The Relevance of John Lydon

Malcolm McLaren was much more influential and relevant than Lydon ever was..... He was the embodiment of what another MM - Marshall McLuhan -taught much earlier: the medium is the message.
McLaren created a band out of some pimply untalented disaffected knobs, pretended they were musicians for a while, managed/staged all their moments in front of the cameras,and sold their look/attitude fairly effectively. It all eneded in tears over somehting wee Johny said did not matter- money. As usual.

But McLaren has had many imitators who combine limited talent with a flair for self promotion, and of course the Americans perfected it. All the boy bands, Paris Hilton, Britney and her spawn, and of course the Queen of it all: Madonna.

Hats off to Malcolm from marketing students eeverywhere.

Relevance ?

Just a bloke who made money through music and public appearances. Pretty much the same as anybody else in the industry.

So, what does JL do with his time these days?

And from where does he derive his income?

Isn't he appearing on reality TV these days?
Still sticking it to The Man.

That, and Judge Judy

But that's, like, two TV appearances in about 10 years

ppppffffffffffftttttttt

I'm going to a festival where the Sex Pistols are playing at the end of this month, think I'll give them a wide berth. No relevance for me.

That's the problem with nihilism, innit.
Looks great when you're young; later, not so much.

Very true, Widespread

Johnny Rotten circa 1978 was angry & challenging

John Lydon circa 2008 is just a cantakerous old fart