{"id":52760,"date":"2022-09-10T11:11:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T15:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=52760"},"modified":"2022-09-15T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T16:00:24","slug":"the-sex-pistols-had-the-royals-in-their-sights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2022\/09\/the-sex-pistols-had-the-royals-in-their-sights.html","title":{"rendered":"<strong>&#8216;The Sex Pistols Had the Royals in Their Sights&#8217;<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-left\"><strong><font size=\"+2\"><em>or<\/em>\n'Off With Their Heads!'<\/font><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/god-save-the-queen-the-sex-pistols-700.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52792\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/god-save-the-queen-the-sex-pistols-700\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/god-save-the-queen-the-sex-pistols-700.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,974\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"god save the queen &amp;#8211; the sex pistols (700)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/god-save-the-queen-the-sex-pistols-700-216x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/god-save-the-queen-the-sex-pistols-700.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/god-save-the-queen-the-sex-pistols-700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52792\" width=\"344\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/god-save-the-queen-the-sex-pistols-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/god-save-the-queen-the-sex-pistols-700-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/off-with-their-heads-750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/off-with-their-heads-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/off-with-their-heads-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,1705\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"off with their heads (750)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/off-with-their-heads-750-132x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/off-with-their-heads-750-450x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/off-with-their-heads-750-450x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52765\" width=\"452\" height=\"1029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/off-with-their-heads-750-450x1024.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/off-with-their-heads-750-132x300.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/off-with-their-heads-750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Royal Babylon by Heathcote Williams (rough cut)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jIukrdRhnpw?start=11&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIukrdRhnpw&amp;t=14s\">Listen to the complete poem (with montage).<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>or &#8216;Off With Their Heads&#8217; . . .  from &#8216;An Investigative Poem&#8217; by Heathcote Williams&#8221; (for those disgusted by the nauseating glorification  of the House of Windsor).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,26,18,4,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-books","9":"category-literature","10":"category-main","11":"category-news","12":"category-political-culture","13":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/god-save-the-queen-the-sex-pistols-700.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-dIY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52760"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52921,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52760\/revisions\/52921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}