🎵 Rage Against The Machine Bulls on Parade Reaction
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2021
- Thanks for checking out our RATM reaction. We finally watched Bulls on Parade and it was an interesting song. It was kind of hard making out all the words, but we did our best at diving into the lyrics.
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2nd verse in this is one of the best he ever wrote
"Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal
I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a library
Line up to tha mind cemetery now
What we don't know keeps tha contracts alive an movin'
They don't gotta burn tha books they just remove 'em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells
Rally round tha family, pockets full of shells"
its exceptional writing
One of the best verses ever in music
@@gbraxton7 So fucking good
@@Sam-sj5hw Its too bad we still find ourselves divided in the Rupub v Dem bianary... If we could somehow vote Authoritarians v everyone else the country might look a lot different.. Of corse people seem to embrace Authoritarianism when the government is forcing people to do something they happen to agree with at the time...
So true and that goes back to removing books from schools and rubble that used to be a library because the authoritarian right wing of our government has been systematically defunding and destroying the public education system for decades in order to dumb down Americans because stupid people are much easier to distract and manipulate into voting against their own best interest and it has worked perfectly. And on the other side democrats have been corrupt, weak, pathetic, useless, fucking coward losers who have never "won" a negotiation or policy battle that had not been stripped of all meaningful social spending and had corporate giveaways added to it in my 52 years of life. That is because since McCutchen ruling in late 70's and then citizens united corporations have been able to outright purchase our government by legally bribing politicians who are then nothing more than actors playing their roles from the script given to them by their corporate owners. The really fucked up part is that democrats and republicans are bribed by the EXACT same corporations who then give out the orders to be followed and ALL of our elected officials follow those orders up to and including the presidents. And the orders are for republicans to set up as many transfer of wealth scams to funnel taxpayer money to the top and cut as much tax liability for corporations and the rich as possible. Meanwhile democrats are ordered to be fucking losers and and act like they are trying to help Americans but in reality to get only the barest minimum of social spending as they can possibly get away with because every dollar used to help Americans is a dollar that can't be stolen from taxpayers. And all of the culture war nonsense and constant conspiracies and accusations by republicans is simply a distraction technique because as long as voters are arguing amongst themselves about what bathroom somebody uses or if a math text book has critical race theory in it or not they are not paying close enough attention to realize all of the lies and misinformation that keeps the whole scam rolling and they for damn sure ain't paying attention to the hundreds of billions of tax dollars that has been stolen from them every year and continues to be stolen at higher and higher rates. But hey they are too busy hating minorities or gays or poor people for needing assistance because they are paid slave wages to notice that we the citizens of The United States of America are not united and have been divided so we can be robbed blind and then support and vote for the very thieves who are stealing from us so they can continue to steal. It is truly disgusting what the extreme corruption has turned our Country into
funny how its the democrats doing this now, and it was written against the republicans.
"Down Rodeo" is the jam.
Seconded
3rd 4th etc.
Definitely
Killing in the name!
mandatory RATM. listen for the "down row-DE-ohh" if it's a first listen
Girl, You nailed it. I was an audio Tech on 97/98 tour. Great kids (I'm 64) they are incredible people. All their songs are about rebellion. When this was filmed Zak the singer was 18 years old. His mom who was on tour with them used to introduce them (she was about 70 then) and she used to say "Are you ready for the best band in the fuckin' world." in Chicago, I went to downtown Chicago and got Zak his first laptop! Love these kids!! They still do some live shows from time to time. Check them out live and be prepared!
Tom (lead guitarist is a native chicago suburb kid) was my collage roommate's friend coming from a Wisconsin kid in the early 2000s. This shit was so real and is still so real with Russian invading Ukraine.
Didn’t realize he was so young then, crazy!
Wow! Super cool info, thanks man! ✊✊
I'm pretty sure that Zak was older than 18 when the first album was released. And this came from the second.
\m/ hell yeah brother
Lex is an ABSOLUTE QUEEN!!! She’s straight up on point with almost everything Zack de la Rocha meant and said in this song!! MAD PROPS!!!
The sound and mixing was definitely intentional and was not a victim of old tech. It's just an aesthetic that you may not be used to. It is supposed to sound abrasive.
