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Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Audio CD

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Dead Kennedys Band: Dead Kennedys
Title: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
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Release Date: 2005-09-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Kill the Poor 2: Forward to Death 3: When Ya Get Drafted 4: Let's Lynch the Landlord 5: Drug Me 6: Your Emotions 7: Chemical Warfare 8: California �ber Alles 9: I Kill Children 10: Stealing People's Mail 11: Funland at the Beach 12: Ill in the Head 13: Holiday in Cambodia 14: Viva Las Vegas

Question
I want to replace the original. Is this edition of Fresh Fruit remixed? After I lost my old CD of it from the 90s, somebody gave me a CD with the MP3s of this album, but all the songs sounded like different mixes. Thanks!.


There would be no Avril without these guys
I'm not even lying when I say I order Big Macs at the KFC drive thru. I'm a big fan of punk music. I like sticking my middle finger up at the man. Who is the man? Your dad. He seems to have this attitude since he started taking male enhancement pills. He's not punk anymore, he's suburbia. The Dead kennedy's are not suburbia. They are in your face, fast punk that tell it like it is. The only thing today I can compare it to is Avril Lavigne or Pink. They are both totally honest about the world and say things that make you want to call the cops because it's on the edge of craziness.

I like all of the tracks on this thing because it is so punk, but my favorites are Drug me, I Kill Children and Chemical Wafare. Those are peppy little tunes that put a smile on my face like a Sum 41 album. I think Sum 41 is way more punk than these guys, but my older friends tell me this is the shizzlie. I think this stuff is kind of bubble gum. Sum 41 is way more ticked off than these guys, but whatever. It's just another band my friends say I missed out on back in the day. Big woo, the world is a lot tougher now than it was when these guys were out and that is why Sum 41 and Avril speak more to my generation. Go Roots!!.


DK Forever


I recommend this album to anyone that loves new punk and wants to listen to real music or anyone that is just a punk fan. One of the last great punk bands, The Dead Kennedys have always been awesome.

In fact, I recommend any DK album.


Timeless...
Plain and simple a must own, the album needs no review, the songs speak for themselves.


A punk classic


Jelly Biafra's warbling quasi-yodel and East Bay Ray's reverb-drenched guitar, which borrows heavily from surf music, are are immediately identifiable. The second wave of punk, which started around 1978, degenerated into mediocrity, dreary sameness and self-parody within a couple of years, but Dead Kennedys, along with Flipper, Bad Brains, Black Flag, and a handful of others, stand out as the best, most intelligent, and most distinctive. All of their albums have great stuff on them, but I think most people agree that the first one is the best.

The album contains two classics, "Holiday in Cambodia", which deals with middle class complacency, and "California Ueber Alles", a mockery of then-governor Jerry Brown (later updated to a "lounge" version when Reagan became president). "Holiday in Cambodia" is the clear highlight of the album. These guys do not take the subtle approach to anything. Each song is a high-speed rant dealing with one political or social issue or another, but always with a very sharp sense of humor and irony ("Kill the Poor"). Jello Biafra's distinctive talent is his ability to deliver often wordy lyrics at lightning speed with perfect timing and delivery. The politics are decidedly left-wing, but you don't have to agree with them to enjoy it, because throughout the attitude is very much tounge-in-cheek and humorous, so it never gets ponderous, and most of it is just really funny. The little "Somewhere My Love" bit towards the end of "Chemical Warfare" still cracks me up. The album ends with an absurdly funny rendition of "Viva Las Vegas". The shock value has long-since worn off, of course, but this album, unlike the vast majority of hardcore punk, still stands the test of time.
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