of boring compared to the experimentation in Metal Box and Flowers of Romance.

[@mattmesquite9975]

Why doesn't this have over a million views? This is why we have the great 1990's alternative rock. Wake up!!!

[@threshkinta]

It does now!!!

[@jonathanbloom1852]

I've always loved how happily the singers sing "What friends are forrrrrrr" and how happily John says "What are friends for!?" when the sentiment beneath is actually so negative.

[@The_Untouchable_One]

That is typical thinking on John's behalf. After he recovered from his illness years ago, his mind was re-set to thinking that way. Good thing that happened, and that he survived, we are all better off today because of John.

[@jonnydeuteronomy9684]

Jonathan Bloom - yes it is so brilliantly dry and vaguely angry.

[@brendandevlin8897]

This song actually has a positive sentiment. Lydon's said that you should learn to accept and even enjoy when your friends inevitably let you down, because that shows they are real people and not spineless sycophants. I still think your point stands about the juxtaposition of tones: triumphal singing and yet worrying subject matter, it's quite funny actually.

[@TheSolidsoundwavesif]

What principal

[@jamesbrownsmiles]

It's not negative at all. Lydon is singing this song to himself.

[@itzenormous]

This is probably PiL's best song. I remember the tour for this album, in 1989. It was New Order, Public Image Limited and The Sugarcubes. Had I been older than 15 at the time, I definitely would have been in attendance. =/

[@seekah1]

Rise towers above everything they've done for me.

[@snowfaller99]

Saw that show in Philly. Then later that year saw them at a smaller venue with Flesh For Lulu, which was much better!

[@somedaynow1128]

I saw that show at the Mann in Philly.

[@Chris__Angel]

I saw them 3 times in the 80’s. They didn’t disappoint one bit. I just ordered their 5 CD set. And here reminiscing

[@johnlafleur8447]

I saw that show at Darien Lake in upstate New York! Great memory.

[@johnrackham5312]

Lydon defintely knows how to send a message!! The guy is an undoubted songwriting genius! Love this tune.

[@andybodor1027]

One of McGeoch's finest tones and riffs.. so uplifting throughout. xo

[@garyhope2]

John Lydon and PIL are simply one of the most important, creative and original bands,...person to come along in a very long time. PIL and The Ramones. Best ever. Scary so good and original. IMPORTANT.

[@cinemar]

I swear John McGeoch's guitar in this song is fucking genius. It's my go to riff when I need a lift.

[@seekah1]

It's because he is pure genius, in my top 5 influences no question about it.

[@gdust6579]

this song and Warrior they improved the songs at the Glastonbery festival. the guitarist was amazing

[@cinemar]

@@gdust6579 What year of Glastonbury was this?

[@rocknjbindad3707]

Discover Will Sergeant

[@cinemar]

@@rocknjbindad3707 You mean the bunnymen guitarist?

[@JillDinardo-mb6ii]

One of my favorite PIL songs of all time! Says a lot.

[@josephpaul8874]

Spinal meningitis at 7 and it practically erased his memory clean, he had to start again and fight for his life, he never seemed to stop after that! What a guy,!

[@DD-ev2dt]

What can you say about the legend that is Johnny "Rotten" Lydon that hasnt already been said just a diamond geezer 😎✌️👍 .... "Disappointed " one of many PIL classics .... Was gutted for Johnny when lifelong partner Nora died may she rest in peace 😑🙏➕️.

[@TheBGSMusic]

Saw them in '89 at the Boathouse in Norfolk Va. My teenage son still wears the t-shirt I got that night. Still the most sonically powerful show I've ever seen. Johnny mooned the crowd !

[@leolongtime5671]

I saw them twice on that tour in Sydney and John actually slapped my hand during the show!

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

Mooning,.........an important element of almost any show🙄🥸🤯

[@Matthias-poboy6767]

What a great song this is I remember when it came out good to dance to

[@highwayman1218]

PIL! This one has always been at the top for me.... "Happy?" was always in a regular rotation in my car back then as a high school kid....

[@shannonnonnahs6943]

Johnnys eyes are so intense. I love it!

[@thomas.bobby.g2918]

John, you have inspired us all. God bless you Brother.

