@@joebrown5120 he’s singing about history, and it just keeps on doing its thing. Conservatives losing it and going after books and knowledge is regular as clockwork. Their music will be just as relevant in 30 years. As long as hysterical conservatives exist in droves we will have to keep dealing with this... Thought control and authoritarianism. Militarism and cop fetishization.. racist thug cops going after minorities with relentless drive. In the 90s there was a huge push to remove evolution from the school text books.. in the 2000s they wanted to add creationism to the school curriculum…. These days they’re just openly fascistic. Trump said the other day that the US should be more like Hungary… 20% inflation and the furstest right wing nation in all or europe…. Bulls on parade.
The lyrics are in reference to politicians (the bulls) preaching family values but then putting money into military instead of supporting those in need. "They rally round the family" is basically the campaign promises made, and "pocket full of shells" is military spending. 5-sided fistagon is a reference to the Pentagon. I've been loving their cover of How I Could Just Kill A Man lately, and not too many UA-camrs have reviewed it. It's fire!
Interesting take on this song. I've never been completely clear about the Bulls metaphor, but my take on the "rally round the family" line is a little different. I live in Los Angeles, and when the riots were going on a few years ago, the cops only set their boundary lines in the rich neighborhoods (Beverly Hills, etc), and let the riots destroy the lower income neighborhoods. To me, "rally round the family" means that when shit hits the fans, the cops only protect the wealthy. They rally round the family (the rich) with a pocket full of shells, to protect them from us.
@@Turnabout I've always thought of the stock market analogy as well, like when stocks are on the run or "The Dow Jones skyin'...", the bulls are on parade. I'm sure there's probably a duel meaning with cops too.
Yea I think the band even confirmed at some point that “bulls” is a reference to the stock market and runaway capitalism. I could be wrong though, it’s been a long time.
THis is about the Military industrial complex Creating war , rallying around the family with shells" for money. They are not Calm you nests ! They want freedom from that!
"Rally Round the Family with a pocket full of shells" is about how conservative politicians (in this case Republicans) talk about rallying around the family while leaving people destitute defunding public programs in favor of arms contracts and murder.
Yeah. It's pretty obvious. Especially considering the line directly following. "Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal"
Democrats too, the only solution is to overcome the capitalist system. RATM has never been a shallow critic of the system, quite the contrary, it has always been a Marxist band
I always interpreted it as if he’s rallying around the family and they only have a pocket full of shells. Either the shells are bullets or it’s a reference to the crap and trinkets that Europeans would give natives for their land. Sometimes they would be paid in wampum shell beads which was an actual form of legal currency in the colonies.
@@thlom well considering we're almost going to get into World War III right now you would think that you would praise to Republicans to fund a ready Army you know to take on f****** what's going on in the Middle East and if China and Russia gets involved bro and Iran like dude... do you want to be strong to be able to take on any f****** possible
The 2nd verse is one of the best things I've ever heard: Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library Line up to the mind cemetery now What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin' They don't gotta burn the books they just remove 'em While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells Rally 'round the family, pockets full of shells
I think people overlook the end of the first verse a lot. Terror rains drenchin' (bombs being dropped) Quenching the thirst of the power dons (defense contractors) That five-sided fist-a-gon (the Pentagon) That rotten sore on the face of Mother Earth gets bigger (the arms industry) The triggers cold empty your purse (tax dollars being spent on the military instead of civil improvements/social goods) It's the direct lead-in to the second verse about Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes.
The “pocket full of shells” was zach pointing out what he believed as hypocrisy. Ie: rally around the family but believe in gun rights and supposedly be War Hawks at the same time
The War Hawks part is more accurate, the song is about the MIC (military industrial complex). When he says "That five sided fist-a-gon" in the first verse, it's a word Zack coined, and it just refers to the pentagon as a powerful fist that war hawks use to their advantage.
