Re: Plethora of hotfooting
randy royal (randyr@mailhub.jaxnet.com)
Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:35:55 +0000
the "machine" was supposed to be capitalism, if you read the lyrics.
after they sold out, they started to really suck. how many times can
they rage against the machine anyway? last christmas, i went to the
mall to go shopping and there was this preppy looking girl of about
late-teens wearing a brand-new tucked in rage t-shirt. i almost could
not stop laughing. Randall
> Sorry, drifting into self-love there again. Anyway, that's sad
> dealt with. Angry on the other hand, bores me senseless in music where
> it might get others all excited and breathless and prone to trip over
> the drawstrings of their combat trousers or their 2 litre bottles of
> cider. But as Malcolm pointed out, it may be a hormonal thing; I
> remember as recently as 3 years ago howling in outrage along to some
> dreadful Rage Against The Machine song which just makes me laugh now.
> "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me"? Fair enough, just take your
> belongings and get out of my house and I'll let you back in when you've
> learned some manners, and let's see how far you get without any pocket
> money for a month. That'll cool your rage down for you.
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> I mean, take the bloody name: Rage Against The Machine! I guess when I
> first heard the name I thought they might be a Quaker acoustic act who
> refused to wear anything other than handwoven cotton and rabbit-skin
> sandals and whose lyrics were only available on papyrus or stone tablets
> (which they probably ended up breaking in a Moses-like occasional
> outburst of Rage). I mean, they use electrical equipment, they record in
> fancy studios, go on massive world tours in huge buses on top of enormous
> stages, they make CDs which are played in radio stations etc etc. So
> which machine exactly are they raging against? The washing machine by
> the looks of their clothes, I reckon.
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> Right, sorry if I've offended any anger fans. In fact, I like
> being angry - I scare the shit out of everyone I know, even myself. It's
> like the Incredible Hulk or something. It's not very funny at the time,
> but I can laugh about it afterwards (after I've cleaned up any damage I've
> done). It's good, it keeps people on there toes around the house. They
> respect me, cappice? I-a say-a to-a my-a friends, I-a say "You respect-a
> me and I-a take-a good care of you-a. Ok? Cappice? You-a do-a whatever
> I-a aks(sic) you-a to do-a and we'll-a have-a no-a problemo. You-a
> unnerstand? Cappice?" It works for me. That way, I have no need to get
> angry, but every now and then a little lesson must be learnt, and
> unfortunately I must do the teaching. But afterwards, we all love each
> other again like a good familia (those of us still alive that is).
> Sorry, I have no idea how to spell cappice.
>
> I guess I should get out more often. Anyway, 3 cheers for sad!
>
> just wastin' your time...
> --
> Brian
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