"Not the nice, clean Rolling Stones" Boy, was he in for a suprise.

@Manzini79

4 жыл бұрын

he was being sarcastic

@johnlucas2317

4 жыл бұрын

@@Manzini79 Up to that point, the Stones had been considered as far as rock 'n' roll could slide into the gutter of proper British society.

@seansands424

4 жыл бұрын

It need,s a few more like these to c**t off and get rid off all the fake c**t,s

@maxxxmodelz4061

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, especially considering by this time, Keith Richards was nearing his first blood transfusion he was anything but clean.

@luvittodeath7031

4 жыл бұрын

Rolling Stones’ song called Star Star is nice and clean

People were more horrified by swearing than by a middle aged interviewer getting lewd with a teenage girl (Siouxsie).

@shootie2967

5 жыл бұрын

she was 19

@Jason17300

5 жыл бұрын

S H O O T I E yes, a teenage girl, that’s what he said.

@justaladTaken

4 жыл бұрын

He was 53. That’s not necessarily ‘Middle Age’. Maybe Late middle age.

@slothstradamus89

4 жыл бұрын

@@shootie2967 Oh yea...isnt 19 A TEENAGER?! So fuckin what if she was "of age", 19 is still a teen and he was bein a lecherous old fuck.

@horsenuts1831

4 жыл бұрын

@@justaladTaken Scary isn't it? If he was 53, he would have been born just after the end of the WW1. I feel old.

Rotten saying "shit" sounds like a child being forced to apologize 😂

@le_th_

2 жыл бұрын

He was a child...an adult body, and a developmentally arrested child in his brain.

@dextervortexsungte5348

2 жыл бұрын

@@le_th_ so do you? Karen

@le_th_

2 жыл бұрын

@@dextervortexsungte5348 Gosh, that's so original. Did you think of that all on your own? How can I go on after this? /end sarcasm

@dextervortexsungte5348

2 жыл бұрын

@@le_th_ hmm, yawn ¬¬

@bradford_shaun_murray

2 жыл бұрын

1:18 whoa! 2:30 wtf whoa!

“We FACKIN spent it didn’t we?!” That ALWAYS makes me howl with laughter 😂😂😂

@kevindublin7790

2 жыл бұрын

And the next bit……. “Yea its all goan …. down the boozer”. So so funny.

@ianbauer4703

Жыл бұрын

@@kevindublin7790 And then that last bit, "You dirty fuckah!"

@itwontcomeout5678

Жыл бұрын

Even more hilarious that nobody fucken even heard or understood it while it was being said 🤣

@lowercentenary

Жыл бұрын

Excellent comeback that

@karoltomis5704

Жыл бұрын

Leaving nothing to IRS?

Fun fact- Queen were scheduled to be interviewed, however, Freddie had a toothache, so the Sex Pistols were asked to be interviewed, and they agreed.

@rabfallon4507

3 жыл бұрын

a fact that the whole world knows

@weeoth8380

3 жыл бұрын

such an improvent of history

@punkisinthedetails1470

2 жыл бұрын

yeah a toothache called the sex Pistols.

@jessica_jam4386

2 жыл бұрын

@Marathon Rubicon I like queen, though they’re not my favorite band and I’d rather listen to the Sex Pistols, but you calling them pseudo opera pricks made me lol

@jessica_jam4386

2 жыл бұрын

@Marathon Rubicon Sting and U2 I can’t listen to. Coldplay is even worse.

Wow, I knew about them swearing on tv, I didn't know that the interviewer hit on Siouxsie Sioux. You can see Siouxsie's face fall a bit after he says "We'll meet afterward". Steve Jones had every right to call him a dirty bastard.

@supergeeky7529

4 жыл бұрын

he said what we are all thinking!

@TBOTSS

4 жыл бұрын

@@supergeeky7529 Yeah. I would not mind giving her a good seeing too myself.

@etanaedelman9011

4 жыл бұрын

@sebastian popek She was like 19.

@midnightstorm4290

3 жыл бұрын

@@etanaedelman9011 Lmao that's what I was thinking

@dess234

3 жыл бұрын

@sebastian popek how, all she said she always wanted to meet him? that’s not flirting

To Bill Grundy, entering the studio that night, this was a last-minute interview with some punk musicians and followers where he didn't know anything about the music or scene and thought the whole thing was likely a fad that would fade out swiftly. Little did he know that, decades later, this would be the one thing he was remembered for by the world at large. Life is full of ironies like this.

Treasured memory of Johnny Rotten being interviewed by Janet Street Porter, who, at that time sported hair dyed in red and yellow stripes. Janet (trying desperately to demonstrate how 'now' she is) launches into an interminable question, hoping for a reply about the aesthetics of punk. Johnny sits in silence, looking mesmerised. The silence continues for several seconds after the question ends. He eventually replies, "'Ere, your 'air looks like rhubarb". Priceless.

@geoffpoole483

Жыл бұрын

Lydon can be very very funny.

Siouxsie's suprised face when Steve calls Grundy a dirty old man... priceless!