Facts
Yeah, this is the official video. They definitely cultivated an abrasive sound, they want you to pay attention when they come on...
Listen to it in surround sound if possible it will make all the difference
Still sounds amazing to me.
I'll add to this by saying the mix was not really intended to be listened to on headphones. On a speaker setup it wouldn't be as jarring.
When I heard this song, I felt that hard. "I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library. Line up to the mind cemetery now."
"Rally round the family" is about the desire of those in power to urge your support for the endless war machine. Lex is hip to it. She's a keeper,
Brad.
Okay. I finally subscribed because of Lex's reaction to Godsmack, I Stand Alone and this. She broke it DOWN and was totally enjoying it.
As a black female that really enjoys metal and rock myself, it's like, "Welcome!"
Ahh no way! My metal sistaaaa! That's so cool and thank you for joining us!
It's important to know that Rage takes the messages in their music very seriously. All of the members took/take every opportunity to attend and participate in any rally/march/speech/protest opposing these topics. The "Rally round tha family, with a pocket full of shells. They rally round that family, with a pocket full of shells" is interesting because I can be seen two completely different ways: one is that you need to arm yourself to protect your family because the system is coming, the other is that the people who build platforms around "family values" are the same people that will use government force to hurt your family. I gotta give props to Lex for the matador idea because in the 20+ years I've been listening to this song, it never occurred to me that the title could be a double entendre reference the other bait and switch tactics mentioned in the song.
Spot on mate, all this time and she explained it differently about the matador. Awesome
Total cred to Lex’s analysis!
Lex's analysis is really interesting.
I'm afraid you've missed it. "They rally 'round the family/With a pocket full of shells" is about the right-wing strategy of paying lip-service to "family values" while keeping white people terrified of some mythical racialized horde that's about to invade their homes and kill their families. They want white people focused on the fear and hate they use to keep them buying guns and not noticing that the same right-wing is stealing their wages to buy weapons from their arms-dealer cronies and build privatized prisons to lock-up all the supposedly-violent "super-predator" Black people to profit those same wealthy-connected oligarchs. It's simple divide-and-conquer of the working classes. Tale as old as time; it's always been class warfare, and we've always been losing.
LBJ had it down when he said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” He observed that truth some 60 years ago, and the GOP is still running that same playbook.
The band is really confused since they support socialism. Socialism ends up becoming exactly what they sing against.
Ok. On Songfacts it says, "This song deals with the US military and their aggressive tactics. It mentions how the arms industry encourages war to get military contracts with lines like, "Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes, not need, just feed the war cannibal-animal", and "What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and moving." Hope this helps as well.
5 sided fisticon
They don't gotta burn the books they just remove em
They missed this while they reacted? 😣
while arms warehouses fill as quick as a cell, rally round the family, pocket full of shells.
@@enrique7208 "fill as quick as it sells"
Brad: "What are they doing other than singing?"
RATM: "Shutting down Wall Street!" as shown in the 'Sleep Now in the Fire" video at ua-cam.com/video/kl4wkIPiTcY/v-deo.html
Great video..
Blows my mind that folks don’t now about Rage. One of the greatest bands of all time.
It blows my mind that people assume that just because they're aware of something that surely everyone must be.
@@kant12 he basically just saying that rage should be bigger than they are.
@@kant12 This song is ranked place 15 on VH1's list of 40 Greatest Metal Songs.
You're an old soul Lex. Genius insight as usual. In the world of rock and metal insight is a must. Which is why you connect with it so naturally. Welcome to a new genre for you to flourish in. 🍻
No offense, but it wasn't even close to the message of the song, I'm not blaming them, it's a tough message to get without lyrics in front of you and never hearing the song, but I wouldn't say they nailed it either. The song is about the the Military Industrial Complex in this country, and it's corrupt power over everything. The bulls are the corrupt leaders, politicians and manufacturers, and they'll keep filling there pockets with shells, and rally around their own kind(family) to protect that complex, if that means removing books from school, or turning a library into a arms warehouse, or cemetery, they don't care. The phrase five sided fist-a-gon he uses in first verse is a slang term for the pentagon.
