East Bay Ray is rarely talked about, but he did some fantastic guitar work with this band. The only guitarist I can think of who came close to blending surf guitar and punk is Mike Palm of Agent Orange.
You have to remember for a while there was a kind of civil war in the punk community. Nazi skinheads/punks were trying to take over the scene. Quite a dew brawls happened over this. Thanksfully the nazi's lost.
California Über Alles has a re-written sister song called "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now" directed towards Ronald Reagan instead of Brown. It has a great jazz-hardcore sound, jawdropping.
I've been a Dead Kennedys fan since I first heard the Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album in 1980. Holiday in Cambodia, Police Truck and Too Drunk To F*** are my favourite songs.
Jello Biafra is very socio-politically outspoken. He takes no prisoners. Rich, poor, citizen, soldier, left, right... doesn't matter. He calls out hypocrisy and bullshit as he sees it. That's why I originally fell in love with this band. So, so good Edit : Also, that running bass line in Holiday? Eargasm
Jello was instrumental to me in forming my own political "identity", but like so many of the counter-cultural icons of the late 20th he seems to have become little more than a shill for the establishment. To be clear, it's not about left and right, I agree with you (and old Jello) there, it's about the establishment vs. the rest of us. A lot of people I looked up to when I was younger seem to have forgotten that. Still love the music, though!
@@snuffcore9686 Yeah, I've heard a couple of things about that. I've heard it was because he wouldn't let them license out one of their songs for a commercial or something? Also that he just wouldn't pay them? I don't know. All I can say is that from what I've seen Jello before and after the year 2000 or so don't seem like the same person to me.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this,, but the title California Über Alles is a reference to the old German national anthem, which began with the lyrics, "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles," or Germany, Germany over all, which the Nazis used to indicate German superiority. I believe the anthem was brought back in the Fifties, but without the first two verses, so only the third remains. Also, the movie The Killing Fields is about Cambodia and is an excellent film that has been a bit forgotten.
Man I love the Dead Kennedys R.I.P. DH Peligro (the drummer of DK). I think it's time for your introduction to Crossover Thrash (D.R.I, Suicidal Tendencies, Stormtroopers of Death, Body Count etc.).
Me too, and his speeches and songs are educational. I saw him speak for 5 hours in 2001 and he explained the US goal in Iraq and Afghanistan was not to "win" but to wage wars permanently to boost the market and serve as a threat to the world
Yeah I met the DKs years ago and would hang out with them when they'd come through my town on tour. They were cool individuals, I had my own political beliefs and they always treated me with respect. That's the way it should be. We were all against Deep State fascist bs, it was just a different opinion on how to get there and they were cool with it.
"California Uber Alles" is based (loosely) on "Deutschland Uber Alles", which was the National Anthem of Nazi Germany. A lot of the lyrics point to that ("You'll look good as a drawstring lamp", "Die of organic poison gas", etc.).
There is a great documentary film called The Decline of Western Civilization which is about the LA punk scene around 1980. I think you'd really enjoy it. I know you don't do video reactions, but it might be a good chance to branch out. Otherwise, I still recommend watching it on your own. Love your channel, keep it up.
From the Dead Kennedys' next album, Plastic Surgery Disasters, I recommend: 'Bleed For Me' 'Riot' 'Moon Over Marin' and 'Halloween'. Or perhaps a whole album review... it's pretty solid.
Grew up with _Dead Kennedys_ so glad to see them featured in recent conversations. Literally screamed for joy when _Police Truck_ kicked in during an episode of the new _Scott Pilgrim_ anime XD You may also want to check out _LARD_ - which was a brief collaboration between Jello Biafria and Al Jourgensen of _Ministry_ (I play their song 'Mate, Spawn, and Die' pretty much every Valentine's Day XD )
Brief!!! Are you kidding? This project spend from 1989 to 2000 and produced 2 full albums and 2 ep's and lifelong friendship that make them work together today on each own project. The latest I know is the song Sabotage is Sex. I don't call 11 year on/off collaboration for brief 😂
I've only listened to that album once, and I couldn't get into it. Frankenchrist and the compilation Give Me Convenience or Give Met Death are my favorites. Plastic Surgery Disasters is pretty great, too.
So Jello Biafra, the vocalist, got together with the Melvins for a couple albums. I was at the show where they recorded an updated version of California Uber-Alles.
