Yeah I bet they're so sad they peaked early, they're all crying & blowing their noses with million-dollar-bills in their mansions for the rest of their lives.
Rage Against The Machine is when someone introduced a new piece of music to me. And they think it's real and trying to convince me at how dope it is. And me side eyeing them, thinking..I can't wait to get this fake crap up out my ear. It's clever. But ummm, fake ain't the new real homie. Duces. âď¸
Early Gen-X went from seeing the horrors of the Vietnam war on TV, straight into Reganism, Iran Contra, and more. All while under the looming shadow of global thermonuclear war, which was pushed heavily into the zeitgeist by cold-war politics at the time. Sure, there's a lot good stuff from that era too, but there was also plenty to rage about.
I canât find a direct quote from Trent saying this anywhere except reposts on various social media, none of which appear to be Reznor official.
Can anyone verify this is a real quote or is it just made up crap?
Edit: more diggingâŚlooks like the earliest edition of this was on instagram about a day ago and for some reason took off about 16 hours ago. My search-fu isnât good enough to find the origin.
I canât find it eitherâŚbut I found this in The Village Voice from 2017: âthe president of the United States is a complete fucking moron,â he seethes. âThatâs what gets me the most â that heâs this vulgar, grotesque dope, everything I hate in people.â
As GenX, Xennial, whatever weâre called these days, I miss this guy. I have to remind myself, 40s and 50s isnât dead, yet.
Bite the Hand that Feeds comes to mind. Reznor refused to perform it at an awards show during the Gulf War because they wouldnât let him display a giant head shot of George W. Bush during. Then thereâs Bowie. Reznor was âJohnnyâ in the âIâm Afraid of Americansâ video.
We also had Rage. What music is being produced now, rock side, thatâs worth a damn?
ETA: Head. Like a Hole is fitting, in the billionaire era.
It's all underground and decentralized into its own communities. Takes a good amount of digging but its not like say the 70s-early 00s where smaller to medium sized labels were taking risks and funding all kinds of music that allowed for bands like NIN and Rage to hit the stratosphere. With all the M&A and industry contraction, risk taking is severely discouraged. Hence, the generic slop seen in the surface today.
Parquet Courts, IDLES, Mannequin Pussy, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, black midi (recent rip), Kneecap, Turnstile, shame, Squid, Dry Cleaning, Yard Act, SPRINTS, Amyl & the Sniffers, so many more, the list goes on and on!
The entire Year Zero album was Trent's revive of what would become MAGA. Unfortunately, the only solution for the problem in his album was aliens killing everyone.
Yeah Iâm up there too, but missed a lot of the better early indie rap because I lived outside good radio coverage in the 90s. The college stations near me were all grunge/indie rock (and lots of Phish). So thatâs what I listened to.
And while theyâre not current, I recently discovered a late 90âs early-aughts rap group called The Coup that was basically writing the soundtrack for everything happening now (which just goes to show that these issues have been with is for a long time).
A few notable tracks that spring to mind:
Kill My Landlord
5 million ways to kill a CEO
and while the title doesnât express it, the anti-billionaire track Pimps is as fucking hilarious as it is biting. These guys were clowning Trump back when he was just a simple civilian bigoted moron rapist.
Canât believe I didnât hear about this group back in the day, theyâre one of my favorite discoveries in recent memory.
Boots Riley from The Coup and Tom Morello from RATM teamed up for a minute and put out the project Street Sweeper Social Club which has some bangers.
Also the best indie political hip hop that's come out lately is hands down from Infinity Knives and Brian Ennals. Their album A City Drowned in God's Black Tears was my favorite album from last year.
Busdriver and a bunch of his collaborators rap about similar stuff. Lots of anti rich rapper lyrics too. Indie rap has been a great fill in for the lack of RATM over the last 20 years.
Killer Mike is your textbook definition libertarian. He's capitalist af with specific interest in specific progressive policies that he is personally invested in. Especially if those interest align with his brand image.
He's was rahrah Bernie until it wasn't making him any money.
Hardcore punk as a genre is all good political rock. Incendiary is a great band that is reminiscent of Rage. One of my favorite bands is Hostages, but enough of their songs are calls to violence against pigs and politicians that it'll probably put you on a list lol
Much like with healthcare, all this bullshit with who uses what bathroom is a solved issue in other parts of the world.
