That's my attitude. I don't care for it at all—it's pretty much unlistenable—but it's deeply personal and shouldn't have been put forward in such a crassly commercial way.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:21pmHe never stood a chance. The whole thing was stupid from start to finish. The song isn't for me but then it isn't really for anyone except Nora so I can respect that much. That said it'll probably get to number one now.
Public Image Limited
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Public Image Limited
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- Flex
- Mechano-Man of the Future
- Posts: 35802
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:50pm
- Location: The Information Superhighway!
Re: Public Image Limited
Ahh, but that just wouldn't be John then, would it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:25pmshouldn't have been put forward in such a crassly commercial way.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Public Image Limited
At this point, I have no idea what goes on in his brain. So many contradictions, and not in a compelling, challenging way.Flex wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 2:21pmAhh, but that just wouldn't be John then, would it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:25pmshouldn't have been put forward in such a crassly commercial way.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- Marky Dread
- Messiah of the Milk Bar
- Posts: 58887
- Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am
Re: Public Image Limited
I'm mildy annoyed that it's under the PiL banner. It should be a John Lydon solo effort as it's being produced for the benefit of Nora.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:25pmThat's my attitude. I don't care for it at all—it's pretty much unlistenable—but it's deeply personal and shouldn't have been put forward in such a crassly commercial way.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:21pmHe never stood a chance. The whole thing was stupid from start to finish. The song isn't for me but then it isn't really for anyone except Nora so I can respect that much. That said it'll probably get to number one now.
Whilst I know John has produced other very personal songs like the great "Death Disco" for his dying mother. This track has been promoted solely with his face everywhere. And it's been handled by the media as John Rotten star of the 70s punk band Sex Pistols to try for Eurovision. It's all a bit too farcical for me.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Public Image Limited
Completely. How it's being promoted undercuts the apparent sentiment of the song. As I said to Flex, I don't know what the hell is going on in his head with this. Maybe the positive spin is that it reflects how messed up he is over his wife's decline.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:50pmI'm mildy annoyed that it's under the PiL banner. It should be a John Lydon solo effort as it's being produced for the benefit of Nora.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:25pmThat's my attitude. I don't care for it at all—it's pretty much unlistenable—but it's deeply personal and shouldn't have been put forward in such a crassly commercial way.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:21pmHe never stood a chance. The whole thing was stupid from start to finish. The song isn't for me but then it isn't really for anyone except Nora so I can respect that much. That said it'll probably get to number one now.
Whilst I know John has produced other very personal songs like the great "Death Disco" for his dying mother. This track has been promoted solely with his face everywhere. And it's been handled by the media as John Rotten star of the 70s punk band Sex Pistols to try for Eurovision. It's all a bit too farcical for me.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- Marky Dread
- Messiah of the Milk Bar
- Posts: 58887
- Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am
Re: Public Image Limited
I do sincerely feel her loss will be huge to him. I'm also convinced that when John piled on all the weight a couple of years back was when he learned of Nora being ill. It's all somewhat sad and I think this is how John copes with loss.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:55pmCompletely. How it's being promoted undercuts the apparent sentiment of the song. As I said to Flex, I don't know what the hell is going on in his head with this. Maybe the positive spin is that it reflects how messed up he is over his wife's decline.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:50pmI'm mildy annoyed that it's under the PiL banner. It should be a John Lydon solo effort as it's being produced for the benefit of Nora.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:25pmThat's my attitude. I don't care for it at all—it's pretty much unlistenable—but it's deeply personal and shouldn't have been put forward in such a crassly commercial way.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:21pmHe never stood a chance. The whole thing was stupid from start to finish. The song isn't for me but then it isn't really for anyone except Nora so I can respect that much. That said it'll probably get to number one now.
Whilst I know John has produced other very personal songs like the great "Death Disco" for his dying mother. This track has been promoted solely with his face everywhere. And it's been handled by the media as John Rotten star of the 70s punk band Sex Pistols to try for Eurovision. It's all a bit too farcical for me.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Public Image Limited
Wasn't the weight a thyroid problem? But, yeah, her death is going to be devastating. Forty-plus years, she's been the one constant in his life amidst a whole lot of turnover. That has to be terrifying to consider.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:01pmI do sincerely feel her loss will be huge to him. I'm also convinced that when John piled on all the weight a couple of years back was when he learned of Nora being ill. It's all somewhat sad and I think this is how John copes with loss.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:55pmCompletely. How it's being promoted undercuts the apparent sentiment of the song. As I said to Flex, I don't know what the hell is going on in his head with this. Maybe the positive spin is that it reflects how messed up he is over his wife's decline.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:50pmI'm mildy annoyed that it's under the PiL banner. It should be a John Lydon solo effort as it's being produced for the benefit of Nora.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:25pmThat's my attitude. I don't care for it at all—it's pretty much unlistenable—but it's deeply personal and shouldn't have been put forward in such a crassly commercial way.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:21pm
He never stood a chance. The whole thing was stupid from start to finish. The song isn't for me but then it isn't really for anyone except Nora so I can respect that much. That said it'll probably get to number one now.
Whilst I know John has produced other very personal songs like the great "Death Disco" for his dying mother. This track has been promoted solely with his face everywhere. And it's been handled by the media as John Rotten star of the 70s punk band Sex Pistols to try for Eurovision. It's all a bit too farcical for me.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
-
sonnyburnit
- Junco Partner
- Posts: 462
- Joined: 16 Aug 2008, 9:58am
Re: Public Image Limited
Listen, I’m no big Lydon fan but I feel for John & Nora as my grandmother suffered with Alzheimer’s & it’s horrible… but that was a ghastly performance. It’s just not fit for public consumption.
