Dead Kennedys-Holiday In Cambodia Reaction!!

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[@larrykinnard]

Satire at it's finest. Dead Kennedys were such a great band!

[@marktourtillott1865]

Still are

[@larrykinnard]

@@marktourtillott1865 Without Jello, DK is not DK!

[@iblamegravity1]

@@larrykinnard Jello is DK ...

[@Gregbaltzer]

Jello's album he did with DOA was amazing. And his new band sounds so much like what he was doing with Dead Kennedys. If you haven't heard it than listen to White People and the Damage Done album. It's fantastic.

[@iblamegravity1]

@@Gregbaltzer I'll definitely have to check that out!

[@mariocastillo8334]

When Sori asked "who is Pol Pot, what did he do?" that's when I got comfy and brought the popcorn.

[@tonygriffin3464]

I was having a conversation with a woman once and bought up Ho Chi Minh city. She laughed and asked 'who would name a city that?'.

[@Seanthefox]

@@tonygriffin3464 I am losing faith in human when I hear stupid people like that exist

[@TheSmittenman]

It just shows her lack of education, which is sad to hear, but Vin seems to have more of an idea (just) .Just thinking the Killing Fields covers it all is way off the mark, they both need to look into History a bit more, and what countries were complicit in all this :(

[@AlexSolomon91]

phil smit, that's what I was saying on apost the other day, its better to learn and have information than have a lack of

[@stevenbacon-cheddar9914]

100% Uncomfortable shit to follow. Made me smile

[@didigarcez]

In punk, you don't have to like the singer's voice, you just have to listen to the message.

[@peterchapman3740]

exactly it was about the message

[@peterchapman3740]

blm ,white nationals pol pot , starlin hitler , they all the same , msn ,google ,twitter

[@pepintheshort7913]

I must be the weirdo that liked Jello Biafra’s voice. But that was something I liked about the bands I was in to. They had a sound, they were distinct.

[@darkkhalwb]

I like the vocals of a lot of classic punk bands. Especially those that were obviously making it a point to sing "badly". "Who Killed Bambi" by the Sex Pistols is one that comes to mind.

[@hornyconvict]

except jello's voice rocks

[@DavidDArcy1975]

The Killing Fields is not 'a term', it's an actual place in Cambodia where a ridiculous amount of bodies were discovered... it was then used as the title of the 1984 film which was based on the book, The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney Schanberg respect :)

[@BrickNewton]

That movie scarred me when I was young when it was shown on T.V.

[@delugesofgrandeur]

It literally is a term for a place. I don't think the original google earth image (/s) said Killing Fields. Pedantic dick.

[@bluegregory6239]

Yeah, I went there in 2013. Bones still coming up out of the ground. One of the two heaviest things I've ever experienced. Another brilliant example of Jello's prescience, predicting right now back in the late 1970s/early 1980s.

[@MrRichtermo]

I watched the movie in a small restaurant in Siem Reap. After seeing all of the horrible things in Phnom Penh. So the movie had an immense amount of weight at the time, it was hard to get over the experience! I had the hardest time in a school inside Phnom Penh, were they used to keep some prisoners. Everything was left as it was when the Thai army freed Cambodia. There were pictures in every room, that showed it with the dead bodies ! In one room there were bloodstains and the long metal rod that locked all the prisoners by their feet! In another room they had a woman chained to a bed, so they could rape her at will! The room was left exactly how it was, including the bloodstains on the mattress! The killed the prisoners when the Thai army approached. They used the rifle butts to save bullets!

[@russellcastro5779]

Dead Kennedys - Police Truck

[@kapohimura8721]

Tony Hawk

[@Moises505130]

☝

[@antoniorc8795]

DEAD KENNEDYS - Dear Abby

[@Siamhie]

@ourworlds atwar I second this nomination.

[@mickeyrube6623]

finally, some punk.

[@silverkyrie4714]

Agreed, been working for awhile to get some punk going here

[@mariomariolemieux982]

We can all stand to recommend some punk.

[@grindmaster7433]

The Exploited - Alternative

[@moonooze6171]

Hells yeah

[@miniconan5]

All hail jello Biafra

[@kension333]

I like this guy. He's got a really good head on his shoulders.

