*Lyrics are a must with RATM.* Zach de la Rocha spits bars for days, always dropping knowledge. Zach is a true MC in an absolute killer band. One of the greatest live acts I've ever experienced...and I've been to hundreds and hundreds of concerts. Enjoy this fantastic rabbit hole
@@TheWatcher818 RATM/Wu-Tang 97 Tour was my first show(it was completely Bonkers) and caught the Gangstarr 99 show as well... It's been 23 yrs since the last time I saw them. I got tix for Rage/ RTJ at MSG in August since they both canceled their Boston Calling spot. It actually works out better as MSG is easily my favorite venue. I'm super pumped!!
Agree with everything you said but I would change one word. Zach de la Rocha... always dropping IGNORANCE. Commies almost never reach the right conclusion about the failure and misery they see around them.
RATM were one of the first heavy rock bands to effectively blend a genuine hip hop vibe into their music. They have some great songs of their own but also recorded cover versions of hip hop classics (Cypress Hill - How I could just kill a man, Eric B & Rakim - Microphone fiend, Afrika Bambaata - Renegades of funk) in their own style. If you want to react to some more RATM, I recommend "Take the power back" and "Down rodeo".
I personally think they’re one of the only ones to master it. Maybe bc they have actual brown ppl in their band. But RATM was amazing bc they got a bunch of white suburban kids to bop to songs with revolutionary, anti imperialist messages. I was raised by an activist parent in the LGBTQ+ community, but there was so much I didn’t know bc my moms didn’t know it; we’d all been failed by our educational system that taught history from a male, Anglo, land owners perspective. Being a poor 80’s-90’s kid I didn’t have much access to computers or internet till the 00’s and Rage taught me info I had no other access to. My mom had been an anti racist, anti war, gay activist with a genius IQ and who could read 300 pages in 2hrs, but didn’t know about the race massacres, or even that much about stonewall. We were missing the history of blk ppl, immigrants, women, the working class & poor, indigenous ppls, LGBTQ+ ppl, radical socialists & communists who had a major impact on our country,etc. I was raised in the gay community and their was a real dearth of knowledge on gay history. Before the internet was what it is today, (or affordable) a lot of the more “subversive” but true American history was hard to find. Rage really was a gateway to even more radical, revolutionary thought.
Have there been others that have done it? None at RATM's level or even remotely close. I guess guys like kid rock and limp bizkit kinda tried to do it and had some crappy, albeit popular, songs. But they're just nowhere even close to RATM's level.
Rage Against the Machine songs you guys should listen to: Calm Like a Bomb, Bullet in The Head, Maggie's Farm, Pistol Grip Pump, The Ghost of Tom Joad, Bombtrack, and Down Rodeo. Just a few tracks from RATM to get cha started. Enjoy your birthday weekend!!
Keep googling, especially with RATM. Back when this came out, I didn't have Google, so I went to the library to figure out some of these references... my mind was blown by what I learned. When RATM released their first album, there wasn't anyone else that sounded like them. Rap/rock fusion was very very rare, and nothing hit as hard as them. Add in the fact that these guys are highly educated in politics and economics, and had a guitarist who spent endless hours exploring all the possible sounds he could make with his guitar...and we received one of the most unique bands created. Although they've influenced many other musicians, there's still nothing else quite like them.
Fantastic write up an kudos to you for taking the time to explore references you weren't familiar with. Respect! I hope you had the opportunity to see them live, they are incredible live.
It’s actually not nameless. When bands release an album like that it’s considered self-titled. The name of the band is the name of the album. But you’re right, it is an incredible album. Every single song is great. Plus, Tom Morello won “Most Innovative Guitarist of the Year” for his killswitch technique. Plus they are very close with the band Tool. Some of them were roommates. That’s why Maynard James Keenan does a feature on “Know Your Enemy” and has performed it live with Rage a few times.
you don't know how much i appreciate the fact that you google the lyrics and try to find/understand the messages behind it. Not every song is meant to be looked into like that, but songs like these _definitely_ are! Wish more reactors would do the same
Wake Up Freedom and Bombtrack are another 3 great tracks by them. Killing in the name is their most succesfull song but its more "comercial", those 3 are more deeper
Definitely checkout "killing in the name of" next. Tom Morello has an amazing guitar tone. He even scratches on the guitar like he's playing turn tables.
