This is the first interview that I've seen with Johnny Rotten in his younger years where he didn't blow up on the interviewer. I like this interview.

I never tire of this mans honesty, intelligence and wit.

there's really nothing more cuter than this. johnny "rotten" is a sweetheart in the truest sense of the word

Lydon with this hat is fantastic XD

Johnny looks ace here

I’ve always thought Janet Street Porter is more talented and versatile than she’s ever been credited for. She is completely unruffled and she’s one of the very few interviewers who broke the ice with a young John Lydon

"well i went to see half the world, didn't i? i thot that was a bit of alright." aw he is so adorable in this, straight out of a dickens novel.

Im just glad that after reading these comments im not the only person who thinks Johnny was hot...

nice to see johnny smiling and not interupting... Love you so much mate

The boy with the red trackee top is me at 8 years old .. Im now 50 years old

there is only one john lydon no one else could be soo down to earth, smart, good looking, a celeb, funny and a sexy voice all in one. :P x

by far my favourite video ever. johnny rotten might just be the coolest human in the entire universe.

This is a great clip. Not just because of the interview, but the area they are walking around. A very differnt looking Covent Garden in London. Looks like the place is still the original market rather then the tourist trap it is today.

An absolutely adorable (I know, but hey!) Rotten. Always liked and admired by me. You know, he's got dimples when he smiles. Incorrigable!!!!

I've always admired Johnny for his forthright speaking and his honest opinions..he says it as it is.. I wish more celebrities followed his path

He has always been an intelligent articulate honest person and this is what people didn't like about him. They treat him like an idiot or thought he was one...think again. Love him 💜

"Your hair looks like rhubarb"......no matter how many times I hear that it still makes me laugh.

My two favorite comments were the ones he said under his breath: “Cheap looking camera” and “Your hair looks like rhubarb “.

What great footage of a young Johnny Rotten. He's very interesting, intelligent, talented, and was kind of cute back in the day too : ) I love his no bulls**t attitude.

i agree fully! he was very good looking! :D

I love the kids following him and hanging around him! 😊 that is so adorable! 🥰🥰

Young Johnny was fantastic.

How can you NOT love JOHNNY???

And as always, a brilliant command of the English language!

u know for someone who was nicknamed specifically after his “rotten” teeth..he had a wonderful smile :) he’s just a little sweetheart deep down

Oh I absolutely love this video. Johnny is so relaxed and friendly. Love the hat. And kids

I could listen to him all day long

he is so cute in this hat

One of the best interviews I have ever seen involving John!!

This Man Is Still My Hero !

great interview. the only one I've seen where he isn't hostile and overly defensive towards the interviewer.

What a charming young man!

... JL - what a gorgeous face, and an attitude to match. A TRUE individual, at a point in time when it was SO much harder to be an individual on the streets, nevermind on radio/tv - he paved the way.

Finally John meets ..questions he deserved. Do not die on me John!!!!

So adorable! He does good interviews with people who aren't idiots

John is always honest and witty in interviews! Good ol Janet street porter, this is thoughtful and interesting interview

this interview’s one of my favourites ..strolling around London like a dickens character. Love Janet too, she’s had such an interesting life.

this his best interview i ever seen

This interview always makes me smile. He's so cool and I like Janet too ☺

I'll watch this like 300 times! :D

So cute!

John you are a gem.

The Greatest Rock artist to come out of the UK...the Black inner cities love him

He smiles and looks different. , Relaxed and not so stressed

this is the most honest ive heard him be. usually in interviews especially the later ones you can tell he's sort of putting on a show and being an ass for fun

Я из России, но мне очень нравится, как звучит Английский язык(в британском варианте, а не в американском); эти плавные интонации, "важность"(или демонстративность) с которой произносятся некоторые слова, сама структура(количество гласных и согласных, окончания) в исполнении Лайдона - ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНЫ.

2:54 - ALMOST "Public Image" lyrics! Man, this interview is "wow" :D

Johnny will always be THE BEST.

I remember seeing this the first time around.

i love john .....

The artful dodger ❤️

he was soooo handsome and also clever! There are so many interview he gave. I think he likes listening to himself, but he can use words really brilliantly.love him! Johnny want to make music--Sid in my opinion NOT

THE BIG BOOK OF BRITISH SMILES

from about 76-82 lydon was the coolest man in music. I think he likes janet. I remember london like that. Such a shame what they have done to it

'Kin marvellous. I had the very great privilege of chatting with this heck of a human being for an hour. I'm grinning like mad just watching this. Genuine, intelligent and just like me , always pushing boundaries and questioning authority..... Best wishes to you and Nora x

He had an impish charm. Like An Irish leprechaun 😊

I love that he dropped in the 'They were more interested in the clothes, or the colour of me poxy hair'. .... Lyrics he was no doubt rehearsing for the soon to be PIL.

