Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen I Singer Reacts I

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[@fredriklarsson9415]

The lead singer is John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten. The bass player was Sid Vicious.

[@alel3994]

And the reactor was my gal 😂😅

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

​@@alel3994yikes, go outside, guy.

[@michaelthibault6106]

In the video, that was Syd, but he didn't play on their (one and only) album. Glen Matlock played bass on the album then split. He had an interesting career afterwards.

[@thunderspike1892]

Simon John Ritchie aka Sid Vicious. Steve Jones on guitar and Paul Cook on drums

[@davehoward22]

Think steve jones played bass on the album

[@Chris_34]

They were such big influences on so many great bands/artists. Kurt Cobain, Morrissey, Joy Division, Oasis, Guns N’ Roses, just to name a few.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Megadeth

[@danilson69]

And this sound born when The Ramones came to UK in 76. As always, the british improved it.

[@docsavage8640]

@danilson69 😆 if by improved you mean copied it and pretended it was new.

[@glennrandall7468]

​@@danilson69some would say Australian band The Saints were a bigger influence as Malcom McLaren encouraged The Sex Pistols their sound should be similar to The Saints

[@Opyoyd]

Not to mention anarcho-punk bands like Crass, Conflict, The Subhumans and Poison Girls.

[@jimmcdonald4087]

Sid Vicious was the bass player. The singer was Johnny Rotten (John Lydon). The song was released during the Queen's Silver Jubilee (25th anniversary as queen). The video is from an event the Pistols' manager arranged. He rented a barge and had them play as it was pulled down the River Thames in front of the Queen's palace. Police boarded the barge and arrested them.

[@Smoshy16]

Not the Queen's Palace. It was in front of Westminster Abby.

[@bjrnhagen2853]

Yeah but sid was not a bass player hehe

[@Bekka_Noyb]

can't get much more punk than that 😉

[@gandlandk]

​@@bjrnhagen2853Indeed - he didn't actually play on many of their songs as Steve Jones played both guitar and bass because Sid struggled with his playing.

[@bjrnhagen2853]

Yepp everyone knows that 😉

[@tomasom4497]

That album is still my favorite punk album of all time. I'm 58 and still listen to it sometimes. There wasn't major rioting or anything going on in this video. I believe that footage was from a show they tried to do on a boat and the police came to shut it down because it was disturbing the peace. The police were the rioters really, coming in to bust heads, not the punks. The Sex Pistols were just from the poor working class in England and were just pissed off at society in general. They were rebelling against everything and anything, really. Steve Jones the guitarist has a really cool interview show he does now in LA called Jonesy's Jukebox.

[@jco207]

They were disturbing the Queen's jubilee flotilla by playing their music. A publicity stunt engineered by Malcom McLaren.

[@tomasom4497]

@@jco207 Ah, yes. That sounds about right. I'm sure that's all it was for Malcom and maybe a little bit for some of the band even, but I do believe him when Johnny says his reasons were their disgust at the big disconnect between the opulence of the monarchy and the poverty of the people. Whatever the reasons, I'm glad the Sex Pistols happened anyway.

[@peterzukowski]

That album, their one and only, is hands down one of the best albums from start to finish there is. It is, quite possibly, better than almost every punk band's greatest hits album (with the possible exception of the two icons The Clash & The Ramones). Seriously, 'Bollocks ' is that good.

[@motelghost477]

"Where there's no future there can be no sin." This song is a fucking hymn.

[@bradmenpes809]

This song, along with their entire Never Mind the Bollocks album, is simply electrifying. The Sex Pistols changed music forever.

[@Smoshy16]

I'd argue that Never Mind the Bollocks is one of the most influential albums of all time ergo The Sex Pistols being one of the most influential bands of all time.

[@tomaskiraly4612]

Steve Jones is one of the most underrated guitarist of all time

[@TheSadpunk0]

Yeah, by this time he had almost learned the basics. Good thing Chrissie Hynde was around to teach him

[@docsavage8640]

@tomaskiraly4612 if by "underrated" you mean not especially good

[@tomaskiraly4612]

@@docsavage8640 no i mean underrated mean good

[@unclenogbad1509]

I agree with you. He may not be a 'great' guitarist (he ain't Segovia) but he is one of the all-time best Rock'n'Roll guitarists; he really gets the MUSIC!

