PIL Public Image Limited - Live In Tokyo - Religion

[Gvzta]

PIL NEVER DIES

[JuventudeLeonina]

PIL amiga,,,

[angellopezvila]

JO TAMBE ESTIMO EN JOHNNY ... P.I.L FOREVER . ANLOVI

[PostPunkFan]

This came out the year I was born. Fuck. I was born waaaaay too late.

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

here brilliant here

[darksorcerermusic]

the bass line and the drums are the real hook ...lydons vocals add some sugar to the cake...the keyboard intro was cool too

[Volanne]

Who's the Genius?

Lydon?

McLaren?

Both?

[Takac1979]

Lydon!!!

[TheSMeBEATS]

thats Religion ......!!!!!!money for nothin`

[QualAnthony]

Want to re-read Joseph Campbell and Robert Graves after seeing this video.

I wonder how many people are aware of the ancient Pagan origins of the myths

in a certain Western book Lydon is referring to in this song?

That is to say: the story of Isis and Osiris, Horus, Mises, Minu,The Epic of Gilgamesh and all the Hero and Creation Epics that existed thousands of years - at the very least - before the Bible, upon which it's myths are based.

[Burningchromosome]

"I bought this in Beta when I was in Hawaii, didn't even have a Beta player...saw it finally at my uncles after I got out years later. I watch it here now and damn, this performance is the shit. The bass player drives the nail and Martin Atkins on drums blows my mind." 

[PhotoCher]

Regarding religion, Nick Cave has many songs which deal with the issue in a thoughtful way. Both Randy Newman and the Residents have a " Godsong". Both wise.

[perspectivehorizon]

HCL WTF!!!!

[oneninblack]

FUCK ALL U TARDS HAAAAAA OVER ANALITICAL OR HOWEVER U SPELL THAT SHIT...........GO FUK UR SELVES

[swalk813]

*what John said*.

[whitestripes77]

Kick ass

[mondocaneman]

Many so called "atheists" worship themselves and atheism is the opium for the masses! The internet is a religion!!!! Politics is a religion!!!!

[mondocaneman]

Everybody has their own religion!!!!..it's what you worship!!! to some people money is their religion!!!...to others drugs is their religion!!!..to others pornography is their religion!!!..to others they worship things!!!..to others they worship their bank account

[theaurarune]

Nice find! love the sound of the bass, what a wicked bass line!

[Bust3rTheBeast]

fucking madness

[SolidsnakeAK]

is shit

[metalthrashingwill]

who gives a fuck about religion,thats what this song is saying,enjoy the song,keep ur relgious coments to urself

[lawomond]

Peoples....... There is no god, never has been.. never will be.. please find something else. stop killing people in the name of..

[pollmeister]

a liar on the alter!!!!!!!i love it mate

[TheSteviecaldwell]

the Bible is bullshit !!

[TheNancyRotten]

RELIGION IS A  LIE!!!!!!

[belsenghost]

Amen

[mauriewm]

@belsenghost, hi bro,I found your posts

intelligent and well written WHY HAVE

THEY BEEN SPAMMED?? W.T.F.!! is it censorship because you mentioned a catholic university . have a good one!

[belsenghost]

Hey man, thanks for your comment! it doesn't seem that my comments are labeled as "spam". Either someone marked them as "not spam" or is just because they're replies to a comment with too many thumbs down. Most of us here bitch about the catholic university (even many people who call themselves catholics), because it's the only univesity in "town" to study things like law or psychology, not to mention it's a private university (paying for studying theology sucks).Out of space Have a nice day!

[mauriewm]

@belsenghost, thought thats what the yellow line meant,derr,

and derr, have a good one!

[TheFlapperdame]

that IS good

Religion up my ass

[jamsam12]

are you crazy? Good song? Great lyrics? That song equalizes God with shit! And says that bible lies. That is not good!

[belsenghost]

Yes, this song is a bit atheistic. I really liked it back in the day when I came out (as an atheist). I'm not sure if the bible lies, but it's condratictory and should not be taken too literally.

[punkhippiehiphop]

The man who wrote the bible must have been drunk. Everything's in there is SHIT. RELIGION IS A LIE!

[jamsam12]

Using that words you hurt many people who believe. Jesus is a real historic person. You haven't right when u think that is a lie and shit too. Bible was writting by many people and long time (a fiew centuries). I know I cannot confute u to trust it but don't affront, please. Be happy with your disbelief. Greatings

[punkhippiehiphop]

It just makes me sad that some people believe in it. Because really, I have studied religion and there's no proof whats or ever that it's true. The more you get into it, the more you get manipulated. And religion is the reason why it's so much negativity in the world. I don't wish to hurt anyone, I just want people to open their eyes. Peace.

[belsenghost]

You tell me about studying religion. Down here where i live, the only chance for studying law is attending the catholic university. I DO have to study theology and all that jazz. And you need a christian mindset because otherwise you just "don't get it". It's almost convincing. That's it: ALMOST. But then I think about muslims and the flying spaghetti monster and whatever you may name, that's just plain nuts. You can't hope for intellectual superiority if you allow religion to hold you back.

[mauriewm]

@jamsam 12 zeitgeist is a great introduction for people who haven't spent time studying truer history and who lazily rely on 'mainstream' mind control invented scenarios of fear and promise to symbolically describe their understanding of reality ,it shows how the main religions are simply carbon copies of the ancient sun worshiping and astrological cults

with a few personalities that have no more historical actuality than Hatty potter thrown in ,give it a look ,all the best to you!

