Rage Against The Machine RATM X Factor Humiliation Of Simon Cowell
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Today we take a look at the 2009 infamous battle between the band Rage Against the Machine and the horrible reality show the X-Factor and creator Simon Cowell. Every year since 2005 the winner of the X-Factor always had the number 1 single come Christmas time, but in 2009 things changed. A grassroots campaign started by a UK DJ got people to buy the Rage Against the Machine song "Killing In the Name" from the group's debut record.
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Now, released in November of 1992, the band's first commercial single, Rage Against the Machine's song, "Killing in the Name" would become the group's signature track. The guitar riff and expletive laden outro of the song made it memorable. It would be inspired by the deadly LA riots of 1992 as well as the Rodney King beating. The song would take aim at institutional racism and the brutality of the police. As you would expect, the large amount of expletives in the song's outro prevented it from achieving much airplay in the United States.
The band found a huge following across the pond in Europe. The song would chart in the UK in 1993, peaking at number 25. It would be strange that 15 years later, the song would make a return to the UK charts but this time at the number 1 spot. It was something that was really unthinkable and shocked a lot of people but how did it happen? Stay tuned to find out.
Christmas time is a big moment for musicians in the UK. It's a general rule of thumb in the country that whatever song tops the charts during the holiday season, will go on to become the biggest selling song of the year. This is a tradition that dates back 50 years to the 70s when rock bands would put out Christmas theme songs or covers.
Come 2005, things started to change a bit in the UK. Now reality TV has been one of the many scurges that has plagued television over the past 20 years and music shows especially have exploded since American Idol's inception in the early 2000s. One of those music shows was the Simon Cowell created X-Factor, which originally started in the UK and migrated across the pond to America in the later part of the decade.
In the UK from 2005 to 2008, each season's winner of The X-Factor would always have the number one song in the country come Christmas time. It was almost like figuring out who was going to win the election of North Korea.
In 2008, radio DJ, John Mortar was sick of Simon Cowell's [bullshit] and launched an online campaign to prevent that year's winner, Alexandra Burke from taking the number one spot. He would urge people online to buy the Rick Astley song, "Never Gonna Give You Up" but the campaign would ultimately fail. Astley's song would not even crack the top 50 in the UK, peaking at number 73. Burke's cover of "Hallelujah" easily took the Number 1 spot that year and became the biggest selling holiday single of all time in the UK.
Come 2009, things would change. In early December of 2009, the same DJ and his wife, Tracy would launch a group on Facebook encouraging people to buy the song, "Killing in the Name" before Christmas in order to prevent the winner of The X Factor that year from taking the Number 1 spot. The campaign would ask people, "Fed up of Simon Cowell's latest karaoke act being Christmas' Number 1? Me too. So who's up for a mass purchase of the track, Killing in the Name" as a protest to the X-Factor monotony?"
The X-Factor winner that year was the person named Joe McElderry who covered the Miley Cyrus song, "The Climb".
Now, the X-Factor song was promising to donate some of their profits to charity, while Rage Against The X Factor campaign encouraged supporters to also give to charity. In fact, a Just Giving page was created to raise money for the homeless charity and shelter, which by December 20th of 2009 had already raised over $100,000 US in funds.
By the middle of December, the group reportedly had over 700,000 members on Facebook and the campaign even caught the attention of Rage Against the Machine guitarist, Tom Morello who lent his support saying, that achieving the Christmas Number 1 would be, as he put it, "A wonderful dose of anarchy," and Morello even planned to donate royalties from the sales of the song to charity.
Morello wouldn't be the only high-profile musician giving their support to the campaign as Dave Grohl, Them Crooked Vultures, Muse and even The Prodigy also voiced their support for the campaign. Also lending their support was heavyweight, Paul McCartney who coincidentally, also appeared on The X Factor with the finalists.
Simon Cowell, for his part, apparently responded to the campaign reportedly calling it "stupid and cynical," but one thing that went unnoticed was that both, the X Factor and Rag - เพลง
Cowell thought this was cynical? His entire career is an exercise in cynicism.
