CULTCHA Clash Outer National and Selecta J-Cut present...
Boom! Tune of the Day
Dead Kennedys "Riot"
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| Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1983 Alternative Tentacles Records) |
I had previously recorded Boom! Tune of the Day daily on Instagram, so I'll be recycling some of those tunes, as well as digging for new ones... enjoy!
Dead Kennedys "Riot" (Original Boom! Tune of the Day from July 5, 2017).
Today's Boom! Tune of the Day is "Riot" by Dead Kennedys, from their 1982 Alternative Tentacles / Faulty Products LP, Plastic Surgery Disasters.
This one is from the first Hardcore Punk album that I ever heard, which was thrilling, from intro to outro... The lyrics of this song deal with the unfortunate consequence of rioting that occurs when the militarized police forces move in with riot gear and tear gas, in the process confining most of destruction in the areas that can least afford to rebuild, or the very communities that are protesting the injustice, inequality and disenfranchisement, to begin with.
"Tomorrow you're homeless, tonight is a blast," the refrain carries the tune begrudgingly, yet exhaustedly, to it's end.
A legitimate warning, however, when all else fails, in the words of the great Martin Luther King, Jr., "a riot is the language of the unheard."
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