Sex Pistols - 'Anarchy in the U.K. Reaction! Gotta Pay Attention to disaffected Youth! They Rebel!!!

"Anarchy in the U.K." is a popular song by the British punk rock band Sex Pistols. It was released as their debut single in 1976 and is considered one of the band's most influential and iconic tracks. The song, written by vocalist Johnny Rotten and guitarist Steve Jones, captures the spirit of rebellion and anarchism that characterized the punk movement of the late 1970s.
"Anarchy in the U.K." criticizes the political and social establishment of the time, expressing discontent with the state of the world and advocating for anarchy as an alternative. Its lyrics are confrontational and provocative, reflecting the band's punk ethos. The song's aggressive sound, combined with its rebellious lyrics, made it a rallying cry for disaffected youth and solidified the Sex Pistols' reputation as one of the most influential punk bands in history.
Despite its controversial nature, "Anarchy in the U.K." achieved commercial success, reaching the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart. It has since become an enduring punk anthem and a symbol of the punk movement's lasting impact on music and culture.

[@jamesrowe3606]

"You missed the whole point of punk!" You hit the nail on the head man. Corey is saying exactly the same stuff as my dad said in 1976. I'm 70 now and"Anarchy" still gets my blood coursing.

[@markusjentzsch7932]

He DID get the point, he's just on the "other side" lol

[@greenwidow]

Agree. I'm in my 50's. So much of past music goes over young ones heads. Punk isn't pretty, it isn't melodic, it is a big middle finger and F u to society/establishment.

[@engisel.88]

​@@greenwidowje suis de la nouvelle génération et pourtant j'adore le punk que ça soit français, anglais, américain j'adore ❤🔥 j'aurais aimé vivre cette époque bordel

[@marktalbott3835]

I can't understand him and it just sounds like he's screaming. What I thought the first time I heard rap. It wasn't screaming but I couldn't understand it and it didn't make any sense to me whatsoever. I still think most rap is garbage but then again most music is garbage. Cultural stuff.

[@marktalbott3835]

​@@markusjentzsch7932it's kind of contradictory because much of rap is anti-establishment. And most times I can't understand the lyrics and I just don't get it. No wonder they can't understand what it was like back then.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

Johnny is a wonderful punk singer---angry, snarling, sarcastic. He is terrific!

[@bibakroll8999]

And a great human being. I love the guy. Always have.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@bibakroll8999 I don't like that he is always saying that the Pistols were the first punk band. That shows a massive wrongheaded ego. The Ramones were the first. They were playing in their style as far back as 1974 and the first punk album is theirs, released April 1976. Not too sure about his shilling fior Virgin Credit cards either ("Time to put a little rebellion in your pocket") but I'll let that one slide since Virgin financed his trip to Jamaica to search for singers to sign to Virgin's Front Line label.

[@angelicbean7635]

​@@willieluncheonette5843At least he finally caught up with what Johnny Thunders and the Doll's already knew . He was a user and a rip off . No Doll's NoPunk btw.

[@TheEnigma64]

Iggy and the Stooges...first "punk" band...we all have our own ideas...just like, "where did rock and roll start", which was the first "prog" album...

[@jonunderscore]

@@TheEnigma64 Exactly, it's arbitrary where you draw the line as to where punk rock started. Stooges, MC5, New York Dolls are a good place for some.. but that goes even further back to the Kinks, Doors and Stones.. which goes yet further back..

[@kenjo3045]

Corey missed the point of Punk Rock. It's like expecting rappers to sing. Those who miss the point of rap music would say it is simply ripped off music in the background with a bunch of speaking in rhyme or even mumbling in the foreground. There are many parallels between rap and punk. Johnny (Lydon) Rotten even recorded a song with Afrika Bombaataa called World Destruction.

[@oxanagornovskaya2670]

Exactly

[@mikeyg3202]

his voice is amazing. it’s perfect for what they’re doing. and he’s in key.

[@kenjo3045]

Yes. Punk Rock is an argument with society, authority or just the human condition. You don't sing that, you shout, yell and scream.

[@axidhaus]

“The human race is becoming a disgrace…..”

[@angelicbean7635]

​@@axidhausyou do know this is from 1976?

