I headbang for the first time! Rage Against The Machine Vocal ANALYSIS of "Know Your Enemy"!
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"Know Your Enemy" by Rage Against The Machine may seem as prevalent as ever, and I have to say this is the first time that the music riffs got to me - so much so that I caught myself nodding along. Is that headbanging? Can it be that Rage Against The Machine has made me a metalhead?
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Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Rage Against The Machine performing "Know Your Enemy" for the first time, Live at Finsbury Park, London in 2010.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Though Tool's debut EP came out in March 1982 and Rage debut album was Nivember 1992, Rage hit it big first. It's truly interesting that when Maynard has hus guest vocals, Rage completely changes their sound and sound like Tool, but more like Tool would later sound like than how they did on Opiate. Tom Morello knew Adam Jones from school and introduced him to Maynard and that's how Adam ended up in Tool.
@@johncampbell756 RATM has turned back on the people and become part of the Machine. Such a shame
NO Thanks they are cons
Elizabeth you are the best... thank you for teaching me so much about my favorite bands... keep flying high
You should check out T-Pain's "On Top of the Covers" (Live from the Sun Rose) performance. I knew that he had a good voice but no idea how good it truly was until I heard him cover these songs, especially Tennessee Whiskey.
Context; this footage is from the 2010 free concert the band threw in London UK after a grass-roots campaign got "Killing in the name of" to the Xmas #1 chart the previous year.
After years of Simon Cowell's "X-factor" reality talent show dominating the Xmas #1 chart slot due to the show ending right before Xmas, a group of people decided to start a campaign to get an angry song with swearing in it to #1 instead.
A multi-media campaign began and quickly went viral, with the Facebook group of the campaign topping out at 1.2 million members.
Self-appointed activists spent their own money on printing leaflets and stickers, or renting billboards to promote the campaign.
That year, the UK charts had announced that they would be counting digital downloads and not just physical media so that made the job easier.
What also helped was that "Killing in the name of" was a song from 1992, had never been re-released and only cost 40 pence to download.
With the 2009 financial crisis also biting hard, homelessness was hitting the headlines so the campaign group began suggesting that if you downloaded the song for 40 pence, perhaps you could donate 60 pence to Shelter, one of the largest homeless charities in the UK.
When RATM eventually heard of the campaign they gave it full support, promising a free show if they won.
The track won, the free concert was thrown and over £100,000 was raised for charity.
But that was not the end of the story. Many campaigners organised their own miniature music festivals, public meet-ups and other charity events, keeping the fundraising going for many years afterwards.
Some even got so involved that they entered local politics to make a difference that way.
Lasting friendships and romantic relationships formed.
It was much more than just a novelty "get a sweary song to #1" effort.
Yeah. I was very proud of us that year! It never seems to pop up on Christmas play lists though. Shame!
Such a shame we ended up where we are 😢
@@thatsbod1041 Tell me about it. The biggest joke in the West
Yep! I was there and remember this track in particular! Epic free show and what a vibe!
What an epic gig that was! Best free gig I’ve ever been to, the feeling, the energy, the vibe & of course the music! Glad to have been one of the foot soldiers who stuck it to the man that Christmas!
Whenever you hear some strange but super cool noise in a RATM tune, it's probably just Tom Morello doing guitar sorcery.
I love wizards!
👍👍👍
@@TheCharismaticVoice If you haven't, listen to the studio version also, while they can do tricks and layers etc. that album have a bunch of great solos, he comes somewhat close to it here live but still add some differences.
I read an interview in which he states he was poor starting out and didn't have the money for expensive guitar effects. Instead he taught himself to do self-made guitar effects without all the fancy stomp boxes.
@@donnazasgoat2274That checks out.
In 1998 I wrote my senior thesis based solely on this song. Vodka was flowing and Rage was jamming, got it done in one night and got an A on it.
