Problem is you!

If a punk rock band is a threat to the fabric of society, the fabric of society is already unraveling on its own.

I knew a guy who got arrested at a Clash concert about 1980. But he was a lawyer, so he was probably asking for it.

/Pretty sure he was, in fact.

No Feelings about this.

cryinoutloud

He should have gone, not stayed.

Another thing the Pistols were great at: generating free publicity.

What propelled them to stardom above all else, was that cursing Bill Grundy TV interview and that boat show they did during the Queen's jubilee. They were household name after these incidents. Having "Bollocks" in their album title was just icing on the cake

You filthy old sod.

That's punk.

And what's funny, is there are still people who don't know/believe it was all an act. Which is in itself an extremely punk thing.

WhyteRaven74: And what's funny, is there are still people who don't know/believe it was all an act. Which is in itself an extremely punk thing.

True... Malcom McLaren made Johnny hide his Mel Torme collection in a storage unit in Sussex for 20 years.

/helpless as a kitten up a tree

I was 13 in 1978 and I can assure you that I never stopped minding the Bollocks.

Big deal. In the US, I can think of a whole BIG bunch of entertainers that have been under intensive investigation, just off the top of my head.

John Lennon
Bob Dylan
The Kingsmen (an intensive FBI investigation of Louie Louie)
Janis Ian (for "Society's Child", which "promoted interracial sex"
Frank Zappa (for calling them on their bullshiat numerous times)
The Greatful Dead
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
The Jefferson Airplane
Arlo Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Pete Seeger
Country Joe Macdonald
Etc.

But most of these people were targeted back when people actually put up a fuss when they didn't like something.

TommyymmoT: Big deal. In the US, I can think of a whole BIG bunch of entertainers that have been under intensive investigation, just off the top of my head.

John Lennon
Bob Dylan
The Kingsmen (an intensive FBI investigation of Louie Louie)
Janis Ian (for "Society's Child", which "promoted interracial sex"
Frank Zappa (for calling them on their bullshiat numerous times)
The Greatful Dead
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
The Jefferson Airplane
Arlo Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Pete Seeger
Country Joe Macdonald
Etc.

But most of these people were targeted back when people actually put up a fuss when they didn't like something.

Did they actually do anything with those investigations? I hope with all of that money being sunk into investigating harmless pop culture icons, they would at least have the decency to assassinate some of them to get their money's worth.

Jonathan Hohensee: Did they actually do anything with those investigations?

The concluded the lyrics to Louie Louie are in fact unintelligible.

/no seriously, that's what they concluded.

In their defense, society DID go downhill, didn't it?

/perhaps a rock would protect against it
//Lisa, I would like to buy your rock

GoSurfing: cryinoutloud

He should have gone, not stayed.

I see, did there, etc etc

Jonathan Hohensee:

Did they actually do anything with those investigations? I hope with all of that money being sunk into investigating harmless pop culture icons, they would at least have the decency to assassinate some of them to get their money's worth.

Nope. But MILLIONS were pissed away on them.
They tried to kick Lennon out of the US for being anti-war, but it didn't work.

The FBI investigated the lyrics to Louie Louie for 30 MONTHS! I wonder how much that cost?


Here's a Snopes article about it (bottom of the page) (new window)

TommyymmoT: Jonathan Hohensee:

Did they actually do anything with those investigations? I hope with all of that money being sunk into investigating harmless pop culture icons, they would at least have the decency to assassinate some of them to get their money's worth.
Nope. But MILLIONS were pissed away on them.
They tried to kick Lennon out of the US for being anti-war, but it didn't work.
The FBI investigated the lyrics to Louie Louie for 30 MONTHS! I wonder how much that cost?

Here's a Snopes article about it (bottom of the page) (new window)

How the fark did we win the Cold War?

That's just another way we know the music industry is doing it wrong. I can't remember the last court case, mass parental outrage or even major arrest related to a band.

Jonathan Hohensee: How the fark did we win the Cold War?

We didn't. They just went broke first.

Oznog: In their defense, society DID go downhill, didn't it?

/perhaps a rock would protect against it
//Lisa, I would like to buy your rock

far too much truth for the fark public to deal with.

DRTFA (I'm hardcore punk you know) but it's a little terrifying how arrogant and ignorant our gub'ment can be. Imagine the crap that'll come out in the wash 20 years from now.

never mind the bollocks, what's that priest doing
to that altar boy?

/grew up in Ireland, was one of an elite group
of unmolested altar boys. rarer than hen's teeth...

The current music industry is just that. It's business. It's about placating the masses with pap & a beat. Disney is the farm team -- Aguilera, Spears, and Cyrus.

Well that's just Rotten. But all this time I had no idea that the Pistols were just a cover band for the IRA.

JohnnyDanger: DRTFA (I'm hardcore punk you know) but it's a little terrifying how arrogant and ignorant our gub'ment can be. Imagine the crap that'll come out in the wash 20 years from now.

I try not to think about it. Remember...20 years have gone by and they are just now okay sharing something like this. Imagine the asshattery they haven't yet fessed up to from 20 years ago.

JohnnyDanger: DRTFA (I'm hardcore punk you know) but it's a little terrifying how arrogant and ignorant our gub'ment can be. Imagine the crap that'll come out in the wash 20 years from now.

CIA admits to spying on Jonas Brothers

Not surprised. I heard that some stations refused to play Blondie's "Heart of Glass" on air because it had the word "ass."

The seventies have had their radicals who think that pop culture harms people, just like we do today.

And I wanna be an anarchist
Get pissed
Destroy!

Some one should arrest nickleback.

Released documents from 197898 investigation finds that the Sex Pistols blow jobs were such a threat to the fabric of society that legal actions were considered at the highest levels.

Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher:

I try not to think about it. Remember...20 years have gone by and they are just now okay sharing something like this. Imagine the asshattery they haven't yet fessed up to from 20 years ago.

At this very moment, there are legions of agents in field offices, safe houses, and deep undercover, trying to determine if in fact, "Hannah Montana" might be an assumed identity.

Hell, they're still trying to prove that "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight", is actually a coded message to terrorist cells, telling them to commence the attacks.

jenny next: Not surprised. I heard that some stations refused to play Blondie's "Heart of Glass" on air because it had the word "ass."

I remember the fuss over "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" due to the use of "damn". WLS was off-limits to some of my friends for a while.

He used to be Lydon but now he's Rotten.

GoSurfing: Problem is you!
Problem, problem, problem?

Anti_Freak_Machine: He used to be Lydon but now he's Rotten.

I think Johnny's a bit Lydon the loafers.

Three green lights after one about a submarine mission?

COINTELPRO was so busy chasing people who might be subversive like musicians during the Sixties and Seventies, they managed to miss everyone who was actually subversive. The idea that somehow music was being used to send covert messages to millions of Red cells across the nation would be laughable, except now DHS thinks the same thing is being done via MySpace and video games.

Le plus ca change, le plus ce meme chose, I guess...

wankers

I did it my way.

TheMothership

Yeah, man, I remember WLS back in the day! I used to love Larry Lujack, and the "Clunk Letter of the Day!" Also listened to WCFL, too. Wasn't John Landecker on WCFL? And, am not from Chicago nor any of the surrounding states.

TommyymmoT: Big deal. In the US, I can think of a whole BIG bunch of entertainers that have been under intensive investigation, just off the top of my head.

John Lennon
Bob Dylan
The Kingsmen (an intensive FBI investigation of Louie Louie)
Janis Ian (for "Society's Child", which "promoted interracial sex"
Frank Zappa (for calling them on their bullshiat numerous times)
The Greatful Dead
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
The Jefferson Airplane
Arlo Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Pete Seeger
Country Joe Macdonald
Etc.

But most of these people were targeted back when people actually put up a fuss when they didn't like something.

GODDAM PUNK RETARDS, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO BE TOLD, IT IS "JEFFERSON AIRPLANE", NOT "THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE"! AND SAME WITH "CREAM" -- NOT "THE CREAM!

GET IT RIGHT FOR FARKS SAKE ITS NOT THAT HARD!!!11!

/OOOH, MY BRAIN HURTS....

TheGreatGildersleeve:

GODDAM PUNK RETARDS, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO BE TOLD, IT IS "JEFFERSON AIRPLANE", NOT "THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE"! AND SAME WITH "CREAM" -- NOT "THE CREAM!

GET IT RIGHT FOR FARKS SAKE ITS NOT THAT HARD!!!11!

/OOOH, MY BRAIN HURTS....

I actually knew that (I'm probably older than you), but wow. Just wow. You either have immense emotional issues, or a serious shortage of dietary fiber.

However, your post begs the question. WHO THE F*CK CARES?

TheGreatGildersleeve: TommyymmoT: Big deal. In the US, I can think of a whole BIG bunch of entertainers that have been under intensive investigation, just off the top of my head.

John Lennon
Bob Dylan
The Kingsmen (an intensive FBI investigation of Louie Louie)
Janis Ian (for "Society's Child", which "promoted interracial sex"
Frank Zappa (for calling them on their bullshiat numerous times)
The Greatful Dead
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
The Jefferson Airplane
Arlo Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Pete Seeger
Country Joe Macdonald
Etc.

But most of these people were targeted back when people actually put up a fuss when they didn't like something.

GODDAM PUNK RETARDS, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO BE TOLD, IT IS "JEFFERSON AIRPLANE", NOT "THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE"! AND SAME WITH "CREAM" -- NOT "THE CREAM!

GET IT RIGHT FOR FARKS SAKE ITS NOT THAT HARD!!!11!

/OOOH, MY BRAIN HURTS....

You forgot to tell them to get off your lawn too.

TommyymmoT: TheGreatGildersleeve:

GODDAM PUNK RETARDS, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO BE TOLD, IT IS "JEFFERSON AIRPLANE", NOT "THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE"! AND SAME WITH "CREAM" -- NOT "THE CREAM!

GET IT RIGHT FOR FARKS SAKE ITS NOT THAT HARD!!!11!

/OOOH, MY BRAIN HURTS....

I actually knew that (I'm probably older than you), but wow. Just wow. You either have immense emotional issues, or a serious shortage of dietary fiber.

However, your post begs the question. WHO THE F*CK CARES?

I like to add "the" to bands that don't have "the" in it just to get reactions out of people.
The other day I had a heated, way-to-long argument with some highschool kid about how the band is called "The Radioheads" and not just "Radiohead."

It was the highlight of the week, during a week with many highlights.

TommyymmoT: However, your post begs the question. WHO THE F*CK CARES?

Grace the Slick

GODDAMMMIT,ITS THE THE NOT THE THE THE

dennysgod:

"You forgot to tell them to get off your lawn too."

Oh, yeah. Thanks.

GET OFF MY F*CKING LAWN!

Actually, I was just responding to TheGreatGildersleeve's "GODDAM PUNK RETARDS" comment.
As if everyone who reads Fark is supposed to know minor details about some band that went down in flames 40 years ago.

Hey! GreatBoogerSleeves!

Grace Slick is an untalented drunken whore, and the rest of the band SLAMS my eyelids shut!

What are you gonna correct me on next?

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU IT'S "GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA". NOT THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA!!!

So it was dropped because it had No Future?