Yeah even back in the days when he was in the Pistols, they did a party for the kids and firemen on strike, he was very good with the kids and even swapped swear words out on stage when performing their songs.
Johnny is a family man a punk with a big heart funny honest sarcastic I' met him in Camden town ten years ago he was stood outside a pub having a cig I shouted ello john to him as I past he stopped me and beckoned me into the pub for a Guinness we sat there he asked what I was doing in london . I said visiting family and friends we sat there putting the world to rights he asked what I thought of him I said a very honest down to earth slightly eccentric person mirroring myself .I never asked about the pistols or even music to be honest just recognised him and think he liked that I tret him as a person just john lydon he tells it as it is he said his points of views and opinions got him into trouble at times I said yes I knew that but so do mine he smoled said he just didnt think people wanted to hear the truth I agreed was a great meeting of minds got every bit of time for our johnny rotten
This song is talking about serious environmental issues that we need far more singers singing about! Much respect to John for tackling these issues in his lyrics!
Jesus Christ, I listened to this song when I was 7 years old on Rage on Saturday morning on ABC in Queensland. It stuck with me. I remembered it all these years, that chorus and that completely unique image of a man digging down into the dirt under his house for all eternity. Amazing song, amazing band, amazing man.
I remember listening to this song in the 90's. Liked it a lot but I didn't get the message then (english is not my mother tongue). Understanding the lyrics now, I must agree that indeed it's quite prophetic...
nothing prophetic about it at all. just shows that what stood then still stands now, nothing has changed at all, got worse in fact, but he could sing that song today and in 30 years it would still appear relevant.
reading anger is energy lydons book,growing to like and respect him excellent read turning onto pil after a lifetime off heavy rock bless you john for your unique personality
John lydon, most honest, talented, good hearted,intelligent,truther, no bullshit taker guy! I love him always..me as a Dutch simple singer who never made it in music.john is special not any celebrity in the whole history is this honest as him, no one!!I don't think he's ROTTEN, I think he's brilliant!!Bless you dear John!Love from the Netherlands!😎🖤🇬🇧🎙🎸🎼🎹
@@addisonjojo2990 and he’s right, he’s got more sense than the majority of ppl ever. he just has the balls to speak on what others are too pussy to say.
Proper decent guy unlike most of the bastards passing themselves off as musicians today. Also warned us about Jimmy Savile back in the 70s... Got banned from the BBC for it 😡🤬
@@punkoid76 And???? Do ya understand that all "autobiography have been written by a subjective person? It doesn't mean to not believe ya or who wrote that book. Plz don't get me wrong here. Still an unusual song which the majority cannot still decipher yet.
This guy is a legend, a monument, the 11th wonder. He should live in a fucking castle or even a pyramid and all haters, comfortable behind a pc keyboard, should kiss his pub(l)ic hair. With PiL and as soloist Mr. Lydon challenged many paradigms in music/industry. A radical innovator, still feeding ideas to new bands nowadays with sharp/ironic/iconoclastic lyrics and weird tunes.
I love the intro-I love the way he turns his head on 1 side haha :) he looks handsome again here (I know it's old) and the lyrics have meaning. Sometimes he reminds me of the one that just squeaks of the muppets though haha but seriously, Lydon's my idol! I love his personality, music, interviews, style, bravery-everything.
John you saw it , we saw it. We heard your song about it. We listened they did not. What’s it all about ? Political Pomposity an narcissistic inferiority complex. Oh and money . Thank you for your music .
I remember this debuting on radio (CFNY 102.1 The Edge in Toronto). Yet this is the first time I have EVER seen the video (24 April 2016)! Brrrrriliant!
@@matthulse6177 i think the words... What you gonna do - When the river runs dry Put your drills in the mud - Death up in the sky Should have saved those bottles - Should have saved those cans Shouldn't ought'a listen to the plastic man No more toilet papet - It's gone just like the trees Do you like the taste of honey - Isn't it best without the bees Be careful what you're doing - You're messing up my life And if all this world's a cake - Then you took too big a slice What's it all about - They scream and then they shout Don't ask me - Cause I don't know (I don't know) What's it all about - They scream and then they shout Don't blame me - I told you so Read it in the papers - You hear it in the news Very few listen - A spew without a view And is it really worth it - You're choking on remote I see the red tide coming - But we don't even vote Infection in the greenhouse - Dizzy in the clouds Oily as an ocean - Heaven disemboweled Planning on a future - Well lucky for some Develop your body - But your mind is still a slum What's it all about - They scream and then they shout Don't ask me - Cause I don't know What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (Well don't ask me) Don't blame me - I told you so (Middle-age) The product in the packaging Of multi-layered glam 150 layers of materials To cover up a sham Protecting my planet Wrap it in plastic This package is product Perfected eternal A crap in a cling wrap I never met yet a prime minister or president Who told the truth yet Swimming in the slurry Burning in the heat Wind blown is this weather I eat what you secrete I climb this highest derrick This circus has no prayer No UFO to save us And do we really care What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (Do we really care) Don't ask me - Cause I don't know What's it all about - They scream and then they shout Don't blame me - I told you so What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (No UFO to save us) Don't ask me - Cause I don't know What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (No fun, no religion) Don't blame me - I told you so What's it all about - They scream and then they shout Don't ask me - Cause I don't know What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (Climb this highest derrick) Don't blame me - I told you so Kiss goodbye to the Earth, the sun, the moon It's easy to decieve a child. and also tha video...
