@@JB_exposures Sid was and still is, seen as an anti hero who lived fast and died young and gave two fingers to life. Believe it or not I was a kid at the sex pistols peak and most of my peers and I foolishly thought Sid and the rest were cool. Seeing what addiction and abuse cause have long since changed our adult minds.
ML8593wy lol, a normal person would be depressed after loosing close person, but your assumption is false here, Sid is not normal he is psychopath . This is why ppl fall for psychopaths --- they ASSUME they have feelings like the rest of us ,
ML8593wy lol, a normal person would be depressed after loosing close person, but your assumption is false here, Sid is not normal he is psychopath . This is why ppl fall for psychopaths --- they ASSUME they have feelings like the rest of us . He cares only about himself, he 'just wants to have fun'
Peter F: Most drug addicts feel a lot of pain and medicate to not feel the way they do. The drugs turn on them and turn them into something else. Most drug addicts do not know why they feel the way they do till its to late. Pain, confusion, depression and hurting etc. If drug addicts knew why they feel like that they could work on themselves. I know first hand.
Sid was a manic depressive, probably never had fun in his life, he was abused as a child by alcoholic/drug addict parents. His mum started him on heroin, the poor lad didn't stand a chance. RIP.
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@@Teeb2023 Rotton said before the drugs and the pistols, sid was funny, full of life and just a laugh to be around. And while he was clean he did briefly go back to that state. That's probably what they meant
His mentally disturbed mother damaged him badly. What comes out of you is exactly what is in you. The gross self-abuse of his body says it all. I've known people that have a wonderful loving person deep down in them, but they've been too damaged to ever let that side of them out. Unless they agree to spend a lifetime in therapy and on medications, they're destiny is a dark one.
This is the first time I have ever actually heard sid speak. This really isn't the voice I was expecting, he sounded so soft and depressed. But ultimately in the end he got what he wanted and I hope he was happy in the end
So heartbreaking. You can see the heartbroken look in his eyes and face, and that thousand yard stare…it’s haunting. Of course, mental health counseling back in the 70’s wasn’t as good as it was now, but no one came to help him. I’m a year older than he was when he died, and I cannot help but think….what if someone had given Sid to rehab first? What would he be like if he got sober and clean today? So sad…
nancy was the only person sid had, he lost contact with Johnny and he probably didnt see his mum much so he was obviously not going to live on without nancy, it was only a matter of time before sid killed himself
he's got no mental health issues, he is broken and wasted because he was a drug addict. he should instead remembered as what kids don't want to do. I know he's famous and all but a junkie is still a junkie. there is nothing commendable about it.
@@jlcrproductions301 he always said he wanted to die young anyway. Johnny once said that he blamed himself for sids death because he was the one who got him into the band, but he probably would have wound up going the same way no matter what, especially given his childhood. That quote at the start was basically his version of live fast die young
Mental health services are far, far far worse now. Once the government and insurance got involved, they stopped treating people and instead give them pills that fuxk their brains up
Jay H well, but it was Sid that killed her, so Sid should have known better before killing Nancy. Honestly Sid was a very destructive and self destructive kind of person, even more than Nancy probably. He was the cause of his own pain.
keely johnston what a stupid answer! In that fucking hotel room there was just Sid and Nancy, so who the hell could have killed her? What kind of justification is “I was sleeping”? If someone is being murdered in your same hotel room, how can you not hear any noise or see anything? And knowing how fucked up Sid was, it would not be so surprising if he would kill someone. Then keep defending your idol, bro. Even if it is quite clear that he killed Nancy, keep being in denial.
Many squirrel's, like at least 16 squirrel's I know that there are some rumours about her meeting drug dealers on that night, you dumb ass! But I still don’t believe it, I still think it was Sid. Then you cannot say this story like if this was the official one, since those are just rumours. And it was Sid the one who were charged for her murder, but then he died. The drug dealer story is just a speculation. So shut up you idiot
This man has to be one of the saddest cases in the rock world. He never had a chance at a good life. He self harmed with drugs and cutting himself because he harbored so much rage and sadness. I've always felt so sorry for him and I hope he found some peace in the afterlife.
He needed help but no one paid much attention, especially back in the 70s getting help for mental health issues was difficult, even more so if you were a male. He wanted to die young though, he probably would have wound up dying in a similar age in a similar way if he hadn't of joined the pistols and met nancy. All he wanted to do was see her again, he was probably happy knowing he may have been able to
@@holliehopewell4306 its still hard to get help for mental problems and drug addiction today too. It helps if you are surrounded by people who want to help you rather than people feeding you more drugs. He already had a new girlfriend and was moving on so I don't think he wanted to join Nancy. It was a stupid accidental overdose because he had actually detoxed in prison. Again, if he wasn't around other junkies he might have been able to overcome his issues, other people have.