I feel like she’s always vibing with the music and then you cut in to talk about a bar you liked and she has a moment of 😳 trying to contribute when she definitely didn’t hear what they said 😂
Suggestion… when you listen to RATM, pull up the lyrical videos. It will help both of you truly catch the power of the lyrics and messages, keep up the reactions to RAGE 🔥🔥
I hope you start to react to more Rage. Please react to lyric videos so you can see that Zack not only has a crazy flow but he teaches a class on untold history on every song. Tom (guitar), Tim (bass) and Brad (drums) deliver the hardest, funkiest and innovative music to match the fire Zack drops. Their music and especially their message is still 100% relevant. Please react to Wake Up, Take the Power Back, Mic Check, Roll Right. Thanks for the reaction.
Wish they would get back together. This world we live in has given them endless material to write to. Please react to more. And keep Googling. Deep messages in all their songs. And Happy Belated Birthday.🎂
You do you. Appreciate the fact you take the time to look into lyrics and the band details unlike most other reaction videos. Tom Morello is beast on guitar🤘🤘🤘His signature sounds are epic. These guys were killer in concert! Been a while. Brings back great memories 🤘🤘🤘🤘
For their self entitled album (of which this song is from) "no samples, keyboards or synthesizers used in the making of this record" was included in their liner notes.
Know Your Enemy, Guerilla Radio, Sleep Now in the Fire, Voice of the Voiceless, Freedom, People of the Sun... The list is long with good Rage songs. I'd probably recommend lyric videos, though.
“Don’t gotta burn the books, they just remove them” All about the military industrial complex. Hasn’t changed in America since the industrial revolution.
I saw Rage with wu tang clan in Hartford…man they f’d that place up, that was the last time they were ever allowed to play there…kids ripped up the whole lawn and burned the fences in bonfires…people wearing plastic trash cans trying to climb the lawn as kids pelted them with sod chunks…backpack slides down the muddy grass less lawn…ahhhh the memories…you can google search that concert it made the news for destruction…lol
More RATM, please. With lyrics. :) A few recommends: Bullet In the Head, Down Rodeo, Testify, Know Your Enemy, Take the Power Back. Btw, appreciate you googling, too. Thank you & best birthday wishes to you! :)
ONE OF MY FAVORITES ALL TIME YO KNOW YOUR ENEMY SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE TOWNSHIP REBELLION BOMBTRACK NO SHELTER KILLING IN THE NAME (Just a Tune Flip Remix) BULLET IN THE HEAD GUERILLA RADIO
Take The Power Back, Know Your Enemy, Wake Up, Guerilla Radio, and Down Rodeo are some more absolutely funky high energy head-bangable songs with crazy deep messages. As others have likely mentioned, lyric videos are best for RATM. All of their songs are politically charged and Zach de la Rocha is a masterful lyricist.
*There's a good number of really great RATM songs. To name some, try; Testify__Bullet In The Head__Killing In The Name__Sleep Now In The Fire__Know Your Enemy__Bombtrack__Down Rodeo__....and many more.*
if you want deep meaning with RATM, you should listen their song ''wake up'' and pay close attention to the lyrics, so many things to unpack... from the shaolin monk in 66, to MLK, Malcom X, the media, etc... still so relevant to this day...sadly...
