Disco de Public Image Ltd.: “Live in Tokyo”

listened to this album quite a bit as a teenager.

never got much out of it content wise but p.i.ls music/arrangements to me was interesting and motivating - this album included.

mr. lydon should be lauded to the extent he arranged and composed the music. like i said, it was good music that pleasantly went beyond the sex pistols material.

especially fond of the manic-y rhythm in annalisa. excellent song.

Well since I own a copy in VHS of the album, 2 CD's (Japanese & European version of the album) I can assure that this album is great.

Gimme a break.

Everything a performer does is for the money. If John said he was ONLY doing his thing for the fans, he'd he lying. But apparently, people like Drainpipe like being lied to. No performer sings for the sole purpose of trying to win back former fans that won't give him the time of day for experimenting in the studio and playing a few sax solos in his songs.

If anything by PIL was unlistenable, it was their Second Edition album. What sparse crap that was! With that said, everything else afterwards by PIL, including Live in Tokyo, is excellent. And yes, it features several songs off Second Edition, but these renditions are more than unlistenable with the pseudo-disco treatment they've been given here. I'd love to see Drainpipe's reaction to John Lydon's solo material! It's dancier than Duran Duran. And it's GOOD. And (gasp!) FUN! John freely admits he loves doing music that is more accessible, and I'm glad that he (of all people) freely admits that.

And to anyone who doesn't like it: Quit living in the past, and sod off!