The Sex Pistols - EMI - 1/14/1978 - Winterland (Official)

[@Weadfreek]

Sid when sober was a competent bass player..He learned the entirety of the first Ramones record in just under 40 minutes..Granted its not that difficult, but for a hardcore smack head its surprisingly efficient

[@skidvicious411]

Weadfreek He was starting to be able to play properly towards the end of his life. Shame that he got lost in Nancy and further addiction towards the end.

[@thomaspatrickparker6648]

Weadfreek when he was sober, which was not very often apparently

[@jacobpajarillo5923]

He learned the bass on speed, right?

[@dgenerated]

@@jacobpajarillo5923That was Steve Jones, though it wouldn't surprise me with Sid as Lemmy from Motorhead (attempted) to teach Sid how to play and speed was Lem's drug of choice..

[@danielaschwarz1971]

@@dgenerated And it was Sid's drug before Nancy came in his life with the fucking heroin.

[@avant-punk]

wait a minute. I was told to believe for decades that Sid Vicious was a terrible bass player. the bass sounds perfectly fine here, his backing vocals are good, and he's really fun to watch. what the fuck.

[@getinterlinks]

He is terrible. Watch that whole 1/14/ 78 show. Lydon nearly has a shit fit as Sid tunes his bass live.

[@marlongoncalvesdias502]

Sid is really large.

[@RogueBoyScout]

He was shit. This, their last gig together, even shows that after all the hardcore practice they made him do he was still barely able to put 2 notes together.

[@Leg0z]

Paul Cook never got the love and respect he deserved. Without his absolutely rock solid drumming, the Sex Pistols would've been some unknown pub band, not even a blip in history.

[@newwavepop]

Paul is what you want in your band, he does the job and does it well, and he doesnt bring a bunch of ego trips and hassles.

[@Bail.e_y]

He was the only good player in the band too he kept all the rhythm

[@Leg0z]

@@Bail.e_y Glen Matlock is a decent bass player and depending upon who you believe wrote the majority of the songs.

[@realsinisterminister]

Rubbish

[@chriscampbell9191]

He was half the sound, really. Kickass drummer.

[@jovayarc]

Omg i can hear the bass 0.0

[@Wimmles_Emily]

Well done you're not deaf

[@dard09]

@@Wimmles_Emily hahahha

[@hunterwheeler96]

@@Wimmles_Emily they would turn off Sid’s amp pretty often because his playing was usually really shitty

[@westerling8436]

Vocally better than Led

[@jonathanbingham8002]

@@westerling8436 do not compare led and the sex pistols

[@lilgarbage3796]

I feel if sid lived longer and got off heroin he would be a better bass player over time, you can tell he was getting better at this show that's just my opinion

[@michaelr.4878]

Heroin is not going to hinder your ability to play an instrument. The only time it is going to get in the way is if you don't have any and are too sick to play.

[@Obiwannabe]

@@michaelr.4878 If you got no talent the point is kina moot. Sid had no talent.

[@simonedwards5564]

@@Obiwannabe And that was the beauty of it..... the image was there....to this DAY @

[@Obiwannabe]

@@simonedwards5564 the beauty in plasticity? It was manufactured.

[@datkondike]

@@Obiwannabe Not even trying to be hostile but if you dont like the kind of manufactured “fuck talent” attitude that was largely British punk why even click on a Sex Pistols video? Surely You’d go listen to MC5 if that concept bothers you

[@simonking5863]

Greatest band ever, Sid playing bass as well....fucking class

[@gurrenmed5319]

Sid's playing is definitely one of the plays

[@MrJJr-lw9zq]

2:21 my fav part of the song

[@Pamplemousse82322]

Jonesy imitating his hero, Johnny Thunders

[@gogoyubari366]

One of my favorite Pistols songs!

[@huzztv18]

its total bull when ppl keep slamming sids bass playing.. theres nothing wrong with it.. sure hes not a super amazing bass player but he hit em notes perfectly fine and plus amazing stage performance and badass backing vocals.. The pistols arent playin guitar hero stuff anyway.. Way to go Sid Rest In Punk

[@NeoBalkanacMan]

Are you deaf? His playing is all over the place.

[@marcp3788]

Not being able to play your instrument is punk

[@benweaver9151]

@@marcp3788 There’s nothing "punk" about not being able to play your instrument, just as there’s nothing "un-punk" about being good at your instrument. You’re just getting caught up in labels.

[@jeppyjep]

@@marcp3788 so any other punk rockers that can play instruments are not punk?

[@miisu]

@@marcp3788 Utter tosh.

[@DaleRobby]

Yeah from 2:22 onward you're not really watching anyone else but Sid. I don't know what he had but he was great number 2 for this band. He just stood out perfectly. There was a sincerity too him.

