Talk:Her Majesty (song)
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"An immortal closer to the LP"? WTF does that mean? 66.159.79.3 03:54, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Record Sleeve edit
The photo that I guess is a record sleeve for this track (though I cannot imagine that it was ever released separately) shows a photo of Queen Elizabeth II with her eyes scratched out. It reminds me of the sleeve for the Sex Pistols song "God Save the Queen" where the Queen's eyes and mouth are covered with text. Is there some rule in the UK that the Queen's portrait cannot be presented in whole except in an official capacity, or something? Or was one just copying the other? Just curious. Shocking Blue (talk) 15:55, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry for the eight-year-late reply. The image that you're talking about is not associated with the Beatles' version of the song, but a much-later reworking of the song by Chumbawamba. Their version was critical of the Queen and the royal family (example lyrics include "Her majesty's living in a land of curtsies // a world of bluish blood and Nazis"), and the scratched-out-eyes cover to the single reflects their attitude. You can see the cover and more information about the single at https://www.discogs.com/release/2372218-Chumbawamba-Her-Majesty. --Heath 216.30.158.37 (talk) 02:30, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
Beatles songs that mention the Queen edit
There is a lot of emphasis in the article on the claim that "Her Majesty" is one of the three Beatles songs to mention the Queen, next to "Penny Lane" and "Mean Mr. Mustard". In "For You Blue", however, Lennon mentions "Queen says no to pot-smoking FBI member". I have no idea why my edit on this was reverted by User:Binksternet ? CBJH (talk) 19:25, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- The reason I was here earlier was because of this disruptive edit which removed the "music hall" genre conclusion from Walter Everett, published by Oxford in The Beatles As Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology. I was not trying to get rid of your Queen thing.
- But now that I look at it, that whole Queen thing appears to be a violation of WP:No original research, so I'm taking all of it out. Binksternet (talk) 20:37, 11 October 2019 (UTC)