Dead Kennedys 'Forest Fire' lip-sync mayhem, 1982 TV, HQ

Jello Biafra ends up in his underwear in a 'Forest Fire' chaotic mime on Belgian TV. Much better quality than VHS copies out there (well you wanted to see him naked in Hi-Res).
Lyrics:
No junk food, just earthly goods
I ate weird berries in the woods
Now I'm seeing colors, I'm getting higher
I think I'll start a forest fire
There's a forest fire climbin the hill
Burning wealthy California homes
Better run run run run run run
From the fire
But some of us stay and watch
And we think of your insurance costs
And we laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh
At your lives
Windows covered with bars
Security guards
Is that a house or a fortress?
Against the rest of the world
Windows covered with bars
Security guards
Is that a house or a prison
How you gonna get out?
Electric bull and your tennis courts
Pink sports cars and your boats
Getting fried fried fried fried fried fried
By the fire
Windows covered with bars
Floodlights for the yard
It's a pleasure to watch you
Watch it all melt
But hey!
What about the cocaine
Stockpiled in the basement
Be a hero and save it
You know you're gonna need it
Where's your brand new pretty wife
She might still be inside
Either save her or your cocaine from the fire
But the gates and doors are locked
Cause the burglar alarms went off
Ever wonder why we laugh laugh
At your lives
Windows covered with bars
Fences spiked with barbed wire
Never looked so helpless
Engulfed in flames
Cameras watchin' the walls
Don't forget the dogs
Now you're trapped in your prison
How you gonna get out
See the gerbil
Run run run run run run run run run
Run run run run run run run run run
Run run run run run run run run run
From the fire
#DeadKennedys #JelloBiafra #BadMiming ‪@GazelyGaze‬

[@curly-d23]

After that “performance”, I love how they just casually wander offstage.

[@laa0fa502]

"You guys want us to do another song orrrrrrrr?"

[@JossFromAnarchy]

I love how Klaus holds his bass upside down while not even trying to mime his part of the song.

[@TranzparentMethods]

Not even upside down, but BACKWARDS!!! Gotta love the DK of old!

[@JossFromAnarchy]

@@TranzparentMethods That's kinda what I mean.

[@fionahanley6047]

R to y yto y yto was Hh tgg was the time L

[@alixjay]

klaus really shines in this video

[@wup1511]

I'm pretty sure the only person trying 2 actually mime his part was Ray. Every1 else just went crazy!

[@Danny3601000]

I like how Ray just continues playing as if nothing is happening

[@GazelyGaze]

Wass 'appening?

[@bobross4449]

He is the straight man to the lunacy

[@scenegirlrawrxd6228]

East, Klaus and D.H. are so good they don’t even have to play for their instruments to make sounds.

[@GazelyGaze]

It's voodoo magic!

[@laa0fa502]

D.H*

[@scenegirlrawrxd6228]

Laa0fa omfg i thought i put D.H.

[@craigl1641]

Some of the most amazing live drumming I've seen

[@GazelyGaze]

Incredible drumming, isn't it?

[@anothersettlementneedsyour9628]

What a talented band, I mean, to play such close to the studio version while doing all the goofy stuff.

[@purpleflurple]

2:06 I love how he just puts his guitar down like "Well, I guess we're not even trying no more so..."

[@methinknot3869]

I look away from my phone for a few and when I look back Jello went from being fully clothed to in his boxers

[@dean107]

those are briefs

[@PanekPL]

DO NOT look away when watching the Dead Kennedys

[@entheogenocide]

​@@dean107 you are both tripping.. Those are whitey tighties!

[@jaimer6907]

​@@entheogenocide😂😅

[@OrbitalLizardStudios]

1:13 Jello gets possessed by Eric Andre

[@PraiseTheLame]

Rest in peace D. H. ❤

[@TheEllsi]

"You want us to what? Lipsync? Oh yeah, we'll do that (evil grin)". This would have been even more apropos if they had to lipsync Pull My Strings. Would have been a double (or would it be exponential?) whammy of DK satire then.

[@BIGromeo5711]

Lmfao. The BASSIST made this laughable but enjoyable.

[@theofficialassmob]

oh man when he threw the drummer on the floor and he just started playing on the other side of his kit my sides started to hurt

[@rilriiakilurden9538]

I had no idea this glorious chaos ever existed because I've never been a fan of watching live shows on video or documentaries at all. DK uploaded it to FB today and I cannot get enough of it. I also disavow any knowledge of having scoped out Jello's package.

