PE were definitely the Pistols of their day, but without the manipulation.
I don't think the Media Assassin was a patch on McLaren in those stakes.

You fat bastard.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:03, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Also, PE were deliberately arty and intellectual in their output.
The Pistols most definitely weren't.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:08, Reply)

So not like the Pistols at all really.

( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:09, Reply)

They were
In that they crystallised a lot of youth anger and articulated it. PE had a defined, righteous fury, whereas the Pistols were angry for the sake of it.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:12, Reply)

Public Enemy had something to be angry about
The Pistols were basically drunken yobs in the right place at the right time. You make an excellent point about the manipulation thereof.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:15, Reply)

The Sex Pistols were Malcolm McClaren's boyband
They were the ugly loud Take That of the 70s
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:17, Reply)

Indeed.
As I said above. I love PE deeply.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:18, Reply)

I'll bet you do.
All those schoolboys running around in little shorts.

You make me fucking sick.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:21, Reply)

POTD

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:22, Reply)

Public Enemy never made the impact on yoof that the pistols did.
Regardless of the quality of music for either band.
( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:17, Reply)

I disagree.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:19, Reply)

Wanna arm wrestle?
It's the only way we can sort this out.
( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:21, Reply)

In this country that is true.
Globally I am less certain.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:21, Reply)

Not in this country, perhaps
But they were an outlet for millions of disaffected black people in America. NWA had more immediate impact but their lyrics effectively boiled down to "The police are bastards, aren't they?". Chuck D was a poet
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:22, Reply)

AIDSlolz
disaf in
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:23, Reply)

Shit! God I am old : (
I was getting Public Enemey mixed up with PiL.

*shames*
( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 9:25, Reply)