Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles - Official Music Video

[@davidtalbot9325]

Brrrr. Forty years later, still amazing.

[@2ruicosta]

A song that puts us in alarm against totalitarianism. where ever it comes from.

[@b00nz0r]

I mean people still think there's a difference between democrat and republican in this country started by slave owners.

[@KyleReese-vt8bo]

Like the Berkley Blue haired commie-goblins.

[@clyde19788]

exactly. dk were against facism from the left and right, but a lot of maga thinks this song only referred to jerry brown. dk later changed it to be about reagan

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

​@clyde19788 You think it's punk to vote for Kamala? 😂😂😂

[@b00nz0r]

@@scramblesthedeathdealer yes, confederate

[@syndicateproductionstarana4925]

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

[@gogoyubari366]

Kennedys not Kennedies.

[@arfanzufar5148]

John F. Kennedies :(

[@Codevil.]

Nope, no you didn't

[@avimex21]

You got wrong bud they toured here 1983, they played Mainstreet and No Tag supported, the USS Texas was moored @ Auckland Port @ the time.

[@borntoclimb7116]

True

[@dherdy9205]

I still have this in my head 47 years to the day

[@GiancarloBello]

GDI… I keep forgetting that 1987 is 35 years ago…..

[@K666M]

me too

[@Marktk72]

Thanks for reminding me I'm fifty. Best wishes!

[@monkzwodreivier2075]

Greetings from Germany too!

[@jasonzacharias2150]

Probably because some truth was revealed in this art! All hail Israel and it's peace campaign

[@teamblitz1990]

Punk Rock at its ultimate best.

[@georgec485]

You said it brother - -"for the greatest punk band who ever lived" can I get an AMEN

[@StGeorge67]

AMEN! 👍

[@MidnightMiik]

One of the best. There were some incredible bands in the late 1970s to early 1980s! DK was definitely one of the best! I don’t think you could pin that title on a single band.

[@JohnHowardBattell]

Disagree gladly with you . PiL for me so Hallelujah brother 🇬🇧

[@StGeorge67]

@@JohnHowardBattell yes, it's a considerable choice. PiL 's really great, too!

[@KellyTyner-q2l]

You state straight fact! Cheers.

[@53Indian]

Saw these guys back in the day, Manchester Polytechnic (UK) , around 1980, powerful performance, brings back some memories...

[@velveetaslingshot]

This song is on another level. In a hundred years humans will still be rocking out to this!

[@2sc458]

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.

[@mattresbert]

Brilliant ❤

[@KyleReese-vt8bo]

I wish I lived a live that would grant me the nickname 'microwave'

[@2sc458]

@@KyleReese-vt8bo In a weird surprise, I bumped into him at Leo's Music (defunct) in Oakland. I think he was also employed in Leo's Pro Sound Division. Yep, cool, hard working musicians.

[@coops1964]

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.

[@justinpaulsen7251]

So glad to find this! In the nineties I was in a band called Seventh Day Rototiller and we play a show with these guys. One of the most unique and entertaining acts I got to share the stage with!

[@lostjohnny]

Hat's off to the artistry of this perfect video

[@74jimmies]

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

[@74jimmies]

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

[@spanqueluv9er]

@@74jimmies^*she and I, never her and I🤦‍♂️

[@spanqueluv9er]

Learn grammar and punctuation already. Jesus.🤦‍♂️🤡

[@kermitboy3686]

​@@spanqueluv9er no one cares

[@deadsushi4287]

​@@spanqueluv9er wow, seeing a grammar nazi in the wild is such a rarity nowadays

[@cityrock1968z]

That energy !! A monument in punk rock music 🎸👄 Timeless 🥂

[@spanqueluv9er]

^*moment?🤷‍♂️

[@garyslater1243]

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 !

[@jillimyjilikers2036]

It seems like(maybe I'm reading it wrong ) that he completely predicted the lefts extremists of today

[@coops1964]

Spot on there pal.

[@lloydbraun6026]

Leftists/Progressives/ Neocons love war, torture plus not working. Brown was a Marxist through and through

[@paulietv2162]

Yes and now Jello is a full on Dem with support from the Corporations, institutions and corrupt politicians he now loves 👏👏👏💲💲💲

[@johnevans347]

references to the Holocaust are still controversial in the fucking USA.