[@mawarhitam2005]

DaleRobby rear no.1 for me

[@champ1114]

King Of Fools that’s just dumb

[@gregdahlen4375]

i feel like he spit sometimes just to look cool rather than needing to spit

[@DannyBoi2112]

Well I guess John's decision to bring Sid in worked, he was brought in only for his look and stage presence

[@giorgiobartolomucci7229]

OHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mugglesmonster]

Oh my god. Sid doesn't sound like total garbage

[@jetlondon3225]

@@TannerBartko shut up

[@TannerBartko]

You shut up

[@jetlondon3225]

@@TannerBartko make me

[@Julian-xo7vj]

I heard somewhere they would often turn his bass down and have a guy backstage playing

[@mugglesmonster]

@@Julian-xo7vj They would, yea.

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

I can hear the bass and that black gibson guitar Mr Jones is playing sounds wicked! They played "Super" good that night.

[@Michael-bv2mg]

Went to this show when I was 13. Lied to my mom about where I was going.

[@danielscissorhands]

Their last show ever. You can kinda hear them imploding, and there is not the same tightness, or energy during this song. Although some of the other songs at this show sounded pretty good.

[@sirovicious9399]

Sid could'n play a bass guitar is a lie. And He is singing backing vocals.It's a precious movie.

[@jeffoliver2298]

Sid is playing better than I thought he could - unless it's someone else playing and Sid is just miming.

[@Obtainedcoot]

no he’s playing

[@Bail.e_y]

All you can hear is Sid’s bass ngl it’s amazing Isn’t he great

[@chriscampbell9191]

He was improving.

[@brookegoslin]

John Lydon ... fucking ehhh ! Love him he’s so different the way he sings love it . The way he rolls his R’s 👍🏼✨

[@sutiszorny8039]

It's only special for you, at least the 50% of the world can roll the R. :D

[@stephenvelez9710]

god, i wished i'd seen them live. this is just gorgeous.

[@mikemurray3962]

If there's better live clips of the pistols on KZbin I've yet to find them. This concert was amazing they played so tight and sounded awesome.

[@Artaud1957]

The live in Dallas clips are quite good.

[@CS-bm9fe]

Unbelievable!!!❤

[@giageary929]

I will never get over this video.

[@KoolTunes4Daze]

John Simon Ritchie aka Sid Vicious ☢ (10 May 1957 - 2 February 1979)

[@colddarkness1798]

Rip Sid Vicious he is fucking punk LEGEND and Johnny Rotten🤘

[@GrehgYT]

steve jones is so fucking cool

[@gianlucaborsato856]

omg, the bass ISN'T bad

[@GrehgYT]

+Gianluca Borsato no its pretty bad

[@CheerfulAnna]

+Gianluca Borsato YES it definitely IS really bad...

[@danielscissorhands]

Even Helen Keller would think it was bad. What drugs were you on when you listened to this?

[@SIGSEGV1337]

I agree, idk why everyone hates Sid so much. It's not amazing, but it's alright.

[@Antanix]

Actually very bad, but it was the first time he was "almost" able to play. The first and last time, sadly.

[@larkdodge1403]

fkn hell amazing footage..

[@hernanrainnerkoemannvergar4258]

Excelente bandaaaa!! DIOS SALVE A LOD SEX PISTOLS REYES DEL PUNK ROCK !!

[@bruceli457]

Sis played better than me and I had lessons, R.I.P Sid you were the only one with any Anarchy left ❤️

[@rainblaze.]

The young steve jones with his LP was the coolest fcker on the planet

[@bluebirdrage]

Sid Sid Sid only non musicians can talk about him and not about Rotten... The center of music here.

[@averyadrian1534]

What’s with Steve’s neck?

[@kennybegeske8824]

Hello EMI

[@Psychoholic_]

I'm very curious, was Sid actually playing bass in here? Or it was someone else playing it backstage?

[@xDavyx]

Sid wasn't so bad bass player. He was only OK. I guess.

[@DannyBoi2112]

I reckon if his bass was higher up, he would have been able to play much easier

[@nigelpisswater484]

no it was like if you told a chimp to solve a math equation

[@Trydar-Z]

神バンド！！

[@sharkeynoyz]

I'm sorry, but Sidney is keeping up with the band pretty bloody good.

[@cristinagodinho7948]

Música solta leve...humor sem ou com...não vos falta...

[@Loverainswerth]

They where icons and I don’t care what anyone says

[@cristinagodinho7948]

Genuínos.

[@sgtpeppers1626]

that tongue roll GOOD LORd

[@jacksonjpante8196]

Wish Sid vicious was alive

[@lejlatiric7037]

Samee :(

[@alexisthompson19]

Me too man

[@helendarkness777]

Me too my friend 😅😊♥️🤟🏻punk is not dead bitches!!!