He created the boy band One Erection. If that does not back up your statement nothing could. His success in an exercise in "stupidity" as well.
It was less about the cynicism and more about the fact that Simon was mad he wouldn't get credit for the number one song. The guy's ego is bigger than his head.
The asshole started career in music manufacturing WWF wrestling songs. What a git.
Never really knew why that guy is so important that he shit talks everyone. Never really watched all that shit, I like the idea he isn't relevant anymore. I just like RATM. Listened to them when they first came out and the internet was... not really there. My cousin listened to all things.metal and punk. Also got me into MSI.
... and stoopidity.
Simon Cowell accused someone of being stupid and cynical. Just think about that for a minute.
@knuckle busters
Couldn't have said it better.✊
I was thinking the exact same thing.
@knuckle busters Hopefully you're not taking this the wrong way. Can you elaborate on why your expression? I'm not very social so that's probably a reason why I don't get it but I just want to understand why the expression. BTW, RATM has been my favorite band since I first heard of them back in '98...
knuckle busters haha that is ridiculous ...like a rock band on a major label dissing capitalism while charging top dollar and not giving the profits away.
takes one to know one.
When you ask rage to not swear and they respond by literally saying "fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" like what did they expect? 😂
Amen
I wanna know what the BBC had asked them to say instead? 😂 “Poopy you, I might do what you tell me”?
@@electricsheeeep 😂
Fuck yeah!
@@electricsheeeep I'm guessing based on the first half of the outro they asked them to say "I won't do what you tell me" without the fuck you
It's hilarious that BBC actually thought RATM would fully censor their song
I know right?? 😄😄😄😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I've seen these guys in concert back in the early 90s and they even critized their own fans in the crowd for political reasons. If they can critize a mass group of their own fans right in front of them, they sure aren't gonna worry about swearing on the BBC lol. These guys rock hard and, protest hard and make you think hard. Tv channels are oblivious to how rock bands express themselves when they perform.
Do you remember when the NHL had GREEN DAY perform at their all-star game and then were shocked and embarrassed when they started yelling F-bombs live on TV?!!!....that was hilarious...keep smiling🤘🙂
😂👍🙄👍🤣
...walked ryt into it tho 🤯
BBC Executive: “guys, I’m gonna have to ask you not to sing the line ‘fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me,” is that cool?
RATM: did you just hear yourself?? Haha ok yeah, sure. We will cut that part out.
Rage is one of those bands I liked when I was a kid but didn't fully appreciate until I was an adult.
For real. I grew up on rage an absolutely loved them and now that I'm almost 20 I'm going back through their discography and gaining a new appreciation and love for their music.
Was just great music at 14. Later on I woke up and understood the lyrics and it was amazing 😁😁😁
100% Once you fully realize the lyrics you come to the conclusion that what you always felt when listening to it is also in the meaning of their words.
@@haiguyse maybe you would enjoy Tay Zonday's Chocolate Rain knowing that the song is about systemic racism in the U.S.
They are definitely like a 5/10 band. Pretty much all of their songs are good. Best average band for sure.
The South Park movie said it best "Gruesome, deplorable violence is okay as long as no one uses and naughty language."
Or any love making. Stabbing and shooting people is fine, making love, we can't have that on tv
I knew some religious people when I was a kid who took this quite literally. They let me watch Starship Troopers... with no boobies in it.
@@futurestoryteller The only good bug, is a dead bug. Are you doing your part?
It's like TV ratings. You can show a gun fight with a blood bath of a murder scene... but if we see one nipple, so help me God!!!!
It was "Horrific deplorable violence" actually lol.
This was not done to hurt album sales, it wasn't done to embarrass Simon Cowell and it wasn't to rebel against Society either. It was about choosing the alternative choice instead of going through the motions and accepting the status quo. Your life belongs to you and the choices that present you are yours to influence. The minute you let someone do this for you, you become less than a Human Being
"You'll never silence the voice of the voiceless."
I remember one time on American Idol seeing some dude get voted off because he covered a Radiohead song and they said something along the lines of "we don't really judge songs like that".
