Sex Pistols vs Public Image Limited

boh#33 · 12-20-2009, 05:24 PM

pistols did more enjoy'ble things. pil is simply... interesting...

Rocknroll_Animal · 06-08-2010, 07:37 PM

Tough one, kinda, but have to go PiL. I just prefer the musicians and how they weren't manufactured by that point... but I find both their styles equally enjoyable. I just feel this is what Lydon had his hand in more.

Rocknroll_Animal · 06-08-2010, 07:39 PM

Is it normal that I find Metal Box a really good album to go to sleep to? Not that I dislike it - I love it, and enjoy it awake... I just find "Poptones" and "Albatross" extremely soothing.

Sgt Pilcher · 06-18-2010, 10:12 AM

Well Never mind the bolloks is what got me into punk (although I now detest the Sex Pistols) but I have more respect for PiL because they seem like an actual band to me, whereas the Pistols were more of a gimmic IMO.

bob. · 06-21-2010, 05:30 PM

i feel just listening to the song Public Image off First Issue once will sell anybody on PiL....such a great song...one of my all time favorite bass lines

i love the album Never mind The bollocks....it has its place....but i just feel the PiL offered so much more....plus its hard to compare a band with 1 studio album to one with to one with 8 or so that spanned over a decade....if the sex pistols had stayed together....whose to say what their style and sound may have morphed into

Rocknroll_Animal · 06-23-2010, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by bob.

i feel just listening to the song Public Image off First Issue once will sell anybody on PiL....such a great song...one of my all time favorite bass lines

i love the album Never mind The bollocks....it has its place....but i just feel the PiL offered so much more....plus its hard to compare a band with 1 studio album to one with to one with 8 or so that spanned over a decade....if the sex pistols had stayed together....whose to say what their style and sound may have morphed into

Good points all.

wexy · 06-23-2010, 10:18 AM

its a little different , there's stuff I like from both
Still a bit apples and oranges
where's the Humble Pie-Frampton Comes Alive thread ? ;-)

Onei · 07-02-2010, 05:30 AM

I like them both but it has got to be the Sex Pistols purely because of their songs and what they stood for and how they went about it. They were at the forefront of youth culture where as PIL (as far as I know?) just weren't.

streetwaves · 07-03-2010, 08:04 PM

Sex Pistols are ****, PIL is great.

xraygord · 07-05-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Odyshape

Which band do you prefer? Personally I find PIL's music much more interesting than the sex pistols (I was not really around for the whole punk exictement era). Metal Box is a great album and is of my favorite post-punk albums. Let the votes begin

I prefer the Pistols but I have only listened to one PIL album.

View Poll Results: Which Band do you prefer
Public Image Limited	49	43.75%
Sex Pistols	63	56.25%
Voters: 112. You may not vote on this poll

06-08-2010, 07:37 PM	#22 (permalink)
Rocknroll_Animal Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Beautiful Gardens Posts: 65	Tough one, kinda, but have to go PiL. I just prefer the musicians and how they weren't manufactured by that point... but I find both their styles equally enjoyable. I just feel this is what Lydon had his hand in more. __________________ You make me __

06-08-2010, 07:39 PM	#23 (permalink)
Rocknroll_Animal Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Beautiful Gardens Posts: 65	Is it normal that I find Metal Box a really good album to go to sleep to? Not that I dislike it - I love it, and enjoy it awake... I just find "Poptones" and "Albatross" extremely soothing. __________________ You make me __

06-21-2010, 05:30 PM	#25 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i feel just listening to the song Public Image off First Issue once will sell anybody on PiL....such a great song...one of my all time favorite bass lines i love the album Never mind The bollocks....it has its place....but i just feel the PiL offered so much more....plus its hard to compare a band with 1 studio album to one with to one with 8 or so that spanned over a decade....if the sex pistols had stayed together....whose to say what their style and sound may have morphed into __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

07-02-2010, 05:30 AM	#28 (permalink)
Onei Groupie Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 5	I like them both but it has got to be the Sex Pistols purely because of their songs and what they stood for and how they went about it. They were at the forefront of youth culture where as PIL (as far as I know?) just weren't. __________________ musical toys

12-20-2009, 05:24 PM	#21 (permalink)
boh#33 Groupie Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 4	pistols did more enjoy'ble things. pil is simply... interesting...

06-18-2010, 10:12 AM	#24 (permalink)
Sgt Pilcher Groupie Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 23	Well Never mind the bolloks is what got me into punk (although I now detest the Sex Pistols) but I have more respect for PiL because they seem like an actual band to me, whereas the Pistols were more of a gimmic IMO.

06-23-2010, 10:18 AM	#27 (permalink)
wexy Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 77	its a little different , there's stuff I like from both Still a bit apples and oranges where's the Humble Pie-Frampton Comes Alive thread ? ;-)

07-03-2010, 08:04 PM	#29 (permalink)
streetwaves Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 267	Sex Pistols are ****, PIL is great. __________________ rateyourmusic