@@JTRocks4Ever he said in his suicide note that he couldn't go on without her and he wanted to be buried next to his baby. He did want to be with her. Whether he had a new girlfriend or not, that was probably him trying to move on from it in that moment. It wasn't an accidently overdose or else he wouldn't have written that note saying goodbye and saying what he wanted to be buried in and where. He couldn't move on from her, she was his first love
@@JTRocks4Ever yes other people have overcome their addictions when they aren't around other addicts but plenty aren't able to. I had a cousin who was addicted to heroin from the age of 14. And she died recently despite everyone trying to help her. Addiction and mental health are a difficult thing. He wanted to die young anyway, so no matter how he went he got his wish
@Joe Bloggs his brain have been so affected by the amount of alcohol and drugs he's been taking...But anyway, where'd u got that info? I mean for real...i wanna know
Everyone thought it was all an act, an image, that he was simply trying to be cool or a tough guy. But in reality, he was in deep, torturous, inescapable emotional pain. It was never an act. It was just his reality. His own private hell. He was mesmerised by whatever images, thoughts and memories were running through his minds eye.
Don´t know where you got the idea from that punk rock is necessary in oder to live like that. All you need is a green gumboot on your left foot. A yellow watch on your right wrist. A top hat made out of wool and leather. Then ride across a bridge on a monocycle with a rubber fist dildo up your ass while carrying a sign which says "Sorry were sold out of broccoli." That´s a life worth living.
lazydaisydays His mother actually bought him the deadly heroin overdose... She brought an amount that was normal for a hardcore 24/7 addicts while he had just come out of prison after months of abstinence.
@@ClaudeMagicbox the dope that she got was very strong, there was word that some people were over dosing, but the word never got to those two, At least not to Sid....... Maybe? I've Read different accounts from different people of that day/night. More or Less Hearsay.
I feel bad for Sid, he was totally wasted when she died, he barely remembers anything from that night as noticed in this footage, I think that, even if he had in fact killed her, he wouldn't remember doing it.
He didn't kill Nancy and he would have been fully acquitted. He would have had a very hard time getting better afterward. It would have taken a lot of therapy and intervention but it would have happened eventually.
I will never forget Sid and i can understand him why he was sometimes nasty,i read a lot of him and he had a bad childhood,what a pity that he died and yeah he was so bloody young and he was in his heart a nice boy...sorry for my bad english i am german.....R.I.P my Sid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Poor kid. Parents break up after his birth. Mom deals drugs in Ibiza and abandons him back in London, when he was only 8... Never had a dad to talk to, never had a mum to care for him. He was just trying to put up a face, when deep inside he was empty and insecure... :(
John Lydon was - and is - a good person, beyond the somewhat bizarre appearance... genuine and fundamentally kind, the sweet Punk you don't expect. The only one who briefly managed to give him some security and who, despite his young age at the time, could have taken care of him infinitely better than his mother...Rip Sid
Some souls are meant to stay young forever. Sid was one of those souls. RIP Sid, you didn't live long enough, but you definitely left your mark on this world.
Sid was a kid that went in way over his head. They never talked about how those boys where encouraged to do the crazy stuff so the adults behind them could keep counting the money, but nobody ever stepped in to protect them from fames dangers. Heroin is no joke.
He lived the way he wanted to, he had fun, did what he wanted and died young which is something he'd wanted since he was a teen. In the end he was probably just happy he might get the chance to see nancy again. While I don't like her ik she had her own issues and needed help. They both did
I see alot of comments about how broken he looks. I think when you live your life the wrong way, it wears on you. I feel younger now at 41 than I did during my drug years.
You mean to find most people assumed you did. It could've been a dope dealer for all you know. Do you know how many seedy character hung around Chelsea back then!
Everyone who went into the room had seen that he was passed out on a mattress. They even spoke about Nancy having at least $3,000 on her at all times and always dropping 100's everywhere. Sid didn't kill Nancy. Sid was too messed up to even wake up. In their interview Sid was nodding out from heroine and when Nancy said, "oh no sid!" It shook him out of it and he became concerned for her. He loved her alot. The night she died he had taken pills and couldn't have woken up. Plus, when Sid and Nancy would argue, everyone would hear them. That night there was no arguments. Sid woke up and Nancy was dead. The money was gone and the knife that killed her was wiped clean. Sid would have been covered in blood if he did it and IF he was even the slightest bit coherent to wake up and kill her (which he couldn't have possibly been) then why would he rob (basically himself) and clean the knife? People seen a man in the room that night with them. He was the killer. But it's easy to close a case cause they were junkies.
