Public Image Ltd. ( PiL ) Interview on Check It Out, 1979 (More complete version)

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  • čas přidán 1. 11. 2009
  • This clip has a little more footage than the others currently posted. The beginning is a jumbled cacophony of voices, but from what I understand, the chubby, mustachioed presenter had played a video of a member of the Angelic Upstarts issuing some critical words about John Lydon. John didn't particularly appreciate this, so he starts to get a little upset. Enjoy.

Komentáře • 163

  • @PostPunkFan
    @PostPunkFan Před 13 lety +145

    Guy at the end: Well I'm pleased I didn't pick the short straw for that interview!
    Haha this is like a Monty Python sketch!

  • @chinary8
    @chinary8 Před 11 lety +94

    I love how he takes his drink with him.

    • @HelenWaldron-fp5yw
      @HelenWaldron-fp5yw Před 3 měsíci

      That's great and cannot thank this extraordinary human in all of us
      This take on real emotion needs to be taken.to the nearest Dr appointment
      As I chat to a triage team and now
      😢😂😮❤❤

  • @optimisticwhovian1726
    @optimisticwhovian1726 Před 5 lety +94

    Ive read the transcript of the full interview and the guys were definitely set up by this program, its like John said they thought they were there to just play one of their songs and do a straight interview but the program had other ideas and played footage (which you see the end of) of another guy basically slandering them and that's when the interviewer asks them for their response and John has enough cos he realises it's a set up to make them look bad. Hence the reaction, which is entirely justified.

    • @Alagueesia
      @Alagueesia Před 4 lety +4

      Where did you find the transcript ? I'm interested. Thank you.

    • @xxxx-jh5vc
      @xxxx-jh5vc Před 3 lety +3

      @@Alagueesia I know that I'm Ten months late, but here is the link to the website. www.fodderstompf.com/ARCHIVES/INTERVIEWS/checkit79.html

    • @Alagueesia
      @Alagueesia Před 3 lety +3

      @@xxxx-jh5vc thanks mate !

  • @rict5878
    @rict5878 Před 6 lety +61

    Dude at the end "I'm pleased I didn't pick the short straw for that interview" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @collapsible1639
    @collapsible1639 Před 7 lety +68

    "I don't want to talk about the past..I wanna go on!"

  • @johnnyrotten5507
    @johnnyrotten5507 Před 5 lety +21

    How classic ? - no one has since entertained me as much as Johnny Rotten has over his comedic career. Such an entertainer.

  • @devixszell
    @devixszell Před 10 lety +71

    i just noticed Keith Levene, saying at the very end "so you follow your leader" XD !!!!!

    • @theinternet1424
      @theinternet1424 Před 5 lety +11

      She assumes that because she doesn't understand that they all just have the common aversion to abysmal interviews. She doesn't understand that because thinks she and her colleagues are "doing their best", which they're not since they're just cynical mediocrities.

    • @unfortunatebeam
      @unfortunatebeam Před 3 lety

      @@theinternet1424 "she" who the fuck r u talking about? The chick here barely said anything.

    • @errolmargiela1261
      @errolmargiela1261 Před 3 lety

      @@theinternet1424 Has anyone ever called you a pretentious arsehole before? If not I'm more than happy to be the pioneer here

    • @theinternet1424
      @theinternet1424 Před 3 lety

      @@errolmargiela1261 Very important

    • @theinternet1424
      @theinternet1424 Před 3 lety

      @@unfortunatebeam I don't know what happened there exactly, somehow I mixed up the guy and the girl. It's definitely "he"

  • @frenchiezucco2567
    @frenchiezucco2567 Před 10 lety +77

    Oops, rude word (rolls eyes). God love him!

  • @arvydussibonus1712
    @arvydussibonus1712 Před 6 lety +37

    01:53 The classic long bleep.

  • @johnharts7798
    @johnharts7798 Před 10 lety +46

    would be good to see the fuller programme. I saw it on here in the past. They started showing an Angelic Upstarts interview where they slagged off PIL. No reason for that other than to provoke.

