I met John at Shepperton studios in 1977 a really polite friendly and clever person,he should be in our hearts always for speaking out about Saville and many things ❤
Yes, Johnny gave an interview in 1978 when he spoke about Jimmy Saville being into all kinds of seediness we are not allowed to know about. The BBC suppressed the interview and never broadcast it, covering up Saville's crimes. @@user-im9vo1dg3s
I am sick to death of planks like you trotting out this idiotic comment every time Lydon is featured anywhere in the media. Change the record. It's not even true.
The lad has no integrity. He hinted about Saville. He wasn't the only one to do so. Saville was never arrested. Edit: He follows the crowd then runs to the front shouting follow me.
He tried to speak out about Jimmy Saville and the BBC banned him, in fact nobody would give him a second hearing. There's something so very honest and endearing about him.
BBC are CUNTS that force you to pay their filthy license while cohorting with the PAEDOPHILE SCUMBAG GOVERNMENT. And if you vote for ANY of them, you put your children into the hands of DE SADEAN SCUM (google 120 DAYS OF SODOM). That is not a work of fiction.
its just special its tells truths no one can deny "the written word is a lie", "anger is an energy". Its everything a song should be And then the magical jangling Johnny Marr like guitar complimenting the lyrics.
The real disturbing part is the BBC knew and the parents of the victims said the victims were to blame. John is socially very aware and never let his beliefs be stood on.
@@tomcat9506 No, it is about South Africa at the time. Most alt-pop bands were championing that cause during those years (see The Specials AKA) and Johnny was no different.
Bloody brilliant through and through. Johnny, slagged off by media, loved by the public..co's he was and is a truth teller. If only they would have listened to him.....
Just love John Lydon. He is actually a very intelligent and caring person. He spoke up when Keith Flint died and offered help to people going through the same thing and he also tried to out Saville. And he has done a lot for music.
It was, actually...have you read his first autobiography, "No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs", by any chance? He regularly mentions his Irish roots in the book & mentions this song & its origins within it, as well as his love of the NHS - as he wouldn't have survived from severe case of spinal meningitis when he was just a kid - & Arsenal FC, which is also my lifelong football club!! An amazing guy is Mr Lydon, although he can occasionally be a tad contradictory & very inflammatory...once again, just like me!
"He has this song 'Rise' which I used to show my clients all the time when I was starting an assertiveness training with them. I'd put on Johny Rotten's 'Rise', and the line in there is 'Anger is an Energy', and he's got these unbelievably intense eyes... He could channel that like almost no one I've ever seen. He'd get that anger built up inside him, and then it was completely under control. And he expressed it in his music. It was absolutely captivating. Unbelievably charismatic. I really liked his music. Raw anger." - JBP
Jordan also describes Sid Vicious's "My Way" as brilliantly satirical. Though I suspect this was more a creation of Malcolm McLaren andJulien temple than Sid's ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rDyb_alTkMQ.html
40 years ago 😢😢 no wonder i have trouble remembering shit 😵💫 and i get 🥱🥱😴😴😴 i saw these guys about 35 years ago hello hello HELLO is anyone there 🥱🥱🥱😴😵💫😴
me & my mate bumped in old johnny boy in london(2004). must say wot a complete top bloke. clever & took his time to chat to two old punks. two sides to john. will never forget that day. british treasure.
+Mark Graham We're all multi-faceted, we all have good days and bad days. A mate of mine in Brighton had to ban Mr Lydon and some of his mates from his pub, whereas I had a lovely chat with him at a gig.
@@nekocherry8161 Well Trump is pretty Punk if you look into what he has done for the country. Punk isn't just about politics, it's about standing up for what you believe in and shaking the ground of the powers that be. How more Punk can you be than actually infiltrating the enemy and shake them up by sabotaging the corruption and ugliness from the inside?
Hiya m8 I can say the same thing about my hero 4 ever making a dream of mine 2 come true. 4 me 2 meet up with her. IE Joanne Catherall ♥️ my favourite Human League member.