@DakinRinone

2 жыл бұрын

Well cause she said she wanted to talk with him afterward. She made the face because Steve was acting like a pussy

@adonaiyah2196

2 жыл бұрын

I think its nice

@stephenbrookes7268

2 жыл бұрын

I have actually remember this happening. I don't think either Bill Grundy nor the Band were showing respect for each other. I felt that Grundy was just doing what our parents did whatever ephemera we were into had to be ridiculed and minimised. Siouxsie said she had always wanted to meet him, and he said they could meet after the show. Unless there was a really strong subtext to that which was not obvious, I don't know why Jones got so upset. Siouxsie did not seem offended. The controversy that all caused was completely unrelated to the situation.

@davemcmahon4045

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenbrookes7268 Jones got upset because he had 4 bottles of blue nun before going on air

@hhangiehh

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenbrookes7268 rewatch it, she looked shocked by what Grundy said

Bill had it coming for being a creep to Siouxie. Steve did amazing lmao.

@TwilightParasites

3 жыл бұрын

Life would be dull if everyone liked the same music played in the same way though. Punk was about doing your own thing and that is what she did in music and everything else. Good for her.

@agnidas5816

2 жыл бұрын

she started it

@vincent-qm6ys

2 жыл бұрын

@Obelisk the swastika is ironic and made to provoke. While Bill was a disgusting old man hitting women way to young for him.

@dextervortexsungte5348

2 жыл бұрын

@@vincent-qm6ys wearing swastika wasn't ironic unless you do evil deeds so like nazis

@itwontcomeout5678

2 жыл бұрын

@@agnidas5816 No U

Grundy's been dead almost 30 years now and nobody remembers him but the name of the Pistols will be remembered forever..:)

@paulmcnamara4774

2 жыл бұрын

Remembered for what? Music was awful

@tungstenkid2271

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulmcnamara4774 The Pistols music was brash, raw and rebellious, great stuff..;)

@marlongoncalvesdias502

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulmcnamara4774 Pistols Não faziam músicas para serem bonitas, era, e é, um som rebelde e contestador do punk.

@briannewton7786

2 жыл бұрын

i had never heard of grundy as a kid let alone 30 yrs later lol

@eddyvideostar

Жыл бұрын

@@tungstenkid2271: Well done.

Shows how much a lot of the world was fine with a dude coming onto a teen but soon as they hear curse words it's like the devil is present

@geoffpoole483

Жыл бұрын

Steve Jones has always been a bit rough around the edges but he called out Grundy for being a perv.

@nereammc_99

11 ай бұрын

Exactly

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

11 ай бұрын

While Grundy was undoubtedly out of his depth with the short notice interview, Siouxsie Sioux was 19 years old at the time of this interview, and above the age of consent. Bill Grundy was 53 years old.

@willyoueatmypussyplease3549

Ай бұрын

Back when I used to labour for builders alot of them where worse with some of the stuff they would come out with when they saw a young lass even when they was in a school outfit dirty sods

@johneeeemarry34

5 күн бұрын

If she was such a delicate helpless teen why was she going to night clubs topples wearing a nazi arm band? It’s like the devil is present… Knowingly exposing her breasts to men of all ages ? Why did she START the sarcastic flirtation with this older man just to be edgy? He was not coming on to her, why do you lie ? Why do you try and manipulate people by presenting this woman who was 2 months away from her 20th birthday as a 13 year old child? She was old enough to go to the licensed drinking establishment and expose he breasts whilst wearing the arm band … Are you a creepy “is he bothered you” pseudo moralist male feminist who says predictable things on the internet just to get likes from other morons who can’t recognise sarcasm when it’s blatantly put in front of them ?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'll always find it hilarious that the big controversy with this interview was the "shit" and not the swastikas

@mostlyharmless88

Жыл бұрын

yeah like i thought i was going crazy.

@carlodave9

Жыл бұрын

The Sweet beat them to the Nazi bit by quite a bit. Tempest in a teapot after that one. But to tell a host, "You dirty fucker. What a fucking rotter", and really MEAN it, that was something completely new and shocking.

@JohnSmith-su3ze

Жыл бұрын

Whats wrong with them wearing swastikas? Do you think they might commit genocide?

@thesystem4025

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-su3ze are you retarded

@JohnSmith-su3ze

Жыл бұрын

@@thesystem4025 What makes you say that? Swastikas are a nothing burger in this context

This has to be the only reason Bill Grundy is remembered

@simonfarrell2537

2 жыл бұрын

He gets a mention in "no-one is innocent" .. God save William Grundy, from drowning in manure!

@joeyrb4509

2 жыл бұрын

That tory fool would have know place in peoples minds if it wasn't for this.

@michaelwsperry

2 жыл бұрын

Then you really have no idea.

@jankemjunkie6564

2 жыл бұрын

I know who the Sex Pistols are but I’ve never heard of Bill Grundy

@jesuspobre88

2 жыл бұрын

Not altogether true. His name is also rhyming slang for 'undies'!😆

Love how polite and unassuming Glen Matlock is.

I saw this live when I was 11 and it was the best thing ever on TV

@le_th_

2 жыл бұрын

For an 11 year old, you're probably right. However, any emotionally mature adult would be sickened by the comments of a 53 year old man to a 19 year old female. smh

After that incident, the Pistols were Public Enemy No.1, I had a copy of "Anarchy In The UK", few shops wanted to stock it but I managed to get it before it was withdrawn entirely. I took it to the Xmas college disco and asked the DJ to play it. He played a minute of the single, when it was booed by the crowd. It was immediately replaced by Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music White Boy". My friends and I laughed our heads off. For a very short time, the Pistols were the most exciting group in the country. The ironic thing was that many of the people booing, became punks six months later. Those were the days......

