Dead Kennedys-California Uber Alles Reaction!! 

Vin really gets the Dead Kennedys. Vin is cool. He also completely understood "Holiday in Cambodia."

The governor of California in 1980 was Jerry Brown, THE SAME JERRY BROWN THAT IS THE CURRENT GOVERNOR!😨 This is historical and yet still relevant today! 'nuff said!! *I drop the mic*

Sori is such a sheltered creature. She literally expresses her discomfort to the reality of the world physically with every cough and sneeze. She is physically assaulted by the truth. Word to Vin for being able to dissect the true message. You are a wonderful couple. True love if I've ever seen it. Wish you both love and happiness.

There is a sequel to this song. Done 2 years after this called "we've got a bigger problem now" It's a must listen!

Bro you broke this song down as accurately and thoroughly as anyone could have asked. Really well done man. Jello Biafra still puts on a hell of a good show. I saw him heading Guantanamo school of medicine in 2016. Fucking ay good showmanship!

Sex Pistols...most offensive GG Allin: “Hold my feces beer...”

You should do a whole week of Dead Kennedys

If you love this, Vin, you’ll probably love just about *every* Dead Kennedys song. Jello Biafra was/is a genius, and was *WAY* ahead of his time with the truth found within his lyrical content. So many subjects he covered in DKs songs may have (at the time) been considered mere ‘conspiracy theories,’ but have all been proven true as realities have been laid bare in recent years by the likes of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, The Edward Snowden revelations, as well as other brave whistleblowers from the NSA, etc... Makes Jello almost look like a prophet.

Punk Rock originally was an answer to the hippie culture in the 70´s from the left against the left.

Oh man, it makes me so glad that Vin's enjoying Dead Kennedys so much

It was so great to see this guy getting the message and appreciating the humor of this song so much. You are the man my dude.

The Dead Kennedys were one of the most iconic punk bands to evolve in the early years. With thought provoking lyrics and a awesome stage presence gave the them there own unique sound. Jello Biafra editor of the iconic maximum rock and roll also ran mayor of San Francisco and actually did really well in the polls and curved the vote ...also his spoken word is off the chart. Ty for your reaction good job on this on thumbs up. 👍👍👍

Kill the Poor by Dead Kennedys would have been a better song to do.

Dead Kennedy’s - Police Truck

Dead Kennedys have a lot of great satirical songs and Jello is an incredibly unique vocalist. Nazi Punks Fuck Off is a personal favorite. Terminal Preppie, Insight, Police Truck, Halloween, We'll Paid Scientist, Kill the Poor, etc. So many good ones.

Vin is awesome. He totally gets it. Sori's so cute with her innocence and not getting the meaning of the lyrics. Just love your guys' channel.

Jerry Brown was governor of California in the 1970s and was reelected in 2000s until 2016. In the 70s, the conservative media nicknamed him "Governor Moonbeam" for his extreme ideals. His father had been governor in the 1950s. Jerry Brown also dated singer Linda Ronstadt. Jello Biafra (lead singer of DK) ran for mayor of San Francisco and came in 4th out of 8 candidates. Biafra does not tolerate extreme liberals or conservatives; he blasts both, mainly for their hypocrisy.

Holy Crap this song is more relevant now more than ever.

You should watch Dead Kennedys live Vin, in your spare time or otherwise. Jello Biafra is a real character.

lmao not disappointed, you missed the point on this one too

It seems that most of Dead Kennedys lyrics go over Sori’s head

Punk isn't often very musical, but it sure often kicks ass with the dark truth.

More Dead Kennedys please! Looovvee it

You guys should really review/analyze Dead Kennedy's "We've got a bigger problem now." It's a great follow-up to this song, due to who really ended up being president.

