- [Host] Do these teenagers
know about the uber-activist, politically charged rock band that is Rage Against the Machine? Or have they been sleeping in the fire? (flames roaring) - What?
- What? - What does uber-activist mean? - Oh, like an Uber?
(car horn honking) - [Host] Well, we're gonna find out on Teens versus Rage Against the Machine. - Yeah! - Wake up! ("Guerrilla Radio" by
Rage Against the Machine) - Why is he just standing there? - It's very, very white. (laughs) - I was gonna say the same
thing actually, because- - I know this band. - How? - 'Cause of my parents. It's Rage Against the Machine. (ding) Yeah. - They're changing outfits
like as they're singing. - Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah!
- Yeah. - That's actually a
good observation, yeah. - Thank you. ♪ Lights out, guerrilla radio ♪ ♪ Turn that (beep) up ♪ - He's so clean. I don't care. He's, he's (indistinct) ♪ It has to start somewhere ♪ - Oh. ♪ It has to start sometime ♪ ♪ What better place than here ♪ ♪ What better time than now ♪ - Now.
- I like this. - Oh.
- I like this. - Oh!
- Oh! - Annihilation. - [Host] Sofia, who was that? - Rage Against the Machine. - [Host] Yes, you got it correct. Kiarra, have you ever heard of them? - No! - Oh my Gosh.
- That was cool. - I like it, I like it,
I like it, I like it. - [Host] Yeah, you did?
- That was- - I got a question for you. - [Host] Yeah?
(Angel laughs) - Name one word he said.
(Angel laughs) - I honestly wasn't
really paying attention to the actual, like, what was going on. I was trying to hear what he was saying. - Rock music, I never can
understand the lyrics. I don't know if that's
just, like, a me thing, or it's just genuinely I don't
know what they're saying. - I was focused on the beat. - Alright, alright, alright.
- Listening to the beat. - Rage Against the Machine. Have you heard of them before?
- Yes. - No.
- I've heard of them. But I've never listened to them. - But now you have. And the first impression?
- But now I have. It's pretty cool.
- It's pretty cool. - Okay, alright. Sophia, can you try to explain to her who Rage Against the Machine is? In your own words. - Okay. I'm not too familiar with them, but I know who they are and
I know of a couple of songs. But they're just like a band. That's, kind of, all I know. - [Host] So, they are, like I said, massively activist, super
politically charged band. - It was not bad. - [Host] Okay. - But it wasn't good either. - But like, I could so see
like what she was saying, like 2,000 teenage boys like at a concert in like a mosh pit. - Oh my gosh, yes. - Taking their shirts off.
- A mosh pit. - Like, jumping over each other. - [Host] Yes. ("Sleep Now in the Fire" by
Rage Against the Machine) - I've been there. It's so sick. Are they right outside? - Oh, that's really great.
- They're right outside! - That's actually really great. - Oh, that's like... ♪ The world is my expense ♪ - I love rock. I don't care. I don't care. I love it. - Still kind of like capitalism and like stockbrokers and all those men. ♪ I protect it with fire ♪ - Ooh. What are you saying? - I'm trying to like understand the lyrics (Juliana laughs) - Who is he? He's so cool. In the most least weird way possible, he has the face for this. - Oh my gosh. He's got like cool sleeves. - Okay. So what is he? What is he? What does he exemplify? What is he personifying? - Basically...
- In this song? - What he's trying to say-
- He's personifying- - The one guy like with
the yellow shirt on the yellow jacket I always think he has sleeves,
but it's just his tattoos. - Tattoos. - And I'm like, does he
have a shirt on underneath? But he doesn't. - Like, I could be on my way to work and I would stop to rock out to this. - This is like something
you would listen to on like an iPod Touch. - Yes. What's the name of the one Apple thing that's just the buttons to
click through the songs? I don't know what it's called. - iPod?
- [Host] Is it iPod? - iPod, yeah! - OG iPod. - Was that about like American money and how like people like don't have it and like how many people
like don't have healthcare. (ding) - Basically-
- In a song, he's personifying - What he's trying to say is... - Greed, consumerists. - I could still tell like
he was looking at the police and he was like, where
he was at, his location how he was just looking at
them while he was rapping. Like, yeah. - So, they stormed the
New York Stock Exchange and actually shut down the
New York Stock Exchange. - Wow.