@pra6169

2 жыл бұрын

So the "posers" already existed at that time apparently

@Bluntz_

2 жыл бұрын

Every fringe group becomes popular at some point. My generation (I'm 27) saw it with emo, which is now having a resurgence along with punk! Strange times.

@leahflower9924

2 жыл бұрын

honestly I was always more impressed with the way the stooges were and the ramones than the sex pistols

@markofsaltburn

2 жыл бұрын

Cultivated rebellion, lifestyle anarchism, controlled opposition.

@markofsaltburn

2 жыл бұрын

@@leahflower9924 The Pistols tried too hard.

"The nice clean Rolling Stones" Keith Richards is outside and wants a word

@juztenable

4 жыл бұрын

Well they used clean needles anyway.

@thewhoman3182

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah and the pistols will find him from round the corner and beat the shit out of him :)

@juztenable

4 жыл бұрын

@@thewhoman3182 You mean Simon Ferocious?

@zackzallie8735

3 жыл бұрын

@Ivary Mick Jagger had school girls in his master bedroom with David Bowie.

@luvittodeath7031

3 жыл бұрын

Ivary only Bill Wyman

TVs finest moment. This is precisely the intersection of old and new Britain at the time.

Rotten looks like a scalded schoolboy when Grundy asks him to repeat the "rude" word.

Sex Pistols: We are going to ruin this man's whole career Freddie Mercury: Shit, we were supposed to be on that night

@dannydorko7075

3 жыл бұрын

simon ferocious

@0sm4n

3 жыл бұрын

what

@ilovesammy3657

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannydorko7075 😂 😂

@louise_rose

2 жыл бұрын

Brian May admitted to a kind of fascinated/bemused sympathy for punk, even though Queen were poles apart from the new movement.

@ChrisJones-ij3xp

2 жыл бұрын

@@louise_rose Apart from making "News Of The World" a bit more rough and unpolished in response to Punk (I MEAN, compare that album to its predecessor!), Queen continued to roll right along in their limousines, crying all the way to the bank

I remember watching this live that early evening in 1976 as a 13 year old. By the next year of 1977, I was going to Punk gigs in London as a 14 year old. If you didn’t experience it, it’s probably difficult to appreciate the scale of revolution this time had on many of us young kids in the UK at the time.

@seansands424

3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this on our GEC colour tele 1976 in the early evening I was 15 at the time

@SB-ok3xc

2 жыл бұрын

What a shame that there's not much left now. The UK today is one of the most conservative places in the world.

@Sidneyyoungblood75

2 жыл бұрын

Always feels like a revolution when you are in it.... However, it isn't.

@nordic8960

2 жыл бұрын

@@SB-ok3xc Define “conservative”

@sabre6449

2 жыл бұрын

Nice sharing your memories,I’ve always been fascinated by those years in England,and how you lived them

The band were not given the respect they deserved for their musician ship and song writing, Matlock, Jones, Cook and Rotten the original Pistols, Sid of course could not play a note (he was there for the image) but this does not detract from just how great and original the album was and still is.

@ilovesammy3657

3 жыл бұрын

Not into much British music as a rule but I like the Pistols and even Sid. Very interesting band and interesting times indeed.

@mikemurray3962

Жыл бұрын

So sick of people saying Sid couldn't play bass. There's a 1978 concert where steve Jones's guitar shorts out for half the song and sid's bass playing carried the band through. Granted it was a basic bassline. The misconception I think started because Steve Jones did the mixing and played the bass on the recording of never mind the bollocks because Matlock had left and Sid didn't have time to learn the songs. I'm probably wrong though lol

@dusty2080

Жыл бұрын

@@mikemurray3962 Nah you're right. He had never played bass before joining the band (he had experience in drumming and saxophone and even singing but never bass) but he was so excited joining the band the dude popped speed all night to learn how to play bass to The Ramones' debut so he could at least be passable. Then the heroin kicked in...

@michaelblythe6525

Жыл бұрын

If only a band would emerge today to challenge the project fear and control there’s never been more of a time in since the 70s when another sex pistols were needed

I can’t stop watching this. I love how deadpan Jones said those words. No screaming like on our “shock TV”shows. Just a nice, dry “fucking rotter”. And Grundy was the perfect sarcastic foil.

@marlongoncalvesdias502

2 жыл бұрын

Kkkkkkkk steve não suportou a falta de respeito do apresentador.

@Adam-pu6jg

10 ай бұрын

The Pistols didn't even know it was live TV!!!

@mikewalsh5825

9 ай бұрын

"what a fuckin' rotter" is such a low-key fantastic put-down. I keep it in my archive of expressions, to be used at appropriate moments.

@davefb

3 ай бұрын

I'm watching after seeing the "amish sex pistols" clip. Well worth a watch.

Steve - "you dirty sod". Top shelf comment. Love it.

@benparsons4979

5 жыл бұрын

Why do you love it so much?

@1Superchops

4 жыл бұрын

why? because Bill was clearly being a dirty bastard lmao. feels good to see someone like that get immediately called out for it

@soyuzdavillan721

3 жыл бұрын

I liked " what a rotter" myself, simple yet effective for this situation haha

@gutz323

3 жыл бұрын

@@soyuzdavillan721 i think you'll find he said 'what a fucking rotter!' which is ten times worse lol!

