{"id":7,"date":"2007-01-26T08:36:47","date_gmt":"2007-01-26T16:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2014-05-31T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T22:12:15","slug":"god-save-the-queen-we-mean-it-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/26\/god-save-the-queen-we-mean-it-man\/","title":{"rendered":"God Save the Queen. We mean it man."},"content":{"rendered":"

Our local theater tends to keep movies until everyone in town has seen them. Weeks and weeks and weeks. If I won\u2019t go to a particular movie, the villagers surround the house, bearing torches and farm implements and chanting, \u201cSet us free!\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n

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So last night we knuckled under and saw the worst movie I\u2019ve ever seen. The Queen<\/em>, which has been playing here for about four months. It\u2019s the lamest, most boring movie imaginable. The big \u201ccrisis\u201d\u009d is when HRH reluctantly makes a two minute speech that it’s her frikkin’ job<\/em> to do. BFD BFD BFD. Nobody changes, nobody grows. We’re talking serious parasitism.<\/p>\n

Also it\u2019s cheaply made; a lot of the movie is simply TV newscasts that I didn\u2019t watch in the first place because I didn\u2019t care. The only bright spot is Ruthie\u2019s husband George from Six Feet Under<\/em>, playing the Queen\u2019s consort.<\/p>\n

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My mind turns to the great Sex Pistols song, God Save the Queen<\/em>. First I found the lyrics, printed below. Then I found an MP3 music file<\/a> of the song. Several versions there, actually. And then, whoah, I found a (bad sound, bad synch) video of a performance on YouTube. The sound is a lot better on the mp3 link, but it\u2019s so cool to see Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious again. Play the video and and MP3 at the same time for a nice effect! I need bigger speakers on my computer. I love the Pistol\u2019s intense and deeply felt outrage. \u201cWe mean it man.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n

Whoah! I figured out how to link in YouTube video! Telepathy is here for real…<\/p>\n

<\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/object>God save the Queen
\nHer fascist regime
\nThey made you a moron
\nPotential h-bomb<\/p>\n

God save the Queen
\nShe ain’t no human being
\nThere’s no future
\nIn England’s dreaming<\/p>\n

Don’t be told what you want
\nDon’t be told what you need
\nThere’s no future, no future
\nNo future for you<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

God save the Queen
\nWe mean it man
\nWe love our Queen
\nGod saves<\/p>\n

God save the Queen
\nCos those tourists are money
\nAnd our figure head
\nIs not what she seem|<\/p>\n

Oh God save history
\nGod save your mad parade
\nOh Lord God have mercy
\nAll crimes are paid<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

When there’s no future
\nHow can there be sin
\nWe’re the flowers in the dustbin
\nWe’re the poison in the human machine
\nwe’re the future, your future<\/p>\n

God save the Queen
\nWe mean it man
\nWe love our Queen
\nGod saves<\/p>\n

God save the Queen
\nWe mean it man
\nAnd there’s no future
\nIn England’s dreaming<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

No future (x3)
\nFor you
\nNo future (x3)
\nFor me
\nNo future (x3)
\nFor you
\nNo future, no future
\nFor you<\/p>\n

****<\/p>\n

As long as I’m getting all political on you today,<\/p>\n

you could do worse than join in a protest tomorrow, Saturday, January 27, especially the big one in Washing ton DC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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