At last we get to see Sid Vicious performing with the band. In my last Sex Pistols post, it was Glen Matlock in the promo vid for “Anarchy in the UK.” It’s probably not Sid playing bass on the actual track, but its cool to see the icon of the group thrashing about in this historic clip. I’ve been staying in Australia for the last few weeks, and I recently got a coin in my change honoring the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. It was kind of horrifying that such a thing is stamped on the official currency, so I had to put up “God Save the Queen,” in honor of such a revolting display of unearned honor. The song itself is fairly revolutionary, released in 1977, the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee. Johnny Rotten claimed the song was written out of love for the English people’s working class, deriding the monarchy as fascist, and proclaiming that England has no future. It’s actually a complex idea about class warfare presented in the awesome straightforward punk rock format. The song is filled with delicious riffs, and a perfect acid tipped vocal delivery from Rotten. A true classic, enjoy.