  • @MrBumboclart
    @MrBumboclart Před 12 lety +42

    lmao! longest bleep in TV history. Just what did that dude say at the end?

  • @rosiebottom3870
    @rosiebottom3870 Před 3 lety +13

    "It's a farce" makes me smile.

  • @lanmola
    @lanmola Před 3 lety +10

    I recommend watching the full version on CZcams. It tells a much different story. The interviewers went to ridiculous lengths to provoke the band!

  • @rabsmiff
    @rabsmiff Před 7 lety +9

    I'm compiling a disk of Pistols footage on my video editing suite, and this clip is certainly getting included, as it is very much still in the spirit of punk.

  • @drstevie
    @drstevie Před 10 lety +31

    Still makes me laugh.

  • @maldoror1702
    @maldoror1702 Před 6 lety +20

    Wobble looks great

  • @aestheticaltwat
    @aestheticaltwat Před 4 lety +7

    That one kid in class who’s always removed from the room within the first 5 minutes.

  • @chrisbuck1695
    @chrisbuck1695 Před 6 lety +11

    This looks like it was done in a Rec Centre I could almost smell the chlorine from the pool

  • @user-re3im5ke3m
    @user-re3im5ke3m Před 4 lety +17

    John's attitude? That's pretty much me with bosses and HR.
    I get fired alot.

  • @Dirt_Nasty
    @Dirt_Nasty Před 5 lety +12

    'Well I'm pleased I didn't pick the short straw for that interview' lmao

  • @CamilleBowie1970
    @CamilleBowie1970 Před 14 lety +8

    i luv the guy at the desk that john walks bye, hes just seems bored out of his mind and like "whatever"

  • @bournville511
    @bournville511 Před 14 lety +11

    Keith levine at the end "so do you follow your leadrer". Haha

  • @notsoseriousmoonlight
    @notsoseriousmoonlight Před 7 lety +10

    I just noticed... Richard stole Keith's pepsi at the end! :D

  • @rhysgraham9910
    @rhysgraham9910 Před 11 lety +11

    "Sooner or later somebody will open their fucking eyes, ohh sorry rude word" Ah ha ha good ol John It reminds me of when he said shit in that Bill Grundy interview but when he swore in this one he looked less like a naughty school boy in this one. And when Jah Wobble spoke it was just pretty much this "bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp"

  • @lawrencelozoya
    @lawrencelozoya Před 5 lety +9

    ... I wish I knew what Wobble said.

  • @fillherupjacko6841
    @fillherupjacko6841 Před 9 lety +14

    The great thing about this is it shows the heirarchy in such bands. "I got the point", says Wobble. "That guy who you reckon is primed" says Kevin Keegan Geordie tit presenter - to whit Wobble says: "Tell 'im, John. You open your mouth and tell 'IM!"
    And then he does. And how.

    • @CrossCuntryFranco
      @CrossCuntryFranco Před 9 lety +3

      ***** I thought he was saying, and it sounds clear: " _You_ tell him, for fuck's sake!"

    • @fillherupjacko6841
      @fillherupjacko6841 Před 9 lety +5

      You are right, mate. I can't really hear properly when i've had a drink.

  • @Kelly14UK
    @Kelly14UK Před 6 lety +8

    Wish i knew what Jah said. Bleeps abound.

  • @ZINCOVIX8754
    @ZINCOVIX8754 Před 8 lety +40

    Lol..Jah Wobble at the end.Classic.

  • @brownson1970
    @brownson1970 Před 11 lety +7

    priceless guy at the end!! fell over laughing!!

  • @rict5878
    @rict5878 Před 6 lety +4

    "So you follow your leader" to Keith Levene

  • @northernpanda6953
    @northernpanda6953 Před 3 lety +2

    Those reporters should have lost their jobs and been slamed with lawsuites from PIL. That was so disrespectful.

  • @mick4839
    @mick4839 Před 7 lety +4

    so do you follow your leader.....brilliant

  • @TemporaryFamineShip
    @TemporaryFamineShip Před 6 lety +10

    *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*

  • @cricketbat09
    @cricketbat09 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm storming out, but the whiskey comes with me.

