Jello Biafra -Interview- 1990

from the R+M Video collection...
Jello Biafra speaks on "Politcally Correct"
This was from the Candian show Much Music.
The interview was from April 1990.
Enjoy

[@itskarmabxtch]

"You're not supposed to have any attitude when you're young. You're just supposed to go to business school, shut up, and shop."

[@namoperson5359]

I was a little kid when this video was made, and it just amplifies that I don't want to live in a world that doesn't have this guy in it.

[@mattjohnson1775]

Hilarious watching him talk endlessly while the guy tries to get in a question. 🤣😂

[@LilyBrownlivingforEGG]

the best jello interviews are the ones where he gets to ramble

[@mattjohnson1775]

@@LilyBrownlivingforEGG totally agree.

[@dekemason]

Hilarious... This poor V.J couldn't get a word in edge wise. Biafra's brain must run on rocket fuel.

[@SpongeBath_ShitPants]

Dude definitely has ADHD. I get like this when I have my "mania" days.

[@GoldandAppel]

Effervescent.

[@mikedradio]

lol the interviewer was lovin the knowledge bombs!

[@eristiamat]

Never seen Jello with a beard. He looks a little like Serj Tankian.

[@SalDOWN]

+Eris Tiamat That was exactly on my mind!

[@GoldandAppel]

You should see him as the border agent in Terminal City Ricochet.

[@MrByebyelove]

Serj mixed with Dennis Miller, mayhaps? LOL

[@jimmy_junk]

That goatie only got longer and more beautiful. I find it amazing you've never seen him with one? He had it for a minute.

[@drewp.weiner5708]

Fitting considering how much of an influence Jello was on Serj’s vocal style.

[@BRIERFOX]

"Go to business school...shut up....and shop!" Get a job....shut up...and shop. Yes...folks...this is the Murican Way.

[@itskarmabxtch]

There's smart, there's genius, and then there's Jello Biafra.

[@McGillicuddy849]

Theres woke, woke lord, and the ones who know that people just call themselves woke to make themselves feel better (Jello probably knows that).

[@moralcompass3252]

@@McGillicuddy849 Jello is a fraud and would get cancelled by the same "woke" culture he promotes.

[@McGillicuddy849]

@@moralcompass3252 “cancelled” another word for “censored”, in which he is strongly against.

[@McGillicuddy849]

@@moralcompass3252 I actually disproved that in my first comment, so it would be an easier move for you to go after that main commenter.

[@moralcompass3252]

@@McGillicuddy849 You're both idiots.

[@allanwilson9244]

great interview! one note: this is from 1991 or later; the Rodney King beating, mentioned around 9:40, happened in March 1991.

[@medes5597]

I think he's a year off - April 1991 seems right, as he talks about things that had just happened around then. That newsweek issue is early 1991.

[@MrQuijaRICK]

“when i made my raps, hardcore rap.. people said ‘you cant curse on records, you cant do that’..im like fuck it, thats just how i’m living...but it was embraced by sooo many like WOW, theirs alot of little badass kids out there ya dig”. Ice-T

[@joeymanson2222]

Nomeansno...DOA... Lard... Amazing projects. These were great years.

[@d.wilson7874]

God...The Simpsons. If Family Guy or South Park was around back then,I don't think anyone would have a problem with the Simpsons.

[@FishPornTV]

The interviewer almost fainted @3:00. He can't handle it.

[@GatesOfGehenna76]

The interviewer seemed to have been immensely baffled by Jello's dialogue. The face shows much indulgence towards Jello. I mean, who wouldn't wanna hear this guy talk? He's got reason, veracity and respect.

[@timurmusabay4822]

its michael williams and he knows EXACTLY what he is talking about

[@namoperson5359]

Yeah, there's a lot of comments on here about him talking over or baffling the interviewer, I think Michael Williams just was genuinely enjoying seeing a white guy talking about this stuff that concerned him. Sometimes the choir needs a sermon.

[@deliciousbassfingers492]

Sometimes he reminds me of Terence Mckenna, I can't put my finger on it, the way he puts his sentences together lol.

[@SmallChangeArcade]

wow, you're totally right. It's the timbre of his voice and the way he talks. and the way they can just talk forever.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@SmallChangeArcade the fast talking smart stuff to know

[@ryanwomack7563]

1984: big brother is watching

[@Maxipandah]

This man is my hero!

[@CMMCM]

Michael was a great interviewer/catalyst, and Jello is an amazing speaker... I doubt this went over too well for low-attention-span Muchmuzak... Great interview!!!