Rage was revaluationary. One of the first to record their lyrics with a megaphone. Yup, thats the distortion you heard. He's singing into a mic with a megaphone lmao. And some of those sounds coming out of the guitar is a power drill across the strings while using the whammy bar.. They had to create a special guitar hero controller just to imitate that on the World Tour game lmao ❤🎉
As an almost 30 year guitar veteran (I was in high school when this came out) I learned to play the first two RATM albums beginning to end. Morello DIDN'T use a power drill for this song (or any that I'm aware of). He simply used his hand to rub back and forth on the strings while toggling between the guitars two pickups. That creates that scratching sound. There were other times where he's used an Allen wrench to rub over the strings for parts like the intro/verse to "Down Rodeo", but that's pretty much it for his use of unconventional tools used in his playing. Everytging else was done through clever manipulation of various effects pedals, and guitar controls.
As an almost 30 year guitar veteran (I was in high school when this came out) I learned to play the first two RATM albums beginning to end. Morello DIDN'T use a power drill for this song (or any that I'm aware of). He simply used his hand to rub back and forth on the strings while toggling between the guitars two pickups. That creates that scratching sound. There were other times where he's used an Allen wrench to rub over the strings for parts like the intro/verse to "Down Rodeo", but that's pretty much it for his use of unconventional tools used in his playing. Everytging else was done through clever manipulation of various effects pedals, and guitar controls.
oh dang. thanks for the update and kudos to u! Must of been a different band with a power drill. Probably had to, just to attempt to make that sounds lol.
@@optimisticgnomerz well you're not wrong about a band using a power drill as both Adam Jones from Tool and others like Motorgrater have used them with their guitars
Exactly this. "a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole"
Love how u guys just jump into it!! No bs intros just "rage against the machine..bulls on parade" and in..lol love it..might have found my fav reactors
They are not communist bro. RATM has always been political talking against corrupt government. I saw comment here that states they sold out, no they did not. You want to hear a GREAT song from RATM, listen to first song that made them known..."Killing In The Name Of" then let me know if they are communists.
They were against capitalism and the Rich and wall Street and on and on, meanwhile two of the bandmembers have net worth's that exceed that of George Bush Jr., wealth acquired through their music and other ventures associated with it. I'm all for it, make that money, but you can't make 10's of millions of dollars through capitalism and be ok with it when it is your money, but anyone else is "bad". I love their music still, but the passing of time showed that the message turned out to be BS.
if you want a rap group with the guitarist, Boots Reilly and Tom Morello did Street Sweeper Social Club. and Zach De La Rocha, the lead singer, did some BANGER songs with Run the Jewels.
@@petergale7204 ...I don't know about the The Coup, but I can't find a single reactor that's done a Street Sweepers Social Club song, it's a shame too, "Clap For The Killers" is such a dope track, @FlawdTV would LOVE it!!
I second that motion, good call!! I might add the track Zack did with KRS-One and The Last Emperor "CIA", also, that's a dope track that still holds up today.
This song was written about government spending on the military and the stock market. Bulls on parade, referring to the bulls buying up military industrial complex stocks skyrocketing the stock market.
Every single song they did, beginning 32 years ago, still rings true to this day. That's both praise to a band and an absolute indictment of the society they released it to.
I loved RATM's first album, it was absolute fire. But this is imo their best song. The way it just explodes in your face from the get go is unreal. Fantastic musical experience
a few of the band members including that guitarist, tom morello, got together with a couple of the soundgarden dudes, including chris cornell, and created the band audioslave
This song deals with the US military, their greedy money spending, 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". They believe all military/governments no matter from which country are greedy pigs who only care about the rich elite and not the average citizen. De La Rocha said about the American government, ""American democracy is inverted when your only choice is between wealthy representatives of the privileged classes." You'll see this throughout many of their songs.
been a RATM fan for many years, and even though there is a lot of their political ideology that I do not agree with, there talent is something I think is undeniable. The entire group is extremely talented (drums, bass, guitar, vocal/lyrics).
Rally 'round the family with a pocketful of shells, is a way of saying that politicians always preach having family values, while also being pro-war. Also using those pocketful of shells to scare your family into compliance and submission.
Love how y'all noticed the guitar scratching. The first time I was exposed to this song was as a young child riding around town with my dad in his mustang. Never noticed how significantly talented that part was until now.
