RATM Lyric Interpretation

[Gringle]

Um...does anyone want to help me try and decipher the message in "Bullet in the Head" and "People of the Sun"? Especially you, Bad.Mojo.

--Gringle, webmaster of The Redeemer
"Show me a hero, and I will write you a tragedy." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

[Zundfolge]

here's basicaly the interpertation of all Rage's songs.

"We hate America, Capatilism and white people, they're all evil!!!"

"People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. "
Jerry Lewis

 

[DeadeyeDan[ToA]]

Decipher the message? Do you mean you just can't understand the lyrics, or is there some kind of secret message in the songs that I don't know about?

Btw, Rage consists mostly of white people. The furthest from white would be Zach de la Rocha, and he's basically half white. And Tom Morello has professed to being proud of certain parts of American history... but yea, they do pretty much hate capitalism. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

_______________________
Shot four puppet governors in a line,
Shook all tha world bankers, who think they can rhyme,
Shot the landlords, who knew it was mine,
Yes, its a war from the depth of time!

 

[Bad.Mojo]

Zundfolge, that's a vicious misinterpretation of the truth. Exactly what Rage Against the Machine is against. In fact, RATM is pro-democracy (true democracy), anti-greed, anti-lies, pro-free speech and free expression. The basic values that America was originally founded on. They are the purest, most complete people I've ever heard. Just because they're against people using Christianity as an excuse to use force, or racism, doesn't mean they hate white christians. Zack de la Rocha's father is a devout Catholic, and Zack himself is half irish. Timmy C, and Brad Wilks, the bassist and drummer respectively are both white. Tom Morello is the darkest skinned one of them. He is also a political science major from Harvard. Your disrespect is unfounded and uneducated.

Anyways, as to Gringle's question

Bullet in the Head (Album one, "Rage Against the Machine", track 5) is about commercialism as it applies to telivision. They are denouncing how people use the corporate-driven american media system to control what people believe. Lyrics like "Believin all the lies they tellin ya, buyin' all the products that they sellin ya" illustrates this. An example of the ignorance that is enforced by this kind of commercialism is enforced in the lyric "ya brain dead, ya got a fuckin' bullet in your head" and "fools follow rules when the set commands ya" (referring to a television set).

As far as People of the Sun (album two, "Evil Empire", track one) goes, it is referring to the armed rebellion of the people of Mexico known as the Zapitista Movement, who took up arms to overthrow the dictatorship and instill a true democracy.

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[Gringle]

/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Quite astute, Mojo. Thanks.

--Gringle, webmaster of The Redeemer
"Show me a hero, and I will write you a tragedy." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

[Zundfolge]

Ok, this is why you should proof read your shit before hitting "post now"


what it should have said is...
"We hate America, Capatilism and old white men, they're the root of all evil!!!"

Don't blame me, blame the Guinness /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif


no...wait a minute...I was sober, I was just at work (usualy when at work I'm sober) /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Anyway, next time I'll be more careful.

"People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. "
Jerry Lewis

 

[Bad.Mojo]

intoxicated at work is the only way to be =)

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