So much respect for you guys. I've listened to hard-core punk since 1990 and still learning from the lyrical content today. Crass, kennedys,Conflict,Icons of filth,etc

DK are a very progressive band (I know Jello is Green Party), but it seems with the two songs you've reacted to, you wouldn't know lol. But that's what is great about them (well, them before Jello left). There isn't a bias. Jello also did two other versions of the song; one with Brown replaced with Reagan, and another replaced with Arnold Schwarzenegger. You should check them out.

Thank you guys for being open minded in your music selections. I subscribed to you guys simply because you are the only people that react to punk rock music. Thank you, and keep it coming!! 🙏

I’m impressed how you got the song so quickly I had to listen to the song a few times before I originally got all of it . Good review

Such a great explanation of this, he gets it 100%

Ramones - Bonzo Goes to Bitburg (My Brain is Hanging Upside Down)

You sir just got a subscription from a long time Dead Kennedys fan. Great analysis, glad to see you understood the song unlike many people in the comments. This song is just as relevant today as it was back in the 80s

Dead Kennedys-Bleed For Me or Dead Kennedy's-We've Got A Bigger Problem Now

6:15 _Deutschland, Deutschland über alles_ ... Its from the 1st verse of the national anthem of Germany. Written 1841 by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben. But we dont use the 1st verse anymore. Only the 3rd verse.

Definitely one of my favorite punk songs and #1 from the DK's who are on the top of my list. Jello Biafra is a lyrical genius imo.

One funny side effect of this song is that some neo-nazis didn't understand that it was a criticism and started going to DK shows and starting trouble. So DK wrote one of their most aggressive songs, "Nazi Punks Fuck Off."

You really get it man, that's awesome! Wow, dude, I'm impressed big time

You nailed it man. I grew up in SoCal with a hippie mom and hippie older brother and sister. When me and my friends went punk about 1979 we were very anti hippie. To us it was all a bunch of fluffy bullshit. So when this song hit we were all over it. Nice reaction.

The title of the song is a play on the former German national anthem FunFact: Former California Governor Jerry Brown was also known by the nickname “Moonbeam” Also there is an alternative version of this song called We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now, it’s more jazzy

Great pick. Great song. Great band. As usual the analysis is spot on. I enjoy your videos so much. Some of your reactions make me feel so OLD!

YOU NAILED IT AND I LOVE IT!!!

Mad respect for Vin, I bought this single they day it was released at Zed records and I'm amazed that somebody "gets it" all these years later after hearing it for the first time.

To finish punk week on a high note: Discharge - State Violence-State Control Amebix - Largactyl Misfits - Last Caress

Great reaction to one of my all time favourite tracks. Good job guys.

Love this review

You know a video's going to be funny when Vin explains what he thinks Antifa is.

Dead Kennedy’s are auteurs of satire with punk rock being their pens

Love your explanation 😀 Greetings from Berlin. Well done.

That was an excellent analysis.

I’m honestly surprised how chill they r with his stuff.

the best thing about watching this video for me was finding out that they reacted to offspring - the kids aren't alright.

I knew Vin would love this! Funny enough though I didn't get all the jabs til seeing the lyrics for the first time. And I've been listening to this band so I don't know how I missed all that! DK is one of my favorite punk bands growing up and hope you two do more from them! Much love💚

Great analysis

Fresh Fruit For Rotten Vegetables and Plastic Surgery Disasters are both masterpieces of punk. Riot, Government Flu, Kill The Poor are all worth a listen.

The singer for Dead Kennedys (Jello Biafra) ran for Mayor of San Francisco during this time. You should check out the commercials for his campaign on RU-vid.

You totally got it and immediately understood it. I'm impressed and you have my respect as a music critic.

Hell yeah…. Now we are talking !! I salute ya both 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

:/ Dead Kennedys was an hard left punk band. You are missing the point

Love that the guy got the joke. Jello and the Dead Kennedys were a funny as hell band.

I’m so glad you get the joke in the song and can fully explain it, Vin. And it is hilarious.

Excellent breakdown of the song

No Ramones, and more shockingly, no Stooges. How "punk" of them to omit those two bands.