The could b wrong could b right bit was about saville n co the look in his face tells all but nobody wanted to kno And still don't want to kno sweep it under the carpet like the #govanhill setup in GLASGOW Scotland Known for yrs yet they do nothing even tho it's our first ministers constituency Big news world wide now on social media
Worst thing was no one listened to him . He’s an absolute living legend . He shouldn’t have let that go but a think he knew he had no chance because it went deeper than the bbc
im nearly 60 now that has stayed with me all my life,anger is a energy, rip it all down and start again, live long my brother, keep on keeping on the TRUTH, John
When John Lydon was seven years old, he contracted spinal meningitis which put him in hospital for a year, left him in a coma that totally wiped his memory and damaged his vision, leaving him with his trademark stare. When he was well enough to go home, the doctor told his parents that he should not be allowed to relax or become lethargic and that they should constantly annoy him and make him angry all the time. When they questioned the reasoning behind this advice, the doctor replied, "Anger is an energy."
Effortlessly brilliant song from one of my all time heroes John Lydon and PIL, hard to believe it's 37 years old!!! You know there's never any bullshit with John, and RIP his wife.
@@SpaceCattttt woow ! Are you sure ? I read his book, very honest and funny, as you may expect, seems to be a great guy. I would have never thought he could be so nasty !
Went to see John last night in Lincoln England, at the end of the performance this was the ‘sing along song’ followed by ABBA’s Fernando for Sid. Incredible performance preceded by a ‘meet & greet’ with John himself. What a nice guy not hurried lots of time for everybody. His book is a must read.
His daring and genuine actions against the queen, the BBC and overly then popular Jimmy Savile who could get away with such power, proves he is ironically as a major anarchist punk in England in some way the greatest Lionheart in England of our times. Because he is just simply so incredibly brave person when everyone was not on his side and now he is national hero for many people today. Truly a lionheart.
well said, funny how many of those who stood against him back then love him now and claim they always have. There's a title for those people, I call them hypocrites. Rude and irreverent they called him, truthful and genuine, I'd say. Just look into his eyes during the lines "I could be right I could be wrong" He was always right, roflmao, he's just humble and clever enough to offer the possibility of an alternate opinion. So make your own minds up...arrogant or moral, anti-establishment or pro democracy? I love him now as much as back then in a Tom MacDonald vibe. I'd much rather they were schooling our kids than any politician you could name alive today, cos they'd learn morals good ethics, open-minded thought and decent values instead of greed, number one first and selfish "I'm all right Jack" doctrine.
@@louiscyphre833 I agree wholeheartedly, also the utmost respect, love and care for his dear wife. He is everything a man should be, we need 650 of him in parliament instead of the thriving deceitful globalist bastards we are told we elect.
@@shonabeggs4640 am here after watching "Body Brokers" just this minute. They play 'Rise' at both the beginning and the end. V poignant. Anyways good luck to John at Eurovision ☘ 'Hawaii' he wrote for his wife Nora, he loves her so much. He really is top, top bloke. 😇
The Pistols were great, PiL less great .. but this song was maybe the best thing Lydon ever recorded. As a record it was more accessible to most people. Ginger Baker played the percussion, Steve Vai did the guitar parts (worth noting 'cos it's such a great sounding record). Terrific production too.
Oooh I disagree totally. The Pistols were good but their place in history is as much to do with being at the forefront of an explosive cultural revolution as their music. PiL were *far* more interesting sonically from the get-go.
Andrew, I was reflecting how beautifully arranged the track is when I read your comment - to hear Ginger Baker was involved - wow! Now there is a master of his trade. Have you watched Beware of Mr Baker? It's mind blowing. Thanks for sharing the info bud.
SAME. I remember when he stated in an interview that this stare of his stems from the year-long, almost fatal case of spinal meningitis from which he suffered when he was only 7, the result of having consumed dirty water...it left him with permanently damaged eyesight & curvature of the spine...but I have also heard him, in at least one interview, mention this stare as his means of looking deep within the eyes of others, in order to try to see whether or not they were/are being honest with him, as he was so incredibly sick & helpless during his illness & he found that this "stare" worked at such times...strange but true!
