John Lydon (Sex Pistols): Lady Gaga is more innocent than Madonna

John Lydon (Sex Pistols): Lady Gaga est plus innocente que Madonna.

THE SOFT SIDE OF JOHN LYDON
10th March 2011
By Sarah-Louise James

JOHN Lydon: forget the swearing, snarling and spitting, the punk legend is ready to reveal his soft side.
John Lydon, who also goes by the infamous monicker Johnny Rotten, is publishing a book about his life called Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook.
The limited edition contains over 250 pages of never-seen-before family photos, Sex Pistols’ pictures, a 12in vinyl picture disc, hand-written notes and John’s own artwork.
Lydon, 55, explains: “It’s a pretty huge epic but then again it is the record of 30 years of my music.
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Away from the book, John is getting excited about music again. He is gearing up to write a new Public Image Limited album and PiL are also set to headline this year’s Isle Of Wight festival.
If he got to meet pop phenomenon Lady GaGa, 24, along the way it would be the icing on the cake.
John explains: “GaGa is so much fun. Those lyrics are wonderful. They’re clever and deep.
“She’s putting female artists on the map, times 10.
“She’s not the best-looking bird in the world, but then again she is, because her personality has taken over. It’s not a visual thing with GaGa funnily enough, considering all her garb. It’s more a personality thing.
“She has a wonderful innocence which I never saw in Madonna, who was harder and more ambitious.
“That song Paparazzi is very clever. Is she talking about her papa? The press? Who? She’s so young too. It will be very exciting to see what she comes up with next.”
The charts might be full of young guns but Johnny isn’t hanging up his microphone any time soon.
He says: “I’ve really enjoyed my 30 years so far and I want to make the next 30 even better.”
Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook is available from johnlydon.com priced at £449.
PiL play three dates this summer in Coventry, Middlesborough and Cardiff. For more details and to buy tickets, see pilofficial.com.

Source: Daily Star.

Full interview here: interview with John Lydon
 

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