Dead Kennedys - Stars and Stripes of Corruption

[insider2out]

Can I borrow a dollar

[insider2out]

Does someone hate Americans? Please dial 1-800-lick-off

[Lowclef]

Klaus is such a badass bassist!

[airygrrl]

jello won't sue you he is anti establishment

[ducktape53]

longest punk song 3var!

[DgurlSunshine]

rise up...RISE UP AND OCCUPY TRUTH! TARE THEIR SYSTEM DOWN!

[777azathoth]

i wish the people who understand the lyrics would do something! farmed like worms!

but can just one of us do!?

[riffy72]

Still am baffled as to why Mr Biafra would contemplate performing in Israel?

[canuckleful]

@riffy72 Piss off the right wing probably. Show them their government are fascists. There are many reaosns to do such a thing.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

25 years later and this shit is stronger than ever - Bring it on down

[animerox1341]

Less sports more theatre and arts, teach communication in schools? Such a basic idea and yet it seems so obvious now.

[antipopboner]

Someone who ever is in charge of some sporting arena should make someone sing this song instead of the national anthem before sporting events,

[godsadouchebag]

relevant even in present day! America take a good hard look at yourself!

[antipopboner]

@godsadouchebag i like your username a lot. And i agree.

[WaltDisneyisracist]

ron paul.

[leeknivek]

HAPPY PATRIOT'S DAY!

[pele6922]

The first homeless person I ever saw as a kid was in Washington DC. He ate the PBJ I had just thrown in the garbage.



[TheLatinJewLook]

I reckon Jello Biafra would make really interesting documentaries

[Earthfart]

@TheLatinJewLook Well, he does have his spoken word albums.

[Thesortvokter]

Piss on american embassies world-wide! Spit after american tourists.

Fucking nauseating world-police motherfuckers.

[YaWantTaters]

My vote didn't count.

[godisgay1000]

jello biafra 2012

[cartmammainia]

@godisgay1000 i'd vote for him.

[godisgay1000]

@cartmammainia i would to if i was old enough

[UristMcgee]

Jello speaks the truth!

[0haeschen]

"Love your country, hate your government."

A worthy quote to live by.

[CharlineChaos]

Happy fucking 4th of July weekend.....fuck the government!!!!!

[MADADAM619]

@CharlineChaos AMERICA FUCK YEAH!!!!!! I mean FUCK NO!!!

[RockstarRacc00n]

Thanks for uploading! This song is so epic...

I added it to my NEW playlist for the Dead Kennedys (the old one got pwned). You should go look at it on my Channel... *punched in the face for the shameless ad* :P

[MCkirby666]

The best part about this song is that it seems like it never ends. Until, unfortunately, it does.

[KurtMcGowan]

'The Washington monument pricks the sky, with flags for pubic hair ringed 'round the bottom.' Lol Jello, lol. Btw is it worth checking out the 'bedtime for democracy' album, anybody? x

[MADADAM619]

@KurtMcGowan This song is off of Frankenchrist. 

[straightedge442]

@MADADAM619 He/she knows that. He/she was just seeing if he/she will like that album.

[straightedge442]

@KurtMcGowan It's only one of the best albums in history.

[KurtMcGowan]

'The Washington monument pricks the sky, with flags for pubic hair ringed 'round the bottom.' Lol Jello, lol x

[ghostinthemean]

Causing troubling for the system much more fun

[revrendjim1]

i'm near 40 now and i've listened to DK since puberty. One band that'll never grow old. Timeless. In my opinion.

[newmanfrigan]

I think I love this country too. I think I love it more than you...because I've got the guts to fight the Stars and Stripes of Corruption!!!!!

[Darksunshinerain87]

Greatest song ever written.

[LowDogQ]

We let the Idiot Majority destory or country.And we still let lthem win.WHY?

[kitsosful]

BEST SONG EVER. E V E R !!!!!!!!!!

[foreverzero001]

epic awesome song

[NickSkate7]

People take no interest in politics anymore and like it or not it will come back to haunt them, or the next generation. I'll bet they'll pay attention when they lose everything they own to the government.

[errol911]

one of the most underated bands of all time the lyrics are still relevant today

[onespirithill]

Appropriate for the 21st Century.

[onespirithill]

Appropriate for the 21st Century.