Cos they have always been going on about the environment. It was the ozone layer back then. Nothing changes, because people can't think for themselves.
I love his acting in this video. He'd have made a brilliant children's tv presenter
Yeah even back in the days when he was in the Pistols, they did a party for the kids and firemen on strike, he was very good with the kids and even swapped swear words out on stage when performing their songs.
Johnny is a family man a punk with a big heart funny honest sarcastic I' met him in Camden town ten years ago he was stood outside a pub having a cig I shouted ello john to him as I past he stopped me and beckoned me into the pub for a Guinness we sat there he asked what I was doing in london . I said visiting family and friends we sat there putting the world to rights he asked what I thought of him I said a very honest down to earth slightly eccentric person mirroring myself .I never asked about the pistols or even music to be honest just recognised him and think he liked that I tret him as a person just john lydon he tells it as it is he said his points of views and opinions got him into trouble at times I said yes I knew that but so do mine he smoled said he just didnt think people wanted to hear the truth I agreed was a great meeting of minds got every bit of time for our johnny rotten
@@seanpatterson186 Love your story
@Randy marsh jukebox jury and bgt are not the same thing lmao
the bbc did not like john because he called the bbc out on there bullshit
"i eat what you secrete....." . Love it 😂✅👌👌
This song is talking about serious environmental issues that we need far more singers singing about! Much respect to John for tackling these issues in his lyrics!
Or is it?
He's talking about news headlines and all the fuss about them.
Yes and thr cake od party gate
BORIS PARTYGATE CAKE and sunak ignoring sewage...
Domt ask him he don't know but he says "I told you so"
John Lydon is a genius.
not any more!
I agree!!!
Goddess On Earth yes but he want when he wrote this and look how true it is now
In 2020 i still agree.
Dunno about that. But he's sharp as a bloody razor, for sure! 👍
Jesus Christ, I listened to this song when I was 7 years old on Rage on Saturday morning on ABC in Queensland. It stuck with me. I remembered it all these years, that chorus and that completely unique image of a man digging down into the dirt under his house for all eternity.
Amazing song, amazing band, amazing man.
I just re-discovered this after seeing it on rage years ago also! Basically it stuck with me all this time as well.
If u werer 7 years old when you heard this song you must be a very young person
@@ethericboy lol I'm flattered, brother but this song is from 1990 - making me 38 years old. I wish I was that young again - I really really do.
original PIL fan here
it's a shame Wobble and Levene 'left'
#OKMILLENIAL
This song is so bloody catchy.
A song years before it's time. Prophetic lyrics
I remember listening to this song in the 90's. Liked it a lot but I didn't get the message then (english is not my mother tongue). Understanding the lyrics now, I must agree that indeed it's quite prophetic...
nothing prophetic about it at all. just shows that what stood then still stands now, nothing has changed at all, got worse in fact, but he could sing that song today and in 30 years it would still appear relevant.
Of course it's prophetic, you say yourself things have got worse which is what is suggested in the lyrics
I eat what you secrete, doesn’t shout prophetic lyric to me lol
@@lumpyplop utterly agree 👍
reading anger is energy lydons book,growing to like and respect him excellent read turning onto pil after a lifetime off heavy rock bless you john for your unique personality
John lydon, most honest, talented, good hearted,intelligent,truther,
no bullshit taker guy! I love him always..me as a Dutch simple
singer who never made it in music.john is special not
any celebrity in the whole
history is this honest as him,
no one!!I don't think he's ROTTEN,
I think he's brilliant!!Bless
you dear John!Love from the Netherlands!😎🖤🇬🇧🎙🎸🎼🎹
I agree with you!!
Real guy!😁
@@addisonjojo2990 and he’s right, he’s got more sense than the majority of ppl ever. he just has the balls to speak on what others are too pussy to say.
