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Dead Kennedys – Police Truck
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Originally released as the B-Side on the Holiday in Cambodia single in 1980 and later re-released on some versions of Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables and, finally, on the 1987
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Dead Kennedys – Police Truck Samples
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See all of “Police Truck” by Dead Kennedys’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Oceanator – Police Truck
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Elise Okusami first recorded her cover of this Dead Kennedys classic, which was inspired by a real incident involving drunk-on-duty Oakland area police in the 70’s, for a 2019 Tony
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Dead Kennedys – Police Truck [Live At The Deaf Club]
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[Verse 1] / Tonight's the night that we got the truck / We're going downtown, gonna beat up drunks / Your turn to drive, I'll bring the beer / It's the late, late shift, no one to
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Megadeth – Police Truck
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[Verse 1] / Tonight's the night that we got the truck / We're going downtown, gonna beat up drunks / Your turn to drive, I'll bring the beer / It's the late, late shift, no one to
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Didjits – Police Truck
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Tonight's the night that we got the truck / We're going downtown, gonna beat up drunks / Your turn to drive, I'll bring the beer / It's the late, late shift, no one to fear / And
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Child Bite – Police Truck
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Tonight's the night that we got the truck / We're going downtown, gonna beat up drunks / Your turn to drive, I'll bring the beer / It's the late, late shift, no one to fear / And
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Agent Orange – Police Truck
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[Verse 1] / Tonight's the night that we got the truck / We're going downtown, gonna beat up drunks / Your turn to drive, I'll bring the beer / It's the late, late shift, no one to
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Dead Kennedys – Night of the Living Rednecks
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[Intro: Singing] / ...chemical warfare, chemical warfare / Chemical warfare, warfare, warfare! / [Spoken] / Ray's guitar broke / No, we won't play "Rawhide" / Won't play anything
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Dead Kennedys – I Fought the Law
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The original lyrics to “I Fought the Law”, which was first recorded by the Crickets in 1960, popularized by the Bobby Fuller Four in 1966 and turned into a punk staple by the Clash
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Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk to Fuck
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Released in 1981, Too Drunk to Fuck was the fourth single from Dead Kennedys. Even after being banned from the radio, and some record stores, it reached the #36 spot on the UK
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Dead Kennedys – Buzzbomb from Pasadena
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[Intro: Spoken] / Let 'er rip! / Here we go, whee! / [Verse 1] / Buzzbomb, buzzbomb / Macho-mobile / The road's my slave / That's how I feel / I cruise alone / I cruise real far
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Nailbomb – Police Truck [Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide]
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Tonight's the night that we drive the truck / We're goin' downtown, gonna beat up drunks / Your turn to drive, I'll bring the beer / It's the late, late shift to one to fear / And
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Dead Kennedys – The Prey
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[Verse 1] / You're from out of town / I can tell that by your shoes / Flew in for the convention / Getting tipsy in a bar / [Verse 2] / You're leavin' pretty late / Gotta get up in
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Dead Kennedys – Straight A's
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A song about a suicidal 16 year old in high school who is bullied and pushed around by everyone he knows despite having good grades and being a model student. Brings to mind the
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Agent Orange – Pipeline
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[Instrumental]
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Dead Kennedys – Short Songs
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[Intro: Spoken] / "Rick Wakeman, eat your heart out / Here we go!" / [Verse] / I like short songs / I like short songs / I like short songs / [Verse] / I like short songs / I like
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Dead Kennedys – California Über Alles
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The Dead Kennedys describe an exaggerated hippy dictatorship under a Presidency of Jerry Brown, who was Governor of California and a presidential hopeful at the time of recording
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Dead Kennedys – In-Sight
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The song is about a typical loner kid surrounded by a bunch clan minded yuppies. Written from the perspective of a gaggle of yuppies they all talk about how weird he is.
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Dead Kennedys – A Child & His Lawnmower
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[Verse] / Some clown in Sacramento / Was dragged into court / He shot his lawnmower / It disobeyed; it wouldn't start / Might makes right / It's the American way / They fined him $
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Dead Kennedys – Life Sentence
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[Verse 1] / You used to be a partner in crime / Now you say you ain't got the time / Gotta get serious, gotta plan / Gotta pass those entrance exams / [Pre-Chorus] / Oh, my God
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Dead Kennedys – California Über Alles [Live At The Deaf Club]
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I am Governor Jerry Brown / My aura smiles and never frowns / Soon I will be president / Carter power will soon go away / I will be Führer one day / I will command all of you
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Dead Kennedys – Ill In The Head [Live At The Deaf Club]
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[Verse 1] / In a desperate mind / Little gardens grow / They grow very wide / They grow very tall / [Chorus] / Why am I alive / Urban wonderland / By the fence I stand / In and out
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Dead Kennedys – Pull My Strings
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This song was played only once at the Bay Music Area Awards, after the Dead Kennedys were brought to bring “New Wave Credibility” to the awards by playing their single “California
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