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[–] WhiteRabbit@lemmy.today 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And many people don't actually understand their political stance. People actually got mad they "became political".

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

What do you mean? They weren't political back then.

/S haha.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

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.

https://youtu.be/AmPN8MPw2dk

[–] BangelaQuirkel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Gonna give another interesting take,

RATM’s eponymous album considered to have one of the best Mix and Master ever, so we sound engineers use that exact track to test and calibrate different sound systems. I always play Killing in the Name first to hear what’s different in a sound system. I’m sure me only contributed around 5k of that stat over the years.

More: https://www.tnt-audio.com/topics/ratm_e.html

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Damn that's a cool take I had never known about - thanks for that

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder why this song has so many plays?

To answer your question, I'd say no: you do not wonder why this song has so many plays.

Glad I could help answer that question.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

there was just a tiny bit of sarcasm with that question

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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?