Sex Pistols - Bodies

The footage used in this video is from the Sex Pistols benefit gig they played at Ivanhoe's in Huddersfield on Christmas day 1977
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[@13thRaven]

Still my favorite pistols song after all these years. Fantastic

[@tysonthomson6847]

that intro is so badass I loved it

[@jacobmoon7342]

YEES! i have been hunting for footage of this day/night for years! See, I WAS THERE as a kid of one of those on strike and it was constant laughing, laughing and laughter, Honestly, forget the fact is was the Pistols, as a kid i'd heard the name (I was 10) but it was the fun and safety, togetherness, fun that was ace... I heard the music and all the kids took it in the stride dancing and screaming.. brilliant. never forgotten what the lads did that day. never mind the bullshit, each member of the band was ace.. thanks guys if you c this. RIP kind, fun Sid. A friend x

[@sukottora]

Ahh! I was hoping someone who was there had left a comment! Really glad you have such good memories of the time.

[@crazygeorge56]

cheers

[@fasthracing]

Nice one.

[@stevenknight8280]

Argh bless the sex pistols

[@therespectedlex9794]

I thought people were a bit more prim and proper back then, with kids.

[@robertstorey7476]

It is quite funny that adults up and down the country were terrified of them but the kids are here aren't remotely scared and just chuck cake at them!

[@Godloveszaza]

Actually sid was known for playing with kids all the time they use to think he was a pedophile.

[@robertstorey7476]

@@Godloveszaza utter garbage

[@guymontag9577]

The kids knew it was a show. Johnny Rotten is a Character. I was sitting with my Mom a few weeks before she died, and Johnny was being interviewed and was talking about taking care his wife when the interviewer asked why he didn't hire someone to care of his wife for him. He looked straight at the camera and said, "Because I love her so much". I looked at my Mom (she was have hypoxic dementia by this time) , when she said, "I guess Johnny isn't so Rotten". I actually encouraged me to stay longer to help her, even though my wife and two youngest were at our home in Asia.

[@guymontag9577]

​@@GodloveszazaI never heard that. But I did hear him described as a "Man-Child"

[@lakmeister]

​@@Godloveszazatotal dick!

[@johnmartin2102]

"And Sid was Greeeaat that day" Sends chills down my spine! One of the MOST Punk songs of all time!!!

[@jamesrowland2170]

Steve Jones overdubbed the bass parts of this song on the album

[@stevenrobertson6656]

​@@jamesrowland2170 You don't really get it buddy, do you.

[@schorschi1567]

AND Sid was greeeeaat that day.... Everything about it...."

[@VNDER88]

i know right sid being on good behaviour?????

Funny song to sing to the kids, but the joy on Johnny’s face as the kids smear cake on him is priceless!

[@jacobmoon7342]

we just heard F... Fuck. and the loudest musical 'stuff' we ever heard and LOVED IT!!!!!!

[@jepuitz1]

This was them kids lives

[@Haus2076]

And he dropped the fuck this and fuck that verse when they played it for the kids.

[@martinparker9249]

@@Haus2076 yeah respect man

[@JillDinardo-mb6ii]

This is from the album,they were careful not to use bad language with the kids. Later that night they played for the adults. Awesome party for those kids.

[@rosssutherland4470]

The profound effect this band had on the back of one album is unbelievable. Gone but never forgotten

[@bobgure]

This is the greatest thing ever recorded.

[@lilialisa1490]

👍

[@GravityBoy72]

THE punk song for me.

[@beatler11]

Yes. One of the greatest songs ever done...

[@jacobmoon7342]

amen! being there as a poor kid was even better. safest place i ever been outside of home! TRUTH. Me n my sisteer had pie all over us and others. Plus we ate too much cake!!!!

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

I concur.

[@michaelwalker7042]

"Life is precious and not a thing to be destroyed" - Johnny Rotten.

[@Dr_Adam]

Awesome quote!

[@westvirginiahellbilly8124]

Michael Walker This is one dude that learned that VERY young in life !!! Love me sum Sex Pistols !! Go get em ‘all Johnny Rotten !!!L

[@Paddysibaccy]

Google took song from duke box, after Irish abortion vote in my local, Google filth.