[@yahuyuah]

@Kevin He wouldn’t, he always wanted to be a singer or play drums, he just agreed as a Bassist because the Sex Pistols were his Favourite band

[@tommysatrya7273]

sid can play bass is good not bad , unlike what people say

[@dipadyck]

2:52 goddamn, sid💀

[@omnikon_records]

This footage debunks the mystery for good,,, Sid did play some bass, he was plugged and his amp was on. He wasnt as terrible as some folks want to portrait him. Not a virtuoso, but damn give him a break. He sounded alright to be junked.

[@themichael3105]

Sid owns the building 2:22 -2:55

[@smokedoutvillain]

this just makes me smile

[@dartvader158]

Legendary

[@lastpirateslife]

i agree!

[@ronthunders6124]

I love how people like myself, Steve jones and (skater/musician/johnny fan, Jim Greco), are SOOO inspired and jazzed the fuck up by johnny thunders’ playing and style, we just simply CANNOT help but push our lips forward like we’re smelling our upper lips, while we wack our heads to the left or right while we get evil playing electric guitar!!!!!!!!!! Hahahah it’s hilarious!! I love Steve Jones style too! Its got Johnny’s influence, bu completely signature and different sounding than johnny thunders! Same with Greco, really influenced by thunders, but completely signature to jims sound

[@cristinagodinho7948]

Muito bom . Muito bom .

[@gregdahlen4375]

rocks well. was surprised to see they don't dance too much whilst performing, thought it might be irresistible to dance

[@mendokid6984]

Look at Johnsy lookin jus like John Thunders with his moves

[@alexandrinapetrova9995]

Imagine being there. I wish 😪

[@AndrewBergey]

Team six it's not over. It's only just beginning.

[@afadifadi1885]

Sid vicius.... So memorial... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tedcantu1]

It's a shame Sid had to die. I've said it a thousand times but I will say it again.

[@SalDOWN]

''Sid was nothing but a coat hanger filling an empty place on the stage.'' - Johnny Rotten

[@brilmao2817]

nah he basically was digging his own grave. dude was gonna end up an even worse junkie, in jail or dead if he lived any longer

[@B4NDllKOOT_]

Dude even said he just wanted to end up in the ground and you can tell dude really didn’t want a far better future for himself.

[@thequeenisalizard6976]

@@B4NDllKOOT_ Jerry only from the misfits said he was talking about bettering his music career just the night before he died

[@anarchymani]

かっこよいい！！！！！0

[@jonathanalexandergonzalezm3573]

Jajajaja, the sounds of bass clearly heard...

[@vectoryamamoto]

What is EMI?

[@wthisgoingon.5604]

emi records limited. emi used to signed contract with the sex pistols before and dropped them suddenly bc of the controversy over that infamous appreance on bill grundy's tv show after just anarchy was released . johhny express his feelings about emi through this song. you can google it idk how to explain-

[@charleslipscomb9097]

John once said that EMI stood for Every Mistake Imaginable. Hard to disagree.

[@jaimemrv385]

I dont know if anyone notice but sid has a bandage on his left arm due to heroin use

[@elviodomingosdesouza4321]

Dos vícios monstro

[@frxnchh]

what is the bandage around Sid's arm for?

[@Holdington]

+thehappyhacker0101 He used heroin so that's so that people don't see the needle marks.

[@arikibanez1831]

he cut him self in a diner with a steak knife and bled over his steak n eggs then ate them

[@KEBinAZ]

Track marks. The bandage appeared beginning of 1978 when he was using hard with junkie Nancy

[@gregdahlen4375]

@@tthompson972 whats a pussy abcess?

[@rossturrell1219]

From cranking heroin

[@Anastacia_263]

🙌❤️

[@andrewjones9994]

What are they picking up from the stage

[@Novaandzoey]

Gifts!! Lol

[@thatguymuse9576]

Sid is incredible. Reminds me of LUCYANDTHEBLUEHERON.

[@diavallestrange6818]

Sid we can hear u :0

[@sashakharchenko6069]

Кто раздул истерию что Сид не умеет играть и его отключали чтобы не сбивал остальных?!!!Бас прекрасно слышно! Сид ПОПАДАЕТ в ноты!

[@AndrewBergey]

We're not where do I want Team six?? Under the ground just like I've been for the past 20 years

[@stoplookingatmeplease1230]

At the end of the song all band members failed the last note , but zero fucks given , it's the sex pistols ;)

[@fleetwoodsmash]

The thing about Sid is that he could carry a tune. Listen to 'Sid Sings', C'mon Everybody, Something Else, and here, the backing vocals. Moreover, the viewer is drawn to him. One cannot say that about many bass players. Johnny instinctively knew that the band's center of gravity was shifting. The second yet more immediate problem was that heroin had Sid in its grip and wasn't letting go. Johnny knew this also. Those two factors spelled disaster, so Johnny bailed before it became unbearable. He made the right call. He formed the brilliant PiL, Cook and Jones formed a straight rock outfit the Professionals (great, but not groundbreaking) and Sid OD'ed.

