I was there!! Center seats front row balcony. The mix was perfect!! The way they transitioned into this song was perfect!! You had to be there. Everybody was hyped.
I still have visions of some of the epic jam moments I've seen the boys perform. especially the tour de fromage era jams. my god was that a great time.
This is one of my favorite types of cover. When a well known band covers a well known band. An iconic band from the eighties covered by an iconic band from the nineties performed in 2017. Old dudes Rock
@@jackdiddley9227 Tons and tons, actually, which is a bit of a problem. Our sound guru and sometime drummer holds the entire archive, but he has become spookily reclusive over the years (downright nutty, as my less patient bandmates would say), so getting access to these recordings, which go back all the way to the late 70s, has become increasingly difficult over the years. I am working on a plan, however, which basically consists of him making a copy of everything and then just letting us sort it all out. Not a weekend's project, exactly, and nowhere near as much fun as firing up the amps and letting loose again, but what else do we have to do in our old age?
@@haeuptlingaberja4927 Believe me, I understand where you’re coming from, with this scenario! It can be so screwed-up, sometime. I wish you much luck, with your quest, truly! Please keep me/us posted, on your progress. I would seriously have great interest in hearing your music!
THAT made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, and a legit LOL…. WUUUUU that was the highlight of my day!! Better than shine on you crazy diamond with the frogs in Denver at the Ogden.
Man Herb is doing his best but he is surely struggling with that off-beat hi-hat groove. But man does he do a great job. Love this cover even though its rough, now I've been trying to listen to more Dead Kennedys
Ler say that in an interview, I read he wanted to be in a band that was a cross between Zappa and the Dead Kennedys. So I guess it all came full circle.
Lol he for sure didnt say it haha im pretty sure even jello doesnt say it anymore. Obviously its not meant in a bad way but you couldnt get away with it nowadays
Yes, he said "niggers" because that's the line and it demonstrates the attitude of the "speaker" of the song. And it's true that Jello weirdly does not say it anymore when he performs with his Guantanamo band.
1:36--song actually starts...the teenage me that loved DK and primus would beat up the old dirty hippie me that goes and sees Les now...back when we still had live music that is
Jello Biafra would not allow your punk self to beat up your old hippy self at his shows. He would stop the show because of you , you dirty punk hippy hooligan ! Jk🥁🤣 ❤️🇨🇦
This is a walk in the park for Primus. If Les wanted to impress, he'd be playing bass whilst imitating Jello's kneeling on the floor _"Pulling out my innards"_ bit. 😁
@@chainsawmiller4423 I lived in Richmond when punk was still fresh, and those GD bikers hated us. If they saw a skateboard, it was 50/50 on whether or not they'd come at you.
And have Joey B walking around with his handlers on the other side of the stage. As Americans, we should expect much more of our politicians than what we have received. The best thing any of them could do is stay the fuck out of our lives. The founders of this country would be rolling in their graves if they saw the outcome of the the United States.
Yeah, I though that as well. Because if the crowd had been people my age (I was in Jr. HS the first time I heard DK's and it blew my head off) in the audience, the roof would have come off of that place.
Les, Jello, Buckethead etc etc etc What an empty life without those masters! The Road Not Taken BY ROBERT FROST Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
I would get super annoyed if I were them and every concert the entire time the audience kept yelling "Play Wynona's beaver!". "Play that one song I know that was on the radio!". They have a lot of good songs. Most of which were never on the radio.
Two of my favorite bands literally put together, I didn't think this was real at first.
Same thing for me🥰
yeh , but i kept waitin for the classic "East Bay Ray" lead guitar intro.....that never came. I turned it off.
Make sure to use the word "literally" in every sentence!
This makes me want a punk album from Primus.
Ever seen that late 80's video of Sober? I think its here still on VeggieTube..
Does it?
Aren’t they punk? Lol
Naw. Primus is more a prog band. This cover is a bit stiff and mechanical
They already did that...more than once!