Ayyy thats whats up
Respect-that’s what’s up
Sound awesome
Thats a thesis I want to read
i second the above, i want to read it too. :)
The ending "all of which are American dreams" I feel hits so much harder in the album version if you haven't listened to it, it's a must.
And it hits so much harder knowing that the last ~20 years have reinforced the sentiment.
"You know why it's called the American dream? Because you've got to be asleep to believe in it." - George Carlin 👍
Just a reminder: to avoid an accidental injury you should always warm up your neck before headbanging
yes, warm up your neck by headbanging
Won't help the brain damage, but it's a good thought.
This is so true! Also limit mosh pits and crowd surfing after 30
The warm up for a pit, is the walk to the gig 😅🤘
You start by head banging via your shoulders, then slowly work up to the neck.
"He has conviction even when just talking" thats actually the simplest most accurate way someones ever said that
The conviction comes from being on the right side of the fight ✊🏼
@@rustikoo79 I love the guy cuz they were once asked by an organizer to keep it family friendly. And ofc he sang fuck you I won't do what u told me. Since then I just have mad respect for the guy🤣
Rage Against The Machine's self-titled album is a masterpiece. It's packed full of energy, power, innovation, groove, and headbanging riffs. Glorious.
I was there! It was absolutely wild. It was a mosh pit 30k people back. I went home battered and bruised and loved every minute of it
Righteous.
Me too! :)
Same, jumped in the 1st song and feet didn't touch the floor for 3 minutes - awesome gig
I could hurt myself in my living room with how hard I’m thrashing my body around with no one to push me back 😂
Don’t get me wrong, I love Tom’s guitar playing, but he gets a lot of love and I think sometimes that Brad and Tim don’t quite get the love they deserve. Brad’s drumming is so punchy and in the pocket. Tim’s bass grooves are so tasty and his tone is unique. The band is just so great, modern masters for sure!
Totally. And I love what Tom does, but I did try to give Brad and Tim some love in this analysis too. They're absolutely fantastic!
@@TheCharismaticVoice Yes, for sure you did give them some love! I wrote the comment as I was starting the video, just as a general lament about their being under represented. As you were talking about them in the video I really appreciated hearing you bring them up, and basically echo my sentiment (though your descriptions were more eloquent and, well, descriptive). Thanks again for a great analysis Elizabeth, I love what you do!
Yes! As a drummer, Brad Wilk is a HUGE influence. He and Tim lay down such raw grooves, it’s impossible to listen to Rage and not move your head.
I agree completely the whole band was super talented even as audioslave
Without Brad and Tim laying down the rhythm Tom's awesome guitar work and Zak's vocals simply could not fly!
Metal Dudes 'n' Metal Dudettes, mission accomplished: opera singer headbanging 🙌
this is punk, bro
@@Genesis-fy3cp No it's not, Rage is it's own genre at this point. It's a mix of rock, metal, rap, funk and so on.
@@Genesis-fy3cp Punk is too narrow. So is metal. And hip hop for that matter. There really isn't a single category to place RATM in.
I would agree, RATM is its own unique genre, there isnt really any other band like them, perhaps they fall under Nu Metal, but even that is too narrow.
However, Opera and classical music have similar mindset to that of Metalheads, hence why Metallica did S+M
@@Mitsunari4Gunz no its rebellion. and rebellion is punk. ask anyone in LA
This band literally woke me up. In high school in the 90s I was a typical teenager in small town West Virginia, slightly primed for them by my parents listening to a lot of 60s music, and the lyrics totally blew my mind. Changed my whole view of the world. Got into a bunch of old punk (Bad Religion especially) and started reading political science texts, and got super heavy into social justice movements.
When I hear people today say Rage Against the Machine went woke, I laugh so hard. What they are really saying is they never actually listened to them. Lol.
As someone who has liked RATM since i was 14 or something 30 years ago the idea of calling RATM "woke" is just bizarre. Theyre militant, theyre not even on a political scale todays social media culture warriors can understand.
