"That scratchin".... That scratching ain't from no turntable brother, it's from the guitar of the master, Tom Morello.

@chrisw3421

8 ай бұрын

his eyes were closed during that part of the video

@MugnifyRTS

8 ай бұрын

I forgot you could emulate Scratching with Guitar Chords

@morgansmmoaddiction6185

8 ай бұрын

Morello is an alien or a wizard or something. Man is MAD talented.

@chrisw3421

8 ай бұрын

Tom attended Berkeley school of music, he's no slouch, he's super creative.

@TheRedStateBlue

7 ай бұрын

@@chrisw3421 and Harvard, from where he holds a degree in political science.

Fun fact. Adam Jones (Tool guitarist) and Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine guitarist), were roommates before both bands formed. ✌️

@TexasMadeCruz

5 ай бұрын

Tom did special appear for one Tool Concert! I forgot what song he played though 🤔

“They don’t gotta burn the books, they just remove ‘em.” That’s happening right here and now even as we speak. It’s not the kind of lyric you want to come true.

@cecelia1350

5 ай бұрын

Don’t forget FL is rewriting them so white students won’t feel bad about their ancestors. I believe FL is the state that wants to add “the slaves learned valuable work skills” while being enslaved. How anyone could think that is an appropriate thing to say is mind boggling.

When Paul Ryan was Mitt Romney’s running mate during the 2012 campaign, he said that Rage was his favorite band. Tom Morello responded by saying that Ryan was the embodiment of the machine they were raging against. A lot of toolbags don’t pay attention to the lyrics.

@Citizenesse8

7 ай бұрын

I remember that distinctly and it was so galling at the time and remains so now. Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, Chuck Schumer et al don't even realize that they are the looters.

@elizabethmassengale2033

5 ай бұрын

Turns out Tom Morello is a tool himself. Zack was the heart of Rage. Talked it and walked it

In the 90s, tons of people listened to everything. As years passed, people went back to sticking with just one genre. It's a shame that a lot of people don't even listen to music of the past.

I love RATM for their lyrics first, music second. We need them now more than ever.

They were way ahead of their time, for sure. A perfect blend of Rap, Rock and Funk coupled with raw emotion- there will only ever be one RATM.

@KirkTeetzel

7 ай бұрын

I think they were perfect for the time. The problem is nothing changed (got worse?) so they are still really relevant today.

Bro, Rage sent me down the hip hop rabbit hole that i never returned from. After these guys i got into Dre, Jurassic 5, Immortal Technique, MF Doom, Eminem, and so so many others.

@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer

7 ай бұрын

MF DOOM.

Hell yeah! Rage and Tool are my favorite bands. You can’t go wrong with whatever Rage song you choose next, they’re all bangers. Glad you pulled up the lyrics, they’re a must for them.

The answer to your question is that I loved and still love great hip hop, and Rage hit my Rock, Hip Hop, and maybe even some old funk nerve endings - I am a 73 yr old ex rock musician and long time music fan of multiple genres.

Honestly, everyone I know that is a huge fan of Rage is ALSO a huge fan of hip hop, especially stuff like Run the Jewels. :)

@Nalianna

7 ай бұрын

100%

the record was recorded live in-studio with a group of their friends in attendance so youre not mistaken when you say it sounds live. it was like jamming at a dennys but professionally recorded in a music studio its encapsulated enthusiasm

@thlom

2 ай бұрын

That was the self titled debut album, as far as I know not EE.

when this song came out it was common for the politicians to use the phrase "family values" to rally people to their sides. The reference to pockets full of shells has been interpreted multiple ways. I always thought of shells as referring to a slang term for money others consider it meaning ammo shells. In my view the chorus means to expose the hypocrisy of our leaders using language to connect with voters, but are really just all about the money.

@elbruces

7 ай бұрын

It isn't a coincidence that the "family values" politicians are also the same one who are all about increasing war spending as much as possible.

This song is about the Military Industrial Complex....how much money we spend on the military, while the politicians rally around the family. But war tears apart families. It's about the apparent hypocrisy in the system. And yes, lyrics for Rage. Zach puts history books in his bars. It's one of the few bands where you might need a study guide to catch all the stuff he's throwin at you.

