@Goesdeep yes it was this version. From the movie the great rock and roll swindle. I thought it wax so cool at the time I heard it in goodfellas as punk had fizzled out and been a bit forgotten then wow their playing sids my way
He tried to get Sinatra's version for the film but the Sinatra family denied him it, so he used Sid's version instead. Glad it turned out that way as Sid's version was perfect for Goodfella's.
Sid was shitting all over this song when he did it, and yet he performs it with the most authenticity. Even the guy who wrote the original has said that this is the definitive version.
"The guy" was Paul Anka, a legend in his own right. And he never said Sid's version was the definitive version. He said, and I quote, “I loved it; I was really flattered and amused by his version. What he did worked as both a goof and a sincere take - which was a pretty amazing accomplishment."
Yo T. You ought to check out some Black Flag. The guitarist/founder Gregg Ghin has got wild riffs unique in the entire animal kingdom. Sometimes sounds noisy, but I checked the math.
in many ways i feel punk fo the 70's and 80's are similar in many ways. kids talking about their hood or punks talking about they way of the young on the streets.
Leonard Cohen about Sid Vicious singing My Way: "I never liked this song [“My Way”] except when Sid Vicious did it. Sung straight, it somehow deprives the appetite of a certain taste we’d like to have on our lips. When Sid Vicious did it, he provided that other side to the song; the certainty, the self- congratulation, the daily heroism of Sinatra’s version is completely exploded by this desperate, mad, humorous voice. I can’t go round in a raincoat and fedora looking over my life saying I did it my way - well, for 10 minutes in some American bar over a gin and tonic you might be able to get away with it. But Sid Vicious’s rendition takes in everybody; everybody is messed up like that, everybody is the mad hero of his own drama. It explodes the whole culture this self-presentation can take place in, so it completes the song for me."
Sid was widely known as the worst member of the band, even to the point where they world unplug him for most of their concerts, BUT the pistols wouldn't have been the Pistols without him!
They didn't do much their way other than drug themselves to death. Not much time for actually doing anything their way. John Lydon's still around 40+ years after Sid and Nancy's deaths. Lots of time to do things his way.
I'd disagree- you can call him "iconic" but he was a car crash of a personality, fundamentally part of the Pistols demise and a drug addict who ended up a murderer. Not a legend in my book.
@@Thesortvokter He was a terrible bass player who could hardly play the instrument. Not my view but the views of his band mates. He was an awful musician.
I was a young punk in the 70's and Sid was a punk icon and a role model for me and my friends. I remember seeing this on TV late one night and it blew me away! Great nostalgia, cheers! Check out 'Pretty Vacant', 'Anarchy in The UK', or any track off the Bollocks album, they're all class
Sid was obviously having fun goofing on this song, but his solo version of the old Eddie Cochran classic "Something Else" is legitimately straight-up great rock & roll. Check it out.
I agree, I think he was talented, he played drums for Siouxsie and the Banshees, he learned bass when he joined the Pistols. But when your mom supplies you with heroin from a young age.. He tried to kick it on the US tour, couldn't. When they got back to the UK, 1st thing, he got some and O.D.'d.
You should dive into more punk rock, T. There's a big rich history of tongue-in-cheek, humor, sarcasm and absurdity under-lying it all. It can be very serious social-commentary while also being absurd. I particularly enjoy the 80s American underground punk scene. The interesting thing about that era is that the mainstream completely ignored it so artists weren't concerned with fame nor money (for the most part) and they just did what they did. Very interesting time. You should start doing a deep-dive.
I gave the Pistols a spin after learning that many of my favorite hair metal stars were Pistols fans. There was also the large number of punk albums (including Never Mind the Bullocks) in a 1988 list of 100 greatest hard rock albs in hair metal magazine Circus.
It’s been YEARS since I‘ve heard this. I was obsessed with the Sex Pistols n the mid-80‘s as a teenager and this was always a favourite. Who Killed Bambi or The Great Rock n Roll Swindle were great tunes from this same movie.
One of the best Sex Pistols songs is Friggin' in the Riggin, i believe it's an old Irish folk song that was first written in the 17th century. It has been covered by a lot of artists over the years but the Sex Pistols version will blow your mind and you will be singing it all day.
Oh this takes me back to my youth, it sounds pretty good actually even after all those years, the pop stars of today have no soul or originality, even the "punk" bands of today sound bland compared to this. Brilliant stuff
Paul Anka who wrote the english version of the song for Sinatra loved this version more and gave the green light for the cover and for it being in Good Fellas.
