NBC News report of Sex Pistols tour in U.S.A

[thargskull]

he said "bleep"?

[deltapunk]

they lasted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[forangeljr]

Thanks madferret. Thanks for the upload, I used to have this on a vhs with their last concert@Wonderland.

[nonyafukkinbizniz]

A sex devices store? Is that where the reporter came from? He's a right dildo!!

[danielscissorhands]

Nice to hear fair and balanced news reporting. (Not!)

[YoungPrune]

Wow these "reporters" have such a NASTY tone in their voices. This is such a joke.. it almost sounds fake.

[zeppodeboo]

'They are also vile and profane'

Well YOU are just an aloof wanker!

[theiNZANEone1]

bleep they say!

[blazak]

I was 14 and stuck in the parking lot! (No ticket and you had to be 18 to get in.)

[MichaelStepkoff]

the beatles exploit others for fun.

give them what they want.

personally, i am a worthless loser, who deserves to be destroyed you betters.

I pick my nose constantly, sir.

jane pauly nose that i pick my nose. i am an american too.

americans are probably not the best of people in this world.

jane pauly is truly a babe I would want to fuck sooner rather than later.

Hellow texas.

I am a worthless pick--only Shakespeare--I pick my nose very often-because I masturbate.

[MichaelStepkoff]

the beatles exploit others for fun.

give them what they want.

personally, i am a worthless loser, who deserves to be destroyed you betters.

I pick my nose constantly, sir.

jane pauly nose that i pick my nose. i am an american too.

americans are probably not the best of people in this world.

jane pauly is truly a babe I would want to fuck sooner rather than later.

Hellow texas.

[danielscissorhands]

@MichaelStepkoff I don't think you posted this comment enough times. Please post again.

[MichaelStepkoff]

the beatles exploit others for fun.

give them what they want.

personally, i am a worthless loser, who deserves to be destroyed you betters.

I pick my nose constantly, sir.

jane pauly nose that i pick my nose. i am an american too.

americans are probably not the best of people in this world.

[MichaelStepkoff]

the beatles exploit others for fun.

give them what they want.

personally, i am a worthless loser, who deserves to be destroyed you betters.

I pick my nose constantly, sir.

jane pauly nose that i pick my nose. i am an american too.

[MichaelStepkoff]

the beatles exploit others for fun.

give them what they want.

personally, i am a worthless loser, who deserves to be destroyed you betters.

I pick my nose constantly, sir.

[MichaelStepkoff]

the beatles exploit others for fun.

give them what they want.

personally, i am a worthless loser, who deserves to be destroyed you betters.

[MichaelStepkoff]

the beatles exploit others for fun.

give them what they want.

[MichaelStepkoff]

the beatles exploit others for fun.

[bigadkins1969]

i think they proved there stayin power,fuck carl perkins!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HildebrandJohnson]

Demanding ten bucks for an interview is exactly the kind of thing the Beatles did on their first trip to the United States.

[wiedep]

wrong? by acting like 7 year olds, they proved that the sarcasm was warranted...

[gatolocoverga152]

oh omg !!! her sigh at 6:01-6:02 is most iInteresting that she said !!!

I wish had the time machine for to travel at these year and I fuck her!!!

JPauley is so HOT!!!

Sex pistols forever!!!

[babamuna66]

Comparing Johnny Rotten to Gary Gilmore? Please. I'm sure Jack Perkins enjoys his string quartets, but that hardly qualifies him to comment on punk rock. Leave it to Brokaw to at least give some facts about their music. BTW, the "Today" show airs at 8 in the morning! Haha!

[ihatetheworld90]

all fake



[nealkassanoff]

This, I believe, is a great example of how complex media manipulation can be. I have no doubt in my mind that the execs at NBC knew quite well that "reporting" on the Sex Pistols with faux disdain would only bolster their credibility as a valid cultural statement. The establishment has become adept at co-opting culture over the last fifty years. Coincidentally or not, generation x directed a lot of energy toward these nihilistic cultural trappings, and away from more positive activism.

[epsteinsmutha1]

6:16 FAHSHIST? FAHSHIST? Who the hell taught Brokaw to speak?

[TheJk2k]

thank you madferret for uploading some wicked vids. Always wanted to see the Joe Strummer series..........Feck me mate, to think our youth is now Nostalgia eh? But what a time to be youth. My hat orf to ya Old Bean.!!!

[Radioactive1080]

wow they thought the beatles were outrageous what and old fucker glad he's probably dead

[realchildofhell]

Great footage! Wow there's Chris & Dave (Restraints)....love the shots outside the club - friends and family :) - Safety pin in cheek guy (Robert) is a lawyer now.....

