I was watching my partner play some Fortnite and to my surprise this started to play in the Battle Bus radio... Never would have thought I'd hear Otep in Fortnite!!
"With the perfect hair And the perfect wife And the perfect kids And the perfect life I will finally be somebody" Let's play born-again american, resistance is the game! Two pigs wearing suits brought the news That I'm wanted by the bank They say the rent is due Ceaser's on to you So you better remember your place Then they outsourced my job and gave a raise to my boss Bailed out the banks, but billed me for the loss They say we must submit and be one with the machines 'Cause the kingdom of fear needs compliance to succeed So waterboard the kids for fun, it's all the rage And play born-again american, reistance is the game Smash the control machine Work, buy, consume, die Smash the control machine Happy little slaves for minimum wage "The revolution will be monetized and streamed live via renegade wi-fi" The clinic said I'm sick, toxic and impure But there isn't any cure for the poor or uninsured So we live our digital lives on multiple screens And we forget that the blood of the workers grease the machines In the psalm of the fiends, love discriminates While the fat cats feed the rats their dose of daily cake So waterboard the kids for fun, it's all the rage And play born-again american, resistance is the game Smash the control machine Work, buy, consume, die Smash the control machine Happy little slaves for minimum wage Smash the control machine Work, buy, consume, die Smash the control machine Haters, betrayers, liars and thieves She sold her soul for designer clothes For the perfect lips and the perfect nose The winner in the end always owns the most Reality tv told her so Money changer, greedy banker, this is the people's house My minister has a sinister plan to save my soul with a credit card scam Exploitation is contagious for the selfish and self-inflated Start a war, use the poor, watch our profits soar and soar We've become a nation of wolves, ruled by sheep Owned by swine, overfed and put to sleep And while the media elite decrees what to think I am wide awake, on the edge and on the brink So when atlas shrugs, and the fountainhead bleeds And when wall street apostles preach a gospel of greed I'll renounce the fame of this glutinous age And be a born-again american, resistance is to blame Smash the control machine Work, buy, consume, die Smash the control machine Haters, betrayers, liars and thieves Smash the control machine A nation of wolves, ruled by sheep Exploitation is contagious Exploitation is contagious Exploitation is contagious Exploitation
I'm always gonna love her, she just gets better and better every year. Which is rare for most artists, never a sell out and keeping it real art at its finest!
I first heard this song as part of an..... interlude during an episode of TNA wrestling back in maybe 2010, found it quite interesting so managed to download it as an mp3 back then. had it saved on my computer ever since
(With the perfect hair And the perfect wife And the perfect kids And the perfect life I will finally be somebody...) (Let's play born-again American, resistance is the game!) Two pigs wearing suits Brought the news That I'm wanted by the bank They say the rent is due Caesar's onto you So you better remember your place Then they outsourced my job And gave a raise to my boss Bailed out the banks But billed me for the loss They say we must submit And be one with the Machine Because the Kingdom of Fear Needs compliance to succeed So waterboard the kids for fun It's all the rage And play born-again American Resistance is the game SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Work, buy, consume, die SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Happy little slaves for minimum wage (The revolution will be monetized And streamed live via renegade WiFi) The clinic said I'm sick Toxic..... and impure But there isn't any cure For the poor or uninsured So we live our digital lives On multiple screens And we forget that The blood of the workers Grease the machines In the Psalm of the Fiends Love ...... discriminates While the fat cats feed the rats Their daily dose of cake So waterboard the kids for fun It's all the rage And play born-again American Resistance is the game SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Work, buy, consume, die SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Happy little slaves for minimum wage SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Work, buy, consume, die SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Haters, betrayers, liars, and thieves (America) She sold her soul For designer clothes For the perfect lips And the perfect nose The winner in the end Always owns the most Reality tv told her so! (Mammonites) Money changer! Greedy bankers! This is the Peoples House! My minister has a sinister plan To save my soul with a credit card scam Exploitation is contagious For the selfish & self-inflated Start a war, use the poor, Watch our profits soar & soar We've become a nation of wolves Ruled by sheep Owned by swine Overfed & put to sleep And while the media's elite Decrees what to think I am wide awake On the edge And on the brink So when Atlas shrugs And The Fountainhead bleeds And when Walstreet Apostles Preach a gospel of greed I'll renounce the fame of this gluttonous age And be a Born-again American Resistance is to blame! SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Work, buy, consume, die SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Haters, betrayers, liars, and theives SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE A nation of wolves - ruled by sheep! Exploitation is contagious Exploitation is contagious Exploitation is contagious Exploitation............