@mbrady2329

3 жыл бұрын

Well, Bill Grundy appeared to be after a bit of top shelf action - a dirty old man indeed!

"We fuckin' well spent it didn't we" , I saw this interview on tv in '76 in London and bought the album, never mind the bollocks is still one of the best rock albums ever, imo.

@SpeedKing..

2 жыл бұрын

100 percent

@rolandedrummer9723

2 жыл бұрын

Truth and I didn't discover it until a few years ago and I'm 51!

@mikemurray3962

Жыл бұрын

That album is pure angst and energy and hits you like a sledgehammer. Amazing record

@davidturner1641

Жыл бұрын

so you paid into their capitalist scheme, good job

On the night this happened MacLaren was pissed off angry saying "big chance ... and you blew it" then when saw the Press the next morning completely changed his tune

And Siouxsie became a legend and a icon and SATB the greatest band :)

Siouxsie was so cute in the background with all her faces and her messing with her suspenders

@joeywhiteside3729

4 жыл бұрын

FOR REAL

@jasrust

4 жыл бұрын

Nope. Anyone who wears a swastika, at any point, is a cunt for life.

@crystalmonroy9111

4 жыл бұрын

jasrust eh. i give her a pass considering it was the 70s and it was supposed to be shocking. quite “white-middle-class” rebellion but it is what it is. at least shes turned around and denounced fascism at every chances she gotten since the early 80s

@snipes1000

4 жыл бұрын

@@jasrust Boohoo

@davidsouness9563

4 жыл бұрын

@@jasrust she doesn't even have one on.

Steve Jones what a legend , we are talking about a drunk middle aged snob who wanted to take young Siouxsie around the back and do a Jimmy Savile.

@mojopin70

5 жыл бұрын

​@Kitten Lyric Makes no difference , he was a perverted dirty old man.

@terencemcgaughey4944

5 жыл бұрын

mojopin 70 In a way I wish he had have tried to take Siouxsie somewhere around the back because she would probably have seriously injured him!

@gerrygroves

4 жыл бұрын

nah he was just making a dirty joke is all. Jimmy Savile? you're a freak mate.

@gardnerberry113

4 жыл бұрын

I believe Grundy is just trying to be an early version of a "shock" host. He's provoking EVERYONE on the set who says something; Siouxsie just opened her mouth and he baited her. (If he TRULY wanted her, he would have singled her out backstage in classic Hollywood fashion like any other lech - NOT in front of a group of people and cameras!)

@kamandi1362

4 жыл бұрын

@@gardnerberry113 Quite right, but Sex Pistols worshippers hate to hear facts like that.

I'm just really impressed with how many people here spelled "Siouxsie" correctly.

When Grundy came up on stage to announce 10 Years of Punk at G-Mex in 1986,we all instantly booed him off the stage and people threw things at him 'til he staggered off.I think I remember Frank Sidebottom took over hosting for at least some of the show.

@NoxiousRob

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes he did, he really did

@davidturner1641

Жыл бұрын

ok, good. at least you played into their crony capitalism by going to the planned show that made more corrupt capitalism from nothing. instead of normal capitalism where the people at least get something of value other than more p3d0 band leaders and drug addiction. i am so impressed epstein would be proud

It ended Bill Grundy career

@mediterraneandiet2483

3 жыл бұрын

“Bill, can I see you in my office as soon as possible.” The boss.

@MultiEvil85

3 жыл бұрын

Why? Because of the cussing? Give me a break! That's idiotic.

@mediterraneandiet2483

3 жыл бұрын

@@MultiEvil85 It was 1976. Obscene language was not heard on TV then. There were only 3 TV channels and there were strict rules about things like that, so Mr Grundy goading on the Sex Pistols to swear was going to end badly for him.

@stevelund7512

3 жыл бұрын

@@MultiEvil85 apparently in the green room- complaint calls came in after the show and the Sex Pistols were picking up the phone and telling people to piss off... the show before, during, and after was a mess

@ichbin4122

3 жыл бұрын

@@MultiEvil85 it is true...he died a misery some years later, like 10 years maybe but he went out to buy all the Pistols' singles and thee album. Then ginned himself to death. In Britain TV presenters are a nuisance...and TV's done now

The best part is 1:08 through Rotten: “That’s just their tough shit.” Grundy: “It’s what?” Rotten: “Nothing. A rude word. Next question.” Grundy: “No, no, what was the rude word?” Rotten: (like a little kid admitting wrong doing to an elder) “Shit.” Grundy: “Was it really?” Good heavens, you frighten me to death.”

@torp7215

3 жыл бұрын

Rotten: "oh alright so you're playing games now we're all very impressed"

@deedeemerry1295

2 жыл бұрын

Rotten didnt say "tough shit". Dont know what that word was after 'tough" but it definitely wasnt 'shit'

@attentionaddicts

2 жыл бұрын

@@deedeemerry1295 he does say "tough shit", he just say it in a way to censor it slightly (cost he's on live TV)

@ianbauer4703

Жыл бұрын

Grundy seemed like a cool old guy, in fact.

@Smarf182

Жыл бұрын

yes then he frightened everyone to death when he became a tory voting inbred

Jonesy’s hip thrusts over the credits are the best bit

@spanqueluv9er

8 ай бұрын

You mean dancing? It’s not hip thrusts you fuqwit.🙄🤦‍♂️💩🤡👎

Young bands these days have no concept of how bad this was back in the day. In fact things have gone backwards really as you'd never get anything like this happening on TV these days.

