{"id":1426,"date":"2016-12-02T08:37:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T08:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2016-11-30T09:26:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T09:26:04","slug":"song-of-the-week-killing-in-the-name-by-rage-against-the-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1426","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Killing in the Name&#8221; by Rage Against the Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;Killing in the Name&#8221; by Rage Against the Machine:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bWXazVhlyxQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To a naive suburban teenager in 1992, &#8220;Some of those that work forces \/ Are the same that burn crosses&#8221; seemed a little over the top, if also challenging and thought-provoking, while &#8220;Fuck you, I won&#8217;t do what you tell me&#8221; seemed like a fun and exciting thing to chant along with.\u00a0 Now that open racists, white supremacists, and kleptocrats are joining the White House cabinet with each new day; police keep killing unarmed black men, women and children; and the National Guard is hosing, gassing and shooting Native Americans trying to protect their lawful land and everyone&#8217;s clean water supply; well, I hope to naive suburban teenagers in 2016 the lyrics don&#8217;t seem so outlandish, and the fuck you seems a little less fun and a little more urgent.\u00a0 Rage Against the Machine&#8217;s lyrics often seem embarrassingly straightforward, but at some point you realize the embarrassment is the discomfort of being confronted by a truth that&#8217;s difficult to look into.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22Killing%20in%20the%20Name%22%20by%20Rage%20Against%20the%20Machine\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it. 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