Yeah I’m bi af and I have her to thank for helping me examine my sexuality. I’m 22 now and I still have a big crush on her! I’ve got a thing for badass women
I'm compiling a series of reviews I wrote long ago for magazines, e-zines, etc. and I came across this piece I wrote for this album when it came out. If memory serves me well enough, this was used for certain press release packets for this album. Anyway, the album is fucking amazing... Thru a rash of negativity and the braying of the wolf, I’ve come to reprise my view of Otep and their poetically brooding Metal. Some Thrash. Some neurotic. Some morbid. Some beautiful. And nearly every facet of music to be drowned asunder and made to review by sundown on the fifth day. “Smash The Control Machine!” Break away from the molds of schedules and deadlines. Berate humanity and its successes. On the brink of launching themselves into the abyss of a horrifically perfect Otep calculating album, I attest that Smash The Control Machine is a surreal salute to the poetic heavy monster that has been revolutionized again and again to become beyond a label. “Make Me Completely Numb And Dumb!” as I take down the Justerini & Brooks Scotch Whiskey. One more dose. Scattered throughout the album are Otep Shamaya’s lines of poetry, some with music behind and some with the constructed noises of a different dimension. Only two however, could be considered in full. Kisses & Kerosene takes us on some torturous black vision of slow mutilation and an obvious hatred towards some poor soul. “To Cover Your Body With Kisses And Kerosene. To Watch You Burn.” I Remember, not too far from a dust storm of noise and lines read in some erratic demeanor for nearly nine minutes. An ending to the album, but to what extent the power of Otep closes, I felt none. Where The River Ends... The beast… The masterpiece… The standout build-up to something more than all else combined, has a groove sense and rhythmic shamanic catharsis beat that will engrain itself and its story in your soul. A date gone horribly wrong. The finding of a Minotaur and its deserving murder. “You Are To Lick Honey From A Thorn If You Are To Survive This Night.” Liberation and revival demanding respect on all fronts. Poetic. Beautiful. Strong, and with horns of Metal to show us all Where The River Ends. It fades to black, but if done correctly, we can look back and learn a lesson from this song, the predecessor to the album’s final track. Sweet Tooth and Smash The Control Machine, two excellently written, heavy vehicles of what’s to be known as the signature Otep sound, if such a thing exists at all. An obsessed fascination and rightfully respectful musical tribe blasting through explosive stories and hellish grooves. Hooks to rock hard and tales to ponder on long afterwards. “Take My Temperature Baby. This Is What You Taste Like.” The antics of born again Americans and the bullshit of becoming such a thing. Funk taken to such a heavy level. Verses and chorus lines beyond rap and into a mode all their own. Classic Otep and a sign of what the masses have yet to even yield a glance at. “Work. Buy. Consume. Die… The Revolution Will Be Monetized, And Streamed Live Via Renegade WiFi!” The genius of Otep can be heard in three separate pieces on Smash The Control Machine. The first, and salutation of it all is Rise, Rebel, Resist. “Let’s Commit A Hate Crime!” The vocal duality with Otep Shamaya’s high notes and ferocious calloused growls ride from beginning to end, screaming at us all to make a fist and RESIST! The heaviest track on the album with a scratchy lead that drags a bit behind our headcharge on the verses and disappears on the chorus, and all of it leading to an insanely brutal Sepultura-like freakish mighty groove to the very end. The second tone of genius can be heard on the beautiful and nearly entirely piano-driven Ur A Wmn Now. The tale of an arranged wedding between two strangers… And a bit more, the as of yet unknown groom to correct his bride for life while she surrenders her free will. “Good Girls Hold Real Still. Surrender Your Free Will.” This song is light and the music sweet. The lyrics represent an anger and horrible reality of life on the “jagged edge of the world.” With no breakdown and no true musical heaviness to speak of, the tale told in Ur A Wmn Now is just enough to either raise goosebumps, bring on a single trickling tear, or if the moment is just right and the booze is in one’s veins, smash something deserving. The third example of why I find this album amazing is Where The River Ends, already praised. The outlining jams to not be discarded by any means simply hold the album together. Head… Poetic groovy verses about what ails the world and the bastard swine that have lit it all on fire, followed by a slow heavy chorus. Thick bass lines and badass lyrics… All building at the end to a faster and faster and faster message of finding one’s own way… And the chorus screaming my favorite lines on the whole album. “Are They The Shepherds Or Are They Sheep?! Are We The Butchers Or Are We Meat?!” Run For Cover… The smoothest and grooviest track on the album beyond measure. Serv Asat, and Unveiled are rides through Otep Shamaya’s lyrical mastery… Possibly a heavy dosage of Rap, or just her own brand of slaughter. Heavy and smooth as they are, when the moment comes, Otep hold nothing back in coming completely together as a unit and brandishing what is truly and remarkably only their style. Serv Asat, however, stands strong and proudly alongside Rise, Rebel, Resist in terms of absolute severity and brutality. Heavy as all Hell and with not a decibel of groove lost. Numb And Dumb has an extra dose of “Get The Fuck Outta’ My Face!” (GTFOMF!) in its simple verse lines about the narcotic existence the masses seem to live in thru whatever garbage subscribed to dose after dose, and the sickness of a sex-addicted teacher and a preacher with a porn habit, and as Otep would never cease to pile on the literary velocity, there is much more. One of the strongest finishes on the album as well with the most badass and ferocious of screams that Otep Shamaya has proven to posses time and time again. Oh, So Surreal tells a few short sentiments about the unbelievable aspects of a few lives that would otherwise be surreal, had they not been entirely true and relatively hard to imagine while sitting in front of a laptop with Scotch Whiskey in hand. But such is life. Smash The Control Machine is not Otep’s heaviest, but I believe it to be their finest and most remarkable work yet. True emotion charging head first into the unknown. They are a band in their own realm and have no equal in what they do. The lyrics and vocal styling never cease to amaze and on this album, they have surpassed anything prior. The musicianship bounds together consistently and progresses with every record. If you dig on Otep, then I suggest The Agonist, Pantera, Machine Head, Kittie, Rage Against The Machine, and The End by The Doors.