I saw the Dead Kennedys at a dingy basement club in Sydney when they toured Australia in the early 80's. It was the most intense gig I've ever experienced. The crowd, (not me lol) hurled schooner glasses and even a glass beer jug at the stage and the spit was like a rain storm. One huge gooly landed on Jello's cheek, he wiped it off with a finger then stuck it in his mouth to savour the locals saying "hmmm...salty!" Dead Kennedys Über Alles!!!
Well that was awesome. I grew up in the time of the Dead Kennedys, but they were never really on my radar. THANK YOU for sharing this, because Police Truck is one hell of a banger! Much appreciated!
I still am shocked that someone had you listen to Kill The Poor before any of these songs. Love the song itself but it isn’t the greatest intro to the band for new listeners who are trying to fall in love with the style of DK
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"Holiday in Cambodia" have the best punk riff guitar ever. ❤❤❤
Only took about two minutes of 1 video to realize how great a reactor you are. So I subbed. I do believe I watched 2-3 of yours. Many many months ago. But was listening to Melvins Honey Bucket(which has one of my favorite all time riffs) and you popped up in my suggestions. Loved that reaction and then this.
Über Alles means Above all. Its German and The Nazis used it in the National Hymne. Deutschland über alles über alles auf der welt (Germany above all above all other on the world)
For something from them thats a little more melodic and unlike most of their other material, you should check out the song Moon Over Marin. The three you've chosen here, while good choices, all have a pretty similar sound, to my ear.
Omg the Dead Kennedys... When I first heard their music and lyrics (english is not my first language so I fell in love just listening to the music first) it felt like they were speaking what I couldn't quite articulate yet but felt so strongly about the world. It was life changing for me. In God We Trust, Inc., even though a little less commercial, has always kind of been my favorite punk album. The sarcastic lyrics charged with that twisted sense of humor shaped my perspective of life so much. Glad that you're reacting to them, you may like their Plastic Surgery Disasters album. Classic one too,
They’ve got lots of great songs. Here’s a few that I would suggest checking out - either for the channel or on your own time - A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch At My Job Cesspools in Eden Chicken Farm Soup is Good Food Stars and Stripes of Corruption This Could Be Anywhere Too Drunk to Fuck
there is also an other version from "California über alles" but released with the titel "We´ve got a bigger problem now" ..in that version it´s not about "Jerry Brown" anymore but about "Ronald Reagan"...and the verses have to an extant different lyrics due to the fact it is about a different person and the song is differently performed as well = switching back and forth between playing either very smoothly and calm with a very relaxed tone with a blues sounding guitar with a jazzy swing rhythm but then changing drastically from one second to the other into raw Punk into what you have already experienced at listening to "Califonia uber alles" but played with a bit more intensity in order to have that extreme contradiction to the smoothly relaxed parts and that goes back and forth during the whole song....that version is fun + fire.
I loved watching you hop up and down chanting 'Pol Pot ' with your ponytail bobbing away like that, I had to laugh because I said to myself "she has no idea who Pol Pot was." It was such a strange juxtaposition, this sparky, happy young lady, chanting the name of one of the most evil men in history, it just struck me as funny.😂, The Dead Kennedys was one of the bands that I used to listen to religiously when I was a kid. The Clash, Killing Joke, The Damned and The Dead Kennedys were all on heavy rotation on my Walkman. It's funny how oddly prescient some of the Dead Kennedys songs were, California Uber Alles being one of them. We're living in a politically correct, "woke" world where saying or doing the wrong thing can get you into a lot of trouble. We all have to mellow out of we WILL pay. And while no one is coming for your uncool niece to turn her into a drawstring lamp, they might just cancel her and ruin her life in less direct ways. Now, I'm not saying social justice is a bad thing, but anything taken to an extreme can become damaging and I think that this is what Jello Biafra was hinting at. That the oppressed can become the oppressors. Sorry for the long post.
lol "politically correct woke world" "Oh no, I can't be a racist muppet on twitter or people will call me a racist muppet, whatever is this world coming to" right wing snowflakes never cease to amuse me
I remember my friend Alan bringing their first album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, to my house for a listen. The album had just been released. My first thought was "this is so fast...it's ridiculously fast". Then I started listening to the lyrics, and we laughed and laughed and laughed through the entire album. It's a classic album.
