the filth, judge and jury
Brendan Behan got there first
the F word in a Panorama
the host himself
had made it worse
before the playwright
talked of drama
before Mclaren said no wages
if there's no Pistols on TV
never mind the b*ll*cks pundit
here's the rotten BBC
that other Malcolm... Muggeridge
bought Behan Scotch
at 'The Garrick Club'
he had no shoes,
his shirt messed up
four letter word from down the pub
that was back in 56
Behan was dead at 41
an Irish drinker
with writing problems
i’m sure that Borstal was 'No fun'
December the first, 1976
the Sex Pistols had replaced Queen
Bill Grundy called them
foul-mouthed Yobs
before the silver Jubilee
within a month
EMI had dropped them
the contract dead
they'd just begun
moral panic was the reason
(now they had a reason
now they had a reason)
unwanted Holiday in the Sun
regional TV was Pretty Vacant
punk rock presented as 'the new craze'
'ever get the feeling you've been cheated?'
here's 'Anarchy in the UK'
the clink of booze
the air turned blue
a moment of notoriety
the green room schmooze
broadcast the crude
the hosts boasts of lacking sobriety
not the squeaky clean Beatles
nor the nice Rolling Stones
they are both so clean by comparison
burning Punk Rockers with fire in their eyes
not 'Here Comes The Sun'
by George Harrison
my Sweet Lord
forty grand down the Pub
better start the Outrage Express
Bill said 'Come on kids'
then stoked up the fires
and the ire
of the tabloid press
are you being serious
or having a laugh?
the Daily Mirror
the Filth and the Fury
uproar and moans
as viewers jam phones
the Dailys are
both Judge and Jury
Mozart, Bach and Brahms are Brown bread
they're all heroes of ours
and Beethoven's Deaf
they're wonderful people
and they turn us all on
'really? but they are now all so far gone'
other's may like them
'Well that's just their tough sh*t'
good heavens you frighten me to death
What is your suggestion?
a Rude word. Next question
your playing games, I'm really impressed
this geezer Bill, like your Dad or Grandad
patronised like a lecherous hack
what about you girls, Enjoying yourself?
nineteen yr old Siouxsie
threw back
i always wanted to meet you
she said with a camp pout
'we'll meet afterwards shall we?'
said Bill
Thames 'TV Today'
was incredibly grey
meeting Grundy, was hardly a thrill
no one was plastered
53 and no looker
you dirty b*st*rd
you dirty f*cker
you dirty sod
you dirty old man
'say something outrageous'
that was your plan
they were so fresh
that's the real shocker
but TV's Bill Grundy?
what a f*cking rotter