[@matthewalvey4760]

He fucking gets it - cool dude.

[@vanhattfield8292]

I was pleasantly surprised when he started talking and his awareness started showing. Good Stuff

[@theborg]

His name is Jello Biafra

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

@@theborg Pudding Pop Ethiopa

[@shogunloophole8816]

This song has been on my playlist for years ... perfectly encompasses the experience of a working class person encountering an affluent “college commie” .

[@randyrimiler6162]

100%

[@mrmemes3887]

you realize that jello was an anarchist right?

[@AudibleFist]

I’ve always taken it as a critique of middle of the road liberalism from the anarchist perspective like most of their songs.

[@gekko2244]

So what? anarchists are anti-authoritarians and communism is an authoritarian ideology@@mrmemes3887

[@chariot5660]

​@@AudibleFistI think the original intention was a critique of "champagne socialists" as well as tanky types who'll romanticise these allegedly communist countries that committed a ton of atrocities (soviet union, Cambodia etc.)

[@joeyloucks912]

Vin you're understanding of what Jello is trying to say in this made me respect you so so much more!! I grew up on the Kennedys and they were a voice for an entire generation. Kudos dude!! Great reaction!!

[@marcl5942]

Agreed. Spot on breakdown Vin.

[@joeyloucks912]

Reagan era punk music Man. Nothing like it at all!!

[@pdxangst]

I was living the LA punk scene in 1981, and it was awesome. They really need to do: Bad Brains... I Against I!

[@joeyloucks912]

Absolutely dude!! What a time to be alive then!! We need another movement like that!!

[@ianloughney9570]

Dude, unless this whole video is sarcastic, the meaning of this song went completely over his head...

[@arrya5372]

As a 15 year fan of punk, MAD RESPECT on your openness, especially after hearing the n word. You NAILED the interpretation of this song. Very impressed.

[@OrganicAlchemy]

Yeah I think its pretty clear hes mocking the person who would use it in those situation. Even if you dont agree with his usge of it, youre likely to share his derision

[@KILLnFOOLz]

Let’s speak plainly, this song is about BLM, AntiFa, LGBTQ and just about every “ultra” left wing activist movement . They don’t give a damn about about the communities that they claim to champion, all they care about is installing a communist system where EVERYONE is poor and controlled.

[@robertswain5704]

“pack a wife” perfect message to a person who has done everything expected of them (go to school, kiss ass, get married). Not to mention, the idea of taking a loved one on your vacation

[@robertswain5704]

Treat her like luggage :))

[@michaelgoldsmith635]

I know this is an old video, but I do want make one point. You mention the "social justice warriors" that Jello Biafra is singing about in the beginning of the song. Context is important here. This song came out in 1979, which is one of the things that really makes this song so ahead of its time, and why it's one of the greatest punk songs of all time.

[@bradprice8040]

I think that is the worst part. We are getting the trickle down where those college commies had children that now have children and this bullshit has passed down 2 generations so that this is what the govt is now pushing on us. The theme of an 80s punk song is the life they are pushing on us. It sucks so bad even though it could be worse.

[@michaelgoldsmith635]

@@bradprice8040 Here's the thing about that. I don't think that most people fall into that "commie liberal sjw" category, even young people. Sure, it's a VERY vocal group, but I think that most people are rather middle of the road in how they actually think and feel. Granted, a lot of people talk the talk, and check all the boxes, but I think that's largely because they feel that they have to for fear of getting canceled. The problem is that it's a hard point to argue with. Rights are rights, and everyone should have equality in that regard. But that's not exactly what SJW's are asking for, is it? They want special treatment. I don't care what pronouns you want to use. You do you. But I draw the line at government mandated, compelled speech. To what degree am I supposed to participate in your personal self image? A friend of mine came out to me as trans about a year ago, and we had the pronoun discussion. What I said was this "using someone's preferred pronouns is a curtesy. You're not *entitled* to someone else's curtesy and respect. You have the right to want to use whatever pronouns you so choose, and I have the right to decide whether or not I will use then. It's no different that if you called me 'she.' It's incorrect, and I'll probably think you're an asshole, an idiot, or both, but you DO have that right to be that asshole, idiot, or both, AND neither I, nor the government, should be forcing you, or anyone, to use particular language." I'll personally use their preferred pronouns, because I love and respect that person, but it's wrong to tell me that I HAVE to use them. And THAT's what the SJW's get wrong, and why people hate them.