[@johnpratt3561]

OlliWoodda you nailed it 100%, you got it. This band with only one album started a complete music revolution in the late 1970s and spoke to all the disaffected youth who were unemployed, poor and looking for purpose. Just a huge album and band.

[@russellsearch7925]

Mr Rotten’s voice was perfect for punk music. This track is legendary.

[@emcsquared8681]

I actually love his honest reaction. Punk is an acquired taste. Punk is supposed to be raw, basic and hit you between the eyes, it’s more about message than music, but once you get an ear for the music you love it for it’s raw basicness.

[@peterchapman3740]

or if you had no idea of the time and it was your life why comment you dint feel it ,

[@brooksboyd1959]

Not a bad song on this album!!!! Epic in every way. Punk at it’s best.

[@dinodinops9773]

When you feel hopeless and dismissed as a whole generation, you aren’t gonna sing all sweet-like. You are gonna Rage and Howl from the gut of your soul.

[@shaunboothroyd-me8nv]

Talkin' 'bout my generation. The Who.

[@sammyd8860]

The Sex Pistols kicked the music establishment up the ass - it was the rebellion of youth. I loved it then and I still do.

[@hollywoodpotato5289]

This entire album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols is way up there in legendary rock albums. God Save the Queen, Pretty Vacant, …. the entire album. Punk saved Rock in the 70s. What they lacked in talent they made up for with attitude. The shot in the arm was much needed. 70s mainstream rock is one of my favorite eras but sometimes it was a tad self indulgent and took itself too serious. The shakeup was due.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

" What they lacked in talent...." Please, the original band was VERY talented music wise. All 3 were fine musicians and Johnny was everything you could want in a punk singer---snarling, sarcastic etc

[@malk67]

"It's a Swindle"

[@VoluntaryistJapan]

Without Johnny's voice, there's no Sex Pistols man!

[@rdyplyr2141]

And I still love that voice as the head of PIL

[@garyjoyce5054]

Rotten used his voice like an instrument, snarling, sneering and spitting the lyrics, from the heart. It was the perfect fit for the sound, the swagger and the attitude. This was their debut. How’s that for announcing yourself to the world. “I am an antichrist. I am an anarchist “. They really only had one studio album, Never Mind The Bollocks. Here’s The Sex Pistols, (anything after Rotten left is all a bit cartoon) but I would always argue that it is thee most important and influential record ever pressed. Referenced by hundreds of bands that followed, controversial, in your face, the anger, the energy, and also the look defined a movement. The album is fantastic, timeless. But the most important for you to check out would be ‘God Save The Queen’. Bare in mind it was released at the same time as the Queen’s silver jubilee, the song was banned from the airwaves, but still made No1 (thought it was either cheated out the top spot or blanked out) it was really important to thousands, maybe millions of people. At the same time the media was forcing all this fawning and worshiping over royalty down everyone’s throats. Suddenly there was someone saying ‘nah this is a load of shit’ and those of us who didn’t want to be obedient peasants realised we were not alone. Probably the greatest legacy was the explosion of creativity that followed over the next decade or so. Down in no small part to the Sex Pistols. I don’t think there has ever been a band to have such a cultural impact with 1 Album, either before or since. Should also check out Sex Pistols - Bill Grundy for a bit of a laugh. Swearing on prime time t.v. Caused a bit of an uproar. 😂

[@Abri412]

Try the Dead Kennedys if you're looking for a punk band that gets brutally political in the US. Definitely want to listen with lyrics, though. Jello's voice is not like Johnny Rotten's but will probably also drive you nuts.

[@BadgerBJJ]

DK was the first band I really connected with as a kid.m

[@raineramelung7380]

Hi, or try some,, stuff,, from Germany.. ,, Slime-mea culpa".. (about, sexual abuse of children, by members of catholic church, last 40 years here,... Makes them and me so angry.. Ref. transl. How many souls you, ve destroyed, Go to hell-I Show you the way!).. Enjoy

[@sheila1965troubles]

Jello's spoken words are awesome, too. I saw him on his 1991 "I blow minds for a living" tour at my university. Great experience.

