First Time Hearing Rage Against The Machine - Fistfull Of Steel Reaction

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[@rik6696]

Fist full of steel could be the mic that amplifies his or our voice that could be used as a weapon or a actual weapon in my opinion.

[@jennhodson9090]

I tend to think of it more as the mic, but yeah, could be either.

[@icaroprado2720]

"potentially, specifically" :D

[@brycewoods5080]

I thought it was down the line of holding a gun tightly, the "steel" being a gun, only because the lyrics later "44 full of bullets" the 44 being a magnum. Ill totally add that Zach has stated many times his preference to the microphone over violence

[@malkster99]

Like he said in Ju$t "But the breath in me is weaponry"

[@dariensuperman7847]

You hit the nail on the head. But most suicidal weapons (knives, guns, syringes) are all made of steel as well. It’s a super clever play on words 👊🏻

[@biggsly5000]

That whole CD was quality from start to end.

[@timp1390]

I still think it's the best debut album ever personally

[@MrWiggilicious]

Correction, is quality. Its still there fella!

[@BrickNewton]

I had it on cassette tape

[@cjmars822]

Facts

[@markanderson4176]

It is without doubt a call to action that we as a people not just this nation but the people that never had a chance and we have now missed it.

[@Megorus64]

I love how you break down all the RaTM songs. I learn something every time. I like this specific type of content 👍

[@JpuddN]

I too like this specific type of content

[@fungulusmaximus]

I'm glad we all specifically enjoy this specific type of content, lads.

[@Brandonmtlhd]

Man, Zack had this look on his face like "I'm gonna kill y'all for being complicit!" LOL

[@danw2276]

scary

[@petermillar2603]

Zac always had a look on his face that said “Listen to me mother fucker! What I am saying makes me angry as hell and I don’t know why you cunts aren’t as pissed off as I am”

[@sainttenn]

Words are the weapons. Steel is the mic. He cuts with his words like a weapon. Definitely a double meaning (double entendre I think)

[@joystick2212]

Double Entendre is french for heard twice.. It's anglicized to mean two meanings. So yes double entendre is correct here :)

[@solxplosion1978]

Tom Morello writes some of the greatest riffs of all time.

[@uri5242]

always thought this one was their heaviest. cant really thing of anything else

[@Dementat]

I see loads of Sleep Now in the Fire requests, do the music video rather than the live performance as the video is a statement in and of itself, directed by Micheal Moore

[@TacticalFlatcap]

I second this sentiment... Also sleep now in the fire is their greatest song in my humble opinion...

[@christianvsmith8866]

Man, I've been listening to Rage since I was like 10 or something. What I find beautiful about them is that the older I get the more nuance I am able to glean from their message. What began as angst and anger toward... well whatever (as kids can be) has informed much of my moral compass. Every time you peel back a layer it's just as dense, meaningful and true as the previous. So long as we hate each other and not the system which asks us to do so, Rage will always be relevant. Forever thankful not only to have them in my life now, but to have had them with me as I've grown. Fuck yeah. Go Rage.

[@paulie98vr6]

“Calm Like A Bomb” and “Born of A Broken Man” have always been a couple of my RATM favorites

[@trudizzle123]

You should check out “Voice of the Voiceless” and “Township Rebellion”

[@TheNeonParadox]

Voice of the Voiceless is an amazing song. No other band wrote songs about Mumia, sadly.

[@Onikame]

Now I gotta go listen to Township Rebellion right now. That song gets me so hyped up. Makes me feel like a teenage who felt something again.

[@wtf_floyd1742]

He has to checkout Township Rebellion for sure

[@DocRobert]

Township rebellion gets so slept on. It’s one of my favorite rage songs.

[@alexabeckett-bonner5870]

He often uses the raised fist to represent his active resistance to the complicity to atrocities intrinsic in our society. His fist full of Steele could be describing the strength of his resolve to rebel, as well as describing the nature of his rebellion, i.e. spoken poetry through a microphone.

[@voidwraithprime8521]

Rage Against the Machine's "Know Your Enemy" should be your next song if you've yet to check it out...

[@williamswiniuch7527]

He has I believe

[@joystick2212]

@@williamswiniuch7527 couldn't find it anywhere on his channel and it's a shame because its one of their hardest hitters as far as raging against the machine goes.

