Filthy Lucre Live [Live]

Sex Pistols | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 27, 1996)
• Original Release Date: July 30, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000000WBY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,010 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Sticking to the well-flogged anthems, the lads rumble with pro efficiency and a broad wink ("fat, 40, and back," mutters a scripted Johnny) through a near-complete set list. They run low on gas halfway through these 54 minutes, but there's no denying the nostalgic kick for fans of a certain age (whose emotions will swing between glee and revulsion). --Jeff Bateman

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sex Pistols - 'Filthy Lucre Live' (Virgin), June 10, 2005

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Filthy Lucre Live (Audio CD)

I've always found it hard to believe the Sex Pistols had one,JUST one(1)actual,legit,all-new material album.Which of course was the infamous 'Never Mind The Bollocks...' lp.I counted something like fifty-two CD compilations,live,re-edit releases,whatever... I,mean has ANY other band ever done that?'Filthy Lucre Live'(Lucre is French for 'money')is actually pretty good,I thought.It's a live recording of a reunion gig the guys did in London in early 1996,they toured the states later that fall.I've heard several negative reviews about this reunion,even remember Johnny Rotten nearly popping some MTV staff member on the chin during a TV interview.Nonetheless,rather this regrouping was simply a ca$h cow or not,as far as I'm concerned,the Pistols DID their job.Cuts I liked the most were "Bodies","Did You No Wrong",their signature tune "God Save The Queen","Holidays In The Sun","Pretty Vacant" and "Anarchy In The UK".Great sound quality.Line-up:Johnny Rotten-vocals,Steve Jones-guitar,Glen Matlock-bass and Paul Cook-drums.I just loves these reunions,don't you?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fat, Forty and BACK!!!, July 9, 2009

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Mr.SelfDestruct (Too Dark Park, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Filthy Lucre Live (Audio CD)

PICTURE THIS: It's 11:30am. You have a date at 12:15, that you completely forgot about. What record do you put on to get yourself out of bed? Why, The Sex Pistols' Filthy Lucre Live, of course! The pumped-up live opening, 'Bodies', gives you enough energy to run downstairs and hastily put on some safety pin infested clothes.

'Seventeen' comes on as you're putting on your make-up, singing along, 'I'M A LAZY SOD!!'. You begin putting on your boots as you hear Johnny Rotten energetically screaming 'GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!!!'.

You run out the door (but not before grabbing your trusty iPod, still playing the album), sprinting to the mean sound of 'Holidays In The Sun'. You sprint towards your destination, hearing the screeching guitars of 'Pretty Vacant'.

It's now 12:15. you reach your destination (and your, also punk, girlfriend) while listening to the victorious 'Anarchy In The UK'. She looks up at you with a mean stare that quickly becomes a warm smile. She hears what you're listening to and says, 'The Pistols, how romantic.', and gives you a warm, light kiss on the lips.

This really is the Pistols' at their very live best. The Pistols have gotten older, but haven't forgotten how to half-assedly play their instruments.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally a live recording worthy of the Pistols, July 7, 2001

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Matthew Giuliano (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Filthy Lucre Live (Audio CD)

I write this review not only to praise it for its quality, but to warn others about the inept sound of so many other live albums by the Sex Pistols. "Better Live than Dead" is a grainy bootleg with professional packaging, and the "Chelmsford" show is a joke--lousy sound, coupled with a staged "background" tape that repeats several times throughout the show. This album has quite exceptional sound, and fortunately, after an additional 20+ years, finds the Sex Pistols with a bit more mastery over their instruments...but not too much; it was their loud, clumsy abrasiveness that we love about them, right? The setlist is pretty standard, and could replace any "best of" CD that a fan might have, with such great live standards as "EMI," "Pretty Vacant," "Anarchy in the UK," and "God Save the Queen." This album also has "it"--that disturbing and riveting sound that draws you in and holds onto you. It is a bit of a pity that the Sex Pistols have never released some of their more interesting and rare material on any of their live albums (songs like "Revolution in the Classroom," "Dancing on the Dole," and "C'mon Everybody"), but this album should happily tide over most fans of the group.