Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen Reaction!!

[@ORION2180]

lol, "who was the Queen of England in 1977", priceless!

[@jayp6990]

We are so GD ignorant. 😒

[@Robinson9867]

Only british care about the queen

[@ChicagoTRS]

omg I almost spit out my lunch when they said this... QEII became the queen in 1952 until present...quite a reign...

[@blackred474]

@@Robinson9867 thats not right ! we germans know the Queen ,too...but we love the Sex Pistols ;-) Cheers

[@mariocastillo8334]

TBF people are still a bit shocked that she has gone on for so long.

[@kreatorofworlds579]

So weird to see people with 0 knowledge of punk get all schocked by this stuff hahaha

[@TheJazzper1970]

I thought that was supposed to be the reaction Punks desired.

[@kreatorofworlds579]

@@TheJazzper1970 yeah I know, but it's just weird for me to see, bc nobody in my surrounding gets shocked by punks anymore, hahaha I do love the sex pistols still get these reactions!

[@vinfluenza]

@@kreatorofworlds579 so, it's good for you

[@alexbartolomei]

@@kreatorofworlds579 yeah it feels so weird.. I dunno if the alien its me or them.. I live in italy, so far from those 2 guys, im 40 years old and ive been listening to sex pistols since i was 15.. Cant believe people dont know anything about sex pistols, its like knowing anything about nirvana or metallica.. Ut yeah maybe i am the alien :)

[@dbalkoo1987]

i listen to them long time before many of this kiddies that screams "shit" have filled their fucking diapers :) im an 87's kid! my parents didnt love it but i gave a fuck on them. volume max and go bitches!

[@vinikamatv2309]

Is this an English band? Jesus christ.

[@mikefraser4513]

"Bullocks", "who is the Queen of "England" He'll probably think again and maybe think they were referring to Sandra Bullock and Freddie Mercury.

[@jimmyowen8153]

No excuse for snowflakes

[@VNDER88]

grew up listening to them with my dad makes you realise "what the fuck does the queen and royal family are actually do?" love it

[@dwho3]

grew up with google , for fks sake

[@garynolan5798]

@@mikefraser4513 the word is Bollocks NOT Bullocks! It's an old English word meaning bullshit usually stated 'a load of bollocks

[@tigerlily8447]

Americans finding out for the first time about British punk anarchy is hilarious

[@IntergalacticApeMan]

And this is me agreeing as a German lol.

[@antondzajajurca7797]

For Vinand Sori history ended with Jesus crucifixion :D

[@krakalaka911]

American here. Sex Pistols was the first punk band I ever listened to and got me into my punk rock journey when I was 14. I'm 30 now.

[@Tor010]

Its fuckin strange...

[@tigerlily8447]

@Dimension Omega why you so furious my guy? I'm not surprised they didn't know the Pistols as they didn't know Queen even but I'm amused by Americans' impression that the British are twee tea drinkers who are very snooty and admire the queen.. then they heard this 😂 punk anarchy started here 🤘

[@luisfloresapril]

I smiled through th is whole video. Your reaction, is the one that keeps punk alive. That shock. That terror. That disgust. Yes. That's punk rock. Pissing people off since the 70s!

[@jeffhughes9437]

More like the late 60s

[@rainerzufall5554]

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Brighid45]

LOL!! Well said!

[@johnord684]

@@jeffhughes9437 MC5

[@stevemanville3848]

Jon Lydon is now a national treasure!

[@albaPhenom]

This is pure 70's UK working class rage

[@goddessservant6669]

Totally !

[@DJonrustnv]

Meh it was malcolm mclaren pet boyband.

[@outdoorsocialist8774]

There's a nice undercurrent of working class rage running through the UK now!!! Take the power back ✊

[@deaddoll1361]

@@DJonrustnv Malcolm McLaren mismanaged them and claimed all the credit, stole the money which the band had to sue for years later. So much of their notoriety was luck and timing, not masterminding by Malcolm.

[@yogijaya2897]

@@DJonrustnv this album rocks

[@richardpepin8046]

First song to ever be blacked out on the billboard charts. And it was #1

[@sonofwilliam86]

They were banned from England and played this song outside the jubilee! Sex Pistols are epic🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@basedsalty6970]

Banned from playing live banned from the radio no easy feat they managed to piss off alot people along the way a shame it came to crashing end the way it all did

[@GordonHeaney]

Not quite, you're a little mixed up there. They were never banned from the country and there's no such place as the 'Jubilee'

[@basedsalty6970]

@@GordonHeaney you better go back and check out history

[@kurtrusselltownmassacre6802]

They were gonna play in Finland but it was banned also..

[@tamadrummer1nz]

Jubilee was for the Queen. They were banned, so they played on a boat instead, then the Police shut them down

[@Apis4]

"I cant believe they sang that about the Queen" Um. They released it the year of the Queens silver Jubilee. Then rode down the Thames, past the celebrations, on a barge, singing it.