[@angelamatlock1932]

im 59 years old and ive listened to p il since my early 20s..they are just as great now as then. to my ear. always be a huge fan!!!

[@stevemandl5140]

found this cassette at at a used record store in the very late 90's with the concert ticket stub inside from 1989.

[@chowder8802]

That is so cool and sad

[@amyevans1118]

Score.. Man that's Awsome.

[@ArgoLupus]

I was at that tour. The Sugar Cubes opened and New Order closed.

[@ghostknight627]

you've been chosen. how are things now?

[@golperuano]

@@ArgoLupus Of course New Order and PIL were great reasons to see the show, but the Sugarcubes in 1989 were at their musical height! It must have been a great show!

[@beakerman40]

Saw them in New Haven CT sometime in the 80's. They were just fantastic. Hearing this live the crowd went crazy.

[@codydavidyates72]

Dissapointed a few people When friendship reared its ugly head Dissapointed a few people Well, isn't that what friends are for? (What friends are for) What friends are for (What friends are for) What are friends for? You, you're just a really sad person Who won't, you won't listen to anyone No not you With those half moon eyelids Just babbling on, your usless defenses So sad Dissapointed a few people When friendship reared its ugly head Dissapointed a few people Well isn't that what friends are for (What friends are for) What friends are for (What friends are for) What are friends for? This erratic haphazard, fluttering This to-ing and fro-ing Like a confused moth The collision, illusion And it's all ad infinitum You're a really sad person You're really so sad Dissapointed a few people When friendship reared its ugly head Dissapionted a few people Well isn't that what friends are for (What friends are for) What friends are for (What friends are for) What are friends for? Fools and horses Running their courses And brow beaten down Like dust on the ground You cheat easily Like sweet charity And all of the bastards The world despises In newer disguises You cheat easily Like all charity Fools and horses (What friends are for) Running their courses (What friends are for) And brow beaten down (What friends are for) Like dust on the ground (What friends are for) You cheat easily(What friends are for) Like sweet charity(What friends are for) And all of the bastards(What friends are for) The world despises(What friends are for) In newer disguises(What friends are for) You cheat easily(What friends are for) Like all charity(What friends are for)

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

Thanks!

[@birdiecahill6929]

I love how expressive he is, in everything he does.💚💚

[@scottleipski1015]

One of my all time favorites by P.I.L. Saw them open for NEW ORDER at Jones Beach,New York! FLOORED ME MAN!!!!

[@caligulapontifex5759]

Saw them opening for New Order as well. I went specifically to see New Order but PIL were very much better.

[@voyeurcoma638]

Extraordinary record, great lyrics, massive drums and backing vocals, great McGeoch riff, sublime bass line and Rotten Johnny

[@ecorro]

I thought I was crazy, but this singer is at another level. This is so much fun to watch and listen to. Great song. Trying to imitate his faces is actually therapeutic to me!

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

These songs made me want to live in the UK so badly. I grew up in Los Angeles where gratefully I got to listen to KROQ and DJs like Richard Blade. He truly informed us all about what was badass musically happening in the UK. I truly felt we had an insight to the best music in the world IMHO.

[@highwayman1218]

KROQ & 91X.... I miss the 80s and 90s in So Cal.... Hard to even recognize this place anymore....

[@Squiddy97]

Love the sonic style of this era in music in general. Jangly guitars, huge reverb on the drums. Crisp, clean and spacious. What a tune!

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

The 80s

[@mousermind]

This editing is like a fever dream.

[@pattycifra2076]

Cool song, cool video, cool lineup of PiL here. Love John's demented energy and dance moves! He's a very powerful songwriter and performer. The lyrics are personal, the "fools and horses" part is enigmatic. I can't help thinking "Disappointed" is about his original PiL bandmates, Levene and Wobble, but maybe not. A sad breakup, must have caused them all heartache...but glad they're all still making music to this day.

[@iaincrawford1018]

One of the best live gigs I've seen on here. You don't need dozens of cameras and camera angles. Band sounded fantastic.

[@advantage1appraisals488]

My kids are so jealous I got to grow up in the 80's. I tell a lot of my stories to them through these musical gems. So many to choose from.