Good to see Siouxie in the background

@lavielemond

5 жыл бұрын

+Jade Shannon Yes, in the background but she ended up being one of the standout stars of the interview, even making the front page of some newspapers afterward, on her own.

@bentramer682

4 жыл бұрын

You dirty bastard

@johnharriel4485

3 жыл бұрын

Cause she always looked like some clown

@johnharriel4485

3 жыл бұрын

dinner here music's garbage

@zackzallie8735

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnharriel4485 Hahaha nice bait.

It is strange how a simple law not to allow swearing on television made this interview such a 'shock, horror!' event. The young lads and girls all look very shy and uncomfortable, trying to hide that behind arrogance as so many youngsters do. Had they not chosen to swear and Grundy be so unprofessional as to goad them on, this would have been one of the most instantly forgettable 'stroppy teen' talks ever.

@robjones2408

3 жыл бұрын

This in 1976. A very conservative year. Nobody had ever seen anything remotely like the Sex Pistols back then. Not even The Stones swore on network TV. It made them and broke them, but for a short while the Pistols were the most exciting group in the country.

@musicwithmorals

2 жыл бұрын

Actually I think calling the dirty old bas##d out on live TV took a lot of bollox (Pun intended). And Jonny Rotten was anything but shy.

@clarejackson970

Жыл бұрын

Is there a list anywhere of all the names in that set?

@raydonahue1978

Жыл бұрын

@@clarejackson970 Bill Grundy is the host. The Sex Pistols, left to right: Johnny Rotten/John Lydon, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook. Back row, left to right: Budgie, Steve Severen, Simone Thomas, Siouxsie Sioux.

@bamconceptstv8606

Жыл бұрын

@@robjones2408 c xxx cchygg🧢

Steve Jones OWNED this perfomance, with his insouciance. Steve just didn't give a fuck.

Love how Siouxsie's just chilling in the back row.

Siouxsie and The Banshees are behind The Sex Pistols. LOVE THEM!!!!!!

@robynsegg

6 жыл бұрын

Weren't they a trio when they got started? That looks like Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severen, and Budgie. (Isn't that Budgie on the end? I don't know who the black girl is. I never saw her anywhere else in home movies of Britain's Punk Scene. I wonder if anyone else know who she is.)

@safeashouses211

6 жыл бұрын

robynsegg, her name is Simone Thomas.

@robynsegg

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that! Btw... Your username... I love it! So much so that I have this strong urge to change mine to "aslongasIrememberwhoiswearingthetrousers"! 😂

@safeashouses211

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks! It just came to me on the spur of the moment when I joined YT all those years ago.

@tstantonjr

6 жыл бұрын

It's only Siouxsie and Severin, Budgie didn't join the band until the Banshee's third album, Kaleidoscope, Just as a side note, Sid Vicious played drums for SATB's first gig

Johnny was so shy and innocent...

I love it when Rotten says "Oh alright Sigmund..."

Today, the headline in the newspaper would’ve been the exact opposite, “Band calls out creepy old interviewer for hitting on teenager on air”

@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606

3 жыл бұрын

No it would just be “neo nazi white supremacists harass journalist”

@keirbourne5323

3 жыл бұрын

She was 20, not really a teenage

@principleofmoments8042

2 жыл бұрын

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Lol

@SpeedKing..

2 жыл бұрын

@@keirbourne5323 *19

@shadynasty8729

2 жыл бұрын

@@SpeedKing.. So, an adult

LOL @ 0:09 "You see they're as drunk as I am."

@cyclingseagull

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, nobody gives him credit for such a great joke.

@johneeeemarry34

5 күн бұрын

Fucking love the true punk genius known as Grundy…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

In America, in 1976, the average youths were into KC and the Sunshine Band, John Travolta, Starsky and Hutch, Kiss, Boston, Skynyrd, the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt. They dug ABBA and art work made of yarn. They wore Earth shoes and watched drive in movies like Carrie, the Omen and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre to get freaked out. I was 5, but I remember what all my teachers, teachers aids, cousins, aunts and me mum were into. Needless to say, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Dead Boys, the Vibrators and other punk and new wave groups got little airplay outside of New York, L.A., San Francisco and other, major, radio markets. The first time I saw Patti Smith Group, Devo, Blondie, Elvis Costello and others of that ilk was on Saturday Night Live, the Muppets and sundry, network, TV, variety shows.

@Starsk25

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct!

@wanneske1969

2 жыл бұрын

If you watch the movie 'control' about Joy Division (or better said Ian Curtis), there was nothing for the young people. They had no money, there were not a lot of clubs (apart from the big cities), there was no work, the third world war could happen any moment. Only thing you could do was listen to music in your room, get drunk, or start a band yourselves

@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114

Жыл бұрын

@@wanneske1969 ... Also, it seems to me that with the ascendancy of Reagan and Thatcher, younger voters had turned sour on social democracy. In America, the country was in free fall. NYC and Detroit were bankrupt, Los Angeles and Chicago seethed with serial killers like the Hillside Strangler and John Wayne Gacy. In Chicago, Mayor Daley died in 1976. Although he was fascistic in the Democratic Convention, in 1968, the Chicago Police preserved disorder and made sure the palms got greased, and the trains ran on time. That ended in 1976. Pedophiliac, incest porn and brutal films featuring rape and disembowlment and Satanism were in theaters. Shame was non existent from the bathhouse culture in San Francisco to the Jim Jones cult. Abysmal. Baby Boomers wanted conservatives by the late 70s, because the postwar prosperity was over. Rich people finally convinced the young that income taxes levied on them were immoral. It was a right wing zeitgeist to be sure

@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114

Жыл бұрын

@@wanneske1969 Ian Curtis was a genius and a tortured visionary

"What a fuckin rotter." - Steve Jones. That line cracked me up.