I'm a teenage girl, and Otep is bloody amazing. She got me into screaming and Evil J inspired me to learn bass. Not everyone listens to god awful pop music dear civilian, granted that most teenage girls do, but that's their deal.
Welcome to the metal scene, an underground music genre where most of the bands' budgets are limited because mainstream media and the majority of music listeners simply doesn't approve of it.
Working on it it, takes, work.... Thanks for some inspiration... I love to draw...i used to do it all the time. Before discovering your music by accident. And finding many damaged youth on my days walking the streets after coming home from serving in the army without killing, but being betrayed. Many love your music...
Shawn Barr it's happened every second of every day since 1930 or so. The great depression launched AS A COMPANY to print money and live like kings because they could. Every depression and ressesion is because other countries get smart and give back all thair american dollars and dont want to trade with us anymore. THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS PURE EVIL.
Love otep. Btw this song is what got me into this relatively unknown band. The lyrics are nothing short of the absolute freaking truth of how greed and privilege are destroying the working class. Now we have the wealth gap between the working poor and the 1% getting wider by the year. A true metal masterpiece that should have gotten way more credit than it did.
stuck mojo are the natural progression of orig 'True' Metal warriors, Manowar, formed from tuners guitar techs, virtuoso musicians, friends of support. Black sabbath featuring Ronnie james dio, 80 - 82. Heaven & Hell was an unfinished Quartz song. written by the man who helped Iommi play left handed. Sabbath's unsung hero, who filled in for geezer, and no one noticed... R.i.p. Geoff Nicholls, or better still reform with taffy in heaven. Gibson SG still Rocks
+billyblackattacks EXACTLY then people just stereotype heavy metal about killing babies, worshipping demonic bullshit, being homicidal maniacs, etc. ...it really pisses me off
@@metalheadwithjokes heavy metal isn't about any of those things. Otep use to be heavy metal. This song is out pop genre. Sad too, cause that had so much potential. Evil J had a gig composing bass track for 3mil a year. This is truly saddening in much today. "Political Rock" & "Pop Rock"
My favourite line up in this video Otep - vocals Rob patterson - guitar Jason "evil j" mcguire - bass guitar Mark "moke" bistany - drums I wish they keep this line up until now
Dought I'm gona get a reply but I have to the government are the sheep they need others to protect them they need security most of the US is military exmilitary survival enthusiast if we the people wanted control back we can have it back at anytime but instead of take the pigs out of control the packs are fighting about which swine is better get your head out of your ass and look we can have it back if we stop fighting with each other and change the powers that be
This is one of my absolute favorite songs ever. The video is now one of my absolute favorite videos ever with the song. The song and the video are the best!
+Hasset Anteneh first, it's "reek", not "reak". Second, you say that like socialism is a bad thing. Socialism isn't so bad. It works quite well with other systems of government. There are a number of moderately successful socialist democracies around. It's communism that's the evil form of government. Communism is a warped version of socialism yes, but socialism is so much more than communism. And it's not like the lyrics of the song are wrong about the state of the USA. We've taken capitalism much too far. I'm not saying capitalism should be abolished outright, but we need to dial it back a little bit. What we need to do is the best of capitalism and the best of socialism in one government.
As female metal singers go, shes one of my favorites. Most of them are down the 2 ally's of growl or operatic, which is overdone, unoriginal, boring, tired. This woman has done it her own way, & it sounds feminine, mean, & has signature. I dont agree with every statement, but shes an artist & credit where its due! 👍
It's hilarious that this is on VEVO, this is like the monetized, white version of "staying woke," before that phrase was abducted into popular culture.
