EMI-Sex Pistols-Dallas (1978)

I don't need to introduce this lot do I? My current favourite Pistols track. Picture quality is a bit grainy for which I apologise. Lydon's performance once again shines through. I will leave the rest of this text to somebody who was lucky enough to be there:

Nick Barbaro: The Sex Pistols were doing this short, weird Southern tour in funky locations and might never play the U.S. again, and there were already personnel problems in the band. Going seemed like the natural thing to do. They were the Beatles of the punk movement. They were the band. It was an event to see them. I'd been to progressive country shows at the Longhorn Ballroom before -- seen Willie Nelson -- so it wasn't exactly a redneck bar.

Sid was really fucked up. Really drunk. He played for a while without his guitar plugged in. He played for a while with a fish. I think somebody threw it up there, a bass or something. People seemed pissed at him. He'd spit on the audience; they'd spit on him. That's what you did. There was this element of, "You paid to see us play?"

The memorable thing about the show was the crowd and how tightly packed it was. Everybody had moments when you were suddenly not on the ground anymore, being swept along with the crowd. Some people were genuinely scared of being crushed. But that's an old British football tradition, too.

I don't remember anything about the song list. I'm sure it was all their favorites. They didn't have all that many songs, but they were entertaining songwriters. Their songs still hold up. "God Save the Queen" is a wonderful song. And it was a great rock & roll show. (Copied from The Austin Chronicle: 10/01/2003 - http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A116550)

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Music

Tags:

• John Lydon
• Sex Pistols
• EMI
• Sid Vicious
• Longhorn Ballroom
• Dallas
• 1978
• Steve Jones
• Glan Matlock

[MusicMistery91]

who is sid exactly? I googled Best bassists and it wrote on a blogged the worst bassists.. I read he that he played with his bass unpluged so I thought... "I have to see this." but it would be easier if i knew who he was in the video... and can you tell me what moment it happened exactly in the video? Thanks... and no offense but... they really suck XD