i was in that crowd, 16 years old at the time. The jumping crowd at the end of this song caused seismic sensors in the neighborhood to send out earthquake alarms. One of the best live performances i ever had the privilege of actually experiencing for real. Great memories....
@@denizkendirci i think it is because this song is so hype. Like the lyrics of course are warning you about dangerous police, but cmon, there are people that dont get them and think they are too political.
@@Dom213 Also it's mind blowing they can be politcally interpreted either way if you're a fash. Like ''fuck yeah we burn crosses, and we won't do what you tell us cause we're the silent minority''. lol
They keep talking over the lyrics - that's why it went over their head. They weren't prepared for what they were about to hear to catch the cultural significance of it. IMHO, this is the kind of song that you have to have the lyrics laid out beside you as you listen to it for the first time to really get what they have the kahunas to say.
@@hmmhmmhmm3 Yeah I was looking to see if they actually heard "Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses" because for me when I heard it when I was like 10 living in Ireland I realised what it was about. I didn't even know much about America or what was going on at that time of my life, but as an Irish person it resonated to how the troubles started up north. And the war of independence here too. So I'd imagine it would resonate with black people in the US even more so.
I'd also recommend starting with the music videos, rather than going live first. For me at least, it's hard to catch the lyrics because these are older recordings and the vocal mixing on live performances makes it difficult to catch the lyrics.
The worst thing is that they don’t realize that the chorus is “ some of those who work forces, are the same that burn crosses” this apparently has no meaning to them
Hope you guys gave this band a better listen. Their lyrics are so relevant in our current climate-and they sang these 25-30 years ago. Unbelievable band.
thats because not too many people LEARN or appreciate HISTORY.... Just like that Song title by Propellerheads... History Repeating Ever hear of the Clash? or the Jam... Brithish bands of the late 70's early 80's a lot of their songs are still and can be applied today.
Fun fact: here in the U.K. everyone got tired of the music charts having x-factor contestants signed by Cowell as the number 1 every year as it seemed super rigged, so everyone voted for Killing in the Name and it was No1 for weeks. Best Christmas No1 ever 👏🏼
The singer is of Mexican decent and the guitarist is half black. Look up the lyrics to the song. These guys are actually highly intelligent and are making a point.
I usually love reactions to this song for the inevitable wide eyed-jaw dropped realization of what the lyrics are saying ….. never happened on this one though 😂
"Those who died are justified for wearing the badge. they're the chosen whites." and "Some of those who work forces are the same who burn crosses." are the most important lyrics.
They told people to listen to the government and take all the jabs... "Do what they tell you" They refused to lower their ticket prices and made millions in the stock market while shouting about how evil capitalism is... They are greedy and they are racists... and their guitar player can't solo...they are frauds and you are sheep
Wow! I'm disappointed in you guys. If only you had looked at the lyrics, you would've realized how much of a iconic band they really were and still are. They really were ahead of their time. They are always in my playlist. Absolutely love them. I recommend you check them out again with the lyrics.
@@hikhik6441 opinions are like assh*les. Everyone has one. I expressed mine which I'm allowed to do in a polite way. They are allowed to listen to music however they like. It was just disappointing they didn't understand the music in order to truly appreciate it or the band. My opinion still stands.
Thank you for explaning. I have heard of this group, but I never actually listened. I am watching this video in the wake of the Tyre Nichols beating. Very interesting. Even the way the audience chants back about "Gotta do what they told you" is pretty creepy, but that is our reality today.
@@spaceli0n You do realize that blm is not really about "black" lives other than using it as trauma porn to make more $$$ for themselves. They have their own agenda that has absolutely nothing to do with victims of police brutality. I am referring to the leaders of the movement and not the people who participated in good faith. The blm leaders have pulled off the greatest hoax of the 21st century.
Rodney King was a tragedy. But, keep in mind, he led police on a high speed chase, nearly wrecked into other cars and then refused to exit the vehicle. He acted erratically and resisted arrest. The riots were even worse. Look up truck driver Reginald Denny, who was pulled out of his truck and savagely beaten. Every time, the riots are far worse than the police beatings. And they are NEVER justified. NEVER is looting, burning, beating or killing a justified response. In my eyes it’s worse.
@@danielbeckstedt767 Don't you get the feeling we are part of a human lab rat experiment? Everybody does stuff to up the ante to ratchet up the violence. The so-called authorities and peace officers seem just as blameworthy as the original perpetrators. And then you have outside groups who go in and provoke and incite people to react and overreact. I am willing to accept the Rodney King was an unfortunate incident that got out of hand. But all of these different incidents that happen especially in urban black communities seem calculated to stir people's anger. In the George Floyd case you had outsiders handing out bricks and encouraging people to create mayhem. What does that have to do with happened? Here in the Nichols case the special unit is very special indeed. They were recruited specially. Why is that? The corruption in that department is blatant. I think people were hoping there would be a huge riot, but it didn't happen. Anyway, forgive me. I am one of those tinfoil hat people seeing a conspiracy everywhere. But trust me that Nichols case is about more than what you think.
We Gen Xers had/have some really awesome music! Maybe growing up as "latchkey kids" gave our favorite artists more introspection than today's younger artists have? I dunno, maybe it's just me, but it's a struggle to find good music with meaningful lyrics nowadays.
@@domohuerta6284 Yes, this is exactly why I sugguested the album versions. The live versions' lyrics are unclear, but the album versions' lyrics are very clear. RATM is one of those bands where the lyrics are even more important than the music.
these guys were definitely FAR from zumies... they were actually the exact opposite. they didn't care about fashion. the lead singer was/is an actual activist, so much so, that it hindered the band's career. he was actually about that life, not like these internet activists today. these guys were among the last of a dying breed 🙏🏽
Gentlemen, this band is one of the most influential bands from the 90s and their content carries so much weight, it would do you good to research them a little bit and watch the lyric videos. Rage against the machines messages were so raw and Ironically lost in their popularity of mostly white audience due to their sound. They carried a heavy political message trying to speak truth to power and shed light on police brutality of african americans, along with general government control over the lower classes. With their rock sound they found fame in the numetal communities which would not have been their target audience if you follow the lyricism. Everyone should listen to them now as their message hits hard and their music even harder. I really hope you can get into them because they were amazing.
they're frauds man they side with the establishment during covid Maine made Millions off the stock market.. and they refused to lower their ticket prices they had the highest ticket prices out of all the bands
That band spoke truth to power except when they sang about putting the Kremlin in charge of the world because selling records freaking out boomers was a money firehose.. Zach de la Rocha is a national treasure
@@bus6292 They told people to listen to the government and take all the jabs... "Do what they tell you" They refused to lower their ticket prices and made millions in the stock market while shouting about how evil capitalism is... They are greedy and they are racists... and their guitar player can't solo...they are frauds and you are sheep
They all missed the WHOLE chorus... "Those who run forces, are the same who burn crosses." ... racist, KKK people in the state as cops. These dudes REALLY need to turn on lyrics/subtitles for videos and talk about them. Rage Against The Machine and System of a Down speak for the movement.
