HW: Sex Pistols

[Steven Skane]

Steve Jones is actually an excellent player. I remember being 15 and I only
knew of one person that liked them - me.
Great lyrics great frontman too.  A classic hard rock album.

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From: <gingoblin at EASYNET.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: HW: Sex Pistols


> At 20:08 28/07/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >At 10:59 PM 7/28/02 +0100, you wrote:
> > >Don't think anyone's posted on this yet.
> > >Just got back from seeing the Sex Pistols in London. They opened the
gig
> > >with Silver Machine!  To say I was surprised is a *slight*
> > >understatement  :)
> >
> >Wow. that is hep. would you mind posting a fuller review of the pistols
> >show?  I rmember reading about this show supposedly its supposed to
> >"really" be the last one.
>
> Aye, REALLY the last one... well until Sept 14th in California, with a far
> better bill (inc. the Damned... first gig together in a looong time!!!).
> The full setlist for the Pistols was:
>
> Silver Machine
> Holidays In The Sun
> I wanna be me
> No Feelings
> Substitute
> 17
> Pretty Vacant
> No Lip
> Did You No Wrong
> New York
> Submission
> No Fun
> Satellite
> Stepping Stone
> Bodies
> Belsen Was A Gas
> Thru My Eyes
> Liar
> Problems
> EMI
>
> first encore
> My Way
> Anarchy
>
> 2d encore
> GSTQ
>
>
> The jury is still out on how good the gig was. I need to let it sink in a
> bit. They were a bit untogether at times, with Lydon forgetting words...
> but then again, they're not meant to be perfect. My main problem was just
> the size of the place... I'm used to gigs with 20 people, not
> 20,000!  Makes you feel a bit detached from it all, and the sound was a
bit
> ropey.   It had to be done though... first band I ever got into etc
> etc       All in all, they were worth seeing... just forget about the
> extortionate ticket price!
> July has been an amazing month for gigs... so many of my faves...
> Turbonegro in Norway, Dickies in London, Hawkwind in Devon, and the
Pistols
> doing Silver Machine while Concorde passed overhead rounded it off in a
> very surreal kinda way!!    But I descend into havering...   All in all,
> Pistols were good... but "last" show? I don't think so!!
>
> Dave