Sid:"I'd like to have fun...any kind of fun. Just fun. That's my object in life." Interviewer: "Are you having fun at the moment?" Sid: "Are you kidding? I'm not having fun at all..." Damn, that hurt :(
Yelp that's right it becomes no fun when you have to have it to just stay well its not the high any more its just to be well! It takes your body's morphine away so with out you'll get very sick worst file ever and no energy at all and takes a while before your body's morphine to regain so it ends up a vicious cycle
That is the real Sid. No mask, no interest in shocking anyone like you would usually see. He is completely transparent here. That is the biggest clue you can get that he is done at this point.
Sid Vicious Was My Mentor And Taught Me Everything About Punk Rock Music And Becoming A Bass Player And A Punk Rocker Sid Vicious Was The World's Best Mentor I've Ever Had In My Entire Life
As an addict with 25 years of addiction, I often welcomed the thought of death and survived OD’s with no one around. I’m still Punk, but I now believe taking control of your own life is the most Punk Rock thing ever! God Bless and know things can get better, but you absolutely must try to help YOURSELF.
It hits close to home with myself since I wholly relate and recall the sort of feelings that propel one to fix their gaze at nothing, wanting nothing, and feeling like I've lost everything with no will to keep going. That is why this interview always stuck in my head for a long time. I don't know if Sid ever had a chance considering that on top of everything else, there was no shortage of other punk kids and fans piling on each other to give him free drugs along with his mother more than content to apparently shoot him up a fatal dose in some act of mercy. Sid was a human being and I think a lot of people forget that when they deify him as a punk rock image for T-shirts rather than realizing he was the son of a drug addict mother who didn't even make it past 21.
I remember when he died I was 16 years old. This was in the 70's. I did not understand everything when it happened but now as a 60 year old I see the whole picture he is a kid who did not understand anything.
Wish you were still here Sid. Would have loved to see you strumming the bass at 60+ and playing along with Johnny, Steve and Paul at the 50th anniversary gigs in a few years time. MISS'YA SID ! Such a shame it cant happen.xxxx punk till I die.
When Nancy died it literally killed him. I remember as a child watching this interview and that "under the ground answer" hit me. It was the same feeling I had because I hated the life circumstances I was facing at the time. All these years later i😢 still feel the same way.
He actually looked a lot more sober and healthy here than a lot of others videos I’ve seen, a lot of other times his face looked more bloated and his skin looked unhealthy too
I met Sid one time in black pool and you could tell he was super dooped on heroin cause he kept kneeling down and almost passing out and when he would get up it would be like he was bi polar and mad at everyone around him. Crazy times
Be in Peace Sid Vicious, without passing cloth to you or to anyone, but your childhood was very bad with you, Sid Vicious, needed a lot of help and had little "It". But it became a legend.
Im tired of people calling sid untalented he may have not been able to play bass that well but he was a pretty good singer and some people don't know he studied art in college and he was a talented painter
He was an Entertainer which is half the battle, some of the most talented people never make it because they dont have that star appeal he certainly had that. Shame its like this but thats how it is, Britains got talent or that other oneis a fine example
Poor Sid: he thought he was having fun until the reality of his lifestyle hit him hard. It also hit Nancy hard, poor girl too. Two broken people living the rock & roll lifestyle to the limit, hooked on drugs to hide from their demons and living together in the same (small) space: it was certainly a recipe for disaster. It wasn't properly investigated so you can't trust the accuracy of the evidence that has been reported, and you certainly can't trust the statements given by the kind of people who lived or "moved around" the Chelsea Hotel. We'll probably never know what happened exactly. RIP Nancy and Sid.
I am in my 50's now and when I loved the sex pistols as a young man sid was the coolest rock n roll star in the world and now I look and see a sad story of a young man caught by heroin , A lot of people hate Sid but I Hate heroin
I'm 54 years old and this is the first time I've ever heard Sid Vicious's voice just talking and not screaming on stage. Weird. P.S. @precisely 0:51 he gives the most "are you fucking kidding me right now?" look I've ever seen anyone give another person without actually saying it.
See what John Lydon says about the whole Pistols 'escapade' WRT Sid ...it's really touching. It's the other side of the myth. These boundary-pushers are as human as you or I.
Sid had the great misfortune of meeting Nancy Spungen. Nancy had a death-wish. She was very mentally disturbed and tricked Sid into falling for her and agreeing to sharing her death wish. Poor Sid was not Nancy's first choice of victim, she first tried to get to Jerry Nolan, and then to Johnny Rotten, before finally entrapping Sid. She re-introduced Sid to heroin and got him hooked which was the vehicle for his death. Their love for each other burned hotter than any flame, but it was a twisted and killing type of love. They fought constantly, and violently. They were matter and anti-matter, doomed to destroy each other.
