I aften for 40 år siden havde Sex Pistols – og punk rock som sådan – sin engelske TV-debut. Det skete på Factory Records-direktør Tony Wilson’s Granada-program So It Goes, hvor Wilson som den første på engelsk TV i 1976-77 tog fat i lydene og aktørerne fra tidens nye bølge. Her først Sex Pistols-TV-indslaget og derefter en bunke af andre relevante So It Goes-optrædender i en nyredigeret sammenfatning af, hvad Tony Wilson brugte sin sendetid på oppe hos Granada i Mannchester dengang. En tracklist på det hele står under Rotten & co…
Episode 1 – 00:00
01:49 Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK (Granada Studios)
05:44 John Cooper Clarke – Majorca
07:11 The Buzzcocks – What do I Get? (Electric Circus, Manchester)
10:22 Interview with Malcolm McClaren
12:56 Penetration – Don’t Dictate (Electric Circus, Manchester)
17:23 The Jam – Slow Down (Electric Circus, Manchester)
20:03 The Jam – Taking My Love (Electric Circus, Manchester)
Episode 2 – 21:47
22:53 The Stranglers – Something Better Change (Hope ‘n’ Anchor, London
26:41 John Cooper Clarke – Daily Express
28:16 Nick Lowe – Shake and Pop (Eric’s, Liverpool)
31:49 The Clash – Capital Radio (Elizabethan Suite, Manchester)
35:00 The Clash – Janie Jones
37:08 Interview with Ian Dury
39:08 Elvis Costello – Lip Service (Eric’s, Liverpool)
Episode 3 – 42:02
43:20 Elvis Costello – Alison
44:12 Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Chelsea
47:43 Magazine – Motorcade
52:03 Siouxsie & The Banshees – Make Up to Break Up
55:01 Mink Deville – Little Girl
59:09 Magazine – Shot By Both Sides
Episode 4 – 1:01:56
1:03:09 The Pirates – I Can Tell
1:05:54 Interview with The Heartbreakers
1:09:08 The Tom Robinson Band – 2 4 6 8 Motorway
1:13:03 Interview with Iggy Pop
1:15:22 Iggy Pop – The Passenger
1:21:28 Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
Episode 5 – 1:23:26
1:24:21 Elvis Costello – No Dancing
1:27:50 Interview with Mari Elliott (Poly Styrene)
1:30:24 The Jam – In the City
1:32:59 The Jam – All Around the World
1:35:11 Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Watching the Detectives
1:40:15 The Tom Robinson Band – Glad to be Gay
Episode 6 – 1:44:01
1:44:49 Steel Pulse – Macka Splaff
1:50:04 XTC – Neon Shuffle
1:54:13 Muddy Waters – Blues Had a Baby
2:00:41 The Clash – What’s My Name?
2:02:39 The Clash – Garageland