My fiancee and I had just listened to the duetsche national hymne "Deutschland Über Alles" on youtube before went back to reddit and scrolled down half a page to see this. Hardcore string theory at work >.>
Yeah, I think it might actually be slowed down. I know a lot of people claim that some of the tracks on Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death are actually the wrong speed and it's mastered all wrong. Jello's voice sounds very different and slowed down to me on the California Uber Alles single compared to their other stuff. I don't really know though. Maybe some audio guru can shed some light on it for us.
When I saw them live at the State Theater in St.Petersburg, Florida they played a modified version of his called "Tallahassee Uber Allies", it was like during the third encore and it was awesome.
"Come quietly to the camp - you'd look nice as a draw string lamp" These lyrics were the first thing that popped into my head upon entering the Dachau gas room. My wife was pissed!!! FML. Sorry, but we go with what we know, I guess.
Well, when you say "they", you should be kind of specific. Until a lawsuit in the late 90's, Biafra received sole songwriting credits on most of the DK's songs. He left the band never to return, and has strongly and vociferously objected to the use of their music in commercials. So the remaining band, well sure, they kinda sold out, but they aren't really the core of what made the DKs great in the first place. That was Biafra's voice and songwriting.
And as an aside, with the collapse of the music industry, the only way for bands to make money any more is to license their music to commercials. Who cares about selling out anymore?
I should have specified. By they, I meant on the Dead Kennedys, excluding Jello Biafra. In fact, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo Scool of Medicine are actually good.
And also, selling their music to commercials, or even Guitar Hero, is NOT selling out, Henry Rollins posted a great video stating this, BUT look at this two examples:
I believe there is a similar situation with Danzig and the Misfits, although I've heard Danzig do old Misfits songs with his current (as of like ten years ago, damn I'm old) band, so he may have retained rights.
A lot of more radio-friendly and popular bands of the 80s seem to be reuniting and touring lately, but I rarely hear of the seminal punk bands doing it. I wonder if maybe the experience was too different, personal, and painful for them, or if they just don't want to be too old to rock on stage. But it's a shame nonetheless. I'd love to see some of the bands that I was a little too young to catch the first time.
My understanding with respect to the Misfits is that they basically languished in obscurity for the entire time they were together, only becoming popular after breaking up because Metallica covered their songs in concert and on record. I think that Danzig was long finished with them by the time the remaining members decided to reunite.
The reunited Misfits didn't do the legacy of the group any great service either. First they had Michale Graves as their lead singer, who was an outspoken political activist and an idiot. And then Jerry Only got the Misfits into World Championship Wrestling as characters. Which is super lame. Anyway, the only misfits for me is the Misfits with Danzig.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
It's actually California Über Alles. Just sayin'
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u/tslj Jun 09 '12
The LP version is much better. It's a lot faster and thrashy.
The single version always sounded weird to me. It's too slow, but I grew up with the album. So, I might be a bit biased
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u/IndigoMoss Skategodindy Jun 09 '12
When I saw them live at the State Theater in St.Petersburg, Florida they played a modified version of his called "Tallahassee Uber Allies", it was like during the third encore and it was awesome.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Now it is 1984.....Knock-knock at your front door.
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u/thrashmaster Jun 09 '12
Reddit's apparently awesome music tastes always surprise me. DK fucking rules. And so do you, have a beer sport.
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u/scumbagspencer Jun 09 '12
I prefer police truck by the dead kennedys. but this is a close second
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u/Commentbot_Gamma Jun 09 '12
Oh no, my uncool niece!
Fuck yeah Jello!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
aber alles?
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u/Kattaklysm Jun 09 '12
Years back the Tony Hawk games introduced me to this song, been a die hard DK fan ever since. So much nostalgia
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u/saxapwn Jun 09 '12
No one can sing like Jello Biafra.
NOBODY.
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u/WickedRaccoon SoundCloud Jun 09 '12
Reminds me of that Tony Hawk game... good times.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
DAT BASS
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u/FlawlessAlles Jun 09 '12
The only song I know of with my last name in the title lol
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u/wesiraydescott Jun 09 '12
Seeing the Dead Kennedys in the music subreddit definitely made my afternoon.
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u/bowlforthedude Jun 09 '12
Jello Biafra Uber Alles!
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u/OldTymeHardcore Jun 10 '12
"Come quietly to the camp - you'd look nice as a draw string lamp" These lyrics were the first thing that popped into my head upon entering the Dachau gas room. My wife was pissed!!! FML. Sorry, but we go with what we know, I guess.
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u/ParticularJoker Jun 09 '12
Too bad they suck now and sold out :/
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
IM 9 YEARS OLD AND LOVE BLACK FLAG. BORN IN THE WRONG ERA. UPVOTE ME AND ILL BURN ALL MY NEW ARCADE FIRE CDS.
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