Sex Pistols crash Queen’s Jubilee again with new music video
nypost.comQueen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebration. A new music video was cut using footage from the performance video shot by Julien Temple at the marquee in May 1977 and clips of the Thames riverboat party on the Silver Jubilee day in June that same year.
It also features exclusive footage of some of the earliest, most important and influential female fans of the band including Vivienne, Jordan, Debbie and Tracey, Catwoman and Helen of Troy.The song, with the same title as the British national anthem, was originally released in 1977 during the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.
The iconic punk song was banned by the BBC and other major commercial airwaves for its anti-royal lyrics but still managed to top the charts, reaching No, 2 on the UK singles chart — though some even speculated that the charts were altered to push the song out of No.
1. The re-release of the song comes just in time for this year’s Platinum Jubilee, which will be observed with a four-day public holiday from June 2 until June 5, celebrating 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s place on the throne.
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