I saw these guys almost 20 years ago at Rock the Bells with Wu-Tang Clan & Jedi Mind Tricks, and others, but those are the only performances I remember from it. Great show though!❤
Dude… funny to watch the younger generations think ‘what the fuck is this?!’ Saw RATM (supported by Tool) play a 200 standing only venue in Glasgow, Scotland back in 1993… was 20 years old… blew my fucking mind! 🤯
so happy uve found rage.. its a must to bring up lyric videos with them...check out 'wake up 'and everyone should really start with 'killing in the name.'..from 92 couldnt be more revelant today... .🎤⬇️✌
...."even though they're communist." You'll never fundamentally understand Rage if this is front & center in your mind while listening to "Bulls on Parade." 🤬ing hell, man.
The guitarist joined up with B Real and Chuck D to create a group called Prophets of rage check them out. Everything was 🔥 in the 90’s music wise sux y’all grew up in the wrong era but all sure AF would have fit right in with all of us. Keep keepn it real 👊🏼
You should check out a little thing Zack did with a band called One Day as a Lion the song is called "Wild International" or any of the songs he has done with Run the Jewels is fire. Really anything Run the Jewels touches is dope.
I think he should wait a couple more songs before that one, at least he didn't do it first though, so wouldn't be that big of deal. It's just that I've see sooooo many reactors, who I know for a fact would love their catalog of music, listen to "Killing In The Name" first, and they like it ok, but they had heard Zack could spit, and that song, as epic as it is, has something like 27 words in the whole song, and just repeats, so for a first timer looking for bars, they often don't revisit the band after that.
He's talking about politicians that espouse family values when it suits them. I think the pocket full of shells is just put in place of "a pocket full of posies" like in the nursery rhyme ring around the rosy. So you get "rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells" instead of "ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies".
You should check out Prophets of Rage, its basically RATM but with Chuck D and Breal as the vocalists. Another very political band which i can do without but definitely worth listening to for just the musical talent of the band. If you like RATM then you will like these guys as well more than likely.
Prophets of Rage was a lame money grab trying to 'capital'ize on all the viral zombie anti-Trump movements while Tom shilled for the Democrats. Glad Zack didn't tie his name to it.
@@FlawdTV Communist fight for freedom just like people who believe in Democracy . You're speaking as if all people who live in a Communist or Socialist community don't want to be there. This is the first video I watched of yours, so I don't know what your beliefs are. But If you believe in freedom and the ability to fight for it then I know you understand. If Russia was a Democracy and they were acting the way they are, would you have an issue with the them? I know I would.
I'm pretty sure he records everything on a hand held Shure SM58 which is probably the most famous live stage mic ever but not what one would call a high dollar studio mic. That said plenty of records have been made with the SM58.
Yeah an SM58 will run you about $100 and it was the industry standard live vocal microphone for decades. I saw someone say that it might not always be the best option but it is never the wrong option.
“Bulls on parade” is in reference to the anti-war movement in the 60s and 70s “Bulls” was a term for violent cops and when “Bulls went on parade” was in reference to when the cops would attack, peaceful protests with violence
"I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library Line up to the mind cemetery now What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin' They don't gotta burn the books they just remove 'em" Fucking hard.
Come with it now! Come with it now! The microphone explodes, shattering the molds Either drop the hits like de la O, or get the fuck off the commode With the sure shot, sure to make the bodies drop Drop and don't copy yo, don't call this a co-op Terror rains drenchin', quenchin' the thirst Of the power dons, that five sided Fist-a-gon The rotten sore on the face of Mother Earth gets bigger The trigger's cold, empty your purse Rally 'round the family With a pocket full of shells They rally 'round the family With a pocket full of shells They rally 'round the family With a pocket full of shells They rally 'round the family With a pocket full of shells Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library Line up to the mind cemetery now What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin' They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells Rally 'round the family, pocket full of shells Rally 'round the family With a pocket full of shells They 'rally round the family With a pocket full of shells They rally 'round the family With a pocket full of shells They rally 'round the family With a pocket full of shells Bulls on parade Uh Come with it now! Come with it now! Bulls on parade! Bulls on parade! Bulls on parade! Bulls on parade! Bulls on parade!