[Zlajapepe]

also spracht Jello

[homerjmandrill]

Simply Epic



[homerjmandrill]

Epic



[RaptureandZune]

"Real freedom scares you

'Cos it means responsibility

So you chicken out and threaten me

Saying, "Love it or leave it"

I'll get beat up if I criticize it

You say you'll fight to the death

To save your useless flag"

Best DK song.

[citizen0anonymous]

The State is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently toward one another … We are the State and we shall continue to be the State until we have created the institutions that form a real community.

--Gustav Landauer

[mykelismykel]

@derekchewie11 LOL ANARCHY RULEZ GUYZ XDDD

@rightarmofwyoming has it right

[yeman5]

gets more relevant everyday 

[singerdude49]

makes me wanna fight and fuck and kick a fascists ass

[McLeod54]

Still very powerful

[falkinerkeith]

the second best punk song ever written - after bloody revolutions by crass

[straightedge442]

@falkinerkeith Nah.

[rubykittykat]

there is no answer fools. live ------> die. get rich, step on ppl in the process. stay poor, be oppressed. OH YEA, str8edge??????? moderation is the key to all happiness, so crack a beer or blow a doobie u cunt. (your government lies)

[SLAPnPOP726]

I don't think anarchy is the answer, but nonetheless the system IS broken and needs vast improvments. Jello makes some excellent points in this song, and that bassline gives me the fucking chills.

[jhendrix7911]

well..... i hate it lmao. how could u love america?! how can u love any country with their imaginary lines of hate.... give me a break... all countries suck. i love america to the extent of the people. i guess when i say fuck america, i suppose more like capitalism. totalitarianism... racism... facism.. things which we arnt born with, but taught...... I love people, people arnt the problem, individually... I think its more of a society thing.... oh too much to explain, my 500 characters are up.

[straightedge442]

It's incredible how timeless virtually everything they wrote was.

[skillitt1]

AM 51 told you! Long ago!!!! We THE PEOPLE , are taking OUR GOVENMENT BACK!!!

[chasepenrose]

yum yum yum eat up those lyrics kids:)

[rubykittykat]

@chasepenrose lol

[TheEndProject]

I played this track to my friend who used to work at WTC. He enjoyed it!!!

This is one of the tunes I will listen to before I die!

[jhendrix7911]

RIGHT ON JELLO! FUCK THE USA

[straightedge442]

@jhendrix7911 Jello loves America you dumb shit.

[jhendrix7911]

@straightedge442 oh and fuck straight edge. bunch a pussies

[straightedge442]

@jhendrix7911 bunch of*

[rubykittykat]

@straightedge442 lmfao (do some drugs to xpand your mind you DRONE?)

[straightedge442]

@rubykittykat Are you new to the internet? You don't have to respond to every comment, especially with idiocy.

[tehmoozorz]

the first time i ever felt like crying after listening to a punk song... tears of joy that is. 40 years ago and the only thing that i can say i disagree with is a religion tax. maybe just some sort of support for religions other than christianity

[vexgodglove]

@tehmoozorz Religions are businesses, they deserve to be taxed just like any other for.-profit enterprise. Especially with preachers pushing their politics from the pulpit.

[tehmoozorz]

@vexgodglove religion is faith, not business. the problem is that many religions, namely the christian ones, act out of line and often outside boundaries of their own religion. believe it or not, there are places of religion, christian or no, that do use donations strictly for upkeep of the church and necessary supplies. its a large and complex argument, just dont push away the issue because some idiots use religion as a tool.

[vexgodglove]

@tehmoozorz Individuals have faith, religions are institutions. Religion differs from faith in the same way governments differ from voluntary cooperatives.

There is no rational argument for allowing churches to be tax free when no other organisations are. If everyone else has to pay taxes on property and profits, so should they. Eliminate all taxes on income and profit and you'll have a good argument, but there is no reason to grant religious institutions special priviliges,

[raptorkiller2k5]

@vexgodglove. It's a massive mis-allocation of resources too. These giant facilities rarely include shelters for the poor and seem under-utilized. You'd expect churches to be open so that poor kids, teens and even young adults can have a place where they can interact and even study. This is impossible when most of these over sized crack houses are largely closed.

Tax them, dearly, damn it!

[IANC4EVER]

bass intro is absolutely fab.

[streetphysician]

once again they speak the truth, but, sadly, no one is listening

[threezerol944t]

@streetphysician We are.

[toomanyangryidiots]

@streetphysician im listening, thats all i care about in the end.

[Thesortvokter]

@streetphysician W'eve been listening in Europe since it was released. Fucking hate you mentally lazy americans. Wipe your asses with your flag and show it to your neighbour, fucking cowards.

[RootDown18]

this should be the national anthem.

[sloanmidwestXTC]

Budget's in the red? Let's tax religion.

By god Jello, you've figured out our real solution, you know how much money goes into religion? I can't believe I never thought of that. Fucking brilliant, now we just gotta make it happen somehow...

[Pheezie17]

This might be the best song ever recorded. Nothing will ever come close in terms of lyrics. Scratch that, this is the best song of all time

[evildaveprime]

Too bad Jello is now too old and fat to inspire any real change now - just when we really need him to rally the troops.

[vallecaucano114]

@evildaveprime no one will ever listen, people are too damn stupid and brainwashed to believe a word of this song despite how true it is, and others may agree with it but are too lazy to do a thing about.

[phuse99]

For sure this song makes politicians look like morons. being One upped by a punk band. But....nobody will listen. hate this country.

[emerpus01]

@phuse99 Don't hate this country - work to fix it, as per the lyrics: "Tell me who's the real patriots / The Archie Bunker slobs waving flags? / Or the people with the guts to work / For some real change"

[blitzspeer]

Slam dance not Mosh fucker hahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mike666nz]

@blitzspeer -you got it blitzspeer

[ctojuggalo7]

lmao thats funny dude..i dont the jello biafra would sue you..im pretty sure hes happy that youre just helping spread his influence. but seeing that comment made my fuckin day lmao...that was great. "please dont sue im to poor to afford a lawyer" ahh thats great...fyi though i think every punk is to poor to afford a lawyer except garret fisbeck..but hes a fucking poser anyways lmao

[emerpus01]

@ctojuggalo7 DK released a tape once (In God We Trust Inc) that had one side blank with a message to use it to copy other music!

[ctojuggalo7]

@emerpus01 thats awesome...the commercial for one of the skate videos i saw said to buy it with your hard earned money...or someone elses lmao. but come to think of it...jello might not sue..but east bay ray prolly would...he went as far as to sue jello for the rights to dead kennedys...which is some kind of major fucked up

[emerpus01]

@ctojuggalo7 true it is fucked up but Ray and the rest of the members of the band feel that way if DK is a democratic organization (as I understand) then the majority has the right to decide how to use the product of their labor. I gotta give props to the rest of the band - Jello may have influenced my politics but the DKs influenced my musical tastes just as much.

[ctojuggalo7]

@emerpus01 hmm. as true as that may be..the only reason that east bay ray won that lawsuit was because he said he wrote all those songs...but jello makes the point that..if he made all of those songs then why has he not made anything new? so...think about this...it may be a democratic organization..but theyre just as fucked up as the politics they so strongly hate for using falselyhood. and they became the thing the so strongly stood against.

[pigkal]

dead kennedys for ever and ever and ever and ever

[mdtiforp]

"Tell me who's the real patriots the Archie Bunker slobs wavin' flags or the people with guts to work for some real change" Wake up America. Re - elect No One.

[technogrl15]

The best Dead Kennedy's song, I fucking love it so much..

It explains how much I feel about America, I think this country fucking sucks..

I hope to help out and make this a better country!!

[silentbob4343]

i love the dead kennedys, but it took a while for this song to grow on. ha now that it has i fucking love it.

[dosie1968]

the US punishment = Gestapo Biafra for President!

[LetsLynchTheCapitol]

Let's all go piss on capitol hill!!

[selli68]

these lancers r corrupt bunch of child molesters who got the law on their sides believe!!!

[NeinThoosand]

Is it just me or does this song sound like I Kill Children?

[DigitalSoulArts]

internet + people - functional democracy

no need for goverments anymore ,  we are close to anarchy , its not imposible

[inkblackRose]

Madison's constitution was written to be changed, adapted to times and circumstances that he could not predict. That was its brilliance. "Returning to the Constitution" - what does that mean? Our whole system is completely founded on the constitution; we have never gotten away from the constitution. The moment we do, you'll know: America will start looking a hell of a lot more like some kind of Orwellian dystopia than it does today.

[conservanazi]

But what is truely sad is the fact that our founding fathers really did risk their lives to provide freedom for this nation.

