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Ranking all Songs by Rage Against The Machine - 1. Know Your Enemy (1 Viewer)

25. No Shelter - Godzilla Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ha9U7YNyA

This one is not nearly as rage-y as most, but I like the bassline and the overall groove of this one and I also love the lyrical content in a track produced for a big-budget movie (thought perhaps that's hypocritical?)

Coca-Cola is back in their veins in Saigon

And Rambo troops we gotta new paradise, huh

Godzilla pure motherf**kin' filler, get your eyes off the real killer

Cinema, simulated life and trauma, birthright, culture, Americana

Chained to the dream they got you searchin' for,

the thin line between entertainment and war

 
24.  Born of a Broken Man - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgEVfjalThQ

I really like the monster riff, the way they play with dynamics, but primarily I love how personal it seems to be for Zach, as well as the use of imagery.  The fire, the drive, the unrelenting spirit, not just about the external world, but from within.

My fears hunt me down
Capturing my memories
The frontier of loss
They try to escape across the street where
Jesus stripped bare
And raped the spirit he was supposed to nurture
In the name of my
In the name of my

Born of a broken man, but not a broken man
Born of a broken man, never a broken man
Born of a broken man, but not a broken man
Born of a broken man, never a broken man

Like autumn leaves his sense fell from him
An empty glass of himself shattered somewhere within
His thoughts like a hundred moths
Trapped in a lampshade
Somewhere within
Their wings banging and burning
On through endless night
Forever awake he lies shaking and starving
Praying for someone to turn off the light

Born of a broken man, never a broken man
Born of a broken man, but not a broken man
Born of a broken man, never a broken man
Born of a broken man, but not a broken man

 
23. Take The Power Back - Rage Against the Machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihto81cBmqU

Killer bass line, strong pointed lyrics, nice solo, nothing spectacular, but just solid across the board in all categories.  Take down of the institutionalized  education of the history of the victors.  bonus points because i once yelled at my mom for being eurocentric when she didn't want me to study abroad in nepal.

So called facts are fraud
They want us to allege and pledge
And bow down to their God

he present curriculum
I put my fist in 'em
Eurocentric every last one of 'em
See right through the red, white and blue disguise
With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
Installed in our minds and attempting
To hold us back

When I say no more lies...I'm telling you that we're not hear to celebrate this lie that is Christmas. With images of Santa, this prosperous white man, bringing presents and good hope to the communities of our countries is a fat lie. And is one installed only to legitimize the falsehood which is white supremecy. So no more lies...no more lies...

 
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22. Roll Right - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLXj_wH2OoI

I originally had this a little higher because the bassline, music and lyrical style of the verse are just so amazing to me, but to be fair the rest of the song isn't nearly as great and the lyrics aren't as strong as others content-wise.  Still, I really do like this song.

Lick off the shot my stories shock ya like Ellison
Main line adrenaline Gaza to Tienanmen

Here comes the hands on the leashes
The cross, the capital, the pale families, the fear and the mouthpieces
The single sista lynch
The cell doors crash
And the master's drums echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo

 
Long Ball Larry said:
22. Roll Right - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLXj_wH2OoI

I originally had this a little higher because the bassline, music and lyrical style of the verse are just so amazing to me, but to be fair the rest of the song isn't nearly as great and the lyrics aren't as strong as others content-wise.  Still, I really do like this song.

Lick off the shot my stories shock ya like Ellison
Main line adrenaline Gaza to Tienanmen

Here comes the hands on the leashes
The cross, the capital, the pale families, the fear and the mouthpieces
The single sista lynch
The cell doors crash
And the master's drums echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo
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Probably my favorite song on that album. Top three anyways for sure, that whole album is so awesome. 

 
21. Year of the Boomerang - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5qeL7AghIo

I'm kind of thinking that this should be moved down the more that I am doing this, but I guess I will leave it here for now.  I really like the bounce of the verse and the lyrics are good, but not amazing.  This is in the right tier, but should perhaps be re-ranked because at the end of the day, it is not advancing the ball that much for the group.

