@@Acke1959 Good artists borrow, great artists steal. I don't think ABBA needs a defence force. They managed okay. What they didn't do was change the face of music.
Imagine , if you will, a 16 year old Aberdonian just left school, about to start an apprenticeship in just over a weeks time turning on TOTP and coming across this. Never has television changed my life before or since. Had never heard punk rock. Blew my mind . Totally changed my listening habits and outlook. As an old fart, this still sends a shiver up and down my spine
I remember hearing this on the radio in 1977 when I was 12. Changed my life forever. You really had to be there to understand how revolutionary these guys were.
It was mid 1977, the public service broadcaster on it's radio music channel, "Radio 1" that could play, for example, the Bee Gees, (from Saturday Night Fever, i.e disco. Ugh!) Followed by this! Mental.
This will never get old: as a guitarist, I totally dismiss comments about the Pistols' musical talent. There are very few around today with this energy....
Glen Matlock wrote the Pistols classic songs & was a good guitar player who revered the great rock bands of his youth like the Small Faces. Johnny Rotten brought the whole cynical & confrontational sneering "punk" attitude that injected the venom into their songs & caused such outrage in that more innocent era. It was a magical partnership but unfortunately he disliked Matlock & wanted him out of the band for being too straight & his buddy Vicious in to make it more in his image - he may have looked better on a poster but it killed the band musically.
@@JohnSmith-oe4ci a slight irony in what you wrote ,When John joined the band ,him & Glen were trying to find some ' common musical ground ' & the Small Faces were one of few they both rated.. In truth the one thing they ALL had in common before the Pistols was Paul'n'Steve , Matlock & Lydon before they'd all met were all at the same Rod Stewart & the Faces gig at the Roundhouse ..
@@JohnSmith-oe4ci i don't think there was much thought to making the Pistols in 'his image' by using Sid ,they had very different styles. but Lydon was the 'outsider' in the group. Paul'n'Steve came together & knew McClaren before John, & Glen worked in Malcolm & Vivs shop . Explaining why (Kutie Jones) & his' Sex Pistols 'was already the groups name , on a SEX tshirt anyway. with Steve on vocals & Wally Nightingale on guitar they did play a gig. But Wally didn't have 'the look' so was outed & McClaren encouraged Jones to continue practicing guitar... McClaren wanted Glen out more than John it seems , Sid had been considered as a possible lead vocalist previously. So Lydon used the opportunity to get a mate in, It backfired somewhat as Sid for many became the main man in the band at later gigs becoming 'the one to watch'
@@dalebrennan7615 Well, the other 4 really. Glen Matlock actually played the bass on Pretty Vacant before being sacked. Sid couldn't play true, but in the punk tradition I think that makes him even cooler 😄
One of the greatest songs ever recorded..Steve Jones's guitar sound and playing is groundbreaking. The drumming is superb, frontman Johnny Rotten is legendary, and Glen Matlock,s bass playing is perfect. Totally underrated as musicians
Holy Toledo! Great song from Greatest Album Ever Recorded. Paul Cook is just perfect playing with Steve Jones like he does. Then Johnny laying down the perfect vocals. No wonder their album is still so important after 40+ years, and its stature will just grow and grow.
Ammetto che la musica di oggi non è un granché ma questa di stu gruppo che li sto guardando di proposito per vedere che musica facevano è meglio che tappo l'orecchie questo gruppo ha parlato male di Freddie Mercury i Queen ma loro fanno uno schifo totale tutta invidia anche da morto Freddie ha ancora successo
This stunning classic intro came about after Glen heard a few dull sounding notes in the ABBA song SOS and played them to Steve.. Steve did his thing with those dull sounding notes
I was rehearsing with my group in a local pub back room one Thursday night and headed to the bar for some drinks. This came on top of the pops on a little telly behind the bar. I shouted the band and we all stood and stared together in admiration. I recall the landlord ignoring us. Still a favourite memory.....
I am also very grateful for having grown up with this music! Unfortunately, unlike you I didn't hit my teenage years until later in the 70's which meant that I never got the chance to experience seeing them live. I have however been a fan from the start and still am!! 🎵
Unfortunately I didn't grow up while this music was being made, I cant help but feel I was born in the wrong era. 90s kid here, hating all the current shite they pump out! Bring back Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious, they'd sort the music scene out
I remember the end of term at school. The music teacher asked us to take in some of our favourite music. This Pistols single got an airing. Despite the crusty adult views at the time, the teacher spoke of the musical qualities of Pretty Vacant. Our teacher was rock and roll.
People mocked them in their day and still do today but they missed so much. Lets take the music first; If you play guitar you will know that the song consists of about 4 or 5 power chords (power chords are easy to play for beginners and sound great) So some will say they couldn't play properly - wrong. The riffs between chords are excellent and make it come alive. The drumming is superb, coming in during the A minor arpeggio is a fabulous sound. The lyrics are very meaningful and of their time. And then there is front man Johnny Rotten. His look is breath-taking when first encountered and his method of singing was 'brand new ' at the time. These guys were literally thrown together by Mclaren with a 'you learn guitar, you learn bass - you drums and you lyrics. None of them had ever played a note. To write a song of this magnitude from nothing is almost unbelievable...... it wasn't done for them like today's wishy washy line ups. They wrote and played everything. So despite appearances and reputation, these were actually very talented people.
