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John Lydon on mountain, with The Congos, chatting with Reggae musicians in bar, sitting on beach, walking down street, walking up mountain.
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@Staceystacey19 2 года назад

He is a good guy. I wish the best for him and Nora

@chasing_dragons 2 года назад

John really does seem like a great guy. He really seems like he has a good heart. If he is your friend, he has your back. It is so heartbreaking that the band were only able to make one album, Sid and Nancy passed away, and John's wife allegedly had chronic illness. Great rare video here, thank you.

@sfewgewssdgdsgh 2 года назад

they did john wrong and picked the scum manager over him, very misunderstood guy

@Wicked_R 2 года назад

Can you really imagine a second Album? Pistols were what they needed to be and them few songs are complete masterpieces.

@Wicked_R 2 года назад

@@PeremProzore PILS records better than N.M.T.B?? Are you high?

@Wicked_R 2 года назад

@@PeremProzore I understand it depends. What you like .but you did refer to Bollocks as a stepping stone. most would refer to it as a jumping platform.

@Wicked_R 2 года назад

Sorry I meant to say You refered to Pistols as a Stepping stone.Bollocks is probably the best debut Album of all time and easily the most Important record between its release and modern day.

@gostrum1 2 года назад

1978 would’ve been an amazing time in Jamaica.. So many great singers & players during the heights of reggae

@chrisdstard5644 2 года назад

1978 would be amazing anywhere, what a year, what a great decade!

@chrisdstard5644 2 года назад

@ArtMusic8 Yes, and I thought it was the best yet, especially the summer of '76.

@korbendallas7181 Год назад

We tend to romanticize anything from a past.

@markwardel6751 2 года назад

Wow this is great , Lydon is really under rated as a fashion pioneer ...all his looks in this could have come straight from a contemporary fashion show ...great sense of style and look extraordinary in the incongruous Jamaican surroundings.

@newreast3904 2 года назад

it's where those ''contemporary'' designers direclty coping from.

@JMarinelli 2 года назад

True - he was at his most stylish during that period right after the Pistols’ break-up. It seems as if once he shed himself of all the ripped suits and safety pins he came into his own.

@bloppysloppy4057 2 года назад

Underrated as a vocalist too. He had different unique styles with both the Sex Pistols and PIL.

@smarieintn5955 2 года назад

The pistols were born of fashion and a fashion statement and a social statement all combined the sex shop in London styled them but I'm pretty sure John would have been kick-ass cool with or without.

@raisedbyhippies3792 2 года назад

That is so true

@tinamitchell7496 3 года назад

I adore this beautiful human being x

@plejady 3 года назад

thank you

@tinamitchell7496 3 года назад

@@plejady bog off noddy 🤦

@tinamitchell7496 2 года назад

@@notdeadjustlazy John is a flawed, but incredible human being. Yeah, so a bit like Jesus, just with a few more flaws which makes him all the more relatable when compared to the son of God 🤷

@markkenny3528 2 года назад

John Lydon once said something which I considered to be very insulting and I took offence to that by calling Princess Diana (1961-1997) a thoroughly useless spare tit in 1998.

@tinamitchell7496 2 года назад

@@markkenny3528 what's your point?

@flinchey6962 3 года назад

John was a huge reggae fan once a fan wrote to him for his favorite songs and in came a bunch of reggae.

@andchat6241 2 года назад

One of his favourites is 'Born for a purpose' by Doctor Alimantado- a great song . ( it was also namechecked by the Clash on 'Rudie Can't Fail ' - "like a Doctor I was born for a purpose " )

@ktiitfa2491 2 года назад

gawd what is this rehash avatar

@Fractalite 2 года назад

Saw photos of him in the pistols in NME paper , wearing Steel Pulse badges , which put me on to them at the time ( they were a contemporary Birmingham based reggae band with a bit of a technology edge )

@marguskiis7711 2 года назад

Absolute unique footage! Lydon is not whining nonstop, at all, not even talking! Ultra rare!

@Thoraxziod 2 года назад

One thing that I do notice from this footage is that even if Rotten has a frequent 'bad attitude' he has above all integrity (he is honest to himself)...and even has the will power to not be swayed by access to easy moments of pleaser.