I suggested on Kira’s Patreon to listen to the album versions because I felt they were so much better than the single versions. It’s crazy how different they are
What a band what a vocalist, for some reason I have always perfered Plastic Surgery Disasters to Fresh Fruit, something in the lyrics of all the tracks on that album really grabbed me.
Hey I'm kinda new to your channel? In fact about 3 years late? Loving it. Especially when you stared listening to punk. And Especially when you started doing trip hop. I'm from Bristol UK so a bit biased on all of that? I've subbed on YT. But my question is? Where you from? Cause I don't think its American. Sounds more Austrlasian? Kiwi? Might be way off but please some background?
When I got that NPFO 45 based on the cover, I hadnt heard DK before (maybe the name?) Man, it jump started a part of my brain and heart that was asleep before. I was 15 or 16
They released another version of California Uber Alles that has a faster tempo and for me that’s the definitive version of the song, I think you might enjoy it if you give it a listen
4:12 Best reaction ever. Seriously - this is the way each of us felt when we heard the In God We Trust EP for the first time. You could argue that it was one of the first "hardcore" albums of all time. It's up there with Earth AD by the Misfits and came out right around the same time.
That's Bruce Slesinger playing on Police Truck, California Uber Alles, and Holiday In Cambodia. He was their original drummer and played on their first singles and their first album Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Pol Pot was a dictator who ruled Cambodia in the late 1970s and was responsible for the deaths of around 1.5m Cambodians (estimates vary depending on the source).
I feel like you'd be into "Moon over Marin" and "I am the Owl" which are pretty Jazzy but also menacing. The Plastic Surgery Disasters" album was top Tier DK with "Bedtime for Democracy" right behind it.
if you like Uber alles you need to check out "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now" it's a rework of Uber alles in an almost Lounge singer style it changes the tone with a few altered lyrics that works in a fun way.
My all-time favourite Punk band. Legends Love the social political sarcasm which was completely misunderstood at the time this classic came out Jello's vocals: love it or Hate it. I love him one of a kind as a vocalist, activists, Label owner, punk rock musician and speaker. Love the unique surf-rock driven guitar from East Ray Bay. Unfortunately the group is a shadow of their glory and a joke after Jello's departure. R.I.P to D. H. Peligro ❤
Yeah, the upbeat tone of many Dead Kennedys songs is often at odds with subject matter of the song. I always liked that juxtaposition. I'm not sure if there's a specific incident or anything behind "Police Truck", but if memory serves, the LAPD (even though DK was based in San Francisco) was notoriously riddled with corruption in the '70s and '80s? Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please. My personal favourite DK song is "Moon Over Marin" off Plastic Surgery Disasters, which depicts a bleak dystopian future. "Riot", off the same album, would be particularly relevant to many events of the last few years, and I find myself wondering what comments the Jello Biafra of today would have about that.
When I was in high school in SoCal in the late '80s my friends and I LOVED the DKs. We'd drive around with the windows down blasting Police Truck feeling so badass.
And in Australian schools you still see the DK etched in desks from the 80s great band still listen to them regularly holiday in Cambodia is one of my favourites
I learnt english thanks to Jello Biafra & The Dead Kennedys mainly and also to Ice-T & Body Count, asking everyone that spoke english what each word meant and remembering it, their energy "matched my soul"; and... i'll say that it'd fuckin' worked. I learnt english listening to punk music.
Holiday in Cambodia is about the illegal bombing of Cambodia by the American military, that were actually fighting in Vietnam. In that way, the American Military brought the horrible tyrant Pol Pot in power, that created a massacre in Cambodia. The historical reference may be subtle, it is also very important, because one may question what USA had to help bringing Pol Pot to power, why did they do it? I know why, but comments on these subjects get deleted to much here, to explain it now.
So love seeing the kiddlets discovering nanna music. This stuff is 1970, 80s Yeah, i said it . Im a grandmother of 4 and been listening to DK since the early 80s as a teen and still on hight rotation, my kids grow up on a steady diet of punk and hardcore and their kids are too. Dont just raise kids , raise socially aware audlts that will not be quiet about how shit the world can be is the main objective! No head in the sand is tolerated in my house.
So glad you're enjoying the DKs. The drum finale to California Uber Alles is lifted from the Luftwaffe March (used in the film The Battle of Britain). Holiday in Cambodia referenced the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge's, led by Pol Pot, Cambodia. An NZ yachtie was executed by that regime for straying too close to shore. I'm surprised that Too Drunk to F*ck didn't make the list. It came very close to making number 1 on the NZ hit singles chart.
