Man I remember blasting this song as a teenager with all my friends. Now, 56 years later as a parent of 5 I still play it loud everyday. Punks not dead.
Never mind the Bollocks, one of the best albums ever made....Im 58 and that intro still gives me chills, reminds me of surfing, skating and going to the beach in So cal. as a teen.
@Lex The crackhead omnidroid That's almost subversive! I still drink tea but mostly coffee as well. I'm Aussie, 64yo and most of my friends have gone from tea to coffee over the decades.
well, its on..?no?- yes, are we gonna do like in USA, just go nuts? well- when smashing shops, go for food and clothes, etc..take the big coops, leave thise small alone and do not rob army shops, you buy from them good luck!
@@talldarkandahandfull5781 No, the gag was, I guess, that Brits are so stiff, when somebody refuses a tea and especially with a harsh "No", that's already "anarchy in the UK". I'm no Brit, so it's just my take...
@mogaldau bob lmao no conservatism is still the norm. Conservatism will never be punk. Punk always has and always will be extremely left wing and anti-conservative.
I LOVE IT! And miss it. Johnny chucked his jacket out to the crowd at a PIL show, caught it and gave it to a cool chic right next to me. This was heck, mid 80s. Some fellow pistol friends passed away this past year. But that fires me up this moment in July 1. 2023!
The Sex Pistols songs are brilliantly writen/executed for a bunch of kids with no music training,his attitude and talent are more than any music conservatory,they changed not only the music industry they changed the world itself
@@butteredsalmonella Hey, that kid had help. Did you forget the guy with the bowl cut, the dude who looked like a lady, the guy who hated him for no reason, the toxic dude, the gunman, and the daughter of said mafia lord? Let's not forget the Frenchman who became a turtle.
Steve Jhones (the guitarist) and Glen Matlock (the original bass player) where actually very capable musicians, they were really the reason the Pistols songs weren't just noice, like many "attitude" based punk bands were at the time.
@@BobPantsSpongeSquare97 I think the Pistols were facing treason allegations for this song. And instead of Ghost, how about what's his name from Bohemeh. Going to prison (or fighting it right now) in Poland because of something he did with a bible.
@@markgnarz5399 It's Behemoth. Name of the leader/vocalist is Adam "Nergal" Darski. And his trials and controversies with what he does with bibles on stage go on from 2007 to these days.
@@frederickpurcell7478 There's a story about him and the queen visiting Canada in 1964. Some Catholic home for Native kids. Kids were supposed to kiss her feet. About 10 kids were uplifted never to be seen again.
That album, their one and only. Few albums in rock and roll history matched its instant power and influence when it came out. Like With the Beatles, Are You Experienced?, Velvet Underground Banana Album, Led Zeppelin 1, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, it changed the way we saw the world and thought about what is possible. And still feels as good to hear as it did on St Mark's Place in 1977.
@@wernervon5508 No he did not. If you want to hear his soloing, check out his demos. Jones had his own identity as a player and his own chops. Spedding is one of those players who could sound like any guitarist you could name at the time, but Jones' style is immediately his own.
Johnny's big, belting *"ANARCHY-YYYYYYYYYYY"* at 1:53 is my favorite part of the song; he sang that with the passion of an O.G. Punk thoroughly pissed off with the world he was living in at the time.
Grew up in westchester New York - was a hard rock/metal guy but when I heard this cranked in a bar one night I couldn’t help but be takin in by it. It’s extremely melodic despite the sneer and chaos - I guess that sums up part of my personality!! Lol
I was 30 when this came out, and considered "old" by punks, lol. I was listening to a lot of Supertramp and Family around that time, also great music. Always loved this song.
The best song of pop music. No less. Past the scream and the noise, you can hear some simple but great melodies, a work with the vocal harmonies and, yes, a short but good guitar solo. Its fun, its catchy, its short and you want to play it 50 times in a row.
Los Saicos or simply Saicos were a garage rock and protopunk band formed in 1964 in the Lince district, Lima, Peru. It is considered by some sources as the world precursor of punk rock, years before this musical genre exploded - popularly accepted as a style of the 1970s
What I’ve always loved about the UK is the great, honest music they produced. I used to listen to that as a teenager, as punk music was popular in the early 90ies. I had their tape and played it all the time.
