Dave REACTS Propagandhi "Dear Coach's Corner" 

"It takes a village to raise a child, a flag to raze the children" is probably my favorite lyric ever.

"...don't be surprised if we find ourselves reaping a strange and bitter fruit..." this is the hardest-hitting, most undercover line in the entire song. The opening lyric to the song "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday - "Southern trees bear a strange fruit. Blood on the trees and blood on the root. Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze. Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees." Chris Hannah is simply un-fuck-with-able in his lyric writing.

This is the best propagandhi react video that exists. Thank you, Dave.

I love this band so much. Victory Lap is my fave song. The lyrics are stellar well as musician skills.

Chris (singer) was at a game with his niece and military did repel from the arena rafters... I think that's a key part that is missing here.

I appreciate how you took the time to really break down the lyrics of this song. He wrote this after taking his niece to a game and during intermission, they had a ceremony honoring the military with soldiers rappelling from the rafters. His niece asked why they had guns and I think they walked out. He has very strong political opinions. I don't agree with all of them but he always makes excellent thought-provoking points in their songs. Bad Religion and Propagandhi have the best lyricists in punk.

Chris’ dad was in the military and he was bought up around it and was very close to joining too.

One of the best bands ever. Dive in.

Just a note... These guys are from Winnipeg, and on 'Armed Forces Night' the local NHL team (the Jets) definitely have troops rappelling from the rafters in the pregame ceremonies.

This song hits so hard for me. I feel such a kinship with a guy in a punk band, with progressive politics, who fucking loves hockey. There aren’t a lot of people like that. I know because I’ve been playing in punk bands for 20 years, have been an activist for most of that time, and I don’t have many people I can talk to about hockey. The point of it, which seems to be mostly understood by Dave (I think that’s his name) is reasonably simple: Why do we consistently require, in ALL sporting events, nationalistic and militaristic propaganda? What purpose does it serve exactly, if not to indoctrinate youth? It seems to me that it serves to normalize violence (real violence, not what happens as part of a game where afterwards everyone gets to go home) and nationalism. A LOT of Canadians are fine with those things and are happy to have their children taught that the country is so great you should be willing to lay down your life for it… good for them. What about me? What about my child? I hope my son gets into hockey, but it will require that I spend time to deprogram him from what he sees on TV, and it’s hard for me to compete with Connor McDavid or Auston Matthews, who are seen as heroic by children… connecting the military to it creates an endorsement of military violence by the star players, whether they’re willing or not. As much as the line about Nuremberg is a little on the nose, the question posed is a good one. Dave scoffed a bit at it, but wasn’t able to answer. What IS the distinction between soldiers repelling from the arena rafters (which absolutely has happened) and those rallies? What are the goals of those two rituals? They seem to be the same, even if the context surrounding Nuremberg was far more extreme. “We are a great country for which you should be willing to die, and kill.” We know tbag stuff is harmful when it’s Nazi Germany doing it, but when Canada uses the same tactics to get to soldiers killing people overseas, typically for geo-political power and resources, many of us are complacent. If I want to teach those militaristic values to my son, that’s my right. What I don’t want is for the price of admission to a hockey game to include even a small dose of brainwashing. I don’t need corporations and the government to help instil values in my child, and I should be able to expose them to culture without having to navigate these intentional strategies to undermine my teachings. “Nationalism and patriotism is fine…” Those are two very distinct concepts. You can be patriotic and recognize the toxicity of nationalism (the idea that our country is morally superior… that’s what nationalism is). And I’m glad Dave’s kids weren’t so heavily influenced by displays of nationalism… but there’s a reason the government spends so much time and money on these events. It works and accomplishes the goals in MANY cases. They don’t need every child. Even if it wasn’t effective, the motivations are a problem to me.

Of the dozens of Propagandhi reaction vids I've watched, this is by far the best so far. With your video game background, I need to recommend another Propagandhi song called "America’s Army (Die Jugend Marschiert)".

This is excellent analysis. Great vid man. These fellas are a long time favourite.

Best lyrical reaction to this!

Great reaction buddy, you should definitely check out more of their stuff. My personal favorite is "Potemkin City Limits" (the song, not the album). Powerful lyrics.

Amazing way you react, think things through and analyze. Loved every minute of this!

Why yes this is the best song reaction video i have ever seen.

I can get patriotism in a way - I don't really feel it, but I guess I understand. I'm German and - as I said - I wouldn't consider myself a patriot, but I'm kinda "proud" what the German society, which I am part of, has become after the atrocities of the Nazis. Nationalism is f****d up though! Also, I don't think pride is something you can feel for the achievements of others but only yourselves

This song is based on a real event of the singer seeing a game with his niece where yes troops appellee from the rafters irl

@17:10 just imagine if curling originated as shuffling land mines on ice. Much more thrilling to say the least

Hey Dave, thank you for breaking down the lyrics. Some parts of this song have long eluded my understanding, especially what is Canada culture specific. I really enjoy this song and having a more complete understanding makes me appreciate it even more. I think one part you might've missed was when you were surprised he was defending hockey, but the lyrics actually mention specifically the duality between realizing the link between hockey and military/nationalism while having fond childhood memories and the whole culture connected to the sport which he cannot dissociate himself from. I completely get what he means also, in a way it's very similar to football here in Brazil.

I love Propagandhi but this lyrics has so many Canadian culture in there that I'm only understanding it 100% now after your comments in the video. PS: I only can imagine what type of lyrics they're would be writing if they were from USA hahahahaahaha

I've seen the Coach's Corner clip and they were talking about a hockey fight.

Firstly, I enjoy your commentary and breakdown of this rockin' song. Secondly, I find it hilarious that you referred to converting someone to Christianity "pulling one over" on them 😂

Gr8 song

8:13 hell ya Chris is a good singer!

Partiotism in America DOES superseed reason, thats a very big problem that needs to be discussed and dealt with, especially in the US. Yours, an European.

Yuup after 9/11 the DOD (department of defense) started paying the sports leagues to play the national anthem.

They do pay the NFL for “Airtime.” It’s a problem. Lol

@11:00 Indoctrination!!!

conjunction junction, what's your function?

Never understood one part of the lyric... north of fargo...

You've watched a lot of sporting events and you're not brainwashed. It didn't work on you, that's great. But we know for a fact that it does work on a lot of people. The fact that it doesn't work on everyone is not a valid defense of the practice.

Dude, it's called mixing.

Why do we have military celebrations at sporting events w pageantry. That’s the comparison w Nuremberg rallies. Same deal just different sizes and ideologies

hahahaha

Was this during Kaepernik and others kneeling during the anthems?

I had to stop it right here. You kept speaking from your perspective but the song is about a young girl. 20:02 I hope I feel dumb and realize that you actually listened. Its not about the damn national anthem man! and the violence in hockey....

All sport comes from military activity?

Kind of scary... how out of touch can one human being be? Kind of sad

Propagandhi is a Marxist edge lord band. They’re one of my favorite punk bands but it’s true. I definitely don’t agree with everything they write about.

I think you should stay away from propagandhi