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Letter From Britain

How Low Can You Get?

I'm quite touched that Lisa Robinson likes our Sex Pistols.

May 1, 1977
Simon Frith

I'm quite touched that Lisa Robinson likes our Sex Pistols. Another Well Known American Rock Critic told me that the Pistols had as much right to call themselves punks as he, natty suit and all, had to call himself a mod. But Lisa likes 'em and for good reason: "The Voice of the People" she's heard it declared. None of that superstar aloofness for these boys.

I'm quite touched that Li$a Robinson likes our Sex Pistols and quite surprised too. It's been Lisa, more than any other writer, who over the years convinced me that Mick and Keith and Elton and Bryan alnd the rest really are Stars, that the Rock Scene really does have the glamour and gossip that befit the New Hollywood. Lisa helped create the whole glittery razzmatazz on which the Pistols are now gobbin'.

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