Eisenhower, in his farewell speech in 1961, coined the term Military Industrial Complex, and warned that we were in danger of creating one, and that it would be the downfall of our country, he even noted at that time in 1961, that the U.S. Military annual budget for security alone, was more than the net income of every single corporation in the country. He also warned we must protect against attacks on the scientific process, and science itself, and a lack of emphasis or belittlement of education and knowledge by our youth. Sound familiar?
Today, the worlds top 10 arms manufacturers are in the U.S. The top 50 of the top 100 military contractors are in the U.S. Lobbyists for those companies are by far the most powerful lobbyist in D.C. and our military's annual budget is more than every single countries in the world combined if you exclude Russia and China. That goes beyond being a force to be reckoned with, that gets us to the point we've been for 60yrs, if there is a surplus of ammo, and equipment, and the Military Industrial Complex loses a few points in the market, then I guess they better keep their fingers crossed for a war or at least a conflict. By fingers crossed, I mean if a brown person's camel farts the wrong way in the middle east, then we better go and kick their ass, and if you don't think that the lobbyists help make those decisions, then you'd be wrong.
Unfortunately, it's our brave young men and women that pay the biggest price, and it's not defending freedom, our military hasn't fought for freedom, for real, since WWII.
@@sunshynff I dunno I think it was very close to that message, except Lex got the metaphorical expression of it
@@sunshynff thanks for the exact history lesson. She was close though. She kinda got the message with just one listen. When most people in her position probably wouldn't even got that far. No offense but, Tune it down a notch. Not everyone is as smart and knowledgeable as you.
@@markcook1059...None taken, thanks for saying it politely, I read my comment back and I did come on a little strong, that was not my intention. I live in area where not very many people are interesting in learning something new or seeing the other side of an issue.
Since retiring a few years early been trying to stay busy being involved in my community, so my default setting is to come straight out of the box with verbal guns blazin'. I've been working on reigning that in a bit, especially online. Thanks again for the polite constructive criticism, can't be mad at that! Wish more in my community were like you and others on this channel.✌🏼❤️
@@sunshynff likewise,I'll cheers to that
Bulls was a term for police in the early 1900s. Love ya Lex, your energy got me moving today.
Indeed. It's union slang. Bulls on parade meant: get ready for a fight, the cops are coming.
Bull, as in “bull market”. As in Wall Street
Aren't prison guards referred to as bulls too?
@@jeffreyblack6611
I always assumed everyone knew/thought that, too.
ZDLR re-visited that theme again a year later in “No Shelter” with “the market bulls got pockets full”.
Mmm, not quite. "Bulls" was specific to the brutal private security companies hired by the robber barons of the day (robber barons whom we've inexplicably allowed to re-emerge, because apparently one Great Depression and skin-of-our-teeth escape from fascism wasn't enough), particularly those of railroad companies who would use them to crack the skulls of poor people desperately riding the rails to find work. "Bulls on parade" meant the Pinkertons or similar strike-breaking thugs were coming, so you'd best get gone. The term "bull" came from the rank stupidity and unthinking violence of such fascist jack-boots, which is grossly unfair to male cows, but apt.
Rage is one of THE BEST concerts I have ever been to in my life and I’ve gone to a lot!
"Know Your Enemy" , "People of the Sun" and "Wake Up" all amazing
We had a little role reversal on this one. Brad was listening to the music while Lex was actually paying attention to the lyrics and analyzing them. I’ll throw you a really old one with some good music and lyrics that will put your mind to work. Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones.
my fkn favorite music. thats a must
Doo doo doo doo doo (Heartbreaker) after would be badass
Thanks for reacting to this one. I knew you’d find it interesting! 😁
Rush has some deep lyrics in their music.
Sad Rage turned into Rage for the Machine
Do “Wake Up”. It was in the matrix and the lyrics are dope.
oh yes please...this is the best track they ever did
Good suggestion! A must y'all!
Your a dope
That song might upset the conservatives in the comments section lol
This. Y’all!
"He sounds very rebellious"
OH WORD?!
In military context, to be "on parade" is to officially fall in and form-up as a regiment or unit (in ceremony or for practical purpose e.g. inspections/drill) on the parade square.
Blurred because the machine owns the anti machine anthem 🤦♂️
Controlled opposition is a thing.
