LynneSin
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:14 AM
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"He's crushing his testicles in tight trousers for world peace." |
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http://entertainment.myway.com/celebgossip/pgsix/id/08_31_2005_7.htmlROTTEN ATTITUDE SEX Pistols singer John Lydon isn't impressed with Bono's political activism. The aging anarchist snarled to gigwise.com: "Every time I see Bono in those big fly glasses and tight leather pants I just can't hack it. I can't see that as solving the world's problems. He's crushing his testicles in tight trousers for world peace." Clearly on a roll, Lydon took a shot at another saintly rock royal — Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof. "It was a very shoddy and weak production," Lydon said of Live 8. "And there weren't enough black faces in the show for my liking. I don't don't think it achieved anything. Bob Geldof is too self-serving."
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:17 AM
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1. One thing about Lydon is he doesn't mince words |
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:18 AM
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2. I was going to comment on it but that was the funniest thing I've read |
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It just had to be appreciated for what it is!
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:19 AM
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3. Johnny Rotten never stood for a damned thing in is life except |
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annihilation of the system. He has offered no insight as to how to make things better. He needs to sit down and STFU - IMHO, of course.
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LynneSin
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:22 AM
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6. Obviously Lyndon didn't check out the other Live8 concerts |
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Philadelphia seemed to be more hip-hop/rap in their lineup. Plus what the hell is Snoop Dogg? He was at the London performance!
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:28 AM
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10. go read Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus |
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or read on the Situationists.
there IS no "making things better". there are only opportunities to pull aside the curtain & expose the machinery.
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:32 AM
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11. I have never been fond of people who are quick to point out what |
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is wrong with a situation without offering potential solutions to the problems. So, I'll read your book if you read, "Fury of the Hour." :7
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:23 PM
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15. in the abstract i agree with you |
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i am always saying "too much analysis, not enough synthesis". but ultimately, i think society needs iconoclasts like Lydon.
if your book has to do with the Clash, i'm there.
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:40 PM
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19. He exposes the lies that ennable the injustice to persist. |
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Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 12:44 PM by patcox2
Its not just criticism without constructive alternatives. In order to begin to look for improvement, people have to lose their blinders, they need to see the reality of what is around them.
Too much in our society is a complete fraud, but the fraud is helpful to the powers that be because the lies and the frauds and the symbolic but ultimately meaningless crap like Live 8 create the illusions people need to put up with the world.
Lydon's style is not criticism, it is illusion-shattering, a necessary step in any paradigmatic change.
Look at Live 8, what utter crap, it allowed the richest people in the world to spend one day giving a shit (between songs, anyway) allowed them to salve their conscience by buying a concert ticket, all the while partying on, man, sacrificing nothing whatsoever, burning more gas in the car on the way home than could be purchased with annual income of the average african, yet now empowered with the complete and utter bullshit illusion that they have done something. Bullshit.
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:47 PM
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20. I think you are giving him way too much credit. Besides, it's not enough |
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to say it, you've got to live it, too. Check out this link: http://www.warrenkinsella.com/words_articles_jl.htm
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:50 PM
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21. That article says it all |
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Gods, what a wanker Lydon is. He spews hypocrisy on a Chimp-like level. :puke:
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LynneSin
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:50 PM
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22. Um, nobody bought a concert ticket for Live 8 |
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it wasn't about buying tickets it was about global awareness. It wasn't a bunch of rich folks taking one day off it was about a country united together. I was at Philly's Live8 and I take offense at that statement. Philly brought in over 600k people to the Ben Franklin Parkway for a free concert that was filled with such diverse performances as Jay-Z, Kayne West, Will Smith, Linken Park, Dave Matthews and even (Gasp) Toby Keith. The only cost for the show was a ticket on Septa to get you over to either Suburuban Square or 30th Street Station.
The performance were enjoyable (Ok, I would have preferred the London concert but I'm in the Philly metro area) and the message was powerful
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:20 AM
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4. I've always liked Lydon's attitude |
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He can get away with it. He would bomb here..lol.
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:23 AM
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7. What the hell has Lydon ever done for the world except complain? |
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He's the freaking Ross Perot of rock music. Lots of whining, but no answers.
At least Bono is fucking TRYING.
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:25 AM
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8. yes and he's crushing those lil guys! Those pants are always tight |
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:25 AM
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9. the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long |
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its been a LONG TIME since "this is not a love song", John. If you're going to be a Negationist & Fatalist, don't gossip. It demeans your stance.
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:38 AM
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12. I giggled, even though I loathe his cynicism. |
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:42 AM
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13. Same old nihilistic asshole with nothing positive to contribute |
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that he always was "Johnny"
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:44 AM
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I think that it is rather funny. Besides, everyone knows that Bono,for all of the good things that he has done, is a cunt.
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:24 PM
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16. thanks for a good laugh, Lynne |
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