[@LarryStAmant-jc2xj]

Punk my first love. Celebrating 41 years of listening to the music.

[@skeletonkiss1112]

Punk is a genre which isn't just thrown away imo. While every year has that one song everyone loves and then later forgets about. Punk has a legacy. People remember it and rightfully so. Glad my step dad introduced me to it. I'm 15 so I kinda gotta do a lot of research on what I'm listening to. As a matter of fact the dead Kennedys have taught me a lot. Some stuff is obvious and still relates to today but other stuff I do research on to better grasp something.

[@aleh1124]

Cheers man... Im near to celebrate my first 20 years loving it

[@thelvl1bandit345]

This song is satire. You completly missed the point of this song. Its an anti-war anthem, sung satiricaly from the point of view of a U.S. army recruiter, to a naive frsh highschool graduate, during the vietnam war. The U.S. war machine was secretly proping up the khmer rouge throughout the vietnam conflict. Pol pot was fighting aginst the vietcong/ the spread of communism, therefore he was a natural ally of the CIA, whos primary concern was limiting the spread of socialist revolution (as opposed to human rights) the recruiter starts talking about the (propaganda) horrors of living under the vietcong. Jello (the singer) then starts repeating pol pot's (a name most americans never heard of at the time, hell even today) name to shine a light on how the U.S. doesn't really care about human rights, and is willing to support genocidial dictators if it fits in with their own policy objectives. Side note: the khmer rouge, while claiming to be communists were really nationalists, whos primary goals were expelling/ exterminating all foreigners from Cambodia, and for cambodia to return to its former greatness as the Angkar kingdom, by setting up feudal agrarianism (read: not socialism), hence setting back the clocks to "The Year Zero." (actions speak louder than words) One more thing: the NSDAP (the nazis) were about as socialist as the DPRK (north korea) is democratic. (Something something night of long knives.) The nazis were far right wingers, not left wingers. (Thats why in the Weimar republic, before the nazis seized power, the nazi party sat at the far right of parliment, while the socialists sat at the far left. The nazis were representing a right wing perspective. They co-opted the word "socialist" to appeal to working class voters. Also stalin was bad, GG.

[@Jpodre98]

thank god someone who understands basic irony

[@OnlyKaerius]

It's an anti-communism song, it's a song about how western communists/socialists need to have a holiday in Cambodia, during the reign of the Khmer Rouge, to see the reality of what communism really is.

[@REVAN2338]

You are so wrong its hilarious

[@derrickzane5834]

James and Kaerius. While it's cool to draw your own conclusions from music, as is your rights to do so. The song is, however, according to the writers of the song its self, *Jello Biafra and John Greenway* "Holliday in Cambodia" an attack on the on a stereotypical, moralizing, privileged American college student. Its lyrics offer a satirical view of young, well-to-do and self-righteous Americans, contrasting such a lifestyle with the genocidal dictatorship of the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot and his Communist Party of Kampuchea. As Vin quite correctly pointed out in the breakdown of the song.

[@segapena5033]

@Chris Bartolini read more interviews with Jello. He is a die-hard anti-authortiarian, anti-corporate leftist.

[@tobytyler3765]

AT 10:09, VIn sums it up PERFECTLY! The whole song is a tongue-in-cheek SLAM of the self-righteous jackasses, poor little rich kids and their idealistic views of the world. "Shabby-chic hipsters" moving to the slums because they "empathize with the plight". Jello is a lyrical GENIUS! The art of calling someone out for they're "ignorance" and pointing out that "they do not know shit", WITHOUT ACTUALLY SAYING THOSE WORDS??? ABSOLUTELY GENIUS!!! Signed, An Old School Punk who was there when this this song was NEW! 🏴‍☠️

[@Draugh39]

"Don't forget to pack a wife": likely refers to the fact that so many young Cambodian men were killed, that young women in Cambodia, desperate for a husband, wanted to allow bigamy.