[@eugenb.8448]

I was in high school when this came out and it was such a frying pan to the face of disco. It was awesome! Thank God for British rock and roll! They kept moving the bar every decade

[@steve8510]

Disco takes actual talent rather than just vomiting in the microphone, and let's not even talk about the dancing, the drunk pub roll is just plain embarrassing as is most of rock's pathetic 4 chords plays all drivel.

[@kevingunning7569]

Hi. I'm 58 too! Lol. There is a widely held belief that during 1977 when this was released, the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations were in full swing. This song outsold everything two to one, despite being banned from radio-play here in the UK. Nevertheless, anecdotal evidence from all of the record stores involved, had the Sex Pistols at number one in the charts. When the week of the Jubilee arrived, miraculously the charts had Rod Stewart's 'First Cut is the Deepest' as the Number 1 and the UK's 'best-selling' song. It was and continues to be a disgrace that the Palace and The UK Government conspired to manipulate the UK Charts this way. Makes you wonder what else is being quietly manipulated don't it? Lol. Great reaction Sweets x

[@RevStickleback]

It's hard to know quite who was involved, but it's true that for one week the charts didn't count sales from Virgin Records' shops, where sales would have been higher due to the pistols being on their label.

[@LordRahl1975]

E ii R = Elizabeth 2nd Regina (Queen Elizabeth 2nd). You should also do The Clash. Another influential band.

[@TP42411]

And Siouxsie and the Banshees

[@charlieonguitar2004]

Please no

[@johngibson3520]

Wasnt a riot, was Queens jubilee celebrations, the police raided the boat the pistols were playing on, the singer is Johnny Rotten ( lydon) Sid was bass player

[@andrewfitton764]

I was around then growing up in a fairly poor family in the U.K. With hindsight the optimism and change of the 1960s hadn’t reached the less affluent parts of the country. By the mid 70s our UK post industrial decay came with nothing for young people but the expectation of being poor, downtrodden, lied to and grim. Betrayal by society. John Lydon was chosen as vocalist for the pistols. He wrote about how hopeless it felt (pretty vacant), how we were ignored by the affluent (God Save The Queen), teenage pregnancy (Bodies), lies by the establishment and what they deserved (EMI) and escape from it (Holidays in the Sun). The anger was uncorked. And then we moved on. The last songs attributed to the pistols were people trying to squeeze heat out of a dying ember. But a few years later we got Thatcher and change. Maybe not what was envisaged but many of us grasped that new world and made a life for ourselves from it. I certainly did. John Lydon is a champion of honesty and truth to this day. That campaign for transparency and honesty which was at the heart of it for youth continues with other bands and music, art and literature. But the Pistols God Save the Queen and all of Never Mind the Bollocks sentimentally holds a special place for those of us who, when young found it something to hold onto when there wasn’t much for us at all.

[@submandave1125]

Your comments about the disproportionate impact Sex Pistols had is spot on. As a group they produced one album. And with that one album they literally changed the trajectory of popular music in the Western world.

[@duane8829]

And only played 50 shows. Must’ve been something to be around England back then.

[@EmmaPeelman]

"they literally changed the trajectory of popular music in the Western world" - ever heard of the word overstatement? After all, we ended up with the likes of Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. They were nevertheless a great, influential band.

[@submandave1125]

@@EmmaPeelman No, they didn’t eliminate all other forms of pop, but that’s a rather ridiculous metric to apply to anyone, isn’t it? I mean, even the Beatles would fail that test of yours, wouldn’t they.

[@EmmaPeelman]

@@submandave1125 Erm... it was not me that made an utterly ridiculous statement to begin with.

[@user-tc5sl6bu8l]

This band changed everything

[@docsavage8640]

No it didn't but some find it pretty to think so

[@klausrain111]

Yes it did

[@davidk6271]

It did for me.

[@peterfarrell66]

Great Rayaction! Yes, their rage was fueled by the terrible economic conditions in the UK at the time. The country was celebrating the Queen’s jubilee and these teens from the poor part of London said no, we aren’t happy about being ruled by a queen.

