Sex Pistols - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK, January 12th 1978 (audio from Winterland)

[@K._Oss]

It’s an unshakable fact that whether you love them or you hated them, Tulsa was never the same after that night the Pistols played here

[@slyasleep]

haha what?

[@punkrockgems]

Too right mate.

[@TheCandygunner]

I was there. Got grounded for a month. It was totally worth it.

[@TheBluesgod]

I was too...drove from Coffeyville KS. to see it.

[@teelee5559]

AWESOME! BTW, I LOVE JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carolinepalumbo]

Hi Jerry, not sure if your account is still active but I am trying to do a short online segment over Cain's Ballroom and would love to interview for your story at Cain's Ballroom. Let me know if you are interested. Thank you!

[@pointnozzleaway]

yeah...you where the chap with the suds mocker ..eh !

[@kostismick6084]

nah mate i dont think hes active anymore

[@winnipegperfectcircleflyin7859]

Historic band. Forget 'polished' music and give me the Sex pistols live!

[@jasonvanorsdol1755]

The hole Sidney punched in the wall is now cut out and on display at Cains Ballroom. In some 5 years working there in the early 2000s, through grad school, we never had a single band protested.

[@markmackey8482]

I was there. My mom had a fit when she found out I went to see them. I was in High School at the time.

[@L0ND0NITE]

Just look at Johnny's eyes. He means it, mannnnn. Most honest bloke going. Still is.

[@fillherupjacko6841]

He looks close to tears at the end. Imagine being in that band age 19, 20 and having to go all the way to America and face those truly terrifying religious nutters.

[@fillherupjacko6841]

Did they though? Genuine question. The protesters look quite hippieish, children of God types. Did they turn up when the Eagles were in town?

[@fillherupjacko6841]

Yeh the backward messages thing was really weird, especially the Judas Priest one which was tragic and even daft ones like Queen Another One Bites the Dust which played backward sounds like Smoke Marijuana. As for the Pistols im from the jolly old UK so we don't really have the religious outrage - it's more centred around things like the monarchy or swearing. True story.

[@fillherupjacko6841]

Looking outside from the UK America just seems/ seemed like a really religious country - so the Sex pistols touring the states and especially the south seemed like them touring the Middle East. I'm not having a go at america it's just that countries/ cultures get hung up on different things. It's like when Lennon said that the Beatles meant more to teenagers than Christianity everyone in England went "yeh for better or worse that's obviously true" whereas in america it was like "how dare Lennon say he is getting bigger or better than jesus." It seems really backward but then britain gets outraged about equally ridiculous things. Ultimately the sex pistols were the good guys, just humorously provoking the previous generation who they saw as responsible for a lot of the things that had gone wrong in the world. Rotten's mum wrote a letter to the press at the time saying her son was right and would be proved to be right. And they were - in contrast to so many media and church people.

[@teelee5559]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Flying_Blind]

I was at that show and many others at Cains. I lived in Tulsa from 1976 till about 1985. 200 miles down the road I grew up playing Bass in bands 6 nights a week. Then had 2 of my own clubs with bands 6 nights a week at different times. There was only about 150 people there that night because of the snow. We were on the right hand facing side, but there was room anywhere. I believe Cains holds about 300 people.

[@chasing_dragons]

What comes to mind when seeing this is thank God these concerts were video recorded in the first place and people were nice enough to share these videos 40 years later on this video platform called You Tube.

[@i.m.h.3917]

Johnny’s facial expressions and Sid jumping up and down is making me so happy

[@jessica_jam4386]

One of my favorite bands and I’m also a Christian. Half the time I go to any big concerts someone hands me a track about getting saved when I exit the venue (happened both times I saw the stones). I tell them I already know Jesus, but I also like good music🤘

[@SecretGerms]

provide evidence for the existence of jesus. go on, i’ll wait.

[@realsinisterminister]

@@SecretGerms If she is fine and doin well on it just leave it be.....She obviously intelligent and isnt judgementallll..........so F*ck the evidence......

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

@@SecretGerms Jesus having existed is the consensus of biblical scholars, including secular ones. Those who believe Jesus never having existed is a fringe minority.

[@SecretGerms]

@@TheNightWatcher1385 there is no historical evidence, none whatsoever, that jesus existed, but hey, keep clinging to your pillow.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

@@SecretGerms As I just posted, even most atheistic scholars conclude that Jesus existed. The Jesus myth hypotheses is considered fringe in the scholarly circles. While there is a lot of debate about the details, the scholarly consensus is that there was a religious teacher named Jesus who was baptized, ministered for a time, then was crucified. Multiple independent sources attest to a religious leader named Jesus being active in that region at that time. Even ancient sources who were against his religion did not question that he was a real person.

