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Poll Question: do you enjoy this landmark album by The Sex Pistols?
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    Posted: February 11 2009 at 11:07
Simple question.  I'm curious how much of the prog community enjoys this album.

IMO, it's a great album and pretty much a flat-out masterpiece.

I might be doing this other albums the prog community loves to hate if this one provides the right sorts of results.
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Count me in!

Haven't heard it in ages though, but I've always liked it very much.

 

 
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I have no idea.

I heard it maybe a handful of times about 20 years ago.
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I find that it is not a great album, just a collection of single tracks I enjoy some of. I rarely listen to it.

Sandinista! by the Clash, on the other hand, I do go back to time and again. I'd rate the Clash as having many of the attributes of being a prog band, even if they didn't have the typical sound. They mixed musical genres and they progressed musically as they gained experience.
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Be fair now, so John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) of the Sex Pistols progressed musically as well.

The album Metal Box by Public Image Ltd. (Lydon's next band) is one of the most punishing and out there rock albums around (at least, among albums that don't go way out to the extremes).
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It's certainly a seminal recording and I like it more than I like a lot of the contemporary punk of the time.  For me it doesn't rise to the level of masterpiece or even "punk masterpiece".  I have to hold that one back for London Calling or maybe Sound Affects.

It's funny that as I typ[e this I'm actually listening to Arthur Honegger's 2nd symphony.  LOL


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I may enjoy punk-rock, but I never liked the Sex Pistols except for a handful of songs ("Anarchy in the UK" and "God Save The Queen"). I've always prefered the Damned or the Buzzcocks whose albums appear as more "solid" to me.
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I had the record.  Other than selected songs, I haven't heard it in many years, but, yeah, great album.  I should get it again.  "Pretty Vacant" was a particular fave of mine , as well as "Anarchy in the UK" as a kid.

I don't know, but I thought this was a verse from "Anarchy in the UK" (probably my own made up verse, but I've now forgotten making it up):

I am an anarchist
I don't care about politics
I just want to kick in some heads

WARNING - Off-topic:

Incidentally, I like this album picks list that Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) came up with for an interview  (before anyone brings up his "I hate Pink Floyd" shirt), which includes Bowie, Peter Hammill, Captain Beefheart, John Cale, Third Ear Band, and Can.

http://www.fodderstompf.com/ARCHIVES/REVIEWS%202/capital77.html

I particularly like Lydon's PIL.

For fun, The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle's "My Way" (always loved this):
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Lydon has pretty much admitted to being a big fan of prog and other music of the time that punk supposedly rebelled against.

And of course, he was a HUGE Can-freak, so more power to him for that.
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I dislike the thing. I dislike most punk, if not all.
 
Funny how I like a punk-influenced genre like black metal so much.... atmospheres, vocals, themes, many things create that difference...
 
 
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Absolutely terrible album. Complete anti-music and anti-art. If you're an anarchist I guess that's okay though.
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To be honest I never liked anything the Sex Pistols did and this is no exception and I feel the same towards the Ramones. The regulars around here know I'm more into hardcore than the old straight up punk.

That said, I do respect their legacy and contribution to music because I strongly believe without bands like the Ramones and The Sex Pistols, many of my favorite bands simply wouldn't exist today.


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The beginning of bad music started with Never Mind the Bollocks.

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Tales from Topographic Oceans came before Never Mind the Bollocks, get your history straight.




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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 18:13
Originally posted by Lucent Lucent wrote:

The beginning of bad music started with Never Mind the Bollocks.



Gee, blanket statement, much?
I guess if bad music started with Nevermind the Bollocks, it must mean everyone likes ice cream.
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I never make blanket statements.
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I certainly had my days of enjoying it, but its not something I play anymore. 
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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I truly do not enjoy any of their music. I hate the singles and would never listen to the album, or any by them.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 18:55
To answer the OT question exactly - yes I enjoy it, the louder the better. But it was a terrible album then and it has not improved with age, however, Never Mind The Bollocks was never about "music"
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Points: 28427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 19:14
Always hated it, along with The Clash. Some of the most overrated garbage ever. In my opinion of course.
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