I wonder why this song has so many plays?
I wonder why this song has so many plays?
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Because RATM is one of the greatest albums of all time and screaming "Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me" is massively badass.
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And many people don't actually understand their political stance. People actually got mad they "became political".
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Saw them in concert in ‘94. Zach tried to start a riot against the cops. I was young, scared, thought he was wrong.
He was right
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Killing in the Name was Christmas Number 1 in 2009, it was a protest against X Factor domination. That was before streaming counted towards the charts, but it really made the song huge.
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It was a great upset. And then for #1 spot on the UK Christmas charts, BBC invited RATM to play the song live. They were asked to keep it censored, of course they did not. Show was awkwardly cut short. Performance went viral. The rest is history.
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Yeah, that happened. It isn’t what made the song huge though. It was was a massive hit and a rebellion anthem since 1992. The 2009 Christmas blip was so minor, Morello decided to give the earnings away to charity.
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That's probably just Paul Ryan listening to the song on repeat.
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How many angry teens retreat to their room and hit it up on the stereo after their mum has told them to bring her their dirty laundry?
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It is a divisive song that is more popular than it should be, but many popular songs are divisive.
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I'll bite. How popular should it be?
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It's divisive? I can't think of a single person I know who doesn't like that song. Even the ones that are boot lickers.
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Only shitheaded Nazis don’t like that song.
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