[@oibattery3198]

I don't think you guys understand satire punk bands like the Dead Kennedys. Glad one of you guys understood this.

[@Splerpsy]

I don't think satirical is the best description, they're definitely tongue-in-cheek and snarky

[@josuejimenez6174]

The brother broke down this song perfectly. DKs criticism of affluent leftist elites is probably my favorite thing about this band. It’s amazing seeing how well this song aged into our current era. Just a testament to how insightfully written this song was for its time.

[@MegaFenderstrat]

funny how when that one line came up in the first verse she cringed and looked at him like, 'how do i react?' and he's just has his eyes on the lyrics like, 'aight, where they going with this?'

[@buckyhate7695]

What made the Kennedys great, on a lyrical basis, was Jello Biafra's ability to sing satirically, by singing from his enemy's viewpoint.

[@spaceghost27]

i think this was my favorite of all your videos Vin. i'm glad this song was picked and you gave a real opinion on what's going on

[@michaelhughes6322]

You sussed this out like you'd heard the song a thousand times on the first listen. Mad respect for the high powered perception.

[@unbrokenandalive1089]

For someone who hasn't had thirty-plus years of exposure to this song (like those of us who grew up listening to the DKs) - Vin's analysis of this song was pretty spot on.

[@Neville133]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time and it makes me really glad to see to intelligent people break down its meaning and give an honest critique of the subject matter. Well done indeed.

[@eramos9980]

Bad Brains banned in DC The Clash London Calling

[@jasonsmith666]

Bad Brains were on the Alliance short list with that and 'Play to cum'. I'm sure they will make it on.

[@davepollison4333]

@@jasonsmith666 Not to be a wise guy but the song is actually called "Pay To Cum". I still have the original single.

[@jasonsmith666]

@@davepollison4333 Your not being A wise guy, I'm just not concentrating when I'm typing. I do it alot.

[@felderup]

much like the conservatives in australia call themselves liberals... a political party can call itself whatever it wishes, doesn't mean they live up to their name.

[@lzw3]

felderup to be fair, they are fiscally liberal. still hate em though lol

[@marting6037]

In answer to her question "What was that?'- That was a defining moment in American punk history.

[@SumBlink-lw3pg]

Ramones - kkk took my baby away The clash - white riot Sex pistols - god save the queen Misfits - last caress

[@TempestBob]

How the hell have people made it to 2019 without having heard this a million times already?! XD

[@sly11benal7]

Cause kids now a days listen to fetti wap, n t.i., n music about who runs the block between 110th st and 111th st....n they don't n it's fukin sad. Soooo many people now!a days don't have their own thoughts hardly . I do like NF tho it's rap but it's not fukin trash like 95% of this shit comin out now

[@TheRoadhammer379]

fact

[@GrammazCookiez]

Bad Brains- Banned in DC Minor Threat- In My Eyes Social Distortion- Another State of Mind Black Flag-Nervous Breakdown TSOL- Sounds of Laughter... Just some good ass punk for y’all 👌

[@pthor6265]

My cousin was in Love Canal. Heard of them? He played with all the bands you mentioned. LC was from LA early '80's.

[@GrammazCookiez]

Pthor hell yeah! That’s so sick wasn’t jack Grisham their singer?

[@GrammazCookiez]

Pthor or I could be thinking of another band but I can’t remember right now 😂

[@GrammazCookiez]

Pthor wait never mind I was thinking of Vicious Circle for some reason 😂 I remember hearing that love canal came out with a bunch of their older songs recently or something?

[@pthor6265]

I think it's Kerry Anderson. They tour still, or again. My Cuz can't drum anymore due to an accident, but he still talk's with them on FB. @@GrammazCookiez

[@h.rutten2187]

Love how you got the message straight on and had such a laugh about it that I’ve seen you guys reacting 6 months ago and here I’m watching you guys again.