Cast me into classes for electro shock
Straight incarcerated, the curriculum's a cell block
Swimmin' in half truths and it makes me wanna spit
Instructor come separate the healthy from tha sick

 
20. Bullet in the Head - Rage Against the Machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5NeyI4-fdI

I actually have some mixed feelings about this song.  I like all of the individual riffs, the lyrics and all of the individual pieces, as well as the way Morello uses the guitar and they create a nice facsimile of a truer hip-hop sound.  But the song feels a little disjointed like it doesn't all fit together.  So i have it in the middle here.

This time the bullet cold rocked ya
A yellow ribbon instead of a swastika
Nothin' proper about ya propaganda
Fools follow the rules when the set commands ya

 
Ray McKigney said:
Yikes. Way, way, way too low. 

I saw these guys at the gym at Rutgers many moons ago and the last minute or so of this song was maybe the most savage pit I've ever been in. I thought the building might collapse. 
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I've always had this visual. I don't think what I was going to experience this summer would have done the early 90's version justice had this one made the cut, but I'd have tried my best.

 
Standing in line
Believe in their lies
Bow down to flag
You got a bullet in your head
Bullet in your head
You got a bullet in your head
Bullet in your head
Bullet in your ####in' head!

I was nineteen when this song came out. Hard to believe it's almost thirty years old. Grandpa dissent rock. It's like Woodstock '99!

Oops.

 
This thread has inspired me.  Gonna stream entire CDs through Amazon Prime, in order if possible. 

 
19. War Within a Breath - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY5vTcLBnNk

This is another one that might be subject to re-ranking, but the way this opens and the first 30 seconds are just like a ####### lightning bolt to me.  Really like the dirty tone on the guitar and the vocals plus the changes in sound tone of the course of the track.   Zach is spitting straight fire here.

Every official that comes in
Cripples us leaves us maimed
Silent and tamed
And with our flesh and bones
He builds his homes

Cause for Raza livin in La La
Is like Gaza on to tha dawn of Intifada

A war from tha depth of time
Who shot four puppet governors in a line
Who shook all tha world bankers
Who think they can rhyme
Shot tha landlords who knew it was mine
Yes, it's a war from tha depth of time

 
18. Revolver - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjJxDzisFwI

I'm not sure what anyone thinks of this track, and I don't give a ####, and I get that it is not the absolute best musically, but I do like the way they use the dynamics.  More importantly, this seems like such a big development in Zach's writing, much more personal and human as opposed to just general injustice and suffering.  When you listen through the whole catalog in order, this track is just a major turning point.

His spit is worth more than her work
Pass the purse to the pugilists
A-he's a prize-fighter
And he bought rings and he owns kin
And now he's swinging
And now he's the champion

A spotless domain
Hides festering hopes, she's certain there's more
Pictures of fields without fences
Her body numbs as he approaches the door
As he approaches the door
As he approaches the door
As he approaches the door
As he approaches

Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers? Revolver

 
17. Vietnow - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaH0ig0-NNU

Certainly the machine gun riff is killer.  The lyrics and delivery are tight and really blend perfectly with the music during the verse, just so locked into the groove like a lock and key.   Not a huge fan of the bridge and overall, the song doesn't evolve that much, but it certainly packs a punch.

Terror tha product ya push
Well I'm a truth addict
Aw ####, I got a head rush
Tha sheep tremble an here come tha votes
Thrown from tha throat, new cages an scapegoats

 
16. Calm Like A Bomb - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbGJeXShopk

nice little jazzy intro, and a monster chorus.  The music in the verse is so noisy that I feel like it detracts from the lyrical delivery, though the lyrics themselves have a lot of great imagery.

I be walkin’ god like a dog
My narrative fearless
My word war returns to burn
Like Baldwin home from Paris
Steel from a furnace
I was born landless
It’s tha native son
Born of Zapata’s guns
Stroll through tha shanties
And tha cities remains
Same bodies buried hungry
But with different last names
These vultures rob everything
Leave nothing but chains
Pick a point on tha globe
Yes tha pictures tha same
There’s a bank a church a myth and a hearse
A mall and a loan a child dead at birth
There’s a widow pig parrot
A rebel to tame
A whitehooded judge
And a syringe and a vein
And tha riot be tha rhyme of tha unheard

 
15. New Millenium Homes - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VZeZ-QK2ao

A FIRE IN THE MASTER'S HOUSE IS SET!

