Showing posts with label sex pistols. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sex pistols. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

sex pistols - Kiss This: The Best of the Sex Pistols


Sex Pistols' albums: "Never Mind the Bollocks" and "Rock n Roll Swindle." There's just nothing out there that even remotely resembles the Pistols' version of 'Roadrunner'.the Sex Pistols remain the greatest punk band of all time and this disc has just about everything they ever did. There are liner notes for every single song (which actually come straight out of John Rotten's 1995 book, "Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs", which is a fabulous auto-biographical recount of the whole mid-seventies madness."Live in Trondheim, 21 July 1977," a pretty good recording of a decent performance with Sid on bass.Sid Vicious' version of "My Way," a brilliant/stupid, trashing/celebration of the Sinatra/Presley egotistical classic. Is this Sid's finest moment? It's a phenomenal piece of work, really. The last song is "Silly Thing," sung by Steve Jones after Rotten had left the band and "Satellite" has some of the best Rotten lyrics, a fantastic Steve Jones riff,
Track Listings
1. Anarchy in the UK (Anarquía en el Reino Unido)
2. God Save the Queen (Dios Salve a La Reina)
3. Pretty Vacant (Bastante Libre)
4. Holidays in the Sun (Vacaciones en el Sol)
5. I Wanna Be Me (Quiero Ser Yo)
6. Did You No Wrong (No Te Hice Nada Malo)
7. No Fun (No Es Divertido) - The Sex Pistols, Stooges
8. Satellite (Satélite)
9. Don't Give Me No Lip, Child (No Te Hagas el Malo, Nene) - The Sex Pistols, Thomas
10. (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone (No Soy Tu Pledra de Apoyo) - The Sex Pistols, Boyce
11. Bodies (Cuerpos)
12. No Feelings (No Hay Sentimientos)
13. Liar (Mentiroso)
14. Problems (Problemas)
15. Seventeen (Diecisiete)
16. Submission (Sumisión)
17. New York (Nueva York)
18. EMI (Unlimited Edition) (EMI Edición Illmitada)
19. My Way (A Mi Manera) - The Sex Pistols, Revaux
20. Silly Thing (Cosa Tonta)

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

sex pistols - There'll Always Be an England


The Sex Pistols are in fine form in this They are obviously enjoying themselves, but the shots of the crowd are specially fun as you'll see everyone from young teens to older folks getting into the spirit their legendary status as punk icons They play better than they did in their prime and certainly are NOT going through the motions.

Monday, November 24, 2008

sex pistols - The Great Rock & Roll Swindle


sex pistols - The Great Rock & Roll Swindle album is weird but is still a great album. The song's humour get old fast but so does any humour really. There are still a few good solid songs though like "Belson was a gas" and "I'm not your stepping stone"."A Punk Prayer" with Ronnie Biggs is a lot more fun than an entire Damned Box Set, "C'mon Everybody" has Sidney going at it with a spot-on Joey Ramone impression, "Belsen Was a Gas" tore us all up back in grade nine.along with songs such as "Don't Give Me No Lip Child" and "Substitute", this album went down as one of my favorites. Sure, "Friggin' In The Riggin'" and Sid's infamous rendition of "My Way"
Track Listings
1. God Save the Queen (Symphony) - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul
2. Johnny B. Goode/Road Runner - The Sex Pistols, Berry, Chuck
3. Black Arabs - The Sex Pistols, Biggs, Ronnie
4. Anarchy in the U.K. - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul
5. Substitute - The Sex Pistols, Townshend, Pete
6. Don't Give Me No Lip Child - The Sex Pistols, Thomas, J.D.
7. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone - The Sex Pistols, Boyce, Tommy
8. L ' Anarchie pour le U.K. - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul
9. Belsen Was a Gas - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul
10. Einmal War Belsen Wirflich Bortrefflich (Belsen Vos a Gassa) - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul
11. Silly Thing - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul
12. My Way - The Sex Pistols, Anka, Paul
13. I Wanna Be Me - The Sex Pistols, Matlock, Glen
14. Something Else - The Sex Pistols, Cochran, Eddie
15. Rock Around the Clock - The Sex Pistols, DeKnight, Jimmy
16. Lonely Boy - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul
17. No One Is Innocent - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul
18. C'mon Everybody - The Sex Pistols, Cochran, Eddie
19. EMI (Orch.) - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul
20. The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle - The Sex Pistols, Cook, Paul