Early 90s, explosive anger directed at Police violence and state violence. Those mosh pits were nuts, yet oddly caring. I remember a girl was crowd surfing during a RATM show and Zach DeLaRosa stopped the song and called out some creep copping g a feel on this young teen girl. I was astonished that he was teaching extreme protest of government violence and control AND mutual respect in a rock show. I love these guys and I really enjoyed watching these young guys get into this powerful music.
RATM had some serious balls coming out with the songs they made at the time, all circumstances considered.. Just pure, raw unfiltered rage. And we love it.
You are actually a lot more free to air your ideas and thoughts before. Now, you get canceled if there is a vocal few disagrees with what you're saying/doing.
@@rap3208not at all that’s what the big guys, the deciders, want you to think. They actually aren’t that able to science you in this free Information Age so if you have an opinion voice it and if they cancel you just use that as evidence for your opinion.
My man has SERIOUS BARS. Killing in the name doesn’t show off that side of his skills. If you’re willing to listen to a few more tracks you won’t be disappointed. Freedom, Wake Up, Mic Check … the list goes on and on. More Rage please!
@@KyuzouTV because it's a classic song with a big message. Maybe there are better songs to recommend first but it makes sense why a lot of ppl choose this one
This song condemns white supremacy and police brutality. The lyrics were "Some of those who work (police) forces are the same who burn crosses" and "Those who died are justified, by wearing a badge (police) they're the chosen whites". Most Rage songs are about oppression or injustice. As black men, y'all MUST hear: - "Know Your Enemy" WITH lyrics (need the lyrics for that one) - The official music video for "Bulls on Parade" (probably their most famous song of all time) - "The Ghost of Tom Joad" WITH lyrics (need the lyrics for that one) - "Renegades of Funk"
You can tell the dude in red clearly the most enlightened in the room. He process everything Adam was saying. That generational music went hard, but still has something real to say we will never have that again.
Saw them at rock the bells. They ended the set with this song, said good night, and turned the lights out. The crowd kept changing encore and eventually the lights came back on and they played bulls on parade to thunderous roars. There were several massive fires around the venue by the time they left the stage. Now imagine if Zach's spit was crystal clear... I guess that just wouldn't be rage though would it.
You should look up the lyrics and meaning of it. You totally missed it in the live version. Also listen to more of them, Zach can rap for real. You’ll like it a lot.
They NEVER do research lol. I appreciate the reactions but they always slack man and don’t Have a very good pulse of anything that occurred before they turned 15.
Once I learned the vocalist Zack de la Rocha was 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 I was hooked so hard ngl, he a real one. His great grandpa fought in the Mexican American War, his grandpa worked in the fields in the US as an agricultural laborer and his dad was a famous Chicano muralist. He def knew his shit and kept that on right.
I think this band goes over y’all’s heads.. they’re revolutionaries… when you check their music out pull up the lyrics so you know wussup… If you check them again pull up Pocket Full of Shells…
@@JoeScharmerHow so? They remain true to their beliefs in my opinion. Zach Di LaRocca skipped the bands induction into the Hall of Fame. I mean what else do you want?
@@afro208 blew right by the message. AND THEY NEVER RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS. This is just a money making game to them. Can’t bother to respond to comments from all the followers. 🖕
Zac de la Rocha’s (lead singer) ethnicity is very much not “white”. Ethnicity: 75% mix of Mexican, Spanish, African, and Sephardi Jewish 25% mix of English, French, German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch and Swiss-German
No, they don't. They're communist and still spread anti-cop rhetoric. They're the worst, most misinformed types of activists you could give a voice to.
I never understood why people recommend this song to first time listeners… it absolutely offers nothing new to first time listeners and RATM is one of my all time favorite bands. As good as this song is, it’s a protest anthem. It doesn’t show off Zach’s lyrical ability and it doesn’t show Tom Morello’s skill in the guitar. For a first time listener, it more than likely sounds like just another rock song.. People need to do better when requesting Rage songs. Everyone who listens to Rage for the first time always loses their mind on “Bulls on Parade” because it shows off their talent.
52 years old .... remember them back in the day....one of the most important bands ever imo..... their message is important and still incredibly relevant.
As an adult I hear there message and still holds true. But as an adult, unfortunately they a propaganda band for big government and to control the masses into submissions to being about a dystopia for purity. Yup, same thought process as you know who. Same message all the military dictators said in South and Central America. How naive I was as a child, guess that's why the young die in wars as fotter.... (this is my opinion being born into poverty in Central America, as being lied to my entire childhood about freedom and protection. When they took all of our money, votes and opportunity. In return we were guaranteed universal poverty, equity and equality of nothing. Now I live in the USA and am sad to see how ungrateful people are to be in the best county on the planet. Because it isn't fair, being equally poor is far worse they having a arrogant president when you can feed your family and not stress about it.
@@stefaniebrauer128 yeah you gotta do the rage version and then see that Denzel absolutely nailed it live... after rage disappeared for so long. It was such a breath of fresh air and sparked zach to pop up more soon after too
I was super excited to see what you thought of this one, and I won't lie, it's kind of a let down that y'all didn't really hear the lyrics. This is an important track. Definitely do lyrics for rage against the machine videos. Still much love!
Oh god, the guys in the band are SO YOUNG!! Back when I listend to them when they came out, didn't seem so young, now they are just babies!! How did they handle performing in front of such a huge audience with such a strong message?! Very brave young men!! (I'm getting so old.)
Probably because they were so young 😅 You don’t worry so much at that age, you have your convictions and feel very passionately about them maybe because you just don’t have enough knowledge and experience to realize that things are rarely just black and white.
I'm a decades long Rage fan and I think if you delved further into their catalogue you'd really appreciate this band's message. They don't hold back. They speak truth to power and they do it fearlessly. Songs like "Freedom" and "War Within a Breath" will change your life. As others have said, definitely read the lyrics. Zack doesn't always enunciate well but his lyrics are fierce and truthful. They'll honestly give you one of the best history lessons in the historical oppression of marginalized communities combined with a powerful call to arms for people to rise up and fight back. Also, since you mentioned The Matrix, there are Rage songs at the end of the first and second films, "Wake Up" and "Calm Like a Bomb" so you've probably heard this band without even realizing it. Give 'em a chance. Seriously. I think they will resonate.
RATM was a channel & a life saver for my teenage years, it supported a young Latina fed up with social injustice. Thank you so much to this band. It was awesome to feel heard & validated back when we did not have social media & the internet was just starting.
You should do another reaction to this song while reading the lyrics. Maybe you have, after reading the comments. It’s such a powerful song. A shame you missed it.
You're right, I remember when everybody thought communism was a great message. And then millions died of poverty, sickness, starvation and general exposure to the elements.
I enjoy all of your reaction videos When I am looking for songs and making a que I always put yours as next to play The variety of things you all react to is the best!! Keep doing what you do!!
Yo! Word to the wise, if you're gonna listen to Rage you gotta pull up their Lyrics to understand why we all love them. Rage is the type of band that DOESN"T HOLD IT"S PUNCHES WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SONGS. I'd recommend all y'all listen to their song "Down Rodeo," but only just to see how all y'all would react to them all in your fucking face with all the shit they're dropping for ya.
Finally!!! More RAGE is a must!! 🤘 Please note: You will need a lyric video to catch the bars in any other song by them. Their lyrics are too important to miss! 💯
In the lyrics they say "Some of those who work forces, are the same that burn crosses." but initially the verse was meant to be "Some of those that burn crosses are the same that hold office".
