God Save The Queen by Sex Pistols song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
“God Save the Queen” is a song by the British punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released as the band’s second single and was later included on their only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols.
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Malcolm McLaren’s son was outraged when he heard his man had left him out of his will. But here the Sex Pistols founder’s teenfriend tells why he didn’t deserve a penny
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The Sex Pistols certainly weren’t the first to balk at showing up to receive a trophy at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. They were, however, notable for the style in which they declined to attend. When word came in early 2006 that the Pistols would be inducted, the band’s singer
Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren owned a store called SEX that sold various fetish items. He asked the band to write a song about bondage and sadomasochism, and lead singer John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten), having already grown tired of McLaren, wrote the lyrics not about a sexual submissive, but about an underwater vessel, the first line
John Lydon, who shot to fame as singer Johnny Rotten in the Sex Pistols, looked unrecognisable from his days on stage when he stepped out …
John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter and musician.He is best known as the lead singer of the late-1970s British punk band the Sex Pistols…
“These are fun songs. Done for a laugh. God Save The Queen? It’s kind of high camp, in a way,” said Sex Pistols singer John Lydon in 2002. “You certainly don’t think it’s going to be taken as a declaration of civil war.”
