Neil Young and John Lydon.

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Another story is that Can wanted Lydon to become their lead singer - which sounds like utter bollocks to me. As Lydon himself put it, "Can? In 1978? Do me a favour!" or words to that effect.

― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh no!

My brain's going to spend the entire day recreating "Jocko Homo", "Mongoloid", "Come Back Jonee", "Sloppy", "Girl You Want" and "Whip It" with John Lydon on vocals now....

.... and I'm supposed to be going to see Tom Waits tonight too!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:09 (nineteen years ago) link

"As Lydon himself put it, "Can? In 1978? Do me a favour!" or words to that effect."

Absolutely. In 1978? Preposterous!

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf100/f149/f149830ux2w.jpg
(1979)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link

I think he meant, why on earth would he want to join a bunch of German hasbeens pushing 40 and put out records like "Out of Reach"

― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Well, not if he had the opportunity to join a bunch of geeks wearing boiler suits and strage pyramid-shaped hats and put out records like "Total Devo" instead, anyway!

TS: Disco Dancer vs. Death Disco!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:02 (nineteen years ago) link

But why does he say 'is this th story of THE johnny rotten'? Why use 'the'? That always bothered me.

In Out of the Blue, it's "This is the story of A Johnny Rotten"
In Into the Black, it's "Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?"

If that distinction is of any use...

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link

Maybe it was just mutual appreciation . One of Lydon's selections for the Capital Radio show he presented during the Summer of 1977 was Revolution Blues from On the Beach.

― wtin, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Ah! See, I was right!

― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:25 (nineteen years ago) link

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― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Bloody thing's not inserting again!

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― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link

I give up!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link

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Did i?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link

nope. Too big.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link

McLaren was really annoyed by that

― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link

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― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link

ooh, that one did! So, have a nice piccy.
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― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link

ooh, that one did! So, have a nice piccy. (xpost Trousers!)
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― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Every answer on this thread has been by an Al or Alex. Outstanding.

Hey, my "actual" middle name is Allan!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link

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