Johnny Rotten you the real-life Mad Hatter ! :| your hair, your swag, your Disney's Mad Hatter hat ..

Watching this footage and seeing him with that hat, makes me wonder if Beethoven had this same attitude as Rotten. Both genius!!!

John Lydon forever

Wow. So young and amazingly down-to-earth at the same time.

Legendary. Damn awesome, he is.

He IS an artist!

I like his gormless charm here. Never knew this interview existed.

You are witnessing the beginning of the indie movement .Shortly after this he created Public Image Ltd. A company, not a band. Johnny speaks of the crowd only being interested in the clothes and the colour of his hair . Musing lyrics on the edge of making history again . Ironically many so called indie band have no idea of this . Fans flock to hipster chic like flies on a carcass. The bands put up production costs and give control to industry masters. Check mate rock and roll. So occupy ?

GENIUS!!!!LEGEND!!! mY hERo!!!!!!!!!!!!

"how do you want to get malcome off of your back?" "kill him."

Fantastic

Thisis such great footage....it shows here again what a very special charismatic character he was.......Wished he had stayed more in "rock" music though; like the absolutely stunning "Public Image" track itself , instead of all that a-tonal introverted stuff he started to put out. _____While it's all very commendable that he never sold out and all that.... he always used the Pistols' legacy as his mealticket to keep on generating interest...in his PiL ventures....

Great interview back in the day!!! Love 💕 you

A little fun fact about Janet Street Porter, the interviewer here. She appeared as an extra in the 1966 Antonioni film Blow Up. She's in the scene where the Yardbirds are playing in the nightclub. A quick part, where she is dancing wearing a silver overcoat and orange striped trousers. She however, did not have hair that looked like rhubarb at that time.

Just....wooow....what a strange and interesting person. Very smart and fascinating. Love ya, crazy Johnny :)

She looks like Joey Ramone haha! Johnny Rotten is awsome in this interveiw

wow. always wanted to see an interview from the in-between pistols / PIL era. thanks for this. big time favourited.

Usually he always seems bored. But here he seems amused!

He was living like one at the time !

For me, it was a case of "Love the message, where are my ear-plugs?" (I was a baby-boomer) The pure energy of punk was exhilarating, because a generation of youth wanted to change things. Punk was never despondent, and change things it certainly did! Blind obsequious deference to authority, was firmly nailed into it's coffin! with a sharpened stake through it's rotten heart, but like the B movies, take care it can return from the grave. The worship of mortals with feet of clay is compulsive!

No wonder I fell in love with Johnny!

Fabulous interview ..great bit of old footage ..

He was an artist!

At this moment in time John IS ON AN ISLAND !!No band, deal , etc ..Fascinating time cap. in a Dickenson London that doesn't exist anymore , check out his tour of the city last yr , its posted ....

The old Covent Garden. Scabrous and black. Lovely.

Johnny said it was pointless to make another Sex Pistols album. That surprised me. In a time like this we need someone to spill the beans behind the government's doings. I do wish there were more people like Johnny Rotten, but not too many. There's not much bands who are strong enough to not accept awards, to not be on TV, to take on anybody, etc.

what a great guy. if you read this john, i'm coming to l.a. soon. i have the best ganja. lets do this

his--"haha" is sooo great:DD and also "Next question"- he often uses it

ah, he was so damn cute. love the man!

I want to walk down the street with John in his top hat. He is gorgeous inside & out and so intelligent. He has an ornery sexy little smile. A man so full of righteous passion, angst, dreams, opinions & poetry.

i want his hat. nah, screw the hat. i want john. :F

His butter commercials are brilliant - bringing back punk into boring everyday life !!

...favourited. thanks for upload. never seen this before. kudos to you mr. lydonfan.

After this it is only appropriate to watch Pink Floyd playing 'Echoes' live at Pompeii.

He was really good-looking too :D IF you ask me :P

I love this interview😁

next question!

Thank you very much!!!

If only you all had stayed together at least for one more album. It's like the sadness I have for Joy division just knowing how much they would have been loved if they could have come and had the right American tour and after the first had a second. When the right English men get together to make music it is magic and we do appreciate that here. I guess it's men and women when the women have the chance because I love me some New order.

AMAZING! ive never seen a better interview. fucking brilliant! i loved how he said things out of random alot. how the camera was a cheap peice of plastic and her hair looks like rubarb! XD just fantastic. thnx for the video i LOVED it!

I'm so inlove with that guy.

Some nice honesty there.

@mxrty78 I think John was always honest...he always said what he felt. Just in most interviews, he was stuck in a TV studio after waiting in the green room for fuck-knows-how-long, being asked idiotic and/or patronizing questions by - let's face it - morons. Here, he's out and about, on the streets of London, and clearly in a good mood (best I've ever seen him in for an interview), being asked reasonable questions by someone he respects, and who respects him. Same honesty, different situation.