Exactly. Rage never changed their message. These idiots just stopped listening.
or, we have a different opinion. I guess your parents didn't teach you that part.. RATM are hypocrites to the enth degree. I get that you love them, but that's based on emotion.. everything zak says he is against, he is about. they got booo'd the last time I saw them. just another "political band" that really only did it for record sales.
Literally. The vision that won't escape my thoughts is that of MAGA Trumpers on 2020 election night wearing TBL flags as capes "moshing" and singing to Killing In the Name while police keep them safe and separate in their buffoonery. How absolutely tone-deaf if them.
"What 'Machine' did those people think they were raging against? The dishwasher?"
Tom Morello is the most unique guitarist of all time. Saw these guys live at one of their 4 reunion concerts: The Battle of Alpine Valley in Wisconsin. Traffic was backed up for miles and we almost didn't make it in time. The place was packed and the air was ELECTRIC! You could actually feel the energy! I've been to dozens of concerts and that was a one time experience.
What, the land of the free?
Whoever told you that is your enemy!
The sheer lyrical power of this band is top tier.
That's the line that always gets me most
That is such a powerful lyric!
whoever convinced him that this ISN'T the land of the free is the enemy.
@@DHFHades Start by thanking the citizens of Irvine CA. You might want to interrogate the local law enforcement there for additional clues. While I would rather live in America than anywhere else, there are a great many myths and illusions that bear consideration, reflection and rigorous challenge. Freedom isn't free. Taken for granted, its just moar rhetoric to keep the masses silent, while business as usual just grinds on.
You are right. You have found the enemy. Those that would exploit the 'American Dream' at the cost of the freedom of others must be outed. Exposed. Driven forth and never forgotten.
Ah, fancy meeting you here :)
Rage are musical alchemy, when those four men play together on a stage, f'ing magic happens.
And it has to be those 4. I expected Audioslave to be a slam dunk but it just didn't ever fully click.
I was in a RATM cover band for 13 years. One of only 3 in the nation at the time. They are my favorite by far.
At 10:30 Tim and Tom were already basically playing the same riff, but at that point Tom was using a special pick-technique, where you let your thumb lightly touch (sort of mute) the string right after the pick also strums that string, that causes very high upper harmonics to ring through, instead of the base-note he's playing.
At 12:25 it's called a hammer/pull technique. You don't use your right had on the strings, but just by hammering your left-hand fingers hard on the strings,/fretboard or aggressively pulling them off (nearly just bending the string), it also causes the strings to vibrate. You can do the same ofcourse with your right hand on the fretboard, or even combine both hands, which is what happens a lot with fast solo's.
Good explanations for those without guitar experience! You broke it down in simple terms without it bring simplistic. Not many people can do that. I hope you are a music teacher. Cheers!
Sounds like he's using a half-cocked wah during the verses too.
I can't get this out of my head now😂
RATM guitarist: "I... am an enchanter."
Liz: "By what name are you known?"
RATM Guitarist: "There are some who call me... Tim"
You win the comment section. Bravo, my good dude.
😜gold
😄 well done
LMFAO
Zach says "As we move into 92" and I'm reminded it's been 30 years since I saw these lads in concert. I think my back hurts just a little bit more, now.
🍻 I saw them in '92, and I am freaking tired, man. 😅
There is a documentary on this concert.
In England, they have a contest for the Christmas/ holiday song of the year.
Some guy who was tired of Simon Cowell type talent winning each year started a drive for RATM Know Your Enemy. (Edit cause I'm an idiot. It was Killing in the Name)
Rage heard about it and said they would play a free concert if their song won.
That's why Zack said it was all yall that made this happen, you were the weapon.
This is absolutely fascinating!!! Go people of the UK! First, a free RATM concert, then Boaty McBoatface!
Actually, it was "Killing In The Name", not "Know Your Enemy". But close...
Wow I actually double checked the song before I wrote the post and then brain farted.
