I WILL WRITE A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH BLOGS THROUGHOUT THE TORY SPONSORED CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
What follows is a random collection of thoughts from a human being trapped in 21st Century British society.
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Friday 10th April
Continuing my music listography with the 20 albums I would take on a spaceship that wasn’t returning to Earth.
- Never Mind The Bollocks
- Definitely Maybe
- Bring It On
- Emergency On Planet Earth
- Product
- Different Class
- Expecting To Fly
- Revolver
- I Should Coco
- Radiator
- Alternative Ulster
- The Bends
- OK Computer
- Kid A
- Who Killed… The Zutons
- Smart
- Abbey Road
- Be Here Now
- The Second Coming
- Atomic
After each entry to my listography, I will include a YouTube video(s) from a performer on my list. Please find below a collection of 12 videos, documenting the perfect slice of punk produced by the Sex Pistols.
From Wikipedia:
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols is the only studio album by English punk rock band the Sex Pistols, released on 28 October 1977 by Virgin Records. The album has influenced many bands and musicians, and the industry in general. In particular, the album’s raw energy, and Johnny Rotten‘s sneering delivery and “half-singing”, are often considered game-changing. It is frequently listed as the most influential punk album, and one of the most important albums of all time.
By the time of its release, the Sex Pistols were controversial, having sworn on live TV, been fired from two record labels, and been banned from playing live in some parts of Britain. The album title added to that controversy, with some people finding the word “bollocks” offensive. Many record stores refused to carry it and some record charts refused to list its title, showing just a blank space instead.
Due in part to its notoriety, and in spite of many sales bans at major retailers, the album debuted at number one on the UK Album Charts. It went gold only a few weeks later, on 17 November. It remained a best-seller for over a year, spending 60 weeks in the top 25.[1] It has seen several reissues, the latest in 2012.
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It is also about time that we looked in on how our old friend Johnathan Pie is coping with the lockdown. It is good to see that not everyone is living in a state of creative paralysis, and that satire is still alive and kicking.
I struggle to understand why people are not working on Good Friday, during this lockdown. Of course, front-line workers are still carrying on as normal. We really would be fucked without the, and I sincerely hope that once this crisis has finally blown over, they are given the recognition, status and salaries they deserve.
