Post #2366904
2026-05-08 10:45 UTC
#1001Albums
Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine
https://album.link/gb/i/191450810
Possibly one of the most wilfully misunderstood bands of all time, there really is no response to right wingers adopting tracks like Killing in the Name Of as anthems other than to sigh heavily and then punch them in the face until they get it.
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@satsuma@dice.camp 2026-05-08 10:46
#1001Albums It really couldn’t be any clearer in its condemnation of violent racist cops if it tried, and even if the album closer Freedom is a little more elliptical (hint - “Diamonds using Clubs to beat Spades” is not a reference to the game of Bridge) there is no arguing with the sentiment here. This album is still as depressingly relevant now as it was on its release in 1992 in the wake of Rodney King being beaten by cops, sparking protests in response.
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@lpl@metalhead.club 2026-05-08 10:46
@satsuma@dice.camp From a thread somewhere: “Imagine listening to Rage Against The Machine and identifying with the machine.”