January 6th was rage
@@johnnyhempseed84 A good one
@@johnnyhempseed84 You ever read rage lyrics and go "wait am I the machine?"
@@jayflach3408 I lost interests in Rage Against the Machine as I got older. I use to like them, but never really a lot. But once I grew up and realized they are pro-Communism or support Che Guevera, I stopped listening. I still think the music kicks ass, and it rocks, but the lyrics I can't get into. But music is music even if I don't like the ideology. In terms of your question, we become the machine when we don't fight the machine.
This song deals with the US military and their aggressive tactics. It mentions how the arms industry encourages war to get military contracts with lines like, "Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes, not need, just feed the war cannibal-animal," and "What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and moving." Rage is one of the best i hope you dive deep in the Rage catalog.
💯 that is the exact meaning
Your first sentence is incorrect.
@@nk1974 Don't be a sheep. RATM has always supported the military.
@@patpulis9922 where? give me one verse in any rage song that says they agree with militarization. I’ll wait.
@@patpulis9922 I think you may be a bit confused lmao.
With RATM, it helps to have the lyrics in front of you, at least for the first listen… legendary band..
Agreed. Evil Empire is one of the best albums of our generation, back from lyrics mattered.
Give me all the Rage.
This is just the band from Audioslave with Zack de la Rocha on vocals. He is actually extremely rebellious.
The whole band was very rebellious.
I think what you meant to say was Audioslave is just the band of RATM without Zack on vocals.
Please react to "Wake Up". LIT AF. Lyrics with this song is a must.
Good choice. Although if they've seen the film The Matrix they may recognise it?
@@adamkaige I saw the Matrix in the theater and was just slack jawed at the end credits when that song played.
@@adamkaige its a cut up edited version in the matrix though, really does not do it justice
Watch it with Brass Against the Machine
The term "Bulls" is referring to the military industrial complex.
I thought it was Wall Street with that bull statue, Bulls on Parade they make a whole lot of money off the war machine
Bulls on parade is what they use to called the riot police during Rodney King issue🤦♂️
“Bulls” is slang for the police… “bulls on parade” is the cops being out in force.
Bulls also is Wall Street with the military complex all about the dollar
The thing is, "bulls" can be taken as all of this with appropriate context and is a creative use of double, or in this case, multiple entendre. Considering how well read ZDLR is, it would be in his comfort zone to do word play like this and he's done it multiple times too in other Rage songs. While the song is primarily a criticism towards the American military industrial complex, it isn't just limited to it.
"I could see them on some kind of list"
after 9/11 radio stations banned Rage Against The Machine from playing on radio stations because it was deemed "Anti-American"
Banning them at a governmental level would have been unconstitutional, breach of freedom of speech/expression and such. That being said, any radio station could choose to not play them, because they're a private business.
Just found this channel, and after many videos i've gotta say Lex is sharp as it gets with interpreting lyrics and feel of songs
You should do RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - KNOW YOUR ENEMY and FREEDOM...
Omg...best
Maynard and Zach together 🤪
Yeah that’s two of their best.
Bullet In The Head is even better. Just my opinion.
“Sleep now in the fire” next please. Really enjoying seeing you guys go back
I love how the whole time she was genuinely enjoying the song right off the bat and really brainstormed the lyrics trying to piece it together meanwhile the guy just didn't seem as interested nor could he really make any sense of the lyrics. You go girl!
Must do more on this band! Please explore the history, and the events that coincided at this particular time. So many things are being mirrored today from that time, but the message is Timeless🤟
I think you should react to them always with lyrics. They always gotta hard message to share.
And I like a lot how she broke down the song.
Next one should be: Take the Power Back.
Zach de la Rocha - "The wall that Germany fell and the US Government was busy building another one between the border of the U.S. and Mexico. Since 1986, as a result of a lot of the hate talk and hysteria, that the Government of the United States has been speaking, 1,500 bodies have been found on the border; we wrote this song in response to it."
Thank you S.H. I thought it was based on a native American resiv. That had been raided by police/ gov.
I wasn't sure what I was listening to when I first heard this in the 90s but I loved it. It was a wakeup call then as much as it remains today.
That moment her look changes when she is feeling the song is priceless.Keep it up.Respect and one love.
I suggest their song "Down Rodeo."
It doesn't need any remastering.