I remember the first time I saw RatM, at a festival in (I think) DC. When Tim Morello started his first solo, every guitar nerd’s jaw dropped.

ALL of Rage’s songs are political. This song is about the military industrial complex. How the government claims to support the family all the while building weapons, waging war and sending our sons and daughters to fight. Zack’s got BARZ!!!!!!!

For me it's the guitars/overall sound. I enjoy the really deep, dirty, gritty sounds, and the very raw/imperfect sound of "real" (analogue) instruments. Great reaction. That second verse is one of my favourite moments in music: "they don't gotta burn the books, they just remove them" unfortunately very relevant still.

This song is about how the government/military industrial complex is so quick to respond to any threat with violence, instead of what we actually need.

For me, Rage is one of the reasons I love hip-hop. My hip-hop journey took a little longer to grow, but it was there from the beginning. Starting with MC Hammer, Us3, Sirmixalot, and then Coolio, Dre, Snoop, Naughty by Nature, thanks to MTV. Many rock/metal groups from the 90's would cover rap songs from time to time as well which inadvertently helped further grow my interest for the genre. For example, when I heard Korn cover Ice Cube's Wicked when I was 13, I thought it was the coolest fucking song I'd ever heard. Once I learned it was Cube, I went and checked that album out and realized that hip-hop music can be just as intense as metal. To this day, Metal, especially the more extreme shit, and Hip-Hop, especially if they got bars, are my two most listened to genres.

One of my favorite things about RATM is how they utilize one or two powerful phrases and repeat them to really bring the point home without it getting monotonal or boring. Also, yeah, listening to Rage did turn me on to hip hop, I dont listen to a ton, but I definitely have an appreciation for it.

"And the riot be the rhyme of the unheard!" RAGE-Calm Like A Bomb This song is one of my absolute favs! 💣🤘🏼❤♾️

Rally round the family with a pocket full of shells is referring to politicians who preach family values while simultaneously engaging in wars around the world. At least that's the way I've always heard it.

I came up in the hood. My tastes for metal and hip hop evolved together. I had friends from gangs in my neighboorhood who got me going on rap. NWA, Too Short and such, but I went to a different school than them. Where I went to school, there were a couple kids that wanted to convert me to metal. They saw their in when one spotted me reading The Stand. He made me come to his house after school, and he gave me Anthrax Among the Living. The title track of that album is based on The Stand, and it had one other Stephen King related song, a song about the Judge Dredd comics, and a song loosely based on the death of John Belush. That was it for me 😂. I still consider myself MORE of a metalhead, but I still LOVE me some good rap and r&b. My rap knowledge isn't as sharp as my metal, but I do find quite a few good artists through my Eminem obsession. I'm also a SUCKER for 90s r&b. You put on some En Vogue, Boyz II Men, or some TLC [RIP Lisa], and you're gonna hear my big, white, out of tune ass singing along 😂. You should check out Down Rodeo from rage.[ ro-DAY-oh ]. I only say it like that because I see a lot of people react to that one, and nobody ever tells them how to pronounce it, and they think it's rodeo, like bull riding. It's Rodeo as in Rodeo drive in LA. Just trying to save you from feeling like a dork when you hear it. Inow that feeling, and it sucks. 😂😂 Love from Ohio ✌️🤘❤

Get into that rabbit hole...Current events hit different...Go get em!!!

You know what we need is rock fans reacting to rap to expose rock fans to great rappers we may never heard of.

Hola, I know I'm late but still...I saw Rage Against the Machine in the early 90ies at Roskilde Festival; one of the best band performance I ever seen. The energy was totally electric and absolutely no one was standing still or not singing with...Their music/lyrics is still very much needed, sadly I would say. Gracias Mug - saludos desde Valencia

That IS Hip Hop. We grew up on Hip Hop despite where we were raised. Rage was just inevitable.