[@Misanthropic_hellhound]

Not to feminists And the politically correct retards

[@Acrata42]

@@Misanthropic_hellhound Your Nick name is Anarchy?? Wtf your comment is very anti Anarchist, fucking idiot.

[@johnsauls1021]

I first heard this on a beat up old tape my coworker in a cafeteria slop room loaned me in 1985. I never heard music or society the same way. As I finish my PhD in literature (Shakespeare), I find that no artist has written so eloquently or with as much pathos about a woman and a child. Brilliant. Thanks guys.

[@TheNakedWombat]

Imagine throwing this concert these days? All the wimpy parents would cry a 40 day and night flood. Good on the Sex Pistols.

[@pamela8329]

Some parents (& grandparents) might be at that show!

[@larsgibbon3327]

@@pamela8329 I'd be there!!!

[@brandonspivey8020]

This was northern working class in support of firefighters . This was not for middle class liberals.

[@sexobscura]

Interesting that you forget that back then they were vilified as wretched filth

[@TheNakedWombat]

@@sexobscura You assume far too much.

[@themannen]

This has been my fav song since 1978. I'm 58 years married and my walls are covered with Pistols The verses are completely ruthless, it's such a shame that they ended after just one album

[@GhastlyCretin]

At least we got PIL after the Pistols. They were fantastic.

[@PinkyPuff69]

Just the best. Love this. Never ever get tired of seeing these little kids dancing to BODIES!!!! ♡

[@raonimm]

melanie brandt Sex Pistols is a classic rock n' roll band! That's why you'll never get sick of them!

[@l.salisbury1253]

Not exactly a children's song...

[@davesmith1553]

Hate to burst your bubble, but I'm quite confident that that wasn't what they were dancing to. The music was superimposed during the making of the movie (Filth and the Fury).

[@ajsimo2677]

@@davesmith1553 They did play Bodies at both performances at this venue, but for the earlier performance (for the kids) Rotten sang it without the swearing.

[@ajsimo2677]

@@davesmith1553 And you're right. This is not the original sound recording (but you can find it elsewhere) - it's the album version superimposed.

[@mikemurray3962]

That album was so raw and full of pure angst. Masterpiece imo and Steve Jones guitar work and tone was absolutley awesome. I still play those songs on guitar once the beer kicks in and I'm 50 lol

[@patrickgarvey146]

Johnny consistently calling out bullshit for 50 years, won't sell out. The king of punk.

[@Metalhead3935]

I've heard him say in an interview that it was kind of both sides of the argument. He said that he didn't like the idea of killing an unborn child but he also hated the idea of bringing a child into a world where no one is going to give a fuck about him/her.

[@sirstarkey]

@Non_stare_in_pena Mamma John Lydon

[@lucifersam7946]

@Lukai2 We all die, regardless.

[@vnessa33]

@@lucifersam7946 how about you do us a favor and speed up the process

[@realsinisterminister]

I believe in abortion for all unfit parents...........

[@ignatiusjackson235]

This is exactly why I'm a pro-life socialist. Free healthcare must come first if you're serious about it.

[@puckdaddy59]

Ya know... I'm 60 now... A lot has happened in the world since the Pistols arrived. And if you're paying attention, some of us have learned a lot more in the past two years that have answered a lot of questions and placed things into proper context. I like the Sex Pistols more now than I did then because... As I listen to their lyrics... it dawns on me that much of what we're just figuring out... They already knew. This video proves to me that probably no band was more misunderstood than the Sex Pistols. Maybe because of their presentation or their cantankerous off stage antics... The helplessness of addiction... But every song had a purpose... Drawing attention to the things they saw that was wrong with special emphasis on the UK. I'm rambling a bit... But do you see it? They knew the true lineage of the Monarchy... They knew how many abortions and about Jimmy Saville... They knew the game that had to be played for stardom in the music industry... And they weren't buying any of it!