[@Stiglr]

I think that the couplet, "God Save the Queen, She ain't no human bein' " has got to be in the Top 3, if not #1 of the best lyric lines of the entire 20th century!!!!

[@donthemanicmetaller845]

I was just about to leave secondary school when punk arrived , so ended up with a school uniform held together with safety pins and sprayed with arrosol paint. Saw most punk bands of that brief era and met some great like minded people on the streets , kings road being one , and at gigs. Literally still have my original bondage trousers and T shirts etc up my loft , and still have all my original punk vinyl , both singles and albums including a number of coloured vinyl . A mate of ours actually formed and is still in a punk band called Vicious Rumours , not to be confused with the rock band of the same name , but they were there at the start and still going , so big shout out to John Mundy. Best time to have been a teenager was definitely the 70s and the whole punk scene. You want more insight into the pistols , watch the filth and the fury.

[@michealgillman7418]

They were massive and had a huge influence on music and the youngster's lives...i know i was there and 16 at the time! They turned music on its head! I still play guitar today and love it, to this day! Im guessing you have seen the tv interview with Bill Grundy? First time the F word was used on prime time tv in the uk..Steve Jones, a legend!! Riots also happened all over the uk at this time...people were pissed off!!

[@johnthursfield3056]

iirc the first use of the F word was Kenneth Tynan in 1965

[@painkilleremil]

Gotta love some good ol' punk rock! Keep up the great reactions!

[@hognaut]

Being blunt is the British way

[@kevinadamson5768]

Check out the Damned they were the first band to cut a record and are still playing, formed in 1976.

[@spoonunit03]

If you ain't got 'Never mind the Bollocks', you ain't really into music. This is era defining and awesome. :)

[@ryanroberts8086]

Nailed it on the social point. The music and the interviews they did completely portrayed the working class anger against Margret Thatcher and the lack of Work/opportunities

[@MrJocky82]

Short lived, but very influential band.

[@LONEEAGLE_space_rock]

Great review; In the late 70s here in New Zealand, my neighbour bought the 45 of God save the Queen, blue cover, he played it on a three-in one stereo, one of those old cabinet systems you lift the lid up. We stood around stunned, guitar like a chainsaw, complete anger. What was unique is that bands from the UK had a universal impact, one that extended beyond the parameters of the UK.

[@stevenhorn5106]

I was fortunate enough to see them at Middlesborough Rock Garden here in the UK in 1977. I've also got a 7" vinyl record of an interview they done at the gig. Im 62 now and I've seen many bands live, mainly punk bands from around that time. Saw The Clash 3 times, The Damned a couple of times, The Buzzcocks, very early Adam & the Ants, i could go on. The Clash and Pistols are the best I've seen live. Forgot to say The Ramones couldn't touch them live

[@deancooper7952]

This video was shot in 1977 during the queens silver jubilee , they gate crashed on a thames river boat , John lydon ( johnny rotten ) vocals , sid vicious bass the ER ypu saw was the queens initoals (Elizabeth Regina the second) .The band had a motto -Cash From chaos, I strongly reccomend you view the film The Great Rock And Roll Swindle . Regards.

[@somerotter]

If you want to know about this era of Britain and the Pistols relation to it, I’d probably just pop in “The Filth & the Fury”, a 2000 doc on them. Handles it quite well. And this footage is from when they rented a barge and blasted this song on the river outside the palace during the Queen’s jubilee celebration. The police were there to arrest them as soon as they came ashore.

[@davidgrantlloyd]

The Sex Pistols only released one album ... yet they changed music forever. Nevermind the Bollocks is an essential album for everyone. A record to live your life by.

[@nicholairisvang]

“ we are the flowers in the dust bin” riget on John. The kids/youth telling the establishment that they are the only real thing.

[@michaelbuhl4250]

A really good documentary about punk music generally, the times, and this band is *Punk: Attitude* . It talks about both the British and American scenes, but it focuses the social/political context of the British scene a lot more than the American one. Sid Vicious was the bass player, and Johnny Rotten was the singer. His real name is John Lydon, and he went on to be in a band called Public Image Limited, which is quite good. A lot of the film in this video came from when the band played on a boat in the River Thames near the houses of Parliament during Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee and got arrested.