First heard the Dead Kennedys back in 1981 when I was a college student. The early '80's was a great time for the underground punk & post punk movements.
East Bay Ray is rarely talked about, but he did some fantastic guitar work with this band. The only guitarist I can think of who came close to blending surf guitar and punk is Mike Palm of Agent Orange.
agent orange keeps being mentioned to me!
Everything Turns Grey, Bloodstains, No Such Thing, Living in Darkness.. Agent Orange is fantastic
@@nunestunes Blood Stains is one of the greatest jams ever!
Love Agent Orange, anything of Living In Darkness is awesome
And Agent Orange plays Police Truck live.
You have to remember for a while there was a kind of civil war in the punk community. Nazi skinheads/punks were trying to take over the scene.
Quite a dew brawls happened over this. Thanksfully the nazi's lost.
California Über Alles has a re-written sister song called "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now" directed towards Ronald Reagan instead of Brown. It has a great jazz-hardcore sound, jawdropping.
We need another update: Mar a Lago Uber Alles
Reagan was great. Everyone thought he was a warmonger. Instead, he was the PEACE GUY
We've got a bigger problem now is a better song IMO
Obama is the first and only US president to stay at war all eight years of his presidency, in our country's history.
@@MarcosElMalo2 Kamala Uber Alles.
POL POT! POL POT! POL POT! POL POT!
I dont think she knows who pol pot was.
POL POT! POL POT! POL POT!
I've been a Dead Kennedys fan since I first heard the Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album in 1980. Holiday in Cambodia, Police Truck and Too Drunk To F*** are my favourite songs.
id add Moon over marin off Frankenstein, one of my faves but more musical, too drunk to fucks one of my all time favourites too though
Jello Biafra is very socio-politically outspoken. He takes no prisoners. Rich, poor, citizen, soldier, left, right... doesn't matter. He calls out hypocrisy and bullshit as he sees it. That's why I originally fell in love with this band. So, so good
Edit : Also, that running bass line in Holiday? Eargasm
Since when has Jello gone after the poor? Did youmiss the satire on Kill the Poor or something?
He's a leftist.
Jello is an absolute f'in hypocrite.
Jello was instrumental to me in forming my own political "identity", but like so many of the counter-cultural icons of the late 20th he seems to have become little more than a shill for the establishment. To be clear, it's not about left and right, I agree with you (and old Jello) there, it's about the establishment vs. the rest of us. A lot of people I looked up to when I was younger seem to have forgotten that. Still love the music, though!
@@iDEATH You know he ripped off his band mates, right?
@@snuffcore9686 Yeah, I've heard a couple of things about that. I've heard it was because he wouldn't let them license out one of their songs for a commercial or something? Also that he just wouldn't pay them?
I don't know. All I can say is that from what I've seen Jello before and after the year 2000 or so don't seem like the same person to me.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this,, but the title California Über Alles is a reference to the old German national anthem, which began with the lyrics, "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles," or Germany, Germany over all, which the Nazis used to indicate German superiority. I believe the anthem was brought back in the Fifties, but without the first two verses, so only the third remains. Also, the movie The Killing Fields is about Cambodia and is an excellent film that has been a bit forgotten.
Man I love the Dead Kennedys
R.I.P. DH Peligro (the drummer of DK). I think it's time for your introduction to Crossover Thrash (D.R.I, Suicidal Tendencies, Stormtroopers of Death, Body Count etc.).
The guitarist, East Bay Ray is very much surf rock influenced. They definitely stood out among other punk bands because of that.
One of the most criminally-underrated guitarists of all time!
The two best guitarist of that period of West Coast punk were Ray and Billy Zoom of X. Ray was the surf guitar god, and Zoom was the rockabilly guy.
Ive met Jello, a couple times. He is a genuine Human. This music really drove the punk scene in the SF bay area
Me too, and his speeches and songs are educational. I saw him speak for 5 hours in 2001 and he explained the US goal in Iraq and Afghanistan was not to "win" but to wage wars permanently to boost the market and serve as a threat to the world
Yeah I met the DKs years ago and would hang out with them when they'd come through my town on tour. They were cool individuals, I had my own political beliefs and they always treated me with respect. That's the way it should be. We were all against Deep State fascist bs, it was just a different opinion on how to get there and they were cool with it.