"the sex pistols forced music to change - they forced radio to change - they forced lyrics to change. That band was the shot heard around the world" - Henry Rollins
What makes this band so interesting to me is how fragile it was... literally a manufactured band of a bunch of poor angry ass kids off the street, strung together by a clever manager... and somehow they made this fucking insane music. Like diamonds from coal...
The rumour used to be that session ace Chris Spedding had played much of the guitar on the album... 😃 That wasn't true, but it is accurate that many of their early live gigs (in 1976) broke down prematurely for all sorts of provoked or hokey reasons because McLaren wanted to prevent the music press /who were starting to follow the band) form determining whether the guys could actually play. :)
@hmm idc, it's what it means to me that's important to me That's what punk was supposed to be. Your own way. Somewhere along the way it became like a éverything else. A fashion trend.
When I went to London back in the day,I fell in love with this music and movement.i loved to see the punk rockers,it was so much fun for me as an artist.i was about 17.a great time for me.i love Europe alot.remembering crossing the English channel, unforgettable moments in my life.🤘😁🌟👍💡
Nothing sounds like this song sung by Lydon with legendary abandon, aggression and supreme confidence. It sounds more punk than anything ever, but ironically it also sounds glorious, polished and powerful at the same time as the years roll by. A work of art compared to today’s corporate synth pop crap.
Not surprisingly, this song was produced by Chris Thomas who had previously worked with The Beatles and Elton John. He played harpsichord on a Beatles track which was a protest against greedy and exploitative people called “Piggies”, written and sung by George.
There's profound music being made right now that will be remembered in 50 years as fondly as you describe this music from the 70s. And among those future fans will be people saying it's "a work of art compared to today's corporate synth pop crap."
@@saladmcjones7798 I hope so, maybe I’m just old and don’t get it anymore. But I heard just one or 2 standouts in the last 10 years and I’ve got my ear out all the time for rock, indie, post-anything, r&b, soul and every spin-off genre you can think of. I heard nothing as revolutionary as the 60s, 70s and 80s music and the extraordinary characters that drove it.
@@Pulsonar Well, allow me to introduce you to bias! Things you experienced in your formative years will always be revolutionary compared to the iterations time brings down the years. Kids born in the 2010s will probably remember the 2020s with great fondness and will think anything other than the music they grew up with was either antiquated or "corporate synth pop crap." In short, "the future is now old man."
Scarlett Pheonix i think she was elected in 1979, this songnos from 1977. Probably they offended more the socialists, since anarchy demands less government, while socialism demands more government
you need to study the history of music.... punk is just a blip in the history.... although it did help create New Order, who have the biggest no1. single in history...(granted, it was techno/dance.... but no sex-pistols, no Factory Records.... hmm, actually maybe you are right... )
ca me donne les larmes aux yeux de réécouter ce track.. plus jamais on aura de génies pareil...j'aurais tant voulu être déjà adulte pendant cette période et la vivre en "live", malheureusement j'étais un bébé lol
Johnny is actually performing something interesing singwise... The sound is snotty but obviously he could continue that way the next 48 hours... He employes the false chords and actually keeps the larynx pretty relaxed. Many may not understand but the best classical singing traditions can be presented partially or fully in many many ways... Johnny is a musician and doing a quite nice job here (and on other pieces too). Never judge the book by its cover ;)
I'm a life long protestant Christian. Even though I was never a fan of the "Anti-Christ" verse, I did love this band. Johnny Rotten was based then... he's based now. We need this style of Punk Rock back.
Way ahead of their time, great band. Would have been fun to see what else they could've done. Too bad they only had one album. This song is totally relevant for these days
Sorry, I couldn't help but notice.. Sex Pistols are punk. Real punk. British, Londonian, anarchist punk. Punkrock is everything from Green Day to Avril Lavigne ... it can have political agenda like left punk, the stuff antifa listens to, but this was the real punk. Basically they didn't learn instruments, their agenda was noise and provocation, they hated everyone, including their band, but they hated the rest more. Oh and if you water punk rock down until you coe across Blink182 you're left with punk pop. Which - is nice, but hardly trv anymore. I guess punk don't day trv that's a metal thing, but it's the equivalent. Sex pistols are punk. The real stuff.
