tom snyder

tom snyder died yesterday. here he is interviewing john lydon + keith levene.



part II:



lydon is his usual warm, comedic self whilst levene is high out of his skull + resembles something along the lines of a frightened pomeranian.

snyder, the poor bastard, had no idea what he was getting himself into messing about w/ lydon's nuttiness. he + lydon have some terrific back-and-forth at about the 3:34 mark in the first clip where snyder asks why pil is so against rock n' roll, which, of course, prompts lydon to rant majestically on the subject. this, inevitably, segues into the sex pistols:

snyder: who thought of the name the sex pistols?
lydon: some animal. i can't remember. it doesn't matter, it's history.
snyder: well, i think history matters--
lydon: history does not matter. i mean, your program is called tomorrow. there must be a reason behind that.
snyder: unless we remember our yesterdays, there can be no tomorrows.
lydon: (mocking)

christ, were these two married or what?

in any event, this is riveting stuff. you rarely, if ever, see this sort of thing on tv anymore.