[@chiphargis2419]

Hit the nail on the head with this song. Dead Kennedy’s are all about pointing out the hypocrisy

[@nickdrage5774]

Bad Brains - Re - Ignition , Big Takeover live cbgb The Cramps - Garbage Man Minor Threat- In My Eyes

[@Gregbaltzer]

It would be interesting to see their take on Minor Threat's Guilty of Being White and what Minor Threat were saying with that song.

[@shadowclone7068]

Glad to see you still into the music keep it alive punx not dead

[@eduardoschorn2135]

Up

[@ancientloredude]

Very cool that Vin quickly picked up quickly on the message of the song.

[@jasonwood9655]

"Who was Pol Pot?". I watched this young woman's reaction to the lyrics, but not the context. "I didn't like the singer's voice" she said. I am glad she was so honest, because her reactions are of many people.

[@Bradford659]

Dead Kennedys - Kill the Poor

[@nickdrage5774]

Black Flag- Rise Above Misfits - Astro Zombies Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker live The Stooges - Search and Destroy The Damned - New Rose

[@ethand3425]

You are forgetting The Cramps

[@nickdrage5774]

@@ethand3425 I mentioned The Cramps in my second comment

[@fullskapunkalchemist3471]

Adverts - Gary Gilmore's eyes The saints - I'm stranded MC5 - kick out the jams Fugazi - waiting room

[@johngardner4096]

Dead Milkmen - The Blues Song

[@brianna5366]

Recap, he does know but she doesn't. She just didn't like Biafra's voice & doesn't know a shit

[@CLoak183]

Vin nailed it on interpretation! And for that I'm going to check out your channel some more!

[@damjanp7920]

OMG he said the n-word, mrs Obama get down!

[@cyclpiancitydweller9517]

I noticed that too. I don't care though I love the song.

[@bobsagetbrigade]

Dark Frontier They had a black drummer

[@nopenope4183]

I think Jello was trying to comment on how people who act the way he's describing are so oblivious and are so truly out of touch with the people they claim to "know how they feel" that they'd be casually racist i found this perspective through a genius annotation and i think it makes alot of sense and i mean DH Peligro is in the band i don't think he'd be cool playing the song if that wasn't the case

[@chrisskull7882]

It's satire it's not supposed to be serious

[@RagPunker]

Yep. From the same band that has a song named "Nazi Punks F@#k Off"

[@silverkyrie4714]

Whoa you guys got to this way sooner than I expected. Nice. Hope you like it, more to come from us soon

[@geraldmeyeres5300]

I have to say you got it really quick, well done!!

[@user-ub4ke9qm3s]

I like how you have the music in the background as you talk about the video.

[@DC-op7wu]

Seriously Alliance people? With as much Pepsi as Vin chugs, how could you not suggest Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies?

[@mukorgalaxies7766]

The old chestnut where 'Hitler was a socialist' and 'its the National Socialist party' - Hitler was an authoritarian fascist and Nazis were master propagandists so you can't take any of their self-derived labels seriously. And while I think communism can't work for practical reasons (in addition to other arguments), not many 'communist' leaders killed people to achieve communism but rather power. They cloaked their authoritarianism in an ideology they could sell to the masses (and then Pol Pot, for example, proceeded to kill/'reeducate' a vast majority of intellectuals and professionals - people educated enough to know what he was really up to). We know this because every one of these regimes haven't practiced communism at the highest levels - they just created a modern day serfdom with the elites as the new aristocrats. And then Vin equated socialism and communism awfully quickly - when there are huge differences, which he must surely know. And that's not even getting into any theological debate, particularly for Christians, and whether or not unfettered free market capitalism is even compatible with the teachings of Christ - there certainly isn't a Christian argument AGAINST socialism (except for so-called 'Prosperity Gospel' preachers, who are as bad/worse than the people from the story of the moneylenders in the Temple).

Congrats! You fucking nailed it with this perfect explanation, buddy! I hope Vin can read this and learn a thing or two outside his so dear church and its deceiving christianity.