@@galacticguardian2783 eventually they did, but the German punkrock band "die toten hosen" (the dead pants) famously alotted instruments by drawing out tickets, so I know at least one case where they in fact did not know their instruments when they started the band. Now I won't say all punks are shyte at their instruments, but in my mind I associate punks far more with a high dedication to being punk, than with a virtuoso musician culture... In fact Imma go ahead and say punks who can play their instruments usually play metal XDDD (of course this is a gross generalisation, sue me XD)
@@sarumanork-orphanage5612 these guys don't sound like beginners to me. Atleast writing wise. But then again musicianship is something i care about maybe that's why i prefer metal lol
@@galacticguardian2783 Oh you actually listened to them, cool! You might have missed that they were founded in 1982, so they did in fact learn their respective instruments over the course of time.. Also they are way less punk than they used to be, which is why I'd comfortably classify them as Punk Rock, sometimes even somewhat Pop-Punk these days ^^ But yeah, I have heard - and I've hard this story quite often - that they started off with randomly drawn instruments, which sounds pretty punk to me ^^
Oasis were just a dickhead make up lets try copy the Beatles style to be famous. And that's it basically. Just fake copies with non of their own style. To finish it off the Gallagher's are just complete idiots who get pissed and make that an excuse to argue about who tried to shag their mum first. Their seriously thick as Pikeys!! Why do want to call them a genius? Their crap with instruments to be honest. Sorry to say it. Each to their own in what you like?
Para los Sex pistols eran unos Dioses mi primer disco con 10 años fue el never mind the bollocks y flipaba con ellos,luego me pillé discos de los clash,Exploited,GBH,Ramones,La polla Récords que época más bonita que nos tocó vivir siendo adolescentes,Punk not Dead💪🏻😉
Love this track now as much as I did in 1977 Also - finding out the whole style of this album came from Peter Hammill's Nadir's Big Chance - makes me enjoy it even more - a total two fingers up to the elitist types who sneered at the "establishment" at the exact time punk became the mainstream fashion de jeur. 32 years later though - I'm still writing post punk riffs.
I play the guitar a bit and i can say in full confidence that Steve Jones was the backbone of their sound , he was a fucking brilliant guitarist and the sex pistols created some of the greatest original punk anthems that will last for ever. If anything they were so underrated.
Man I remember blasting this song as a teenager with all my friends. Now, 56 years later as a parent of 5 I still play it loud everyday. Punks not dead.
@Disco Sucks pussy
Old ass pussies
Is that so? Amealya Hike?
Why your pfp a young girl if your over 50?
Organic TV might be his daughter if not it’s pretty weird
This song is absolutely iconic...brings back good memories for me.
Never mind the Bollocks, one of the best albums ever made....Im 58 and that intro still gives me chills, reminds me of surfing, skating and going to the beach in So cal. as a teen.
How very punk of you young fellow
You are a Sir!
Absolute classic and still relevant in 2022! Punk is not dead!
2023
never
2024
Lol johnny rotten can't sing at all.
2024 Columbus Georgia mate. Blessings
Waiter: Would you like some tea?
British Man: No.
Anarchy in the UK
Me:help me get this,,,,do you mean your peaceful,not an anarchist?
copy paste
@Lex The crackhead omnidroid That's almost subversive! I still drink tea but mostly coffee as well. I'm Aussie, 64yo and most of my friends have gone from tea to coffee over the decades.
well, its on..?no?- yes, are we gonna do like in USA, just go nuts? well- when smashing shops, go for food and clothes, etc..take the big coops, leave thise small alone and do not rob army shops, you buy from them good luck!
@@talldarkandahandfull5781 No, the gag was, I guess, that Brits are so stiff, when somebody refuses a tea and especially with a harsh "No", that's already "anarchy in the UK". I'm no Brit, so it's just my take...
Can we just talk for a second about how cool the punk scene was back in the 70s and 80s. Makes me wish I grew up then.
It's coming back. Look at the populist movements all over Europe. The Rebels are on their way.
@mogaldau bob lmao no conservatism is still the norm. Conservatism will never be punk. Punk always has and always will be extremely left wing and anti-conservative.