- Marky Dread
- Messiah of the Milk Bar
- Posts: 58887
- Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am
Re: Public Image Limited
I've read stories of a thyroid problem and also seen interviews of John saying that he just liked to eat a lot and enjoy food. But it all tied into the news of Nora being ill. I'm not stating anything as fact but do believe the weight gain was John's way of initially coping with the stress.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:22pmWasn't the weight a thyroid problem? But, yeah, her death is going to be devastating. Forty-plus years, she's been the one constant in his life amidst a whole lot of turnover. That has to be terrifying to consider.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:01pmI do sincerely feel her loss will be huge to him. I'm also convinced that when John piled on all the weight a couple of years back was when he learned of Nora being ill. It's all somewhat sad and I think this is how John copes with loss.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:55pmCompletely. How it's being promoted undercuts the apparent sentiment of the song. As I said to Flex, I don't know what the hell is going on in his head with this. Maybe the positive spin is that it reflects how messed up he is over his wife's decline.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:50pmI'm mildy annoyed that it's under the PiL banner. It should be a John Lydon solo effort as it's being produced for the benefit of Nora.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 1:25pm
That's my attitude. I don't care for it at all—it's pretty much unlistenable—but it's deeply personal and shouldn't have been put forward in such a crassly commercial way.
Whilst I know John has produced other very personal songs like the great "Death Disco" for his dying mother. This track has been promoted solely with his face everywhere. And it's been handled by the media as John Rotten star of the 70s punk band Sex Pistols to try for Eurovision. It's all a bit too farcical for me.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
Re: Public Image Limited
Always so diplomatic....when a host asked him – before the voting results – if he had enjoyed his visit to Dublin. “No I have not, but that’s not the point.”
- Marky Dread
- Messiah of the Milk Bar
- Posts: 58887
- Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am
Re: Public Image Limited
I think that it all goes back to the early 80s when he was put in Mountjoy prison.
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/news-op ... ns-6981133
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Public Image Limited
I can see a combination at work. The kind of weight gain he exhibited seemed to me more than just getting fat, but a bloat with another cause. But, yeah, the dude likes to eat and drink.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:40pmI've read stories of a thyroid problem and also seen interviews of John saying that he just liked to eat a lot and enjoy food. But it all tied into the news of Nora being ill. I'm not stating anything as fact but do believe the weight gain was John's way of initially coping with the stress.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:22pmWasn't the weight a thyroid problem? But, yeah, her death is going to be devastating. Forty-plus years, she's been the one constant in his life amidst a whole lot of turnover. That has to be terrifying to consider.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:01pmI do sincerely feel her loss will be huge to him. I'm also convinced that when John piled on all the weight a couple of years back was when he learned of Nora being ill. It's all somewhat sad and I think this is how John copes with loss.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:55pmCompletely. How it's being promoted undercuts the apparent sentiment of the song. As I said to Flex, I don't know what the hell is going on in his head with this. Maybe the positive spin is that it reflects how messed up he is over his wife's decline.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:50pm
I'm mildy annoyed that it's under the PiL banner. It should be a John Lydon solo effort as it's being produced for the benefit of Nora.
Whilst I know John has produced other very personal songs like the great "Death Disco" for his dying mother. This track has been promoted solely with his face everywhere. And it's been handled by the media as John Rotten star of the 70s punk band Sex Pistols to try for Eurovision. It's all a bit too farcical for me.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
-
Low Down Low
- Unknown Immortal
- Posts: 4922
- Joined: 21 Aug 2014, 9:08am
Re: Public Image Limited
I think you're right, John always carried a bit of resentment about how he'd been treated there and also his mother before him, vaguely recall some talk about that in his book. The original story of his arrest makes for interesting reading, the barman refused to serve him because he looked "very seedy"!! Truth was being a punk in Dublin in late 70s/early 80s was akin to being a Traveller or any other persecuted minority. I supped in the Horse & Tram pub many a time, actually a very decent watering hole and sadly no more, like most of my favourite old haunts.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:54pmI think that it all goes back to the early 80s when he was put in Mountjoy prison.
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/news-op ... ns-6981133
https://www.fodderstompf.com/ARCHIVES/I ... ele80.html
Re: Public Image Limited
Hadn't heard that. He should have written a song called Dublin DungeonMarky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:54pmI think that it all goes back to the early 80s when he was put in Mountjoy prison.
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/news-op ... ns-6981133
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Public Image Limited
I also wonder what JL's attitude was there that night. Was he acting the diva that night? Which is to say, did he encourage the barman's surly behaviour in any way by being in Johnny Rotten mode? I'm not putting all the blame on him by any means, but, especially back then, he was a button-pusher.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 6:28pmI think you're right, John always carried a bit of resentment about how he'd been treated there and also his mother before him, vaguely recall some talk about that in his book. The original story of his arrest makes for interesting reading, the barman refused to serve him because he looked "very seedy"!! Truth was being a punk in Dublin in late 70s/early 80s was akin to being a Traveller or any other persecuted minority. I supped in the Horse & Tram pub many a time, actually a very decent watering hole and sadly no more, like most of my favourite old haunts.Marky Dread wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 5:54pmI think that it all goes back to the early 80s when he was put in Mountjoy prison.
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/news-op ... ns-6981133
https://www.fodderstompf.com/ARCHIVES/I ... ele80.html
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft