Sex Pistols classic 'God Save The Queen' to get jubilee revival

Aside from its cultural impact, it’s actually a very good song from a very good album. Still stands up today.

Long may she live. I don't know about the reign part, but long may she live

I’d go along with that.

I’ll be digging out my copy of never mind bollocks when I get get back home some and ebay it

No future for you!

45 years since those Silver Jubilee street parties.

Christ that has gone by so fast.

LamillyMay 4  06:14 pm JST

Rotten was going to change the world and destroy the establishment

'Antichrist'? 'Anarchist'? Maybe the latter but nonetheless the Sex Pistols (and all punk and new wave) was needed badly during a decade of corporate radio rubbish and dreck. The rock world did change and for the better from that. At the same time the Ramones, Bowie, Roxy, Kraftwerk were setting the stage to lift rock out of its doldrums as well, inventing the future.

As an afternote, the Sons of Roxy Music are getting inducted into the Hall of Fame. Duran Duran.

It won't get banned these days, probably be more ignored by most.

If people want to buy it, fine, sometimes it's good to let some people get rid a bit of wind. We all grow up.

We all grow up

I hope the younger generation who haven’t heard the Sex Pistols are introduced to a very good song and album. I remember first hearing Pretty Vacant in the 80s and thinking ‘I want to play that’. ‘God Save the Queen’ is another excellent track.

Never Mind the Bollocks is a classic. Musicians of many generations regard it as such.

Nothing to do with growing up.

Steve Jones is a great rock'n'roll guitarist. I think that's why the Pistols stand up musically and weren't just a shambolic publicity stunt as you'd get with Sid Vicious x four. Despite courting as much controversy as possible, the Pistols weren't especially raw, and sound pretty tame compared to the full-on assault the Stooges gave people in 1969.

Problems is my favourite Pistols song. It's definitely the most under-rated.

LamillyToday  01:38 am JST

@starpunk you're absolutely right.

Not music, but let's not forget Dame Vivienne Westwood and her iconic fashion sense

That was coming as well. Punk was jack-slapping everything in rock, bringing it back to its rebellious roots. I remember in the 8th grade we had 'Voices' magazine which was about current culture and such. One week on the music page there was an article about Pink Floyd and their new double album 'The Wall' which is has themes of alienation among other things. And the band photo? The members were all clad in 'tough guy' leather jackets. Of course that imagery (and the album's themes) must have been influenced by punk in some way. The writer said 'some people may think that Pink Floyd is a "dinosaur" band from the 60s-70s but 'The Wall' proves that this band anything but extinct'. Dead on right.

Not to mention, another band featured by that mag, the Kinks (who inspired punk) were also on a creative and popular roll in 1979. And a 'new British Invasion' with pub rockers like Nick Lowe.

Everything changed and it was bye-bye to that 'ooh-ooh' disco duck rubbish.