[@Clusters3rdStrikeArc]

Yep, they had it figured out 30 odd years before most of the rest caught up.

[@karllux-d6g]

Agreed 100%.

[@markwilliams3696]

I'm 60 now as well, I loved the pistols when I was 16, John is a hero in my opinion

[@jari2018]

@@Clusters3rdStrikeArc It were most likely people made a career on Jimmy and lowlifes like Sex Pistols has nay say

[@steve9542000]

@@jari2018 what?

[@P-Bass_Pete]

The absolutely right way to throw a kids party!

[@peternicklin2693]

yes with a song about a girl who had a abortion, love to be there mate to see the shock on the parents faces

[@thewhoman3182]

@@peternicklin2693 Suprisingly it went down pretty well with the parents from what I heard. Lydon says that many of them changed their views on the Pistols and they thought it was nice of them to throw a party for the less fortunate kids.

[@kookoothebirdgirl1]

Any time the kids get to throw pies at the Pistols ....well, how could you possibly go wrong?

[@vanillazmoon_official]

@@peternicklin2693 it’s about my Nan and her parents died years ago (I made a comments about jt)

[@the11metersd.x.channel.55]

I was a teenager when all this happened. The British working class were being persecuted and oppressed beyond toleration.. The Sex Pistols where one of the very few ,who put there necks on the line for the Northern Monkeys..They recognised and seen the assault on honest working class people. The media will never tell you about this.. Kudos The Sex Pistols and John Lydon . Maximum respect...

[@kireidoll]

I need to look into modern British history more, I feel like its infinitely more dark than French modern history. And could it explain why Britain has the rage for creating the best goddarn art.. probably (Did you follow the pistols back then?)

[@the11metersd.x.channel.55]

@@kireidoll Very much so. Punk Rock was huge in the late 70s early 80s..

[@Daydr34mer]

@@the11metersd.x.channel.55 It wasn’t huge. It was very much niche.

[@mspersonunknowable]

@@Daydr34mer It had a HUGE impact on that niche, and changed the course of music history and sub cultures yet to come.

[@Daydr34mer]

@@mspersonunknowable Yes, it did. I agree. But 'in the late 70s early 80s' it was not so huge. It took a while.

[@jimbehr5685]

Amazing....getting a slice of cake from Johnny Rotten and your older sister trying to chat up Sidney Vicious and him saying he already has a girlfriend. Its like an amazing dream....its so wholesome.....the kids went home and the all adults danced to Bodies......XD once in a lifetime. Greatest Christmas kids party ever.

[@Andrew-cl7kg]

Just pure genius....a great musical age to grow up in ...fantastic

[@ingridlun7144]

"and sid was great" omg killed me

[@evilhobbit666]

we need another musical revolution

[@laszlokrizsak2038]

I agree!...But this time in the R I G H T way!!

[@manuelmdemarco]

We have it, it´s call rap, and it sucks

[@syazanhaiqalgta4]

@@manuelmdemarco old school raps were pretty cool.. went shite after it became "glam".

[@vann07051970]

Will fake hate crime for firewater money tic tic is gAy

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

The heavy metal from Middle East and North Africa is the new revolution.

[@cristynlane3490]

The ugh, at the end says it all, Johnny's lyrics are very deep.

[@astridolearczyk8510]

Yes.... GREAT "UGH"!!!

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Icing on the Punk cake!👍

[@gustavomendieta]

I went for a run today with the Pistols as my soundtrack, and man! This stuff can really get you fired up. 👊🏻

[@MiniLemmy]

Probably my favourite Pistols song - it’s ability to be completely dark while at the same time highly anthemic is unmatched in anything I’ve heard since….

[@r7coo]

Beautifully put

[@molr11]

i'm 14, and since i was 7 i've like this music. Punk is not dead and i'm bringing into the new generation

[@jari2018]

guess it didnt happen now 10 years later

[@jari2018]

or should i say 1/10 of hundreads years later nothing happened or century -You know secret corporate mergers happends after 10 years when they buying company just kills off all the rest of the bought company nomatter what they promised -thats a long time for wall street guys

[@tracyjacoby2382]

The Pistols looked so happy!! Those were some lucky kiddos! A cool Tshirt, scarf, LP too? food and a free concert by The Sex Pistols. Wish I had been there.👍🥰

[@cristynlane3490]

Johnny really loves kids and Sid, you can tell in this video.