I was already laughing once I saw this name of this video and before literally playing it. Gary Oldman did a pretty good rendition of this to in the movie Sid and Nancy.
The singer is Johnny Rotten the bassist is Sid Vicous who half the time wasn’t even plugged in, because he was so doped out. But Johnny wanted him in the band because he fit the lifestyle and aesthetic of punk.
"half the time wasn’t even plugged in" That's not true. You can hear him playing in the live concert videos. And he didn't play bass on the studio album, Glenn did.
This is from the video "The Greatest Rock-n-Roll Swindle". A similar, but more fun version of this song was done by the German "Mother of Punk" Nina Hagen.
This was actually a Sex Pistols song as Jones and Cook play the punk part, in fact the guy at the end holding up the Ten Commandments of punk is the Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.
SId could actually sing if he tried but never did and was Malcoms first choice for lead singer of the Pistols. He became a parody of himself and was used to death.
Other Sex Pistols recommendations: Bodies EMI Friggin' in the Riggin' Rock and Roll Swindle Johnny B. Good/Roadrunner (cover) :) Edit: Also, Public Image Limited aka PIL is Johnny Rotten's band after the Sex Pistols. Their song, Rise, is really good and very different from the Sex Pistols. It has more in common with 80s reggae.
More punk, please. The Damned, Minutemen, Black Flag, DK, MDC, The Dils, Poison Girls, Conflict, Varukers, Bad Brains, Reagan Youth, Articles Of Faith, CRASS etc.
The Dead Kennedys, The Stooges, The Clash, The Boys, Television, Siouxsie and the Banshees, MC5, The Dead Boys, The Germs, The New York Dolls, Generation X etc...
This was part of the Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock'n'roll Swindle, which is where the guy holding up the 10 commandments comes in, they are 10 lessons in getting to the top on the music industry. The film wasn't released until 1980, but was mostly filmed in 1978. This single and video were released in 1978 and I remember part of it being shown in news coverage of Sid Vicious death in 1979.
I remember at the time when Sid was in the news about something or other, his mother was interviewed outside her house and the TV company put the caption 'Mrs Vicious' underneath her image.
I don't know if you've ever heard of it or not but there is a movie called Sid and Nancy about the life and times of Sid and Gary Oldman Portrays Sid Vicious and sings this song in the movie and doesn't absolutely phenomenal job like always I mean Even actors say that they believe that Gary olman might be the greatest actor in history because he is so diverse but you should check it out it's it's pretty awesome actually. I would say that I think this Sex Pistols biggest hit was Anarchy in the UK. But I could be wrong.
Sid Vicious did two other songs on the Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle. Both covers of Johnny Cochran songs. Something Else and C'mon Everybody. Actually quite great songs. The story goes that Malcolm McLaren's then girlfriend Vivienne Westwood told him about this John guy who would be perfect for Sex Pistols as a vocalist. They got John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) but Vivienne was talking about John Simon Ritchie (Sid Vicious). He was in a band called The Flowers of Romance before joining Sex Pistols. Wrote the song Belsen Was A Gas back then. Lydon and Ritchie shared a flat with two other John's. Grey and Wardle. Locally the were known as the 4 John's. Wardle later changed his name to Jah Wobble and played with Lydon in Public Image Limited or PIL
Sid was John Lydon's friend Westwood had fuc all to do with it. When the only bloke he could play an instrument bass Glen Matlock left Lydon got his old time mate to join. Something Lydon regretted in later life. He blamed himself for the tragic end it ended up in. Lydon was the vocalist in the band Sid just messed about with the bass.
Jah said in a book that when he was introduced to Sid and Sid asked him his name, because he was so pissed that instead of John Wardle it came out as Jah Warble. I read that in a book that Jah was being interviewed for. Sid thought that was hilarious and the name stuck.
@@fredshred5194 Westwood told Malcolm that she thought John (Sid ) would make a good front man. So when John (Lydon) came into the shop(SEX) Malcolm got him to sing and thought he was ok. Later Vivienne said to Malcolm, I meant the other one.
He was going to be the singer for the Damned ,but missed the audition so Vanian got it instead.According to Lydon's book he didn't want to do My Way and spent all his time trying to learn the bass.
