What’s up.

A social gathering prevented me from writing a post yesterday. By ‘social gathering’ I mean I went to my friend’s house to watch the football. And what a boring match it was. Very disappointing. Germany will beat Argentina, I think. There will be two songs today. The first one is by Sex Pistols, and is the song “EMI” from the punk band’s first and only album “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols“.

The track is about the famous EMI record label, who the band were signed up to for a while in the 70s. They signed a two year contract with it, but left (or were fired) after only three months ‘cos of controversial and delinquent behaviour. The band wrote this, what can be considered an attempt to challenge the label’s credibility or simply a big ‘fuck you’, in reply.

Is it just me or does Johnny Rotten sound even more snotty and annoying on this track, than he does on every other one on the album? I always get that feeling, just because of the subject matter. He is taking the piss and basically announcing why EMI were rubbish, so it wouldn’t surprise me. The vocals on the album in general neither grate on me, nor should they grate on anyone else. They just add to the attitude and mood each track tries to convey. That’s good singing if you ask me. But it really shows on this particular one. Especially in the last verse before the finale where Lydon has a sort of dumb-robotic delivery going on, and the raspberry blown at the very end.

Basically it was the perfect song to end their only album on because it practically summed up what the band were all about: Not giving a shit about anything, or anyone. But themselves.

That’s cool.