If our revolution against the king of england had failed, Ben Franklin And Washington and all the others would have been executed.

And look at how our crooked scumbag politicians crap all over the the constitution that so many patriots died to protect.

Its time for a DEEP CLEANING.

[CapitalistOverlord]

@conservanazi

They fought for economic freedoms, which in all honesty, we already had.

[inkblackRose]

@CapitalistOverlord the economic freedoms represented only part of what was fought for the revolutionary war. obviously, every man fought for his own personal reasons, but the point behind it for many was that britain didn't know what the hell it was like the colonies, and yet chose to impose its will. they felt a division, and then felt pressured. basically, they left home. that's how it goes.

[willyboy77]

@conservanazi i dont think the founding fathers were on the battlefield....

[inkblackRose]

it is impossible -- because of people. you cannot find a group of people who, when placed in a situation in which it would be easy to seize control and take more for themselves, would not do it. i am not a pessimist - but that is human nature.

i think this song is truly brilliant, and jello and the kennedys, by extension, are brilliant because they understand that. anarchy, socialism, communism - these are the systems for a utopia. this is not a world of perfect people. thus, imperfect system.

[CapitalistOverlord]

@inkblackRose

Sure, people are greedy. That's the same reason capitalism doesn't work.

Anarchy doesn't propose an actual working system, just a system where people are free to propose their own system.

[eatfurrypeople]

There is no "human nature" (psychologically speaking). It is human BEHAVIOR.

[inkblackRose]

No, anarchy does not necessarily mean no organized education, though it does mean no government and hence no taxation. The important center of anarchy - that everyone is EQUAL, of the same value - is definitely preached in this song. Anarchy, however beautiful, is actually impossible, so this is for the next best thing: a country with a balanced government and citizens who think.

Also: religion is not necessarily mindless, that's a generalization like "all punks are thugs" - clearly untrue.

[shaneheadface]

@inkblackRose GREAT WORDS AND AWESOME INSIGHT!!!!Less government is the BEST government!!!!That's what our Fore-Fathers fought and died for.Our Constitution is DEAD-SET AGAINST big government!!!!If you haven't yet....listen to what Congressman Dr.Ron Paul has been saying!!!!The Man is a TRUE PATRIOT and a TRUE CONSTITUTIONALIST!!!!Our Constitution stands for FREEDOM!!!!And ANARCHY is TRUE FREEDOM!!!!!"POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!!POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!"~John Lennon

[TheMiguelcarvalhais]

impossible?! i disagre, until we´ll try it we can´t say it´s impossible, the future is ours and we dont know what the futute brings...

[salenewzgb]

people individually speaking should be their own masters..then a world would be in heaven . unfortunately people are nothing but zombies that leave their lives to someone else.. for example church

[derekchewie11]

fucking amazing message and a absolutely triumphant piece of music.

Wake the fuck up everyone, understand that anarchy is the only way to ensure freedom. We need to practice what this song preaches, what Dead Kennedys are all about, take a stand for your life, don't just be a conformist brain-dead slave, take back whats yours! :D

[OriginalName90]

But doesn't his cry for an organized education system and even taxation show that his cause is something other than anarchy?

[derekchewie11]

DK have confirmed in a lot of interviews that they are anarchists. And organized education doesn't necessarily mean a state-organized one. Taxation can exist in a an anarchist society if its voluntary. The song speaks more about how the American Dream is ruined, and how we as a humanity need to look for better alternatives.

[HeadHunteR1988]

@derekchewie11 fuck dude.. i loved your comment!!! ANARCHY FOR A FREE HUMANITY!

[rightarmofwyoming]

@derekchewie11 Agreed, as long as by "anarchy" you mean true self-rule. Many punkers I've met over the last 30 years think "anarchy" means having a "circle A" on the back of their leather jacket as they collect their food stamps.

[rozz669]

@derekchewie11 exactly but people are afraid and way too comfortable

[MrChadthemonkey]

@derekchewie11 except anarchy is retarded

[Jackiechan39]

The lyrics at the side are a bit wrong.

[crackroksteady420]

we loot the world but cant feed ourselves the best line in this song for sure!

[sindrole]

best dead kennedys song ever. the first time i heard this was in middle school. the hairs raised on my arms and i knew what justice was, and i listened to it for days after that to help remind myself.

