Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols Song by Song Thread

Liar

Love the opening guitar. This has a similar chord progression and chorus to "Anarchy in the UK", but that's punk rock for you. I like Johnny's singing on this. Solid song.

 

Why you never tell me to my faaaaccccce!

Only John could call out hypocrisy n this style.

Every time I think of someone who has done wrong this song pops in my head.

That all said this track is a slight dip down from what came before. Although this isn’t the weakest on the album.

 

Since I have neglected to post live clips, here we go.....
Live in 1978:

 

I was playing this version today, one of my many copies of the album

 

Just wondering, how many copies do you own?

 

There’s a dedicated fan for you

 

Awesome! I guess I have some more LPs but less CDs and tapes.

 

Now for Reunion performances of the first four songs:

 

Funny seeing that 8-Track tape - that was how I first bought this album!

 

Bodies in 1996:

 

"I think you're funny; you're funny, ha-ha...I don't need it, don't need your blah-blah!" Classic Lydon.

 

There's about 30 lp's

 

That's a lot of Bollocks.

 

I've always thought bits of Did You No Wrong sound very Quo.

 

Shame, you don't have the definitive Blu Ray version...

 

44 here. 9 CDs, one cassette and the 35th anniversary box.

 

I do have the Blu-ray, it’s in the top left hand of the picture beside the eco packaged cd.

 

There's a quote from Chris Thomas (quoted in Heylin's book) that seems to imply that they recorded it themselves:

"It started off with a bass drum thing but I just had the idea of putting goosesteps on it because it was Berlin. Then, of course, you can't goosestep that quick, and Bill Price came up with a great idea. He just recorded one on a tape loop and triggered it off the bass drum."

 

“Liar” is fine, but it’s nothing special IMO. It’s just another Sex Pistols song.