- They're making moves. - Wow.
- Oh my goodness. - I enjoyed that. - I, I felt empowered. I think I get, I get what
they're trying to do here. They are trying to make
a message and a point. And I think it's a great
way to get this across. - Hell, yeah. - I'm liking the beat and the concept. I'm so big on concepts. Like, if you can get my
attention with a video, I'll be tuned in the whole time. And he did that. - It sounded like he was speaking German. (Angel laughs) It's tough. I like it. I like it. (Jonigan mimes singing) Like that's nice. I like it, I like it. - [Host] Okay, alright.
(Angel laughs) ♪ Some of those that work forces ♪ - I like this one. It's like different from the others. - What are you saying, bro? Please. - I'm trying to get it.
- I'm so freaking interested. I just can't hear you. - They all kind of have
like a similar sound to me. But it's like the flow change. - Oh, the whispering again. - I love it. - The whispering is back. (laughs) - I think I've seen or heard this song. ♪ Now you do what they told ya ♪ ♪ Those who died are justified ♪ - I need a punching bag, bro. - I like, oh, he's so cool. ♪ Those who died ♪ - I really like this video. I think it's really cool because
it's like an actual show. - This style of video gets me. - Yeah. - Oh my gosh. - [Host] Oh? - That was good. - [Host] You liked that one?
- That was good. - [Host] What did you like?
- The guitar moment. - Whee-wee!
- Whee-wee! Like that, ooh! - [Host] What do you
think it could be about? - Our, America's wars. Involvement in foreign wars. - Something, some who
work, those who work forces are the ones who are like burning crosses? - They were talking about
doing what people told you and repping your badge. So, is it something about- - Something like about like the war? And like police or something? - Badge.
- Badge. - Oh, so this is probably
police brutality. - [Host] Mm-hmm. Damn,
now we've nailed it all. Inspired by Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots that followed. And that's the micro. The macro of it is that it's calling out the military industrial complex. So, you guys nailed it. - Yay.
- We're, we're doing so good. - We are
- Nailed it. - Like I said, even though
it wasn't like as like roar, whatever, like the other ones, it like still had the
same amount of power. - Yeah. - This was like a cool, chill, I liked the instruments in that. - [Host] Just a little bit more rock? - Mm-hmm. - Oh, the guitar solo was so cool. - Mm-hmm. - Yeah, Tom Morello, the guitarist, is considered like one of the
best guitarists of the '90s. Super experimental. He would find sounds of the guitar that nobody had ever made before. - [Neo] Is a choice I leave to you. ("Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine) - Matrix stuff. - I feel like I know this movie. Wait. - Bro, no spoilers bro. Oh. - Well. - Matrix. - Give me a hint. - That's the movie what, it's- No. That's the- - Oh, it's the- - [Host] Yes, that's it. Matrix. - I was, ugh. - Do you know what movie this is? - This is The Matrix. - Oh, I still have yet to watch it. - My dad loves The Matrix,
so I watched it with him. ♪ I'll give you a dose but
it can never come close ♪ - Is this the one with the cyber meat? ♪ Fist in the air in
the land of hypocrisy ♪ - Oh, yeah! (laughs) I am gonna listen to this. (Brooke laughs) - I love that. It's such like an outro song. - Yeah. - Wake up. Wake up!
- Wake up. - Wake up! And you're like, "Oh my God, I'm awake." - So, there's definitely like something with like the political,
they're going for a cause. I just, I'm not sure what
the cause was in this song. - Maybe telling us something happened and we need to wake up. - I don't if like, "Wake up," like the lyrics have anything
to do with how the movie went. But I thought like the beat of it like matched like the energy of the movie. - Yeah. - If it makes sense in
the context of the movie, I'm like obsessed. - I know, I know the
meaning behind The Matrix. So, that was a very good movie. And it's popular for a reason. - You always have those like
dreams where people are like "Wake up, wake up, wake up." (Sofia laughs) That freaks me out. So hearing it saying it over
and over again is like... ♪ Hey, don't miss out
on what you're passing ♪ - Dang, that's a really big crowd. - Ooh, I like being here. This is a nice place to be. - Like I think Nirvana did this too but where they did like their music videos and they'll just use clips
from their actual shows. ♪ Hanging out my window ♪ - This one is a lot more like rap. It reminds me of like, "Ice Ice Baby." Instead of like screaming. - Mm-hmm. - This isn't, this isn't like vengeful. - Oh Staples Center, hey. Hey. (laughs) - This isn't angry. (rock music intensifies) ♪ Here is something you can't understand ♪ - I know this song!