Know Your Enemy, Wake Up, Down Rodeo, Use lyric videos for these songs please, two other songs to react to "Bullet in the head" live 1993, and "Fistful of Steel" live 1993
Basically rally round the family means to protect the family with a pocket full of shells shotgun shells, get it this guy’s Hardcore and our gift of them
Zach de la Rocha (vocals) of RATM is a true MC... his lyrics are very militant and politically charged to take on whoever is in power and abuses the people they are supposed to serve. Tom Morello (guitars) is like a DJ on the instrument... and the rhythm section of Timmy C (bass) & Brad Wilk (drums) is one of the finest in rock music today 🤘🤘🔥🔥
Trying to understand Rage, is like finding the thing inside you that makes your head wake up the minute you hear it. When you KNOW... you KNOW FOREVER! 😎 And you have NO IDEA YET! 💯
" They use force and fear to get you too comply. They rally around the family, with a pocket full of shells. So, we rally round tha family with a pocket full of shells" 😉. All rage songs are this good. Guerilla Radio, lyric version. ✊🏽✊🏻✊✊🏿
Some of my favorite RATM is covers they did of Rakim, Cypress Hill, and Public Enemy. They do a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s, The Ghost of Tom Joad, which is 🔥🔥🔥. Peace you two!!
You should react to Rage Against The Machine - Down Rodeo or Wake Up, Zack is just a dope Emcee and always kicks some ill shit. Especially on those tracks
This is another rabbit hole of awesomeness. They’re a great band.
They are. And all of their songs are good. But for me, Bulls on Parade and Killing in the Name Of are just on another level.
@@jeffburdick869 killing in the name of is bad ass
*Lyrics are a must with RATM.* Zach de la Rocha spits bars for days, always dropping knowledge. Zach is a true MC in an absolute killer band. One of the greatest live acts I've ever experienced...and I've been to hundreds and hundreds of concerts. Enjoy this fantastic rabbit hole
@@TheWatcher818 RATM/Wu-Tang 97 Tour was my first show(it was completely Bonkers) and caught the Gangstarr 99 show as well... It's been 23 yrs since the last time I saw them. I got tix for Rage/ RTJ at MSG in August since they both canceled their Boston Calling spot. It actually works out better as MSG is easily my favorite venue. I'm super pumped!!
Agree with everything you said but I would change one word. Zach de la Rocha... always dropping IGNORANCE. Commies almost never reach the right conclusion about the failure and misery they see around them.
@@TheWatcher818 🤣🤣🤣
@@nuketheswamp7774 the more you suck up to them the more they walk over you. That's why we rage
I'm going to see them TOMORROW at Madison Square Garden!!! ✊🏻
Awesome. The guitar player of this band is one of those monsters who really created something different playing the guitar. Greetings from Brazil.
RATM were one of the first heavy rock bands to effectively blend a genuine hip hop vibe into their music. They have some great songs of their own but also recorded cover versions of hip hop classics (Cypress Hill - How I could just kill a man, Eric B & Rakim - Microphone fiend, Afrika Bambaata - Renegades of funk) in their own style. If you want to react to some more RATM, I recommend "Take the power back" and "Down rodeo".
I personally think they’re one of the only ones to master it. Maybe bc they have actual brown ppl in their band. But RATM was amazing bc they got a bunch of white suburban kids to bop to songs with revolutionary, anti imperialist messages. I was raised by an activist parent in the LGBTQ+ community, but there was so much I didn’t know bc my moms didn’t know it; we’d all been failed by our educational system that taught history from a male, Anglo, land owners perspective. Being a poor 80’s-90’s kid I didn’t have much access to computers or internet till the 00’s and Rage taught me info I had no other access to. My mom had been an anti racist, anti war, gay activist with a genius IQ and who could read 300 pages in 2hrs, but didn’t know about the race massacres, or even that much about stonewall. We were missing the history of blk ppl, immigrants, women, the working class & poor, indigenous ppls, LGBTQ+ ppl, radical socialists & communists who had a major impact on our country,etc. I was raised in the gay community and their was a real dearth of knowledge on gay history. Before the internet was what it is today, (or affordable) a lot of the more “subversive” but true American history was hard to find. Rage really was a gateway to even more radical, revolutionary thought.
@@Comrade_mommy Yawn
Rap metal is what theyre called.