I think you'd love The Cramps!
I reckon The Cramps are more popular now because of Wednesday!
A little cramps goes a long way. But cool band
Bend over I'll drive 😂😂😂 great band
Dead Kennedys have often been referred to as one of the first hardcore bands, so yes, they're punk, but also yes, they're hardcore.
The intro to Holiday in Cambodia always gives me Apocalypse Now vibes.
"California Uber Alles" is based (loosely) on "Deutschland Uber Alles", which was the National Anthem of Nazi Germany. A lot of the lyrics point to that ("You'll look good as a drawstring lamp", "Die of organic poison gas", etc.).
It was adopted as the national anthem of Germany in 1922 so before the nazis.
What you talkin bout?.
It's satire punk. He is making fun of former Gov. Jerry Brown about his Hippie-Fascist vision of America.
There is a great documentary film called The Decline of Western Civilization which is about the LA punk scene around 1980. I think you'd really enjoy it. I know you don't do video reactions, but it might be a good chance to branch out. Otherwise, I still recommend watching it on your own. Love your channel, keep it up.
That film is amazing. so very well done.
Back when I was 15 this was my favourite LP, I still listen to it at 60. Fantastic band!
Me too. Class of 82
Me too but I was 13 and for me 1987. Fresh fruit and plastic surgery are dead set classics
I'm 15 now it's not my favorite but i damn like it!
From the Dead Kennedys' next album, Plastic Surgery Disasters, I recommend: 'Bleed For Me' 'Riot' 'Moon Over Marin' and 'Halloween'.
Or perhaps a whole album review... it's pretty solid.
I'd recommend she start with moon over marin....to late for that but worth it's own video
my favorite album.
wow, I never realized how much the Police Truck reminds me of the B-52's. You should check them. Their first two albums are uniquely perfect.
I've never seen Jello Biafra and Fred Schneider in the same room at the same time
In the '00s, I listened to a lot of Jello Biafra's spoken-word albums, and got to see him speak live. I like his humor.
I loved these albums and owned several as well.
Me too. His spoken word live was amazing 🤗
Got to see his spoken word in Atlanta. It was memorable.
East Bay Ray is an amazing guitarist
Grew up with _Dead Kennedys_ so glad to see them featured in recent conversations. Literally screamed for joy when _Police Truck_ kicked in during an episode of the new _Scott Pilgrim_ anime XD
You may also want to check out _LARD_ - which was a brief collaboration between Jello Biafria and Al Jourgensen of _Ministry_ (I play their song 'Mate, Spawn, and Die' pretty much every Valentine's Day XD )
Brief!!! Are you kidding? This project spend from 1989 to 2000 and produced 2 full albums and 2 ep's and lifelong friendship that make them work together today on each own project. The latest I know is the song Sabotage is Sex. I don't call 11 year on/off collaboration for brief 😂
That's a good one. Another cool collab is "prairie home invasion" that he did with the late great Mojo Nixon
My favourite collaboration is the album he recorded with D.O.A., "Last Scream of the Missing Neighbors."
Those are some of their best songs. My personal favorite is the entire Bedtime For Democracy album, but it's not everyone's favorite....
I've only listened to that album once, and I couldn't get into it. Frankenchrist and the compilation Give Me Convenience or Give Met Death are my favorites. Plastic Surgery Disasters is pretty great, too.
My opinion: Holiday is not only an essential punk song but it actually transcends punk. A highlight for punk and DKs❤
i really need to resub to your patreon. i gotta get on these votes and get you listening to some Agent Orange next!!
bahah i'm definitely going to be putting more punk videos tgt in the future, the genre just keeps on giving
Bloodstains is a must if you do Agent Orange, also TSOL Code Blue. Both are classic punk/hardcore songs
So Jello Biafra, the vocalist, got together with the Melvins for a couple albums. I was at the show where they recorded an updated version of California Uber-Alles.
I saw the Dead Kennedys at a dingy basement club in Sydney when they toured Australia in the early 80's. It was the most intense gig I've ever experienced. The crowd, (not me lol) hurled schooner glasses and even a glass beer jug at the stage and the spit was like a rain storm. One huge gooly landed on Jello's cheek, he wiped it off with a finger then stuck it in his mouth to savour the locals saying "hmmm...salty!" Dead Kennedys Über Alles!!!