[@P-Bass_Pete]

They were just big kids themselves.

[@zaxxx1975]

wondeeful times. i was there hitched a ride w sue n gay george to this show

[@rebel-artist-nerd]

Johnny is even today legendary for throwing the best kids birthday parties.

[@rebel-artist-nerd]

@ol‘timmer moler Yes he is known for dressing up in a costume and even getting on the ground to do whatever activities the kids are doing with them. Heck as a teen he once worked in a daycare which he really loved but was pushed out of the job because of his looks (green hair,rotten teeth,ect).

[@youjoker9647]

Some might say they were kids themselves, Sid especially emotionally stunted by his horrible mother?

[@icemangg6582]

I watched "Pistol" on Disney Channel and it was xxxx great! It's a tragedy, but the "Bodies" video really brings it to life in the end.

[@fantinesensei8402]

I watch to and yes i love this show omgggg

[@SpaceCamp86]

one of my all-time favorite pieces of music

[@hezel8213]

I'm rewatching this masterpiece on christmas day, it's amazing

[@joerainah9360]

Experiencing a strong feeling of Nostalgia for a era I wasn’t even a part of .

[@andreaprodan5616]

Now i Remember WHY I embraced the purity of PUNK with such fervor in '76 / 77 !!!! Thanks for loading!

[@loucavania]

0:46 I swear that smile is the cutest thing

[@marksteinberg1315]

I love this song. Very entertaining and one of the greatest punk songs of all time

[@cvp1969]

People take this for granted. Name me one album before this that was born of rage from start to end. Every song is angry.

[@dimesdenim]

As i teacher i was telling kids "gather round now, we're going to read a book called Green Eggs and Ham" meanwhile at another place on the planet the Sex Pistols were saying "gather round now, we're going to play a song for you called BODIES"

[@fluffybunniez7819]

I bought never mind the bollocks, played it in the car going home from the airport, I found out that my step dad loves the sex pistols and has the never ins the bollocks vinyl. My step dad is fucking awesome

[@ignatprokhoropchyuck4652]

I have it on vinyl my step son😃

[@doctorskull8197]

I could listen to this guitar turned up to 11 all day and night! 🎸🎸🎸

[@AwesomeWelles-cy8xg]

This song being played to a bunch of kids is the perfect distillation of Gen X. Love it.

[@owlsley5]

In his own words, Johnny Rotten, who is by my account, a gifted songwriter, told us all exactly what the Sex Pistols were all about: CHAOS. In a nutshell. That they made some great songs - actual music - made them even better. Without a doubt they changed the face of it all - culturally, socially, and boldly and given that, regardless of their controversial material and personal tragedies of some, remain one of the greatest bands ever for their work.

[@FFM0594]

Cook and Jones were the songwriters!

[@skelterskeltor3118]

No te falta razón acerca del sello que sex pistols dejaron en el mundo de la música, el arte, la moda etc... Pero da asco ver cómo hoy día Lydon es un sucio conservador que roza la ultra derecha y repudia el legado de sus compañeros. Mejor es que se estuviera callado.

[@GravityBoy72]

Bodies is just a brilliant track... it's genius.

[@l.salisbury1253]

Most intense song on the album!

[@romanhohaus5867]

i was 10 years old ... rode me skateboard in Berlin (86) ...where i still live and listened to the Pistols Ramones Toy Dolls ect... changed me live for the better...

[@jezscott1425]

Love it - the first 20 seconds or so are basically me and my mate Dean, with the Sex Pistols as supporting cast!