For some reason, that line always really resonated with me.  This opens with a really strong rock riff, then seamlessly translates to a very groovy yet sharp musical bed for the verse, as Zach raps eloquently about inequality.  All the pieces of this song really fit together nicely.

Tha spirit of Jackson
Now screams through tha ruins
Through factory chains
And tha ghost of tha union
Tha forgotten remains
Disappear to their new homes
Tha knife tha thrust
Tha life burns to tha raw bone
Tha blood on tha floor of tha tear is still dryin'
Cover tha spread sheets
Tha Dow Jones skyin'
Tha cell block live stock
Tha bodies they buyin'
Old south order
New northern horizon

 
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14. Clear the Lane - Demos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTUMbCPnTtw

This might be a little high now that I am working through it, as the lyrics are just so basic when compared to the later stuff.  But that bassline in the verse and Tom's use of the whammy pedal and other screeching sounds with the guitar are so fantastic and forerunners for their future blend of rap and metal, that I have to give this song its due (not to mention the blistering solo).  The song is overall simple, but fits together well and really displays their ingenuity with musicality to develop a new sound.

The rebel
You'll never disable
Defiance
With the cards upon the table
Pulling cards
Keep the governments in check
Yo!
I think we need a new deck  

 
13. Maria - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR4Nqhtz5xk

The music isn't perfect, but I think that it is pretty good and that dissonant guitar sound that Tom uses actually seems really perfect for the hellish and disorienting experience of the protagonist.  The chorus riff is pretty tight also.

But what really always struck me right to my core with this track is the lyrics.  The narrative that Zach weaves is just gut-wrenching and is probably the only song of his like this.

Tha sun ablaze as Maria’s foot
Touches tha surface of sand
On northern land
As human contraband
Some rico from Jalisco
Passed her name to tha boss
She stuffed ten to a truckbed
She clutches her cross
Here comes tha exhaust
And it rips through her lungs
She’s off fast to tha pasture
Like cattle she’ll cross
Degree 106
Sweat and vomit are thrown
And she prays and suffocates
Upon tha memories of home

Of Yanqui guns for blood debts on tha loans
Of smoldering fields rape rubble and bones
Of graves hidden trapped up in visions of war
Of nothing no one nobody no more
These are her mountains and skies and she radiates
And through history’s rivers of blood she regenerates
And like tha sun disappears only to reappear
She’s eternally here
Her time is near
Never conquered but here

And now she got a quota
Tha needle and thread crucifixion
Sold and shipped across tha new line of Mason Dixon
Rippin’ through denim
Tha point an inch from her vein
Tha foreman approach
His steps now pound in her brain
His presence it terrifies
And eclipses her days
No minutes to rest
No moment to pray
And with a whisper
He whips her
Her soul chained to his will
“My job is to kill if you forget to take your pill”

Her arms jerks
Tha sisters gather round her and scream
As if in a dream
Eyes on tha crimson stream
Numb as her wrists spit shots of blood to tha floor
Of nothing no one nobody no more

 
12. Mic Check - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2flANhkdZs

Not really happy with this ranking.  Too high.  I was really enamored of the general vibe of the song and guitar tones, but it's not as good as some of the songs below it.  This will be re-ranked.

Who got tha power
This be my question
Tha mass of tha few
In this torn nation?
Tha priest tha book or tha congregation?
Tha politricks who rob and hold down your zone?
Or those who give tha thieves tha key to their homes?

 
11. Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wauzrPn0cfg

I really always liked this song because of the historical aspect and specific references and the fact that it gave me things to actually look up and really trying to understand the nitty gritty of what the hell these guys were talking about.  I also liked the fact that it had quite a different sound the rest of the tracks on this album, but still had the groove and great lyrics.  One of the only songs on this album not entirely based in the blues scale.

