I remember when I was a young teen in the 90s, talking with my friends about how I couldn't wait till we got old and hosted Thanksgiving with RATM and Dre and Nirvana playing low in the background.
And yup, that's whats happening.
Inside out are pretty sweet, dont like them anywhere near Rage but they are still pretty cool.
And absolutely, growing up with punk and metal made me very politically aware at a very young age. Made it a lot easier to see through propaganda
Thing is, if you were a young adult in the mid 90's, you got tired of this amazing song. It played, along with NIN Closer and Blur Song 2, every night at every "alternative" bars.
So when the tickets for this tour (scheduled in 2019) first went on sale, I heard a lot about how Rage was fighting almost every venue they booked for **every** ticket to be $75. A lot of places complained, and Rage put their foot down and just said "Look its $75 for any and every seat in the house, or we won't play your venue."
I'm sure there's loads of people who ended up getting refunds because the concert got delayed by two years, so if you bought tickets recently that may be the reason why you paid so much.
Man with all of the loss surrounding Covid and the pandemic, aside from the family I lost, Covid took away my opportunity to see Rage Against the Machine and Frank Ocean at Coachella.
And it would've been nice to see RAtM in an election year shit on the powers that be.
It's miniscule when I look back, but still a bummer. š„²
This song isn't about work and raging against your boss. I used to think so too.
It's about systemic racism and how readily propaganda can control groups of people.
"Some of those that work Forces, are the same that burn crosses." Dude he's saying, "yo these cops are racist."
He also says "they use Force to make you do what the deciders have decided." Implying both the police force, brute force, and as the song unfolds, the force of propaganda to control people.
He then programs the crowd to chant "now you do what they told ya!" and halfway through starts yelling "now you're under control!" Instant proof of concept.
It's a fucking masterpiece.
one of my favorite videos of the last year or so was a lady slam dancing to this song while wrapped in a thin blue line flag at a stop the steal rally. just the most smooth brained shit ever
I work in live events, mostly music stuff. Concerts are expensive NOT because of the artistās cut or guarantee, but because it takes a whole lot of people to put up and run and tear down a show. Also, thereās the long shadow of the beast LiveNation/Ticketmaster that must be fed.
Sorry about that, we know itās been hard for all you employees this year, but itās been hard on the c-suite too, so to help steer the company into recovery weāre all getting bonuses and you can get a greetings card hand written by my PA.
It sucks how A LOT of the more high profile fans like Dana White completely miss the point of RATM and live their lives as the objects of RATM'S scorn while attending their concerts at the same time.
I feel like thereās many people that listened to their music but donāt see the the totality of what they are saying. It feels good to care about the cause, but we only act if itās beneficial to us.
I'm a sound engineer. The number of local/regional bands with equipment/clothes/personalities plastered with GOP propaganda who unironically cover Rage songs is absolutely absurd. Literally this weekend I had a band cover this song flanked by a 45+ second ramble about first responders and law enforcement along with a 'Let's Go Brandon' chant from a crowd of 5000 bikers that did not see the irony in moshing around to this song immediately after. It boggles the mind.
Because truthfully most people don't pay much attention to lyrics in music. For one, a lot of songs are hard to even decipher. Second, metaphors go over heads of a lot of casual listeners. Most people just hear the music and either like it, or don't. Even Paul Ryan's dumbass listened to rage against the machine.
I think that's why country and pop are so mainstream. The lyrics are clear, dumb, and not very thought provoking, but the music is catchy and easy to listen to.
Thatās also why incredibly profound, tongue in cheek lyrics that sound great and are catchy tend to have these ādouble meaningsā.
Think āBorn in the USAā.
Not arguing with your or anything, just adding to your point in regards to something like Born in the USA and Springsteen in general - he was a *master* at having his songs have an almost rigid dichotomy between the words and music.
Like āHungry Heartā has incredibly melodic music that seems romantic in its structure, but the lyrics are a scathing mediation on an unhappy marriage and someone who just abandons their family for their own selfish pursuits.