FACE PALM!!!
THANKS I'LL EDIT.
@@TheCharismaticVoiceif we ever get our shiz together in a sustained way, good luck world!
The guy who started the campaign was Jon Morter, I’ve met him, he came to DJ at my metal night back around 2010 😊 I was at this free concert too!
22:54 The exact moment Elizabeth became "One of us". I'm so proud.😁
One of us! One of us! One of us!
That whole album is great. I think my favourite track on it is "Wake Up", which is great fun to play on bass.
As an aside, the "mechanical" noise, in the intro and towrads the end of the lead break, is Morello using the pickup selector in ways which the manufacturer didn't intend. To make this work, he needs a guitar on which each pickup has its own volume control: max out one of them and keep the other turned low to get that effect.
Have to comment again. It was, I think 1994 when I started listening to them. Me, 16, not finding meaningful belonging to this society. THEIR music gave me a place to feel save and less strange. 30 years later I still feel that comfort and obviously the need to bang my head and "sing" along. So powerful
You might also like a UK band from the same era.
Senser. Have a look at
State of mind
No comply
Age of Panic
Eject
@@krs4976 Age of Panic is classic
And becoming more and more relevant as days go by.
"Land of the Free? Whoever told you that, is your enemy." Great lyric!
Also, Tom Morello basically turned the guitar into a science lab.
I cannot even begin to image the rush they must feel up on stage when the whole crowd is all right with them, must be one of the coolest experiences ever.
Mosh pits were awesome
I've been to hundreds of metal shows been in hundreds of pits and walls of death but seeing Rage Against the Machine as a teenager in the mid-90s was probably the craziest crowd feeling ever I felt like I was at the wildest protest rally
They were pure unadulterated power in the 90's, the atmosphere at their shows was something else, something very special.
These pits were incredible from '91-'94. Got smashed in the face at Butthole Surfers pit - and lovwd every momenr giving it right back
Probably my favorite RATM song. This whole album hits so hard start to finish.
Great reaction!
"What? _'The land of the free?'_ Whoever told you that is your enemy... Yes, I know my enemies: They're the teachers who taught me to fight _me._
Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite: All of which are American dreams..."
"Action must be taken. We don't need the key we'll _break in."_
🤘🤘
Thanks Elizabeth! 🤣🤣 did you feel the passion in the audience? The thing about Rage gigs is that practically everyone has memorized all the words, so when they play live the whole audience is pumping and bouncing and rocking! There is so much pent up frustration in these songs, and people identify with that so much. But that last section after the solo where everything kicks off with that grooving riff at the end is so sick! When I think this came out in 1992 it's still so fresh today. I think Rage sums up all that was good about music in the 90s. Never fails to get me pumped up and ready to go ape! We will still be listening to this band hundreds of years from now. Legendary.
This is my FAVOURITE rage song. It has three of the best riffs ever created, all in one place!
And to hear Morello hitting all those artificial harmonics when playing it live is insane!
I also got the goosebumps. Thanks for listening to this together.
That concert was a free event to celebrate "Killing in The Name Of" beating the X-Factor to the UK 2009 Christmas number one! I was there and still have the T-Shirt which reads
Rage 1
Cowell 0
The "Mechanical" noise he makes with his guitar is him turning his guitars output on and off while it's playing in a way to kinda replicate how scratching works on turntables
He actually did scrath in bulls on parade...
It seems like maybe he has a kill switch on that guitar. Either way, he knows how to work with the sound of his guitar.
@@JamesSmith-uc8tk He actually does it the old-school way. He has two pickups with separate volume controls. One is cranked and the other is at 0. The switch he is hitting is a pickup selector and hes going back and forth between them.
pretty sure he also makes it sound like a machine gun
Killswitch Engaged
Was at this concert. Amazing experience. The crowd went wild after the concert and were climbing on top of the London busses and all sorts.