You REALLY must do more RATM - lyrics vids. This band is still so relevant today - sadly. Police brutality, corrupt governments, racism...a very political band. Love watching you guys. Cheers from Denmark!
I graduated from high school and went to college in 1992, when the riots were all we were talking about. Walking to classes, this song was blasted from nearly every dorm, every day. Y’all really need to read the lyrics. This song really encapsulated 1992 in a way that crossed skin color and class structure ahead of their time. RATM was waking people up to reality - and helped create a movement now denigrated as being “woke”.
Being aware of class struggles is NOTHING to do with extremist 'wokism'. The fact that calling something male or female might offend 0.00000326% of the population so we all have to change, that's some bullshit. Absolutely nothing to do with what this band were singing about.
@@chocolate_squiggle, a banda estava envolvida com provocações ao pensamento de transformações sociais profundas. Poetas-rockeiros. Amo a banda. Do Brasil, lembranças.
I v been Rocking and listen to R&B at the same time since 69. I get a kick out of quietly introducing good music from different ethnic groups or individual that tends to stay with in the invisible lines that divide I'v listened to Rage for about 3 years now. I must say , there alot of goog stuff out there. I like these guys
One of you mentioned The Matrix, so now you really need to do their song “Wake Up”, which was at the end of that movie. With the lyrics pulled up, read and listen so you don’t miss anything.
Watching it live just opened a whole new revelation for me about this song. The second time "do what they told ya" came around, he got the crowd to rap the lyrics and DEMONSTRATED how easily we comply with what we're told to do. Damn. Get deeper with this one.
Its kinda blowing my mind that they think this band is present day. Talk about "walking into zoomies in '93 and I'd see someone like this". Yes....you would have.
I fell in love with RATM in the 90s after being exposed to 'Guerilla Radio' while playing the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. I've been hooked ever since. Their body of work immediately resonates with me given their message, as well as their fusion of rap and rock. One of the most underrated contributors to rap unfortunately. I pray for new music weekly.
This song is still so powerful and holds so much weight. Also still very relevant today. I feel like it wasn’t given the attention it deserves, maybe if they had the lyrics pulled up it would’ve been appreciated more. This is one of those songs that pumps me up and inspires a fire/rage😏 in me (As many others have stated, Killing In The Name was directly inspired by The LA Riots following the brutal beating/attempted murder of Rodney King by police. This all happened a couple months before I was born in LA in 1992 so it literally hits close to home for me)
Tom Morello is in the goat conversation for guitar, and all of these guys are on a lot of “best of” lists, individually and as a group. and yeah, Zack is a rapper. this album dropped my senior year of high school and blew everyone away. it was more “fuck the police” than “fuck you mom” 😉 they’re one of the most important and influential bands of the last 50 years and Tom Morello’s mom is an absolute legend. There’s a show called “from cradle to stage” about moms who raised rock stars with an awesome episode about his mom.
This isn’t a song that was made just to be made like a lot of music these days. It’s so relatable to those who lived during the 90s, specifically younger people. You either get it or you don’t and idk if these guys got it. And that’s ok. Sometimes you have to look deeper into the background of some music to fully understand it. On another note.. the simultaneous head banging was epic🤣 love these guys.
Yall REALLY needed a lyric sheet for this, especially for your first Rage cut. "Some of those in Forces are the same Who burn crosses." Zach is an MC with bangin bars to spare. Yall should not not know that from now going forward..Peace
Yeah, y'all didn't hear a word these guy's were saying.. this song is about racism inside the police force and the brutality they inflicted on the black and brown community! Listen to it again fellas!
Finally, ya'll coming to the point of really loving this music. Rage took Cypress Hill on tour. Rage took everyone on tour who share their values. Check out " Bulls on Parade" or "Rodeo", and "Renegades of Funk".
Rage against the X factor Rage Against the Machine's song 'Killing in the Name' took the Christmas Number 1 in 2009, seventeen years after its release. The song won the title following a Facebook campaign encouraging people to buy the song to stop The X Factor's winner's single getting the title1. The song sold 500,000 downloads, beating X Factor winner Joe McElderry's The Climb by 50,000 copies to clinch the top spot
I discovered these guys not too long ago, and got fascinated at the effort they put into trying to understand the lyrics of Metallica’s songs. I saw the thumbnail of this video and thought about how philosophical they would get after analyzing this song just like they do in the Metallica videos. I was wrong 😂 they should react again!
Best live band ever. They could have started a revolution, saw them at Tibetan Freedom. Saw them with Wu Tang Clan in 1997, saw them at the United Center, they’re the band that changed my life!
@@earthandwind820 the show was lit! It was all of WuTang too, before ODB died and was probably the best concert I’ve ever seen. They toured with Gang Starr after that, Zack has always been in the Hip Hop scene and Hardcore Punk scene. Tom Morello the guitar player is a huge Hip Hop head too, it’s obvious in their music. Zack De La Rocha had made songs with Run The Jewels and KRS One, when Zack left Rage, Chuck D and B Real filled in for him. I was into Hip Hop/Graffiti Writer and Rage Against the Machine got me into Punk Rock and Hardcore. I thought it was just noise and suburban teenager angst until I was introduced to Rage Against the Machine then I realized how much of a movement that was going on in Punk Rock and Hardcore about anti-Racism and anti-Fascism and I understood more what the music was about.
@@JG-ux7of Nice, sounds lit! Must have been an amazing experience! I grew up in the city, so I grew up with old school hip-hop and I could comprehend a lot of it even as a young one. In terms of RATM & like System of a Down, although a lot of people also listened to them, I thought they were noise too 😅 and I didn’t start getting into them until I was a young adult and understood them more. Now I think they’re great!!
You need to definitely check out the lyrics. This song has a deeper meaning. History is repeating itself. This song sums up a lot that went on in 2020 and it’s from the 90’s.
You have Rage Against the Machine backwards. They are intelligent enough to distinguish pandemic response from actual oppression. They are talking about people like Trump fyi.
The backstory’s of the members of this band are pretty crazy, especially the guitar player Tim Morello! Also he has his own time slot of Sirius/XM, Sonic Revolution.
to be fair the first time I heard this song I was so overwhelmed by the energy of the music and delivery of the lyrics that I didn't really deep them, it wasn't until the second listen that I was like 'oh shit this isn't regular fuck authority this is that FUCK OPRESSIVE CORRUPT AUTHORITY'
This band is rhe reason socmany of us fight the government and teach our kids to keep the foght for justice and equality to keep going. Thry made ys question everything
Rage was one of the biggest and best bands of the 90's. . not sure how they never heard of them. . . .please listen to the song "Rodeo Drive" . . one of the best rap verses in my opinion. . . love your videos though bros!
In 2007 my friends and I went to see RATM at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin. It was only the bands Third show since their break up in 2000. There were people from all over the US and the world they came to see the show. It poured rain right up until the band took the stage then just stopped. I have seen hundreds of concerts and RATM several times, but that concert was one of the greatest ever.