I got to see Johnny live with his band PIL. They were amazing. Only time I ever saw an opening act do an oncore. They did Holidays in the Sun by the Sex Pistols. The place went insane. The main act didn't get close to that fan energy.
Here's another unexpected crossover deserving a reaction clip: Legendary Punk singer Wendy O. Williams (The Plasmatics) joining Metal deity Lemmy (Motörhead) in singing Country music icon Tammy Wynette's ''Stand by your man.'' A rendition which makes Tammy's soul cry tears from heaven. 😂 PS - Don't miss (YT): "Butcher Baby - Plasmatics live television performance.''
I am quite new to your channel and got here by searching some stuff I used to listen to a lot in the 90s like the Dead Kennedys, Crass and the Exploited. Maybe you can listen to Minor Threat or Fugazi. They are really worthwhile too.
John lydon , the best front man ever , smart guy The Pistols revolutionised music in the 70s, paved the way for bands such as The Clash , The Banshees , Sham 69 etc . They encouraged the younger generation to think more critically about matters that affected their lives , to question authority, don't trust establishment figures, be mindful of corruption within power structures etc .Punk embodied an attitude of " f..k you, " , and it waa both emancipating and liberating. Those who grew up as teens in the 70s , and who were on the punk scene , still embody those same attitudes , I can still detect a punk at 50 paces lol 😆
His "work" was mostly being an obnoxious and violent junkie. His musical legacy was near zero. This was quite a fun video though even if it's not that good. Not half bad Johnny Rotten impression.
This is a scene from the Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock N Roll Swindle, which was pretty much an unwatchable mish-mash. This is the best thing in it.
For a great read and a really good look at Sid, the Sex pistols and the birth of punk, I suggest the book 12 Days On The Road: The Sex Pistols And America by Noel Monk who was the road manager for their one and only tour which was thru the southern US. and ended at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Noel was also the stage manager for Woodstock.
@@kevinbrewis6014 The Cow Palace is where a crowd of Evel Knievel fans kicked the crap out of a bunch of Hells Angels, there's a great video on the Tube. I got em mixed up!
I bought this single at the time. Came in a picture cover of this performance. As teens we thought it was funny he uses some 'foul' language. My mother had already got me into Sinatra big time but of course I thought this was great. "Sid was a moron" Roger Taylor, Queen
I didn't even know he did anyone solo stuff....I know this though, John Lydon/Johnny Rotten in the later years had said he wished he didn't bring Sid into the band as either he couldn't handle it or the fame got to him and took things too far or both..,,,something like that? Actually I do remember seeing this video, the shooting at the end reminded me of it
The video was a clip from The great rock n roll swindle film. My way / The biggest blow 12" was the first punk single i ever got, in 1983. My fave Sex Pistols songs are Satellite, Belson was a gas and Friggin in the riggin
Originally some French jazz musicians played on this song but later that was scrapped and Steve Jones re-recorded the guitar. Not sure if Jones did the bass. I think Paul Cook was on drums. I'd love to hear the version with the French guitarist and love to know who they are and if they are well known guitarist.
Good reaction. You didn't constantly stop the video to talk about stuff. You let it play. Sadly, Sid was a poor kid born with 2 strikes against him already. A life-long junkie, he didn't have a clue how to play bass guitar or make music. But he had the punk attitude in spades. As I recall, he murdered his American girlfriend and then died of a heroin overdose while out on bail. But, with chance and circumstance, he did have his moment in the sun. RIP John Simon Ritchie (aka Sid Vicious).
@@Zubareffstream111 I doubt it very much. The guy spent 90% of his life in a drug-induced daze and he was a known knife enthusiast. I recall an article from many years ago, written by Nancy Spungen's mother, talking about how they all met at dinner and Sid would go on about his knives. Three of four guys broke in and killed her? That's a little too convenient. More like a conspiracy theory.
With your opening remarks about frank Sinatra's my way i thought Shit this might not go down well i used to have SID SINGS the album until my album collection five beer crates full got stolen in 1994 i know who but couldn't prove it or do anything about it (SKINHEAD) and a scary one at that he had stabbed my best friend a year earlier (he was ok) but only though luck. Anyway off track please check out MISSING TEETHs song THE PLAGUE live at New Zealand Punk fest 2007 it's a really good recording and video and this crusty stinky old punk is somewhere in the seething mass of arms and legs trying to survive these young chicken's thrashing around
Sucks, lost many of my early record's similar way. Then way more stolen over years & then most our stuff later. So we get it! Where ya live? I know some people... 😘 bet he's a puss now! Most are. But vengeance is sweet & sometimes karma needs help... (i play, kinda😉) Really, even after almost 30 years, just to get them/ some/any back is good? Truly, as a first attempt, just ask? Some realize they were dicks & may just APPOLIGIZED & hand over all/ what evers left over (hopefully). Or if he's no longer, who ever has his stuff may? If still a jerk, then maybe some strongarming 😘 but heck, almost 30 years. Can't hurt to try? Never know til ya try...
