He'd also managed the New York Dolls at the end of their first incarnation in the 1970s (dressing them in red, moving them to Florida, and having them perform in front of a giant Communist flag, all pre-Sex Pistols).
Posted on 04/08/2010 12:49:19 PM PDT by Frantzie
Malcolm McLaren has died in New York, aged 64. The former Sex Pistols manager and impresario had been suffering from cancer and died this morning after complications arising from his illness.
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Buffalo Gals everywhere are saddened.
John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten was brought up Irish-Catholic and always said it was not pro or anti-abortion. His point was more to do with the incredible irresponsibility of the people involved. In my view it is very much an anti-abortion song.
If you watch their video The Filth & The Fury - Lydon was a very stealth anti-Labour and pro-Thatcher Brit. Their songs largely had to do with incredible hypocrisy and were more libertarian.
Heard about this on a guitar forum I haunt. Not just the Sex Pistols, but the New York Dolls and Bow Wow Wow.
May have to spin Never Mind the Bollocks later.
He'd also managed the New York Dolls at the end of their first incarnation in the 1970s (dressing them in red, moving them to Florida, and having them perform in front of a giant Communist flag, all pre-Sex Pistols).
She was a girl from Birmingham
She just had an abortion
She was case of insanity
Her name was Pauline, she lived in a tree
She was a no one who killed her baby
She sent her letters from the country
She was an animal
She was a bloody disgrace
Body! I’m not an animal
Body! I’m not an animal
Dragged on a table in factory
Illegitimate place to be
In a packet in a lavatory
Die little baby screaming
Body screaming f***ing bloody mess
Not an animal
It’s an abortion
Body! I’m not animal
Mummy! I’m not an abortion
Well...not Sid. He died before the suit went to court.
Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?
The Pistols were the kick in the ass music needed in the 70s.
Madonna and ELO also did.
Sid joined the band fairly late, so they may had already parted ways with McLaren by then.
Not quite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Hey,_My_My_(Into_the_Black)
The song “Hey, Hey, My, My...” and the title phrase of the album, “rust never sleeps” on which it was featured sprang from Young’s encounters with Devo and in particular Mark Mothersbaugh.[1] Devo was asked by Young in 1977 to participate in the creating of his film Human Highway.[2] A scene in the film shows Young playing the song in its entirety with Devo, who clearly want little to do with anything “radio-friendly” (of note is Mothersbaugh changing “Johnny Rotten” to “Johnny Spud”). Also, the famous line, “It’s better to burn out than it is to rust” is credited to Young’s friend Jeff Blackburn of The Ducks.[
They were with McLaren at least until the band disentigrated at Winterland in SF in 1977. He went back to England and left the band without any money.
Sid was dead by 78 I think.
And the lawsuit was in the 1980s maybe into the 1990s.
After the band had secured ownership of their songs, they reunited 20 years after that last tour (in 1997). Paul Cook (who was in the band before Sid and played as a session member on the lone album) rejoined the band.
Yeah...I’d have to do some research on the chronology. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?
RIP.
On the last day of the 6th grade in 1978 Catholic school we had a little party in class and I got to be DJ. I played “Never Mind The Bollocks” and the nun asked me what the name of the band was and I just said “The Pistols.” If I would have said “The Sex Pistols,” I would have been tossed out of class.
I imagine today that I would have been kicked out of school for saying “The Pistols.”
And the old penguin was tapping her foot to God Save the Queen.
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