From Rolling Stone interview with Tom Morello (the guitarist) “‘Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me’ is a universal sentiment. While it’s a simple lyric, I think it’s one of [Zack de la Rocha’s] most brilliant. And to me, it relates to Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass said, the moment he became free was not the moment that he was physically loosed from his bonds. It was the moment when master said, “Yes.” And he said, “No.” And that’s the essence of “Fuck you, I will not do what you tell me.” And that’s why it’s encouraging to hear it shouted at the Fed goons who are shooting tear gas at American citizens.
Yet he wants a form of government (communism) that is all about letting the government tell us what to do, communism can't work without a dictatorship... The words "fuck you I won't do what you tell me" is coming from a band that wants to tell us all what to do and control our lives, hypocritical fucks
i was in that crowd, 16 years old at the time. The jumping crowd at the end of this song caused seismic sensors in the neighborhood to send out earthquake alarms. One of the best live performances i ever had the privilege of actually experiencing for real. Great memories....
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Yep, back when Pinkpop used to be awesome
Belgium rules.
Wow man that is awesome thanks - didn't know that but not too surprised...
@@pinzgauerbelgium Belgium?
It’s kind of mind blowing how much this song went over their heads lol
Yeah, I hear ya, they need to WAKE UP!!!
@@denizkendirci i think it is because this song is so hype. Like the lyrics of course are warning you about dangerous police, but cmon, there are people that dont get them and think they are too political.
@@Dom213 Also it's mind blowing they can be politcally interpreted either way if you're a fash. Like ''fuck yeah we burn crosses, and we won't do what you tell us cause we're the silent minority''. lol
It was probably Zach’s polo shirt. That seemed to be the major takeaway from all of this.
Polo shirts.
@@JetJetCar lol lets be honest.. it was a good one. Guess sells them now for like 130
It's so good that this generation can still get so much from my generation of music/musicians. Gen X babay... We were always ON IT!!!
Hall of Famers. One of the most respected guitarists in rock history. You guys should probably get out more.
Tom fucking Morello
Morello is an absolute axe god. Period.
Not quite but he was pretty good for sure
Hey, guys, love your videos. This song is about fascism, police brutality, and institutionalized racism - it's not about being mad at your parents.
Yep. Sad to say that they are either stoned massively or just don’t actually listen to the words. Guys c’mon pick it up.
For REAL.
They keep talking over the lyrics - that's why it went over their head. They weren't prepared for what they were about to hear to catch the cultural significance of it. IMHO, this is the kind of song that you have to have the lyrics laid out beside you as you listen to it for the first time to really get what they have the kahunas to say.
@@hmmhmmhmm3 Yeah I was looking to see if they actually heard "Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses" because for me when I heard it when I was like 10 living in Ireland I realised what it was about. I didn't even know much about America or what was going on at that time of my life, but as an Irish person it resonated to how the troubles started up north. And the war of independence here too. So I'd imagine it would resonate with black people in the US even more so.
Hahahaha. That has to be the most sedate and respectful takedown ever.
Pro Tip: always have the lyrics handy when doing RATM songs. They’re important. 👍
I echo this. RATM lyric videos are a must.
Agreed! Always!!!
I'd also recommend starting with the music videos, rather than going live first. For me at least, it's hard to catch the lyrics because these are older recordings and the vocal mixing on live performances makes it difficult to catch the lyrics.
FACTS
They are communists, so today they can be called Rage For The Machine..................
Legend has it these guys still haven’t “heard” Rage Against the Machine.
Still haven't listened to them for sure.
After the listening they risk to start thinking.
😂
True 😂.
Trump supporters its just moronic
The worst thing is that they don’t realize that the chorus is “ some of those who work forces, are the same that burn crosses” this apparently has no meaning to them
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It might be a good thing. Klan was so long ago, and they haven’t had to live that life with that deliberate racism
Hope you guys gave this band a better listen. Their lyrics are so relevant in our current climate-and they sang these 25-30 years ago. Unbelievable band.
thats because not too many people LEARN or appreciate HISTORY.... Just like that Song title by Propellerheads... History Repeating
Ever hear of the Clash? or the Jam... Brithish bands of the late 70's early 80's a lot of their songs are still and can be applied today.
31 years ago the song came out and sadly little has changed, if anything it has worsened and become more pernicious.
i think they're probably always relevant
F Rage , they are the machine , sellouts .
@@MidnightMike132 yeah i don't care about what they are now. I care about how they were then. that music is crystallized into the 90s
Fun fact: here in the U.K. everyone got tired of the music charts having x-factor contestants signed by Cowell as the number 1 every year as it seemed super rigged, so everyone voted for Killing in the Name and it was No1 for weeks. Best Christmas No1 ever 👏🏼
And it was glorious. A massive two fingers to Simon Cowbell.
@@Chaddlee and it has been this way for what, 6 odd years now? It's a Christmas tradition at this point.
Then they (RATM) came & played a show, right? So cool
F-ck you I won’t buy what you tell me? Nice. Well done UK.
ahhhh memories
The singer is of Mexican decent and the guitarist is half black. Look up the lyrics to the song. These guys are actually highly intelligent and are making a point.
You're right, i didn't know Tom Morello was of African descent. The lead singer father was of African and Mexican decent.
Their "point" is that people shouldn't have individual liberty. The "machine" they are against, is western civilization
Not any more....they use to be rage against the machine now they are rage for the machine
@@XDruciferX Are you dumb?
They are intelligent but not politically
I usually love reactions to this song for the inevitable wide eyed-jaw dropped realization of what the lyrics are saying ….. never happened on this one though 😂
These guys are absolute clowns.
not a big surprise
HEART-BREAKING tbh
Why would anyone be surprised 🙄
Its like watching "Tom and Tom" from In Livin' color.
"Those who died are justified for wearing the badge. they're the chosen whites." and "Some of those who work forces are the same who burn crosses." are the most important lyrics.
They told people to listen to the government and take all the jabs... "Do what they tell you" They refused to lower their ticket prices and made millions in the stock market while shouting about how evil capitalism is... They are greedy and they are racists... and their guitar player can't solo...they are frauds and you are sheep
Flew right over their heads
100% and he does rap over the rock beats. Yall got a lot of listening to do lol.
Facts. Rage are fucking revolutionaries! It's a shame these lyrics are so applicable to today's issues! Still!
@@wee_man710 should talk less and pay attention
Wow! I'm disappointed in you guys. If only you had looked at the lyrics, you would've realized how much of a iconic band they really were and still are. They really were ahead of their time. They are always in my playlist. Absolutely love them. I recommend you check them out again with the lyrics.
That's what I was thinking too. And ironically, they are all African-Americans and the meaning of the song is lost on them.
stop gatekeeping how people listen to song
its fucking cringe
let them enjoy the song how ever they want
@@donnswaby369 no one cares.. let people enjoy how they want.. stop gatekeeping
@@hikhik6441 opinions are like assh*les. Everyone has one. I expressed mine which I'm allowed to do in a polite way. They are allowed to listen to music however they like. It was just disappointing they didn't understand the music in order to truly appreciate it or the band. My opinion still stands.
@@hikhik6441 Stop gatekeeping how people want to review reactors on UA-cam.
This song was heavily inspired by the Rodney King incident. It was literally the banner song of protest for the 90's. It defined my generation.
