I heard yesterday the Rage Against The Machine facebook group are planning a big push to get 'Killing in the name of' to Christmas Number 1 in order to give Simon Cowell a good hard kick in the nuts. It received Radio 1 coverage yesterday
A worthy cause I hope you would agree - to support it simply download this track after December 13th.
Posted on: 20 December 2009 by Lontano
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Originally posted by JamieL_v2:
Interesting, it is the kind of music I would want my children to listen to, it might not be musically to my taste, but it music made with feeling, and honest to itself.
Jamie, you have met my two young men. I can imagine that you would understand me not encouraging them to listen - read the lyrics above.
As you also know there is rather a lot of music going on in this house. Plenty of great music made with feeling to show them like PT (which they like). Just not RATM.
Posted on: 21 December 2009 by JamieL_v2
Adrian, I quite understand, your boys have a remarkably wide taste in music.
It was more of a general comment, I think it is a pity that there will not be CDs in the future with the 'Warning Parental Guidance, Explicit Lyrics' stickers on them.
Rage Against the Machine had a T-shirt design that reproduced that sticker two feet square on the front, and then the last line from 'Killing In The Name Of' on the back, I used to ware it to work many years ago, one supervisor I had really liked it, especially as he was telling me what to do on shots that needed completing.
I am not much of a fan of Rage Against the Machine, but a lot of friends are, and I find their music to be above all to be an honest expression, so in a way they are a very good choice to contrast to a music that is basically just a product.
They certainly are not 'Death Metal', more a cross between punk and metal. I doubt Cowell would know the difference.
Posted on: 21 December 2009 by Howlinhounddog
The Christmas # 1 has always been manipulated, before Cowell eyed it Cliff coveted it. Forgetting about the Sony angle let's hope that the collective finger stuck up at the REAL manipulators has a positive response from the musAc industry. I very much doubt it though.
How about a new campaign to win a knighthood for Jon Morter (campaign leader), for services to the musIc industry ?
Posted on: 21 December 2009 by mongo
You have to see Pop Idol and X Factor for what they are. They aren't attempts to find serious artists, rather they are classic examples of Andy Warhol's '15 minutes of fame'. I don't think they pretend to be anything else[/QUOTE]
The entire point of all of this sir.
Posted on: 21 December 2009 by winkyincanada
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Originally posted by JamieL_v2:
They certainly are not 'Death Metal', more a cross between punk and metal.
Agree thay're not "Death metal", but I never thought of them as punk. I place their style between hip-hop/rap and metal/grunge. Highly politicized lyrics, which normally turns me off (politics belongs in folk music?), but I love RATM.