[@rabbyte3824]

Best use of sarcasm to highlight our eternal class wars. “Kill The Poor”

[@lisar3944]

@@rabbyte3824 no one is safe. From Winnebago Warrior to Well Paid Scientist ...Moon over Marin...Holiday in Cambodia. GAHHHHH they still get me going

[@DoctorDeSotoTheBand]

Hey this was a really interesting discussion you guys had. So I’d say punk rock definitely did it’s job!

[@toddrotton218]

The pistols were speaking for the youth in England who felt like they had no future, no chance, no opportunities. This is like hip hop. Straight from the streets. The youth speaking about how they felt.

[@EricSmith-fp4gq]

Awesome. Punk and hip hop are the same monster, just from different neighborhoods. Loved this reaction. Johnny was successful in his vocal presentation. You all were great. The Sex Pistol's are the blue print of punk, and rock-'n'-roll really. It is stripped down and raw. Appreciate you all

[@EricSmith-fp4gq]

You guys should react to Johnny Rotten and Africa Bambaataa''s song World Destruction (Time Bomb). That will really trip you out.

[@Thnsrd42]

@EricSmith-fp4gq They were the first music movement to embrace/appreciate the hip hop movement.

[@davidr1336]

I'm 70 and I love it. I am more radical now than I was then

[@MOZZYLOVEX0]

Their voice is part of the point of rebellion because it isn’t a “ normal voice” that society would accept so it’s part of the whole point of punk .

[@FlamesCagney]

"This is what hip hop is"" 9:00. "This is F the establishment" YESS!!! Exactly. Same thing. Young people singing about their challenges.

[@jameskirschling7887]

I have a song for you guys. Personality Crisis by The New York Dolls, another punk band. John (Johnny Rotten) Lyndon was dedicated to taking care of his wife of 44 years, who recently passed away from dementia.

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

Lydon.....

[@jameskirschling7887]

@normandavidtidiman9918 oops, I know his name, don't know why I spelled it wrong.

[@FlamesCagney]

Yes. Personality Crisis by New York Dolls.

[@Dreyno]

“Personality Crisis” is like the Stones on amphetamines. Love it.

[@stormhawk3319]

The Sex Pistols formed in 1975, had over a year in the limelight 1976-77, and disbanded in January 1978. But they changed rock forever and are as important as The Rolling Stones.

[@FoodFestTelevision]

I was 14 when this came out. Changed my life. We punks were anti establishment. The mainstream hated us.

[@tomross6652]

It's PUNK! This was 1977. They embodied youth anger at the time. You mentioned Sid Vicious, the bass player who died of a heroin overdose, he was about to stand trial for killing his girlfriend.

[@Lilione111]

I’m glad one of you ‘got it’ 👍 Fair enough that guy didn’t like it, but I would have thought he’d understand & appreciate the message they were “shouting”! the raw energy of anger against the system that many had no chance to thrive in & maybe not even survive in, the frustration, the hopelessness for the future…

[@PishProductions1]

It’s the Sex Pistols! 2 chords, basic instruments and screaming raging angry vocals - punk changed Britain and the Music scene in the 70s in a way that it is still felt today. Check out “pretty vacant “ and “God save the Queen”

[@jonathanbsmith5178]

One of the first popular big punk bands in England. The biggest top hit list God save the Queen. They got released from a record label.

[@LynneConnolly]

God Save The Queen was number one during the Queen's Silver Jubilee, but it was pulled from the top spot and blanked by radio stations.

[@johncarr2806]

Or two.

[@obiwonton369]

Johnny Rotten = ICONIC The GODFATHERS OF PUNK ROCK

[@pennymcneela7095]

John Lydon is a legend, he had a couple of great tunes with, Public image Ltd ~ This is not a love Song & Rise..

[@jameskitchell7547]

Gentlemen, unto God Save the Queen next!!!

[@toddosterhout9866]

Real punk and let Cory know they got a gold record for it 😂 Sid Vicious was the bass player in the leather jacket with no T-shirt on. They were great!

[@FlamesCagney]

yes. the guy spitting into the crowd.

[@evenme7729]

Btw; all their music is like this. They wanted to shock and be noticed. I loved it. My fav was God Save the queen

[@jjjnettie]

??? "My way" "Something Else" "Who Killed Bambi" were classics too.

[@jangoliocloney3441]

If Corey didn't like this one, he won't like their other songs. His problem is with Johnny's voice.

