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Flex wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 1:22pm
Marky Dread wrote:
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The last two PiL albums have some fine tunes on them.
Yeah, actually I thought the recent PiL stuff was probably a lot better than it had any right to be (which isn't to say "great" necessarily, but no embarrassments that I can think of).
That's where I'm at. Nothing that really stands out for me, but nothing wretched. Which is perfectly fine. I'm good with just enjoyable PiL records at this point.
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I'm talking about him as a person, been a wanker for years now.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:02pm
I'm talking about him as a person, been a wanker for years now.
Unfortunately yes. Not sure when, but he crossed the line from curmudgeon to asshole.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:14pm
Heston wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:02pm
I'm talking about him as a person, been a wanker for years now.
Unfortunately yes. Not sure when, but he crossed the line from curmudgeon to asshole.
Some of the old John still shines thru from time to time but yeah mostly asshole now.

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I’d like to see who the real John Lydon is not the constant act he puts on. Or does he?

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101Walterton wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 8:25pm
I’d like to see who the real John Lydon is not the constant act he puts on. Or does he?
That's something he's said contributed to Sid's early death—he didn't understand that Sid Vicious was a public persona and that he didn't have to be him 24/7. Whether that means Lydon in private is more decent or not is something else, but he's certainly aware of personas and the importance of managing them.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 8:45pm
101Walterton wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 8:25pm
I’d like to see who the real John Lydon is not the constant act he puts on. Or does he?
That's something he's said contributed to Sid's early death—he didn't understand that Sid Vicious was a public persona and that he didn't have to be him 24/7. Whether that means Lydon in private is more decent or not is something else, but he's certainly aware of personas and the importance of managing them.
Yes I don’t believe for one minute he behaves like he does at home. He should retire Rotten and speak as himself I am sure there would be some great insight.

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101Walterton wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 10:37pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 8:45pm
101Walterton wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 8:25pm
I’d like to see who the real John Lydon is not the constant act he puts on. Or does he?
That's something he's said contributed to Sid's early death—he didn't understand that Sid Vicious was a public persona and that he didn't have to be him 24/7. Whether that means Lydon in private is more decent or not is something else, but he's certainly aware of personas and the importance of managing them.
Yes I don’t believe for one minute he behaves like he does at home. He should retire Rotten and speak as himself I am sure there would be some great insight.
That's what pisses me off about him and also makes me sad for him too. At moments he can have clear insight when he's talking, genuine words. At other times he seems to "have to be" the Rotten guy and seems to have to say things in a "Rotten" way. That's like him being aware of the Sid Vicious problem but suffering from it too.

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101Walterton wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 10:37pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 8:45pm
101Walterton wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 8:25pm
I’d like to see who the real John Lydon is not the constant act he puts on. Or does he?
That's something he's said contributed to Sid's early death—he didn't understand that Sid Vicious was a public persona and that he didn't have to be him 24/7. Whether that means Lydon in private is more decent or not is something else, but he's certainly aware of personas and the importance of managing them.
Yes I don’t believe for one minute he behaves like he does at home. He should retire Rotten and speak as himself I am sure there would be some great insight.
Interesting as I think Rotten as a persona didn't start until midway through PiL. Rotten in the Pistols never seemed to be an act to me and that's when he made most sense.
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Reading Glen's book at the moment and it looks like that side of him was always there, even allowing for opposing personality types not realising when one was taking the piss out of the other.
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Silent Majority wrote:
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Reading Glen's book at the moment and it looks like that side of him was always there, even allowing for opposing personality types not realising when one was taking the piss out of the other.
John didnt like Glen from day one. Glen tolerated John until the Pistols started to get their first slice of notoriety and then Glen claims it went to Johns head.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:14pm
Heston wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:02pm
I'm talking about him as a person, been a wanker for years now.
Unfortunately yes. Not sure when, but he crossed the line from curmudgeon to asshole.
I think a lot of interviewers would say he crossed that line back at the beginning of PiL.
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Kory wrote:
06 Sep 2019, 6:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:14pm
Heston wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:02pm
I'm talking about him as a person, been a wanker for years now.
Unfortunately yes. Not sure when, but he crossed the line from curmudgeon to asshole.
I think a lot of interviewers would say he crossed that line back at the beginning of PiL.
Speaking of asshole singers, last night I finished David J's Bauhaus memoir (mentioned above). Peter Murphy comes off as having some serious personality problems. He'd go from pleasant to deeply despondent and possibly suicidal to, as David J writes, Mr. Hyde. Totally belligerent to everyone around, massive chip on his shoulder, paranoid, treating the rest of the band as side men. Yet, J certainly doesn't deny his ability as a mesmerizing front man. But the psychological cost of being around him was so great that the rest of them nixed a world tour that would have made them all quite wealthy. If J is accurate, there's some psychological illness at work there.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
06 Sep 2019, 7:10pm
Kory wrote:
06 Sep 2019, 6:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:14pm
Heston wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:02pm
I'm talking about him as a person, been a wanker for years now.
Unfortunately yes. Not sure when, but he crossed the line from curmudgeon to asshole.
I think a lot of interviewers would say he crossed that line back at the beginning of PiL.
Speaking of asshole singers, last night I finished David J's Bauhaus memoir (mentioned above). Peter Murphy comes off as having some serious personality problems. He'd go from pleasant to deeply despondent and possibly suicidal to, as David J writes, Mr. Hyde. Totally belligerent to everyone around, massive chip on his shoulder, paranoid, treating the rest of the band as side men. Yet, J certainly doesn't deny his ability as a mesmerizing front man. But the psychological cost of being around him was so great that the rest of them nixed a world tour that would have made them all quite wealthy. If J is accurate, there's some psychological illness at work there.
The recent reports of him throwing bottles at his audience would back this up.
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Kory wrote:
06 Sep 2019, 7:43pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
06 Sep 2019, 7:10pm
Kory wrote:
06 Sep 2019, 6:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:14pm
Heston wrote:
03 Sep 2019, 2:02pm
I'm talking about him as a person, been a wanker for years now.
Unfortunately yes. Not sure when, but he crossed the line from curmudgeon to asshole.
I think a lot of interviewers would say he crossed that line back at the beginning of PiL.
Speaking of asshole singers, last night I finished David J's Bauhaus memoir (mentioned above). Peter Murphy comes off as having some serious personality problems. He'd go from pleasant to deeply despondent and possibly suicidal to, as David J writes, Mr. Hyde. Totally belligerent to everyone around, massive chip on his shoulder, paranoid, treating the rest of the band as side men. Yet, J certainly doesn't deny his ability as a mesmerizing front man. But the psychological cost of being around him was so great that the rest of them nixed a world tour that would have made them all quite wealthy. If J is accurate, there's some psychological illness at work there.
The recent reports of him throwing bottles at his audience would back this up.
After I finished the book, I revisited an interview that a friend of mine conducted with PM around ten years ago, and he was utterly charming. It was done as a Skype because PM lives in Turkey, so my buddy sent me the video, and my memory was that he seemed in great humour, which is how the text read. It's hard not to think that there's something biochemical going on there.
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