+Fred Server NO, I'm not American. I am English and I went to see their last ever concert in The UK. Although no one knew at the time it was their last (Ivanhoe's, Huddersfield - Christmas day) and against their image it was a charity concert for kids. Mclaren asked us to help blow balloons up to drop on them at the end. It was like a party all day. I didn't play a guitar back then but in later years I taught myself and thought one day.... I will learn a few pistols songs to impress a few friends of similar age.... it was then I realised how cleverly the songs were constructed. If you don't play but are a fan of the pistols - buy a cheap copy guitar (ebay £70) and a second hand amp with effects already inside it (ebay £100) and teach yourself. (not a practice amp - they really are bad and will make you give up) This song and others can be played just using power chords (using just 2 fingers) - apart from the riffs which you can learn later as you get better. UA-cam has plenty of backing tracks minus lead guitar that you can use to play along to... First time I played a few pistols numbers to my friends that were around when they were using a ghetto blaster to play the backing track and me on lead and amp - they were blown away.
for me they just epitomise the fact you don't need to be tachnically talented to make great music, or that even if you are technically proficient, sometimes simplicity can say a lot more than complexity. i think they were one of the first to show that agression, not giving a fuck and passion could translate into refreshingly simple, raw music
+Fred Server I started learning playing guitar only a few years ago, and I tackled God save the Queen. Bad choice for a beginner. Who said this music can be played by anyone? It took me almost a year before I could play it in a fair manner (also because of the many incorrect version available on the net - one should get the Lick Library DVD). I agree with you: it takes some genius to put together such music. And, as far as I am concerned, this sound and the message are still valid today.
Still gives me goosebumpy vibes at the intro after 40 odd years. Heard of them long before that famous vid on Top of the Plops. That night wen they was on, my old man who was a bit of a rocker back in the 50's said ' Gawd state of them' but the excitement i felt and shouted ' Yeesss ! ' Dad thought i was mad lol. Seen them live, couple times and music changed for the masses from then on. . God bless the Pistols.
Sid Vicious was the "Stu Sutcliffe" of the Sex Pistols. Stu, like Sid could play rudimentary notes on bass and was on stage with The Beatles mainly because of his "cool image". Both died aged 21, although Stu didn't kill his girlfriend..........
The remastering of Audio & Visual quality here is stunning .(almost) as exciting as watching it on Top Of The Pops via a 24" TV ,all those years ago....
Holy fuck I've never noticed that‼️🤣🤣 'Fuck you and your miming bullshit!!' I've seen him do it since on a number of occasions when PiL has been 'playing live' on TV shows, somehow never spotted this one though. Love that fucker‼️❤️
I grew up when British bands ruled the earth, from Beatles, Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Small Faces, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Free/Bad Company, Thin Lizzy, Queen, and thousands more. Turn up "Never mind the Bollocks" and it's hard, heavy rock/punk, political, poignant, rage and a kick to the nuts. Great songwriting and Steve Jones' guitar drove it along, in Australia the Sex Pistols were the shit in '77. cheers.
johnnywebb You just didnt get it did ya. Punk came along to get rid of All those bands you mentioned they were just so boring.Jonny Rotten said the stones were a corporation back in 76. The idea of Punk was to get Rock n roll back to its roots. Until The Sex Pistols came along all we had was the Old Grey Whistle Test and that boring old fart who was the best sediment for insomniacs that was on at 11 O`clock at night before the dot in the middle of screen came on and oh yeah Freaks were a thing of the past Good on ya Jonny
igor stein Everyone knows most of the punk bands were shit and as soon as they learnt to play properly they became new wave and the cycle starts again. ie. Stranglers, the Clash. When real musicians realised punk was crap and going nowhere, we had a new generation of rock bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, Guns & Roses plus all the crappy hair bands of the 80's. Steve Jones even admits he was never a punk, he just wanted to play in a good rock band but McLaren brought Sid into the band for his punk look, he couldn't play, couldn't sing, couldn't write and fucked the band up.
Johnnys right Sid couldn't play or sing, Malcolm literally did just bring Sid in because he fit the look he wanted, I believe they still got in Matlock to record a few songs though
Joe_adams_ music Ah.......the "Stu" Sutcliffe of the punk generation. "Stu" was another "bassist" who gave the early Beatles credibility only because he was so good looking and cooooool!
true too, also the 12 most epic songs ever are on the Never Mind The Bollocks. That's 24 then, no? Okay, but it's good as 24. That's 12 better than the usual good 12 track album. Twice as good is how good it is
Same here mate ,brings back memories of smoke filled Pubs a pints of Snake Bite and Micky Mouse .When The Sex Pistols sang this song the whole of the UK wanted to be Punk Rockers and out went them boring Hippy Bell Bottom long haired boring leftovers from the 60`s .Loads of me mates are brown bread from the Driink and leading wild lives ,This music makes me want to be 20 again and with me mates in a smoke filled packed Boozer ,hey your only here once so enjoy the crack and forget about the pipe and slippers bunch ,join me with a Snake Bite and Bollox to the rest of them .I train with weights and run and can still have a brawl and yes i do believe in God but as we always said in the Pub swiggin a pint `your a long time dead`
I’m 60 next birthday - I was thinking theyell be a lot of pensioners listening to punk and other rock music. We’ve broken a stuffed up society, or at least the bands have, we’ve contributed by following them. I feel rather cool listening to this at 1am and dancing round my flat. Or doing martial arts moves whilst my father is probably quietly turning in his urn on the mantelpiece 😂
What is strange about this video is that it was the first time we saw the Sex Pistols on the most popular pop music show in the UK. Their previous singles had been banned, so unless you went out and bought them, you could't hear them anywhere, and you couldn't see them on TV. (The infamous "Grundy" interview with them was only shown in London, but got them a reputation as being trouble). So this was the first time that my 13 year old self had seen them performing. I don't think I was that impressed at the time, but I now think they are one of the most important bands in history!
The Pistols, The Clash, Planet Gong, Steve Hillage, Pink Floyd and a whole load of smoke and whizz and psychedelics; that was my 1977, a great time to be young !!!!