... but being an American I assume it will never happen because building bathrooms to respect human privacy and dignity probably costs wealthy commercial property builders and owners at least $1 more than doing the bare minimum required by building code.
The solution, if you're wondering, is that there isn't a giant ladies' room and giant men's room. There are several individual bathrooms, each with its own little sink to wash hands and a real door. It doesn't even take up much space. It's just a short section of hallway with 3-4 doors on each side.
i know you're exaggerating but i stood in line for 4 hours to pay $150 for a ticket to the Cold and Black and Infinite tour and it was worth every second and penny
I keep wondering if the inability to understand that a character is not the artist is a particular mental illness, or just regular abject stupidity. If you ever get diagnosed, please let me know.
That's rich coming from a person who evidently believes that Dr. Seuss and Grinch are the same entity.
But please, tell me, who is the character in question?
I don't give a shit about NIN's lyrics, at least not on that album, and still I can comprehend that many popular songs employ the device of an imagined protagonist recounting a fictitious tale of their life.
who evidently believes that Dr. Seuss and Grinch are the same entity.
Care to elaborate? Because I have literally no idea what you are talking about. I have never commented on Dr Seuss or Grinch in my entire existence on this website.
I don't give a shit about NIN's lyrics
Then could you kindly fuck off and not join a conversation you don't give a shit about?
I can comprehend that many popular songs employ the device of an imagined protagonist recounting a fictitious tale of their life.
Can you comprehend that many popular songs employ the device of an actual truthful history, recounting an autobiographical tale of their life?
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U7826391786239@piefed.zip · 116 pts · 148d
etherphon@piefed.world · 32 pts · 147d
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 147d
I love that that song was a throwaway to make a point and it went crazy.
etherphon@piefed.world · 3 pts · 147d
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 147d
And they were only 16 years old when they made that album.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 147d
Tough to peak so early.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 146d
Yeah I bet they're so sad they peaked early, they're all crying & blowing their noses with million-dollar-bills in their mansions for the rest of their lives.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 146d
They're mainly crying because of all the royalties they had to pay the guy that wrote their rhyming dictionary.
Brother@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
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dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d
Also, in the words of Dee Snider and Twisted Sister: "We're not gonna take it, anymore."
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d
Also in the words of Dee Snyder: "the only sado-masocism going on in the song 'Under the Knife,' is happening in Tipper Gore's head."
Brother@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
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ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 19 pts · 147d
Rage Against The Machine were one of the realest bands ever.
AffineConnection@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 147d
Rage Against The Machine is what happens when I see AI in my web search results.
Brother@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 143d
Rage Against The Machine is when someone introduced a new piece of music to me. And they think it's real and trying to convince me at how dope it is. And me side eyeing them, thinking..I can't wait to get this fake crap up out my ear. It's clever. But ummm, fake ain't the new real homie. Duces. âď¸
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 147d
I preferred when they weren't political.
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 146d
Yea RATM is so woke now. I miss the good old days when they were just about having fun đ¤
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 146d
Yeah. I miss that song about rainbows and butterflies and unicorns and candy.
Brother@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
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Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 147d
Muse too.
Brother@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 143d
Agreed!!
Brother
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 147d
Punk was always right.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 147d
Maybe not about the heroin.
SparkyBauer44@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 146d
Definitely not about the heroin.
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 147d
I have always loved punk and especially the Clash.
spinner@discuss.online · 2 pts · 147d
They had some great riffs and lyrics
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d
Just need to add church officials to that separate bathroom.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 147d
Early Gen-X went from seeing the horrors of the Vietnam war on TV, straight into Reganism, Iran Contra, and more. All while under the looming shadow of global thermonuclear war, which was pushed heavily into the zeitgeist by cold-war politics at the time. Sure, there's a lot good stuff from that era too, but there was also plenty to rage about.
Zink@programming.dev · 1 pts · 147d
Yeah, it's come up a few times lately but even the big popular ones you could have seen on MTV like SOAD and RATM can be chilling to listen to today.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 147d
I canât find a direct quote from Trent saying this anywhere except reposts on various social media, none of which appear to be Reznor official.
Can anyone verify this is a real quote or is it just made up crap?
Edit: more diggingâŚlooks like the earliest edition of this was on instagram about a day ago and for some reason took off about 16 hours ago. My search-fu isnât good enough to find the origin.
MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world · 35 pts · 147d
I canât find it eitherâŚbut I found this in The Village Voice from 2017: âthe president of the United States is a complete fucking moron,â he seethes. âThatâs what gets me the most â that heâs this vulgar, grotesque dope, everything I hate in people.â
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 26 pts · 147d
This particular quote is made up.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 21 pts · 147d
So, itâs a terrible lie? Iâm hurt. Makes me wish this fragile society wasnât in such a downward spiral.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 147d
Now there's a comment with teeth.
TerdFerguson@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 147d
These days, I'm afraid of Americans.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 147d
Technically, they all are.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 147d
And now, here's a few non-made up words;
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 147d
Tragic. Any possibility he said it on tour?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 147d
Probably not this exact thing, but he has said a lot against Trump and MAGA.
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d
I'll take that over the alternative of say.... A creepy video with RFK any day.
Zephorah@discuss.online · 49 pts · 148d
As GenX, Xennial, whatever weâre called these days, I miss this guy. I have to remind myself, 40s and 50s isnât dead, yet.
Bite the Hand that Feeds comes to mind. Reznor refused to perform it at an awards show during the Gulf War because they wouldnât let him display a giant head shot of George W. Bush during. Then thereâs Bowie. Reznor was âJohnnyâ in the âIâm Afraid of Americansâ video.
We also had Rage. What music is being produced now, rock side, thatâs worth a damn?
ETA: Head. Like a Hole is fitting, in the billionaire era.
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 148d
Check out Rise Against. Very much a "fuck the establishment" band.
acantharea@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 148d
It's all underground and decentralized into its own communities. Takes a good amount of digging but its not like say the 70s-early 00s where smaller to medium sized labels were taking risks and funding all kinds of music that allowed for bands like NIN and Rage to hit the stratosphere. With all the M&A and industry contraction, risk taking is severely discouraged. Hence, the generic slop seen in the surface today.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 147d
Parquet Courts, IDLES, Mannequin Pussy, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, black midi (recent rip), Kneecap, Turnstile, shame, Squid, Dry Cleaning, Yard Act, SPRINTS, Amyl & the Sniffers, so many more, the list goes on and on!
ArgentRaven@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 147d
The entire Year Zero album was Trent's revive of what would become MAGA. Unfortunately, the only solution for the problem in his album was aliens killing everyone.
It's still a great album and very relevant today.
roundup5381@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 147d
Seriously prophetic. The ARG for the albumâs release was such a mind blowing experience.
Also Art.Is.Resistance. felt like what was prescriptive for the situation.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 147d
Run the Jewels has collaborated with Zach De la Rocha and Nobody Speak with DJ Shadow is an anthem.
Viagra Boys has some catchy antifascist lyrics.
I kinda like the Idlesâ album Tangk. It more rock and makes some good points, mainly to âfuck the kingâ
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 147d
El-P collabed with Trent on Flyentology.
Fuck I'm old now aren't I?
Proceeds to crank Thot Squad to feel young.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 147d
Yeah Iâm up there too, but missed a lot of the better early indie rap because I lived outside good radio coverage in the 90s. The college stations near me were all grunge/indie rock (and lots of Phish). So thatâs what I listened to.
TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 147d
I saw Viagra Boys open for Queens of the Stone Age. What are their freedom oriented songs?
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 147d
Troglodyte is a pretty solid rebuke of the terminally online MAGA gun but.
Snowcano@startrek.website · 2 pts · 147d
The Nobody Speak video is so good!
And while theyâre not current, I recently discovered a late 90âs early-aughts rap group called The Coup that was basically writing the soundtrack for everything happening now (which just goes to show that these issues have been with is for a long time).
A few notable tracks that spring to mind:
Canât believe I didnât hear about this group back in the day, theyâre one of my favorite discoveries in recent memory.
breadsanta@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 146d
Boots Riley from The Coup and Tom Morello from RATM teamed up for a minute and put out the project Street Sweeper Social Club which has some bangers. Also the best indie political hip hop that's come out lately is hands down from Infinity Knives and Brian Ennals. Their album A City Drowned in God's Black Tears was my favorite album from last year.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 147d
Oh man I forgot about them.
Busdriver and a bunch of his collaborators rap about similar stuff. Lots of anti rich rapper lyrics too. Indie rap has been a great fill in for the lack of RATM over the last 20 years.
Snowcano@startrek.website · 1 pts · 147d
Oh shit, Busdriver! Itâs been a minute, I got some relistening to do!