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

Now it is 2024, knock-knock at your front door.

[@airgin3000]

If one good song could stop evil demonic-totalitarian-dick ch3n3y govts --- then we wouldn't need gvns or revolutions.

[@seth_kh]

"Knock-knock, who's there? It's me Wondering why you're not naked Knock-knock, who's there? Me again Still wondering why you're not naked..." Something remind me about Jon Lajoie (if you know who I mean)...

[@vannshuttleworth4738]

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!

[@vannshuttleworth4738]

@@andrewlloydwubba LOL! The "Craig" back then was into music only he knew about, and called DK "sellouts". I'll give him credit, though.

[@AB-xq2iy]

Saw them at the Ritz in New York in 1985. Great band. Life stinks.

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

Damn, I miss the Ritz. Good times.

[@AB-xq2iy]

@@eucliduschaumeau8813 The whole area between 2nd and 4th Avenue north of Astor Place has disappeared. No pizza place on 3rd, next to Continental Bar, and around the corner on Stuyvesant Place, St. Marks Book Store gone, and gone are Sharku Restaurant, Panya bakery, the Japanese market on the 2nd floor, and Dojo on St. Marks Place. A Salmon steak Lunch at Shark used to cost $8, now the cheapest Japanese lunch in the area (when you can find a restaurant) is $20 if you are lucky. I learned to cook. and this is strange because since NYU took over the area, beginning in the late 1980s, we expected that they will develop the area with businesses that cater to their students - dance clubs, small restaurants, etc. What we got was that everything was priced out and normal people and artists moved out. And the Pyramid Club closed its black doors, after trying to keep the spirit alive with 80s Friday nights. It is quite absurd that the Gap on 8th&Broadway turned into a Weed dispensary. all dressed up and no place to go.

[@chazbell754]

I loved the record Frankenchrist. Used to skate to it and Suicidal Tendencies first record constantly! People thought I was crazy!

[@scottbouchard2673]

Such a unique voice. Love the Dead Kennedy’s.

[@abraxasjinx5207]

*Kennedys Apostrophes are used to conote ownership or to replace omitted letters.

[@spanqueluv9er]

@scottbouchard2673 ^*Kennedys (plural), not Kennedy’s (belonging to Kennedy) genius.🤦‍♂️

[@scottbouchard2673]

@@spanqueluv9er Tanks I gess. Genus.

[@nmarrs8539]

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.

[@Slay3r077]

feels more relevant than ever.

[@MrTaylorTexas]

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!

[@tamasszabo7130]

Milyen régen halottam először..na ez most jól esett! Ittam is rá...😈 Köszönöm!

[@kukkonenmaritta6188]

Vilken nostalgi 😍 älskade dom,var punkare i början på 80-talet

[@claudioj.santosAdv]

Lembro da época do lançamento dessa música. Saudades da minha juventude.

[@I.P.Freely-xn9vf]

This song has aged well. Too well.

[@jeffreyedwards5029]

DK's probably 1 of the best live stage shows ever.

[@DeviceSuspect]

probably? definitely. Jello saw it all and shared his insights with some of the best music ever made. Fucking SPOTLESS. cheers mate.

[@metalmacabre9991]

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.

[@Jeffmetal42]

​@@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!

[@2sc458]

Back in the early eighties, I saw , a couple of times, DK's and Bad Brains. Shows were so intense and so fun.

[@LABuzz-ip4ft]

Dead Kennedys it's so cool you can Google up s*** now brings back so many memories sometimes I sit here and think I'm in the old punk days again bizarre love Dead Kennedys

[@dalecrowe7757]

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.

[@darkframepictures]

If I had a nickel for every time I had to say “Jello was right”….

[@acrodave9287]

You'd be a Capitalist running dog. 😂

[@darkframepictures]

🐶 you’re probably right. Oh, someone’s at the door 🚪

[@TheObserver37]

Jell-O is not acting punk or crazy. He’s not trying to get a reaction or look cool or tough what you were witnessing is A man’s expression who is 100% fully engaged and present within the raw emotion of the music being possessed and overtaken with Chaos in order coming together and flowing through him

[@Metalmelting]

Hello Jello !!! Brothers and Sisters We Rule !!! Still Alive And Kickin' !!! Salud y Vida Pa'lante !!! Cheers and Life On !!!