In 96, I was 17. RATM was everything. Bulls on parade was a slang for the riot squad. “They rally around the family with a pocket full of shells” was a dig at the right-wing party that praises family values while at the same time receiving donations from the NRA.
"They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove them!" Words of wisdom from nearly 30 years ago!
ReDumplicans are the fascists!
30 years later that line always sticks out to me now.
It’s amazing how prescient Zach’s lyrics are.
@@joebrown5120 he’s singing about history, and it just keeps on doing its thing. Conservatives losing it and going after books and knowledge is regular as clockwork. Their music will be just as relevant in 30 years. As long as hysterical conservatives exist in droves we will have to keep dealing with this... Thought control and authoritarianism. Militarism and cop fetishization.. racist thug cops going after minorities with relentless drive.
In the 90s there was a huge push to remove evolution from the school text books.. in the 2000s they wanted to add creationism to the school curriculum…. These days they’re just openly fascistic. Trump said the other day that the US should be more like Hungary… 20% inflation and the furstest right wing nation in all or europe….
Bulls on parade.
@@joebrown5120 unfortunately easy to be prescient when things don't change
The lyrics are in reference to politicians (the bulls) preaching family values but then putting money into military instead of supporting those in need. "They rally round the family" is basically the campaign promises made, and "pocket full of shells" is military spending. 5-sided fistagon is a reference to the Pentagon.
I've been loving their cover of How I Could Just Kill A Man lately, and not too many UA-camrs have reviewed it. It's fire!
Bulls also refers to the stock market (bull/bear market) and bulls is also an old slang term for cops.
Agreed.
Interesting take on this song. I've never been completely clear about the Bulls metaphor, but my take on the "rally round the family" line is a little different. I live in Los Angeles, and when the riots were going on a few years ago, the cops only set their boundary lines in the rich neighborhoods (Beverly Hills, etc), and let the riots destroy the lower income neighborhoods. To me, "rally round the family" means that when shit hits the fans, the cops only protect the wealthy. They rally round the family (the rich) with a pocket full of shells, to protect them from us.
@@Turnabout I've always thought of the stock market analogy as well, like when stocks are on the run or "The Dow Jones skyin'...", the bulls are on parade. I'm sure there's probably a duel meaning with cops too.
Yea I think the band even confirmed at some point that “bulls” is a reference to the stock market and runaway capitalism. I could be wrong though, it’s been a long time.
They are Socialist/Anarchists, not Communists.
Criticism of Free Market capitalism and militarism.
Big difference.
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now days they rage with the machine. yes sir, ill do what you tell me.
Morello identifies as a commie.
@@Deezzer1212 And you are a bot so you should know right? Pid to post stupid comments on script. 🐑
THis is about the Military industrial complex Creating war , rallying around the family with shells" for money. They are not Calm you nests ! They want freedom from that!
@@laurencefox5884he's right. Leftist sheep and you, if you can't hear the truth.
RATM always brings the FIRE! No holds barred, straight in your face truth, no Bullshit!
"Rally Round the Family with a pocket full of shells" is about how conservative politicians (in this case Republicans) talk about rallying around the family while leaving people destitute defunding public programs in favor of arms contracts and murder.
Yeah. It's pretty obvious. Especially considering the line directly following.
"Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal"
This..
Democrats too, the only solution is to overcome the capitalist system. RATM has never been a shallow critic of the system, quite the contrary, it has always been a Marxist band
I always interpreted it as if he’s rallying around the family and they only have a pocket full of shells. Either the shells are bullets or it’s a reference to the crap and trinkets that Europeans would give natives for their land. Sometimes they would be paid in wampum shell beads which was an actual form of legal currency in the colonies.
@@thlom well considering we're almost going to get into World War III right now you would think that you would praise to Republicans to fund a ready Army you know to take on f****** what's going on in the Middle East and if China and Russia gets involved bro and Iran like dude... do you want to be strong to be able to take on any f****** possible
The 2nd verse is one of the best things I've ever heard:
Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal
I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library
Line up to the mind cemetery now
What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books they just remove 'em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells
Rally 'round the family, pockets full of shells
Totally agree 💯 I get goosebumps every time I hear that second verse.