[@paulmiller7838]

And their manager got arrested during the incident too.

[@Om999-]

She ain't no human being

[@michelleturner6865]

Weren’t they great! Every word is true. Wait until these people hear Bodies.

[@JillDinardo-mb6ii]

@@michelleturner6865 Waiting with baited breath!

[@ChicagoTRS]

Welcome to punk rock...this is what it is all about. Anti-establishment, anarchy, anti-government, rebellion, offending everyone and everything. This song is the essence.

[@Necroticnarcosis]

they are finally filling one gap in their music knowledge

[@davidroberts4769]

YES

[@Grizazzle]

Except that the Sex Pistols were the equivalent of a punk rock boy band. Formed by Malcolm McClaren, a clothing store owner who saw an opportunity to sell "punk" clothes to the general public and exploited it. Sid Vicious was just a fan of the band who was eventually asked to join when they lost their first bass player. He had never touched a bass guitar up to that point. The Sex Pistols are as far from true punk rock as you can get. It was all marketing.

[@TheSlain1969]

And to know that now Johnny Rotten is as established as can be ... A few days ago he called the police because homeless people where invading his space with tents and his wife got scared .. I think the whole Anti-Establishment thing was just a phase, they got good cash out of it and became establishment themselves..

[@pmaster1173]

Seems like mildly offensive

[@aleksandarsimic6757]

I guess you gotta do Anarchy in the UK by Sex Pistols now

[@killerdove123]

Nisić Agreed. That would have been a better intro to the band IMO.

[@sliceanderson7766]

Holidays in the sun, pretty vacant, bodies or no feelings!

[@trevorcannings2966]

@@sliceanderson7766 Any song from that album . They,re all good

[@matthewclarke4127]

The Megadeth cover version!

[@sbevzx]

Then.. Pretty Vacant !!!

[@dennislindqvist8443]

The song, album, sound and the message is a 10 out of 10. A milestone in rock history.

[@michaelotterbeck9290]

Absolutely 🤘🏻

[@patrickholt2270]

It's about the anger bubbling up in working class neighbourhoods where the promises of postwar social democracy were being betrayed, and while the middle class hippies and the prog rockers were enjoying themselves, life for ordinary kids in the cities was getting harder and more confined and desperate, with the mounting attack on public services, public housing and wages which had always been inadequate to begin with. Jonny Rotten enunciated the anger and pissed-offness without necessarily having the analysis at the time, as a teenager, but that frustration with conservatism and authoritarianism and the beginning of the economic and political crushing of the British working class is what they manifested. They didn't necessarily know why things were shitty, but they knew it was shitty and getting shittier, culminating in the merciless social holocaust that Mrs Thatcher perpetrated.

[@paulkeith6358]

A left wing Labour party was in power when this record was released and they had been in power for 3 years.

[@patrickholt2270]

@@paulkeith6358 Left wing compared with how much further to the right the party moved after 1983, but not left wing compared with 1945 or 1966. The grassroots was moving to the left, but the leadership from 1975 was moving to the right, and had begun implementing austerity at the demand of the IMF, and under the influence of profound anti-leftist and anti-trade union feeling among the more middle class members of the parliamentary party. Those spending cuts, and the curbing of wage growth in the late '70s prompted the strike wave of 1978-79 which contributed to Labour losing the election in 1979. So neo-liberalism, and the plateauing of real wages ever since, began in the mid '70s, not in 1979, at the instigation of the IMF.

[@thadius42]

it was also a manufactured band by Malcolm McLearen

[@davidroughley730]

@@paulkeith6358 a minority Labour party

[@derekspace]

"merciless social holocaust that Mrs Thatcher perpetrated." You win the award. Hands down. What award? The dumbest thing I've read in 2019. Congrats.

[@shrapnelhead4694]

That footage was from the Pistol’s boat party where they crashed the Queen’s jubilee

[@solomonkane6442]

I would love to have been there lol But I was just a foetus in my mums belly

[@markbarker6739]

They were banned from playing on the land so took to the water it was filmed and used in the great rock n roll swindle movie the police asked Johnny rotten where's the leader of the band and he pointed out Malcolm McLaren and Richard Branson while the police was arresting them he and the rest of the band did a runner

[@solomonkane6442]

@@markbarker6739 typical sex pistols lol It was part of the culture back then My mum was still pregnant with me at the time 7 months gone I need the doctors tardis Go back in time and see it I've always loved the punk music culture At least Jonny told the truth about Jimmy He knew what he was up to

[@markbarker6739]

@@solomonkane6442 I was 13 and my friends and I would really look the part I got expelled from school for wearing pyjamas to school the head saw me in a red pair and said go home and change so I did I came back in a blue pair he said I told you to change I said I did this pairs blue and the others were red are you colour blind got caned and expelled for 3 months lol

[@solomonkane6442]

@@markbarker6739 I got expelled from school at 13 I took magic mushrooms at lunch time lol Lost count the number of times I got suspended

[@sgtraytango]

Funny thing is, this song hit #1 in the charts the week of the Queen's Silver Jubilee (25 years on the throne), but the official charts claimed there wasn't a #1 song that week due to how controversial this was.