- Dang. - That's very true,
listening to the lyrics. ♪ Kill a man ♪ - "Kill a man." - That's the lyrics. ♪ How I could just kill a man ♪ - I really like this one. - Yeah. - I really liked that. I know the song by Cypress Hill. - I love that. I love that.
- That was really great. - [Host] That's going on the playlist? - Yes, like and I would
actually be able to, I don't know, I liked that one. So far, that's my favorite. - What I'll say is his
crowd was very engaged. - Mm-hmm. - [Host] So you guys liked
the sound of that one? - Mm-hmm.
- Yeah. - That one was really cool.
- I liked the audience. - It's just like so fun seeing
everyone just like in unison like enjoying themselves. - And their stage presence is crazy. - Yeah.
- Even through a screen, like. - That energy where
they're all so like hype. - [Host] They're all just
jumping at the same time? - I'm like, I wanna be,
like I'm feeling left out. - [Host] Is this your favorite one so far? - So swell. - Yes, because I know what he was saying, so I can actually like
deep down actually feel it. - I love how confident they are. Because like you said,
they were very passionate about what they're speaking about So, they let it be known to- - [Host] You're feeling that? - I feel it, absolutely. - They are very enthusiastic. - Mm-hmm. ("People of the Sun by
Rage Against the Machine) - Oh. Oh, what? (Ryker hums) ♪ Better turn the bass up on this one ♪ - I missed that whole bit. - Grim reaper. (laughs) - Oh my, like you see like that? I can't. It like goes too fast my head hurts. - It's a lot of words. - This is already a different style but - Yeah.
- Wow. - He has this swag to him. Like, something that he carries. ♪ That vulture came to
try and steal your name ♪ ♪ But now you've got a gun ♪ - This is cool. This sounds 2000s. - I like the beat but I can't hear the
words for some reason. - I don't understand what they're saying. - Yeah. I'm trying to. - This is everyone,
okay, okay, okay, okay. - I think I get it.
- You can fight back. - You can fight back!
- I think I get it. - Fight back! - Their drums like the
cymbals look like the warning. - Yeah. - This, this music
video's giving the vibes of the first Saw movie. Like the green light and like they're just like in a random building. - When he says the people of the sun, is he talking about the
people like that work a lot and they're always in the sun? - The workers. The people of the sun outside in the sun and they're working in the sun. - [Host] Oh! - I think that's what
that was about, revolt. - Maybe it's talking about
like mistreating people? - Did I do it? - You pretty much did it. - Oh! - It's about the struggles
throughout Mexican history touching on the Mayans, but most specifically the Zapatista which is far-left revolutionary group made up of rural workers. - Workers. - That sucks. And that is
still like happening now. - Yeah. - Like why can't humans just like think and be like, "You're a person too." - Did you like that one musically? - Yes. As soon as the beat
came on, I was like, ah! - Every video of theirs is
like obviously different especially depending on the cause but it's just still so intriguing. - I didn't understand nothing. Like I still love like the music Like I love the message but
the music is just tough too. Like everything's good. ("Bullet in the Head" by
Rage Against the Machine) - Oh, he looks so young. - Oh, his hair's short. It was like longer in other videos. - This one definitely
has a little bit of like a different vibe in it
than the other ones. But it still has that like
Rage Against the Machine vibe. - He's 22 here. - Oh my goodness. - What's so good about
this band is I feel like Rage Against the Machine
isn't their music, it's them. Like, and that's not
true with a lot of bands. - In the head.
- Bullet in the head. - Okay. It's something about, okay. This is something about like
people are feeding you maybe. ♪ A bullet in your head ♪ - This is a really cool song.