[@MrMortadelas]

Socialism is authoritarian by default. You pay extra taxes if you do something that your leader/party doesn't approve off and the state backs corporations (if allowed to exist) that it likes. To put it simply, a balalaika costs 50whateverdollars (300 - 250 from state funding) and a Strat costs 1000whateverdollars (300+ 330% luxury tax) and you can't legally teach electric guitar anyway because the state doesn't recognize a diploma in said instrument. But in theory you can still form a metal band. This is socialism as light as it gets, any more and they start banning things because they cost the state money. National socialism just trades "the people" for "the race", "the rich" for the "successful minority" and the "lazy" for the "least successful minority". So while communists kill the rich and the very poor, nazis kill the Jews and the Gypsies.

[@jlsagely6892]

mukor galaxies Amen Brother. Real.

[@MrMortadelas]

@Brant Hall Poor Stalin, Ceausescu, Mao, Pol Pot etc etc. Dying without knowing that Brant Hall disagrees with them on what kind of state they were running. Maybe we should add "Brant Hall thinks he misspoke" under every quote from... well all communist dictators, about the marvels of socialism.

[@whatchatalkinboutwillis9894]

Fascist Socialist - Communism -Same Shit Different Smeell

[@whitneymacdonald4396]

This is hilarious. Love the bewildered looks of their faces. Imagine how this sounded in the 1980's.

[@MrJahoot]

It's sounded fucking great. Still does.

[@derrickmayer4450]

I love you guys. Props

[@zacharybenson3194]

Ice ts band body count please

[@deadliestassassin3092]

Yeah Evil Dick would be a good 1 lol.

[@murphyw2215]

KKK Bitch

[@ryancoke777]

Institutionalized!

[@ronaldowens5025]

I saw them live in the nineties like 92-93 with about a hundred other people in a shithole bar. Ice t was a nice dude stayed and talked and was in the crowd for the opening band.

[@adsinouterspace]

Better late than never,I suppose! Haha One of my favorite bands as a kid in the 80's. Classic Punk Rock. I love Vin's explanation of Jello Biafra's lyrical meaning of the song-Good job,man!

[@robmadcorn9573]

That white B don't know PUNK why . so you don't know how can you began to try. I say punk you. If you went yo Vietnam our fight was in Cambodia trying to put the right leader in so the Opiate trade can supply our drug Barron's, what the buck do you think he's singing about. Act supreme or righteous. Bit damn you try to get it please punk was publicity motivated. Yea the nigga almost got.good job sicken & jiveen

[@polod2594]

Fantastic song.. I loved this album. I love how you get it and explain it perfectly for those who don't understand the lyrics.

[@patrickstangle6551]

Good job of understanding sir! Big thumbs up!!

[@corrinahopper1052]

"What... was that?" That was awesome, is what it was!

[@deadliestassassin3092]

Hell yess, Jello Biafra is awesome. Love everything Dead Kennedys put out.

[@cwarner218]

Love this song now at the age of 52 just as I did when I first heard it in the mid 80's.

[@meganmartin3784]

no offense but like how is it that hard to understand these lyrics...like

[@lukehayward8191]

It's hard if you're American and know nothing of world history

[@wustachemax]

@@lukehayward8191 this is the correct response. Lmao

[@bjhellstream]

Nationalsocialism has nothing to do with socialism. In fact it was the socialists and communists that fought Hitler. The song has of course an ironic twist.

[@darkscorpion-donzaloog]

Nah, Nazis were left-wingers.

[@bjhellstream]

Pendulum Panda Did you sleep in history class? Nazis are right wing extremists. Just as fascists. National socialism has nothing to do with socialism. That is a myth! A right wing myth....

[@totalcrash5006]

@@bjhellstream actually nazis were socialists but socialist only for the selected people, thats what we call Nationalist socialist

[@MST3Killa]

@@bjhellstream Run a side by side of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union and they're far more similar than they are different.

[@cgrist7000]

bjhellstream and capitalist fought the nazis and communist...

[@opd832]

Vin spitting facts!!!! Absolute fire! 🔥

[@artamm777]

Brilliant Conversation.....Thank You!

[@greggorian3270]

Great song and great review. You nailed it Vin

[@BaldyFella]

ON POINT Vin-man. For someone like me growing up as a Brit youth in the late 1970s, The Dead Kennedys were the 'real deal' for all the punks I knew and were compared to the Sex Pistols, Clash, Buzzcocks and Damned. Excellent reaction and great choice. There's a lot of great punk stuff out there.

