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At the risk of turning this into ALL WACK POLITICIANS ALL THE GODDAMN TIME, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello has fired the next salvo in the unending war between Paul Ryan vs Rage Against The Machine.
Wait, the fucking what?
Evidently, for those of us who have shamefully not been keeping up with the iPod that could be a heartbeat away from being the Presidential iPod, the GOP’s very own Paul Ryan lists among his favorite bands Rage Against The Machine. As Morello puts it, “Ryan claims that he likes Rage’s sound, but not the lyrics.”
Holy shit, seriously? Because that is straight up an amazing way to consume music. Oh the real, it reminds me of that awesome Newsradio episode (I know, I’m old as fuck) where Phil Hartman’s character, the clueless blowhard Bill loves rap but turns the bass up so high he’s didn’t realize there were actual lyrics.
The other, like legitimately awesome, thing about this is that it is probably possible to staff up an entire anti-Ryan protest with signs entirely quoting Rage Against The Machine lyrics. Any of you Improv Everywhere heads out there want to head to the campaign trail and get this shit done?
How Racist Is This?
- Paul Ryan: I THINK WE ALL KNOW EVERYONE
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Tom Morello calling out Paul Ryan for liking Rage Against the Machine’s music but not the lyrics reminds me of the time I caught my friend red handed listening to Wilson Phillips in High School (yes, we’re still friends and he is on FB but I will not reveal who it is). His excuse: he liked the lyrics not the music! The opposite way around, but still! Also I can’t decide who I’d least rather listen to now – RATM or WP…
I think this calls for a mash-up.
romney and ryan: flip floppin’ on e’ry topic, from song lyrics to abortion. these fools don’t know what they want.
What the difference between Paul Ryan and a pitbull?
Lipstick.
It’s official, guys: Paul Ryan hates Freedom.
I wonder how he feels about I Want Your Sex.
It is fine but only if it is for procreation purposes between married heterosexual adults.
Paul Ryan watches Michael Moore movies with the sound off because he likes the pretty pictures
Obviously that’s ridiculous, but is listening to music for the sound rather than the lyrics really any different than the trillions of people who went and saw Avatar because of the pretty blue space cats?
This is turning very quickly into “If you disagree with me, stay away from me.”
There was a reason to watch Avatar that wasn’t the visuals? If it was the story, you could have went to see Dances with Wolves, or Ferngully, or Pocahantus, or “White Man learns about Natives and becomes Greatest Native Ever and helps them fight against Other White Men rehashed plot 5928″.
Although,it is a bit like saying you like the stories of Ayn Rand, but don’t like her philosophy.
I know people who make that argument. Which makes no sense because she is a crap writer. THERE. I’VE SAID IT. In your face, space coyote.
I would like to upvote this twice: once for the sentiment and once for the reference to my favorite Simpsons episode ever.
Other great quotes from that episode:
Hey Homer, find your soulmate!
This is because I kicked you, isn’t it?
Is that Dad? Either that or Batman’s really let himself go.
If it’s about laying off the guatamalan insanity peppers, I’m WAY ahead of you.
Paul Ryan loves Videogum but only for This Week in Gifs and the Caption Contest.
He hates the Friendly Chats.
“It’s the singer from my favourite band.” -Paul Ryan in a Che Guevera t-shirt.
“Big fan of the Leno jokes.” — Jay Leno
And Teen Korner. Don’t forget Teen Korner.
on a note that has nothing to do with this post,hey andrew ti, your introductory post today led me to explore your two tumblrs for the majority of the day and they are amusing, just funny as fuck.
I feel like I’ve discussed this topic before.
Simpsons did it.
Also, doesn’t Paul Ryan luuuurrrrve Ayn Rand, but not her “atheist philosophy”? It almost sounds like he’s trying to get a BNPG going:
- Sex is great, but I don’t like the way it makes me feel. #paulryanreviews
Tacos are delicious but I’m scared of their faces. #paulryanreviews
I love RuPaul’s Drag Race but yuck gay people #paulryanreviews
I love putting ice in my drinks but I hate how it makes them cold. #paulryanreviews
“I love Rage Against the Machine, but I hold very conservative political values.” I honestly can’t think of a better one that this.