[@NomenmihiLegioest]

I saw the Pistols here in San Antonio in 1978. My dad took me because he was a fan. It was a fucking mess. They booked them at a Honky Tonk! LOL! Its like in "The Blues Brothers" when they are booked at "Bob's Country Bunker" Chaos ensued! I was 10yrs old and loved it. I also saw AC/DC with Bon Scott a few months before he died. He was drunk AF and only played 30 minutes because some drunk A-hole threw a beer bottle at him and cut open his head. TRUE TEXAS stories from when I was 10-11. Saw Motley Crue in 1983 when I was 15. Ticket cost 4 dollars. Good times!

[@Boleskinebeatz]

Such a good song and the change to the chorus is inspired..

[@rp61productions]

@ Daria Andreeva I agree with your sentiments, that was a great documentary last night on BBC4 'Never Mind The Baubles: Xmas '77 With The Sex Pistols' It certainly was about time more of that Huddersfield footage was finally released for those interested enough to watch it, Like John said, "that footage has been locked away in a vault for far too long"

[@martinparker9249]

BRILLIANT EDITING OF THAT GIG.....RESPECT

[@gillesaccarier6130]

1977... I was 19... The Pistols were our heroes. Movies of the year : Star Wars and Encounters of 3 type... Another world !

[@Dougie-s9s]

When I was 12 in 1982 I found a tape cassette TDK90 with never mind the bollocks recorded on it and have never looked back, 54 now and still punk. What makes a 12-year-old kid find himself and be so passionate about a punk band at that age.

[@kevinadamson5768]

Best punk rock song of all time.

[@kai-uweeke7936]

Ha ha 1977. I was 10. to ! (Thanks for Posting this Clip).

[@gillesaccarier6130]

Great persons, and more than this... great humans! Bodies is for me the quintessential punk song!

[@theresacole]

This is a fun video to watch and great song to listen to!

[@anthonytavares2668]

beatiful and perfect !!!

[@robberger7951]

priceless footage, nice editing. thanks

[@lilith4961]

So badass to see kids dancing to the sex pistols! I want a kid like that lol

[@martinparker9249]

YEAH

[@dorothystefanski7892]

This is one of the best videos ever

[@TheAvidaEuros]

the luckiest children ever

[@jacobmoon7342]

Yes. 10000% correct, we were

[@russellhamer8690]

Great video showing a very different Britain in the 1970 s .. Strikes,Power cuts,No Bread in shops,Red Robbo at Leyland just up the road from me..Its all houses now as Rover went overnight to the Chinese,the entire factory,dismantled n put on a 1000 lorries..

[@gregprice103]

It’s just so brilliant

[@smeldrick]

there's no such thing as the greatest video on youtube, except this is it

[@colinmackinnon696]

Oh my God that brought a tear to my eye.

[@markwilliams3696]

I'm 60 and it brings back good memories bud

[@soja9305]

Better days….

[@rodaust1069]

I grew up on this in the mid-late 70's &"the Velvets, Stooges etc. its timeless, still today I fuckin love it!!!

[@rene8564]

Great job on this video. In 1979, when I was 15 and got my Bollocks cassette, the Sex Pistols were spoken of in the same kind of language reserved for Al Qaeda today. Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten were made out to be some kind of bogeymen. Your video should dispel any such remaining notions.

[@rochesterjohnny7555]

Never in a million years would have thought that Johnny is great with kids haha

[@Abegoldhatch]

He even said to Sid that cool it down because of the kids. He still loves working class heroes and their children… .

[@KeiStingray]

If only times were like that, I would be having way too much fun, but here, the hell with it, music today cant get you moving like this

[@MrsSyck]

The thing that they did was so nice... they all looked happy for a moment.

[@kotm3]

Seen them 3 times and the energy is always the same, off the chart.

[@airbourne4631]

The real Punk will never die cause his mentality survives in the heart of those who really knew. I have 50 years I m belgian and I m always of this mentality

[@andrejpopov5296]

One of my best teen memories ever!

[@shoot_the_glass5654]

This was the pistols I wanted to see, just being humble and kind to everyone rather than what they were painted out to be.

[@dylskyok]

i had a mate who was there . he wasnt into the pistols but told us that jonny gave him a skateboard ,we all laughed at the liar at that time. He said it was in Huddersfield and we laughed !!!!! as if the postols would play a kids party !!!!! little did we know. we just assumed his mum had bought the skateboard and he was trying to fit in with us.