@mogaldau bob aahh yes, the punker Ben Shapiro, who stands for religious fanaticism, "family values" and licking the boots of billionaires.
It was cool ... Makes me glad I never grew up!!!
@@arminc4658 Punk is about anarchy, i.e. extreme individualism, not collectivist obedience. BTW, did you get your covid booster shot yet?
Nothing better then pure real British working class music summing up the anger of a generation
Love them or hate them, The Sex Pistols and Oasis capture the sound of the youth
@@alfiemitchell3026 they are so genuine because there not corporate they are working class British people who made something of themselves
I still get pissed....and I do announce it....
@@ollieroberts6608 Right.......... but oasis is corporate. They signed to a record label.
@@ollieroberts6608 And Malcolm Mclaren got all the money from them...
I LOVE IT! And miss it. Johnny chucked his jacket out to the crowd at a PIL show, caught it and gave it to a cool chic right next to me. This was heck, mid 80s. Some fellow pistol friends passed away this past year. But that fires me up this moment in July 1. 2023!
Lode of crapmusic
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So cool😊
That ain't no bollucks
The Sex Pistols songs are brilliantly writen/executed for a bunch of kids with no music training,his attitude and talent are more than any music conservatory,they changed not only the music industry they changed the world itself
Don't underestimate kids without training, once a 15 year old took down a Mafia Drug Lord and proceeded to become the next Mafia Lord
@@butteredsalmonella Hey, that kid had help. Did you forget the guy with the bowl cut, the dude who looked like a lady, the guy who hated him for no reason, the toxic dude, the gunman, and the daughter of said mafia lord? Let's not forget the Frenchman who became a turtle.
Steve Jhones (the guitarist) and Glen Matlock (the original bass player) where actually very capable musicians, they were really the reason the Pistols songs weren't just noice, like many "attitude" based punk bands were at the time.
A fuck you to rules and organization
True punk is about a bunch of teenagers who can't play very well making a band and showing the world rules don't mean anything
In the 70s it took balls to record and perform this. Now it wouldn’t be a blip on the radar. Of course, now the artists are part of the system.
Idk ever heard of Ghost? They are pretty edgy and good
@@BobPantsSpongeSquare97 I think the Pistols were facing treason allegations for this song. And instead of Ghost, how about what's his name from Bohemeh. Going to prison (or fighting it right now) in Poland because of something he did with a bible.
@@markgnarz5399 It's Behemoth. Name of the leader/vocalist is Adam "Nergal" Darski. And his trials and controversies with what he does with bibles on stage go on from 2007 to these days.
Exactly
Where'd our balls go? I guess that's the question.
Punk's not dead, the bass Sid's playing is.
Sid is too
Man why you hating on Sid what d fuk did he ever do to you?? The mans dead for fuks sake
Octopussy
Sort it out
Well done with ya comment sids worth ten times ova u pls reply
Over 50 years later, and this is still the greatest punk song of all time, bar none.
Over 40 y later you mean .. :)
Sex pistols forever... Tutto il resto non conta🇬🇧🇬🇧💪🤟
You obviously haven't heard SPG by The Exploited
Play this at Prince Phillip's funeral
Yes
🤣😅😂
I love Great Britain but hate the state and march with the people ! And I'm comin' for Boris and Prince Charles
what is this anime shit
@@frederickpurcell7478 There's a story about him and the queen visiting Canada in 1964. Some Catholic home for Native kids. Kids were supposed to kiss her feet. About 10 kids were uplifted never to be seen again.
i'm 13 and my uncle introduced me to this band. i absolutely love this song and i'm glad i was exposed to music like this so early.
@TTFPouyi early in life you dumbass
I was 13 the first time someone played it for me I'm 49 now. Changed my life
There has NEVER been a more powerful song in punk rock.
Ivo Maropo god save the queen ....London calling....holiday in Cambodia
Tommy Gun
Crass.
Thank you
Ya no sos igual de 2 minutos
That album, their one and only. Few albums in rock and roll history matched its instant power and influence when it came out. Like With the Beatles, Are You Experienced?, Velvet Underground Banana Album, Led Zeppelin 1, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, it changed the way we saw the world and thought about what is possible. And still feels as good to hear as it did on St Mark's Place in 1977.