[@zoilalulu3798]

I would marry Jello Biafra in a fucking heartbeat.

[@lyranrenegade]

he'll be doing all the talking then :P

[@Weareconnected167]

Saw this the first time it aired, skipped school ;)

[@Michael-qr8io]

He's so awesome

[@cherylchaison5085]

Love to listen to jello on information highway

[@jarronhaleysorrell]

Absolute weapon of a man.

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

I love Jello, but he looks damn weird with that beard. Like Mark on Peep Show when he meets Sophies parents!

[@nicholaswhyte9442]

PEEP SHOW REFERENCE!!

[@zacharyforeal]

Parallel universe evil Jello.

[@GoldandAppel]

Terminal City Ricochet.

[@dansaunders1655]

Another aging punk rocker and Peep Show fan? There I was thinking I was the only one left

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

@@dansaunders1655 lol aging. Just turned 30 so that's about right!

[@o.liveil7111]

This man is ahead of this time

[@HerbBurnah]

I love Jello!

[@redcoat4ever323]

Jello rocks! 30 years later, Jello is more relevant than ever! Jello is 10x more eloquent and intelligent than POTUS#45.

[@CMMCM]

Michael Williams was a great interviewer for Muchmusic, and putting him in the same room as Jello requires a very long attention span... but important none the less!

[@user-ft3nh1lb6r]

first time I see a video with him having a beard when he was young 😂😂

[@dave2870]

The album with NoMeansNo is as great as anything with DK!

[@TheGuinnessboys]

omg ..look ...It's Jello Beardafra

[@thelight888]

JB isn’t your typical artist......he has brains

[@McGillicuddy849]

At first I thought he was ripping on Public Enemy. I listened a bit more and it seems that he supports their message.

[@samwindmill8264]

I'm gonna put my money on MTV circa 1991 (since this must be from then rather than 1990, due to the rodney king reference) not having the balls to put Jello on the air, not to mention that they banned most of PE's videos from regular rotation. Plus Canadian TV obviously has no problem with "fuck" being on the air, which makes it inherently more freeminded than the FCC-regulated American airwaves, but then again these days it doesn't matter thanks to the internet and the fact that most people don't even have cable anymore

[@Funz2022]

This is Canadian Music television Much Music. The interviewer is Michael Williams a really good host

[@FillingtheVoidRevues]

I like Jello, but every time he's in an interview, he takes over the entire thing and never lets the actual interviewer speak very much.

[@HansBethe]

Its better than an interviewer trying to drag out answers from a monosyllablic shill who just wants to get back stage and do a couple of lines..

[@uncledarren4262]

There's always room for Jello!

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

Still relevant today.

[@Weareconnected167]

I watched this interview live when MuchMusic originally this. I knew this interview was going to be aired later in the day, music or college hmmm?? music won that day :)

[@drewsephdsav]

it’s frustrating i have to argue a lot of the same things 3 decades later

[@regortex3364]

Well, jello got his wish, there’s been a total flip. I wonder how he likes this utopia we’re now living in, he must be so happy.

[@123612100]

Seems like a lot of the same stuff he was talking about is still going on but worse. You have people like Dave Rubin and Ben Shapiro spewing ignorant views while Donald Trump tries to overthrow democracy.

[@turbotegs2102]

When he got going he could not stop

[@irishcream9004]

Wow this funny and informing

[@maxkingmartinez]

me and jello need to sit down and smoke a joint

[@rainmaker690]

@WestisBest Biafra's clearly having fun while speaking about serious issues---I don't get the feeling that he's taking himself seriously at all----I love what he said about how rap and the racial divisions of corporate radio,because that was so true. I recall being heavy into these same issues around rock 'n roll and race back then---I was pretty young then and not as politically educated as I am now. Still fun to listen to,though.

[@rainmaker690]

@WesiisBest Enough of this liberal-hating bullshit---I think some of you wanna-be Rethugs are just spouting the GOP line you soaked up from FOX News. Go screw yourselves, since you're rather let the Tea Party think for you than actually have an original thought in your damn heads. Ooh, how scary that is!

[@neilyringworm]

great stuff but the Rodney King incident happened in 1991

[@Facebones2391]

There's a lot of wisdom to what Jello says, but his head is also kinda up his ass. He's the kinda guy who'd keep talking long after the conversation is over, and you're trying to go home xD Love his old music though. Sadly though, both he and DK lost out when they booted him.