Wow
Simon Cowell also voted off someone because he sang 'Lithium' by 'Nirvana.'
Wow.....just....wow
@@ryanjofre What did you expect? The show isn't just looking for 'talent' they are looking for puppets. People that can perform whatever garbage pop song the producers throw at them and preferably be able to do a stage show dance while performing it. People that producers can exploit to make the next Britney Spears/Justin Bieber type of song because that's what makes them money.
“One of the many scourges that has plagued television over the past 20 years” 😂😂😂 amazing
Never a truer word spoken.
100% true
YES I love it as well!!! but it's been waaaaay longer than 20 years. I knew the garbage that was "The Real World" on shitty MTV was more or less one of the very early so-called reality shit shows. Ugh. Pure nonsense.
@@r.joseph8911 fact: The Real world was created by the same creator that gave us Bad Girls Club, which of course was a reality TV show from Oxygen. Also a garbage-ass show. It's like if Satan chewed on Big Brother, KUWTK, and Jersey Shore all together and spat on it. I'm glad it got canceled in 2017.
Yes. Yes. Love all of you.
RATM also held a free concert in London for 60k fans to thank them for putting their song on top that year...its on you tube too, great show.
Patrick C. McEvoy then they went and charged $200 for tickets to a concert that was cancelled with no refunds lololol
@@wackyduck3 That was TicketMasters policy, NOT teh bands, The band have gone on record saying that ANYONE who wants a refund will get one. Sorry trying to torpedo a band with integrity of rotm is on a hiding to nothing as we say in Britain. PS I'm not even a ROTM fan, never have been was fed up of them as a teenager due to by little brother being as MASSIVE fan (And still is)
@@wackyduck3 was that in UK? Cause cheapest seat I found here in US was $500+ for nosebleed seats
@@capttrips1523 peak socialism...
@@wackyduck3 I got my refund
*Sony during all of this*
"You kids just play safe now"
*Counting the money in the background*
Almost 30 years later that Rage album still rocks. Timeless stuff really.
Every time I listen I love it more 💪. Even my teens start to like it because I listen to it so much
WAKE UP - probably the most iconic song is and about 2020 ! And the least played and underplayed and under rated of all time. DUDE IS A PROFIT ! He can foresee things happening Zach is amazing
@@msmelpersonality7
"This time the bullet cold rocked ya,
A yellow ribbon, instead of a Swastika..."
Every time I see that grey American flag with a blue stripe, I think of that line.
I listen to that RATM album and the System of a Down debut album about once per month to this very day.
Evil empire, renegades of funk, self titled- you name it! Profits of Rage sucks and their politics support dictator Biden... Zak was the heart and brain in that group for certain
"I'm a poor child from a poor family from a poor neighborhood" -Every TV "Talent Show" Winner
Of course, to make it better, add someone who is younger than 18 years old, someone with a flashy, marketable image and personality adding it with some pop mediocrity or bad, generic singing and shit. I'm so proud of RATM for doing this.
'...and look, I have an old granny, observe when I wheel her out and please note how extremely fucking old and decrepit the woman is. Also, my mother, this old woman's daughter, she had to work in a JOB, in order to feed me and my 12 siblings. It's a tragic tale working class toil of Dickensian proportions. Speaking of my siblings, they're all over there, look. It's the 12 people in white t shirts with the same picture of me as a baby with the demented grins on their faces doing phone signs next to their cheeks with their hands, jumping up and down and pointing at their own stomachs. It's really not sad, at all. A vote for me is a really a vote for an old, old, half dead woman and her fat, ugly daughter, my beautiful mum. Fuck the off-key singing and the lyrics I made up because I forgot. Just look at THEM. If that's not enough to make you cry in your beer, then I don't know what the fuck is"!
Key and Peele did a good riff on that very trope
They love to capitalize on people with disabilities, also. Ya better have a tragic story to have a chance!
“I’m a minority who was privileged enough to to go to Harvard, break into the music business by playing anti capitalist songs, get famous enough to finally have my own signature guitar for my fans to buy but then sell them at a price that most of my fans can’t afford.” - Tom Morello
I just realized that before this, I had never heard Zack de la Rocha talk.