This group... I love, there songs are all about fighting back against the government
First time on this channel… Lex you’re amazing. What a keen sense of lyrical analysis. Symbolism runs deep with you. Definitely an old soul. Cred for pulling out so much meaning off of one time listen.
Thank you!!!! My hope is that you keep going with reacting to RATM songs… They’re one of the most influential bands of all time. Thanks again… from ya’ boy Danny!!
Bulls are cops…
Or the military industrial complex. “What we don’t know keeps the contracts alive and movin’ “ - meaning military contracts
I remember their awesome Debut Album hitting the music scene...absolutely one of the best Debuts ever!!
I've been subbed to your channel for 2 days and I've watched at least 30 videos. Your views on things are interesting and addicting! I love it!
Wow Lex, I've loved this band since I was 15, and it took me years to truly understand the messages behind their songs. You nailed it first run and describe the experience perfectly. I was just rocking with it then, but now still rock with it and also believe in it. Zach speaks truth that transcends decades, which is both amazing and sad, because things haven't really improved...
listen to bullet in the head live,where zach is wearing a "fuct" tshirt,also listen to zach's song about his dad born of a broken man.lyrics are something else
They used to call police “bulls” a d still call prison guards bulls...sometimes
Correct
Rage needs lyrics for reacting. “Bulls on parade” was a saying used by civil rights activist to say the cop squads are plowing through protestors. Check the wiki.
" They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove them. "
They control it.
you are the best coz you go into the lyrics AND music. Love watchin you both. Manchester, England
I really love you guys the fact that you put all types of music on there it's just inspiring
Yesssss. Finally some more Rage
I love watchin' you two discover mind blowing sound
Already a classic metal banger ans still so revelant today. Damn, I´ve been listening to this since I can remember and althoug I knew the global theme and point of the the song and lyrics, Lex´s interpretation really took it deep to another level, props fot that! Brad the sound was intentionally suposed to sound like that :) Great one, peace.
I think Zack De La Rocha is probably the best lyricist and maybe one of the best rappers of all time. His lyrics have DEEP meaning and are educational as well. The dude is genius level. Try Down Rodeo, Know Your Enemy, Testify, Gorilla Radio, Fist Full Of Steel, any of their songs just pick one. Do the live reaction Pink Pop ‘93 you will not regret it! Also later in his life, check out CIA- Criminals In Action -he did with KRS-1 and The Last Emperor. (After he left Rage).
Agree
Lyrics with RATM is necessary. Great reaction!
Its funny how you were talking about how they aren't arming us but the dead guitar players main guitar says arm the homeless on it hahaha
You opened my eyes to this song, girl! Great insight!
You should do “know your enemy”🔥🔥
More Rage! Much more! If you do live stuff look for 90s/early 00s when the energy was insane.
The best video reaction! Greetings from Brazil.
Thank you for sharing this with me
Always do lyric videos for Rage.
I heard "Bulls on Parade" is referring to police out looking, on patrol.
Riot formation.
Yes, "Bulls on Parade" is slang for police action in the vicinity. It derived specifically from the Labor Movement, as cops came to break up strikes. It is therefore a metaphor for "authority" using their power to control/disrupt any challenges to that authority.
It's the military industrial complex.
Lex, girl, I LOVE your insight and it's ON POINT! Good to see reactors actually listen to the lyrics and have some dialog about what's being said. Everything they're saying is STILL relevant today.
Interesting analogy with the running of the bulls. Most people don't know but the match ends when a matador puts his sword through the top of a bull's neck. Just found your channel a few days ago. Great insight. You both have different perspective, and I love that. Doing good work. Thank you for that.
It's prolly been said a million times already, but y'all gotta do "down rodeo" next!The
Damn Lex. Totally on point with the meaning behind this band 💯. Hands down the most antigovernment music from the 90’s. Zach De la Rocha is the man!!!!
Lex is super smart to pick up on the rally round the family line so fast. It confused for a long time. Sharp as hell to realise what this is about so quickly.
The best video of RATM "SLEEP ON FIRE" show the band play and can close the wall street😂😂😂 Epic
Great track! Check them out live! Incredible energy and the fan's go off! "Know your enemy" (featuring Maynard, from TOOL) is epic!
