John Lydon & Isaac Fitzgerald | Anger is an Energy 

GOD,I love this guy! I've said it a million times...I could listen to him talk forever! 💚

Love your honesty! ”My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.” -George Bernard Shaw

I can listen to John talk ALL day!!

I can't believe he's wearing chef gear. That's total working class shit. Fn A John. Always love you. World is so lucky to have you.

One of the best interviews of Johnny. Isaac set it up nicely so John could entertain without getting pissy.

Johnny's rockin the British (and Irish) butcher look...love him. Nice shout-out to James Joyce!

anger is and or are indeed an energy!.not just happy and sadness!.long live john fuckin' lydon rotten's the man!.

As ever John, your deep inner knowledge of 'stuff' and yourself, is admirable. If only you could take over, right the rights and the snakes, indeed, let them be gone. By the way, how DID you cope with that interviewer??! Your restraint was indeed, better than mine! I enjoy your being, thank you. 🤓 x

Great read, as well as his first book. Thanks John!

" Ulysses " Is A Brilliant Novel and one of the " Most Important Books Of The 20th Century!! John has " Excellent literary Tastes " !!! From Adrian Browne 1965

love the lydon hair

thank you Mr Lydon and your bezzie mate John, haven't seen this one for years...

3:53 Johnny, you have ADD Some of us missed the barrier of that diagnosis, we came before, but this is what we have, and diagnosed as adults.

Love it.How much art can one take?😀😃🙃❤❤❤❤

Hes Smart never gets as much Credit as he Should

Great, thanx !!!

I was at this book promo. Is that bodyguard really necessary?

Love John.

Someone once said 'Never let anyone tell you a fart isn't funny'.

cool.........an inspiration to Me!

I could read n write at 4yrs taught by my sister I went to a catholic school too... your 3 days older than me.. I still have my hair like that... a spiky bit on top shaved sides

Why is Rambo always 3 feet away from John? Have a seat man!

I wonder if John Lydon owns and as read War and Peace. both book. It's a very long reed.

Shame he left the UK for the US

That interviewer is a true pro

Who is that guy behind John Lydon? I saw him in another interview with Lydon: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Oq-ICerlVP8.html Like a bodyguard? Is he Lydon's caddie?

Sorry, the chef look! Brilliant interview, btw, Issac looks like a dark Leonardo...

Billy Idol talks like Lydon. Same switching to lower register all the time to animate what he's saying. Can imagine Idol was somewhat influenced by Johnny Rotten and The Sex Pistols. I have seen better interviews with Lydon. Here he is in his own head (and the bottle) a bit much and ignoring the interviewer. Otherwise he is an interesting and witty guy and has a great marriage to a beautiful lady.

rambo seems to be a true gentleman-godfather´s companion.....ears and eyes all over in a on-the-move-still-standing way....a little weird and scary to be honest....

King of the PUNKS

Superb interview, but one thing he has probably come to realise is that the dairy industry is wrong & abusive. If he’s talking about being kind to insects, then the same can be said for cows and goats etc as well surely.

I love Johnny. I hate drunks. After living with alcoholic fathers and grandfathers ... I can't even stand non-alcoholics who get drunk now and then.

What is he drinking?

When did John Lydon become a chef?!

LA ,,Hes in a Tough Spot ,,All of Calif is in a Real hole ,i am from There ,,47 years ,,I Left for So many Reasons Could not Think of , one ,,Reason to Stay At All ,,Johns Poor Wife is in Bad Health ,,Hes In Venice Beach Area was once Nice Place ,,Now its Overun With Nothing But Problems ,,Drugs ,,Needles on Beach ,,Homeless ,,Busted bottles ,,SAD ,,hope He Gets out of There and Goes back to UK He Would be Better off

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OK. Long time fan, but why is dressed up like a chef?

Chef Rotten 😛

Ronnie Rotten' He's All ways got the 'Hump'. stays in (Pantomime) self Caricature) ,,,but Take, ''Alice Cooper'. In interviews' he has ''Nothing' to Prove,,, Just you're Average' Joe. But'I Don't Think',,, so, I ''Don't care,,, I got ''Bulletproof'' Underwear. Al.J.