He talks quite a bit like he raps.
Hea one of the few dudes that you can almost guess what hes going to sound like before he actually talks
Me neither, what an ordinary speaking voice huh?
It doesn't help that he has never done many on-camera interviews.
Didn't he quit to be an activist in mexico? Something like that.
Simon had this to say:
"It's okay when I do it, but not when they do"
A thing of absolute beauty, I remember listening to the very moment when the Christmas n#1 was named, me and my sister were jumping about in my old bedroom (at mums for the holidays)when they dropped the track!
Whooohooo!!!
Simon Cowell called it "stupid & cynical," which describes Simon Cowell exactly.
Simon Cowell is cynical but he sure as hell ain't stupid.
I know a term that describes Cowell much better. It is four letters long, rhymes with hunt, and begins with c.
Simon Cowell's whole persona is based on being "stupid and cynical" so he would know.
Same thing happened when Tool released their latest album. Rock is a beast in slumber until it's needed again!
Simon Cowell needs to be embarrassed much much more often than once every 10 years. Maybe there should be a cage match between him and Gordon Ramsay lol
I liked Morello’s retort to the accusation that in the end it’s still the same people benefiting. He didn’t really refute it but deflected it well.
Yep. End of the day, they're all the same
@@r.edward5701 No ... they're not.
He answered it right off the bat "it's not about that"
Besides, Simon doesn’t own Sony, as the interviewer stated.
could be a politician.
"The manufactured pop music industry" yes, commonly known as the machine lol
Pretty sure the machine is more of a military or political force. Raging against pop music is... well... it's a _little bit_ childish.
@@futurestoryteller Did you even watch the video? If so., how did you come to that conclusion?
@@donnievick3076 Kind of a non-sequitur really
@@futurestoryteller military and political forces and manufactured pop music industry are just parts of the same perpetuum mobile to me
@@mirawondafication5731 ^FACTS
The lesson: never look to the charts for good music.
The world needs bands like rage. I live to see them come back
I never liked Simon Cowell.
STARBREAKER71 Well La Di Dah... 🤦🏽♂️
That's basically an axiomatic statement. Someone liking Simon Cowell might well disprove reality as we know it.
How does one not enjoy him making fun of terrible singers
He is one of those people that looks like how he is, if you look at his face its the exact picture if hid being
Who does??
I loved this so much! I was sick to the teeth with the X Factor by 2009, so I was more than happy to buy multiple copies of Killing in the Name. Also I always remember Louis Walsh (one of the judges on the show) saying that Rage Against the Machine were 'just a one-hit wonder'. Basically he had never heard of them, probably because his musical knowledge starts at Boyzone and ends at Westlife
I know RATM well.
Never heard of Louis Walsh.
they have hits?
Glad I do not know what westlife is. Sounds like a openly gay rap group.
@@dollarcostbackpacker1226 what's wrong with that lol ratm is progressive as fuck
@@tail66 Yes, they DON'T! 😁🤣
Why blame Sony for selling music people want to hear, if you like Rage, they will sell you Rage. If you like catchy, overproduced, formulaic, soulless pop... that's what they're gonna sell you. Demand quality, demand originality, demand better, or settle for the lowest common denominator. They are a business, they don't care about music. Buy crap...get more crap, it's that simple.
I love that song more and more with every year that passes! I'm in the U.S. and at 59 years old, you better believe I'm constantly saying "f- u, I won't do what you tell me"!
Rock/metal still is alive. I wouldn't want it to be as popular as ...well pop music. It thrives best as a rebellious underground 'creature'.
It did for a while with 'glam metal' like Def Leppard post 1983 albums. Glam metal was awful party music for frat boys that complain to this day that Nirvana killed it. I was fine with Nirvana and Grunge/ Alternative killing glam metal.....I need my rock n roll to say "fuck you", and not be dance music.
That's what people need to understand. Rock needs to be more under the radar so it doesn't devolve into the same "schmaltzy ballads" that Morello was describing.