Me and members of my group saw them open for Public Enemy in 1992 in Eugene, Oregon, on the Apocalypse 91 tour. None of us knew who they were. We walked in and Zack was literally flying, bouncing four feet off the ground in leaps and bounds. It was this athletic thing to behold. Ironic that it was exactly that same move that kept me from seeing them live again 30 years later.
The shivers… that’s resonance, that’s the pure passionate conviction, of a message that touches our humanity, our desire for collaboration over endless competition.
ooof yeah. Nearly 30 years on and I still get it when hearing certain RATM songs/lyrics. One that still gets me every single time is Freedom of the debut album. The lyrics hit like tiny minuscule stabs of adrenaline, feeding up and up, and then the breakdown hits: screaming rage that travels through your whole body 💜😈🔥🤘
Tim Commerford inspired me to play bass, which I’ve been playing for 24 years now. He’s still my favorite bass player.
Same here. His bass lines are never super technical or too much, he goes in, plays his grooves and gets everything moving. Just the perfect example of not doing too much and still having an impact.
@@MrIAgreeToDisagree 100% Perfect baselines to learn when you are starting (not too hard) and feel awesome while playing because they are so cool.
Testify from this concert is my favorite. Possibly my favorite live performance of all time. So much energy.
I was at this concert! And this is my all time favourite RATM song! I lost my sh*t as you may imagine 😅
Also, yes you are correct with regards to the Maynard part, Tool were recording in the same studio as Rage and they asked if he'd like to be on the song...iconic!
I love this song. I like the studio version because Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan is on vocals during the bridge section, and Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins playing additional percussion.
I read that, and now I have to listen to the studio version on my own time!
@@TheCharismaticVoiceI'd watch your reaction to the studio version as well if you posted it. Also please react to more Chris Cornell.
@@TheCharismaticVoiceMaynard’s vocals on the studio track add an amazing complement to the song. It’s worth checking out.
I didn't know Perkins was on it too. What percussion did he actually play?
Now that's a thought...Elizabeth hasn't met Jane's Addiction yet.
I was hoping you would have picked one of the videos with Maynard doing his part live, but this version is good quality with both the video and audio. The energy this band had in concert was incredible.
This version is absolutely amazing, and I like using Mercury Studios versions (Gigs) as they've remastered all of their live performances!
I would love to see you do Joey by Concrete Blonde. I don’t think there are any good live versions, but her singing I stunning
Gotta hear this one as the studio version. That “anvil to the stomach” is more like and atom bomb….
@@TheCharismaticVoice But you missed Maynard!! lol
You have quickly become my favorite youtube channel, by far! As a lifelong multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, I LOVE seeing you pick apart songs I love (and songs I've never heard!) with such nuance and such an educated perspective. You've even helped me find new ways to explain and explore things with my vocal students :)
I would *love* to see you listen to "Say Hello 2 Heaven" by Temple of the Dog - Chris Cornell was so young, but his voice was SO damn powerful and his range just tears me apart. If nothing else, give it a listen with your eyes closed and no distraction, you'll be glad you did.
Thank you so much for what you do! Also, your conversion into a metalhead has been glorious to watch, haha! Keep it up and rock on 🤘
Your analyses always give me new perspective on my favourite songs, and this is another one of those moments, thank you. That concert in Finsbury Park is one of those concerts I wish I had attended, and this performance is monumental, especially when it comes to Know Your Enemy, which is my go-to song for many occasions in my life. Thank you again for that accurate analysis.
Check out "Freedom". Album version for full vocal impact and range.
Know your Enemy is easily top 3 RATM for me, always has been. Thank your for the shoutout to Brad Wilk, one of the most underrated drummers in rock history IMHO, he was and still is savage behind the kit.
I came back to watch this again. I'm just so proud of her. I've watched her reactions and interviews for a while now. I've never seen anyone who just loves music, all of it, with such enthusiasm (good grief I spelled that right). She's adorable too.
