What a prophetic song..love the DEAD KENNEDIES..saw them twice live in 84 in New Zealand..met Jello and spent an afternoon with him at the Powerstation in Auckland..what a top bloke,no ego..just a totally real person..what you see is what you get and he lives and truly believes in his message..Total Respect to this man ..He even ran for Mayor of San Francisco...got 5% of the vote too...Keep being you Jello
I used to work for a sound reinforcement company, Third Ear Sound, in the East Bay. We worked with the Dead Kennedy's quite a bit. There was one time, we provided the Sound system+ monitors, mics, etc., for this gig at Acalanes High School, in Lafayette, CA. This was the High School's Winter (I think) Prom. The DK's could not get the gig if they said their names were "The Dead Kennedys", so they were billed as "The Pink Twinkie". I shit you not. That gig was also memorable because We lost our keys to our equipment van and the roadie for the DKs. Microwave, gave us a drive all the way back to Richmond, then all the way back to Acalanes High school in Lafayette. Cool dude. And the band, Jello, East Bay, Klaus, and Peligro, they were always cool, even in 'hectic' live Punk show situations.
My younger sister and I used to take ballet classes when her and I were little and my family and I would listen to this and other dead kennedys songs on the way to ballet practice and it was always funny going from this to chill ballet music on saturdays lol
Fuck yeah, to me the US PUNK bands played so much better, and cleaner live than the British bands. The Ramones, the dead Kennedys, and minor threat to name a few. Got to see minor threat and the Ramones. I'm a metal head, but I love me some punk rock.
@@metalmacabre9991I too am a Metalhead who loves punk/hardcore. I like a lot of stuff tho, usually can find something in every genre I can get into. Music is a VERY deep and wide ocean. 🤘 cheers!
Just found this video and it is still as powerful a song as it was when I first heard it all those years ago. I still have the single somewhere too, I will have to try and find it. Brilliant.
The DKs pull off another master stroke . Look past the deliberately provokative title, and there's a powerful message - as well as some very, very black humour. Jello is simply extolling the idea that even someone as laid back as Gerry Brown ("Governor Moonbeam") can be corrupted by power - "Mellow our, or you will pay". To this day I smile at the dark humour of "Zen fascists", "organic poison gas" and "the suede/denim secret police". Just brilliant !
It’s the unique voices in any band that stick out. For comparison I really don’t think “Rush” would be as popular if it wasn’t for Gedy Lee’s unique voice. Now more than ever because of shows like American Idol trying to get this sterilization of creativity because they want perfection from their dancing monkeys and real creativity takes mistakes.
I can't recall who turned me on to DK. It was a welcome change from what I was forced to hear: 1980s were all over the place, musically. But I liked them instantly. Satire, social commentary, lampooning; the DK had it all!
The first band I went to see. At The Island with Really Red , Butthole Surfers , and I think The Offenders . I'm so glad that I got to experience this great era . Great video!
@@stever7627 This song was more of a jab at the people that were in love with Jerry Brown because he was "Governor Moonbeam" after they lived through Reagan in Berkeley. Brown hung out in Laurel Canyon and smoked weed, he was cooler. Let's not do cartwheels because he hung out with Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles.
For me it's US punk. The US bands made kickass punk. They had great musicians that played clean. The Ramones and the Kennedys, kicked major ass in my opinion.
A song that puts us in alarm against totalitarianism. where ever it comes from.
I mean people still think there's a difference between democrat and republican in this country started by slave owners.
What a prophetic song..love the DEAD KENNEDIES..saw them twice live in 84 in New Zealand..met Jello and spent an afternoon with him at the Powerstation in Auckland..what a top bloke,no ego..just a totally real person..what you see is what you get and he lives and truly believes in his message..Total Respect to this man ..He even ran for Mayor of San Francisco...got 5% of the vote too...Keep being you Jello
Kennedys not Kennedies.
John F. Kennedies :(
Nope, no you didn't
You got wrong bud they toured here 1983, they played Mainstreet and No Tag supported, the USS Texas was moored @ Auckland Port @ the time.
True
I still have this in my head 47 years to the day
GDI… I keep forgetting that 1987 is 35 years ago…..
me too
Thanks for reminding me I'm fifty. Best wishes!
Greetings from Germany too!
Probably because some truth was revealed in this art! All hail Israel and it's peace campaign
"Now it's 1984, knock, knock on your front door."