This is the first song I heard by them just as I was entering my punk phase in 1980, a few years after its original release. I thought it sounded very unusual and completely unlike anything I've heard before. I loved it.
I remember being just about to start secondary school. I'd being seeing reports about the Sex Pistols in the tabloids. When I finally heard them (this song) it really hit me. The power, the attitude. It remains as powerful now.
Went to a vintage fair yesterday guy was playing some great sounds from his mobile disco,an old Bedford camper ! This song came up ,bloody marvellous 😊
Its only really Lydons vocals that give it a 'punk vibe ' .after watching the video on TOTP when it was released , (getting a detention after rushing out to buy & listen) I thought in terms of the few rock/pop bands I'd heard- Cockney Rebel ,T Rex, the Sweet...
I remember being young and buying this album and full volume thrashing it in the front room of my parents house. I can remember my dad was home and out of no where starting pogoing with me. He had come home early and heard my album and proceeded to listen and jump around with me. Best memories😄😄😄😄😄
This is such a brilliant song. You've got the guitar riff at the start which is one of the most iconic intros ever, then Paul Cook comes in on the drums. Fucking brilliant.
That intro by Jones will remain with me till I die! Second to none and part of my adolescent years. First saw this performed on TOTP while staying at my sister's home in Bath and that vision and sound became deeply ingrained in my subconscious mind and whenever I hear this song it conjures up a place of safety and refuge from a maniacal, drunken Dad. Perhaps, like Sid, I longed for that normal father figure that my brother in law personified and who was teetotal.
#Lyrics There's no point in asking You'll get no reply Oh just remember I don't decide I got no reason it's all too much You'll always find us Out to lunch Oh we're so pretty Oh so pretty We're vacant Oh we're so pretty Oh so pretty Vacant Don't ask us to attend 'Cos we're not all there Oh don't pretend 'cos I don't care I don't believe illusions 'cos too much is real So stop your cheap comment 'Cos we know what we feel Oh we're so pretty Oh so pretty We're vacant Oh we're so pretty Oh so pretty Vacant Oh we're so pretty Oh so pretty Ah but now And we don't care There's no point in asking You'll get no reply Oh just remember I don't decide I got no reason it's all too much You'll always find us Out to lunch Oh we're so pretty Oh so pretty We're vacant Oh we're so pretty Oh so pretty Vacant Oh we're so pretty Oh so pretty Ah but now And we don't care We're pretty a-pretty vacant We're pretty a-pretty vacant We're pretty a-pretty vacant We're pretty a-pretty vacant And we don't care
A great band of their time, no doubt about it. I loved them for their 'So fucking what' attitude and still do all these years later. They were (and still are) very underestimated, in my opinion.
Of course, they aren't underated or underestimated, they are widely considered the greatest punk band of all time for both their cultural and musical impact...
@@paulph12002 it seems a recurring point on UA-cam comments for people to say their favourites 'were underrated ' , 'ahead of their time ' , 'unfairly ignored '...its hard to think of any new group that lasted from first rehearsal to final gig around 2 & half years that have been higher rated & euologised ...
The song that changed my life and everyone else's aged 10 at the time. To anybody that is slagging them off obviously you weren't there when it came out so you haven't got a clue how life changing it was.
They produced one album and 40 years on their songs are still being played. Their reunion tours sell out within a few hours, I reckon that constitutes talent.
That awesum intro...sticks with u after all these years..the whole Album NTB is legendary. Is it me but would just love to hear an opera singer singing Johnny Rotten's part in a prim, proper & posh BBC english accent. Would really slap, good 'n proper. Or is it just too weird for most folk?
The very first Punk Rock song back in '77 when I played air guitar as a 7 year old kid... My parents never understood my dedication to Punk and later Oi!...😂
The opening guitar riff of Pretty Vacant is evocative of, and the equal of, the memorable and hair-raising opening few bars of Gimme Shelter. And is criminally under-rated by the media.
Completely agree. The visceral impact of when the power chords kick in at the beginning and Johnny Rottens apparent indifference to them puts me in mind of Townsend's power chords at the end of Won't Get Fooled Again - a great moment....
" They couldn't play/sing " was bollocks and part of the swindle. They wrote and executed an album of some of the catchiest tunes ever, but played and sung them with a razors edge.
I know my reply is irrelevant to your comment, but these music videos would have way more views if they weren't banned in Canada and the US, the only one not banned is Holidays in the sun.
The biggest myth in music is they couldn’t play. Sid couldn’t. Steve Jones was an accomplished guitarist, every producer they worked with said so too. Listen to some of the lead guitar runs in this song. It just didn’t fit with the image to act like they spent plenty of time learning their craft. But that’s part of the great rock n roll swindle isn’t it?
Everything that was 'punk' is encapsulated in this song/video. From Cookie lobbing his can aside before banging the drums to Rotten at the end when spastic 'he. drops the mic. Wonderful.
Don't know about others ,but I assume the 'Abba riff' is the guitar part in SOS that comes in after "How can I even try to go on" , but not as obvious as 'Hello, I love you' (doors) for Submission of the opening riff to 'Liar (N Y Dolls -'puss in boots')
One of the instantly recognised intros what a band another supreme band from England its not fair why are the English so talented but im glad they are👏.
They look so cool here, especially Jonesy and Sid. They really gave it some bollocks, and that's why they're still revered today, even if they only made one album.
Is my favourite song. Seis pistolas, le decía yo a mi viejo cuando me preguntaba por el nombre de "esta gente tan ruidosa". Sin duda, marcó mi adolescencia y juventud. INMORTALES.