[@markusjentzsch7932]

i watch reaction videos … and still are frequently amazed, how people don't know about truly legendary bands (wether i like them or not). I mean, it's the fu..ng sex pistols !

[@drayton2331]

same here :)

[@khloemcbride1628]

bo bo bo bo bo wha- you did not say that are you an mcr stan

[@NoahBodze]

Right? I can't stand Steely Dan, but I know who they are.

[@antonytheolddog8626]

@Shaun McKee proper punk and the best punk band will always be the sex...... I'm just messing mate.. It's the clash, and we all know it.. Reaction to the clash....👍🏻

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

I have the original bassist's autograph too!

[@tigerlily8447]

Interestingly guys, Johnny Rotten the singer spoke out about Jimmy Savile in the 70s and was silenced...

[@vitusdoom]

Exactly. “Sir” Jimmy Savile!! The Queen and her cohorts were harbouring these paedo’s.

[@tigerlily8447]

The bbc has a lot to answer for but still won't fall

[@vitusdoom]

Tiger Lily Also we have to pay £150 a year for it or we will end up in prison. They have even locked up old women for not paying the BBC licence fee. Google it. Bloody awful!!

[@tigerlily8447]

@@vitusdoom I know my guy, I'm british. The tv license can whistle dixy though 🤘

[@vitusdoom]

Tiger Lily This sums up our corrupt SHIT country www.irishnews.com/news/2018/07/26/news/chronically-ill-west-belfast-grandmother-59-sent-to-jail-for-failing-to-pay-fines-for-having-no-tv-licence-1391675/

[@marting6037]

Loved seeing the growing concern in his face as the message of this track slowly penetrated. The exact same reaction millions of Brits had when this were released in '77 - concern to excitement in little over three minutes. They changed the world. Oh yeah, and to compound this message '77 was the Queen's silver jubilee year.

[@donaldb1]

21:52 - "God Save the Queen is the national anthem of the UK". Haha. Yeah, but with slightly different lyrics.

[@pj5517]

And you know say the name of say Spain's national anthem? Why would they know that?

[@donaldb1]

@@pj5517 Er, what? What's Spain got to do with anything?

[@redned7186]

It's England's national anthem.

[@markstedman9099]

Of England not Wales or Scotland

[@_Wolfsbane_]

Don't tell them they change Queen to King if needed ...

[@papalaz4444244]

They were refused the #1 single and this was banned from radio. 'The fascist regime' in operation.

[@steviesellers]

The police tried to arrest the band due to them hiring a boat to go up the Thames singing this song on the Queens 25 th anniversary jubilee . The police didnt know the band and arrested Richard Branson Elizabeth the 2nd

[@savinghistory642]

there is video of the whole band being hauled off to jail

[@pauljakubiak9495]

Your ignorance is amazing and truly entertaining keep it up.

[@Pat-RickSmith]

Thank you I mean really

[@garse70]

🤣

[@isabelsilva62023]

Paul Jakubiak The disturbing thing is you can tell it is not an act they REALLY do not know anything.

[@joetotale1]

Read some non American history guys

[@kevinmitchell4018]

Its amazing to me but not at all entertaining

[@eramos9980]

Clash "London Calling" Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop" Dead Kennedys "California Uber Alles"

[@IR4TE]

'Holiday in Cambodia' is also a good choice in my opinion.

[@arthurwood5405]

Blitzkrieg Bob? 😂

[@poncholarpez6233]

Agent orange

[@benbaer3525]

@@IR4TE they did cambodia already

[@lukaskucera9043]

@@poncholarpez6233 yep

[@nejnej7731]

"i can't believe they were this disrespectful!" shut up will you? they had their reasons

[@tamadrummer1nz]

American Christians, enough said

[@AudibleAidan3000]

They we’re punks, the point was to have an attitude and fuck almost everything up

[@johndesalvo3969]

They just dont have a clue about Punk. I mean not an inkling! How have they NEVER heard of The Sex Pistols? How do they not know Elizabeth the 2nd had been Queen since what the late 40's? I'm AMERICAN and know these things. That's the whole idea of Punk. It actually started in the US with The New York Dolls, The Ramones, Magazine but The UK politicized it and Revolutionized the music scene. The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Siouxse Sioux, The Damned, XRay Spex,, etc. They should plsy Anarchy In The UK - the quintessential Sex Pistols song. Jesus...they've never heard of Johnny Rotten or SID VICIOUS?? THE Broad can't get over the fact that its just "SO DISRESPECTFUL" HELLO...ITS PUNK ROCK...In it's pure form. Just don't see how they can be THAT oblivious??

[@geneticrex]

For some REAL lyrics, react to, "Bodies'.......by the Sex Pistols.

[@reggielovato9525]

That song would scare the shit out of them!