This is almost like a perfect comeback to the guy screaming "Play Wynona!"
Lol that guy was me. I loved this choice even more as the yell at the end is him going into Wynona, another video on my channel you can see 😉
Didn't know I wanted this.
You can tell Les had so much fun with this one
Spot on and original take on a classic song.
Les vocals fits perfect on this song
I was there!! Center seats front row balcony. The mix was perfect!! The way they transitioned into this song was perfect!! You had to be there. Everybody was hyped.
I still have visions of some of the epic jam moments I've seen the boys perform. especially the tour de fromage era jams. my god was that a great time.
This is one of my favorite types of cover. When a well known band covers a well known band. An iconic band from the eighties covered by an iconic band from the nineties performed in 2017. Old dudes Rock
I’m old, I listened to DKs in the 70s and saw Primus in the 80s.
Good time (Reagan and Thatcher notwithstanding)
Amazing cover! No one get it this close to Dead Kennedys.
Even singing is right.
i mean.......its just Les' voice, really.
Sepultura does
Les has a little jello in his voice anyway.
A big thank you to whoever recorded this
Thank you for the thank you
One of the best songs by anyone ever, covered by another great band what's not to like!!
Absolute Class, Respect from the UK.
Man Les's tone is perfect for this tune. Great cover!
I'd fucking love to hear them do "Cesspools In Eden"
Just realized Jello and Les have a very similar singing voice 😂 Awesome cover!!
Jello is way more flamboyant
You are TRULY an idiot.
Hmmmm. nobody sounds like Jello.
@@andrettski8686 Except the guy from the B-52s
@@wylde678 Fred is unique.
Awesome! Thanks for recording this! It makes me feel like the first time I heard Primus cover "The Thing That Should Not Be".
I never thought another band could cover Dead Kennedys and do it justice. I was completely wrong.
True. Though Napalm Death did do an amazing cover of Nazi Punks Fuck Off
Tbf the Foo Fighers cover with Serj Tankian on vocals was really good too, honestly I preferred it to this one
Anything can come out of Primus.
I was at a Primus show in Oakland the night after this, and they played Holliday In Cambodia with Bob C Cock on vocals. It was amazing!
That's awesome. I had no idea this existed until UA-cam's algorithm served it up.
Absolutely triumphant primus rocks one of the best songs of my early teens🤘🤘🤘😎
My old punk band used to do space rock versions of this song and Gong's Floating Anarchy. Absolute riot.
Any recordings of those?
Love to hear the tracks…..plus any others, as well!
@@jackdiddley9227
Tons and tons, actually, which is a bit of a problem. Our sound guru and sometime drummer holds the entire archive, but he has become spookily reclusive over the years (downright nutty, as my less patient bandmates would say), so getting access to these recordings, which go back all the way to the late 70s, has become increasingly difficult over the years. I am working on a plan, however, which basically consists of him making a copy of everything and then just letting us sort it all out. Not a weekend's project, exactly, and nowhere near as much fun as firing up the amps and letting loose again, but what else do we have to do in our old age?
@@haeuptlingaberja4927
Believe me, I understand where you’re coming from, with this scenario! It can be so screwed-up, sometime.
I wish you much luck, with your quest, truly!
Please keep me/us posted, on your progress. I would seriously have great interest in hearing your music!
Oh my ghourd, Gong, there's a memory.
@@haeuptlingaberja4927 its always something
THAT made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, and a legit LOL…. WUUUUU that was the highlight of my day!! Better than shine on you crazy diamond with the frogs in Denver at the Ogden.
This is why Les is my hero. As an old man he covers Jello more respectably than Jello himself has since the 80's
old man? he is only 59
whats wrong with jello's performances? he can still kick ass and sing
@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 Jello sings it censored nowadays.
Excellent. Great work guys.
Love 80s Kennedys! Great cover done with love!
