"He's the one who likes all our pretty songs, and he likes to sing along - but he don't know what it means"
@thiccmcchicken5504 жыл бұрын
Favorite Metallica song
@kingtrashmouth72654 жыл бұрын
Eric Ferguson woosh
@swim_ad4 жыл бұрын
@Eric Ferguson over your head and below your shoulders.
@cheesybeans53044 жыл бұрын
@Eric Ferguson I thought it was Britney spears
@voteZDLR4 жыл бұрын
@@cheesybeans5304 What? It is Britney though at least I thought
@yelxperilmusic5 жыл бұрын
It’s ok if a conservative wants to ignore the lyrics and just listen to the riffs. But don’t complain about ratm’s political rants in between songs. The band literally exists for political agitation. If you don’t like it, don’t attend a rage concert.
@ronnieo95714 жыл бұрын
Is it OK? And if they don't like it they should stay home because you don't want to have any confused conservatives on the floor? Ha that's funny I thought revolutionaries are about spreading the message - a message that does not become the message of the masses goes nowhere. The narrator here in this video has it backwards. Morello has it right. Personally, I don't buy the politics as it only leads to death. I saw them in between 92-94, and I would describe most I saw the show with as young, and relatively A-political, but eventually people read the Album lyrics and are forced to confront themselves and their own beliefs. If you read the lyrics and give them thought you have to make a decision to accept or reject. I think that is what Morello had in mind. After 9-11 the band went quiet when faced with the ugly reality of what violence actually looks like when directed against Power. Likewise, Marxist Revolution is a violent matter. The band was forced to deny themselves after that. Forced to deny that there is any violent rhetoric in their music. They did so repeatedly. The truth is their music is filled with it. So in the end I guess they are only artists who really don't want any personal involvement with any violence that is seemingly called for in their music. They like to agitate, and thank God no one listed to the message and went underground and started patterns of violent behavior, that is unless you count those ANTIFA people. They proably listen to Rage and understand the lyrics fully. Under ALL leftist ideology is the totalitarian, because the central message is WE are going to TELL YOU what to do, and FORCE you to do it. The idea is always to create a mass movement that spontaneously tears down the existing system and then the vanguard steps in. And of course, always deny this until it happens. OK communists fire away!
@ianobrien32484 жыл бұрын
@@ronnieo9571 Ah yes, the Commie strongman boogieman. Very scary. Totally cool if the totalitarian is your guy tho? Keep the poors down and unrest percolating so the right people feel scared, next thing you know you can get away with almost anything *cough* patriot act *cough* and the right people will lap it up while the poors and the marginalized take the brunt. That way the right people stay on top, right?
@ronnieo95714 жыл бұрын
@@ianobrien3248 I am assuming that you think that the Soviet Union never existed? It was all a myth? Yeah very scary. Where were you when the free world was trying to keep this foe at bay? Enjoying your freedom?
@guillll4 жыл бұрын
@@ronnieo9571 Please. USSR was neither socialist nor communist. Everyone who knows what these words mean knows that. Its political system was close to fascism, and its economic system was state capitalism.
@ianobrien32484 жыл бұрын
@@ronnieo9571 Lol, Boo! So scary! It took us, what, economic stability to beat the scary Rooskies? Never mind the death squafs we were setting loose in south America or the drugs they brought into the country to make it all worthwhile, after all selling missiles to the Iranians didn't net us any cash.
@Trihahalos2 жыл бұрын
The most clever thing I have heard about RATM was the following: "There are people that are surprised when they learn that RATM have a far-left ideology. I am wondering then... What machine do you thing they have rage against? The lawn mower?"
@standerdacount2945 Жыл бұрын
No the washing machine, silly
@Dis_Dis Жыл бұрын
The "machine" in the RATM is obviously an ATM.
@hamzaiqbal2109 Жыл бұрын
More like the printer from Office Space
@lucas417711 ай бұрын
Isn’t that from the snark tank?
@weavingsteve17076 ай бұрын
Interesting thought that RATM and their music is now supported by the conservative and libritarian people of america as they fight against the left political machine. But get critisized. The problem is people dont follow values, they folow parties. I mean the left wants to separate people based on skin color, control the media, and repeal the 2nd amendment. The left is now "litteraly hitler"
@mediocremusiccovers5 жыл бұрын
"Why does RATM have to get so political?"........ They are called.....Rage Against the Machine....
@kramersilver83314 жыл бұрын
And yet they ARE the machine
@afr0dit3_4 жыл бұрын
@@kramersilver8331 What? Wait now I'm confused.
@kramersilver83314 жыл бұрын
@@afr0dit3_ They are the very thing they preach against: out-of-touch multimillionaires who have used capitalism to spread their message and make money. And they've fooled everyone into thinking that they're "revolutionary" or whatever. Socialism and communism are extremely flawed systems, and they will continue to fail when they are implemented. And they possibly realize that, but their fans definitely do not.
@aleka..4 жыл бұрын
@@KA-uv8gq or alternatively, how they can't help it, but read _into_ (I hope I did negation right, there, lol, nnes here)
@Slappysan4 жыл бұрын
@@kramersilver8331 FYI Capitalism is extremely flawed as well. There isn't a system that can't be fucked up by PEOPLE.
@chrislarkin81955 жыл бұрын
Ironically sponsored by tax evading amazon
@davidking28355 жыл бұрын
Don’t blame amazon my brother, call your congressman and let em have it.
@mynameisjack06185 жыл бұрын
Well there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, so sometimes ya gotta get a sponsorship to pay the bills
@korpifox54455 жыл бұрын
@@mynameisjack0618 capitalism sucks til you get suck in the government bread line comrade :v
@bigpooter97715 жыл бұрын
fuck taxes
@victorsmith65115 жыл бұрын
@@bigpooter9771 well thats a pretty broad statement
@TieDef4 жыл бұрын
Well his guitar literally says "arm the homeless" on it, but I guess Woody Guthrie had the same problem....
@ANDROLOMA4 жыл бұрын
Woody's guitar said "This Machine Kills Fascists" on it. Today's conservatives are yesterday's fascists.
@wolfiethewingnut58453 жыл бұрын
Woodys mural in ok has a no busking sign on it
@leeonardodienfield4023 жыл бұрын
Yeah, arm the homeless while supporting gun grabbing left wing politicians lmfao. rage on behalf of the machine
@riffler243 жыл бұрын
@@leeonardodienfield402 I don't think you know much about Rage...or politics. Famously they did a protest concert at the DNC. They are socialists, not liberals. Socialists generally believe in owning guns, considering Marx ardently believed that the workers should be armed to be able to protect themselves and their community.
@leeonardodienfield4023 жыл бұрын
@@riffler24 I don't think you know me or much of anything. They support gun control. For me. Not them. Got it?
@muhilan85405 жыл бұрын
It's like conservatives who love Born in the USA
@hitman_phoenix765 жыл бұрын
This comment right here ☝️ may be the most true statement ive ever heard.
@SodomySnake5 жыл бұрын
Lol, it's not even that good of a song.
@muhilan85405 жыл бұрын
@@SodomySnake Conservatives act as if the song is pro-America and play it at campaign rallies and such. They've never listened to the lyrics it seems.
@SodomySnake5 жыл бұрын
@@muhilan8540 I don't blame them. I can only handle listening to Springsteen's caterwauling for so long before I just kind of block it out. (For the record, I'm fully aware of the intended message of the song)
@squirlmy5 жыл бұрын
Ronald Reagan used it in his campaign for President, without asking Springsteen for permission. When Bruce heard about this he very publicly asked the campaign to stop using his song. This was all around 1984, and parallels to Orwell's Newspeak were clear. "Tell people certain words (or lyrics) mean exactly the opposite of what they really mean." I remember listening over and over to a live concert version where "The Boss" gives a speech about how young men should know what they might be getting into when signing up for the military, specifically naming Central America as a place that might become the next theater of war. This aimed right at the administration's foreign policy. Instead they ran a botched covert military campaign, later uncovered in the Iran-Contra hearings.
@frankenviews40695 жыл бұрын
A similar situation happened to Kurt Cobain, when he saw the type of misogynist, homophobic, frat bros that used to beat him up in high school attending Nirvana concerts.
