Lydon and PiL are currently in the midst of a wildly successful U.S. tour that kicked off at Coachella and wraps next week with a show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brookyln that will be filmed for posterity.
While he and the band were making their way across the country, Lydon made time to drop by NPR’s “All Songs Considered” to share some of his favorite songs with host Bob Boilen.
Included in the singer’s list are a handful of PiL tunes (“Poptones,” “Rise” and “Disappointed”), a couple of classics (Hendrix’s “All Along the Watchtower” and Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”) and some surprises (Dudley Moore and Peter Cook’s “Bedazzled”).
And of course, John Lydon being John Lydon, he couldn’t resist the urge to take the piss out of “All Songs” host Boilen a few times.
You can also hear a full PiL concert tomorrow night, live on “NPR Music,” beginning at 8 p.m. EST.
Tuesday, May 11
Slash w/Adam Levine, Cory Monteith – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Laura Bell Bundy, John Caparulo, Heather McDonald,Josh Wolf – “Chelsea Lately”
Jennifer Lopez, Ozomatli – “Lopez Tonight” – rerun
Queen Latifah, Will Forte, MGMT – “Late Show with David Letterman”
Luke Bryan – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Michael Bolton – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Kenan Thompson,Keith Urban, Mike McCready – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Jonsi – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”
Wednesday, May 12
Jay Mohr – “The View”
Queen Latifah – “Live with Regis and Kelly”
Court Yard Hounds – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Chris Franjola, Jo Koy, Matt Braunger – “Chelsea Lately”
Chris Rock, Slash – “Lopez Tonight” – rerun
Macy Gray – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
B.o.B. – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Queen Latifah, Sheryl Crow – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Thursday, May 13
LL Cool J, Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams – “The View”
Common – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
The Hold Steady – “The Colbert Report”
Jo Koy, Ross Mathews, Natasha Leggero, Guy Branum – “Chelsea Lately”
The National – “Late Show with David Letterman”
Garry Shandling, Jakob Dylan – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Dirty Heads – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Phish, Dr. John – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Dave Barry – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”
Friday, May 14
Paramore – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Arturo Sandoval – “The Tavis Smiley Show”
Brad Wollack, Loni Love, Ross Mathews – “Chelsea Lately”
Jonas Brothers – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Dr. Dog – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” – rerun
Saturday, May 15
Pearl Jam – “Austin City Limits” – rerun
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “Saturday Night Love”