[@Galang1897]

Finally i found it full version

[@billiejoeeyelash]

I would do the same thing if I was forced to lip-sync.

[@rgvdiego]

This band is my favorite punk band of all time. This is true punk

[@camerondodge2070]

That stupid kickline at the end gets me every time.

[@skeetalite6234]

Klaus is a comedy genius

[@nseight]

watched this so many times & never dulls....cheeky...cheeky nonsense......LOVE IT* Thank you for sharing * Sending well wishes from Scotland

[@skeetalite6234]

Hello my Scottish brother

[@nseight]

@@skeetalite6234 :-) sister baby....sister

[@drdanr]

Why am I just now seeing this for the first time ever? Klaus definitely did the best in this one. jello ending up in his underwear is par for the course with him...Ray was the only one actually playing along, which was funny in itself

[@bobross4449]

Ray was being the straight man

[@janipauls3668]

The bassist is funny as hell! I laughed so hard because of him! XD

[@mmyy33]

They're so silly 😭

[@GazelyGaze]

Yet sometimes deadly serious :)

[@jaerompamintuan9604]

I watched this so many times now

[@GazelyGaze]

So it was you?

[@FireIsTheCIeanser]

Jello is low-key kinda thicc in this vid

[@lucysmith2607]

he got cake

[@thunder_heads]

He thicc

[@mmyy33]

He got me acting up 🙏

[@commanderchayse7424]

What the hell?

[@goofball_gutz]

real 🙏

[@shanelaredo1070]

Jello come back dead Kennedys is not the same without you legend

[@DavidfromBA]

Funny footage, thanks for posting. Am I the only one who was expecting an actual live performance?

[@GazelyGaze]

Thanks - and you're right; I should have titled it better. I think now I have!

[@joekoss3416]

Jello, that's a terrible GG Allin impression🤣

[@No_Liiife]

I don't get it

[@ollie3108]

@@No_Liiife gg allin played his songs live while mostly being half naked

[@No_Liiife]

@@ollie3108 lol I know. A lot of bands did this/still do it. This doesn't look anything like what GG did on stage.

[@karkroth5123]

I love this so much.

[@centralscrutinizer66]

Me too, too bad everything involving money tore them apart in the worst way.

[@karkroth5123]

@@centralscrutinizer66 yeah it's sad. They don't even like each other anymore i think?

[@centralscrutinizer66]

They don’t talk, really too bad. They look tight here.

[@ggallintedtalk]

@@centralscrutinizer66 Blame the other members for being sellouts

[@bobross4449]

@@ggallintedtalk Jello kept all the money for himself

[@charmainea2419]

His tighty whities 😂

[@nseight]

probably the best ever performance, thank you so much for sharing

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Good grief these fellas are fun

[@modifidious]

When jello pushed peligro of his drum kit😂, r.i.p

[@memert4744]

Every time I watch this, I always find those guys running off stage at 0:47 is really funny for some reason.

[@herakleitus]

0:38 Darren not even phoning it in

[@YumegakaMurakumo]

I lost my shit at the pretty wife part. Along with what's going on in the video 😂 So fucking true though. Dead Kennedys was the best punk band ever in existence. Fight me.

[@Clouds_in_Space]

Lovely package Mr. Biafra

[@goofball_gutz]

fr 🤤

[@Telstar62a]

Reminds me of Public Image Ltd on American Bandstand a year or two before. No effort at all to mime along to the song, Lydon dragging people from the seating area to get up and dance. It was glorious.

[@RepukeinScapegoat]

This is better than Iron Maiden’s wasted years lip sync .... because there not playing wasted years . DK is the bees knees I never got to see DK with jello but got to see them with Klaus and East Bat Ray and both was were awesome but Ray was amazing guitar player I’ve been playing 15 years and can’t play those DK LEADS like east bay ray he’s got such a unique country jazz bluesy style infused with PUNK HARDCORE in his playing it’s odd but fits and sounds so right AND ALOT OF HOS PLAYING is very lightly distorted if any it’s very clean it’s like a clean amplifier tuned up loud to make it sound like it has some grit to it very good sound when pedals are added

[@slspastic9603]

This is the best thing I have ever watched

[@gunscotthdgaming69420]

*Who the hell told them to lipsync?*

[@McGillicuddy849]

idiots did

[@user-tp6fo7im3d]

Someone who immediately regretted it.