What does does Rage Against the Machine have to do with Metal or hard rock there a political stupid noise junk of junk .
The world would be a better place if people liked what they liked instead of what they are told.
Rock/metal isn't all that rebellious anymore lol
Their music is more relevant today than it ever has been... Timeless shit
But it’s not. It’s kind of whiny and finger pointy.
@@Vaultzero so is it hard being that stupid, or did you just acquire that through genetics so it comes naturally?
some name that isn't mine Not stupid, statistics prove that these “rebellious” songs against the police are no more than myths. They raged...against their fathers lies. Haha
Either more relevant or an example of history repeating or things have been the same. Rage woke me up to politics as a teenager.
Wesley EP The song is about police brutality, right? Injustice at the hands of cops towards Black men? Right? Well, statistics show that, police brutality against black men exclusively or in a higher rate is a myth. They raged against their daddies lies.
I was 7 years old when Rage went to number 1, and it pretty much changed my entire perspective on what music was at that point.
By the end of this year, I'm pretty sure we'll be hearing a lot of Rage Against the Machine on the charts as well
I remember listening to their performance on national radio at about 0855hrs in the morning. I also remember the presenters sounding nervous and apologising afterwards. Happy memories 😊
BBC 5live is a talk radio station covering news and sport. They never had bands play on the station, and when they did, this happened 😋
OMG they said "fuck". Aaaand in this following segment we have guests talking about giving hormone blockers to a 6 year old. Enoy!
0855hrs in the morning? But was it am or pm? 🤔
@@haiguyse I never got this joke
@@TheTurtleneck64 It was no joke.
When things reach the point of covering a Miley Cyrus song on a karaoke show......well, it’s a challenge to get more pathetic than that.
Well said sir.
😂
Makes me wonder how bad everything else in the charts is when that shmallsy cover song still manages to reach the n° 1 spot?!
Pathetic indeed!
miley cyrus is ten times more heavy than ratm
@@uynosquedamostrabado anda a escuchar cumbia sucio
I remember when they cussed on live tv.
It was on the news in NZ and the reporter said "legends" lol
"Schmaltzy Ballad."
I love you, Tom Morello.
Did mention RAGE performed a free concert a short time later in London's Finsberry Park 2009 and was a great show.
They donate a crazy amount every time they release anything or have any kind of reunion. this years concert tour was set to donate all proceeds from the first 3 concerts and 50% of the rest was set to go to local organizations wherever they were performing before coronavirus shut it down. That aspect doesn't get enough attention. They weighed the options and they can do more good for thier cause from the inside. The more money they make the more people benefit.
I had no idea killing in the name was inspired by the LA riots of 1992. Crazy how nearly 30 years can pass and we find ourselves in a similar situation today in LA. RIP George Floyd
That's actually incorrect. Theres footage of them them on yt opening their first show with it..which was in 91.
History repeats.
We find ourselves in the same situation every few years, its seems. They keep trying to kill the riots and protests instead of taking care of the ACTUAL PROBLEM. A Fever is a symptom of an illness. You can't completely cure the fever until you quell the illness. You might be able to lower the fever for a bit, but if the illness is still present, the fever will return. And that's what we're seeing. Fight the Illness, not the Symptoms.
Really !
How the fuck you became an agent with counting skills like that
Even if I'm still young, I'm so glad I grew up listening to several bands in the alt rock, hard rock, prog rock, and alt metal genres. It has made up most of my life and helped me become who I am now. This is one of many bands that stays in my memories.
Always top notch content from this channel. Respect.
Interesting how at first glance the campaign was against consumerism and reality tv shows, but at the end of the day both the x factor and RATM discography were owned by SONY, so the corporation eventually wins either way. Just shows you the impractical way of fighting the big corporations.
Can't deny that. But , i don't think RATM would've had the impact they went on to have without being on a major label.
Problem is you have to pick somebody big and well known in order to stand any chance of doing something relevant in a campaign like this one. Also helps for what RATM music is and what they stand for.
