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Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-25-2010, 12:43 PM

I wouldn't even say it was his image that benefited the pistols. The image stuff came much much later.

It was his unpredictability, his spontaneity. The fact that you never knew what he was going to do next. He bought tension & explosiveness to their gigs.
So what if he couldn't play, you think I'd want to see the Happy Mondays without Bez? or Hawkwind without Stacia?

Worrying about musicianship is something you need to do for albums, when it comes to playing live it's all about the performance & Sid for all his faults never failed on that aspect.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I wouldn't even say it was his image that benefited the pistols. The image stuff came much much later. It was his unpredictability, his spontaneity. The fact that you never knew what he was going to do next. He bought tension & explosiveness to their gigs. So what if he couldn't play, you think I'd want to see the Happy Mondays without Bez? or Hawkwind without Stacia? Worrying about musicianship is something you need to do for albums, when it comes to playing live it's all about the performance & Sid for all his faults never failed on that aspect. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.