have, just to have, if you're a music fan. Kind of the way you have some Ewok thing hanging around your house if you are a Star Wars fan. Even though the Ewoks suck and you hate them, they're just a part of the whole, right?The Sex Pistols were the original boy band. Manufactured for maximum attention whoring potential by Malcom McClaren, the band really had nothing to offer, talent wise. But they blew up and to this day people define punk rock by the Pistols. Which is really a shame. That's not to say I don't like a few of their songs, but let's face it, they sucked, musically. Then again, punk's not supposed to be pretty.
If you look at the Sex Pistols as just another band instead of the face of early punk rock, the album is ok. I'll still listen to it. Songs like Holidays in the Sun, Problems and Bodies are not bad. I think it's just the whole mystique of importance that bothers me so much about this album, and the band. Sure, it influence thousands of punk rockers after them. Sure it defined the genre for a while. But the Pistols were everything punk was not supposed to be: contrived, phony, commercial. Pretty Vacant pretty much sums up what the Sex Pistols were all about.
But yea, I still listen to it.
Favorite song: Holidays in the Sun
God Save the Sex Pistols