Yes pink pop ‘93 is outstanding
RATM are fantastic musically but it's all about LYRICS LYRICS LYRICS
i LOVE Lex's break down of the meaning of this song. beautiful. DO MORE RAGE, she loves it!!
Lex is definitely on the right track about the rally around the family line being about the hipocracy of "them" (politicians and such) rallying around your family (preaching family values) while commiting atrocities in their foreign policy (by feeding the war machine) as well as at home (by not giving food or shelter to their citizens).
To me, the "they don't have to burn a book they just remove them" is one of the most powerful and scary lines. Because it's so true in so many ways. In theory you have freedom of speech in america, but also what gets broadcasted on tv and what gets printed in the paper is controlled by a very very small group of people. Ideas that are challenging the status quo you will not hear on tv. certain people will either not be invited to talk shows or will have their talking times cut short and such things. They don't need to jail a political dissident like some "obvious" evil regime, they just silence them by not giving them a platform.
Zach is a great MC, has down tracks with run the jewels, KRS one etc
ah the irony of a rage against the machine music video getting blocked by their record label is thicc
We incorporated rap into metal in the 90's. Rage, Korn, limp Bizkit, and best of all the entire judgement night soundtrack that mixed a known hip-hop and metal band for each song. That's some amazing sound.
"He sounds very rebellious." CRACKED me up.
Do Wake Up! Also Bullet in the Head live is an awesome performance.
I cannot wait to see your faces when you hear Down Rodeo. RATM are a genre of their own.
THIS. Down Rodeo, comrades.
I really like how Lex picks on everything, great channel y'all
Just discovered your channel, and really enjoying your reactions to these. I especially like that you get straight into the songs rather than spend 10 minutes talking about other stuff like some other channels. Rage Against The Machine are still one of my all time favourite bands, I would definitely suggest you guys react to any and all RATM songs you can find, but maybe have the genius page for the lyrics ready at the same time, Zach is a great rapper and sometimes too fast to figure out what he’s talking about as they use a lot of metaphor and wordplay to talk about serious issues like racism, politics, war mongering, capitalism, the judicial/prison system, civil rights, animal rights, the list goes on. But they didn’t just sing about these issues, they actively protested, organised and helped to organise benefit concerts, food banks, marches, demonstrations, and they weren’t just anti-republican, they also performed outside and disrupted a democratic convention in 2000. They were the originators of so called “Rap Metal”, putting together genres like hardcore punk, rock, rap, funk. Honestly, their first album is a stone cold classic, some of the things Tom Morello does with a guitar are incredible, so well produced and written. Anyways, really enjoying your breakdowns, hopefully I’ll see some more RATM videos in the future!
"Bulls" is supposedly the representation of the World's Authoritarian Governments... they are like charging bulls in that they will not be stopped except by an equal and opposing force.
thank you for this one, you are the best reactors, imho.
I think he’s talking about the bulls in OUR own government. Rally ‘round the family, pocket full of shells. They claim to be about “family values” all the while starting wars to “keep the contracts alive and movin’.” To keep their pockets full of $.
I've always thought of it as the Wall St "bulls" and the "rally around the family, with a pocket full of shells" was how the government does everything that they can to protect them.
@@throwaway3457 that is a good interpretation. I am reading that people think this is about other governments in ‘those’ sh*thole countries and not our own. They have been brainwashed and blinded by false patriotism. They don’t want to see this government and country for what it truly is. It’s founding had legal human trafficking and slavery for heaven’s sake!
@@nk1974 not exactly... included in The World's Authoritarian Leaders is our own.
this is the literal interpretation as i learnt it in an interview with Tom Morello, though he did not pen this lyric exactly i don't think:
not just North America is guilty of horrendous oppression, you know. in this case, de La Roche is ALSO directing it at the Mexican government which was harassing indigenous peoples, named the Zapatistas, too.
@@selectronium when I walk to the rubble that used to be a library, line up to the mind cemetery now… maybe Zack visits libraries in South America, and Mexico, I don’t know.
