Customer Reviews

Sid Sings

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Sorry, folks, but in their unbridled haste to flood the market with Pistols material, the powers that be unwisely elected to market "Sid Sings", which proves to be their undoing.

Buoyed by the success of Sid's covers "My Way"(Sinatra), "Something Else"(Cochrane), as well as "No One Is Innocent" (featuring Ronnie Biggs), they realized the posthumous Sid market might be hungering for more. So they got ahold of this weak, poorly recorded NY club date and voila! The solo album that never was.

Even with the late great Jerry Nolan on drums, there's nothing driving about this collection of Sid doing karaoke, and certainly nothing amusing. For completists only.

Alright, this albumn isnt the GREATEST albumn and the sound quality somewhat sucks but still. The guy below me is just a bitchhead who loves to complain and hear his own voice. The recording my My Way is actually great. The others, not so hot. But seriously the guy below me can shoot a rifle up his ass for all I care.

Sid Vicious is the greatest Greek tradgedy rock n roll has to offer. While subjected to the harsh world, this innocent pup was fed to the wolves. But above all, Sid was a survivor. His talent speaks for itself as you listen to the haunting voice of a scared little boy dealing with all the problems of adulthood.

His version of 'My Way' should have been the closing song on the album. Seriously, what better song to end this album? With his heart on his sleeve, he sang a song that Johny Rotten wouldn't have the nerve to do. His version of Belsen is better than the Sex Pistols original too. If only he had covered 'Anarchy in the UK' as well. We are also awed by his cover of Iggy's 'I Wanna be your Dog'. It's even better than Joan Jett's version from 1989's 'Up Your Alley'.

Sid Vicious could not play bass, but he was only 21, in time he could have mastered the instrument and even recorded guitar and piano. His voice lends favor and in time would have only developed to be more and more beautiful. The world will never know of Sid's true potential. We are only left with what could have been. I can only hope that wherever Sid is, he's happy and still beating up Nancy.

This shows Sid at his best. The sound quality may be below average, but that doesn't matter. It's still an awesome album. Here is how I rate each song.

1. Born To Lose (8/10)

2. I Wanna Be Your Dog (9/10)

3. Take A Chance On Me (9/10)

4. Stepping Stone (10/10)

5. My Way (10/10)

6. Belsen (10/10)

7. Something Else (8/10)

8. Chatterbox (8/10)

9. Search & Destroy (9/10)

10. Chinese Rocks (8/10)

11. I Killed The Cat (9/10)

The only thing missing from this album is 'C'mon Everybody', which is another one of Sid's Eddie Cochrane covers. Overall I rate this album a 10 out of 10. ROCK ON SID!!!!!!

True,Sid wasn't anything but a "Coat hanger" when he was with the Sex Pistols.Yes,people say he's a talentless junky.Well,I like his voice and I think he did great on the cover songs (especially for a junkie)

This album is a great example of Good Ol' Sid rippin' off of fellow rock & rollers like Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakes and The stooges. In "Sid Sings," The Rock and Roll Swindler proves his ability to sound good at sounding bad and I mean that in a good way.

This is a really good CD,I think Sid has a very good voice when he really applies himself, like in "Something Else". I really enjoy this CD and recommend it to any fan of the Sex pistols and/or Sid Vicious. I have to make a statment though on the comment left by the other person who has reviewed this CD. Johnny Rotton hate Sid Vicious?! Johnny was Sids very best friend, Johnny being the one who got Sid to join the Sex Pistols to begin with. John says to this day how much sorrow he feels for what happened to Sid. He tried to keep Sid away from the drugs, was always trying to keep Sid in his view but as he himself states, he was just too young to handle him. They shared alot of history together and he still bursts into tears when he has to talk about Sids death...just watch "The Filth and the Fury" to see how much he cared for Sid.

The album, released about 10 months after Sid died, was viewed then as either a means for a crass record company to cash in on yet another dead rocker or a fitting tribute to what some believed as the death of punk.

There is one live recording - Born to Lose - from a Sex Pistols concert in late 1977, with other live material culled from two 1978 gigs at Max's Kansas City. The most interesting cut is a rough recording of My Way, which was remixed and released as a single for The Great Rock-n-Roll Swindle.

From his early beginnings as a drummer for Siouxse & the Banshees to playing bass the Sex Pistols, Sid was more the style and swagger to British punk. And those are the reasons Sid Vicious remains alive today for so many fans of the punk movement.

Sid Sings, is a mixed album in my opinion. First of all I am a real big Sex Pistols fan and a huge Sid Vicious fan. Vicious was a punk image of rebellion, nihilism, and violence. Sid Sings is a classic album, but I do have my complaints. The sound quality on this album is horrible and some of the songs aren't that good. Mostly because Sid does cover songs on 10 of the 11 tracks on the CD. It proves that Sid was a follower, not an innovator. The upside of the album is Sid himself, you here Sid argue and cuss at the audience during the gig, and tracks like "My Way and Belsen Was A Gas," are actually quite entertaining. Sid Sings overall is a real valiant effort by the late Sid Vicious and a must for any Sex Pistols fan.

I can understand that some people gAve this album a good rating out of their fanaticism for the mighty Sex Pistols and their devotion for the icon (Sid).I even like the way Sid sings (though I never tolerated he could NOT play bass at all !!! ).But the band playing in this record is a rippoff !!!.They play their instruments just as bad as Sid does !!!.On top of it all this is a sh..tty live,covers,ill sounding record.I sold my uk import copy for four bucks !!!SID GIMME A BREAK CHAP !!!!!