[@zzzzzz5353]

John is straight forward on everything that's why I love his music forever a fan of john lydon blessings to the band and everyone

[@Frumples8]

How Brilliant would John be as the Joker?

[@katoness]

Hes not a great actor, check out his movie with Harvey Keitel, its woeful.

[@Palace-of-Madness]

WRONG. LYDON IS GODLIKE. IN EVERYTHING HE DOES.

[@katoness]

A gargantuan ego to go with it.

[@katoness]

Are you on the Trump bandwagon? Follow like the rest of the sheep.

[@gogoyubari366]

raybid13 You're a really sad person.

[@ritajanekeledjian]

Saw them at the Crule World Fest and loved every second. So grateful for the experience ❤

[@yukibond4182]

John's reputation always preceded him and he was in many ways more famous than his band. What seems to be often overlooked is the insane musicianship of PIL. They're all world-class session-level players and they wrote, played and gelled with each other and Lydon so well.

[@AvianSavara]

That feeling when you just needed to hear that song and now you've heard it.

[@thomaspfeifer1009]

This has been and will be one of my favorite songs.

[@whiterat1977]

Absolutely superb song on any level - PIL are a hit and miss band to a lot of people but they always come up with some belting songs and this is one of the best - Lou's guitar as always unreal

[@TempleGuitars]

This song just gets more and more relevant.

[@leolongtime5671]

Still amazing after all these years. A belter of a song!

[@rubberchicken5670]

Lydon cracks me up. (I read both his books.) He is the ultimate schizophrenic malcontent. He claims to HATE 80s new wave. (And yet, he loves Duran Duran.) And this whole album 9 is amazing at capturing that 80s vibe. His voice suits that era so well. PiL's BEST albums (at least they're my faves) are the ones they made in the 80s... 1. This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get (1984) (Lydon's most experimental & least commercial album from this era.) 2. Album (1986) (C'mon. Ginger Baker & jazz drummer Tony Williams on drums & guitarist Steve Vai. My fave! I bump this in my car at FULL volume all the time. It ROCKS!) 3. Happy? (1987) 4. 9 (1989) ( Pure ear candy! It's GREAT!)

[@iaincrawford1018]

Always been one of my Top10 PiL songs. I still miss John McGeoch.

[@kerryman7]

The BEST PIL song, like the lyrics, and the sound is something that you would hear throughout the 90's

[@johncastillo5462]

this a meaningful song because it about fake friend that claim to be loyal but there action speak louder than words

[@jonblackers4339]

Probably he recognises Bullshit because he has been full of it most of his life.

[@susanma4899]

And yet it's about more than simply that. It's about *remaining* friends with people who let you down. Because your friends WILL let you down and you have to love them anyway. Isn't that what friends are for?

[@RyanCoomer]

they need this song in one of those new tv series things .... THIS NEEDS MORE RECOGNITION!!!!!!!!!!!! This song is fucking amazing!!!! I swear if they use this song in a hip whatever tv series they do now a days its gonna be AMAZING and a younger generation will be like YESSSSSSS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS! I can wish.... Love u man

[@quantize]

a lot of the music sync people have very boring mainstream tastes, except when they're desperate for something unusual

[@moongypsyguerrero1925]

Rhank you Johnny Rotten and the PILs for telling me that I don't ever have to fit in!🙂

[@fernunrau7315]

I'm reading Anger Is An Energy. So inspiring to read about John's life. A true genius. True honor is sometimes found where you least expect it. I'm discovering a whole new world in his words.💖

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

Same!

[@Diskoboy1974]

Still have this CD I bought back in 1989 with the original longbox! Also had a t-shirt with the pixelized PIL logo that I wore the hell out of back in the early 90's. I really loved that shirt!

[@samueldurfee3865]

only John could be the coolest guy imagineable while dressed like he just took a break from fighting Batman

[@boris1873]

Lydon explained, "Friends will let you down, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have friends. You should enjoy it for the very fact that they are human beings and fallible, that that very fallibility is what you should enjoy about human contact. Otherwise, really what you're asking for is sycophantic robots that merely compliment your ego. And there's no enjoyment in that."[4] Lydon has since called "Disappointed" one of his favorite songs that he has written, commenting, "If I could ever call a song a friend, 'Disappointed' is one of them."[5]

[@davidlogat9338]

I asked my aunt when I was 14 to got the tape for Xmas. Thanks Annie-and I'm french.

