The Filth and the Fury Page #7

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Imagine that -- Sid signing | a very, very expensive contract,

while his old man's on guard | inside the fence.

It was genius.

According to the story, | after this happy signing ceremony,

everyone went back to | the A&M offices to celebrate.

The four Sex Pistols | apparently overcelebrated,

and lived up to | their public image

of thorough obnoxiousness.

- How are you doing? | - Get away.

When we got to A&M records,

total bedlam broke out there | as well.

I can't remember | what happened,

but the secretaries | were terrified,

and Sid's foot | was bleeding.

I had a black eye, | Malcolm was running around,

Steve was flirting | with all the secretaries,

and then we got in the car, | then went to the studio,

where we were recording "God Save | the Queen" with Chris Thomas,

and there's this school next door, | and all the kids come running out

'cause we were there. | And they called the police as well.

It was just total mad day.

The next day we woke up, | Malcolm said,

"Well, A&M have fired you."

The anti-establishment | Sex Pistols

called in | the establishment press

to protest | what had happened to them.

We feel that we're like | some contagious disease.

When you walk | in and out of a company,

and the guyjust gives you -- | "Look... Take this money

and don't come back."

What are you supposed | to think about that?

Have you had the money?

Yes, they gave us the check | last night.

Makes it very clear | where their heads are at...

Nowhere.

We weren't the nice boys | they thought we were.

We aren't nice boys.

We were f***ing | nasty little bastards.

And we still are.

Virgin Records signed them,

and Johnny Rotten | got to record

his Queen's jubilee | memorial song --

"God Save the Queen."

You don't write | "God Save the Queen"

because you hate | the English race.

You write a song like that | because you love them,

and you're fed up | with them being mistreated.

# 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 #

# ln England's dreamin' #

# Don't be told | what you want #

# Don't be told | what you need #

# There's no future, | no future #

# No future for you #

# God save the Queen #

# We mean it, man #

# We love our Queen #

# God saves #

# God save the Queen #

# 'Cause tourists are money #

# Our figurehead... #

Shall I be plain? | I wish the bastards dead.

# Oh, God save history #

# God save the 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 your dustbin #

# We're the poison | in your human machine #

# We're the future -- | your future #

# God save the Queen #

# We mean it, man #

# We love our Queen #

# God saves #

I really don't think what he | was singing about was outrageous.

He's not saying "Let's kill her," | or "Let's f*** her."

He was pointing out | what the truth was.

# God save the Queen #

# We mean it, man #

# There is no future #

# ln England's dreaming #

# No future #

# No future #

# No future for you #

# No future #

# No future #

# No future for me #

Chop off his head, man.

# No future #

# No future #

# No future for you #

# No future #

# No future for you #

It alienated | the entire country.

If they'd have hung us | at traitor's gate,

it would have been applauded | by 56 million.

You can't beat that, man. | That's National Gallery status.

It's raining silver | in "The Sun" this week.

"God Save the Queen"

was the alternative | national anthem.

What we offered to England...

was...

a pivotal point. | We were the maypole

that they danced around.

# Go away, I hate you, | hate you, hate you #

# Go away, I hate you, | far across the sea #

Where better to celebrate | the release of "God Save the Queen"

than down the Thames, | and start playing

outside the Houses | of Parliament?

"God Save the Queen," and | "Anarchy in the UK" on Jubilee Day.

I just wanted out | of the country --

and there was no way out.

Ever get the feeling | you've been trapped?

This is obscene, | the whole thing.

All of this, | it's bullshit.

Well, I've had enough | of your bullshit.

I'm too cold now. | I'm going back downstairs.

I loved it. I was getting | my 20 quid a week,

thinking everything | was great.

I didn't wanna f***ing deal | with the business side of it,

I didn't really question it.

I was McLaren's friend | before the band,

so I trusted McLaren | like a friend.

# Too many problems | why am I here #

# Don't need to be me | 'cause you're all too clear #

# I can see there's something | wrong with you #

# But what do you | expect me to do? #

# At least I gotta know | what I wanna be #

# Don't come to me | if you need pity #

# Are you lonely | you got no one #

# You get your body | in suspension #

# That's no problem #

# Problems #

# Problems | the problem is you #

The reason we're here | is because it's the Sex Pistols.

If it wasn't the Sex Pistols | there'd be no interest in this,

in this... boat tonight.

Look, we've got Richard Branson | looking like "Catweazel."

# They know a doctor | gonna take you away #

# They take you away | and throw away the key #

# They don't want you | and they don't want me #

# You got a problem... #

What happened to Malcolm?

# Problems, problems #

# Problems, problems #

# Problems, problems... #

# Problems... problems... #

# Problems... problems. #

We declared war on england...

without meaning to.

At eight, the Muppets' | "Halfway Down the Stairs,"

at seven, the Alessi Brothers | and "O, Lori,"

at number six, | Emerson, Lake and Palmer

and "Fanfare | for the Common Man,"

at five, The Electric Light | Orchestra, "Phone Line,"

four -- | Stranglers and "Peaches,"

three -- | Queen, "Lover Boy,"

and two, | Eagles, "Hotel California,"

the Sex Pistols' current record | "God Save the Queen"

is at number one | in the Capital Hit Line today.

But the IBA, which administers | the broadcasting act

has advised us that | particularly at this time,

this record is likely | to cause offense

to a number | of our listeners,

and have asked us not to play it | in our normal programming.

"God Save the Queen" | was never number one.

There was no number one | that week.

Whatever we were saying | and doing

really hit a nerve, | a raw nerve.

It was f***ed up.

I still had to bunk | on the subways,

couldn't afford a cab,

and all of that the management | didn't want to deal with.

Completely | from there on in,

walking around | the streets of London

on my own, | was impossible.

I would be attacked | on sight.

You felt like a werewolf | being, like hounded.

Constantly in fear | of your life, really.

"God Save the Queen", | eh, John?

I got a machete blade | ripped down this leg,

and the blade stuck | in my kneecap...

and they couldn't | pull it out,

so I had to like, | walk off with that.

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