[@vegasviking86]

We need more Rage reactions from you bro

[@spunterage]

I always thought Fistful of Steel usually refers to a gun whereas he’s saying that his fistful of steel or weapon is his microphone. You can do cutting with the microphone as in his words are cutting.

[@elyse7509]

I absolutely love it when people discover Rage, it's a beautiful thing.

[@LAAPmusic]

Zack De La Rocha is maybe the most underrated lyricist ever

[@generaldistrust]

*" 'CAUSE I KNOW THE POWER OF THE QUESTION "* (the missing line on this live version)

[@rustybarber3016]

I saw them in 98’ with Wu Tang Clan! Best concert ever and I’m a metal guy.

[@TheNeonParadox]

I'm always here for a Rage track.

[@themadcow71]

It's time to check out Jane's Addiction - Three Days! You're doing a great job sir.

[@gSalTX]

But do Jane's concert from Hammerstein ballroom 1997; their musical powers were still awesome. The Milan concert has some great songs as well, but it's not as long

[@thetinomen]

"If ya bowin' down then let me doing cuttin'". The fistful of steel is the weapon (words / knowledge) needed to cut through, enact change. If you are going to be silent (bowin' down), get out of my way (let me do the cuttin') and enact change.

[@jonathancortez7145]

I got them goosebumps. What a piece of music!

[@MaddBaggins]

"Because I know the power of a question..."

[@jennhodson9090]

I've always interpretted 'fistful of steel' as the mic, but it is lyrically brilliant enough that it could be open to other meanings. Likewise, as for 'let me do the cutting' -- I never thought of that as violent or annialiation, but rather cutting the mental strings that bind you to this complacency and silence. Keeping with a theme -- his words are his weapons and his power. Similarly, I interpret "Bullet in the Head" and the line about "in house drive-by" as being about television. He uses violent metaphors for things that aren't physically violent, but mentally so. (My reading of a lot of RATM; feel free to disagree.)

[@steamr0ll]

I know I am really late to the party here but: To me the fist full of steel is a metaphor for whatever force we can bring to bear for our cause - A gun, a sword, a microphone, a pen, a lever that controls a machine etc. Wars are won on many fronts and the message RAtM screamed out 30 years ago is more urgent than ever today. The steel in our fists is the power we wield at the polls or in unions or by not putting up with dehumanizing shit on a day-to-day. May kindness and empathy prevail.

[@Sahiyena11]

Fuck yes

[@patrickrasmussen2666]

He's saying, his words ARE his weapon.

[@brycewoods5080]

I thought it was down the line of holding a gun tightly, the "steel" being a gun, the lyrics later "44 full of bullets" the 44 being a magnum. Add the "grips the microphone with a fistful of steel" Like you're going to listen to the dude with mic and a gun. Ill totally add that Zach has stated many times his preference to the microphone over violence

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

Tom Morello: Redefining the guitar and putting DJs out of work since 92

[@maartenbrand155]

This show was on Pinkpop( Netherlands) Caused a measured earthquake. No joke. Legendary.

[@mzfranz2935]

Your voice makes me come back to listen to more of your opinions.

[@marcosavalos2502]

Steel is a slang term for guns but the best thing about music it's all about how you enterperate it

[@horrornerd7883]

I've always felt that the 'fist full of steel' he was holding was the microphone being used as a projectile weapon.

[@thiendipham828]

The words Arm The Homeless has the cool story. It begins in early RATM's form in Whiskey. Tom Morello is a huge fan of Woody Guthrie, Woody himself wrote on his guitar: This machine kills fascists. So Morello think: If we "Arm the Homeless", they at least would be steven with the cops

[@jessegermann]

Love the unpacking - where were you when I was obsessed with rage in '93?! I think most 40 yo like myself leaned 70/30 music to lyrics when Rage was current ... and I'm not sure that's what Zach de la Rocha had in mind when they released these jams. They were trying to make timeless music that mattered, and hit hard. Well done. Keep it up.

[@jamesf444]

Maria, Ashes From the Fall and Roll Right are all under rated but fairly surprised you have not covered Know Your Enemy yet.

[@doesntgiveaflock2725]

Maria makes me tear up every time.

