Ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon Quotes Traditional ‘God Save The Queen’ In Tribute To Elizabeth II (punks have class, the left is classless)

Deadline ^ | September 9, 2022 | Greg Evans

[DoodleBob]

Ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon went by Johnny Rotten during the 1970s golden age of punk and famously gave angry, snarled voice to the era’s anti-monarchist sentiment with the band’s scabrous musical indictment “God Save the Queen.”

Times — and Johnny — have changed.

Today Lydon released a short and very sweet statement to honor Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday.

“Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II,” Lydon wrote on his website and in a tweet. “Send her victorious.” He accompanied the message with a classic Cecil Beaton portrait of the Queen, sans the safety pin piercing that became an iconic punk image. (See the post below.)

“Send her victorious” is a quote from Britain’s national anthem “God Save The Queen”:

God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.

The sentiment is a long way from the Pistols’ headline-making hit “God Save the Queen,” which became a punk anthem (and national scandal) with lyrics like, “God save the Queen/She ain’t no human being” and “God save the queen/’Cause tourists are money/And our figurehead/ Is not what she seems.”

The song was released in 1977 during Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee celebrations. The BBC banned it, adding to its infamy.

Lydon’s turnabout isn’t quite so shocking, though, to anyone who has been keeping up with the Public Limited Ltd. singer — he’s long expressed his personal fondness for the Queen. In a 2017 interview with UK music site The Quietus, Lydon said he dreaded the inevitable use of the Sex Pistols song when the Queen dies.

The song, he said, was “about a political situation and the demand for obedience to a monarchy I don’t believe in. But she’s a human being and I will sorely miss her as a human being on Planet Earth. It’s not her fault she was born into a gilded cage. Long may she live.”

Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II.
Send her victorious.
From all at https://t.co/0W1VewVGiT pic.twitter.com/1imdFnh1ay — Public Image Ltd (@pilofficial) September 9, 2022

[mylife]

amazing band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkUYrqGQObs

[mylife]

had pints with Brian James.

good times

[DoodleBob]

That album is one of the greatest of all time.

Producer Bill Laswell: “When we did PiL he had put a band together in California of some kids. And I had sort of decided to make a heavy group, so I invited Tony Williams, Ginger Baker, Steve Vai, and all these people came. We fired John's band...The album was recorded in late 1985 in New York. Ginger Baker's and Tony Williams' drums were recorded at The Power Station by engineer Jason Corsaro. Steve Vai's lead guitar parts were recorded at Electric Lady Studios and the rest of the album at RPM Studios and Quad Recording Studios, all engineered by Robert Musso. The recording took three weeks, followed by one week of mixing the album at The Power Station

Lead guitarist Steve Vai: "Bill Laswell, the producer, called and I flew in and out of New York from Alcatrazz shows to cut the parts. I did basically all the guitar parts in two days. Bill Laswell took a very interesting approach to the production of this disc. Some of the material I'd never heard and just went in and started playing on it. At the end, Johnny Lydon came in and liked it [...] There was the consideration of putting a band together — him, myself, Bill Laswell on bass and Ginger Baker on drums. Would have been quite a band.”[22] “I went in a day and did everything, then I flew back out on tour. And then I went in for another half-day, and Lydon came in on the second day. He's just like ultracool and it's the first time he's heard any of my parts and he goes 'This is f***** great, man, how did you f****** know I wanted it like that?' [...] We were thinking about turning it into a band — me, him, Bill Laswell and Ginger Baker, but well, I was doing some other things, you know? It would have been cool. To this day that's one of the projects I'm most proud of.”[23] “John Lydon came in when I was done, they were playing a track back, and he made a grimace and said 'Fookin' great man!' in that way of his. So that was funny. I'd obviously done okay.”

[bigbob]

It’s amazing, what a unifying force the Queen was. We’ll never see another monarch like her.

[oldvirginian]

I heard a Ramone story some years ago.
Some hangers on were cussing and swearing up a storm about President Reagan, Joey Ramone gave a sort of wave and without anger or raising his voice said “hey man, that ain’t cool.” The hangers on got the message and disappeared, never to return.

[HypatiaTaught]

Awww, what a wonderful and funny story!

Thank you for sharing.

Can you imagine the moment the gentleman realized that he actually met the Queen? He probably laughed and cried at the same time.

[HYPOCRACY]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbJxMd3Pls8

If Joey was still alive, he would’ve done a Trump song,

[Fai Mao]

“As I recall, Johnny Ramone was an outspoken supporter of both Reagan and Limbaugh.”

And Trump.

[Ace's Dad]

"At any rate, hope it brings a smile to some of your faces:" Cranked

From an american: "brit grandpa" Thanks, it surly did."

[100%FEDUP]

The Monarchy under QEII has always taken criticism and ridicule with a grain of salt.

[sushiman]

Joey was no fan of Reagan . You meant Johnny .

[FLT-bird]

And he supports Trump too. He’s a US Citizen now.

[jim macomber]

Saw this example of her wit some time ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYPD6TtFJqU

[jim macomber]

Well, that obviously (I hope) wasn't the one I meant to post!

Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvMleuNbiFs

[atc23]

Why would you think she hadn’t accepted Jesus since her birth? By all accounts, she was a devoted follower of Jesus Christ her entire life.

[airborne]

If you read what I posted, you would see that I made no such assumption.

[oldvirginian]

Yeah, you’re right. Not sure how I got Joey mixed in. Thanks.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

She accepted Jesus, possibly before you were born.

In her Christmas 1952 Message, her first Christmas as Queen, she asked the people of the UK and the Commonwealth to, "'Pray for me … that God may give me wisdom and strength to carry out the solemn promises I shall be making, and that I may faithfully serve Him and you, all the days of my life.’

Here is a link to an article appearing in Haven Today titled "10 Surprising Things the Queen Said About Jesus"

It would seem that God has saved her, and many decades ago. Praise God!

[airborne]

Amen!

[sushiman]

“Johnny Rotten was the only real musician in the band. “

He was the only NON-musician in the original band .