Lol man times have changed, the pistols were on every front page newspaper for swearing, meanwhile the host admitted to being drunk and than creeped on a teenage girl and no one cared

Johnny Rotten was great. He was clever and whitty and smart.

@markyncole

6 жыл бұрын

Was?

@MarkSmith-er7fe

5 жыл бұрын

witty

@leegibbs1727

5 жыл бұрын

Was he really? He said shit and that was it?

@lavielemond

5 жыл бұрын

+James Gretsch LOVE the guy!! From his work with the Sex Pistols, then P.I.L. - & not to mention the fact that he's a lifelong Arsenal FC NUT!! A VERY intelligent man, btw...especially when it comes to politics & sociology.

@MrSteeleification

5 жыл бұрын

What went wrong?

And here we all are 44 years later, older than Bill Grundy. Fucked.

@jackssmirkingrevenge9365

4 жыл бұрын

_youth is a wonderful thing. what a crime to waste it on children_

@dougmedina4619

4 жыл бұрын

Such youth is wasted On the young We reach a higher state Then turn into all the things We're meant to hate ~Terry Hall

@fredhall6525

4 жыл бұрын

But we're not drunken sods.

@lewisner

4 жыл бұрын

@@fredhall6525 Chance would be a fine thing with all the pubs shut.

Grundy soon realised he’d definitely bit off more than he could chew 😂😂😂😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Remember seeing this at the time .

Unless you were there at the time ( I was) you cannot begin to imagine the shockwave this left behind. It was amazing to witness.

@Stigmatix666

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard about that. But in this day and age it seems so harmless and innocent

@NoxiousRob

Жыл бұрын

One of the funniest things I remember was some outraged TV viewer kicking his TV in, so outraged was he.

@andyhowpog

3 ай бұрын

@@NoxiousRob Hence the newspaper headline "The Filth and the Fury". You're right though, he got so angry he destroyed his own TV- hilarious!

@johneeeemarry34

5 күн бұрын

He was right to be outraged.. Doing a job you don’t particularly like just to provide for his family, comes home on a Friday just to hear the Chelsea fashion elite (managed by the ‘Artist’ McLaren) and the smug suburbanites from Bromley, swearing and acting up on television… Kicking the TV is a fair response… Grundy calling out their bullshit was also fair… Those two were the good guys… look at Britain now.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🏳️‍🌈🛼🏳️‍🌈🛼🏳️‍🌈🦄👩🏿‍🦽🦄🇪🇭🦄🛼🏳️‍🌈🤣… you get what you fucking deserve…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

still listen to never mind the bollocks, great raw album that stands the test of time. Brilliant interview, why arent more guests like it.

"They're as drunk as I am" Lovely way to start a moral posture high.

My mum remembers to this day this segment. She flipped out over it 😂

@barnierobin5734

5 күн бұрын

Shed have let saville finger her for 4 mins of fame the dirty rotter

Siouxsie is so lovely here. :)

@tomgat6314

3 жыл бұрын

Always

they're questioning "shit" but not the dude with a swastika on his arm?

@rabfallon4507

3 жыл бұрын

Get a grip and learn about punks shock value

@aaronramirezrodriguez4719

3 жыл бұрын

Dude Go complain to prince Harry

@SkragorSkumdreg

3 жыл бұрын

Being shocked by a swastika is a relatively new phenomenon

@Arshink

3 жыл бұрын

Because the generation who fought in WWII were still around and had been directly exposed to that symbol and Nazi ideology but they knew that the Nazi Germans were long dead and understood for this reason that it was just a shock fashion statement being made by punk kids as a "fuck you" to the establishment. It wasn't like today where the WWII generation is dying out and the media is changing the definition of Nazi and fear mongering with a supposed revival of Nazi ideology (lol) and brainwashing people into thinking the Nazis are still relevant in society to distract the masses from more important enemies. The fact that you can't show a swastika on TV anymore is one of the ways the media mystifies Nazism and perpetuates the fear and delusion. And they're allowed to do this because the WWII generation isn't around to stop them and their trauma from the war isn't fresh in the minds of the corporations anymore.

@crystalmonroy9111

3 жыл бұрын

@@SkragorSkumdreg thats not true. the old punks wore the swastika specifically TO shock. shoot, siouxsie got beat up once for wearing it in one of the central european countries on tour. thats why she stopped

For the record, Siouxsie was 19 when this happened. Bill was 53. Creep.

@stevelamore4284

2 жыл бұрын

Why is he a creep, she was 19 and its legal. He was probably just being cheeky to her with that comment. He was no doubt well aware of the pistols attitude to authority so was taking the piss abd the felt butt fucked because of it. Oh and for the record I'm 53 and if a beautiful 19 year old female wanted to have sex with me I'd definitely say yes

@stevelamore4284

2 жыл бұрын

So typical of punks or those who want to be anarchists.... Its ok for them to be obnoxious but can't handle it when it's thrown back at them. The sex pistols are little bitches

@shadynasty8729

2 жыл бұрын

She was an adult and she started it.

