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 Don't be fooled by reputation! Feb 21, 2010
Allot of people think the Pistols are like modern punk....like speed fast screaming punk...like guys that Nirvana were inspired to play fast and scream too punk. they get a bad rap because of some what contrived antics and appearance, also a bunch of wanna be's trying to hard to not conform and unable to play a note. For all that the pistols musically never get the credit they deserve. They are not like the Ramones...2-3 minute blitzfests of simplicity and not much thought (though they have there moment of greatness in those songs)...they are much more, and in retrospect for the time period very creative in their song writing approaches when it came to the music arrangements. Many remember Anrachy in the UK...or God Save the Queen, they were very trash but songs like Bodies, Liar, Pretty Vacant, etc show very creative changes and interludes that most never appreciate. When I first heard this CD I tought wow they are actually really good musicians. The drummer is very craft. It's just a shame so many posers throw on some grubby clothes and fashionably get anger and depressed claim angst pointing at the Pistols as their battle cry. Therefore scorning a great band with a lot of dirt for which they are stained to the people that probably would really like the ablum. These are great songs.
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 Greatest Hits EP Dec 13, 2009
For years, my reaction to anyone who claimed this was their favorite punk album was to assume they'd never heard it. Maybe they had a Sid Vicious t-shirt and a Green Day CD. Why? I was 14 when I first heard Anarchy - Radio Luxembourg had an interview with the band right after the Bill Grudy TV show. They played Anarchy three or four times and I Wanna Be Me twice. Visceral, blistering and exciting. I wanted to tell everyone I knew about this band, these songs. When God Save The Queen was released, the local record store had one copy and I stood there for hours hoping they'd play it a second time. Oh, and that b-side! No Fun....Pretty Vacant made Top of the Pops, but the initial thrill was gone.
Then Bollocks came out. Cajoled a tape from a friend's older brother. Rush home. Oh Dear. Far and away the best moments were the singles I'd already heard. Apart from Submission, nothing else was as good as No Fun or I Wanna Be Me. Much, much worse. Dull. Being 15, I loved Bodies. He was angry! He was cussing! He was venomous. Apart from that, I was deeply disappointed. Stomach ache disappointed. Listen-to-it-again-hoping-it's-better disappointing. And that was that. Until I was 17 and outgrew the shock value of Bodies. Poor Johnny Rotten wasn't yet ready to deal with the personal. Oh, and around this time they sang a song called "Belsen Was a Gas". Yeah, after Glen Matlock they were nothing. Complete and utterly worthless. Irrelevant.
25 years go by and I listened to Bollocks again. Blown Away by the singles, Submission now my favorite, Seventeen moving up the list. Even Holidays sounds better. Steve Jones impresses throughout; Lydon's petulant, angry, paranoid squaling raises the hair on my neck (oh, how I wish Bodies had a point of view...); the drummer appears competent. It's best thought of as a Greatest Hits package. The short, sharp, shock of the first three singles no longer overwhelms the album. Worth buying, worth listening to. If you missed the singles as they came out, and this was the first time you heard them, it's a terrific album, despite some clunkers like EMI and New York.
Oh, and revolution aside. It's now available everywhere even in an Eco-Friendly Package.
John Lydon would move on to create one of the all time best albums with PIL Metal Box/Second Edition. Finally he got the personal and broader politics right.Perfectly right. Challenging and brilliant. Justified belief inhis warped intellect. Tragically, that was it. Was he replaced by a less intelligent twin? Who knows.
Mind the bollocks, enjoy the rock Nov 04, 2009
There's little that can be said about this album that hasn't been said a million times over the past 32 years. It is the definitive punk album, even if it isn't the best punk album; occasionally the music plods and weighs itself down. Nevertheless, the historical and artistic importance of the record gives it a sense of militaristic power it wouldn't have from the music alone. This time around, "Bodies" was my favorite song. The song is, Christgau nailed it, "anti-abortion, anti-woman, and anti-sex," and I'm at least pro-choice, wholeheartedly pro-woman, and certainly pro-sex. I liked the song so much because I can seperate the bollocks from the music; the dangerousness of the album is that not everyone will be able to do that. The inherent purpose of rebellion is liberation, free and full living, as expressed through countless punk albums--I mean, that's the purpose of all music, I think--and that, true rebellion, should be championed, admired, and acknowledged. But when the purpose of rebellion becomes destruction for the sake of destroying, there's nothing good about it. "Never Mind the Bollocks" is one hell of an album, a heck of an important one, too. Just watch out for people who think the Sex Pistols were on the same mission as the Beats.
Awww. come on! Oct 19, 2009
I went through and read some of the 1 star reviews of this album and have to say that i was pretty surprised. I mean this album while not musically extraordinary, was excellent and ground breaking. The Sex Pistols were not about hype and publicity. I was a teenager when this came out and all the hype them was about their live shows and the antics they pulled on stage. I remember my mother forbidding my to buy this album for that reason. Big mistake on her part. Most of you snot nosed kids who are complaining about this should listen to your punk icons when they say this band was a big influence on them. And if thats not enough than why is "Anarchy in the UK" probably the most covered punk song of all time. You should grow up and give credit where credit is due!
The Sex Pistols are sexy xD Oct 17, 2009
I just got this CD in the mail about 5 minutes ago, but I've already listened to all of the songs online. I've always loved the Sex Pistols, and their CD is just a collection of all of their great music. Their best songs, in my opinion, are Anarchy in the UK, God Save the Queen, and Pretty Vacant, though I love all of their songs. It's my opinion that the Sex Pistols basically started punk rock, and were the absolute epitome of punk rock. If you like punk rock, or just good music in general, you need this CD. :) Peace out.
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