[@scotmorley]

This song is a true statement of about 99.9% of the people I come into contact with, animals are much more reliable!!!

[@13MADAMGUILLOTINE]

I promise - there are good people out there.

[@bobdobbs420]

Buy guns.

[@kurtcobain4209]

The world suck. People are not true

[@stevemandl5140]

sicko

[@katoness]

Like Sid Vicious once said "I met the man in the street and hes a cunt".

[@patrickdaniel4953]

What a great song !!! brings back such good memories !!

[@Logical_Chronical]

His songs are always so catchy. You know it’s him because he on purpose makes his voice sound different. No one sounds like him.

[@schwinnbike18]

The drummer is so hyped!! Such a great tune.

[@John-ji5bo]

Epic tune. Epic.

[@mummyd1990]

Excellent,loved this back in the day.

[@skeleman1963]

picked up PILs greatest hits on cassette tape theother day and its getting alot of play time in my truck...taking me back to a great decade of music..

[@user-vu8pr5mf4c]

I think he was heavily inspired by Lewis Carroll...picked up where the mad hatter left off, and channels that spirit into musical form, i absolutely adore him🖤

[@luizantoniodesousa1916]

PIL é sinônimo de originalidade e irreverência. Músicas e clips são sensacionais !!!!

[@JikkySef]

This song is so amazing!

[@davidriley1847]

Brilliant! Not boring Sydney, Not boring !

[@lionfrequency]

Fucking awesome. The lyrics are amazing, even Nobel Prize quality. Genius guitar and the rest of it. Lydon is an actor too, for sure with his natural body language.

[@TheBoro73]

Wow I have not listened to this song since my teens! I went out and bought the single...amazing song. I Still have that 7" record. As someone else mentioned, great melodic pop song, with meaning, great hooks and that awesome uplifting guita!

[@EXPERIENCEDSHADOW]

Love this track so much, johnny you absolute legend!!

[@genatzvalee]

PiL had what Sex Pistols missed - great instrumentalists that really highlited and showcased Johnny's specific vocal talent

[@martyknox2218]

I'm not disappointed about any of this.

[@patychavez4229]

Realmente amo esta cancion ...Lo maximo ...la amo

[@renzotupiaaldoradin6876]

Adictiva

[@MegaCHOCOBOX]

Exelente, siempre tuvo un gran oído para componer y escribir John Lydon así como sus compañeros de Public Image

[@bridgettholman4074]

I was gifted to see P.I.L. tour in 1990. I was front stage amd when he sang Rise he rubbed my mohawk(I could be black or white!) Yes I also got his autograph....Deep Ellum Dallas Tx 1990! Black chic!

[@chowder8802]

You rock :) hello from Galveston

[@juanalvarez7385]

I got to see P.I.L Ltd. performance at the Studio 54.. Greatest Show Ever. Truly enjoyed it..

[@ramgomez2629]

I was listening to this song every day while I was traveling Europe.

[@tickedoffnow]

John went from Punk Rock Icon to New Wave God He's an all around Icon in my book 😍

[@matthewchance8835]

What a fantastic song The album is wonderful also

[@martindytham3138]

Fabulous...love it. That drive!

[@mournival73]

30 years of this incredible album thank you

[@WizardGlik]

No. Thank YOU!

[@silkeriekeit9675]

This music helped me through many things. One of my favourite

[@timtucker7506]

Best use of the term "ad infinitum" in a song ever. Perhaps the only use

[@philipsmith1901]

I could easily have listened to this in The Madchester era!!!!!

[@thenavajoknow]

Just as Public Image is a quintessential post punk tune, this is a perfect pop song.

[@Distance2Jupiter]

The extended mix of this track is amazing! It's the only version I ever listened to, and to hear it cut short in this radio-friendly edit is always... disappointing! 😉Love this song so much, though! Absolutely spot-on conceptually... learned it, knew it, lived it...

