The Sex Pistols

Follow me!" Johnny Rotten screams at the climax of the stunning live version of "Anarchy in
the U.K." included on The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. It's an exalted, spine-chilling
challenge that brings back all the awe and terror the Sex Pistols were capable of inspiring
during their brief and violent existence. There wasn't anything faked in the rage Rotten
hurled at the world, and there wasn't anything cathartic in it either. The apocal... More >

The soundtrack to the mythical Who Killed Bambi is a joke, a rip-off, a piece of conceptual art, etc. But it's also a lovely memento, and you can listen to it--every one of its four sides will bring a smile to your lips. These notes, then. A) The symphonic "EMI" tops the disco medley tops the symphonic "Anarchy." B) Ronnie Biggs singing "Belsen Vos a Gassa" is at least as entertaining as Johnny Rotten singing "Belsen Was a Gas." C) Johnny Rotten forgetting Chuck Berry lyrics is more entertaining than Sid Vicious remembering Eddie Cochran lyrics. D) Sid Vicious singing "My Way" is more entertaining than Frank Sinatra singing "My Way." E) Frank Sinatra does not appear on this record. (Grade - B+)