[edesaute]

Her name was Jane Pauley

She lived in a tree!

[thadbrains]

@edesaute good one!!!

[cartooncoon]

I think they almost wound up on Sat. Night Live but broke up before they had a chance to...? The mellow Jack Perkins reports here--you may remember Mike Nelson playing Nelson on "The Mystery Science Theater Hour". What, NBC's Irving R. Levine wasn't available for this? Tom Brokaw (seen w/ Jane Pauley at end)? $3.50!

[dickeelvis]

i remember this  Nice fuckin' sweater, Jack

[spikethegoth89]

impression of the presenter: "complete waste of time. he should just shut the fuck up and let the pistols play. and he should have given sid and john their ten bucks and got the interview... or at least filmed what they had to say unedited.

[weing]

I guess to Tom Brokaw, the Punk class of 77 were NOT the Greatest Generation!

[oiyabastard]

stupid cunt we couldve saved u $3.50 whore where are u now??

[Westerdd]

@oiyabastard also, i think its funny that she thinks the report would keep ppl away from sex pistol gigs when in fact the report probably put a few 1000 extra $3.50 in sex pistols (or mclaren's) pocket.

[oiyabastard]

hahahahaha i bet youd love to have the pistols back. when u see what the blacks do when rap get there in 10 years hahahaha

[Nigelxman]

Jack Perkins has always been the most pathetic and brainless jouralist ever to walk the earth.

[dystopia00]

those reporters came across as twats and never wanted to give the band any praise.that was defo biased

[helpimarock2]

Is that Chris Woods at 1:58 ??

[leesawford]

warner brothers...rock and roll man!

[beesley27]

hahaha, this is exatly what the sex pistols wanted to happen that is the reason the started

[gatolocoverga152]

wait, wait ....Latino is not a race......first there´s a lot white latinamericans that ancentrys is a germans, british, spanish europeans, italians et etc..............my case ? germans and italians

and .........punk rock ruleeees specialy brit-engliish.... :D:D XD

[andysott]

the USA is vile, outrageous and profane...not the sex pistols

[ps3animalfunds]

nah man you just like 8==D

[cubfan531]

This was a privilege to see them.

I'll bet all 3 reporters on this would rather like to see this tape go away.

[tazzman560]

i think when paul and sid were there.. that was the time when John went to talk to Steve about how the band would remain an they got really stoned. lol its in johns book

[EricakaJaceII]

This is the worst type of reporting I've ever seen. O.O

I have such massive respect for the Sex Pistols now after watching this!

[froglovesnoone]

$3.50 to see Sex Pistols ? Bargain !

[jms6959]

I only wish I could have seen them live!

[sfluxi]

I MISS THOSE DAYS!

[peterdcarter1]

Great stuff. It's more like the Pistols came from Mars rather than England to this confused Journo.

[jamaco2ooo]

they should stayed in england,america was not ready for them and it certainly showed,especially in the american media

[raspberry479]

there was a backlash against them here too. and the law went overboard in harrassing them as well. i can remember the older generation staring daggers at punks as if they wanted to kill them.

[de132]

Wow, NBC is fucking retarded. At least now they give anyone a chance now. Before they didn't be fair, just because they have a bad rap

[PunkyDoughnut]

the thing i dont get is that they get attacked and people claimed that the sex pistols attacked them and the fucking media made the sex pistols look like a bunch of pricks [which there not!]

FUCK THE MEDIA CORPERATE WHORES!

[peaceman1234567]

America didn`t want anymore British punk bands after the Sex Pistols and them pricks say they started it all.The Sex Pistols were THE punk pioneers.

[Avebury]

What people don't realize is that EVERY NIGHT of the tour the Sex Pistols were on all three nightly network news shows (CNN, et al, didn't even exist), which meant that virtually every adult saw them.

Happily, I saw the swan song at Winterland in '78...amazing!

[iancurtis51880]

Funny,now NBC is a suck-up of all things liberal. How things do change. They'd fuckin love a band like this now.

[fosterch]

It wouldn't mean anything. If a band came along that told the truth in a concise manner, named names - gave us the nutshell picture of who is running the show and then gave us a direction and people rallied behind that, then they'd be scared. I think Green Day did one of the bravest songs during the Bush thing, as did Bright Eyes. That was true guts. But the Sex Pistols were rallying against the nature of society itself, not just the bad guys.