Yeah was gonna make the Sony comment.. Now in Lockdown.. We all suffer while corporations boast biggest profits... Rich richer.. Poor... Obliterated.
Gotta play the game to change the game
Actually the argument was that people were tired of being spoonfed. Besides which this is a little like pointing out that protestors and police both benefit from living in a democracy. You can always point and say you see a parlor trick or sellout element, but it doesn't change the fact that we live in a society where you can bite the hand that feeds whether you mean it or not. That allows people to take the message seriously without acknowledging the delivery system. That could make disavowal permissible, or you could see it as poisoning the well. In one instance you treat the money as the thing that matters in the other you treat the message. If your art moves the Overton Window, your message may well be more important than money.
They wouldnt show the video, i remember top of the pops or whatever it was showing the countdown to xmas number 1 and they showed christmas lights flashing in time with a 30 sec clip of the song 😂😂😂
Truly awesome video ! Liked and subscribed because you DIDN'T ask or hustle anybody ! Cheers brother
We need this song again here in the US. What the song says is still relevant today.
There's no such thing as bad publicity...unless it's an obituary.
PewDiePie might disagree lol
Actually obituaries make for a really great publicity, but the problem is you're not there to enjoy it.
I'd like to see the story of Ozzy snorting a line of Jerusalem Crickets with Ugly Kid Joe.
Nah nah it was snorting ants with Gene Simmons 😂😂😂
@@dmfs1596 Snorting Ham Sandwiches with Cass Elliot
He was snorting assassin wasps with Dave Mustaine. Allegedly.
I recall hearing about that time Ozzy snorted rolly pollies with Milly Vanilly.
I heard Ozzy snorted bats with the Wuhan Clan
I remember this happening. What a time to be alive! I bought the single and so did a lot of my friends because we dog RATM and we wanted to see if it would happen. It was amazing they gave a free concert in London which I unfortunately missed. Never seen them live. Has anyone here seen them and what was your opinion of them live?
We need a RATM reunion tour now more than ever. I saw them at Rock The Bells in 07 and they were phenomenal. I’d fly anywhere in the world to see them play again.
Agreed, but i do think Chuck and b do a good job in prophets of rage though.
I was at their first show in almost 11 years at Alpine Valley last July. It was fucking mind blowing.
Although it bothers me that sony makes money either way, i love the spirit behind the campaign to dethrone the industry spoon feeding of the masses
Without Sony, there is a good chance no one would know who RATM is.
How are they supposed to spread their message without a major label?
Morello had a quote about that (paraphrased): "If I could only tell you how many artists I know on indie labels bitching to me about late royalty payments or merch orders being delayed. There's nothing about independent labels that address problems that are already inherently present in capitalism."
In the 90s? They couldn't.
De La Rocha equates this to getting the attention of the international press.
(cough) Fugazi (cough)
@@thecatspiano Ian Mackaye enters the chat. 😅
With all of my heart, I know we will experience a neo-Rage. I am an old-school punk, and Rage Against the Machine was the only clear voice I found in the 90’s. TRUTH NEVER DIES, so long as there is at least one to remember, and we are many. We remember.
So, I don’t think it makes sense to have the expectation that newer generations are going to “keep rock alive”. Imagine telling punk bands in the 80s that they didn’t have enough jazz influence, so therefore it’s trash? Every generation is going to take what previously existed and take away from it/add to it.
That said, I think the solution to over processed music is a similar solution to most problems; education. Being able to understand that there are so many more chord progressions than i-v-vi-iv is the key to breaking out of the monotonous cacophony of mainstream radio.
In other words, if you want better music, become a “musician” and not just somebody who pokes around on their instrument. Learn to understand why you like what you like to listen to and pass that information to others. Learn how to critically assess why something is “bad” or “good” to your ears.
Best Christmas number one ever! Thanks RATM for saving us from the Grinch.
I never even heard of this before, this is awesome! Rage Against the Machine for Christmas sounds like a shit ton of fun... 😄✊
I remember voting for it and it getting to number 1 lol. Great Times. I love RATM. We definitely need more revolutionary ideas like this.