[rocker01205]

I agree my friend, not just a song, but propably the synopsis of a what punk rock is all about! EPic!!!

[illgottenjohnny]

@sindrole

This was an anthem to me when I was younger and it still rings to me today.

"We won't destroy society in a day, Unless we change ourselves first, From the inside out"

A Liberatarion salute (of sorts) to you

[Conkern65]

@sindrole I like Pull My String's and soup is good food much more.

[c0nz0rd00d]

@sindrole While I was reading this comment, I was listening to it for the first time, and the exact same thing happened man, I got fucking chills. This is fantastic.

[jahjahonelove]

@sindrole damn... me too dude

[eatfurrypeople]

This song is far more relevant today in 2003-present than it ever was in 1985.

[DanBell47]

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[theinfectiondrummer]

love this song and im 15

btw whats the singers name? love his voice

[zenrarity]

Jello Biafra.

[theinfectiondrummer]

thanks

[Ninjistic]

who cares about your age

[OriginalName90]

Age makes no difference, little guy. The members of Gang Green were 15 when they started their band, and people are still raving about them today (well... before they started playing frat-core almost exclusively about gratuitous sex and drug abuse... I wouldn't advocate that route). Try looking up "Gang Green Kill a Commie" for a taste. Maybe your friends will like it too and you could get something started. That's how it happens, bro.

[theinfectiondrummer]

nice song i like it, thanks man

[shaneheadface]

D.R.I. is another band that started around that age

I was in my first band at age fifteen...I'm thirty-seven now and I'm still doing it.And our vocalist is SIXTEEN!!!!OriginalName90 is exactly correct...that IS how it happens.Best of luck to you and your endeavors!!!!!

[SWDRM7]

There are not many people left that could do what the Dead Kennedys have done. I once was blind but now i see. Thanks Dead Kennedys.

[kylecyclopdoddsmole]

"I once was blind but now i see"... is the perfect summary of what the Dead Kennedys did for me aswell

[OriginalName90]

False. YOU can do what the Dead Kennedys have done. That's the whole point.

[rocker01205]

A real social manifest.. ..

[gulfcoastghostcult]

i wish that more people would identify with this music because it is still relevant today...but i think that the dead kennedys music has too much substance for a lot of today's people, their heads might explode.

[Moonblood00]

absolute brilliance and talent..i always loved DK because they would always have parts in their songs,little additions and stuff.Not to mention,Easy Bay Ray was one hell of a guitar player.

They were not plain to say the last.

[gilamonster001]

Mein Lieblingsalbum von Dead Kennedys !

[Crossfire44]

@gilamonster001 meins auch!

[GeRaRdMyArThUrChEmIc]

whats that song called that sounds like drunk pirates

"were the filthy vermons thatll set you poeple free"

[gmanXXIV]

never never never will you see a song like this on mtv. it's impossible today, and is a very sad statement on today's generation

[somepunkguy1000]

today's music sucks i am one of very few kids that likes this.

[Ninjistic]

no you're not, a lot of kids like this, you are not special.

[theinfectiondrummer]

and? u don't popint it out to somepunk guy do you

[fiilopunk]

seee a band named DAVOVA PSYCHOZA ... videos on youtube

[peregrjnus]

EPIC!

[poderiu]

great great song

[TheExpendables420]

First time i hear this song, WOW! it's fuckin inspirational!!!!

[ramonesrocket2russia]

maybe biafra for prez '12?

[mxcooper24]

he would be a great president and i would vote for him!

[ramonesrocket2russia]

he actually ran for president in 2000

[mxcooper24]

i did not know that lol

[NoJusticeNoPeace88]

Yeah, he was running for nomination by the Green Party but Nader beat him.

[mxcooper24]

Ralph Nader?! Damn! Biafra would totally do better than him!

[colombianguyyo]

this is great lyrics thanks for posting them

[jaesi25]

ytou couldnt get a deal with this today. this is independent music.

[tristianity4u]

This is prime satire. For once Jello says what he's for, not just what he's against.

[fatbastard112]

jello biafra is a genius

[eartant]

Definately stands up with recent events

[vangerwen79]

@eartant as all dk songs do..

[Nederlandac]

Great song.

[tyikiki101]

Best song on Frankenchrist

[1337owers]

What an amazing song. This song is still so relevant. Brilliant

[deathxcircle]

Agreed.

[opiekat138]

hellyeah!!!!!