[@AlanGurling]

Just to be fair, if the Nazis were Socialist, then North Korea is also Democratic because it's in the name DPRK. And America is also the "Land of the Free" whilst being the country with the most number of prisoners ever. And if Communism killed all those people, then it's also fair to declare that the annual poverty death toll of 25 million is by Capitalism. Which in effect easily beats Communism's death toll in less than 5 years. Not here to support either side, but there's a good reason why Communism is suddenly enticing to so many young people, and it's also in the best interests of those in power to demonise communism. Any significant move to the left is seen as Communism. That's not on. Feel free to scrutinise democratic socialist countries for reference.

[@collinlopez]

Great analysis

[@mikeatl6367]

Great break down!

[@ckeeler]

Jello would be an interviewee you may be interested in

[@iainweller452]

Bands like The Dead Kennedy’s we’re singing about subjects that mattered nowadays bands sing about nothing

[@DXBCI]

Listen to Sleaford Mods, very British issues but topical and on point.

[@jamesoblivion]

A lot of bands still sing about subjects that matter, they just don't get mainstream attention. Just like the Kennedys didn't in the 80s. The good stuff is never just lying on top of the pile. If you can't dig, that's sad, but it ain't just the times. It's you.

[@shogunloophole8816]

There are bands today ? Lol

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Boring take

[@hugocolmenares4009]

damn, you guys actually did well to get the message! good video!

[@ghack29]

Vin hit the nail on the head. Well done man.

[@profanepersonality]

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out- because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Neimöller Hitler was not a socialist, he was a right wing fascist dictator. Hitler killed off many of the socialist leaders on "The Night of the Long Knives". You need to brush up on Hitler history, Vin.

[@hanswurst6864]

profanepersonality the quotation is right. What you've failed to notice is that the fascism in Germany was still a very special (though no less horrible than classical socialism) brand of socialism. As seen with the way the Nazis reorganized the state („Gleichschaltung“, „Totaler Krieg“). Killing of all the other socialists just proves how radical they were and that everything left from them was to be considered Bolshewism according to their point of view. Yours truly, a believing Antifascist

[@adrianshephard378]

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[@garr123]

@@hanswurst6864 The Nazis pioneered the privatization of public industry. We literally get the word "reprivatization" from German when the coined it in the 30s. They destroyed the socialist trade unions and forced them into a state run "union" which forbade wage negotiation and strikes Hitler cut taxes to depression era lows at the behest of industry. While the West went to the left, instituted social programs, and nationalized industries in the 30s, the Nazis swung hard to the right.

[@Layjus123]

So socialists can't kill other socialists? Socialists are still garbage like commies and nazis.

[@TheBlackAndDeckerBootyWrecker]

What most fail to understand communism can, will, and always does become a dictatorship!

[@fuckwad2024]

I remember Dead Kennedys were the ones that finally got me into Punk. I absolutely hated it up until I hear my dad playing this very song on his guitar, admittedly I enjoyed the music before the lyrics. But Jello Biafra is just such a polarizing figure, I am always drawn to a bombastic frontman

[@lordwilksy]

Your reaction to this song was the BEST on KZbin x

[@Lembs4]

I love your react. Sori, you are wonderful. Good job kids !!!

[@dhaub7174]

I never heard someone get Jello so quickly. Awesome.

[@pigeonqc4318]

The build-up at the beginning of this song, is far the best of all time, all kind of music include!

[@donnisraines]

The DKs were one of the more musical of the punk bands. Lots of twists and turns in their songs.

[@thelvl1bandit345]

Dear vin and sori- Liberals arent leftists. -signed a leftist P.s. Stalin was bad. GG

[@carebear2707]

They literally mean the same thing.

[@thelvl1bandit345]

@@carebear2707 what if i told you, the centrist democratic party..... isnt leftist. Riddle me this.... have you ever heard a "liberal" espouse ideas such as: the dictatorship of capital??? Seizing the means of production?? Abolishing social hierarchy??? Worker's councils?? Handing corporate control to trade unions?? Social ownership??? Proletarian internationalism??? No. You have not. Because these are not "liberal" ideas. These are just a taste of the diverse concepts found within leftist idea groups.