@@kirstinjones328 Too fuckin true. No-one has got gutz like him. He surely shut the fook up to anyone still nowadays.
You're joking? He's a compulsive lier.
@@Boilingfrogg I'm very curious, if so you should tell how you know for sure
Proper decent guy unlike most of the bastards passing themselves off as musicians today. Also warned us about Jimmy Savile back in the 70s... Got banned from the BBC for it 😡🤬
Mr Lydon on point once again.
My dad loved this song... I see why.
There should be an Oscar award for best actor in music video. John Lydon would win him every year.
No matter what the line up is, with John at the helm they are one of the best bands ever to frequent this earth.
lovers, haters when john performs i'm glued, the lads a genius and a breath of fresh air with his honesty
This guy is absolutely the best
" I eat what you secrete ".
Beautiful lyrics.
Hi
I thought for ages that he was singing "I eat what you excrete!". I double checked the lyrics and I'm very glad to say your version is correct. lol!
This song ought to have been a worldwide No.1 hit!
It is always a number-one hit for all fans of PIL.
John has always had something interesting to say,great song,great bloke!
I remember hearing it for the first time, on my radio alarm clock on Radio 1. I was so excited and went and bought the single as soon as I could
1980's and 90's pop culture really did have prophetic messages for 2020's...
Yes for Keir Starner corbyn and farsge in one the old grey rebel
R.I.P Nora, the wife of Mr Lydon
Rotten is a good actor - knows how to use his eyes for maximum effect among other ROTTEN things
This lyrics made even the thicker person realised how this man is just a simple genius.
Yet the bass player wrote most of it, he says so in his autobiography
@@punkoid76 And???? Do ya understand that all "autobiography have been written by a subjective person? It doesn't mean to not believe ya or who wrote that book. Plz don't get me wrong here. Still an unusual song which the majority cannot still decipher yet.
I remember MTV showed it once or twice. Probably the poppiest PIL song ever.
Just saw this on TOTP 90. Still awesome 31 years on :)
Me too, now on my 8th listen
Same here, totp brought me here. I remember this track but was to young to understand then
And me
At first i didnt really like PiL. But now, after a few listens...they're pretty damn good!
Jared LaGrandeur Opinions on their earlier stuff? first and second edition?
Welcome in the club
Don’t ask me, cause I don’t know. I live by these words.
This song is not about pollution, it is about propaganda and pollution, it is easy to deceive a child. We are being lied to about pollution.
But we aren't abour sewage
This guy is a legend, a monument, the 11th wonder. He should live in a fucking castle or even a pyramid and all haters, comfortable behind a pc keyboard, should kiss his pub(l)ic hair. With PiL and as soloist Mr. Lydon challenged many paradigms in music/industry. A radical innovator, still feeding ideas to new bands nowadays with sharp/ironic/iconoclastic lyrics and weird tunes.
Tutto giusto!
I love the way John is outspoken about thing he is on the ball and way ahead of people A very smart man
Still relevant 30 years on.
I had this on a VHS somewhere taped 33 years ago. Great song with a great message from 1990. Much better than a Greta Thunberg interview.
I love the intro-I love the way he turns his head on 1 side haha :) he looks handsome again here (I know it's old) and the lyrics have meaning. Sometimes he reminds me of the one that just squeaks of the muppets though haha but seriously, Lydon's my idol! I love his personality, music, interviews, style, bravery-everything.
26 years trying to listen to this song ... it's been so long. I'm excited. Thank you so much.
I know that feeling... it's the first time I've heard it in 31 years!
Very Very underrated song. WOW.
The lyrics are pure genius
One of my favourite songs of all time! John is awesome and I love his videos including the interviews
John you saw it , we saw it. We heard your song about it.
We listened they did not.
What’s it all about ? Political Pomposity an narcissistic inferiority complex. Oh and money .
Thank you for your music .
Jeez, I forgot how good this song is.
I REALLY wish there was an instrumental version of this!
I remember this debuting on radio (CFNY 102.1 The Edge in Toronto). Yet this is the first time I have EVER seen the video (24 April 2016)! Brrrrriliant!
This is such a great song! Not a love song, a great song.
Eloquently put, loved this in 1990 forward thinking songwriter, ahead of his time is Lydon 😎👌
I see what you did there 🙂
what a brilliant song
Released 1990, the song sounds still great!
This hasn't dated, still sounds prescient.
I am so perplexed!
best lyrics ever
True magicK at its best
That accent !!!
This should be the official theme song for the corona virus outbreak.
Ahh I'm not the only one
How so?
@@matthulse6177 i think the words...
