The #1 Reason

The top reason the Dead Kennedys will never have their song library featured on American Idol, outside of the obvious reasons...

It is a shame, really.

I could see Paula and Randy really getting behind the right redo of this song.
Plus, it's a great fit with their theme nights.

The DK are the voice of the 80's, more perhaps than any other band (if you were into hair bands, electrnica or some other bullshit, sorry, that was your own fault). Those surf rock/punk riffs pull from The Clash, English Beat, etc. and formed the sound of so many bands of so many bands that followed. I can hear Green Day, No Doubt and any number of other derivitive Cali post-punk bands growing out of the Jello et. al...

Christ, it's a song written for American Idol. It's just twenty years ahead of it's time.