The Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.

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This is The Sex Pistols Live at Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, TX. Tuesday, January 10, 1978 Pt.8

Actually this show starts with the song "God Save The Queen" but begins to be filmed in 'EMI', there is some footage of the early songs, TV programs made by reporting the show, but not completely recorded.
With these others are not cut.

Set List:
God Save the Queen-no recording
I Wanna Be Me-no recording
Seventeen-no recording
New York-no recording
EMI
Bodies
Belsen Was a Gas
Holidays in the Sun
No Feelings
Problems
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy in the U.S.A.
No Fun

"They said no one could be more bizarre than Alice Cooper, or more destructive than Kiss... they have not seen the Sex Pistols. Tuesday night, Stone City Attractions presents live, the Sex Pistols. Banned in their own home country, England's Sex Pistols, denied admittance to the United States, the Sex Pistols bring the new wave to the Metroplex this Tuesday night, in the Longhorn Ballroom. They said it couldn't happen, but it happens Tuesday night: the Sex Pistols, live." - Radio promo

By this point in the tour, Sid Vicious, the least talented member of the band, was receiving most of the attention onstage. Other members of the band were getting fed up with his narcissistic attitude. Before the show, Steve threatened to punch him for focusing on himself and not the music. Sid hit the bottle hard before the show tonight. Being in Texas once again, he and Johnny found it appropriate to mock the "cowboys" in attendance. About half of the 1,800 in the crowd were fans, and the other half were country & western fans defending their territory against these British punks. There were also about 100 police on hand.
Tonight's performance was more of a circus than a rock show, a love-fest compared to the volatile San Antonio show. John wore an ugly pink shirt and a black glove for most of the show, while Steve wore all black, including boots, spurs, and a sheriff's star. With "Gimme a Fix" on his bare chest, Sid barely played his bass and seemed more interested in jumping around instead of performing music. Plastic cups and other assorted objects flew toward the stage for the duration of the performance. (No glass bottles were sold.) The show was all about spectacle; music was secondary.
At the end of "Holidays in the Sun," Sid got head-butted by a overzealous fan and received a bloody nose. Instead of wiping up the mess, he let the blood flow down his body, smearing it on his face and spitting it into the crowd. Johnny remarked, "Look at that... a living circus." During "Pretty Vacant," Sid took a broken bottle and vehemently carved his chest. Iggy would've been proud. He removed the pus-soaked bandage from his arm and threw it into the hapless crowd. The other band members continued the show. Although he contributed next to nothing musically, Sid knew he was stealing Johnny Rotten's limelight, which was more important to him at that point.
After a blistering version of "Anarchy in the U.S.A.," the band left the stage, and, surprisingly, the crowd yelled for more. As the band reappeared for an encore, Sid showed the audience an obscene gesture and Steve yelled, "You must be mad to want more of us!" In the middle of "No Fun," Steve confronted a heckler by throwing a couple punches and jabbing him with the headstock of his guitar.
The next morning, the Dallas newspaper read: "Most of the people last night came to see the people who came to see the Sex Pistols."

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  • You faggots!

    What an amazing video.

  • For a punk drummer Paul Cook isn't half bad :D

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  • Let's start a riot...........

  • @x733 I think it's a muslin bondage shirt. Good luck finding a pink Fuck Punk one like the one he's wearing here though.

  • I like the bass ;)

  • YA FAGGOTZ

  • Excelent audio/video quality!!

  • @Passthepie Cook was a solid drummer, almost boring but he fits in the Pislols music perfect.

  • fucker

    who trought that to sid vicious

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    0:11

  • @xelidona91st

    emena o sid vasika dn m arese g tin musiki tou!

    apla i prosopikotita k o starxidismos k to style olo itan poly brosta!

    k ne itan apesios bassistas!

    i punk musiki itan g havale apla mesa apo to idos ekanan es8iti tin disareskia gia tin vasilisa k genika gia ton tote kosmo!

  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • telika o sid eine anideos apo basso

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