[@howaboutno3612]

Hwat the hell are you saying?

[@penelopei7051]

"Now it's 1984, knock, knock on your front door."

[@ackerjawaka1966]

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 😜

[@martinmartin9084]

Might as well have been 2024 😎

[@airevolt1]

Amazing editing! One of my top ten bridges in a rock song.

[@albertobf5610]

Total what a great song, full energy

[@NotAffiliated]

This song only gets more accurate as time goes by.

[@lydiakilledtheradiostar6162]

Yep

[@slim864gvg6]

Agreed. We tried to warn the People back then, but we were repressed, brutalized, and then marginalized only to have our culture stolen by mass media and advertising to be repackaged, rebranded, then "rediscovered" so it could be marketed to the world as "angst-ridden emo concsientious grunge" along with "faux edgy pop punk" with all of the politically motivated views surgically removed. Now, we are closer than ever to "1984" and the People are just willingly following like sheep. It is sad.

[@bobconnor1210]

This masterpiece and the epic Holiday in Cambodia made me invest in some vinyl I could barely afford but had to have.

[@leebutton1062]

I bought a old Project for 150 quid fuckin 20 years ago - thought plug it in recently and sound is awesome! Just listened to Stones Aftermath the old Mono is so cool!

[@Stretchycat36]

2024 and we NEED bands like these to say the quite things LOUD

[@LailokenScathach]

Excellent edits!

[@chucklubchenko4661]

The future is now.

[@matiasrodriguez451]

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!!

[@nevermanishere]

California punk sounds like California to this day. That voice.

[@jfpOne23]

We need these guys in D-C yesterday.

[@adorespace]

Rage for the machine .. we.d have forced magic potion jabs ..

[@metalmacabre9991]

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.

[@mentallychallenging]

growing up is realizing all these punk bands werent telling you to be like california

[@mentallychallenging]

some people still havent figured that out

[@JBBost]

Very interesting the music we come to in times like this

[@der2niederrheiner]

Einer der wichtigsten Sänger in meinem.

[@borntoclimb7116]

This song rocks

[@RuiMaia]

This single version sounds a bit like early DEVO. Love it.

[@scottcheely7553]

Punk at it's purest form!

[@L-Slayer]

CLÁSSICO DO GIGANTESCO DEAD KENNEDYS

[@stuarthickson6103]

Thanks for this this - so awesome

[@diggerthegroundhog8799]

Gotta love Jello. He did more with his hands in 3 minutes than most people in a lifetime.

[@hadcrio6845]

FUCKING LEGENDARY!!!

[@tiffanyr591]

Ichabods in Fullerton, California, and we snuck in way underage. ID'S used to be so easy to alter

[@makegeorgeorwellfictionaga9268]

Totally came true , prophetic song

[@josephvryhof5582]

I will like this because it is true!!! But want to dislike because it is too true?

[@stever7627]

How did Commifornia live up to this song? Quite the opposite. Lol

[@sir648]

@@stever7627 The hippies won't come back, you say?

[@SM-mx1it]

@@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.

[@cheponis]

@@stever7627 Hater.

[@to777ti]

Now it's 2021, knock, knock at your front door

[@Zapgro7629]

Kennedy's are a singular, American band. Nobody like them. Jello is perfect. A punk band with intelligence......and were fantastic live......

[@superorangeish]

Best frontman in the business

[@Outofstep2006]

Punks not dead gen z punk here

[@finbarrcorcoran9342]

Happy days playing along to this in my bedroom.

[@gregorypapinutto6233]

One of the most important punk song!

[@TheInkPitOx]

Not surprising they made a song criticizing Jerry Brown, being from San Francisco.

[@de6212]

- 1981: The Dead Kennedys remake the song as “We’ve Got A Bigger Problem Now” in reference to the election of Reagan. LOL

[@telgzg1]

RIP D.H. Peligro 😞

[@killeenvanhorn1970]

Resquiescat In Pace, D.H. Peligro🥺

[@robertkowalewski7879]

The best of the punk rock.