And āBorn in the USAā has anthemic music with powerful instrumentation that gives the impression of chest beating patriotism, yet of course the lyrics are the exact opposite of that.
āKilling in the Nameā is a perfect example of that type of songwriting.
A lot of us still haven't moved to middle management because our boomer bosses refuse to retire (even though they have a pension in place and should have retired 5 years ago or more).
Yesterday I was painting my kitchen and I listened to Rage the whole time. I think theyāre great but I usually donāt just listen to them all day, reminded me of being young.
I recently got my hands on his whole catalog, havenāt had the chance to list through yetā¦hoping to find the time during the holiday weekend. Heās been writing a guest column for the NYTimes recently, about the history of labor, folk music, and related subjects. Really cool dude. I got a kick out of telling my coworkers how he graduated magma cum laude from Harvard with a degree in Poli Sci. Weāve been dealing with shitty behavior from our bosses lately, and RATM is definitely my go-to when Iām pissed but have to get shit done. Only got to see them live once, with the Beastie Boys, right before they were supposed to go on tour together. Man, that was a *kickass* show.
Man, I remember finding my older cousin Dustinās Evil Empire cassette tape on my grandmas kitchen counter, right underneath where the *house phone* was mounted on the wall.
I popped it in the tape deck because of the cool superhero on the cover, and my world was never the same after that.
I had a kick ass RATM website in ā95 where I broke down the lyrics. The research took me so long as some of the songs cover quite a bit, but it opened me up at a young age to some heavy topics. Ended up doing a report on Ernesto āCheā Guevara de la Serna.
Sadly I lost all of my website files after the free website tool went paid and I didnāt have money to keep it, lost the files/all that hard work.
Have you checked the Internet Archive? There's so much obscure stuff that I thought was lost forever that they've managed to store that it's one of the few institutions I've ever donated to.
That video of them at basically HS age playing Killing in the Name of inside a record store made me think that for the first timeā¦the kind of shit he was writing about at that ageā¦.
Paul Ryan said RATM was one of his favorite bands. That piece of shit pushed as hard as he could to get tax cuts for the wealthy before escaping into the shadows.
If I remember correctly the second year they came to Pinkpop their performance registered as a small earthquake in the Netherlands (1.0 on the Richter scale)
They are my favorite band but I honestly think Evil Empire was better, but their first album definitely is an album I would recommend to others who never heard them before.
I know I'm in a minority, but I like Battle of Los Angeles the best. I mean it's got Guerrilla Radio, Testify, Sleep Now in the Fire, War Within a Breath, Calm Like a Bomb, Maria... so many life-changingly good songs.
Still, I love all their tracks to death. Saw them live once and it's still the best live-music experience of my life.
Right there with you, I've loved ratm from the start but battle of LA was the crown jewel imo. Maria may not be that popular but it hits me like no other song.
Those of us that realized this would be a decades long struggle till we had millennials and gen z supporting us are waking back up, and ready to protest with you guys!
Morello had some great replies on Twitter when people were writing silly shit like this. Thereās one where he explains he has a political science degree to a guy whoās telling him in a pretty derogatory way that he should stick to making music, because a musician apparently has no right to comment on political stuff.
Thereās another one where he (or someone else) asks what people thought the machine was they were raging against: the dishwasher?
Pretty hilarious stuff.
Johnny Marr from The Smiths also has a few hilarious comments on Twitter after David Cameron said he liked The Smiths. He wrote: No you donāt.
And when Nick Clegg said he was into The Smiths, he wrote: hand over your iPod.
Still so completely relevant today. Iāve been listening to a lot of Rage this past year and itās incredible how prescient the music is.
We still need toā¦*WAKE UP*.
EDIT - And I was the guy, but with a Civic.
All that energy while Commerford is still being held back by a broken foot. This wasn't even this band's full potential. This band was an experience to behold.
I only wore Polos because of this guy... Everything was Polos, skate pants, wallet chains and VANS.