 
10. Freedom - Rage Against The Machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_vQt_v8Jmw

i'm not sure what videos like this came before it, but the gritty style and story telling of this seeming injustice along with the track itself were just mindblowing to me at 14.  It's a little long and not everything is perfect, but the intro, the dynamics, and the bridge are really so bad-###.   Any time I think that the track is not that great and then I put it on and it drops in with Zach's yell and that heavy riff, it puts me right back in the mood.  

(Anger is a gift)

 
Long Ball Larry said:
10. Freedom - Rage Against The Machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_vQt_v8Jmw

i'm not sure what videos like this came before it, but the gritty style and story telling of this seeming injustice along with the track itself were just mindblowing to me at 14.  It's a little long and not everything is perfect, but the intro, the dynamics, and the bridge are really so bad-###.   Any time I think that the track is not that great and then I put it on and it drops in with Zach's yell and that heavy riff, it puts me right back in the mood.  

(Anger is a gift)
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I remember my older brother getting that CD for Xmas and 13 year old me being like “holy crap that dude is on fire”

 
9. Testify - Single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_lTt8yeMfo

A song titled "Testify" was performed at the KROQ Almost Acoustic X-Mas, 12.12.1993. The song is completely unrelated to the Battle of Los Angeles track except for the title. Although the song was played only this once and disappeared, some of the lyrics were used for "Down Rodeo" and the final version of "People of the Sun."  

I had some CD of live performances or something and I always loved the #### out of this song.  It's not great audio, but the CD was a little better and I will say that this is the number 1 bassline ever.

Creating more noise than answers

So I take a ho chi minh-ute to meditate

doing is the best way of saying

 
8. Testify - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3dvbM6Pias

If I'm being totally honest, I wasn't that into this track for a long time.  The music seemed somewhat basic to me.  But in re-listening, the lyrics really got me going and certainly its got a good bounce to it.

With precision, you feed me
My witness, I'm hungry
Your temple it calms me, so I can carry on
My slaving, sweating the skin right off my bones
On a bed of fire, I'm choking, on the smoke that fills my home
The wrecking ball is rushing
Witness your blushing
The pipeline is gushing
While here we lie in tombs

 
7. Darkness of Greed - Demos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVqLtUeCiQ

I think I've lost the thread a little bit and all of this will be subject to a final re-rank, but I do really love this song and I like the demo version better than the one that ended up on the Crow soundtrack.  I know that the production isn't as good but I think it has a much better energy to it.

Greed!
Causing innocent blood to flow
Entire culture, lost in the overthrow
They came to seize and take whatever they please
Then all they gave back was death and disease
My people were left with no choice but to decide
To conform to a system, responsible for genocide
Responsible for genocide
Responsible for genocide

 
6. Guerrilla Radio - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6cBRx2Ie6A

Great vibe that should always get you hype, really good groove, interesting solo/bridge with the harmonizer, cool video.  Not that much amazing instrumentation, but it's a rockin riff.

Contact, I hijacked the frequencies
Blockin' the beltway, move on DC
Way past the days of bombin' MCs
Sound off, Mumia, go on, be free
Who got 'em? Yo, check the federal file
All you pen devils know the trial was vile
Army of pigs try to silence my style
Off 'em all out the box, it's my radio dial

 
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Long Ball Larry said:
6. Guerilla Radio - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6cBRx2Ie6A

Great vibe that should always get you hype, really good groove, interesting solo/bridge with the harmonizer, cool video.  Not that much amazing instrumentation, but it's a rockin riff.

Contact, I hijacked the frequencies
Blockin' the beltway, move on DC
Way past the days of bombin' MCs
Sound off, Mumia, go on, be free
Who got 'em? Yo, check the federal file
All you pen devils know the trial was vile
Army of pigs try to silence my style
Off 'em all out the box, it's my radio dial
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Long Ball Larry said:
6. Guerilla Radio - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6cBRx2Ie6A

Great vibe that should always get you hype, really good groove, interesting solo/bridge with the harmonizer, cool video.  Not that much amazing instrumentation, but it's a rockin riff.