Thank you so much for your videos. It's a joy to watch you get giddy over songs that I have loved for so long. And your analyses makes me appreciate their musicianship all the more!
Rage just has such power. It's almost scary. Glad you did this one. Keep on going with them. They are all masters at the instruments, including the vocals.
I literally just rewatched both previous RATM reactions yesterday and thought how great it would be to get Know Your Enemy next and here it is.
Also looking forward to more Ghost reactions.
I will do more Ghost I think in the future. I did analyze their latest performance of "Phantom of the Opera" but put it over on the Patreon. It might be later this year when I get back to them!
@@TheCharismaticVoiceSquare hammer is probably their biggest hit. Very catchy riff
@@BulkersRuleZThere are a lot of songs that are more vocally interesting than Square Hammer (which is a great song, but there's not a lot there to dig into in the vocals). Out of the officially recorded live performances, something like the Call Me Little Sunshine performance on Jimmy Kimmel, for instance, would be great. The backing vocals alone are doing a lot there.
@@TheCharismaticVoiceYear Zero is their best song (in my not so humble opinion) 🔥
@@jaynahoffacker2557 She did Mary on a Cross which is kind of an outlier and then Cirice which is kind of slow and heavy so, for me, I think something upbeat and poppy like Square Hammer or Dance Macabre would be great to do next.
Yaaahhh!! This whole concert life at Finsbury Park was sooo sick. Been watching this almost daily for a long time. Thanks for doing this one!
Glad you finally made it to this one. I feel this song gets their message across better than their others.
Yes I know my enemies, they are the teachers who though me to fight me
Renegades Of Funk
Jam sucker
@@StevenTwoTwo jam sucka...now groove sucka
@@stephenm8725 Groove sucka! Say dance sucka!.
@@StevenTwoTwo dance sucka...say move sucka
One of your best videos yet! Thank you! ❤
One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands at an iconic show. So sad I missed the live premiere but ecstatic I get to relive listening to this with new ears with your analysis. Such a powerful group with a stellar catalog. Freedom is another great of theirs in any decade.
I never thought I would use this word in the same sentence as RATM but watching you geek out over them was frickin adorable. Loved it!
I discovered them soon after the album came out. Can’t remember what introduced me to them, but OMG the album blew me away. The energy and anger. Tom’s amazing guitars. Brilliant!
Love your reaction! I love your passion about what you are listening to and about music in general!
I finally got to see Rage 30 years after their debut in 2022. Even with Zach sitting on a box due to his torn achilles, it was one of the most electrifying shows I've ever seen. Just sheer brutality! MSG 🤘🤘🤘
What an insanely good performance. I wish I'd gotten to see them live at some point.
Sound is ageless and for the ages. Knowing how to interpret it, is the key, to the gift. You provide the intellect to the masses. Thank you.
This was brilliant, watching you enjoy it so much was hilarious and amazing, love me some rage
RatM has been one of my fav bands of all time, when Audioslave came to Cuba it was the closest thing we had to listening to RatM, and they did a couple of songs from both previous bands, I love Chris voice but the strong commanding voice of Zack in their songs is unparalleled, my friends will hold me every time RatM would start in any venue because they knew I will go directly to the mosh-pit, glad you feel the same energy to start headbanging
That truth bomb at the end hits hard
I’ve always wondered why they removed “ignorance” from the list at the end 🤔
I get chills when I hear it!!!! “ALL OF WHICH ARE AMERICAN DREAMS” and he repeats it like 8 times. Zack is the master of the repeat, he drives his message home, you will hear him.
I used to sing this song in a cover band when I was 15, so much fun
I love this metal journey that you're on. Not only am I a metal head, I love opera too. Music brings everyone together!
All time favorite band, glad you highlighted Rage!!!!!
Looking forward to this. Just a shout out that today we have lost one of the most unique voices of the 70s. RIP Steve Harley. I’m sure many would recommend come up and see me, make me smile or cockney rebels version of here comes the sun but always preferred Sebastian or Tumbling down. Such a unique voice.
