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16/06/2013

Sex Pistol and Public Image Ltd frontman John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, plays two hours of the music that inspired his career.

Its Sex Pistol and PiL frontman John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten - Ding Dong.

Lydon has hand pick 2 hours of music from his own collection that has inspired him over a long musical career.

As frontman of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd and as a critic of much in British Politics and society, John has courted controversy throughout his career. In 2002 he was named among the 100 greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote, with Q Magazine declaring him a national treasure.

With the Sex Pistols, he wrote singles including Anarchy in the U.K., God Save the Queen and Holidays in the Sun. Lydon left the Pistols in 1978 to form Public Image Ltd, releasing songs such as Public Image, Death Disco and Rise. Reformed in 2009, PiL are set to play this year's Glastonbury Festival.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 23 Dec 2013 19:00

Music Played

  • ABBA

    Fernando

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 012.
  • Ken Boothe

    Everything I Own

    • The Story Of Trojan Records.
    • Trojan Records.
  • David Bowie

    Ziggy Stardust

  • The Bucketheads

    The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)

  • Johnny Cash

    Folsom Prison Blues

    • Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
    • Columbia.
  • The Clash

    London Calling

    • Columbia.
  • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

    The Faith Healer

    • Live on the Test.
    • Windsong.
    • 002.
  • Hawkwind

    Master of the Universe

  • Kraftwerk

    The Robots

    • Cleopatra.
  • Dean Martin

    Bummin' Around

  • The Monkees

    Pleasant Valley Sunday

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Market.
    • 1.
  • Pink Floyd

    See Emily Play

    • Echoes - The Best Of Pink Floyd.
    • EMI.
  • Public Image Ltd

    (This Is Not A) Love Song

    • Public Image Ltd:Greatest Hits So Far.
    • Virgin.
  • Public Image Ltd

    Deeper Water

    • This is PiL.
    • PiL Official Ltd.
  • Re-TROS

    My Dying Atmosphere

  • Roxy Music

    Mother Of Pearl

    • EG.
  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Donna Summer - On The Radio.
    • Casablanca.
    • 7.
  • The Temptations

    Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

    • Tamla Motown.
  • Loretta Lynn

    Coal Miner's Daughter

    • Fonoteam.
  • The Monkees

    Pleasant Valley Sunday

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Market.
    • 1.
  • Public Image Ltd

    This Is Not A Love Song

  • The Bucketheads

    The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)

    • Now That's What I Call Music 1995 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Re-TROS

    My Dying Atmosphere

  • Ken Boothe

    Everything I Own

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.
  • Burning Spear

    Christopher Colombus

  • The Soggy Bottom Boys

    I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow

    • O Brother Where Art Thou?.
    • Mercury.
    • 7.
  • David Bowie

    Ziggy Stardust

    • EMI.
  • Johnny Cash

    Folsom Prison Blues

    • Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
    • Columbia.
  • Loretta Lynn

    Coal Miners Daughter

  • Public Image Ltd

    Deeper Water

    • This is PiL.
    • PiL Official Ltd.
  • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

    Faith Healer

  • ABBA

    Fernando

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 12.
  • Kraftwerk

    The Robots

    • Cleopatra.
  • Hawkwind

    Master of The Universe

  • Mario Lanza

    Drink Drink Drink

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Mercury.
  • ²Ñ´Ç³Ùö°ù³ó±ð²¹»å

    Ace Of Spades

    • Rock Anthems Volume 2 (Various).
    • Dino.
  • Johnny Clarke

    King in rhe Arena

  • Pink Floyd

    See Emily Play

    • EMI.
  • Roxy Music

    Mother Of Pearl

    • EG.
  • The Upsetters

    Return Of Django

    • Million Sellers Vol.10 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.
  • The Temptations

    Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

    • Tamla Motown.
  • Dean Martin

    Bummin' Around

    • The Very Best of Dean Martin, Volume 2.
    • 021.
  • Sex Pistols

    EMI

    • VIRGIN.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Jun 2013 16:00
  • Mon 23 Dec 2013 19:00