[@gwrdriver1660]

Holidays in the sun

[@mikecaetano]

Fingernails on the chalk board! LOL! Yeah, that. The Sex Pistols went off like a petrol bomb that lit rock and roll's pants on fire in a badly needed way. I was a kid back in the seventies and I remember how many people reacted to them that same way at first back then. But they hit at just the right moment to get them a lot of attention quickly and then they exploded and imploded and burned out in tragedy. Neil Young summed up that petrol bomb two years later with a cross reference to recently departed Elvis Presley in "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)": "The king is gone but he's not forgotten (Johnny Rotten, Johnny Rotten) \ Is this the story of Johnny Rotten? (Johnny Rotten, Rotten Johnny) \ It's better to burn out 'cause rust never sleeps \ The king is gone but he's not forgotten" At any rate, the name "punk rock" covered a lot of bands back then that were new and edgy and that didn't always care if they lacked pretty singing voices. Whatever they had to say they were going to say it and that was that. But if you're looking for a pretty punk rock voice from back when, check out The Pretenders "Stob Your Sobbing" or "Tattooed Love Boys". But if you're looking for some great tunes otherwise, check out more from The Clash like their reggae-punk bangers "Revolution Rock", "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais", and their cover of Junior Murvyn's "Police & Thieves". Bob Marley reportedly wrote "Punky Reggae Party" after hearing that. And speaking of The Police, check out "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You" for that elusive punk with a singing voice. One more thing about The Sex Pistols, their impresario Malcolm McLaren dropped his seminal "Duck Rock" album forty years ago and changed the trajectory of hip hop. For a taste of that check out "Double Dutch" and "Buffalo Gals". And when you're ready for more from The Sex Pistols check out "God Save The Queen", "Holidays In The Sun", "Pretty Vacant", and "Submission". YMMV.

[@frasercathygartside1356]

punk is rap & rap is punk -- observation + anger + response

[@craigjohnson5462]

Olli, serious respect, you get it. Punk and Rap grew together hand in hand, it's a shame that most people forget that now. Hell, the Beastie Boys started in punk and they opened the stage for so many hip hop artists. It's a communal struggal and in the end we are all one.

[@fuzzylogics139]

I Love you three as a channel and the way you interact. Have a good one.

[@Dreyno]

Johnny Rotten was the Eazy-E, the Ad-Rock, the Axl Rose. Snarling, bratty, confrontational. Pure attitude.

[@FlamesCagney]

"Fingernails on a chalkboard" well said. He honed that sound.

[@JoeSmith-ey2xp]

Oli got it.

[@paullynn473]

If you saw them live you understand Rotten's stage presence. You lot are sounding like my father.

[@VoluntaryistJapan]

John's voice is fucking punk and absolutely necessary!

[@TracyVoD]

Hi guys nice seeing the mixed reactions to this video from you 3. I've never been a huge fan of The Sex Pistols but don't mind this song or "God Save the Queen". The only other 2 songs I remember off the top of my head are "Pretty Vacant" and a cover of "My Way" by Sid Vicious. Sorry Corey but Johnny Rotten sang pretty much the same way/tone on the other songs I've heard too and I doubt you'd think Sid V was much of an improvement either.

[@immoralreplicant1332]

This made me smile I have to say. Even 47 years on...only the young guy got it 😀 Which was exactly the idea (I'm 58 btw just for context) There was never any grey area with the Pistols, you heard them once & it either a) changed your life or b) you thought it was the worst pile of crap you ever heard. No middle ground possible. I was 12 at the time & I was category a) Before that it was as if music was made by superheroes from outer space & it meant next to nothing to me. Punk changed all that &, as the cliche goes, changed my life. I ended up working on the road with bands for over 20 years, then working in music venues when I gave that up. Travelled the world, met amazing people, saw incredible places, did things that seemed impossible from my anonymous back street shithole in 1976 when my only future seemed to be leaving school to join an unemployment line or punching the clock in some factory or warehouse for a pittance for 50 years. Almost everyone I went to school with ended up doing one or the other. Or both. Punk was my escape route & thanks to it I have a life to look back on I never could have expected. Music can never change the world, but it can change YOUR world & thank fuck for it. I've no idea if that's still true but I hope so.