[@EverendeverGroup]

Sex Pistols are a momentary phenomenon that can't truly be understood unless you lived it.😢

[@cyb3rgrvng3]

"Sid vicious on vocals" wtf ksksksjskksjs

[@JillDinardo-mb6ii]

Please go back and do some research.before doing a reaction,,,it helps.

[@kentmains7763]

Johnny Rotten, the singer, is a huge Kate Bush fan. One album and that's all they needed.

[@FRANCOPECINTAJANDAANAKDUA]

Steve jones guitar Hero 🎸

[@hazi5961]

When this song came out, it showed in the newspapers and publications in the Uk as a blank spot as the title.

[@newpuritan9292]

Where to begin…….. I was 18 in 1977 and lived this. 1977 was the Queens Silver Jubilee. The footage on the boat is from a trip they took down the Thames during ‘Jubilee Week’. The burning ‘E II R’ meant Queen Elizabeth II. Right wing, racist groups and political parties like The National Front, were very active and there were many demos and counter demos. Britain was in a very poor economic state that would usher in Margaret Thatcher in 1979. The Sex Pistols were a confection of Malcolm McLaren’s, who had managed the wild New York Dolls before returning to Britain and opening his shop, Sex, in the Kings Road, with Vivian Westwood. This was where the punk style was born. To me punk was more an attitude than a fashion. Malcolm didn’t reckon on John Lydon(Rotten) imposing his sensibilities - hence the lyrics and attitude. Malcolm was a disruptor and just wanted to shake things up, Johnny was a working class lad who couldn’t really see a future. Punk changed Britain. At early gigs at the 101 Club the DJ, the legendary DJ Don Letts had no punk records to play, as they didn’t exist, so offered up a diet of dub reggae. Hence a kinship was born between punks and the young Jamaicans and led to the forming of the Anti Nazi League and Rock Against Racism. It was a great and vibrant time to be in London.

[@Jonathan-Sund]

Your comment deserved more likes 👍👍

[@lysanderofsparta3708]

She should read Jon Savage's "England's Dreaming" and watch the documentary "The Filth and the Fury".

[@alucardvekkia3966]

not really an attack on Queen Elizabeth, but on the monarchy itself

[@davescurry69]

You should check out "Pretty Vacant", "Anarchy In The UK", "Holidays In The Sun" as well.

[@DarrenPrice333]

They made just one album! But what an album it was 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

Getting his autograph soon! Lydon is a legend. They were AGAINST the establishment. Glen Matlock is a great bloke, signed Pretty Vacant for me. I asked him if he missed the Sex Pistols, he replied I miss a caring government! beautiful honest words, never get that with politicians anymore!

[@napper1958]

I remember hearing Anarchy in the UK for the first time which was a game changer.... and waited and waited for Never Mind The Bollocks to be released.. I bought the first Clash album and The Dammed as well.. all great albums.. I wore out Never Mind The Bollocks .. a great album.. The Pistols hit the heights and crashed very quickly.. Lydon formed PIL who put out a few decent albums..Public Image , the single, was the most perfect rock single.. since then , imho, he's disappeared up his own arse.. never grew up.. thinks he's smarter than he is.. He said he would vote Trump because it annoyed people.. I realised he was a man in his sixties who was still, intellectually , a child.. wanting to shock.. and seek attention.. Kudos though to him.. he looked after, and cared for his wife when she had dementia.. much respect on that.

[@matthewphillips2698]

You have to understand America Great Britain and France and New Zealand were all coming out of Vietnam and all those countries suffered a recession because of it. There was no jobs there was hyperinflation! And people were getting frustrated not just in England. In America as well!

[@geoffclarke3796]

I've only vague recollection of the Sex Pistols as was only 8 years old when this was released but it is without doubt a very influential album that inspired future bands that emerged later. I love this album. Economically the mid to late 70's was a tough time in the UK with rising unemployment especially among young people and high inflation. It was also quite violent with the IRA bombs, violent clashes between striking workers and police and football (soccer) hooliganism was rife. The Sex Pistols mirrored the chaos of the time.

[@zer0tzer0]

They were very influential. If you believe the movie, 24 Hour Party People, there were about a dozen people at their show in Manchester who formed a dozen bands after seeing them. The only band that kicked off the formation of more bands was The Beatles. Britain, in the mid-seventies, the only thing for young people to do was work in a factory, go on the dole or start a band.