[@williamswiniuch7527]

Pretty sure he’s done enemy but nope he did bullet in the head

[@2887zar]

Just realized this after all these years... "For all the strong positive sisters in the house, this one for y'all" Camera pans over a sea white dudes... priceless Also, please react to "ashes in the fall" off of the 3rd album, it's an underrated classic

[@pungisotu]

Zack did typically dedicate that song to the ladies for whatever reason. Although they would drop that song not long after their first tour, the BOLA tour saw Zack calling out those guys for groping or tearing off women’s clothes at their shows.

[@marcosgibson9371]

Thsese are De La Rocha's hardest bars. As soon as he comes in, he's in his bag. Pure Hip-Hop.

[@cliath]

My favorite fun fact about this song is it was written before Shaq was even drafted to the NBA (by a month or two)

[@MrJorge3010]

I've always interpreted it to mean that the microphone is his weapon and he's holding it tightly

[@benmacdhui]

MrLboyd, Settle for Nothing is a absolute must listen.

[@ZADDY44]

Zack is a master lyricist, however here I think that he is talking about an actual weapon probably a gun or perhaps a machete with so many talks about cutting and with his wording of "madboy grips the microphone, WITH a fistful of steel" although you could also say maybe he is grabbing the microphone with a steel courage.

[@md0717]

Son of a Zapatista separatist, i don’t think he’s too far removed from the idea of taking up arms as a show of political or cultural protest. I don’t think that’s his end goal, but political radicals have radical boundaries that surpass those of joe blow with his head up his ass. I think he just wants ppl to get pissed off at a lot of fucked up shit that they’ve been propagandized into accepting as normal.

[@zidapi]

You mentioned seppuku (Harakiri) early on, but didn’t make the connection to “But if ya bowin' down, then let me do the cuttin'” The traditional method of performing Seppuku involves the person kneeling down, then cutting their belly open, allowing their guts to spill out. Immediately following this, an assistant decapitates the person.

[@vladimirolujic6637]

"Visions of the MOVE" is about a group in Philly, 1972

[@Priapismpain]

This is my band: they're who I listen to before I teach my college classes.

[@tilemonkee5510]

YEEAAHH! MY FAVORITE! Hey, wouldnt it be cool if, at the start of the video , they put up a screen that was official looking,that said "No guitars were harmed in the making of this video" XD Morello, you Beast!!

[@TheLiam85]

He becomes a ball of pure energy at one point in this performance

[@echopryme]

We need this band now more than we ever have...

[@jenhalbert3001]

I always thought his fist full of steel was the power of his lyrics he shouts through his microphone hopefully to inform and inspire.

[@nielsliefveld4099]

I specifically would like to see more of this specific content

[@akinordman7145]

You can really see the rage against the machine in his eyes.

[@rik6696]

Jane's Addiction's "Of Course" should def be on your list.

[@gillman300]

this man is so eloquently spoken

[@mrjoe27]

This song is as relevant now as it was in the early 90s.

[@azizmooshoolov2308]

He's an MC. The microphone is his Fistfull of Steel

[@BryanH_68]

They’ve always been a hugely political band but I’ve always felt that people who initially become interested in their music aren’t generally politically minded people. As these new fans begin to understand the message in their music, they become more interested in politics. They inspire these people to become more active in their own personal views and get out and vote. Cudos to Rage. Loved these guys for 2 and a half decades now

[@tomyoxon5901]

I've always understood "... with a fistful of steel" as a reference to a grenade alongside a mic. Thus, enabling the lyricist to drop bombs metaphorically and potentially physically.

[@mathewpryor82]

A fist full of steel is a metaphor for anger

[@ezeightonethree5997]

His words are like bullets coming thru the microphone

[@MikeB12800]

I think reactions should be on album versions. The sound quality of live performances usually doesn’t sound good, unless they were planning on recording the show!

[@pjsin9472]

We absolutely need this band this day in age

[@michellejames2447]

He's saying some people speak "grab the microphone" with a gun "a fist full of steel." Some people use violence to speak, that is how they speak and how they amplify their voices.

[@snowman4098]

One of the best live shows I ever saw! 96 lollapalooza 🤘😎🤘

[@stemfourvisual]

Fistful of steel is the mic/gun analogy that both are weapons.

[@philliphaney9468]

Fistful of Steel sir, backbone, balls, Resolute in one's beliefs. When you raise your fist up high for a Cause it is full of Steel

[@innawoods2131]

Your videos are dope as fuck and I love that you produce content. Keep bein you, comrade.