You know it's a great song when Martin Scorsese uses it for closing credits in Goodfellas The man knows how to score a movie
Scorcese knows the score
Perfect song for the end of that film.
@Goesdeep yes it was this version. From the movie the great rock and roll swindle. I thought it wax so cool at the time I heard it in goodfellas as punk had fizzled out and been a bit forgotten then wow their playing sids my way
He tried to get Sinatra's version for the film but the Sinatra family denied him it, so he used Sid's version instead. Glad it turned out that way as Sid's version was perfect for Goodfella's.
Sid would have been a big star
Sid was shitting all over this song when he did it, and yet he performs it with the most authenticity. Even the guy who wrote the original has said that this is the definitive version.
"The guy" was Paul Anka, a legend in his own right. And he never said Sid's version was the definitive version. He said, and I quote, “I loved it; I was really flattered and amused by his version. What he did worked as both a goof and a sincere take - which was a pretty amazing accomplishment."
@@Capnsensible80 Well then, I stand corrected.
@@Capnsensible80it must be the best version coz my mum said it was n she wouldn't lie to me surely
Just an American adaptation of the original song "Comme d'habitude" by Claude François...
I cant get over my joy seeing my African American brothers enjoying punk 😊
Yo T. You ought to check out some Black Flag. The guitarist/founder Gregg Ghin has got wild riffs unique in the entire animal kingdom. Sometimes sounds noisy, but I checked the math.
Dude.... Bad Brains?
There was also Death. Can’t ever forget them.
@@teddydog6229 And every member of all those bands loved the New York Dolls.
in many ways i feel punk fo the 70's and 80's are similar in many ways. kids talking about their hood or punks talking about they way of the young on the streets.
A masterpiece- RIP Sid 😢
Sids was the first version of My Way I heard when I was 12. I didn't hear Frank's til years later so for me this is the original.
Haha - same here! 😁
And Frankie was too wish washy for me after this 😆
@@Lilione111 I like them both. Had a swing phase when I was about 19 lol
Him sticking his two fingers up after firing always makes me laugh
Leonard Cohen about Sid Vicious singing My Way:
"I never liked this song [“My Way”] except when Sid Vicious did it. Sung straight, it somehow deprives the appetite of a certain taste we’d like to have on our lips. When Sid Vicious did it, he provided that other side to the song; the certainty, the self- congratulation, the daily heroism of Sinatra’s version is completely exploded by this desperate, mad, humorous voice. I can’t go round in a raincoat and fedora looking over my life saying I did it my way - well, for 10 minutes in some American bar over a gin and tonic you might be able to get away with it. But Sid Vicious’s rendition takes in everybody; everybody is messed up like that, everybody is the mad hero of his own drama. It explodes the whole culture this self-presentation can take place in, so it completes the song for me."
Sid was widely known as the worst member of the band, even to the point where they world unplug him for most of their concerts, BUT the pistols wouldn't have been the Pistols without him!
except he had nowt to do with their only album.. or song writing. so... no
SID Lives!! He was and will always be an epitome of punk!
Nobody did it their way more than Sid and Nancy.
They didn't do much their way other than drug themselves to death. Not much time for actually doing anything their way. John Lydon's still around 40+ years after Sid and Nancy's deaths. Lots of time to do things his way.
Nancy sucks though. If he didn't hook up with her he would have lived a full life.
@@alukuhito really, dude?
@@johnjohn37371 Really.
Murder/suicide is kind of only one person doing it their way
An absolute Legend
RIP Sid Vicious
🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘
I'd disagree- you can call him "iconic" but he was a car crash of a personality, fundamentally part of the Pistols demise and a drug addict who ended up a murderer. Not a legend in my book.
@@simontomlinson6484 yeah exactly I liked him as a kid but he was a complete bum.
Absolutely ripping bassist...
@@Thesortvokter - You are taking the piss i hope, he was a shit bass player.
