REAL CONVERSATIONS - Sat. January 14th.
Yes these guys were out of their heads half of the time but when they had something to say - they'd say it. This interview was taken from "Some Products Carri On... ". Its been a while since I heard it but its pretty straight forward. The Pistols shoot their mouths off every chance they get. And its usually quite interesting when the verbage pours out.....
This CD is worth getting if you can find it. Sid and Johnny Rotten were pretty interesting all around. This entire CD is packed with radio spots, interviews, and snippets of advertisements for, "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle" movie... which i consider one of the most important documents from that time period. You can get a glimpse at the complete lunacy of the whole thing.
The demos they talk about in this clip are somewhat dubious. I am not aware of any song they created that slams God personally. I have no idea what they are referring to. There was some deliberate pot shots taken to the deep south. They also take some broad swings at New York City with the song, "New York" which is funny. Punk started in NYC -- that is if you ask one of the aging depressed violent angry angst ridden ex-junkies. There is some dispute on where punk really started. The NY punks didn't really see themselves as punk. In the 1970's it was just considered the rock music scene.
The real Punk Rock scene started up in London in 1976. That means - the ripped up t-shirts, spikey hair - and the overall cartoonish look of the entire thing. That certainly didn't come off from the streets of Manhatten in the Village. I looked at the New York scene as a homeade sound with a lot of drug freak culture that was left over from the 60's -- aimless, sloppy and somewhat revved up while incoherant. The full blown three chord teenage punk bands came from the dirty streets of London.
Sid Vicious has some pretty profound statements in this interview. His views on racism always sort of stuck with me for years. His views on people just seeing themselves as people and not being classified as this or that.... rings true even today in this horrible Post-911 world. These guys were ahead of their time for what they were about.
This is a great time piece. Radio of modern times doesn't come close to this type of insightful brutal honesty. You would never hear an interview of its type on the air today.
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Ted Cantu is the creator of WebCrush and http://www.beautyloungestore.com he has contributed to several blogs and podcasts such as…..http://911copywriters.podomatic.com. He served as a top rated art director for Interactive Web Marketing groups in Chicago and New York City.
Yes these guys were out of their heads half of the time but when they had something to say - they'd say it. This interview was taken from "Some Products Carri On... ". Its been a while since I heard it but its pretty straight forward. The Pistols shoot their mouths off every chance they get. And its usually quite interesting when the verbage pours out.....
This CD is worth getting if you can find it. Sid and Johnny Rotten were pretty interesting all around. This entire CD is packed with radio spots, interviews, and snippets of advertisements for, "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle" movie... which i consider one of the most important documents from that time period. You can get a glimpse at the complete lunacy of the whole thing.
The demos they talk about in this clip are somewhat dubious. I am not aware of any song they created that slams God personally. I have no idea what they are referring to. There was some deliberate pot shots taken to the deep south. They also take some broad swings at New York City with the song, "New York" which is funny. Punk started in NYC -- that is if you ask one of the aging depressed violent angry angst ridden ex-junkies. There is some dispute on where punk really started. The NY punks didn't really see themselves as punk. In the 1970's it was just considered the rock music scene.
The real Punk Rock scene started up in London in 1976. That means - the ripped up t-shirts, spikey hair - and the overall cartoonish look of the entire thing. That certainly didn't come off from the streets of Manhatten in the Village. I looked at the New York scene as a homeade sound with a lot of drug freak culture that was left over from the 60's -- aimless, sloppy and somewhat revved up while incoherant. The full blown three chord teenage punk bands came from the dirty streets of London.
Sid Vicious has some pretty profound statements in this interview. His views on racism always sort of stuck with me for years. His views on people just seeing themselves as people and not being classified as this or that.... rings true even today in this horrible Post-911 world. These guys were ahead of their time for what they were about.
This is a great time piece. Radio of modern times doesn't come close to this type of insightful brutal honesty. You would never hear an interview of its type on the air today.
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Ted Cantu is the creator of WebCrush and http://www.beautyloungestore.com he has contributed to several blogs and podcasts such as…..http://911copywriters.podomatic.com. He served as a top rated art director for Interactive Web Marketing groups in Chicago and New York City.