I think people overlook the end of the first verse a lot.
Terror rains drenchin' (bombs being dropped)
Quenching the thirst of the power dons (defense contractors)
That five-sided fist-a-gon (the Pentagon)
That rotten sore on the face of Mother Earth gets bigger (the arms industry)
The triggers cold empty your purse (tax dollars being spent on the military instead of civil improvements/social goods)
It's the direct lead-in to the second verse about Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes.
@@theveteransergeant it's really a masterful set of lyrics.
The distortion on Zack's voice was meant to sound like he's shouting through a megaphone at a protest. Bulls On Parade is a protest song.
The “pocket full of shells” was zach pointing out what he believed as hypocrisy. Ie: rally around the family but believe in gun rights and supposedly be War Hawks at the same time
This exactly. Politicians preaching family values and "protect the children" while arming the nation and killing kids overseas.
The War Hawks part is more accurate, the song is about the MIC (military industrial complex). When he says "That five sided fist-a-gon" in the first verse, it's a word Zack coined, and it just refers to the pentagon as a powerful fist that war hawks use to their advantage.
Rage was revaluationary. One of the first to record their lyrics with a megaphone. Yup, thats the distortion you heard. He's singing into a mic with a megaphone lmao. And some of those sounds coming out of the guitar is a power drill across the strings while using the whammy bar.. They had to create a special guitar hero controller just to imitate that on the World Tour game lmao ❤🎉
As an almost 30 year guitar veteran (I was in high school when this came out) I learned to play the first two RATM albums beginning to end. Morello DIDN'T use a power drill for this song (or any that I'm aware of). He simply used his hand to rub back and forth on the strings while toggling between the guitars two pickups. That creates that scratching sound. There were other times where he's used an Allen wrench to rub over the strings for parts like the intro/verse to "Down Rodeo", but that's pretty much it for his use of unconventional tools used in his playing. Everytging else was done through clever manipulation of various effects pedals, and guitar controls.
As an almost 30 year guitar veteran (I was in high school when this came out) I learned to play the first two RATM albums beginning to end. Morello DIDN'T use a power drill for this song (or any that I'm aware of). He simply used his hand to rub back and forth on the strings while toggling between the guitars two pickups. That creates that scratching sound. There were other times where he's used an Allen wrench to rub over the strings for parts like the intro/verse to "Down Rodeo", but that's pretty much it for his use of unconventional tools used in his playing. Everytging else was done through clever manipulation of various effects pedals, and guitar controls.
oh dang. thanks for the update and kudos to u! Must of been a different band with a power drill. Probably had to, just to attempt to make that sounds lol.
@@optimisticgnomerz well you're not wrong about a band using a power drill as both Adam Jones from Tool and others like Motorgrater have used them with their guitars
@@optimisticgnomerz mr big with paul gilbert and billy sheehan was one of the first bands to use power driils, late 80s/early 90s
You guys need to do "down rodeo" I'm trying to see flawd break that down lol 😬
This
When my kids were very little they thought the song was about family at the beach with pockets of sea shells ! Lol. Cheers
The '90s was magical in music!
Music peaked 9/11/2001
I saw Rage and Wu Tang together at Deer Creek amphitheater back in the late 90s that whole show was so dope!!!! Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I’m a little jealous of this
Haha Deer Creek, I haven’t heard it called that in forever. I think it’s had at least two name changes since being called Deer Creek.
I miss the Deer Creek days.
What's up Hoosier? Indiana boy here too. Great venue.
I was here, Lollapolooza 1993 at Buckeye Lake. Still looking for my brain cells, lol
"Commie," more accurately socialism shouldn't be a pejorative automatically. I hope you learn more after this
Exactly this.
"a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole"
Also not communists, they are revolutionists and believe in the working class.
@@joerodriguez9228 yeah I'm not sure where they got that sh*t from. Revolutionaries, period.
Not anymore. Clinton/Harris fan boys. Super sad.
sleep now in the fire is one of my fav songs from them
I love metal, and I don't know if you'd call it that, but the riffs are so INSANELY heavy and groovy it's impossible not to headbang 🤩
do their live performance of "Testify" in London if you haven't, that shit is fire.