[@basedboba7100]

oh god im pretty sure they would get heart attacks if they listened to that

[@karlclarke]

yep

[@prpwnage9296]

Don't listen to bodies its not essential (although great, I don't think it would be appreciated here).

[@brxee]

Followed by The Stranglers - School Ma'am.

[@punkit743]

You have to imagine it was released when Abba, David Soul, Rubettes and all sorts of safe and sugar sweet acts were in the charts ,so it was like a 100 mph sound explosion. Maybe doesn't seem so rough and shocking now as people are used to hearing similar these days, but then some people were outraged and some bands didn't want to be on same label.

[@TheRobman]

that's so true, but to me, these Pistols tunes still kick just as much ass as they did back then

[@defeatstatistics7413]

yeah, there were faster and heavier bands around at the same time like The Damned and Stiff Little Fingers, but they weren't sailing boats past the jubilee or getting banned from the BBC, so naturally people didn't hear them.

[@Fritha71]

Did these two go to school, did they actually LEARN anything in there?? God save the American school system... 😩😣

[@jasoncinema]

I’m pretty sure evangelical home schooling, which explains a lot, sadly.

[@cantecleer]

These are the type of vapid "popular" kids that I hated dealing with during high school. The only thing they knew is where the party was on the weekend, and who was cool and who was not. If you knew anything about anything, they treated you like you had a third arm. "Regular news was boring" = says everything about the kind of lack of curiosity they must have had back then.

[@MrDeengels]

Who was Queen in 1977 for fucks Sake

[@damienthorne861]

​@@MrDeengelsRight? OMFG! How could anyone not know that 😂 I'm American.. it's embarrassing

[@MrDeengels]

@@damienthorne861 she only reigned like 70 years lol

[@henrykaczorowski1438]

She's shocked I'm shocked she's never heard of the pistols

[@ronaldowens5025]

Hip hop and rap wish they had the balls to do what real punk has done since 67.

[@TheGeorgeD13]

They did in the late 80s until the Early 2000s.

[@JohnMacbeth]

@@TheGeorgeD13 Never came close.

[@TheGeorgeD13]

@@JohnMacbeth Bullshit. They had as much, if not more balls, as punk ever had. To say otherwise reveals you to be uneducated in both genres of music.

[@tamadrummer1nz]

NWA had the punk attitude

[@MidnightStorm4990]

@EyeHateMusic 😂😂

[@peterellis8688]

Jonny nearly lost his life after releasing this song. He got beat up,, stabbed and was hunted like a dog by the public. They were enemy number one for ages

[@GordonHeaney]

The idea that the monarchy shouldn't be criticised takes you one step closer to the regime in China or North Korea.

[@wertor666]

Well, I won't judge them. Their reaction is very interesting in the first place. Brits had very similar attitude before 1967.

[@GordonHeaney]

@@wertor666 Good point, that was the case

[@cantecleer]

These two are squares. Not all Americans are this unabashedly unthinking and empty-headed.

[@6Ravenous6Hunger6]

"They made it out alive." Poor Sid. Lol

[@darkvultures]

Matlock's alive though... hahaha

[@Andresortega-nd2js]

sid was kind of a scumbag anyway lol

[@thewhoman3182]

All this proves is that the song still stands the test of time

[@toast6450]

Yes brother! ✊

[@mrbrad4566]

1977 was the Queen's Silver Jubilee year, 25 years on the throne, there were street parties accross Britain, and the Pistols release this. It was banned from TV and Radio. The footage of the Police is of them being arrested at a gig. This was their second best song, the best was Anarchy in the UK. They changed UK culture for good.

[@SoCalDan530]

One of the best rock albums ever created. Pure energy and feeling

[@Itelkner]

Yeah!

[@jimmansby742]

👍

[@jochencooper7877]

I own an original of it 👼

[@bschuler6216]

This wasn't on the album. This was a stand alone single.

[@Itelkner]

This song WAS on the album NMTB. Might have been a different take than that single version. Not sure.

[@richardscanlan3167]

First song on one of my playlists - followed by "Anarchy in the UK". Classic punk rock - saved us all from the ravages of disco ( the COVID of music genres).

[@IntergalacticApeMan]

And here I am, sitting in Germany, spilling my cranberry juice when you ask who was queen back then. Hilarious! But yeah, welcome to punk rock. I'm curious what you come up with next.

[@CrociatoAzzurro]

I was laughing just as hard at the ignorance.

[@FinneousPJ1]

I guess they think they elect a new queen every couple of years lol the dumb cunts

[@dealucarecords6787]

@@FinneousPJ1 Sori : "....like....yeah..." xDD

[@dethmetalrox8492]

Let's start a petition for California Uber Alles by The Dead Kennedy's or I Shot Reagan by Suicidal Tendencies.