My favorite way of looking at the chorus is that RATM is pointing out the irony of government officials who proclaim to be both “pro-family” (rally 'round the family) and “pro-war” (with a pocket full of shells).

@MugnifyRTS

8 ай бұрын

I heard that as well

@richardlandrum1966

5 ай бұрын

My favorite way of interpreting that line is, "go far enough left and you'll want your guns back".

This is about the Ruby Ridge incident. Read about it and this song will hit different

@S_CampbellFOC

8 ай бұрын

No it isnt

One of the best guitar players in Tom! It’s Rock, Reggae, Rap and funk! Nobody Ever like them

I'd love to hear you throw out hip hop recommendations at the end of videos. "If you like this, maybe check out etc" so much more interesting musicality in hip hop than a lot of rock and metal fans realise imo

@MugnifyRTS

7 ай бұрын

Those recommendations would take more thought, but if I wanted to introduce rage against the machine fans to Hip Hop who would I recommend?

@molloyju

7 ай бұрын

@@MugnifyRTS yeah more work for sure, and you already do more than enough! As for who I'd recommend, I'm no expert in all honesty. I'm more a rock fan who also likes all types of music. I put on King Kunta for friends who like rock and metal because it's got that bassline. Neil Young is my dad's hero and I went with "how much a dollar really cost". Rage is a difficult one though, I'll think about it! Otherwise I'd just say that if your doing a reaction and a similarity etc pops into your head, shout it out! I'm sure plenty of us would go check it out. You have a great ear for music, appreciate all the effort 🙏

When watching a rage video, you always need 2 things. The lyrics pulled up to the side, and a history book or website handy to understand the lyrics.

Short and concise. Gets the message across. It's the military that's run by the government. And we buy it.

Always have Lyrics. Check out, "wake up", "no shelter", "down rodeo", "freedom" and "township rebellion".....then everything else. Enjoy the rabbit hole, but listen closely.....and research any name drop you don't know (De La O for example)

hip hop from the 90's turned into hip hop of the 2000's which became more about "I got a Bentley" than "F the Police" of the 90's. If that makes sense.

The same time I was listening to this back in the early 90's, I also was listening to Nirvana and NWA...

Fun fact: Lead guitarist Tom Morello's father was Kenya's first Ambassador to the United Nation's and his great uncle was the first elected president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta.

@9000ck

Ай бұрын

i didn't believe this, but it is 100% accurate. look it up.

I got turned on to hip hop in NYC between 1988 - 92. Born 61 in the south. 😊

"How can you get into this and not hip-hop?' Gateway drug my dude ;)

Check out their song “Down Rodeo” … that first lyric line is 😮 The singer Zach worked with a lot of hip hop groups like KRS One and Pharrell Williams

@jessearruda7954

7 ай бұрын

They literally have a whole album of covers. From rakim, to cypress Hill, to epmd.... they are definitely the perfect blend of funk, hip hop, and metal/punk. Can't think of another band with a similar sound that blended so many influences and music tastes so perfectly

Zack has some sick verses in the song Wild International, by One Day As A Lion.

i love when he was saying the first verse was fire. completely oblivious to the slap hes about to get with the second verse xD

I always wanted to have make a youtube channel with someone that came from hip hop rap and me coming from metal and playing songs for each other to react to while giving some history etc.

In the early 90s, hip-hop was still quite different from any kind of rock music. RATM was a pioneer in nu-metal, paving the way for groups like Linkin Park and Korn. And personally, at the time, I wanted more instrumentals than it felt like hip-hop was offering.

Definitely a message being sent

who told you we don’t get into hip hop? it’s just that Rock Metal Heavy Metal and co hit the bars lyric wise and music wise that’s all but me for one i’m big on hip hop and rap as well

I know for some of us small town or suburban white kids this for sure opened the door to exploring hip hop.

I got into hip hop before I got into rage, I just hadn’t heard of rage. Where I grew up, I didn’t know anyone listening to hip hop, I first liked beastie boys, nwa, digital underground, snoop, Dre, coolio… cypress hill was the first tape I ever bought with my win money, and Doggystyle was the first CD I ever bought. for me it was more about the counter culture aspect bc I also started getting into punk rock. This was the 90’s for me after grunge had made it big. To be fair though, I really didn’t pay close attention to the lyrics until years later. I was into music, trying to learn to make music, the message wasn’t something I was keen to yet.

