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[–] U7826391786239@piefed.zip 67 points 3 days ago (6 children)

all the "fuck the system" bands from the 80s-90s were right all along

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Rage Against The Machine were one of the realest bands ever.

[–] AffineConnection@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Rage Against The Machine is when I see AI in my web search results.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I preferred when they weren't political.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah. I miss that song about rainbows and butterflies and unicorns and candy.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Indeed, in the wise words of the Boys, Beastie: "You gotta fight.. for your right.. to partyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy".

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I love that that song was a throwaway to make a point and it went crazy.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 2 points 2 days ago

I know right? Of course as a kid that totally flew over my head, it was just a jam. It's still a jam anyways haha.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also, in the words of Dee Snider and Twisted Sister: "We're not gonna take it, anymore."

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And they were only 16 years old when they made that album.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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 points 1 day ago

They're mainly crying because of all the royalties they had to pay the guy that wrote their rhythming dictionary.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] SparkyBauer44@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Definitely not about the heroin.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have always loved punk and especially the Clash.

[–] spinner@discuss.online 2 points 2 days ago

They had some great riffs and lyrics

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.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Just need to add church officials to that separate bathroom.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 0 points 2 days ago

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.