@aafinity3965 жыл бұрын
you forgot to say cis-white males lol i'm playing with you. i get what you mean XD
@mariocastillo83345 жыл бұрын
The greatest irony was reflected on In Bloom. Watching scores of Chads singing "he's the one who likes all the pretty songs and he likes to sing along and he likes to sing along but he knows not what it means" was so richly ironic it became almost painful to Cobain.
@EpicStuffMan10005 жыл бұрын
@@mariocastillo8334 the music wasn't meant for them and I'm sure he would have made it even more clear as he went on, if he did go on
@weirdskyreallyweird.55195 жыл бұрын
@@mariocastillo8334 lol i cant take anyone who says chad unironically seriously
@rejectedcovers87905 жыл бұрын
Dane Welkersen what the fuck
@antihero1054 жыл бұрын
Uh, don't think RATM's message is "encoded deep" at all.. They couldn't be more outspoken about their views.. Guess for a select group of people who don't know how lyrics work?
@Idonotsa494 жыл бұрын
ANTIHERO I think that meant more that it’s essential to their music on every way, not that you have to dig deep to get it
@Dylan-ps1rj4 жыл бұрын
throw communists out of helicopters what does that mean? They aren’t outspoken? How so?
@bullpup5864 жыл бұрын
It's more about the deeper meaning behind a lot of lyrics that might be unclear to certain listeners, I think. Year of the Boomerang has the line: The boss's right to live is mine to die So I'm going out heavy sort of like Mt Tai That's a reference to an obscure quote about Resistance, how one could go out as light as a feather or as weighty as Mt Tai. It's the little one word/liners that show how deep they're political understanding is, maybe not how deep the lyrics are.
@Johncornwell1034 жыл бұрын
Idiots thought they were only against government not against capitalism.
@dustinjames12684 жыл бұрын
@@Johncornwell103 Im not sure how they could make that mistake though Especially in Bulls on Parade, its basically lambasting the republicans for constantly crying "BUT THE CHILDREN" while being warmongers
@Bartholomule015 жыл бұрын
People really do get it wrong. I think I've heard people actually complain about political ranting in between songs at their shows. Saying things like "keep politics out of music" while literally listening to RATM.
@jaycorbin61455 жыл бұрын
Bartholomule01 Most people don’t care about it, unless they can’t twist it to their own beliefs, which is what they mean by “keep politics out of music”. It actually means “You can only be political if you agree with ME.”
@sgtsimplycrispy77495 жыл бұрын
@@jaycorbin6145 not necessarily. I dont go to a concert to hear your political crap. i go to a show to mosh and jam to music, hence i dont plan on attending any RATM or roger waters shows anytime soon, or if i went to see RATM i couldnt complain because thats literally what theyre built on
@aidenbatista59865 жыл бұрын
Sgt SimplyCrispy well RATM is broken up but im willing to bet they had some knarly mosh pits
@Thought0Ninja5 жыл бұрын
I saw them after they reunited in '07 at Voodoo. It was the most intense show I've been to. The crowd movement felt like a wave pool and I'll never forget the random bloody guy who popped up in front of us and flipped over the sound booth cage railing and then scurried away. That dude saw some shit. Also there was no political ranting but I would have been cool with it because, as others have mentioned, it's part of their whole thing.
@az58825 жыл бұрын
@@Thought0Ninja yeah. Same here. 2008 in Berlin Zitadelle (castle with huge outdoor space) . I remember a guy carrying like 5 beer cups held high going through the crowd right before the first song started and everybody knew that stuff will be flying(and it was) . It was hilarious and wild. It was perfect to experience them after the reunion. Never thought I would get to see them live after the split and we have been jamming all their songs with the band for so long before that. Just legendary stuff. Also no politics involved. Just pure energy music.
@thejack0fhearts435 жыл бұрын
It’s all the same people that think “American Woman” and “Born In the USA” are patriotic anthems...
@carterc91715 жыл бұрын
Or that Hendrix’s national anthem was a patriotic display
@jmcwd5 жыл бұрын
Or that "this land is your land" by Woodie Guthrie
@juanc13285 жыл бұрын
Or Twinkle twinkle little star
@215dagby5 жыл бұрын
Or “Stench of Her Burning Flesh” by Short Bus Pile Up.
@Cyborg-zg6ml5 жыл бұрын
Carter C actually he said it was so fuck liberals
@douglasphillips58704 жыл бұрын
A Sternly Worded Letter Against the Machine wouldn't get airplay.
@RevCuck3 жыл бұрын
idk... Green Day was pretty popular
@jliller2 жыл бұрын
A Sternly Worded Letter Against the Machine would be a great name for a Rage Against The Machine spoken word performance.
@Kyran19962 жыл бұрын
Vote Against the Machine by Voting for the Machine.
@Polyphonic5 жыл бұрын
first
@Bobby_LSerunai5 жыл бұрын
Congratz
@polar85195 жыл бұрын
Oof 😂😂
@rooster10385 жыл бұрын
Come on, that's cheating.
@andrewjustice48665 жыл бұрын
Good job
@IgorValle5 жыл бұрын
LOL
@seanbean46825 жыл бұрын
So Rage was too groovy for their own message? That's kind of impressive....
@shaunclark4255 жыл бұрын
WELL THEIR MESSAGE WAS RETARDED.. AND THEIR MUSIC WAS BRILLIANT..
@richardadams79405 жыл бұрын
Yes they had legendary music. But a terrible message. Just because you are a genius in the musical sphere like RATM is, does Not mean you are a genius in the political sphere.
@richardadams79404 жыл бұрын
By definition Political is anything "relating to the government or the public affairs of a country." Politics have always existed and always will exist. And the word Political isn't an inherently evil adjective. Hell any political framework could work in theory because politics aren't the problem. The problem is Corruptible Man. And the best frameworks are those that take the longest for us to corrupt. So my point is RATM were musical geniuses. But not political geniuses, as in if we put them in charge of a country, even if they didn't intend to, it would be made corrupt quicker than flies swarm fecal matter.
@TheChadPad4 жыл бұрын
They're groovy af
@1997lordofdoom4 жыл бұрын
@Farin Vacation That's how you respond to braindead statements. What do you want him to do? Write an essay on why we need to overthrow capitalism with a socialist revolution? If you want a serious response, you first need to write some serious arguments.
@briankemble70794 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure Zack de la Rocha was quoting Malcolm X when he said "anger is a gift"
@spittingvenom91484 жыл бұрын
Actually it was Aristotle. Maybe X took it from him, but that’s who originally offered that thought. And it’s true!!
@leeonardodienfield4023 жыл бұрын
He should have quoted Malcom X saying, "white liberals are not your friends."
@bobbiemiles-foremaniii87473 жыл бұрын
Malcolm X was a shitty person. A racist and anti semite. Rage praises and celebrates all the wrong people
@blatantblasphemer73172 жыл бұрын
@@bobbiemiles-foremaniii8747 sometimes ya gotta get dirty to get what you want de la Roche is literally a member of a military socialist party in Mexico
@StopBeingRacist2 жыл бұрын
@@bobbiemiles-foremaniii8747 And here is another pathetic internet troll slandering a dead man much greater than anything he’ll ever be. Malcolm X was great, you’re a nobody and a piece of shit. Deal with that.
@amberfillmore35175 жыл бұрын
"Let's take a closer look" Has become one of my favorite phrases.
@TigersTalons5 жыл бұрын
Amber Fillmore Look!! LOOK @ IT!!’ LOOK!!!
@amberfillmore35175 жыл бұрын
@@TigersTalons lol. B
@TigersTalons5 жыл бұрын
Amber Fillmore I’m glad you took it in fun as it was meant!😀
@fergusdenoon12554 жыл бұрын
American perspective: far on the Left wing. other coutries: you mean left of center?
@mikecarter97233 жыл бұрын
I think you mean centre of right quadrant. Speaking in terms of PC even though it is a garbage system though and through.
@matousfiala59253 жыл бұрын
Left of european centre RATM, inspired by such centre-left thinkers as Marx, Chomsky, Che Guevara and Lenin
@DarkLord1111111111113 жыл бұрын
If you honestly think that you have no political understanding whatsoever... unless ofc other countries to you means just Canada, New Zealand and the nordics.
@koalasquare21453 жыл бұрын
But they are far left, further than your average Bernie fan
@waltercapa52653 жыл бұрын
@@DarkLord111111111111 I guess he is talking about developed countries when comparing countries with the US.