Love how u guys just jump into it!! No bs intros just "rage against the machine..bulls on parade" and in..lol love it..might have found my fav reactors
My favorite reaction to this song!!!!! You guys are the bestest ever!!!
They are not communist bro. RATM has always been political talking against corrupt government. I saw comment here that states they sold out, no they did not. You want to hear a GREAT song from RATM, listen to first song that made them known..."Killing In The Name Of" then let me know if they are communists.
They were espousing state sanctioned talking points. They are the machine. Cope harder buddy.
I don’t think a lot of you guys understand what communism is
They were against capitalism and the Rich and wall Street and on and on, meanwhile two of the bandmembers have net worth's that exceed that of George Bush Jr., wealth acquired through their music and other ventures associated with it. I'm all for it, make that money, but you can't make 10's of millions of dollars through capitalism and be ok with it when it is your money, but anyone else is "bad". I love their music still, but the passing of time showed that the message turned out to be BS.
@@grivera071073 if you knew what a communist is, you would know 3 of them are, except Brad who is a anarchist
@@Whiskey0880 another anti-vax freak
They are from Cali - there talking about social awareness. Seems nobody paid attention, so here we are .
They are the machine.....
@@Whiskey0880sorry they let you down, just enjoy it for what it was
I wish their snl performance would stay up on YT, it’s legendary
I was you two's age when this came out loved it then, love it now!❤
if you want a rap group with the guitarist, Boots Reilly and Tom Morello did Street Sweeper Social Club. and Zach De La Rocha, the lead singer, did some BANGER songs with Run the Jewels.
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I don't think many reaction channels have watched anything by 'The Coup', Boots Riley is an incredible lyricist and film maker.
@@petergale7204 ...I don't know about the The Coup, but I can't find a single reactor that's done a Street Sweepers Social Club song, it's a shame too, "Clap For The Killers" is such a dope track, @FlawdTV would LOVE it!!
I second that motion, good call!! I might add the track Zack did with KRS-One and The Last Emperor "CIA", also, that's a dope track that still holds up today.
This song was written about government spending on the military and the stock market. Bulls on parade, referring to the bulls buying up military industrial complex stocks skyrocketing the stock market.
Check out the Lyric video for their song Wake Up... phenomenal.
Tom Morello (lead guitar) is insane. So good to see the RATM love! Take care, fam!
Every single song they did, beginning 32 years ago, still rings true to this day. That's both praise to a band and an absolute indictment of the society they released it to.
Im so glad I got to see them in LA back in 2010. Best concert ever
I loved RATM's first album, it was absolute fire. But this is imo their best song. The way it just explodes in your face from the get go is unreal. Fantastic musical experience
Bulls on Parade is an economical reference
a few of the band members including that guitarist, tom morello, got together with a couple of the soundgarden dudes, including chris cornell, and created the band audioslave
They covered Cypress Hills-How I Could Just @#'ll a Man.Crazy good
Young folks these days just don't know. Old heads always been about this.
Bulls on Parade is code for the cops are in action but the metaphor can be used multiple ways within the context of the song, imo.
Saw all these shows live. Followed rage from the beginning to the end. The energy at there live shows . Can't come close to explain the feeling
This song deals with the US military, their greedy money spending, 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". They believe all military/governments no matter from which country are greedy pigs who only care about the rich elite and not the average citizen. De La Rocha said about the American government, ""American democracy is inverted when your only choice is between wealthy representatives of the privileged classes." You'll see this throughout many of their songs.
This song still gives me chills
The battle of los angelas is such a good album
One of their best for sure, I listened to it A LOT when it dropped.
I always took the song to talk about the military spending in America, the bulls on parade part referring to them displaying their armament, but idk
been a RATM fan for many years, and even though there is a lot of their political ideology that I do not agree with, there talent is something I think is undeniable. The entire group is extremely talented (drums, bass, guitar, vocal/lyrics).
Zack drops real knowledge!✊🏼
Rally 'round the family with a pocketful of shells, is a way of saying that politicians always preach having family values, while also being pro-war. Also using those pocketful of shells to scare your family into compliance and submission.