Thank you for explaning. I have heard of this group, but I never actually listened. I am watching this video in the wake of the Tyre Nichols beating. Very interesting. Even the way the audience chants back about "Gotta do what they told you" is pretty creepy, but that is our reality today.
@@gems3604 and tyre nicols beaters were all black lmao, blm cant say anything
@@spaceli0n You do realize that blm is not really about "black" lives other than using it as trauma porn to make more $$$ for themselves. They have their own agenda that has absolutely nothing to do with victims of police brutality. I am referring to the leaders of the movement and not the people who participated in good faith. The blm leaders have pulled off the greatest hoax of the 21st century.
Rodney King was a tragedy. But, keep in mind, he led police on a high speed chase, nearly wrecked into other cars and then refused to exit the vehicle. He acted erratically and resisted arrest. The riots were even worse. Look up truck driver Reginald Denny, who was pulled out of his truck and savagely beaten. Every time, the riots are far worse than the police beatings. And they are NEVER justified. NEVER is looting, burning, beating or killing a justified response. In my eyes it’s worse.
@@danielbeckstedt767 Don't you get the feeling we are part of a human lab rat experiment? Everybody does stuff to up the ante to ratchet up the violence. The so-called authorities and peace officers seem just as blameworthy as the original perpetrators. And then you have outside groups who go in and provoke and incite people to react and overreact. I am willing to accept the Rodney King was an unfortunate incident that got out of hand. But all of these different incidents that happen especially in urban black communities seem calculated to stir people's anger. In the George Floyd case you had outsiders handing out bricks and encouraging people to create mayhem. What does that have to do with happened? Here in the Nichols case the special unit is very special indeed. They were recruited specially. Why is that? The corruption in that department is blatant. I think people were hoping there would be a huge riot, but it didn't happen. Anyway, forgive me. I am one of those tinfoil hat people seeing a conspiracy everywhere. But trust me that Nichols case is about more than what you think.
I’m a 57 yo middle class woman & this is still one of my favourites!!! I still love to play it incredibly loud & shout at the top of my lungs! 😂
57 yo white male and exactly the same. Some of those that hold office also burn crosses.
Me too! 57 YO Gen X Rage fan!
We Gen Xers had/have some really awesome music! Maybe growing up as "latchkey kids" gave our favorite artists more introspection than today's younger artists have? I dunno, maybe it's just me, but it's a struggle to find good music with meaningful lyrics nowadays.
You need to watch LYRICS videos of the ALBUM versions: Killing in the Name, Down Rodeo, Know Your Enemy, Take the Power Back, Wake Up.
The band needs better enunciation of the words they use
@@domohuerta6284 Yes, this is exactly why I sugguested the album versions. The live versions' lyrics are unclear, but the album versions' lyrics are very clear. RATM is one of those bands where the lyrics are even more important than the music.
Agree, I would also add Bulls On Parade to that list 👌
Add Testify to that as well.
Bulls on parade
these guys were definitely FAR from zumies... they were actually the exact opposite. they didn't care about fashion. the lead singer was/is an actual activist, so much so, that it hindered the band's career. he was actually about that life, not like these internet activists today. these guys were among the last of a dying breed 🙏🏽
Now they are "Rage for the Machine."
@@bassage13 bullshit.
@@bassage13 more like "Shill for the Machine"
Can't forget they pushed for vax mandates and held a concert for only vaxxed people.
@@deplorableme4678 Probably sponsored by Pfizer.
@@bassage13 hahaha your comment got deleted but I read it in my notifications. Definitely sponsored by fyzer
Gentlemen, this band is one of the most influential bands from the 90s and their content carries so much weight, it would do you good to research them a little bit and watch the lyric videos. Rage against the machines messages were so raw and Ironically lost in their popularity of mostly white audience due to their sound. They carried a heavy political message trying to speak truth to power and shed light on police brutality of african americans, along with general government control over the lower classes. With their rock sound they found fame in the numetal communities which would not have been their target audience if you follow the lyricism. Everyone should listen to them now as their message hits hard and their music even harder. I really hope you can get into them because they were amazing.
they're frauds man they side with the establishment during covid Maine made Millions off the stock market.. and they refused to lower their ticket prices they had the highest ticket prices out of all the bands
That band spoke truth to power except when they sang about putting the Kremlin in charge of the world because selling records freaking out boomers was a money firehose.. Zach de la Rocha is a national treasure
@@bus6292 They told people to listen to the government and take all the jabs... "Do what they tell you" They refused to lower their ticket prices and made millions in the stock market while shouting about how evil capitalism is... They are greedy and they are racists... and their guitar player can't solo...they are frauds and you are sheep
They all missed the WHOLE chorus... "Those who run forces, are the same who burn crosses." ... racist, KKK people in the state as cops. These dudes REALLY need to turn on lyrics/subtitles for videos and talk about them.
Rage Against The Machine and System of a Down speak for the movement.
Listen to Dutch band Urban Dance Squad, they were the main influence, byt RATM own admittance, on their music.
Early 90s, explosive anger directed at Police violence and state violence.
Those mosh pits were nuts, yet oddly caring. I remember a girl was crowd surfing during a RATM show and Zach DeLaRosa stopped the song and called out some creep copping g a feel on this young teen girl.
I was astonished that he was teaching extreme protest of government violence and control AND mutual respect in a rock show.
I love these guys and I really enjoyed watching these young guys get into this powerful music.
RATM had some serious balls coming out with the songs they made at the time, all circumstances considered..
Just pure, raw unfiltered rage. And we love it.
You are actually a lot more free to air your ideas and thoughts before. Now, you get canceled if there is a vocal few disagrees with what you're saying/doing.
RATM is one of my favorites! Zach De laroche is a total badass!
@@rap3208not at all that’s what the big guys, the deciders, want you to think. They actually aren’t that able to science you in this free Information Age so if you have an opinion voice it and if they cancel you just use that as evidence for your opinion.
My man has SERIOUS BARS. Killing in the name doesn’t show off that side of his skills. If you’re willing to listen to a few more tracks you won’t be disappointed. Freedom, Wake Up, Mic Check … the list goes on and on. More Rage please!
yet idiots keeps requesting this song as the go-to RATM song
@@KyuzouTV because it's a classic song with a big message. Maybe there are better songs to recommend first but it makes sense why a lot of ppl choose this one
Township rebellion
Bomb track is my favorite
They need to do Vietnow.
This song condemns white supremacy and police brutality.
The lyrics were "Some of those who work (police) forces are the same who burn crosses" and "Those who died are justified, by wearing a badge (police) they're the chosen whites".
Most Rage songs are about oppression or injustice.
As black men, y'all MUST hear:
- "Know Your Enemy" WITH lyrics (need the lyrics for that one)
- The official music video for "Bulls on Parade" (probably their most famous song of all time)
- "The Ghost of Tom Joad" WITH lyrics (need the lyrics for that one)
- "Renegades of Funk"
Also down rodeo
Springsteen wrote Ghost of Tom Joad, Rage covered it.
@@frankwhite2230 my favorite cover ever
@@williamswiniuch7527 Good cover, but their cover of "Renegades of Funk" is absolutely phenomenal.
@@m2karateman I agree. Fantastic cover!
You can tell the dude in red clearly the most enlightened in the room. He process everything Adam was saying. That generational music went hard, but still has something real to say we will never have that again.
