On two prior sifts, I've posted my Tony James story so I won't do it again. But I too was a big fan of SSS and Gen X and Billy Idol and Sex Pistols and The Clash and PiL and B.A.D.
Carbon/Silicone? ...eh, not so much: the music doesn't really grab me...but never mind.

Italian music producer and composer Giorgio Moroder, who stole the Oscar away from John Williams in 1979 for the score to Midnight Express, produced SSS's debut record Flaunt It in 1986 and it's one of the best-sounding bad records of all time. He also won two more Oscars: one for the title song to Flashdance and once again a couple years later for the song Take My Breath Away from the homo-erotic movie Top Gun.

Moroder, who was a synthesizer pioneer in the 70s, was the man responsible for the SSS sound, although Tony James would surely disagree.

Matthew Good band .. This song.. IS FUCKING WICKED. This song, this album this music, is from my teen years 16 and up, when I learned of him, its a part of my history and I want to share its magic with you all. Those that are adventurous enough to click and listen.

Well, I'm not sure how adventurous you'd need to be to listen to emo power pop...adventurous is the wrong word. How about tenacious? Yes, tenacious is a better word, although I can empathize with you regarding the identification with particular music as a teen, like we all can.

When I was 16, I discovered Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited: now THERE'S a band that required some adventure. PiL, I mean. Sex Pistols, not as much. Fuck it, I'll toss you a vote.

In reply to this comment by marinara:
and thank you very much!

In reply to this comment by enoch:
hell yeah!
*promote

anytime man.you know i love your posts and many need to be sifted.

and thank you very much!

In reply to this comment by enoch:
hell yeah!
*promote

I like the Sex Pistols version better:

It was on the good ship Venus
By Christ, ya shoulda seen us
The figurehead was a whore in bed
And the mast, a mammoth penis

The captain of this lugger
He was a dirty bugger
He wasn't fit to shovel shit
From one place to another

And so on and so forth.

So reading his top 10 list...

1. Sex Pistols
2. The Clash
3. Kiss
4. AC/DC
5. U2
6. David Bowie
7. The Rolling Stones
8. The Who
9. Thin Lizzy
10. Van Halen

That's alarmingly unimaginative considering he's been to so many concerts. You'd think there'd be some nobodies in there that just threw an awesome show.

*discard dupe http://www.videosift.com/video/Hey-you-got-your-Sex-Pistols-in-my-Madonna

hey gob-boy?? Care to defer if the other get's published???
http://www.videosift.com/video/ray-of-gob-madonna-the-sex-pistols

you don't have to, after all-when the plastiquemonkey sifted it, hers died in the queue-your sock puppetry has this one sailing......

I never grew up with the Sex Pistols, I was generally a Zeppelin and Zappa kid, but the words that come from this guys mouth are sweet nuggets of truthy goodness and pure music to my ears.

What a guy

In my cynical youth, I tried to ignore this song and focus on my heroes--The Clash, The Sex Pistols etc--bands talking about important things to me at the time. But I always listened to this song and really liked it. I didn't admit it to my friends in torn shirts, so I'm doing it now. I like this song darnit! And that's all right. This version is a bit overwrought, but hey, it's almost Christmas. RIP.

I think Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols would have had more impact if they had actual intelligence and thought behind their swagger. Ah well, I guess there's always a place for people who just want to be annoying and "anti-establishment" just for the sake of it.

Never got the deal behind Sid Vicious worship either (he wasn't even a good bass player).

I was a New Waver in the early 80's, but when it came to the Sex Pistols, I never liked them. They were pretty abusive and pretty much deserved a good slapping.

Remember this one, poor Tom, he faced quite the non-linear onslaught, and started to nut......! Lived in Dallas when the Sex Pistols came...they made the front page of the Times Herald, their arrest for lewd behavior, public intox, spitting on fans....then came the 80's, and the U.S. Punk scene....fueled by the fast-burning flame of doom, Sid Vicious, and Texas was a big part of it, since they left such a mark.....
Butthole Surfers
The Big Boys
Rally Red
The Judys
Cultureside

Ok here's a fun game, guess which song she chose, choggie says, "Submission", by the Sex Pistols...

This guy Robert Spencer, who clearly isn't a great public explicator, couldn't have chosen a worse way to exercise his meager talents. I hope that the Sex Pistols spit on him in Hell.