[@xThemisJr]

American liberalism is Leftism. Almost all of American Liberals political ideation's line up with Leftist politics.

[@user-dq7cc3ju1w]

​@@xThemisJr liberalism = leftism? YAAAWWWN, no one cares what a third world country thinks liberalism is.

[@xThemisJr]

@@user-dq7cc3ju1w Thats cool. I'm a National Socialist anyway, so i really couldn't care how you see a Retarded "moral" philosophy anyway, was just pointing out a Fact.

[@nouveaumanifesto]

you guys were spot on, this is such a good video

[@bensteckler6698]

so glad to see both of you smile at what I've always thought was Jello Biafra's greatest lyrical twist: "...where you'll Kiss Ass or Crack!" That's a line worthy of Noel Coward or Oscar Wilde!

[@donnysanders5518]

Hell Yes Dude! So Stoked your playing some Kennedy's!!! Cant forget Minor Threat and some Suicidal Tendencies..

[@mrcomix5948]

I've seen almost all your reactions...and this is by far the best....thanks

[@relativeparadox9567]

Dude! First listen and I love you. I can feel your open mindedness and gratitude.

[@audioweasel6997]

The main thing about the Dead Kennedys is that their primary mode of writing is sarcasm

[@christopherpeden1124]

Fresh Fruit is definitely one of the best punk albums

[@Boreal_Fiend]

True Punk

[@nwmonk3105]

Punk 2.0 perhaps.

[@jhonnycagexrage7458]

This might actually be the best punk song ever

[@Boreal_Fiend]

Jhonny Cage X Rage Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables is probably in my top 5 punk albums of all time

[@dantofthegenxfamily9529]

@@nwmonk3105 the scene that created the uniform , better known as the Brit punk. Scene PUNK 2.O. DK 's are 2.5.

[@Tulgar]

We're not a punk rock band, we're a new wave band!

[@okayananas]

I think the measure of this song, bar being just purely awesome, is the conversation it creates.

[@tonymills4971]

Great response, always loved the tune and as a 16 year old lad was lucky enough to see the DKs when they toured the UK in 1981 and kinda got the message that the song had but was really interesting to hear your views on it so now finally after 40 odd years I feel i understand it much better :-)

[@ogmandog]

Your reactions reading the lyrics is classic. Welcome to the world of Jello. Enjoy.

[@Xervello]

Great selection, guys! You should do a punk week. Fugazi's "Waiting Room", Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant", Sonic Youth's "Teenage Riot" and The Ramones' "Beat on the Brat" are my humble suggestions.

[@donald-waters]

Love the expanded discussion from a song like this.

[@supadupahilton6848]

Regarding "Right Guard" deodorant is a reference to their commercials from back in the 70s? It would show someone sweating profusely (from extreme stress) but when they applied Right Guard, all of the stress was magically negated!

[@Gojo2OP]

This dude got the message of the song spot on bro 👏

[@xerodelacroix5552]

Dead Kennedys - Police Truck and The Stars And Stripes of Corruption

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

I was just about to comment that you should do Holiday In Cambodia in a different comments section, you did it though!

[@osephtorres8672]

Dude you hit it on the head brilliant !

[@monstergod888]

Bad Brains - I against I Bad Brains - House of Suffering

[@monstergod888]

Dead Kennedys - MTV get off the air.

[@UncleFilthy]

You broke this song down perfectly!!

[@matthewdennis9699]

Great to see people step into my world I grew up with and understand my point of view I still hold today.

[@desiccant]

Novembers Doom - Autumn Reflection 405+

[@johntrickey4188]

East bay Ray, just wow.

[@brianshank9864]

You guys Have the most educational reactions. Big dk fan. I don't know where you learned your history, but it's refreshing. Thank you! Sign of... Precariat.

[@tednorberto3086]

WOW! I remember subbing when you guys were in your infancy. 113K!!! I enjoy you analysis of these reviews you do. I mostly enjoy your take on Punk music. Punk to me is like after the cut, it gets to bone and you see the bone and go..... WOAH! WTF!!!