Feeling Ancient Again!
 

Okay, can anyone on here answer me this question?

Who are Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen and what do they have to do with one another?

Now, please don't do an Internet search on them! Just tell me what you know (if anything) right now.

Once again, my babysitter has made me feel ancient by claiming to have no idea what I'm talking about and I have to know if she's just clueless or I'm just old!!!

Thanks!

Re: Feeling Ancient Again!
 

Your babysitter's either too young to remember or is totally clueless.
Sid Vicious was the lead singer for the British punk rock group Sex Pistols (their infamous God Save The Queen caused an uproar in Britain); Nancy Spungeon was his girlfriend. I think Nancy died of a drug overdose (so did Sid). The movie Sid and Nancy describes the sordid tale of their tumultuous relationship.

And Courtney Love played one of Nancy's friends in the movie!

I don't know the answer to your question, but my fianceé's mom calls her Sidney (a.k.a. Sid Vicious). :eek:

BrownEyedGirl: you are correct with what you state about both of their deaths.

The Sex Pistols are a great bad and made some amazing music. I know I may be young compared to some people but I still know who they are. So there may be hope for the punk music culture yet.

KRose, Ya damn Kid!!

I have read all of the posts, but have no idea who they are talking about????

I listen to a Rock Station, but it is just a beat, I still ahve some good moves dancing!:D Have No Idea who they are, if I do, I delete in my Brain, Got to many other things to Memeber!!!!

What happened to Jimmie, Willie, Chubby, the Beach Boys, Doobie Bros., or what the heck over!:p

Mr, Sand Man !!! Anint talking avout dreams, going to Beddie BYE!!!

When was your babysitter born? I'll guess the mid to late eighties. How could she know about Sid and Nancy? They aren't mainstream. I only know about them because of the movie, and I am much closer to your age. Now if this girl doesn't know about John Lennon, then I would be concerned about her.

Cream,
I think you're right. Just because I listened to that type of music doesn't mean that it's mainstream. I guess I tend to think, well hey, I like it so everyone must! lol

John Lennon? Sounds vaguely familiar. Is he related to Julian Lennon? ;) j/k

Don't feel bad Killarney, I though Sid Vicious was a wrestler?:confused:

there was wrestler named Sid Vicious

The state of our youth today...
 

Huh? I know about Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols, but then again, I am an early 80s kid (and Mr. Munch, who's older would not stand for me not knowing very influential punk). At least one would think that the phrase "Sid and Nancy," used (by me and my friends, at least) to categorize a really dramatic relationship would be a little bit of a cultural reference. Gah! :eek:

actually, a girl my mom used to work with, i think she was a year younger then me(i'm 23) didn't know who george harrison was when he died

That's just not right (she says as she sits in a room with framed Beatles memorabilia.) It should be a right of passage to know the names of each Beatle, even now.

Nancy was stabbed to death by someone. A variety of drug dealers were in and out of their hotel room the night she died, but I believe her death was caused by stabbing (and indirectly, drugs.) I really think that Sid probably was so whacked out that he doesn't remember if he, or someone else that night, killed her.

IIRC, Sid Vicious' mom somehow supplied him with the heroin the night he died. I'm thinking she actually purchased it for him. Seriously. Sadly, he'd just been released from detox that day. What a mom, huh?

Never saw the Pistols, but did see John Lydon/Johnny Rotten's PIL live once. Now that was an interesting show :)


Christin

Oh, hell yeah. Granted, I wasn't born in the 80s, but I know Sid & Nancy. Back in the day, I read the book And I Don't Want to Live This Life (I think that's what it was called) written by Nancy's mom about the whole thing.

That's pretty funny that someone mentioned Courtney Love being in the movie. She's the Nancy of this generation. :rolleyes:

Sex Pistols . . .'nuff said. I didn't scroll down either, just replied.

OH she was his groupy GF.

How could you not know who George Harrison was? :eek:

There's just no excuse for that (I say as I look up at the Beatles calendar on my desk).

Granted, I know the names of the Beatles members, but I've never been a fan. I would guess that many kids today know who the Beatles are, but perhaps not their names.

To answer the original question, I didn't know who Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen were til I read this thread.

1) Sid Vicious was actually not the original bass player for the Sex Pistols (who are big sell outs by the way b/c they were signed to EMI-big label and signing to a big label is just not, by definition, punk) He was a member of the Sex Pistol fan club and eventually joined even though he had no music talent or experience. I am pretty sure his efforts did not make it in the recording studio and someone else played for him. I am also pretty sure he didn't "write" anything he played. I believe the other guys did most of that.-could be wrong though.

2) he was so bad at "playing" the bass, they painted numbers on it for him
3) they often un plugged him b/c he was so awfull
4) Nancey Spurgenon (sp?) was a junkie and is now thought to have been a schizophrenic-literally. If you read the book her mother wrote, she was a problem since the day she was born. In and out of mental hospitals, rehabs etc. running away from home, slutting around etc.
5) Sid Vicious' mother was a junkie-hence why he was a junkie and why she bought him dope the day he died. It was like her gift to him.

6) Courtney Love auditioned for the part of Nancey Sprugeon in that movie and was PISSED OFF to only get the part of the friend. Her whole look/style is centered around being Nancey. I saw an interview with her once and she talked about how she called the caster/director of that movie constantly telling him-(I AM Nancey! Can't you see it??)

7) yeah-they died close together and it was alluded to that he killed her because it's all a mystery and no one really knows and they were both all smacked out.

8) Sid Vicious apparently was already a drug user when he met Nancey, but she really influenced his whole becoming a total junkie. She thought it was cool.

Years ago the University of Colorado football team was playing in a game at Anaheim Stadium before the regular season. We (the TV station I worked for) did a coach's show called "The Bill McCartney Show."

We were doing the show live in front of the Magic Castle at Disneyland -- and they had put up a sign on the set inviting people to come and see the show.

It is amazing how many people asked me if the Beatles were going to be there that evening.

I totally agree with the AOTT with the wisdom to say that it should be a rite of passage to know the names of each Beatle. Let's face it, pop culture as we know it changed with their rise.

When George passed away, I was so upset, as I realized that the two remaining Beatles are the two I've already seen. The chances of me ever seeing John or George are, at best, very limited!

I'm only 21, and I knew who Sid and Nancy were. Like Munchkin, my friends and I refer to a super-dramatic relationship as a "Sid & Nancy."