Talk:Pretty Vacant

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Intro

Does anybody know what the introductory chors are to 'Pretty Vacant'?

Unknown Unknowns (talk) 12:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Performed at the 2012 Olympics?

It was performed by dancers and singers at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London? (The opening or closing ceremony). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.174.163.148 (talk) 09:55, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:04, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty vacunt?

I'm removing the following claim since it is unsourced and frankly implausible, considering (a) it doesn't sound like he's singing 'cunt' and (b) Johnny Rotten knew how to swear properly on national TV.

"Provocatively, in the chorus the name of the song is sung with heavy emphasis on the final syllable; so that it sounds like the word cunt. Despite this, this song marked the band's only appearance on the British music show Top of the Pops during their heyday, as they thought John Lydon was using an Irish accent."

If you think it should be restored please discuss here.

Lfh (talk) 14:40, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It sounds like vacant to me too. Va'cunt' just doesn't make any sense and is the sort of thing a sniggering schoolboy might suggest. As you say, Rotten was quite capable of swearing and if he had wanted to say cunt he would have. As it seems to have been restored I'll remove it again.

twitter (talk) 13:58, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rotten liked word games and used it in songs so it sounds plausible. I recall it was intentional, but haven't got a source for that. Other examples is the "anarchist" / "antichrist" and "I use the enemy" / "I use the NME" word games. // Liftarn (talk)

I don't know about the Top of the Pops & the Irish accent story (which disappeared anyway) but the 'vay-cunt' part is correct according to Lydon and Savage. I've added two sources for the sentence. --Fernando H (talk) 15:37, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'll be. Seems I was wrong then! Lfh (talk) 18:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Because of guys like you, I no longer contribute content. A thoughtful person would have said something like 'sorry' after being slapped down by a credible cite. And now, I will no longer respond to the donate banners. I don't care how old you are, or how long ago it was, grow up and add your apology like any normal human being would have done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.254.90.34 (talk) 15:34, 12 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]