Have there been others that have done it? None at RATM's level or even remotely close. I guess guys like kid rock and limp bizkit kinda tried to do it and had some crappy, albeit popular, songs. But they're just nowhere even close to RATM's level.
@@jeffburdick869 Limp Bizkit had some good songs, but not many. I'd say Linkin Park came closest to how good RATM was.
The singer, Zach De la Rocha does a few tracks with Run the Jewels. Real stuff. Check out their tracks Close Your Eyes and Ju$t
Rage Against the Machine songs you guys should listen to: Calm Like a Bomb, Bullet in The Head, Maggie's Farm, Pistol Grip Pump, The Ghost of Tom Joad, Bombtrack, and Down Rodeo. Just a few tracks from RATM to get cha started. Enjoy your birthday weekend!!
Keep googling, especially with RATM. Back when this came out, I didn't have Google, so I went to the library to figure out some of these references... my mind was blown by what I learned.
When RATM released their first album, there wasn't anyone else that sounded like them. Rap/rock fusion was very very rare, and nothing hit as hard as them. Add in the fact that these guys are highly educated in politics and economics, and had a guitarist who spent endless hours exploring all the possible sounds he could make with his guitar...and we received one of the most unique bands created. Although they've influenced many other musicians, there's still nothing else quite like them.
Fantastic write up an kudos to you for taking the time to explore references you weren't familiar with. Respect! I hope you had the opportunity to see them live, they are incredible live.
Tom Morello pick-scraping the guitar strings to sound like a turntable. This song was the hardest when I was growing up.
Their nameless debut is one of those epic 'no skips' records
It’s actually not nameless. When bands release an album like that it’s considered self-titled. The name of the band is the name of the album. But you’re right, it is an incredible album. Every single song is great. Plus, Tom Morello won “Most Innovative Guitarist of the Year” for his killswitch technique. Plus they are very close with the band Tool. Some of them were roommates. That’s why Maynard James Keenan does a feature on “Know Your Enemy” and has performed it live with Rage a few times.
@@frankiek2269 I stand corrected :)
you don't know how much i appreciate the fact that you google the lyrics and try to find/understand the messages behind it. Not every song is meant to be looked into like that, but songs like these _definitely_ are! Wish more reactors would do the same
Wake Up Freedom and Bombtrack are another 3 great tracks by them. Killing in the name is their most succesfull song but its more "comercial", those 3 are more deeper
Now we are talking!! This is what matters humans.
rage hit hard from day one! People of the Sun!
Definitely checkout "killing in the name of" next. Tom Morello has an amazing guitar tone. He even scratches on the guitar like he's playing turn tables.
"Know your enemy" and "Killing in the Name" are 2 of my favorites.
I've been on the rage bandwagon since their first cd in 1992. Good choice 👌
Their records don't due them justice. They're 100x better live!!!
You have to do down rodeo Zach de la Rocha underrated one of the best lyricist of all time
I absolutely love when Mrz Recklezz makes a comment and then smiles at the camera. 😀😀😀
Hit up some early Rakim.. my melody, microphone fiend, you got it “soul”..
Jody watley and Eric b and rakim “friends”..
I feel like she’s always vibing with the music and then you cut in to talk about a bar you liked and she has a moment of 😳 trying to contribute when she definitely didn’t hear what they said 😂
Suggestion… when you listen to RATM, pull up the lyrical videos. It will help both of you truly catch the power of the lyrics and messages, keep up the reactions to RAGE 🔥🔥
So glad you guys got here. You will see this a hundred times, but let me add my two cents worth: Listen to "Down Rodeo" with the lyrics.
I hope you start to react to more Rage. Please react to lyric videos so you can see that Zack not only has a crazy flow but he teaches a class on untold history on every song. Tom (guitar), Tim (bass) and Brad (drums) deliver the hardest, funkiest and innovative music to match the fire Zack drops.
Their music and especially their message is still 100% relevant.
Please react to Wake Up, Take the Power Back, Mic Check, Roll Right.