1:13 simple guitar solo...but absolutely epic
chris spedding did some great stuff here
@@wernervon5508 No he did not. If you want to hear his soloing, check out his demos. Jones had his own identity as a player and his own chops. Spedding is one of those players who could sound like any guitarist you could name at the time, but Jones' style is immediately his own.
2:01 beatiful
Still sounds great after almost 50 years
It’s so sad that Sid died before he learnt to play bass
And it surprised no one.
It's sad that their first album is their only good album.
Sid knew how to play Ramones songs he knew how to play his band’s songs barely
@@zackzallie8735 imagine liking their music
@@user-we8wh9yg9l sex pistols is good.
Omg....i was..15 and a total fan....40 yrs ago and I still lovet them!
Punk's not dead, and so is Mista and his sentient bullets
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@@cicirosehannigan *ANGRY PASS PASS PASS NOISES*
@@cicirosehannigan Ah shit
But what about when (spoilers)
Pucci restarts the universe
@@personmybe4984 that's on different song
As a man from Yorkshire Sex pistols is one of the main Staples of British culture in my opinion.
Agreed. I live in the states and if you asked me to name anything prolifically British, the Sex Pistols would be in my top 10.
This song is always stuck in my head and I’m happy about it.
This is my favourite song
Johnny's big, belting *"ANARCHY-YYYYYYYYYYY"* at 1:53 is my favorite part of the song; he sang that with the passion of an O.G. Punk thoroughly pissed off with the world he was living in at the time.
0:02 *Guitar plays*
0:04 Johnny: Who da hell seeks me?!
Johnnys in part 7 not 5 smh
@@IantheTridentariuss he means johnny rotten the singer in the video
@@IantheTridentariuss fucking weebs
@@bil2340 your profile makes your reply even more funnier
😂
in 2017 its 40 years ago i saw them live in london and it seams like yesterday!
Best Punk ever!
thats so cool
You has been ewer lucki then.Jes, i always gone be FREE....nothing...I jus ANERKI. .....😎😆
I'm jealous
Best opening line of a song in the history of the world!
Grew up in westchester New York - was a hard rock/metal guy but when I heard this cranked in a bar one night I couldn’t help but be takin in by it. It’s extremely melodic despite the sneer and chaos - I guess that sums up part of my personality!! Lol
I was 30 when this came out, and considered "old" by punks, lol. I was listening to a lot of Supertramp and Family around that time, also great music. Always loved this song.
Brings me back to being a teenager in the 90s and discovering punk rock.
Same here
Same here. Well it started with being obsessed with Nirvana and reading Nirvana stuff led me to this punk stuff.
The best song of pop music. No less. Past the scream and the noise, you can hear some simple but great melodies, a work with the vocal harmonies and, yes, a short but good guitar solo. Its fun, its catchy, its short and you want to play it 50 times in a row.
this isnt pop this is punk rock wdym
R.i.p Sid
2021 we still love you guys!
One of THE most important, significant and influential rock n roll records of the 20th Century. Period.
Amen.
Its punk, and FOR SURE
Long time since I’ve listened to this ..,a true rock and roll pioneer of music
Still listening all these years later
cheers from italy, punks not dead
Ancient Darkness Italy? Sex Pistols? Would your name happen to be Guido Mista?
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Disco isn't dead there either....
ciao! That’s all the Italian I know
@@josejalaeno73 Guy-Doh Mister
im here cause punk is still alive in me
Hell Yeah!
hell yeah
No the cheap imitation crap today.
Urko2005
ISIS now creating performances without imitations
YEAH! LET'S GO FUCK THE SYSTEM!
Los Saicos or simply Saicos were a garage rock and protopunk band formed in 1964 in the Lince district, Lima, Peru. It is considered by some sources as the world precursor of punk rock, years before this musical genre exploded - popularly accepted as a style of the 1970s
One of my all-time favorite songs EVER.
Punk is not dead...lives in our hearts
O punk morreu sim .... some daqui seu nojento
yes
Needs a defib
@@diogona8084 wtf mano, o punk não morreu
So long as there are punks!
some of the best songs i've ever heard. might just blast this music and jump around my room
One of the best frontmen of Punk 🎸 History EVER!!!
