Rebels Without a Rebellion

Town Hall ^ | 15 Sep 2022 | Kurt Schlichter

[Rummyfan]

You can always count on Johnny Lydon – AKA Johnny Rotten of the legendary Sex Pistols – to tick people off. He ticked me off last May when I saw him with his second band, PiL, and he not only failed to play any of the classic Pistols hits but also any of PiL’s good songs. I was deeply annoyed – and figured that if Johnny isn’t annoying you, he just isn’t Johnny. He is a rebel.

Johnny did it again when Queen Elizabeth II passed away. The Sex Pistol are, of course, known for their 1977 song “God Save the Queen,” among others – the whole punk scandal overshadowed the fact that the Pistols are a great, great rock band (“Bodies” not only rocks but is basically a conservative anti-abortion tune) – and a superficial reading of the song’s lyrics imply contempt for the monarch. Granted, lyrics like “God save the queen/She's not a human being” might lead you to that impression, though the terrific song – it’s one of the best rock tunes ever – is really about the alienation brought on by the failure of their own British ruling class in the seventies.

So, when Elizabeth went to her reward, Lydon used his official Twitter account to tweet a beautiful portrait of the monarch (incidentally, the same one the Pistols adulterated for their famous record cover) and included the words “Send her victorious,” a stirring line from the British national anthem which is also called “God Save the Queen.”

[sauropod]

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[Romans Nine]

The virtue signalers of the day have to construct a straw man to battle because they are too big of sissy’s to actually take anyone on.

They are definitely not rebels……..

Great article by the way.

[OKSooner]

“The Bollocks” was arguably the greatest rock album ever, in one’s opinion.

[Notthereyet]

Yes, an excellent article.

No doubt, pissing off many of his original friends.