[@sidgreenhalgh8587]

England in 76/77 was a very different place and a little bit of a paradox , personally speaking I loved the queen but hated the regime she represented . Eeee it were hard in the 70's lol

[@dushmanmardom]

"What, the Queen ain't human being?!" *the queen nervously blinking her double eyelids and slipping a forked tongue*

[@dushmanmardom]

@zhuull1 speciesism

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

🤣🤣🤣 utter lies.

[@radhwangothic]

When Sid Vicious met Freddie Mercury (of Queen) in Wessex Studios in 1977, Sid Vicious stumbled in, the worse for wear, and addressed Fred sarcastically saying: 'Have you succeeded in bringing ballet to the masses yet?' Fred casually got up, walked over to him and quipped: 'Aren't you Stanley Ferocious or something?', took him by the collar and threw him out."

[@punkoid76]

Rod Jubair I like the Pistols and I like Queen, Sid was not a hard man, just a poseur kid. If Freddie had tried that on Jones or Rotten it might’ve ended differently, but those two were much more intelligent than Sid so the problem never arose. Luckily really as I would take Jones in a fight against all of Queen at once.

[@Forwhomthebelltolls24]

2 people getting to know sex pistols in their 30s...sad times indeed!

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

The punk scene in England in the 70s turned music on its head. Their only album and still talked about over 40 years after release

[@LuisRivadeneira]

I love you guys and very much enjoy your reactions, but no comment has ever scared me to hear more than "you're supposed to respect the queen" (or replace the queen with anyone in "power"). I strongly disagree with this, you should not respect anyone that has not earned that respect or admiration. Other than that, welcome to PUNK, where you say what you think, and you mean what you say, where the establishment is the enemy and rebellion is key LOL.

[@bosgaurus1]

Is it OK to respect QE2 for being a truck mechanic during WWII, making sure trucks and ambulances were fixed and back at work hauling troops and supplies into the front lines and bringing back the wounded? Jobs for women in the WWII British military were far and few between. She chose to do her part by slinging wrenches and pumping grease. She did some truck driving into tough areas too.

[@LuisRivadeneira]

@@bosgaurus1 Of course it is OK to respect her if you choose to, and those are pretty good reasons to do so... But you are not supposed to... you should not have the obligation to respect her just because everyone else does... that was my poing only. Thanks for the response, since I did not know some of these things.

[@theonewhoknows2]

Yea Chris was not intelligent enough to get the point. Too hung up on his emotions.

[@bosgaurus1]

@@theonewhoknows2 And you are a late comer to the party. Thanks for speaking up.

[@kjr63]

C-mon guys, Jonesy's guitar sound is perfect.

[@jimbocurtain]

Shocked at how it still gave me chills. A masterpiece.

[@Antarath]

and he came up with the catchiest riffs ever. "pretty good for someone who couldn't play guitar" as Steve Jones said himself.

[@A2Z83]

they were brilliant musicians. I always thought some people got the idea that they were not because of things they heard about Sid Vicious not knowing how to play. but Sid wasnt on the studio recordings.

[@thewhoman3182]

One cannot simply sing this song without singing Jonesy's guitar parts as well

[@DarrenPrice333]

I know. That album, still gives me the bollocks and still sounds amazing 🤘🏻

[@rockdusted]

This song was banned in England. Wouldn’t even print the name in the charts. So, during the Queen’s Silver Jubilee (the festivities you see in the video), The Sex Pistols rented a boat and rode past the jubilee playing this song! Fucking hilarious!

[@rockdusted]

Oh, and don’t sleep on Johnny Rotten (Lyndon). He’s really smart, and has mucho attitude.

[@kelsian_smith03]

The radio operator skipped the song on the radio and it was in the top 10 charts around the time

[@paulhadfield7909]

im still amazed by the reactions, how can two adult sknow so little about anything

[@Katehowe3010]

You've used eight words, and a quarter of them are f bombs! How about expanding your vocabulary?

[@Smoshy16]

Answer: Americans

[@Katehowe3010]

@@Smoshy16 As a generalisation, i tend to agree with your opinion!

[@spykatt]

We mean it, man!

[@weeoth8380]

@@Katehowe3010 or he doesn't. Why would he, its a nice word

[@MissLeeDing1]

My dogs name is Johnny Rotten. I had one named Sid Vicious too. I am rather shocked you 2 had never heard this song! Or know 0 about them.

[@TheSlain1969]

It's indeed hard to believe..

[@danielkrall6501]

Ha. My dog's name is Strummer.

[@stevegray1308]

Why do Americans like the Queen more than we do? They can have her if they want.

[@jaylee7150]

My god Americans are they really this naive!?

[@salmosalar18]

jay lee ..... no they’re worse than that 😂😂😂😂

[@ZeroKingKaiju]

As an American, can confirm. Well, stupidity more so than naivety. These two seemingly fall into the stupidity camp.

[@RSidd]

Lol! I am an Indian and even I am aware of the Sex Pistols. These guys a major part of music history.

[@katyareads221]

Yup you got it... We are all the same and all so naive....absolutly! That's us.

