California uber alles meaning of song. The lyrics are a pointed satirical attack on jerry brown the governor of california from 19751983 and later 20112019 and are sung from his perspective as an imaginary version of brown outlines a hippie fascist vision of america. The use of uber in california uber alles is used to point out the similarity between the imagined jerry brown regime and hitlers reign over nazi gemany. The title is an.
Uber alles uber alles correctly written in german ueber alles has nothing to do with the nazis but was a line of a poem written in 1841 which was used for the german national anthem. That in turn was taken from a line from the ww2 german national anthem that said deutschland ueber alles germany above all. The record was released in june 1979 on optional music with the man with the dogs as the b side.
Sam from cambridge ontario canada the 1984 references are as follows big bro is big brother or the government watching you. This is about then governor of california jerry brown and is sung from his perspective. 72 videos play all best skate punk songs of all time greatest pop punk punk rock music playlist.
Song meaning in a nutshell the dead kennedys song california ueber alles is a dystopian cautionary tale of a power hungry politician who is willing to take advantage of blind spirituality in order to get to power and to install a totalitarian regime. California uber alles to add to the definition above the song title is an allusion to nazi germanys wwii slogan deutschland uber alles germany over everything so california uber alles translates into california over everything close your eyes cant happen here. 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.
California uber alles dead kennedys duration. Germanys national anthem is deutschland uber alles.