It's the suede denim secret police, they have come for your uncool niece, come quietly to the camp, you'd look nice as a draw string lamp 😜
I used to work for a sound reinforcement company, Third Ear Sound, in the East Bay. We worked with the Dead Kennedy's quite a bit. There was one time, we provided the Sound system+ monitors, mics, etc., for this gig at Acalanes High School, in Lafayette, CA. This was the High School's Winter (I think) Prom. The DK's could not get the gig if they said their names were "The Dead Kennedys", so they were billed as "The Pink Twinkie". I shit you not. That gig was also memorable because We lost our keys to our equipment van and the roadie for the DKs. Microwave, gave us a drive all the way back to Richmond, then all the way back to Acalanes High school in Lafayette. Cool dude. And the band, Jello, East Bay, Klaus, and Peligro, they were always cool, even in 'hectic' live Punk show situations.
Brilliant ❤
My younger sister and I used to take ballet classes when her and I were little and my family and I would listen to this and other dead kennedys songs on the way to ballet practice and it was always funny going from this to chill ballet music on saturdays lol
Still listen to this song to this day on my way to/from work cause it’s just so fuckin fun to sing along to on the road
@@74jimmies^*she and I, never her and I🤦♂️
Learn grammar and punctuation already. Jesus.🤦♂️🤡
@@spanqueluv9er no one cares
@@spanqueluv9er wow, seeing a grammar nazi in the wild is such a rarity nowadays
Punk Rock at its ultimate best.
If I had a nickel for every time I had to say “Jello was right”….
You'd be a Capitalist running dog. 😂
🐶 you’re probably right. Oh, someone’s at the door 🚪
Brrrr. Forty years later, still amazing.
That energy !!
A monument in punk rock music 🎸👄
Timeless 🥂
^*moment?🤷♂️
DK's probably 1 of the best live stage shows ever.
probably? definitely. Jello saw it all and shared his insights with some of the best music ever made. Fucking SPOTLESS. cheers mate.
Fuck yeah, to me the US PUNK bands played so much better, and cleaner live than the British bands. The Ramones, the dead Kennedys, and minor threat to name a few. Got to see minor threat and the Ramones. I'm a metal head, but I love me some punk rock.
@@metalmacabre9991I too am a Metalhead who loves punk/hardcore. I like a lot of stuff tho, usually can find something in every genre I can get into. Music is a VERY deep and wide ocean. 🤘 cheers!
Back in the early eighties, I saw , a couple of times, DK's and Bad Brains. Shows were so intense and so fun.
Just found this video and it is still as powerful a song as it was when I first heard it all those years ago. I still have the single somewhere too, I will have to try and find it. Brilliant.
Saw them at the Ritz in New York in 1985. Great band. Life stinks.
The DKs pull off another master stroke .
Look past the deliberately provokative title, and there's a powerful message - as well as some very, very black humour.
Jello is simply extolling the idea that even someone as laid back as Gerry Brown ("Governor Moonbeam") can be corrupted by power - "Mellow our, or you will pay".
To this day I smile at the dark humour of "Zen fascists", "organic poison gas" and "the suede/denim secret police". Just brilliant !
It seems like(maybe I'm reading it wrong ) that he completely predicted the lefts extremists of today
Spot on there pal.
Leftists/Progressives/ Neocons love war, torture plus not working. Brown was a Marxist through and through
You said it brother - -"for the greatest punk band who ever lived" can I get an AMEN
This song only gets more accurate as time goes by.
Yep
Such a unique voice. Love the Dead Kennedy’s.
*Kennedys
Apostrophes are used to conote ownership or to replace omitted letters.
@scottbouchard2673 ^*Kennedys (plural), not Kennedy’s (belonging to Kennedy) genius.🤦♂️
@@spanqueluv9er Tanks I gess. Genus.
It’s the unique voices in any band that stick out. For comparison I really don’t think “Rush” would be as popular if it wasn’t for Gedy Lee’s unique voice. Now more than ever because of shows like American Idol trying to get this sterilization of creativity because they want perfection from their dancing monkeys and real creativity takes mistakes.
This single version sounds a bit like early DEVO. Love it.
I can't recall who turned me on to DK. It was a welcome change from what I was forced to hear: 1980s were all over the place, musically. But I liked them instantly. Satire, social commentary, lampooning; the DK had it all!
@@andrewlloydwubba LOL! The "Craig" back then was into music only he knew about, and called DK "sellouts". I'll give him credit, though.
Vilken nostalgi 😍 älskade dom,var punkare i början på 80-talet
Gotta love Jello. He did more with his hands in 3 minutes than most people in a lifetime.
Saw them a couple of times at the 688 Club in Hotlanta. Jello even bought me and my buddy a beer once....great guy and amazing talent.
Hello Jello !!! Brothers and Sisters We Rule !!! Still Alive And Kickin' !!! Salud y Vida Pa'lante !!! Cheers and Life On !!!
Hwat the hell are you saying?
Hat's off to the artistry of this perfect video
Now it's 2024
This masterpiece and the epic Holiday in Cambodia made me invest in some vinyl I could barely afford but had to have.