What?! Oh. They did exist in the 70s for a bit too. I forgot.
@@wankertanker1813 formed in 78. 80s was the core, truth.
@@daveinthewildOG my response was kinda tongue in cheek. 80s Dk as opposed to the more recent touring group
@@wankertanker1813 yeah. Currently there's no real band. Regardless of legal findings.
@@daveinthewildOG now there is not even the cover band. rip dh.
Primus covering the Kennedys... Brilliant
Beat cellphone audio ever. I'm impressed
Just wana say, you fuciking kiling it to fit,thank you my precious man. No les no more.
F’ING AWESOME!!!! Thank uou
Who would have thought!!! …Less is actually pretty good rendering Jello’s vocals!
He’s got the « tremolo » to a tee! ❤
Les had just played this earlier in the month with Jello and Victims Family up in Petaluma, CA. There is some great video of that too on UA-cam
My favorite band covering my favorite band🤘
Man Herb is doing his best but he is surely struggling with that off-beat hi-hat groove. But man does he do a great job. Love this cover even though its rough, now I've been trying to listen to more Dead Kennedys
Don't try! Do it instead.
Meh he's a little ahead of the beat but his timing is totally fine.
Herb is legendary in his own right, but he ain't no Ted.
What’s not to like, another great cover by a great band
Ler say that in an interview, I read he wanted to be in a band that was a cross between Zappa and the Dead Kennedys. So I guess it all came full circle.
I wasn't expecting that.
Pol! Pot!
And despite the altered lyrics the sentiment of the DK remains stout and relevant. Thanks Primus!
you think they should have kept the n word?
@@felixbache5369 ask Jello what he thinks, he wrote the song
Jello sings ‘How the brothers feel the cold and the slums got so much soul’ now
bro he sang it hard r listen closely lmao
Klaus is proud and honored!!
Savage. Great homage to the GOAT punk band.
2:50 did he say it??? I think he said it!😃😄😄
Yes, he said nigger. Since it was in the original too.
Lol he for sure didnt say it haha im pretty sure even jello doesnt say it anymore. Obviously its not meant in a bad way but you couldnt get away with it nowadays
Yes, he said "niggers" because that's the line and it demonstrates the attitude of the "speaker" of the song. And it's true that Jello weirdly does not say it anymore when he performs with his Guantanamo band.
@@elmoblatch9787 woah…that’s punk as fuck
Lol he did.
Holy shit I bet that was the best night of all time.
Wonderful.
Brilliant.
Relevant.
I have never ever heard this or seen this :-O Oh My Gosh !!! Awesome !! I can't believe this :-)
Wow that was awesome
This makes so much sense!
1:36--song actually starts...the teenage me that loved DK and primus would beat up the old dirty hippie me that goes and sees Les now...back when we still had live music that is
Jello Biafra would not allow your punk self to beat up your old hippy self at his shows. He would stop the show because of you , you dirty punk hippy hooligan ! Jk🥁🤣 ❤️🇨🇦
Funny, I'm the opposite-stoner easy goin guy to punker, but what can I say?? Hardcore's in my blood (I'm 23)
I remember when jello was beat up 🐗
@@marcellixi remember when Jello blew minds for a living, instead of blowing Biden for a living.
@@admiralmusclebeard7318 compared to this gentleman you are still a kid, talking about changes since youth LMAO
Wow! Did Les sing it uncensored? Did my ears hear correctly? Awesome.
The only way to sing it. They did a great job.
drives the point home even more
That fucking bass riff how he snuck it in dope.
If i didnt know this was from the Kennedys I cpuld have seen this as theirs. Perfect cover.
If I saw this live, I’m sure it would have broke my brain…
Crazy good bass tone!
One of my fav dks songs.
Spell it out lazy
@@brentleycraft what? Jerk
@@guitarzan2626 lazy
Gaga really?
This is awesome
Klaus Flouride approves this. ❤
I was there, and the night before too.