I was about 15 when this was released. It's hard to describe the impact the Sex Pistols had. It flushed all the hippy music and prog. rock down the toilet. The music press actually hated punk when it came out - only begrudgingly accepting it when it became trendy. It changed fashion and attitude as well as music. Revolutionary it definitely was. Glorious days.
i wouldn't say punk "flushed prog rock down the toilet". There was Pink Floyd, Genesis and more before punk and there was after punk. It just added another option.
That guitar Riff. The drums ,the singer, the sneer , & vicious pretending to play bass magnificent
"That guitar Riff." Taken from ABBA's SOS?
Still taken from abba
@@Acke1959 Good artists borrow, great artists steal. I don't think ABBA needs a defence force. They managed okay. What they didn't do was change the face of music.
They're all pretending. It's a studio filmed for top of the pop's
@@Boilingfrogg who fucking cares???
that intro riff is so iconic, it must be every punk guitarist aspiration come up idea
Glenn. Bass rhythm lead. Take him away and there's nothing left.
Abba - Does your mother know
Simplest guitar riff in history as well
The best intro.
Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful world
That opening Jone's guitar riff still sends shivers down my spine today. It's like a rallying call to arms!
Amen
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It’s brilliant and so easy to play 🎸
Totally agree about Steve's ruff it makes the song
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Imagine , if you will, a 16 year old Aberdonian just left school, about to start an apprenticeship in just over a weeks time turning on TOTP and coming across this.
Never has television changed my life before or since.
Had never heard punk rock.
Blew my mind .
Totally changed my listening habits and outlook.
As an old fart, this still sends a shiver up and down my spine
And their 1st gig was banned.....in Caerphilly.
I was only 11 at the time but....ditto
Same. Now 62. We know.
Same
Pretty cool comment there mate.
And yes , I actually can imagine it👍
I’m 62 now so I feel the vibe in your comment.
Fantastic!!!
I remember hearing this on the radio in 1977 when I was 12. Changed my life forever. You really had to be there to understand how revolutionary these guys were.
Tim I was there,, unfortunately I Was 5 years old.
Remember them at 11 blew my little ears off and made me become overtly aggressive
Same here doubt anything today can have the same impact as the Pistols, Clash or Motorhead
It was mid 1977, the public service broadcaster on it's radio music channel, "Radio 1" that could play, for example, the Bee Gees, (from Saturday Night Fever, i.e disco. Ugh!) Followed by this! Mental.
I was one at the time and still remember listening to them in my pram on the way to the shops. 👌
Tears in my eyes watching this! The music industry today is boring in comparison. The energy and excitement at that time was brilliant.
Yes you are right. It's conformist, sanitized, conveyor belt, dull, repetitive and sounds the same.
@@paolobenmore3504 one album only ~ sounds the the same . ?
UH their early work was great then that whole opiate addiction and stab a bitch
@@paolobenmore3504 Just like the people are in general nowadays.
Seriously? I've always enjoyed watching dumpster fires and the collapse of society
@@8xRedMonkeyx8 hehe
One of the best intros to any song - it simply never gets old.
agree
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Agree.
drove me mum up the effing wall....😂
the best intro of all the time is Sex Pistols pretty vacant
the effect this band had on the back of 1 album was truly profound
Spot on man😊
and the front.
This will never get old: as a guitarist, I totally dismiss comments about the Pistols' musical talent. There are very few around today with this energy....
Glen Matlock wrote the Pistols classic songs & was a good guitar player who revered the great rock bands of his youth like the Small Faces. Johnny Rotten brought the whole cynical & confrontational sneering "punk" attitude that injected the venom into their songs & caused such outrage in that more innocent era. It was a magical partnership but unfortunately he disliked Matlock & wanted him out of the band for being too straight & his buddy Vicious in to make it more in his image - he may have looked better on a poster but it killed the band musically.
me too ,ok steve wasnt eddie van halen - he kept it simple but so effective
@@JohnSmith-oe4ci a slight irony in what you wrote ,When John joined the band ,him & Glen were trying to find some ' common musical ground ' & the Small Faces were one of few they both rated..
In truth the one thing they ALL had in common before the Pistols was Paul'n'Steve , Matlock & Lydon before they'd all met were all at the same Rod Stewart & the Faces gig at the Roundhouse ..
@@JohnSmith-oe4ci i don't think there was much thought to making the Pistols in 'his image' by using Sid ,they had very different styles. but Lydon was the 'outsider' in the group. Paul'n'Steve came together & knew McClaren before John, & Glen worked in Malcolm & Vivs shop . Explaining why (Kutie Jones) & his' Sex Pistols 'was already the groups name , on a SEX tshirt anyway. with Steve on vocals & Wally Nightingale on guitar they did play a gig. But Wally didn't have 'the look' so was outed & McClaren encouraged Jones to continue practicing guitar...
McClaren wanted Glen out more than John it seems , Sid had been considered as a possible lead vocalist previously. So Lydon used the opportunity to get a mate in, It backfired somewhat as Sid for many became the main man in the band at later gigs becoming 'the one to watch'
Steve Jones is one of the tightest guitarists even. Highly underrated. Like Rick Parfitt. Many detractors but few can do it as well.
The impact they made with 1 album has never been matched.
At school, had such a raw impact on us....
The impact was across the globe, across the decades
@@Andy-dh7ti Na!
another nevermind
Imagine they had managed to get out another album before the end.... would have been great...
The best and most recognisable opening bars to any music, ever........
I think alternative ulster beats it to that accolade
@@Andy-m3l Why not? How about Bonzo Goes to Bitburg or Teenage Kicks?
Finally, someone restored the video, better sound and picture quality, it deserved it
The raw power of this band made them icons on the strength of one album! They were absolute game changers!