[@pascaldmano6697]

it is a punk fairy tale without the happy ending!

[@NoxiousRob]

Britain was going through a bad period at that time, and the Sex Pistols and punk scene in general just seemed to capture the frustration and general sense of no hope, or no future as this song states. The Pistols lit the touch paper and a whole movement sprung up around them. Young people who had been taught to stay in line and accept their fate suddenly decided to rebel and make their own voices heard.

[@StephenDouthart]

1977 was Queen Elizabeth's silver Jubilee, 25 years on the throne. We were meant to be celebrating this while economically the country was on it's knees

[@therube4846]

Filth And The Fury. Purest documentary about the band.

[@horrorbizness2043]

They played this song on a flotilla behind the queen's palace during her jubilee, and their manager malcom was arested for it.

[@steveymoon]

The EIIR thing you saw in flames stands for Elizabeth Regina, the second. This song is about the monarchy, so it's no surprise that a lot of the lyrics are aimed at Queen Elizabeth II. Johnny Rotten on Vocals Steve Jones on Guitar Sid Vicious on Bass Paul Cooke on Drums

[@groovymcnasty]

This was recorded on the Thames during the Queens jubilee. I suggest watching the TV series based on Steve Jones book.

[@3idraven714]

"Never Mind the Bullocks" has been in my collection since it was released. Best Punk band ever. "Bodies" is my fav.

[@Niinsa62]

The band existed for such a short while, that the bass player, Sid Vicious, actually doesn't play on any of the records. Or, rather, on the one record they recorded. That bass player you hear on the record is Glen Matlock. Who was fired for liking the Beatles! Well, I think that is just a story, but anyhoot. In the video, you can see the bass player, Sid, looking kind of shy. Which is probably because at the time he couldn't really play the bass yet, he was the former drummer of Siouxie and the Banshees. But he was a friend of Johnny Rotten, the singer of Sex Pistols, so he got the job as a bass player that way. His story is kind of sad, he died way too young, and in a sad way. There's a great movie about him, with a young Gary Oldman playing him, Sid and Nancy.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

Yeah, Sid's story is kind of sad, a junkie who murdered his own girlfriend and then OD'd a while later. I'm sure the parents of the girl he killed are weeping for poor old Sid. Sid Vicious was a complete piece of shit in life (in addition to being a talentless hack of a musician as well), just because he's dead doesn't make his story sad.

[@dmac8949]

You mention you like the guitar in this song...The guitar player is Steve Jones. A little know fact about Jones is that he is considered to be in the top 100 best guitar players of ever. He played all guitars, lead, bass whatever, on the entire Never Mind The Bullocks album.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

maybe the most punk band ever! ♥

[@Draegonktyner]

Hey Rayactions, check it out here. I'll tell you. In 1981, I lost my job as a dishwasher at a local steak restaurant, having found the bar keys. I stole one bottle of Jack Daniels, about a quart. I proceeded to tear my Aerosmith and Ted Nugent posters off the wall and throw their records down the dirty street. Here's history, in 1983, I was on a PiL video from Hollywood, CA. Catchy, cheeky, and fucking blunt. God Save the Queen! Cheers,

[@koimiesprofeetta4832]

England in the 70s was in a recession inflation was high employment. The Pound Sterling was surpassed by the dollar and most Brits thought there was no hope. The fireworks and the E. R. for Queen Elizabeth were a celebration of her coronation which many at the time felt was a slap in the face as they were struggling. There were many in Britain who no longer cared for the Queen or the Royals. God Save the Queen is the British National Anthem this song is meant to mock it. Johnny Rotten is blunt, angry and cheeky all in one song.

[@fahimfaisalmahir567]

That was Labor Government’s fault, not Queen’s..

[@mrsuperger5429]

The Sex Pistols influence and impact is still here today. That nerd in the office with the short spikey hair.? That haircut alone would have been a firing offence back in the 1970's. The punk clothes look, designed by Vivienne Westwood, is also still worn today. Punk is still with us, but it is now so normalised and part of western culture that it just blends into the background.