Keep in mind the charts sales are a week Behind!!!
I saw these guys play the main stage at Lollapalooza way back in the 90’s. Had no idea who they were at the time, but their style, energy & Morello’s one of a kind guitar style _blew me away._ I KNEW they were going to be huge. ✊
"The radio plays what they want you to hear."
And i sure believe it
“Sellout, with me oh yeah, sellout, with me tonight” lmfao 😂😂
This was a beautiful moment in music history.
They shouldve called the campaign “raise against the machine”
There is nothing cynical about what the DJ started and what RATM did. It was so incredibly refreshing to have a radio DJ actually participate in culture like they once did. The bonus was that they played it live. Amazing!!!
what other stories would you guys like to see?
Do an acid bath video!!
The Rage against the Machine Concert at the 2000 Democratic National Convention protest
The infamous Depeche Mode Devotional Tour
Ministry and killing joke
Any Ween knowledge?
"stupid and cynical"
The X factor.
As a British I want to apologize for Simon Cowell coming out of our nation
Listening to RATM at 16 you understand the rage, at 40 you undrdstand the message and are shocked of its relevance 25 years later
CD sales are so low...the Melvins album "The Bride Screamed Murder" was the first Melvins album to chart!
When did it chart?
If you're wondering why YT turned the volume down on your VO it's because the clip of Rage playing live was a lot louder than the rest of the audio in your video. The normalization filter doesn't lower the volume in just the loud part of the video but the entire audio track, so if only one part of your video is really really loud it'll make the rest of your video quiet in comparison. It's time consuming sometimes but the only way to avoid it is to either manually adjust the audio in your video before exporting or by adding some kind of compression to the audio track.
Hope this helps, looking forward to watching more of your content!
Oh man that's a happy story much needed right now. Bravo. Also great little piece of history I didn't know until this moment.
Seemed like Rage's corporate overloads Sony profited in the end either way. Morello's answer was weak.
If rock is to survive or become dominant again, it needs new blood. Most legacy acts aren't in a position to do this themselves (except maybe the Foo Fighters), but they can support new bands with opening slots on tours etc.
It's all about streaming content now. My kids are just hitting their teens and barely like anything on the radio.
I mean.. there is babymetal, they're incredibly talented and unique I think more people should be supporting them and they will be able to help the rock/metal industry attract new fans.
@@c44250 eh. people who actually like rock music dont care much for forced gimmicks
s y n t a x o i l they aren’t a gimmick. It’s the elitists like yourself who don’t allow the metal scene to evolve and stay relevant. Just go look up rob zombies thoughts on babymetal 👍
You forgot the greatest rock band of our time... Queens of the stone age
This moment is 2009 made me feel genuinely proud to be English.
Remember when music actually had some depth in its lyrics
I bought it four times, despite already owning the album. Seeing ratm at number one was hilarious.
I will tell my grandkids this lovely christmas story in the future
The world needs RATM now. Like, NOW!
Prophets of Rage is a thing, it's Cypress Hill with RATM
the are corporate cash grabber phonys....with a fanbase of idiots
Dude people ARE raging against machine now
Lol, RATM is part of the machine now
@@DeathknightDragon We all are, the only way you could not be is by living off the grid. They had to become part of it to have a platform as big as they have.
Either that, or it's controlled opposition. People don't realize how good the government is at controlling opposition, that's literally what bipartisan politics is, both 'sides' of the government are in it together, we're the ones who are truly divided, not so much the government. I'm sure they throw a few honest useful idiot politicians in there for authenticity, but a lot of them are pawns themselves to the ones who are actually in control. The government isn't as incompetent as people think.
Hey brother, just found your channel and you have a lot of content. You have a great voice for the narration as well.
You're going to get big!
But please, dont change!
"my great grandad died 100 years ago" -every got talent show winner
That outro didn't slow down radio play, they just cut it out. Heard it plenty back then.
And it was on Tony Hawk Underground
"Killing in the Name of Vanessa Carlton" Give it a listen.
