calm like a lol: the RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE singles poll

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"be yourself"

markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 05:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

Please tell me "How I Could Just Kill a Man" isn't a cover

i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 06:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

my best friend in high school looooved these guys and so i associate them w/ like smoking in parking lots and high school roadtrips and just that weird aimless driving around you do when you first get a license & they always just rocked so hard cummin outta the ~killer~ stereo my friend put in the used camry his parents bought him, windows rolled down headbanging along like yeah fuck you, im no slave to yr corporate greed machines and i COULD just kill a mannnn

but honestly voting tom joad cuz its so overwrought and heavy and ballsout

Lamp, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 06:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

Well there is clearly only one choice here. Every other song they ever wrote is a pale reflection of their magnificent first single.

Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 06:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Please tell me "How I Could Just Kill a Man" isn't a cover
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, August 9, 2011 2:34 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark

From their horrendously awful covers album, yes...

battle of los angeles is a tremendously underrated album.
I feel the exact opposite about it.. It's the only one I ever see getting any credit, and to me it's the most derivative out of the three 90s records.. They sounded like the lost something exciting and gained something dreadful on those last 2 albums from 99 and 2000, foreshadowing the Audioslave disaster. Their image around the time of those 2 albums didn't help either.. YTimK .. the VMA's thing .. and those lame Michael Moore-directed videos - all of which charted on TRL .. They seemed to become a caricature.

billstevejim, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

the guy only has one riff
I disagree, but he sure loves Tony Iommi.

billstevejim, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

i still fuck with evil empire. they lost the everything-and-the-kitchen-sink song structures of the first record but still had ideas. it's just a great-sounding record too, everything sounds really organic and big.

hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

I used to hate these guys. Loved their politics, hated their music. Ham-fisted, comically overwrought, monochromatic. But I love Battle Of Los Angeles. They learned how to swing. Voted "Guerilla Radio."

shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

KOOWITITNAHH

5ish finkel (goole), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

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Everyone has the same hair in the crowd!
chris16durban 1 day ago 24
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the world is in dire need of new material by rage against the machine. the world screams ""revolution now!" & r.a.t.m. are able to give us the most perfect sound & content to support this need.

WHAT BETTER PLACE THAN HERE, WHAT BETTER TIME THAN NOW!

thumb up & repost this under each r.a.t.m. related video!
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5ish finkel (goole), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

As much as I love the first album, "bulls" is totally the perfection of that sound. Best riff too.

lol is not enough (blank), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

I never got into most of the rest of evil empire, though

lol is not enough (blank), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

hardcore-ish riffs with breakdowns was a good look for them, instead of the other way around:

hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

xp markers, you like that song, dont you...

billstevejim, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

first two records are still awesome. i wish i had them to listen to right now.

one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

poor markers having to make the same weak joke twice

i gotta say, guerilla radio, but lots of these are pretty awesome.

this is the ultimate band ppl diss but like tamtam said if the shit comes on your local active rock station you can't front on it

om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

by which i mean

bow wow...bow wow...chikka chikka chikka...bow wow...bow wow...COME WIDDIT NOW!

om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

The s/t album.. You just had to lol with delight the first time you heard badass "bombtrack" kick into gear.

lol is not enough (blank), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

I gotta admit, if there actually had been a mass youth revolution against global capital in the late '90s, Rage would have made a kick ass soundtrack for it, no pussyfooting around with these guys. "ALL! HELL! CAN'T STOP US NOW!" vs. "I'd like to teach the world to sing..." etc.

Also, when I first heard it, was convinced the title line in "Bulls on Parade" was "Yo, it's time for rage!"

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

i've thought about making this poll so many times over the past few years but the thought of it becoming a two horse race between "Killing" and "Bulls" just depressed me so i didn't bother

some dude, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

omg "yo it's time for rage" is amazing

some dude, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'm gonna say that every time i sing along now

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

totally

some dude, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

IT'S TIME FOR RAGE

DUN DA DUN DA DAAA DUN DA DA

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

thakig u

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

bulls on parade or bombtrack

69, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

yo it's time for rage or bombtrack

some dude, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

my high school band performed "yellow ledbetter" by pearl jam and "killing in the name of" at our senior year talent show.

69, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol up until "talent show" I was all "okay that is a bad-ass marching band"

CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha well it wouldnt be the first time rage's message had been "undermined" by being used to soundtrack a sporting event

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

poor markers having to make the same weak joke twice

i gotta say, guerilla radio, but lots of these are pretty awesome.

this is the ultimate band ppl diss but like tamtam said if the shit comes on your local active rock station you can't front on it

― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

thanks for this? sb

markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

capitalism! xp

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

xxxp my other talent show experiences:

- rapping "parents just dont understand" at the talent show in 3rd grade
- auditioning for the talent show in 4th grade with "blame it on the rain," not making the cut ;_;

69, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

"yr talent show experiences" could be its own thread

CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

poor markers having to make the same weak joke twice

twice? twice?? for markers this is notably parsimonious

full on... mask hysteria (history mayne), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

you're an idiot

markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

i don't give a shit that you don't like me, but stop turning up in every fucking thread to say something about me, no one cares

markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

My favorite 45 seconds are the start of Killing In the Name Of, but I don't like the rest of the song as much as I like the rest of Bulls on Parade or Renegades.

Bonus points for the Down Rodeo came on when I was driving back from Westwood to the apartment I lived in on the outskirts of Beverly Hills, and I detoured down Rodeo Dr. and turned the radio all the way up for fun. Even though mostly it reminded me that the most of the wealthy people one sees on Rodeo Drive are not exactly the grandchildren of slaveholders.

C-L, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

rage against the mayne-chine

buzza, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

full on... mask hysteria (history mayne), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

guys, a rage against the machine thread is no place for taking a stand or making a point.

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

markers generally thought we were cool, i didn't think that was a real hard diss anyway, but i guess we are not.

om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah, we're fine -- apologies for overreacting, just getting tired of getting called out all the time

markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

but i do deserve some of it and should be posting less and will post less

markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'm cool nbd, thx

om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yo, it's time for reconciliation.

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

Bullet in the Head. The way it builds is ludicrously exciting. Amazing that they pretty much had the whole album written and recorded within a few weeks of getting together. They knew exactly what they were doing.

Admire No Shelter for it's shitting-where-you-eat lyric and video.

Now he's doing horse (DL), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 22:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

but i do deserve some of it and should be posting less and will post less

― markers, Tuesday, August 9, 2011 6:18 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

i'd rather you post differently than post less fwiw

also sorry but i had to sb you for sb'ing m@tt, you don't go against the family

some dude, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:36 (1 year ago) Permalink


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