[@marlongoncalvesdias502]

Deixem Cid em paz pô.

[@rosijay1407]

❤

[@massimilianotranni5577]

I was Sid vicious blonde long time a go

[@barrysax2109]

He gashed his arm open with a knife in a dinner after a cowboy challenged him.

[@desolatesoul2304]

What's wrong with his bass playing? People just love to put others down in this world. Get over yourselves. Bass is a backing instrument anyway. It's not supposed to be front and center.

[@thequeenisalizard6976]

Hah.exactly.they just hate in him these days because today have this soft bullshit slurs

[@Perzblazer]

Flea: Hold my Bass

[@lctrail]

Who's here in 2024 ❤

[@theretardedsantaclouse6731]

Damn at the biggining sid plays it bettrer then me

[@jjarichardson]

Sid is charismatic as fuck here, bass playing isn't perfect but there's some creativity to it

[@marlongoncalvesdias502]

Sid em primeiro e os outros em segundo.

[@nambypamby2147]

Such an underrated bassist

[@AndrewBergey]

If anybody gave me large quantities of money, I would not rest until everybody on team six was under the fucking ground

[@Человек-с8ь8о]

☠☠☠🤟🤟🤟💥💥💥💯💯💯

[@kennybegeske8824]

EMI

[@stevetyrell8721]

Sidney never washed his feet.

[@andrzejkotowski466]

🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱👍👍👍

[@user-rz2sq9fm2g]

To be fair to him the thing is at his fucking knees. If he held it normally he’d be doing this easily

[@hajjibarbara2900]

Sid wasn't that fucking bad. Cut the dude some smack..... er I mean slack.

[@henneburymarc]

Lol Sid sounds like any high achool battle of the bands bass player and the comment think he's Jaco

[@tyson6682]

エバ～～～～～のとこジョニー最高。

[@4youtheworld]

UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF WATER FOR COORS BEER 🍻 🤘👹🤘

[@maniacodepresiv0]

sid sabía tocar en bajo

[@AndrewBergey]

Team six is going to regret ever hearing my name. Now that's guaranteed

[@drakegod8723]

I realize that Sid is a horrific bass player if you could even call him one but you have to remember all this stuff he was going through. And I know he was given multiple opportunities to learn bass but the kid was a complete train wreck

[@tertommy]

EE am I?

[@michalegraves1589]

EMI*

[@digblack]

Para esos giles q dicen q Sid no tocaba ni daba nota jejeje.. Hasta coros hace ;)

[@juanraguileo9266]

se dice en los andergraun que sid nunca toco en vivo, sino que habia alguien tocando detras del escenario.

[@sebacarp2007]

En algunos capaz que si tocaba, pero ni que lo tocase bien jajaja

[@vandelbasil5898]

@@juanraguileo9266 Acá se nota que sí está tocando. El bajo deja de sonar cada vez que salta y hasta se nota cuando le erra una nota y el bajo suena mal un segundo. Hasta se siente el sonido entrecortado de las cuerdas por no saber tocar con técnica de alternate picking. Definitivamente es él y lo hace bastante bien considerando la mala fama que le hicieron.

[@Perzblazer]

Para tocar de esa forma mejor no hubiera tocado nunca jajaj, que asco de “bajista”.

[@squartol4330]

@@Perzblazer tepicaalarajaquesitofeliz

[@marlongoncalvesdias502]

Sid ineed at woman?

[@jefflongsr2062]

Ol' Sid got them tracks wrapped up on that left arm huh???

[@chrino21]

I’m pretty sure that’s a gash in his forearm that he did to himself to impress a cowboy and his family in a Texas diner. You can find pics of it - it’s pretty ghastly.

[@AndrewBergey]

The girls can wait, but I need money to accomplish this achievement

[@chestniy_tekhnoblog]

rip sid vicshos

[@nancyalieva5445]

Vicious!

[@oliverkalamata2753]

Sid Vicuscious

[@Matthew-qk1xi]

Jeez now that jonesy admitted it, every time I see him play guitar he is totally copying Johnny Thunders stage moves lol. Still cool Stevie.

[@AndrewBergey]

John Connery, I didn't ask him for drugs. He pushed drugs on me, poisonous drugs.

[@martaruiz3280]

aguante Cid aquí no quedaría nada

[@AndrewBergey]

Head in a basket

[@tyson6682]

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