The Great Rock & Roll Swindle

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This album is weird but is still a great album. The song's humour get old fast but so does any humour really. There are still a few good solid songs though like "Belson was a gas" and "I'm not your stepping stone". I really enjoyed "my way" sung by Sid Vicious, when I hear the line I lived a full life, I get coked up inside. I would have like more rotten though. All in all a great album but for anyone who doesn't already love the sex pistols but for anyone else get never mind the bollocks.

I can't say this is an unmitigated punk classic. I CAN, however, claim to love several funny/brilliant tracks that are far more chaotic (and thereby closer to the spirit of punk) than any of the other Sex Pistols residual recordings. "A Punk Prayer" with Ronnie Biggs is a lot more fun than an entire Damned Box Set, "C'mon Everybody" has Sidney going at it with a spot-on Joey Ramone impression, "Belsen Was a Gas" tore us all up back in grade nine (no accounting for taste), and for good measure they've included Sid's "My Way," a shambolic masterpiece of style over substance.My only complaint comes from the symphonic bits, and the lack of inclusion of "No Fun", one of the more brilliant Pistols covers, only found on other import junk like "Flogging a Dead Horse."Buy it especially for these odds 'n' sods, particularly the title track. Lots of fun for the whole family.

Just one question: how could any self-respecting Pistols fan NOT enjoy this album? After hearing their awesome version of "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone", along with songs such as "Don't Give Me No Lip Child" and "Substitute", this album went down as one of my favorites. Sure, "Friggin' In The Riggin'" and Sid's infamous rendition of "My Way" (which, may I add, can't be fully appreciated until you see the movie) are a bit on the silly side, but hey, music isn't always about being serious. My only complaint? Tenpole Tudor should've never been handed a microphone! Yikes.