[@llamafrhd]

0:33 I think you plug it into your arm.

[@kurohayashi4465]

I loved every second of that

[@RichardGalli-r6i]

charming.... used to sing this song on my fire crews1988 to 2004 - seriously

[@mandalayfilmclub]

Dead Kennedys, Oasis, and Nirvana have the funniest lip sync gags ever

[@nseight]

just falling in love again*** thank you so much for sharing this absolute descent into chaos :-) such fun!!!

[@nerikull]

It's GG Allin's distant cousin! JJ Biafra!

[@jamesbaxter9069]

Wow gret job man

[@damiankingscott9492]

Cheers man. Much appreciated.

[@nseight]

Yeah...That's what I'm talking about :-) Thank you for sharing*

[@ExpatChef71]

Funny enough, Iron Maiden did their own lip sync shenanigans on Top of the Pops around the same time 😂

[@TheLarryburns84]

that was a bit later.. and it was on a German show of some type. another good one was Kurt Cobain singing Teen Spirit in some weird-ass baritone on TOTP since they had a live mic

[@Mr.B.B.Wolfman]

Jello felt bad after knocking dude off the platform. Then he stops jello from pulling the bassist over backward. Lol.

[@scorpio8716]

Yeeeaaaah, the BEST 👀😁yello president

[@mikezampardi1770]

Also,2022, was never expected,

[@richardvoisin6039]

This is what DK is all about...love it...from '81 on..

[@BIGromeo5711]

:44 🤣🤣🤣 the look on his face.

[@venus9343]

0:44

[@dannycunningham8865]

Love Jello

[@Wandering4dayz]

The most punk video I've ever seen in me lofe I'd say!

[@mikezampardi1770]

Dunno Why, U predict, Devastation of Live!

[@Markothunder]

2:00 lol😂🤣

[@centralscrutinizer66]

Lmfao brilliant

[@goofball_gutz]

oh my god i'm not okay

[@me6271]

Idc it's a great performance

[@usul2542]

Just pips Nirvana’s “live” performance on TOTP 😂

[@jakewilcken6602]

They wanted nothing to do with the pantomime 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexcobainfischer3441]

1:13 peligro dont spect that

[@01real1]

Very melodic :-)

[@sivoltage]

lol this is fucking class!

[@chadbaier9752]

Shove the drummer just because

[@goofball_gutz]

WOOF WOOF BARK BARK BARK

[@deinhard90]

Only Wow!

[@familyjimenez1275]

How can the belgians let them do that

[@s.a.l.1974]

Me on acid

[@jaygarc4500]

Someone really told them to lipsync? lol

[@madzen112]

WHO TF LET THESE GUYS ON TV??!?

[@goofball_gutz]

MEEEOOWWW

[@goofball_gutz]

omg this is so silly in 2x speed

[@bobross4449]

this puts smells like teens spirt top of the pops to shame

[@JJONNYREPP]

Dead Kennedys 'Forest Fire' lip-sync mayhem, 1982 TV, HQ 2103pm 26.6.23 now i'm seeing colours..... ahahahah.....and...then...... what's the proclivity jello biafra has for miming between songs or during songs? anyhow; i think the band could cut it live.. pity it didnt get on totp's, really...

[@AnnoyingOrange420]

I wonder why no one stopped them, maybe the producers thought this would be better anyways, which it is

[@JJONNYREPP]

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[@motherecstasy5389]

Which guitar does Ray have here?

[@roterfuchs8201]

Rik Mayall musta seen Jello, or it's too cosmically connected performers

[@mikezampardi1770]

Myself Also. care About, next Generation ,But Stimy On, How Are a people, Gonna care About, older remain ?

[@ianmorton1799]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@ianmorton1799]

Stimy on man, stimy on

[@alessandrodesouza6003]

Alessandro de Souza

[@shemrahboof4477]

Wheres the whole show?

[@TripleDes1]

Love these guys but that’s a hard watch 🤔

[@GazelyGaze]

It was hard for them to mime.

[@TripleDes1]

Saw Tin Machine on Top of the Pops. Same cringe 😬

[@wegor84]

Fuck no live TV

[@mikesalzano6416]

🤣

[@alessandrodesouza6003]

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[@darth-g0ldaR]

First tiktok ever.........💩

[@swordofgod2835]

One of the worst and most obnoxious bands ever. What a joke

[@zombieattacker5221]

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or if you have a stick lodged firmly up your ass