[@marcharley6465]

Olli gets it.

[@seanclark2085]

The greatest pop song ever released, 4 teenage delinquents changed music and culture like never before... end of.

[@neonknees]

Too right

[@michaelwebster8389]

Can't believe you didn't like Johny Rotten's singing....

[@michaelwebster8389]

It's a really funny scene, and I think a big part of it was transgression, as well as offending people's ears. So, they wouldn't have been displeased at some people liking it, and others hating it. It's exactly what they were trying to do - to offend some people and develop an in crowd by rejecting a whole lot of the rest of society - just as young people like to do.

[@michaelwebster8389]

Also, ir was a really depressed era in English politics and society at the time, with economic woes, and Margaret Thatcher pushing a horrible conservatism. They were basically a protest against everything. This one album is just about all they did. So there's not a big back catalogue to listen to, but I used to love that album.

[@scotthooton7478]

The singer wrote the song at 16yrs old, performed it with his band at 17yrs old - changed music in the UK.

[@RevStickleback]

He was born in 1956, so would have been 20.

[@scotthooton7478]

Pedantry is wonderful hobby but personally I don't see the attraction - Kate Bush, George Michael amongst others wrote fantastic songs in their teens and recorded them once they had a deal ..... there's a line in this track that dates it, can you identify it ?@@RevStickleback

[@throwabrick]

The Pistols were kinda like a shit-disturbing Boy Band. Their manager, Malcom McLaren, put the band together so that he could sell more clothes at his sex shop. They went on to inspire dozens of bands.

[@llanelliwarrior]

very simplified version

[@throwabrick]

@@llanelliwarriorFeel free to expand, comrade. I was just giving the jist.

[@llanelliwarrior]

Lydon always minimises Mclaren’s influence, it was hardly a Monkees type situation of clinical manufacture. Also I think McLaren was more interested in stirring things up and creating situations, than selling clothes.

[@throwabrick]

@@llanelliwarrior I feel like he wanted to be a Svengali of punk, outdoing Bernie Rhodes with his bands and putting his stamp on punk rock history, which I am sure he viewed a sort of outgrowth of the '68 Paris uprising. Also I think there was something about hating Teddy Boys in there...

[@RevStickleback]

@@throwabrick He kind of re-wrote the history to paint himself as this svengali figure, but little was actually planned. They rose to sudden fame on the back of their appearance of the Bill Grundy Show, which horrified McLaren, convinced they'd blown any chance they had. Very soon after he was claiming it was all his idea. McLaren really wanted a band like the New York Dolls, but got something very different.

[@korbal61]

Johnny sang the song in the very appropriate way.

[@darrencooke4207]

They were rated by rolling stone magazine at number 58 of the greatest bands of all time. They were also inducted by the rock and roll hall of fame although they refused to go as they were told they would have to pay about $30k for the privilege. It is also just magnificent music, though I guess not everyone gets its greatness

[@anntelford8647]

Not attending their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a punk rock move.

[@de-nz4jp]

Hey, great discussion you guys, coming in from different directions, music with a message sometimes sacrifices easy listening, the variety of music from the 70s made that decade a standout.. I loved it all.. sex pistols put the punk into punk rock.. yeah boy! NZ

[@bibakroll8999]

We were tired of singing and listening to American music that we couldn't relate to. We wanted our own identity,

[@purplewig-pi2st]

respect for doing this. it was of a time and a place for disaffected youth rebelling against the prog rock and usual stuff it was all about anybody can do it just play 3 chords and go. changed the music business.its pure/raw and straight to the point/truth.

[@GuildfordGhost]

I love that you have three guys here who have lived and know stuff yet this is completely new to them. It's great to hear open and honest reactions. You know Sid Vicious had nothing to do with this recording though, right? He didn't join the band until the following year.

[@peterzukowski]

The number of bands the Sex Pistols influenced, or caused to form is impressive. Also, the Sex Pistols are one of the only groups to have declined their induction to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Loudly.

