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
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
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 !
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
@@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.
John Lydon is a fucking hack and the Sex Pistols were a boy band conceptualized by capitalist pig Malcolm McLaren. I can't think of a band less punk in spirit and ethics. I spit on them.