Helloween ☆ Keeper of the seven keys 🎃

Vin you're a king. Thank you for giving me hope in humanity. You get it.

You really HEARD this song !!! ... My favorite song in 1980 ...Greatest band to dance to LOL I LOVE SEEING SOMEONE REALLY GET SOMETHING ! GREAT VID !

She's not smart enough to listen to punk rock lol

Don't know this man but the fact he picked up the meaning of the song makes me appreciate him

Wow! :-) I've know this song pretty much since it came out and while I know that Jello Biafra's lyrics are a vital part of Dead Kennedys, I never really dug deep into the lyrics of this particular song and certainly not to the extent that you did here. Thanks a lot for this - I learned a lot about this song that I never thought about before. A huge thumbs up for this. 👍

Freaking love this one guys!

also check out police truck from dead kennedys great song

We discovered that daughters 6th grade art teacher teaching occultism and meditation as part of the art curriculum. And yes, she had them meditating on their spirit animals and focusing on chakras during class.

nice analysis .... greatings from Poland

BEST REVIE EVER! Nailed it.

Lesson of the day. Extremes of either side are messed up.

I would love for u 2 to react to more Dead Kennedys. I love how Vin explains the lyrics. Dead Kennedys is 1 of my favorites and me and my slow mind i dont understand all their lyrics but know Jello Biafra is 1 of the best. Some of my favorite songs are Kill The Poor Let's Lynch The Landlord Drug Me Viva Las Vegas (cover song) Religious Vomit Moral Majority Dog Bite Nazi Punks Fuck Off We've Gotta Bigger Problem Now (Uber Alles pt3) Rawhide (cover song) Government Flu Terminal Preppie Buzzbomb Forest Fire Winnebago Warrior Riot I Am The Owl Soup Is Good Food Jock O Rama MTV Get Off The Air Stars And Stripes Of Corruption Take This Job And Shove It (cover song) Dear Abby Rambozo The Clown Fleshdunce Macho Insecurity Anarchy For Sale Chickenshit Conformist Police Truck Too Drunk To Fuck California Uber Alles and Holiday In Cambodia u already reacted to I Fought The Law (cover...kinda lol) Buzzbomb From Pasadena Have I The Right (cover song) Back In The USSR (cover song)

Thanks for doing punk week. I wasn't a punk but did listen to alot of punk, trash and crossover. Alot of cool memories bubbled up with all these songs.

You are very intelligent. Love your insights.

For a condescending know-it-all, Vin is a such an ignorant, dull interpreter. Punk seems to present a tremendous challenge to his sensibilities.

Vin nailed it with his analyse and although released close on forty years ago that song is more relevant today than it ever was; genius lyrics and played masterfully. Is Sori truly not understanding any of this? At times its as though she were starring at hieroglyphics.

100% nailed it again

omg about time!

Agent Orange Everything turns Grey Bad Brains Big Take Over

You guys are on a punk train this week, I love it!

Great song, it's been on my playlist forever. Relevant today

Jerry Brown was governor of CA twice. This song is basically a parody on California lifestyles

You should check out the version of this song called "We've got a bigger problem now" about Reagan.

"California Über Alles" is a callback to the German national anthem during Nazi Germany, "Deutschland Über Alles" - Germany Above All. Governor Brown was running Cali in '80 and he's still Governor today. Carter was the last human being to sit in the oval office. They redid this song a few years later under the title "We've got a bigger problem now." Very similar music, but the lyrics were altered. "I am Emperor Ronald Reagan Born again with fascist cravings Still your made me President. Human rights will soon go away I am now your Shah today Now I command all of you Now you're gonna pray in school I'll make sure they're Christian too California Über Alles California Über Alles etc." Ironic that the original version of the song is more current and topical today. Also I really wish she got the joke too.

Your reaction pretty much nailed it .... perfectly!

