The Filth and the Fury Page #5

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# Come on and join us #

# We're the young nation #

# Come on and join us #

# Nationwide... #

# Right... #

# Now #

# I am an antichrist #

# I am an anarchist... #

This group are leaders | of a whole new teenage cult

that seems to be on the way | to being as big

as mods and rockers were | in the '60s.

The cult is called "punk," | the music, "punk rock."

Basic rock music -- | raw, outrageous and crude,

Iike their fan magazine, | "Sniffing Glue."

I think our music | is very honest.

It's the most honest thing that's | been happening in the last 1 5 years.

Nothing to beat it.

Finding places to play | is becoming harder,

thanks to the reputation punks | are getting as troublemakers,

and the Sex Pistols themselves | even had to hire a strip club

to get their music heard. | Nowhere else would take them.

# Anarchy #

From the street.

I find the Pistols | very believable,

I find it's all related | to violence...

in the mind, | not in the body.

Malcolm began to get | a little bit serious about it,

and he brought in a lawyer | by the name of Fisher...

That dreadful lawyer whose name | I refuse to speak --

There was...

basically an auction | between Polydor and EMl.

We came up with a contract | which gave the Pistols

total creative control.

Malcolm decided | to go with EMl.

I went into the A&R department, | I said,

"Who are these crazy guys?"

They said, "lt's the Sex Pistols, | we just signed them.

They're tremendous."

And my first actual plug | for them was, after all this,

was by phoning up | the "Today" program.

They phoned back, | said, "Yes...

We'd like to use | the Sex Pistols," you know,

"Will that be okay?" I said, | "l'm sure it'll be all right."

They slung us in the green room, | with a fridge,

and I remember downing

about f***ing four bottles | of "Blue Nun,"

and I was f***ing just -- | having a good old time,

pissed at this point, | by the time we went out there.

And that's all I remember.

They are "punk rockers." | the new craze, they tell me.

They are heroes --

not the nice, clean, | Rolling Stones.

They are as drunk as I am. | They are clean by comparison,

they are a group | called "the Sex Pistols,"

I am told that that group...

have received 40,000 | from a record company.

Doesn't that seem to be | slightly opposed

to their anti-materialistic | view of life?

- No, the more, the merrier. | - Really?

- Oh, yeah. | - Tell me more about it.

We've f***ing spent it.

- I don't know. Have you? | - Yeah, it's all gone.

No one even heard that one, | 'cause he was drunk himself,

and he wasn't paying attention | when he asked,

"What did you do with the money?" | and I said, "We f***ing spent it."

- Tell me more about it. | - We've f***ing spent it.

- I don't know. Have you? | - Yeah, it's all gone.

- Really? | - Down the boozer.

Really? | Good Lord!

Now, I want to know | one thing:

Beethoven, Mozart, Bach | and Brahms have all died...

- They're all heroes of ours. | - Really? What were you saying?

- They're wonderful people. | - Are they?

- Yes, they really turn us on. | - But they're dead.

Suppose they turn | other people on?

That's just | their tough sh*t.

Rotten, he slipped up and said | "sh*t" under his breath.

- It's what? | - Nothing, a rude word.

- Next question. | - No, no...

What was the rude word?

- Sh*t. | - Was it really? Good heavens.

- You frighten me to death. | - All right, so you play games...

He's like your dad, | ain't he, this geezer?

Or your granddad.

Are you worried, or are you just | enjoying yourself?

- Enjoying myself. | - Are you?

That's what I thought.

- I always wanted to meet you. | - Did you really?

Siouxsie, she was just being | coy with him,

And he said, | "Oh, maybe we'll meet after?"

We'll meet afterwards, | shall we?

You dirty sod. | You dirty old man.

Steve completely understood

that he was talking | to a drunk

as you would a drunk | in a pub,

and he just topped him.

Go on, you've got | another five seconds,

- say something outrageous. | - You dirty bastard.

I just remember | this f***ing c*nt

just started provoking us, | and we coated him off.

- Go on -- again. | - You dirty f***er.

- What a clever boy. | - What a f***ing rotter.

That's it for tonight. | The other rocker, Eamonn,

and I'm saying nothing else about | him, will be back tomorrow.

I'll be seeing you soon. | I hope I'm not seeing you again.

From me, though, | goodnight.

McLaren was there. | He was terrified.

He was shitting himself.

He was death-white, | you know, going

"We'd f***ing better | get out of here, quick!"

But the very next day, | it was all his big idea.

It was perfect stand-up comedy. | It was Arthur Askey.

# Well, I don't mind | the things that you say #

# I don't even mind | goin' out of my way #

# I try and do | these things for you #

# Why should I do it? | I'm always untrue #

That's all, a four letter word | done everything.

# Goin' outta my head #

I loved it...

I f***ing loved it. | It was like finally, I've arrived.

Let the circus begin.

# The bog is no place | to see your face... #

The committee have decided,

that in fairness | to the public of Derby,

the Sex Pistols will not | perform here tonight,

but we are quite agreeable | that the three other groups

that have already been booked | will go on.

For the last 1 2 months, | punk rock has become

almost a battle cry | in British society.

For many people, it's a bigger | threat to our way of life

than Russian Communism | or hyper-inflation,

and it generates more popular | excitement than either of those.

We hope tonight, | by this protest

to make Wales know, and to let | the people of this town know,

that we do protest | and it is by no fault of ours,

that this thing | has come to Caerphilly.

When your local council | didn't ban the punk rock concert,

you actually went down there | and tried to stop it yourself?

No, we never went | to stop it at any time.

We went there with a very | positive Gospel message.

We have done everything | humanly possible

to ban this thing | and to stop it.

Sir, can I ask you why | you're here tonight?

Because I am... | recognized as a Christian.

If I thought one of mine was | in there, I'd go drag them out.

They're outside, freezing. | We're in here, we're all right.

This one's about | Harold Wilson --

It's called "Liar."

# You lie, lie, lie, | lie lie... #

# Sleep in heavenly peace #

# Should have realized... #

On the "Anarchy" tour | we was actually followed

everywhere across the country, | from gig to gig,

and we had to turn up | to show willingness to play,

so presumably we would get | the money,

although it looked pound to a penny | that they wasn't gonna let us play.

Mr. Stabler, you can't watch | punk concerts in Newcastle either?

The decision was made when | we discovered it was mere children

that would be watching | the performance.

The average adult will go see | a strip show, or a blue film.

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