Real passion isn't recognized as being common anymore. Now you got artists that sellout in order to make it big. What a waste of talent! Quit supporting the control machine! Even the war machine! Money isn't everything!
this song will NEVER be irrelevant. The reason the country is divided so much between dems vs republicans is because if we're divided, we're not united. If we were united vs the government and media that controls the fights for ratings and profits, then they would have a reason to fear. "People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people."
Until the government told everyone to wear masks, stay six feet apart and get the poke. Then she immediately started telling everyone to follow the government rules
I was watching my partner play some Fortnite and to my surprise this started to play in the Battle Bus radio... Never would have thought I'd hear Otep in Fortnite!!
That's why I'm here!
This song aged like the finest of wine in 2021.
And in 2022
Fine wine needs the 'fine'. This tune matures without a tag 😋😎
Its almost as if she was warning us, or something.
This song didnt age at all, you just finally grew up and started listening.
2022 here
2022 Mayne fine arts will outlive us all
LYRICS STILL ON POINT (ITS ALMOST 2024) 😢
OTEP has a voice that is cute, clear, angry, and powerful all at the same time.
You are right she has a beautiful voice for music :3 I like it a lot
And playful
Agreed and she can scream with the best of them .
He's So kawaiiiii😍
OTEP is the bands name, not the vocalists.
I hope the irony of this video being on VEVO isn't lost on anyone haha
+lacunarikain2 lol right?
lol mind fuck...
+lacunarikain2 what irony?
Ruby Rodd The song is called "smash the control machine" yet its on Vevo, quite possibly the most controlling and censoring video app.
Bahahaha! Shamaya for you...
"With the perfect hair
And the perfect wife
And the perfect kids
And the perfect life
I will finally be somebody"
Let's play born-again american, resistance is the game!
Two pigs wearing suits brought the news
That I'm wanted by the bank
They say the rent is due
Ceaser's on to you
So you better remember your place
Then they outsourced my job and gave a raise to my boss
Bailed out the banks, but billed me for the loss
They say we must submit and be one with the machines
'Cause the kingdom of fear needs compliance to succeed
So waterboard the kids for fun, it's all the rage
And play born-again american, reistance is the game
Smash the control machine
Work, buy, consume, die
Smash the control machine
Happy little slaves for minimum wage
"The revolution will be monetized and streamed live via renegade wi-fi"
The clinic said I'm sick, toxic and impure
But there isn't any cure for the poor or uninsured
So we live our digital lives on multiple screens
And we forget that the blood of the workers grease the machines
In the psalm of the fiends, love discriminates
While the fat cats feed the rats their dose of daily cake
So waterboard the kids for fun, it's all the rage
And play born-again american, resistance is the game
Smash the control machine
Work, buy, consume, die
Smash the control machine
Happy little slaves for minimum wage
Smash the control machine
Work, buy, consume, die
Smash the control machine
Haters, betrayers, liars and thieves
She sold her soul for designer clothes
For the perfect lips and the perfect nose
The winner in the end always owns the most
Reality tv told her so
Money changer, greedy banker, this is the people's house
My minister has a sinister plan to save my soul with a credit card scam
Exploitation is contagious for the selfish and self-inflated
Start a war, use the poor, watch our profits soar and soar
We've become a nation of wolves, ruled by sheep
Owned by swine, overfed and put to sleep
And while the media elite decrees what to think
I am wide awake, on the edge and on the brink
So when atlas shrugs, and the fountainhead bleeds
And when wall street apostles preach a gospel of greed
I'll renounce the fame of this glutinous age
And be a born-again american, resistance is to blame
Smash the control machine
Work, buy, consume, die
Smash the control machine
Haters, betrayers, liars and thieves
Smash the control machine
A nation of wolves, ruled by sheep
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation
Just here to say this shit still goes hard af all these years later 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
this is a perfect example of a GOOD metal band and a GREAT female vocalist/writer.
Jesus....I haven't listened to Otep in years....This is gold.
These lyrics hit home hard in 2020....otep have always produced some great music, great lyrics wish they got more recognition
System wishes they could completely silence them!. Some people can see through all the smoke and mirrors, love this woman.
Except in 2021 Otep has become part of the machine
@@DarrenRomeo exactly. Typical sell out to the establishment once their party was in office they abandoned all of their so-called principles.
@@DarrenRomeo you know deep in your heart she wants to do a remake called “shut up and take your goddamn vaccine”
So I'm a danger to myself just think what I could do to you!
People should not be afraid of governments , governments should be afraid of the people....
+Mike Hileman but only when you are not in NORKOR or China, then probably...
+Mike Hileman Governments should be abolished by the people.