[@catboxvideo]

well now i have to admit to being 59 .. another good way to learn about the politics in England from the time frame would be the Clash - london calling and so many others. I have this record on 12" my 5 yr old loves it and most of the music i play for her. ESP The Specials, Nick Cave, Skinny Puppy, Misfits, and many many more... great to see new blood exposed to the Pistols

[@Niinsa62]

Those burning letters, EIIR. That's Elizabeth the second, Regina. Queen Elizabeth the Second. The song is so angry and angsty because of the political situation at the time. Leftist governments had left for rightist ones. Poor people were worried, labour unions were losing influence. Strikes, unemployment. Angry times. Who to blame, I don't know, but the Sex Pistols surely blamed the establishment!

[@AlanMordue-hx5wv]

ER is Elizabeth Rex in Latin Elizabeth the Queen!! -they represent socialism against capitalism and they are also veering towards anarchy!!

[@hamishericson2050]

Regina is Queen, Rex is King

[@AlanMordue-hx5wv]

@@hamishericson2050 Well said -I used to walk past a series of postboxes with GR, ER and even VR!!

[@g0fvt]

The mainstream media of the time did go a bit overboard about the sex pistols and the shock value of some of their songs. Being in my late teens at the time music was a big influence. As a geriatric it is still an absolute pleasure to go out in the car with the windows down and the system up playing "Anarchy in the UK"....

[@geertdelange4785]

Punk, a shock in the music scene, I bought it immediately

[@RockyRajkumar-yg1ee]

No, the bassist was Sid Vicious. And vocalist is Johnny Rotten

[@dantefernandodantezambrano7910]

I can imagine once this theme came out in 1976; the British government must have felt insulted along with the queen herself. Technically, this song is such a protest against the British reality back in the day.

[@chrislewis-n3v]

it was 1977 and it was the 25th anniversary of queen elizabeth ii's coronation in 1952 - contrary to what people outside the uk think , not all british people support the monarchy and this was a protest against the monarchy- the single was banned in the uk( a reason was never given why it was banned)but it went to number 2 in the charts, a big deal in 1977- there was suspicion that the record was held off number 1 spot by government intervention

[@glenngastonjonsson7954]

Thanks, miss, Great reaction.

[@soundviewbx2550]

Classic...Timeless..Masterpeice...God Save The Sex Pistols

[@Jeffwalker66]

Hi from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 😊. I was there 😀. The winter of discontent 1977 . The country was being destroyed by unions V government etc. Punk was born in the crucible of the country falling apart.

[@mixodorians12]

Piss off tory.

[@frederickmast7426]

England at that period was a dystopian hell scape

[@DazzleMonroe]

Believe it or not, even before the video started, I knew Steve would win you over with his grin 🤣

[@johnderrick2501]

When I was 16 - this was great!

[@jakemistakeroberts2044]

I am not sure of others commented but that the video was from when they were banned from playing so they got a boat and did it anyway.

[@Simon-SBL]

Perhaps you have not heard their stuff, but you have certainly heard some music influenced by them, maybe the big takeaway here is, almost 5 decades later, people are still talking about it John (Johnny Rotton) Lydon on vocal. They played on a barge because no one could pull the power, they were pretty much banned from everywhere by then, but they still had a statement to make. It was Jubilee year, 1977, ER-II is Elisebeth Regina II (The Queen) The song was banned everywhere, radio stations would not, or would not dare play it. The charts had a blank space at number 2, though some say it outsold everything but the numbers were fudged to stop it being number 1. I think that is possible. I was just a kid at the time, Britain was still recovering from war, there was a fair bit of unrest and the Pistols had something to say and found a platform to say it... Happy history hunting, the story is fragmented but fascinating. Check out the rest of the album! lol

[@waynesmith4589]

Massive impact for such a short time.

[@nomoreprospecting]

The Pistols are THE Top of the PUNK Movement of rebellion! There were many many other bands like the DAMNED/Buzzcocks/Jam/Clash - all UK Groups around that time that set the stage for the Punk movement. The RAMONES (NY) and BAD BRAINS (NY) then (DC) bands and the (LA) Bands and (SF) Bands grew.