  • @Rebelconformist82
    @Rebelconformist82 Před 2 lety +4

    Funny how the edited clip, is just showing the whole band being totally off key. But if you watch the full programme, it was about the producers stirring shit for a reaction

  • @ariesleorising
    @ariesleorising Před 7 lety +1

    You tell 'im, Johnny!

  • @MauricioMalaga1994
    @MauricioMalaga1994 Před 12 lety +5

    Sooner or later somebody will open their fucking eyes.

  • @grahamblack1961
    @grahamblack1961 Před 2 lety +2

    This is exactly the reaction they were hoping to get. He should have just laughed it off instead of getting so triggered.

  • @damonm3
    @damonm3 Před 2 lety

    I’ve found a new hobby. This is magic

  • @pistol71
    @pistol71 Před 12 lety +4

    I read about this interview in a book about Public Image Ltd almost 20 years before I finally SAW it... I have been a hard core Pistols fan for all that time and though often especially when I was younger I found John's manner defiant as I grow older I have increasingly found him just arrogant, silly, rude and naive (though in recent years especially after having seen him play with PIL for the first time in June 2010..I am revising my opinions.)

  • @BrucieMagik
    @BrucieMagik Před 5 lety +1

    I think this must be a UK recorded for the longest censor bleep on a music interview lol

  • @jeperstone
    @jeperstone Před 2 lety +2

    Nothing changes does it. You have an opportunity to interview PiL about their album (that's your job sweetie) and you see it as an opportunity to set them up with a hatchet piece. Sad

  • @MsManny84
    @MsManny84 Před 3 lety +3

    i like all keith reactions 😅😅😅

  • @WhoisVinnie
    @WhoisVinnie Před 3 lety

    What did he say before the long bleep?

  • @dickrichards1440
    @dickrichards1440 Před 2 lety

    If you dont get this, do the rest of us a favor, an opt out!

  • @nellsun2521
    @nellsun2521 Před 6 lety

    Lovely chaps

  • @iamomnipotentxd
    @iamomnipotentxd Před 11 lety +5

    hahaha interviewer ask what he's doing now well for pete sake it's in front of him the band he's interviewing

  • @bbrexuk
    @bbrexuk Před 7 lety +8

    longest bleep ever

  • @MrNEILSUPERNAUT
    @MrNEILSUPERNAUT Před rokem

    Longest beep ever - I'd love to know what was said!

  • @ste1bro
    @ste1bro Před 12 lety

    That'd be Malcolm Gerrie - he's actually a really nice guy, and the man behind The Tube and several other successes. By the time he'd taken over TOTP nothing could save it, it was on life support...

  • @ste1bro
    @ste1bro Před 12 lety

    Sorry, Chris Cowey (I don't know why but I always get them mixed up!).

  • @oldschoolvescan
    @oldschoolvescan Před 13 lety

    whos the one with the glasses?

  • @Zeru.
    @Zeru. Před 3 lety

    I'd really love to know what had to be bleeped so hard lol.

  • @xstarbucksjunkie
    @xstarbucksjunkie Před 12 lety +7

    Keith at the end "you follow your leader" ah love him
    John is a bit over the top in this one, I think he got mad unreasonably quickly but he never was a totally reasonable man was he... Love him to death and he can be incredibly honest but sometimes I just don't know what goes through his head

  • @jjrighteous2498
    @jjrighteous2498 Před 6 lety

    The interviewer wasn't chubby mate

  • @gavinreid8937
    @gavinreid8937 Před 6 lety +2

    They showed a clip of " the Angelic Upstarts " snearing "Johnny Rotten. ee sold out" then ask for his comment, ,show THIS bit & forever label it as "Johnny Rotten swears on TV" no wonder!

  • @gravenewworld6521
    @gravenewworld6521 Před 7 lety +6

    Jah at the end just noticed he cracked the table when he threw the mic set down

  • @williamr3840
    @williamr3840 Před rokem +1

    Lydon! :0)

  • @astridolearczyk8510
    @astridolearczyk8510 Před 3 lety

    😅😅👏👏!!