@@Thesortvokter He was a terrible bass player who could hardly play the instrument. Not my view but the views of his band mates. He was an awful musician.
Jacques Revaux who wrote My Way said out of all the people he has heard sing MY WAY Sid Viscous did it the best with so much enthusiasm...
Dude i cant believe you actually put this up. True blue punk 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘❤️❤️🤘🤘🤫🤘🤘🤘🤘 rest in peace Sid vicious🥵
I was a young punk in the 70's and Sid was a punk icon and a role model for me and my friends. I remember seeing this on TV late one night and it blew me away! Great nostalgia, cheers! Check out 'Pretty Vacant', 'Anarchy in The UK', or any track off the Bollocks album, they're all class
Sid will always be a punk icon
I remember it being shown on a t.v. programme called Revolver in 1978 the
Show was hosted by the late great peter
Cook. R.I.P Sid ⛓️🔒🔗
I think the point of the song was that it was a horrible degenerate take on the original
I am totally wiv you . The Pistols and Sid was and still is a big influence in my life
Sid was obviously having fun goofing on this song, but his solo version of the old Eddie Cochran classic "Something Else" is legitimately straight-up great rock & roll. Check it out.
And come on everybody!
So that is the greatest rock video ever made., Thank you Sidney.
I have no doubt had Sid not died and was able to get his life in order he would have had success as a solo artist.
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Billy Idol filled the void
I agree, I think he was talented, he played drums for Siouxsie and the Banshees, he learned bass when he joined the Pistols. But when your mom supplies you with heroin from a young age.. He tried to kick it on the US tour, couldn't. When they got back to the UK, 1st thing, he got some and O.D.'d.
Truly a great song and interpretation, of all the people who have sing my way, he is the one who mean it the most
What an incredible video. I've never seen anything like it. I don't know how Sid did it, but it's super entertaining.
Yep. On board. Sid got me for sure. Been a punk fan entire life. This song was my 7th grade anthem! Great reaction.
Such an epic version
You should dive into more punk rock, T. There's a big rich history of tongue-in-cheek, humor, sarcasm and absurdity under-lying it all. It can be very serious social-commentary while also being absurd. I particularly enjoy the 80s American underground punk scene. The interesting thing about that era is that the mainstream completely ignored it so artists weren't concerned with fame nor money (for the most part) and they just did what they did. Very interesting time. You should start doing a deep-dive.
Like Zero Boys. What an absolute gem that Vicious Circle album.
Some punk needs a context to understand it
Sid Viscous!!!!! ❤ he was irreverent, rowdy and rebellious for the sake of being so.
And what's wrong with that?
Vicious
Viscous is funnier. And he was thick. @@kevinbrewis6014
I was always a glam rocker but I loved the Sex Pistols.
I gave the Pistols a spin after learning that many of my favorite hair metal stars were Pistols fans.
There was also the large number of punk albums (including Never Mind the Bullocks) in a 1988 list of 100 greatest hard rock albs in hair metal magazine Circus.
@@davidtingley9978 🎶🐦🇬🇧 Now why do I have a sudden desire to watch Airheads? Lol.
Stand and deliver
This was voted the best ever version of this song
on a other video you see him buy a gun in a PARIS shop, Rip SID !!!
Sid in full 'I don't give a f***' mode
Love steve jones on guitar.
I love this Version.
When he goes punk, then Sid Vicious is doing it HIS way. As promised. 😂
It’s been YEARS since I‘ve heard this. I was obsessed with the Sex Pistols n the mid-80‘s as a teenager and this was always a favourite. Who Killed Bambi or The Great Rock n Roll Swindle were great tunes from this same movie.
One of the best Sex Pistols songs is Friggin' in the Riggin, i believe it's an old Irish folk song that was first written in the 17th century. It has been covered by a lot of artists over the years but the Sex Pistols version will blow your mind and you will be singing it all day.
I had 3 red bellied piranhas, Sid, Vicious and Nancy I named them.
lol! Sis Fishous
Oh this takes me back to my youth, it sounds pretty good actually even after all those years, the pop stars of today have no soul or originality, even the "punk" bands of today sound bland compared to this. Brilliant stuff
This version will not make you tear up 😢😂lol!!
Hahaha you did a funny one
Love it. I actually prefer this cover.
I think Sid Vicious' version actually gets to the reality of the defiant self-pity in this song.
I agree. If you want melancholy self awareness from Sinatra, I have always preferred, "It Was A Very Good Year".....
