GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

SEX PISTOLS

Score: 15
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Played: 41

Album:

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols

Released: 01 Nov 2008

Wiki:

"God Save the Queen" was the second single released by the punk rock band Sex Pistols. It was released during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977 and reached number two in the British charts. Its lyrics, as well as the cover, were controversial at the time, and the BBC refused to play the song. It is claimed that "God Save The Queen" out-sold the UK Number 1 record of the week (The First Cut is the Deepest by Rod Stewart). At that time it was unimaginable that this track could have been allowed to reach Number 1. In the chart rundown on that week's "Top of The Pops" (the weekly TV programme on the BBC that covered the charts) it was mentioned in chart rundown as a "a record by a group chosing to call themselves the Sex Pistols". The God Save The Queen Songfacts reports that in 2011 Record Collector magazine compiled its Top 50 most collectable records, and top of the list came the A&M release of this song - if you happen to have a copy the good news is it worth $12,000 (£8,000).

Lyrics:

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[Verse 1: Johnny Rotten] 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 to want to And don't be told what you want to need There's no future, no future No future for you [Chorus: Johnny Rotten] God save the queen We mean it, man We love our queen God saves [Verse 2: Johnny Rotten] 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 [Chorus: Johnny Rotten] God save the queen We mean it man We love our queen God saves [Instrumental Solo] [Chorus: Johnny Rotten] God save the queen We mean it, man And there is no future In England's dreaming [Outro: Johnny Rotten] No future No future No future for you No future No future No future for me