  • @WillScarlet1991
    @WillScarlet1991 Před 3 lety +2

    Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

  • @colmac4
    @colmac4 Před 13 lety

    We were drinking with the blond presenter Martin Softly....Great feller

  • @oldschoolvescan
    @oldschoolvescan Před 13 lety

    @SterilizeThePopulace Thanks

  • @ericamango
    @ericamango Před 2 lety +1

    I love how he clenches his jaw while talking 👀

    • @sratus
      @sratus Před 2 lety

      It's called 'taking lots of speed'

    • @ericamango
      @ericamango Před 2 lety

      @@sratus he only does it at one point to accentuate his anger and it's attractive af

    • @sratus
      @sratus Před 2 lety

      Not sure about the 'anger.' All seems pretty fake to me. Infantile druggie posing. But each to their own.

    • @ericamango
      @ericamango Před 2 lety

      @@sratus You watched the video but you're unsure if Lydon is angry or not?
      🥴

    • @sratus
      @sratus Před 2 lety +3

      @@ericamango As I say I think he's posing. An inflated ego mixed with speed and alcohol. Playing up to his press image at the time.

  • @mehhandle
    @mehhandle Před 3 lety

    The bloke at the end made me laugh 😆

  • @craiggallagher7292
    @craiggallagher7292 Před 2 lety

    Two words: Sweet Fro!

  • @lukeallan8876
    @lukeallan8876 Před 6 lety +2

    The perm on the interviewer .woolly sheep

  • @zodiaaacbitch
    @zodiaaacbitch Před 11 lety

    *bassplayers*

  • @gooseprince7
    @gooseprince7 Před 5 lety

    Lmao at the guy at the end

  • @deathbypowerglove
    @deathbypowerglove Před 12 lety +2

    It's hard sometimes to see the line between going too far for fucks sake, or if John Lydon is that against things.
    I find it's completely honest most the time.

  • @brownson1970
    @brownson1970 Před 11 lety

    thats chris cowey!!

  • @andypike1234
    @andypike1234 Před 2 lety

    Keith at the end :D

  • @jamesbullet55
    @jamesbullet55 Před 14 lety +4

    lmfao lydon is incredible! That asshole interviewer deserved. Love the massive "beep" at the end haha

  • @brixshadow9594
    @brixshadow9594 Před rokem

    Jah

  • @tomokolover
    @tomokolover Před 4 lety

    Damn why did post malone have to do them like that

  • @pUnKrOcKnINjAgAmEr
    @pUnKrOcKnINjAgAmEr Před 3 lety +1

    honesty will always win.

  • @cephlopodic
    @cephlopodic Před 4 měsíci

    QUITE AN OBVIOUS GENERATION G. A. P

  • @Bethfromwigan
    @Bethfromwigan Před 10 lety

    is this scripted or not?

    • @RastaSaiyaman
      @RastaSaiyaman Před 8 lety +2

      +Bethfromwigan Nope this was not scripted.

  • @angelp8900
    @angelp8900 Před rokem

    Oi, Lydon, you better show some respect to John Oates

  • @user-pf6zf6qe9p
    @user-pf6zf6qe9p Před 2 lety

    ああ、そうだな..??

  • @cobbcows97
    @cobbcows97 Před 2 lety

    Jah Wobble the longest swearfest ever

  • @ciaranward3559
    @ciaranward3559 Před 4 lety +1

    Whos the 4th lad with Lydon, Levene and Wobble I domt recognize him

    • @charleslipscomb9097
      @charleslipscomb9097 Před 3 lety +1

      Richard Dudanski, he was in the band briefly, he played on some tracks on Metal Box/Second Edition.

  • @ferrvall1500
    @ferrvall1500 Před 5 lety

    ...

  • @user-pf6zf6qe9p
    @user-pf6zf6qe9p Před 2 lety

    ...??

  • @666Otomo
    @666Otomo Před 10 měsíci

    Maybe Johnny was also pissed because he was being interviewed by the winner (?) of a shitty John Oates look a like contest.

