England's Dreaming

Here's an article about Johnny Rotten being mad at the Queen:

The anarchist turned monarchist is set to be enraged by the show airing just before The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, due to the anti-royal sentiments the band voiced.

Oh wait, sorry, he's "set to be enraged". Which is to say this article says nothing at all, except to remind us that the Pistols taking to the Thames during the Queen's Silver Jubilee to do God Save the Queen is one of punk's greatest moments. 

Although many believe it was created because of the Silver Jubilee, the band have denied it, with Paul Cook saying that "it wasn't written specifically for the Queen's Jubilee. We weren't aware of it at the time. It wasn't a contrived effort to go out and shock everyone." Johnny Rotten has explained the lyrics as follows: "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." He intended to evoke sympathy for the English working class and a general resentment towards the monarchy.

A week after “God Save the Queen” was banned, the Sex Pistols showed up on a boat (rented by Virgin’s Richard Branson) to the Queen of England’s Silver Jubilee celebration to serenade Her Majesty. As the boat passed the Houses of Parliament on the River Thames, the band performed “Anarchy in the UK,” “God Save the Queen,” “Pretty Vacant” and “No Feelings.” When the police inevitably forced their way onto the boat, they arrested Malcolm McLaren. As the provocateur was being dragged into a police van, he screamed “You fucking fascist bastards!”

And there's NO chance that in 1977 Johnny Rotten dreamed the Queen would still be the Queen 45 years later. Sorry Johnny!