Well that was awesome. I grew up in the time of the Dead Kennedys, but they were never really on my radar. THANK YOU for sharing this, because Police Truck is one hell of a banger! Much appreciated!
I still am shocked that someone had you listen to Kill The Poor before any of these songs. Love the song itself but it isn’t the greatest intro to the band for new listeners who are trying to fall in love with the style of DK
"Holiday in Cambodia" have the best punk riff guitar ever.
❤❤❤
Police Truck is punk. Nazi Punks is hardcore. That's the difference.
Also Husker Du from the 80s. Great melodic Punk rock_alternative song writing. Minutemen and Replacements too!! 80e
listen to the Frankenchrist album, it is the best DK album, and it is them at the height of their powers. a timeless classic.
Only took about two minutes of 1 video to realize how great a reactor you are. So I subbed. I do believe I watched 2-3 of yours. Many many months ago. But was listening to Melvins Honey Bucket(which has one of my favorite all time riffs) and you popped up in my suggestions. Loved that reaction and then this.
Über Alles means Above all. Its German and The Nazis used it in the National Hymne.
Deutschland über alles über alles auf der welt (Germany above all above all other on the world)
For something from them thats a little more melodic and unlike most of their other material, you should check out the song Moon Over Marin. The three you've chosen here, while good choices, all have a pretty similar sound, to my ear.
These are actually probably my top three DK songs! Great pics!
Omg the Dead Kennedys... When I first heard their music and lyrics (english is not my first language so I fell in love just listening to the music first) it felt like they were speaking what I couldn't quite articulate yet but felt so strongly about the world. It was life changing for me.
In God We Trust, Inc., even though a little less commercial, has always kind of been my favorite punk album. The sarcastic lyrics charged with that twisted sense of humor shaped my perspective of life so much. Glad that you're reacting to them, you may like their Plastic Surgery Disasters album. Classic one too,
East Bay Ray and His Surf guitar 🎸 😎 DK
They’ve got lots of great songs. Here’s a few that I would suggest checking out - either for the channel or on your own time -
A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch
At My Job
Cesspools in Eden
Chicken Farm
Soup is Good Food
Stars and Stripes of Corruption
This Could Be Anywhere
Too Drunk to Fuck
there is also an other version from "California über alles" but released with the titel
"We´ve got a bigger problem now"
..in that version it´s not about "Jerry Brown" anymore but about "Ronald Reagan"...and the verses have to an extant different lyrics due to the fact it is about a different person and the song is differently performed as well = switching back and forth between playing either very smoothly and calm with a very relaxed tone with a blues sounding guitar with a jazzy swing rhythm but then changing drastically from one second to the other into raw Punk into what you have already experienced at listening to "Califonia uber alles" but played with a bit more intensity in order to have that extreme contradiction to the smoothly relaxed parts and that goes back and forth during the whole song....that version is fun + fire.
Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisey did a version for Virus 100 all about Pete Wilson.....
I loved watching you hop up and down chanting 'Pol Pot ' with your ponytail bobbing away like that, I had to laugh because I said to myself "she has no idea who Pol Pot was." It was such a strange juxtaposition, this sparky, happy young lady, chanting the name of one of the most evil men in history, it just struck me as funny.😂,
The Dead Kennedys was one of the bands that I used to listen to religiously when I was a kid. The Clash, Killing Joke, The Damned and The Dead Kennedys were all on heavy rotation on my Walkman. It's funny how oddly prescient some of the Dead Kennedys songs were, California Uber Alles being one of them. We're living in a politically correct, "woke" world where saying or doing the wrong thing can get you into a lot of trouble. We all have to mellow out of we WILL pay. And while no one is coming for your uncool niece to turn her into a drawstring lamp, they might just cancel her and ruin her life in less direct ways. Now, I'm not saying social justice is a bad thing, but anything taken to an extreme can become damaging and I think that this is what Jello Biafra was hinting at. That the oppressed can become the oppressors.
Sorry for the long post.
lol "politically correct woke world"
"Oh no, I can't be a racist muppet on twitter or people will call me a racist muppet, whatever is this world coming to"
right wing snowflakes never cease to amuse me
"Hardcore" just means hardcore punk.. so it's just faster and heavier, more extreme.
Your camera is on "auto focus" and so the image keeps shaking.