[@cristynlane3490]

Why do people always assume if its good it must be evil? Johnny never was about evil at all.

[@kirstendieker6792]

Cristyn Lane Aw, come on, rock-n-roll is straight from the devil...and I mean that in the best possible way!

[@mikemb123]

Definately one of the greatest Rock'n'Roll records ever made.

[@byronp2311]

Unless you grew up in Tulsa, you have no fucking idea how bizarre having The Sex Pistols play at Cain's Ballroom really was. Oh, well. Their best performance was in San Antonio where they were scared out of their minds. Texas, and all.....

[@creekandseminole]

I still go to this venue to this day. Seen many shows there and the been to the Brady Theatre around the block. The wooden floors at Cain's bounce when everyone is jumping. It's an awesome place.

[@dylankidd7986]

1975: McLaren has Jones/Cook/Matlock together, but he needs a lead singer. Westwood tells him to look out for a SEX customer named John who is perfect for the job. After McLaren hires Rotten, Westwood says "No, I meant THAT John." That other John was Sid (John Ritchie). Awesome how chance/dumb luck can change history.

[@Joannaeg01]

Epic singing performance by John with this song. Love love love!

[@454ss_chevy]

Even if Sid couldn’t play I love how enthusiastic he was on stage

[@sikajaperkele]

Sids playing was adequate for a punk band.

[@francophillips1552]

Sid was definitely getting better. Amazing footage!

[@kirstendieker6792]

The infamous and truly holy Pistols--In the only venue from their tour that survives to this day!

[@chrismessina5539]

I believe the Longhorn in Texas is still open

[@delhidelirium9091]

Now, THAT is what a performance is all about.

[@dntlss]

awesome pistols footage, i bet it was a cold fucking night, it gets cold as shit in Tulsa during winter and blazing hot during summer, thank you for posting

[@raywitte7354]

It dont get that cold.

[@sickb2200]

The Cain's is still rockin' in Tulsa bringing in any band they damn well please. I've seen some great names there over the years and they're not stopping anytime soon.

[@FlammableDonkey]

+sickb2200 Damn right. I no longer live in Oklahoma but some of the best shows I ever saw were there. Foo Fighters, Primus, 311, Voodoo Glow Skulls, NOFX, Offspring, Atmosphere, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, etc.

[@johnoleary8751]

So its not ballroom dancing at this cains then

[@MarkTulsa2024]

@@johnoleary8751 www.cainsballroom.com/venue-info/history/

[@MarkTulsa2024]

iggy Pop, Stepenwolf, The Police, U2, The Eurythmics. Stevie Ray....the list goes on and on.

[@realsinisterminister]

@@FlammableDonkey anything good though?

[@markgreet3543]

This audio is from winterland I'm a big collector there is rare footage from tula on KZbin of god save the queen its the proper audio.thr full gig does exists but it's rare I want to hear the full show

[@celticwarrior1365]

The Pistols played my town of Caerphilly, Wales, UK in '76 and there were more protesters outside than fans inside the old cinema. But when asked, by a reporter, what he thought about the protests against the Pistols playing Caerphilly Johnny replied, "They're entitled to their opinion!" Rotten 1-0 Reporter!

[@SexPistolsArchives]

It's a good report that. Steve - "...thing is they're outside freezing...we're in here...we're alright...".

[@Nicknodule]

Jonny was a good catholic boy, just spreading the message a little differently.

[@Fongolitus]

The King is gone but He's not forgotten

[@PaulRoseGuitar]

They sound amazing. So powerful. There's nothing around these days that can touch it.

[@jeremynothing]

"Nothing to beat it.."

[@volumecorps]

It's a shame that many who actually saw the Sex Pistol U.S. tour couldn't appreciate that they were witnessing legendary events that fans like me would kill to have been at now. 800 people at the show and I'll bet there's thousands now that claim they were there.

[@PinkyPuff69]

Johnny Rotten was honest about what he saw around him, so was Jesus.

[@JRStephens5005]

@Parker Jesus

[@sodapopdrag]

2:58 Johnny looks like he's gonna cry...

[@kirstendieker6792]

Jac Gatfield or kill somebody!

[@johnoleary8751]

Oh what? you saying macho punks from america dont have emotion,thats what most singers have that sing great tunes.

