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  1. Sex Pistols On Rock Hall Induction: 'We're Not Coming'

    in Music News

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    PS. I don't know if you've ever seen, read or heard anything about John Lydon, but one thing he doesn't lack is self-respect...

    I watched the 'Orange Playlist' with him picking his favourite music tracks over the weekend, he actually seems like a really nice bloke.

    John Lydon: Sex Pistols, Jungles And Mosquitoes

    The Orange Play List: This week legendary music icon and Sex Pistols front man John Lydon talks to Jayne Middlemiss on the No.1 hit music show Orange Playlist.

    Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, was the sneering, spitting, enfant terrible of punk. The group's shocking antics, electrifying songs and stage performances blew the cobwebs from a complacent music scene.

    The Sex Pistols may have only released four singles, but with tracks like the iconic 'God Save the Queen' they succeeded in capturing the mood of a generation and brought Punk to the masses. In 2004 John signed up to appear in 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here', proving he still had the ability to shock viewers with his expletive live outbursts.

    It's a surprising choice for John's track from the past as he picks the Bee Gees 'New York Mining Disaster' - "The lyrics are bizarre and I just adore their vocal techniques. I love Abba too but not as much. The lyrics make it sound like someone's offering their wife to someone else, which I think is really funny. The Bee Gee's song titles often seem to have no relevance to the actual song and I only recently found out this song depicts a man who is stuck in a mine, missing his wife."

    John's present track reflects his positive state of mind as he picks his own song 'In The Sun' - "This track is just about being happy and being outdoors. I wrote it before I was in 'I'm A Celeb..' but it fits nicely with my time in the jungle. It's a very cheery little record. It's a contradiction, moaning about missing industry, missing grey concrete London, when in reality nothing could have been further from the truth."

    Not famed for keeping his opinions to himself, John chooses his own 'Rabbit Song' as his track for the future - "This song is part of a whole new album I'm putting together, its fun and it's just the way I talk sometimes - it's a conversation. Rabbit is me talking; it's me rabbiting on. I wrote it in LA in my own studio and it's just a bit of fun."

    It's clear to see John's love of animals as he chooses The Scorpions 'Still Loving You' as his dedication track - "I'd like to dedicate this song choice to Toby the Cat. When I was a newborn, just under a year old, I went missing from on top of the bed and my parents couldn't find me. They got the police involved and everything but I'd actually just rolled off the bed and ended up trapped in between the wall and the bed. It was a very dilapidated old house and I'd fallen in a gap in the wall, there were loads of rats and basically this cat, Toby kept me safe until my mum & dad found me - that cat saved me. I like this song because it explains that everything works out in the end, I like the sadness of the song."

    John goes for a classic from welsh diva Shirley Bassey 'Hey Big Spender' as his all time favourite track - "I love Shirley Bassey, she's got such a great voice. There's real soul in the way she sings. I find her songs really stir up emotions, it gets to you."

    A taster of what John had to say in the programme:

    How do you solve a problem like.. John Lydon

    "I was a very quiet and shy little boy. But I soon grew out of that. I think it was the Nun's and their torturous attitude that changed me from that timid boy into who I am now. I started to fight back and I haven't stopped since. The cruelty of Catholic Schools was horrendous and probably still is. When I was five or six they used to wrap my knuckles with a ruler for being left handed, they thought it was a mark of the devil! You'd think that kind of thinking would have gone out in the 17th century. But education is so important, it's the best weapon - anyone can be stupid."

    Promises, promises

    "Every day I wake up and think oh god I hope I don't make a mug of myself again!"

    I'm a celebrity get me out of here

    "I did I'm a celeb to raise money for charity. I thought it would be a sneaky way to quietly raise some money for Charity. I didn't think so many people would watch it, I honestly didn't. So it was an amazing experience to suddenly come back to the UK and be so popular, popular in just about in the same way that I was amazing unpopular during the Sex Pistols."

    No such things as Punk

    "I think the word Punk is a stupid name, ugly name. I never liked the title 'King of Punk' - especially when I looked up Punk in the dictionary and it read 'Mr Big's play thing'! It's a category that I resent. Music shouldn't have a category. Punk went wrong when it suddenly became an army of people all wanting to look the same and that's wrong. Punk was about being different and being true to yourself at the same time - not conforming to look like everyone else."

    Bill Grundy Interview

    "Bill Grundy was a drunken. During that whole thing he was just egging us on and that's what eventually created that foul-mouthed outburst. He tried to reduce us to just two or three foul words but it backfired on him totally. I think he lost his job after that. I think he's dead now - I hope so anyway. He was an agitating kind of a sod."

    John Peel

    "I don't know anything about John Peel really, except to say that in the early days he played nothing of ours he caught on way late. Now in hindsight him and his lot claim credit for something they had nothing to do with. But the Sex Pistols didn't get airplay but that's what helped us, we were so ignored that we couldn't be ignored. We came along at just the right time, the world had become really stale and we just smacked of something original, we were exactly what everyone needed."

    Reuniting the Sex Pistols

    "We got back together for the fun of it and just for the chance to annoy people again, plus I suppose the money wasn't bad. It was great being back on stage, back on stage with some fat people I knew from the past. We are all the same as before, just with beer bellies. We still don't like each other and yet we do, it's that internal warfare within the band that makes us vibrant and makes the music good."

