Filed under: Music | Tags: Johnny B Goode, Pot, Roadrunner, Sex Pistols, Weed
I don’t know how I came across this gem; it was back in my old P2P, pre-BitTorrent downloading days, you remember those times, when it took forever to download one song, and we (or at least I) downloaded singles instead of albums? Anyway, those days are far gone but some relics remain, and this cover that I managed to stumble across is definitely one of the better relics from this era.
Now, there are many ways you can describe Johnny Rotten. Philanthropist, Jingoist, Asshole, Asian, Violent Revolutionary, Bassist, Payer of Alimony or Pat Buchanon; and most probably at least three of those are true. And one of those traits (guess which one?) comes out most saliently in this song. It starts off as a massively punk version of Johnny B Goode (what else would you expect?) and then he just stops mid song and changes it to Roadrunner. Which, I have to say, even if it’s not the best version I’ve ever heard, it’s definitely the most entertaining.
So… why is this great to listen to when you’re high? It’s very simple. It allows you to have a steady base of music to interact with quite mindlessly yet still enjoy, and on the foreground you have Johnny Rotten doing everything he can possibly do to ruin the song, but somehow not succeeding. And in the end, it turns out to be really entertaining to listen to and at the same time, very good.
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