Scott reviews the 2000 documentary on the Sex Pistols.
I have to admit, I was never a huge Sex Pistols fan, or should I say
never as huge of a Sex Pistols fan as I was told to be I guess. Now let me be clear, "Never Mind the
Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" is a great, great record that gets a
spin more often than not here in the depths of my estate. But, I have always preferred Cock Sparrer, a
contemporary over the Sex Pistols. The
songs had more power and were way more catchy in my humble opinion.
Even with those opinions, I did not take them
with me into my viewing of the The Filth
and the Fury. Frankly, I was really
looking forward to learning a lot about the band due to my lack of attention to
them for reasons I mentioned previously.
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The Filth
and the Fury does what I would expect from a rock documentary, it keeps it simple and
tells the story. That is all I really
want to know when it comes to documentaries on bands. We get to hear the story straight from the
surviving members themselves from that era about their rise to fame and their
quick fall and self-combustion as a band.
It is a sad story really that I will not spoil, but it is also
empowering to see individuals with the whole world in their hands and still not
giving a honest fuck about any of it. I
think that is what made the Sex Pistols so special, and also how they were able
to create such a massive impact with just one studio album.
The Filth and the Fury does dive
deeper though which can really be appreciated.
As a viewer you get a glimpse into why the punk movement started in the
UK in the mid to late seventies and why these people were frustrated and had
something to say. You get to see why
these people broke off and threw their middle fingers up at the establishment
in the UK at the time. This obviously
was reflected in the way they dressed, their attitudes and most importantly,
their music, which truly was “their music”.
The Filth
and the Fury is a fantastic view into a band that was uncompromising before the the
term uncompromising was ever associated with music. So, spike out your hair, dig out your old
spiked bracelets and enjoy this great film if for anything, the killer
soundtrack.
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