Contact, I hijacked the frequencies
Blockin' the beltway, move on DC
Way past the days of bombin' MCs
Sound off, Mumia, go on, be free
Who got 'em? Yo, check the federal file
All you pen devils know the trial was vile
Army of pigs try to silence my style
Off 'em all out the box, it's my radio dial
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I love songs about pirate radio and taking over government-controlled frequencies. Something about it is cool. 

Lights out!
Guerrilla Radio
Turn that #### up!

 
Long Ball Larry said:
7. Darkness of Greed - Demos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVqLtUeCiQ

I think I've lost the thread a little bit and all of this will be subject to a final re-rank, but I do really love this song and I like the demo version better than the one that ended up on the Crow soundtrack.  I know that the production isn't as good but I think it has a much better energy to it.

Greed!
Causing innocent blood to flow
Entire culture, lost in the overthrow
They came to seize and take whatever they please
Then all they gave back was death and disease
My people were left with no choice but to decide
To conform to a system, responsible for genocide
Responsible for genocide
Responsible for genocide
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whew, i was worried you were going to leave this one out. I would go top 5 with it, but i know a lot of people haven't heard it or paid attention to it. I like the version they put out on the Crow soundtrack better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFCiIkDv-sM

the song is one of the better lyrically too. i like the end myself:

Ya Fill my mind with a false sense of history

and then you wonder why i have no identity?

Well I'll strike a match, and it will catch, and spread the insight we need

A tiny fire, burning bright

Shedding light on the Darkness of Greed

 
Long Ball Larry said:
9. Testify - Single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_lTt8yeMfo

A song titled "Testify" was performed at the KROQ Almost Acoustic X-Mas, 12.12.1993. The song is completely unrelated to the Battle of Los Angeles track except for the title. Although the song was played only this once and disappeared, some of the lyrics were used for "Down Rodeo" and the final version of "People of the Sun."  

I had some CD of live performances or something and I always loved the #### out of this song.  It's not great audio, but the CD was a little better and I will say that this is the number 1 bassline ever.

Creating more noise than answers

So I take a ho chi minh-ute to meditate

doing is the best way of saying
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Thanks, never heard that before.  That is awesome

 
Rage is my favorite band of all time.  Having just happened upon this thread, give me a few days to pull together my own top 10 and compare.   

 
This thread made me think of farside and the rigged album so thank you! Love Rage saw them in Irvine during the weenie roast and they were by far the best band to play. Third best live band I’ve seen play, only trail sublime and nirvana in that order. 

 
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Long Ball Larry said:
6. Guerilla Radio - The Battle of Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6cBRx2Ie6A

Great vibe that should always get you hype, really good groove, interesting solo/bridge with the harmonizer, cool video.  Not that much amazing instrumentation, but it's a rockin riff.

Contact, I hijacked the frequencies
Blockin' the beltway, move on DC
Way past the days of bombin' MCs
Sound off, Mumia, go on, be free
Who got 'em? Yo, check the federal file
All you pen devils know the trial was vile
Army of pigs try to silence my style
Off 'em all out the box, it's my radio dial
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####yes

 
5. Bulls on Parade - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L4YrGaR8E4

If I were going to pick one song to play for someone who had never heard RATM before, this would probably be it.  I think that it best encapsulates everything about them in terms of lyrical content, lyrical delivery, groove, experimentation in the solo, and heavy riffing, yet in a mainstream-friendly package.  And if I were just going to choose a random Rage song to throw on at any time, it might be this one for all those reasons.  That doesn't necessarily make it the best in my eyes (in case you couldn't tell by the fact that it is number 5), but this distinction should still be noted.

Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war, cannibal animal
I walk the corner to the rubble, that used to be a library
Line up to the mind cemetery now
What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells
Rally 'round the family, pockets full of shells

 
Long Ball Larry said:
5. Bulls on Parade - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L4YrGaR8E4

If I were going to pick one song to play for someone who had never heard RATM before, this would probably be it.  I think that it best encapsulates everything about them in terms of lyrical content, lyrical delivery, groove, experimentation in the solo, and heavy riffing, yet in a mainstream-friendly package.  And if I were just going to choose a random Rage song to throw on at any time, it might be this one for all those reasons.  That doesn't necessarily make it the best in my eyes (in case you couldn't tell by the fact that it is number 5), but this distinction should still be noted.

Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war, cannibal animal
I walk the corner to the rubble, that used to be a library
Line up to the mind cemetery now
What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells
Rally 'round the family, pockets full of shells
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Early indications suggest this is my number 1.  

In case it hasn't been mentioned yet, Morello is one of, if not the most creative guitarists in rock history.  

 
Captain Cranks said:
Early indications suggest this is my number 1.  

In case it hasn't been mentioned yet, Morello is one of, if not the most creative guitarists in rock history.  
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while the very first thing that drew me into rage was the explosive truth bombs that they suddenly lobbed from nowhere, the close second was Morello's guitar playing and fairly quickly, I would say that became my chief interest in the band.  I didn't have all the pedals and whatnot to do everything, but I learned all the songs on guitar from RATM and EE.

 
Long Ball Larry said:
If I were going to pick one song to play for someone who had never heard RATM before, this would probably be it.  I think that it best encapsulates everything about them in terms of lyrical content, lyrical delivery, groove, experimentation in the solo, and heavy riffing, yet in a mainstream-friendly package.  
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Very aptly put.

 
Long Ball Larry said:
5. Bulls on Parade - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L4YrGaR8E4

If I were going to pick one song to play for someone who had never heard RATM before, this would probably be it.  I think that it best encapsulates everything about them in terms of lyrical content, lyrical delivery, groove, experimentation in the solo, and heavy riffing, yet in a mainstream-friendly package.  And if I were just going to choose a random Rage song to throw on at any time, it might be this one for all those reasons.  That doesn't necessarily make it the best in my eyes (in case you couldn't tell by the fact that it is number 5), but this distinction should still be noted.

Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war, cannibal animal
I walk the corner to the rubble, that used to be a library
Line up to the mind cemetery now
What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells
Rally 'round the family, pockets full of shells
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was our walkout song for our wedding. good call

 
bigbottom said:
I went to high school with Zack. He was a nice kid. And a talented singer. I can confirm that this is indeed his high school yearbook photo:

https://loudwire.com/yearbook-reveal-11/
 

A buddy of mine performed in a Junior High talent show and Zack was one of the performers. He has a recording of the whole thing and posted Zack’s performance of Strat Cat Strut. It’s funny to hear all the junior high girls screaming. 

https://m.soundcloud.com/senorelguapo/zack-de-la-rocha-1983-stray
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lol, you aren't kidding. Zack seems to be a little bit of a lady's man. The girls on that soundcloud clip are going nutty for him

 
4. Down Rodeo - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKyVYdIkwOQ

This might actually be a little high in retrospect, but I like the fact that it is fairly different from a lot of their other songs in terms of sound, vibe and construction.  I am a sucker for this kind of octave-jumping, snarling bass line . And the metaphor and imagery is so ####### cool.  

Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse
So make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya can't plead the first
Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse
So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man
Since their grandparents bought one
Yes, I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
 

 
3. Without a Face - Evil Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSMrV4bI0QI

What can I say, I was a sucker for this song from the first time I heard it.  That bassline is sooo good.  And that combined with the minimalist drum beat and tremolo guitar make this feel like the time that they best replicated a hip-hop song with live instruments.  The dynamics, power and rage in the chorus, the smooth solo, and then the harsh outro.  Just love it.

Yes, I know my deadline, sire, when my life expires
I'm sendin' paper south under the barbed wire
The mother of my child will lose her mind at my grave
It's my life for their life, so call it a free trade

Maize was all we needed to sustain
Now her golden skin burns, insecticide rain
Ya down wit' DDT, yeah, you know me
I'm raped for the grapes, profit for the bourgeoisie

 
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