Confidence is what he's got I love singers who talk to the crowd before a performance
Absolutely impossible to not get angry/hyped/fist bumping when listening to this complete MONSTER of a song. My favorite among so many favorites by RATM.
I recommend listening to more of their album tracks. Not that they are not great live (they are), but there is more nuance in those album tracks -- especially with Zack's vocals.
Yep. I have to agree. Particularly for a first listen. Far too often people react to live versions of songs for some reason, and the exposure experience is lost. I fully understand why musicians want to listen to live versions, as a musician myself, but, without the correct context, the impression isn't accurate.
Yep. They sound shockingly good live. But their album tracks hit so hard because they are so precise and deliberate, and Zack‘s message really comes through when you hear his full lyrics, and not the Adlibs and stuff he does for the audience and live versions
Especially this song, for Maynard's scream alone.
I agree, the studio version of all thier songs are so perfectly crafted to deliver their message with absolute precision that gets lost in the chaos on the live performances
Also the BPM is lower here, but maybe not during the first 4-10 bars. Tom starts off in what seems to be the correct tempo and then when the drum beat and bass joins in they just for some weird reason lower the BPM in a way that seems to be to NOT be on purpose.
I mean it could be on purpose, because playing live is much more difficult so many bands have actually done that throughout history. It's probably less common now with IEM click tracks and because every band knows they're being filmed and recorded, but before the 2010s it definitely was normal. Source: I was a sound/lights operator at several large music festivals.
My favorite RATM song is Renegades of Funk. The sound of it just energizes me to the nth power!
Weird Al’s Polka version is also great
I wholeheartedly agree!
As much as I've loved RATM since the 90s and enjoy all their albums, Renegades is the one I play most often these days :)
It's a cover, though. I like it, but they have to split credit.
They (Rage Against the Machine) pull off a sound that pierces my heart. It's beyond skill level, it's about being true artists with a vision and a message.
Your exit to this was hilarious. Liked and subscribed.
I would love to see an analysis of Let The Truth Speak by Earthside. I think the composition is masterful and the vocal performance by Daniel Tompkins (clean and harsh vocals) and Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh (operatic spiritual vocalizing) is breathtaking. And the cinematic music . (metal instruments, strings...) simply great.
Good choice
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I was at this gig with a load of friends.The tickets were free and limited...was unbelievable
Remember seeing them in 2022 at the Festival d'Été du Québec. Has to be one of my most memorable shows ever. Their energy is unmatched. Not to mention it was my first ever festival. And at the time, Zach was injured so he couldn't stay up to walk around and jam with us. He was sat the entire time. But sat or not he was incredible.
So powerful, fires me up every time
I saw them in Chicago with Black Star opening, and the main floor was just swirling mosh pits in constant Brownian motion. I was glad I was in the balcony! Such a great show.
I was at that show. My 1st time seeing them. Great show indeed.
Great reaction as always! I do hope you get around to the two new Aurora songs that she has released. “Your Blood” and “Conflict of the Mind” are incredible new takes on her sound while still being so unique to her. Thanks!
Rage is still so singular; they’ve influenced many, but few, if any have been able to replicate their sound. Great video!
This song gives me goosebumps every time
Amazing band, so underrated
underrated? what freaking reality did you make up for yourself?
@@diggie9598 i just mean by today's standards more people should be aware of them
@@marcwright8395 What method did you use in order to find out about how many are aware of them?
Welp, never saw this performance before and I am covered in goosebumps.
It's so amazing, right?!
Was my first time seeing it. Everyone was on point, even the crowd. The way they delivered the last line was insane
Just want to say, this analysis was even better using this live performance. I hadn't thought about this song in a long time. This was great!
You are putting into words my immense love for Rage and i thank you for it.
