Posted on 05/16/2022 12:12:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
"I applaud her for that, and that's a fantastic achievement," the Sex Pistols frontman added of the upcoming Platinum Jubilee
John Lydon has said in a new interview that, ahead of the Platinum Jubilee, he is “actually really, really proud of the Queen for surviving and doing so well”.
The Sex Pistols frontman was speaking ahead of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, which will be celebrated in the UK from June 2-5 to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne.
To mark the occasion, Lydon’s former band are reissuing their classic anti-monarchy single ‘God Save The Queen’. Speaking to Piers Morgan on TalkTV last week about the monarchy, Lydon explained that ‘God Save The Queen’ was “anti-royalist, but it’s not anti-human”.
“I’ve got to tell the world this. Everyone presumes that I’m against the royal family as human beings, I’m not,” Lydon said. “I’m actually really, really proud of the Queen for surviving and doing so well.
“I applaud her for that, and that’s a fantastic achievement. I’m not a curmudgeon about that.”
Lydon did add: “I just think that if I’m paying my tax money to support this system, I should have a say so in how it’s spent.”
The singer also said that he doesn’t believe the monarchy in the UK will last much longer “because Prince Charles is not going to be able to handle it”, adding: “This is the man that plays Pink Floyd to his cabbages.”
“That’s a shame in itself too, because I do love pageantry,” Lydon continued. “I’m a football fan, how could I not? I like watching royal weddings, because I love watching Spitfires and B-52s and the like flying over the palace. I get quite emotional with all that.
“I love me country, I love me people and everything about it. But if there’s problems within it, I think I have the right to say so.”
Speaking to NME recently, Vivienne Westwood said that while Lydon was a “sensation” with the Sex Pistols, he “didn’t have any more ideas” when the band split.
I was in high school when the Sex Pistols were having their 15 minutes of fame. They made quite the splash.
Back then, John Lydon was better known as Johnny Rotten.
It was Sid Vicious that was the really bad one. Johnny went on to have some success with Public Image Limited.
Check out the pics from this link...
Two things stand out: What looks to be bruising on the backs of both of Liz’s hands. And the pic of the queen touching up her lipstick. In Public.
I think the UK has a BiteMe problem.
Not as much in the U.S. as in Blighty.
“Comfortably Numb”
In the end my mom had bruises like that on her hands. They were putting IV’s in there
“God Save The Queen” is one of my old favorites.
Johnny got it right the first time—even more relevant today than it was then.
It wasn’t poor taste for a woman of her generation to touch up her lipstick in public. It’s actually a sort of iconic feminine behavior in lots of old movies. We had very nice compacts to show off :-)
He'll never receive a Knighthood, though he deserves one.
Sex Pistols Lyrics
“God Save The Queen”
God save the queen
The fascist regime
They made you a moron
Potential H-bomb
God save the queen
She ain’t no human being
There is no future
In England’s dreaming
Don’t be told what you want
Don’t be told what you need
There’s no future, no future,
No future for you
God save the queen
We mean it man
We love our queen
God saves
God save the queen
‘Cause tourists are money
And our figurehead
Is not what she seems
Oh God save history
God save your mad parade
Oh Lord God have mercy
All crimes are paid
When there’s no future
How can there be sin
We’re the flowers in the dustbin
We’re the poison in your human machine
We’re the future, your future
God save the queen
We mean it man
We love our queen
God saves
God save the queen
We mean it man
And there is no future
In England’s dreaming
No future, no future,
No future for you
No future, no future,
No future for me
No future, no future,
No future for you
No future, no future
For you
Juvenile and asinine.
Uhhhhhh....
God save the queen
She ain’t no human being
Dude....
Your own words.
There is a lot of wisdom in that song—but you need to be well versed in British history to “get it”....
One good place to start is the Royal Family’s role in World War I and World War II....
Old people bruise easily AND have thin skin...Coumadin can also cause those spots.
Then let him write a civilized treatise.
He would probably urinate on the walls of the Palace if someone else hadn’t done it first.
Think about what the British Empire looked like before World War I started and what it looked like after World War II ended.
The decline was mind-boggling—the average British citizen was so bamboozled by the propaganda during both wars they never knew what hit them.
I’m not sure about greatest, but one of the most influential.
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