[@mtvso8000]

It's because the music is so genuine. even if we think we understand how much he means what he's saying we don't.

[@lucasrichards5793]

@@johnoleary8751 they’re from London

[@markgreet3543]

Yes he had strong emotions

[@noone96789]

Thank You for posting!! Cain's will always be my favorite venue!!

[@Fongolitus]

"I don't know if You saw any of the gigs or not but Sid was like Really shinin out, and John was being like..nothin', He just wasn't givin it anymore..."

[@johnoleary8751]

Sid was a tosser who got drawn in by a new york prossy and got him stoned on drugs.His mum was a drug addict then he ends up with her.So sad.

[@johnhareiel5118]

Funny how Nancy said that and she wasn't even there. These weren't the days of internet- youtube now. What a worthless hag

[@desertrose1226]

Sid was a young misled boy, not a tosser at all. Just a kid that needed help.

[@neuontz]

Ho-kay. That was one of the greatest things I've ever seen. Rotten's fierceness is amazing.

[@celticwarrior1365]

Another good old band from the 70's, the Stranglers, are to play Caerphilly Castle 5th July 2019. Got my ticket!

[@ericcrawford9827]

I want to wake up tomorrow. Punk's a memory and best left a memory. Anything else is absurd.

[@hitakkjismith3115]

not to everyone

[@ericcrawford9827]

@@hitakkjismith3115 Agreed.

[@specialjellies]

Johnny Rotten is beautiful! I live for this!

[@Ami483]

I think the same He thought of himself as ugly then :(

[@desertrose1226]

He was ugly, but at the same time very cute lol

[@Niko38260]

Great job ! Thank you for sharing this !

[@CHIARA89Peixinho]

This song is very aggressive, very strong, it makes me astonished, gobsmacked, I really really like it!

[@PinkyPuff69]

That comment from me must've been in response to content included in this film...provocative, I know! I must've felt, at the time, inspired to write my feelings. I do know Malcolm MacClaren was the wizard behind the curtains that started The Sex Pistols on their way....but Mr. Lydon, especially, just couldn't be contained!

[@Philliben1991]

Someone was playing bass that night. We just don't know who.

[@kellif7223]

Im from oklahoma.i had no idea theyve been here.i learned something new

[@SexPistolsArchives]

The link below shows footage from 'God Save The Queen' in Tulsa, OK with the actual audio from the show. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWeXnGSEqpiGoqM

[@kellif7223]

Thats cool.im a lot younger.i didnt know

[@zayschaeffer40]

Does anyone know who owned the Cains at the time?

[@barfcoswill]

The audio is from the later Winterland concert in San Francisco? The footage is not Winterland and the audio syncs up with JR's vocals as far as I can tell, not sure what they pieced together for Kowalski's film here, I surmise the outdoor bits are the only genuine Tulsa footage, a news item. A great composite if it is. The contrast of the religious protestors and the Pistols is eerie, in England the Pistol's were censored by an entitled class system and old-boy network of record companies , the eiltes. These protestors are working class and believe in their cause, out there in the cold speaking their minds, similar to the Pistols.

[@oniefukkguy5431]

say sid cannot play bass. but the fact is sid sings. yes!

[@seekter-kafa]

jesus christ they played in Tulsa??? no wonder they fell apart after half of the tour... i guess europe was another planet at that time... still is probably

[@achadongkrak5146]

OldSchool

[@nepoznatigamer6179]

Doc Lex panonski satane

[@paulflah4562]

Anger certainly is an energy

[@olgui375]

and youth too

[@drstevie]

Great footage.

[@andchat6241]

The Audio is quite different from the 'Sid louder than everything else' from most versions of the Winterland gig...

[@Ritzschke2]

We saw the dudes when we lived there. Ah... The Cains Ballroom - timeless

[@raulduke6394]

They totally renovated it, new floors (no springs underneath after all), it has the best acoustic of any venue I've ever attended. Shit sounds AMAZING there. I've seen Sleep, The Misfits, GWAR, Hank III, Sonic Youth (Final tour), Beck, Wilco, fuck I lose track. A lot of acts film at Cain's because it sounds so good.

[@jasonvanorsdol1755]

If the Sex Pistols were looking for a 'Honky Tonk', well, Stay Gold in Tulsa.

[@ortidortidpipi]

sid is back

[@danielaschwarz1971]

Yeah.....bring him directly to me ;-)

[@fasthracing]

What a marvellous racket

[@punkincantina]

excellent sync

[@robinlagasse5417]

There is no great rock roll swindle ever made that could have compelled me to go to Oklahoma to perform a punk show. Even touring by bus I would have taken toll roads, state highways, and county roads to go around the entire state.