Paul Anka who wrote the english version of the song for Sinatra loved this version more and gave the green light for the cover and for it being in Good Fellas.
I was already laughing once I saw this name of this video and before literally playing it. Gary Oldman did a pretty good rendition of this to in the movie Sid and Nancy.
The singer is Johnny Rotten the bassist is Sid Vicous who half the time wasn’t even plugged in, because he was so doped out. But Johnny wanted him in the band because he fit the lifestyle and aesthetic of punk.
"half the time wasn’t even plugged in" That's not true. You can hear him playing in the live concert videos. And he didn't play bass on the studio album, Glenn did.
The original version was from Claude Francois a French Idol and Frank Sinatra was the first one who covered the song, it was not his song...
Yes it s True. Claude François wrote lyrics with Gilles Thibaut in 1967 music was composed by Jacques Revaux. Original title is Comme d habitude
The first Ever Karaoke
Wow this reminds me of my CBGB, Max’s Kansas City Days, and my Mudd Club days, when I was in college in The Big Apple 🍎
A sad note is the fact that he committed suicide in 1979 at age 21. RIP.
This is from the video "The Greatest Rock-n-Roll Swindle". A similar, but more fun version of this song was done by the German "Mother of Punk" Nina Hagen.
Gary Oldman is really having a blast of a debut as Sid, love it
This was actually a Sex Pistols song as Jones and Cook play the punk part, in fact the guy at the end holding up the Ten Commandments of punk is the Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.
SId could actually sing if he tried but never did and was Malcoms first choice for lead singer of the Pistols. He became a parody of himself and was used to death.
It’s different, that’s for sure! 😂
They didn't normally kill that many fans at the end of one of their gigs...
What an absolute legend.
Other Sex Pistols recommendations:
Bodies
EMI
Friggin' in the Riggin'
Rock and Roll Swindle
Johnny B. Good/Roadrunner (cover)
:)
Edit: Also, Public Image Limited aka PIL is Johnny Rotten's band after the Sex Pistols. Their song, Rise, is really good and very different from the Sex Pistols. It has more in common with 80s reggae.
I remember this so well from Goodfellas!!!
Always loved this "cover."
Disturbing, yes.
More punk, please. The Damned, Minutemen, Black Flag, DK, MDC, The Dils, Poison Girls, Conflict, Varukers, Bad Brains, Reagan Youth, Articles Of Faith, CRASS etc.
The Dead Kennedys, The Stooges, The Clash, The Boys, Television, Siouxsie and the Banshees, MC5, The Dead Boys, The Germs, The New York Dolls, Generation X etc...
Died at 21😢This song is nothing to do with the Sex Pistols,he was trying to branch out on his own,same as Cmon Everybody
It’s more shocking now than in the 70s, back then we never thought anything like the shooting scene could possibly happen.
Please continue, but try The Damned - Neat Neat Neat or New Rose from their first album.
This was part of the Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock'n'roll Swindle, which is where the guy holding up the 10 commandments comes in, they are 10 lessons in getting to the top on the music industry. The film wasn't released until 1980, but was mostly filmed in 1978. This single and video were released in 1978 and I remember part of it being shown in news coverage of Sid Vicious death in 1979.
I remember at the time when Sid was in the news about something or other, his mother was interviewed outside her house and the TV company put the caption 'Mrs Vicious' underneath her image.
My fav pistols song is silly thing, Steve Jones wrote it about Paul Cook and his drug habits, the original title was silly c#=t, great tune
Actually Paul wrote it about Steve's habit. Steve Jones only found that out many years later.
I don't know if you've ever heard of it or not but there is a movie called Sid and Nancy about the life and times of Sid and Gary Oldman Portrays Sid Vicious and sings this song in the movie and doesn't absolutely phenomenal job like always I mean Even actors say that they believe that Gary olman might be the greatest actor in history because he is so diverse but you should check it out it's it's pretty awesome actually.
I would say that I think this Sex Pistols biggest hit was Anarchy in the UK.
But I could be wrong.
Sid and Nancy was a joke of a movie. Grange Hill in fancy dress.
Oldman
I was 10 when I first saw this video and it shocked me when he began shooting his audience. I was left speechless.
I'd love to see you react to more Sex Pistols. My favorite songs are EMI or Holiday In The Sun.
