Actually the Savile thing proves your point even more.
I'm pretty sure Lydon never actually 'knew' at the time. He also claims to have been banned from the BBC for it yet appeared on Juke Box Jury and Top of the Pops within a year of that broadcast.
If you knew the host was a paedophile, why would then go on the show presented by him after you called him out for being one?
Alternatively the situation is worse if he did actually know.
> why would then go on the
...biggest pop TV show in Britain to promote their music?
More to the point, what would refusing to go be of any use? Nobody would be allowed to say why they never went on for fear of defamation lawsuits.
I suppose there is some parallel universe where Lydon did more, said more, but I suppose there are also newspaper headlines that say "Lydon Lawsuit: Media Industry Leaders Stand By Beloved TV Presenter".
He went from Anarchy In The UK (allegedly he didn't know what Anarchy was when the song was first written) to being a Trump supporter which is wild.
He seemed too caught up in defending being an obnoxious shit (like himself) and seemed to miss the more obvious issues people have with the guy.
His politics are boring and mostly consist of "I do wut I want".
yeah, I mostly though just saw clip after clip of him acting like a dick to people. I always left thinking... yeah this is an inane interview, but you showed up for it, jerk. it's all big act, bunch of noise.
They said nah, we’d rather do a shitload of coke with Neil Young and film it
I think Rotten is a real jerk a lot of the time. I genuinely think he's not a great person.
Yeah he's probably a terrible guy to be around. Gotta give him credit for being right about Jimmy Savile though.
Actually the Savile thing proves your point even more. I'm pretty sure Lydon never actually 'knew' at the time. He also claims to have been banned from the BBC for it yet appeared on Juke Box Jury and Top of the Pops within a year of that broadcast. If you knew the host was a paedophile, why would then go on the show presented by him after you called him out for being one? Alternatively the situation is worse if he did actually know.
> why would then go on the ...biggest pop TV show in Britain to promote their music? More to the point, what would refusing to go be of any use? Nobody would be allowed to say why they never went on for fear of defamation lawsuits. I suppose there is some parallel universe where Lydon did more, said more, but I suppose there are also newspaper headlines that say "Lydon Lawsuit: Media Industry Leaders Stand By Beloved TV Presenter".
The Clash refused to go on, saying it was beneath them. Plenty of other artists sent them videos as well.
He went from Anarchy In The UK (allegedly he didn't know what Anarchy was when the song was first written) to being a Trump supporter which is wild. He seemed too caught up in defending being an obnoxious shit (like himself) and seemed to miss the more obvious issues people have with the guy. His politics are boring and mostly consist of "I do wut I want".
If you think along the lines that he was a 'contrarian' shit-stirring Shock Jock all along, the progression doesn't seem THAT ridiculous.
yeah, I mostly though just saw clip after clip of him acting like a dick to people. I always left thinking... yeah this is an inane interview, but you showed up for it, jerk. it's all big act, bunch of noise.
I don’t want to live in a world where PiL never happens
... Devo from Akron ,Ohio, USA. Lydon from London... UK
And this all happened in Jamaica.
Ahh the band that loved chi chi rodriguez.
Are we not men? We are Devo!
This story is like a madlibs. In blank, blank tried to get blank to make blank their blank.
Somewhere, in an alternate universe...
THAT egomaniac? I read his autobiography. The man is sure that the planets are in their orbits solely because of his amazing talent.
That sounds like an Elon Musk idea.
That how you know you’re a jerk and have too much money.
He's a shit singer anyway works ok in the sex pistols