[@geneticrex]

Not this American.

[@99hammy99]

The band didn’t really have a problem with the queen on a personal level, it’s more of a protest about the monarchy we live under in the UK.

[@stattonhammock2341]

First time seeing a VinAnd Sori clip and after watching this and witnessing their ignorance, I will never watch this duo ever again…

[@danielwalsh6693]

It's 'Bollocks' & not 'Bullocks'. Bollocks is an English slang term for testicles & can also mean rubbish & untruths.

[@elliottblake6806]

unless its used as "the dogs bollocks" then it means awesome!!!

[@nickclarke5668]

Or bullshit

[@AlexSolomon91]

Or its the bollocks, meaning it the best, get your British in check son

[@moonchild22]

Raw, offensive, anarchist, that's the way punk rock should be

[@deckofcards87]

Isn't it ironic when America gets the most raw, offensive and anti-establishment President in history, John Lydon has tanties about it

[@mitchpalacios8088]

This is called real music. I don't like the guitars. That line got me. You need to listen to all types of music not just one style. I was in Jr high when this song came out & it blew me away. I was raised on Motown & disco. When I heard the pistols they open my eyes & ears to new style of music. The pistols were raw & people were afraid of them but put out one hell of a album.

[@65Bardy]

Sex Pistols were very famous in my youth....i was still in school at the time. And everyone loved Punk except our parents ^^

[@PapiCthulu2]

Did they just climb out a cave?

[@andypenny2010]

😂

[@supmaidoods8753]

Nah they're still in a cave.

[@clmBerserker]

Dont spoil anything, its funnier this way.

[@spencerjackson3754]

Dude I don't know if you noticed but punk ain't what it used to be don't blame them blame modern punk

[@Katehowe3010]

Give them a break. They're Americans!

[@michaelbuhl4250]

"God Save The Queen" by the Sex Pistols was #1 on the charts in the UK for one week; however, because the song was banned from the airwaves in the UK the country had no number one song that week, just a blank space at the top of the charts.

[@99hammy99]

The UK was also on the brink of Margret Thatcher becoming prime minister which resulted in mass job losses and rioting amongst the working classes in the UK. Just search for miners strikes on youtube to see footage of this country as a war zone. Thatcher was also PM when the poll tax riots kicked off in 1989. It was a pretty unruly time for England. Bands like the Sex Pistols were some of the only people able to speak out to mass audiences about what the country was really like at the time.

[@keithweelands5822]

Living through it life was hard. No jobs, no money, nicking vegetables from fields just to eat.

[@ckeeler]

Footage was from the queen’s jubilee celebration

[@alfiescar]

Kinda proud that after watching Cannibal Corpse and god knows what, these guys seem most shocked by the Pistols. Ha Ha

[@terry8767]

Sex Pistols caused social change in the UK, a different mindset , it effected change very deeply, the Sex Pistols changed the UK. it wasn't just music.

[@hrothgar64]

The interesting thing is that this song was banned by The BBC and various other media outlets. Shops refused to sell it but it still outsold the "official" number 1 single in the UK on the week of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. Remember that this was long before the days of digital download. You physically had to go out to a record shop and buy a 7" vinyl single. Rod Stewart was declared number 1 in the charts, despite The Pistols outselling Rod by 3 to 1.

[@DOMSKYTRANCE]

The BMRB will never admit to it though 👍

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

This was generally banned by most UK music stations. He was saying she's a puppet. Both Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook (drummer) were attacked after this and the video shows their boat trip on the Thames on the day of Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee when the Police stopped their impromptu gig and arrested several of their entourage including the Manager Malcolm McLaren (seen there)

[@jvorhees6781]

I'm American and know that the Queen of England's never changed since then where have you guys been LOL

[@jasondunne9965]

You really missed the whole point of the punk movement on this reaction. 1977 was the silver jubilee year (25 years on the throne).. She's now the longest reigning Monarch in history.

[@victoriastone2975]

British people can be pretty anti-establishment. Only old people tend to have massive respect for the monarchy. Most of us don’t give a damn! :)

[@TheRubyG]

"Who is the queen in England in '77?" Uhm, the same who is the queen for over a decade or 6 🙄. Sorry, but there are some things you múst know. It's called general knowledge

[@MST3Killa]

Lol, who the queen was in 1977 is not 'must know' information.

[@Madmatt18]

@@MST3Killa no but its basic trivia i mean cmon

[@alexuturgaidze5722]

Why the fuck should i know about your queen. Then tell me who was the last king of Russia during the october revolution in 1917...

[@fathanaqwiya7398]

Alex Uturgaidze is it tsar nicholas the 2nd?? Im indonesian so Im not that sure

[@Northman-from-the-North]

You must forgive them, they are Americans and they are known for not knowing much of the rest of the world. But Sori is very cute 😚

[@peeweewallabowski7084]

This is real punk! And the Ramones of course. Next Sex Pistols song should be Anarchy in the UK! Helloween ☆ Keeper of the seven keys 🎃

[@paulstanley6562]

punk is real shit

[@Itelkner]

gonzo The core of that band, Cook and Jones, had been jamming together as early as 72/3. The only 'casting' involved was when they asked Lydon to join in 75 because they were intrigued with his look and attitude. McLaren gradually became more of a factor as the band gained notoriety, then claimed full credit after the band dissolved.