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Thanks for that
“We wrote this in an LA slum” paraphrasing a Harvard grad. “Thank you, I’ll do what you tell me!”
Yeah, it was epic! I was so hyped by the news that the people had spoken and with such a perfect anthem. The pop machine suggests that pop is popular when in fact the people who don't like it need only join forces to prove that's there's more of us than there are of them. It gave me hope. I wish this kind of thing happened more often and just kept shoving it back in the faces of all this terrible sickly safe BS pretending to be music and reality show stars being de-throned by real artists. The whole thing is about people power and comes with a clear message... you don't have to take it if you band together.
The music industry isn't broken, it was built this way.
it very broken my friend, the UK Christmas Charts is one of the most misleading Charts on the planet as the data is not reached anyway at or during Christmas, the real Christmas data from 27th December Weekly at Christmas, from 20th December Sales it was Joe McElderry knocked Rage Against The Machine, With The Climb. there were only top one week Rage up to 19th December sales data, the last battle won and simon must of been pleased in the End.
The band will live forever the music an message will never get played out 👊
This was such a cool story!! I didn't know about this & THIS IS ROCK AND ROLL!!!✌️💙🤘
Say what you will about them, RATM knows how to market their product.
This should definitely continue...I never caught on to American Idol at all when it came out.
Whilst RATM didn't end the year at number one, Joel McElderry disappeared from the music scene just like many other singers from these shows.
Already in the 90's, I remember that RATM were selling calendars and mugs under their name. So much for being "anarchists,", rebels and "against the machine". I loved how Suicidal Tendencies always ripped them a new one in the interviews.
Still love Suicidal
*"All I wanted was a Pepsi! Just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me!!"* 🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰
I think rock n roll will always be alive, I honestly don’t think the charts matter but the way the band uses their influence and songwriting. At the end of the day if my favorite band is on the charts, I’d be screaming their name and buying everything they release.
I remember this going to #1, it was brilliant because the radio stations HAD to play the Christmas number one. Rage forever!
End of the day the musik biz always absorbs even those who made their music career by being rebellious or outrageous, the only ones who really dont get sucked into this are those who never make much money, never have much wide success and remain basically underground... all the rest , even if they start out as being fashionably anti establishment , in time become just part of the the industry, you even get song which were once presented as rebellious angst playing as the piped drone music in supermarkets....
Well said
BEST YT-TITLE EVER!😎
Cowell owned the label they were on, he made a ton of money out of it. It's well documented.
Sony part own Simon Cowells record company he doesnt own Sony
Part own, meaning he owns the majority share. Its his.
We should make this a fine Christmas tradition. Hell we should have our kids sing their songs as carol's.
Rage: Its for the anarchy!
Sony: yes! rake in the money!
Wow, it's almost like capitalism is such an invasive monster of control and authoritarianism that it can extract wealth from even the poor who fight it!
@@NoConsequenc3 If you think at this point that Rage against the machine has not in any way used capitalism for themselves you are clearly missing some of their tickets sales.
@@aukemebel4263 ticket prices are negotiated by promoters & venues, bands don’t determine ticket prices
When a band makes multi-millions
THEY’RE LITERALLY PART OF THE MACHINE!
I remember this Christmas number 1, was the best Christmas moment of my life!!!
Who remembers how RATM was humiliated by Suicidal Tendencies?
nope
There was a video about that on this channel as well
RATM: we’re raging against the machine.
Also RATM: signs with Sony
The machine of police brutality and systematic racism... not recording companies. We didn't have TH-cam or social media back then, without Sony no one would know they were raging about anything.
@@chrisoliver4663 you can’t rage against something that doesn’t exist.
@@PunkShockRock ok...
@@PunkShockRock police brutality doesn't exist? Even if you're blind enough to ignore it's existence in America, just look at Myanmar and Hong Kong right now.
@@PunkShockRock Police kill unarmed, innocent white people all the time what the fuck are you talking about
Rage AGAINST the Machine now has to change their name to: Rage on BEHALF of the Machine.
At 5:18 it looked like that question was about to piss Zach off and Tom jumped in to try and smooth things over.