THE"
Not even close🤣
The best
If you're talking punk, then THE best.
Oh yeah ? Did you heared Demolition by The Saicos 14 years before The Six
Wow that was a cool song. Listening to it for the first time in November of 2024.
First song I listened when I went to the UK
Ron Jeremy boofed the potter twins👍
Mine was god save the queen hahahahah
This song or at least parts of it go through my head just about every day. The 1st and at least one of the best. Thanks Johnny R.
It's one of thoughts rare songs that climbs
& climbs into history!
Song never gets old 🔥
Why the hell haven't I heard this till now??
better late than pregnant
WHAT THE FUCK, I have no idea why
WHAT?????!!!!!!!😳
@@andrewwheeler8591 haha exactly what I thought. Anyway cant stop as wanna go watch more of this new and upcoming band I found today called Metallica
what is this millenial beard shit
im obsessed with his laugh-
what is this fucking anime shit on our cultures videos
God this brings back some memories, what an amazing time in music history.
What I’ve always loved about the UK is the great, honest music they produced. I used to listen to that as a teenager, as punk music was popular in the early 90ies. I had their tape and played it all the time.
1:13 simple guitar solo...but absolutely epic
Anybody here in 2019?
The most significant movement in history of music.
Anybody here in 2019?
"the sex pistols forced music to change - they forced radio to change - they forced lyrics to change. That band was the shot heard around the world" - Henry Rollins
The best Rock' and Roll track ever made. Tight package with middle-sounds of the time to keep it together. Works great even today.
What makes this band so interesting to me is how fragile it was... literally a manufactured band of a bunch of poor angry ass kids off the street, strung together by a clever manager... and somehow they made this fucking insane music. Like diamonds from coal...
The rumour used to be that session ace Chris Spedding had played much of the guitar on the album... 😃 That wasn't true, but it is accurate that many of their early live gigs (in 1976) broke down prematurely for all sorts of provoked or hokey reasons because McLaren wanted to prevent the music press /who were starting to follow the band) form determining whether the guys could actually play. :)
Still here 60 yrs old and love this song
Someone said to me the other day that they like punk but they didn't like Sex Pistols and "that kind of stuff"
Daniel Fry Yeah, that's funny, cos nobody can define punk better.
Dimitri Fields It's like saying: I like Bob Dylan but I don't like his lyrics!
let me guess green day blink 182 ans sum 41? lol
RocKeRs By My SiDE More like heared Should I Stay or Should I Go and decided that was enough to be a fan of punk!
What a fucking joke
Punk music is life and energy on these uncertain days. Long live Punk!!!
J'écoutais ça a 11 ans, et ça n'a pas pris une ride, toujours autant de plaisir à les écouté 💥
One of the best pure songs ever created in a misunderstood music genre created by misunderstood people, celebrated by even more misunderstood people
@hmm freedom.
@hmm freedom of being the you you want to be, not the one that society imposes on you
@hmm idc, it's what it means to me that's important to me
That's what punk was supposed to be.
Your own way.
Somewhere along the way it became like a éverything else. A fashion trend.
The song writing for their so hype type of music is underated .
I'm glad I'm alive for this
This was a must on all of my mix tapes.
When I went to London back in the day,I fell in love with this music and movement.i loved to see the punk rockers,it was so much fun for me as an artist.i was about 17.a great time for me.i love Europe alot.remembering crossing the English channel, unforgettable moments in my life.🤘😁🌟👍💡
2020: Anarchy in USA
No the whole world
@ No he wasn't he just liked to piss people off
Search Nascar Aloe anarchy in the USA
@SandboxArrow Then so did the kulaks
I'm afraid I'll get killed for my punk jackets with anarchy logos all over them.
this song makes me want to develop a stand that kicks bullets around and help this new guy kill the boss of our gang
theboolyboy lol this song makes me wanna do bad stuff at school and be bad
Wait, I'm new to a gang
A la v. Jijo de de la v
Ah a man of culture
This is supposed to be funny, right?