I'm an old man now, but when I was a teenager I saw them in concert. They were amazing.
Those were the days!!
These kids have no idea what they missed 😂 LISTEN TO THE LYRICS!! 🙄
They usually go back over lyrics. They've done so with several songs and they love Metallica now.
Saw them at rock the bells. They ended the set with this song, said good night, and turned the lights out. The crowd kept changing encore and eventually the lights came back on and they played bulls on parade to thunderous roars. There were several massive fires around the venue by the time they left the stage. Now imagine if Zach's spit was crystal clear... I guess that just wouldn't be rage though would it.
@@coolmanrilcool awesome 👌 what a great memory!!
You can see them again for 800 dollars a ticket!!!
You should look up the lyrics and meaning of it. You totally missed it in the live version. Also listen to more of them, Zach can rap for real. You’ll like it a lot.
They NEVER do research lol. I appreciate the reactions but they always slack man and don’t Have a very good pulse of anything that occurred before they turned 15.
@@ATrainInfinite bro 💀
he's on with run the jewels a lot too
@@haniffat Right that's the point.
And he does have the swag since he is latino.
Once I learned the vocalist Zack de la Rocha was 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 I was hooked so hard ngl, he a real one. His great grandpa fought in the Mexican American War, his grandpa worked in the fields in the US as an agricultural laborer and his dad was a famous Chicano muralist. He def knew his shit and kept that on right.
Same here man!!! I had no idea when I was younger. So fucking proud of that man
And of course, Tom Morello's story is also SUPER interesting. Or should I say Dr. Morello? 🤔
@@BHuesmannMr. Trekkie himself, Tom Morello.
what about on his mom side? She is important too.
@@nachodiaz2221the Black side 💪🏾
That's the sound of resistance in my youth! Damn, we were so angry! And still are as long as there is injustice!!!
I think this band goes over y’all’s heads.. they’re revolutionaries… when you check their music out pull up the lyrics so you know wussup…
If you check them again pull up Pocket Full of Shells…
How do you not know Bulls On Parade
They used to be, now they're part of the machine.
What? how do you figure?@@JoeScharmer
How so? What changed?@@JoeScharmer
@@JoeScharmerHow so? They remain true to their beliefs in my opinion. Zach Di LaRocca skipped the bands induction into the Hall of Fame. I mean what else do you want?
You guys blew right through this. Did you hear what was going on? Don’t do live versions, especially with Rage. Gotta hear those lyrics with RATM.
worst reaction of this song EVER
@@afro208 blew right by the message. AND THEY NEVER RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS. This is just a money making game to them. Can’t bother to respond to comments from all the followers. 🖕
@@stefaniebrauer128 reaction channels are mostly that now. I dont even click on them if they have a 'shocked' thumbnail.
100%
You have to use a live version to avoid copyright infringement and demonetization
Probably the greatest most iconic song of the Rap-Metal genre.
Still awesome over 30 years later. 😎👍
Bulls on Parade is so much better and Down Rodeo is straight FIRE!!!
30 years? WOW time flies!
Helmet with House of Pain "Judgement Night" is one of the best rap metal songs of all time
Zac de la Rocha’s (lead singer) ethnicity is very much not “white”. Ethnicity:
75% mix of Mexican, Spanish, African, and Sephardi Jewish
25% mix of English, French, German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch and Swiss-German
You might like “bulls on parade” more.
Either way, rage deserves a serious amount respect
No, they don't. They're communist and still spread anti-cop rhetoric. They're the worst, most misinformed types of activists you could give a voice to.
Agreed Bulls on Parade will open their eyes
I never understood why people recommend this song to first time listeners… it absolutely offers nothing new to first time listeners and RATM is one of my all time favorite bands.
As good as this song is, it’s a protest anthem. It doesn’t show off Zach’s lyrical ability and it doesn’t show Tom Morello’s skill in the guitar. For a first time listener, it more than likely sounds like just another rock song..
People need to do better when requesting Rage songs. Everyone who listens to Rage for the first time always loses their mind on “Bulls on Parade” because it shows off their talent.
This version kills it
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@@cochip__5897 Down Rodeo, Justify, Take The Power Back, Maria, there's no shortage of great songs to react to from these guys.
52 years old .... remember them back in the day....one of the most important bands ever imo..... their message is important and still incredibly relevant.
I’m 54 and still love RAGE 🤘🤘🤘 from 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
@@heatherbell...akahurricane8910 back at ya from UK 🤘🤘🤘🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Same here I’m 52 as well.
@@mr.nightshade8465 good for you hun…I guess welcome to the geezer club 🤣🤣🤣…gotta be over 50 to join lool!
Love and respect from 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🍺🍺🍺💀💀💀🤘🤘🤘
As an adult I hear there message and still holds true. But as an adult, unfortunately they a propaganda band for big government and to control the masses into submissions to being about a dystopia for purity. Yup, same thought process as you know who. Same message all the military dictators said in South and Central America. How naive I was as a child, guess that's why the young die in wars as fotter.... (this is my opinion being born into poverty in Central America, as being lied to my entire childhood about freedom and protection. When they took all of our money, votes and opportunity. In return we were guaranteed universal poverty, equity and equality of nothing. Now I live in the USA and am sad to see how ungrateful people are to be in the best county on the planet. Because it isn't fair, being equally poor is far worse they having a arrogant president when you can feed your family and not stress about it.
You guys need to do a full review of this band, this band is legendary and their lyrics still hold today.
These guys aren’t very intellectually gifted
Nope haha@@thereseherring1155
@lunnix1 💯
@@thereseherring1155, me parece que há déficit de leitura de texto e contexto social. Lembranças do Brasil.
I'm 45, Rage is one of the best bands from my generation. 1993 to 2001 was the best music eva!!!!!
I heard many great bands... including metallic a, iron maiden and many more but R.A.T.M hits different completely... f***kng genius... still hit hard
I personally think the best thing you, having never listened to them before, could check out is "bulls on parade" the retail version instead of live.
Denzel Curry so did that song justice too. need to watch them both for sure
Live is always way better
@@stefaniebrauer128 yeah you gotta do the rage version and then see that Denzel absolutely nailed it live... after rage disappeared for so long. It was such a breath of fresh air and sparked zach to pop up more soon after too
@@BcottStudios not for people who can’t understand what they’re saying, just like in this video, they have no idea what’s being said.
This song is the worst introduction it has no real content compared to other songs.
I was super excited to see what you thought of this one, and I won't lie, it's kind of a let down that y'all didn't really hear the lyrics. This is an important track. Definitely do lyrics for rage against the machine videos. Still much love!
Absolutely. Agree
100%...Couldn't STFU long enough to even have an honest reaction.
When you start the video humming and head banging lady Gaga as if they are in the same realm....
HUGE letdown :-( I was so looking forward to them getting it…and they just…didn’t…..
You guys should go back and review the music video with the captions on. You'll see why this song is iconic as well as definitely still current.
Song gives me chills every time
Oh god, the guys in the band are SO YOUNG!! Back when I listend to them when they came out, didn't seem so young, now they are just babies!! How did they handle performing in front of such a huge audience with such a strong message?! Very brave young men!! (I'm getting so old.)