@ThatFilmisGnarly 2 года назад

That bad attitude is mostly an act. Watch his more candid stuff like his interview with Janet Street Porter, or some more stuff like this and you'll see he's always been a nice bloke. He's only rotten when he's playing the role of Johnny Rotten.

@Purplenpinkk 2 года назад

He is so young here @22 years old. I love Jamaica...the culture and people are wonderful.

@mjh5437 2 года назад

When they`re not robbing or raping you 😂

@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa 2 года назад

And they have an amazing anthem.

@nicoladouglas3270 2 года назад

He has the man who fell to Earth vibe ..

@Sarah-gf9ed 2 года назад

I absolutely love Johnny. What a beautiful human being. ❤❤❤❤

@persephone6896 2 года назад

He has a signature unique pose in all of these videos . Always appearing Laid back and kinda nonchalant

@Sotangy247 2 года назад

Loved watching this . Had no idea it was even a ' thing' before stumbling upon this video. Such a cool dude, without even trying

@lucy__v 4 месяца назад

John has always adored reggae, and Jamaican culture, and he talks a lot about this trip, very fondly and nostalgically in his book, but he joked that he was insecure there based on how pale he was, and tried to cover his skin up because of it lol

@FranzSanchez-ky9up 2 года назад

I get the feeling John is a pretty shy person, deep down.

@realsinisterminister 3 года назад

Wow............an honor to see this stuff had no idea it existed!

@Eire_Go_Deo 3 года назад

Man that girl on the beach with John is gorgeous 👌🏻

@matthewstollar2678 2 года назад

there seems to be two of them. maybe there was a hair color change. great tits! voluptuous moments!

@GuudBaay 2 года назад

Rotten, put some cream on my legs.

@JohnSmith-su3ze Год назад

Who is she?

@ianwhitehead691 2 года назад

When john came back he started the Great PUBLIC IMAGINE LTD & still going Strong today. 👍✌️

@sexobscura 2 года назад

Yes he did. 'Going strong' is another point. Once Wobble and Levene were no longer around, PIL ceased being PIL and became the Johnny Rotten Cabaret Show

@ianwhitehead691 2 года назад

@@sexobscura I have been going to P.I.L gigs since 1980 right up to 6.6.2022 & I have never seen John perform at a nightclub or restaurant while the Audience eat or drink at tables.

@mikegraham4255 Год назад

@@ianwhitehead691 1980 - on the US tour?

@terryannmaes5538 2 года назад

Love this man. A real gem.

@spodge1233 Год назад

He looks like someone clearing his head. Good on Branson for trusting his impeccable ears and giving him this opportunity.

@marlenedeslandes6947 2 года назад

Très belles images. Ce jeune homme a l air très malicieux et blagueur. J espère qu il a pris des couleurs ...Arc en ciel !

@theward2425 3 года назад

Wicked footage cheers

@roterfuchs8201 2 года назад

Even though that fine Caribbean queen wanted some of John's Dong and his hat he stayed true to his woman

@icequeen917 2 года назад

Ah! John in his absolute prime! :)

@monnytoth 2 года назад

This is a treasure, thank you so much for posting it :) Johnny is just... Wow... cute little smile makes me wanna kiss his face all over 💕

@Sarah-gf9ed 2 года назад

Me too! I have an insane crush on Johnny! Saw him with PIL last weekend. Couldn't take my eyes off him! He is a very handsome man both inside and out ❤❤❤❤

@londoncalling1757 2 года назад

Me and a couple of friends at school were thinking whats he going to do now, then he came out with the fantastic public image, public image single a great kick back at being sacked..

@jaykennedy2921 2 года назад

Very clear footage for its time

@prodforte 3 года назад

love all this footage of the Congo’s!

@LORDPHANTOMM 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for this. Needed this after his 1st book back in 97

@trout65 2 года назад

Just finished Don's book so great to see this footage.

@mikeroberts1060 2 года назад

I was out of work at the same time. Glad to know they enjoyed themselves.

@josephsaroce4991 Год назад

Amazing footage

@Crashed2023 2 года назад

Amazing! Spot the rock star!

@drea4195 2 года назад

John in a rare, coy mood. What a cute lil' smile. I love how he wears big hats and long, baggy clothes to the beach 😅.