[@miroslavcvjeticanin5426]

Kako sam nekada voleo tu pesmu

[@TheEliteClown_]

All I did was type in "California Colorado song" and this popped up 😂

[@sagittarius7569]

🗣 Knock knock on *Front Door* ... 2:25 ... Secret Police

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

Yea, except they aren't wearing suede and denim this time. remember the follow-up song was called "we've got an even bigger problem now".

[@madtabby66]

Didn’t know there was an official video.

[@Matt99-rj3mq]

In the description it says its a fan made video

[@DanielPuskar-oc4rh]

This is the first song I listened to on my 50% off headphones that suck. You know Jello Biafra is interested in that.

[@electricwizard3000]

Back when the suede denim secret police were the worst thing you could think of.

[@chestermarcol3831]

@electricwizard3000 - I get what you're saying, but it actually IS pretty bad. The Suede Denim Secret Police was Jello's prophetic warning about the direction that the left-wing in this country were headed. And, once again, Biafra nailed it DECADES before.

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

soon they will be wearing red hats instead of suede and denim.

[@marinataddei5436]

I love Jello Briafra I love Dead Kennedys🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@nickgold8534]

It's The Suede Denim Secret Police...

[@zbigniewopenchowski9555]

Love you JEZU CHRYSTE 💚Poland

[@davidprime6080]

Five people are Jerry Brown supporters

[@alex-7986]

6 now

[@tacocat7822]

14

[@tubehardcore]

so Great

[@maxrate]

это лучший в американской музыке

[@TheSleepingonit]

Great song

[@iliketowatchsowhat]

SICK!

[@Shugg-Goff-HHoffical]

Why they never used any tracks of The Dead Kennedy's in any movie version of The Joker is beyond me. It's a perfect fit.

[@BCWasbrough]

Can't get the rights to use a song that's tied up in lawsuits. :( I know the band is done suing each other over licensing rights, but no movie studio is likely to touch anything that doesn't have a clear price tag on it.

[@Mrtwowongs]

To be fair….they got it right

[@carnifex17]

Now it's 2024

[@LABuzz-ip4ft]

The best songs of the best days of my life Detroit was the best

[@LABuzz-ip4ft]

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

[@chazbell754]

East Bay Ray!

[@fansheecoffeen4960]

Kantorovich brough me here. ...both Panofsky 🌊🌊🌊🌴🌊

[@CarinaPrimaBallerina]

Spellbinding attitude from JB.. it's like watching a movie

[@donaljoseph1]

Wow !!!!

[@bradcarr2444]

Vio-lence does an exellent cover of this song.

[@joelleigh1360]

It’s my favorite song

[@Romany1111]

Bruce on drums. Clips shot by Target Video.

[@christopherandrochellchann3581]

Awesome band 😊👍

[@xxyy_6969]

How prophetic!

[@elgranfather3596]

Uhhh!! 🤟😝

[@josukehigashikata6549]

my father told me about this band, this is fire, i really enjoy it

[@Handmaiden_Daphne]

Hot take on the past 70 years culminating up to 1/6/21 led me here. These guys get it.

[@thehellsurfers]

Jello Rules!

[@theGENIUSofART-understood]

genius

[@SteveJones-e7w]

One month into a UK Labour government headed by Sir Keir Stalin Two Tier Starmer, this song is now my soundtrack to his reign.

[@gj1967]

The people always know best (its probably why they f-up SNP, so that the forever rule of labour/conservatives is not endangered - being two sides of the same coin)! 1984 has long arrived….. and been surpassed…..

[@alansmith8255]

My favourite DKs track is "Nazi Punks Fuck Off!", what's yours?

[@martinfarrell396]

What was this released for? What was this on back in the day, just VHS?

[@roastbeefdinner]

yup...back in the day before people realized how evil democrats were.

[@nariscaanasui1822]

@@roastbeefdinner shut up dumbass this had nothing to do with what you said

[@alex-7986]

@@nariscaanasui1822 what did he say

[@nariscaanasui1822]

@@alex-7986 he said back in the day before people realized the dems were evil

[@thatfolkishdusk123]

@@nariscaanasui1822 So?