Sid Vicious - Sid Sings

1989 collection on Virgin Records featuring his solo version of the Sex Pistols' 'Belsen' and covers of 10 other cuts, including Iggy & the Stooges' 'Search And Destroy' & 'I Wanna Be Your Dog', plus Boyce & Hart's 'Stepping Stone' and more! Album Description

Pathetic recording by a man more important for his image than anything to do with music

Except for the studio song My Way, what you get here is poorly recorded cover songs played live by one of the most talentless people ever to call themselves a musician. While the versions of punk rock classics such as the NY Dolls Chatterbox or the Dee Dee Ramone and Johnny Thunders penned Chinese rocks are done fairly well, Sid Sings is interesting more for the novelty of Sid singing than enjoyable for the actual quality of the music. The recording stinks. The band (The Clash's Mick Jones and the New York Dolls Arthur Kane & Jerry Nolan) is sloppy though energetic, and none of the songs with the exception of Belsen (which Sid may or may not have had anything to do with) is an original. I'm afraid Sid adds nothing all that unique to this album of punk rock kareoke except attitude. Which along with his sneer and fashion sense was all he ever contributed to The Sex Pistols in the first place. The one and only reason to buy this wretched hunk of plastic is to have Sid's sarcastic take of the old Frank Sinatra chestnut My Way. It was done in the studio and so sounds MUCH better than the rest of this bootleg quality audience recording. But My Way is more of a novelty than anything else. It's appeal lies in Sid's snotty disregard and the irony of the song itself. Ironic considering he was a junky suicide that allegedly murdered his horrible haridan of a girlfriend Nancy Spungen. It's amusing and more than a little pathetic, but that's about it. His way indeed. December 16, 2006

Goodbye All You Punks

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. September 7, 2006

better to donate your money to charity

Look, Sid was a loser, drug addict, killer & did not even play on Never Mind the Bollocks. Why are you looking to buy this?

In the 1970's, this was a goof! You had the scummiest singer singing a classic crooner's song, "My way". While it is interesting it does not mean that it was good.

Its just a bunch of cover songs sung by a total, talentless loser. He wasn't good enough to play with the Sex Pistols so he shouldn't be good enough to be in your cd player.

If you like scummy, gross, junkie type people that have actual talent try Johhny Thunders "So Alone". He would have taken Sid in a junkie/ loser death match.
August 23, 2006

Sid rules

This is the greatest rock n roll album of all time. It has everything; energy, excitement, shock value, power, youthful angst and there isn't a bad song in the set. Sid sings it the way it should be done.
Listen to any live recording of very early Elvis and you get the same buzz that was lost once he gained fame and fat.
Sure, Sid isn't as good a singer as E but he isn't as bad as some would like you to believe and his band were probably as high as he was but that only adds to the magic. He also talks to his audience probably the way most performers would like to if they had the cajones but don't.
If you like your music fault free and immaculately produced then grab a cup of cocoa, put on your slippers and listen to some terminal bores like Elton John, Westlife, Coldplay or any female singer who who attempts to play an acoustic guitar.
This is Sid Vicious and he's taking no prisoners. February 17, 2006

Oh Sid.....we hardly knew ye.

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. May 10, 2005

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