+Mike Hileman governments have no power, corporations have the power. corporations controls the governments... -sorry for my bad english-
Mike Hileman they are few. We are Many!
SMART GOVERNMENTS FEAR THEIR PEOPLE! 👍🤔😛
Divide and conquer is the name of the game. We keep falling for it for the last 12,000 years.
popas7 nailed it
I'm always gonna love her, she just gets better and better every year. Which is rare for most artists, never a sell out and keeping it real art at its finest!
Hey T.J. give me a call bro. Got a question.. (801)870-7500
She kinda flew off the handle now lol.
I first heard this song as part of an..... interlude during an episode of TNA wrestling back in maybe 2010, found it quite interesting so managed to download it as an mp3 back then. had it saved on my computer ever since
(With the perfect hair
And the perfect wife
And the perfect kids
And the perfect life
I will finally be somebody...)
(Let's play born-again American, resistance is the game!)
Two pigs wearing suits
Brought the news
That I'm wanted by the bank
They say the rent is due
Caesar's onto you
So you better remember your place
Then they outsourced my job
And gave a raise to my boss
Bailed out the banks
But billed me for the loss
They say we must submit
And be one with the Machine
Because the Kingdom of Fear
Needs compliance to succeed
So waterboard the kids for fun
It's all the rage
And play born-again American
Resistance is the game
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Happy little slaves for minimum wage
(The revolution will be monetized
And streamed live via renegade WiFi)
The clinic said I'm sick
Toxic..... and impure
But there isn't any cure
For the poor or uninsured
So we live our digital lives
On multiple screens
And we forget that
The blood of the workers
Grease the machines
In the Psalm of the Fiends
Love ...... discriminates
While the fat cats feed the rats
Their daily dose of cake
So waterboard the kids for fun
It's all the rage
And play born-again American
Resistance is the game
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Happy little slaves for minimum wage
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Haters, betrayers, liars, and thieves
(America)
She sold her soul
For designer clothes
For the perfect lips
And the perfect nose
The winner in the end
Always owns the most
Reality tv told her so!
(Mammonites)
Money changer!
Greedy bankers!
This is the Peoples House!
My minister has a sinister plan
To save my soul with a credit card scam
Exploitation is contagious
For the selfish & self-inflated
Start a war, use the poor,
Watch our profits soar & soar
We've become a nation of wolves
Ruled by sheep
Owned by swine
Overfed & put to sleep
And while the media's elite
Decrees what to think
I am wide awake
On the edge
And on the brink
So when Atlas shrugs
And The Fountainhead bleeds
And when Walstreet Apostles
Preach a gospel of greed
I'll renounce the fame of this gluttonous age
And be a Born-again American
Resistance is to blame!
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Haters, betrayers, liars, and theives
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
A nation of wolves - ruled by sheep!
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation............
Cool
👏👏👏👏
Thanks... I didnt just hear her say all that
Rock and metal are the music of strong people!
I love the raspyness of her voice, and this video is really cool!
I just watched this video 5 times in a row. Here comes #6! Cheers 🤘✌❤
2023.... and aging perfectly....
Miss this band so much
Much respect all the way from Philippines
Far Cry 5! So many cool songs in 1 game...dayum.
Really? Knowing this makes me want to try that game.
Wait really?
I see she can still shred after all these years, awesome song!
If this doesn’t end up in the time capsule, I will smash it.
Love this band
This song and album suits the situation at hand
Otep kept me alive in a day when i felt my days were ending
Here in 2023 happy holidays beautiful
"it's still we the people, right?"
-peace sells by megadeth
I'm pretty sure I'm straight, but the lead singer is making me doubt it. She's wonderful 😻
Tishy Rose No such thing as a lesbian, or a straight woman; these are delusions. Heterosexuality and Homosexuality only apply to men.
divinefallfromgrace - Do you realize that Otep is Lesbian?
Yeah I’m bi af and I have her to thank for helping me examine my sexuality. I’m 22 now and I still have a big crush on her! I’ve got a thing for badass women
I'm compiling a series of reviews I wrote long ago for magazines, e-zines, etc. and I came across this piece I wrote for this album when it came out. If memory serves me well enough, this was used for certain press release packets for this album. Anyway, the album is fucking amazing...
Thru a rash of negativity and the braying of the wolf, I’ve come to reprise my view of Otep and their poetically brooding Metal. Some Thrash. Some neurotic. Some morbid. Some beautiful. And nearly every facet of music to be drowned asunder and made to review by sundown on the fifth day. “Smash The Control Machine!” Break away from the molds of schedules and deadlines. Berate humanity and its successes. On the brink of launching themselves into the abyss of a horrifically perfect Otep calculating album, I attest that Smash The Control Machine is a surreal salute to the poetic heavy monster that has been revolutionized again and again to become beyond a label. “Make Me Completely Numb And Dumb!” as I take down the Justerini & Brooks Scotch Whiskey. One more dose.