The greatest ever Rock Video in the history of Music.
R.I.P Sid❤
Sid was a joke mate😅😅😅the other 3 did all the work he cant even play a Bass guiter 😅
@@dalebrennan7615 Well, the other 4 really. Glen Matlock actually played the bass on Pretty Vacant before being sacked. Sid couldn't play true, but in the punk tradition I think that makes him even cooler 😄
Never before has a band had such an impact on the music industry with just one magnificent album. It's still as fresh and powerful as ever.
Yes
@@garyholmes2568
Nonsense
Bollocks
Now when "little bit" older(63) still got the same vibes.. as back then. See & hear how good Paul is on drums.
One of the greatest songs ever recorded..Steve Jones's guitar sound and playing is groundbreaking. The drumming is superb, frontman Johnny Rotten is legendary, and Glen Matlock,s bass playing is perfect. Totally underrated as musicians
Steve Jones on bass.
@@andreroswell1561 Jones played both lead and bass because Vicious was useless.
@@andreroswell1561 Matlock on bass on the recording.
Ground breaking? 🤣
@@ACDZ123 TROLL
That guitar intro, still sends shivers down me spine. One of the high points of human evolution
みんなかっこいい。
新しい時代の幕開けって感じで、ピストルズの映像で一番好きなのがこれ。
One of the greatest bands ever.
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And one of the greatest songs ever .. !!!
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Holy Toledo! Great song from Greatest Album Ever Recorded. Paul Cook is just perfect playing with Steve Jones like he does. Then Johnny laying down the perfect vocals. No wonder their album is still so important after 40+ years, and its stature will just grow and grow.
Boy do we need them back with all this crap music that’s bangin about!!
Absolutely right mate the music today is manufactured rubbish
100 per cent man they were the old days 😅
Ammetto che la musica di oggi non è un granché ma questa di stu gruppo che li sto guardando di proposito per vedere che musica facevano è meglio che tappo l'orecchie questo gruppo ha parlato male di Freddie Mercury i Queen ma loro fanno uno schifo totale tutta invidia anche da morto Freddie ha ancora successo
Johnny is one of the most charismatic singer ever!!
The sex pistols made the 70`s
Totally agreed
LadyLynd still is 👍🏻🍀god save johnny
@@igorstein5616 It is what was needed after all those manufactured crappy groups
@@igorstein5616 that is the best part of the 70,s can,t beat it
The greatest punk rock band of all time 😌
True!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can still remember my old man screaming at me to "TURN THAT SH*T DOWN" bahahaha I was 13 and loved this.
I can't Dad. It only goes up (song get's louder)
I think all Dad's from years ago, would shout that to their kids, along with "It's Just Bloody Noise..."
@@MJ.71 not mine
Mine to 🤣🤣
My whole street told me to shut that shit off " loved it
This stunning classic intro came about after Glen heard a few dull sounding notes in the ABBA song SOS and played them to Steve.. Steve did his thing with those dull sounding notes
One of the greatest opening riffs ever!!! Love this track..
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I was rehearsing with my group in a local pub back room one Thursday night and headed to the bar for some drinks. This came on top of the pops on a little telly behind the bar. I shouted the band and we all stood and stared together in admiration. I recall the landlord ignoring us. Still a favourite memory.....
IT WAS SO GREAT TO HAVE THIS MUSIC IN THE 70'S WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.
I am also very grateful for having grown up with this music! Unfortunately, unlike you I didn't hit my teenage years until later in the 70's which meant that I never got the chance to experience seeing them live. I have however been a fan from the start and still am!! 🎵
Unfortunately I didn't grow up while this music was being made, I cant help but feel I was born in the wrong era. 90s kid here, hating all the current shite they pump out! Bring back Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious, they'd sort the music scene out
great days
I was a teenager in the Eighties. I recognize that feeling. Different music. But same feeling.
I'M SURE IT WAS BUT WHY ARE YOU YELLING
I still remember the first time I saw this clip on TV. And will NEVER forget it. AMAZING!
I remember the end of term at school. The music teacher asked us to take in some of our favourite music. This Pistols single got an airing. Despite the crusty adult views at the time, the teacher spoke of the musical qualities of Pretty Vacant. Our teacher was rock and roll.
People mocked them in their day and still do today but they missed so much. Lets take the music first; If you play guitar you will know that the song consists of about 4 or 5 power chords (power chords are easy to play for beginners and sound great) So some will say they couldn't play properly - wrong. The riffs between chords are excellent and make it come alive. The drumming is superb, coming in during the A minor arpeggio is a fabulous sound.
The lyrics are very meaningful and of their time. And then there is front man Johnny Rotten. His look is breath-taking when first encountered and his method of singing was 'brand new ' at the time.
These guys were literally thrown together by Mclaren with a 'you learn guitar, you learn bass - you drums and you lyrics. None of them had ever played a note.
To write a song of this magnitude from nothing is almost unbelievable...... it wasn't done for them like today's wishy washy line ups. They wrote and played everything. So despite appearances and reputation, these were actually very talented people.
+Fred Server. You must be American.
+Fred Server A spot on post, especially for the uninititated. If only Tony Wilson managed them instead of Malcolm....