You should listen to Denzel Curry's cover of this song, its really well done, he brings the same kind of energy as Zack
Going to *finally* see Rage Against the Machine LIVE at Madison Square Garden on August 8th!!! ✊🏻
*Great reaction!* 👍🏻
💜💫✌🏼🎵
Oh my GOD! The way Lex put it..... "Bulls on Parade" makes soooo much sense now.... lol sorry, bare with me, I'm 33 and still realizing true meanings to a lot of songs I grew up listening to. I was always in to the instrumental parts of songs, but yet I'm still finding myself realizing "OOOHHHhhh, THAT'S what that song meant....." that's why I also enjoy seeing react vids like these, to make sense of it at all or leave it to interpretation
Please react to RATM’s song “Wake Up” with lyrics! Gotta see what Zack is saying! His lyrics hit hard!
React to their song “down rodeo”
I remember when this album came out. it was filed with great tracks. We would listen to this album on repeat every single day while working as a delivery man. Still love it!
Lex commenting on Public education had me HAHA! Love it. best page on youtube
"Perfect little life in the suburbs, and then they start listening to this..." That is exactly what went down at my house, and so many other houses in the 90s. These guys had a major hand in so much of Gen X and Millennials being hip to so much bullshit that previous generations accepted or ignored. Racial and economic inequality, authoritarianism, the violence of power, war hawks, etc., these dudes sang about it and made it catchy. Dudes were definitely on a list and watched closely.
More rage against the machine reviews and please do Deftones “change”. I would love to hear your interpretation of that song
Totally impressed. Lex is ON POINT w/her interpretation of the rally around the family pocketful of shells lyrics!!
Lex… you’re on it with the lyrical breakdown. You guys are awesome
As said in The Art of War - Educate your enemies children.
These guys are a far Left standing group that makes no mystery of it in their social commentary.
I've heard people complaining about them saying, "I wish they'd stop being so political". Every one of their songs is political/social, so obviously those people dont listen very well...
You should check their "Renegades of Funk", thats an amazing jam.
Peace!
P.S.- "The Machine"= govt
Even though they identify as far left (nevermind the corporation that is RATM and $300 tickets and blocking reaction vids) many of the songs especially from the 90s RATM resound even with people like me who lean way right because they are issues that transcend political ideals.
They're anti-Capitalist anarchists. Not really either "left" or "right". Although those definitions don't really mean much nowadays. Or to put it another way, the mainstream political spectrum is not a straight line______It's a constantly revolving distorted circle. Hence some of the similarities and cross-overs we see among people who identify or are labeled "far-left" and "far-right". Essentially it's all capitalist. For example, what many Americans believe to be "Communism" is really just another form of State-Capitalism (literally the extreme opposite to Communism in which there would be no government, no state, no money, etc).
But in this system we were all born into and conditioned upon, we're trained to perceive apples as oranges.
Same happens with Pink Floyd and Roger Waters, go figure
@@jerry60k those $300 tickets and blocked vids aren’t rlly them tho. It’s all the people above them that control that. So essentially, the machine lmao.
I wouldn’t say far left? They’re not anything?!
On another note, there is a funny UA-cam clip created during Trumps Presidency with Republicans mashed up together saying exactly what you said….so funny! How many Trump supporters were jamming ‘killing in the name of’ but didn’t know what they singing! 🤣🤣
Her insight into music is beautiful
You can't kill an idea and music is very powerful. I'm certain they were on some lists in the 90s when they popped onto the scene.
Rage were one of my favourite bands growing up in the 90’s. It’s a real shame how they now lick the boots on their corporate overloads…
That shit hurt to see them Hillary. Now they are rage for the machine
@@realization2013 I know right… it made me sick to my stomach.
@MAH RULES it’s not just the Clinton thing, there’s a whole list of things that are pretty sickening coming from that band these days. It’s very sad to see as someone who’s been a fan from the start.
I think you can group them in with the Nu Metal. Rock and Rap melded together for some awesomeness.
🤘🤘 Man, looking forward to that RATM reunion on the concert circuit!!!!!! 💯😁❤✌
Fam, y'all need to check Killing in the Name, and Take The Power Back!!!! Zach and Tom are still out there backing what they stand for!!!! They marched with BLM and MGK actually covered Killing in the Name during the marches etc too. 😉
Absolutely love your reactions!!! And lex, and lex, you're absolutely a closet metal head!!! LMFAO!!!!