1993年に日本で短期間パンクロックやってました！
やっぱりシンプルが一番、最高で名曲！バンド始めた時の、コピーのお手本ですね！
Great song . I remember when the album came out . Thanks for posting
Nothing sounds like this song sung by Lydon with legendary abandon, aggression and supreme confidence. It sounds more punk than anything ever, but ironically it also sounds glorious, polished and powerful at the same time as the years roll by. A work of art compared to today’s corporate synth pop crap.
Well said and totally agree
Not surprisingly, this song was produced by Chris Thomas who had previously worked with The Beatles and Elton John. He played harpsichord on a Beatles track which was a protest against greedy and exploitative people called “Piggies”, written and sung by George.
There's profound music being made right now that will be remembered in 50 years as fondly as you describe this music from the 70s. And among those future fans will be people saying it's "a work of art compared to today's corporate synth pop crap."
@@saladmcjones7798 I hope so, maybe I’m just old and don’t get it anymore. But I heard just one or 2 standouts in the last 10 years and I’ve got my ear out all the time for rock, indie, post-anything, r&b, soul and every spin-off genre you can think of. I heard nothing as revolutionary as the 60s, 70s and 80s music and the extraordinary characters that drove it.
@@Pulsonar Well, allow me to introduce you to bias! Things you experienced in your formative years will always be revolutionary compared to the iterations time brings down the years. Kids born in the 2010s will probably remember the 2020s with great fondness and will think anything other than the music they grew up with was either antiquated or "corporate synth pop crap."
In short, "the future is now old man."
Anybody here in 2019?
The most significant movement in history of music.
in 2019 an anime with a character who has a power called sex pistols came out so yeah lots of people from 2019 were here
Man music in the 70s was awesome i wasn't born till the 90's man the 70's look fun
yeah, i'm blasting this right now
Mad music keeps me alive..
So this is the song who pissed off Margaret Thatcher,so funny.
Sex pistols is/was so badass.
+Scarlett Pheonix The Argentinians pissed her off too so she took it out on them, Falklands are still British! LOL
+Scarlett Pheonix Margaret , was a punk too , set the British loose .
+Jagdtoq what? :|
Scarlett Pheonix i think she was elected in 1979, this songnos from 1977. Probably they offended more the socialists, since anarchy demands less government, while socialism demands more government
Met Johnny in 86 in Chicago when PiL performed at The Riviera.
The most significant movement in history of music.
I totally agree!
Why?
you need to study the history of music.... punk is just a blip in the history.... although it did help create New Order, who have the biggest no1. single in history...(granted, it was techno/dance.... but no sex-pistols, no Factory Records.... hmm, actually maybe you are right... )
Hippie.
@dani cali grunge was shorter
Looking forward to the Danny Boyle 6 parter, hope it's true to form. This still gives me goosebumps now, brilliant!!
ca me donne les larmes aux yeux de réécouter ce track.. plus jamais on aura de génies pareil...j'aurais tant voulu être déjà adulte pendant cette période et la vivre en "live", malheureusement j'étais un bébé lol
It’s funny (and kind of sad) that most of the footage shows Sid on the base, but there’s footage here and there if Glen Matlock.
is this the right time to play this?
Damn right it is why because we're punks
Johnny is actually performing something interesing singwise... The sound is snotty but obviously he could continue that way the next 48 hours... He employes the false chords and actually keeps the larynx pretty relaxed. Many may not understand but the best classical singing traditions can be presented partially or fully in many many ways... Johnny is a musician and doing a quite nice job here (and on other pieces too). Never judge the book by its cover ;)
Anybody here in 2019?
yeah DESTROY... still am and wanna be
DESTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYY
I am here in 2019...was never a Punk, am Black and 68 years old and this is THE greatest song in all Rock and Roll history.
Nope
Not me im on the moon
I'm a life long protestant Christian. Even though I was never a fan of the "Anti-Christ" verse, I did love this band. Johnny Rotten was based then... he's based now. We need this style of Punk Rock back.
sex pistols and the clash are still the best punk-rock band ever.
Way ahead of their time, great band. Would have been fun to see what else they could've done. Too bad they only had one album. This song is totally relevant for these days
One of the best songs if not the best in punk rock music
Sorry, I couldn't help but notice.. Sex Pistols are punk. Real punk. British, Londonian, anarchist punk.
Punkrock is everything from Green Day to Avril Lavigne ... it can have political agenda like left punk, the stuff antifa listens to, but this was the real punk.
