Declared war
Representative of one of the oldest monarchies in the world, he could not but be the target chosen by the orphans of the welfare state, who found in his figure the perfect representation of a hypocritical and aged society, with ancient values.
The spearhead of that movement was the Sex Pistols, which with its god save the queen turned Isabel into a mockery for young people who grew up in the heat of the no future. In this regard, Lydon once clarified that “You don’t write a song like ‘Goda Save the Queen’ because you hate the English. You write a song like that because you love them and you’re tired of being mistreated.”
The release of the Pistols’ single coincided with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 and ended in scandal as it was featured sailing on a boat down the River Thames.
The first pistol to express himself after the death of Elizabeth II was guitarist Steve Jones, who published a photo of the queen intervened by the band with the phrase “How do you feel?”.
Recognition
But the monarch was not only a villain in rock and roll folklore. She also knew how to distinguish the main figures of British music with two awards.
For instance, in 1996 he appointed Paul McCartney as a Knight of the British Empire, one of the highest orders delivered by the Crown. Since that day, the former beatle is considered “Sir”.
That same recognition is held, among other musicians, by Rod Stewart, Ray Davies -of The Kinks-, Elton John, Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton.
It was with Clapton that Isabel starred in an unprecedented moment. The Queen asked her, like Brian May, what she did for a living. Quick of reflections, the guitarist replied that three years earlier, in 2002, she had played in the palace gardens to celebrate his golden jubilee.
The Beatles
Deserves, without a doubt, a section the relationship that Elizabeth II reaped with the Beatles, the heroes of British rock and roll.
“For the last number, I would like to ask for your help, those of you in the cheap seats clap your hands, the rest of you jingle your jewels.” With that phrase, John Lennon immortalized the legendary recital of the Liverpool quartet at the Royal Variety Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Sitting in her box, she gazed in astonishment at the monarch.
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However, that provocation did not sink deep into her. Just two years later, in 1965, the Beatles were awarded the Members of the Order of the British Empire medal. That grandiloquent gesture was a nod to modern times and young people.
But it didn’t end there. The love / hate between the two added a new chapter when in 1994, on The Beatles Anthology program, supposed audios were played in which Lennon revealed that he and his companions had smoked marijuana in the Buckingham Palace bathrooms.
Source: Ambito
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