Re: Plethora of hotfooting
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:29:53 -0600
look, i like rage because they represent for me some pent up angry
rebellion that i never got rid of, even after selling out to the
fraternity-driven society of baylor university. no, i didn't join a
fraternity, but i agreed to accept all the jokers who did (i'm pulling
my punches) by attending this school. and many of them do wear rage
t-shirts, but does that detract from the meaning their music? i don't
think so. and as for brian's now old statement about the lyric: "fuck
you i won't do what you tell me," ask zack delaroca how much pocket
change he was given growing up. he would laugh at that comment. and
the band still donates money to the zapatista rebels and other causes
such as tibet. they haven't lost sight of their ideals, their just
spreading them further and making money doing it. so anyway--matt
On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:35:55 +0000 randyr@mailhub.jaxnet.com (randy
royal) wrote:
>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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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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