Basically they didn't learn instruments, their agenda was noise and provocation, they hated everyone, including their band, but they hated the rest more.
Oh and if you water punk rock down until you coe across Blink182 you're left with punk pop.
Which - is nice, but hardly trv anymore.
I guess punk don't day trv that's a metal thing, but it's the equivalent.
Sex pistols are punk. The real stuff.
@@sarumanork-orphanage5612 i doubt that they didn't learn instruments
@@galacticguardian2783 eventually they did, but the German punkrock band "die toten hosen" (the dead pants) famously alotted instruments by drawing out tickets, so I know at least one case where they in fact did not know their instruments when they started the band.
Now I won't say all punks are shyte at their instruments, but in my mind I associate punks far more with a high dedication to being punk, than with a virtuoso musician culture...
In fact Imma go ahead and say punks who can play their instruments usually play metal XDDD
(of course this is a gross generalisation, sue me XD)
@@sarumanork-orphanage5612 these guys don't sound like beginners to me. Atleast writing wise. But then again musicianship is something i care about maybe that's why i prefer metal lol
@@galacticguardian2783 Oh you actually listened to them, cool!
You might have missed that they were founded in 1982, so they did in fact learn their respective instruments over the course of time..
Also they are way less punk than they used to be, which is why I'd comfortably classify them as Punk Rock, sometimes even somewhat Pop-Punk these days ^^
But yeah, I have heard - and I've hard this story quite often - that they started off with randomly drawn instruments, which sounds pretty punk to me ^^
such a nice song, wish the U.K was a real place.
Damn I loved the 70's !!
Essa banda tranformou o rock em algo bem legal de se cultuar. Adoro o Sex Pistols, Ramones e o The Who.
Please speak english or froggies but here nobody
Como dizem agora em 2022, " DERAM O NOME " na época punk rock era SEX PISTOLS . saudades.
@@leedhio6606 froggies is your...!
@@witchjacky6167 malucos e maravilhosos! Não sabiam tocar e nem cantar e daí?
sonzera mesmo! Rock in Roll de primeira!
As Noel Gallagher said, as soon as Johnny rotten starts “anti singing “ every thing that went before it became irrelevant
Who the fk is Noel Gallagher? Never heard of him
@@campagnolocampagnolo7842 very famous musician
@@campagnolocampagnolo7842 Musical Genius among other things
Oasis were just a dickhead make up lets try copy the Beatles style to be famous. And that's it basically. Just fake copies with non of their own style. To finish it off the Gallagher's are just complete idiots who get pissed and make that an excuse to argue about who tried to shag their mum first. Their seriously thick as Pikeys!! Why do want to call them a genius? Their crap with instruments to be honest. Sorry to say it. Each to their own in what you like?
timaster1 timaster2 hehe from America them at was my take on em!
Fuck ya! Loved this shit in high school. Used to notice anarchy spray painted a lot then, not so much anymore
3rd August 2024
This song makes me want to feed my gun salami
Some salt, safron......AND A GUN
@@myaccounttolistentorockand316 what anime is that from again?
@@Justsomeguy49566 MISSSTAAA
Hi, I'm Mista, my stand gun *i m u s t f e e d g u n*
YTM2k Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
Para los Sex pistols eran unos Dioses mi primer disco con 10 años fue el never mind the bollocks y flipaba con ellos,luego me pillé discos de los clash,Exploited,GBH,Ramones,La polla Récords que época más bonita que nos tocó vivir siendo adolescentes,Punk not Dead💪🏻😉
Sí señor
The Great rock and Roll Swindle.
Legend.
Love this track now as much as I did in 1977
Also - finding out the whole style of this album came from Peter Hammill's Nadir's Big Chance - makes me enjoy it even more - a total two fingers up to the elitist types who sneered at the "establishment" at the exact time punk became the mainstream fashion de jeur.
32 years later though - I'm still writing post punk riffs.
I play the guitar a bit and i can say in full confidence that Steve Jones was the backbone of their sound , he was a fucking brilliant guitarist and the sex pistols created some of the greatest original punk anthems that will last for ever. If anything they were so underrated.
one of the best songs of all time
Definitely in my top 4 songs of all time!