[@pedroafonso6269]

I would say that mic is the weapon/gun and words are the bullets. So if bullets are made of steel... When he has the mic in his hand loaded with words, he has his hand full of steel! That's what I always thought about this!

[@victortatevosyan4001]

I love the fact you got the people who speak to a cause but do nothing about if that is a difficult concept to grasp

[@el-violador]

I think it's meant as a double meaning. His mic is a weapon that is loaded with "the question". He also appears to be threatening to use this "fistfull of steel" on the ignorant. Kind of a metaphor for a forceful education... In my humble opinion anyway P.S Sleep now in the Fire for the next RATM song

[@anthonyr.1568]

"Give me the cure" by the band Fugazi could be a good one for you to react to. Keep up the great work!

[@g.g.hochstetler2286]

This is comrade music. Long love the USA! 🇺🇸

[@danmontgomery5218]

You have the best Lyrical breakdowns on KZbin

[@BM-hb2mr]

RAGE IS ABSOLUTELY FREAKN AWESOME!!

[@billmatthews9813]

I still to this day listen to this album at least once a week.

[@redfishmann]

am glad ur digging in to rock music!!!

[@CriticalCoen]

The microphone is the projectile weapon. And the words are the bullets.

[@wtf_floyd1742]

Township rebellion, now that just has a certain energy about it, so so good!

[@citizenbrain8065]

Much like the band Propagandhi, RATM were a life raft for me growing up as an Anarchist in rural Tennessee. To me, with "Fistful of steel" he is making a point that in the right hands a microphone is a far more dangerous weapon than any gun to those in power. Guns run out of ammo eventually, knowledge can live forever.

[@rrommel4734]

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[@gramagy]

His voice is the weapon... he's approaching the mic with a steel fist to arm it

[@imaginethatworkshop]

Hope you get to Darkness by Rage against the machine soon.

[@cynthealacroix9069]

LOVE Rage Against the Machine!!! xoxoxoxo

[@henryaguilar2256]

Its like watching the police trying to decipher secret code in outlaw music!

[@barrosopalosantos]

Best band EVER!

[@sMileHighCOmedy]

fist full of steel means not letting go ... he will ALWAYS speak the truth. like Beastie Boys', Looking down the barrel of a gun (aka microphone aka weapon of choice)

[@bbefb045]

The wind below by rage is amazing too, your awesome love your vids

[@mpmlopes]

Would love to see what you think of Know Your Enemy.

[@McMurphy1323]

You should check out “without a face”

[@fungulusmaximus]

1000% this. Bars on bars, deep meaning...can't ask for more.

[@ValSalva1337]

“Steppin into the jam and I’m slammin like Shaquille” written during Shaq’s LSU days. Fistful of steel is a microphone, rather than the played out overused OTHER fistful of steel a gun.

[@theoriginalmattman]

Still garnering the same response, 30 years later.

[@camchapin1910]

Gotta react KNOW YOUR ENEMY by them!!

[@xanadu6784]

"Mic Check" and "Year of Tha Boomerang" from RATM are underrated, and well worth a listen

[@cossiefordman720]

From my understanding he says he grabs the microphone with a fistful of steel, this to me from my interpretation is saying that he’s not afraid to say it how it is and by grabbing the mic with a fistful of steel he’s grabbing it with confidence and with genuine anger

[@TheMillzDillz]

Those texts were almost so perfect to when you were making a point that I still don't believe it wasn't put it for effect :P

[@rik6696]

Same brother.

[@robert_5974]

I think the simple explanation of "Fistful of Steel" is if you equate silence can be violence then a mic in your hand is a weapon like a gun.

[@acy2004]

Great reaction 🙌🏼👍🏼👏🏼💜🇨🇦

[@larryhaug71]

They had a shirt in the late nineties that had a picture of a microphone with the head of it being a 🍍grenade

[@Zacski]

I've always interpreted it as though the fistful of steel is referring to a grip as strong as steel. He hold the mic so strongly, you won't ever take it away from him - you'll never silence him.

[@briankenny6822]

A 44 full of bullets Face full of pale Eyes full of empty A stare full of nails The roulette ball, rolls along on the wheel A mind full of fire And a fistful of steel

[@collettedobrocke5585]

I love this band..love his voice...I DEED LYRICS