[@Justin-td4bb]

A really important and significant band in British history. Not just musically but culturally , fashion and generally. In the UK they are as well known as the beetles. They are true originators

[@fuzzylogics139]

Haha Corey thought it was so bad he had suppressed the memory of the group by the end of the video "I forgot who this was".. To me this brings back memories. I was born '78 so wasn't there yet but grew up part of my teenage years with (among other (some semi-) rebellious groups) Punk- rockers. Lived in squatter houses where we also had Punk bands (and a diversity of other underground artists from all over Europe, staying and) playing their music or what ever they were doing. One of my neighbours in the room next to me played this song LOUDLY frequently when it was our wake-up hour. Mostly Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Metallica and Sex Pistols. And that it did do: wake me up :p

[@pucknhusker9426]

Im 45yo grew up on punk and hip hop. Sad to see both have lost there roots

[@paulsmith2516]

Gentlemen, not only is this "real" punk, The Sex Pistols are the ORIGINATORS of Punk. Created by their manager Malcim McLaren and designer Vivienne Westwood, they were the first band to ever be called Punk ever. The ethos of Punk was do it yourself, give NO fucks, and RAISE HELL doing it. Angry kids making noise

[@paulsmith2516]

@@g.garcia7151 While most of those bands you mention were indeed a large part of the musical inspiration of Punk, the fact remains that the term Punk was COINED to describe the Pistols specifically and The Damned are also major figures in Punk and contemporaries of the Pistols.

[@mikerasmusson8749]

Glen Matlock was the original bass player he's the guy jumping, he was replaced by Sid Vicious and came back when Sid ODed.

[@joeharmison218]

“World Destruction” by Afrika Bambaataa and Time Zone, the singer on that is Johnny Rotten. You knew him before you knew him.

[@mattjohn4731]

Glad Olli looked up the lyrics. It's a classic, but with a lyrical analysis it's much better. I understand why Corey says his voice sucks. He's right but I like punk. Ramones, the Clash, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Patti Smith, Stooges..I recommend all those

[@mattjohn4731]

The Clash had way more knowledge in their lyrics. They were leftist, supported the poor people worldwide. Sex Pistols were not really political. They were more nihilist, in my assessment. In fact their leader was actually their manager

[@deborahnicholas6200]

It's also about the 'singing' style. It's a guttural, animistic belly roar to protest against the social and political mores of the time. Johnny Rotten was the voice of a generation. And if people today had a fraction of his energy, bloody-minded cynicism and integrity, western society may not be drowning in a toxic & divisive froth of woke identity politics, effing 'safe spaces', radical transgenderism and race hustlers. P'raps you better stick to nursery rhymes!! 😂😂😂 Or give it a couple more listens - it'll grow on you, I guarantee 😉

[@usulsk]

Its not about the music its about the ATTIDUTE!

[@yolandabrooksqueenofsevens]

Yes this is my jam I’m trying to get this damn 45. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@user-yt9pg6hz6j]

Singers voice is the anarchy. Sound of PUNK. Sound of our youth in Europe.

[@jennymagidson1925]

Miss those great days of punk ...

[@jrb3006jb]

punk was angry music relevant to the 1970s, yelling was the only way to get heard, good reaction vid

[@lisar3944]

Corey, Corey, Corey....I want your reaction on any Nordic Metal (or lots of metal). Such tender ears :D

[@mikephalen3162]

This band was extremely important. I don't care what anyone says.

[@superflyguy9911]

Corey... you sound like my Dad did back in 77! The Pistols meant to upset the older generation. They were an antidote to what was happening socially. In the UK where there was high unemployment, inflation raging at 15%, country being shut down with strikes... there was no future as we saw it. Johnny gave us a all a voice. Punk wasn't about being able to sing like bloody Sinatra, or play the guitar like Hendrix. It was about protest, social comment and a big F*ck you to the establishment. And for a few glorious years, it was electric! Bands like Nirvana, Guns n Roses, and the like wouldn't have happened without the Pistols. They made it possible to get up on stage and just do it!

[@catfrab]

@CoreyRoy - To quote their manager of the band Malcolm McLaren "It's all about a singer who can't sing and a band who can't play." This was indeed an integral part of the message of sticking it to the music industry and the establishment generally.

[@prettybullet7728]

Punk rock has always been gritty, course and raw.

[@Day0One]

One of my favorites...

[@allanmckeown8417]

No idea of 70's Britain, Luther was ok for those doing ok, but some of us were struggling.

[@susanmurray7654]

Rise by Johnny Rotten...good one!