    When will I be famous

    "There's a weakness in young people at the moment. People just want to be famous that's it and there's nothing great about being famous! It's nothing but pain, isolation and victimisation. You're opening to jabs and insults. The magazine culture has made fame look so wonderful but it's all lies. Yes, posh hotel rooms are nice and they look pretty but would you really want to live in one? It's a temporary indulgence and those magazines don't paint the whole picture."

    Pete Doherty

    "Pete's alright I suppose, he played a gig with us for the Jubilee. I do think he's allowed himself to get caught up in the whole magazine culture. I'd just say to him don't let them write that stuff about you and don't be so openly stupid!"

    The rebels without a clue

    "Drugs kill. It's that simple. They're not used properly because there's no proper form of education on them. Information on drugs should be readily available to everyone. The rules and regulations make drugs seem more glamorous then they truly are and that attracts people, tossers think it's cool to be a rebel."

    The simple life

    "My life right now is very simple, it's very quiet and mostly consists of a sofa and TV. I love Telly. I'll watch anything any old cack, I'm just thrilled someone made the effort to entertain me."

    I did it my way

    "If I had to do it all again, I'd be exactly the same and wouldn't change a thing. And if there was only one way I wanted people to remember me it would be as a sexy beast!

    Facing your fears & 4,500 mosquitoes!

    I hate mosquitoes I don't like being bitten and feeling the blood draining out of me. During filming for my TV show Megabugs we went to Florida State University. They had 4,500 of the damn things in one research room, let loose - so I went in and pulled my pants down! Worst moment of my life. Even three days later I still couldn't speak, bumps on bumps, on bumps. The only cure for the itchiness and irritation was oatmeal, so I sat in a bath of porridge. It worked and I smelt quite nice afterwards, just don't go near the milk!"

    http://www.johnlydon.com/itv06.html

  6. Arctic Monkeys

    in Get the Word Out

    Posted

    I listened to the album through the other afternoon whilst cooking, and the only songs that really stood out for me, were their releases 'When The Sun Goes Down' and 'I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor'. Didn't do anything for me. I much preferred The Editors album when I listened to it afterwards!

  11. Spanish Lyrics

    in Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Oye Mi Canto

    Gloria Estefan

    Libre... Libre para expresar

    Lo que siento en el corazon

    No tengo que callar

    Tienes... esa libertad tambien

    Que es dificil de compartir

    Y tu lo sabes bien

    Hay que buscar la solucion

    En vez de decir adios

    Alguien tiene que escuchar

    Oye este canto que ya va a empezar

    Pronto los anos pasaran

    Y no quiero un dia despertar

    Y ver que es tarde ya

    Algo... algo tiene que pasar

    Si miramos alrededor

    Esta por comenzar

    Hablamos de amor... palabra comun

    Y no lo ofrecemos nunca

    Alguien tiene que escuchar

    Oye este canto que ya va a empezar

    Someday it'll be alright

    Changes happen overnight

    Creo en el amor pero sin condiciones

    Oye mi canto

    Y en ayudarnos sin tener otras razones

    Oye mi canto

    Los celos y el odio son ya tradiciones

    Oye mi canto

    Hay que dejarlas atras

    No buscar explicaciones

    Oye mi canto

    Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)

    Take me... only for what I am

    You've got a right to speak your mind

    You've gotta take a stand

    No one... has the right to say

    This is right or that is wrong

    It isn't just one way

    Find common ground

    Go in between

    Things aren't always what they seem

    Someday it'll be alright

    Changes happen overnight

    People, let's give each other room

    If we're gonna work it out

    We better make it soon

    Love is... love is such a common word

    When it's pride we mistake for love

    Isn't that absurd

    Why always take

    The upper hand

    It's better to understand

    Someday it'll be alright

    Changes happen overnight

    Someday it'll be alright

    Changes happen overnight

    Oye mi canto

    Oye mi canto

    Oye mi canto

    I believe in love but with no conditions

    Oye mi canto

    And giving in sometimes

    Doesn't make it submission

    Oye mi canto

    Hate is so common it's almost tradition

    Oye mi canto

    Come on let's leave it behind

    And make that transition

    Oye mi canto

    Oye mi canto

    Oye mi canto

    Oye mi canto

    Oye mi canto....

  16. Thoughts, Hopes, Prayers

    in Random Thoughts

    Posted

    Shawna, I hunted for my Nat King Cole CD today, and put it on random play - 'Smile' was first to play, and you sprang to mind.

    This one's for you, Shawna.

    Smile

    Nat King Cole

    Smile though your heart is aching

    Smile even though it's breaking

    When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by

    If you smile through your fear and sorrow

    Smile and maybe tomorrow

    You'll see the sun come shining through for you

    Light up your face with gladness

    Hide every trace of sadness

    Although a tear may be ever so near

    That's the time you must keep on trying

    Smile, what's the use of crying?

    You'll find that life is still worthwhile

    If you just smile

    That's the time you must keep on trying

    Smile, what's the use of crying?

    You'll find that life is still worthwhile

    If you just smile

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