0x0f@piefed.social · 6 pts · 147d
There was also SoaD and their singer Serj Tankian, who went solo. Their songs are still fucking dead on.Â
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 148d
Check out run the jewels. Corporate avenger was good but didn't last very long. A lot of Slipknot is in the same vein.
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 5 pts · 147d
RTJ make songs for Turbo Tax now. Sold out fucks.
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 147d
Well, that's disappointing.
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d
Killer Mike is your textbook definition libertarian. He's capitalist af with specific interest in specific progressive policies that he is personally invested in. Especially if those interest align with his brand image. He's was rahrah Bernie until it wasn't making him any money.
4am@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 147d
RTJ3 still my favorite though
cheffrey@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 147d
Echoing good bands: IDLES, Grandson, Turnstile, Dropkick Murphys are still putting out stuff, St. Vincent, High Vis, Knocked Loose
breadsanta@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 146d
Hardcore punk as a genre is all good political rock. Incendiary is a great band that is reminiscent of Rage. One of my favorite bands is Hostages, but enough of their songs are calls to violence against pigs and politicians that it'll probably put you on a list lol
alekwithak@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 146d
Zink@programming.dev · 21 pts · 147d
Much like with healthcare, all this bullshit with who uses what bathroom is a solved issue in other parts of the world.
... but being an American I assume it will never happen because building bathrooms to respect human privacy and dignity probably costs wealthy commercial property builders and owners at least $1 more than doing the bare minimum required by building code.
The solution, if you're wondering, is that there isn't a giant ladies' room and giant men's room. There are several individual bathrooms, each with its own little sink to wash hands and a real door. It doesn't even take up much space. It's just a short section of hallway with 3-4 doors on each side.
Tenderizer@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 147d
I'd just start by building toilet stall without gaps in the door so wide that people can see into the stalls whenever they walk past.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 146d
I heard that's something American companies do on purpose, so that you don't spend any longer than needed in there, using company time.
quinacridone@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 147d
I went into one of those toilets you describe not too long ago in a restaurant
It was a pleasant novelty to have 'my' own individual space
It seems a practical solution for a problem that some dickheads are making for people that they're unlikely to ever meet
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db2@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 148d
That reminds me, we should make a list of people not in the files, it would be shorter.
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 147d
Know what else would make the list shorter?
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 146d
Did he actually say that? Can anyone confirm? Cause that's pretty cool
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 145d
Trent Reznor is a bad ass, so I wouldn't doubt it.
Nooodel@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d
Would also seem like an excellent stimulus package. Install an extra bathroom for an, type of gender identity and one more for maga
musubibreakfast@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 147d
I want gender reassignment surgery for everyone in MAGA, they're way too sure of themselves.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 147d
Agreed
TheRealShadeSlimmy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 148d
We have those, and they can be found at any Barnes & Noble. You can find them by the stench. đ¤˘
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d
Not letâs get back to charging fans $500+ for tickets, yay capitalism
oozynozh@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 147d
i know you're exaggerating but i stood in line for 4 hours to pay $150 for a ticket to the Cold and Black and Infinite tour and it was worth every second and penny
yucandu@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 147d
This the guy that sang
That Trent?
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 147d
I keep wondering if the inability to understand that a character is not the artist is a particular mental illness, or just regular abject stupidity. If you ever get diagnosed, please let me know.
MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk · 6 pts · 147d
Did you know that Eminem wrote increasingly deranged fan letters to himself under the name Stan and killed a woman?
yucandu@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 147d
Well at least I'm mature enough not to refer to people I disagree with my childish insults.
But please, tell me, who is the character in question?
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 147d
That's rich coming from a person who evidently believes that Dr. Seuss and Grinch are the same entity.
I don't give a shit about NIN's lyrics, at least not on that album, and still I can comprehend that many popular songs employ the device of an imagined protagonist recounting a fictitious tale of their life.
yucandu@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 147d
Care to elaborate? Because I have literally no idea what you are talking about. I have never commented on Dr Seuss or Grinch in my entire existence on this website.
Then could you kindly fuck off and not join a conversation you don't give a shit about?
Can you comprehend that many popular songs employ the device of an actual truthful history, recounting an autobiographical tale of their life?
minorkeys@lemmy.world · -14 pts · 147d
Yeah Trent Reznor isn't a good figure head of anything...