This is awesome

The title is an allusion to the first stanza of the national anthem of Germany, which begins with the words "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" ("Germany, Germany above everything"). After the end of the Third Reichin 1945, this passage was removed and is no longer sung, as it is sometimes associated with Nazism and the passage in question claimed a large area of land, no longer contained in the current borders of Germany The lyrics are a pointed, satirical attack on Jerry Brown, the Governor of California from 1975-1983 (and later 2011-2019), and are sung from his perspective, as an imaginary version of Brown outlines a hippie-fascistvision of America. The line "Serpent's egg already hatched" is a reference to a comment on the corrosive nature of power from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, and also a reference to the Ingmar Bergman film The Serpent's Egg set in Nazi Germany that gets its title from the Shakespeare play. The lines "Big Bro on white horse is near" and "now it is 1984" refer respectively to a statement Brown made during his first governorship that Americans were supposedly looking for "a leader on a white horse", and to the totalitarian regime of George Orwell's classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four to describe a future (from a 1979 perspective) where Jerry Brown has become President, and his "suede/denim secret police" kill "uncool" people in "organic poison gas" chambers. The song is also an early example of Dead Kennedys' style, with heavy surf rock and militaristic overtones. It begins with sinister military-styled drums, joined by an ominous bass riff. Biafra paints the scene in low, sneering tones before bursting into the manic chanted chorus; after two verses and choruses, the song shifts into a slower middle eight section set to a martial drum beat over which Jello Biafra imagines the nightmarish actions of Brown's SS-styled secret police ("Come quietly to the camp; you'd look nice as a drawstring lamp," a reference to the allegation that lampshades were made from human skin during the Holocaust[3][4]). The pace speeds up as it approaches the last iteration of the chorus, closing with a repeated chord sequence accompanied by a final burst of explosive drums. German-American author Gero Hoschek was inspired by the song to title a 1988 magazine piece about the "Golden State" in the German Zeit Magazin weekly titled "Kalifornia Über Alles!" as well as a never produced screenplay. Biafra complained, got and liked a copy of the movie script, understood that there was no copyright violation, and used the same spelling for the song's 2004 remake with Melvins, "Kalifornia Über Alles, 21st Century".

Yeah Vin! This and Holiday In Cambodia, which you've already reviewed, are bangers. I think you'd also dig: Damaged Goods by Gang Of Four Who Is Who by The Adolescents Ain't It Fun by Dead Boys Not Anymore by Dead Boys Sonic Reducer by Dead Boys 1970 by The Stooges Anywhere But Here by Blood For Blood Bloodstains by Agent Orange Injustice System by Sick Of It All

The stooges -1968 and Some Black Guys from Michigan called DEATH in 1970 - All Black Guys from Washington Dc called BAD BRAINS were one of the First to Start Hard Core Punk and Reggae -The Singer HR and the drummer are Brothers were bore in Jamaica -Big influences on Henry Rollins they got him inspired to become a Punk Vocalist when he saw them Play live in Washington DC

I love the commentary after the song in this video. Lol. Right on target.

London calling , you should listen the Clash, its a important punk song

What about the Descendents?

was kinda worried it would go over your heads but you're so open minded and really thinking about the music good job!

As a white former U.S. Army soldier (Dad was for 13 years, Mom was for two, I was for seven years), I've been listening to this since 1981. I've worked for both state and country. This was all about exposing the DEMOCRATIC fascist like ANTIFA, who I tried to join to show them my rioting skills, and Antifa, in their wisdom, called whole milk "Nazi milk." I thought this was absurd, and cut my connections right there. California does "rule over all" in my opinion; I was born on the goddamn Sunset Strip (Route 66) in 1964. Yeah, we fucking rule, say it again! Cheers, 🥸

You got to more Punk try 80s Post Punk The Cure The Smiths Killing Joke The Sisters of Mercy The Cult Bauhaus

You should give Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely by Hüsker Dü a listen

Do the Dead Kennedys, "We've got a bigger problem now." It's the same song as California Uberalles, but better words.

Damn you nailed it