What you gonna do - When the river runs dry
Put your drills in the mud - Death up in the sky
Should have saved those bottles -
Should have saved those cans
Shouldn't ought'a listen to the plastic man
No more toilet papet - It's gone just like the trees
Do you like the taste of honey - Isn't it best without the bees
Be careful what you're doing - You're messing up my life
And if all this world's a cake - Then you took too big a slice
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout
Don't ask me - Cause I don't know (I don't know)
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout
Don't blame me - I told you so
Read it in the papers - You hear it in the news
Very few listen - A spew without a view
And is it really worth it - You're choking on remote
I see the red tide coming - But we don't even vote
Infection in the greenhouse - Dizzy in the clouds
Oily as an ocean - Heaven disemboweled
Planning on a future - Well lucky for some
Develop your body - But your mind is still a slum
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout
Don't ask me - Cause I don't know
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (Well don't ask me)
Don't blame me - I told you so (Middle-age)
The product in the packaging
Of multi-layered glam
150 layers of materials
To cover up a sham
Protecting my planet
Wrap it in plastic
This package is product
Perfected eternal
A crap in a cling wrap
I never met yet a prime minister or president
Who told the truth yet
Swimming in the slurry
Burning in the heat
Wind blown is this weather
I eat what you secrete
I climb this highest derrick
This circus has no prayer
No UFO to save us
And do we really care
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (Do we really care)
Don't ask me - Cause I don't know
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout
Don't blame me - I told you so
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (No UFO to save us)
Don't ask me - Cause I don't know
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (No fun, no religion)
Don't blame me - I told you so
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout
Don't ask me - Cause I don't know
What's it all about - They scream and then they shout (Climb this highest derrick)
Don't blame me - I told you so
Kiss goodbye to the Earth, the sun, the moon
It's easy to decieve a child.
and also tha video...
Ye
@@rnm1978 haha ........... EXACTLEY
the man is very clever, he all got you over the years
Sempre passando uma mensagem verdadeira ….
This needs a re-release now. Fab.
Don't rise to the occasion because this is not a love song...
Just got the metal box vinyl as a 27 year old young punk
1 year later I just bought an orginal copy of second edition in vinyl
*"It's easy to receive the wild'*
Where was I 30 years ago? Oh God, time runs so much!!
Why did the man put the clock on the racetrack?
and here we are...September 2021
man is a god
love him
Crikey! Came across this and it’s still fresh in 2019
Ahead of the curve by thirty years. As usual.
great tune.
Seems to make more sense now than when it was recorded
Great song
5k views is fucking criminal!!!!
How was this written in 1990?
Lydon is a genius.
Cos they have always been going on about the environment. It was the ozone layer back then. Nothing changes, because people can't think for themselves.
@@katoness I remember at the time they told us that London would be underwater by 2020
Because history has a habit of repeating itself, and governments are always corrupt
If he's a genius then so are this lot:
ua-cam.com/video/By0Mx-SrqFo/v-deo.html
I bought this as a 12"....the b side was Warrior... Awesome....
Warrior is one of my fave.
very clever song !
Outstanding I'm proud to be English!
Great lyrics.
Marvellous!
WHY IS THIS SONG SOOOO F*CKING UNDERRATED
from 0:49 - 0:53 a gif really needs to be made
+JimmyJazz332 or 0:24 - 0:28
Great name by the way
JimmyJazz332 YeeeEEEeesSS
JimmyJazz332 ..it really doesn’t.
God. So Jung.
I love PIL Songs
me too
Unique vocal class act.
This is a nice song and the video is amusing! pil, thumbs up!!
Absolutely ledgendary. 💪❤👍
I like this song. PIL songs are weird and different but I still like them, they have something
Vaguely. I adore you, John.
Bowie cameo (circa Lets Dance) at 4:21
Can you imagine him at glastonbury
Yes
❤❤❤❤ brilliantr song thanks
It's an absolute travesty John and Rik Myall never worked together. They have the same energy
the Sex Bottoms?
John Lydon has foresight, he's the hero of the modern age
szenzaciós!
The best
It is indeed easy to deceive a child. But it's even easier to deceive an adult, because an adult thinks they know better.
Στην λευκη με αγαπη αλεξανδρος 1991🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Really a great
Love Shack!
'I never met yet a prime minister or president
Who told the truth yet'
Thatcher^ amd Reagan
Conclussion: He's immortal.
Queremos a John con canciones alegres, como ésta :)
Well said
He has been watching Charlie Chaplin - nice moves. Frigging in the rigging.
✅👌👌
Oscar para Lydon pela atuação nesse clipe ....
Katarinaaaaaaa mislim na tebe 😘