Thanks for the reaction.
Wish they would get back together. This world we live in has given them endless material to write to. Please react to more. And keep Googling. Deep messages in all their songs. And Happy Belated Birthday.🎂
They are touring together right now, but no word on new material
RATM best song is "Know your enemy" IMO. I'd recommend reacting to the lyric video, as the lyrics are so on point.
You do you. Appreciate the fact you take the time to look into lyrics and the band details unlike most other reaction videos.
Tom Morello is beast on guitar🤘🤘🤘His signature sounds are epic. These guys were killer in concert! Been a while. Brings back great memories 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Gotta check out RATM "know your enemy"
For their self entitled album (of which this song is from) "no samples, keyboards or synthesizers used in the making of this record" was included in their liner notes.
killing in the name of is a really good song thats my favorite song by them
RATM is one of the few in this genre i like very well. Mixing metalrock with rap, it fits well.
Know Your Enemy, Guerilla Radio, Sleep Now in the Fire, Voice of the Voiceless, Freedom, People of the Sun... The list is long with good Rage songs. I'd probably recommend lyric videos, though.
Yes! More RATM!
Definitely do your Googling with RATM, and check out Wake Up! Find out why it was chosen for the Matrix soundtrack.
Morello makes every single scratching sound live, its wild!
Listen to "Down Rodeo", "Know Your Enemy". Shit actually anything off their first two albums. It's fire
ZACH IS THE TRUTH. 🔥🔥🔥 Oh ya you 2 are the TOP! Great Reaction! 👍👍👍
Killing in the name of. Testify 🔥🔥❤️❤️
“Don’t gotta burn the books, they just remove them”
All about the military industrial complex. Hasn’t changed in America since the industrial revolution.
I saw Rage with wu tang clan in Hartford…man they f’d that place up, that was the last time they were ever allowed to play there…kids ripped up the whole lawn and burned the fences in bonfires…people wearing plastic trash cans trying to climb the lawn as kids pelted them with sod chunks…backpack slides down the muddy grass less lawn…ahhhh the memories…you can google search that concert it made the news for destruction…lol
Rage is a rabbit hole I always enjoy going down. Have fun!
This kinda reminds me of that song that says you want it all but you can have it
Killing in the name of... Is a must.
excellent!
Love you guys any rage against the machine song is killer ....there's no filler...... I suggest "Know your enemy" next.
I will definitely watch all the reactions you post of RATM.
Always loved their sound and I can understand their messages while I don't completely agree with it. They're definitely worth listening to more.
First hearing this song when I had guitar hero still bangs to this day
More RATM, please. With lyrics. :) A few recommends: Bullet In the Head, Down Rodeo, Testify, Know Your Enemy, Take the Power Back. Btw, appreciate you googling, too. Thank you & best birthday wishes to you! :)
ONE OF MY FAVORITES ALL TIME YO
KNOW YOUR ENEMY
SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE
TOWNSHIP REBELLION
BOMBTRACK
NO SHELTER
KILLING IN THE NAME (Just a Tune Flip Remix)
BULLET IN THE HEAD
GUERILLA RADIO
Take The Power Back, Know Your Enemy, Wake Up, Guerilla Radio, and Down Rodeo are some more absolutely funky high energy head-bangable songs with crazy deep messages. As others have likely mentioned, lyric videos are best for RATM. All of their songs are politically charged and Zach de la Rocha is a masterful lyricist.
*There's a good number of really great RATM songs. To name some, try; Testify__Bullet In The Head__Killing In The Name__Sleep Now In The Fire__Know Your Enemy__Bombtrack__Down Rodeo__....and many more.*
Back to my high school years. I'm glad you try to get the message also, great band, amazing message.
This was high school for me when this came out when the 90s rock music was peeking
Bout time. My favorite song, period
if you want deep meaning with RATM, you should listen their song ''wake up'' and pay close attention to the lyrics, so many things to unpack... from the shaolin monk in 66, to MLK, Malcom X, the media, etc... still so relevant to this day...sadly...