Sid Vicious did two other songs on the Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle. Both covers of Johnny Cochran songs. Something Else and C'mon Everybody. Actually quite great songs. The story goes that Malcolm McLaren's then girlfriend Vivienne Westwood told him about this John guy who would be perfect for Sex Pistols as a vocalist. They got John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) but Vivienne was talking about John Simon Ritchie (Sid Vicious). He was in a band called The Flowers of Romance before joining Sex Pistols. Wrote the song Belsen Was A Gas back then. Lydon and Ritchie shared a flat with two other John's. Grey and Wardle. Locally the were known as the 4 John's. Wardle later changed his name to Jah Wobble and played with Lydon in Public Image Limited or PIL
Sid was John Lydon's friend Westwood had fuc all to do with it. When the only bloke he could play an instrument bass Glen Matlock left Lydon got his old time mate to join. Something Lydon regretted in later life. He blamed himself for the tragic end it ended up in. Lydon was the vocalist in the band Sid just messed about with the bass.
Jah said in a book that when he was introduced to Sid and Sid asked him his name, because he was so pissed that instead of John Wardle it came out as Jah Warble. I read that in a book that Jah was being interviewed for. Sid thought that was hilarious and the name stuck.
@@fredshred5194 Westwood told Malcolm that she thought John (Sid ) would make a good front man. So when John (Lydon) came into the shop(SEX) Malcolm got him to sing and thought he was ok. Later Vivienne said to Malcolm, I meant the other one.
@@helenbartoszek243 This is what I heard as well and I think that came from Lydon.
He was going to be the singer for the Damned ,but missed the audition so Vanian got it instead.According to Lydon's book he didn't want to do My Way and spent all his time trying to learn the bass.
This is glorious! Thank you!!!
His lyrics are so much better than Sinatra's 😁👍🤣 No one was more punk than Sid.
Joey Ramone is just as punk as Sid was.
The line he says "Today i killed a cat" is something that actually happened. Sid murdered a cat.
Oh Sid...🖤
I got to see Johnny live with his band PIL. They were amazing. Only time I ever saw an opening act do an oncore. They did Holidays in the Sun by the Sex Pistols. The place went insane. The main act didn't get close to that fan energy.
Cool. Lucky you. Sid wasn't around long. Poor guy didn't know if he did or didn't kill his true love. Must have been agonizing. Where was this show?
@@nelsonx5326 Worcester Massachusetts 1988. INXS was the headliner. They were decent. I went to see John Lydon. He delivered!
Nina Simone's version of My Way is a masterpiece
TSOL - Code Blue
Oh yeah wait a minute...
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Poor lad didn't stand a chance. It was the very early 80's. This is part of The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, brainchild of Malcom McLaren.
Here's another unexpected crossover deserving a reaction clip:
Legendary Punk singer Wendy O. Williams (The Plasmatics) joining Metal deity Lemmy (Motörhead) in singing Country music icon Tammy Wynette's ''Stand by your man.'' A rendition which makes Tammy's soul cry tears from heaven. 😂
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One of my favourite film clips. You should check out the punk band the Saints the tracks I’m stranded and Know Your Product.
This ☝️
It’s a great song, the man at the end was holding the ten commandments naked and that’s why it was cut short
I am quite new to your channel and got here by searching some stuff I used to listen to a lot in the 90s like the Dead Kennedys, Crass and the Exploited. Maybe you can listen to Minor Threat or Fugazi. They are really worthwhile too.
John lydon , the best front man ever , smart guy The Pistols revolutionised music in the 70s, paved the way for bands such as The Clash , The Banshees , Sham 69 etc . They encouraged the younger generation to think more critically about matters that affected their lives , to question authority, don't trust establishment figures, be mindful of corruption within power structures etc .Punk embodied an attitude of " f..k you, " , and it waa both emancipating and liberating. Those who grew up as teens in the 70s , and who were on the punk scene , still embody those same attitudes , I can still detect a punk at 50 paces lol 😆
Surprisingly Sid was a massive Eddie Cochran fan and did a couple of his songs
His "work" was mostly being an obnoxious and violent junkie. His musical legacy was near zero. This was quite a fun video though even if it's not that good. Not half bad Johnny Rotten impression.
This is truly the best version of my way 🤘❤️
This is a scene from the Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock N Roll Swindle, which was pretty much an unwatchable mish-mash. This is the best thing in it.
The line about a prat wearing a hat and not saying how he feels was about Mr Rotten
His voice is all to fuck in this. It doesn't sound the same as it is in the film or on the record. It sounds comedic here.
