Rage against the machine for christmas No. 1

[siliconarc]

I never rebelled in school one jot. It wasn't until i was about 25 that i suddenly rebelled against the entire current human system.

you became a zombie?

[Emissary]

I never rebelled in school one jot. It wasn't until i was about 25 that i suddenly rebelled against the entire current human system.

you became a zombie?

[Leon Tricker]

I never rebelled in school one jot. It wasn't until i was about 25 that i suddenly rebelled against the entire current human system.

you became a zombie?

He went feral ?!?!

[monkeyboy]

RATM appearing this morning on national BBC Radio 5 Live to promote the song. Worth listening to the end when they get cut off for swearing whilst performing the song - what did they expect?! They claimed RATM agreed to not swear. Did the producers not take ANY notice of the song title. Very very funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiiQPqmYE1A

[H20nly]

^ FUCK YEAH!

I love the way they did it too...

those radio jockeys must have thought Zack doesn't mean that shit

fools.

[Emissary]

I never rebelled in school one jot. It wasn't until i was about 25 that i suddenly rebelled against the entire current human system.

you became a zombie?

He went feral ?!?!

i am so past feral its not funny. my dog is actually typing this

[siliconarc]

those radio jockeys must have thought Zack doesn't mean that shit

fools.

of course they did.
get em in for guaranteed sweariness, ride the wave of 'public outcry' publicity. the best kind.

[H20nly]

^ well whateva... i know what i'd rather be listening to on the radio.

funny thing is, you can't hear much of it... on the radio.




"fuck it. turn it off. fear is your only god on the radio"

[ethios4]

When I saw Rage in Greece in 2001 they had the whole crowd chanting Death to the US. Considering that when I flew into Athens there were posters that read "Kill Americans" and there was a large protest, I didn't feel too comfortable with anyone at the concert knowing I was American. I had also had a stupid confrontation with a guy where we were having a perfectly fine conversation until he found out I was from the US and not the UK and suddenly he wanted to fight me right then and there. So basically Rage got the whole crowd worked up and violent, then after the show there were molotovs, burning cars and buildings, tear gas, and riot police beating the shit out of people. It didn't seem very productive to me....just got a bunch of people worked up into an unthinking frenzy, which is pretty much the opposite of what should be happening, IMO.

I love Rage, and their first album taught me a lot when it came out, but there is a lot to criticize in their approach too. And yes, I do think it is hypocritical to "use the system" to "fight the system", ie they are cooperating with and funding capitalist organizations with their anti-capitalist crap. If they really meant it they would be self-producing and giving it away, or something along those lines. Instead they are conceding the supremacy of capitalism through their actions, while singing the opposite tune in their songs.

[q.musgrove]

^ You Know it's Sad But Troooooohoooeooooooo.
Duuuun
dun dun
Dunuhnuhnuhnuhnuh

[H20nly]

yo ethios4 Sony just called. they want to know if you want a phat record contract...
ok, i'll tell em you don't want their capitalistic money


still, i see your point.

[phil909]

i actually hope the kid from xfactor wins and puts all these plastic anarchists back in their place.

[nuperspective]

yo ethios4 Sony just called. they want to know if you want a phat record contract...
ok, i'll tell em you don't want their capitalistic money


still, i see your point.

[ethios4]

Hahaha, I never said I wouldn't take their money! But then again I don't go around making a capitalist career out of being anti-capitalist.

So yea, tell Sony I might take it...have to think about it a bit....see if they can get Richard D. James on board first.

[slatepipe]

someone's started this facebook page up now :

http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Make-Pi ... 514?ref=nf

though personally i'm buying neither.