[@999therocker]

Jello always was ahead of the pack! Always interesting and informative.

[@queenshersei896]

This is still so relevant my mind is totally blown.

[@adammartin3146]

This guy loves to hear himself talk doesn't he

[@Xcorgi]

As a pioneer against the New World Order Martial Law Police State, I wonder why Jello Biafra has never been a guest on the Alex Jones radio show. It would be amazing to hear what those two would have to talk about in this current age.

[@EmperorSheepy]

He looks a bit like my dad with that beard.

[@rainmaker690]

Always thought Biafra was good-looking,though.

[@elizabethlopez5551]

he is!

[@Laura-kg9le]

Oh man. people like this really need to learn that no one has fun when it's a one sided conversation. the whole time you can tell the interviewers like planning his exit strategy. not saying jellos not brilliant but he does fail at the conversation

[@Em-sf6sr]

Agreed! I've been working on the interview he did with Anthony Fantano, and listening to those two talk over each other has required a few breaks 😖

[@Deeznutseighthundredthirty]

It's one sided cuz jello actually has important things to say?

[@Laura-kg9le]

@@Deeznutseighthundredthirty I'm not talking about what he has to say. I'm talking about him masturbating for hours while people just smile, nod, and then fall asleep

[@sheripapp7380]

"Makes Donna Reed look like GG Allin..." th..th..th...thats all folks!!!

[@patriot6067]

I wonder if the producers deliberately picked an interviewer that resembled D.H. Peligro . . . not that it wasn't an appropriate choice .

[@countsmyth]

The interviewer didn't get a word in edgeways, Jello always has allot to say!

[@footrot17]

Gg allin, jello, and glen danzig

[@XGRIMYONEX]

5:14 look like gg alllin

[@thereturnofkaliyuga]

Didn't knew jello ever had a beard!

[@chiefmonrovia6691]

Tumor circus huh, jello just never quit

[@squareinsquare2078]

Politically correct, two words used by all sides for shit they don't want to hear.

[@dannycunningham8865]

what would u prefer the opposite!! (i do get what cha sayin, but i'd rather hear jello over an interviewer) Which i hate when the interviewer see's themselves more important/funnier or better than the artist whom u want to hear ie in UK 90s show with intertviews done in a bar? 1 i remember particually was with the extremly funny HENRY ROLLINS, she spent the whole interview talking over and tryng and failing too be funnier, cos henry rollins on british tv was extremly rare on uk tv & ruined it da

[@HerbBurnah]

Could not have said it better. Seems you possess a little bit of Jelloness yourself :) Btw Jelloness is grammatically correct according to youtube lol. Who knew? Your comment has apparently elevated Biafra to the level of verb. He is no longer just a noun.

[@tonystone2755]

Jello Pudding POP

[@jdoom8636]

Such an odd switch in politics from then till now.

[@andrewptob]

He's great, but man, he just goes and goes. He could go on for hours if you let him. Which I love, just sayin'.

[@warrrockt]

are you sure this is 1990? wasnt the rodney king incidint in march 1991? anyway. not a biggie. just checkin.

[@MCConfuz]

1

[@ihateandreykrasnokutsky]

Джелло форева.

[@primitivebeans]

interesting... phhhhh

[@oztang1]

THINK?

[@captaincorleone7088]

1991, not 1990.

[@user-mf6fe4rv5o]

LOLOL HAVE YOU SEEN NEWSWEEK THIS WEEK?

[@Pyro-Moloch]

Poor interviewer lmao

[@simonh9987]

lol. looks like pat buchannan got what he wanted, albeit 20 years late...

[@Titant2]

1:00 And they were right...

[@nationalist1969]

Jello never talks about Jewish supremacy Hmmmmm I wonder why? 😋

[@impychimpyable]

"The thought police are the feminists" he questions sarcastically....lol what an ignoramus. I wonder if he still today believes that feminists are not thought police.

[@spoonlustproductions4100]

They are not. The only ones who think so and the ones who thought so at the time were and are still the same kind of brain dead flag waving right wingers who are desperate to bring 50s American values back.

[@beauzer36]

@@spoonlustproductions4100 The feminists and left are the ones who invented cancel culture. Desperately running around trying to get people fired and banned. All of the social media companies are busy censoring everyone right now. I agree in the past that it was the right which we worried about with trying to make people pray in school and banning rock and rap lyrics but if you haven't seen the complete change in whose become the thought police, you're not paying attention or just not being honest.

[@Mallsio]

and henry rollins