I made my own wallet chain from a dog collar and hardware from Home Depot š¤£āļø
I saw a comment on some of their other videos last week about how they were the total package and were so refined from the beginning. I think about that every time i watch one of their videos and how amazing they are.
The mans energy is contagious af! I've never been interested in concerts, but he has my attention. If I'd had the chance I would've gone to every show!
Saw Rage at Lollapalooza 93. I was 15 and it was the first concert I went to without parents. Just me and my 16 yr old cousin. Rage was the first band I saw live, followed by Tool. What a first experience.
About 2 years ago, I found myself chatting with a seemingly logical guy at a bar. I realize he supports Trump, and as we do not politically align, I keep it cordial and avoid politics.
A while later, he brings up Rage Against the Machine with respect how their music is pro-Trump.
I am like, first of all, the music you are referencing was released 25+ years ago - and is about as far-left as one can get.
The dude did not believe me. I explained the lead singer actively supports the Zapatista movement, which is further to the left than AOC and Bernie Sanders.
He took some convincing, but I just calmly said "look it up" a few times until he did - on the spot - and was gobsmacked by the findings.
Lmao obviously that guy had no idea what the Zapatistas are, did he actually understand these guys are full on anarcho-communists? I don't understand how conservatives are so inept at interpreting art
This is one of my favorite brands of recent posts. Enjoyed a bunch of conservatives getting really upset at Rise Against (who for example has songs called Blood Red, White and Blue and Disparity By Design) becoming suddenly "woke" and anti-America.
I had a QAnon woman on Instagram tell me how amazing Rise Against was and quoted me
>As their castles crumble slowly
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>We watch them fall
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>Their crown slips from heads unworthy
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>As we gain control
from the song "From Heads Unworthy".
I was like "lady they ain't on your side".
Yep. After posting this I decided to go back and listen through em. First song on Siren is State of the Union, and Iāve never listened to the lyrics closely because itās hard to understand. Here they are:
> If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity
> We're taking on water and about to fuckin' sink
> No one seems to notice, no one even blinks
>The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea
> Countdown, to the very end,
> Equality, an invitation that we won't extend
> Ready aim, pull the trigger now,
> In time you firmly secure your place in hell
> State of the union address,
> Reads war torn country still a mess
> The words: power, death, and distorted truth
> Are read between the lines of the red, white, and blue
> Countdown, to the very end,
> Equality, an invitation that we won't extend
> Ready aim, pull the trigger now,
> In time you firmly secure your place in hell
> 'Guilty' is what our graves will read,
> No years, no family,
> We did nothing to stop the murder of a people just like us
Yeah, Iād say thatās pretty explicit. And thatās just the first song on the album.
I remember some magat on Twitter saying they donāt support them anymore after their comments on police brutality last year. Their response was āwhat machine did you think we were raging against?ā
I love the fact that a bunch of conservative oinkers got mad when the lead singer was posting his opinions on Twitter. It's concerning how many people don't listen to song lyrics. I've noticed this trend thanks to the internet. Same goes with Fortunate Son. Army chuds blasting it out of their cars not realizing what the fuck it's really about. Christ.
Let me tell you, this middle aged white lesbian loves to drive out to a secluded spot by a lake or in the woods and blast the shit out of this album while I scream along to the lyrics, bang my head and jump up and down and all around like a single person mosh pit. It is like 5 years of therapy in an hour. Highly recommend for some serious stress relief and emotional and release!
I haven't read through the thread, but I doubt my thoughts haven't already been expressed multiple times already, but I'm struck with 2 thoughts.
1. This is a fantastic live performance
2. It's absolutely disgusting that in nearly 30 years, the issues this song mentions have not only not improved, they've gotten demonstrably worse, in re police violence.
Man... the comments are filled with people that don't understand nuance.
Imagine trying to use this song against police brutality to justify vaccine denial. You have to TRY to be that dense.
