RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (RATM)

BY, DUNCAN MONROE

“Sleep Now in the Fire”

Zach De la Rocha

“Anger is a gift”

Tom Morello

Song Meaning:

Christopher Columbus:“the noose and the rapist”

“Jesus blessed me with it’s future”

Iraq War

“The priests of Hiroshima”

“Crawl with me into tomorrow or I’ll drag you to your grave”

“The fields overseer”

“The agent of orange”

“there is no other pill to take, so swallow the one that made you ill”

“I’m deep inside your children, and they’ll betray you in my name”

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w211KOQ5BMI

Clarification:

The newscaster at the end was wrong. RATM put it in the video to show just how quickly America will use media to justify itself.

Question 1:

What does RATM mean then they use “I” or “Me”?

Question 2:

What was Reagan’s purpose when interacting with the Pope?

Question 3:

What does RATM refer to when using the lyric “I am the agent of orange”?

Question 4:

What happened to France in 2003?

Final Question:

Who directed the “Sleep Now In the Fire” music video?

Bibliography

http://dc.cod.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1070&context=essai&sei-redir=1#search="sleep+now+in+the+fire+meaning“

http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/