[@gilly51449]

If you can search out the pistols film , The filth and the fury , it's on KZbin it will give you a pretty good understanding of that time , it was a fantastic time to be a teenager loved that band

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

John Lydon was the vocalist of Sex Pistols, otherwise known as Johnny Rotten due to his bad teeth, apparently! Steve Jones and Paul Cook were the founders of the band. C. 23 - 03 - 24

[@trajansmethod2050]

there was lots of recession at the time. it is of the generation X, sometimes called the lost generation. post baby boomer optimism. pre tech explosion. nihilism and anti establishment. check their other title "anarchy in th UK" for a clue what they felt. Dont forget Glenn Matlock the original bass player who was the key lyric writer of both tunes

[@FritzMonday]

The beginning of punk rock !

[@johnoleary8751]

First punk band that started if not the best.

[@theoneonlymusicchannel]

God Save The Queen Was Originally Named No Future But The Title Was Changed By Their manager Malcolm McLaren Because The Songs Release Coincided With The Queens Silver jubilee

[@fasthracing]

The Pistols changed a lot of thing and not just the music business.

[@nzfreeski]

Huge influence to everything that follows in rock

[@Misitheus]

...my skate board days 1979...and the weed had seeds in it.......damn I'm old.....Peace!

[@michaelwebster8389]

Johnny Rotten on vocals. Sid on the bass. They chartered a boat to play during the silver jubilee of the queen, and ended up getting broken up by the police. There's a wider context of British politics, and decline around this time that they're angry about.

[@JillDinardo-mb6ii]

You HAD to be there!

[@1x1x1x1]

Uk 1977- High unemployment, Frustrated angry youth, Riots etc. The music came from the anger. ER is Elizabeth Regina, (queen Elizabeth)

[@andregarcia2936]

the sex pistols are the funeral of rock "n" roll

[@Kronaphasia]

It's great to see new people reviewing this...........HOWEVER the problem with the young & ignorant is you take things for granted & do not know where things come from I.E. the way this young woman has her hair dyed is a direct influence from the era of the Sex Pistols & punk movement that followed. I am disgusted at her "I do not know anything of that era" but will use a look in pure ignorance from a time when you would literally be physically accosted in the streets for.

[@welovecheshirecats4557]

Queens jubilee, pomp and ceremony, jeweled crowns and stately homes v national strikes, high unemployment. The usual class/youth struggles.

[@paulcasey5486]

IT went to number 1 with its sales but the bbc wouldn,t admit it, so put rod stewart as the number 1 it was so embarrasing but that,s the bbc establishment mouthpieces.

[@VFLPlus]

Britain at the time. Economy tanking, soaring unemployment. Especially youth unemployment. Lots of trades unions on strike. Social cohesion braking down. It was like a kind of reverse 60s moment. Hate and rage, not peace and love. Manager Malcolm McLaren came from a political tradition called Situationism. Google it. He saw the band as his way of stirring up the complacency of bourgeois society. The band just wanted booze and drugs. And outrage. The footage with cops is when MacLaren hired a boat and had an impromptu performance on the River Thames by the Houses of Parliament. Cops broke it up and arrested everyone.

[@conniechampagne]

YES LOOK AT THE HISTORY--MINER'S STRIKE, MAGGIE THATCHER ETC

[@smmx65]

anti monarchy, anti government, anti establishment. The year was 1977, the queens silver jubilee year. This track got to number one in the charts, although the bbc tried to con us and make out that rod stewart got the number one spot instead. . . the bands manager malcolm mclaren had them go up and down the river thames playing . in the video you see genuine silver jubilee celebrations going on aswell as the punk stuff. ER means elizabeth reigneth ( to possess or exercise sovereign power ) I guess you had to be british to fully get it

[@sea-ferring]

ER stands for Elizabeth Regina. Regina is Latin for queen. The 1970s and 1980s were very tumultuous times in Britain.

[@anthonyhowell1568]

They played this song on a boat on the river Thames outside the queens castle on her 50th birthday. Their their record was #1 but the charts rufused to post it. So #1 was black on the charts. They were almost all arrested as the boat docked. Johnny Rotten was almost murdered by a man on the street for these songs. The shit was real and they were the pioneers

[@unclenogbad1509]

Good film, but just Malcolm's POV. Watch The Filth an the Fury for the full story.