@psychedelicfright85

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevelamore4284 punk died long ago, at least the truly rebellious part.

@psychedelicfright85

2 жыл бұрын

Must be your time of the month lol.

Paul's face says it all. "Is it over yet?"

Jones was the only true anti-establishment figure here. The others look uncomfortable, Jones doesn’t give a toss. Innocent times, actually.

@etanaedelman9011

4 жыл бұрын

Apparently Jones was sexually abused as a kid. No wonder Grundy's behavior made him so mad.

@aestheticaltwat

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Lyndon went tits-up after the 70s.

@danieljones8876

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Everyone else came across as timid.

@standingontheshouldersofgi5876

4 жыл бұрын

@@etanaedelman9011 what, really?

@etanaedelman9011

4 жыл бұрын

@@standingontheshouldersofgi5876 I mean that's what Wikipedia says.

“NOTHING. Rude word. Next quesTION!” That’s so hilarious

I fucking love Steve Jones reading his book at the moment fucking love it.

Look at Lyndon's jumper - quality

The clean Rolling Stones. Lol!

"Good heavens!"

Must say as a teenager in the 1970s, I didn't even register Bill Grundy's existence until this interview - and then Grundy was fired.

"Fuckin spent haven't we" haha 😅 Steve Jonesy you're brilliant

Honestly, every SINGLE comment I've read is pure comedy gold... This is the absolute best interview in television history!

Without a doubt, the motion picture camera is our greatest invention.

It was history in the making.and I think will never be forgotten. As today a lot of the pistols lyrics are relevant today. God save the queen. YES.

One of the greatest interview ever broadcasted.

@SuperNevile

11 ай бұрын

You haven't seen any of Oliver Reed's? Puts these amateurs in the shade.

Amusing how Johnny Rotton gets pulled up for saying "shit"... and then at the end, while the credits start to roll, Bill Grundy is silently mouthing "oh shit". What a fuckin rotter.

@registame2878

Жыл бұрын

Yeah having a friend was a nazi supporter is much worse

@greghauser742

Ай бұрын

@@registame2878 Except he wasn't a nazi supporter, idiot. Some punks wore those to shock simpletons like you who missed the point.

Johnny Lydon is a really sweet man. His mom would be very proud.

Love how Grundy mouths "Oh Shit!" right at the end! It was at that point, he knew he done fucked up!!! 😂

All punk bands measure themselves to the Pistols

The reason that this happened was Freddie Mercury having a toothache

@jackssmirkingrevenge9365

4 жыл бұрын

somehow, my life feels more complete having heard this

@mazdamiata786

3 жыл бұрын

can u tell me more about it

@PorkchopGMX

3 жыл бұрын

Queen were supposed to be interviewed but Freddie Mercury had a toothache, which meant he had to go to a dentist appointment. So Queen dropped out and were replaced by the Sex Pistols.

@mazdamiata786

3 жыл бұрын

@@PorkchopGMX thats intersting, thank you

@colallison6152

3 жыл бұрын

With them gnashers it must have been well painful!

Back when record turntables were contained inside varnished wood cabinets with integrated drinks cabinets.

This honestly never gets old for me. I always go back and try to see if I can hear what a lot of them are saying to themselves as Grundy speaks, you can make out a word or two but it is very difficult to tell. I wish somebody would see if you can possibly isolate some of the voices to be able to hear it better. Like after Grundy moves on from Rotten saying “shit”, you can hear him mumbling something, but it is really hard to tell exactly what he says.

@alasidereal

Жыл бұрын

I only hear, "alright I guess, you rotten prick." But I'm not sure

@rkk578

10 ай бұрын

He says: "oh alright so you are playing games now we're all very impressed"

@mariadiangelo4197

2 ай бұрын

you can find a transcript of the interview. "THE BILL GRUNDY INTERVIEW" on televisionpersonalities

"Good heavens! You frighten me to death." 😂😂

_"God save Television and the programme viewer.."_ _"....and God bless William Grundy for for falling in manure"_

@_fabio1978

3 жыл бұрын

No One Is Innocent!

@shauncalway62

3 жыл бұрын

Harry Roberts is

@DazzleMonroe

2 жыл бұрын

*God save television Keep the programmes pure God save William Grundy From falling in manure

How unusual to see John Lydon being bashful and coy and everyone else being boisterous.

Grundy is actually pretty damn funny. This whole interview is the most entertaining interview with a band I have seen.

@Chorkaloopa

2 жыл бұрын

Check the Tom Snyder / KISS interview. 🦇⭐️🐱🚀

@archyleach

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chorkaloopa Watched it, thanks. Very down to earth interview with Kiss being regular guys.

@michaelblythe6525

Жыл бұрын

He was another Saville you dick

@IHaveExactlySubcribers-eq5ms

Жыл бұрын

Gene Simmons is a fuckwit

Siouxie presence on this is just awsome, and fires up the whole incident without doing nothing hahaha

The new generation which curses out its teachers on a daily basis cannot begin to imagine how outrageously radical Steve's words were here. This was something completely different

@hitakkjismith3115

3 жыл бұрын

lol now people literally seem way more preppy and tame

@SpiceUpYourLife123

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao an older person criticizing the new generation? How mundane.