[@Logical_Chronical]

Rap is similar to punk rock in its motive and how it started. It was meant to rebel against the hippie era still present at the time in England and the government at the time. It represented the working class and was their voice.

[@hiko73]

Punk from what I've hear was poor kids saying fuck the system, black kids white kids etc, listen to The Specials, ska bands were just as disenfranchised as a lot of punks were....... love all of them.

[@eirikasbjrnberg8753]

Sex pistol was a statement in a critical time in England . Massive lay offs . John Lyndon , the vocalist have two albums. With Different groups on top 500 albums . This is a great song

[@junemartin6652]

OlliWoodda Love your response

[@maureenlyons-brennan1146]

Classic Rotten can’t beat it

[@mrsiborg]

This is OG punk.

[@Wankshaftsbury]

Johnny Rotten was a sharp intelligent vocalist, and without him the Pistols wouldn't have been the Pistols. His searing voice cut through, and you're just like "I don't like his voice." Thankfully the other guys get it.

[@georgeknox1822]

One band, one album - rocked music to its core …. As for johnnys voice it’s absolute perfection for punk . . You guys just do not understand it at all …

[@jerryobrien5944]

d a gets it

[@brooksboyd1959]

Johnny Rotten wanted to sound like that…that was his point. Do “God Save the Queen” next.

[@dingleberrysnigglefritz]

Liked for the solid Michael McDonald impression.

[@TheJackmccabe75]

If you’re going down the punk rabbit hole, another essential is Dead Kennedys “Holiday in Cambodia”.

[@rabbyte3824]

Or “Riot” or “Police Truck”

[@jamesrennie-xk1gn]

Corey, I'm from the UK, I was a teenager when this came out and it was crap then and it's crap now. Agree 100% with you man

[@timmurphy5580]

Other great early punk rock songs are Iggy Pop I want to be your dog David Bowie suffragette City Debbie Harry one way or the other Great reaction guys punk rock on

[@dib000]

That guy was clueless, it's quite sad 😞this album changed music forever.

[@britandtati]

Would love to see your reaction to other punk bands like the Dead Kennedys

[@BadgerBJJ]

Listen to this song and God Save the Queen and realize what they’re advocating. Hit much the same way as NWA’s F the Police.

[@alexraw2707]

Brilliant singing and music.

[@eskaymywiener]

I'm Gen x and this was my jam

[@deekim8164]

Old school punk rock is meant to be confrontational, and to elicit emotional reactions from the listener. This is why punks in the 1970's, only 25 years after WWII ended, used to run around with swastika armbands, and laugh at the reactions of the people around them. They hated the Notzees, and they knew that there would be a visceral reaction. This was the very reason we adopted the term, "Punk". We knew exactly what the term meant, and laughed at peoples reaction to it. Just think of punks as anti-hippies. And if you want to dig deeper into American Punk, check out the Ramones, Fear, and The Misfits.

[@dremunoz2600]

Man I love this song but their take was hilarious to me. "Little too much seasoning for me..." had me rolling.

[@andrewlaw]

The Pistols were a reaction to the times, the music scene was dominated by disco and 15 minute prog rock songs with 8 minute solos. The UK was being crippled by union strikes with trash 6ft high in the streets with rats running everywhere. The miners were on strike and fighting the government for months on end before eventually failing. The working class man was being shit on from every angle. The Sex Pistols came from this era as a direct challenge to authority, they weren't musicians at all. The whole punk ethos was just pick up an instrument and try to play. If you revisit them at their reunion tour at Brixton you'll see how polished they eventually became. I'd recommend God Save The Queen or Pretty Vacant. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWKyYaBvir10rc0

[@rabbyte3824]

Probably the most lyricist in the punk scene is Greg Graffin from Bad Religion. “Struck a Nerve” or “Walk Away” or literary any of their songs.

[@magbhitu]

Olliwooda knows what he's talking about - growing up on punk was the perfect school for getting with gangster rap when it came along for me

[@bmiamiwai]

Takes time to like Punk which was created for the young.

[@TheCornishCockney]

It was a revolution in England…….again. We don’t expect our cousins across the pond to understand what was going on in the UK at that time and why punk changed everything. The youth made a noise,and they were heard.