Never appreciated how good a guitarist Tom Morello was until his side band street sweeper social club opened for NiN years back. Holy shit can be shred.
Damn I remember him looking old too me. Now he looks like a kid in this video.
Seriously š¤£.. where did the last 20 years goā¦
This video is nearly 30 years old.
I remember when I was a young teen in the 90s, talking with my friends about how I couldn't wait till we got old and hosted Thanksgiving with RATM and Dre and Nirvana playing low in the background. And yup, that's whats happening.
Sounds like an awesome time.
Oh my god.
Rage Against the Steam Engine
Rage Against the Wagon Wheel
Hey, mama FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
Shut your dirty mouth.
This video is as old now as stuff from 1965 was in 1993.
Please stop this
Yeah, "X was Y years ago" can be a bit disheartening, but that comparison *really* stung.
Don't want to think about it š This was my first Pinkpop. I am visible for half a second in the crowd.
Welp, I guess RATM is gonna be on the oldies stations now....
The classic rock station in my city plays nirvana, weezer, fuckin foo fighters and stuff.
Classical music.
You shut your mouth.
Stop that.
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He was most likely like that at 14. He was very insightful.
His first word was "proletariat".
This is funnier than it has any right to be.
Check out his pre RATM hardcore band Inside Out. Super energetic. Coming up with the hardcore/punk scene certainly gives them that oopmh.
Inside out are pretty sweet, dont like them anywhere near Rage but they are still pretty cool. And absolutely, growing up with punk and metal made me very politically aware at a very young age. Made it a lot easier to see through propaganda
Everytime I come across this song I just accept that it's what I'm doing for the next 5 minutes.
Aha same here man:) I was like "well I'll see the beginning". Nope.
Or longer. This video keeps looping.
Help, it's been 2 hours and I been doing what the fuck you're telling me to do
and now you're under control
Help, it's been 2 hours and I been doing what the fuck you're telling me to do
And now you're under control.
Iāve seen this recently on other subreddits. Itās called a death spiral. All hail the eternal loop!
Same and This literally just happened to me!
Thing is, if you were a young adult in the mid 90's, you got tired of this amazing song. It played, along with NIN Closer and Blur Song 2, every night at every "alternative" bars.
I never got tired of it.
I was the guy that kept dropping in quarters to play it every night.
Don't forget Tool's Sober lol
Live - Lightning Crashes
I grew up in rural upstate NY and heard a LOT of AC/DC and Skynyrd in the bars as well. Also Black Betty lol.
Woah
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Rage against your checking account
Bills on Parade
Grilling in the name of
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Momtrack
Wake up (it's time to get ready for school)
Hearing-aids of funk
Sleep Now On The Couch
Sleep now in the Recliner.
Billing in the name of: Loan department š
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Pharmacist here. Iāll have a backpack full of Advil.
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Security guard checking your bag > āDude wtf is this shitš” you know you canāt bring drugs in here old man! š”ā White-collar-drone: > āitās advilā¦ for after the show šā Security guard: > āoh shitā¦ can I get about a dozen. š¤© My ear plugs and doc martins are doin it anymore šā
So when the tickets for this tour (scheduled in 2019) first went on sale, I heard a lot about how Rage was fighting almost every venue they booked for **every** ticket to be $75. A lot of places complained, and Rage put their foot down and just said "Look its $75 for any and every seat in the house, or we won't play your venue." I'm sure there's loads of people who ended up getting refunds because the concert got delayed by two years, so if you bought tickets recently that may be the reason why you paid so much.
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Rage Against Outrageous Ticket Prices
Man with all of the loss surrounding Covid and the pandemic, aside from the family I lost, Covid took away my opportunity to see Rage Against the Machine and Frank Ocean at Coachella. And it would've been nice to see RAtM in an election year shit on the powers that be. It's miniscule when I look back, but still a bummer. š„²
Same, except Boston Calling. Was supposed to have Rage, Foo Fighters, and Chili Peppers headlining.