- Yeah. - And the stuff he was rapping about too to be so young and passionate
about something like this. - Since their first album. like they still have the same presence compared to when you saw them with like there was like thousands
of people in the crowd. - It's not my favorite, just because I feel like the
flow of it wasn't really mine. - But chinging and
nee-nee-new weren't there as he was like, "Ah," at the beginning. And then they appeared. - He said something about
jumping and something. - How high.
- How high. - Like, how high do you want me to jump? Like, I'll jump. Just how high? - It's specifically about the government and how they use the media
to control the masses. - If Rage Against the Machine
was still a thing today you'd best believe they
would have made a song about how pointless TikTok was. - Yeah.
- They would have been like- - And how the government is
stealing all your information and controlling you through TikTok. - Government in cahoots
with big corporations guys. - Seeing like them just like
that was probably a while ago a bar or like a little club. And they were just like vibing in there. Compared to tens of thousands
of people that we just saw - Yeah
- Like I thought that's cool. - I really like this band. Like my mom is gonna
be really happy with me because I actually enjoy
listening to them, so. ("No Shelter" by Rage Against the Machine) - Do you see how many people that is? - Are those people in the back? - [Host] Uh-huh.
- Oh my God. - That's so many people. - I would die. - It's so cool how it immediately
starts with the drums. - It sounds like guitar but
it's more of like a wow-wow. - Wow was like perfect. - Yeah. - Okay. I just like this dude. I just wanna be his friend. (Brooke laughs) - I think the most important points. he is totally speaking about. Like, he is making it clear. ♪ There be no shelter here ♪ - Yo, I'm about to re
listen to this over and over until I understand what
the hell he's saying. - Is that, is that a flag
that they have in the back? Or like a giant painting? - He said something about
entertainment and war. Like a difference. - Unfortunately I'm back to where I was. - Oh my lord. Did that-
- Unfortunately. - Had something to do with like shelter. Maybe like big, this
could be a big stretch but like bombing or
something? I don't know. - Like from listening to it you know you're just like vibing. You're just like, "Oh, I
like this" da-da-da-da. But when you actually sit
and process the lyrics that's like mm-hmm. - I know that there's a
message that he's saying but I don't understand the message. (Lucas and Juliana laugh) - So, this song is actually
about anti-consumerism and anti-teenage consumerism. Because they're also on the soundtrack for one of the biggest movies, do you think maybe there's some pushback about their message when it
comes to stuff like that? - Yeah. - I don't think there's
any hypocrisy at all. I think they are using a
huge platform that they have to you know say their message. If this is the tool and platform
that they've been given, they're not hypocritical at all. - Still gotta have an income somehow. Like there has to be a balance
in everything that you do. - Kids watch entertainment like TV. And the kids are gonna
be the next grownups. So, they're watching this and
they're gonna believe that, they're gonna teach it to their kids, so. - Mm-hmm. - So, that's it. Guys, you've went on the Rage journey. How do we feel? - Rage! - Calm. - Calm and rage. - I love how deep these messages are. - I actually really like the band. I think again I couldn't
really understand the words so I'm probably gonna go back and listen to all these songs again. But I really liked that
they like put thought into all their songs. - I love this.
- I love them. - Like, that's going in my
hype do my makeup playlist. - [Host] Did you enjoy the music? - I did, yes. - I certainly enjoyed the music. - I definitely enjoyed it. Definitely gonna listen to
some more of their songs. Might even add some to my playlist. - You know, I think they
were a really cool band. And I think they spoke up
about what as important. And they used what they
had for a good cause. - Yeah. - Thumbs up?
(ding) - Thumbs up Rage Against the Machine. - Double thumbs up. - Alright, good job. - Nothing will ever top Limp Bizkit. I don't care. Nobody will ever be as
good as Limp Bizkit. - [Host] But were these
guys getting there? - They're, they're second,
and that's big for me. - [Host] Okay. - Limp Bizkit is number one. - Damn sucker.
- Damn sucker. - Damn sucker.
- Damn sucker. - Move sucker.
- Move sucker. - Move sucker.
- Move sucker. - Groove sucker.
- Groove sucker. - Thanks for watching this video. - Tell us what your favorite
Rage song is in the comments. - And... - Wake up!
- Wake up!
