How great were they?

I remember the first time I heard poptones on the radio. Maybe 2 am on this "alternative" late night radio show. Of course, I love bass and the bass was amazing, it was pretty much the entire song. Then with lydon doing his thing but in a much more minimalist impersonal sort of way. The ultimate minimal band.

Poptones: The actual song goes on for a good 8 Minutes, but its cut down here in a nice way.




Flowers really took the openness to a new level with almost nothing but drums and sporadic noises coming in and out.



Public Image Limited is an amazing track and not bad for dancing if you have to. The bass is so singular and heavy but poppy at the same time. Perfect. I've always been obsessed with the ability of the British to write simple and effortless pop music. It's not as easy as it looks.




Covered comes from the early 90s and isn't nearly as powerful in the music department. I liked it mainly because it was annoying and saying "I Give" over and over sounds like, "Fuck you." It's a fun song more because it's classic Lydon than anything else.



A fun mashing of MSTRKRFT and This is not a Love Song.



And an interview that shows that Lydon never stopped pissing people off.