Been there, (barely) survived that; but yr pretty spot-on. Add to that everything that came before (upbringing/homelife) & volatile becomes the familiar, steady-state. Yeah, Nancy fucked up punk, for Syd & in general, but it's easy to get caught-up, esp when already wounded. It was a great time to be self-destructive. These kids weren't alone in that respect. It was the perfect pay-back for being robbed at birth. It might destroy u end the end, but boy we sure showed them, didn't we? You know, the I'll kill myself before I'll let u drive me crazy mindset? Punkrock was perfect for that. Doomed by choice isn't always as cut & dry as it seems. Rock in Peace & Blessed be the Broken.
I can’t stand their music but there’s something very moving about Sid. Underneath it all he seemed a sweet Taurus That was misled by both his mother and his girlfriend who had something in common, yet to him this was perhaps how he was unknowingly trapped By being victimized
@@jollychild5842 If you thought that was poetic you should try the bible. It's been painting women as vile beguiling tricksters long before that comment... when two people tango misogyny and male hero worship are still being played out in the public eye to this day. Both of these kids were failed by their parents, but Sid was a violent train wreck long before he met Nancy. Yes she was disturbed, but to hold her personally responsible for his demise, given that she was already a corpse (allegedly he killed her) before he departed... is kinda sick. But that's the world they lived in
Sid was abused growing up. His mom was a drug addict when he grew up and Sid lost his dad when he was 7 years old. He couldn't find the fun he wanted. Even while he was a part of the sex pistols. Him losing Nancy did him even worse. Personally I think Sid committed suicide in February 1979, since he was released from prison a day after, but that's still entirely debatable. Also his mom killed herself in 1996.
Fuck him he had no talent even if he lived they never would have made it past another year they were talentless n everyone knew it it was just a matter f time before these retards would have shown everyone even more then they have that they can't play instruments n couldn't sing sex pistols SUCKED
@@alexlourette7353 Talented or not he still is a human and has a soul. One doesnt deserve to die because one lacks talent. Why do you believe he deserved to die for lacking talent? Or are you so jealous of the Sex Pistols you lash at them with anger when you can?
My father in law met him and sat in a pub talking about life before a gig, from what I can gather from my f-i-L said about the 15 minute chat he really was just a kid, who wanted to live his best life, but couldn’t believe his luck. Nancy and the drug fuelled lifestyle just created a perfect storm for a kid who just wanted get away from his crappy life with a junkie mum
Such a poor guy. Misled and unfortunately easily influenced by all the trappings of stardom that ultimately killed him. Still struck by the interview with John Lydon on Filth and the Fury where he breaks down after admitting he felt so guilty over John (Sid's) death.
I've been through that type of addiction, and that darkness was inside me at one point. That feeling of fuck the world, I'd rather be high or dead. Maybe that darkness is still inside me, lying dormant. Either way I hope it never comes up again. Life is so fucking precious. Don't get into drugs please.
His downfall was Nancy. Hell, his manager and mates even tried to drive her off to an airport to fly her back to the states. Too bad that didn't work. They knew what Nancy was to Sid. Pure poison.
It was a toxic relationship. She was a leech & they were just being junkies together which is never a good idea especially so when you are barely out of your' teens. Sad she died & almost sadder that Sids Mum gave him his final OD. All the Pistols said that she was bad for him. Sometimes only other people can see how bad someone or thing is for you & how it's destroying you. People did try & help but maybe not enough? Still. They'll never get old.
I can remember being young once and me and all my friends would pretty much suggest the same outcome in our lives as we would sit around doing what young people did waay back when for some it came true and for others well we're still around..."Youth is wasted on the young"
Looks absolutely horrendous for a 21 year old, the drugs really did finish him off. You know nothing at 21 so it's sad that he did not get the help to get out of his turmoil and live longer as if he did I'm sure he'd of been grateful for an extended life.
Go search on Google who made him die before you talk like shit on him like that .... Bitch his own mother didn't give him a grave and he had darkness around him and you coming over to say this shit
I don't really like him, but i do respect him. This guy really suffered, he grow up on the street, his parents lefted him, he was a big drug and alcohol addict, the poor boy never had a chance. Rest in peace, dude, hope you are finally in peace
Wow, so sad. When I was 21, i was looking forward to build a life for myself, getting a good career, explore, learn new things, fun included. he's too young to be depressed.