John, you like/defend certain animals, and do not like/defend others, which only crime is being tasty for humans. Please, investigate what´s beyond milk and dairy. And I don´t think I have to explain you anything about fish and meat....

I like Lydon but he lacks humility and he is not as honest as he would have us believe. To say he has copied no one is a nonsense. EVERYONE has copied (call it inspiration if you will) someone and for him to suggest otherwise is dishonest and more than a little narcissistic. For example I can hear Dylan in his phrasing, particularly in his Sex Pistol days. Lydon is far more 'showbiz' than he would have us believe. Still, I like the man's music

John McGeoch needed PIL to start a career? Sorry, I like Lydon but he does talk some utter shite. As for total honesty, I think Steve Jones is more honest than John will ever be. As for John's latest own goal in court regarding the use of Pistols songs in the film about them leaving him 'bankrupt'. Lol. Plonker has to create a stupid court case. Still, I hope his wife doesn't suffer & I'm sure John will give his all caring for her. I respect his stance on monogamy etc. I certainly don't believe he's short of money though.

Soz but they were a flash in the pan (IMO they're more interesting as solo artists or in their subsequent bands like PIL). The Pistols only had one album and it was no way near as interesting musically as it was politically. The Stooges or New York Dolls outclassed them in terms of music and talent ten times over. But it does always fascinate me how they seemingly got together (replaced Matlock with Vicious, who then fucking died age 21!), and then imploded in the States in just 2 1/2 years. And then released that bizarre rock n roll swindle film. Credit for pissing off so many in such a short time, and swearing on tv (in such a funny and lovable way, making a mug of that sleazy c*nt Grundy), and just for their amusingly roguish schtick - Vicious was genuinely pretty and exciting, despite being a complete moron (IMO the star of the band), Lydon (clever and charismatic, and had the trousers to form PIL, the infinitely superior band musically), Steve Jones (the hilariously witty and priapic), Matlock (the cheeky chappy who wrote the actual licks) and Paul Cook (the quiet but tight percussionist). I do salute their achievements but for someone who wasn't alive in 1977 they does just seem like, frankly, a swindle. A uniform, a brand, ironically antithetical to their bold claims of independence and originality. Or at least what they initially presented to the world, almost as quickly became a parody of itself. As ubiquitously irritating as a Che Guevera poster on a students' wall, the Pistols 'look' and attendant t-shirts sporting the Never Mind the Bollocks logo became just as cliche as Emerson Lake and Palmer or Pink Floyd. In fact if it wasn't for Johnny's antagonistic attitude and talent for pithy one-liners, usually deriding another band, they wouldn't be as renowned for hating on Pink Floyd and prog bands as they are reputed. In fact, baring Johnny, they were all pretty uniform in their taste (Steve Jones love Rod Stewart), Sorry but they were a manufactured boy-band whose image just happened to be that of dirty little muckers who swore and shouted about the Queen, largely fuelled by Malcolm Maclaren's grandiose ambitions and eye for publicity, and tapping into a very specific youthtful rage. Right place, right time. They were a fabrication, albeit a sophisticated one. Frankly Siouxsie Sioux had more mileage, compared with the Pistols staid three-chord rock. And then just as soon as they started the wheels fell off, as they always do with flashes in the pan. I'm sure it was exciting for those who were there, or those who claimed to be ;) But I'd invariably put on a PIL record over that Pistols one any day. And frankly the Stooges, Johnny Thunders or Ramones were far greater too. Any group who favours imagery and political messaging over actual musical integrity, will be resigned to only ephemeral success. I salute their bravado and balls. And for giving England's youth a pulse for a year or so. But that's it. THIS IS JUST AN OPINION. I HOPE PEOPLE ACCEPT THE NUANCE OF IT AND DON'T JUST SWEARILY CONDEMN ME. CHEERS.

Me me me ...

oh dear johns stopped being interesting and a bit weird....why wud u wear a chefs outfit? its comfortable? wow that's kool....n by the way ther not comfortable.

I don't like Rambo.

He doesn't answer the first question except to begin talking about HIS book. Even though the question asked what books do you like. Selective hearing