You gotta do killing in the name by them next . Classic
It’s dope seeing folk check out shit that so many of us grew up jamming 🔥
She's doing an awesome job at sittin' still while listening to Rage... that's not easy thing to do.
RATM is the BEST! Check out the live version of Freedom. Check out what the songs about. The passion is ERYTHING!!!
You googling questions is honestly one of the best things.
Edit: also, a bunch of their songs are in video games
The mid-video Googling is part of it, we’re here for it my guy. Dig deep
Know Your Enemy, Wake Up, Down Rodeo, Use lyric videos for these songs please, two other songs to react to "Bullet in the head" live 1993, and "Fistful of Steel" live 1993
Sleep Now in the Fire & Guerilla Radio absolutely raise hell
So many great songs, Freedom, Down Rodeo, Killing In The Name, etc. Definitely check out some more.
Can’t wait to see them live in July!
Love me some Rage❤❤❤
Basically rally round the family means to protect the family with a pocket full of shells shotgun shells, get it this guy’s Hardcore and our gift of them
thanks for doing this one!
2:17... greatness acquired.
Down Rodeo is one of my faves but they are so brilliant its hard to pick to be honest
Zach de la Rocha (vocals) of RATM is a true MC... his lyrics are very militant and politically charged to take on whoever is in power and abuses the people they are supposed to serve. Tom Morello (guitars) is like a DJ on the instrument... and the rhythm section of Timmy C (bass) & Brad Wilk (drums) is one of the finest in rock music today 🤘🤘🔥🔥
Check out “Freedom” by RATM tbh the first album is a masterpiece
Waiting for the RATM concert which has been delayed 2 years due to covid. They were peaking when I was in college.
Kings of Leon:
* Closer
* Waste a Moment
* Supersoaker
* California Waiting
* Wait for Me
React to RATM - Know Your Enemy
Everything they do is 🔥🔥🔥!!
Respect for you
Ladies and Gentleman, they are about to go down the rage rabbit hole.
React to papoose five fingers of death
Good choice y'all 👍😎ccr and rage mash up give it a listen 👍❤️🌎✌️
Checkout more Rage for sure going down a rabbit hole with them.
lyrics are a must for RATM
Trying to understand Rage, is like finding the thing inside you that makes your head wake up the minute you hear it.
When you KNOW... you KNOW FOREVER! 😎
And you have NO IDEA YET! 💯
i’d play this song all night on guitar hero just to listen to it lol
You guys should check out more Audioslave!! To see Chris and RTM in action, do Cochise or Show How To Live... Cheers from Brazil!!
" They use force and fear to get you too comply. They rally around the family, with a pocket full of shells. So, we rally round tha family with a pocket full of shells" 😉.
All rage songs are this good.
Guerilla Radio, lyric version.
✊🏽✊🏻✊✊🏿
Rage against the machine is an awesome band
Next RATM you should do is "Township Rebellion" Keep up the good work 👏🏽 & Cry, Luv the New hair doo 🤘🏼 Take care you 2 😎🤘🏼
Some of my favorite RATM is covers they did of Rakim, Cypress Hill, and Public Enemy. They do a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s, The Ghost of Tom Joad, which is 🔥🔥🔥. Peace you two!!
I’m not going to a lie what a gorgeous looking couple or married couple just gorgeous ❤
Tom Morello is a genius always writing the music I'm thinking 😮
know your enemy by rage 🔥
FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Definitely check out WAKE UP by Rage & make sure to have the lyrics ready or use the lyric video.
that song from the matrix is by rage against the machine called "wake up"
Immortal Technique-Rich's Mans World
You should react to Rage Against The Machine - Down Rodeo or Wake Up, Zack is just a dope Emcee and always kicks some ill shit. Especially on those tracks
Arguably the best lead singer of all time
Don't know if you've heard Black Sabbath-War Pigs,it's a proper song considering whats happening in Ukraine right now.