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[B.]

Yeah, a lot of it was Lydon taking the piss out of all
kinds of stuff. Some of PiL's early material was stuff
Lydon had written for the Pistols, but that MacLaren
disapproved of, for whatever reason, apparently. Too
serious or something. Like this great, early PiL song,
"Religion," written by Lydon when he was in the
Pistols, but thought to be too solemn for them to ever
record or perform:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4bGO-cu1_Y

Great lyrics, quite a level up from the Pistols'
stuff!

And even PiL would do the occasional Pistols cover,
like this live cover of "Bodies" from the mid to late
80s when Lydon's voice hovered in this really high
pitch that used to annoy me:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lYHXEi-q3zk

Early PiL guitarist Kieth Levene, ex-Clash member, is
to the post-punk guitar sound (flange &, far less
reliant on power chords) what Toni Iommi is to metal's
guitar sound.

-B.

Chris Doss wrote:

"I think a lot of PiL was Lydon taking the piss out of
his listeners. 'This what you want, this is what you
get' being repeated endlessly over a dance track, for
instance. Don't get me wrong; I really like PiL."