Scattered throughout the album are Otep Shamaya’s lines of poetry, some with music behind and some with the constructed noises of a different dimension. Only two however, could be considered in full. Kisses & Kerosene takes us on some torturous black vision of slow mutilation and an obvious hatred towards some poor soul. “To Cover Your Body With Kisses And Kerosene. To Watch You Burn.” I Remember, not too far from a dust storm of noise and lines read in some erratic demeanor for nearly nine minutes. An ending to the album, but to what extent the power of Otep closes, I felt none.
Where The River Ends... The beast… The masterpiece… The standout build-up to something more than all else combined, has a groove sense and rhythmic shamanic catharsis beat that will engrain itself and its story in your soul. A date gone horribly wrong. The finding of a Minotaur and its deserving murder. “You Are To Lick Honey From A Thorn If You Are To Survive This Night.” Liberation and revival demanding respect on all fronts. Poetic. Beautiful. Strong, and with horns of Metal to show us all Where The River Ends. It fades to black, but if done correctly, we can look back and learn a lesson from this song, the predecessor to the album’s final track.
Sweet Tooth and Smash The Control Machine, two excellently written, heavy vehicles of what’s to be known as the signature Otep sound, if such a thing exists at all. An obsessed fascination and rightfully respectful musical tribe blasting through explosive stories and hellish grooves. Hooks to rock hard and tales to ponder on long afterwards. “Take My Temperature Baby. This Is What You Taste Like.” The antics of born again Americans and the bullshit of becoming such a thing. Funk taken to such a heavy level. Verses and chorus lines beyond rap and into a mode all their own. Classic Otep and a sign of what the masses have yet to even yield a glance at. “Work. Buy. Consume. Die… The Revolution Will Be Monetized, And Streamed Live Via Renegade WiFi!”
The genius of Otep can be heard in three separate pieces on Smash The Control Machine. The first, and salutation of it all is Rise, Rebel, Resist. “Let’s Commit A Hate Crime!” The vocal duality with Otep Shamaya’s high notes and ferocious calloused growls ride from beginning to end, screaming at us all to make a fist and RESIST! The heaviest track on the album with a scratchy lead that drags a bit behind our headcharge on the verses and disappears on the chorus, and all of it leading to an insanely brutal Sepultura-like freakish mighty groove to the very end. The second tone of genius can be heard on the beautiful and nearly entirely piano-driven Ur A Wmn Now. The tale of an arranged wedding between two strangers… And a bit more, the as of yet unknown groom to correct his bride for life while she surrenders her free will. “Good Girls Hold Real Still. Surrender Your Free Will.” This song is light and the music sweet. The lyrics represent an anger and horrible reality of life on the “jagged edge of the world.” With no breakdown and no true musical heaviness to speak of, the tale told in Ur A Wmn Now is just enough to either raise goosebumps, bring on a single trickling tear, or if the moment is just right and the booze is in one’s veins, smash something deserving. The third example of why I find this album amazing is Where The River Ends, already praised.
The outlining jams to not be discarded by any means simply hold the album together. Head… Poetic groovy verses about what ails the world and the bastard swine that have lit it all on fire, followed by a slow heavy chorus. Thick bass lines and badass lyrics… All building at the end to a faster and faster and faster message of finding one’s own way… And the chorus screaming my favorite lines on the whole album. “Are They The Shepherds Or Are They Sheep?! Are We The Butchers Or Are We Meat?!” Run For Cover… The smoothest and grooviest track on the album beyond measure. Serv Asat, and Unveiled are rides through Otep Shamaya’s lyrical mastery… Possibly a heavy dosage of Rap, or just her own brand of slaughter. Heavy and smooth as they are, when the moment comes, Otep hold nothing back in coming completely together as a unit and brandishing what is truly and remarkably only their style. Serv Asat, however, stands strong and proudly alongside Rise, Rebel, Resist in terms of absolute severity and brutality. Heavy as all Hell and with not a decibel of groove lost.
Numb And Dumb has an extra dose of “Get The Fuck Outta’ My Face!” (GTFOMF!) in its simple verse lines about the narcotic existence the masses seem to live in thru whatever garbage subscribed to dose after dose, and the sickness of a sex-addicted teacher and a preacher with a porn habit, and as Otep would never cease to pile on the literary velocity, there is much more. One of the strongest finishes on the album as well with the most badass and ferocious of screams that Otep Shamaya has proven to posses time and time again. Oh, So Surreal tells a few short sentiments about the unbelievable aspects of a few lives that would otherwise be surreal, had they not been entirely true and relatively hard to imagine while sitting in front of a laptop with Scotch Whiskey in hand. But such is life.
