Paul Weller To Johnny Rotten: “You Can Never Recapture What Has Gone”

When rock icons of yesteryear clash… Former frontman of The Jam/The Style Council, the mod king himself Paul Weller, has spoken out against Sex Pistol (and reality television star) John Lydon, stating that Lydon has – thanks to his appearances on shows like I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here – become the “antithesis” of Johnny Rotten.

“I don’t really understand him anymore,” Weller explained. “He’s become the antithesis of what he once was. Does he need the money?

And Weller’s opinion regarding Lydon’s recent sookfest about music festivals not being like they were back in the old days, and weren’t the Sex Pistols grand, etc?

“Perhaps he misses the adulation, the buzz. Nostalgia has become a whole industry in itself… and I don’t like it. You can never recapture what has gone.”

We await My Lydon’s riposte.

(Via XRRF)