One of the incredibly few reactions to see Tom scratching and see it for what it is ❤❤❤
Love how y'all noticed the guitar scratching. The first time I was exposed to this song was as a young child riding around town with my dad in his mustang. Never noticed how significantly talented that part was until now.
"Down Rodeo" is the Jam! 💚🤙
I saw these guys almost 20 years ago at Rock the Bells with Wu-Tang Clan & Jedi Mind Tricks, and others, but those are the only performances I remember from it. Great show though!❤
Dude… funny to watch the younger generations think ‘what the fuck is this?!’
Saw RATM (supported by Tool) play a 200 standing only venue in Glasgow, Scotland back in 1993… was 20 years old… blew my fucking mind! 🤯
Bulls are the government on parade, we are the family
Can we take a moment on how those snare drums sound like auto fire every once in a while?
Pistol grip pump is my fav cover they've done
We could sure use these guys today.
so happy uve found rage.. its a must to bring up lyric videos with them...check out 'wake up 'and everyone should really start with 'killing in the name.'..from 92 couldnt be more revelant today...
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I LOOOOÒOOOVE that Rage is making a comeback right now!!! People are starting appreciate the brilliance of them!!❤❤❤❤
saw these guys 4 times back in the 90s and easily one of my favorite bands of all time
...."even though they're communist."
You'll never fundamentally understand Rage if this is front & center in your mind while listening to "Bulls on Parade."
🤬ing hell, man.
When people champion communism, I call them communists.
Hey guys I’m 58 and I’m still rocking with this band.Check out a live concert justify or anything they do is good.Peace
Listen to the whole evil empire album it will blow your mind! RATM is one of a kind
god i miss some rage "they dont gotta burn books the they just remove em" love to see you so deserve on here
Saw rage in 1993 in phx AZ A small club cald the grind. The 90z music movement was the best time music ever
The guitarist joined up with B Real and Chuck D to create a group called Prophets of rage check them out. Everything was 🔥 in the 90’s music wise sux y’all grew up in the wrong era but all sure AF would have fit right in with all of us. Keep keepn it real 👊🏼
You should check out a little thing Zack did with a band called One Day as a Lion the song is called "Wild International" or any of the songs he has done with Run the Jewels is fire. Really anything Run the Jewels touches is dope.
Seconded. Zac should be made a 3rd member of rtj. Close your eyes and count to fuck is magma fire
this song is wicked good. most of their songs are though. you should listen to "killing in the name of"
I think he should wait a couple more songs before that one, at least he didn't do it first though, so wouldn't be that big of deal. It's just that I've see sooooo many reactors, who I know for a fact would love their catalog of music, listen to "Killing In The Name" first, and they like it ok, but they had heard Zack could spit, and that song, as epic as it is, has something like 27 words in the whole song, and just repeats, so for a first timer looking for bars, they often don't revisit the band after that.
The vocals have that angry speaking with a megaphone at the protest sound to them.
Fist full of steal- bomb track- No shelter - People of the sun- Down Rodeo with lyrics
Many way to listen to Rage, audio, live, video and very important with the words, and make long reaction stopping every line😂😂, have fun
He's talking about politicians that espouse family values when it suits them.
I think the pocket full of shells is just put in place of "a pocket full of posies" like in the nursery rhyme ring around the rosy.
So you get "rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells" instead of "ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies".
These lyrics were absolutely key to my youth. I started to learn how the world works.
"wake up" is my fav. fistful of steel, calm like a bomb, bullet in the head, guerilla radio are also good ones
I love RATM since I was 13 years old, in 1993. And I especially love them, because they are Communists! ❤
You should check out Prophets of Rage, its basically RATM but with Chuck D and Breal as the vocalists. Another very political band which i can do without but definitely worth listening to for just the musical talent of the band. If you like RATM then you will like these guys as well more than likely.
Prophets of Rage was a lame money grab trying to 'capital'ize on all the viral zombie anti-Trump movements while Tom shilled for the Democrats. Glad Zack didn't tie his name to it.