@firegodmc10805 жыл бұрын
>Polyphonic swears Wait. That's illegal (great vid btw, I love Rage and I'm glad you discuss them)
@enfercesttout5 жыл бұрын
American public don't tend to know much about Zapatistas
@user-wt2dz5bx5m5 жыл бұрын
Or anything left of FDR (and even that's being charitable)
@Kylora21125 жыл бұрын
If they're not Anglo-Saxon European or people we're bombing, we really don't cared to know anything about them =\
@tonigym30615 жыл бұрын
@Semper Invicta Source?
@BRO77TX5 жыл бұрын
Semper Invicta You meant White Christians right?? 🙄
@gonzacollao5 жыл бұрын
@Semper Invicta You people throw the "white" word around like you're some sort of exclusive category. I'm from Latin America and I'm caucasian, does that exclude me from your concept of "white"? Such bullshit, who told you that the far left wants to kill white people, lmao 😂 you're craving knowledge, go pick a book son!
@carlosmeza20924 жыл бұрын
As a Mexican male who grew up in San Diego, I relate with the subject matter. I'm also proud that RATM comes from my home state.
@liammcnicholas9188 ай бұрын
People of the Sun is about exactly that.
@G5rry5 ай бұрын
Why be proud that you have geography in common? I never get how people can think they are associated with some group of people just because you are (or were) geographically close to them at one time. (eg. sports)
@philly_sports15585 жыл бұрын
No one has ever managed to combine rock music and rap music in a better way than Rage.
@sirdouglas.28702 жыл бұрын
Beastie boys: Am I a joke to you?
@philly_sports15582 жыл бұрын
@@sirdouglas.2870 Very close second
@sirdouglas.28702 жыл бұрын
@@philly_sports1558 nah g, nothing gets me pumped in the gym like sabotage
@zoezzzarko11172 жыл бұрын
Cypress Hill 😁
@ChaseThePinballWizard2 жыл бұрын
SlipKnot?
@Chrisg8414 жыл бұрын
Singing about freedom and civil right constitutes a 'radical left' ideology in America. Nice place, swell people. Lol
@samanteater4 жыл бұрын
It's more the 'advocating the overthrow of capitalism, sympathizing with the Zapatistas' bit that's considered radical.
@Chrisg8414 жыл бұрын
@@samanteater campaigning on universal healthcare is enough to be labelled a communist lol
@wvu054 жыл бұрын
@Joe Eoj You mean the things that have been drastically defunded over the decades?
@lordspydergaming31544 жыл бұрын
@Joe Eoj I'm a disabled Vet. The VA hospitals are fine, that's propaganda by the Right to make you think they can't handle shit and at the same time screw Vets even harder than they do know. Don't let them foll you, Republicans hate our Vets.
@SviatoslavKaverin4 жыл бұрын
@Joe Eoj An apple a day keeps the doctor away. I wonder if it's ever possible in capitalist world to get a free daily apple from the govt.
@Hossflex5 жыл бұрын
Some of this is wrong. Tim C was friends with de la Rocha in hs and learned to play bass. His connection to Rocha got him in the band. Also, Morello was very much into rap and hip hop as he has stated numerous times that he started learning guitar to emulate a djs turntable
@ELJOEY4205 жыл бұрын
Thank you for pointing that out so I didn't have to. I was scrolling through the comments to see if there was someone that had already done this and you weren't too far down so I'm satisfied.
@M3rchantofD34th5 жыл бұрын
Yeah Morello always said he was a huge Public Enemy fan.
@skins189lbs45 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I pointed it out before I saw this. Glad I wasn't the only one.
@Ori09875 жыл бұрын
Actually Zack and Tim have been friends since elementary and even had a band together in middle school
@briandoublebackdahlen79673 жыл бұрын
Judge for yourself what Tom Morello was into yourself...... Lockup Band Live
@JohnJTMack5 жыл бұрын
We're talking about them 27 years after their debut album dropped. They won.
@jacobgutierrez8645 жыл бұрын
If you consider achieving fame and success winning, then they indeed won. But in terms of Rage Against The Machine's actual goal to inspire significant political change... as of yet, we're still waiting.
@EricssonB5 жыл бұрын
@@jacobgutierrez864 Sometimes just keeping a conversation going is enough. Teenage me and company back in the early 2000s took great inspiration from this band. Maybe that wouldn't have happened -- for thousands -- if not for RATM.
@bizzle48195 жыл бұрын
@Scott Stapp right, some of the biggest hypocrites in music
@luckypotato69735 жыл бұрын
They do not practice what they preach. They're going to Hell.
@luckypotato69735 жыл бұрын
Have You seen Morellos Wall around his house or his fancy cars and classic 🎸 guitar collection? 😁😁
@altrocks4 жыл бұрын
Coming from a heavily conservative family and hearing RATM as a teen in the 90s helped break me out of the indoctrination of a conservative upbringing. It helped start me on the road leftward that took nearly 20 years to completely traverse. That universality was a huge boon to the left and a big part of why there's so many leftist millennials now.
@rrichards31 Жыл бұрын
Yeah pretty sad. Hope you wake up one day and realize that communism is a failed system and they're raging against the wrong side and that liberalism is mental illness.
@weavingsteve17076 ай бұрын
Interesting thought that RATM and their music is now supported by the conservative and libritarian people of america as they fight against the left political machine. But get critisized. The problem is people dont follow values, they folow parties. I mean the left wants to separate people based on skin color, control the media, and repeal the 2nd amendment. The left is now "litteraly hitler"
@zackbobby55504 жыл бұрын
"But we don't see millions of people rising up in a social revolution" - And only a year later we would be seeing exactly that.
@rustyshackleford63184 жыл бұрын
❤️
@savingpyro4 жыл бұрын
Right? KZbin algorithm got one right. I watched this when it released and it was suggested again today.
@diegochagas2964 жыл бұрын
@Rusty Shackleford hol' up wth??
@BrainySnacks4 жыл бұрын
Lol you misquoted it - he said "socialist revolution." Black lives matter is by no means a socialist revolution - socialist countries also have pretty shitty police brutality.
@zackbobby55504 жыл бұрын
@@BrainySnacks I don't think, you understand what I'm talking about lol.
@anagarcia36853 жыл бұрын
I was maybe 10 when I first listened RATM, the music got me hooked but being Mexican and not fluent in English I kinda was like "Cool riffs" and that was it. This year I got to listen RATM. Like LISTEN LISTEN, understanding English, understanding the pain they were raging from, understanding why even 30 years after their first album came out I feel the same under my very different personal context. The music was the means, and for almost 17 years of my life it was just that. No message. But that music is the thing that eventually delivered the message and got me active in the movements of my country. So I guess, if you're persistent and truly believe in the message you're trying to convey, it will eventually pass on for generations.
@gerillazack77 Жыл бұрын
Every nation feels them when they are oppressed by something government, aggressors, globalists etc...I listened them in my teenagers days even i was not totally leftist, but western countries (NATO) destroyed my country(Yugoslavia/Serbia) and that's i was sympathized with them...I believe that most of middle east, asian, african, countries and nations as Serbia, Russia, Syria, Palestine, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, Vietnam, North Korea, Chinese, Congolese, Zimbabwe, South Africans, Somalia, Western Africans, Ethiopians...etc...
@TopFloorEricc4 жыл бұрын
What’s crazy about Rage more than any other bands is that when you listen, the first thing you hear isn’t their influences. The metal, the punk, the hip hop. Obviously it’s all there, but it doesn’t even register to me cause their sound is so unique it just presents as RATM and not a hodgepodge collection of different sounds.
@zoezzzarko11172 жыл бұрын
God yes. So true. Their sound is timeless (and lyrics)
@NickNicometi2 жыл бұрын
They SUCK!
@chadmarx7718 Жыл бұрын
There's definitely funk in there too
@nathefferon12345 жыл бұрын
Love this, I always hoped we'd get a vid about Rage.
@varan042765 жыл бұрын
Video on Cliff Burton and his melding of Punk, Psychedelic Rock, and Baroque influences?
@danieltaber49245 жыл бұрын
Wow, I didn't know Marvel's Hawkeye had a musical career.
@powerdump30005 жыл бұрын
who dat... is he the bassist from Metallica?
