Tom Morello: 'Paul Ryan Is the Embodiment of the Machine Our Music Rages Against'

They do not disappoint.

Tom Morello is a very bright guy and he actually would make a good politician, he would never do it however because he prefers agitating from the outside rather than engaging in party politics.

I LOVE Tom Morello and I really appreciated it when he went out in the cold to hang with Occupy - AND brought his guitar!

I am going to buy a few albums of the band from Itunes..

They deserve my support. What a great article.

Or even pay attention to them? I can understand why Ryan would say he likes them...he is part of Gen X after all. But still. I think he is a liar.

I have been listening to Rage since I was in high school in the 90's and I totally love Tom Morello. Unlike Ryan, I actually love Morello's lyrics.

Zack De La Rocha did. On their second album, for instance, Zack was given all of the lyrical credits. That's why so many of their songs are about the Zapatista movement, which was De La Rocha's pet cause.

and any other government employees.

Except himself, obviously.

(Allegedly the result of frontman Zach De La Rocha spending an evening watching CNN)





rocktivity

Tom Morello in particular. But I also love how Bruce Springsteen refuses to meet with that lout who claims to love him to pieces - chris christie. And then there's Gerry Casale of DEVO! Did you guys see this one?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021141545

This one - uh - shall we say - "dogs" romney!



On edit - And don't you love how Tom Morello lumped CHARLES MANSON in with chris christie and paul ryan?!! Birds of a feather. They think they love the music but don't understand it.

And I don't even care about "Rage Against the Machine" one way or the other. Maybe I need to give them a listen.

That Ryan doesn't understand Rage or that Christie doesn't understand Springsteen (I'll give him Manson and the Beatles).

I think both of these guys understand the lyrics of these artists perfectly well. They know they don't stand for what the artist stands for and they don't really care, because they like the music. This kind of thing is quite common. Lyrics are very imoprtant, but I think the music is what usually moves people. Bruce could be singing about cauliflower and it would still move people, because he's a talented guy.

Take gangster rap. I think Dr. Dre is a great producer and Snoop is a great rapper. But I don't support slapping hos, calling all women bitches, or shooting somebody because they looked at you the wrong way. In fact, I abhor all of that behavior. But I like the music because the people who made it are good at what they do.

I don't think you have to buy the lyrics or even the message to be a fan of a musical artist. Music is for everybody, after all, because it doesn't discriminate. It's there for you whenever you want it. If Rage Against the Machine didn't have or desire mass appeal, they never would have signed a major-label recording contract.

Of course, he does have a point. Rage and Bruce do have messages and they are totally at odds with what Ryan and Christie do. But I've never faulted people for liking what they like.

Unless it's Madonna . . .

Except for the Madonna reference. I'd cite Barry Manilow

The main attraction - distraction
got ya number than number than numb
Empty ya pockets son; they got you thinkin that
What ya need is what they sellin
Make you think that buyin is rebellin
From the theaters to malls on every shore
Tha thin line between entertainment and war
The frontline is everywhere, there be no shelter here
Speilberg the nightmare works so push it far
Amistad was a whip, the truth was feathered and tarred
Memory erased, burned and scarred
Trade in ya history for a VCR

Cinema, simulated life, ill drama
Fourth Reich culture - Americana
Chained to the dream they got ya searchin for
Tha thin line between entertainment and war

There be no shelter here
Tha frontline is everywhere

Hospitals not profit full
Yet market bulls got pockets full
To advertise some hip disguise
View tha world from American eyes
Tha poor adore keep fiendin for more
Tha thin line between entertainment and war
They fix the need, develop the taste
Buy their products or get laid to waste
Coca-Cola is back in the veins of Saigon
And Rambo too, he got a dope pair of Nikes on
And Godzilla pure muthafuckin filler
To keep ya eyes off the real killer

Cinema, simulated life, ill drama
Fourth Reich culture - Americana
Chained to the dream they got ya searchin for
Tha thin line between entertainment and war

American eyes, American eyes....
View the world from American eyes
Bury the past, rob us blind
And leave nothin behind

Just stare
Relive the nightmare.

Love Tom and the band!!!

Seriously...WTF is it with these RWers anyway. It's like they live in backwards, upside-down, opposites world. Everything they say or do is exactly the opposite of what they stand for. In this case "antithetical" is the perfect way to put it. I really think that RWers are incapable of understanding or appreciating nuance, and I think it's genetic...seriously. Look at the high percentage of conservatives who think Colbert is really one of them...totally incapable of understanding satire or irony for that matter.

This video is even more relevant today than it was when it was released more than a decade ago, and at the 2:56 mark you can hear one of my favorite guitar solos of all time.

The New York Stock Exchange really was shut down during the filming of this video and Micheal Moore was dragged away in handcuffs.

the lyrics are easy to ignore when you have a full-on p90x rage running.

Irony is lost in Repukeville.

The GOP astro-turfers were apparently called into action.

at an upcoming Hitler youth, er I mean, "young Republicans" meeting.

And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means

etc...

compared to Ryan? Seems like one super rich guy is pissed at someone worth less. What a hypocrite.

he isn't going after anyone for being wealthy in itself.

you people sure are stupid.