Talk:Nancy Spungen

Nancy was misunderstood. She had a genius IQ and would have probably been the Sharon Osbourne of her time had heroin and untreated mental problems not overtaken her.

Hmm, the reason given here for her moving to Londong ("winning over one of the The New York Dolls, but found The Sex Pistols instead") seems to conflict with what is stated on Sid Vicious, "...who, legend has it, had come to London "to sleep with a Sex Pistol". Does anyone have the facts? Skagedal 18:53, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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The latter is true. She had been involved with members of the Dolls and Dee Dee Ramone before ever going to London.

BTW wasn't Nancy from Cherry Hill, New Jersey? It is a suburb of Philadelphia but is not in Pennsylvania.

The latter is true.- the latter is the commonly recieved legend- I guess the real truth will never be known, as the principle protagonists in this tragedy are both dead now. In fact I toned down the language a bit as I tire of the misogyny associated with Spungen, apparently she actually said she'd come to London to "fuck a Sex Pistol". quercus robur 21:18, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It's rather plainly documented that Nancy viewed her world in more sexual terms than average. She worked as a prostitute (or, uhm, sex-industry service provider?). She was a groupie during her teens. She was a drug addict. She had shallow, naive ideas about fame and success. She had "empathy" problems. She apparently did target Johnny Rotten in London, then wound up with Sid but hey, she got what she wanted... fame, such as it is. IMO it's more encyclopedic to mention prostitution than get into the details (which would be mostly speculation anyway). Wyss 16:22, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is it really necessary that it be noted that she "some times [sic] provided $10 hand releases to customers"? I'm not suggesting that it be censored, but there is no encyclopedic-sounding way to say "handjob," and it really doesn't factor in anyway. Do we need to go back to every prostitute listed in Wikipedia (I don't know as though there are any, but hear me out) and list what they did and for how much? It seems extraneous to me.

Nancy met the Sex Pistols through Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers. She was good freinds with Johnny Thunders (new york dolls) and his band the Heartbreakers were on tour with the Pistols in England. Johnny introduced Nancy to the Pistols, weather Lydon introduced her to Sid is anyones guess.

another note: I know Nancy was troubled and all, but I really hold again against her the fact that she basically destroyed sid.

Yeah but it takes two, ya know? Wyss 19:06, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To the question above: No, Nancy Spungen was definitely from Huntingdon Valley, PA. By the way, it's a suburb in its own right; Lower Moreland is the name of the township and the high school. Other famous people from Huntingdon Valley include Terri Schiavo and Valerie Plame Wilson. Nancy Spungen's sister Susan is a well-known lifestyle / cookbook author affiliated with Martha Stewart.

Bipolar

I suspect she might have been bipolar, not schizophrenic. More to come.