Probably because they were so young 😅
You don’t worry so much at that age, you have your convictions and feel very passionately about them maybe because you just don’t have enough knowledge and experience to realize that things are rarely just black and white.
No rapper has seen crazy fans until they've been to a rage against the machine concert. One of my favorite bands.
ONYX. !!!!
Eh RHCP on 7/25/99 say otherwise lol
I'm a decades long Rage fan and I think if you delved further into their catalogue you'd really appreciate this band's message. They don't hold back. They speak truth to power and they do it fearlessly. Songs like "Freedom" and "War Within a Breath" will change your life. As others have said, definitely read the lyrics. Zack doesn't always enunciate well but his lyrics are fierce and truthful. They'll honestly give you one of the best history lessons in the historical oppression of marginalized communities combined with a powerful call to arms for people to rise up and fight back. Also, since you mentioned The Matrix, there are Rage songs at the end of the first and second films, "Wake Up" and "Calm Like a Bomb" so you've probably heard this band without even realizing it. Give 'em a chance. Seriously. I think they will resonate.
And now they ride with the machine.
Straight facts
Wise words ..
RATM was a channel & a life saver for my teenage years, it supported a young Latina fed up with social injustice. Thank you so much to this band. It was awesome to feel heard & validated back when we did not have social media & the internet was just starting.
You should do another reaction to this song while reading the lyrics. Maybe you have, after reading the comments. It’s such a powerful song. A shame you missed it.
Don't sleep on Zach's bars! More Rage please.
Zack is a emcee forreal!
I was hoping they'd listen to pistol grip pump
Reaction to RODEO
@@TheFourNineThree Zack, KRS, & The Last Emperor ua-cam.com/video/QXIqkZJzzIw/v-deo.html
The dude spits straight up venom
You guys should really check out their catalog of music, they got multiple bangers! They have a great sound and message
Yeah, I mean, holy shit. Might as well start at the beginning.
They're SO anti-establishment that they charge $150 per ticket to their show. Lol
@@MattisLegend Gotta rage for the machine once you make it into the big leagues you know.
You're right, I remember when everybody thought communism was a great message.
And then millions died of poverty, sickness, starvation and general exposure to the elements.
@@SpaceEmperorGenos you're like the weird uncle at Thanksgiving who nobody was supposed to give alcohol
I enjoy all of your reaction videos
When I am looking for songs and making a que I always put yours as next to play
The variety of things you all react to is the best!! Keep doing what you do!!
Yo! Word to the wise, if you're gonna listen to Rage you gotta pull up their Lyrics to understand why we all love them.
Rage is the type of band that DOESN"T HOLD IT"S PUNCHES WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SONGS.
I'd recommend all y'all listen to their song "Down Rodeo," but only just to see how all y'all would react to them all in your fucking face with all the shit they're dropping for ya.
Finally!!! More RAGE is a must!! 🤘 Please note: You will need a lyric video to catch the bars in any other song by them. Their lyrics are too important to miss! 💯
Renegades of Funk by Rage is such a great jam! 🎵🎶🔥❤️
Damn straight!
The Perfect Song
That`s my fave by them!
In the lyrics they say "Some of those who work forces, are the same that burn crosses." but initially the verse was meant to be "Some of those that burn crosses are the same that hold office".
They sound exactly like that on their album as they do live. They didn’t miss a beat! Freakin awesome 😎
You REALLY must do more RATM - lyrics vids. This band is still so relevant today - sadly. Police brutality, corrupt governments, racism...a very political band. Love watching you guys. Cheers from Denmark!
Racism against white people is a problem.
I graduated from high school and went to college in 1992, when the riots were all we were talking about. Walking to classes, this song was blasted from nearly every dorm, every day. Y’all really need to read the lyrics. This song really encapsulated 1992 in a way that crossed skin color and class structure ahead of their time. RATM was waking people up to reality - and helped create a movement now denigrated as being “woke”.
Which unfortunately became twitter and i'm sure that's not what they were thinking when they were making the movement :(
Thank you for sharing this I was a little too young to get this but. A decent point of mind is all I want.
Being aware of class struggles is NOTHING to do with extremist 'wokism'. The fact that calling something male or female might offend 0.00000326% of the population so we all have to change, that's some bullshit. Absolutely nothing to do with what this band were singing about.
@@chocolate_squiggle, a banda estava envolvida com provocações ao pensamento de transformações sociais profundas. Poetas-rockeiros. Amo a banda. Do Brasil, lembranças.
I wondered who else remembered what "woke" meant before it became another propaganda.
I v been Rocking and listen to R&B at the same time since 69.
I get a kick out of quietly introducing good music from different ethnic groups or individual that tends to stay with in the invisible lines that divide
I'v listened to Rage for about 3 years now. I must say , there alot of goog stuff out there. I like these guys
One of you mentioned The Matrix, so now you really need to do their song “Wake Up”, which was at the end of that movie. With the lyrics pulled up, read and listen so you don’t miss anything.
Rage against the machine was one of the hardest revolutionary bands of all time. Zach delarosa was a super sick MC.
Watching it live just opened a whole new revelation for me about this song. The second time "do what they told ya" came around, he got the crowd to rap the lyrics and DEMONSTRATED how easily we comply with what we're told to do. Damn.
Get deeper with this one.
Its kinda blowing my mind that they think this band is present day. Talk about "walking into zoomies in '93 and I'd see someone like this". Yes....you would have.
This song was the pure essence of rebellion... lyrics had a deep meaning
There are like 4 lines repeated over and over. Doesn't come off as deep.
Just basic "cops are racist" stuff. How is that deep?
Not for these brainiacs. One of them thought Zack was mad at his mom.
You need the lyrics to fully comprehend their music🖤
The drummer from the band Rush is called The Professor. His drum kit completely surrounded and rose above him. True skill.
This was my favorite band in highschool ❤
Blessed to grow up as a teenager with such talented bands which tried to wake us all up! Most men did not listen. Now, we pay the price!
I once had the pleasure to be in third row of a RATM concert. My arms were black and blue but it was worth it. The energy was insane!
Front row this past July. Outrageous!
I fell in love with RATM in the 90s after being exposed to 'Guerilla Radio' while playing the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. I've been hooked ever since. Their body of work immediately resonates with me given their message, as well as their fusion of rap and rock. One of the most underrated contributors to rap unfortunately. I pray for new music weekly.
This song is still so powerful and holds so much weight. Also still very relevant today. I feel like it wasn’t given the attention it deserves, maybe if they had the lyrics pulled up it would’ve been appreciated more. This is one of those songs that pumps me up and inspires a fire/rage😏 in me
(As many others have stated, Killing In The Name was directly inspired by The LA Riots following the brutal beating/attempted murder of Rodney King by police. This all happened a couple months before I was born in LA in 1992 so it literally hits close to home for me)
Tom Morello is in the goat conversation for guitar, and all of these guys are on a lot of “best of” lists, individually and as a group. and yeah, Zack is a rapper. this album dropped my senior year of high school and blew everyone away. it was more “fuck the police” than “fuck you mom” 😉 they’re one of the most important and influential bands of the last 50 years and Tom Morello’s mom is an absolute legend.
There’s a show called “from cradle to stage” about moms who raised rock stars with an awesome episode about his mom.