[jamsam12]

Maybe your theories are true (It's credible). People don't think about believe and God and church. They wanna spend their lives in silmply way. But in bible we can find a logical whole. Ancient believe and science fiction stories like Potter are completely different! It's similar to people who don't know it well. All the best!

So all users give me more bad rates If u wanna (like in my previous comment)

[mauriewm]

@jamsam12 have a look at zeitgeist (word search brings the short movie straight up!)what have you got to lose? its a great intro to the historical way religions where invented.for people who haven't had a look/interest in history.

dont take bad rates personaly its your comment that is rated not you !.the world must move on from the old fear based mind control religion/programmes we havebeen given from birth IF you look easy to see how they where put together

have a great new year j

[belsenghost]

jamsam12: I just gave you a thumb up to cheer you up! But really, I go along with maurie and think it would be cool if you gave a shot at zeitgeist, that is unless you already have by now. It's not THAT great of a film and is not like it will destroy anybody's faith, but I'm sure it can get you to think about a lot of things. Peace

[jamsam12]

I watched this film a few times. Really. And long time ago and couple weeks ago too. This discussion began with using by others bad words about christian religion. The song talks this same.

[pitchblacksuperdarkh]

seriously if you really have to be religious be a buddhist thats the only good religion

[jamsam12]

I don't agree. But tell me why is the best?

[pitchblacksuperdarkh]

because its not violent hateful greedy or evil like islam and christianity

[jamsam12]

christian religion is not bad. People are evil, not relirion. di u heard about pope John Paul II? He was talking so much about peace and goodness. And he was a face of catholics. People in church are different. In My opinion it is the best religion

[pitchblacksuperdarkh]

peace is not what christianity is now if it ever was peacefull after jesus died christianity now is money grabbing, child buggering, homophobic and sexist pope bennedict the 16th is one of the biggist cunts on the face of the earth

[jamsam12]

That are rare events but mass media tell about them in a special way that everybody often hear about it. And people think it,s a evil religion. It's possible within it is the most of all evil-doer, becouse christian religion is the biggest. The percent is not big and the biggest of all another evil in religions

[TheInaneAtheist]

Buddhism is equally as corrupt.

[pitchblacksuperdarkh]

how?

[pitchblacksuperdarkh]

@jamsam12 its absolutly no different to ancient beleif its just most religions want everyone to convert to theirs the european imagrants went over to america and murdered the natives to get rid of them and their savage supperstitions and people dont think about god because theirs no reason to take it seriously theres no proof it has no nessaccerry influence on our lives and WTF DO U MEAN BY LOGICAL WHOLE? how can you get logic from the bible religion is out of date and a terrible problem

[skeletonkey6]

Great video, I like the way it was filmed- very psychedelic.Does anyone know what year this was?

[St37One]

1978

[meeces13]

its from 1983

[BroodjeTorso]

Live in Tokyo (Virgin, 1983)

[wisesatyr72]

the greatest so much better than the swindler ; Malcolm Mcclaren

[BiatcH445]

The best song ever about Religion? Religious vomit (dead kennedys) Kerk & Staat (human Alert)

Religion sucks bad, religion the biggest massmurderer in history. The man in a dress, the pope, is the personification of massmurder in gawd`s name...

[stollie76]

you all miss the mark you all over complicate things this is simplicity at its greatest form dont look too deep the simple can be complex

[H4rryF]

Thanks for this.

i saw him do this, complete with neon halo, at the birmingham odeon,UK round about the same time as this. Just before he sang the first line ('this is religion')someone in the audience shouted it out. JR said "it might not be actually..... but in this case it is" and carried on.

[Hacker73]

John Joseph Lydon: SIMPLY THE GREATEST FUCKING GENIUS EVER!!!

He's the incarnated intelligence itself.

Love him or hate him: this man broke the Music History in 2 parts: Before and After the Punk. HE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE ENTIRE POP CULTURE HISTORY. He changed the course of rivers of thoughts. The rest is the rest.

[Benzi75]

You`re scary!

Don`t start reading "Catcher in the Rye" whatever you do...

[Glamypunk]

What Hacker said is a proven historical fact, it has nothing to do with any technical skills, it has to do with the influence on music, culture and society. You must live on another planet, if you didn't notice that music changed complete 1977.

[daveedine]

@Hacker73 alright alright try to breath deeeply

[St37One]

I guess its okay to call it punk or post punk, but there are better words like honesty, independance and individuality, reality and truth loving. Maybe there should be a new word for it.

[Thorinbriggz]

most people dont know wat independance and individuality mean let alone say it

[ELGROOVER]

As re£evant a$ €ver...(dig the 'fallen halo' John).

[hbangerb]

j.l. you are a poet, pull no punches, shine on mon frere

[flanksrob]

exactly that is why punk defines one man

john lydon

everyone else is a copy of punk

[hadithead]

pistols wer more well knowen and more punk but love this song

[cubfan531]

This is new wave. And, since they were different, more cutting, more innovative, PiL was, in fact, more punk.

[Thorinbriggz]

no Pil just knew wat they were doing

[flanksrob]

in my opinion this is probably one of the best songs i have ever heard

love pil

[juki1x]

This song was supposed to be a Sex Pistols song...wonder what it would have sounded like.

[cubfan531]

Just start playin around with some power chords and speed it up. I'm sure you can come up with something good.

[Thorinbriggz]

idk ask Steve Jones

[Wez666]

Awesome song!

[bapyou]

Blasphemy! Yeeeeeaaaaahhhh!