Hey, let's be nice now.......Battle has some good lyrics, but one song does annoy me - Guerilla Radio.
It is the quintessential single - sounds super the first time, with a nice hook and everything, but after more listens, sorta fades.
kerelybonto: Why would Braver be compelled to start a discussion on Rage lyrics with you? You made it clear you think most political lyrics are stupid. Are you asking for an argument? Or what.......
Braver: Rage rocks, simple as that.....
To clarify my Dylan statement - I find Bob Dylan to be more rebellious per se, I mean, he can't really sing, and his songwriting isn't all that great......but he sells because he can write DAMN good lyrics. Very few people are like that.................
(IMO, of course)
Rage isn't really rebellious - they were super innovative when they came out (the 92' release sounds so.......1999ish!) and they do some really interesting hip-hop/metal hybrid work on Battle.....Evil Empire, I felt, was a sub-par album, but, as Braver noted, Morello is a super, super guitarist.......the only part of them that is sell-out is that they seem to decry capitalism (not a necessarily bad thing) while using it to spread their message.
meh meh