+Fred Server NO, I'm not American. I am English and I went to see their last ever concert in The UK. Although no one knew at the time it was their last (Ivanhoe's, Huddersfield - Christmas day) and against their image it was a charity concert for kids. Mclaren asked us to help blow balloons up to drop on them at the end. It was like a party all day. I didn't play a guitar back then but in later years I taught myself and thought one day.... I will learn a few pistols songs to impress a few friends of similar age.... it was then I realised how cleverly the songs were constructed. If you don't play but are a fan of the pistols - buy a cheap copy guitar (ebay £70) and a second hand amp with effects already inside it (ebay £100) and teach yourself. (not a practice amp - they really are bad and will make you give up)
This song and others can be played just using power chords (using just 2 fingers) - apart from the riffs which you can learn later as you get better. UA-cam has plenty of backing tracks minus lead guitar that you can use to play along to... First time I played a few pistols numbers to my friends that were around when they were using a ghetto blaster to play the backing track and me on lead and amp - they were blown away.
for me they just epitomise the fact you don't need to be tachnically talented to make great music, or that even if you are technically proficient, sometimes simplicity can say a lot more than complexity. i think they were one of the first to show that agression, not giving a fuck and passion could translate into refreshingly simple, raw music
+Fred Server I started learning playing guitar only a few years ago, and I tackled God save the Queen. Bad choice for a beginner. Who said this music can be played by anyone? It took me almost a year before I could play it in a fair manner (also because of the many incorrect version available on the net - one should get the Lick Library DVD). I agree with you: it takes some genius to put together such music. And, as far as I am concerned, this sound and the message are still valid today.
Still gives me goosebumpy vibes at the intro after 40 odd years. Heard of them long before that famous vid on Top of the Plops. That night wen they was on, my old man who was a bit of a rocker back in the 50's said ' Gawd state of them' but the excitement i felt and shouted ' Yeesss ! ' Dad thought i was mad lol. Seen them live, couple times and music changed for the masses from then on. . God bless the Pistols.
Sid looking at his bass and wondering ”What the hell is this”.
Well he learned to play eventually... he could do more than history tell... just listen to his "demos" that was unrehearsed...
You’ve got to admit he did it well . I think he was wondering where the fuck have the other 2 strings gone
Everyone knows how switched-on John Lydon is.. But poor Sid-er-ney was, as the song says, Out To Lunch..
Sid said to Lemmy " I can't play this ". Lemmy said " I know ".
Sid Vicious was the "Stu Sutcliffe" of the Sex Pistols. Stu, like Sid could play rudimentary notes on bass and was on stage with The Beatles mainly because of his "cool image". Both died aged 21, although Stu didn't kill his girlfriend..........
Imagine buying this album in Woolworths when it was released at 14 years old … going home and listening to ……. Please take me back to that day
I'm having a great time learning this on my Les Paul. I'm 57 and it's a bloody fantastic feeling. Play it loud and punchy. That's the secret!!!
The remastering of Audio & Visual quality here is stunning .(almost) as exciting as watching it on Top Of The Pops via a 24" TV ,all those years ago....
24" telly? You were posh. Ours was 20
Heard this in 1979 and still love it, thank you for posting this classic Pistols track!!!
The lighting here is amazing, expecially the shadows on Sid's face. It's practically film-noir standard!
The riff is killer.
I like how John just gives up singing at 2:21
Do you ever get the feeling you've been cheated?
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Holy fuck I've never noticed that‼️🤣🤣 'Fuck you and your miming bullshit!!'
I've seen him do it since on a number of occasions when PiL has been 'playing live' on TV shows, somehow never spotted this one though. Love that fucker‼️❤️
😂😂😂 some spot
I grew up when British bands ruled the earth, from Beatles, Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Small Faces, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Free/Bad Company, Thin Lizzy, Queen, and thousands more. Turn up "Never mind the Bollocks" and it's hard, heavy rock/punk, political, poignant, rage and a kick to the nuts. Great songwriting and Steve Jones' guitar drove it along, in Australia the Sex Pistols were the shit in '77. cheers.
johnnywebb You just didnt get it did ya. Punk came along to get rid of All those bands you mentioned they were just so boring.Jonny Rotten said the stones were a corporation back in 76. The idea of Punk was to get Rock n roll back to its roots. Until The Sex Pistols came along all we had was the Old Grey Whistle Test and that boring old fart who was the best sediment for insomniacs that was on at 11 O`clock at night before the dot in the middle of screen came on and oh yeah Freaks were a thing of the past Good on ya Jonny
igor stein Everyone knows most of the punk bands were shit and as soon as they learnt to play properly they became new wave and the cycle starts again. ie. Stranglers, the Clash. When real musicians realised punk was crap and going nowhere, we had a new generation of rock bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, Guns & Roses plus all the crappy hair bands of the 80's. Steve Jones even admits he was never a punk, he just wanted to play in a good rock band but McLaren brought Sid into the band for his punk look, he couldn't play, couldn't sing, couldn't write and fucked the band up.
johnnywebb Bullshit
Johnnys right Sid couldn't play or sing, Malcolm literally did just bring Sid in because he fit the look he wanted, I believe they still got in Matlock to record a few songs though
Joe_adams_ music Ah.......the "Stu" Sutcliffe of the punk generation. "Stu" was another "bassist" who gave the early Beatles credibility only because he was so good looking and cooooool!
Best punk song by the best punk band.
This is one of the best 12 songs ever. The other 11 are on Never Mind The Bollocks.
true
true too, also the 12 most epic songs ever are on the Never Mind The Bollocks. That's 24 then, no? Okay, but it's good as 24. That's 12 better than the usual good 12 track album. Twice as good is how good it is
+Der Pif whats there best album? I recentely discovered them,love this song!.... what album should i buy?
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
Emily Carter
doesn't matter, actually there is just different sleeves with this one, they are all the same album
Always loved this album & still listen to it regularly. All those different coloured punk vinyl records will be cherished forever.
One of the best rock 'n' roll songs ever written.
