Satellite

JR is virtually foaming at the mouth by the end of this one. Yes it’s a diss track but all that sound and fury is more of a blast at the attitudes he thinks are common in the satellite towns around London, than at the woman herself. It’s anti-complacency, anti-hypocrisy, anti- aspiring to a comfortable lifestyle, anti- people pretending to be what they’re not. I was growing up in one of those towns at the time, was a Pistols fan, bought ‘Anarchy’ when it first came out etc, and now think he had a point but was only half right. It’s still one of my favourite Pistols tracks though... it’s relentless!!

John explained it talks about all the satellite towns they were playing in at the time

According to the punk77.co.uk website the song is about Nipple Erector Shanne Bradley:

"Shanne was an early fan of the Pistols and face on the punk scene round the Roxy etc. A one time beau of Johnny Rotten he wrote the song Satellite about her (tho whether that is a good thing or not is debatable)."

This interpretation of the lyrics risible..

I think this song is about a man [propably John] phoning his gf, that he wants not to cares about but still does anyway.

The song is using a girlfriend as a ruse and cover, just so that Rotten could vent his strange and unfounded dislike of their original bassist Glen Matlock. Yes, it's really about him