I was listening to Sabotage and the song structure and guitar work reminded me of everything Rage has ever done.

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[–] 60 points 1 year ago

Beastie Boys are also political. They literally fought, and possibly died, for your right to party!

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago*

    Beastie Boys had one of the first and biggest of the anti-Iraq-War songs, I can't think offhand of one that was more "mainstream" at the time and still explicit and specific about it.

    Well I'll be sleeping on your speeches 'til I start to snore
    Cause I won't carry guns for an oil war
    As-Salamu alaikum, wa alaikum as-salam
    Peace to the Middle East peace to Islam

    And so on. It might not have been the best (IMO that is "Empire" by Dar Williams, with haunting sadness, historical scope, and irony), but it was big.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You may have just pissed off everyone who's a fan of either of these bands, but you might be on to something here.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    AAAIIIIII CAN'T STAND IT, I KNOW YA PLANNED IT!

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Maybe Sabotage is similar but I haven't noticed a lot of similarity overall.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Beastie Boys were a punk rock band before they switched towards rap.

    They stayed political throughout (as PhilipTheBucket noted).

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