[@bigpun7916]

It's like Drop Dead Fred and sideshow bob had a kid who makes awesome music !

[@sdfried4877]

The producers of Drop Dead Fred owe him money.

[@TheUtuber999]

This song takes me back to the sunny San Fernando Valley in '89, where I first heard the song on KROQ and dashed over to the Tower Records on Sherman Way to pick up the CD.

[@davida.quinnsr.8847]

What is Sherman Way?

[@jhonnyking7457]

@@davida.quinnsr.8847 One avenue in USA California State! San Fernando Valley.

[@billgrace1655]

Glad I saw pIL Love this stuff!

[@Chalky-ze6js]

This is terrific song. Great performances and fantastic production.

[@PilgrimLad]

What friends are for? What friends are for? What friends are for? What friends are for? What friends are for? What friends are for? Promises, promises Old tired, worn out second hand sentences One thing, with you is certain You're a really sad person So sad Disappointed a few people When friendship reared its ugly head Disappointed a few people Well, isn't that what friends are for? (What friends are for?) What friends are for? (What friends are for?) What a friend is for? You, you're just a really bad person Who won't, you won't, listen to anyone, no not you With those half moon eyelids Just babbling on, your useless defenses So sad Disappointed a few people When friendship reared its ugly head Disappointed a few people Well, isn't that what friends are for? (What friends are for?) What friends are for? (What friends are for?) What a friend is for? This erratic haphazard, fluttering This toing and frowing Like a confused moth, the collusion, illusion And it's all ad infinitum, you're a really sad person You're really so sad Disappointed a few people When friendship reared its ugly head Disappointed a few people Well, isn't that what friends are for? (What friends are for?) What friends are for? (What friends are for?) What a friend is for? Fools and horses, running their courses And brow beaten down like dust on the ground You cheat easily like sweet charity And all of the bastards, the world despises Springing surprises in newer disguises You cheat easily like all charity Fools and horses, running their courses And brow beaten down like dust on the ground You cheat easily like sweet charity And all of the bastards, the world despises Springing surprises in newer disguises You cheat easily like all charity Fools and horses, running their courses And brow beaten down like dust on the ground You cheat easily like sweet charity

[@brocklanders6172]

To me this sounds like a slightly psychotic Yes song. It's absolutely brilliant!

[@MrKayley10]

+Brock Landers What era of Yes? If you want to make the comparison, it sounds a bit Big Generator-ish, to be honest. Two brilliant bands!

[@newforestpixie5297]

MrKayley10 and i thought i was the only one whom loved 'pretty vacant' and ' wonderous stories ' ( gave up on prog in 82 but since my lad made me use computer 8 years back , caught up with post 1990 yes ) love from new forest pixies 👽

[@darling_danke_schoen]

This song always just had great atmosphere. It really reminds me of high school. Tasting the feels in all their new forms. Style and fashion. Being different versions of me. Discovering new sounds

[@user-rb3mf5fe9d]

一番好きな曲です。歌詞も深くて好き。

[@PunchAPeach]

I'd never heard this song before until about 2 weeks ago...and it still makes me nostalgic about the late 80's/early 90's sound.

[@Mfacco101]

John McGeough's guitar is one of the best post-punk sounds

[@seekah1]

He's pure genius, no question.

[@econogate]

One gets the sense he inspired Talking Heads when they formed and they inspired him to later do this stuff.

[@hexyko4850]

Maybe. I guess Talking Heads were more inspired by Dada than anything. But PiL was hugely influential to many including me. I would love to collaborate with Keith and Wobble lol.

[@nathanbellamy3308]

Um no

[@pauljackson8354]

9 is 30 years old and still a brilliant album.Love the Pistols and PIL.This song is excellent.

[@TheCenteroftheUniverse]

It's the arrangement. It's a so-so tune, but the arrangement, adding the background singers, and Lydon's otherworldly vocals at the front, ensure that this song will still kick ass in one hundred years.

[@nickknox75]

I love this song. And I love Lydon's suit!

[@SkinnyEMedia]

Something about this reminds me of Rik Mayall from DROP DEAD FRED trying to mock his hair style, mannerisms, and clothing. I expect the beautiful Phoebe to pop out of nowhere in this?