Theme: The Queen: Ringo Starr "Elizabeth Reigns"

Although Ringo isn't calling the British government a 'fascist regime', "Elizabeth Reigns" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr/Dudas/Grakal 2002) from his 2003 solo album "Ringo Rama"  nostalgically pokes fun at Queen Elizabeth in a much less aggressive manner than the Sex Pistols.


A letter unsent
entombed in cement
and hung from the hanging tree
God save the Queen
if you know what I mean
we don't really need a king.

Six hundred servants
use her detergent
scrubbing the palace floor
and all of your sins are
as big as the Windsors
so lets point our fingers
no more.

Theme: The Queen: Sex Pistols "God Save The Queen"

"God Save the Queen" (1977) was released during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee-- the anniversary to her accession to the throne, which was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades throughout England.

"God Save the Queen" is seen as an attack on the Queen, when it is actually an attack on the entire British government (the "facist regime"). The Sex Pistols were one of the first bands to publicly (through this song) criticize the Queen and the British government. (Such a scandal!). Funnily enough, even as the royal family received much support from the people, "God Save the Queen" sold enough copies during the Silver Jubilee to skyrocket to #1 on the UK Pop Charts.

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
In England's dreaming

Don't be told what you want
Don't be told what you need
There's no future, no future,
No future for you