[@SexPistolsArchives]

"I Wanna Be Me" (recorded at Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 14th January 1978).

[@doom_81]

It'd be nice to hear the actual audio from Cains Ballroom since all the actual Pistols audio is from Winterland. Great footage though..

[@jenniferstinebaugh204]

love sids lip thing hottt he was the image thats it malcolm said if he met Sid first he woulda been lead vocals cause he had better stage pressence then j.rotten...but j.rotten to me was perfect for that part

[@jasonvanorsdol1755]

Cains Ballroom was home to a diverse and routinely newly wealthy in the late 70's. If the Sex Pistols wanted close to crowd American venues Cains & Randy's Rodeo fit the bill.

[@kirstendieker6792]

Jason Van Orsdol and the engineered notoriety guaranteed in an insular southern-ish city was just what McLaren ordered!

[@captainwillard2011]

the pistols look particulary fuckin awesome in this clip

[@MarkTulsa2024]

It was January 11th

[@zorgogzash3726]

CAINZ BALLROOM IZ ONE OV THA BEST BALLROOMZ TO SEE A LIVE SHOW. ... THUS FAR I PROCEEEEEEEEDD!! FUCKINPUNKZ NOTT DEAD MAN!!!!

[@dynjarren8355]

Ballroom Dancing! That’s funny! They had guts to face those cowboys. Sid was getting attacked and threatened constantly by macho guys who wanted to prove they were tough. Poor Sid ended up getting a bloody nose but he kept playing like a trouper. RIP Sid 💐

[@travisbickle8130]

🔥🔥🔥👍

[@TcRiverrat18]

Watching people from this era talk doesn’t seem like real life. I can’t believe people talked with that cadence in real life. They also don’t look real. Honestly this looks like a movie more than real life.

[@aotctd]

Not To US.

[@diesekaltewelt807]

they were treated like scum , rotting in some council estate in the UK in the late 70s, the UK was in a mess. "If you weren't born into money you might as well kiss your fucking life goodbye" Steve Jones, The Filth and the Fury.

[@desertrose1226]

‘‘Twas ever thus.. still the same today tbh if you’re not rich in England you’re fucked!

[@bluerfoot]

Yea sure. Whatever lots of people grow up boarder line poor/working class. All 4 members on stage probably grew up with more than 70% of the world had.

[@hobbymanx9200]

Only $3.50 to see such a legendary act…. And it’s $18.45 in today’s currency… still too cheap. I’d pay a lot more 😂

[@hobbymanx9200]

That’s so punk that it was so cheap 😂

[@marccarter1350]

You can here Bass being played. Sid must of been ok that night, not too wasted :-)

[@waynedaly100]

great clip, how did you get it without subtitles burned into it, and in such quality??

[@mzaputil]

David Koresh?

[@williambroadstreet3353]

Sid was actually plugged in.

[@SexPistolsArchives]

@therotatingchinmen Not sure :) I don't tend to collect or put up much reunion stuff. If I don't have it I'll be able to easily get hold of it. Is it particularly rare? Also, are the Rotating Chin Men' from Viz magazine? ;)

[@Kelly14UK]

Nice to see the Christians practising tolerance. As usual.

[@jwhiteout]

I notice you spell it "practising." Are you English? Have the Christians been running vans into people, blowing them up and stabbing them with 10" knives recently? Know your enemy, fuck wit.

[@Jimmy-me3fe]

islam, christianity..... all the same really.... don't be fooled into thinking that your religion (one out of many thousands by the way) is the best, most innocent and tolerant religion.

[@diesekaltewelt807]

but Christians in the past committed atrocities throughout history?

[@JRStephens5005]

So, what you're saying is that you want Christians to be hypocrites so you can accuse them of being hypocrites.

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

@@jwhiteout The US dumbed English down, but for everyone else, practise is a verb, practice is a noun. Which one is meant here is unclear, but I suspect that yes, it should have been practicing, not practising, unless they were refining their technique by practising how to be more intolerant!

[@matthatter2849]

I'm glad I got over the whole "go to a place where people are lost and act so phony while handing out tracks" thing. Usually did more harm that good. Let me state that I am stronger in my faith now more than I've ever been. Part of being stronger in my faith is letting go of that phoniness that I once practiced in front of people. You do better with one on one conversation if you want to talk to someone about Jesus. People can't see your personality when you're in a big group that's sort of "attacking" people.