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

I love hip hop! I basically went into the Screwed up rap after this, but I was a drummer in a rock band warming up to Jay Z before practice

I like that you stopped to read the lyrics. Get in deep to your heart.

“Has a public execution connotation.” - this response to “rally round the family with a pocket full of shells,” is wildly accidentally, abstractly, accurate, to the meaning of the bar imo. Those in power use words that claim to serve the interests of the working class people, of “the family”, while their actions and policies serve their own interests and those funding them…which often included (still includes) using armed forces around the world to exploit the global south, to undermine the interests of the people in different regions around the world, to instead serve the interests of those profiteering off these actions. Which ultimately puts “the family,” the American working class, in line for a slow and abstract execution. “Arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells,” again, whose interests are being served…. A for profit prison system, imprisoning more people than any other country on earth, a higher prison population than the entire population of some countries, a prison system that enables legal slavery still in many states, along with the “profit” (corp welfare) from tax dollars paying them, meanwhile the war machine flourishes off fear propaganda against (pick who they claim the bad guy is in the moment), as we build the the largest and most powerful military power to ever exist.

7:36 7:49 Ironically, that scratching was done on the guitar as well. 😋

My formative year were the late 80s and 90s. I listened to rap, rock and rap/rock. I personally love all of it.

Yes, I am a metal head and somehow RATM made me like hip hop and I started to hear De la Soul, a Tribe Called Quest, Asheru and others...

They were years ahead of the current situation.

Intelligent analysis of the song plus rock on,I’m 54 of course Hip Hop has merged with me,I’m from Break and for me first Rock,how ever in the mid 80s it was just happening in the stand up video arcades, I mean nothing weird and shit just fucking life and growing up and stuff

Should forsure check out fistful of steel, bullet in the head, and know your enemy! All bangers!

There were other bands that blended metal and hip-hop like Limp bizkit, Beastie boys, etc. I was a fan of them all but only because it was still metal to me. I'm sure there were Rage fans that did transition to hip-hop when metal fallen off the mainstream in the early 2000s superseded by rap/hip-hop. But you have to remember that rage fans were metal fans to begin with, that's where their loyalty was. I could flip the table and say why did Rage not have a black hip-hop audience and they only learning about Rage now. Rage brought the funk and the hip but they were still part of the metal culture, so if you were a black teen in the 90s and was not a metal head then Rage would never be on your radar. Just like how Hip-hop was never on my radar because metal had it's own lane/culture. Blending hip-hop and metal musically works but blending the 2 fan bases would be a whole different challenge.

@publicnme0

8 ай бұрын

Facts. As a young black man, in my 20's at the time that Rage came out. I was the rare kid that listened to both Rock & Hip-Hop, I definitely heard about them thru rock. Sadly it's one of those bands that Hip-Hop never got into

@BirdBrain0815

7 ай бұрын

I will say that bands like RATM (or Clawfinger, Bodycount, Beastie Boys, or stuff that later became Nu-Metal, like Linkin Park) made my ears more accustomed to Hip Hop, though to this day it's mostly old school stuff like Public Enemy, Tricky and many attitudes I can't really relate to (dare I say Gansta-RAP?) I wonder if Aerosmith vs. Run DMC "Walk this Way" did anything in the other camp. :P

@tommyh4116

7 ай бұрын

@@BirdBrain0815 Old school hip hop that was part of the skate and BMX scene. The playlist for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game franchise, included tracks from Public Enemy, Naughty By Nature, KRS-One, DJ Kool and others. A time when Anthrax made a track with Public Enemy - Bring Tha noize!

I love hip hop and metal.

I'm from southern California man. Rock and hip hop are blended in. Sorry about the rest of the country but these two genres are my generation.

I always took rallying round the family as protecting your communities and people by force if nesccserry.

