best line i heard is that a mob will tolerate having no dignity as it's belly full and a hungry mob will endure much as long as it has dignity but a mob that is hungry and has no dignity will revolt hard.
I saw someone misinterpret the line "Fuck the G-Rides, I want the machines that are makin' 'em" so badly it hurt my head. "You know, stay on that grind until you make it to the top." 🤨 I have to imagine he's one of those people who also think Rage Against the Machine went woke.
Rich Man from Rodeo Drive Area: Son, you go to this school and meet these people and one day you will own a factory that makes cars. Poor Man from the hood: Son, you avoid the police and don't get shot up at school, join the military, and one day you will own one of those fancy cars we make down at the factory.
could also be a reference to the Wounded Knee massacre, which was brought about because settlers thought the natives Ghost Dance was a war rally. it was really just a celebration of life and death, like the Día de los Muertos celebrations.
The sad thing is Tom Morello votes and says to vote. He says don't just vote. 100 million Americans who could, don't vote. They never ask where they got the idea it was pointless or who that attitude serves.
You cant go wrong with any RATM song bruh , the lyrics are always deep fire and the music always slams . Check out Bullet in the Head or Freedom next . I could list songs for an hour but those popped in my head . By the way this is my first time checking you out . Subscribed . I dig your vibe .
As I understand it, "Just a quiet peace dance" refers to the Ghost Dance Massacre, also known as Wounded Knee Massacre. In which Native Americans, Lakota Sioux, were practicing their Ghost Dance around year 1890. The dance was to honor their dead. It was "just a quiet peaceful dance". The invading European settlers and military forces claimed it was a "War dance" and slaughtered them all.
Maria is a great one and honestly this entire album is fire, I’m an athlete and have been raging to rage for many years to get my blood pumping when it’s time to go, I appreciate you for showing them much deserved love. Peace.
what I think he means is they try to over work us to the point all we do is work . Just get by and that is the new norm which we know as a great life, But compaired to what our parents had and our grand was so much more and better, but we will never know what we lost cause we never had it. The Generations after this will have even less and think its great
“Clockers” = wage workers. If you’re born working class, you’re born with an empty plate. You’re expected to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, and work like everyone else… Except that there are a few people who are born with plates overflowing. They don’t have to labor, and their plate will always be overflowing. They will never experience hunger or desperation. Those are the people who tell the workers to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. They’re the ones who spend their time in Rodeo.
I think when he says 'the remains left chained to the powder war´ is about war on drugs (and yeah, cocaine is included on this) which we know that was actually some deliberate neoliberal policy to continue the non-white control through the jail system.
“…for the things we’ll never have”: likely a phrase riddled with satire…Play the game, be a productive member of society and vote. However, like he writes earlier in the song “the structure is set, you’ll never change it with a ballot pull”. Also, nice take on who “the clockers” are!..wondering if it also has to do with labor workers (clock in clock out) since the lines that follow say “mommas torn hands cover her sunken face”
Too many good songs to recommend, but seeing your insight into the BBP and the stronghold J Edgar Hoover had in the 60s, HIGHLY recommend “Wake Up”… If you want to listen to a song about mass media distractions as a means of maintaining control and oppression, No Shelter and Bullet in the Head…both bangers Would definitely listen to them with lyrics like you’ve done with most. Diggin your content!
My eyes tear up every time I hear this song (being wyt), but my mind and soul are always better off to be reminded of the evils our country has perpetrated. One of the best Teachers the US has ever had. Please react to even more Rage, and Thanks for the awesome tune selections
This is how I decide if a reaction video gets a Like. If hearing you react to the song gives me the same goosebumps that I got the first time I heard the song, you get a Like! Mission accomplished bro! You rediscovered this for me. Keep it up!
check out 911 for peace by anti flag....has a great cameo..its punk with a message that resonates today forsure and a message that needs to spread guys
When this album came out, it urged me to read books about and/or by Huey Newton, Fred Hampton, and George Jackson. Some of the best books I’ve ever read. Those led me to W.E.B. DuBois and Frantz Fanon. After readin those, those deeper layers of Rage lyrics made so much sense.
Quiet peaceful dance is a riot with looting. That's the voice of the unheard. That's why they went to Rodeo drive. Also, the common confusion over Rodeo and rodeo is just an accent difference. In Spanish it means a "round up" which is where the original name for a Rodeo Dr comes from.
Please check out the music video for the song Freedom by Rage, it tells the story of A.I.M.( American Indian Movement) and the case of Leonard Peltier who is a political prisoner still being detained by the government even though he was railroaded and witnesses have recanted and admitted they were intimidated by government agents to give false testimony
I love Rage , I still have a Free Mumia Abu Jamal poster that I got from a Rage concert in the late 90’s and being part Native I loved their support for Leonard Peltier and A.I.M.( American Indian Movement) which was the Native equivalent to the Black Panthers and they worked with and was supported by the Black Panthers
Checkout some more Rage Against The Machine, “Voice Of The Voiceless,” “Ghost If Tom Joad,” “Year Of The Boomerang,” & “No Shelter.” Also, Saul Williams’ “Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare) (ft. Zack De La Rocha)” & Williams’ cover of “Sunday Bloody Sunday (ft. Trent Reznor).”
Glad to see some reactors doing a bit of research before the song. Understanding the context of what Rodeo Drive is first is critical to understanding the song. Too many reactors go in completely blind and end up missing the entire premise. And yeah, Rodeo Drive was still a big thing in the 80s, 90s and today. In 80s movies like Beverly Hills Cop and Pretty Womam, they always have a Rodeo Drive scene just to signify “we’re in the rich area now”
Of course we see them, but they are here in force now, so we can’t allow them to overtake our voice. “Stand up, speak the truth, even if it leads to your death.” I won’t say where that comes from. You know, or you do not. One of my favorites that speaks to me.
We're less free now than we were ten years ago. Ten years ago, we were less free than before 9/11. We've lost so many rights in the last 25 years, it's insane to claim we're freer than ever before.