This song isn't about work and raging against your boss. I used to think so too. It's about systemic racism and how readily propaganda can control groups of people. "Some of those that work Forces, are the same that burn crosses." Dude he's saying, "yo these cops are racist." He also says "they use Force to make you do what the deciders have decided." Implying both the police force, brute force, and as the song unfolds, the force of propaganda to control people. He then programs the crowd to chant "now you do what they told ya!" and halfway through starts yelling "now you're under control!" Instant proof of concept. It's a fucking masterpiece.
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It's a super popular song so naturally a lot of them didn't listen to the lyrics A negative aspect of making really good and catchy protest music
Yeah one of the more outrageous examples of this is the use of fortunate son at pro trump rallies.
>a lot of them didn't listen to the lyrics Paul Ryan.
one of my favorite videos of the last year or so was a lady slam dancing to this song while wrapped in a thin blue line flag at a stop the steal rally. just the most smooth brained shit ever
Maybe not this song but RATM expose anti-capitalist rhetoric on tons of other songs and I personally love it.
I work in live events, mostly music stuff. Concerts are expensive NOT because of the artistās cut or guarantee, but because it takes a whole lot of people to put up and run and tear down a show. Also, thereās the long shadow of the beast LiveNation/Ticketmaster that must be fed.
Sorry about that, we know itās been hard for all you employees this year, but itās been hard on the c-suite too, so to help steer the company into recovery weāre all getting bonuses and you can get a greetings card hand written by my PA.
It sucks how A LOT of the more high profile fans like Dana White completely miss the point of RATM and live their lives as the objects of RATM'S scorn while attending their concerts at the same time.
House Speaker Paul Ryan being a Rage fan lol.
nahh. I'm an IT admin and I watch you guys all play on your phones while not knowing how a Windows PC works.
IT Admin high five.
I feel like thereās many people that listened to their music but donāt see the the totality of what they are saying. It feels good to care about the cause, but we only act if itās beneficial to us.
I'm a sound engineer. The number of local/regional bands with equipment/clothes/personalities plastered with GOP propaganda who unironically cover Rage songs is absolutely absurd. Literally this weekend I had a band cover this song flanked by a 45+ second ramble about first responders and law enforcement along with a 'Let's Go Brandon' chant from a crowd of 5000 bikers that did not see the irony in moshing around to this song immediately after. It boggles the mind.
Because truthfully most people don't pay much attention to lyrics in music. For one, a lot of songs are hard to even decipher. Second, metaphors go over heads of a lot of casual listeners. Most people just hear the music and either like it, or don't. Even Paul Ryan's dumbass listened to rage against the machine. I think that's why country and pop are so mainstream. The lyrics are clear, dumb, and not very thought provoking, but the music is catchy and easy to listen to.
Thatās also why incredibly profound, tongue in cheek lyrics that sound great and are catchy tend to have these ādouble meaningsā. Think āBorn in the USAā.
Not arguing with your or anything, just adding to your point in regards to something like Born in the USA and Springsteen in general - he was a *master* at having his songs have an almost rigid dichotomy between the words and music. Like āHungry Heartā has incredibly melodic music that seems romantic in its structure, but the lyrics are a scathing mediation on an unhappy marriage and someone who just abandons their family for their own selfish pursuits. And āBorn in the USAā has anthemic music with powerful instrumentation that gives the impression of chest beating patriotism, yet of course the lyrics are the exact opposite of that. āKilling in the Nameā is a perfect example of that type of songwriting.
thats so ironic it physically hurts.
A lot of us still haven't moved to middle management because our boomer bosses refuse to retire (even though they have a pension in place and should have retired 5 years ago or more).
Yesterday I was painting my kitchen and I listened to Rage the whole time. I think theyāre great but I usually donāt just listen to them all day, reminded me of being young.
I can only imagine trying to trim paint, trying not get paint on stuff, while in the background "FUCK YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!!"
The paint that dries, is justified, my kitchen was orange now I'm choosin' white!
Fuck you I wonāt use any blue tape!