This isn’t a song that was made just to be made like a lot of music these days. It’s so relatable to those who lived during the 90s, specifically younger people. You either get it or you don’t and idk if these guys got it. And that’s ok. Sometimes you have to look deeper into the background of some music to fully understand it.
On another note.. the simultaneous head banging was epic🤣 love these guys.
Bulls On Parade, highly recommend from this band. Read into the lyrics and look up that history. They are spitting fire and you don’t even realize it
Yall REALLY needed a lyric sheet for this, especially for your first Rage cut.
"Some of those in Forces
are the same Who burn crosses."
Zach is an MC with bangin bars to spare. Yall should not not know that from now going forward..Peace
You're right.
They're serious.
Their band name says it all. Protest music.
Guitar player,
Tom Morello is a beast.
This song is so fire. I crank this everytime it comes on 🔥🔥🔥
saw them back in 94 live - one of the best bands live in the 90's
I've never seen someone miss the point of such a powerful song so hard lol😂
Yeah, y'all didn't hear a word these guy's were saying.. this song is about racism inside the police force and the brutality they inflicted on the black and brown community! Listen to it again fellas!
Finally, ya'll coming to the point of really loving this music. Rage took Cypress Hill on tour. Rage took everyone on tour who share their values. Check out " Bulls on Parade" or "Rodeo", and "Renegades of Funk".
Definitely Down Rodeo - with lyrics
Rage Against The Machine did an awesome version of "How I Can Just Kill a Man"
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EVERY rage song has a message that was relevant then and still today....
Rage against the X factor
Rage Against the Machine's song 'Killing in the Name' took the Christmas Number 1 in 2009, seventeen years after its release. The song won the title following a Facebook campaign encouraging people to buy the song to stop The X Factor's winner's single getting the title1. The song sold 500,000 downloads, beating X Factor winner Joe McElderry's The Climb by 50,000 copies to clinch the top spot
I discovered these guys not too long ago, and got fascinated at the effort they put into trying to understand the lyrics of Metallica’s songs. I saw the thumbnail of this video and thought about how philosophical they would get after analyzing this song just like they do in the Metallica videos. I was wrong 😂 they should react again!
That is guitar legend Tom Morello. Known for his signature guitar style.
lol legend
RATM is the best! You have to watch their lyric videos so you don't miss anything.
0:31 "not in the slightest" cue all RATM fan excitement knowing the next few minutes will change your life.
Definitely need lyrics for all of thier songs. Shits deep and you missing it.
More.Rage please
Agree
Best live band ever. They could have started a revolution, saw them at Tibetan Freedom. Saw them with Wu Tang Clan in 1997, saw them at the United Center, they’re the band that changed my life!
And....in 2020 these frauds exposed themselves just like Neil Young, the Offspring and many others as sheep. GFY
Saw them with Wu also in Camden
Damn w/ Wu Tang?!!!
@@earthandwind820 the show was lit! It was all of WuTang too, before ODB died and was probably the best concert I’ve ever seen. They toured with Gang Starr after that, Zack has always been in the Hip Hop scene and Hardcore Punk scene. Tom Morello the guitar player is a huge Hip Hop head too, it’s obvious in their music. Zack De La Rocha had made songs with Run The Jewels and KRS One, when Zack left Rage, Chuck D and B Real filled in for him. I was into Hip Hop/Graffiti Writer and Rage Against the Machine got me into Punk Rock and Hardcore. I thought it was just noise and suburban teenager angst until I was introduced to Rage Against the Machine then I realized how much of a movement that was going on in Punk Rock and Hardcore about anti-Racism and anti-Fascism and I understood more what the music was about.
@@JG-ux7of Nice, sounds lit! Must have been an amazing experience!
I grew up in the city, so I grew up with old school hip-hop and I could comprehend a lot of it even as a young one. In terms of RATM & like System of a Down, although a lot of people also listened to them, I thought they were noise too 😅 and I didn’t start getting into them until I was a young adult and understood them more. Now I think they’re great!!
One of the best lyricists, guitarist, bassist, and drummers all in one band
"some of those who work forces... are the same who burn crosses." It's not his mom he's talking about, he's calling out KKK cops.
Tom Morello has such a unique sound. Even just instrumentals in random things I hear I can tell if they're Morello.
You need to definitely check out the lyrics. This song has a deeper meaning. History is repeating itself. This song sums up a lot that went on in 2020 and it’s from the 90’s.
People aren't trying to hear that. They don't understand and they don't want to. But you're not wrong.
You have Rage Against the Machine backwards. They are intelligent enough to distinguish pandemic response from actual oppression. They are talking about people like Trump fyi.
Exactly it’s even more relevant today
I'm amazed anyone has to be told to listen closely to the lyrics on this it'd one of the easiest songs to hear the lyrics clearly
…that’s because it was also going on in the 90’s, 80’s, 70’s..
The backstory’s of the members of this band are pretty crazy, especially the guitar player Tim Morello! Also he has his own time slot of Sirius/XM, Sonic Revolution.
His name is Tom Morello.
Tom Morello is amazing
@@BJMauck Thanks! My sausage fingers sometimes hit the wrong letter on my phone.
Their bassist is a Tim I just thought you got their names mixed up! The bassist is what made me get my 1st bass guitar in 1997!
@@Juliegrrl1 typo I meant Tom Morello.
to be fair the first time I heard this song I was so overwhelmed by the energy of the music and delivery of the lyrics that I didn't really deep them, it wasn't until the second listen that I was like 'oh shit this isn't regular fuck authority this is that FUCK OPRESSIVE CORRUPT AUTHORITY'
RATM one of the most iconic bands of all time.
This band is rhe reason socmany of us fight the government and teach our kids to keep the foght for justice and equality to keep going. Thry made ys question everything
This is my go to song when I need to get my frustrations out. Never hurt just find a way to release.❤️
THIS GUY IS ONE OF THE BEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD
Rage is so influential on so many. Killer Mike and Run the Jewels have him on lots of tracks. Bulls on Parade is the song you really need to hear.
I saw them do this live in 1995. The ground was moving like an earthquake.
Rage was one of the biggest and best bands of the 90's. . not sure how they never heard of them. . . .please listen to the song "Rodeo Drive" . . one of the best rap verses in my opinion. . . love your videos though bros!
In 2007 my friends and I went to see RATM at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin. It was only the bands Third show since their break up in 2000. There were people from all over the US and the world they came to see the show. It poured rain right up until the band took the stage then just stopped. I have seen hundreds of concerts and RATM several times, but that concert was one of the greatest ever.
From Rolling Stone interview with Tom Morello (the guitarist)
“‘Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me’ is a universal sentiment. While it’s a simple lyric, I think it’s one of [Zack de la Rocha’s] most brilliant. And to me, it relates to Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass said, the moment he became free was not the moment that he was physically loosed from his bonds. It was the moment when master said, “Yes.” And he said, “No.” And that’s the essence of “Fuck you, I will not do what you tell me.” And that’s why it’s encouraging to hear it shouted at the Fed goons who are shooting tear gas at American citizens.
Yet he wants a form of government (communism) that is all about letting the government tell us what to do, communism can't work without a dictatorship... The words "fuck you I won't do what you tell me" is coming from a band that wants to tell us all what to do and control our lives, hypocritical fucks