Which is your favourite of the four 'classic' Sex Pistols tracks.

[BadFish]

Thank you very much.


Any albums worth a listen?

I recommend watching The Filth and the Fury or reading England's Dreaming by Jon Savage.

Either way if you have anything more than a passing interest in music or youth culture you should find out. They were important!!

 

[Pavilionaire]

Another vote for HITS, although so many great tunes on the debut album, I'm a big fan of EMI.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Listening to some of the John Peel tributes and old Festive 50's, at the time Anarchy in the UK was always Number 1 in the F50, but now I am not so sure.

roadrunner
regards
DR

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I know it's very much against the whole spirit of the thing, but for me it's Anarchy in the UK because of (sorry) Steve Jones's guitar solo.

 

[El Presidente]

roadrunner
regards
DR

It's there too DR, along with the 1977 stalwarts Althea and Donna with Uptown Top Ranking

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

I've voted HITS but could make a case for all 4 especially the intros. But by far & away my favourite is Ray Of Gob where some guy mixed Pretty Vacant, God Save The Queen and Anarchy with Madonna's Ray of light. Awesome. No idea how to upload it on here but check out Ray of Gob on YouTube.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

It's there too DR, along with the 1977 stalwarts Althea and Donna with Uptown Top Ranking

ever get the feeling you've been ripped off
regards
DR

 

[Beach Hut]

Anarchy In The UK as it just about summed up the youth then, pretty pissed off to say the least.

 

[BN9 BHA]

ever get the feeling you've been ripped off
regards
DR

Oi ! this thread is about the pistols not the price of pies at the AMEX!

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

ever get the feeling you've been ripped off
regards
DR

Er, did you mean cheated?

 

[El Presidente]

Er, did you mean cheated?

Weren't Crispy Ambulance the 'Worst band ever signed to Factory' according to Tony Wilson?

Although Giving Ground still gets my toes a tapping TBH.

 

[El Presidente]

Given that 1977 was supposed to be Year Zero in the history of Punk, the Peel Festive 50 that year was not particularly reflective of the mood

1. The Motors: 'Dancing the Night Away'
2. Althea & Donna: 'Uptown Top Ranking'
3. The Motors: 'You Beat The Hell Out Of Me'
4. The Rezillos: 'Can't Stand My Baby'
5. John Cooper Clarke: 'Suspended Sentence'
6. Desperate Bicycles: 'Smokescreen'
7. Marlene Webber: 'Right Track'
8. Neil Young: 'Like A Hurricane'
9. The Clash: 'Complete Control'
10. Frankie Miller: 'Be Good To Yourself'

whereas a mere 12 months later it was

1. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
2. Clash - Complete Control
3. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
4. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
5. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
6. Sex Pistols - Pretty vacant
7. Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais
8. Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
9. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
10. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
11. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
12. Buzzcocks - Boredom
13. Damned - New Rose

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Weren't Crispy Ambulance the 'Worst band ever signed to Factory' according to Tony Wilson?

Although Giving Ground still gets my toes a tapping TBH.

Probably. But he was mug enough to sign them

 

[El Presidente]

Probably. But he was mug enough to sign them

Wonderful bloke though.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Given that 1977 was supposed to be Year Zero in the history of Punk, the Peel Festive 50 that year was not particularly reflective of the mood

1. The Motors: 'Dancing the Night Away'
2. Althea & Donna: 'Uptown Top Ranking'
3. The Motors: 'You Beat The Hell Out Of Me'
4. The Rezillos: 'Can't Stand My Baby'
5. John Cooper Clarke: 'Suspended Sentence'
6. Desperate Bicycles: 'Smokescreen'
7. Marlene Webber: 'Right Track'
8. Neil Young: 'Like A Hurricane'
9. The Clash: 'Complete Control'
10. Frankie Miller: 'Be Good To Yourself'

whereas a mere 12 months later it was

1. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
2. Clash - Complete Control
3. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
4. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
5. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
6. Sex Pistols - Pretty vacant
7. Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais
8. Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
9. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
10. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
11. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
12. Buzzcocks - Boredom
13. Damned - New Rose

Good spot. Always thought that 77 was the best year but clearly not by those lists. 1978 she's so modern in the charts when spuds came to town!

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Wonderful bloke though.

Can't argue with that. So when & where were you unlucky enough to have Rory as your boss?

 

[El Presidente]

Can't argue with that. So when & where were you unlucky enough to have Rory as your boss?

Amex in Edward Street, 1978 (or it could have been 79)

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Pretty Vacant, firstly because its an all round classic, and secondly because you won't hear more obvious swearing on the radio pre watershed. Well played, lads.

 

[El Presidente]

you won't hear more obvious swearing on the radio pre watershed.

I suggest you check out Captain Sensible's Number 1 hit, 'Happy Talk' where he changes, 'Golly Baby I'm a lucky Guy', to 'Golly Baby I'm a lucky c***"

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Amex in Edward Street, 1978 (or it could have been 79)

You poor *******! Rod was my first boss at the same place in 1980. Corking 60th birthday bash for him at the Sav a few weeks ago. Good lads, both of them and game as pebbles!