In a lighter note for the news this last while, I saw this tweet and had a laugh, so I thought I’d share:
That’s Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, BTW.
I gotta wonder if it’s being done as a form of protest at some of the bizarre crap that’s been going on, lately. Yeah, I know it’s not exactly hard-hitting news, but damn, you gotta admit it’s pretty funny, a normally soft-rock station playing something as crunchy as Rage Against The fucking Machine. 😆 Those guys are freakin’ awesome. Political as HELL. Great protest music, in my opinion.
With all the rights being rolled back, being threatened and talked about being threatened in the near future here in the U.S, this seems like an appropriate and interesting way to protest in a wide open fashion. The only beef I have with it, is the station isn’t giving a reason for why they’re doing it—possibly because of station ownership? So it looks like a weird publicity stunt. But, I’m still chuckling.
Reading further into the thread, it’s possible that the guys doing this are protesting some layoffs, as their parent company, Rogers Media, has laid off some workers and the folks there are apparently not too happy about it. If so, you GO, guys!
Folks call up the station asking for other songs and they say, “Sure, we’ll play it”, and then just go back to the Rage song, or folks call them up, ask for the Rage tune, and they say, “Yeah, we might have it around here, somewhere, let us dig it up—it’s in the stacks, someplace”, and they play it, yet again. They always have some response for whoever calls asking for the song.
The thread, by the way, is a lot of fun to read!
Lyrics:
Killing in the name of
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Huh!
Killing in the name of
Killing in the name of
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
But now you do what they told ya
Well now you do what they told ya
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Uggh!
Killing in the name of
Killing in the name of
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya!
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Come on!
Yeah! Come on!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Motherfucker!
Uggh!
Still topical, and only getting more so, sadly. With school segregation even being talked about again. I mean, WTF. Laws being put on the books to make protests more difficult, voting harder, gerrymandering us out the door, women’s rights being sent back to the 1800’s… Yeah, we need more Rage.
Like the sand says: “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me! Motherfucker!”