Same!!! Awesome shows
This is a walk in the park for Primus. If Les wanted to impress, he'd be playing bass whilst imitating Jello's kneeling on the floor _"Pulling out my innards"_ bit. 😁
I can really hear the inspiration for southbound pachyderm now
so beautiful it made me eyes tear up
Geh
We know Primus can do funk and oddball. Enjoying this punky cover!
Ya, primus are class
Damn good cover.
Nice! Thanks a lot.
Time to cover Nomeansno 😉
I had a 'holiday' in Cambodia in '92-'93.
Great cover , great bands but owed to how great South Bay Ray’s tone is I got to see this live and one of my favorite songs
Brown Album especially is littered with Ler using that East Bay Ray tone.
Dig it!
It's East Bay Ray, as in Oakland up to Selby. The east bay is a beautiful place. Down south bay is a shit hole.
@@chainsawmiller4423 I lived in Richmond when punk was still fresh, and those GD bikers hated us. If they saw a skateboard, it was 50/50 on whether or not they'd come at you.
Nailed it..,...💯
Fuck I gotta admit they nailed that tone on the head dude man the guitar is spot on
Pol Pot should bring out a new album with Trump on bass.
And have Joey B walking around with his handlers on the other side of the stage. As Americans, we should expect much more of our politicians than what we have received. The best thing any of them could do is stay the fuck out of our lives. The founders of this country would be rolling in their graves if they saw the outcome of the the United States.
No one in the crowd knows the song. Lol I know it's Dead Kennedys! I wish I was there!
Maybe you're partially correct
Yeah, I though that as well. Because if the crowd had been people my age (I was in Jr. HS the first time I heard DK's and it blew my head off) in the audience, the roof would have come off of that place.
Badass!!
Haven’t heard that song since high school.
Very nice, Sepultura also does a version back in 1991 with Biafra himself!!!
So good!
This is awesome. Ler is such a badass
the low end growl that Les' rig has is perfect for punk
Lee Van Cleef approves of this cover.
Life complete
Holy shit south bound pachyderm I never noticed
Who knew Primus was *this* cool?
sick
Primus channeling Devo while covering the DK's. Bizarre. But why wouldn't it be?
I felt the same thing on the vocal delivery! And Jello bitched so much about new wave 😂. Beautiful
Les, Jello, Buckethead etc etc etc
What an empty life without those masters!
The Road Not Taken
BY ROBERT FROST
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Intro sounds like System of A Down. Which is funny because Serj also covered this song. With Foo Fighters
Alternate title - people cheer as Les Claypool says the n-word
hell yeah dude
And the greatest bass player to have ever lived...
The derps in the audience have no idea what Les is laying down, they're clueless.
This rules
Best Jello Biafra impersonation ever
VOODOO LADY 😮😮😮
Was this in Lowell Massachusetts 😂
primus is building a beautiful lagacy.
I Live 2 blocks away n pissed I missed this..saw em at Lollla 93 tho..oingo bingo × sex pistols = Primus (on this one)
WHAT?!!! Awesome.
Good on them for lesving it as it was...
I would get super annoyed if I were them and every concert the entire time the audience kept yelling "Play Wynona's beaver!". "Play that one song I know that was on the radio!". They have a lot of good songs. Most of which were never on the radio.
Me rise
I would have lost ALL my fucking shit if I were at this show. ALL.MY.SHIT...
They should cover a Possessed song
" . . . braggin' that you know how the ________ feel cold and the slums got so much soul . . . "
Was wondering how Les handles this lyric.
😎 Christine&Markku 🤗
And.... I wonder how many people in the audience actually knew this song.
8 😜🤟❤️🇨🇦
The drummer didn’t, that’s for sure. 🤣
The band seems to barely know it
I was hammered drunk I didn't hardly know much of anything about what was going on
"Who are these 'Dead Kennedy's' and what do they have against the 35th president of the united states?"