[nwolfhead]

and thats why the Sex Pistols exist

they wer tired of doing things the way the media wants to do it

they made people realize that Punk s about the attitude and music is secondary

they made people realize that they say the way they want to say t

[neilnani]

america sucks man.....im glad the sex pistols did dat.... dey rule!

[huddleformation]

ahhh hahaha, this is the funniest thing.

Sex pistols wont get anywhere...well they're still remembered today.

Its weird to think they wre so "outragous" for the time. Its like tame compared to some act and bands now adays. Tbh i was also suprise usa took to pistols, cus i dnt mean this badly but the uk is more rock/ punk/ whatever than usa, they're more poppy and stuff, but there are some great american rock bands like Kol and the foos, its just brittsh bands are better.

[tazzman560]

your fuckin retarted. YOU should be exterinated

[christiandiabolico]

shut the fuck of fuckin nazi!

[Marvin24241]

I think the pistols were perfect for their time because no one had seen anyone like this before...also, I think that if people didn't get what they expected when they saw them live in the US it was because they still had a tour going on and they couldn't risk having band members kicked out because the US was looking for any reason to send them back to England...anyway one of my fav bands too :D

[BigJulesSays]

i love this video

[AmusedChild]

Yes, boys and girls, this was television before the advent of MTV! Superscilious squares with their panties in a bunch, assuming that their audience is not about to send a harpoon through the screen at their bland, beige, boring, big-hairedness. Ah, the paths we hacked through the forest of mediocrity so that you youngsters could have cringe-free cable!

[Quickstoptim]

"The concert was a sell out...." yeah and I am willing to bet all the money in my pockets, against all the money in your pockets that HALF of those in attendance were reporters.

[PG1986ko]

Fuck these reporters i hope they`re dead by now.morons

[plpra79]

Sex Pistols were sent to offend smug assholes

like this. They are not remembered but the pistols are!

[krushsister]

Wow. Tom Brokaw actually came across really well in this. Every other NBC news personality can just fuck right off. But Tom Brokaw? Damn, for a middle aged South Dakotan he kinda rocks there. And the Pistols were all about shaking people up and waking them to the reality of the situation at the moment. If only those other two ignorant vultures would have realized that....

[anothertalkinghead]

That's some objective journalism right there ...

[tatara12345]

I wander how this reporter felt later when he realized how wrong and stupid he was. :)

[boseffis]

what was he wrong about?

[davman86]

pistols did change rock

[rejectedgtr13]

no shit man. It took the worst to make the best...no that they're bad. No not at all

[takerdust]

If our government can't protect us from Johnny Rotten, how can they save us from the terrorists??!

[itsfromdaddy]

You can tell who the real journalist is by watching this. Tom Brokaw is a pro, who reported with interesting facts, class and impartiality. Jane Pauly acted like an ignorant soccer mom, and the old dude just made a fool of himself.

[greganwortman]

hey fellow pisted fans everyone take care the Rotten SPs are the greatest band !!!!

[bpted]

Go Pistols! Can't wait to see them this summer. Like the one concertgoer said in this clip, they are really surprisingly tame. Hardly controversial today. Thanks for putting up this historical document.

[koeniggraetzer]

grengo estupido..yanki culiao...

[eyeDfy]

The location of The Great Southeast Music Hall was in a crappy strip mall called Lindbergh Plaza. It was in the corner by the Kmart. It was turned into a movie theater (Screening Room). The whole place was demolished in 2006 to make way for a Home Depot. Ever feel like you been cheated?

[mrbugler]

this is brilliant

[SaulMcginn]

That was a long segment. In an era of news nuggets and dis-information, that seemed like an epic novel.

If it were aired today, they would spend about 45 seconds on the Sex Pistols, and then swiftly move on to pumpkin tortes, followed by the newest cat-toys.

[cubfan531]

Yeah, to hell with the most influential band in years nowadays!

[msinthrop]

Brings back bad memories. I taped this when it originally aired and hated it then. Why would you send a narrow minded old man to a Pistols concert?.He had a bug up his ass from the beginning. And that self centered Jane Pauley!! GOD! What a jerk.Remember when newscasters reported the news and went on to the next story?? LIKE WE REALLY CARE WHAT YOU THINK JANE CUNTFACE! Good news. The reporter is dead, Pauley is a retired old cow, and the PISTOLS ARE LEGENDS!! Punk gets the last laugh!

[somnambulistyes]

however , I do think I may have met the man with the wide open eyes smoking a ciggie.......