@varan042765 жыл бұрын
@@powerdump3000 Yep. He was until he died
@frodijr5 жыл бұрын
If you want Cliff Burton study, check out Andriy Vasylenko! Ukrainian Burton megafan
@augustgreig94205 жыл бұрын
Orion or Anasthesia
@MasterKeyMagic4 жыл бұрын
There's nothing radical about the Zapatistas. They're just Native American farmers that refused to have their community owned land privatized
@SpoopySquid4 жыл бұрын
In the age of neoliberalism, that is a radical position
@jeremiahmorris18524 жыл бұрын
The Zapatistas are Communists so...
@MasterKeyMagic4 жыл бұрын
Jeremiah Morris you say that like its a bad thing. All native americans were "communist" by your use of the word.
@jeremiahmorris18524 жыл бұрын
When did I say the Zapatistas being Communists were bad? I'm saying that if you knew anything about them, you would know they are Communist
@MasterKeyMagic4 жыл бұрын
Jeremiah Morris but they're not. Not by most people definition.
@bohba135 жыл бұрын
while the message my be watered down or lost by the medium, making music with a purpose like Rage or Lamar positively affects the quality. it feels genuine, you can feel the genuine anger in RAM's music, you can feel the emotion and work put into it. the message may be lost, but the work to convey it is not.
@maxwellschmidt2355 жыл бұрын
I generally agree. At some point, reflective people will consider how their tastes in art conflict with their preconceived ideology and turn it into a dialogue. The non-reflective never had a chance. Another example in my mind is Rush Limbaugh using the bass line from Pretenders' "My City Was Gone" as his intro or outro. On youtube postings you see a number of comments to the effect that people are listening because of him. Some number will internalize the simple beauty of the sound, and eventually the damnation of the fetishization of the consumer over the livelihood of the laborer will come into focus. At that point, those reflective people will begin to question aspects of their ideology that forced Pretenders to begin asking where Ohio did go 30 years ago.
@eclipsewrecker5 жыл бұрын
Maxwell Schmidt but also....one can hear the message and not agree (or disagree) with it and still appreciate the passion/heart behind it. It’s a colorful world, not a black and white box.
@TotinosOtherBoy5 жыл бұрын
RATM has some good songs, but lets get real, theyre hypocritical pseudo commies, and every message of their sings has the same emotion of an edgy 12 year old boy that just found out about Che Guevara lmfao
@shaft90005 жыл бұрын
Hmmm. Overthinking is often the death of true intelligence. 'Analysis paralysis' is buzzword that's thrown around a lot and that's not what I'm suggesting here, either. They could have made *better songs* , is what I mean. As a songwriter and performer myself, allow me to offer some insight: The trouble with Rage was that despite some commendable innovations in rock-band sound, their work remained at the level of 'slogans with a soundtrack' instead of a fully integrated art. The usual problem with political bands is that they don't take the power of The Music nearly seriously enough, and subvert their own divinity into slogans and propaganda; a form of cheap thrills for the political brain. TL;DR = The hips and brain may have been moving along just fine with RATM, but it was at the expense of the soul.
@M3rchantofD34th5 жыл бұрын
It also exposed a ton of people to communism. whether or not they ended up being convinced by it is up to them, but there's probably no song that could have turned Paul Ryan into a socialist anyway.
@qtipmotha4 жыл бұрын
Left wing music: RATM Right wing music: Toby Keith So of course people are like "I like Rage's music, I don't really pay attention to the lyrics"
@bobbiemiles-foremaniii87473 жыл бұрын
Rush
@Nattyplatinum3 жыл бұрын
Toby Keith is decent though
@Siege9242 жыл бұрын
Keith is a registered Oklahoma Democrat who openly (but unsuccessfully) promotes Dem candidates in his home state.
@kavky2 жыл бұрын
Country music is far from right wing.
@fredoctober2924 жыл бұрын
Some machines deserve our benevolence, the washing machine comes to mind.
@connormccullough22264 жыл бұрын
Raging against the washing machine is called "domestic violence"
@alicangul26034 жыл бұрын
Probably any machine other than the imperialist neoliberal capitalism deserve it, I guess.
@calumfoster-bayliss71224 жыл бұрын
Wobblies!
@Kyran19962 жыл бұрын
Rage against the washing machine at the laundromat once you're done filling in the main load and realize you're short on change. Some of those that turn washes are the same that earn quarter losses.
@yew8707 Жыл бұрын
And the oven! I would cry if I were to live without my frozen pizzas
@goalski1344 жыл бұрын
although i was mesmerized by their music, i would never have been anywhere near as engaged with them if it wasn’t for their political messages.
@NouveauArtPunk5 жыл бұрын
This is a great video about media literacy, thank you Polyphonic! I may end up using this for a classroom lesson on that very subject.
@zephyromg38815 жыл бұрын
Oh lord, thanks for indoctrinating our youth :)
@CorbCorbin5 жыл бұрын
Like the difference between Reagan using “Born in the USA,” and Clinton using “Don’t Stop.” Politicians have used popular music, with or without permission, since the early days of the Country.
@eclipsewrecker5 жыл бұрын
CorbCorbin wait......who protects or enforces one’s rights to “intellectual property?”
@CorbCorbin5 жыл бұрын
eclipsewrecker A lawyer 😂 My comment for the teacher was more about how some politicians have used music, that was made in direct opposition to their own beliefs or practices, to look “cool” or more modern. Reagan was trying to this with Born in the USA. But the answer to your question is lawyers. 😄
@eclipsewrecker5 жыл бұрын
CorbCorbin fair, but who gives the lawyers the power. Force or the threat of force is needed to enforce anything. The government is the answer. The man, the machine.
@cik224 жыл бұрын
basically "he's got the spirit, he's just a bit confused" meme.
@shaerreaz5 жыл бұрын
"The medium is the message" - goes on to plug Audible, an Amazon company that no doubt runs their workers to the ground and the man at the top evades taxes. Truly on point.
@samanteater4 жыл бұрын
No ethical consumption, etc. etc. Gotta get that bread.
@Dappis4 жыл бұрын
Thee's no ethical consumption under capitalism my guy. He has to get money somehow
@saradanhoff65394 жыл бұрын
Why not run a promo to encourage people to break into the houses of the obscene rich, beat them to death in front of their children, take their shit and fence it, then donate the proceeds to this channel's Patreon. Far more ethical, and on message. Possessing more than a billion dollars makes killing you defense of self and others. Regardless of where, when or how.
@thuslyandfurthermore4 жыл бұрын
@@dfw_motorrad1329 i'm not homeless cos it's fun genius. there's more empty homes in this town, most towns, than homeless people, it's just that the multimillionaire landlords that own every fucking square inch can't make a profit if there aren't homeless around to scare people into ransom rents, so the cops make sure the homeless stay that way with evictions and vagrancy fines and harassment.
@thisismyname56574 жыл бұрын
You live in a society yet you want to improve it at the same time?? Hypocrite!
@fastandbulbous96975 жыл бұрын
"Why do people like Rage Against the Machine even if they disagree with their politics?" Because their music is great, with or without the message
@ricardoemidio76925 жыл бұрын
The message is part of the music.
@MyNameIsNeutron5 жыл бұрын
The message is part of the lyrics, not the music.
@prometheustv65585 жыл бұрын
Robt. Neutron Sound So I should just listen to De La Rocha a cappella then.
@bryanlettow43895 жыл бұрын
That's what sucks about choosing not to listen to them. I think they're good musicians with the ability to produce awesome heavy grooves but their message is a little too much for me. Unfortunately I can't just listen to it without actively listening to the lyrics.
@Orclin5 жыл бұрын
@@ricardoemidio7692 The massage is so f**ked up you just can't listen too close to the lyrics to enjoy the music.
@hellsingscult69295 жыл бұрын
South park was right. Ads are becoming smarter, thought you were watching a video about RATM then boom head straight into a plug
@jainawle49015 жыл бұрын
Rage Against The Machine, making everyone go rebellious since mid 90s.
@rickyspanish30535 жыл бұрын
@Exit Strategies No
@dermotmcdermott68905 жыл бұрын
Let's take a closer look at this incredible anti capitalist band and their message but first a word from our sponsors...🤦♀️
@dermotmcdermott68905 жыл бұрын
@James r/woosh I wasn't talking about the band I was just pointing out the irony of this KZbin video
@bipbong29065 жыл бұрын
Dermot McDermott dumbass
@chadthundercock49824 жыл бұрын
Being forced to participate in a capitalist society to not starve and still being against capitalism are not conflicting.