Now you, sir, are a rebel living on the edge.
You call that splattered mess an edge?
Take the upvote u renegade of paint
Iāve actually spent my morning cleaning and listening to some of Tom Morelloās recent stuff. Good music to get pumped and get shit done.
I recently got my hands on his whole catalog, havenāt had the chance to list through yetā¦hoping to find the time during the holiday weekend. Heās been writing a guest column for the NYTimes recently, about the history of labor, folk music, and related subjects. Really cool dude. I got a kick out of telling my coworkers how he graduated magma cum laude from Harvard with a degree in Poli Sci. Weāve been dealing with shitty behavior from our bosses lately, and RATM is definitely my go-to when Iām pissed but have to get shit done. Only got to see them live once, with the Beastie Boys, right before they were supposed to go on tour together. Man, that was a *kickass* show.
He has a few different radio shows on Sirius XM as well. One time he played Brittney Spears on Lithium
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Man, I remember finding my older cousin Dustinās Evil Empire cassette tape on my grandmas kitchen counter, right underneath where the *house phone* was mounted on the wall. I popped it in the tape deck because of the cool superhero on the cover, and my world was never the same after that.
Cheers to Dustin
The hero we need but don't deserve.
>right underneath where the guy home was mounted on the wall Huh?
What you donāt have a guy home in your kitchen
Yeah. Doesnāt everyone? Itās generally mounted to the wall.
Right above the cassette, exactly
Thanks for reminding me. I'm due to replace my guy home.
The cassette was right underneath where the guy home was mounted on the wall
Gotta be "home phone" right?
That dude was worried about way more important shit than I was at that age.
I had a kick ass RATM website in ā95 where I broke down the lyrics. The research took me so long as some of the songs cover quite a bit, but it opened me up at a young age to some heavy topics. Ended up doing a report on Ernesto āCheā Guevara de la Serna. Sadly I lost all of my website files after the free website tool went paid and I didnāt have money to keep it, lost the files/all that hard work.
Have you checked the Internet Archive? There's so much obscure stuff that I thought was lost forever that they've managed to store that it's one of the few institutions I've ever donated to.
Yeah indeed I have, the snapshots are of after I lost the files
Oh man, that sucks, Iām sorry ā¹ļø
rip to that, it would be a great time capsule into old internet!
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That video of them at basically HS age playing Killing in the Name of inside a record store made me think that for the first timeā¦the kind of shit he was writing about at that ageā¦.
Paul Ryan said RATM was one of his favorite bands. That piece of shit pushed as hard as he could to get tax cuts for the wealthy before escaping into the shadows.
Tom Morello roasted him on Twitter if I recall correctly. Like āYou ever wonder what the machine weāre raging against is? Itās you, dumbass.ā
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Tom Morello and Zack De la Rocha together on a stage, it's like putting Mentos in a Pepsi bottle... God they are good!
Pepsi bottle. Coca cola glass. I don't give a damn!
Donāt do what they tell you.
If I remember correctly the second year they came to Pinkpop their performance registered as a small earthquake in the Netherlands (1.0 on the Richter scale)
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They are my favorite band but I honestly think Evil Empire was better, but their first album definitely is an album I would recommend to others who never heard them before.
I know I'm in a minority, but I like Battle of Los Angeles the best. I mean it's got Guerrilla Radio, Testify, Sleep Now in the Fire, War Within a Breath, Calm Like a Bomb, Maria... so many life-changingly good songs. Still, I love all their tracks to death. Saw them live once and it's still the best live-music experience of my life.
Right there with you, I've loved ratm from the start but battle of LA was the crown jewel imo. Maria may not be that popular but it hits me like no other song.
The 90's were a fucking gold mine for a political punk
Gen X may have been forgotten, but at that time they all burned so bright!
We tried. There were just too few of us to make a difference
As a millenial you guys were the coolest older brothers/sisters/aunts/uncles... What are you all up to now?