[@dariodzimbeg]

❤️ HellOweeN ❤️

[@mikewright256]

They need some Bad Brains, Discharge, Integrity, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, to check out

[@gonzo2495]

@@Itelkner Cook and Jones were also the only musicians in the band. None the less they were a marketing product of McLaren.

[@bellslinki]

Legendary! John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) is a man of the people, the working class. When you understand the essence of the song the instrumentation and vocals are perfect. Steve Jones guitar lick woah! i love it more now than then. The Queen is the biggest real estate owner on the planet.

[@eddiemperor]

This band was one of the most important bands in the History of Rock and Roll, they had a top single for weeks and rejected by public media due to this band taking things to a level no one had dared w a mic and a band. The Sex Pistols influenced Pop Culture in a level most people don't even Realize, you think Rappers cursing and taking things Social are a thing Today or since the 80's??? they represented a generation that was fed up of big wavy hair and Disco, Pop Culture and all the things most people question freely today, the working class had a voice, the truth was really hard to swallow. They Did this w one Album. Listen to it, it's amazing. It's the End of Rock and Roll. Best thing since Led Zeppelin.

[@Axl6922]

His name is John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten hes such an amazing human being , so loving and caring and yet a badass he is not fake hes never cared about ANYTHING he can talk about starting Anarchy and next moment you can see him crying for his best friend that he misses so much. John Lydon is one of the most honest human beings I have seen in my lifetime.

[@redhotchilifan98]

I've got alot of respect for them

[@JillDinardo-mb6ii]

Couldn't agree more,people seem to miss that!

[@marje8249]

😂😂 reaction is so funny. This was/is iconic. The parents hated it, the kids loved it. I guess you had to be there. Pretty Vacant is another great track.

[@kookoothebirdgirl1]

Perfect. That made my day.

[@fullcircle3357]

You did

[@bhurzumii4315]

You GOTTA do Sid Vicious (Pistols bass player) singing "My way" - your reaction will be...interesting. Trust me, do it!

[@Radagast-]

But only if you can find footage that doesn't have crowd noise added to drown out the c-bombs and other swearing!

[@remedy9648]

Absolutely

[@ferodrigues1211]

"Something else" also would be pretty cool to see !!

[@drmortmagus7147]

How is it possible you 've never heard this song in 2019 ????

[@Mrpublicimagelimited]

"This is an English band?" You guys kill me.

[@hammerhead222]

That was their manager being arrested after a Boat Concert on the Thames River during the Queens Jubilee.

[@ansontigersportspics8063]

Vin: Who are these guys? Me: 😂😂😂

[@giacomojamesPunkRockHeadReact]

This is the spirit of Punk . Criticism for icons and establishment! I see you love punk, so more now ❤🎉

[@robreynolds9349]

History has it that the BBC banned the song from being played on the radio. It "officially" reached #2 on the charts but when they printed the record sales the space for #2 was left blank.It was believed that it actually reached number 1 and they wouldn't count a record distributors sales.

[@harryfry9194]

The Stooges - Search And Destroy Black Flag - My War

[@joesmith5159]

black flag - depression(reyes version)

[@richardschneider2113]

"who was the queen of england then?" thank you.

[@luthierjustin1]

You guys should get an interview with Sid Vicious!

[@kitcorpse]

Impossible, he's long since passed.

[@Hi-kq1vi]

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[@dan_the_pathmaster7934]

Larry Kinnard r/whoosh

[@G.G14]

I'm still waiting for them to interview GG Allin

[@luthierjustin1]

Larry Kinnard earlier this year they said they wanted to get an interview with John Lennon

[@cabritothiago]

Is kind of sad listen to you guys! Please get more information about History and General Culture! Its fun! I promise!!!!

[@xScooterAZx]

Two things. 1. They are from England 2. The Sex Pistols were anti-establishment,..totally. The lead singer,John Lydon,still has a lot to say even now. Elizabeth has been Queen of England since the 6th of February 1952?? Until she died on September 8, 2022. This is real footage of the event. God Save the Queen was first released during a gig on the weekend of the Queen's Silver Jubilee but the performance was shut down by police in London given its inflammatory language and the public's outrage to it. During this footage 11 members of the Sex Pistols and their crew,including their manager Malcom McLaren,were all arrested. You can hear them say here "they're arresting Malcom".

[@James-wj8eq]

They arrested Malcom because they thought he was John...

[@xScooterAZx]

@@James-wj8eq Yup.

[@basedsalty6970]

The Sex Pistols were banned from the radio they were banned from playing live performances they hit the charts at No1 doing so. Such a shame it all came crashing down.