The future is now.
Now it's 2021, knock, knock at your front door
The first band I went to see. At The Island with Really Red , Butthole Surfers , and I think The Offenders . I'm so glad that I got to experience this great era . Great video!
No one ate more shrooms than Jello
I remember I went to track to see gbh let the gorgeous guy named Tony fell in love and he turned me on to all this music the best days of my life
Excellent edits!
FUCKING LEGENDARY!!!
so Great
This song rocks
Totally came true , prophetic song
I will like this because it is true!!! But want to dislike because it is too true?
How did Commifornia live up to this song? Quite the opposite. Lol
@@stever7627 The hippies won't come back, you say?
@@stever7627 This song was more of a jab at the people that were in love with Jerry Brown because he was "Governor Moonbeam" after they lived through Reagan in Berkeley. Brown hung out in Laurel Canyon and smoked weed, he was cooler. Let's not do cartwheels because he hung out with Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles.
@@stever7627 Hater.
wow man if you edited this, i only gotta say it´s amazing. If it isn´t you then credits to the autor. Anyways, thanks for uploading!!
Five people are Jerry Brown supporters
6 now
14
RIP D.H. Peligro 😞
We need these guys in D-C yesterday.
Rage for the machine .. we.d have forced magic potion jabs ..
Einer der wichtigsten Sänger in meinem.
The best songs of the best days of my life Detroit was the best
The best of the punk rock.
SICK!
Wow !!!!
For me it's US punk. The US bands made kickass punk. They had great musicians that played clean. The Ramones and the Kennedys, kicked major ass in my opinion.
How prophetic!
Uhhh!! 🤟😝
Almost 2024 and truer than ever.
It’s here
🔥🔥🔥
CLÁSSICO DO GIGANTESCO DEAD KENNEDYS
Kako sam nekada voleo tu pesmu
It’s my favorite song
Didn’t know there was an official video.
In the description it says its a fan made video
❤.
это лучший в американской музыке
California punk sounds like California to this day. That voice.
Back when the suede denim secret police were the worst thing you could think of.
Bruce on drums. Clips shot by Target Video.
Ichabods in Fullerton, California, and we snuck in way underage. ID'S used to be so easy to alter
Not surprising they made a song criticizing Jerry Brown, being from San Francisco.
Good editing
thX
genius
🤘🖤
BEST
I like Dead Kennedys
Vio-lence does an exellent cover of this song.
❤ DK!
I am proud to say I got kicked off the stage be jello
🎯
Kantorovich brough me here.
...both Panofsky
🌊🌊🌊🌴🌊
Spellbinding attitude from JB.. it's like watching a movie
Jello Rules!
OLD PUNKS STAND AT THE BACK
when they´re old in a couple of decades
@@xvbiffbangpow8579 gota get the mayhem in ve sign off like lemmy r. i . p he changed my like ...
More relevant now than ever… time for the little people to revolt ✊…
Best frontman in the business
☠️🖤
I love Jello Briafra I love Dead Kennedys🎸🎸🎸🎸
This is the first song I listened to on my 50% off headphones that suck.
You know Jello Biafra is interested in that.
Jello one of the greatest frontmen
Really?
Depends on the flavor
Yes!
R.i.p. D H Peligro
What was this released for? What was this on back in the day, just VHS?
yup...back in the day before people realized how evil democrats were.
@@roastbeefdinner shut up dumbass this had nothing to do with what you said
@@nariscaanasui1822 what did he say
@@alex-7986 he said back in the day before people realized the dems were evil
@@nariscaanasui1822 So?
It's The Suede Denim Secret Police...
Rip peligro.
growing up is realizing all these punk bands werent telling you to be like california
some people still havent figured that out
Jello's got a story to tell ; P
Hot take on the past 70 years culminating up to 1/6/21 led me here. These guys get it.
It's 1984 and Gavin Newsom is at the front door... California Über Alles
Haha when I first saw the Thumbnail is thought it was Sid Vicious xD
lol look nothing alike
Knockin, knock, knock at your front door ....Its the Suede Denim secret police!
They have come for your uncool niece,come quietly to the camp you’ll look nice as a drawstring lamp
😍
Welcome to 2024
Description of California now
The best punk song Green Day never wrote...
I don't know rancid had some great songs th-cam.com/video/xrjgyl5I8o4/w-d-xo.html
California! Gavin! Newsome!
zajebista kapela, zajebista muza
zайебиста 👍
Sid vicious brother
no
@@moobloomm9074 fucking anime shit ?
@@xvbiffbangpow8579 what?
Poor old Sid was hardly in the same league Jello.
sid is stupid zero/
biafra is the hero