[@jacobmoon7342]

they gave shit away and lots of cake! anyone who was there knows what i mean... best day of my life still all these years latter. I was 10ish and my dad was on strike.

[@dylskyok]

@@jacobmoon7342 Yes my mate would of been around that age. He was younger than us and always tried to impress us so we thought he was bullshitting us ,it wasnt untill the internet that i found out about this. I dont think his dad was a fireman though and he lived in wakefield but he must of been there. There was no way his family could afford a top of the range skateboard like he got. This was the last gig they played in england before they went to America and split up . you was part of history my friend.

[@jacobmoon7342]

ha ha fantastic... thanks for sharing that.. F8 best day ever.. the pistols were like energy... all the starving hyper strike kids LOVED THEM!!! and we went mad when they even did the first chord. cheers and keep the faith my friend :)

[@SeaGullArt]

WHAT AN AMAZING MUSIC VIDEO ! ! !

[@hydro96u]

Damn, as i get to push forty, i have got to say no one has come close to this band, im so glad i bought this tape. Being navajo, as well yooung and angry, this definitely open my so called round eyes, and still kept the flame alive,...

[@jimbehr5685]

This is in my top 10 greatest songs ever written (imo).

[@1992NL]

I remember this its on the Filth and the Fury DVD, its a good clip. Love it.

[@davidduffin1580]

Greatest song of all time.

[@tedwarren8092]

This is one of my favorite videos.

[@francisleclaire180]

Qu'est-ce j'aurais aimé aller à un de leurs concerts en 77. Je les ai vu il y a 20 ans, mais c'était pas pareil. Le punk était une vrai révolution. Francis 93

[@PakaTheDog]

Love this ..over and over...❤❤❤

[@roynorman8784]

Any punks here in 2024

[@Ih8nine]

This song makes me wanna scream to the top of my lungs. Love this song. I miss my childhood.

[@dougiegooner]

Absolutely my favourite Sex Pistols footage ❤️👌🏻

[@MENSFORTHHILL99]

I just moved into a new house and played this full blast.

[@nicolasbrunel278]

Nice work & precisions. Thanks

[@nyonyopraia]

Life was peace and happy, till I bought this album. Fookin mad at everything, instantly.

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

majic moment in time everyone happy I saw starwars in 77 I was nine ,1978 My Dad my older brother came home and my brother had Never Mind the bollocks,Dad WW2 vet old school and cool to get that for him ,he put it on the stereo big record on 33 ,wow and to this day its just got better ,im in New Zealand

[@tonynesbit9673]

One of the greatest rock songs ever.

[@juliancastaneda3391]

PUNKKK**

[@WizardGlik]

The power of the Pistols.

[@TaiChiRehab]

Legend

[@atlasking6110]

GOD BLESS THE US SCOTUS! WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR LIFE!

[@longfellowrocked]

Ahh cool! Thanks for posting this video!

[@SilverStarEyes]

The kids wearing( Never mind the bollocks) t shirts is so cute x

[@bleedchocolate]

one of my fav songs they did...fanx mate ;)

[@tavicotavio]

Love how jonh is actually a cool guy when he tries it

[@astridolearczyk8510]

The last few seconds are awesome!!😅🎤

[@poolbear2160]

John is one of my heroes

[@KarlitospunkOi]

I love this video,and song!

[@jacksalami9945]

WOW, the memories. In 1987 my school friend gave me this song I was 11, I came home & played it full volume in my bedroom on a Sanyo cassette player, then, my Mum came it smashed the cassette player against the wall and beat the shit out of me for playing such 'Vulgar Music" Subsequently I was made to go to Mass and repent to our local parish priest & got grounded for the school holidays & thus in turn my LIFE LONG LOVE for the Sex Pistols began..

[@astridolearczyk8510]

👍🏼!!!

[@aaronreid116]

🤣🤣🤣🤣..fuckn' brilliant!🇮🇪