If you want to actually SEE Sid perform his amazing "My Way" and get to know the "whole truth" (well, somehow) about the pistols i recommend "The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302626625/qid=1075883617//ref =sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl27/002-8591732-2235228?v=glance&s=video&n=507846#product-d etails (probably forbidden in some countries)... ...and what is johnny rotten doing? Exactly: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040203/325/el4t6.html Melissa - I always thought only German speaking people know Nina Hagen - her verion IS pretty close, only that she CAN sing... Rrrrright! now ha, ha Georg > > Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:10:55 +0100 > From: "Alan Bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Sid - 25 years on > >> Hi all, >> >> It's 25 years today since Sid Vicious died > > how strange...just last night we sat down and watched julien temple's 'the > filth and the fury' - the sex pistols bio. i had no idea it was sid's > anniversary. > > for those who don't know the story or even the reason for the pistols, and i > suppose realistically we can include a large majority who weren't in the uk > around the outbreak of british punk, i recommend the film. > > i remember the pistols being banned, especially from top of the pops, so i > didn't see them on the tv at the time (i was 11), but i do remember hearing > the music, and seeing 'pan's people', a tv dance outfit dancing to 'pretty > thing'. it had quite an effect on me, even at 11 years of age. > > rip sid > > and god save the queen! (we mean it maaaaam!" > > alan (ex malicious al of the malicious bros. a rather crap, failed, uk > punk duet of yore) -- Georg Birkner Dipl. Arch. ETH Roentgenstrasse 44 CH - 8005 Zürich fon: +41 (0)1 271 00 22 fax: 271 01 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
