This song probably was written before the Queen's silver jubilee but was definitely released to coincide with it, that's why it became #1 that year. It's about the political landscape at the time and the hopelessness that a lot of young people felt. Funny reading comments from all these teen try-hard wannabe punks. Punk is not an image or fashion, it is a state of mind, and you would have been eaten alive by a real punk in the 70's. As for Sid, he died young, in his prime and became an icon much like James Dean. Johnny and Glenn were the backbone of the Sex Pistols.
Well thats my 5cents worth!
This song probably was written before the Queen's silver jubilee but was definitely released to coincide with it, that's why it became #1 that year. It's about the political landscape at the time and the hopelessness that a lot of young people felt. Funny reading comments from all these teen try-hard wannabe punks. Punk is not an image or fashion, it is a state of mind, and you would have been eaten alive by a real punk in the 70's. As for Sid, he died young, in his prime and became an icon much like James Dean. Johnny and Glenn were the backbone of the Sex Pistols. Well thats my 5cents worth!
"It's about the political landscape at the time and the hopelessness that a lot of young people felt. "
"It's about the political landscape at the time and the hopelessness that a lot of young people felt. "
And its quite sad how that is still true today, this song still holds some relevance in terms of the right wing regime that we are held against today.
And its quite sad how that is still true today, this song still holds some relevance in terms of the right wing regime that we are held against today.