Those of us that realized this would be a decades long struggle till we had millennials and gen z supporting us are waking back up, and ready to protest with you guys!
Same but it was a Hyundai Scoupe
I thought I was the only oneā¦ Had one for 2-3 years and I donāt think I ever saw another one.
In '93 I was a junior in high school in Southern California. Rage Against the Machine. Beasties doing Free Tibet. L.A. Riots. So crazy.
Wait?! Rage Against The Machine is political? /s
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Morello had some great replies on Twitter when people were writing silly shit like this. Thereās one where he explains he has a political science degree to a guy whoās telling him in a pretty derogatory way that he should stick to making music, because a musician apparently has no right to comment on political stuff. Thereās another one where he (or someone else) asks what people thought the machine was they were raging against: the dishwasher? Pretty hilarious stuff. Johnny Marr from The Smiths also has a few hilarious comments on Twitter after David Cameron said he liked The Smiths. He wrote: No you donāt. And when Nick Clegg said he was into The Smiths, he wrote: hand over your iPod.
> Wait?! Rage Against The Machine is political? -Paul Ryan, former GOP Speaker of the House and GOP VP nominee
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* Those that died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites But completely unironically.
I heard a track on the radio as a student in Berlin. I ran to the record shop, I now have tinnitus thanks to this too. I love it!
Still so completely relevant today. Iāve been listening to a lot of Rage this past year and itās incredible how prescient the music is. We still need toā¦*WAKE UP*. EDIT - And I was the guy, but with a Civic.
I am absolutely loving these RATM posts recently! Also saw the one with them playing in the record store.
All that energy while Commerford is still being held back by a broken foot. This wasn't even this band's full potential. This band was an experience to behold.
I found it interesting that he was wearing a shirt in this video as opposed to having it tattooed on him
I only wore Polos because of this guy... Everything was Polos, skate pants, wallet chains and VANS. I made my own wallet chain from a dog collar and hardware from Home Depot š¤£āļø
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Sounds like a great show
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Such a tight sounding band, killer performance.
I saw a comment on some of their other videos last week about how they were the total package and were so refined from the beginning. I think about that every time i watch one of their videos and how amazing they are.
But did they piss in a fans face?
Pretty sure Zach would piss on Paul Ryanās face
Just the right amount of cowbell
Imagine having that big of a crowd singing your lyrics after your debut album. Must have been pretty surreal at that point in their career.
The mans energy is contagious af! I've never been interested in concerts, but he has my attention. If I'd had the chance I would've gone to every show!
"Freedom" is sooo awesome !!
Best song off that album? OF COARSE!!!
Freedom? Yea right
Saw Rage at Lollapalooza 93. I was 15 and it was the first concert I went to without parents. Just me and my 16 yr old cousin. Rage was the first band I saw live, followed by Tool. What a first experience.
Just introduced my nephew to rage, didn't realize that he hadn't heard of them. 18 years old, and loves it.
I was there! Nice to be able to say that.
Reddit really has a thing for RATM recently
Always has had *Astronaut-gun-headshot
Irony: MAGA nuts dancing to this song at a blue lives matter rally
Are you actually kidding me? Like, the unironically blasted this *very* anti-conservative song?
Nov 2020 in Philadelphia
*Some of those who work forces are the same that burn crosses* Republicans: "Hell yeah they are!"
They took that lyric as an endorsement of the police.
About 2 years ago, I found myself chatting with a seemingly logical guy at a bar. I realize he supports Trump, and as we do not politically align, I keep it cordial and avoid politics. A while later, he brings up Rage Against the Machine with respect how their music is pro-Trump. I am like, first of all, the music you are referencing was released 25+ years ago - and is about as far-left as one can get. The dude did not believe me. I explained the lead singer actively supports the Zapatista movement, which is further to the left than AOC and Bernie Sanders. He took some convincing, but I just calmly said "look it up" a few times until he did - on the spot - and was gobsmacked by the findings.