[somnambulistyes]

I was in Atlanta in 1977 and I dont remember a sex devices shop - damn (tee hee hee)

[Polyphemus]

The Pleasure Chest was on Peachtreeonly for around 9 months in '78. I actually went there the night of the show to be measured for a studdd wristband,those things weren't easy to come by in those days. According to Terry,the proprietor,the Pistols showed up there 5 minutes after we left. Of coures I got to meet Sid right after the show anyway.

[n29]

It is so funny that after seeing this and the way NBC blew them off, that the Pistols are considered one of the most important bands in rock if not music history.

[misfits764]

haha couldn't have been more wrong...fools

[Kittyfeet69]

"Jane, you ignorant slut!"

[maur64]

I would bang Jane Pauley

[boy81]

that stupid woman news broadcaster at the start and end of this video is a fucking cunt.

[jumbomatchbox]

..tickets to the show were only $3.50!

[eyaoster]

Vicious himself quoted that he had oral sex on stage and spat blood audience and abused some of the audience members three years after the gig...

Wow. So this is Punk...

[Polyphemus]

I was there,and I met Sidney Vish...he didn't do anything weird on stage...those guys were petrified!

[BlackStonesNana]

LOVE SID!

[mickw91UK]

What you mean news reporters Lieing!?

Couldnt be!

[Polyphemus]

Yeah,Sid only wanted a fix;he was on the verge of withdrawal symptoms(that was the night he had the girls scrape "I Need a Fix'onto his torso with a metaaal nail file),and these crazy grrroupies I knew shot him up with PCP! He wasn't too happy about it,as one would expect

[alanbovay]

Very sarcastic reporters? Oh come now. It's the Pistols, for crying out loud. The band that rewrote the book not just on honesty, but sarcasm as well. The Pistols snubbed their noses at anything and everything, including ordinary hotel employees (as this report indicated). Not even two weeks later they broke up. I'd say it was the Today Show that proved the Pistols wrong.

[ranger89]

Bleep they say.

[ILikePie22222]

punk today SUCKS!! Its all about breaking up with their girlfriends. BOO FUCKING HOO!! GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!

[ILikePie22222]

they try to make them sound evil.

[CitizenPatriot]

SCREW THE MEDIA

[inmuchpain]

jew media attacks punk by patronizing and humiliating it. that's all i see here.

[latinanarchist]

nbc, byist pricks

[gnila1bnana]

stupid old fucker..."theyr music is as ugly as they named themselfs"

[michinco]

damn, which club did they play at in Atlanta??

[Polyphemus]

The Great Southeast Music Hall...at 5:30 you see me with my two pals...we were nothing like so-called "punks" of today. We were pissed off,hated everything,and were bedecked with swastikas.

[Polyphemus]

We creepy maniacs were actually at around 1:55. These bastards changed the way the freaking clock works.

[bobalu10]

but i would pay $3.50

[bobalu10]

I remember when they came to memphis and there was a riot when they said Elvis sucks

[TomGreenUK]

The American media is shit. The United States contributed fuck all to proper punk music.

[dkopf]

Yeah, the U.S. didn't do anything for punk.... Yo, brainiac, if it wasn't for the punk originators the Ramones playing some gigs in England, the Sex Pistols and the Clash would have never formed. All the English did for punk was turn it into some ridiculous costume for teenyboppers to wear. I am so glad hardcore started in the states and Oi started in the UK, b/c you guys killed "punk" with your youth market commercialism.

[jocelynn62985]

here here brother!! I love when these brits say shit like. "UK punk was the first or the real shit" or "US did fuck all for punk".hahaha!!! you cant help but laugh when the English try to take all the credit.

[zenos1988]

i fucking hate the american media

[internationalelf]

wow, this great!

[pjsb67]

Sid looked cool and Mr Rotten was just adhering to The Great Rock And Roll Swindle. Sarcky USA reporters made them even more famous.

[madferrett]

Exactly breakfast,& i bet Pauley & Perkins are now old fogey Green Day punk shit rock fans now,lol......Nice to hear an American journalist though,admit that the U.K invenvented it....Maybe they're not so thick...lol !

[freefloatinghippy]

well, if it's the "sound" your talking about then i think iggy and the stooges and such bands were first, afterall the pistols learned to play with those records, but if it's the attitude your talking about then hell yes, absolutely it started in the uk, and to me the uk punk is the real punk.. period!!!

anyhoo, thanks , great upload!!!

[breakfastmachine]

at least tom brokaw seems to appreciate the pistols and doesnt slag them off. jane pauley and jack perkins are true cunts throughout. what a couple of shitheads.

[bobalu10]

most thought they sucked donkeys in the 70's...the weren't appriciated till later