"I could be wrong, I could be right..." More often than not, John has been right. In years to come, he'll be remembered not just as a pioneer of punk, but one of the world's greatest philosophers. #AngerIsAnEnergy
Yes,that makes his blue magic eyes and you can see in his eyes that he is intense in his song,so crazy brilliant blue eyes that you think he is staring into your soul ;-)
Tomi Neste The meningitis was a bad thing for him,that he lost his memory and he was so sad that he couldn´t remember who his parents were ,it took 4 years when he had his memory back,now he had all of it back since the late 70 I think....
Fantastic song....The first line sums up Mr Lydon...He is more often, than not, right....36 years later, and it's still amazing. Loved this since it was released.....
I was an angry kid. My Dad taught me that 'the same energy used to make bombs also makes rockets, it's how the energy is used that makes the difference. It's OK to be angry, it's how you use it that matters'
Terrific song from a great artist! John has given a very moving interview in the Mail about his wife Nora who has Alzheimer's. I want to send out POSITIVITY and GOOD VIBES to John and Nora, along with my best wishes.
"They put a hot wire to my head 'Cos of the things I did and said And made these feelings go away Model citizen in every way" this verse is very fitting in todays world
Maybe in part a reference to his comments about Jimmy Savile. I may not agree with John on everything but I do admire his honesty and the fact that he doesn't fear anybody... he just tells it as he sees it. We could do with more people like that these days.
@@antonystringfellow5152I wish I had been more like that instead of tip toeing around abusive people and then eventually speaking up when a line was crossed. But sometimes you deal with something only when you cross that bridge.
@@olesivertsen5933 I'd like people to cease saying that. He wasn't alone in his mentality forty five years ago, there were many others. He is of his time. Of our time.
How Laswell and Lydon produced this masterpiece of an album is one of the greatest stories in rock history. And we have the tunes too. Everyone's a winner baby. Laswell has his dabs all over my favourite tunes. Such a svengali.
Without parallel. Magnificent. My favourite singer ever. A man who makes you feel like ever single word he sings is a matter of life or death. The real deal. Please keep singing JL.
Johnny the intelligent man What great lyrics , may the road rise with you , is an old Irish saying , a nod to your Irish heritage. , an Maith Sean 🇮🇪☘️
One of the soundest with it blokes I think I ever had the pleasure to get to know ( not personally of course ) through his music his interviews his love ❤ of arsenal ( Johnny pure gooner ) his experience s in music industry and all the beaurocratic bollox that went with it .. he was always his own man with integrity.. respect for people in his own way.. a man that's ideas .. opinions and just generally should be given great respect as a good man and human being ... As is said in carlow .. drive on Johnny lad .. all the best to you and Nora ... An absolute masterpiece of music " rise '
Blue eyes are Nordic, not Celtic.... Ireland was settled by large numbers of Vikings (Dublin was founded by Vikings - it was set up as a slave trading city).... Many Celts have the much rarer green eye colour (green eyes are the rarest eye colour).
I loved this song when it came out. I used to put it on the jukebox. My grandma was Irish and whenever we left hers she would always say " May the road rise and your enemies be far behind you." Something like that anyway. Along with that memory this song is one of the best anti-apartheid songs out there. I love John Lydon.
+michelle88960 In Irish 'may the road rise to meet you'= Go n-éirí an bóthar leat (Pronounced: guh- ny-ree on bo-her lat), Lydon's dad spoke Irish as his first language iirc, so that's probably where it comes from :)
wolfe tone She's passed away now, which is why I used the past tense. But yeah I am a bit Irish, and take after her a lot, she was funny a real character. 4 foot 10 and everybody was terrified of her! Not that everybody's terrified of me, (though they should be, I hide it well!) lol.
First time in my life, i heard johnny rotten outside sex pistols, i never got into Public Image Limited yet, what a shame cause i am 40. I really like some songs. This one is great.
Same, I just tried this one out. I don't like it lol I was expecting an angry punk band like the Pistols. But I always respected Johnny Rotten for Sex Pistols, so this is just another experience at least