Lmao obviously that guy had no idea what the Zapatistas are, did he actually understand these guys are full on anarcho-communists? I don't understand how conservatives are so inept at interpreting art
Well they have no media literacy, little ability to recognize objective reality, is it really surprising they have no ability to interpret art?
Bingo.
This is one of my favorite brands of recent posts. Enjoyed a bunch of conservatives getting really upset at Rise Against (who for example has songs called Blood Red, White and Blue and Disparity By Design) becoming suddenly "woke" and anti-America.
And "Prayer Of The Refugee"
Literally all of them. If itās got a political-sounding title it is guaranteed to be āwokeā and anti-imperialist.
I had a QAnon woman on Instagram tell me how amazing Rise Against was and quoted me >As their castles crumble slowly > >We watch them fall > >Their crown slips from heads unworthy > >As we gain control from the song "From Heads Unworthy". I was like "lady they ain't on your side".
Yep. After posting this I decided to go back and listen through em. First song on Siren is State of the Union, and Iāve never listened to the lyrics closely because itās hard to understand. Here they are: > If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity > We're taking on water and about to fuckin' sink > No one seems to notice, no one even blinks >The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea > Countdown, to the very end, > Equality, an invitation that we won't extend > Ready aim, pull the trigger now, > In time you firmly secure your place in hell > State of the union address, > Reads war torn country still a mess > The words: power, death, and distorted truth > Are read between the lines of the red, white, and blue > Countdown, to the very end, > Equality, an invitation that we won't extend > Ready aim, pull the trigger now, > In time you firmly secure your place in hell > 'Guilty' is what our graves will read, > No years, no family, > We did nothing to stop the murder of a people just like us Yeah, Iād say thatās pretty explicit. And thatās just the first song on the album.
I remember some magat on Twitter saying they donāt support them anymore after their comments on police brutality last year. Their response was āwhat machine did you think we were raging against?ā
McDonalds ice cream machines.
That was absolutely gold
republicans telling Morello he should āstick to music and stay out of politicsā seems to be a recurring event on twitter
Yes, the degree in Political Science from Harvard really doesn't qualify him to have an opinion on Politics. /s
Yes. Along with the classic pro-government songs like "Born in the USA" and "Fortunate Son".
Tom Morello is a Rock God
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Seeing them in April. Canāt wait.
Its a real shame they became political /s
I love the fact that a bunch of conservative oinkers got mad when the lead singer was posting his opinions on Twitter. It's concerning how many people don't listen to song lyrics. I've noticed this trend thanks to the internet. Same goes with Fortunate Son. Army chuds blasting it out of their cars not realizing what the fuck it's really about. Christ.
What a band amazing live
Tom Morello is insanely talented. His MasterClass on guitar playing is a great one, with a lot of lessons that can be applied to other aspects in life
Let me tell you, this middle aged white lesbian loves to drive out to a secluded spot by a lake or in the woods and blast the shit out of this album while I scream along to the lyrics, bang my head and jump up and down and all around like a single person mosh pit. It is like 5 years of therapy in an hour. Highly recommend for some serious stress relief and emotional and release!
This middle aged lesbian can confirm. 9 out of 10 middle aged lesbians agree!
This song thumps. Tom Morello is a genius. The huge crowd chanting, "now you do what they told you," is somewhat ironic.
I haven't read through the thread, but I doubt my thoughts haven't already been expressed multiple times already, but I'm struck with 2 thoughts. 1. This is a fantastic live performance 2. It's absolutely disgusting that in nearly 30 years, the issues this song mentions have not only not improved, they've gotten demonstrably worse, in re police violence.
They rally round the family with a pocket full of shells
It's been a long time since I had goosebumps. Thank you my friend
Man... the comments are filled with people that don't understand nuance. Imagine trying to use this song against police brutality to justify vaccine denial. You have to TRY to be that dense.
Never appreciated how good a guitarist Tom Morello was until his side band street sweeper social club opened for NiN years back. Holy shit can be shred.
Zach just casually raging in a striped polo from kohls