For sure RATM got me, back then a privileged middle-class naive 12-year old white boy from EU, into hiphop. Together with Beastie Boys, they opened my ears for (at the time) M.O.P, Rakim, NWA, Wu-Tang Clan, Jurassic 5, Nas, Del, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, The Streets, as well as local hiphop. But I'd say more importantly, they opened my eyes for social injustice in other parts of the world. Mainly, and most importantly, the systemic oppression of the African-American minority in the US, but other issues I probably wouldn't have come across otherwise as well. Such as the murders of Native Americans during the 19th and 20th century, the Mexican-American war, and so many more injustices. They really shaped my healthy suspicion of large corporations, governments, and the way institutions are set up without humane considerations. Thanks to them, I've become who I am today, and I'll forever be grateful.

This is hip hop. It’s rap/metal or rap/rock. Also gotta love RTJ ! Zach has a couple songs w/ them, u should react to those!!

beastie boys got me into hip-hop. was already a fan of rock, and mad me fall in love with ratm like beastie boys brought rock, and hip-hop into one, even though beastie boys were a punk band before they got big, and became a hip-hop group.

Wow not even a word about the solo or Mabry he didn't realise there was no DJ with them

We love hip-hop too. Everything from R&B to Death Metal :) Good music is good music, genre don't matter! (unless its country music)

I can’t wait for you to react to wake up while reading the lyrics. So poignant, such a dope track!

I was a big Public Enemy fan years before, but there is a direct lineage to Rage from PE. Even joined for a bit as Prophets of Rage.

The Ghost Of Tom Joad...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Everybody thinks it's scratching, but it's really Tom Morello on the guitar.

I grew up around so many different genres but metal and “gangsta” rap were the mains growing up. I moved away from hip hop when it went to rapping about flashy cars and making money and no substance. Hip hop led me to Industrial rock because it took the sampling and diy aspect but gave it more grit and deeper content. Rage and a few other rappers still came through with a message though.

the powers that be act like they are all about the family yet they have a pocket full of shells

I love how metalheads jump on these, but he's right, more metalheads need to be turned on to big brain hip hop! If you like RATM you will love Dead Prez and many others of the style!

Thanks for this. Try "Ghost of Tom Joad", awesome remake of a Springsteen song.

Checkout Saul Williams’ song “Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare)” featuring Zach De La Rocha 👍🏼

To answer your question about why we don’t get into hip-hop or we get into this I think back then everybody was into live musicianship so the guitars lured us in and hip-hop was done in such a way that it sounded like the music we were already into. It’s actually quite genius because you have a multicultural mix unfortunately, I think the hip-hop scene didn’t get into them back then, because the guitarist scared them away but it’s cool seeing hip-hop and rap fans get into them now and see the genius that they were all along

It was hip hop with a message. Too Much hip hop failed to do that and we were left with "bitch" and "me" and "my" this and that, and people rapping about how cool they were, but it got shallow and empty for a while.

It's not just about the lyrics and vocals; the music and musicians in the band are just as important in Rock/Metal. Together, they tell the story of a song. I think, this is one of the disconnects between Rock/Metal and Rap/Hip Hop.

@benjaminz2523

7 ай бұрын

Yep. Rap fans are pretty conditioned to think the whole time, analyze lyrics & focus on all the wordplay yada yada. Least interesting part about good music IMO

@R777-RLM

7 ай бұрын

Yes. You're referring to purple prose lyrics, meant to impress through vocabulary, or wordplay - which doesn't even require a thesaurus anymore. Well written lyrics (lyrical prose) immerse your imagination and are often poetic. These include songs you can sing along to, or that get stuck in your head because it just sounds good. They can still have impressive vocabulary. @@benjaminz2523

They is no more hype front man than Zach, period. When he is on stage, the revolution is NOW!

There aren't a lot of hip hop artists that capture the messaging of a band like RAGE. Off the top of my head, maybe PUBLIC ENEMY or DEAD PREZ. Maybe every once in a while you find someone like Nas who has a lot to say about the struggle or NWA who can speak for the streets in a way that doesn't glorify it. But otherwise, it's hard to find that kind of voice against power that comes from a place of authenticity.