@Aceface007 Год назад

Ginger people don't fare well in the sun.

@bluecat798 2 года назад

Fab footage though-fascinating!

@jupiternash2888 3 месяца назад

So awesome to see this 💯

@thevelointhevale1132 2 года назад

Lydon was shipped to Jamaica by Virgin to be an ersatz A&R 'Talent Scout' - to help Virgin sign up new acts. That is why he is there ... and for a Holiday. Watching him try and descend the beach cliffs in Brothel Creepers is hilarious ... total fish out of water.

@moonskyrocket 2 года назад

Any idea what bands/artists did he scout for Virgin? Virgin Front Line released a ton of great albums that year and also the next one.

@moonskyrocket 2 года назад

@ArtMusic8 Thanks!

@icequeen917 Год назад

I thought it was the BBC that had sent him to do a documentary on reggae that never materialized. Maybe the trip was a bit of both?

@trikkke11 2 года назад

Seems like a really fun guy to have around on holiday, djeez. He enjoyed the mountain hike particularly, it seems, since he went twice !

@paulreuben7343 2 года назад

John lydon is a guy i would love to meet a true Free thinker and Free man. No fakeness so Black people rate him.

@zaradragonia9863 2 года назад

Brilliant stuff 😌

@fluxfotos22 2 года назад

F*cking hell man, John was wearing those massive diddy man style hats decades before boy george.

@assistantto007 2 года назад

I thought he didn't want a holiday in the sun!

@michaelharris4651 2 года назад

Great pistols number!

@manofweed1 2 года назад

He knows he can't get too out of line here !

@williamwoody7607 2 года назад

Thanks that was really scintillating.

@Ack359 2 года назад

I detect sarcasm

@Jeremiah7-ox2nj 3 года назад

Looks like a smashing time had by all.

@ianmangham4570 2 года назад

Awesome guy

@richardfowler5163 2 года назад

Holy fuckin shit. Where the hell did THIS footage come from?? Kino. Fantastic. We need more. Since they pulled the switch 2 years ago, this will be archive material that needs to be kept.

@sirandrelefaedelinoge 2 года назад

Don Letts

@JohnSmith-su3ze Год назад

Don Letts

@ignatiuskhan 2 года назад

Wearing creepers on the beach. Pure class ;)

@petergleeson8020 3 года назад

Fun trip.

@marcellosgarbini759 2 года назад

Nice man, intelligent and speaks the Truth.

@michaelharris4651 2 года назад

Yeah , Marcelo I like everything about the man and of course his great sense of humour JL cracks me up 🤣

@polo7155 Год назад

Great video! Funny how it's like an un-written law, everytime you wear a hat , someone wants to take it off your head....

@garymclaughin 2 года назад

Nice part of the world. Must see. Sawadee Khap.🤠

@paolaginelli5277 3 года назад

Smile Jamaica !!!!

@elainecartmer4610 2 года назад

What a gem...johnny is extraordinarily funny...a natural comedian which comes from a place of total honesty. I met him a couole of times back in the day...b4 the sex pistols explosion...he seemed a sweet guy...playing the fools..best wishes to you and your lovely wife Nora....

@JohnSmith-su3ze Год назад

Where did you meet John? Where he grew up in Cornwall?

@elainecartmer4610 Год назад

@@JohnSmith-su3ze i met him in london when we all hung oug out with vivienne and malcolm. I worked in the shop called 'let it rock' b4 it turned into 'sex'...mad times. Clubbing and the famous chelsea cruising with steve jones and paul cook&wally in a stolen car!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

@yassassin6425 26 дней назад

@@elainecartmer4610 You may be unaware that Nora passed away in April of 2023.

@OlafProt 8 месяцев назад

God it must’ve been so good to go there with Don Letts. Get away from All the McLaren / Pistols crap. Some Good company, good food and good music, and warm sunshine. Cos contrary to what all the people say England wasn’t better back in 1978.

@amaliagrassi6870 2 года назад

Oh my. Unique!

@AndyFromEssexUk. 3 года назад

This was when Virgin Records wanted him and Don Letts to check out some reggae artists for their Front line label.

@HighlandMike325 3 года назад

Yep, it was a favour repaid to Richard Branson. Frontline Records was the label.