@leegear48884 жыл бұрын
Rage are not socialists. I asked Tom Morrello what he thought of Anarcho Syndicalism and he responded "I'm all for it!" Simply put; they're anarchists.
@chadthundercock49824 жыл бұрын
@@leegear4888 Anarchism is a form of communism, Syndicalists belive in public ownership of the means of production and a society without class.
@vsamdol952 жыл бұрын
A great band from the grunge era with an undying message of resistance to imperialism. ✊🏽🚫🤖
@NashTurley5 жыл бұрын
A video about RATM sponsored by Amazon, a similar flavor of irony as right wing politicians liking them. "Empty ya pockets son, they got you thinkin' that / What ya need is what they selling / Make you think that buying is rebelling"
@mayac41475 жыл бұрын
Survival in a capitalist system can mean being forced to support the very system you want to bring down. Don't blame the little guys. The politicians are the ones making the rules.
@NashTurley5 жыл бұрын
@@mayac4147 yeah I agree, still ironic though
@eclipsewrecker5 жыл бұрын
Nash Turley is it ironic or necessary? They were on a major label after all.
@YourMom-cz2xe5 жыл бұрын
Hot Topic Socialists are a complete joke.
@jacob-vn6jg5 жыл бұрын
@@YourMom-cz2xe Define socialism. Oh wait you're going to give me some state-capitalist answer which has nothing to due with socialism and how big government is bad.
@mygvmtnamepublicallyavailable4 жыл бұрын
It’s simple: Rage against capitalism, rage against fascist-imperialism, and rage against the homophobic patriarchy Ⓐ☭
@chodycho4 жыл бұрын
Xylene fascism and imperialism are the natural final stages of capitalism, fascism exists as racial imperialism (the removal of all inferior races so as to expand the influence of the “superior race,” whereas standard imperialism is the removal of foreign markets so as to expand the influence of the original market which removes foreign ones). Basically, fascism is imperialism, but imperialism isn't fascism.
@DimoB84 жыл бұрын
@@DuckoftheDraw Fascism does usually go hand in hand with imperialism. Take Mussolini for example, the creator of Fascism, who advocated the territorial expansion of Italy. While invading Ethiopia and other British and French holdings in North Africa.
@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom4 жыл бұрын
Its simple: ur a nut
@artemismoonbow24753 жыл бұрын
I loved Rage in the 90s. Then joined the Military in 99. 15 years later I became a Wobbly. Some of us are late bloomers, but yeah, I understand the idea of missing the point. As an adult, I now know the stories and the struggles the lyrics are screaming at us to listen to. As a teen from the burbs, I was just lost in a vague feeling of knowing something isn't right.
@noahwakkure18702 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service, you made the ultimate sacrifice and realized that the system that we fought for was fucked up and didn't give a shit about us, vets need to realize the government doesn't give a shit about us, no matter what administration wants to pander next
@chadmarx7718 Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry you were used
@mdcu3893 Жыл бұрын
I'm in something similar to, I honestly don't know what path would be better for me I got a girl I need to take care of and I don't do well in school plus the price of living is high in my area. Being placed in a grunt unit one of my hopes is I will fight for the lesser of two evils, and thankfully it looks that way.
@colibri15 жыл бұрын
The disconnect between the US public's love for RATM's sounds and RATM's actual music was really clear when I saw them live in the nineties and the crowd booed at RATM's between-song political commentary, especially when they had anti-racist activists come up and speak. Tom Morello may think that's no big deal, but it really disturbs me, especially since many of their songs are very explicitly anti-right-wing/anti-fascist, yet many right-wingers/fascists love their music. There were even reports in the early 2000s of US torturers using it to blast inside torture rooms, something RATM would surely be opposed to.
@TheJimmyClip4 жыл бұрын
The paying crowd just wanted to be entertained. They paid their money and just wanted to see the dancing bear dance. Most people dont pay their hard earned money to go to a rally.
@themightymcb73104 жыл бұрын
@@TheJimmyClip Paying to go to a RATM show is literally paying to go to a rally. If that surprises anybody, that's on them for not listening to the music
@TheJimmyClip4 жыл бұрын
@@themightymcb7310 - agreed. They are the ones complaining. Bands with political schticks don't get my money.
@themightymcb73104 жыл бұрын
@@TheJimmyClip That's unfortunate. Not many things make people angry enough to make awesome music quite like politics. I'll gladly go see groups like RATM, Havok, Megadeth, Lamb of God, the Dead Kennedy's, and all kinds of other bands that are plenty political because I'm not a snowflake. I can handle listening to people I might not agree with. Challenging your own positions is an important part of personal growth.
@TheJimmyClip4 жыл бұрын
@@themightymcb7310I challenge my beliefs every chance I get. I just don't enjoy or feel like spending my time listening to politics when I want to enjoy music. RATM ring false to me. - they are like the Colin Kaepernick of music IMHO. I'd much rather hear music that Inspires me; not annoys me. Different strokes.... I enjoyed our exchange of views and appreciate your time and diplomacy!!! Cheers!
@angrypanda215 жыл бұрын
"What Machine am I raging against?" ~That's a thoughtful conclusion.
@sumantamaitra4 жыл бұрын
This is probably the millionth time I’m watching this. In addition to how flea plays bass. What you got wrong is people don’t get RATM wrong. It’s that everyone thinks they are anti establishment and they are the only ones who understand it. Paul Ryan thinks he is against some machine. Everyone has a “them” to rage against. That’s why the band clicked. Just the definition of the machine is different for everyone.
@KhayJayArt4 жыл бұрын
The issue is that idiots are complaining about the leftist politics in their songs when the band is a LEFTIST POLITICAL BAND.
@ThinkGarza3 жыл бұрын
People *do* get RATM wrong. They don't read lyrics (or are unable to).
@swim_ad3 жыл бұрын
fuck you i won't do what you tell me
@Nattyplatinum3 жыл бұрын
@@swim_ad they literally advocated for government enforced vaccination on live television, they’re fucking clowns and posers🤡🤡🤡🤡
@Liliquan2 жыл бұрын
You can’t just replace “machine” with “anything I want”. People do get it wrong because the machine they rage against in their music is specific not generic. Neo-nazis have a them to rage against. Those people would be FUCKING wrong to use Rage against the Machine as a medium for their rage.
@Hevvvyyy5 жыл бұрын
Down rodeo is prob my favorite from them
@Coxy0026055 жыл бұрын
Evil Empire in general was great.
@SocialGore5 жыл бұрын
@@Coxy002605 Definitely their high-water mark
@cillee9975 жыл бұрын
These people aint seen a brown skinned man since their grandparents bought one
@woodside4life5 жыл бұрын
Can’t waste a day when the night brings a hearse..
@kevinscholfield20374 жыл бұрын
In the ruins theres a network for the toxic rock
@jjc18085 жыл бұрын
Im so happy you made a video on rage. Most influential band of my life.
@New-ko5qj4 жыл бұрын
If the only people who listened to Rage completely agreed with their political beliefs you wouldn't be making this video because they wouldn't be famous
@balls80134 жыл бұрын
yeah it's a shame he disagrees with you I guess
@redacted22754 жыл бұрын
The 99% of RATM's audience are there for the music, period. The band knows it since the first album. I'm pretty sure that Zack thinks Morello is a hypocrite.
@mccookies36644 жыл бұрын
ok but it's one thing to disagree with them and like them, it's another thing to be completely antithetical to their message and like them
@jacktrent56485 жыл бұрын
SO MAKE A MOVE AND PLEAD THE FIFTH CAUSE YOU CAN'T PLEAD THE FIRST CAN'T WASTE A DAY WHEN THE NIGHT BRINGS A HEARSE
@varis08435 жыл бұрын
Everyone seems to list how hip hop is such an influence on these guys but fail to notice the Bad Brains influence. May I suggest listening to Reignition from I Against I for definite proof.
@croulantroulant30825 жыл бұрын
nah. And I love both bands. HR's vocals are NOTHING like Zach's. Plus most of the Bad Brains songs are like twice the tempo of RATM's.
