[lbo-talk] My interview w/ World Burns to Death

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Nov 2 11:24:10 PST 2006


On Nov 2, 2006, at 2:54 AM, B. wrote:


> *-Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> "Yikes, that'll win friends & influence people."
>
> The Dead Kennedys might not have won friends and
> influenced people by saying people were "chickenshit
> conformists like their parents," either. Punk bands
> that have won friends and influenced people include
> Green Day.

True, and god knows I sure like some obnoxious offensive stuff. But did the DKs ever say anyting like fill up the body bags? I thought they went after more worthy targets, like Jerry Brown.

There's a very disturbing Xiu Xiu song addressed to a GI - "why should I care if you get killed?"

Doug



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