A great track by them is 'Too Drunk to Fu*k' which has a catchy guitar riff despite the title of the track. A cool group indeed.
DK guitar definitely has a surf groove in a lot of songs.
A metal band called Laaz Rockit made a killer cover of Holiday in Cambodia. Understandable lyrical changes but it's actually my favorite version.
My Fav's are Terminal Preppy, Riot, and Forestfire.
Pretty much the whole Plastic surgery disaster album.
Holiday In Cambodia is one of the best punk rock songs ever recorded. I really enjoyed your video.
Think you would like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Rites of Spring and Fugazi. Seminal Punk. Post Punk/hardcore.
I remember my friend Alan bringing their first album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, to my house for a listen. The album had just been released. My first thought was "this is so fast...it's ridiculously fast". Then I started listening to the lyrics, and we laughed and laughed and laughed through the entire album. It's a classic album.
Saw your pistold reaction and found this. Loved both ❤️ subscribed,you have taste 🤭😅
Just Talked to East Bay Ray... big punk show going down in the Bay Area on May 4
WOW, I haven't heard these guys in So Long!! At least 40 years!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
The original version of California Uber Alles is much better th-cam.com/video/Dc3pvLPnWRU/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
i had so many opinions on my patreon on which one to react to haha but thanks
agree, this version feels sluggish to me
@jack_rabbit fr why would they slow the tempo down that much. It sounds like the guitar is out of breath
I suggested on Kira’s Patreon to listen to the album versions because I felt they were so much better than the single versions. It’s crazy how different they are
I'm pretty sure this IS the original version from their first single (not the later album version).
I'm not much of a rocker nor punk but appreciate their work
What a band what a vocalist, for some reason I have always perfered Plastic Surgery Disasters to Fresh Fruit, something in the lyrics of all the tracks on that album really grabbed me.
Hey I'm kinda new to your channel? In fact about 3 years late? Loving it. Especially when you stared listening to punk. And Especially when you started doing trip hop. I'm from Bristol UK so a bit biased on all of that? I've subbed on YT. But my question is? Where you from? Cause I don't think its American. Sounds more Austrlasian? Kiwi? Might be way off but please some background?
Great reaction. (I was waiting for this for a long time) 😅😂
When I got that NPFO 45 based on the cover, I hadnt heard DK before (maybe the name?) Man, it jump started a part of my brain and heart that was asleep before. I was 15 or 16
They released another version of California Uber Alles that has a faster tempo and for me that’s the definitive version of the song, I think you might enjoy it if you give it a listen
4:12 Best reaction ever.
Seriously - this is the way each of us felt when we heard the In God We Trust EP for the first time.
You could argue that it was one of the first "hardcore" albums of all time. It's up there with Earth AD by the Misfits and came out right around the same time.
Definitely check out Bleed for Me. One of the songs that influenced our band. If you’re into Police Truck you would probably like Too Drunk To F***
Oh and the drummer DH Peligro (RIP) is among the greatest live drummers I'm aware of....
That's Bruce Slesinger playing on Police Truck, California Uber Alles, and Holiday In Cambodia. He was their original drummer and played on their first singles and their first album Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
You need to check out their cover of rawhide too, it’s an event
Pol Pot was a dictator who ruled Cambodia in the late 1970s and was responsible for the deaths of around 1.5m Cambodians (estimates vary depending on the source).
I feel like you'd be into "Moon over Marin" and "I am the Owl" which are pretty Jazzy but also menacing. The Plastic Surgery Disasters" album was top Tier DK with "Bedtime for Democracy" right behind it.
Hi Kira, I just watched your reaction to the Dead Kennedy video. Of course, I love it! I really miss you.
As a Norcal Kid this was my Punk these guys and the California surf punk culture gave stoners a good voice of anger
One best group of 1980s great live performances and shows live performances at the ritz in and pil great music
I am overjoyed to see my childhood on YT like this! Thank you for these reactions! I miss my 80s!
I remember seeing theses guys at a club in Hunting Beach, ca. with TSOL.
if you like Uber alles you need to check out "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now" it's a rework of Uber alles in an almost Lounge singer style it changes the tone with a few altered lyrics that works in a fun way.
My all-time favourite Punk band. Legends
Love the social political sarcasm which was completely misunderstood at the time this classic came out
Jello's vocals: love it or Hate it. I love him one of a kind as a vocalist, activists, Label owner, punk rock musician and speaker.