4:57 for those that don’t know, Zack is a Zapatista and comes from a long line of Zapatistas. He really is about that life.
Haha, what a joke. A true Zapatista would never shill for the globalists and the international pharmaceutical companies like these hacks have been doing for years. Are you kidding me? Ratm has become a total joke, an absolute parody of their message. Zapata would turn in his grave had he known the price of a normal rage concert ticket and the fact that his supposed followers were telling people to do as their were told by the rich imperialists!! That's exactly what he fought against his whole life! To have an act raise his flag and then sell out so unashamedly is insane.
I did not know that. Looked up Zapatista, it totally fits with Zack’s views, opinions and philosophies.
I never sought this band out once but their music always intertwined into my life somehow or another and I ended up hearing all of it and learning a lot about them. That's a testament of sorts of just how important their music is to people. Important and not just in the compositions themselves but also including. I think that is very cool for artists to transcend in that way.
When I was in high school I was in a ratm cover band and I was obsessed with learning all the tricks Tom used. The Allen wrench for people of the sun, the toggle switch for know your enemy and all the other songs he uses it for. Only I didn't have the internet or you tube to learn from 😂 I had a cd and a vhs concert tape , i forget the name of the vhs but it had all the performances of the first 2 albums. I had to pause and rewind and play over and over and over to learn all these songs . It was a fun time to be learning guitar
The guitar sound in this song reminds me of the same distortion as the song, balls to the wall by the band accept. You should check that one out sometime its a forgotten gem
bring it on!
Love the reaction to this! One of the greats
Second best live show I've ever seen! Rage is the best!!
Would be awesome to see Elizabeth to go down a bit of a RATM rabbit hole again. Maybe a song more lyrically dense, like Maria.
Hey, love your videos! I just wanted to ask if you wouldn't mind checking out Shaun Morgan's voice from seether ? I love his rasp. I love the song "Pass Slowly" cause of his range in it but in the song "Like Suicide" he does some screams which are super impressive and if you want to hear a cover, they have a cover of "Careless Whisper" which is amazing aswell! Thanks!
love the contained head banging haha seems like you keep falling into head banging then catching yourself before it turns full head banger.
Hi! Longtime fan. Thanks so much for covering so many interesting artists, I've been so happy to meet and explore throat singing because of your videos!
Speaking of throat singers, have you seen Abel Selaocoe? He's a South African who does throat singing with a cello. Incredible work, had me out of my seat and dancing! Definitely a modern siren call, and potentially a great one to review in the future.
Keep on being awesome :)
The power of the hammer-on + pull off technique 12:17 where the player strongly taps their fingers onto the fret-board on the desired note to make it ring from the force of the impact and then and pinch down and "pull off" the same string to make the string's associated note ring afterwards. This technique is also employed by AC/DC in Thunderstruck among many other great performances. "Eruption/You Really Got Me" (mostly the Eruption section) by Van Halen is also extremely well-known for this.
Well... except Thunderstruck is with one hand and Eruption is two-
handed tapping.
@@brainmove sure, but that's really just an expansion of the technique. It's not at all far removed from the basic concept
Easiest trick in the book gotta say, but i'm happy it impresses the ladies.
As we step into 92 still in a room without a view
I've been following them since they started back in 92, I was 17. That line "land of the free.....whoever told that is your enemy" is so powerful. I'm not even American and I felt it.
The energy that some of these bands can create live is positively nutty. RATM is one of the bands that put on a MasterClass in Audience Participation ... EVERY SHOW !!!
You should check out leo moracchioli he owns frog leap studio in Norway he takes original songs by all different artists and covers them in metal he sings plays all the instruments and produces it himself he is really good you should please check him out he did Africa by toto with two friends it's amazing
And the Africa outro has turned into it's own thing as well. Hannah Boulton is an amazing singer along with Rabea on guitar. Elizabeth really needs to hear I'm Outta Love - ua-cam.com/video/VM7p5B2z4T0/v-deo.html