@shadynasty8729

2 жыл бұрын

@@SpiceUpYourLife123 Ageism. How trite

The last word, not audible, is from Grundy. Lip read it, he says "oh, shit" as the music starts up! Drunk as he was, he realised he'd just committed suicide on TV!

@Stigmatix666

3 жыл бұрын

Haha

Brilliant Series, Love the historical references. 45+ years later, At Cruel Word 2022, Mr. Rotten still can’t sing, but I respect the man and the movement. Long live the 70s

I think Glen Matlock (being a proper musician and all) actually looked interested when Grundy referred to Bach and Beethoven, I can see it in his eyes. But Johnny interrupted. Maybe he knew that Glen was about to say something intelligent in response!

@TheBlueCream

Жыл бұрын

Glen's an intelligent musician.

WOW I never heard about this incident! Rather shocked by the journalist hitting on Siouxsie Sioux…

@rabfallon4507

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously you're not a Pistols fan then

@pawnoir

3 жыл бұрын

@@rabfallon4507 many infos weren't spread out of the UK

@chapingaryjr

3 жыл бұрын

But no one has a issue with siouxsie saying to the old man I've always wanted to meet you...

@thomasoflaherty3520

3 жыл бұрын

@@chapingaryjr She was taking the piss, listen again to why.

@shadynasty8729

2 жыл бұрын

she was an adult and she started it

The Swastika arm band would be more controversial today lmaooo

@jonblazeinc

4 жыл бұрын

It was actually much more controversial then . Just 30 years after the 2nd world war

@kamandi1362

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't see that as a bad thing.

@Drigo924

4 жыл бұрын

jonblazeinc it’d definitely be more controversial today and insight some bullshit “cancel” attempt. And others in the media would shun the person, not because of the symbol itself but for fear of being “canceled” themselves.

@sickly-mika6880

4 жыл бұрын

jonblazeinc Yeh but now a days people can’t take a joke or anything so if you walk around with a swastika you are most likely going to get called out even if it is just a fashion statement.

@redheron4321

4 жыл бұрын

@@sickly-mika6880 Lol, a ''fashion'' statement. Right.

I thought that Grundy was just kidding around with all of them, but it seems that most people took it, and still take all that was said, as being serious.

@paulnodalo9130

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.I am sure there was never any bad blood between The Pistols,Souixe and Bill Grundy.It was all a bit of fun.

Made a few GIFS from this iconic interview & a few from another John Lydon interview from 78 with Janet Street Porter

At 1:20 it looks like he’s being told off😂😂😂

After half a decade of teenyboppers, weenyboppers Kenny, Racey and all the rest, this was the bomb that needed to go off.

@Eleventhearlofmars

6 жыл бұрын

Joe Hart shite like brotherhood of man, osmonds, mud, the tartan twats whose name escapes me atm and the types you mentioned, it was stale as fuck. I blame that type of music not the progressive rock that seemed to get the blame at the time, that was a facade brought on by music critics. I know Lydon actually liked Pink Floyd even though he had a tshirt stating the opposite lol

@joehart7260

6 жыл бұрын

Madrigalmann22 I couldn't agree more. I was into progressive rock before punk because it was the only type of music a self respecting young man could be into at the time, with perhaps Bowie and Roxy Music excepted. But I always felt a certain distance from it. When punk arrived like many others I knew it was what I had been waiting for.

@Eleventhearlofmars

6 жыл бұрын

Joe Hart I like both prog and some punk, but my music tastes really do range from Abba to Zappa, I’ll listen to most stuff apart from the dregs we listed above earlier.

@seansands424

5 жыл бұрын

@Margaret Ann Casey Good

@thewhoman3182

3 жыл бұрын

However sadly after punk had died all of the terrible disco bands just came back from the grave.

“Bit like your dad in’he, this geezer…….or your granddad”

Glen Matlock sat there 5 minutes later he was gone but he still wrote all the songs

@NoxiousRob

Жыл бұрын

I remember Steve saying that Glen would come up with song ideas and explain the chords to him. Glen would have all sorts of complicated chords and Steve said he just 'rounded them all down' (in his words) as he couldn't play these chords. So E augmented major seventh would became E major.

@silversnail1413

Жыл бұрын

Glen was the only real musician in the band. I think Johnny got him sacked because he felt threatened and wanted total control over the songwriting. He had similar personality conflicts in his next band, Public Image Ltd.

Peter Gabriel of Genesis actually had the Punk look before Punk even came out..with his elaborate haircuts!!!

they guy in the middle in the back is my old roomie Greg -- he came here to Canada and a bunch of us lived in a cool old house in the downtown part of my city - he was incredible - a writer actor poet musician magician - beyond talented and the greatest guy I ever knew - I miss him terribly

@ilovesammy3657

3 жыл бұрын

Is he dead ..? Was he the guy that Overdosed when staying with Sid?

@eightieslivenow7579

2 жыл бұрын

@@ilovesammy3657 no he passed a few years ago in Montreal

@kirbyculp3449

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know about the girl in the middle?

He wanted them to say something outrageous, so they did. What did he expect?! He brought it on himself

The British press was more concerned about some profanity than they were about an old man making a sexual pass at someone less than half his age