See, now this I can respect... not that they have to impress me, personally, but what I read first was impossible to sympathize with. Now they have my attention.
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How do the Nobel Prizes work? Rock halls and such should be a lot more like that. But of course, it just wouldn't bring in the revenue, now, would it?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Barry © wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Most people think John is this wild punk rocker and a crazy person. I was shocked to see him cry about Sid's death and how they turned it into making money. [/QUOTE]
Who is 'they'. He said that, too. That 'they' turned it into a money making thing. Sorry, I didn't follow them, so I don't know their history.
Who is 'they'. He said that, too. That 'they' turned it into a money making thing. Sorry, I didn't follow them, so I don't know their history.
Getting the gist most of you are dissing the Pistols. Not really fair as they are a great band. Lay off 'em.
PISTOLS RULE!!!!!
PISTOLS RULE!!!!!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Barry © wrote: [/QUOTENAME]http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7381/hijackdeniro3vt.jpg [/QUOTE]
Where do you get these things?! :-)
Where do you get these things?! :-)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Barry © wrote: [/QUOTENAME]This is what I mean about cashing in on Sid's death,
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6695/sid7ln.jpg
Even when Nancy Spungen was found dead Malcolm even used that to make money. Not long after her murder Malcolm and Vivienne Westwood bring out T-shirts with the following on them,
"She's dead, I'm alive, I'm yours"
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Well, that's absolutely repulsive to me. I can more than understand his anger.
Let me play devil's advocate here, though. The bad-boy, tough attitude, punk facade was all part of their show, (their lives, too, I suppose), yes? Doesn't this kind of thing simply follow that through? I mean, if Brian, Roger and John did that after losing Freddie, I think the world would have been shocked. But this is almost apropos to the way Sid lived - the f*ck it all attitude. No? Maybe I'm wrong.
Another example that comes to my mind is James Doohan - "Scotty" from Star Trek. Weren’t his ashes just shot into space? Bizarre, don't you think? But not for him, it makes sense – in an odd sort of way.
Maybe the fans expected this. I'm sure those 'souvenirs' were bought up by the masses, yes?
I'm not saying this was a good thing in anyway, I think it's disgusting. But… playing the other side... what do you think?
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6695/sid7ln.jpg
Even when Nancy Spungen was found dead Malcolm even used that to make money. Not long after her murder Malcolm and Vivienne Westwood bring out T-shirts with the following on them,
"She's dead, I'm alive, I'm yours"
[/QUOTE]
Well, that's absolutely repulsive to me. I can more than understand his anger.
Let me play devil's advocate here, though. The bad-boy, tough attitude, punk facade was all part of their show, (their lives, too, I suppose), yes? Doesn't this kind of thing simply follow that through? I mean, if Brian, Roger and John did that after losing Freddie, I think the world would have been shocked. But this is almost apropos to the way Sid lived - the f*ck it all attitude. No? Maybe I'm wrong.
Another example that comes to my mind is James Doohan - "Scotty" from Star Trek. Weren’t his ashes just shot into space? Bizarre, don't you think? But not for him, it makes sense – in an odd sort of way.
Maybe the fans expected this. I'm sure those 'souvenirs' were bought up by the masses, yes?
I'm not saying this was a good thing in anyway, I think it's disgusting. But… playing the other side... what do you think?
they suck
they suck
THEY SUCK
they suck
THEY SUCK
See I don't know. Am I supposed to like them because they gave convention the big finger? Or am I supposed to like them because they're 'good musicians'?
Call me anything-you-like, but I can't get behind such an overtly negative group of people. It's malignant, depressing - and they aren't very efficient social commentators, if that's what they were trying to do.
I don't doubt their relevance to the people who were big on their music; if that helped people through their frustration, then more power to 'em... but the Sex Pistols have always made me think 'well... Meh'.
Call me anything-you-like, but I can't get behind such an overtly negative group of people. It's malignant, depressing - and they aren't very efficient social commentators, if that's what they were trying to do.
I don't doubt their relevance to the people who were big on their music; if that helped people through their frustration, then more power to 'em... but the Sex Pistols have always made me think 'well... Meh'.