The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle is an awesome movie. That's where this scene is from.
For a great read and a really good look at Sid, the Sex pistols and the birth of punk, I suggest the book 12 Days On The Road: The Sex Pistols And America by Noel Monk who was the road manager for their one and only tour which was thru the southern US. and ended at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Noel was also the stage manager for Woodstock.
Winter Gardens 14th of January 1978, it ended there
@@kevinbrewis6014 My bad, I think we both meant Wtnterland Ballroom.
@@kevinbrewis6014 The Cow Palace is where a crowd of Evel Knievel fans kicked the crap out of a bunch of Hells Angels, there's a great video on the Tube. I got em mixed up!
And a complete train wreck of a tour it was.
He was the john that was originally suggested to sing for the pistols.
I bought this single at the time. Came in a picture cover of this performance. As teens we thought it was funny he uses some 'foul' language. My mother had already got me into Sinatra big time but of course I thought this was great.
"Sid was a moron" Roger Taylor, Queen
Classic rendition of my way by sid vicious
I mean you know the original song "my way" is actually an english cover of "comme d'habitude" by Claude François I hope ...
Love this version.
I didn't even know he did anyone solo stuff....I know this though, John Lydon/Johnny Rotten in the later years had said he wished he didn't bring Sid into the band as either he couldn't handle it or the fame got to him and took things too far or both..,,,something like that? Actually I do remember seeing this video, the shooting at the end reminded me of it
Not familiar with the Sex Pistols catalogue? Then check out Bodies by them. Those that know, know ;)
I’ve always liked Sid but, I can’t believe that he made it down the steps.
I have heard a lot of Sid vicious but never this. Love him!❤❤❤
Wading into punk rock, I see. Keep it going; some of it's going to stick hard and be a part of your musical menu, trust me.🙏
The video was a clip from The great rock n roll swindle film. My way / The biggest blow 12" was the first punk single i ever got, in 1983. My fave Sex Pistols songs are Satellite, Belson was a gas and Friggin in the riggin
RIP Sid Vicious
Originally some French jazz musicians played on this song but later that was scrapped and Steve Jones re-recorded the guitar. Not sure if Jones did the bass. I think Paul Cook was on drums. I'd love to hear the version with the French guitarist and love to know who they are and if they are well known guitarist.
Good reaction. You didn't constantly stop the video to talk about stuff. You let it play.
Sadly, Sid was a poor kid born with 2 strikes against him already. A life-long junkie, he didn't have a clue how to play bass guitar or make music. But he had the punk attitude in spades. As I recall, he murdered his American girlfriend and then died of a heroin overdose while out on bail.
But, with chance and circumstance, he did have his moment in the sun. RIP John Simon Ritchie (aka Sid Vicious).
There was good evidence that Sid didn't kill Nancy and that 3 unknown guys had gone to their room at 3 or 4 in the morning.
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I doubt it very much. The guy spent 90% of his life in a drug-induced daze and he was a known knife enthusiast. I recall an article from many years ago, written by Nancy Spungen's mother, talking about how they all met at dinner and Sid would go on about his knives.
Three of four guys broke in and killed her? That's a little too convenient. More like a conspiracy theory.
With your opening remarks about frank Sinatra's my way i thought Shit this might not go down well i used to have SID SINGS the album until my album collection five beer crates full got stolen in 1994 i know who but couldn't prove it or do anything about it (SKINHEAD) and a scary one at that he had stabbed my best friend a year earlier (he was ok) but only though luck. Anyway off track please check out MISSING TEETHs song THE PLAGUE live at New Zealand Punk fest 2007 it's a really good recording and video and this crusty stinky old punk is somewhere in the seething mass of arms and legs trying to survive these young chicken's thrashing around
Damn. That’s messed up.
Sucks, lost many of my early record's similar way. Then way more stolen over years & then most our stuff later. So we get it! Where ya live? I know some people... 😘 bet he's a puss now! Most are. But vengeance is sweet & sometimes karma needs help... (i play, kinda😉)
Really, even after almost 30 years, just to get them/ some/any back is good? Truly, as a first attempt, just ask? Some realize they were dicks & may just APPOLIGIZED & hand over all/ what evers left over (hopefully). Or if he's no longer, who ever has his stuff may? If still a jerk, then maybe some strongarming 😘 but heck, almost 30 years. Can't hurt to try? Never know til ya try...