The Sex Pistols

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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Byrnzie wrote:
    The Pistols' relevance still echoes through the music world today.

    You reckon? I dunno, I don't hear many bands name checking them.
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Pink Floyd were, and remain, irrelevant beyond a certain crowd of nasal-gazing muso's.

    Given how much Floyd's record sales dwarf the Sex Pistols' I find it hard to see how you could quantify that claim. Furthermore given the lukewarm reception the Pistols' most recent reunion received compared with the near hysteria Pink Floyd received when they regrouped at Live 8, I would argue the exact opposite to your claim, and that it is the Pistols who only still appeal to a certain crowd.
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,827
    strummers wrote:
    2 words:

    THE CLASH

    I believe the phrase is "'nuff said"! :D

    I agree....the Sex Pistols may have fired the first shot to start the revolution, but the Clash kept it going.
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    RAMONES or nothing!
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  • catefrances
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    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    RAMONES or nothing!

    ill take nothing thanks. 8-)
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  • philthehip
    philthehip Posts: 2,084
    facepollution wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    The Pistols' relevance still echoes through the music world today.

    You reckon? I dunno, I don't hear many bands name checking them.
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Pink Floyd were, and remain, irrelevant beyond a certain crowd of nasal-gazing muso's.

    Given how much Floyd's record sales dwarf the Sex Pistols' I find it hard to see how you could quantify that claim. Furthermore given the lukewarm reception the Pistols' most recent reunion received compared with the near hysteria Pink Floyd received when they regrouped at Live 8, I would argue the exact opposite to your claim, and that it is the Pistols who only still appeal to a certain crowd.

    Absolutely correct. How can anyone compare Floyd with the sex pistols? One of the most important bands in musical history vs a group of guys more famous for swearing than their musical output
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    catefrances wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    RAMONES or nothing!

    ill take nothing thanks. 8-)

    No love for the 4 brothers from Forrest Hills?
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    RAMONES or nothing!

    ill take nothing thanks. 8-)

    No love for the 4 brothers from Forrest Hills?

    they bore me.
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  • dimitrispearljam
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    cate in 2 words can destroy whatever a guy saying .even he speaks for 3 days in a row
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  • Starfall
    Starfall Posts: 548
    The best band of the past 50 years? Are you freaking kidding me? What a load of crap.

    They didn't transform music as much as the Beatles did. They only made one album, which made them technically a flash in the pan. Their members died (Sid Vicious) or faded into mediocrity soon after the band dissolved.

    They're not even the best punk band of all time. That honor goes to the Clash, IMHO.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Starfall wrote:
    The best band of the past 50 years? Are you freaking kidding me? What a load of crap.

    They didn't transform music as much as the Beatles did. They only made one album, which made them technically a flash in the pan. Their members died (Sid Vicious) or faded into mediocrity soon after the band dissolved.

    They're not even the best punk band of all time. That honor goes to the Clash, IMHO.


    least you didnt say they were the best band of the past 50 years. 8-)
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  • Starfall
    Starfall Posts: 548
    catefrances wrote:
    Starfall wrote:
    The best band of the past 50 years? Are you freaking kidding me? What a load of crap.

    They didn't transform music as much as the Beatles did. They only made one album, which made them technically a flash in the pan. Their members died (Sid Vicious) or faded into mediocrity soon after the band dissolved.

    They're not even the best punk band of all time. That honor goes to the Clash, IMHO.


    least you didnt say they were the best band of the past 50 years. 8-)

    Joy Division. :lol:
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    facepollution wrote:
    Given how much Floyd's record sales dwarf the Sex Pistols'

    Like that means anything. The Spice Girls record sales probably dwarf Pink Floyd's.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    edited March 2010
    philthehip wrote:
    a group of guys more famous for swearing than their musical output

    I guess that explains the following:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Pistols#Legacy
    'Rolling Stone...magazine ranked the Sex Pistols #58 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".[183] Leading music critic Dave Marsh called them "unquestionably the most radical new rock band of the Seventies."[184]

    ...The releases of "Anarchy in the U.K.", "God Save the Queen" and Never Mind the Bollocks are counted among the most important events in the history of popular music. Never Mind the Bollocks is regularly cited in accountings of all-time great albums: In 2006, it was voted #28 in Q magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever",[185] while Rolling Stone listed it at #2 in its 1987 "Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years".[186] It has come to be recognized as among the most influential records in rock history.[179][187] A 2005 Allmusic critique describes it as "one of the greatest, most inspiring rock records of all time".[188]
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Starfall wrote:
    They're not even the best punk band of all time. That honor goes to the Clash, IMHO.

    There are plenty of punk bands I'd place above The Clash.
    The Clash mean nothing to me.

    Actually though, maybe I shouldn't have said 50 years. I should have said 30 years. I think The Doors have a sound claim to my 50 year prize. 8-)
  • catefrances
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Starfall wrote:
    They're not even the best punk band of all time. That honor goes to the Clash, IMHO.

    There are plenty of punk bands I'd place above The Clash.
    The Clash mean nothing to me.

    Actually though, maybe I shouldn't have said 50 years. I should have said 30 years. I think The Doors have a sound claim to my 50 year prize. 8-)


    i cant even say the words the clash are punk with a straight face. and most certainly not in regards to london calling.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Dead Kennedys!
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  • catefrances
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    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Dead Kennedys!


    you think the DKs are worth an exclamation mark??? :P :lol:
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  • Starfall
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    Byrnzie wrote:
    Starfall wrote:
    They're not even the best punk band of all time. That honor goes to the Clash, IMHO.

    There are plenty of punk bands I'd place above The Clash.
    The Clash mean nothing to me.

    Actually though, maybe I shouldn't have said 50 years. I should have said 30 years. I think The Doors have a sound claim to my 50 year prize. 8-)

    Like who? X? Wire? The Damned? The Velvet Underground? The Ramones? The New York Dolls?

    No other punk band was as successful as the Clash, and they're already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

    Oh yeah, the Doors mean nothing to me. Anyone that doesn't say the Beatles were the greatest band of the last 50 years is delusional.
    "It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go." - Neil Gaiman, "Stardust"
  • Starfall
    Starfall Posts: 548
    catefrances wrote:
    i cant even say the words the clash are punk with a straight face. and most certainly not in regards to london calling.

    You're overlooking their seminal first album, then.
    "It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go." - Neil Gaiman, "Stardust"

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