@andchat6241 2 года назад

Please see my reply to Cafe del Casual for an 'overview' of 'Virgin/Branson & Front line label'

@paull.6026 2 года назад

On the first PiL single you see Keith Levene wearing a FrontLine sweatshirt.

@AndyFromEssexUk. 2 года назад

@@paull.6026 Yes,of course,I forgot about that as I no longer have it.I know two Frontline compilations were issued.

@AndyFromEssexUk. 2 года назад

@The mysterious Miss X I think you will find I know for a fact that what the visit was for,I have been a Sex Pistols fan since April 1976.

@markschroeder5559 2 года назад

Amazing film quality. John way of dress looks more of what I'd expect from Joe Strummer.

@ivandemko3360 Год назад

This looks dope asf

@CarinaPrimaBallerina 2 года назад

I love the hat... .... and I love the man wearing it :)

@Poppaea-Sabina 2 года назад

Love the card dealer visor

@markgreet3543 2 года назад

This is very rare bit I knew about 15 years back it existed I'm a huge pistol fan 25o items in my collection I've john and Glen seen pistols 6 times on reunion tours.iv seen public image ltd 5 times john got annoyed with the leicester lot some bell ends said something.funny story way back in 1989 I bought first issue were I worked a young lady my age at that time asked what record you bought when I showed her her face dropped what the f is that ha some people I've been a big fan of john since 1986 first pil song I liked was rise

@juianjimenez1357 2 года назад

Peace on mind , peace on heart .

@sirandrelefaedelinoge Год назад

Sun is Shining

@Joe-kt7zp 2 года назад

Must of been a heavy time; being that young through it all...

@thomaswillans4085 Год назад

Nice hat, Johnny!

@yassassin6425 26 дней назад

Which one?

@yurikhan5691 2 года назад

Love.. John..oooh dearr

@coldkissofsteel 3 года назад

Wouldnt it have been more appropriate for the title to say "John Lydon on Holiday in the Sun?"

@paulhoughton534 2 года назад

@tinamitchell7496 2 года назад

@@paulhoughton534 LMAO 🤣

@lennywebb6740 2 года назад

Obviously not. People would think it was the record. Idiot.

@coldkissofsteel 2 года назад

@@lennywebb6740 Who is the bigger idiot? the person that comes up with a clever title that some people may misconstrue or the person with poor reading comprehension?

@pfzt 2 года назад

i was thinking the same thing, that song immediately jumped in my head 😂

@AndieZ4U2 2 года назад

John is cool as shit

@patrickguitar8676 2 года назад

Nice times

@buserror1 2 года назад

Here's some fun subtext to this film.... It was during this same trip to Jamaica in 1978 that Lydon agreed to meet with Richard Branson, and unbeknownst to Lydon, Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale of Devo were also flown in. Lydon was offered the job of lead singer of Devo. Branson also pitched the idea to Devo of having Lydon as their lead singer. Apparently, both sides refused -- The net result being Devo went on being Devo, and Lydon formed PiL. Kind of a hare-brained scheme, but, kind of weird to think there's a parallel universe out there that has no PiL, and John Lydon in a red energy-dome hat. As bummed out as Lydon seems in this film, it makes me wonder if he had agreed, but was met with a No from Devo. :) The band were fans of the Pistols, and were well-aware of their break-up earlier in the year, but likely refused on the grounds they already had a working, successful formula as a band.

@flowersofromance0195 Год назад

I’m convinced that he’s pissed off because wasn’t it not McLaren had sent this film team out to spy on him… I couldn’t be wrong tho

@buserror1 Год назад

@@flowersofromance0195 I've been listening to an audiobook of Lydon's "Anger Is An Energy" recently.. he recounts the story differently. IIRC, he had no desire whatsoever to depart from his plans to continue with PiL, and found the idea of fronting Devo preposterous. It was neither band's idea--apparently just Branson's weed-fuelled attempt at a smart business decision. Regardless, this must have been an absolutely awful time for Lydon. You have to remember this guy was literally still just a kid when all this was happening, barely 21-22 years old. Tough as nails, though.