Tommy wrote most of the songs, Zach has a way of delivering the lyrics....... glad to be able to have seen them and influenced by them
I'm so happy to see Rage getting some love again. I've been a fan forever and their music is still very relevant
Down Rodeo
Down Rodeo
Down Rodeo
Did I mention you should do their track “Down Rodeo”??😏
Rally around the family with a pocket full of shells is talking about the government talking about family values yet they are preparing for war.
They are anarchists, not communists
Rage were way ahead of their time fucking shit up since around 92
They're not communist. They're for anybody who stands against an oppressive government. And their music is undeniably dope.
They love communism
@@FlawdTV Communist fight for freedom just like people who believe in Democracy . You're speaking as if all people who live in a Communist or Socialist community don't want to be there. This is the first video I watched of yours, so I don't know what your beliefs are. But If you believe in freedom and the ability to fight for it then I know you understand. If Russia was a Democracy and they were acting the way they are, would you have an issue with the them? I know I would.
You sticking up for Communism?
Alright, I’ma head out.
@@FlawdTV ✊🇺🇸
Don’t like RAM but love me some Flawd and Meaux! Keep up the good work y’all.
❤❤❤❤❤ FLAWDSKWAD!!!!
RATM has always been my favorite band! Even named my first son Rage. To bad they have been fooled by the democratic party in this country.
You named him rage? My god man.
I see PROF on the end of the video!! Definitely need to do some PROF Reaction!
The van broke up at one point and the band came Audioslave with a new lead singer
I was a sophomore in Highschool when this album came out
Dayum, I was 28 in 96. No, not old. Experienced, my young padawan's! 😎
I'm pretty sure he records everything on a hand held Shure SM58 which is probably the most famous live stage mic ever but not what one would call a high dollar studio mic. That said plenty of records have been made with the SM58.
Yeah an SM58 will run you about $100 and it was the industry standard live vocal microphone for decades. I saw someone say that it might not always be the best option but it is never the wrong option.
Gotta listen to Bullet In The Head and Down Rodeo!
I Grew Up On RATM I Was A 90s Teen Politically They Are More Left Wing Socialist!!
They hold up today period!
Listen to, “killing in the name“. It will answer some questions.
As long as your anti capitalist, I'm down with you
“Bulls on parade” is in reference to the anti-war movement in the 60s and 70s “Bulls” was a term for violent cops and when “Bulls went on parade” was in reference to when the cops would attack, peaceful protests with violence
Who ever said they where communists? As far as I knew they where anarchists. Maybe I'm wrong.
"I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library
Line up to the mind cemetery now
What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books they just remove 'em"
Fucking hard.
They were huge when i was a teenager in Brazil
Come with it now!
Come with it now!
The microphone explodes, shattering the molds
Either drop the hits like de la O, or get the fuck off the commode
With the sure shot, sure to make the bodies drop
Drop and don't copy yo, don't call this a co-op
Terror rains drenchin', quenchin' the thirst
Of the power dons, that five sided Fist-a-gon
The rotten sore on the face of Mother Earth gets bigger
The trigger's cold, empty your purse
Rally 'round the family
With a pocket full of shells
They rally 'round the family
With a pocket full of shells
They rally 'round the family
With a pocket full of shells
They rally 'round the family
With a pocket full of shells
Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal
I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library
Line up to the mind cemetery now
What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells
Rally 'round the family, pocket full of shells
Rally 'round the family
With a pocket full of shells
They 'rally round the family
With a pocket full of shells
They rally 'round the family
With a pocket full of shells
They rally 'round the family
With a pocket full of shells
Bulls on parade
Uh
Come with it now!
Come with it now!
Bulls on parade!
Bulls on parade!
Bulls on parade!
Bulls on parade!
Bulls on parade!
One Day As Lion....Zach is vocals in this band as well
In 96, I was 17. RATM was everything.
Bulls on parade was a slang for the riot squad.
“They rally around the family with a pocket full of shells” was a dig at the right-wing party that praises family values while at the same time receiving donations from the NRA.
They were everything "except", MTV's New Band of the Year, losing out to Limp Bizkit. 😂
Zach and Ren have to be my 2 fav writers! FREEDOM!