[@jamescrane2156]

"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" is one of the best rock albums ever made.

[@gilwood7530]

There is NO FILLER on that album !

[@billyouka448]

It was the Queens Silver Jubilee, street parties, mass unemployment, power cuts, bin men strikes etc it blew our minds and went to number one but was banned, which made it more exciting, I was 12, I'm now 55 and have lived punk rock every day of my life since,

[@Jeminai77]

perhaps its more shocking these days cos you cant criticize anyone anymore. we used to have a measure of free speech. at the time the entire point was anarchy and to resist the state. these days we are all too lazy to rebel.

[@ThomasShatter]

>you cant criticize anyone anymore Yeah right...

[@DanielRodriguez-bv5wx]

Let’s not forget they were really young like in their late teens early 20s... and they burn out quick ... only lasted a couple of years and released one proper album... Sid Vicious was a mess... he barely made it to 21... still they were awesome

[@robsmith8715]

You cant criticize because of your own lack of self belief. Your crowed by pc culture. Are you in UK?? FFS EU issue Tommy, UKIP , For Britain. How much more head on do you want with the establishment? Car crash coming towards us in politics and culture.

[@Monchi2006]

40 years later and the pistols are still shocking people! Thats why i love em they are the realest. It would have been cool to see you guys find out that the song reached no.1 but the press refused to print the name so the no.1 spot was blank that week, and that the singer and drummer were attacked on the street, and that they performed on a boat goibff down thames river on the 25th year celebration

[@deanarkell8609]

We are not all Royalist in the UK.

[@bazle64]

Long live true anarchists and true punks everywhere, down with corporate globalism

[@user-ii6cj8gi8u]

Dalena To see how anarchy works, look at any failed state in the world. You will see that a government is a really good thing.

[@bazle64]

@@user-ii6cj8gi8u blah blah blah

[@自我批评]

R 648830527 lol, google C.N.T and E.Z.L.N

[@matthewbergey7153]

Down with corporate globalism!?!? Lol. You’re on KZbin! Owned by google. Practice what you preach! Unless you really want the world to know what you think.

[@bazle64]

@@matthewbergey7153 look at you flipping burgers at McDees, cheerleading for big corporations 😂🖕

[@tammyc.8751]

I was airhead American kid, listening to disco and Pink Floyd. But now, I adore the honesty of John Lydon. He championed his generation, and he blew up the status quo with the weapon of words. He's still relevant after all these years.

[@yogijaya2897]

ANGER IS AN ENERGY

[@JStarStar00]

This came out just after Queen Elizabeth's 25th anniversary in 1977. She will (probably) celebrate her 70th anniversary in 2022. And they got in ALL KINDS of trouble over this song. They were banned from BBC for several years, their record label dumped them, etc etc. Yet this song was still a massive hit.

[@Hellknight27]

I had to laugh when you guys didn't know who the Queen was in 1977 - the same one who has been Queen the whole time for anyone alive.

[@Hellknight27]

@Dimension Omega I don't live in the UK either, infact I live on the other side of the world. I am just not ignorant.

[@samthehikingman9484]

They didn't call themselves punk... A journalist coined the phrase.... and yes..... they shook the establishment.... and caused massive controversy......Just what we needed at the time. Thanks guys.... Love your breakdowns and Reactions... Love from Cymru (Wales)

[@christophermorgan6872]

Fantastic just Brilliant group and songs, as a punk in the 70s there was nothing else like this music

[@sarahdaw6648]

You have to understand what was going on in England at the time...there were no jobs, strikes, and Punk was all about Anarchy against the establishment...which the Queen is a symbol.

[@LISA75_]

They released the song just in time for the queens jubilee and it went to number 1 and was banned from the radio and tv

[@glebelands11]

bought this at school. it was no1 but was not allowed to shown. so when you looked at the music papers to see the charts the no1 bands name and song was redacted. we fuckin loved it.

[@deadlyrasec]

Damn! Their lack of general culture is really dangerous...

[@katyareads221]

They did not pay attention in school? It is shocking how much about basic history and culture. How do you make sections about today's issues if you have no understanding of the past?

[@deadlyrasec]

@@katyareads221 agreed, we are no talking about maths, we are talking about basic knowledge about west culture.

[@katyareads221]

Although in defence of them, they have made well detailed and fact based arguements in other reviews/reactions.....in these examples they had a excellent grasp of the subject. I guess my surprise in this reaction came from their not knowing who the Queen was or when she reigned. I wish they had said more about the m music too as they usually do. Perhaps they didn't care for it.

[@p.f.h.2146]

Well that's typical of most Americans.

[@thebones]

An 'F' in general knowledge is synonymous with an 'A' in religious faith.

[@blackred474]

your reaction is awesome....this is the official video!the birthday party for the queen. They´re have played it on a boat at the river called " themse". the bassist had a special birthday present for her: on his ass was wrote the message " Happy Birthday "