Love the unique surf-rock driven guitar from East Ray Bay.
Unfortunately the group is a shadow of their glory and a joke after Jello's departure.
R.I.P to D. H. Peligro ❤
Moon Over Marin is a good one too
Under rated honestly
Insightful. Genuine. The best two reasons why I hit the subscribe button!
Yeah, the upbeat tone of many Dead Kennedys songs is often at odds with subject matter of the song. I always liked that juxtaposition. I'm not sure if there's a specific incident or anything behind "Police Truck", but if memory serves, the LAPD (even though DK was based in San Francisco) was notoriously riddled with corruption in the '70s and '80s? Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.
My personal favourite DK song is "Moon Over Marin" off Plastic Surgery Disasters, which depicts a bleak dystopian future. "Riot", off the same album, would be particularly relevant to many events of the last few years, and I find myself wondering what comments the Jello Biafra of today would have about that.
I love moon over marin.
Police Truck was actually a B side to California Uber Alles, I think. Crazy. It's one of their best songs.
Check out Stars and Stripes of Corruption. As someone who lives in the US, it's as true in 85 as it is in 24.
When I was in high school in SoCal in the late '80s my friends and I LOVED the DKs. We'd drive around with the windows down blasting Police Truck feeling so badass.
Suggestions: The Dickies, The Stranglers, the Nihilistics, Sheer Terror, Crawlpappy
Listen to the 006's Like What Me Worry? My Uncle played guitar and he was just a teenager 😅
Ahhh...one of the best Surf Bands in the world !
KIRA IS FIRE 🔥
And in Australian schools you still see the DK etched in desks from the 80s great band still listen to them regularly holiday in Cambodia is one of my favourites
Holiday in Cambodia was the first song I ever called in a request for. Called Foothill junior college radio station(KFJC) in SF bay area back in 1980.
Check out Lard. It's Jello Biafra with Ministry. His album with NoMeansNo is also good.
React to LARD, it's Jello Biafra (vocal DK) with Ministry. It's excellent.
Time to Melt
Thank you for listening to DK! It's soo nice to see new generations get turned on to them! Punks not dead
My favorite punk band ever. I was lucky enough to have seen them live. Killer show.
I met Jello once at a show in SF about 25 years ago. Very interesting guy
I learnt english thanks to Jello Biafra & The Dead Kennedys mainly and also to Ice-T & Body Count, asking everyone that spoke english what each word meant and remembering it, their energy "matched my soul"; and... i'll say that it'd fuckin' worked. I learnt english listening to punk music.
Holiday in Cambodia is about the illegal bombing of Cambodia by the American military, that were actually fighting in Vietnam. In that way, the American Military brought the horrible tyrant Pol Pot in power, that created a massacre in Cambodia.
The historical reference may be subtle, it is also very important, because one may question what USA had to help bringing Pol Pot to power, why did they do it?
I know why, but comments on these subjects get deleted to much here, to explain it now.
So love seeing the kiddlets discovering nanna music.
This stuff is 1970, 80s
Yeah, i said it .
Im a grandmother of 4 and been listening to DK since the early 80s as a teen and still on hight rotation, my kids grow up on a steady diet of punk and hardcore and their kids are too.
Dont just raise kids , raise socially aware audlts that will not be quiet about how shit the world can be is the main objective!
No head in the sand is tolerated in my house.
There's an awesome cover of Police Truck on TH-cam featuring Wil Wheaton of Star Trek TNG fame on vocals.
So glad you're enjoying the DKs. The drum finale to California Uber Alles is lifted from the Luftwaffe March (used in the film The Battle of Britain).
Holiday in Cambodia referenced the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge's, led by Pol Pot, Cambodia. An NZ yachtie was executed by that regime for straying too close to shore.
I'm surprised that Too Drunk to F*ck didn't make the list. It came very close to making number 1 on the NZ hit singles chart.
Ride Lou Ride plays homage to the 70s Cop Show Hill Street Blues
Gotta check out the DKs record Plastic Surgery Disasters. Their best record IMO.
DK was a HC band
I really like your channel because you really listen the music, but also because you're adorable.
First heard the Dead Kennedys back in 1981 when I was a college student. The early '80's was a great time for the underground punk & post punk movements.
I have California Uber Alles signed by ORIGINAL vocalist Jello Biafra! He even drew a cartoon character on the back!
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