Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (Letterman)

"Pretty Vacant" live on David Letterman Show in 1996.

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Music

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• Sex
• Pistols
• Punk
• Rock
• David
• Letterman
• Pretty
• Vacant
• John
• Lydon
• Johnny
• Rotten
• Steve
• Jones
• Glen
• Matlock
• Sid
• Vicious

[Pheradze]

Where is your liver, John?!

[britladd]

ok so maybe it's not in the spirit of punk and they look old but so do a lot of us. When I saw them perform on tv for the first time in almost 20 years it sent chills of excitement though me, they still sounded great, They were one of the few punk bands I missed the first time round so I was sooo ready to see them at Finsbury Park and I was not disappointed...awesome!

[Maxshard]

@splitneyboria You're preaching to thr converted. 

[sfshinz]

@splitneyboria Nothing remotely sad about the Pistols from 1975-1978, not even their final gig at Winterland, which I have seen footage of, and was surprised at how powerful they were even at their worst (which pretty much everybody agrees that show represented). What's sad is watching them on Letterman. Again, I understand it, and hope they got some of they money they were scammed out of originally; there is something sad about watching them hopping about in a television studio 20 years later.

[splitneyboria]

@Maxshard This is the truth. Steve Jones guitar sound is instantly recognisable and has been emulated by bands all over the world. Joe Lydon's lyrics are awesome and his singing style unique. For those that were around at the time, of which I am one, when The Pistols arrived on the music scene it was a wake up call to the youth of the 70's to start asking questions. It was unbelievably exciting.....great days!

[splitneyboria]

@sfshinz I'm sorry......let me just make sure I understand what it is you are saying. You are saying that The Pistols are sad? Oh dear, you just don't get it do you? When John Joseph Lydon screams 'and we don't care', he actually, deep down, on a basic and brutally honest level, means it! They are without comparison, I have yet to see ANY band before or since that have really stuck it to the Establishment/Government/Big business. Who's doing it now???

[spooooooooons]

@sfshinz Ahh, I get you. Well, tbh I think all there stuff, whichever part of there career has been well crafted for each style they've gone through. There early stuff up until Nimrod was offensive but not as obvious as lyrics such as the Sex Pistols. Later stuffs definitley more radio friendly, and definitley innocuous, but if anything has more politically charged meaning.

[sfshinz]

@spooooooooons To me, Green Day have always been a band that has created well-crafted pop songs, which is great. And innocuous,

[spooooooooons]

@sfshinz Explain the 'relevant as Green Day part' please?

[broadband0118]

@sfshinz I know what you mean and yet if you crank it up, it still sounds pretty good. But you are right, they are still preying on 35 year old stuff to get a few extra quid.