@duncanw99015 жыл бұрын
Lmao I was just listening to bad brains before I clicked on this
@ForgiveAllOfUs4 жыл бұрын
I bet RATM would have loved "audible - an amazon company"...
@ForgiveAllOfUs4 жыл бұрын
@James "Understand"? obviously... Be ok with it? I doubt it... The irony being the whole point of the video is to show how supporters of ultra-liberalism don't understand RATM... But I guess it's a mistake, as I didn't say anything against amazon (or other companies) workers...
@ForgiveAllOfUs4 жыл бұрын
@James "If this comment section shows one thing, it's that liberals tend not to understand RATM lol" Nope... that's not it...
@Maxim89Il4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and many Rage Against the Machine fans complained tickets were too expensive and poor people couldn't attend the concerts. I mean, people do need to make a living somehow. The "sponsored by Amazon" bit is the most Rage Against the Machine you could think of, considering their ticket prices - and by the way, I'm on their side here! See, I'm a liberal, social democrat, progressive... but not a commie, and I do believe artists should make a living and I never complain about prices (my problem is with low minimum wage, expensive healthcare, and so on... not with entrepreneurs and the right to make a living). Yes, I prefer ticket prices to be lower, but whatever, there are many factors in deciding prices. However, only the one who wrote the lyrics probably fully believed in those messages in Rage Against the Machine. Without him, they were Audioslave (a good band, by the way).
@ForgiveAllOfUs4 жыл бұрын
@@Maxim89Il I don't talk about ticket prices, I'm talking about Amazon. Some regulations could ensure this company (and others) do not kill their slaves on the job.
@briangarrow4485 жыл бұрын
As the son of socialist union parents, I understand Rage Against the Machine. Educate Agitate Organize.
@LeeGHThomas5 жыл бұрын
A video on parliament-funkadelic would be spectacular. Two sides of the same coin, one being more pure funk while the other was as psychedelic as you could get. Bop Gun and Good Thoughts Bad Thoughts are both anthems in their own respect.
@SlyStone675 жыл бұрын
I really hope he does this video
@benza4352 жыл бұрын
The video itself misses the point by turning itself into an advert 😕
@alexhouston68865 жыл бұрын
Lol sid vicious didnt even know how to play bass he became famous for his punk image
@theeducatedfool5 жыл бұрын
Poor Glenn Matlock
@AsukaLangleyS025 жыл бұрын
Sid Vicious was a shitty drug addict who killed a cat and his druggy girlfriend.
@skunksdoinglaundry3 жыл бұрын
Their liner notes in their albums told you EXACTLY what their music was about showing the organizations and groups they supported.
@julietasalerno93773 жыл бұрын
"People choose what to direct their anger at." This video also explains why people interpret a book like Orwell's 1984 so differently... (ignorance also plays a role in this).
@Kyran19962 жыл бұрын
Orwell is definitely a super apt comparison to the cognitive dissonance some RATM fans have when they realize what the lyrics were about all along. Especially since Orwell himself has said that he's a democratic socialist who has been writing for socialism and against totalitarianism, but the people who use the "Orwellian" metaphor the most nowadays are Republican pundits who think 1984 means vaccinations, access to abortions, and LGBT rights, as opposed to the Supreme Court ruling against such things and allowing millions to die due to misinformation coming from the White House. Or the inhumane treatment of migrants at the border and even domestically. And yet they claim the 'machine' is the people just struggling to survive in spite of those harsh, demoralizing conditions. RATM can call the police Klansmen, point out the drug funneling of the FBI, CIA, Mafia, and cops into minority neighborhoods, and directly refer to capitalism and the anti-communist coups carried out in its name as the machine they're raging against and somehow, this is all news to these people.
@Autobot_Megatron5 жыл бұрын
"What machine am I raging against?" Skynet and their Terminators.
@Nils3OWN5 жыл бұрын
The capitalist elite and their ever-growing influence built by the hundred or so billion humans who've lived, thought and shared their ideas to produce the technology in the first place.
@na-dm6jb5 жыл бұрын
@@Nils3OWN you mean the communist authotitarians who've highjacked your party?
@apanapandottir2054 жыл бұрын
Dark Raiden Thats pretty much Fear Factory :D
@blackspring32074 жыл бұрын
Yes
@jwanbesande27344 жыл бұрын
BRB gonna make a band and call it Skynet and the Terminators
@WaitingForTheHook5 жыл бұрын
The radical energy of Sid Vicious? Lmao. It was Glen Matlock that played the bass on the Sex Pistols record. SV was a puppet.
@AsukaLangleyS025 жыл бұрын
The only thing Sid could play was a needle into his arm.
@redacted22754 жыл бұрын
Yes. And Sex Pistols is trash if you're gonna talk about "revolutionary music": Lydon himself was much more punk on P.I.L. than on Sex Pistols. The Pistols were a hipster copy of Ramones, pretty much... the ironic thing is Johnny Ramone was always a die hard Conservative since the beginning and "punk rockers" like Tom Morello don't have a problem with that just like conservative people don't have a problem about listening to RATM.
@laidback93 Жыл бұрын
The moment I saw the video for Freedom I knew what Rage was all about. They exposed 12 year old me to these atrocities I hadn't been aware of. Been a fan ever since. I do hope they make another album because shit hasn't gotten any better in this political hell scape.
@vladtheimpaler85635 жыл бұрын
I honestly was kind of one of the people who didn't really get their stuff as much as one should. But this gave me a whole new appreciation for them. I'm definitely going to listen to their music with intent going forward.
@bloodredcrown5 жыл бұрын
I can listen to Rage without being a commie just as I can listen to Cannibal Corpse without being a serial killer.
@Brokenskull6665 жыл бұрын
Except there's a difference there. Cannibal Corpse has stated in the past that their music is like a horror movie in musical form, not to be taken seriously, but enjoyed for the atmosphere and imagery created. Rage is putting up political opinions and stances that they fully stand behind and are dead serious about. It's like comparing a history book to a fiction in the case of these two bands. I see what you're saying, but the bands chosen for the comparison are just a little off. I listen to Rage because I dig the music, but I don't agree with a lot of their politics. So I'm in the same boat.
@kavky2 жыл бұрын
@@Brokenskull666 "political opinions and stances that they fully stand behind and are dead serious about" Yeah, on every level except physical. They gladly vote and tell their fans to vote for the same corrupt crony capitalists they claim to rage against.
@zolarczakl68153 жыл бұрын
I used to like them when I was younger but as I grew older and more sensible, their blatant far left political messages became too cringey
@TJKerrell4 жыл бұрын
I myself am registered Republican and I love RATM’s music. I don’t agree with their politics at all, but as a fellow musician I appreciate the craftsmanship and passion put into the heavy-hitting music they’ve become famous for making. I don’t complain about their politics because I know they obviously disagree with me. It’s fun sometimes to even play along with the rebellious nature of the music, acting almost as an angsty teen. I have liberal friends that also love their music and don’t even agree with all their far-left ideology, but it’s still fun to listen to the music.
@bladeofdespair5195 жыл бұрын
The song name at 0:28 is called "Know your enemy" and one of my favorite RATH songs coz it has one of the best Maynard James Keenan screams in it.
@andycopland31794 жыл бұрын
Rage Against the Machine, but take the capitalist profit.
@redacted22754 жыл бұрын
They are raging against the machine (whatever the h3ll that means) but they sure are "In Love with the Music Industry Machine".
@andycopland31794 жыл бұрын
@@redacted2275 I always assumed it simply meant "fuck the system." But yes, you are right and put it better than I did.
@gamacanhoto4 жыл бұрын
@andy Copland When u live in a capitalist society, u need capital to survive.
@yozi55204 жыл бұрын
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism my dude.
@jaschul4 жыл бұрын
No, they don't. Being a well paid employee just means you're a well paid employee. Not a capitalist. The capitalists own the record company. They get the profits.
@rainpersona94065 жыл бұрын
A political point I'd like to point out is that people (wrongly) associate RATM with Soviet style authoritarian socialism. Although they've never explicitly stated which political ideology they believe in, all indicators (e.g. reading list) point towards Anarchism, which is a branch of libertarian socialism. Both capitalism and socialism are broad political and economic frameworks. Equating RATM's political ideology with Authoritarian socialism is pretty wrong. Societal examples of Libertarian Socialism are the Zapatistas, Rojava, Revolutionary Catalonia (historically) and the free territories (another historical example). In fact, Anarchists and Authoritarian socialists/Stalinists/Lenninists historically have come into conflict with each other (Stalin being anti-Catalonia) and to this day there is some tension.