Smash The Control Machine is not Otep’s heaviest, but I believe it to be their finest and most remarkable work yet. True emotion charging head first into the unknown. They are a band in their own realm and have no equal in what they do. The lyrics and vocal styling never cease to amaze and on this album, they have surpassed anything prior. The musicianship bounds together consistently and progresses with every record.
If you dig on Otep, then I suggest The Agonist, Pantera, Machine Head, Kittie, Rage Against The Machine, and The End by The Doors.
Welcome to 2023 and this means even more
I'm a teenage girl, and Otep is bloody amazing. She got me into screaming and Evil J inspired me to learn bass. Not everyone listens to god awful pop music dear civilian, granted that most teenage girls do, but that's their deal.
8 years ago...
I'm curious if you'd back up that comment today
Welcome to the metal scene, an underground music genre where most of the bands' budgets are limited because mainstream media and the majority of music listeners simply doesn't approve of it.
Working on it it, takes, work....
Thanks for some inspiration...
I love to draw...i used to do it all the time. Before discovering your music by accident.
And finding many damaged youth on my days walking the streets after coming home from serving in the army without killing, but being betrayed.
Many love your music...
Sadly still super relevant in 2022🤦
If this isn't happening yet, I can see this song being a battle cry for all rebels of the government and iron-fisted conglomerates.
Shawn Barr it's happened every second of every day since 1930 or so. The great depression launched AS A COMPANY to print money and live like kings because they could. Every depression and ressesion is because other countries get smart and give back all thair american dollars and dont want to trade with us anymore. THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS PURE EVIL.
this is the most female "suicidal Tendencies" i ever seen
that damn drummer has a killer ass groove
I’m obsessed with this song
I love this girl
Love otep. Btw this song is what got me into this relatively unknown band. The lyrics are nothing short of the absolute freaking truth of how greed and privilege are destroying the working class. Now we have the wealth gap between the working poor and the 1% getting wider by the year. A true metal masterpiece that should have gotten way more credit than it did.
Yes, I agree with your view.
Unknown?
I thought they were fairly common knowledge, at least among the metal scene?
stuck mojo are the natural progression of orig 'True' Metal warriors, Manowar, formed from tuners guitar techs, virtuoso musicians, friends of support. Black sabbath featuring Ronnie james dio, 80 - 82. Heaven & Hell was an unfinished Quartz song. written by the man who helped Iommi play left handed. Sabbath's unsung hero, who filled in for geezer, and no one noticed... R.i.p. Geoff Nicholls, or better still reform with taffy in heaven. Gibson SG still Rocks
Man. 10 years ago and still relevant
It was a warning
This song…. Still relevant today.
Her voice
How the hell this does not have a lot views
totally agree, more people should be seeing this
well Now they are thank far cry 5 ig
This still rocks in (insert year)!
If I didn't see Otep at Ozzfest many years ago, I may have never heard of them.
there's a WHOLE LOT of anger in this lady...
SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE!
(aka the fucking government)
I'm reminded of this for some reason.
So funny in fact... People are really dependant on that control machine and think they are free and the only problem is that machine.
So sad but true.
Yep exactly 👌👌
Class. Oozes anger. Great lyrics. Why have I never heard that before. God is that my picture? That needs changing ;-)
Ha haa!
Lol
Otep 4 president.
OH YEA WE WOULD HAVE AN AMAZING 4 YRS
Starting listening in my teen years back in the 2004 2005 and always find myself coming back for my otep fix ..still rocking it just I'm 32 now
As relevant now as ever.
This song fits so well on far cry 5!
love this women
It's 2023 and still haven't smashed the control machine....
Over 11 years, this song should have far more views!
Hmmm, Vevo trying to sell me bubblegum right before this. Oh the irony.
"I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum and I’m all out of bubblegum"
this is what heavy metal is all about
+billyblackattacks EXACTLY then people just stereotype heavy metal about killing babies, worshipping demonic bullshit, being homicidal maniacs, etc. ...it really pisses me off
@@metalheadwithjokes heavy metal isn't about any of those things. Otep use to be heavy metal. This song is out pop genre. Sad too, cause that had so much potential. Evil J had a gig composing bass track for 3mil a year. This is truly saddening in much today. "Political Rock" & "Pop Rock"
dude, I posted that 2 years ago
@@metalheadwithjokes and
shaun simms a lot of thoughts and views can change within a couple years
I have no idea why there are only 54k views... There should be 3-6 million!
This song rocks hard!
2022. Song is perfecto!
who could dislike this?
Democrats
smash the control machine = smash the government :D
2022
The revolution will be monetized and streamed live, via renegade wifi.
