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John Lydon: The Eagles Are Irrelevant

Sex Pistol still hates the California band...

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John Lydon has hit out at The Eagles on the week the Californian rockers hit the top spot on both sides of The Atlantic.

The Sex Pistols legend has previously admitted that acts like The Eagles first inspired his band to form back in the late seventies, as a direct reaction to melodic rock outfits that dominated the charts.

These feeling still ring true for Lydon. He said: "They're (The Eagles) irrelevant. A band like that doesn't write songs that mean anything. We're the Charge of the Light Brigade, with decent generals, right?"

Clearly on a roll, Lydon took time to take a swipe at that other musical institution – teen guitar-pop group McFly.

He rambled on to The Telegraph: “McFly, hahaha. Is all that really still going on? It's all dippy and Blue Peter - done with sticky-backed plastic. And you've all rolled over for it. We didn't back then. What's wrong with you lot?"

Next week – Lydon’s spitting views on Fleetwood Mac and Busted.
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  • Fuck off Lydon you cunt. Do your tour, top up your pension fund, fuck off for a few more years and then do it all again in between realty tv shite and getting angry at people for being unruly punks at your live gigs. 1 good album 30 years ago and you think you’re the all singing all dancing bollocks. Twat.

    ~ by Johnlydonsmum 11/8/2007

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    • how can you say that about a man who took on the realm FUCKED them right up and can still ouy do the popularity of the queen ????obviously you wer’nt born when MR LYDON was at his peak (30 years and still counting ) your the CUNT for not working out what J L is all about ONE day you’ll discover the answer ???keep learning BOY

      ~ by lydonsback 11/8/2007

  • the eagles ARE irrelevant. and WORSE, the eagles are BORING!

    ~ by robdfish 11/8/2007

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  • That Lydon, he sure is a Desperado.

    ~ by RECharound 11/8/2007

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  • The Eagles are indeed major crapness!

    ~ by ADrian 11/8/2007

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  • AND you’re a twat for having a go at McFly, just cos you saw em on Blue Peter once?! Since when has it been a bad thing to make guitar music accessible to kids, particularly as 14+ gigs are too few and far between these days? Outl4w were on Blue Peter once and went on to become arguably the best young punk band in the UK. McFly have had 7 number 1 singles cos they make consistently great pop music. WTF’s wrong with that, you dickhead?

    ~ by Charlie Wahlie 11/9/2007

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  • Surely I don't have to point out that The Eagles are as popular now, sell out shows around the world, music that sells by the millions, fans covering a wide spectrum of ages, that they did back in the 1970's? I suppose this attack by John, and other attacks he makes, help keep him in the limelight as he certainly hasn't made any music worth talking about, not that he ever did. Punk had its place in music history but its quality of the likes of The Eagles that is music's endur

    ~ by Steve 12/30/2008

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