@flowersofromance0195 Год назад

@@buserror1 I honestly feel a lot of sympathy for him at this point in his life, Sid and him were no longer mates and imagine having a cockroach like Malcolm on your back

@stacyperalta555 3 года назад

woooowww

@matthewcody1757 Год назад

Those red brothel creepers 😋 , style .

@regretto 2 года назад

I like John.

@krainey 2 года назад

John was rocking this style of hat way before Boy George got to it ;)

@PurpleTT99 2 года назад

Ken Dodd's Diddy Men may have been a bit earlier than John...;-)

@ryancarona4199 3 года назад

Im sure his love for reggae brought him there

@simonedwards5564 3 года назад

@MusicProductionAndSheet HARD,,,, FUKKIN UNIVERSALLY MENTALLY HARD YOU KNOW THAT !!!!!!!

@MrYossarianuk 2 года назад

Or came from

@marguskiis7711 2 года назад

Never loved reggae

@MrYossarianuk 2 года назад

@@marguskiis7711 John Lydon is well known for loving reggae, PIL have reggae influences too

@stevedorefromtyneside9993 2 года назад

This was when Paul and Steve were in Rio with Ronnie Biggs.

@monotribe6506 2 года назад

I wondered how big John's hat was gunna be by the end, bit disappointed with the green visor. Wanted to see a full on sombrero!

@arsenpisahov2409 Год назад

John cool guy

@ianmangham4570 2 года назад

A fine example of a human being

@mattiemclean9882 2 года назад

you've got that wrong!

@ianmangham4570 2 года назад

@@mattiemclean9882 Fuzzy wuzzy was a woman!

@JnOProductions 2 года назад

I see the Congos around 1.00 and Prince far I at 3.58 posing for the Prince Far I & King Tubby's in the Vocal House of Dub album cover no?

@jordyundieground3270 Год назад

Rest in peace to nora

@Crashed2023 2 года назад

Back then, when poor British kids never went abroad, Isle of White, Or Calais for the day was as good as it got.

@lennywebb6740 2 года назад

It was Skegness for us.

@eddiegeorge6114 2 года назад

"We used to drink our tea through a rolled up newspaper" 😉

@pagethreemodel 2 года назад

@@eddiegeorge6114 haha I'm proud of myself for understanding this reference.

@AndyFromEssexUk. 2 года назад

@@pagethreemodel ‘Without milk or sugar ………or tea!’.

@ethanblackhurst8593 2 года назад

He should take this to Disney to make a 6 part tv show.

@steverosten7101 2 года назад

cool day in jamacia

@hernanbet7768 2 года назад

👑

@michaeldherbage9948 Год назад

God. He must have been fun to go to the beach with!

@takahashinobuya 3 года назад

暑そうだな。BUT 楽しいｗｗｗ　自分もジャマイカ行きたいな！

@wotdoesthisbuttondo 2 года назад

He deserved a holiday after all the crap he'd gone through with Malcolm.

@JohnSmith-su3ze Год назад

Malcolm was the reason that John ever had any success at all

@wotdoesthisbuttondo Год назад

@@JohnSmith-su3ze Malcolm was a pedo wasn't he? he had that shop Sex luring local kids in to try and degrade anyway, amazed he never got arrested in that mass investigation after stripping a 14yo girl completely naked for the Rock and Roll Swindle and making her look exactly like Sue Catwoman who had nothing to do with it after kicking Johnny out eh? Funny how he was left alone over that Yewtree thing.

@paulamanzanarescarrero3556 3 года назад

esto es una puta fantasía

@pianobanter Год назад

Also on holiday in Jamaica was Joni Mitchell who invited John and friends to her rented villa for a listening party (to listen to what? Why her new album of course! "Don Juan's Restless Daughter"). It didn't go down well. The atmosphere was too formal and that didn't suit John and his Rasta friends. At one point, Joni was playing her song "The Tenth World", a 7 minute rhythmic bongo workout. "It makes me want to eat white people" said one of the Rastas. They all fell about laughing, except Joni who had them thrown out.

@smarieintn5955 2 года назад

I want to go to Jamaica with John. Its funny but he and Sid favor each other. I guess it's just English bone structure. I don't know but they look similar to me. I learned about him from MTV in the early days always talking about the sex pistols Martha Quinn and then he was in PIL and I loved that. I'm so glad he is still kicking it and has never changed it seems, and all for the good.