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You'd have thought Sid Vicious would have had a whole discography of tunes to his credit but instead it's a miserly 3 songs, all of them covers and one own unrecorded composition contribution from his Flowers Of Romance days 'Belsen Was A Gas' that was a contribution to the Sex Pistols.

The three covers were 'My Way', 'Something Else' and 'C'Mon Everybody' all from the Sex Pistols film 'The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'.

What swells the Sid catalogue are numerous albums of his live show as the Vicious White Kids at the Electric Ballroom London and which again comprises cover versions. Most were originally available on bootlegs at the time but have now been commercially released.

Well here's the three songs and accompanying videos. There's no doubt that 'My Way' is an absolute classic with Sid ad libbing the words and a fantastic punky treatment. Even the Eddie Cochran covers sound pretty good as Sid, while impersonating Johnny Rotten, delivers a cool sneering delivery. Never noticed how gay Sid looked in the 'Something Else' video with the white thong pants on and for some reason Malcolm's proposed magazine 'Chicken' comes to mind!

 

Sanctuary last released the Vicious White Kids set from the Electric Ballroom London 1978 featuring, Rat Scabies, Glen Matlock and Steve New. The gig was full of covers and was to raise money for Sid and Nancy to move to New York.

Most recently a CD from Jungle has appeared Sid Lives (2007) which offers a double cd of Sid's USA gigs prior to his death. Same set but featuring Mick Jones and Steve Dior and a nice set of sleeve notes.
Sid & Nancy - Love Kills
How many love struck misunderstood teenagers have identified with this film then? Johnny Rotten hated it and its factual inaccuracies (portraying him as ginger won't have helped!) but its both watchable and depressing as the doomed pair hit freefall.

Sid Vicious: Noone Is Innocent - Alan Parker
In the unlikely event that  Parker enters Mastermind Sid will undoubtedly be his chosen subject as he's written three books on him. Nice bit of controversy with Jah Wobble publicly slating him. Read an interview here!

The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle
Laugh and gasp at this product from the mind of Malcolm McLaren and giving his own ego centric view of the Sex Pistols. Featuring the three Sid songs see Sid play Sid and wander around Paris annoying the locals before pushing a flan in a prostitutes face.		 DOA captures the Pistols USA swansong gigs in all their own glory (sic) and Sid in his prime as a punk rock god musician who boy he couldn't play guitar. What the film is renowned for though is the interview with Nancy and a virtually comatose Sid after the break up that's featured elsewhere in this Sid section.

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