I love mobile phones for the potential brain cancer, but am not too keen on being able to keep in touch with people. #paulryanreviews
I like My Little Pony, but wish there were fewer ponies and more robots #paulryanreviews
I love the summer but I wish it wasn’t so hot and the sun wasn’t always around and ugh, the beach. #pauryanreviews
Sports jackets are terrific, but why does everyone insist on wearing ones that are proportional to their bodies? #paulryanreviews
I like hardcore pornography, but I wish there was less sex. #paulryanreviews
Economic philosophy is not necessarily lock step, 1 to 1 ratio predictive of theological beliefs. Being an atheist does not make you a capitalist. It helps to be atheist if you’re a communist (see Soviet/ChiCom oppression of religion).
I guess it’s legit to make fun of Ryan for liking Rage’s music but not what they say. I used to like Rage despite their idiotic, bumper sticker, reactionary “radicalism.” But the weight of their self-important, sanctimoniously ill-informed mantras did finally make them a pain in the ass to listen to.
But in Ryan’s defense (That’s right, I’ll defend him) for a conservative to like music beyond classical and Pat Boone or the Nuge you kind of have to put blinders up to the philosophical bent of musicians. If you’re lucky they’re not political, or if they are they don’t have lyrics (i.e. Godspeed You! Black Emperor) or you can’t understand any damn thing they say anyway (black metal). Not a whole lot of center-right rock bands out there.
Thank you for articulating how I feel about rage against the machine. I always like to think of them as the official band of angry youtube commenters because of exactly how you describe their “radicalism”
It’s a good point that by now “radical” RATM is basically a band for Dads. They were huge in what, 1993? If you are in high school now, you weren’t even born then. Paul Ryan saying “I dig RATM best” = Paul Ryan saying “I don’t really like music enough to have paid attention to anything that’s happened in it for almost 20 years now.” I wouldn’t bet one nickel that his choice of RATM comes after careful consideration of Wilco, Radiohead, Jack White, Grizzly Bear and whoever — Le Tigre. He probably just thought it kicked more ass than Automatic For The People and there, done, he was set for life.
Whatever hotspur, music peaked in 1995 at a Lollapalooza concert and we all know it.
I’m a smoker
I love Domino’s as a company but they make shit pizza. #paulryanreviews
What a coincidence, I like the way Paul Ryan looks but not the sounds his lips make.
Am I the only one who’s going to spend the rest of the day watching NewsRadio?
Gazizza my Dilsnoofus!
Fixin’ for another homoerotic adventure on the Big Muddy, huh?
If I ran for president my favorite band would be The Presidents of the United States of America.
And you platform would be Free Peaches For All Americans.
I would totally dominate the Atlanta primaries.
Wait. Is it really that ridiculous to think that lyrics are not as important as the actual music in like, 90% of genres.* Only listening to music in which you directly relate to the lyrics turns you off to a lot of awesome music. As a white guy raised in an upper middle class family who really loves and appreciates hip hop as an art form, I can say that it is possible for someone to listen to music whose lyrical content does not directly relate to their lives. There is a lot of lyrical content in hip hop that I just straight up don’t agree with, but I still enjoy the music. Just because it isnt something you can easily relate to or even agree with doesnt mean you cant appreciate it as a work of art.
*Thee exception being singer songwriter dude with his guitar music, because if you aren’t listening for the lyrics then how are you zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Thanks Videogum for arbitrarily putting this comment in moderation limbo for over an hour so it appears way after most people read this post.
I thought he’d like Insane Clown Posse because they don’t understand science, either.
Just going to put this right here…
This one too.
And the site takes requests!
http://songsforromney.tumblr.com/
Oddly enough, I don’t really ‘hear’ lyrics in music – it’s a weird dumb problem I have that they sort of wash over me and are just basically a voice-instrument. I don’t know most of the lyrics to most of my favorite songs unless I really purposefully pay attention. It seems really weird to me when someone likes a song *purely* for the lyrics because why not just read poetry?
That said, I think RATM are awesome and the lyrics are cool when I do think about it, and I would definitely not want to listen to a dude screaming ‘fuck you’ a lot if I didn’t agree with the sentiment. And Paul Ryan can suck it, regardless.