I watched parts of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction on Friday. Ice Tea spoke for a bit about how important Rage were to him and the scene back when they were all coming up. Then Tom came out and spoke for the band. None of the other members attended. There was no musical tribute. Tom's speech is up on KZread and I think the whole show is up on Disney. If nothing else, watch Lizzo induct Chala Khan... cause damn she's still fucking got it. Speaking of still got it, Missy Elliot shut shit down at the end, in grandest fashion. 🤟🧙‍♂️🤟 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast

@williamcollins7850

7 ай бұрын

Zack didn’t attend because he was in DC at a protest against the Israeli bombing of Gaza.

If you like this genre of music, then I suggest y'all check out the bands Downset and EDL (Every Day Life)

Who said we don't like hip hop? I don't read the comments. Is that what they're saying? That's insane.

👌🏻

Need to do the Ghost of Tom Jode!!

@paultoliver6823

8 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4qt0sN-Zs6xeps.htmlsi=dislL6ksu2Xj3MBG

You would like Tom Morello - The Night Watchman

@CC_Babblecock

8 ай бұрын

The Harvard Grad Tom Morello.

"trigger's cold, empty your purse" is ice cold. Stick up kids know what that line means and its all bad news

Oh man, lot of us do like hip hop. Rage I think was a way in for a lot of the white community to get into hip hop. Gza, Jeru, Del, r.a, pun, tribe, Rakim, black though, gang starr, celph titled/apathy, Pete Rock, Mos Def, chubb rock, big L, biggie, KRS, C.L smooth, m.o.p, MF Doom, O.C are some favorites. And it was literally the song Represent by Nas that got me into hip hop one evening while I was just doing some dishes. Started vibing heavy haha not big on rap, but hip hop hits different.

As a fan of rock and roll and a fan of hip hop literally since it’s inception… I would imagine pure rock fans may have not heard hip hop with substance or political messages. While they do exist, if you are a casual listener to hip hop and hear just bragadocious lyrics with no instruments and auto tune, there is not enough there for a rock music fan to grab on to. Then you hear some of the best beats and samples come from classic rock songs that the average hip hop fan has no idea where it even came from, then they are not fans of rock music… but the rock music sample is “fire” without attempting to learn the history behind it, well, that is also a factor in being turned off to hip hop. And as a long time hip hop fan, there hasn’t been much to even like about the genre these days, certainly isn’t the golden age as most hip hop fans complain about and get labeled “old heads”.

He's talking about the military industrial complex and how all the money goes there.

Woooo Rage! Please do the whole Renegades album and Battle of LA. Some people have mentioned tracks on Renegades, which is their cover album. You’ll love the whole thing, but my 4 are I’m Housin’ (that bass 🙌), How I Could Just 🔫 a Man, Ghost of Tom Joad, and Maggie’s Farm. Loving the reactions! ❤ Edit to add: I love Hip Hop. I love every music genre. That’s why every comment on Tool, I said do Rage next 😂 They blend rock, hip hop and funk, similar to how Tool blends genres. I think maybe you might assume lots of us don’t like other genres? Anyone who likes bands like Tool, SOAD, or Rage, are going to have appreciation and love for different genres, because that’s what these examples are - no genre. The genre is just do you like it or not lol.

Zach is a bit of a nut, but he had some skills. Chris Cornell joined them after Zach went bye bye and formed Audioslave. Also an excellent band! Chris was the lead for Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog. Audioslave made some great music but their debut song, Cochise, will still burn ur hair! And their song, show me how to live, is pretty melty!

OH YEAH!!!!!!!!...Just NASTY!!!!

I ❤❤❤

Rage BECAME the MACHINE.

@Belly_Beane

8 ай бұрын

How?

Totally hip hop. I’m into hip hop. But only the best.😉

9:42 I like hiphop but as a drummer and bassist I prefer nu metal over hiphop cause I can play that and the sound is heavier

Please tell me you will do Down Rodeo and Killing in the Name of. Those are the hardest.

More Rage, sir