@Orclin5 жыл бұрын
Well, they promote violence. Violence is authoritarian. Anarchy and socialism doesn't go hand in hand. Anarchy and capitalism can work though.
@agustinalejandrogerosa70695 жыл бұрын
Bombattack is a song about a maoist group so...
@agustinalejandrogerosa70695 жыл бұрын
@@Orclin lol
@mayac41475 жыл бұрын
@@Orclinyikes do i spy an ancap
@bubbleboy25905 жыл бұрын
@@Orclin I'm sorry but anarchism and socialism don't go hand in hand? Not heard of anarcho-communism or libertarian socialism? It's actually one of the books on the RATM reading list, What is Communist Anarchism? by Alexander Berkman. Also most anarchists I know and I as an anarchist would disagree with you on the last part, most anarchists look at ancaps as a joke, cause we see capitalism as a force that reinforces and perpetuates unjustified hierarchies, which anarchism is quite against. Also, violence is authoritarian is a baby take, is a violent rebellion against an authoritarian government also authoritarian?
@YQN21494 жыл бұрын
The sponsor is so contradictory with everything that's said before, this is just ridiculous. Who better than Amazon represents capitalism? If you're interested in reading what RATM recommends, DO NOT use Amazon, thx.
@DeHeld85 жыл бұрын
As a radical left winger, I've always appreciated RATM and their message. Though I also am rather sceptical and suspicious of their contract with their music distributor, which was effectively the giant capitalist corporation Sony. Though, it is true that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, and no matter how you try to spread your political message, you'd always need to do so within the capitalist framework. Even printing leaflets with a marxist political message can be "problematic" as it were... Since the paper it is printed on was made by a capitalist corporation that exploited their workers, the computer you designed the leaflet on was made by cheap and exploited east-asian labour and so forth... It indeed saddens me when I talk to people about RATM, and it turns out they have not the first clue about the political message the band was trying to convey. Many of them not even having a vague inkling of what socialism, anarchism and communism are, except form the trash propaganda the bourgeois media has told them about it. It feels like a lot of the time, the political message of RATM has been drowned out by the fantastic (and loud) music. Of course, there are the more traditional worker's songs like the Internationale, Bandierra Rossa, A las Barricadas, Solidarity forever, Einheitsfrontlied and many, many more... I love them all and sing them loudly and enthusiastically with my comrades. But even I have to admit they aren't as rocking or catchy as the tunes of Rage. Speaking of music with a message that is listened to but the message not being heeded: I'm a big, big, BIG fan of J. S. Bach. Even though much of his music is overtly christian in nature, and I am a staunch atheist (as Marxists tend to be). I still listen to his st. Matthew's passion every good Friday. I understand German, so the religious message is certainly not lost on me when I listen to it. And even though I think Christianity is full of shit as a philosophy and world view in general... Tears just roll down my cheeks every time the "Erbarme dich" starts playing. I know every word of Bach's magnum opus by heart, even though I don't believe for a second that Jesus died on the cross for our sinds and that he is God incarnate. I guess I listen to Bach the same way a conservative listens to Rage Against The Machine. Talk about cognitive dissonance, eh?
@siddalton52214 жыл бұрын
You're an idiot.
@giacomogalli24484 жыл бұрын
@@siddalton5221 Expand on that
@siddalton52214 жыл бұрын
@@giacomogalli2448 They identified as a radical leftist. Only a complete imbecile would identify as such. Can you name one country where socialism has been of benefit? I stand by my statement. They are an idiot.
@dhunter82864 жыл бұрын
@@siddalton5221 socialism has been a benefit to almost every country. Within most socialist states the health, literacy, and standard of living for the poor has been substantially improved. In other countries socialistic reforms and concessions from capital were hugely bolstered by the existence of Revolutionary Socialist States that showed the working class that there was a real alternative.
@edwardwieland77494 жыл бұрын
Sid Dalton America
@SpoopySquid5 жыл бұрын
Please do a video on Chumbawamba!
@zainhaq47915 жыл бұрын
I love your videos especially the one about rock and metal music!
@lukas_copy_15 жыл бұрын
80% of his videos.
@QuestionMarc4 жыл бұрын
I remember first hearing about the Rage/Paul Ryan thing and thinking, "You know, Paul. Those lyrics are in English. You can understand them if you actually listen."
@Kyran19962 жыл бұрын
He must've unwittingly downloaded the Simlish cover album.
@GuyNamedSean5 жыл бұрын
I really hope I'm not a person that gets Rage wrong. I'm a huge fan of the band and I'm actually pretty sympathetic to their ideology.
@potroast7025 жыл бұрын
Are you an anarchist syndicalist? Or even just a left libertarian at all? If you are then you get them right, anything else, you just enjoy their sound.
@riopato20095 жыл бұрын
It's their own ideology that broke the band up. Each member's view point changed as they got older and their experiences shifted in different directions that they couldn't agree on their own politics. They ended up becoming the machine they were raging against.
@BIadelores5 жыл бұрын
@@potroast702 You don't need to line up with them to have sympathy to what they say, there are many different ways of achieving different things. You can be sympathetic to a point someone makes while disagreeing with the methods they propose. Besides, RATM's ideals aren't completely up to the date with the music - For example the Bombtrack music video was made to promote support for a Maoist group, but the band no longer supports them so the video is no longer officially obtainable anywhere.
@shaft90005 жыл бұрын
@@riopato2009 Correct. Their music couldn't survive it's own success - well, not without becoming a caricature of it's former persona. It is the same problem as ever with 'protest entertainers': They go to work, they earn more and more money - and VIO-fuckin-LA: They are no longer 'one of us / the poor' ! The american dream is effectively something like this = To complain about 'the other side' on your way up, and then to actually vote for the other side during your retirement. The wealthy are so often older because a) they managed to live that long while ALSO b) managing to not blow their financial wad(s) and live within their means. This isn't rocket science. How else to explain why the defection between the parties that many experience as they enter middle-age is overwhelmingly such a one-way street??? TL;DR = "....or, why Steely Dan was a billion x better than the fuckin' Eagles."
@eliazarmarcano56165 жыл бұрын
@@shaft9000 you are full of rambling shit.
@cugly18755 жыл бұрын
I noticed this also happens with a lot of punk bands, like I was looking through the comments of a Dead Kennedy's and I was seeing people saying Dead Kennedys had conservative messages in their songs which completely missing the points that dead Kennedys tried to show
@franohmsford75485 жыл бұрын
Take a look at ANY Left Wing politician and you'll find they're quite Conservative about some things! It's not a BINARY - Left = Perfect, Right = Evil OR The other way round! You can easily be Left Wing Socially whilst being Right Wing Economically OR the other way round! You can agree with Rage or The Dead Kennedys or any other musician/band on MULTIPLE aspects without agreeing with them on ALL!
@Herptroid5 жыл бұрын
It's not a binary but you're missing nuance. There is a right and a left but nobody is actually socially x and economically y. The foundation of someone's politics is what mode of production they support and how they support it. Liberals and conservatives support capitalism and therefore have more in common with each other than liberals have in common with socialists, despite both ostensibly being against bigotry. RatM is explicitly anti-capitalist and "fans" like Paul Ryan and his ilk (including Democrats) are fucking posers. also I can't believe people are dumb enough to see the DKs shitting on Jerry Brown as having conservative tendencies holy fuck.
@scheddoc5 жыл бұрын
@@BBQcheese It's not possible to be left socially and right economically because the economic structures the right supports directly goes against equality
@samanteater4 жыл бұрын
Dead Kennedys: *Make one song criticizing communist regimes* Conservatives: *OMG THEYRE ON OUR SIDE!!1!1!!!*
@TheLucasbr1524 жыл бұрын
@@scheddoc you want equality? go to North Korea, they are very equal there
@elemaioh5 жыл бұрын
Deliberately ignoring the entirety of any of Zach's lyrics outside of a chorus to just "be angry" is a pretty lame excuse to not hear the rest of the message. If you don't get it, it's because you don't want to or you're not trying to - not much any band can do about that. And yes, we do see millions of people rising up in a socialist revolution. The Giles Jaunes, Mexico's new president, the Chavistas, Bernie's movement - this is all actually happening, and a lot of people got started on RATM.