Sunday, November 23, 2008

sex pistols - Sex Pistols

The best sex pistols album
1. Holidays in the Sun
2. Bodies
3. No Feelings
4. Liar
5. God Save the Queen
6. Problems
7. Pretty Vacant
8. Submission
9. Anarchy in the U.K.
10. Substitute - The Sex Pistols, Townshend, Pete
11. (Don't Give Me) No Lip
12. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone - The Sex Pistols, Boyce, Tommy
and many more...
Every song is remastered. The first disc is the studio tracks and some their first demos. The second disc is demos like 'Stepping Stone', 'No Lip', and others. The third disc is their famous concert at the Screen on the Green Cinema and a few unrealesed live songs, including 'Flowers of Romance' and 'Understanding'cover of the Creation's "Through My Eyes" which is more like a warm-up that lasts about a minute or so. If only they had actually recorded the song full out, it would have been great fun! Some of the well-known covers such as "Stepping Stone" and "Substitute" are presented differently; the vocal tracks are the same, but the music is an early, rough mix. An improvement to the over-produced versions previously available. "No Fun" is pretty much the same, they just cut it off a few seconds later so we get more studio conversation. Virgin provides some live tracks, in addition to the complete live show, that sound more like set fillers and audience agitation; mostly moaning, improvisation and feedback.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

sex pistols - Filthy Lucre Live


The tracklist itself is pretty solid. It takes the basic "Never Mind the Bollocks" template and appends some tracks from that era and that Monkees cover that ever punk band does.the inept sound of so many other live albums by the Sex Pistols. "Better Live than Dead" is a grainy bootleg with professional packaging, and the "Chelmsford" show is a joke--lousy sound, coupled with a staged "background" tape that repeats several times throughout the show.
This album has quite exceptional sound, and fortunately, after an additional 20+ years, finds the Sex Pistols with a bit more mastery over their instruments.The band itself, despite playing the same chords as always, sound tighter than you'd expect. The fact that the distortion exeeds that you might be expecting also shows how these aging punks won't go down without a noisy fight.'Filthy Lucre Live'(Lucre is French for 'money')is actually pretty good,I thought.It's a live recording of a reunion gig the guys did in London in early 1996,they toured the states later that fall.I've heard several negative reviews about this reunion,even remember Johnny Rotten nearly popping some MTV staff member on the chin during a TV interview.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks


There's tons of interview footage with the band and Malcolm McLaren, and it was fun to hear them speak so enthusiastically about the making of the album. Glen Matlock and Steve Jones explain a bit about where riffs for songs came from, and how the songs developed. Also included are interviews with Jamie Reid (cover art designer), Chris Spedding (producer), and Bill Pryce (engineer).English "punk" or anyone just passionate about rock music.
Steve Jones demonstrating just how he gets that guitar sound by effortlessly casting off patented wall-of-noise riffs from his white Les Paul, and Price showing how he combined guitar, bass, drum and vocal tracks in the studio to create a big, beautiful din that a thousand Nirvanas couldn't come close to duplicating if their lives depended on itWe are treated to candid and relaxed interviews with the important characters involved in bringing this great album to life NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS has never grown old, the music brilliantly simple. In addition, knowing the history of the band, it makes the music that much richer. On this documentary - John Lydon speaks fondly to the comic, almost camp feel at the heart of this album. Steve Jones laments that if they hadn't kicked Glen out, if they didn't do the Bill Grundy show - there may have been more albums from the SEX PISTOLS.