2023. I watched ukrain dronestrike a russian ship full of humans today. So. That was something.
@@jeffbrownstain 2023
Then they outsourced my job
Gave a raise to my boss
Bailed out the bank
But billed me for the 📉
My sentiments exactly.. 🖤💔🖤
My favourite line up in this video
Otep - vocals
Rob patterson - guitar
Jason "evil j" mcguire - bass guitar
Mark "moke" bistany - drums
I wish they keep this line up until now
On. B.
Pvrock an roll
Otep, The real life Harley Quinn.
so I'm not the only one who thought that lol
lmao I'm not the only one 2
Alfa Mirc haven't seen the film, but I dig the character.
no.
IKR I love harley quinn too XD
This song fits in this world today.
2022 and still hardcoring this song
a nation of wolves ruled by sheep...
JEvf Grey And owned by swine
I think that's where she(and most people) messed up, we are a nation of filthy swine. not sheep, sheepdogs, wolves, etc.
Dought I'm gona get a reply but I have to the government are the sheep they need others to protect them they need security most of the US is military exmilitary survival enthusiast if we the people wanted control back we can have it back at anytime but instead of take the pigs out of control the packs are fighting about which swine is better get your head out of your ass and look we can have it back if we stop fighting with each other and change the powers that be
Still very accurate.
It's a nation of sheep us and wolves them
Far Cry 5🤘🏼🎮
Machine still now smashed... damn.
This is one of my absolute favorite songs ever. The video is now one of my absolute favorite videos ever with the song. The song and the video are the best!
confrontion and rise rebel ressit and this are awesome anti government songs
This isnt anti-gov. The lyrics REAK of socialism.
+Hasset Anteneh bitch shut up
+Hasset Anteneh first, it's "reek", not "reak". Second, you say that like socialism is a bad thing. Socialism isn't so bad. It works quite well with other systems of government. There are a number of moderately successful socialist democracies around. It's communism that's the evil form of government. Communism is a warped version of socialism yes, but socialism is so much more than communism.
And it's not like the lyrics of the song are wrong about the state of the USA. We've taken capitalism much too far. I'm not saying capitalism should be abolished outright, but we need to dial it back a little bit. What we need to do is the best of capitalism and the best of socialism in one government.
As female metal singers go, shes one of my favorites. Most of them are down the 2 ally's of growl or operatic, which is overdone, unoriginal, boring, tired. This woman has done it her own way, & it sounds feminine, mean, & has signature. I dont agree with every statement, but shes an artist & credit where its due! 👍
Yes, I agree.
The album is called Smash the Control Machine.
thank God she's smiling
I love how half the people listening to this song dont even know what its about.
brian carter Oh, its so difficult to understand. Teach us master.
It's hilarious that this is on VEVO, this is like the monetized, white version of "staying woke," before that phrase was abducted into popular culture.
so sick watching all the old music videos from like 10 years ago \m/.
This song aged like the finest of wine in 2023.
elaborate
this is how i fell about the 2016 election i cant' stand any of the candidates
+Nikola Tesla ya for the third party candidate because I can't stand Clinton Sanders Cruz or trump
How ya feel going into the 2020 elections?
@@wishiwasamuffin Jorgensen 2020
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THIS BAND?!?
i will say just one thing. WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THIS BAND?!? ²
I KNOW, RIGHT?!!! They went for quantity of fans over quality. Now they're appealing to the lowest common denominator.
followfornothing Otep was good until the second album, after that not worth listening
Tracey Burns Listen to "Rise, Rebel, Resist"
The Chaosmonger Listen to "Rise, Rebel, Resist"
Ma taki luz w sobie i daje takiego kopa... ahhh, orgazm.
dzieło sztuki
As a Machine Language Programmre (M.L.P.) I admire OtepVEVO for writing this mix because it is all Otep songs. Smash the Machine, give me a holiday.
So relevant under the biden Regime
Real passion isn't recognized as being common anymore. Now you got artists that sellout in order to make it big. What a waste of talent! Quit supporting the control machine! Even the war machine! Money isn't everything!
The best Otep song.
this song will NEVER be irrelevant. The reason the country is divided so much between dems vs republicans is because if we're divided, we're not united. If we were united vs the government and media that controls the fights for ratings and profits, then they would have a reason to fear. "People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people."
the band is a contradiction in and of itself. Singing of rebellion while bending the knee to its record company. produce hits for profit.
Until the government told everyone to wear masks, stay six feet apart and get the poke. Then she immediately started telling everyone to follow the government rules
Yep
Killer video
I can think of a few people that should listen to this and really take it in!!
Thank you!!!!
Killer Track RIP Band Members
eye am so glad eye got to see otep live in salt lake city utah so awesomes and great!
Still accurate til this day