tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014997390968095391.post283236329890694495..comments2010-01-14T06:15:20.516-08:00Comments on Postcards of the Hanging: Why didn't I listen to Johnny Rotten?Ben Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17317445668508916179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014997390968095391.post-55714086113668265862008-10-13T13:39:00.000-07:002008-10-13T13:39:00.000-07:00I was just reading the reader responses to George ...I was just reading the reader responses to George Starostin's review of "Trout Mask Replica", and one of the replies mentions that he heard Johnny Rotten playing "The Blimp" on a radio programme at the height of the Sex Pistols' imfamy. And it must have been this program, because it's the first Google return for "Johnny rotten trout mask replica". Spooky. I wonder who else heard the programme, and had their ears opened?Ashley Pomeroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09466311744358782337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014997390968095391.post-36688702462519126152008-05-11T06:13:00.000-07:002008-05-11T06:13:00.000-07:00Nicely put kicker, that. I'd add that _if_ I did l...Nicely put kicker, that. I'd add that _if_ I did like good music when I was 15, I surely liked it for dumb reasons or strictly by chance.<BR/><BR/>Re the Johnny Rotten list, here it is, condensed from the John Lydon website (fodderstompf):<BR/><BR/>Tim Buckley - Sweet Surrender (taken from: Greetings From LA, 1972)<BR/><BR/>The Creation - Through My Eyes (b-side: Life Is Just Beginning single, 1967)<BR/><BR/>David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (single, 1974)<BR/><BR/>Unknown Irish Folk Music / Jig<BR/><BR/>Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown (single, 1976)<BR/><BR/>Gary Glitter - Doing Alright With The Boys (single, 1975)<BR/><BR/>Fred Locks - Walls (taken from: Black Star Liner, 1976)<BR/><BR/>Vivian Jackson and the Prophets - Yabby You (Fire in a Kingston single, 1976)<BR/><BR/>Culture - I'm Not Ashamed (single, 1977)<BR/><BR/>Dr Alimantado & The Rebels - Born For A Purpose (single, 1977)<BR/><BR/>Bobby Byrd - Back From The Dead (single, 1974)<BR/><BR/>Neil Young - Revolution Blues (taken from: On the Beach, 1974)<BR/><BR/>Lou Reed - Men Of Good Fortune (taken from: Berlin, 1973)<BR/><BR/>Kevin Coyne - Eastbourne Ladies (taken from: Marjory Razorblade, 1973)<BR/><BR/>Peter Hammill - The Institute Of Mental Health, Burning (taken from: Nadir's Big Chance, 1975) <BR/><BR/>Peter Hammill - Nobody's Business (taken from: Nadir's Big Chance, 1975)<BR/><BR/>Makka Bees - Nation Fiddler / Fire! (single, 1977)<BR/><BR/>Captain Beefheart - The Blimp (taken from: Trout Mask Replica, 1969)<BR/><BR/>Nico - Janitor Of Lunacy (taken from: Desertshore, 1970)<BR/><BR/>Ken Boothe - Is It Because I'm Black (taken from: Let's Get It On, 1973)<BR/><BR/>John Cale - Legs Larry At Television Centre (taken from: Academy in Peril, 1972)<BR/><BR/>Third Ear Band - Fleance (taken from: Music from Macbeth, 1972)<BR/><BR/>Can - Halleluhwah (taken from: Tago Mago, 1971) - Rotten <BR/><BR/>Peter Tosh - Legalise It (taken from: Legalise It, 1976)<BR/><BR/><BR/>- Johnny Rotten on the Tommy Vance Show, July 16th 1977<BR/><BR/>condensed list from Fodderstompf transcripthttp://www.fodderstompf.com/ARCHIVES/REVIEWS%202/capital77.htmlThursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11357370852296161756noreply@blogger.com