[@Rfk1966]

Religion and spirituality is only genuine when people keep it to themselves

[@desertrose1226]

@@Rfk1966 true .. I have a Faith, but I don’t preach. It’s a quiet belief. Preachers get on my nerves.

[@SekhmetSecretWeapon]

I cant even imagine this, in OKLAHOMA?? so funnyyyy

[@creekandseminole]

Punks play wherever they can

[@thekillertomatoes2638]

our tribute PRETTY VACANT - THE KILLER TOMATOES ( SEX PISTOLS COVER)

[@ShawnMoorephoto]

The F in Energy is unsurpassed

[@bifnarb]

Is that a young David Koresh at 1:50? ;)

[@DXPunx74]

+bifnarb I see that. Spittin image. Who knows.

[@fuze44]

+bifnarb Not him. Look at pics and compare the nose.

[@ryanenis7479]

Cains is historic. It helped me keep my sanity when I lived in Tulsa...The Sex Pistols, however, were created to sell T Shirts.

[@elbertmyers4374]

John drove that band.

[@darkspace137]

Down down down down And I'll take you down on the underground Down in the dark and down in the crypt Down in the dark where the typewriter fit Down with your pen and pad ready to kill To make me ill Down wanna be someone you wanna be someone

[@adam_sings]

Cain's still has good shows. I guess it depends on your taste in music though.

[@adam-remy8377]

I love the "Absolutely No Refunds" and the Jesus signs out in the parking lot. If there is an armpit of America......Oklahoma would be the asshole.

[@RueMorgueDweller]

The Cains ballroom has so much history, sadly it isnt what it used to be....

[@FlammableDonkey]

+RueMorgueDweller Cain's is still badass, and actually a better venue since the renovations. I saw Bad Religion there in April and they killed.

[@stickilstickel]

Cain's Ballroom is still rocking.

[@RueMorgueDweller]

I dont see any worhwhile shows at the venue, unless dirt rock, indie rock, and EDM is your jive.

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Happened to find this the night of the Trump 2020 rally in self same Tulsa. Puts in perspective.

[@bluerfoot]

Shows Tulsa is still works class.

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

@@bluerfoot the Sex Pistols broke up, Sid Vicious died of a smack overdose, you waited 3 years to reply, no one owns up to the Tulsa massacre, and cops kill unarmed people waiting with their broke down cars for a tow. That's world class?

[@user-rg3js3fv5w]

Sidを初めてきれいな映像で見た めちゃくちゃかっこいい レジェンドの映像は全て4Kにした方がいい

[@user-rg3js3fv5w]

@aofmual 日本語を学べ

[@jimboslice9472]

I luv queen

[@jean-francoissaliou690]

Quand tu connais l'ambiance qu'il y avait aux usa a cette époque, la guerre froide, le viet nam, les conservateurs, je dis chapeau aux sex pistols, groupe anglais, d'avoir été foutre la merde là-bas, alors que dans leur pays, ils étaient déjà mal vu. ... Et même interdit dans d'autres.....

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

It seems so fake like a skit from a movie but holy shit people really used to act and talk like that

[@novo611]

👍👍😊

[@theedrstrangelove]

There were and are bootlegs from every u.s. show.

[@heimeygazzonteight7347]

Shit my grand mother loved

[@buzby303]

‘I got teenage daughters, Youngsters but I wouldn’t let em go & see this Rubbîsh’ 👆🏼😜

[@johnoleary8751]

Sex Pistols would love that comment.

[@JazzfireflyNZ]

Rotten is one and true God! Praise the pistols!

[@lindalamblamb4301]

Do they still go to camden ?

[@enzoviglione5371]

the man hitting whith Sid"s bass is just a pile of shit Vince/60.

[@skincarver1797]

Sin is a disease that is passed on? Thank's Dr.Phil

[@Zopf-international]

Margarrrrrine.

[@chrisuresti3898]

More like bart and nelson as johnny and sid

[@sebster3gmail]

Life is rotten without jesus hahahaha! It is rotten with or without jesus..! Lol

[@JRStephens5005]

My life isn't so bad. I've got everything I need. I don't feel the need to play the part and pretend how nihilistic I am.

[@DMWBN3]

Saying the church will save your!!! Yeah, ok then. Sexual abuse or Sex Pistols. Pistols for me.

[@husky500cr]

Too funny, from one extreme to another at 2:13

[@ThePimpdork]

I wonder what all those God protesters are up too today!😬