  • @ilikespacedinosaurs
    @ilikespacedinosaurs Před 8 lety

    lmao

  • @Dilkingt0nne
    @Dilkingt0nne Před 2 lety

    Interviewer was out of order here tbf clearly being rude as a set up so he could get the ‘punk’ reaction

  • @leestephenson7042
    @leestephenson7042 Před 4 lety

    in full - czcams.com/video/SzjWwfCJ65s/video.html

  • @wrdswpns1139
    @wrdswpns1139 Před 2 lety

    check this shit out

  • @dreamcatcher3622
    @dreamcatcher3622 Před 4 lety

    What a band - where are those crappy presenters today then, eh.

  • @travissandersasbuttshitjac1458

    My whole life I’ve always loved Johnny,PILL and the Sex Pistols but the whole Being mad about being in a band on TV and someone asking questions is Fucking lame. Worse things could happen in your life

  • @blade0954
    @blade0954 Před 10 lety

    Actually ,The Angelic Upstarts Album,"teenage Warning" is a punk legend!

    • @slaphead8227
      @slaphead8227 Před 9 lety

      i remember this interview
      and actually, in recent years certain bands have latched on to the idea of sharp and how not to be an instigator of racism at gigs - but back i the day, certain bands courted skin heads, along with their nazi leaflet distributers, probably mainly because it meant bums on seats - or rather boots on the dance floor
      sham 69 spilt up partly because of all the violence at their shows - but the upstarts and the rejects etc etc - well they said nout did they - and that says it all for me
      and it`s like rotten said - an abortion - one and all of them - and how true
      the upstarts were a fucking brilliant band - i saw them at the rainbow around 1981 along with many others - and the nazi boot boys were there in force, as usual

  • @edwardnigma3297
    @edwardnigma3297 Před 4 lety

    Joe's off the meds

  • @SuperEdge67
    @SuperEdge67 Před 6 lety +7

    I find it funny all the people criticising the interviewer. Lydon is smart and knew exactly what he was doing. He would have known what the questions would be about......but he got a bit of publicity for a walk out. He didn’t need to agree to the interview in the first place. It’s funny how so many people want to idolise someone for basically being a rude prick.

    • @unfortunatebeam
      @unfortunatebeam Před 3 lety

      Agreed. Rotten was just another d-bag prat. Might be different now though.

  • @goldenaura949
    @goldenaura949 Před rokem +1

    Lmao!😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @calstonjew
    @calstonjew Před 2 lety

    Stoned Gordie

  • @zladatv
    @zladatv Před 2 lety

    *👍класс и привет от тренера по футболу3*

  • @richardsteele5187
    @richardsteele5187 Před 3 lety

    Aural guerilla my band and Jim's like legend Keith I'll level with your makes Clapton and Gary Moore and Sammy Hagar look likeextras rejected at amateur dram auditions sonnhelnstrahl und die Licht strahlen twenty twenty

  • @sratus
    @sratus Před 2 lety +1

    It all just seems like pathetic, moody teenager behaviour now

  • @sitluxetluxfuit4481
    @sitluxetluxfuit4481 Před 5 lety +1

    Jesus I would loved to have a strightner (fight) with rotten, slap some of the stupidity out of him.

  • @johnnyjabsco1999
    @johnnyjabsco1999 Před 6 lety +2

    I saw Lydon in a recent interview and he said he doesn't regret anything he has done in the past. I don't believe him. Surely he can't watch this today and not feel a little bit embarrassed. Especially at 1:15 and the next ten seconds that follow. Surely that 10 seconds of footage makes him cringe a bit. I know its John Lydon and he doesn't care what people think but that 10 seconds is like a 12 year old kid trying to act tough in front of his school friends.

    • @girlsaturn8621
      @girlsaturn8621 Před 5 lety +1

      It’s not Cringy and I’m sure he doesn’t regret it. They literally set them up in the interview making them think they were just gonna play a song and talk about PIL but they were being terrible and when John caught on he did what he had to. He’s outspoken but he’s not unreasonable