Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed everything

Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by hansjorg on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:30PM (#33475588)

I've got so many fragmented memories from early nineties parties fueled by moonshine that we bought from some shady russian rust bucket cargo ship down at the docks and by RATM played far too loud.

Too bad that they went all political.

Zach de la Rocha made a banger with Run The Jewels last year though, none of that silly politics either.

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by pvg on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:42PM (#33475703)

went all political

You're making it sound like the band's name is intended to express their frustration with parking meters.

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by duskwuff on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:15PM (#33476073)

> Scott!! What music of mine were you a fan of that DIDN’T contain “political BS”? I need to know so I can delete it from the catalog.

-- Tom Morello (https://twitter.com/tmorello/status/1270419869524094976)

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by sampo on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:15PM (#33476074)

According to internet, it was probably a printer.

https://www.google.com/search?q=rage+against+the+machine+pri...

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by jaxn on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:34PM (#33475626)

It was always political. The lyrics didn’t change.

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by hansjorg on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:43PM (#33475719)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaJHfcbXQAAo6ox?format=jpg&name=...

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by MisterBastahrd on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:41PM (#33475688)

They've ALWAYS been political.

The lyric "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" wasn't about your mom or your teacher or your swim coach.

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by angrycontrarian on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:46PM (#33475744)

Except then it became "Fuck you, do what they tell you."

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by swayvil on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:03PM (#33475942)

Be a good person. Support the current thing.

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by bscphil on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:46PM (#33475748)

> Zach de la Rocha made a banger with Run The Jewels last year though, none of that silly politics either.

You got me, I didn't realize this was satire until this line.

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by tdub311 on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:48PM (#33475774)

The song he made with RTJ is pretty political[0].

[0] https://genius.com/Run-the-jewels-ju-t-lyrics

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by simplotek on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:56PM (#33475856)

> Too bad that they went all political.

Since when have RATM ever been anything other than highly political?

Have you ever paid attention to their lyrics from back in the day?

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by throw_m239339 on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:01PM (#33475916)

> I've got so many fragmented memories from early nineties parties fueled by moonshine that we bought from some shady russian rust bucket cargo ship down at the docks and by RATM played far too loud.

You should attend a Mogwai show. How loud they were was probably illegal in the country where I saw them.

"Killing in the name of" was very much political and extremely controversial.

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by afavour on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:06PM (#33475978)

The number of replies that aren’t getting the sarcasm here blows my mind

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by keeganpoppen on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:14PM (#33476062)

alas, humor is not allowed on HN

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by SV_BubbleTime on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:58PM (#33477785)

Someone might be wrong! And we can not have that.

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by keeganpoppen on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:23PM (#33476143)

"too bad they went all political" LMAO i don't know if that bit is funnier, or the bit about making bangers with "RTJ" without the "silly politics" (blegh), but either way this is an absolute top tier, genuine Laughing My Ass Off HN comment (which are very, very few and far between). why does this site have to be such a humorless plasticized tryhard-distopia all the time? you'd think with this many clever people there'd be gems like this more often.

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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by zhengyi13 on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:50PM (#33476399)

You uh, I think you dropped your /s tag back there...

No?

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