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Too many problems oh why I am here I don't need to be me cos you're all to clear well and I can see there's something wrong with you but what do you expect me to do ? At least I gotta know what I wanna be don't come to me if you need pity Are you lonely you got no one you get your body in suspension that's no Problem Problems the problem is you Eat your heart out on a plastic tray you don't do what you want then you'll fade away you won't find me working nine to five it's too much fun a BEING ALIVE I'm using my feet for my human machine you won't find me living for the screen are you lonely all needs catered you got your brains dehydrated In a death trip I ain't automatic you won't find me just staying static don't you give me any orders for people like me there is no order bet you thought you had it all worked out bet you thought you knew what I was about bet you thought you solved all your problems but you are the problem Problem the problem is YOU what you gonna do with you what you gonna do I'll leave it to you the problem is you oh what you gonna do they know a doctor gonna take you away they take you away and throw away the key they don't want you and they don't want me you got a problem the problem is you Problem what you gonna do ?
Yeah well, just too bad they were never able to record any more music.
Anyway, I think that lyrically this is the best song on Never Mind the Bollocks just because Rotten sums up in this one song, what his entire attitude was. From the title alone it's bound to be cynical, but it's NOT nihilistic because it also presents an individualistic perserverance (when he says "I'm using my feet for my human machine" and "You won't find me just staying static"), which unfortunately is lacking in most of the punk, metal and rap that followed, which only project negativity but not as much self-motivation which could've inspired more people to do something about their problems. No wonder so many kids were doing drugs and killing themselves.
So in that sense, when put together with the slower tempos of the songs it makes the most influential punk band an anomoly in the genre whose attitudes they kick-started.
this song (as sad as it is) was the basis of my life for many years.... "what you gonna do?"
So you thought you had it all worked out, yeah? Your little job, your little family, your little respectability. Bullshit, what has it done to you? Nothing but unhappiness and death of the soul. Too much to swallow, too much to pretend. Time to throw it all away and live the way you really want.
Manufactured or not, the Sex Pistols were set loose to write the songs, and many of them were amazing. This is one of the best. What a hook!
Problem? The problem is you. Whatcha gonna do?
It's good advice too. Stop complaining, stop tryng to fit in, who wants to fit in anyway, yeah you're a bit off but that's why you're cool, every day jobs are boring, in the end you'll just go insane. Embrace being yourself, flaws and all. Look at me! I get paid to do this!
This song will be in my head all day. There could be worse ear worms!
Absolutely
Absolutely
self help for the masses
Lyrics should read 'the men in white coats are gonna take you away' and not 'they know a doctor '......
only two comments! huh?! this song is AMAZING!!! SEX PISTOLS RULE THE WORLD! Soon as I bought Never Mind The Bollocks they have been on my cd player ever since!!!!! They are soo much better than the scum like Good Charlotte etc call themselves punk!!! Sex pistols are the real shit man! the real punk!
Yeah Sex pistols were real punk.... Manufactured by Malcolm McLaren from the get go... one of the 1st boy bands maybe?? lol.. Don't get me wrong, I love the pistols but I think Mclarens ulterior motives were the main reason they didnt have the longevity we all wanted them to have... Was Rotten punk? Fkn oath!... was Mclaren a manipulating, money driven user and abuser... Most definately! Were the pistols manufactured music... sadly yes. Just my opinion is all.
this song just rocks right from the start and johnny rotten signs his heart out. of all their songs this one means the most
Sex Pistols are the best band ever. period.
It's about the old Reality Inversion gripe
It's about the old Reality Inversion gripe