@kmiller20874 жыл бұрын
It's not that he didnt get it. he's pandering to a right-wing audience, and they just don't wanna hear it. Simple as that.
@marcello77814 жыл бұрын
Chavistas are in power now. The only one who could be considered as rising up for a revolution is the Venezuelan opposition (which includes socialdemocrats in their factions).
@wspencerhand2 жыл бұрын
RATM doesn’t get RATM. They reached out and touched edge and liked how it made them feel. But they never could grab it with both hands. They liked some of the comfort the machine provides. Then the wheel turned and they became the machine.
@thevinyltruffle5 жыл бұрын
The differences u describe are part of what makes their cover album so awesome. Each member chose 3 songs.
@Lultschful5 жыл бұрын
I think you forgot one key element of explanation for people like Paul Ryan saying they like RATM... There are no good songs that are about right wing ideas. That's why guys like Farrage, Trump etc end up using songs from people who don't support them, cause artists who support them tend to make shit music. So they chose to use stuff that people can relate to.
@rileymccabe27325 жыл бұрын
In der Heimat wohnt ein blondes Mägdelein und das heißt: Erika.
@JustinBA0074 жыл бұрын
Der Untermensch by Type O Negative.
@RoosterRandy4 жыл бұрын
Won't Get Fooled Again by the who
@redacted22754 жыл бұрын
No, it's because RATM uses the main aspects on music to enchant stupid people with their messages: catchy chorus, 4/4 tempo, heavy guitars... it's the same irony that black rights movement worship Motown, the label that pretty much established Fordism on their black songwriters.
@БогданМарченко-д2ы4 жыл бұрын
Lultschful All Rush songs.
@jonesy279 Жыл бұрын
The amount of people that don’t listen or comprehend the lyrics to most songs has always astounded me. Obviously with RATM, but it’s an unfortunate pattern across the board. Just like people that play “every breathe you take” at their wedding or think that “the pina colada song” is romantic. If people took the time to listen and understand, the work would be a much better place.
@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu4 жыл бұрын
I love how RAGE's idol is CHE who banned the Beatles because they were from Britain because they were imperialist. And a man who killed black people because they weren't pure argentines. I dont think rage understands their own politics.
@briandoublebackdahlen79673 жыл бұрын
Zach Has never wrote a Lyric though about Che..... It just on there reading list
@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu3 жыл бұрын
@@briandoublebackdahlen7967 look here the problem why is okay to wear a shirt with a man who kill people on political views and for being gay, so how is guy
@ayomrwhiteigotdrip62352 жыл бұрын
also they started shilling for democrats and the vaccine
@bugsephbunnin45765 жыл бұрын
The album's name "Evil Empire" was a satirical one, based on how Reagan called the Soviet Union: "The Evil Empire".
@radiod86554 жыл бұрын
Hmmm ... I think RATM should not be wieved as radical. That seems to be the problem with the US ... fighting for somebody's rights or freedom is not "radical" ... the people who sustain the opression are radical.
@ComicPower5 жыл бұрын
Rage is to there generation what the Clash was to theirs. Definitely one of the most important bands of the last 30 years.
@moltresjrcountdowns5 жыл бұрын
I’m British, and I make several podcasts, and I was unaware that farage had one. Now I’m sad.
@simonthemark5 жыл бұрын
why?
@skins189lbs45 жыл бұрын
Morello didn't bring in Tim c. Zack did. He grew up with him. Tom brought in Brad
@thelaffingllama5 жыл бұрын
It's interesting, I've always loved rage but always either found their message hard to take seriously, hard to swallow or I straight up just didn't agree. I think the message is important to the band and it is really what makes the band but you dont need to agree with it to enjoy it.
@thelaffingllama5 жыл бұрын
@ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet How? I am saying you dont need to agree with the message to enjoy the music.
@thelaffingllama5 жыл бұрын
@ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet Nah not really. You can read a book and not agree with its philosophy but still enjoy the overall experience of the book. I can't directly relate with the themes of some pink floyd songs but I can still enjoy them. I can disagree with people whether its about politics or anything else and still be friends with them. I haven't contradicted myself, you don't agree with me.
@thelaffingllama5 жыл бұрын
@ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet In fact I would make the argument that the message isn't an essential part of the music even though it is a very prominent theme. Pink floyd have a lot more to offer than just lyrics as well, some of my favourite pink floyd songs dont even have lyrics.
@ChucksSEADnDEAD5 жыл бұрын
@ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet did you watch the video? RATM's lyrics are applicable to many people. Everyone has a machine they're raging against. The media is the message. You can enjoy the message (media) while disagreeing with the "message".
@SuperSallySteak4 жыл бұрын
@ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet is just mad because he is a die hard liberal and thinks everyone should follow his beliefs and if not, you can leave.
@jamestelfer19495 жыл бұрын
Please do something on Metallica and cliff burton!!!!
@adamputtergill5 жыл бұрын
James Telfer yeeeees please see this polyphonic
@adrikoru33763 жыл бұрын
kinda funny talking about RATM and being sponsored by a company that exploits its employees on the same video.
@jc-wx5oo4 жыл бұрын
People here mad about the Audible sponsorship but, honestly, if people consumed more books and less media the world might actually be a better place to live. 🤔
@junof13123 жыл бұрын
people aren't mad about the books bro.
@jc-wx5oo3 жыл бұрын
@@junof1312 no, just a platform that allows easier access to reading to those who may not have time to sit down and read physical books
@junof13123 жыл бұрын
@@jc-wx5oo again, it's not about the books, it's about how the platform they are on is owned and managed by a corporation that works it's employees until they pass out and then calls an ambulance for them instead of giving them breaks.
@bigsmoke18873 жыл бұрын
Books is a form of media lol
@shmookpup4 жыл бұрын
To counter McLuhan's point and to affirm Morello's, I was attracted to Rage through their amazing music. From there they only helped further and help diversify & strengthen my beliefs. I'm so fucking stoked that they're reuniting
@SeventhSwell2 жыл бұрын
I had, past tense, some friends who were big into Rage back in the day but wound up becoming Trumpy d-bags. It's just crazy how this happens. It's like righties liking Star Trek. How they miss the message I just don't know.
@Kyran19962 жыл бұрын
I came to this video after reading a bunch of Trump supporters and police bootlickers claiming RATM were pro-establishment now because they were performing on behalf of abortion rights and they're pro-vaccine. The cognitive dissonance is astounding. One guy in particular whose tweet blew up (mostly because of people dunking on him for completely missing the point) is even showing off some pro-cop tattoos in his profile photo and regularly harassing trans people in his Twitter feed. Does he seriously thinking he's raging against the machine and not for it?
@snakey9734 жыл бұрын
Ryan being a RATM fan is the single most ridiculous thing I ever heard....did he just ignore the lyrics completely?
@danielhorton34904 жыл бұрын
@Scott Covert doesnt mean they are singing directly about their hate for you and your ilk, that's the difference jere
@melvinmerkelhopper57524 жыл бұрын
Nobody actually listens to the lyrics of RATM songs. They just want to yell "Fuck You! I won't do what you tell me!" like edgy little shits.
@axis6a4 жыл бұрын
"however it's true efficacy remains to be seen, after all Rage Against the Machine have sold millions of copies worldwide, but we don't see millions of people rising up in a socialist revolution" *Looks out window in June of 2020*
@yozi55204 жыл бұрын
The protests are neither socialist nor revolutionary.
@axis6a4 жыл бұрын
@@yozi5520 Please, explain.
@yozi55204 жыл бұрын
@@axis6a Defunding the police is a reform. A pretty big one but still.
@kavky2 жыл бұрын
My favorite part about that revolution were the corporations supporting it.
@Eb984-r7b3 жыл бұрын
"The dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum" Masta killa
@c.w.a93575 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video on Alice In Chains?
@finnmiller-new63834 жыл бұрын
My band were playing killing in the name as some of my friends in the audience were singing along with a lyric sheet They stopped partway through having just read and understood the meaning behind "Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites" they had never stopped to listen and understand the song after hearing it hundreds of times