Songs like this make feel like a human being! I am 67 and i still get goosebumps because it is always relevant ❤
Me to I was 16 now 62
Same here mate ,brings back memories of smoke filled Pubs a pints of Snake Bite and Micky Mouse .When The Sex Pistols sang this song the whole of the UK wanted to be Punk Rockers and out went them boring Hippy Bell Bottom long haired boring leftovers from the 60`s .Loads of me mates are brown bread from the Driink and leading wild lives ,This music makes me want to be 20 again and with me mates in a smoke filled packed Boozer ,hey your only here once so enjoy the crack and forget about the pipe and slippers bunch ,join me with a Snake Bite and Bollox to the rest of them .I train with weights and run and can still have a brawl and yes i do believe in God but as we always said in the Pub swiggin a pint `your a long time dead`
I’m 60 next birthday - I was thinking theyell be a lot of pensioners listening to punk and other rock music. We’ve broken a stuffed up society, or at least the bands have, we’ve contributed by following them. I feel rather cool listening to this at 1am and dancing round my flat. Or doing martial arts moves whilst my father is probably quietly turning in his urn on the mantelpiece 😂
What is strange about this video is that it was the first time we saw the Sex Pistols on the most popular pop music show in the UK. Their previous singles had been banned, so unless you went out and bought them, you could't hear them anywhere, and you couldn't see them on TV. (The infamous "Grundy" interview with them was only shown in London, but got them a reputation as being trouble). So this was the first time that my 13 year old self had seen them performing. I don't think I was that impressed at the time, but I now think they are one of the most important bands in history!
Best band ever ever, I didn't see them live, I Was only 14 when punk started. 58 now still a punk rocker
my teen age years
I seen them 96 reunion tour and glad I went but felt this doesn't feel right the whole gig 🤣😂😳😳 (Glasgow SECC),,I was 10 in 1976
Trust me 96 at Finsbury Park was like they had never gone away. The bloated sound and Lydons voice was as angry as it ever was. Fantastic.
The Pistols, The Clash, Planet Gong, Steve Hillage, Pink Floyd and a whole load of smoke and whizz and psychedelics; that was my 1977, a great time to be young !!!!
ピストルズは、いろいろと問題あったバンドだったけど⁉️カッコ良かった‼️この映像も‼️カッコ良すぎる‼️
This is the first song I heard by them just as I was entering my punk phase in 1980, a few years after its original release. I thought it sounded very unusual and completely unlike anything I've heard before. I loved it.
The greatest, dirtiest opening riff of all time. Makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when I hear it…still. God Save The Sex Pistols
and it still does now that's the sign of a classic
Dommer1973 don’t take me alive - Steely Dan
@@norsketilbakeblikk3717 Is that a joke?
My ringtone.
"God save the sex pistols" indeed... they're a bunch of wholesome blokes - they just like wearing filthy clothes and swapping filthy jokes. :)
I remember being just about to start secondary school. I'd being seeing reports about the Sex Pistols in the tabloids. When I finally heard them (this song) it really hit me. The power, the attitude. It remains as powerful now.
Correct,,1978 I started high school and the impact Never mind the bollocks,,, still had was impressive and influential
same and I agree, its really raw and agressive isn't it? Love it
😎
Brilliant guitar beginning and neat guitar ending
2 albums were ground-breaking dark side of the moon and never mind the bollocks so far apart musically but both lyrically spot on !
It's an absolute classic of a song
The riff and lyrics are class and.timeless,better days.😅
Swift,Perry and the rest are crap,look back to real music for quality.😊
Went to a vintage fair yesterday guy was playing some great sounds from his mobile disco,an old Bedford camper ! This song came up ,bloody marvellous 😊
In my opinion the best punk song EVER, and what a brilliant video,and not to forget, a brilliant band.
Its only really Lydons vocals that give it a 'punk vibe ' .after watching the video on TOTP when it was released , (getting a detention after rushing out to buy & listen) I thought in terms of the few rock/pop bands I'd heard- Cockney Rebel ,T Rex, the Sweet...
Best punk song ever is When I die by GG Allin 💀💀
I remember being young and buying this album and full volume thrashing it in the front room of my parents house. I can remember my dad was home and out of no where starting pogoing with me. He had come home early and heard my album and proceeded to listen and jump around with me. Best memories😄😄😄😄😄
:-) ^^
aww
Cutee
Fantastic😎😎😎😎
Absolutely brilliant story my friend. 😆
This is such a brilliant song. You've got the guitar riff at the start which is one of the most iconic intros ever, then Paul Cook comes in on the drums. Fucking brilliant.
You said it well sir! Couldn't agree more!!!
This is the greatest footage of any band ever.
That intro by Jones will remain with me till I die! Second to none and part of my adolescent years. First saw this performed on TOTP while staying at my sister's home in Bath and that vision and sound became deeply ingrained in my subconscious mind and whenever I hear this song it conjures up a place of safety and refuge from a maniacal, drunken Dad.
Perhaps, like Sid, I longed for that normal father figure that my brother in law personified and who was teetotal.
Possibly the best rock song ever.
45 years later and Johnny's still out to lunch!! What an inspiration to us all
So much raw energy a great time to be young and the best
#Lyrics
There's no point in asking
You'll get no reply
Oh just remember I don't decide
I got no reason it's all too much
You'll always find us
Out to lunch
Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
We're vacant
Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
Vacant
Don't ask us to attend
'Cos we're not all there
Oh don't pretend 'cos I don't care
I don't believe illusions 'cos too much is real
So stop your cheap comment
'Cos we know what we feel
Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
We're vacant
Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
Vacant
Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
Ah but now
And we don't care
There's no point in asking
You'll get no reply
Oh just remember I don't decide
I got no reason it's all too much
You'll always find us
Out to lunch
Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
We're vacant
Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
Vacant
Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
Ah but now
And we don't care
We're pretty a-pretty vacant
We're pretty a-pretty vacant
We're pretty a-pretty vacant
We're pretty a-pretty vacant
And we don't care
Great energy! One of the best bands ever!
Sir John Lydon is a fucking "National Treasure" !!!!
They made a huge impact in the music industry. Utter class. 😊❤
A great band of their time, no doubt about it. I loved them for their 'So fucking what' attitude and still do all these years later. They were (and still are) very underestimated, in my opinion.
Of course, they aren't underated or underestimated, they are widely considered the greatest punk band of all time for both their cultural and musical impact...
@@paulph12002 it seems a recurring point on UA-cam comments for people to say their favourites 'were underrated ' , 'ahead of their time ' , 'unfairly ignored '...its hard to think of any new group that lasted from first rehearsal to final gig around 2 & half years that have been higher rated & euologised ...
The song that changed my life and everyone else's aged 10 at the time.
To anybody that is slagging them off obviously you weren't there when it came out so you haven't got a clue how life changing it was.
They produced one album and 40 years on their songs are still being played. Their reunion tours sell out within a few hours, I reckon that constitutes talent.
2024 and I am listening again.
I'm too☝️🤘💪
That awesum intro...sticks with u after all these years..the whole Album NTB is legendary.
Is it me but would just love to hear an opera singer singing Johnny Rotten's part in a prim, proper & posh BBC english accent. Would really slap, good 'n proper. Or is it just too weird for most folk?
The very first Punk Rock song back in '77 when I played air guitar as a 7 year old kid...
My parents never understood my dedication to Punk and later Oi!...😂
This song will never get stale.
Classic song. how bloody good is Paul Cook? Such a great drummer
The sound and the mix are heavier ... awesome
One of the best opening guitar riffs ever
The opening guitar riff of Pretty Vacant is evocative of, and the equal of, the memorable and hair-raising opening few bars of Gimme Shelter. And is criminally under-rated by the media.
made number 33 in the BBC Radio 2 greatest guitar riffs ever poll the other day...
there is hope yet
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Completely agree. The visceral impact of when the power chords kick in at the beginning and Johnny Rottens apparent indifference to them puts me in mind of Townsend's power chords at the end of Won't Get Fooled Again - a great moment....
Absolutely spot on!
Shivers listening, remembering the first time I heard it as a 16 year old. Amazing.
" They couldn't play/sing " was bollocks and part of the swindle. They wrote and executed an album of some of the catchiest tunes ever, but played and sung them with a razors edge.
I know my reply is irrelevant to your comment, but these music videos would have way more views if they weren't banned in Canada and the US, the only one not banned is Holidays in the sun.
Agreed. They were basic, but not incompetent
hes in tune
The biggest myth in music is they couldn’t play. Sid couldn’t. Steve Jones was an accomplished guitarist, every producer they worked with said so too. Listen to some of the lead guitar runs in this song. It just didn’t fit with the image to act like they spent plenty of time learning their craft. But that’s part of the great rock n roll swindle isn’t it?
... best song ever!!??!!
The Pistols are now starting to get the recognition they deserve. Too me they are the top band of of all time.
Everything that was 'punk' is encapsulated in this song/video. From Cookie lobbing his can aside before banging the drums to Rotten at the end when spastic 'he. drops the mic. Wonderful.
0:58 Sid's like, "What the hell is this thing?"
My all time favourite Sex Pistols song. Thank you ABBA for the riff!
It's my favourite sex pistols song too, it's awesome 🤘
Don't know about others ,but I assume the 'Abba riff' is the guitar part in SOS that comes in after "How can I even try to go on" , but not as obvious as 'Hello, I love you' (doors) for Submission of the opening riff to 'Liar (N Y Dolls -'puss in boots')
@@madmickometal5205 it seems everyone loves the song ....apart from Steve Jones , who strangely has never really liked it..
@@andchat6241 Needle and the Spoon ?
Best guitar solo ever by the one and only The Sex Pistols absolutely brilliant start with tremendous guitar intro.
The only problem being Steve Jones has never really liked the song...
@@andchat6241ha! He would say that. Same as he still claims that Chris Spedding plays on the album rather than himself. The Swindle goes on!
One of the instantly recognised intros what a band another supreme band from England its not fair why are the English so talented but im glad they are👏.
One of the greatest bands to change everything
They look so cool here, especially Jonesy and Sid. They really gave it some bollocks, and that's why they're still revered today, even if they only made one album.
One Off the best Intros in Punk music ! Greetings from Germany !
Echt eines der Besten
One of the greatest characters there's ever been in British music history. RIP You crazy muvvas minge ❤❤
So cool. IMO the greatest 3 min single ever. And by the way they were good and knew what they were doing.
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Is my favourite song. Seis pistolas, le decía yo a mi viejo cuando me preguntaba por el nombre de "esta gente tan ruidosa". Sin duda, marcó mi adolescencia y juventud. INMORTALES.
I was 16 at the time now 63 still blown away ffs !!
I was about 15 when this was released. It's hard to describe the impact the Sex Pistols had. It flushed all the hippy music and prog. rock down the toilet.
The music press actually hated punk when it came out - only begrudgingly accepting it when it became trendy. It changed fashion and attitude as well as music. Revolutionary it definitely was.
Glorious days.
Me too
I tell you WHAT you can write an essay you PUNK ROCKER you
i wouldn't say punk "flushed prog rock down the toilet". There was Pink Floyd, Genesis and more before punk and there was after punk. It just added another option.
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They had to start making 3-5 minute pop or rock tracks once more. The days of Arthur on ice and 25-minute drum solos were over.
@@anonUKKing Arthur on ice!😂😅 With real horses. Oops. Couldn't do that.😂